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Chapter 161 Chugo's Worries

After dinner in the evening, Xiu Niang boiled a pot of hot water for Chu Ge and put it in the main room, let him take a good hot bath to relieve his fatigue. This is the most tiring thing about going out on the road. I don’t know what’s going on, even if you I didn't do any heavy work, and I couldn't keep my eyes on the exhaustion of driving a carriage on the road all day.

Waiting for Xiuniang to wash the pots and bowls and clean up the stove, she came out and saw that the door of the main room was open, and the wooden tub she had just taken to bathe Chugo had been filled with water, standing by the door, with dirty clothes and so on. Also put it in one place.

She couldn't see Chu Ge, so she put it in the yard and looked at it, and saw that the gate was still tied, Chu Ge shouldn't have gone out. Asleep in bed.

She looked at it with a smile, and shook her head. Originally, she still had a lot of things to say to him, but now it seems that she can only chatter another day...

In the early morning of the next day, Xiu Niang got up and started the pot, boiled the rice on the pot, and then went back to the house lightly. Chu Ge was still sleeping in the house at the moment, and she looked at the rice in front of her. The few bundles packed in two days were taken to the main room, and when Chu Ge woke up later, he packed up the bed and that was it.

Xiuniang thought about finding a bigger basket, spread some old clothes in it, and picked out some dishes from the stove and took them with her. Although the shop workshop in the town also had a stove, the inside Except for two stoves, there is nothing else.

Xiu Niang is now bringing some bowls and chopsticks, so she doesn't have to go to the town to buy them, so she can save as much as she can, anyway, she often uses it herself, so it's useless to keep it at home.

As for the two pots in the stove, Chu Ge said earlier that he would bring them, but that day they saw that there were two stoves in the shop, and they didn't know how big the stove was, so they had to go to the town to buy another pot Well, the bigger the mouth of the stove, the bigger the pot it needs to be.

After putting away the plates, bowls and chopsticks, Xiu Niang took out another small bowl and put some pickles in the sauce jar by the corner, so that Chu Ge could eat it with porridge, at least to get rid of the morning meal first.

Originally, if it was normal, she would pull together the leftover meat and vegetables from last night to warm up, or pick up a few eggs and fry them to make Chu Ge eat better, but yesterday, Mrs. Liu came over At that time, she gave her the jar of oil at home, and asked her to take it home to cook and eat, or if she left, the jar of oil would be ruined.

"Xiu Niang, why did you wake up so early-early-early."

Chu Ge put on a piece of clothing, pulled the belt while tying it, and went out from the back room. He just woke up and couldn't help yawning.

Xiu Niang brought the pickles to the main room, looked back at him and smiled, "Get up, why don't you sleep a little longer, am I quarreling with you?"

Chu Ge said while shaking his head. In fact, he knew it when Xiu Niang got up, but recently, he has been running around the town and village. He was a little tired and fell asleep again because he couldn't open his eyes.

He looked at Xiu Niang as if she was going out with a basket, "Xiu Niang, what are you doing here?"

Xiu Niang told him to wash his mouth and wash his face quickly, so they could go on the road after eating, and she took the blue eggs left in the stove to Mrs. Liu. She forgot to share them with the oil pot yesterday. to her.

Chu Ge responded, and walked into the stove with sleepy eyes...

It was almost Chen's time when Xiu Niang and Chu Ge packed up and went out, harnessed the carriage, and loaded up the bedding.

Mrs. Liu watched them come over to see them off, and she dragged Xiu Niang aside, "Sister, when Lao Liu and Hei Wazi come back, I'll go to town to see you."

Xiu Niang nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll wait for Sixth Sister-in-law."

Liu patted her hand with a smile, and pulled her aside thinking about it, "Hey, sister, I thought about it yesterday, you should take the chickens in the yard to the town."

Xiu Niang looked at her strangely, just as she opened her mouth, Mrs. Liu was busy waving her hands and talking to her.

"Sister, I don't mean anything else, it's just... you go out this time, won't you come back later, you said that my house is busy all the time, if I don't care about the few dogs in your yard What are you going to do with chickens, besides, you have so many keys in your house, if I accidentally lose them to you..."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang smiled at her, took out two keys, and untied one of them and gave it to her, "It's okay Sixth Sister-in-law, come over when you are free, it's okay later, you can leave it at home Just get something to feed those chickens."

Mrs. Liu wanted to say something else, but when she saw the key in Xiuniang's hand, she agreed again.

She chuckled, "Hey, well, sister, I will let those chickens eat well and lay eggs poof."

Xiu Niang looked at her and smiled, and they chatted a few words while laughing. Chu Ge saw that it was getting late, so he called Xiu Niang to get in the car. Tell them to be careful on the road.

Mrs. Liu walked a few steps forward, stood at the door of Xiuniang's house and watched them go down the slope. She turned around and spread out the key in her hand, smiled suddenly, and took the key to Xiuniang's house. Locked the courtyard door, and then went back to his own home...

Chu Ge led the carriage out of the village, and when he reached the big dirt road, he sat next to Xiuniang himself, holding the rein with one hand to drive the carriage.

Xiu Niang shook her little feet and turned her head to look at him, "Chu Ge, don't you want to ask Mrs. Gang Liu what she was talking to me about?"

Chu Ge blinked and looked at her, "Oh, what did Sister-in-law Six say?"

"Sister-in-law Liu said, let's take the chickens to town."

"Hey, why, didn't you say yesterday that sister-in-law Liu agreed to help us raise chickens?"

"That's right, but Sixth Sister-in-Law just said that, and took the key later... I wonder if she is afraid of trouble."

"Hmm...I can't. Sixth Sister-in-law shouldn't be afraid of trouble. She probably said that because she was afraid of losing weight by feeding the chickens in our yard."

"Well, I guess so."

Xiu Niang looked at Chu Ge and smiled with both dimples. The reason why Liu Shi said that just now was to avoid suspicion, because the one with a lock in her house is the back room and the gate in the yard.

Everyone in this back room knows that it is the place where the family members sleep. It is estimated that everyone will put some valuables in the back room. This is a matter of money, and she, Mrs. Liu, cannot take over the key with peace of mind.

Although Mrs. Liu and her are not getting along well, if Mrs. Liu takes over the key, she will have to worry about her house. She just said that she is afraid of losing the key, and she is also afraid that if she and Chu later Ge came back, and if there was something missing in the back room, she wouldn't be able to tell.

So Mrs. Liu thought that instead of being unclear at that time, it would be better to let the villain go to the end from the beginning, but fortunately, she changed a method to let Xiu Niang realize it by herself, and took the key of the back room with her. The key to the gate in the yard was given to her.

Chu Ge was driving the carriage, watching Xiu Niang say nothing, he looked at the road, it was still early, and no one was rushing to the town on the road.

He thought about it and said, "Xiu Niang?"

Xiu Niang turned her head to look at him, with big watery eyes open, waiting for him to continue, "Huh?"

Chu Ge was driving the chariot and horses and kept looking at the road, he turned his head to look at Xiu Niang while talking.

"Xiu Niang, have you, have you ever thought that in the town, our shop..."

Xiu Niang asked, "What's wrong with the shop, do you feel bad?"

Chu Ge shook his head, "No, I mean, have you ever thought about what if our shop can't be opened?"

"Chu Ge, why did you suddenly have such a thought," Xiu Niang paused, then said with a smile, "What's wrong, could it be that you can't trust your wife and me from the bottom of your heart?"

When Chu Ge heard Xiu Niang say the word "daughter-in-law", the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously, but then he said, "It's not Xiu Niang, I just thought about it, we collected it in the town earlier. Some scraps, and then pulled to the village, let Uncle Li to make washing boards, we can't spend much effort on this."

Xiu Niang looked at him and nodded, "Well, we've come and gone twice this time, running around the town and village, and it doesn't take much effort to drive a carriage, but what does this have to do with us opening a shop in the town?"

Chu Ge pursed his lips and said, "Xiu Niang, if we want to do business in the town, we have to hire a few guys to look at the cabinets, and besides, I have to help Uncle Li fight in the backyard. That shop is so big, you can’t see it by yourself, you have to hire a few guys this time, and it will cost a lot of money in a month.”

He thought about it and sighed, "Before we were in the village, we and Uncle Li were the only ones who were busy working, and then we called Guixi to go outside to do business, so the washing board got better, but this We are going to do business in the town, haven’t you seen the people in the town, what if people don’t like our laundry board, we have spent more than fifty taels of silver to buy this shop ... This is something we managed to save."

Xiu Niang looked at him, seeing Chu Ge's voice getting softer and softer, she wanted to laugh, "Chu Ge, don't you have a clue, we haven't taken a step yet, what are you doing?" It's not like you to retreat."

Chu Gemu gave Xiuniang a serious look, and said nothing. In fact, he was afraid that the shop would not be opened, but he had given away the family fortune. .

Naturally, Xiu Niang didn't know what was going on in Chu Ge's mind. She looked at him with a smile, and originally wanted to tell him what she thought, but the time hadn't come yet, and she didn't want to talk big and let Chu Ge A love affair.

Besides, her family didn't only have fifty taels of silver deposits, this was just what Chu Ge thought in his heart.

She thought about saying a few words to reassure Chu Ge, "Chu Ge, what are you afraid of? Even if we don't make any progress at the beginning, why don't we stop making money? Besides, don't we still have the Tairen Pharmacy?" Is it a penny?"

Chu Ge blinked pitifully, and murmured in his heart, but the dividends can only be paid after the end of the year, this time it is May...

(End of this chapter)