The road to becoming a god through the Red Mansions

Wang Gou'er and Liu Shi, who were waiting at home, were very anxious as they watched the snow falling more and more. They only thought that Grandma Liu, an old man, should not be allowed to take a child like Ban'er to the city. If something went wrong , but how good.

"Mother, it's an ox cart! It must be grandma and brother!"

Qing'er is young but has good eyesight, and he can see the bullock carts in the distance from a long distance away.In their Wangjiazhuang, only the village chief’s house has an ox cart, but the tarpaulin outside is brown. The one that came now is blue, and it seems to be imported.

Mrs. Liu hurried forward with her little daughter, and greeted the old mother and young son at the entrance of the village. Wang Gou'er also hurriedly opened the curtain of the car, and hugged Ban'er, who was sleeping soundly, from Grandma Liu's arms.

"Mother, this, this is a gift from our aunt in the Rongguo Mansion, how generous it is!" Mrs. Liu picked up the big baggage in the carriage, and then looked at the fur coat wrapped on her son, couldn't help being surprised.

Grandma Liu nodded slightly and didn't say much. Instead, she turned around and thanked the ox cart driver who brought them back, and kindly invited him home to have a cup of hot tea to warm her body.The coachman was in his thirties, and he could not stand the cold after traveling so far in such a heavy snow day. If it hadn't been for Ping'er or a silver coin, the coachman would never have made this trip.

He didn't refuse at the moment, drove the carriage and followed Wang Gou'er to Wang's house.The five blue-brick and large tile-roofed houses of the Wang family are magnificent. They were built when Wang Gou'er's father was alive. At that time, the Wang family was one of the most wealthy families around. Now there are only this house and a few acres of Susukida left.

When the coachman left, Grandma Liu took her overjoyed son-in-law and daughter to the inner room to talk this time.

"This time I went, I didn't meet the second young lady back then, but I met the grandma who is now the head of the Rongguo Mansion, who is also the daughter of the Wang family, named Wang Xifeng. Our aunt really knows how to behave, and she also loves the old and the young, not only He gave me 100 taels of silver, and packed me a lot of clothes, and I saw that they were all rare and good things, and our family couldn’t even buy them by ourselves.”

Liu Shi had already taken out a squirrel-skin cloak from her bag and made gestures on her body. Qing'er kept stroking the smooth fur with her hands, and her eyes couldn't stop being amazed.While Wang Gou'er was happy that his mother-in-law had gained so many benefits, at the same time he felt ashamed of his family's decline. Back then, their family and Wang's family were connected to each other.

Grandma Liu looked coldly at the shame on Wang Gou'er's face, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the shame meant that this person could still be saved, and she might not be unable to get up if she had the chance.And according to the memory of the original owner, although this Wang Gouer's ability is a bit mediocre, what is rare is that he has a kind heart.He has always respected the original owner, the widowed woman. Later, he sold his property to rescue Qiao and did not say a word. Even if he was made things difficult by those officials in the end, he did not complain. He has a very good heart.

"My mother, you are really my mother, 100 taels of silver, which is enough for our family to chew for five years." When Liu heard this, the cloak in her hand was no longer fragrant, and she hurriedly squeezed over to join Grandma Liu. Sit down beside him, and beat Grandma Liu's legs, "Mother has run hard this trip, let your son-in-law do a good job in the future, and we won't go to other people to do such a shameful thing."

Grandma Liu lost her husband in middle age, and raised her daughter alone, so she spoiled her a little bit, so Mrs. Liu is not such a capable and smart person.But filial piety is still there. Hearing this large sum of money, he didn't ask for it, but worried about the old mother's exhaustion and embarrassment by dragging her old face to the autumn wind. It can be considered that Grandma Liu didn't give birth to her for nothing.

"Okay, I'm not tired, but I'm hungry, you go and cook." Grandma Liu pushed her daughter angrily, telling her to cook quickly without checking the time.

Mrs. Liu agreed and left. Grandma Liu added another sentence: "Make white noodles and eat them. We have to celebrate today. Don't be stingy and reluctant to add oil."

Mrs. Liu looked back and smiled: "I won this 100 taels of silver, how can I be reluctant to part with those few drops of oil. A few days ago, Ban'er and Qing'er were arguing about wanting to eat meat. We still have a piece of bacon left. I will eat it later." And cut it up and steamed it, mother, you can eat two more bites too."

Grandma Liu sent her out with a wave of her hand, and talked to her son-in-law: "It's worth the trip today, don't be lazy at home before the Chinese New Year. Go out and look around, there is a land seller who can buy two acres, the family has little land."

Wang Gou'er responded in a low voice. In the early years, their family was also a well-known landlord in the neighborhood, but their father and mother were seriously ill one after another, and they needed ginseng to hang their lives. The family was emptied just like that.

"Don't be discouraged. When I entered the city today, I saw a barbarian selling fruit on the side of the road. The fruit looked familiar to me, and it vaguely looked like something I had seen when I was a maid. I heard that One mu of land yields a thousand catties, all of which can be eaten, but it’s a pity that the man disappeared in a blink of an eye. I’ll go around tomorrow, if I can find him, our family will be prosperous!”

"The yield per mu is a thousand catties!" Wang Gou'er widened his small eyes. No matter how good the grain they are growing now, one mu of land is only about two hundred catties. It's over.

"My mother, you will have to look around more tomorrow. If we find him, we will not only be rich, but our family will be named a marquis and a noble. Your grandson, Ban'er, may be a master when he goes out in the future!"

Wang Gou'er rubbed his hands expectantly, wishing he could find that Hu merchant right away.Grandma Liu thought about the corn, sweet potatoes, and hybrid rice in her small space. She didn’t know which one was better, and then she decided on corn. I would feel heartbroken if I ate too much sweet potato. As for hybrid rice, it was too far ahead of the times.

Liu's housework is used to doing housework, and a dinner is ready in no time. This time she was not stingy, and poured some meat oil into it. The fragrant Ban'er and Qing'er couldn't wait to lick the bowl, and they all ate their bellies. round.

Early the next morning, Grandma Liu took the village head's ox cart into the city again. Mrs. Liu and Wang Gou'er took their two children to a nearby market to prepare winter goods for the New Year.

After entering the city, Grandma Liu searched for an abandoned house, went in to make preparations, first released a simulated robot, then dressed him as a Hu merchant, and then ordered the robot to set up a stall in a densely populated place sell things.

Hu merchants are common in Beijing, and they often sell some weird things, so there are quite a lot of onlookers at the robot's booth.Grandma Liu pretended to watch the excitement and squeezed past, looking carefully.

The items on this stall are not considered treasures, but they are red agate, turquoise and the like.

Grandma Liu reached out and picked up a few yellow seeds, and asked, "Is this also some kind of jewelry?"

The Hu businessman raised his head and smiled honestly: "That's not true. It was originally sold by a man from Dashi Kingdom when I was doing business in Guangzhou last year. He said it was seeds, but no one recognized it. If you always If you want, just give one tael of silver."

Grandma Liu pretended to be stunned, and curled her lips: "What kind of rare thing do you dare to sell for a tael of silver? You also said it was last year. I don't know if it will survive or not. I just saw it and wanted to buy it." Try it at home. If you want to sell it, I will take it for twenty copper coins."

The Hu merchant bared his teeth for a long time, and only said that he would not sell it, and the onlookers were also happy to watch the fun, but some people wanted to cut it off, but there were only a dozen or so seeds of that kind, and it was said that they could be eaten after planting them. That's all.

You come and I hang out for a while, and in front of everyone, Grandma Liu bought these corn seeds at a price of 63 copper coins.After she walked for a while, the Hu merchant also packed up his stall and left. The capital is so big, no one has ever seen this middle-aged man of a foreign race.

After the important matter was settled, Grandma Liu was in the mood to take a stroll.It's funny to say, this is the third time she has come to the world of Red Mansions, but she has never visited the capital city in such a leisurely way, and today she has time to take a look.

Going shopping is a woman's nature. For the 100 taels that I brought home yesterday, Wang Gou'er decided to give Grandma Liu ten taels. Now I have money in my pocket.Grandma Liu spent the past two lives in the Duke's mansion, and her vision is not low, but in her opinion, the Wang family is now a vain family. Such a small amount of money is the filial piety of Wang Gou'er and the Liu family, and it cannot be spent at will. Brought it to buy food and clothing.

When she returned home with her big and small bags, Wang Gou'er had been home for a long time. Ban'er and Qing'er went to the market today and saw many lively and novel things. Chicken soup wontons, sweet and sour candied haws, fire-breathing tricks...

There was chatter in the room, and children's noises and jokes were endless. Even though Grandma Liu had seen it in the original owner's memory, now she experienced it personally and felt very nostalgic. Her own orphanage was also so lively.

It's just that most of the children in the orphanage are precocious and sensible, unlike Ban'er and Qing'er, who know that they are surrounded by close relatives and elders, so they are quite open to quarreling.Moreover, the original owner had experienced the joy of having grandchildren, but this was the first time for Grandma Liu.

"Grandma, eat this. This pastry is soft. Mother bought it for you specially." Qing'er lay on Grandma Liu's lap with a piece of chestnut cake in her hand. Into his mouth, he swallowed involuntarily.

Most of the cakes and the like are filled with oil and sugar, which are extremely rare things in the farmhouse. Qing'er can't eat a few bites all year round.Grandma Liu saw her grandson and granddaughter looking anxious, and opened the basket she brought back with a smile on her face. It was full of delicious food. Knowing that the children were greedy, she bought a lot of snacks for them to chew their teeth.

Seeing these "useless" things, Mrs. Liu wanted to say that it was a waste of money, but thinking about how her grandma hurt her grandson, no one could reason with her, so she simply ignored it.