North and South groceries

In the end, Luo Yong and the others did not wait for the children to leave school. They first went to visit the old man who had lost his leg a few days ago, and made an appointment with his family to buy piglets, and then went to buy a pack of caramel. Then he rode Yan'er and flew out of Xiaohe Village.

When the three of them returned to Xipo Village, it was almost time for lunch. They returned the car to Xu's guest house, and then went home for dinner.

Wang Dang's son, Wang Shao, does not have Yan Erfei, so he can only borrow Luo to ride on his disciple's cart in the past few days.They have already pooled the money and entrusted Xu Erlang to take it to Henghuai in the city, and wait for their side to send a message to let them go to pick up the car.

This can be regarded as going through the back door, but this matter has to be kept low-key, so as not to be too blatant.

I heard that a lot of merchants have come to Hanoi Road on the other side of the Yellow River recently, and they flew here specifically for this swallow. If they knew that someone jumped in line, the Heng family and his son would probably be in a difficult situation.

In this day and age, anyone who dares to come out to run a business, no one is fuel-efficient. Either they dare to risk their lives, or they have superior financial resources or a strong background. None of these things will work, so just stay where you are cool. , just look at the previous encounters of Wang Dang and those people.

At Xu's guest house, many merchants from other places have also come recently, some of them are looking for the little lady in Xipo village to process cashmere, and some of them are looking for soap from Chongluo's family.

In addition, the Luo family's fermented bean curd and miso sauce have also sold a lot, and the wool felt cushions that have been hoarded in the past few months have almost sold out. After the spring plowing, they will have to start making this again.

After Luo Yong had lunch, he went to the slope to see it. After returning home, he packed up the fat pork and suet that he collected that day. After he boiled the lard, Wu Lang and the others also flew back on Yan'er. up.

Luo Yong looked at the sun and wrote down the time when they left school. From now on, they had better come back at this time every day. If they came back late one day, Luo Yong had to look for them. If he found these boys on the road If you play around, you will definitely have to be cut when you come back.

Wang Dang, Lin Dalang and the other two said that Luo Yong was worried about nothing, no matter what they said, Luo Yong had to worry as much as he should, and women just moaned, and he was not afraid of people talking anyway.

I know my own family affairs, and I raise my own baby. I really listened to Wang Dang and the others. If his Wulang is lost tomorrow, Wang Dang and the others can still compensate him.

Goro's lunch was hot on the kang over there at the grocery store. Seeing that he had come back, Si Niang called him to eat by himself.

The boy Wu Lang could also see that Si Niang was not in a good mood. Although he was very excited when he came back from school on the first day, he didn't dare to talk about it in front of her.Among the children in the village, Siniang was at the leader level, and Goro was at the level of a follower, with too many ranks, so he was a little afraid of her on weekdays.

"Sanlang, is there any white flour at home?" Brother-in-law Lin Xingle hurried over with a wooden basin in his arms.

"There should be more." Luo Yong is not too clear about these things.

"I just ground some buckets of wheat this morning, and the white flour is there." Si Niang lay lazily on the kang table, and when she saw Lin Xingle coming to get the white flour, she pointed to a pottery urn by the wall.

"Is someone ordering dumplings again?" Luo Yong also came over at this time.

"No, people who have eaten it say it's good. There are a few who really like it, and now they eat three meals a day." Lin Xingle squatted down and took out flour from the urn, scooped out bowl by bowl, and filled it with him. In the tub I brought.

"Is there enough pork?" Luo Yong asked him.

"Enough is enough. Er Niang went there once earlier, but she didn't see enough, so she came back and cut a big piece." Lin Xingle cleaned out the flour in the urn neatly: "With these flour, it's enough for today. I'm afraid it won't be enough tomorrow, and you'll have to grind some more later."

"Okay." Luo Yong readily agreed.

"What's wrong with Si Niang?" Lin Xingle asked again casually.

"I'm not happy because I don't have to go to school." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"I'm not happy at all." Si Niang replied over there, scratching the kang table with her little hands, making it look awkward to anyone who saw it.

She is indeed a bit unhappy, but I can't blame my brothers and sisters for this matter. The little lady didn't have to go to school, and neither did the eldest and second mothers in their family. Besides, if she and Wulang both Let's go, who will come to see this grocery store.

Although the reasoning has been figured out, Si Niang still feels a little uncomfortable in her heart.Children don't know how to think too deeply about equality between men and women. Unless Luo Yong instills it in her now, she won't think about it for a while.

Lin Xingle took the white flour, and hurried to Xu's guest house, Luo Yong took some wheat out of the house, swept the millstone with a brush, and put on a donkey to start grinding the flour.

The freshly boiled lard had to be cooled for a while before soap could be made. Now that the oil temperature was so high, he did not dare to pour lye into it rashly for fear of accidents.

"Brother, let me grind." Si Niang dawdled out of the grocery store.

"It's fine for me to come, you just stay." Luo Yong waved his hand.This girl has a wild personality, and she likes to run around outside all day. Luo Yongchuan has been here for so long, and it is the first time he has seen her look so depressed.

"..." Si Niang didn't enter the room, but just squatted on the sidelines and watched.

"It's okay if you can't go to school. If you want to learn calligraphy, you can also learn it at home." Luo Yong explained to her while putting wheat grains into the stone mill.

"..." Si Niang still didn't speak. She didn't want to practice calligraphy. For children, the fun of going to school lies in the school itself, not in learning.

Every day, I go to school with my friends on Yanerfei, and then come back from school. I think it is beautiful, especially in this age without TV and computer. How can staying at home compare to it? School is interesting.

"It's not bad here, at least there is someone in the family who can teach you how to read. Do you know that in many families, children from poor families have no chance to learn how to read?" Luo Yong continued to chat with her.

"..." Si Niang also knew that her family's situation was considered good, so she didn't say anything.

"It's not like this, you can engrave the characters you have learned on the soap mold, and when those little ladies buy them home in the future, looking at the characters on it, you may be able to learn a few."

Luo Yong's main intention was to let Si Niang recognize a few more words. Self-study at home is a rather boring process, and it also tests her self-discipline ability.

If this method is feasible, it can be developed on Erniang and the others in the future. Erniang doesn't like reading and learning calligraphy very much. of.

"My handwriting is ugly." Si Niang was a little moved by what he said.

"What are you afraid of? Practice slowly word by word. Look at the soap molds that our family made. The characters are not very beautiful, but they are correct." Luo Yong continued to fan her.

"..." Si Niang continued to squat there, shaking her small body, she seemed to be in a much better mood.

"Do you think it will work?" Luo Yong asked again.

"I'll give it a try." The girl nodded reluctantly.

"Okay, Goro should have finished his meal. Go and do your homework with him and ask him what Mr. taught today. If he can't answer, call me and I'll spank him." The children have to let them supervise each other, and Luo Yong himself doesn't have the time to check their homework every day.

"Oh." Luo Siniang came back to life full of blood, stood up from the base of the wall, grinned happily, and happily asked Wulang to do homework together. As for whether Wulang was unhappy, Luo Yong really didn't care at the moment. superior.

In the days that followed, Si Niang really started to practice calligraphy seriously, and often scratched on the wooden blocks with the small carving knife that Luo Yong used to make toothbrushes.

Sometimes when Luo Yong finished making soap and poured the last piece of mold, there was still soap liquid left, and there was not enough soap to pour another mold. He would pour the soap liquid into the egg shell, cool and harden in two days, and then Peel off the outer shell of the egg, and take the soap ball inside to Siniang to carve and play.

Some people saw Siniang playing with the soap ball carving, and said that Luo Sanlang was too spoiled to Siniang and the others, so even if a soap ball could not be sold for five yuan, at least it could be sold for one or two yuan.

Two days ago, there was a sudden spring rain. Luo Yong was worried that Wulang was weak and feared that he would get sick after being exposed to the rain, so he drove a donkey cart to Xiaohe Village in the rain. He gave some money and food, and temporarily placed Wulang in Zou Lizheng's house. When people heard about this, they said that Luo Sanlang spoiled his younger brother Wulang.

I often hear other people say this, and Luo Yong always reminds himself in his heart that he should be strict when he should be strict, and don't spoil the children in the family, but in his opinion, these children in his family really have nothing to do. A place of strict discipline.

Si Niang was already responsible for three meals a day at a young age. Although her personality was a bit willful, she was also reasonable and obedient to discipline, and she had never been seen messing around.Goro will also help the family when he comes back from school every day, and he will also teach his sister what he learned in school.In Luo Yong's view, his brothers and sisters are all good anyway.

Luo Yong had a bumpy experience since he was a child, and later met Grandma Luo, and later Grandma Luo died of old age.

For him, nothing in this world is taken for granted, not safety, health, and happiness.

So even though this world seemed so barren and closed compared to the world in his memory, he still cherished these peaceful and comfortable days in front of him very much.

Luo Yong wants to make these children happy every day, and no matter where the family will go in the future, reunion or parting, happiness or sadness, at least in this period of time, they will have no regrets.

In the past few years, Luo Yong often regretted why he didn't treat her better when Grandma Luo was alive. His heart was always full of regrets.

Grandma Luo should have no regrets in her heart, because she has done her best to treat Luo well, and has given everything she can.