Little husband's market life

Qiao Zhishu took the letter and went to the backyard to find the elder sister and report the letter.

Their teahouse is a two-entry courtyard, with a large pavement on the second floor in the front, and a residence in the back. There is a large courtyard in the middle, where tea and dried fruits are dried.When eating on summer nights, the big table is placed in the courtyard, which is spacious and cool, and the children run around the table, laughing and ringing. Every time at this time, Qiao Zhishu and the elders have the same thoughts, because A stable life brings great satisfaction in my heart.

Entering the backyard, I saw the six-year-old little Huansheng squatting under the scorching sun, reaching for the dried sweet potatoes in the yard with his little hands. The steamed dried sweet potatoes are the best when they are not dried, soft and sweet.

Qiao Zhishu walked over and took Xiao Huansheng by the collar, and carried her to stand under the porch.

"Look at your sun drying." Qiao Zhishu sighed and wiped her sweat. The little girl is a real foodie, and now the chubby face is flushed, and the sweat beads on her temples are as big as a bean.

Xiao Huansheng smiled, sweet potatoes were still stained on his white teeth, "Uncle, are you making crispy tea today?"

When it comes to Sucha, Qiao Zhishu is full of pride, because Sucha was researched by his younger brother Ganger.It costs money to raise a post, but the butter tea made by Master Yuantong is full of milky fragrance and moderate sweetness, and it is very popular in teahouses!After that, Gang'er became addicted, and made bamboo tea, nightshade iced tea, etc. The cost was too high, so Qiao Zhishu didn't go to the teahouse.

"You don't sleep well after drinking, who dares to give you a drink? Your uncle wrote a letter, do you want to listen to what your uncle said?"

Xiao Huansheng licked his lips, "Yes!"

"Where is my elder sister?"

"Just now, Madam Yu came from the back door and was crying in the room with her mother."

The Madam Yu she called was Yu Lan, Su Yi's green plum.Because Qiao Zhishu opened a tea shop in the county, the two families are close to each other, and they often walk around during the New Year and holidays, so Sheng Ying and Yu Lan also got closer. The two people's personalities are quite compatible, and Sheng Ying feels distressed as an elder. Yu Lan invested in the purchase of a loom, and Yu Lan contributed, and the two started a side business of selling cloth like sisters.

Qiao Zhishu glanced at the closed door of the eldest sister, and decided not to bother her.He just sat on the veranda, fanned himself with a cattail fan, and held up a letter in one hand to read to his little niece.

Little Huansheng squeezed between his legs, resting her hands on her little uncle's knees, enjoying the cool breeze while eating dried sweet potatoes.

……

In Sheng Ying's room, Yu Lan sat on the bed wiping tears.

Sheng Ying was also taken aback, "Is there some misunderstanding? Have you asked Su Xiucai face to face?"

Su Yi failed the ranking again last year, but he is only 21 this year, so failing twice is nothing.

Yu Lan unconsciously touched the little doll next to the pillow, which she sewed and gave to Xiao Huansheng. Huansheng liked it so much that she had to hug it every time to fall asleep.When the doll was first made, she showed it to Su Yi, who said that their child would be blessed in the future.

"He said it was the order of his parents... Sister, my heart is already so cold."

Sheng Ying also frowned, feeling distressed, looking at Yu Lan's hands, how did they look like the hands of a 19-year-old girl?The calluses on the palm of one hand, and the dry wrinkled skin on the back of the hand.

"Now what he said, I can't believe a word..."

"Sister, you don't know. I heard him say that he likes capable women who run the house. I thought he praised me, but I didn't want to. He was just telling the truth. It's not just me. Anyone who is capable and capable Yes, he likes anyone who can make money to support his family!"

Yu Lan felt disgusted in her heart. After her parents died, she took refuge in the Su family. She was grateful to the Su family for giving her a bite to eat. She paid for the soles of her shoes day and night. Su Yi first expressed his heart to her. She wanted to marry someone she didn't know. She had no father, no mother, and no one to rely on. She might suffer a lot of grievances, so she began to look forward to marrying Su Yi.

Who knew that Su Yi expressed his heart but didn't take any action, and coaxed her to wait until she was 19 years old. Yesterday, her aunt suddenly pulled her to speak her heart, telling her family, and how difficult it was for Su Yi...

She has to be small,

Because, she is not prosperous.

Sheng Ying stepped forward to hold Yu Lan's hand, "Don't think about it, I'll go to Sheng's house and ask in a while. Impossible, Sheng Xue is my half-sister, and I know her too well. Wealth is like life, Su Xiucai does not want fame, let alone wealth, she has a very strong temper, even if it is her parents' words, she will not agree to discuss marriage with Su Xiucai."

Yu Lan shook her head and wiped away her tears fiercely, "Sister, you don't know, I think about the words he said to me now, and there are hidden words in them!"

Sheng Ying: "Aren't you really thinking about your past because you are angry now?"

"I was really angry, but the words he said, when I recall them together, are not what they seem to be! He told me that Tofu Xi Shi confessed to be a champion; he told me that he didn't like those fathers. The daughter of a rich family said that they would not know how to manage the house without their parents, and they also told me that they would not be married if they were not successful, but he is still a scholar and proposed marriage to your sister!"

"I've met your sister. She knocked on the door of Su's house before, but Su Yi didn't see her! At that time, the whole county only thought that her pastry shop was run by her parents, until she bought a yard last year and wanted to set up a female household. , Only then did we become famous in our county, and only then did we know that your sister is so amazing, she is only 17 years old, and she bought all the yards of the Sheng family shop! After that, Su Yi and your talented second brother went away more and more It's getting closer!"

Sheng Ying heard Yu Lan's words were clear and logical, and couldn't help but start to doubt Su Yi's character.

Yu Lan's ability to manage the family and make money actually has something to do with her temperament. She experienced the decline of her family early on and suffered too much, so she was extraordinarily strong.She was more disgusted than sad about this, probably because she now has a few silver coins from selling cloth, and she is no longer the 14-year-old girl who has no parents and no one to rely on.

"It's impossible for me to be young!" Not to mention being young, she immediately wanted to move out of Su's house!

Now she can't see her aunt and Su Yi wipe tears with her, and she can't listen to them talk about their last resort.

Yu Lan was so angry that she stopped crying and kept talking, "Sister, you don't know, yesterday my aunt and him were exactly the same as the one who asked me to buy cloth to negotiate the price. The cloth is worthless, and the one who really likes my cloth, let me give you a price."

It's also thanks to her being a scholar who sews shoes and sells cloth, and has dealt with many people. She has developed a pair of piercing eyes, and now she can tell who is acting at a glance.

Sheng Ying continued to comfort her: "Don't worry, if you say no, you will be no. No one can wrong you. I will go back to Sheng's house tomorrow and help you find out."

Yu Lan squeezed the money in her bosom, shook her head, she lost all energy to scold others just now, and felt very depressed.

"Don't go, I also know that my sister and my mother's family have long been in harmony with each other. Now I don't know whether to be grateful for your sister's intervention and let me see the two of them clearly, or to be sad, I have no home anymore ..."

"Don't talk nonsense, sister's here is your home too, you just need to stay here." Sheng Ying thought for a while, and decided to help Yu Lan take a trip, "After all, my surname is Sheng, even though my father kicked me out of the house a long time ago. Well, my little sister should go back and ask about the situation. On Su Yi's side, how about we ask Sheng'er and Qiaoer to ask about it?"

Before Shengying got married, Shengxue was still a naive little girl. After she got married, she rarely went back to Longjing Village, so her impression of Shengxue was always before the other party 'changed'.Later, the father and daughter broke up that day, and she still regarded Sheng Xue as her younger sister.

It is also recently that I go back to spend the New Year with my grandma every year. After listening to the second uncle and the others, I know that the year she came back to borrow money-the family had a good harvest!

The more she thought about it, the more chilling she felt. Before she got married, she didn't live in the yard of her grandma like Sheng Yao. She lived in the same yard as her father, Mrs. Fang, and Sheng Xue and Sheng Yan. of!

Although it was her ex-husband who was the bastard, Sheng Xue was not at all good for her eldest sister, and it really chilled her heart. If she didn't feel sorry for Yu Lan, her godmother, she would never have gone to the Sheng family to talk.

But Yu Lan shook her head resolutely, "Now I'm so cold, why do I have to marry him? Do I have to pay him for the exam for the rest of his life? Sister, don't tell them brothers to make trouble, Su Yi will teach you what to say." For three years, they have been teachers for one day and for life, isn't this bad reputation for the two brothers?"

Sheng Ying: "But you have to find a way to solve this matter. If Su Xiucai really changes his mind, we have to ask for an explanation."

Yu Lan took out her purse from her bosom, "Why do they think I'm just a young man? I'll find a matchmaker tomorrow, as long as it's the main wife, I can marry! These are my dowry!"

……

Yu Lan has temporarily lived in Sheng Ying's house, and Xiao Huansheng goes to Qiao Zhishu's house every day. Ever since she was two years old when Qiao Zhishu hugged her and rode a big horse, she has been very attached to her uncle. She regarded her little uncle as her father.

Yu Lan hid in the Sun's teahouse, so Qiao Zhishu and Sun Sheng naturally knew the reason.

On this day, Qiao Zhishu and Sun Sheng went to visit Su's house with oiled paper bags.Xiao Huansheng, who was thrown behind the teahouse, was short and fat, and her straight waist was wrapped in a little underskirt, full of blessings, and she threw herself on Sun Hongrun's leg and pretended to cry.

"Grandpa, uncles are running out again."

Sun Hongrun picked her up and shook her, "I won't leave any food for them that night. They are so hungry that their stomachs hurt. Let them know that they can't leave us in the future, okay?"

Xiao Huansheng pursed his mouth, "Okay~"

Sun Hongrun laughed loudly, "Then it's settled, you are not allowed to go back on your word at night, you have gone back on it many times."

Xiao Huansheng didn't answer any more, and sat obediently on his uncle's arm, clasping his little hands with his big eyes down.

Sun Hongrun continued to coax the child, "When the big yard around our house is finished at the end of the year, we will bring your uncles and grandmothers to the county town, and then let your two little cousins ​​play with you, are you happy?"

"Little uncle will play with me~" Xiao Huansheng only knows Qiao Zhishu.

Sun Hongrun pinched her chubby little face, and said lovingly: "It's really whoever raises you to kiss whoever, okay, when your little uncle comes back, he will put you on his belt."

……

Qiao Zhishu went to Mr. Su's house. The hall was brightly decorated with multicolored colors, combs, abacus, ruler... and scales for lifting the hijab.

When Su's mother saw Qiao Zhishu and Sun Sheng, she was overjoyed, "Oh, Qiaoer and Shenger are here, come in and sit down, this will be a family in no time, we should move around more."

She is extremely satisfied with this marriage. The Sheng family has a fortune, a Sheng Xue who can set up a female household, and Qiao Zhishu who can negotiate business. This family is amazing!

"Kiss more?" Qiao Zhishu had a complicated heart, and asked Su Yi, "Have you really made an appointment with Sheng Xue, sir?"

"The fate of parents is hard to disobey, and everyone has a heart of kindness and filial piety." Su Yi's performance was still the same as Qiao Zhishu knew, with a clear breeze and bright moon, and a scholarly fragrance.

Qiao Zhishu and Sun Sheng dragged Su Yi to the study room, and Su's mother went to the kitchen to prepare some snacks because it was inconvenient for her to follow.

In the study, Qiao Zhishu got straight to the point. He thought Su Yi liked Yu Lan.

He said: "Sir, Sister Yu stayed at my house yesterday, and she was very sad... Could it be that my aunt put pressure on you? Sir, tell me that there is a way for you to get married with Sister Yu." .”

Su Yi was a little surprised, "You, why do you have such an idea? I often educate you Xiao Naide's family, the Sheng family raised you, Sheng Xue is also your sister, you want to ruin her marriage, she fell into a bad situation Fame, how can I get married in the future?"

"..." Qiao Zhi opened her mouth, and asked in a low voice unconvinced, "What about sister Yu's reputation?"

It's not that he is weak, but that he has always respected Su Yi as his master, and as soon as Su Yi taught him as a venerable, he is afraid of the teacher's temperament... Anyway, he just can't change it.

"The Sheng family agrees that I welcome Lan Lan in, and it only needs to be delayed by one month." What Su Yi meant was that he was not a heartless man, nor did he not want to marry Yu Lan.

The image of Su Yi in Qiao Zhishu's mind changed, and he frowned, not understanding.

"Sir, you first talk about the fate of your parents, and you worry about the reputation of the woman. What about your own thoughts? You know the reason why my brother separated at the age of 17. Do you really think Sheng Xue is your good match?"

Su Yi smiled slightly, "It turns out that you care about being a teacher. I knew that you have always been kind-hearted and would not do anything against others. It is inconvenient for me to ask about the matter back then, but I heard from Sheng Yan that Uncle Sheng would I was very angry, and I was really worried that Brother Sheng would miss Qiu Wei. As a father, he has a good heart, but his temper is a little bit stronger, but now the Sheng family is his daughter as a scholar, and after so many years, his temper has disappeared. Alright."

Su Yi is a scholar, so it's like he didn't answer, but he couldn't find fault with him.Su Yi's words make people feel that he is not a selfish person.

Ask him why he is engaged to someone else?He answered the orders of his parents, which is filial piety;

Ask him if he wants to divorce?He might ruin the woman's reputation, he is a real man;

If he doesn't withdraw the marriage, what will Yu Lan do?He answered Nayulan, he is a gentleman;

Ask him if he likes the woman?He directly said other...

Qiao Zhishu felt a punch on the cotton, sighed deeply, and finally opened the skylight to speak bluntly, "Sir, Sister Yu is capable of running the house on the outside, and understands you and respects you on the inside. I understand Shengxue, she Don't do things that don't pay off, she is definitely not a good match for you."

Yu Lan has a strong personality on the outside, and has a tough personality on the outside, but on the inside, she understands Su Yi, supports Su Yi, and respects Aunt Su.People like Su Yi and Yu Lan don't need to have any pressure, just concentrate on rushing for the exam.

Sheng Xue is strong and selfish, she does everything with a purpose, for her purpose, she even disregards the life and death of her own brother.When she was young, she knew how to cover up. For example, when Sheng Gang coughed up blood at the age of four, she used words to force the doctor to issue a death order for her younger brother. For example, in order to lure eight-year-old Qiao Zhishu to the county town to make money for her, she cheated grandma and ganger. Maybe she was not Deliberately, but Gang'er almost died in the county town, there is a reason for her!

Such a woman, taking advantage of Dong's embroidery village to make a fortune in the county, the more she can manage the family and set up a female household, the more she will feel capable. Such a person must not make mistakes, otherwise——

If everything is complete, it will be lacking, and if things are extreme, they will be reversed.

This is all I can say about a master and apprentice.After all, what does it have to do with me whether Su Yi's marriage is good or not?

……

After leaving Tsing Yi Lane, Sun Sheng tugged on Qiao Zhishu's sleeves. Qiao Zhishu's slightly drooping brows and eyes are natural, and the gentleness and melancholy that comes with it can easily be misunderstood.

Sun Sheng said carelessly: "If you want me to tell you, sir and mistress are not a good match! You said that mistress is very sad at our house, you see that sir is indifferent at all, don't worry about it, maybe sir doesn't like it at all. Where is Mistress?"

"I just hope that Sister Yu can find a good match as soon as possible, and that she and her husband will be well."

Su Yi's family was rich when he was a child, Su's mother was the daughter of a merchant, and Su's father was a lord. After Su's father passed away, Su's mother, a rich lady, could do nothing but clean up the house, let alone make money. The breadwinner.In the beginning, Mother Su's parents helped them. When the parents passed away, the relatives dismissed the two mother and son with the words "the water poured out by the married daughter".

After moving to Tsing Yi Lane, Su Yi understood that to marry a wife should go to 'Tofu Beauty'.He politely rejected all the ladies who were pampered by rich boudoirs, because he admired women like Yu Lan and Sheng Xue who did not rely on their natal family or husband's family, and were capable and capable women themselves.

If it wasn't for Shengxue's affection, he would marry Yu Lan, a 'shoe seller', in this lifetime, and then he would be at ease, work hard in the study and earn a reputation in the study.

Su Yi looked at the eight colors prepared at home, which were shabby and crude. He remembered Qiao Zhishu's saying, "Shengxue doesn't do things that don't pay off", and got up to interrupt his beaming and chattering mother.

"Mom, I'm going to study."

**

It's going to rain, her husband is going to get married, Qiao Zhishu can't control other people's lives, he can only be a bystander.

On this day, the bystanders went to Wolong Temple with my uncle and Sun Sheng, knelt down in front of the Buddha and prayed for Sheng Yao's blessing, and then went to the back mountain to visit Gang'er.

Gang'er is 11 years old, his body is still thin and weak, and a little dark color has settled around his big eyes. Besides, his face is fair and his skin color is slightly uneven. He looks nothing like his elder brother at all. Sheng Yao has thick eyebrows His hair complements his facial features very heroic and gorgeous, but Gang'er's eyebrows and hair are very light, probably because he looks more like Fang He.

But the son is like a mother, built of gold and bricks, and he is more beautiful than his two brothers and sisters who look like their father.

Gang'er, with two horns on his head, squatted in the mud outside the house in the mountain stream...

Qiao Zhishu walked over and poked his ass with the tip of his toe, "How old are you? You still play with mud."

Gang'er twisted his buttocks and moved forward, then turned his head and smiled flatteringly, "Brother, why don't you build me a kiln!"

"..." Qiao Zhishu refused angrily, "No, do you know how much it costs to burn a kiln?"

Gang'er pouted, "Brother is rich."

"..." The words were correct, but Qiao Zhi was completely speechless.

It costs money to raise a ganger. Unlike Qiao Zhishu and Sheng Yao, he has no concept of money since he was a child. He started on the road of art from the tea ceremony.

Since Gang'er started to learn tea, Qiao Zhishu has been able to earn a lot of money, and he has never been mean to his younger brother, so he is used to playing art.

At the beginning, I received a letter from my elder brother, who wanted to help my younger brother make tea bricks, so Qiao Zhishu built him a tea house next to the Zen temple. Together with Qiao Zhishu, I made butter, and butter tea is still very popular in teahouses.

Recently, he became obsessed with burning kilns because his eldest brother Sheng Yao is also a spoiled younger brother.Ever since Sheng Yao returned to Bingzhou on his first caravan and went door to door to pay off his debts, he and Qiao Zhishu wrote letters.

After receiving the letter, he learned that Gang'er was fine, and he was about to set off again, so he went to northern Xinjiang and spent a lot of money to buy a set of palace-built lamps, which were made in Ulan Kingdom, with bright colors and matching colors. Very wonderful.

Qiao Zhishu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Then you can find your elder brother to go."

Gang'er smiled softly, "Hey... How are you, brother? Okay? I'll also burn a batch of rabbit hair Jianzhan later, and give them to your teahouse guests!"

Qiao Zhishu didn't want to agree to him so quickly, what if Gang'er acted on a whim?Firing kilns is not making tea, and they are not doing porcelain business.

So he said: "When the autumn rain is over, I will take you back to Sun's tea mountain to pick tea. We will make tea bricks. I will transport them to Bingzhou by myself. When I meet my brother, I will tell him that you want to burn the kiln. If he agrees , I will find workers to build it for you when I come back.”

Gang'er has been able to go down the mountain frequently, but he has never stepped into the county seat again.

Two years ago, he and his younger brother went back to Sheng's house to visit grandma for the first time, and he found out that Fang He had a new son.Later, I heard that Grandma Sheng cried and scolded Sheng Shaoyuan and Fang He. Fang He knew that Gang'er was still alive, but she had a new child to take care of, so she never went to Wolong Temple.

But she did ask Qiao Zhishu to give her the clothes she made herself, but Qiao Zhishu refused.He didn't want Fang He to give Gang'er hope anymore. If he really loved Gang'er's son, why not go there in person?Two years ago, her youngest son couldn't live without people when he was one year old. A year ago, her youngest son couldn't live without people when he was two years old. Year after year...

In this way, Gang'er didn't bother her, and she didn't go to the Zen temple to find Gang'er. She had some feelings, and after that time period, it would be difficult to pick them up again.

Gang'er only wants the younger brother now, but he was excited to hear that he was looking for the eldest brother, "Little brother, will you take me with you?"

Qiao Zhishu nodded, but said: "Okay, I will go to explore the road this time. If the road is not hard, I will take you to set off next year."

"My little brother can't fool me! Big brother will be back next year~"

"The elder brother won't come back. I will build a kiln for you next year. Do you think you are in a hurry?"

Gang'er frowned slightly, "Huh?"

"En!" Qiao Zhishu ended the topic forcefully, went to the mountain stream house, and shouted: "Master, I'll bring you lotus root buns."

Gang'er squatted down and continued to mix the mud for a while, and finally washed his hands angrily and touched the buns to eat. His buns were sauerkraut elbow meat buns!

The marinated and crispy knuckles are chopped and steamed with sauerkraut. After one bite, the sauerkraut is soaked in oil, which is so satisfying.

The elder sister definitely made the buns, how can the shops outside use such expensive elbows to wrap the buns.

The author has something to say: Sheng Xue is already talking about getting married, and Qiao Er can't wait for a few more years. The children have grown up!