The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 40

After dinner, Zhaodi sat under the oil lamp to make hair flowers as usual.When Yingniang came over, she brought another oil lamp and put it on the table.

"Sister-in-law, why are you lighting two lamps? It takes too much oil!" Zhaodi saw that Yingniang not only lit two lamps, but also picked out the wicks with needles, and the room became much brighter at once.

Yingniang sat down and made head flowers with her, "You are pregnant, and you do needlework in the dim light every night. After a long time, I am afraid that your eyes will be exhausted. This kind of lamp oil is not expensive, so why feel wronged?" Eyes. Your leg injury is still so serious, you can go to sleep after finishing the flower on your hand."

Zhao Di shook her head, "No, I have to work for a while before I go to bed. You can earn so much money every day, and still take care of so many people. You must be tired and tired. You should rest early. From now on I can do all the head flowers by myself, I can do it quickly now."

Ying Niang smiled and glared at her, "You little girl, you have never changed your nature, and you are being polite to my sister-in-law again. Let's all go to bed early, okay? Make five flowers for each person, then wash and go to bed quickly."

Zhao Di smiled silly and nodded, "Okay."

She was busy with her hands, and continued to say: "Sister-in-law, I think it's great that we get along like sisters-in-law. I don't know what kind of woman Shuchang and Jiwang will marry in the future. When you say Will they kiss us both?"

Yingniang really didn't think so far, after hearing what Zhaodi said, she remembered that Shuchang was already sixteen.But this year, there are funeral matters at home, so he can't get engaged.But according to the customs here, next year he will definitely have to propose a kiss to Shuchang. "In the coming year, let's prepare more gifts and ask the matchmaker to make a good marriage for Shuchang. Find a girl from a virtuous family. She will definitely get along well with us. Ji Wang is not yet fifteen, so it's too early to make a marriage."

Zhaodi looked at the clothes on Yingniang, she was dressed like a peasant woman. "Sister-in-law, you are the leader now, and wearing this dress is not in line with your status. How about I cut this silk cloth and make you two clothes."

In fact, Steward Yin told her today that if you want to be a big leader, you have to look like a big leader.Although she doesn't want her to be as particular as Aunt Yao, she still needs to dress a little decently.Yingniang's dress is not as good as that of some women who also work in the weaving workshop, so people will look down on her.

Yingniang thought about it, and thought it would be okay to do both, "You can do it for me when your legs are better, you can't be tired now."

"I just hurt my leg, but my hands are still fine. Anyway, I'm quick at work now. I can also make clothes for you in addition to making hair flowers during the day. Don't worry, I won't stay up late to do it." Zhao Di was actually early He wanted to use this silk cloth to make clothes for Yingniang, but Yingniang never agreed, and now he finally has a reputation.She didn't do it for flattery, but she felt that such beautiful cloth was not used to make clothes, it was really greedy.

Yingniang thought about it again, "Why don't you make yourself a double body too, now that my wages are higher, it doesn't hurt to make less head flowers."

"Me?" Zhao Di shook her head, "I really want to wear it, but I don't know how many people will laugh at me if I wear it. They will definitely say that I want to compare with you. Who in our village wears silk clothes? It's not a landlady, I'd better not be ashamed."

Yingniang felt that what Zhaodi said made sense, and she was afraid that many people would criticize her if she dressed too well. Didn't this Zi annoy her for no reason, so she didn't force her.

At this moment, Bo Ming and Zhong Ping didn't know what they were doing outside. Taking advantage of the moonlight and the light from the window, they cut off many twigs in the yard, and then hugged each other into the main room.

Yingniang and Zhaodi usually sit in the main room doing needlework, seeing the two brothers come in with so many cut branches in their arms, Yingniang was very puzzled, and asked curiously: "Do you make these for fences? Are the branches cut short?"

Boming cut the top of the branch with a knife in his hand, shook his head and said, "It's not a fence. It has rained a few times recently, and there have been two strong winds. The soybean branches have been blown to this side. This will definitely hinder the pods. We The two of them thought about it, and if they sharpened the branches and inserted them into the soil to support the soybean branches, it should be much better."

Yingniang was a little surprised when she heard that, "It's four acres of land, do you plan to support a small branch for each tree?"

Birming nodded seriously, "Well, it looks like a lot, but I guess it's quick to do."

Zhong Ping, who was cutting branches quickly, grinned and said, "Sister-in-law's wages have increased, and she has suddenly become generous. If I light such a bright oil lamp, and I still light two, my eldest brother and I will naturally come in to enjoy the glory."

There was a slight smile on Yingniang's face, and she was also very happy to see their enthusiasm, "I'm afraid I have only seen you two brothers who are so serious about farm work in this whole Yongzhen. Looking all the way, it's our family. The corn and sorghum grow strong, and there is almost no grass in the field. I heard people say on the way to town this morning that the Birming brothers have raised those fields like babies!"

Boming and Zhongping laughed when they heard this. For them, the land at home is as important as their children.Seeing them, Ying Niang felt a little distressed, "It's too hard for you to work from dawn to dusk every day. You should also rest when you should rest. Don't work hard, your body is the most important thing."

Zhongping smiled shyly, "Brother always says I'm reckless and I don't know how to use cleverness. I'm learning from him. After all, I don't even know a few big characters, so I can't be clever. Brother is Those who have been monks and even understand Buddhist scriptures are naturally much more powerful."

After hearing this, Zhao Di quickly said: "You have to learn to recognize a few more words from your eldest brother, so that you can teach our children."

Zhong Ping glanced at her big belly, "The child is still in your womb, you must be at least five years old if you want to know how to read. You are too anxious to talk about what will happen in five years' time."

Zhao Di blushed and didn't speak any more.Yingniang and Boming only laughed secretly when they heard that, although Zhongping was honest, Zhaodi was obedient to him.

The news that Yingniang was promoted to the chief and earned fifty coins a day spread quickly in Yongzhen, and she almost became a household name.In everyone's eyes, Aunt Yao came from the capital, she was a noble person, and she took it for granted how much she earned.And Yingniang, an ordinary farmer's woman, was promoted to the leader, and the money she earned was beyond the reach of men. To everyone, it was equivalent to hearing about an explosive incident.

In the past, many people were jealous of Yingniang's ten-cent salary a day, so they spread rumors and said a lot of bad things about Yingniang behind their backs.Now Yingniang has taken another big step, and those people have made a 180-degree turn. How dare they speak ill of Yingniang, but everyone praises her before and after, and they almost praise her A godlike figure.

Yingniang is indeed qualified for her position. Although she is not as prestigious as Aunt Yao, she has enough management experience.

Because the Zhen family has contacts with several big merchants, the cloth they weave is sent by the merchants to pick up the goods.Yingniang came up with a few unique patterns of weaving flowers, and drew them for them to see. Their eyes suddenly brightened, and they urged her to lead the female weavers to weave these quickly, and they would surely sell well in the capital.

In fact, Yingniang just watched a lot of costume dramas in her previous life, and she paid more attention to the costumes and patterns on the clothes, but she didn't expect it to come in handy now.

Yingniang's reputation is getting better and better, but Bo Ming has become the object of everyone's ridicule without knowing it.The villagers always like to chatter when doing farm work. If they don't gossip, they will have no energy to work.Now I dare not talk about Yingniang, and if I don't talk about Bo Ming, everyone will feel bored and panic.

What to say about Bo Ming, if it sounds nicer, it means that Bo Ming has a good life and married Ying Niang.A little harsher is to say that Birmingta is useless, eats soft food, and relies on women to support his family.

Fortunately, Bo Ming had meditated for ten years and recited a basketful of Buddhist scriptures. He could bear it for the time being, and tried his best to accept it calmly.No matter what unpleasant things he heard outside, he would not mention a word to Yingniang when he came back.As long as Yingniang is happy, he thinks it's fine.Since then, he is not as capable as Yingniang, if he still complains in front of her, then he is even less of a man.

A month later, Zhaodi's legs became more agile, and she could move freely. She also made new silk clothes for Yingniang.These days, she not only does the housework well, but also goes to the field to help out from time to time.Just now she took the ox to the pond to drink water, but now she took the ox to the yard to fetch water for the cow to bathe.

Yingniang came home from work, and when she entered the courtyard, she was startled when she saw the cow. "Zhaodi, why do you still bathe the cow yourself? It can be washed in the pond."

"No, just now I saw two bulls soaking in the water in the pond. I'm afraid that they will think badly about our cows. Our cows are already alive, but they can't be touched." Zhaodi took the brush Dip in water and brush the cattle carefully.

Yingniang couldn't help laughing when she saw this, she was really considerate of Niu.She waved to Zhaodi, "Come here, what is this?"

Zhaodi leaned over to have a look, and saw Yingniang opened the small cloth pocket, which contained strings of money.

"Sister-in-law, have you paid your wages?" Zhaodi counted the strings excitedly, "There are fifteen strings in total, a total of [-] Wen! I have never seen so much money when I grow up!"

"Well, let's quickly pay back the one thousand Wen from third uncle, and then we can pay back to Uncle's family next month." Yingniang did the math, "It will take two months before all the debts can be paid off. Already!"

"At that time, our family will be free of debts!" ​​Zhaodi said excitedly, she put ten strings of money into her cloth pocket, "I will pay back the third uncle's house now."

Seeing her running out happily, Yingniang instructed: "Slow down, you still have a baby in your stomach."

That night, the whole family gathered together excitedly for a long time before going to sleep.But the next morning, Birming heard even worse words.

At this moment, Bo Ming and Zhong Ping were harvesting corn. Zhong Ping broke the corn cobs and asked worriedly: "Brother, aren't you angry when people say that about you? Our family lives well, but it's all thanks to my sister-in-law." , You were pointed at when you went out, what should you do in the future?"

"At first, I was also angry, but then I figured it out. Yingniang has to deal with so many things every day, and I can't block her anymore. People say that about me, and I can't stop them. Yingniang is tired. All day long, if I still complain to her when I come back, am I still a man? Besides, shouldn’t Yingniang be allowed to go to the weaving workshop? She lives a decent life, and I should be happy for her. As long as we don’t slack off , do the work in the field well, and one day you will be able to make a fortune.”

Zhong Ping felt that what the elder brother said was reasonable, so he kept silent and kept breaking the corn cobs.The two brothers broke off two loads in a short while, and they carried them on the cart.

The land was almost harvested, so the two squatted down to look at the soybeans they planted.

Bo Ming looked at him expectantly, "Look, Zhongping, our soybeans are all bearing heavy pods. I heard that soybeans can be sold for six Wen a catty this year. It can be sold for more than 7000 coins, will people still call me a wimp by then?"

Zhongping heard that there were more than 7000 texts, and he couldn't hold it anymore, "Then... how much money is that, can you count it?"

"Look at your worthless appearance. How scared are you with more than 7000 Wen? Next year we will plant more. I'm afraid that no one will harvest them, or they won't be able to sell at a good price." This is what Birming has always been worried about. , No matter how good the plant is, it must be wanted by someone.

While the two brothers were talking, a strange middle-aged man came over and asked loudly, "Are you Xue Boming? This is your soybean, right?"

Birming smiled politely and nodded, "It's me, how did you know my name?"

"I'm Qiu Laowu from the town, and I've been doing grain business outside. You haven't heard of me, have you? Your family grows soybeans in Yongzhen, how can I not know?" Qiu Laowu squatted down to look at the soybeans , "Well, the planting is really good. Those in Jiazhen are far worse than yours."

Naturally, Bo Ming had heard of Qiu Laowu, but he never expected that he would come to the field to see in person, "Boss Qiu, do you also collect soybeans when you do grain business? Our soybeans will be harvested in more than 20 days." !"

"I'm here for this purpose, otherwise I wouldn't have the time to come here. I'm afraid you don't know the price, so I ordered the soybeans at a lower price. I'll pay you two thousand cash first, and you can only pay the price by then." How about selling soybeans to me?"

Zhong Ping was so happy that he didn't know where to go, and was about to agree when Bo Ming stopped him.Although Zhong Ping didn't know why his elder brother could remain calm when he heard such happy things, but of course his elder brother was in charge of the family affairs, so he quickly shut up.

Bo Ming didn't get carried away by the two thousand fixed money. If he had agreed blindly, wouldn't it mean that the other party would pay whatever price they said they would pay.He politely bowed to Qiu Lao Wu, "Boss Qiu is so forthright. He offered two thousand Wending money as soon as he opened his mouth. I admire him very much. Then I won't hold back anymore. Can I ask some questions directly?"

"That's natural. Business is a matter of mutual consent. If you have any questions, just ask." Qiu Laowu already knew in his heart that Bo Ming was all about the price.

"You just said the given money, but didn't say how much it is per catty. If it's lower than..." Bo Ming didn't say everything, but Qiu Lao Wu understood it very well, meaning that he wouldn't sell it if the price was too low. .

Qiu Laowu smiled, "I didn't see it, but you are still a shrewd person. The price has been the same for the past few years, five cents a catty."

Bo Ming said implicitly: "I heard that soybeans are in very tight demand this year, and the price has... increased."

Seeing that he couldn't hide this from them, Qiu Laowu had no choice but to compromise, "Okay, let's just pay six cents a catty. I'll send someone to deliver the deposit in the afternoon, and then write a contract. How about you put your fingerprint on it?"

Birming nodded calmly, "Okay, I can accept this price. Boss Qiu is considerate in his work, and we will cooperate."

After making an agreement with Boss Qiu, Boss Qiu had already disappeared, and Bo Ming became excited.He and Zhongping happily pushed the scooter all the way home, so they must tell the family members the good news quickly!
(End of this chapter)