farmhouse ditty

Chapter 190

There was a sewing basket on Xiu Niang's lap, and she was mending a gown with thin needles in her little hands.

At this time, she was sitting alone in the shop, and all the guys in the front cabinet went to the backyard to help make the boards, and she was the only one watching in front.

After Chu Ge assigned the work in the backyard, he came out to look at the cabinet. He lifted the curtain and said, "Xiu Niang, is there anyone coming from the cabinet?"

Xiu Niang looked back at Chu Ge, and after only an hour, this idiot ran out three or four times, she twitched her mouth, "Except for the two who came to place an order just now, there is no one else. .”

Chu Ge came over, "Then, why don't you call me?"

Xiu Niang pulled a piece of thread, threaded the needle, and smiled, "Isn't it just writing two characters? Ge asked, "Chuge, Muzi and the others brought the wood back?"

Chu Ge said, "Not yet, I guess it will be soon. When they left earlier, I asked Wang Er to pull some back first, and let the guys in the workshop get busy first, and then go pull it again."

Xiu Niang responded, and smiled, "Well, let's take two trips today, and then go for a few more trips tomorrow."

Chu Ge glanced at the two lists on the cabinet. This time, it would cost more than a hundred boards in total. Counting the first three lists, it would cost at least three or four hundred miles. Just a few trips would not be enough. Make it.

He pursed his lips, "Xiu Niang, how much wood can you store in that room?"

Xiu Niang looked up at Chu Ge, seeing him staring at the list on the cabinet, she thought that this idiot must be worried that she didn't have enough wood to save.

She tied the cotton thread and smiled at Chugo, "Anyway, it's enough for us for four or five days."

Hearing what Xiu Niang said, Chu Ge just responded, but then he spoke again after thinking, "Xiu Niang."

Xiu Niang sewed the last few steps, "Huh?"

Chu Ge said awkwardly, "Xiu Niang, you rented a room at the entrance of the back alley to store wood. When did this happen, why don't I know?"

"Well, it's too early, I think it's been a month or so," Xiu Niang put down her work, and smiled at Chu Ge, "Chu Ge, you know there are Jiatong and grocery stores in Qianjie..."

After hearing what Xiuniang said, Chu Ge remembered that the owner of the grocery store was named Cao, and married an auntie who had been doing business in the town for more than twenty years. The mother-in-law supported him, so he put it on the back street to show others the warehouse.

Originally, the things bought and sold in this grocery store are all trivial things, a few eggs, a few packets of seasonings, very trivial, and besides, he is not good at chatting with those aunts and aunts.

However, having said that, I still have to boast that the Cao family's mother-in-law is very powerful, she is shrewd and quick-witted, she can manage the house in the closet, she gets along well with her neighbors, and she is also capable of trouble.

Like the usual aunts and aunts in the town who come to buy and sell things, she will either charge a few pennies less, or give them an egg or two. Over time, more people come to buy things, even people who live in back streets and alleys. Well, some of them even came to her to buy seasoning packets.

"I used to go to their place to buy and sell things. Seeing that the mother-in-law was very cheerful, I asked her to help me find a house in the back street."

Xiu Niang bit off the needle and thread, put it back into the embroidery thread basket, and continued to tell Chu Ge, "When our shop first opened, didn't we keep shouting to prepare some wood, and wait for someone to come in? It's a big list, so we won't be in a hurry, looking for wood everywhere."

"But in the past two months, I saw that our business was so good that we couldn't spare any manpower to handle this matter, so I did it myself. The house at the entrance of the alley was found by Cao's mother-in-law. I bought those lumber one by one from the [-] or so lumber shops in the back street, and I paid an extra two taels of money for the fare for every carload of lumber!"

Chu Ge nodded, grinned, and praised her a few words, but suddenly thought of something.

"Xiuniang, you're still thoughtful... Hey, Xiuniang didn't go with me at the moment, so what if the eldest brother of the Cao family looks at Wang Er and they don't know each other and doesn't open the door? Yes, but that temper is also explosive, don't say that if you can't say one thing in two, you will get into a fight."

Xiu Niang smiled and waved her hand, "Hey, no, I see that little brother Wang Er is very clever, how can he just fight with others casually, and then, I still have something to ask the Cao family sister-in-law to help. , if he beats his man, then everything will be ruined."

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Granny Cao stared at the dots on the scale beam, counted two catties, took another egg from the basket beside her and put it on it, "Okay, two catties is equal, and I will add another egg for you, it will count as two catties." .”

A little woman in front of the counter smiled, took out the silver and handed it to her, took the egg basket, "Hey, sister-in-law Cao, I won't say thank you."

Cao's mother-in-law smiled heartily, "Thank you, next time I will just let me buy more..."

"Oh my mother, sister-in-law, you ran away to my death..."

This time, suddenly a little daughter-in-law ran into the shop and hurriedly squeezed to the cabinet to talk.

Granny Cao looked at her and smiled, "Hey, my sister, what are you doing in such a hurry, no one kicks you out..."

The little daughter-in-law was out of breath from running, she was leaning on the cabinet at the moment, waving her hand to Cao's mother-in-law, let her breath calm down first.

Cao's mother-in-law flattened her mouth, and smiled at the other women and aunts, "This girl must be steaming egg custard for the baby, and she ran here because she saw that there were no eggs in the house... Hehe, it's alright, girl, Look at you rushing, today my sister-in-law will weigh you first, tell me, how many catties of eggs do you want."

The little daughter-in-law touched her heart and breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh sister-in-law, you are still joking, hurry up and have a look at the entrance of the back alley."

When Cao's mother-in-law heard about the back street, her heart skipped a beat. There were a dozen or so empty houses in the back alley, and that was where his men looked after the warehouses.

She hurriedly asked, "Sister, what happened to my old Cao!"

The little daughter-in-law said, "I don't know either. I just looked at your old Cao and started arguing with a few guys. They seem to be going to buy goods, but your old Cao won't let me. I guess they will move now." Let's start..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the Cao family's mother-in-law grabbed the scale she was holding and rushed out. While running, she didn't forget to turn her head and shout, asking the little daughter-in-law to help her keep an eye on the shop...

Waiting for Cao's mother-in-law to run aggressively to the warehouse in the back street, I saw his old Cao sitting on the side of the road with two guys, talking and laughing.

Lao Cao saw her and waved his hands with a smile, "Hey, baby, why are you here?"

Cao's mother-in-law walked over with a puzzled expression, looked at her man, "I was just going to ask you what's going on, but that girl just told me that you were arguing with someone, so I came here in a hurry. "

Lao Cao listened to Yile, talked a few words, and pointed to the two young men in their twenties beside him.

"Hey, it's all my fault. I didn't ask clearly just now, so... come on, come on, motherfucker, these are the two little brothers, they are the buddies of sister Xiuniang, Brother Wang Er and Brother Muzi... Hehe, they just When I came here to pull wood, I saw that the people were unfamiliar, so I didn’t let them open the door.”

When Cao's mother-in-law heard this, she gave him a look, and then said to Wang Er and Muzi beside him, "Hey, brother, don't be surprised, your big brother Cao is in charge of the warehouse behind, and only when acquaintances come to give it to you." It's open."

Wang Er smiled, "Sister-in-law is fine, elder brother is doing the right thing, that's what Xiuniang's sister-in-law thought of, so she gave me the key. When it comes time to take out the key, elder brother Cao will know."

Cao's mother-in-law asked again, "Oh, then, did that delay you?"

Muzi waved his hand and said, "No sister-in-law, we've already pulled away the two carts just now, and we'll just wait for someone to come from the shop, and we'll do it again."

Cao's mother-in-law smiled after hearing this, "Hey, it's better to be a buddy of Ren'er Xiuniang's sister's house, she looks very energetic... Hey, brother, that sister Xiuniang has been here a few times, and I can't help it." I didn't have time to ask, what kind of business does your shopkeeper do?"

Wang Er said, "Sister-in-law, you know that Chu's wooden workshop in the back street is opened by my shopkeeper."

Cao's mother-in-law paused, "Hey, the shop that buys and sells washboards is the shop of sister Xiuniang."

"It's sister-in-law..." Muzi nodded, suddenly thought of something, and took out a board from behind.

"Sister-in-law, when we first came here, Xiuniang's sister-in-law told us to bring you a washboard. She said, sister-in-law, you stay at home to look after the store, and Brother Cao is in charge of the warehouse, so you don't have time to visit us at all." I bought it, so let me bring one here."

Granny Cao looked at Yile and took the board over, "Oh, it's so kind, I've been talking about this board for the past two days, and I heard from my elder sister before, what's wrong with this board It's so easy, it's so easy, I'm greedy, but I don't have time to buy it... Hehe, brother, go back for me and thank that sister Xiuniang."

"Brother, sister-in-law, this washboard is made by our Chu family workshop. It is very useful. If there are new merchants in Qianjie, they will look at it and ask. Sister-in-law, if you think it is made in our wooden workshop The board works well, please tell me and point them to us, especially..." Wang Er's last sentence was so soft that only the four of them could hear it.

"Hehehe, brother, please do it. I will find a prominent place in my shop and put this board on it. If anyone asks, I will definitely point to you. The middle part of the back street, Chu Home workshop, I remember."

This Granny Cao is also a shrewd person. She knows in her heart that if you didn't give others a sweetener, who would give you a washboard?

Wang Er and the two of them laughed a few words, watched the guys in the wooden workshop pull back two empty carts, they helped to load the wood in the house, and then left.

(End of this chapter)