Yoshida Mii

Chapter 256

After entering December, the weather is getting colder and colder. However, with the end of the year, there are more people in the market. As long as there is a big market, the streets will definitely not be crowded.With last year's experience, Li Shi and Li Hongqin are much more comfortable handling this year's passenger flow.

That day Dongbao and Dashi went back to the village together. In the early morning, they could see thin ice floes in the small river at the entrance of the village, and the yellow weeds on the ground were also covered with white frost.The hands of the big girl and the little daughter-in-law who came to do the laundry in the morning were red with cold, but they still gritted their teeth and breathed hot air on their hands, breaking through the ice and continuing to wash.

There was just a winter rain a few days ago, and the dirt road on the ground was full of small puddles. Fortunately, it was winter, and the dirt road had been frozen hard. It was hard to step on, and the water in the puddles was also full out of ice.Rural children like this kind of small ice surface most, sliding on the puddles, because the water in the puddles will not bury their feet, except for some children whose skin is too skinny and the ice surface is trampled to pieces Adults don't care about shoes soaked in water and being beaten at home.

When Dong Bao and Da Shi came over, they saw a group of children playing happily on the dirt road at the entrance of the village. Among them, Da Mao, who was almost 12 years old, was very eye-catching among the group of seven or eight-year-old children.

"It's so big, it doesn't look like an adult..." Dong Bao couldn't help sighing, but fortunately, Da Mao has been cleaned up very honestly now, and he doesn't dare to stretch out a third hand.

Lin Shi was also a little helpless, and whispered: "The children in the village all know that he has a bad reputation. Children as old as him don't want to play with him at all."

The two of them drove the donkey cart newly purchased by Dongbao's family. The cart was still raised by a smooth and energetic big gray, but the cart was not the flatbed cart before, but was built by a carpenter's shop in the town. In the carriage, there are mattresses and small quilts on the seats inside, and the quilts are wrapped in it, so it is not cold at all.

The donkey cart gradually approached, and the children playing at the entrance of the village stopped and looked at the carriage approaching them. The little daughter-in-law who was washing clothes saw Dashi driving the cart, and smiled and said hello: "It's Dashi and Dongbao is back?"

Dong Bao poked his head out of the car, smiled and nodded to some clothes washers, "Auntie is washing clothes, be careful not to freeze your hands."

"It's okay, it's okay! We are all used to rough work, so we won't freeze our hands!" The little daughter-in-law said happily, very happy to be able to talk to Dongbao.

In fact, among these people, Dong Bao didn't know many of them. The children were different every year, and many young wives were married in the past two years. She was not very familiar with them.The only two familiar ones, Da Mao and Er Mao, two brothers, with their noses dragging, their hands folded in the dirty and shiny armholes, looked at her as if they were strangers.

Of course, Da Mao's eyes were mixed with other emotions, and Dong Bao didn't bother to find out what it was.Now she has a workshop and is the owner of many people in the village. If Da Mao dares to do something, she doesn't need to ask, most people are willing to teach Da Mao a lesson.

"Damn, hurry to the workshop and tell Uncle Lin that your Brother Da Shi and Sister Dong Bao are back!" the little daughter-in-law ordered the son next to her.The five or six-year-old child immediately rushed to the village like an arrow.

Lin Shi smiled and thanked her like a daughter-in-law, "You don't need to be so polite, Auntie."

"Hey, what's this? A child in the country is strong, and he can run a few more steps wherever he goes." The little daughter-in-law laughed.

From the beginning to the end, Da Mao and Er Mao stood there staring at Dong Bao and her brand new donkey cart, and they didn't mean to say hello to their cousin.

Dong Bao sighed, she didn't know why Da Mao and Er Mao had such great resentment towards her and Li Shi, every time she came back to the town, she had enough food and drink, and she was fine with such speechless relatives at the stall With a good temper, he said directly to Lin Shi, "Let's go."

Lin Shi glanced at Da Mao and Er Mao, who were squinting and squinting, and couldn't help but shook his head. In fact, Dong Bao was a kind little girl. If Da Mao and Er Mao were willing to behave and call her cousin, Dong Bao would never ignore them. But the Song family always felt that Aunt Li and Dong Bao had treated them badly, took advantage of them, would only mess around, and felt that they were righteous, which was really annoying.

Lin Fu had already opened the door of the workshop and waited at the door. Seeing Dong Bao, he smiled and said, "Don't come here if it's cold. I'll just send you the account book to the town."

"I want to bother Uncle Lin." Dong Bao said with a smile, not polite to Lin Fu, "However, I have business to do when I come back. My mother has prepared a lot of New Year gifts for me to bring back. In a few days, I will be young." It’s the new year, and I’ll take advantage of the good weather these few days, and I’ll wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of my mother!”

Lin Fu smiled and nodded, "Your mother is more polite." After finishing speaking, he opened all the doors of the workshop and let Lin Shi come in with a donkey cart.

The road outside the workshop lined up with large mule carts, all of which were waiting to buy goods from the workshop.

Lin Fu pointed at the long mule cart, and smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, "They are all waiting to be shipped. During the Chinese New Year, each family wants more goods. It's cold, bean sprouts and so on are slow to come out, and yuba doesn't come out." It’s easy to dry in the sun, Dayong and the others are anxious to imitate the people in the north who burn kangs to grow bean sprouts, and many people outside have waited for a few days and have not waited for the goods.

The business is booming, and Lin Fu is also happy, which means that the dividends at the end of the year will be much higher.

"You can't ask people to go back empty-handed." Dongbao said, "They are all waiting to sell New Year's goods, and they can earn two extra money in the twelfth lunar month. This month, you have worked hard for a few days, and you will get double wages for everyone."

"Okay!" Lin Fu laughed loudly, and shouted to the people working in the yard, "Dongbao said, everyone, work hard, and try to get all the goods they want. This month will be double for everyone." Double the wages, live a good year!"

There was a burst of cheers in the yard. There is nothing more motivating than cash rewards. Everyone's movements became more energetic. Many people ran back and forth. Looking at the bustling workshop, Dongbao felt that he had collected all the orders. Not a problem.

Takako has always been in charge of the account books of Baoji Workshop, while Lin Fu is also in charge of finance. Dong Bao is very relieved of these two people, and only checks the accounts every month.This time, it was mainly to send annual gifts to the various managers.

Mrs. Li is a careful person. Not only did he prepare gifts for all the managers, but also a catty of sorghum sugar for each worker who came to work in the workshop. Xi's village was busier than the first day of the new year.

Of course, the gifts for Lin Shi’s family were specially prepared by Mrs. Li and Dong Bao. The two sets of good four treasures of the study were for Lin Shi and Quanzi, and the two pieces of old blue muslin were for Old Man Lin and Lin Fu. Clothes, and a piece of dark red fine satin cloth for Aunt Qiuxia, and other things like snacks and wine.

Aunt Qiuxia and Lin Fu also discussed the annual gift for the Li family early in the morning, because the two families will get engaged in the next year, and this year's annual gift will be extra heavy. First of all, the Lin family will kill pigs, and Aunt Qiuxia has long I said hello to Mrs. Li. During the Chinese New Year, Mrs. Li does not need to buy pork. They will save the best tenderloin and pork hind legs and send them over. Next, they need to buy some good materials for Dongbao and Mrs. Li. After everything is complete, prepare some common gifts such as snacks and fruits for the rest.

After giving gifts to the stewards, Lin Shi drove the donkey cart back to Lin's house with Dongbao. Old man Lin and Quanzi were guarding at home, basking in the sun to warm the pigweed.

Dong Bao struggled to lift a lot of things from the car, including wine and meat, some pieces of cloth, and a small bundle wrapped in red cloth, which contained a piece of red floral cotton cloth and a pair of silver earrings.

Lin Shi saw that there were a lot of these things, and it was difficult for Dongbao to carry them alone, so he called Quanzi, "You and Dongbao go to the next door to give the New Year's gift together." After that, Lin Shi never set foot in the Song family's door again. When he saw Song Zhaodi, he wished he could take a detour, and he refused to get involved with the Song family again.

Quanzi didn't expect that these gifts were for the Song family, so he felt a little reluctant immediately, walked up to Dong Bao slowly, and said, "Sister Dong Bao, why are you giving them gifts?" They are not good people anyway, You won't be grateful for a gift.

Dong Bao pouted, and admitted honestly, "I don't want to give it away either, but my mother insists on letting me do it."

Mrs. Li always felt that although Dong Bao followed her to the Yan family, she was still the granddaughter of the Song family. If she didn't come to visit her grandma even during the Chinese New Year, it would be unjustifiable, and she was afraid that people would gossip about Dong Bao.To put it bluntly, Mrs. Li is kind-hearted and thin-skinned. If other remarried widows can't finish worrying about their own lives, who would have the kindness to give New Year gifts to their ex-parents-in-law?
Quanzi cast a sympathetic look at Dongbao, and helped Dongbao carry most of the things. Now Quanzi is almost twelve, and he is growing fast. Dongbao remembers that Quanzi was not as tall as her at this time last year. , as a result, this year he is half a head taller than her. The little boy usually eats in their shop, and he eats very well.

The chaimen of the Song family was concealed. Dongbao remembered that the chaimen made of firewood sticks had been put together for many years. Now many places were moldy, and the black ones were rotten, and there were no new ones.The doors of the Lin family next door have all been replaced with vermilion lacquered wooden doors, the contrast is quite strong.

"Is anyone home?" Dong Bao asked at the door.

"Who is it?" Song Zhaodi's voice came from inside the door, and she came over and opened the door after a while. Seeing that it was Dong Bao, Song Zhaodi was stunned for a moment, and blurted out a sentence: "What are you doing here?"

Although the tone is not bad, it is by no means enthusiastic. Coupled with her acrid look with her hips on her hips and rolling her eyes, people just want to turn around and leave. I don’t know, but I thought Dong Bao had done so much to let this family down. like.

Dong Bao glanced at her angrily. Song Zhaodi is 14 years old, and she is going to go out by this time next year. She is still so stupid. Dong Bao is worried about how she will live in her in-law's house in the future. I heard that Wang Xiaobao is the only child. The old Wang family doted on them very much. In the future, there will be some wars between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

"I'll give grandma a New Year gift." Dong Bao said, "Is grandma at home?"

(End of this chapter)