Village Flowers and Female Scholars

After Xie Yan and her mother finished buying the above, they went to buy rice noodles. They thought about finding someone to build a house in the past few days, and told them that they would not include food, but only buy enough for them to eat, so they bought ten catties of rice And ten catties of rough noodles, and some salt is enough. When I have time, I will definitely go up the mountain to find wild goods to sell every day. I will come to the town every three days, and I will replenish what I lack.

There are meat sellers near the rice and noodle stalls. The meat should not be stored for a long time. At most, you can buy tonight and tomorrow. So I only cut a catty of pork belly and seven or eight catties of pork suet and went back to fry. The panniers were full.

Seeing that the basket was heavy, Cao E exchanged the basket with the clothes on it for Xie Yan to carry without saying a word. This is what she thinks she can only do for her children at present, and try to use her own shoulders to bear the physical exertion. work.

Xie Yan knew that she would not be able to hold her back, so she had no choice but to give up.

"Mother, I'm afraid I won't be able to carry it anymore if I buy more. Do you still want to buy it?"

"Buy a sickle and an axe, and you can still mention a little bit in your hand. It's not good to use other people's things all the time."

Xie Yan thought about it, so he turned around and went to the blacksmith, picked up a kitchen knife, a sickle and an ax without a wooden handle, and tied them together with rattan. The three tools are not too heavy, Cao Cao E took it all at once.

Xie Yan made up his mind to go back by bullock cart, so he set his sights on the small iron pot for cooking and bought it together, otherwise he would have no pot to cook the meat when he went back a few nights.

The mother and daughter each carried a heavy basket, Xie Yan was carrying a small iron pot, and Cao E was carrying a bunch of iron tools, and they went on the road.

"Mother, let's go back by bullock cart."

After spending so much money today, Cao E was in great pain. He was not willing to take the car, but he was afraid that his daughter would be troubled. He wanted to refuse for a while but didn't know how to say it.

"Don't hesitate, we bought a lot of things today, and we walked slowly with our backs on our backs. When we saw those gossiping women in the village, I'm afraid they would follow up and ask one by one. They would be so annoying."

Cao E thought the same, so she agreed.

Xie Yan bought a few meat buns along the way and took her mother to the place where drivers usually stop.

Because Shangyan Village is close to the town, there are no special ox carts in the village, but there are many passing carts that have already taken them for a ride.

It was quite late when the mother and daughter came out, and stayed on the mountain for another two or three hours, and then went to the town to buy this and that. The two rushed over to greet them and asked if they were taking a car.

When Xie Yan mentioned Shangyan Village, the driver saw that there were no long-distance people, so he let them get on the bus.

The passing carriage did not enter the village, Xie Yan gave him a penny per person as the fare when he got off the carriage, and walked home with his mother carrying a heavy basket on their backs.

Along the way, they naturally attracted the inquiring eyes of the villagers. You must know that their mother and daughter were separated from the Cao family penniless yesterday, and they could only sleep on the ground at night. Now they have the money to buy so many things. Know where to get rich.

There are good intentions and malicious eyes, sympathy and pity, but Xie Yan is too lazy to care so much, life is lived by himself, if he has the energy to worry about what others say, it is better to save some energy and go up the mountain to find some wild goods Sell.

People in a village will be together for a long time in the future, Xie Yan doesn't want to be hostile to others, if he asks a question, he will answer a sentence or two in a polite manner, but fortunately, the people around him don't directly yell I asked you where you got the money to buy so many things, and it saved Xie Yan from having to deal with them.

The Cao family was not in the same direction as their new home, and they didn't meet anyone from the Cao family when they returned from the village entrance. The mother and daughter were secretly relieved.

Back in the thatched hut, the simple door was ajar, and it seemed that no one had disturbed him.

After putting the things down, the cloth and new clothes were taken into the hut and pressed down with straw to prevent outsiders from looking at them, and the other rice noodles were put in the corner.

Cao E said: "Gu'er has been at the scholar's house for a long time, it's always not good to bother."

"Well, I'll pick him up later, and talk to Uncle Cai about building the house. Mother, let's count the money first."

After finishing speaking, he closed the grass door, took out the money in the back basket, and counted it carefully.

When I went down the mountain in the morning, I dug up eleven strings of money, plus 190 Wen for selling mushrooms at the Lucky Hotel, and 100 taels of silver for selling Ganoderma lucidum. After buying clothes, rice noodles, suet pork, tools, etc., there are still five taels of silver and more than [-] Wen.

"Mother, two taels of the five taels of silver will be reserved for the Cao family. I predict that our mother and I will buy so many things today. It won't be long before the Cao family will know about it, and they will definitely come to the door at that time." Asking for money, I didn't expect that we could meet that Ganoderma lucidum before, so I set the date of repaying the money at the Dragon Boat Festival next year, but the news that our family is going to build a house, the old lady will definitely not let it go, I think it's better Just pay it off first."

Hearing what she said, Cao E agreed in her heart. Although she was reluctant to part with the money, she could only relax after paying back the money. Thinking of the money to buy the land from the dealer, she couldn't help but said: "Otherwise, I will also pay back the scholar's one or two together." gone?"

"Zhuang Xiucai is not in a hurry. They didn't expect to sell the land immediately, and they are not in a hurry to spend money. On the contrary, although we said that the house is only a few small earthen huts, three taels of silver is really worth it. Not much, if you pay them back, the house will not be able to be built.”

"It's okay, you have more opinions now, all the money in the family is earned by you, mother will listen to you."

Xie Yan said: "Mother, what are you talking about? We earned this money together. If you didn't see that Ganoderma lucidum in the morning, today's income is only two hundred Wen at most. How dare you mention the matter of building a house."

Cao E felt better after being coaxed by her.

In order to prevent the silver from being coveted by others, the mother and daughter dug a hole under the straw bed, kept the remaining 100-odd coins, and buried all the remaining fifty taels in it. For some reason, Xie Yan took it again. Erliang came out and put it in his arms, then buried the pit and restored it to its original state, and covered it with straw.

"Mother, it's still early now, I plan to build another shed near the thatched shed to put some tools and so on, and I can cook outside first, but pots, pans, hoes and sickles are used up and put away It’s always bad to look outside.”

"Okay, mother, go to the mountain behind and cut a few small trees for support, and then cut some thatch to cover it like yesterday." Cao E became excited when she heard that she was going to work. Now that life is busy, she has energy for everything. .

"Then I'll pick Gu'er back first, and then I'll go to Uncle Cai's house to talk about building a house, and ask him to help find a few people. Come back quickly after you cut down the small tree. There are silver buried in the house, and you bought so many things. Don't come here." people are not good."

Cao E naturally knew, took the ax and went up the mountain.

Xie Yan sat on the grass and thought for a while, then stood up and took the three meat buns she bought in the town and walked towards the dealer.

When entering the house, Grandma Yu was boiling a large pot of water in the yard, and Xie Yuangu was sitting on the sidelines playing with the big one, the old and the young, and what Xie Yuangu was asking and answering, the courtyard was full of A joyous scene.

Seeing Xie Yan enter the room, Xie Yuangu jumped up happily, ran towards her and hugged her thigh: "Sister, you are back."

When Yu Po heard the movement at the door, she also smiled and said: "Xiao Jin'er is back."

"Well, I came here just after I put my things away. I don't know if I missed my mother-in-law by leaving Gu'er here for so long." Xie Yan said apologetically.

"What can I miss? In the past, Ah Wan would read books by herself in the house, or go to teach in a private school. I was quiet at home alone, and I didn't have a talking partner. I was almost bored. I wish you could send him here sooner. "

Hearing what Yu Po said, Xie Yan felt relieved, and gave Xie Yuangu one of the steamed buns wrapped in rice paper in her hand, and put the other two on the table, saying: "In the morning, I will go up the mountain with my mother to pick mushrooms to sell, and come back by the way." I bought two steamed buns for my mother-in-law to try."

Yu Po hurriedly said: "You are in short supply now, take the steamed stuffed buns back for dinner, Po Po has something to eat here."

Xie Yan smiled and said: "Now that I have found a way to make money, I can still afford two buns, and they are not precious things. Mother-in-law can eat with peace of mind. I will take Gu'er home first."

After finishing speaking, she pulled Xie Yuangu out of the dealer's door, Granny Yu chased her out with the buns, and the two siblings were nowhere to be seen at the door, so she sighed and said, "This little Jin'er is still so kind-hearted."

Zhuang Wan, who was coming out of the house, looked at Granny Yu who was talking to herself at the door, and asked, "Who are you talking to, it seems that someone came just now, why is Xiao Gu'er gone?"

"You, you, you are studying every day. No one in the family knows that Xiao Jin'er specially bought the meat buns from the town. I still want to take them and return them. Their life is not easy now, so I can save a bite." Take a bite."

Zhuang Wan looked at the buns in Granny Yu's hand, reached out to take one, and took a bite. Although it was a bit cold, the juice inside filled her lips, and it was unexpectedly delicious.

"Eat with peace of mind, their family will not be in trouble for too long."

As soon as Granny Yu heard it, she glanced at her and said: "You don't hear anything outside the window and you only read sage books. You are always bored at home, how can you tell when someone will come out, but I can tell, little Jin'er will definitely be more promising than you in the future."

Zhuang Wan didn't care about Yu Po's hurtful words, she thumped her back lightly, and went back into the house with a bun in her mouth.

"Awan, you should go out for a walk, and copy in the stuffy room every day. I'll be fine if I don't drink a dose of medicine, but don't ruin your eyes." Seeing her go back to the room, Yu Po , couldn't help thinking brokenly.

"Well, I see, I will go out after copying this paragraph."

The author has something to say: Is it too trivial, too trivial, if you don’t like to read it, just tell me, I will reduce these trivial things in the future.Also, I used a calculator to calculate these numbers, so I was afraid that I would make a mistake.