North and South groceries

Luo Erniang stayed here in Chang'an for some time, but she couldn't stay any longer. The aunt persuaded her to leave after the new year, but she refused.

Brother-in-law Lin Wulang couldn't understand this, and privately talked to Aunt Luo: "Why can't I live a good life in Chang'an City, but I am willing to travel outside."

"Some people want to live a peaceful life, and some people are born willing to run around. What can I do?" Da Niang replied.Those who love to live a happy life naturally refer to Lin Wulang. If Lin Wulang is allowed to live like Erniang, he will definitely not want to, no matter how much he earns.

"It's only 32 during the Chinese New Year, and there is nothing to do." Goro read again.

"Maybe it's because the marriage has not yet arrived." The aunt was not as anxious as Goro.

Although she and Lin Wulang were also arranged by their parents, they got married early and lived a good life after marriage. The relationship between her and Lin Wulang has always been very good.

But in the past few years since running the sister’s restaurant, Mrs. Luo has actually seen too many unfortunate marriages. Now there are many managers in the sister’s restaurant. Once married, it is as if they were not married. Both husband and wife sleep in separate rooms. The family members are not close either.

This is what happens after they are capable and earn money. Many people used to live very hard.

But even so, there are still not many people who choose to divorce. Even if it is like now, the husband and wife live separately and the family members are not close, but they can still be regarded as family members. The children are always their own children. When you are old, you still have to rely on your children to support you. When you get old, you also need a place to bury your body.On the side of my natal family, there is probably no hope.

Relatively speaking, Er Niang is much luckier. No matter when she marries or never marries, they will always have her place in the Luo family, as Luo Yong said.

If everyone in the world was like their Luo family, then many women would not want to marry.

Earlier in their village there was a girl named Tian Xiang'er, who was Tian Chonghu's own sister.

A few years ago, Tian Chonghu was in charge of the elder sister's restaurant in Liangzhou, but later that shop was taken over by the elder sister's restaurant in Chang'an. Tian Chonghu returned to Chang'an with Luo Yong, and later went to Luoyang with Xu Erlang and others to manage the north and south The grocery store is also a good one, I heard.

After he settled down in Luoyang, he took Tian Xiang'er with him.

This Tian Xiang'er is about the same age as Goro. When she was in Xipo Village, she was thin and small, her hair was yellow and thin, and she often told people that she should eat more and gain weight so that she would be better in the future. get married.

Now that she is 21 years old, she is indeed a little fatter than before, and her background is not bad, but she doesn't mention the matter of getting married anymore.

Tian Chonghu and her found a job at Nanbei Grocery, specializing in making biscuits, without worrying about anything, going to and from work every day.

She used to go to the school of the eucommia glue workshop at the entrance of Xipo Village, and she could barely read a few words, so she often went to the bookstore to rent some picture books to read.

Because of her elder brother's ability, she didn't have much pressure on herself. She spent all the wages she earned, bought clothes, food, rented picture books, and lived a very nourishing life.

Hearing that a matchmaker approached her this autumn and wanted to help her find someone else, Tian Xiang'er went back to her immediately, saying that she didn't want to marry.

When the matchmaker heard that she said that she didn't want to marry, she felt that this woman was too shameful, and she should teach her a lesson, saying that as a woman, she should do so.

Tian Xiang'er retorted to her in the street: "I'm living a good life now, why do I have to suffer when I marry someone, and I have to serve my husband and my wife, don't you think I'm stupid?"

The matchmaker was so angry that she not only yelled at Tian Xiang'er in the street, but also went to Tian Chonghu to file a complaint and asked him to discipline her sister.

Tian Chonghu knew that she and Xiang'er were arguing on the street, so how could he stand on the matchmaker's side at this time, so he said to her: "If you don't live as well as before after you get married, then don't marry, who wants to marry you?" Marry whom."

In the next few months, the matchmaker went all over Luoyang City to speak ill of the Tian brothers and sisters, some people were willing to listen, and some people were not willing to listen.

After all, his brother and sister are well-known this time, especially Tian Xianger, an unmarried lady in her early twenties, who dares to scold a matchmaker on the street is rare, and it is rumored as a joke.

During this period, Erniang and the others often mentioned Tian Chonghu, because Erniang Luo and Aunt Siniang were going to organize a team to go to Lingnan, hoping to find some capable ones.

When Erniang first went to Liangzhou City in the early years, she originally planned to run a sister's restaurant there. Tian Chonghu and Peng Er fought with her at that time. Speaking of it now, Erniang also said that Tian Chonghu is capable and flexible There is also a decision, and he is a good candidate to go to Lingnan.

Si Niang Dao Tian Chonghu is now under Xu Erlang's management, I don't know if he can walk away in the near future, it depends on the situation at the Luoyang branch.

So Erniang wrote a letter to Luoyang, and within a few days, Xu Erlang's reply arrived, saying that Tian Chonghu could go to Lingnan, and Erniang asked Erniang to discuss the details in person when she went to Luoyang. Regarding the matter of organizing a team to go to Lingnan, Xu Erlang said Erlang is also very caring.

At the beginning of December of this year, Luo Erniang set off for Jiangnan again.

This time she brought Qiniang along with her.

The two of them, Liulang and Sevenniang, were brought up by their second mother since they were young. Not long after the two of them were born, the eldest mother got married, and Yeniang disappeared again. The family affairs have always been handled by the second mother.

When the life is the hardest, I often have to be hungry. Liulang Qiniang has two teeth and starts to eat rough pancakes. I eat whatever I give, and I am not picky at all. I call my sister and sister all day long. Warm heart.

These years, the economic conditions have improved, and the aunt and the second mother are very generous in giving the following small pocket money. They don't want them to suffer any more, and they are afraid that they will be looked down upon if they live in Chang'an City. .

After a few years like this, they are somewhat spoiled, especially this Qiniang, who looks a bit smart and clever, and speaks clearly, and when she is asked to work, she will be a little bit Pick the light and fear the heavy.

On the surface, Qiniang looks kind and friendly, he is quite funny, and has many friends, which should be considered a good thing, but according to what Siniang said, this person is actually timid, afraid of quarreling with others, so he often pleases and backs down .

Although living in Chang'an City, there is no need to compete with others everywhere, but Erniang and the others are afraid that she will show a cowardly and powerless side someday when she comes to a critical juncture.

Auntie and Erniang discussed it, and decided not to let her stay in Chang'an City any longer, and let her go to the south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, Siniang was also helping the flames.

Erniang and Qiniang went to the south of the Yangtze River, and Liulang had not returned from building a bridge in Henan Province. During the Chinese New Year that year, only Luo Yong and Siniang Wulang were left in the Luo family's courtyard.

Da Niang is also very busy these days. Originally, the business of her elder sister’s restaurant is booming during the New Year’s Eve. In addition, she dispatched several stewards to go to Jiangnan with Er Niang earlier. She plans to go to Lingnan with the cargo team. If the conditions there are suitable for opening a store, they will stay in Lingnan and run a new store there.

In such a busy situation, several more capable managers were transferred away, and Aunt Luo inevitably had to keep an eye on her.

Lin Wulang and Fei Er often come here, when the aunt is busy, she has no time to talk to them, so the father and daughter have to go out to hang out by themselves.

Luo Yong's disciples also came here sometimes, and Luo Wulang's friends ran here in groups. These people came and went, but it seemed that Luo's courtyard was quite lively.

At the beginning of the year, Luo Yong received a letter from Apu, saying that his people had settled down in Changle County, and now they were registered households in Datang, so he no longer needed him as a leader, so he planned to come to Chang’an , together with other fellow apprentices, helped Luo Yong manage the property.

Luo Yong agreed, and wrote back to say that Erniang's workshop in the south of the Yangtze River lacked supervisors and experienced hands. At this time, he was planning to transfer people from the Hexi side to the south of the Yangtze River, and let Apu go with them. Everything will wait for him to come to Chang'an. Make arrangements again.

It was already the end of February in the lunar calendar when Apu received Luo Yong's reply letter. This is still the case when Longyou Road has already passed the wooden track. .

As for the cashmere workshop and the towel workshop, because Erniang's letter arrived earlier, they had already confirmed their candidates and made all the preparations before departure, and they were about to leave soon.

Apu and the others hurriedly packed up and saluted, and temporarily hired a wooden carriage to go with them.

This time, there were a few students from Changle Academy walking with them.

There are many tourists in the Jiangnan area, and even more in Lingnan. Erniang naturally needs some translators if she wants to do business with these foreign businessmen.

Most of these students going to Jiangnan are of Han origin.

Most of the local Han people in Hexi were from the Central Plains to border farms during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Most of them were military households, and their ancestral home can be found anywhere. That Jiangnan people.

Young people living in Longxi often hear their parents mention where their ancestors came from and what their hometown looks like.

Just a few years ago, these young people would never have imagined that one day they would be able to go to the Central Plains to see the hometown that the elderly at home never forget.

The sky was getting brighter, and the traveling carriages drove out of the new city one by one, along a section of newly built railway tracks, and sped eastward all the way.

The people sitting in the carriage were full of anticipation, but also slightly apprehensive.

Outside the car window, the clear water in Xueling Canal is flowing slowly. The snow water from Daxue Mountain is clear and sweet, sparkling in the morning light, which is extremely beautiful.

It has only been a few years since this beautiful canal appeared in their Changle County, but it can always easily draw a lot of reluctance in the hearts of people who are about to travel far away, and it also makes Changle who are walking outside People miss their hometown very much.