The husband's son-in-law
Chapter 58
During the entire agricultural holiday, Yan Yanxin took all the heavy work at home on his shoulders and made fertilizer. After the six-acre paddy field was fertilized, he went to the mountains to chop firewood and brought it back to chop firewood. A big pit was dug for composting fertilizer, so it will be easier to make dry field fertilizer at home in the future.
There is also wheat that is pushed by the stone mill over and over again, and the flour tank is full, and these are eaten by the family.
Aunt Yan and mother Yan feel sorry for her grandson/son, but the two of them dare not open their mouths to persuade them to take less breaks.Yan Jinxin has been steady and mature since he was a child. Later, after Grandpa Yan passed away, Yan Jinxin became more serious. He has his own ideas in what he says and does. Once he decides, no one will persuade him.
"I went away to study for more than half a year. As a son of man, it is unfilial not to be able to take care of my parents. Now that I am back from the agricultural holiday, I still have nothing to do. Is it the work of a beast to tire my parents and wife?" Yan Jinxin said solemnly. .
When Grandma Yan and Mother Yan heard this, why is this an animal?If her grandson/son is an animal, there will be no other good children in the village.But facing Shang Jinxin's serious expression, the two dared not persuade him any more.
But I believe it is better to do this day and night, if you don't rest, you will be exhausted and your body will be damaged?
So when Yan's mother was cooking, she secretly said to Xiaoshu: "Xiaoshu, go and persuade him, it's like chopping wood and turning a mill, his father can do it, I believe he hasn't stopped since he came back."
Liu Shu knew that both mother-in-law and grandmother were afraid of his man, but he was also afraid.
In the past, he tried to persuade him desperately, but he was punished to stand with a brush on his head after being read by a man for a long time.
Willow didn't want to try to persuade him any more.
"Yes, Xiaoshu, you also know at home. Your father-in-law didn't say anything, but he didn't dare to say anything. My mother-in-law and I, fortunately, the man at the head of the family is Jinxin. Once he leaves, you will be relied on in the front and back of the house." " said Grandma Yan.
The Yan family is a family of honest people, and what is worse, they are cowards. When Yan Jingxin is at home, it is Yan Jingxin who shoulders the burden to the outside world.
Liu Shu didn't want to go at first, but Grandma and Grandma praised him so much, knowing that she was putting a high hat on herself, but Liu Shu was still happy. Everyone in the room was afraid of strictness, but he was not afraid.On the surface, his mother-in-law and grandmother said he was not afraid.
He also said that he could control his faith.
"Success, I'll talk about it." Liu Shuzui quickly accepted the errand.
Yan's mother and Yan's grandma are of course happy, and they are all counting on Liu Shu.Now that there is no more work in the field, and there is not much work at home, Liu Shu thinks it should be easy to persuade. Early in the morning, the man went into the mountain with an ax to cut trees.
"Believe me." Willow shouted.
Yan Jinxin looked back with a serious face, "What's the matter?"
Willow was afraid, "No, it's nothing, just slow down and pay attention on the road."
Yan Jinxin frowned, Liu Shu laughed twice and then the laughter disappeared, the man kept looking at him, why his face was still dark, why he was still frowning, why...
"I'll go back and see the chicken." Willow ran away.
But the grandma and mother-in-law told her about the errands, and she couldn't do it without persuading her.
Liu Shu knows that men do more, and after they leave, the old and young in the family can do less, and he can have a lot of leisure time, but now he is not as good as working, and he would rather work hard than be stared at like this, who can stand it.
After two days like this, it seems that the end of the month is almost the end of the month. The man is going to the prefecture. The man really didn’t rest for a day and a half when he came back. Willow sometimes worried about it, but when he slept at night, the man’s arms were hard, and his legs were also hard and strong. It's on.
"Xiaoshu, I'm packing up and going home soon, let Jinxin rest for a couple of days." Grandma Yan said.
Yan's mother was also worried, sighed and said: "The clothes in the other room have to be washed, what does it look like?"
Shouldn't it be?
What kind of man does this.Liu Shu feels that he has lost face. He is a member of the house, Yan Jinxin's brother, who washes, cooks, and takes care of the housework. Yan Jinxin still wants to compete with him for this?
That can't be done.
The villagers would laugh at him when they talked about it, saying that he is a male tiger, has a loud voice, and hinders the Yan family, and he will be the first to divorce you when the rigorous letter develops.Liu Shu was bothered by these words, and talked about his mother-in-law, but he really didn't dare to persuade him.
He couldn't persuade a man, it was useless, before he could say a word, he gave up.Willow thought for a day, but there was nothing he could do. That night, after the man washed, he went to the kang first, and the oil lamp was not lit. When it was dark, Willow was bold and stretched out his hand. He didn't know where he caught the man. Anyway, he was hard. Still wet.
Men love cleanliness and are very irritable. They take a shower every day with water after an afternoon in the sun.
"What do you want?" Yan Jingxin asked.
Willow: "You have been doing farm work since you came back, and you have done almost everything at home."
"Not much, I'll go to the prefecture and county and come back to celebrate the New Year next time, it's hard——"
"Then I didn't mean that you have less work, and you don't think about what else you haven't done?"
Yan Jin believed that Xiaoshu and Grandma advised him to rest, but was stunned by this question, what else is there at home?The work in the field is over, the pits in the backyard have been dug, the manure has been piled up, the roof has been mended, and the firewood has been cut...
"I'm your elder brother. You patronize the field work, and you haven't touched me since you came back. If you don't touch me, how can I have children? If you don't have children, there will be no offspring. Do you want to divorce me when you become rich?" ?” Willow said, going all out.
Yan Jinxin looked solemn, "Since a man has already married a wife, how could he do such a thing as abandoning his wretched wife, which is despised by scholars all over the world."
"I don't care if I eat or not, you just have to touch me anyway."
"It's disdainful, which means that scholars in the world are ashamed to be with me." Yan Jinxin corrected.
Liu Shu frowned, and was so angry that he began to scold the vixen in the village, and said loudly: "I don't want to live with scholars, you take off your clothes quickly, hurry up."
"Quiet, my parents and grandma are still sleeping." Yan Jinxin was a little embarrassed, how could the things in this room be shouted so loudly?
The willow tree pinched the man's lifeline all of a sudden, so it was shame?That's easy to handle, and said: "If you don't touch me three times today, I will tell you!"
Three times tomorrow, you probably won't have much strength to work, right?
"You don't take it off, I yelled."
Yan Jingxin's face flushed red, a dignified scholar, how could he be threatened by sexual intercourse——
Then he took off his clothes.
……
In the next two days, Yan Jinxin really stopped busy, but Liu Shu couldn't get up because of his sore back, Grandma Yan looked at it and said that Xiao Shu had worked hard——Yan's house is not soundproof.
Next door to the couple is Grandma Yan's House.
Willow was ashamed, but said: "It's nothing, I believe it's resting now."
"I've been busy for so many days, I have to make up for it quickly, and make up for it more." Grandma Yan went to the stove to stew eggs, and then stewed another for Xiaoshu, and Xiaoshu also made up for it.
Time passed quickly, Yan Jinxin rested at home for two days, and then it was the day to go to the government school in the prefecture and county, and he would be late.
Willow was happy and packed the man's luggage.
There is no need to see the sky three times.
Yan Jinxin set off early on the 26th with his luggage on his back. It was already the end of the month when he arrived at the government school in the prefecture and county. It took four days and it was already dark. Fortunately, he entered the city and entered the official building to repair his luggage. The beds were clean.
Haven't come yet?
Yan Jinxin felt something was wrong, but without thinking too much, he took the scroll and read the book.
Looking at it, I thought of home, my parents, grandma... and Xiaoshu.
Meditate and calm down.
focus on studying.
First day off.
Gu Zhao's biological clock was messed up one summer vacation, and the rooster crowing in the yard woke him up. He washed his face and brushed his teeth in cold water, just to refresh himself.
"Sir, I bought it and came back early. There are buns, soy milk, tofu nao and sesame cakes."
Li Zhouzhou pushed the courtyard door and entered the house. This time, Mr. Xianggong went back to the official school. He got up early and went to the street shop to buy something and came back early.
After the things are put away, the two of them will eat first, leaving a portion for dad.
After breakfast, Gu Zhao changed into his school uniform, which was neatly ironed, his schoolbag was also packed by Zhou Zhou, and Li Zhouzhou put on a square scarf for his husband as usual, and sent him out of the hospital.
The couple kissed in the yard.
"Gone wife~"
"Good husband."
Here is the beginning of the morning.After Li Zhouzhou saw off his husband and went out, he came back and cleaned up the breakfast dishes, and then finished cleaning the house in a moment, locked the door and went out to buy chicken, eggs, and vegetables.
When he bought it here, Dad also brought back the water and the pig's head.
The father and son cleaned up the work in the morning and put the things in the pot.Li Zhouzhou made lunch and ate it early, then opened a shop to sell marinated chicken and distribute signs. After he was busy, he could take a break for a while, just watch the big stove in the shop.
The shop opened on time at three o'clock in the afternoon, selling marinated offal, marinated pork heads and pig ears.
After four o'clock, the pots and pans were cleaned up.
The father and son will be able to rest now, and Li Zhouzhou will go back to the house to settle the accounts first, counting the money earned today and remembering the money spent.
For the entire month of July, the daily grocery and rice purchases, as well as the husband’s pocket money, totaled 860 cash.Going to Zheng's house to buy gifts as a guest cost 55 Wen.Before the middle of this month, we didn’t sell stewed pig heads, and the aniseed ingredients were not cheap. The cost of stewed chicken and stewed water was 160 renminbi a day, but later the aniseed ingredients were reduced by [-] renminbi…
Behind the accounting book, Li Zhouzhou calculated according to the numbers taught by his husband.It's that simple.
Adding, subtracting, deducting all expenses, this month's balance——
Four taels 350 texts!
Li Zhouzhou is full of energy when he sees the remaining money, and he will definitely earn more next month than July, because the materials are cheaper and pig heads are sold all day long.
The Zheng family’s two-entry and two-exit yard sells for 200 taels.
After Li Zhouzhou came back from Zheng's house, he always wanted to make more money, and in the future he would change his husband to live in a big yard.
After finishing the calculation, Li Zhouzhou calmed down, and began to review the words that Xianggong taught him before.
Li Da loves to wash and wash the mules, once every two or three days when the weather is hot, feed the mules with grain and grass, or weed and fertilize a small vegetable garden in the yard.
At a quarter past five in the afternoon, Li Zhouzhou will cook lunch, and the husband can eat it when he comes back.
In the morning, Gu Zhao went to school, and the road to school passed the alley of Zheng's house. He watched Zheng Hui waiting for him at the entrance of the alley, waved his hand and shouted, "Brother Zhao!"
At that moment, Gu Zhao had the illusion that when he was in elementary school, a friend who went to school with him told him to go to school.
...How should I put it, it's pretty good.
Gu Zhao responded, and walked quickly to meet Zheng Hui, and the two greeted each other: "Have you eaten yet?"
"have eaten."
"In the morning, my family bought sesame cakes every week."
"Mother Zhang made noodles."
Chatting a few words every day, the two carried their schoolbags and hurried to school, saying a word along the way: "I don't know if the rigorous letter has arrived?"
"Second brother should be here." Except for the first report, that wasn't considered late, but arrived within a reasonable time.Gu Zhao thought.
Zheng Hui: "If he had arrived yesterday and saw that my bedding was empty, I wonder if he would have been frightened."
"..." That shouldn't be the case, the second brother may read the book properly after reading it.But Gu Zhao didn't say anything, so as to save his brother's mischievous heart.
The two walked quickly together, and the road was not boring, but it was a waste of words.
Arrived early today, the first bell rang on the steps of Qingping Academy, but it was around 45:[-], Zheng Hui said with a smile: "We came early enough, we are not late."
Arriving in Class A, Gu Zhao sat in the back row, and the second elder brother Yan Yan was already sitting there studying.
Two people: ...
The strong have their own strong hands, and no one dares to boast that he is diligent in the face of rigorous belief.
I haven't seen him for almost a month, and the rigorous letter has become much stronger. If it weren't for the school uniform he was wearing, he had a solemn and steady demeanor, and he really didn't look like a scholar just by looking at his appearance.
But the whole person is very energetic and full, and he should not be very tired.
Yan Jinxin was also happy to see the two, and the expression of happiness was that his solemn expression eased a little.
The three met and greeted first.
"When did the second brother come back? How was the family in the past?"
Yan Jingxin first thanked Gu Zhao for the matter of the stone powder, Gu Zhao said that you don't have to be polite, because he was afraid that Yan Jingxin would be too burdensome, and also said that it was not a big deal because his father was on the way and he was going to get the plaque.
It was because of Gu Zhao's words that he was moved in his rigorous confidence. Knowing that Brother Zhao was trying to comfort him, he didn't have to worry about it, so he didn't say these kind words, but just kept the words of thanks in his heart.
"...everything is fine at home."
When it was Zheng Hui's turn, Zheng Hui asked Yan Jinxin: "What did you think when you came back yesterday and saw my bed was empty?" Before Yan Jinxin could answer, he laughed and said, "I moved outside and rented a yard. , and brought the lady over."
"Very good." Yan Jinxin praised sincerely.
Zheng Hui: "You didn't come. I invited Brother Zhao to my yard for dinner. You are back now. Come over next time you go to sleep. Let the three brothers have a good get-together. Don't say you want to read a book. Let's talk about it now."
Yan Jingxin and Gu Zhao could only agree to make an agreement.
After saying some more words, the second bell rang, and they each returned to their seats and began to concentrate on reading.The three of them sat upright, everyone was full of energy and enthusiasm, and started the first day of August.
The main reason is that each of them let go of their worries. Like Zheng Hui, he talked to his wife and took him to the prefecture and county to settle down. Now the two of them are in a sweet relationship and are very gentle. They used to avoid the knot I also got rid of it, especially after getting over the addiction of being a doctor, and now I am back to reality, studying hard for the imperial examination.
Gu Zhao has his father at home, and there is a plaque to intimidate him, so there is no major problem. He can feel more at ease when he does business every week. All he can do is to study hard and strive to go ashore as soon as possible—to be admitted to Juren.
Yan Yan believes in the same way. After finishing the strenuous work in the fields at home, except for the paddy field harvest in October, my parents, grandma and Xiaoshu can take a rest in the past few months.
So the three of them are in good spirits, love reading very much, and concentrate on reading.
The first day of August got off to a good start, and after that, I lived my life step by step, and nothing unusual happened.Once during the period, Gu Zhao met Zhu Xiucai in the cafeteria. Zhu Xiucai was two years earlier than him, in Class C of the Qing Dynasty.
It's been a long time since they came to Fu County to enter the government school, and it's the first time that the two greeted each other formally - Gu Zhao met Zhu Xiucai several times before, but Zhu Xiucai was in a hurry, and there were other classmates by his side, so don't go forward to say hello .
Don't look at one school, but just like when you were in high school, you may not be able to meet several times in the first semester of high school and high school.
There is a "concave" shape at the front of Qingping Academy, and the two A-character classes Qingjia and Pingjia are in the middle of the horizontal position, and the left and right sides are Qingyi, Qingbing, Pingyi, and Pingbing.In daily classes, students seldom rush through the door, and they all enter the classroom and sit for a day, unless they are in the four arts class.
The inkstone washing pool of the school is in front of Class C on both sides, and it is quite noisy every day.
However, the three classes starting with the Qing character wash inkstones and inkstones in the inkstone pool near Class C of the Qing Dynasty.
The same is true for eating in the cafeteria. Qing and Ping each sit in half and do not communicate with each other.
There are high school seniors who look down on the lower grades and senior ones, but most of the senior seniors are because the autumn is coming, and those who want to give it a try have to take the time to endorse and read books. They are under a lot of pressure and have no time to communicate with the lower grades.
Gu Zhao knew that Zhu Xiucai wanted to give it a try this year, so he didn't bother, and if he had anything to say, he would wait until the exam was over.
Unexpectedly, after finishing his meal, he met Zhu Xiucai when he went out, and it was Zhu Xiucai who greeted him first.
Gu Zhao naturally responded with a smile, "Brother Zhu Li." Zhu Xiucai answered each word.
"Brother Gu is a latecomer, and now he is a student in Class A, Zhu feels ashamed."
Gu Zhao: ...
"What are you talking about? Everyone is a scholar, and Brother Zhu has been my senior for two years. This year, Qiu Wei will end up with a bright future." Gu Zhao naturally had good things to say.He actually didn't want to be so polite, but Zhu Li just said that, of course he wanted to take it back.
Zhu Li smiled wryly twice, and said that he hoped so.
"Brother Zhu, you are under too much pressure, take it easy." Seeing this, Gu Zhao also spoke the truth.
Zhu Li shook his head, with a bitter expression on his face, "The closer the time is, the heavier the burden on my shoulders is, and I have to rush to Wannan Prefecture in mid-September. , I'm really not sure, I'm terribly panicked..."
Aside from the scene in the first sentence just now, it is a bit of a distraction to say it now.
Gu Zhao thought that Zhu Xiucai was under too much pressure. If he didn't end this year, the next one would definitely be much better than now.But Zhu Xiucai is also aware of the burden.
Zhu Xiucai's family burden is too heavy.
Zhu Xiucai didn't go back last year during Chinese New Year, and Zhu Xiucai didn't go back during the July agricultural holiday. According to Zhu Xiucai, he was far behind because of his lack of knowledge, so he didn't dare to waste time, so he hurriedly studied.
It is equivalent to the underachievers in the ordinary class of the third year of high school who have to catch up with the first wave to start sprinting, and those who are still not enlightened are not considered to be highly talented. They can only make up for their shortcomings with diligence and work harder.
But to tell the truth, Gu Zhao took his class as an example. Except for the few "flirty scholars" who think highly of themselves and are not in a hurry to give it a try, most of them are conscientious and diligent in their studies, not to mention there are strict believers. This kind of talented thief pulls strong, but also more diligent and hardworking students.
This is the case with their class, and it is also the case with Class A and Class B who will compete with Zhu Xiucai this year.
Competing with these hardworking and talented people, not to mention the students who have taken the test before and experienced, this is the first time Zhu Xiucai has failed.
He knew, and Zhu Xiucai must also know, but he didn't give up, he just took a chance, the more pressure he got, he came to talk to him today.
The two said as they walked, there were few people and the place was empty.
Seeing Zhu Xiucai's sad face, Gu Zhao couldn't bear it, so he said something in his heart, "Otherwise, this time, I'll forget about it. With Brother Zhu's diligence, I'll study for two more years, and I'll hit the mark with my accumulation."
Otherwise, it would be a lot of money to go to Wannan Prefecture to pay for accommodation and travel expenses.
There is no rush for this kind of thing.
"...I'm not reconciled in my heart. When I think of my parents, wife and children still suffering at home, I feel uneasy." Zhu Li said.
That is to take the exam.
After Gu Zhao tried to persuade him, he couldn't persuade him, so he cupped his fists and said, "Then Gu is here to wish Brother Zhu all the best this year."
"Hopefully."
Zhu Li had no confidence in what he said, but after talking to Gu Zhao, he felt much relieved.
Later, Gu Zhao went back to the classroom——Zheng Hui and Yan Jinxin saw Zhu Xiucai talking to Gu Zhao, so they went back to the classroom first so as not to disturb Gu Zhao.As soon as Gu Zhao came back, Zheng Hui asked, "Is that Zhu Xiucai from Zhaodi's village just now?"
"No, the village next door is farther away, two villages away." Gu Zhao and Zheng Hui spoke more casually, without being so cautious, and said, "We both took the exam for scholar talent together before, and Brother Zhu won the exam. I failed the election and was reprimanded by the school. Later, Zhou Zhou and I got married and wanted to continue the exam. Brother Zhu was in a government school, so I had the cheek to ask for advice. He is a good man, buy books for me and answer my questions."
"So that's it, Zhu Xiucai is pretty good." Zheng Hui boasted, "Then is he going to give it a try this year?"
Gu Zhao nodded.
Zheng Hui was just chatting, and he nodded at first, but when he thought about it wrong, he widened his eyes and said, "We are two seniors, and this year will end? Doesn't it mean that you have learned in the government school seriously, and you will end up trying for the first time?"
"Such cleverness." Zheng Hui sighed enviously, and quickly said, "Brother Zhao, you didn't introduce me to Yan Jinxin, so we can discuss knowledge together."
Gu Zhao: ...This is a misunderstanding, I want to ask Xueba to ask questions.
When it comes to knowledge, it is good to ask for advice, and Yan Jingxin, who is reading a book, also read it, meaning that he can join in.
Gu Zhao couldn't help it, so he modified it a little, and said, "Brother Zhu has a heavy burden at home, and I want to try it as soon as possible."
Yan Jingxin understood that this Zhu Xiucai was probably not knowledgeable, because of the heavy burden in his family, he wanted to end his blog.He didn't agree with Zhaodi's friend's thoughts in his heart. The knowledge in his belly was not detailed, and even if he ended up, it was empty. Apart from wasting money, it added a heavy burden to the family, nothing else.
It's just that this Zhu Xiucai is Zhaodi's friend, and he helped Zhaodi before, so Yan Jingxin didn't say anything about it.
"Then I wish him success." Zheng Hui also heard it, and could only say auspicious words.
After that, the three of them read the book in a down-to-earth manner without further talking.
In a blink of an eye, it was NO.15 in the middle of the month. Jinyu Restaurant paid [-]th salary every month. It took half a month to pay the salary of July last month. Press for a month.
At the end of the business day, the workers were closed and the door was closed, and the guys lined up to collect wages from Mr. Li.
Shopkeeper Xu pays three taels of silver in January, and the errand buddies get half taels of silver in January, and six taels a year. The money is not much, but they are illiterate and just run errands to greet customers and do chores. There are many brothers and sisters in the family. , It is easier than working in the field.There are people from Fuxian County, that is to add a home to the family.
Outsiders are still envious of running errands in restaurants.
The guy who received the money bowed his waist and said with an apologetic smile, "Thank you, Mr. Li."
Mr. Li is the accountant of the restaurant. Someone called him Accountant Li at first, but Accountant Li didn’t like it—this was also found out by the clerk. Is it missing a day or something.
Later, the entire restaurant staff called the accountant Mr.
"Well, I get scolded and beaten every day, and I only get five hundred Wen in my hand."
"Why do you think it's too little?"
"Where is it, I just envy the shopkeeper, so much money in a month."
The buddies who went back to the residence together chatted on the way.
The restaurant is in charge of food and housing, and the place of residence is in a large courtyard two minutes away. Ten guys squeeze into a room, most of them live here, and there are also people from prefectures and counties who come to sleep on weekdays, but they must go home when they are paid. , To send the money back, there are too many people in the courtyard, afraid of losing the money.
The people in the village outside the city negotiated with their family members to come to the city early in the morning on the [-]th of each month, and the buddies would give the money to the family members of their parents and ask them to take it back.
Throughout the year, except for a few days of leisure during the Chinese New Year, the rest of the time can only be relaxed when the wages are paid.For those who don’t go home, the big guys scrape together a few pennies to buy some peanuts and melon seeds, and dare not drink alcohol, for fear that they will be robbed of money if they are unconscious.
We all get together to eat, drink and talk.
"The shopkeeper was also a waiter in the early days. He was scolded and beaten just like us. When will I become the shopkeeper?"
"You, you can't do it, and I can't do it either." The clerk didn't wait for the other party to be impatient, and explained: "Our shopkeeper is very capable. I don't have the ability to talk nonsense when people talk about people, but you do?"
Of course not.
Some diners who come to the restaurant have a bad temper, are eccentric and tricky, and always like to toss others, but the shopkeeper can tell that these diners feel at ease.
Once the shopkeeper slapped himself seven or eight times, his face was swollen.
Alas, if you think about it this way, the shopkeeper is also hard-earned money.
"If you want me to say it's better to be the accountant, Mr. Li is so free, he just stands behind the counter and picks and pulls the abacus beads every day."
"That's true. You can get two taels of silver a month if you do it."
"Who told someone to get the blue eyes of the front accountant, and promised his daughter to take over the position of accountant in the restaurant."
This person's sour words were also heard early.But after I finished speaking, I felt a little regretful. Don’t spread the word to Li’s accountant’s ears, and quickly added a sentence: “I’m not capable, and I’d be happy if I changed it. You see, our shopkeeper is usually polite to Mr. Li. what not?"
The big guys were distracted, and some of them knew it naturally, but don't say it, just listen to it again.
"What?"
"The accountant at the front is surnamed Feng, and he is on good terms with the shopkeeper Xu. Do you know that Mr. Wang who often comes to our restaurant for dinner? It is the one with a round belly. Once, the accountant in Mr. Wang's shop ran out of people with diarrhea, so he I took a fancy to Accountant Feng, and borrowed accountant Feng to use it, and Master Wang’s wages are high, so accountant Feng asked Mr. Li to take over the errand.”
After listening to it, everyone sighed and said: "Mr. Li is really lucky."
"That's right, otherwise, even if it is a son-in-law, it is impossible for Feng's accountant to give up the errand of two taels of silver a month."
"That's right, Mr. Li hadn't studied accounting for a year at that time."
According to past experience, it takes three or four years to learn how to calculate accounts and work as a restaurant accountant—and it may not be possible to find a job at the top.But who made this series of coincidences seem to be specially arranged for Mr. Li.
"Mr. Li is still lucky. His natal family is well-off. They are all from the county. His father-in-law has taken refuge in Boss Wang. Boss Wang is rich and has a rich family background. I can't envy you."
"So when it comes to these relationships, don't say shopkeeper Xu treats Mr. Li with more care and respect, even the owner of our restaurant is also polite to Mr. Li."
"No wonder."
The guys drifted away while chatting, let's not talk about these, talk about food.
"...We don't have time. If we can get Liji Luzhu's offal, seven cents a spoonful, we can make a spoonful or two of it to dip in the meat. It's a pity that Liji Luzhu is sold out so early. gone."
"Is it really that delicious?"
"I haven't tried it, but if it's not delicious, it might be sold out early, and the shopkeeper will miss it."
"The owner of Li Ji Luzhu is surnamed Li, and our accountant is also surnamed Li. Do you think the surname is Li Yundao? A small business earns a living, and a person who picks abacus beads on his fingers makes money—"
"Why do you still want to change your surname to Li? The Cold Clothes Festival is coming soon, and your ancestors will have to come up and teach you a lesson."
"Bah! I didn't say that."
The noisy voice was farther away.
Shopkeeper Xu received his wages, and said to Li Zhengren with a smile: "Xiao Li, go home first when you finish collecting. I'll lock the door later. It's getting dark, so don't worry your niece."
"Success, thank you Uncle Xu."
"You're welcome."
Li Zhengren tidied up his account books, took nothing with him, and left the restaurant in a robe. After walking for a moment, he turned a corner and arrived at the alley where he lived, the third one.
Before he raised his hand to knock on the door, he heard his mother swearing inside.
Li Zhengren frowned, it seemed that today mother went to buy rice again, every time the rice at home was finished and parents went to buy rice, his wife Feng Pingping would complain a few words when she came back, and mother would scold the second brother.
Ugh.
Two taels of silver a month, I didn’t need to buy rice noodles before, and I still had more money in my hand, which was used for Yaozu’s study, but now the rice noodles are cut off, and I spend money to buy them every month. He also never leaves his family's expenses.
Li Zhengren is a little tired of going home now, and only listens to these things when he goes back.
The whole day is either rice or noodles, and then there are scolding, as well as complaints and disgusting eyes from his wife-his wife has never looked at him like this before, or disliked him.
There is also wheat that is pushed by the stone mill over and over again, and the flour tank is full, and these are eaten by the family.
Aunt Yan and mother Yan feel sorry for her grandson/son, but the two of them dare not open their mouths to persuade them to take less breaks.Yan Jinxin has been steady and mature since he was a child. Later, after Grandpa Yan passed away, Yan Jinxin became more serious. He has his own ideas in what he says and does. Once he decides, no one will persuade him.
"I went away to study for more than half a year. As a son of man, it is unfilial not to be able to take care of my parents. Now that I am back from the agricultural holiday, I still have nothing to do. Is it the work of a beast to tire my parents and wife?" Yan Jinxin said solemnly. .
When Grandma Yan and Mother Yan heard this, why is this an animal?If her grandson/son is an animal, there will be no other good children in the village.But facing Shang Jinxin's serious expression, the two dared not persuade him any more.
But I believe it is better to do this day and night, if you don't rest, you will be exhausted and your body will be damaged?
So when Yan's mother was cooking, she secretly said to Xiaoshu: "Xiaoshu, go and persuade him, it's like chopping wood and turning a mill, his father can do it, I believe he hasn't stopped since he came back."
Liu Shu knew that both mother-in-law and grandmother were afraid of his man, but he was also afraid.
In the past, he tried to persuade him desperately, but he was punished to stand with a brush on his head after being read by a man for a long time.
Willow didn't want to try to persuade him any more.
"Yes, Xiaoshu, you also know at home. Your father-in-law didn't say anything, but he didn't dare to say anything. My mother-in-law and I, fortunately, the man at the head of the family is Jinxin. Once he leaves, you will be relied on in the front and back of the house." " said Grandma Yan.
The Yan family is a family of honest people, and what is worse, they are cowards. When Yan Jingxin is at home, it is Yan Jingxin who shoulders the burden to the outside world.
Liu Shu didn't want to go at first, but Grandma and Grandma praised him so much, knowing that she was putting a high hat on herself, but Liu Shu was still happy. Everyone in the room was afraid of strictness, but he was not afraid.On the surface, his mother-in-law and grandmother said he was not afraid.
He also said that he could control his faith.
"Success, I'll talk about it." Liu Shuzui quickly accepted the errand.
Yan's mother and Yan's grandma are of course happy, and they are all counting on Liu Shu.Now that there is no more work in the field, and there is not much work at home, Liu Shu thinks it should be easy to persuade. Early in the morning, the man went into the mountain with an ax to cut trees.
"Believe me." Willow shouted.
Yan Jinxin looked back with a serious face, "What's the matter?"
Willow was afraid, "No, it's nothing, just slow down and pay attention on the road."
Yan Jinxin frowned, Liu Shu laughed twice and then the laughter disappeared, the man kept looking at him, why his face was still dark, why he was still frowning, why...
"I'll go back and see the chicken." Willow ran away.
But the grandma and mother-in-law told her about the errands, and she couldn't do it without persuading her.
Liu Shu knows that men do more, and after they leave, the old and young in the family can do less, and he can have a lot of leisure time, but now he is not as good as working, and he would rather work hard than be stared at like this, who can stand it.
After two days like this, it seems that the end of the month is almost the end of the month. The man is going to the prefecture. The man really didn’t rest for a day and a half when he came back. Willow sometimes worried about it, but when he slept at night, the man’s arms were hard, and his legs were also hard and strong. It's on.
"Xiaoshu, I'm packing up and going home soon, let Jinxin rest for a couple of days." Grandma Yan said.
Yan's mother was also worried, sighed and said: "The clothes in the other room have to be washed, what does it look like?"
Shouldn't it be?
What kind of man does this.Liu Shu feels that he has lost face. He is a member of the house, Yan Jinxin's brother, who washes, cooks, and takes care of the housework. Yan Jinxin still wants to compete with him for this?
That can't be done.
The villagers would laugh at him when they talked about it, saying that he is a male tiger, has a loud voice, and hinders the Yan family, and he will be the first to divorce you when the rigorous letter develops.Liu Shu was bothered by these words, and talked about his mother-in-law, but he really didn't dare to persuade him.
He couldn't persuade a man, it was useless, before he could say a word, he gave up.Willow thought for a day, but there was nothing he could do. That night, after the man washed, he went to the kang first, and the oil lamp was not lit. When it was dark, Willow was bold and stretched out his hand. He didn't know where he caught the man. Anyway, he was hard. Still wet.
Men love cleanliness and are very irritable. They take a shower every day with water after an afternoon in the sun.
"What do you want?" Yan Jingxin asked.
Willow: "You have been doing farm work since you came back, and you have done almost everything at home."
"Not much, I'll go to the prefecture and county and come back to celebrate the New Year next time, it's hard——"
"Then I didn't mean that you have less work, and you don't think about what else you haven't done?"
Yan Jin believed that Xiaoshu and Grandma advised him to rest, but was stunned by this question, what else is there at home?The work in the field is over, the pits in the backyard have been dug, the manure has been piled up, the roof has been mended, and the firewood has been cut...
"I'm your elder brother. You patronize the field work, and you haven't touched me since you came back. If you don't touch me, how can I have children? If you don't have children, there will be no offspring. Do you want to divorce me when you become rich?" ?” Willow said, going all out.
Yan Jinxin looked solemn, "Since a man has already married a wife, how could he do such a thing as abandoning his wretched wife, which is despised by scholars all over the world."
"I don't care if I eat or not, you just have to touch me anyway."
"It's disdainful, which means that scholars in the world are ashamed to be with me." Yan Jinxin corrected.
Liu Shu frowned, and was so angry that he began to scold the vixen in the village, and said loudly: "I don't want to live with scholars, you take off your clothes quickly, hurry up."
"Quiet, my parents and grandma are still sleeping." Yan Jinxin was a little embarrassed, how could the things in this room be shouted so loudly?
The willow tree pinched the man's lifeline all of a sudden, so it was shame?That's easy to handle, and said: "If you don't touch me three times today, I will tell you!"
Three times tomorrow, you probably won't have much strength to work, right?
"You don't take it off, I yelled."
Yan Jingxin's face flushed red, a dignified scholar, how could he be threatened by sexual intercourse——
Then he took off his clothes.
……
In the next two days, Yan Jinxin really stopped busy, but Liu Shu couldn't get up because of his sore back, Grandma Yan looked at it and said that Xiao Shu had worked hard——Yan's house is not soundproof.
Next door to the couple is Grandma Yan's House.
Willow was ashamed, but said: "It's nothing, I believe it's resting now."
"I've been busy for so many days, I have to make up for it quickly, and make up for it more." Grandma Yan went to the stove to stew eggs, and then stewed another for Xiaoshu, and Xiaoshu also made up for it.
Time passed quickly, Yan Jinxin rested at home for two days, and then it was the day to go to the government school in the prefecture and county, and he would be late.
Willow was happy and packed the man's luggage.
There is no need to see the sky three times.
Yan Jinxin set off early on the 26th with his luggage on his back. It was already the end of the month when he arrived at the government school in the prefecture and county. It took four days and it was already dark. Fortunately, he entered the city and entered the official building to repair his luggage. The beds were clean.
Haven't come yet?
Yan Jinxin felt something was wrong, but without thinking too much, he took the scroll and read the book.
Looking at it, I thought of home, my parents, grandma... and Xiaoshu.
Meditate and calm down.
focus on studying.
First day off.
Gu Zhao's biological clock was messed up one summer vacation, and the rooster crowing in the yard woke him up. He washed his face and brushed his teeth in cold water, just to refresh himself.
"Sir, I bought it and came back early. There are buns, soy milk, tofu nao and sesame cakes."
Li Zhouzhou pushed the courtyard door and entered the house. This time, Mr. Xianggong went back to the official school. He got up early and went to the street shop to buy something and came back early.
After the things are put away, the two of them will eat first, leaving a portion for dad.
After breakfast, Gu Zhao changed into his school uniform, which was neatly ironed, his schoolbag was also packed by Zhou Zhou, and Li Zhouzhou put on a square scarf for his husband as usual, and sent him out of the hospital.
The couple kissed in the yard.
"Gone wife~"
"Good husband."
Here is the beginning of the morning.After Li Zhouzhou saw off his husband and went out, he came back and cleaned up the breakfast dishes, and then finished cleaning the house in a moment, locked the door and went out to buy chicken, eggs, and vegetables.
When he bought it here, Dad also brought back the water and the pig's head.
The father and son cleaned up the work in the morning and put the things in the pot.Li Zhouzhou made lunch and ate it early, then opened a shop to sell marinated chicken and distribute signs. After he was busy, he could take a break for a while, just watch the big stove in the shop.
The shop opened on time at three o'clock in the afternoon, selling marinated offal, marinated pork heads and pig ears.
After four o'clock, the pots and pans were cleaned up.
The father and son will be able to rest now, and Li Zhouzhou will go back to the house to settle the accounts first, counting the money earned today and remembering the money spent.
For the entire month of July, the daily grocery and rice purchases, as well as the husband’s pocket money, totaled 860 cash.Going to Zheng's house to buy gifts as a guest cost 55 Wen.Before the middle of this month, we didn’t sell stewed pig heads, and the aniseed ingredients were not cheap. The cost of stewed chicken and stewed water was 160 renminbi a day, but later the aniseed ingredients were reduced by [-] renminbi…
Behind the accounting book, Li Zhouzhou calculated according to the numbers taught by his husband.It's that simple.
Adding, subtracting, deducting all expenses, this month's balance——
Four taels 350 texts!
Li Zhouzhou is full of energy when he sees the remaining money, and he will definitely earn more next month than July, because the materials are cheaper and pig heads are sold all day long.
The Zheng family’s two-entry and two-exit yard sells for 200 taels.
After Li Zhouzhou came back from Zheng's house, he always wanted to make more money, and in the future he would change his husband to live in a big yard.
After finishing the calculation, Li Zhouzhou calmed down, and began to review the words that Xianggong taught him before.
Li Da loves to wash and wash the mules, once every two or three days when the weather is hot, feed the mules with grain and grass, or weed and fertilize a small vegetable garden in the yard.
At a quarter past five in the afternoon, Li Zhouzhou will cook lunch, and the husband can eat it when he comes back.
In the morning, Gu Zhao went to school, and the road to school passed the alley of Zheng's house. He watched Zheng Hui waiting for him at the entrance of the alley, waved his hand and shouted, "Brother Zhao!"
At that moment, Gu Zhao had the illusion that when he was in elementary school, a friend who went to school with him told him to go to school.
...How should I put it, it's pretty good.
Gu Zhao responded, and walked quickly to meet Zheng Hui, and the two greeted each other: "Have you eaten yet?"
"have eaten."
"In the morning, my family bought sesame cakes every week."
"Mother Zhang made noodles."
Chatting a few words every day, the two carried their schoolbags and hurried to school, saying a word along the way: "I don't know if the rigorous letter has arrived?"
"Second brother should be here." Except for the first report, that wasn't considered late, but arrived within a reasonable time.Gu Zhao thought.
Zheng Hui: "If he had arrived yesterday and saw that my bedding was empty, I wonder if he would have been frightened."
"..." That shouldn't be the case, the second brother may read the book properly after reading it.But Gu Zhao didn't say anything, so as to save his brother's mischievous heart.
The two walked quickly together, and the road was not boring, but it was a waste of words.
Arrived early today, the first bell rang on the steps of Qingping Academy, but it was around 45:[-], Zheng Hui said with a smile: "We came early enough, we are not late."
Arriving in Class A, Gu Zhao sat in the back row, and the second elder brother Yan Yan was already sitting there studying.
Two people: ...
The strong have their own strong hands, and no one dares to boast that he is diligent in the face of rigorous belief.
I haven't seen him for almost a month, and the rigorous letter has become much stronger. If it weren't for the school uniform he was wearing, he had a solemn and steady demeanor, and he really didn't look like a scholar just by looking at his appearance.
But the whole person is very energetic and full, and he should not be very tired.
Yan Jinxin was also happy to see the two, and the expression of happiness was that his solemn expression eased a little.
The three met and greeted first.
"When did the second brother come back? How was the family in the past?"
Yan Jingxin first thanked Gu Zhao for the matter of the stone powder, Gu Zhao said that you don't have to be polite, because he was afraid that Yan Jingxin would be too burdensome, and also said that it was not a big deal because his father was on the way and he was going to get the plaque.
It was because of Gu Zhao's words that he was moved in his rigorous confidence. Knowing that Brother Zhao was trying to comfort him, he didn't have to worry about it, so he didn't say these kind words, but just kept the words of thanks in his heart.
"...everything is fine at home."
When it was Zheng Hui's turn, Zheng Hui asked Yan Jinxin: "What did you think when you came back yesterday and saw my bed was empty?" Before Yan Jinxin could answer, he laughed and said, "I moved outside and rented a yard. , and brought the lady over."
"Very good." Yan Jinxin praised sincerely.
Zheng Hui: "You didn't come. I invited Brother Zhao to my yard for dinner. You are back now. Come over next time you go to sleep. Let the three brothers have a good get-together. Don't say you want to read a book. Let's talk about it now."
Yan Jingxin and Gu Zhao could only agree to make an agreement.
After saying some more words, the second bell rang, and they each returned to their seats and began to concentrate on reading.The three of them sat upright, everyone was full of energy and enthusiasm, and started the first day of August.
The main reason is that each of them let go of their worries. Like Zheng Hui, he talked to his wife and took him to the prefecture and county to settle down. Now the two of them are in a sweet relationship and are very gentle. They used to avoid the knot I also got rid of it, especially after getting over the addiction of being a doctor, and now I am back to reality, studying hard for the imperial examination.
Gu Zhao has his father at home, and there is a plaque to intimidate him, so there is no major problem. He can feel more at ease when he does business every week. All he can do is to study hard and strive to go ashore as soon as possible—to be admitted to Juren.
Yan Yan believes in the same way. After finishing the strenuous work in the fields at home, except for the paddy field harvest in October, my parents, grandma and Xiaoshu can take a rest in the past few months.
So the three of them are in good spirits, love reading very much, and concentrate on reading.
The first day of August got off to a good start, and after that, I lived my life step by step, and nothing unusual happened.Once during the period, Gu Zhao met Zhu Xiucai in the cafeteria. Zhu Xiucai was two years earlier than him, in Class C of the Qing Dynasty.
It's been a long time since they came to Fu County to enter the government school, and it's the first time that the two greeted each other formally - Gu Zhao met Zhu Xiucai several times before, but Zhu Xiucai was in a hurry, and there were other classmates by his side, so don't go forward to say hello .
Don't look at one school, but just like when you were in high school, you may not be able to meet several times in the first semester of high school and high school.
There is a "concave" shape at the front of Qingping Academy, and the two A-character classes Qingjia and Pingjia are in the middle of the horizontal position, and the left and right sides are Qingyi, Qingbing, Pingyi, and Pingbing.In daily classes, students seldom rush through the door, and they all enter the classroom and sit for a day, unless they are in the four arts class.
The inkstone washing pool of the school is in front of Class C on both sides, and it is quite noisy every day.
However, the three classes starting with the Qing character wash inkstones and inkstones in the inkstone pool near Class C of the Qing Dynasty.
The same is true for eating in the cafeteria. Qing and Ping each sit in half and do not communicate with each other.
There are high school seniors who look down on the lower grades and senior ones, but most of the senior seniors are because the autumn is coming, and those who want to give it a try have to take the time to endorse and read books. They are under a lot of pressure and have no time to communicate with the lower grades.
Gu Zhao knew that Zhu Xiucai wanted to give it a try this year, so he didn't bother, and if he had anything to say, he would wait until the exam was over.
Unexpectedly, after finishing his meal, he met Zhu Xiucai when he went out, and it was Zhu Xiucai who greeted him first.
Gu Zhao naturally responded with a smile, "Brother Zhu Li." Zhu Xiucai answered each word.
"Brother Gu is a latecomer, and now he is a student in Class A, Zhu feels ashamed."
Gu Zhao: ...
"What are you talking about? Everyone is a scholar, and Brother Zhu has been my senior for two years. This year, Qiu Wei will end up with a bright future." Gu Zhao naturally had good things to say.He actually didn't want to be so polite, but Zhu Li just said that, of course he wanted to take it back.
Zhu Li smiled wryly twice, and said that he hoped so.
"Brother Zhu, you are under too much pressure, take it easy." Seeing this, Gu Zhao also spoke the truth.
Zhu Li shook his head, with a bitter expression on his face, "The closer the time is, the heavier the burden on my shoulders is, and I have to rush to Wannan Prefecture in mid-September. , I'm really not sure, I'm terribly panicked..."
Aside from the scene in the first sentence just now, it is a bit of a distraction to say it now.
Gu Zhao thought that Zhu Xiucai was under too much pressure. If he didn't end this year, the next one would definitely be much better than now.But Zhu Xiucai is also aware of the burden.
Zhu Xiucai's family burden is too heavy.
Zhu Xiucai didn't go back last year during Chinese New Year, and Zhu Xiucai didn't go back during the July agricultural holiday. According to Zhu Xiucai, he was far behind because of his lack of knowledge, so he didn't dare to waste time, so he hurriedly studied.
It is equivalent to the underachievers in the ordinary class of the third year of high school who have to catch up with the first wave to start sprinting, and those who are still not enlightened are not considered to be highly talented. They can only make up for their shortcomings with diligence and work harder.
But to tell the truth, Gu Zhao took his class as an example. Except for the few "flirty scholars" who think highly of themselves and are not in a hurry to give it a try, most of them are conscientious and diligent in their studies, not to mention there are strict believers. This kind of talented thief pulls strong, but also more diligent and hardworking students.
This is the case with their class, and it is also the case with Class A and Class B who will compete with Zhu Xiucai this year.
Competing with these hardworking and talented people, not to mention the students who have taken the test before and experienced, this is the first time Zhu Xiucai has failed.
He knew, and Zhu Xiucai must also know, but he didn't give up, he just took a chance, the more pressure he got, he came to talk to him today.
The two said as they walked, there were few people and the place was empty.
Seeing Zhu Xiucai's sad face, Gu Zhao couldn't bear it, so he said something in his heart, "Otherwise, this time, I'll forget about it. With Brother Zhu's diligence, I'll study for two more years, and I'll hit the mark with my accumulation."
Otherwise, it would be a lot of money to go to Wannan Prefecture to pay for accommodation and travel expenses.
There is no rush for this kind of thing.
"...I'm not reconciled in my heart. When I think of my parents, wife and children still suffering at home, I feel uneasy." Zhu Li said.
That is to take the exam.
After Gu Zhao tried to persuade him, he couldn't persuade him, so he cupped his fists and said, "Then Gu is here to wish Brother Zhu all the best this year."
"Hopefully."
Zhu Li had no confidence in what he said, but after talking to Gu Zhao, he felt much relieved.
Later, Gu Zhao went back to the classroom——Zheng Hui and Yan Jinxin saw Zhu Xiucai talking to Gu Zhao, so they went back to the classroom first so as not to disturb Gu Zhao.As soon as Gu Zhao came back, Zheng Hui asked, "Is that Zhu Xiucai from Zhaodi's village just now?"
"No, the village next door is farther away, two villages away." Gu Zhao and Zheng Hui spoke more casually, without being so cautious, and said, "We both took the exam for scholar talent together before, and Brother Zhu won the exam. I failed the election and was reprimanded by the school. Later, Zhou Zhou and I got married and wanted to continue the exam. Brother Zhu was in a government school, so I had the cheek to ask for advice. He is a good man, buy books for me and answer my questions."
"So that's it, Zhu Xiucai is pretty good." Zheng Hui boasted, "Then is he going to give it a try this year?"
Gu Zhao nodded.
Zheng Hui was just chatting, and he nodded at first, but when he thought about it wrong, he widened his eyes and said, "We are two seniors, and this year will end? Doesn't it mean that you have learned in the government school seriously, and you will end up trying for the first time?"
"Such cleverness." Zheng Hui sighed enviously, and quickly said, "Brother Zhao, you didn't introduce me to Yan Jinxin, so we can discuss knowledge together."
Gu Zhao: ...This is a misunderstanding, I want to ask Xueba to ask questions.
When it comes to knowledge, it is good to ask for advice, and Yan Jingxin, who is reading a book, also read it, meaning that he can join in.
Gu Zhao couldn't help it, so he modified it a little, and said, "Brother Zhu has a heavy burden at home, and I want to try it as soon as possible."
Yan Jingxin understood that this Zhu Xiucai was probably not knowledgeable, because of the heavy burden in his family, he wanted to end his blog.He didn't agree with Zhaodi's friend's thoughts in his heart. The knowledge in his belly was not detailed, and even if he ended up, it was empty. Apart from wasting money, it added a heavy burden to the family, nothing else.
It's just that this Zhu Xiucai is Zhaodi's friend, and he helped Zhaodi before, so Yan Jingxin didn't say anything about it.
"Then I wish him success." Zheng Hui also heard it, and could only say auspicious words.
After that, the three of them read the book in a down-to-earth manner without further talking.
In a blink of an eye, it was NO.15 in the middle of the month. Jinyu Restaurant paid [-]th salary every month. It took half a month to pay the salary of July last month. Press for a month.
At the end of the business day, the workers were closed and the door was closed, and the guys lined up to collect wages from Mr. Li.
Shopkeeper Xu pays three taels of silver in January, and the errand buddies get half taels of silver in January, and six taels a year. The money is not much, but they are illiterate and just run errands to greet customers and do chores. There are many brothers and sisters in the family. , It is easier than working in the field.There are people from Fuxian County, that is to add a home to the family.
Outsiders are still envious of running errands in restaurants.
The guy who received the money bowed his waist and said with an apologetic smile, "Thank you, Mr. Li."
Mr. Li is the accountant of the restaurant. Someone called him Accountant Li at first, but Accountant Li didn’t like it—this was also found out by the clerk. Is it missing a day or something.
Later, the entire restaurant staff called the accountant Mr.
"Well, I get scolded and beaten every day, and I only get five hundred Wen in my hand."
"Why do you think it's too little?"
"Where is it, I just envy the shopkeeper, so much money in a month."
The buddies who went back to the residence together chatted on the way.
The restaurant is in charge of food and housing, and the place of residence is in a large courtyard two minutes away. Ten guys squeeze into a room, most of them live here, and there are also people from prefectures and counties who come to sleep on weekdays, but they must go home when they are paid. , To send the money back, there are too many people in the courtyard, afraid of losing the money.
The people in the village outside the city negotiated with their family members to come to the city early in the morning on the [-]th of each month, and the buddies would give the money to the family members of their parents and ask them to take it back.
Throughout the year, except for a few days of leisure during the Chinese New Year, the rest of the time can only be relaxed when the wages are paid.For those who don’t go home, the big guys scrape together a few pennies to buy some peanuts and melon seeds, and dare not drink alcohol, for fear that they will be robbed of money if they are unconscious.
We all get together to eat, drink and talk.
"The shopkeeper was also a waiter in the early days. He was scolded and beaten just like us. When will I become the shopkeeper?"
"You, you can't do it, and I can't do it either." The clerk didn't wait for the other party to be impatient, and explained: "Our shopkeeper is very capable. I don't have the ability to talk nonsense when people talk about people, but you do?"
Of course not.
Some diners who come to the restaurant have a bad temper, are eccentric and tricky, and always like to toss others, but the shopkeeper can tell that these diners feel at ease.
Once the shopkeeper slapped himself seven or eight times, his face was swollen.
Alas, if you think about it this way, the shopkeeper is also hard-earned money.
"If you want me to say it's better to be the accountant, Mr. Li is so free, he just stands behind the counter and picks and pulls the abacus beads every day."
"That's true. You can get two taels of silver a month if you do it."
"Who told someone to get the blue eyes of the front accountant, and promised his daughter to take over the position of accountant in the restaurant."
This person's sour words were also heard early.But after I finished speaking, I felt a little regretful. Don’t spread the word to Li’s accountant’s ears, and quickly added a sentence: “I’m not capable, and I’d be happy if I changed it. You see, our shopkeeper is usually polite to Mr. Li. what not?"
The big guys were distracted, and some of them knew it naturally, but don't say it, just listen to it again.
"What?"
"The accountant at the front is surnamed Feng, and he is on good terms with the shopkeeper Xu. Do you know that Mr. Wang who often comes to our restaurant for dinner? It is the one with a round belly. Once, the accountant in Mr. Wang's shop ran out of people with diarrhea, so he I took a fancy to Accountant Feng, and borrowed accountant Feng to use it, and Master Wang’s wages are high, so accountant Feng asked Mr. Li to take over the errand.”
After listening to it, everyone sighed and said: "Mr. Li is really lucky."
"That's right, otherwise, even if it is a son-in-law, it is impossible for Feng's accountant to give up the errand of two taels of silver a month."
"That's right, Mr. Li hadn't studied accounting for a year at that time."
According to past experience, it takes three or four years to learn how to calculate accounts and work as a restaurant accountant—and it may not be possible to find a job at the top.But who made this series of coincidences seem to be specially arranged for Mr. Li.
"Mr. Li is still lucky. His natal family is well-off. They are all from the county. His father-in-law has taken refuge in Boss Wang. Boss Wang is rich and has a rich family background. I can't envy you."
"So when it comes to these relationships, don't say shopkeeper Xu treats Mr. Li with more care and respect, even the owner of our restaurant is also polite to Mr. Li."
"No wonder."
The guys drifted away while chatting, let's not talk about these, talk about food.
"...We don't have time. If we can get Liji Luzhu's offal, seven cents a spoonful, we can make a spoonful or two of it to dip in the meat. It's a pity that Liji Luzhu is sold out so early. gone."
"Is it really that delicious?"
"I haven't tried it, but if it's not delicious, it might be sold out early, and the shopkeeper will miss it."
"The owner of Li Ji Luzhu is surnamed Li, and our accountant is also surnamed Li. Do you think the surname is Li Yundao? A small business earns a living, and a person who picks abacus beads on his fingers makes money—"
"Why do you still want to change your surname to Li? The Cold Clothes Festival is coming soon, and your ancestors will have to come up and teach you a lesson."
"Bah! I didn't say that."
The noisy voice was farther away.
Shopkeeper Xu received his wages, and said to Li Zhengren with a smile: "Xiao Li, go home first when you finish collecting. I'll lock the door later. It's getting dark, so don't worry your niece."
"Success, thank you Uncle Xu."
"You're welcome."
Li Zhengren tidied up his account books, took nothing with him, and left the restaurant in a robe. After walking for a moment, he turned a corner and arrived at the alley where he lived, the third one.
Before he raised his hand to knock on the door, he heard his mother swearing inside.
Li Zhengren frowned, it seemed that today mother went to buy rice again, every time the rice at home was finished and parents went to buy rice, his wife Feng Pingping would complain a few words when she came back, and mother would scold the second brother.
Ugh.
Two taels of silver a month, I didn’t need to buy rice noodles before, and I still had more money in my hand, which was used for Yaozu’s study, but now the rice noodles are cut off, and I spend money to buy them every month. He also never leaves his family's expenses.
Li Zhengren is a little tired of going home now, and only listens to these things when he goes back.
The whole day is either rice or noodles, and then there are scolding, as well as complaints and disgusting eyes from his wife-his wife has never looked at him like this before, or disliked him.
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