farmhouse ditty

Chapter 152 Ask the shopkeeper to deliver it in person
Chu Ge and Guixi were talking in the main room, the two brothers were each holding a cup of tea, and there was a bag of melon seeds and peanuts on the table.

They seemed to be talking about something funny, and both of them laughed.

"Chu Ge, just now I delivered the eggs to my parents-in-law, and Xiao Xiang'er and An Zi are still having a fight, so we should take them over for a while..."

Guixi heard the sound, and first saw the courtyard, "Oh, sister-in-law Xiuniang, you are back."

Chu Ge smiled at Xiu Niang, "Xiu Niang, come over and have a seat and listen to Brother Guixi's affairs in the neighboring village."

Xiu Niang looked at Chu Ge's appearance, and suddenly felt a little puzzled in her heart. If Guixi pulled back all the boards, shouldn't Chu Ge still be smiling like this?

She thought about it, and then responded to Chugo, put the basket outside the main room, went in and sat next to Chugo, "What a funny thing, look, you two are so happy, I just listened to you two when I was outside Laughed."

When Guixi saw that everyone was here, he laughed and said, "Hey, sister-in-law, you don't know, this business has been done a lot, and I have been watching all kinds of strange things. I remember a few days ago I went to the outer village to buy laundry boards. Hey, sister-in-law, I just followed your method, put a laundry tub on the car, put a washing board on it, and then put two clothes in it, shouting and washing..."

Xiu Niang was still thinking about other things in her mind, she listened to what Guixi said, and just responded casually, "Oh, so..."

Guixi was happy, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't tell me, your idea is really good. The old sister-in-law and aunt in the village came to see it, and without a word, they all bought one for themselves. Talk to me about the price, because they know that it will take half a month for me to go back and forth. If they don’t buy it, it’s true. After passing this village, there will be no such shop. ..."

Xiuniang pursed her lips and smiled, she was so anxious, she wanted to ask why Guixi came back so soon, but he couldn't stop talking, he really is a businessman slippery.

Chu Ge poured a cup of tea for Guixi and smiled, "Brother, let's talk after drinking some water."

Guixi took the cup, "Hey brother, it's done, don't pour it for me, but I'm really thirsty..."

He laughed and drank all the water, pulled his sleeves to wipe his mouth, and continued talking.

"Brother Chu, sister-in-law, you don't know. I met a little sister-in-law when I was yelling in the neighboring village a few days ago. She stood by the side for a long time, waiting for people to leave. She said she wanted to buy a washing board. , I saw that there were only two boards left in the car, so I took them out and let her pick them. The sister-in-law threw the money into my money jar, but she didn't pick the two boards I took out. Didn't take it either."

Xiu Niang was aroused by curiosity now, she asked, "Hey, why is that?"

Guixi spread her hands, "At that time, I was also puzzled, I don't know what this little sister-in-law wants to do, I was about to open my mouth, and I watched the little sister-in-law pointing to the washing board in my basin. This one."

He clapped his hands together as he said, "The little sister-in-law said that she looked at my board to wash the clothes clean, ouch, now I don't understand even more, my board has been washed all the way... Hey, brother, do you think this little sister-in-law is too dumb?"

Chu Ge just smiled and didn't say anything, Xiu Niang murmured in her heart, the little sister-in-law in the neighboring village was not Mu Leng, but too shrewd, she watched everyone buy it, and she wanted to make it One, but I just don’t know if it’s easy to use or not, so I just bought the washing board that Guixi showed them.

Guixi smiled and continued, "Hey, brother, sister-in-law, it's still a joke. The price I shouted in the neighboring village was less than one tael for that washing board, but there was an old aunt who gave it to me." She gave me a lot of broken silver, and I wondered again, why did she give me so much money?"

Chu Ge followed him and asked, "Oh, what's going on?"

Guixi raised her eyebrows, opened her mouth and laughed, "I asked, the old aunt said that she wanted to buy my laundry tub as well, and she fell in love with my laundry tub at the first glance. Already...hahaha..."

Chu Ge also laughed out loud. After hearing what Guixi said, Xiuniang thinks that her washing board is pretty good. She is a little relieved. She has taken this step, and she wants to make it bigger in the future. , that would be much easier.

Xiuniang smiled, and said to Guixi, "Brother Guixi, you and your brother Chu have a good chat, I'll cook for you two."

Gui Xi hurriedly waved her hand, and said, "Sister-in-law, there's no need, I have to go out again now. I just came back to bring some after the washing board was gone. The car is still outside."

Oh, it turned out that the mule cart outside was here to pull the washing board.

Thinking of this, Xiuniang suddenly paused again, ah, if Guixi took away all the boards she put in the shed, what would she do if she just promised to give Liu Shi?

Hey, forget it, go over to tell Liu later, she and Chu Ge will go to old man Li to get the board back tonight, and then I will give it to her.

Xiuniang thought about it, and said to Guixi, "Guixi, it looks like it's almost noon, you have to eat your meal first even if you are in a hurry, just wait, I'll make it easy for you two." Bowl of noodles..."

Guixi stood up and blocked Xiuniang's way, "Oh sister-in-law, there's really no need, the dog is still waiting for me at home, the two of us have to leave now, or we won't be there just now. "

As he spoke, he took out a money bag from his pocket and put it on the table, "Sister-in-law, these are the money from the car last time. I'll bring you this car later... Sister-in-law, order some."

Xiu Niang waved her hand, without even looking at it, "Hey, what's so good about it, you and Brother Chu still can't trust you."

Chu Ge also muttered, "Gui Xi, let's go after dinner."

Hearing what Chu Ge and Xiu Niang said, Guixi felt that they both trusted him quite a bit, and felt very relieved, so he laughed and said a few words, then evaded and walked out.

Xiuniang watched Guixi leave the courtyard, she smiled at Chu Ge, picked up the purse, "Chu Ge, what do you want for lunch?"

Chu Ge pondered, "Let's eat noodles."

Xiu Niang smiled, "Okay then, I'll go back to the house and put down the silver, and I'll be out in a while."

She said that she took the money bag and went back to the back room. Xiu Niang went to the bed, poured the money on the bed, counted it, and then opened the ledger to look at it.

Earlier, Guixi looked at the washboard, wondering if it was okay to leave, so she didn't dare to take more, and only took seventy or eighty to go, and the ten or so of them shared with the dogs in the village, and each took seven The eight yelled around.

Before that, Xiuniang calculated the cost by herself, and sold the single or two casually, and sold the more expensive ones for a penny. Guixi took away the 81 washing boards in the previous truck, and he brought them back to her. 40 taels... Oh no, it's 41 taels. She just shook out a tael of silver in the corner of the bag.

She looked at it and nodded, thinking that Guixi is quite good at doing things, he will not give you a whole number, and he will not give you five pennies, so he just made a whole one or two and returned it. How about thinking about him?

Xiu Niang took a small blackened charcoal from the big wooden box on one side, crossed out a stroke on the account book, wrote a few words, and then put the account book back under the pillow.

It was only now that she was completely relieved. At that time, she still kept an eye on the price and did not dare to set it higher. However, from now on, the price she set is not bad. Most of the mothers-in-law and aunts accepted it, although she didn't know what price Guixi and Liu Shi charged, anyway, she just kept a profit for them, and they walked fast by themselves, earning a lot Well, if the price they yell is too high, they can drink the northwest wind by themselves.

"Xiu Niang, Xiu Niang..."

Chu Ge suddenly called her outside, and Xiu Niang was thinking about something, so she got a little startled.

"Hey, hey, Chugo, what's the matter?"

"Xiu Niang, come out...here..."

Xiu Niang didn't hear clearly what Chu Ge said later, it seemed that someone was coming, she thought, could it be Mrs. Liu?
"Hey, I got it, I'm here." Xiu Niang thought about it, and shook her head with a smile, it's really true today, the one on the left came to give money, and the one on the right came to give money.

Xiuniang put the silver on the bed back into the money bag, got up and walked to the big wooden box, opened the lid and stuffed the money bag at the bottom, and when it was night, she asked Chugo to move the big wooden box away, and then put the silver in the bottom the next jar.

There is no way, there is no bank in the village, and the bank closest to Xiayang Village is still in the town. If you have a lot of money at home, you have to be careful.

Xiu Niang straightened her clothes, opened the door and went out. Then she looked into the yard, and when she saw someone, she smiled and closed the door of the back room.

She walked to the edge of the chicken fence, and there was still an Erbao vine planted there. In Xiayang Village, it can be said that this Erbao vine was left on the mountain or in Chuge's field. All of them were sold as seedlings by Xiu Niang, and she wanted to raise the remaining one by herself, and pick some flower buds to soak in water for drinking when she was free.

Xiuniang was still smiling, and she smiled at the person standing in front of this Erbao vine, "Master Wang, look at this Erbao vine in my yard, is it blooming well?"

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Shopkeeper Tian was walking back and forth in the room anxiously, when the clerk at the cabinet came up to report that Master Wang was back, so he hurried downstairs.

He met Master Wang and asked about the situation, only to see that Master Wang shook his head with a sad face, "The little woman said, I want, I want the shopkeeper to deliver it in person..."

Shopkeeper Tian frowned, pondered over and over again, sighed, and said to Master Wang, "Go and call me a car. I'm going to Xiayang Village."

As he said this, he thought of a petite and delicate woman who once smiled and talked tepidly with her watery eyes bent.

"Treasurer Tian, ​​I'm waiting for you in Xiayang Village, waiting for you to send me the title deed of that paving workshop."

(End of this chapter)