The koi wife dressed as the male protagonist of the imperial examination

Chapter 150
The big dishes on the table today were discussed and decided by Mrs. Shi Li and Fang Qingqing. Other women in the village usually came to help.

Pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli, small farm fried pork, pork rib soup, braised pork, braised fish, etc., the fish and meat are all served in large pieces, and the oil and water are very rich.

Everyone ate very happily, but only the main table had soju, and other villagers usually drank soup.

The feast lasted until mid-afternoon, leaving some older ladies and daughters-in-law to help clean up, and some men sent over borrowed tables, chairs and benches from other houses.

And Fang Qingqing personally sent her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law to the gate, they all belong to the same village anyway, so the whole family will have to stay for two days when they return home this time.

So she told her parents that she would go back to visit the two elders when she was free tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and have a good chat with them.

Today, Lao Li's family still has a lot of chores to deal with.

All the other relatives left, and the in-laws asked the daughter-in-law to send them out by themselves, while Mrs. Shi left Sister Li and his wife to talk.

They had a long way to go, so it was not easy to come here, and Shi Shi hadn't seen the eldest daughter for a long time.

Simply, let them stay for one night.

Here, Mrs. Shi took Sister Li's hand and asked her why she didn't bring her grandson along this time, while old man Li started talking to his son-in-law over there.

It is nothing more than asking how the family is doing now, whether the fields are promising or not, whether the children are considering sending them to study when they grow up, and so on.

Sister Li's husband is called Geng Dazhuang. At the beginning, he liked the fact that he was honest and had many brothers and sisters in his family. He married mainly because of his steadfastness.

As for the dowry money, it was a surprise for Sister Li, at least it could do a big favor for her natal younger brother.

Only after she got married did she realize that life was not as beautiful as she had imagined.

With more sisters-in-law, there are more conflicts, and all of them are very cruel. Sister Li, who is used to humility, is bullied miserably.

How many nights, she cried alone in bed, and her man couldn't do anything except help her silently during the day.

But just because her man helped her do more work, it made her mother-in-law unhappy and got the other sisters-in-law's eyes.

If San Lang hadn't been elected this time, Sister Li didn't know if she would be able to survive in her in-law's house in the future.

If so, the mother-in-law only cared about letting her go back to her mother's house to seek benefits from Saburo.

Sister Li knew what kind of person her younger brother was, and she didn't want to embarrass her brother, so she refused without even thinking about it.

This is the first time that Sister Li has refuted her mother-in-law's difficulty in public for so many years after she married into the Geng family.

In the end, her mother-in-law drove the couple out fiercely, and it was too late to bring any gifts, so Geng Dazhuang pulled them out of the vegetable garden temporarily.

Sister Li felt flustered and was terribly ashamed.

Sister Li would never say these words in front of her parents. She is the eldest of the family and is used to suffering and just swallows it in her stomach.

Especially now that the whole family is so happy, why should she spoil everyone's happiness?

Sister Li just couldn't stay idle, she had to go to the kitchen when the man was talking to her father, but there was a lot of work to be done there.

Shi Shi stopped her, because today is the running water mat, and the daughters-in-law in the village will help with the matters in the kitchen.

She left her eldest daughter behind for other purposes.

But he said to Sister Li: "It's rare to come back, and talk to your siblings more. In the future, she will follow Saburo to Beijing when he is successful, but there are not many chances to meet again."

Sister Li just sat down as she said, and chatted with Fang Qingqing about the daily life.

In the end, I didn't say a few words, but I heard my sister-in-law say: "Eldest sister, I have to ask my elder sister and elder brother-in-law for help."

Sister Li laughed and said, "Your brother and sister don't care what they are talking about, just tell me what you need to do. Your brother-in-law has no other skills, but he has a lot of strength."

"It's like this, sister, as you know, this year, my father, mother and sister-in-law opened a shop in the city. The business is not bad, and the elder sister-in-law, second sister-in-law and nephews are all busy in the shop.

On the other side of the house, there is a lot of field work, and the parents are almost too busy.

There is still one thing I need help with, but Saburo will go to Beijing to catch the exam next year, so he has no leisure to meet vulgar things.

After much deliberation, I can only ask my eldest sister and brother-in-law for help in this matter. "

After taking a sip of water, Fang Qingqing continued: "I am familiar with the shopkeeper of the medicine shop in the city, and I also learned a little from Doctor Yu in the village, knowing how to go to the mountains to gather herbs and prepare medicinal materials.

The herbs collected from the mountains are processed and then sold to pharmacies. You can earn some money, but it takes a little effort.

It's just that I don't have the time or the time or energy to do this right now, so I want to ask my eldest sister for help. "

Sister Li didn't speak for a long time after listening, but there was a trace of tears in her eyes, and her eye circles were red.

She wiped it casually with her sleeve, and then choked up and said: "Sister and sister, you are not asking the elder sister to help you, you are looking at the elder sister's life and want to help us."

Fang Qingqing smiled softly, but did not explain further.

She plans to teach her natal sister-in-law another cooking skill. At present, the old Fang's family does not have the financial resources to open a shop, but she thinks that the fourth brother is quick-witted.

If you sell one or two more things, so many people in the old Fang family will definitely be busy.

But this income is not suitable for Sister Li. Fang Qingqing inquired clearly when chatting with Sister Li. The place where Sister Li married was very far and remote.

It takes two hours to walk to the nearest town from their side. The key is that most of the people there are self-sufficient. Every time the people who go to the market are from the nearby villages.

Usually, things are bartered. Even if Geng Dazhuang carries the burden to sell tofu, he can exchange at most two catties of soybeans a day.

That's why Fang Qingqing came up with such a solution. Since the eldest brother-in-law's house is close to the mountains, there must be more herbs.

I can't tell, but some precious ones can be found, and the money earned in this way will be even more.

Sister Li was purely pleasantly surprised, but her man thought more about it.

There was a smile on Geng Dazhuang's dark face, he scratched his forehead, but said to Li Sanlang:
"The younger brother and sister's idea is very good, but we don't know herbs, and besides, it's not convenient to transport them every time because of the distance."

This is easy to say, Fang Qingqing told him: "I can draw a picture and separate this medicinal material for you to identify, it may be raw at first, it will be fine if you make more.

Moreover, the purpose of concocting medicinal materials is to dry the herbs, so it doesn't matter if the distance is far away, and it can be delivered to the county seat in a few days. "

Needless to say, this method is quite suitable for the eldest brother-in-law's family who live far away on the side of the mountain.

Even Li Sanlang helped out with an idea: "At the beginning, we may need to invest a little bit, buy a cow and take a cart, and drive the cart to the county once in about ten days.

Dried medicinal materials can often be sold for more than ten yuan per catty, which is much more expensive than the output in the field. "

(End of this chapter)