The old lady is reborn

Nizi's parents asked, "Where did the candied melon strips come from?"

Nizi's younger brother: "My sister gave it to me."

Nizi's mother rushed into the house to see, and came out angrily snatched the candy melon: "Are you dreaming? Where did the candy melon strips come from?"

The little boy was not angry. He took out another one from his arms and continued to eat: "My sister gave it to me. There is a note she left next to my pillow."

"Nonsense, Nizi can write now?"

"My sister can draw."

Nizi's father went to get the note. The couple looked at it for a long time and had to ask their son, "What do these two circles and four sticks mean?"

"This is me. I have a big head and a small body. My arms and legs are shorter than my sister's, so a big circle, a small circle and four sticks are me."

The couple understood: "So these two long circles plus four long sticks are your sister?"

The son looked at them with disdain and said, "This is Aunt Wu who sells sugar melons.

She was wearing an apron.

The younger one next to her is my sister."

The couple took a look and saw that, indeed, Aunt Wu always wore the same apron.

"So what does it mean that there are four little flowers drawn next to your sister?"

"I mean I owe Aunt Wu the money for four bags of sugar-coated melon sticks."

When Nizi's mother heard this, she was furious: "You are playing tricks to get the candy bars?!" She rolled up her sleeves and started looking for her weapon.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ni Zidi ran away, shouting as he ran: "I didn't do that, this is what my sister drew!"

As Nizi's mother chased him out, she picked up the broom next to the gate and said, "I let you cheat. I'll beat you to pieces!"

Nizi's father took the note and turned it over and over, and even touched it with his hand: He would not be willing to buy such good paper even if it was for Nizi's brother to use in school.

This is not the paper we have at home.

Ni Zidi saw from afar that there was no big wooden stand that Aunt Wu would push out when she set up her stall at the other end of the street, so she turned around and ran towards Aunt Wu's house.

Because of his short calves, he was almost caught by Ni Zi Niang several times, but his advantage was that he was extremely flexible and experienced, and he always managed to turn at the critical moment.

The car turned around easily. Nizi's mother chased it for a long time but couldn't catch it. She was so angry that she just took out the broom. Her son shouted, "Auntie Wu, Auntie Wu, help me!"

With a whoosh, he slipped in through the gap in the fence.

The broom was also hung directly on the fence wall of Aunt Wu's house.

Aunt Wu came to open the door, and Nizi's mother was standing at the door, panting. Aunt Wu, still wearing her apron, asked, "What happened so early in the morning?"

A little head popped out from behind her: "My mother is here to pay for the candy melons."

Aunt Wu said, "It's a happy occasion that Nizi is back. The money has already been paid, so you don't have to pay."

Nizi's mother was puzzled: "Have you seen our Nizi?"

Aunt Wu shook her head: "Not really."

The two of them discussed it for a long time before they figured out the matter.

The children on this street can buy candied melons, peanuts and melon seeds, osmanthus cakes, date cakes and the like from Aunt Wu on credit.

Nizi's mother nodded: "I know this."

But each child's credit mark is different. Nizi uses a small flower shape, always a small flower with five petals, one of the petals has a gap.

Aunt Wu had a slate and a slate pencil, and they would make a few marks on things that were worth a few cents.

Other children used snowflake-shaped, round-shaped, crescent-shaped, square-shaped, star-shaped, triangular, and plum blossom-shaped ones.

Aunt Wu's wooden stand is set up at the entrance of the street, and she mainly does business with the busy avenue.

If the children on this street wanted to eat something and Aunt Wu was too busy to take care of it, they would draw marks on the slate themselves.

Just say a word to Aunt Wu and leave with what you want.

Sometimes when Aunt Wu wanted to go home for dinner, she would push the stall back into the side street, away from the intersection, but perhaps she found it troublesome and would not push it into the yard.

If children come to the stall to buy things and no one comes, they can make a note of the amount and take the things away first.

Auntie Wu’s rule is that you can take things directly after recording the account, but you cannot leave money on the stall when no one is around.

Four small bags of sugar-coated melons were missing from Aunt Wu's stall yesterday, but there were still four small flowers with five petals clearly painted on the stone slab, and one of the petals had a gap.

..........

Jingwei felt that she had saved a troublemaker, and this girl didn't treat her as an outsider.

Of course, there are advantages, such as the family does have land, fifty acres of fertile farmland.

It seems that his father was a carpenter and his brother Ding Jing was making good money as a guard for the crown prince.

After the death of their frail grandparents, their younger brother grew up and entered the Imperial Palace, and life at home became better.

Jingwei changed the land deeds of these fertile fields in the name of Ding Qing, and these fields belonged to "Ding Qing" from then on.

Then she planned to go and see what the fifty acres of land looked like now.

The girl said she wanted to go with me, and said that when she was leaving the city, she would pass by her house and they could go and take a look.

After turning around half of the city, they arrived at the street corner she mentioned. Jingwei glared at her and told her not to go back, asking her to wait in the carriage.

I did as she said and took the slate to draw small flowers when the old lady was not paying attention, and also took four bags of candied melons.

After returning to the carriage, Jingwei asked, "Why didn't you give me money?"

The girl said, "Where do we get the money?"

“These articles are still available.”

"Poor family, rich road."

“Just getting out of town.”

The little girl ignored her and said: "My brother has two bags, and I always beat him, I feel sorry for him.

I'll give you one pack. "

Jingwei didn't expect that she had some too, so she had to put the two bags of candy melons and the painting under her brother's pillow.

This is the ugliest painting I have ever seen in my life.

She thought of the things she had seen in the Third Prince's Mansion... He could teach her to read when he had time, so that she wouldn't leave him a note like this one day...