Easy to farm

Chapter 27 Repayment of Debt

Mrs. Yang sat in the room motionless with a heavy heart. It had been more than half an hour, and Pei Xiangxiang looked at the door and felt that it was not a problem.

If the chicken is killed, it will be killed. Ever since he crossed over and realized his own situation, Pei Xiangxiang has no hope for Zhu, nor does he expect her to treat him like other granddaughters and grandchildren.

However, Zhu's attitude made Yang look pitiful. She didn't have her mother's family in the first place, and her in-law's family was her closest person, but these people didn't regard her as a real relative, at least Pei Xiangxiang thought so.

Pei Xiangxiang opened the small wooden box that Yang had saved money for her before, counted out thirty Wen from inside, and entered Yang's house.

"Mom, you can take all the money. Let's pay back the money from the third aunt's house earlier, otherwise what will happen when Xiaohua grows up and is eaten again?"

Xiaohua is the name Pei Xiangxiang gave to another chicken. The feathers all over the body are a bit mixed in color. Pei Xiangxiang gave that chicken such a name not long after it was raised.

Mrs. Yang, who hadn't moved all this time, finally moved her body, with a rare firmness on her face, "No, you have to save this money as a dowry."

When the dowry was mentioned again, Pei Xiangxiang was full of black lines, so she had no choice but to persuade Yang, "Mother, I'm still young, you take the money first, and when the debts are paid off, I will save the money I earned myself." that is."

"But..." Yang still hesitated.

"Mother, it's settled like this. When Xiu'e and Sister Chunhua come back from Qingyang Town later, the money from the sale will be handed over to Mother first. From now on, I will dig wild vegetables every day. Maybe half a month will be enough for me to save money." It's almost there, mother doesn't want to be told by grandma every day in the future, right?"

If you earn 450 Wen a day, it will be [-] Wen in half a month, and Xu took [-] Wen before, so the calculation is indeed similar.

And now that Mrs. Zhu knows about Mrs. Yang taking money from Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Xu may come to ask for debts every now and then.

Mrs. Yang was moved by Pei Xiangxiang's last words. To Mrs. Zhu, she was grateful, fearful, and resentful, but she never dared to show the last one, for fear that others would call her a white-eyed wolf, so she could only bear with it. with.

Seeing that Yang's expression loosened, Pei Xiangxiang immediately put the money bag in Yang's hands, Yang finally did not refuse this time, Pei Xiangxiang was also relieved and smiled.

When Xiu'e and Chunhua came back from Qingyang Town, Pei Xiangxiang was helping Yang to dry the quilt. Now that the sun is shining, it is warmer to take out the quilt to dry.

Seeing Xiu'e and Chunhua coming over, Pei Xiangxiang apologized, "I'm really sorry, I was too tired yesterday, and I didn't get up this morning."

Chunhua waved her hands nonchalantly and said, "It's okay. Fortunately, I met Second Uncle Pei. Xiu'e and I took a long carriage ride to go."

Second Uncle Pei is Pei Xiangxiang's father. Because he is the second child in Pei's family, people in Nanhe Village will call him "Second Brother Pei" or "Second Uncle Pei" when they see him.

Mrs. Yang called Chunhua and Xiu'e into the house for tea, and gave them snacks and candies from Dr. Li. hospitality.

Seeing the uneasiness on the faces of Chunhua and Xiu'e, Xu Shi even said, "You guys have fun, I have to go out beforehand."

"Aunt Yang, go ahead, don't worry about us, we can play more freely without adults around."

As soon as Chunhua said this, Xiu'e's face changed slightly, and she carefully looked at the expressions of Yang Shi and Pei Xiangxiang, and was relieved when she saw that there was nothing unusual between them, thinking that Chunhua's words were too straightforward Well, other people only dared to think about it in their hearts, but she actually said it all.

Pei Xiangxiang had known Chunhua's temperament for a long time, and she also felt that what Chunhua said was right. When she was in school, she would go to her classmates' house to play. If the adults were there, she would definitely stay for a while and leave. Call one crazy.

After Mrs. Yang left, Chunhua stood up, dragged Pei Xiangxiang and Xiu'e into Pei Xiangxiang's room, and closed the door, "Fortunately, I listened to Xiangxiang and Xiu'e's advice yesterday, and today I can finally save a private house. money."

"Really, how much did you sell today?"

"Bracken only charges three cents a catty now, but mushrooms and fungus have both increased by one penny. I dug up a total of six catties of bracken, and then two catties of mushrooms and two and a half catties. Now mushrooms cost seven cents a catty, and fungus costs six cents a catty." Wen, I saved 29 Wen at once.”

Chunhua is strong and strong, and she works very quickly. Every time she goes to dig wild vegetables, she is the one who does more.

"Why is this bracken short of so much money?" Pei Xiangxiang was very surprised. Yesterday, a catty could still sell for five renminbi, but today it suddenly lost two renminbi, almost half of it.

"Oh, don't mention it. Now many people in the nearby villages are digging bracken. There are too many. Uncle Zhao said that he only gave this price for our sake. Others who collect bracken only give two dollars. Some shops It’s all gone.”

The pressure of market competition is too great, and Chunhua and Xiu'e can't help but frown. I'm afraid that there will be more and more people digging wild vegetables in the future, and it will be even more difficult for them to earn money.

Although the price of bracken is less than before, but fortunately Pei Xiangxiang also picked up a lot of mushrooms and fungus. After calculating it, he sold a total of 31 yuan. Although he sold 34 yuan yesterday, he still spent four yuan by car. Once you come, there are not many.

After getting the money, Pei Xiangxiang was excited again. If he could sell thirty Wen a day, he would be able to scrape together enough money to pay Xu back in seventeen days.

However, Pei Xiangxiang obviously had a relatively simple idea. He never thought that the bracken could be sold for some money when it first came out. Later, the bracken was not as tender as it was at the beginning, and those who were willing to buy and eat it would not be able to buy it. too much.

As for mushrooms and fungus, it won't take long to pick them up. If it doesn't rain for a long time, there will be fewer and fewer mushrooms and fungus in the mountains. Pei Xiangxiang has already saved 240 five cents for Yang.

However, when the production of many wild vegetables decreased or the price could not be sold, Pei Xiangxiang turned his attention to the asparagus by the river.

When the asparagus by the river grows up, it will become reeds. At that time, it will be useless to eat. In modern times, reeds can be used to make tissue paper, but here, they are really not very useful. .

Pei Xiangxiang originally wanted to invite Chunhua and Xiu'e to dig wild vegetables together, but because they had been digging wild vegetables for more than ten days in a row, both of them couldn't stand it, so they decided to rest at home.

Pei Xiangxiang wanted to help the family repay Mrs. Xu's money as soon as possible, lest Mrs. Zhu always say something to offend Mrs. Yang and make Mrs. Yang unhappy, so he decided to go by himself.

With a sickle and a vegetable basket on his shoulders, Pei Xiangxiang went out early, but before the man took two steps, he was stopped by Mrs. Lin.

"Xiangxiang, wait a minute."

Hearing someone calling him, Pei Xiangxiang stopped and followed the prestige. Seeing that it was Mrs. Lin and Pei Yuxue carrying a bamboo basket, Pei Xiangxiang frowned and asked, "Auntie, what do you want me to do?"

"Xiangxiang, I heard that you and your silly elder sister go digging wild vegetables every day, and you can earn dozens of dollars a day. Why don't you take your second sister with you. Anyway, your second sister has nothing to do at home, so it's just to earn some pocket money. money."

When Lin said this, her face was full of smiles. Seeing her like this, Pei Xiangxiang couldn't help but sneered in her heart. Not long ago, she was calling herself a dead girl, but now seeing that she can make money, she is jealous. So I couldn't bear to push her precious daughter out.

Although Pei Xiangxiang didn't like Pei Yuxue, but the wild vegetables didn't belong to her family, she couldn't stop anyone who wanted to dig them, so she said, "Second sister can go together if she wants to."

Overjoyed, Lin pushed Pei Yuxue towards Pei Xiangxiang, and said, "You two sisters take care of each other, come back quickly when it gets dark..."

Pei Xiangxiang didn't care what Lin said, turned around and left. Pei Yuxue stood still and didn't want to move. In the end, Lin urged her to follow Pei Xiangxiang with scolding and staring.

(End of this chapter)