Yoshida Mii

Chapter 140
Second Aunt Song was talking to herself, she put the soles of two pairs of shoes under her elbows, and was about to go out, thinking that there would be a pair of smaller ones, which would be suitable for making shoes for Da Mao, and if Da Mao wore small clothes, Er Mao would wear them. There are many children in the left and right families, so I can't be blind.

Dong Bao really didn't know whether he should be angry or not. He felt that it was not worth it to be angry with a thick-skinned person like Second Aunt Song. He felt that Second Aunt Song didn't seem to be so straightforward before the separation!
"That won't work!" Relying on his small stature, Dong Bao ran over and gently pulled out the sole of the shoe from under Second Aunt Song's arm, hugged it into his arms, and said with a smile, "Second Aunt, this shoe sole is the sole of my shoe. Sister Xiuyu’s, it’s not suitable for Sister Zhaodi, you’d better make it for her.”

Second Aunt Song's angry face trembled a little, but seeing that Li Shi and Li Hongqin hadn't spoken, she couldn't get angry anymore. Anyway, Dong Bao is a girl who doesn't like anything, so scolding her is just a deaf ear.

"Can it be the same?" Second Aunt Song forced a smile on her face, "Your house is made of fine cotton cloth, our family doesn't have such fine cloth."

"Hey! What's the point of saying this? You ran to your sister-in-law's house to snatch your niece's shoe soles because you don't have muslin soles? Why don't you go to the rich master's house in the city to rob money if your family doesn't have money?" An exaggerated voice sounded, it was Aunt Qiuxia who accompanied Lin Fu, followed by Takako, Darong Guizhi and his wife.

When Darong saw Second Aunt Song, his face became gloomy, and he said with a stern face: "Why did this woman come to the scholar's house again to play tricks? Last time I didn't hit your man, you think we are not worth talking, easy to bully? "

The last time Darong was scolded by Second Aunt Song's dirty words, he became angry and wanted to beat Uncle Song. Along the way, Second Aunt Song was so frightened that tears and snot were everywhere. If Rong Zhen hit Song Yu, she wouldn't get any good results. Song Yu would beat his wife when he was annoyed!Huang's will definitely not spare her.

Guizhi and Darong saw that she was a pitiful woman crying with a big belly, so they sent her to the gate of Song's house and went back without any trouble to find Song Yu.

As it turns out, Second Aunt Song didn't gain a lot of wisdom. Seeing that she was making trouble again, Darong was very angry and regretted not beating up Song Yu that day so that he could discipline his wife well.

When Second Aunt Song saw the gloomy face, the tall and burly Darong faltered, and hurriedly lowered her head and muttered, "No, no, I just came to see how sister-in-law is doing..." As she spoke, she pulled Da Mao Er Mao left, not even daring to breathe when he passed by Da Rong.

"Really..." Guizhi shook his head and sighed as he looked at the dingy backs of Aunt Song and the three of them, "Don't you just eat it in one bite, why is it so delicious? All good children are called spoiled."

Qiuxia asked what happened, and couldn't help shaking her head, "The old Song family is getting worse and worse now! I heard the second son of the Song family and Dong Bao's grandma arguing in the afternoon. The quarrel was very serious. It seemed that they were about to sell the land. something."

"Sell the land?" Mrs. Li was astonished. The Song family had a total of ten mu of land, all of which were high-quality fields. However, the Song family had a large population, and ten mu of land was considered a small amount. It was barely enough for food. Why did they want to sell the land?

"I'm afraid it's for my third uncle to study." Dong Bao interjected, she reckoned that Mrs. Huang really had no money, otherwise she wouldn't be rushing to sell the land right now.

Mrs. Li shook her head, and couldn't tell what it was like. It is said that the Song family used to have a lot of land in the old man's generation. Later, they sold some of it for Song Yang's study. The remaining ten mu is enough for the family to eat. Now they have to sell the land again. .From the perspective of peasants, land is the foundation of a family, and selling land is quite a prodigal act.

"We can't control it." Li Shi said, and she felt that Huang Shi would definitely not be able to sell the land. Song Yu, a bitter and domineering person, would not allow Huang Shi to sell the land.

Dong Bao nodded, found the account book from the house, and collected money to record today's account.

When she first came to this world, she was puzzled. There are a lot of unowned wasteland in Tagouji alone. If you reclaim it and register with the village chief, it is your own land, but no one goes to reclaim it. .

She also quickly figured out the reason. Reclaiming wasteland requires a lot of manpower and animal power, and the reclaimed wasteland is very poor in fertility. Even if the seeds are sown, it is difficult to get a harvest in the first few years. It is a waste of seeds to cultivate the wasteland into a superior A good field requires a lot of fertilization and careful care.

In this era, there is no chemical fertilizer that can be bought everywhere. The fertilizer is mainly farmyard manure, and there are not many. Not willing to waste at all, even so, the fertilizer may not be enough to use the existing land.

But as long as the family can get by, very few people go to the wasteland to reclaim the wasteland.

The second wife of the Song family would definitely not agree to Huang's request for a good field from the seller. It depends on how Huang can solve it, but all of this is none of their business.

When Lin Fu and Aunt Qiuxia were about to leave, Qiuxia held Dongbao back and asked with a smile, "Did you meet Brother Dashi at noon today?"

"See you." Dong Bao smiled, "Don't worry, Auntie, I think Brother Da Shi is in good spirits, and he even ate two pancakes for lunch."

Aunt Qiuxia nodded reassuringly, with some reluctance and concern in her expression, but in the end she still smiled and greeted Mrs. Li before leaving.

The next day, when she met Liang Zi and Mr. Yan who came to eat bean curd at the stall, Zhang Xiuyu blushed and refused to look up at Liang Zi, and Liang Zi was a little embarrassed and had no place to put his hands and feet.

Mrs. Li joked: "Fortunately, we are farmers and people don't pay attention to it. I heard that those who pay attention to it will not be able to see each other after they make an appointment!"

As soon as these words were said, the faces of the two of them became even redder.

However, Dong Bao had something urgent to do, so he pulled Liang Zi and whispered to his ear, asking Liang Zi to help him see if there was anyone in the town who wanted to sell the shop, preferably the one with the front shop behind the house.

"It's not difficult to just buy a shop." Liang Zi thought for a while and said, "It's just that Dongbao you mentioned that the kind of shop in front of the front and the house in the back is hard to find. We don't have many shops like this in Yuanshui, but there are. The kind with a pavement in the front and three tile-roofed houses in the back."

Dong Bao was slightly disappointed, and then cheered up and said, "It's okay to have something like this. I don't know how much money I'll get? My mother and I have saved some money these days, but I don't know if it's enough."

Liang Zi scratched his head and smiled. The business of Li's stall is good. It also sells bean curd, tofu, bean sprouts, rice dumplings, tofu vegetables and pancakes, but in his opinion, these are not businesses that can make a lot of money in a short time. It hasn't been long in the town, and there must be not enough money to buy the shop.

However, Liang Zi only thought that Dongbao was a little girl with little social experience. He had a whim and didn't know that Dongbao had won 160 taels of silver in Anzhou, so he wanted to help them find out. He was single and had saved a lot of money over the years. Well, if the shop is not expensive, he can buy it as a betrothal gift. At least Li Shi and Li Hongqin will have a shelter from the wind and rain when they come out to sell tofu in the future.

"I'll help you find out." Liang Zi said with a smile, "I'll take you to see if there is a suitable one."

Dong Bao couldn't help being elated when he saw Liang Zi's promise, and immediately praised him very unscrupulously: "Brother-in-law, you are so kind!"

"That's it!" Liang Zi was very proud and was very happy to be used.

At noon, Dong Bao thought that Lin Shi and Zhang Qian would come over later, but unexpectedly they came early, took the rice spoons from Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu, and helped to prepare vegetables, while Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu only Just be responsible for collecting money.

"Hey, no need..." Zhang Xiuyu was a little surprised.

In fact, more or less, scholars in this era despise small vendors, like Song Bai, who knew that his niece set up a stall next to the academy to buy food, but never showed up, because he felt that he had lost face.

Before Lin Shi came, Zhang Qian had never come out to help so early.

The two of them sell vegetables and sell rice, but they cook well. When they meet familiar students, they will greet them calmly and enthusiastically.

Zhang Xiuyu sneaked a glance at Dong Bao while she was busy, and couldn't help but smile and thought, Lin Shi is really a considerate and good person, and Dong Bao will have a good life if he marries him.

After the students had finished shopping for vegetables, Zhang Xiuyu took the spoon and served Lin Shi and Zhang Qian with vegetables. Dong Bao dug out a basket wrapped from the bottom of the basket, and took out four thick oil kangs from inside. The pancakes that came out were brought to Lin Shi and Zhang Qian. They took the pancakes and were stunned as soon as they took a bite. They looked at Dongbao and Zhang Xiuyu in surprise.

Dong Bao smiled and nodded, "Eggs are added inside, it's different from other pancakes, eat it quickly!"

Lin Shi was holding a bowl and eating with Dong Bao, while Zhang Xiuyu and Zhang Qian were whispering about Zhang Xiuyu's engagement yesterday.

"Sister Xiuyu is engaged!" Dong Bao laughed, "Brother Liang Zi, you met."

Lin Shi smiled and looked at Dong Bao's clean, rosy face, and said with a smile, "Why, are you in a hurry?"

Dong Bao glared at him, feeling his face became hot, and said angrily: "Hurry up and eat your pancakes! It took me a lot of time to get out of the kang!"

"Yes yes yes!" Lin Shi smiled with a good temper, and said: "Don't put eggs in the future, your family... Concubine Yi and Concubine De have not started laying eggs yet, right? You still need to spend money to buy eggs."

Dong Bao smiled happily, and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it's hot, and they haven't laid any eggs." There is one rooster and seven hens in the house, which are fed with delicious food and drink every day. I don't know how much fatter they were when they first came. .

However, in Dongbao's view, this is really an out-and-out concubine, so she named the rooster "Master Kong", and the rest of the hens are naturally Master Kang's concubines. Angrily leading all the concubines to look for food in the chicken coop, thinking about when a brood of "little elder brothers" can be hatched, which can be regarded as a small flavoring agent for ancient life.

"Auntie Qiuxia asked about you yesterday." Dongbao said, "I think Auntie misses you."

Lin Shi smiled, he also missed his family members, since he was a child, he has never been separated from his family members for such a long time.

(End of this chapter)