The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 63

When they sat back on their seats, Ying Niang said very kindly: "Actually, I already know who took the things, but I just don't want this person to get off the stage and be a human being in the future, so I won't make it clear. Zhao and I In order not to make the silver bracelet and silver lock darken, Di painted a layer of tree oil on it. I smelled it when you came to get the thread just now. I also asked the person who took the things to put them back in my yard tonight. In the crack of the door, this matter will not be mentioned again from now on, and you can still get work from me, and I will not tell anyone in the village who stole something."

When Yingniang spoke, they all raised their hands to smell, not only smelling their own, but also smelling others.But only one person didn't smell it, and he was sneakily rubbing his hands on his clothes.Needless to say, it should be her.

Yingniang told them to stop smelling and hurry up to work.Although it's not 100% sure it's that person, but it's pretty close, so let's talk about it at night.

Sure enough, at night, someone came to deliver things.The gate of the courtyard was closed, Yingniang, Zhaodi, and Yinyue saw someone stuffing something in the crack of the door, so they tiptoed to see who it was. Unexpectedly, it was the one who secretly rubbed their hands on their clothes in the afternoon. people.

Now Yinyue is convinced, she didn't expect to know who the thief is, and the things will come back.

But Yinyue still didn't calm down, and laughed at the thief: "She is so stupid, she stole the things in the morning, she went home at noon and cooked, washed the pots and vegetables, even if there is any smell It's gone. But we are so cheap to her, and we are too puzzled."

Ying Niang sighed: "She will not feel good when she learns that we know who stole it. She is afraid that she will never dare to steal it again. Since it can be solved so easily, why bother to make it known to everyone. In the future you Do things calmly, think twice about what you do, and don't blah, blah, blah, blah. Go home and go to bed."

Yinyue thought that she wanted to search them in the first place, but went to their homes, and felt that it was really inappropriate to make a big fuss.She nodded, opened the courtyard door and went to her own home.

After Yingniang returned to the house, she touched the hairpin that was returned. It was bought in Wuzhou, and it was the style that Boming had chosen for her.It stands to reason that Boming should be going home tonight, but Yingniang was a little worried because he hadn't seen him at this hour.

She lay on the kang and couldn't fall asleep.Although she was quite at ease with Bo Ming most of the time, how could she not be worried when he saw him not coming back for a long time.

She got up in the middle of the night, went outside the courtyard gate to look several times, and then returned angrily.Just lay down on the kang for a while, and get up to look at it for a while, tossing for most of the night.It wasn't until dawn that she was so tired that she fell asleep.

Tired of getting up and going back and forth all night, she overslept and didn't wake up until mid-morning.When she opened her eyes, she felt that the room was too bright, dazzling her eyes.

She squinted her eyes and turned over, ready to lie around for a while, but found a figure beside the kang.She woke up suddenly, opened her eyes wide, and took a closer look. That's right, it was Bo Ming who came back!He is looking at her with a smile!

Ying Niang sat up abruptly, "Why did you come back so late, it made me worry all night."

Bo Ming didn't answer her question, but said: "Don't get up so suddenly, you still have a baby in your stomach."

"In the past two days, I feel lighter, I'm fine." Yingniang looked him up and down, seeing that he was full of energy and radiant, she was very puzzled, "You must be very tired after driving for so long, Why are you still so energetic? Why did you delay?"

Birming moved closer, and put his arms around her shoulders, "I was also worried that you would be waiting impatiently at home, so I didn't dare to delay any longer. Unexpectedly, I came back late. However, I took another job and came back. It's the men's job, so you don't have to worry too much about it."

"What do men do?" Yingniang was curious, "What kind of work?"

"The shopkeeper who collected the thread clothes said that in two months, the thread clothes must not be sold, because the weather is getting hot soon. He also told me that the thread clothes woven at home should be delivered at the end of this month. In the past, if it was later, it would have to be saved until autumn. He said that it is best to weave some reed mats and cattail fans in these two months, and it will be the beginning of June in two months, and they can be sold."

Yingniang smiled and said: "Reed mat and cattail leaf fan? Can you weave it? Even if you can weave it, it is estimated that the style is not easy to sell. It's okay to use it by yourself. If you want to sell it, I think it's better to forget it." .” She knew that Wuzhou had high requirements for craftsmanship.

But Boming was very confident, "You don't know it, there are a lot of reeds and cattails in Gu'ao not far from our town. I also learned to weave from adults when I was young. Of course, the craftsmanship is really poor. It’s not eye-catching. That’s why the shopkeeper asked me to find a very skilled master Shi, at least I know how to weave, I have a basic foundation, I paid Master Shi [-] Wen, studied with him for half a day, and I knew everything.”

"No wonder you came home so late, it turned out that you have learned this! But don't you want to farm, how can you have time to do this?" Yingniang looked at the bright sun outside the window, it was indeed too late, she Wearing clothes while talking.

"In addition to farming, Zhongping, Shuchang, and Jiwang and the others can do it in the evening or when it rains? You can also teach the villagers how to do it. Let's collect it at a low price and send it to us at a few cents more. Isn’t it possible to make money at the shopkeeper? Anyway, you don’t need to worry about making money anymore. After you finish knitting this month, let’s wait until autumn, and you can take a good rest for a few months.”

Yingniang felt comfortable when she thought that she would not have to worry about anything for half a year and just rest at home.It's just that Birming is working harder and harder, planting so much land, and still thinking about making money.

She knew that Bo Ming didn't want her to be too hard, and there was no need to say anything polite between husband and wife, so Yingniang nodded happily, and let him go.

After getting up the kang, Bo Ming filled the pot with porridge and white noodles, which were all left in the pot after Ji Wang made it in the morning.Yingniang felt quite sorry when she thought that as a sister-in-law she slept so late and ate the ready-made breakfast made by Ji Wang.

But Birming didn't even eat yesterday's dinner, at this time he was sitting in the kitchen with Yingniang eating.Zhaodi and Yinyue were distributing thread materials to the women in the yard, because Yingniang said, let them pick up the materials and go home to make them from today, and come to her when they encounter places that they don't know.

After eating, Birming gave Yingniang the money from the sale of thread clothes and the money for the head money.Ying Niang offered wages to everyone.

These women have been working for so many days, and they are finally looking forward to their wages, and they are all very excited.When they all received three or four hundred Wen, they were all overjoyed, and hurried home with the money and thread in their arms.

Because Zhaodi was busy with the children, she only received two hundred Wen, and Yinyue received three hundred.They have no complaints about how much money they get for work.What's more, they don't feel that they have little money. You must know that it was difficult to see many copper coins throughout the year.

Zhaodi took Xiaonuan out of the hospital to play, and Yinyue took the thread and went home to work.Now the yard is quiet, Yingniang and Bo Ming are sitting in the yard talking.

A lot of things happened in the past few days, and Yingniang told Bo Ming about Lu Cui coming to her, about her second uncle's splitting up, and about catching a thief at home yesterday.

Bo Ming felt that Yingniang had handled these matters very well. Apart from praising her, he also went to find some fruits in the bag in the house.He bought it from Wuzhou. He heard that it is good for pregnant women to eat more fruits, so he bought a bag of them. These fruits are not available in Yongzhen.

Yingniang saw that Birming had bought so many, and there were many varieties, including cherries, mulberries and kiwifruit, "Birming, you are becoming more and more willing to spend money, these fruits must not be cheap."

Bo Ming laughed and said, "Didn't you say that the money you earn is spent, and you can't have cubs if you keep it?"

But Yingniang was worried, "Such a big bag can't be eaten for a few days, I'm afraid it will all rot."

"I have a solution!" Birming first picked out some of each item and saved them for the same day, and then freed up half of the remaining bags, and put them into small jars separately, because if they are too much, they will be crushed when put together.

Then he sealed the jars one by one and moved them to the cellar at the back of the house.

Yingniang was curious, it was the first time she had seen this fresh-keeping method, "Birming, who did you learn from, so how long can it last?"

"It's no use learning. You can store potatoes, and naturally you can also store fruits. It shouldn't be a problem to store them for another four or five days. I heard that people in Wuzhou put the apples they grow in the cellar, and they can keep them for a month or two."

Yingniang was so happy that she didn't say anything, she held the washed cherries in her hand and ate them with great vigor.

At this time, Boming took out another bag of things from the house, and Yingniang leaned over to have a look, "Is this beef? Or stewed beef?" Yingniang was almost drooling.

Boming took out a small piece and fed it into her mouth, "I found out that you love beef when I went back to Wuzhou, but we don't have any beef in Yongzhen. I don't know how to cook beef myself, so I dare not buy raw beef." I came back, so I bought more than a dozen catties of stewed beef."

Yingniang was dumbfounded again, "If we buy so much, how long will our family have to eat?"

"I also have a solution for this." Bo Ming first pretended to have three large plates for the family to eat, and then divided the rest into three large jars to seal them.

Ying Niang came to stop him, "It shouldn't be allowed to store this in the cellar, I've never heard anyone say to store cooked meat in the cellar."

Unexpectedly, Birming did not move to the back of the house, but came to the well, tied a rope ring around the neck of each of these jars, hung them on the well hook, and then shook them into the bottom of the well one by one.

Now Yingniang became curious again, "Is this okay?"

Bo Ming shook his head and said, "When I was young, my family was poor, and I seldom ate meat once a year. I remember that once my father caught a fat rabbit from the mountain. It seemed to be this season too. Because he was reluctant to eat it all in one day, he put the meat in it. Seal it in a jar, then put it in the bottom of the well, and shake it up four days later, nothing is broken."

Yingniang has always been interested in food, especially fruits and beef.Every time she goes to Wuzhou, she always thinks about eating this, and it seems that the caring Bo Ming has remembered it.

Seeing that there are two good storage methods, Yingniang was a little excited, "In other words, whenever we go to Wuzhou in the future, we can buy a lot of fruits and beef and eat them back, and we don't have to worry about spoiling them."

Bo Ming smiled and said: "You are really a greedy cat. Don't worry, I will let you eat as much as you want in the future. Come, I will teach you how to hook the jar and shake it up again. Normally, as long as you want to eat, you can come by yourself shake."

After trying a few times, Yingniang got it right, then sat down and ate with relish, eating beef for a while, and fruit for a while.

Boming was afraid that she would overeat and ruin her stomach, so he instructed: "Although I like to eat, but it should be done in moderation."

Yingniang stuffed a cherry into Birming's mouth, "I'm not stupid, I know the right amount. By the way, I'll send some to Yinyue later."

At this moment, Boming thought of something. Seeing that it was almost noon, he packed a small plate of beef, wrapped some cherries and mulberries, "Ms. Ying, I will send some to Liangzi, just to see his wooden shed. What is it like? He should be home from work by this hour and make lunch."

"Well, you go, I'm going to make lunch too." Yingniang said as she got up and went to the kitchen.

Bo Ming stood outside the courtyard gate, turned around and said, "I'll come back to do it later, you rest. I'll take you to Gu'ao to look at the reeds in the afternoon. Didn't you say you haven't been out for a long time?"

"Oh, okay." Yingniang responded with a smile, she was really comfortable with Boming being so considerate to her.

(End of this chapter)