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Chapter 198 The Strange Muzi
It's been half a month since Guixi came here last time, and now it's almost August.

Xiuniang got up early today, finished washing on the second floor, and saw that Chu Ge was still sleeping, it was going to get colder this day, people just love to sleep on the bed, she folded her quilt, and did not disturb Chu Ge , went downstairs alone.

In this yard, Wen Shi has already cooked the porridge, scooped up several bowls and put them on the table to dry. She and Chu Fu lived downstairs, closer to the kitchen. When it was early, she would get up by herself and put the Everyone's meal is done.

Before that, Xiu Niang cleaned out the South House by herself, and bought some furniture for the house. The whole house looked so good, even Chu An and Xiao Xianger saw it. Everyone said that this house was better than the one they lived in Xiayang Village.

Xiu Niang came out from the shop. She saw Wen Shi tidying up in the stove, so she walked over to the two of them and said hello. She was still puzzled before, why this Wen Shi suddenly changed his temper, but this time After so many days, she didn't think much about it anymore, she wanted to live a good life and do some work by herself, why was she so suspicious.

Although this Wen family is still the same as before, she is much more sincere in talking and doing things. She looked at Xiu Niang and said, "Sisters and sisters, you eat first, I'll go and call Xiang'er and Anzi, you are here today." Don't you want to take the two of them to private school?"

After hearing this, Xiuniang remembered that Mrs. Cao came over yesterday and said that there are several vacancies in the private school, and asked her to take the two young ones there today.

"Oh, I forgot, I'll call them now." Xiu Niang said and walked towards the south room. There was also a small room in that area. Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er live in it, anyway, they are still young at the moment, so let's do it first, wait until they are a little older, and then vacate a room.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law..."

Xiu Niang hadn't walked a few steps when she saw Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er coming out of the house. They hadn't put on their clothes yet, so they hurried over.

Chu An tied up his belt and looked at Xiu Niang, "Sister-in-law, we are going to a private school today, why don't we hurry up?"

Xiao Xiang'er blinked her big eyes, yawned sleepily, pulled Xiu Niang's sleeve, and nodded as Chu An said.

Xiuniang thought, these two little ghosts kept talking about going to private school last night, and they went to bed very late in love, and they forgot when they woke up today, and they didn't remember until they got dressed, so they were busy. Run out and see if she's gone.

She smiled and knelt down to help Xiao Xiang'er tie up her clothes, "We're going to a private school today, but we're going to see our master. We'll get to know each other well, and you two can go there later."

After the two little ghosts heard this, they let out a disappointed "Ah", and Xiu Niang touched the heads of the two little ghosts, "Ah, what, you two don't even have pen and ink yet, why are you going to study with others? You don’t have to get everything ready before you go.”

Chu An watched Xiu Niang say that she wanted to write and write, and frowned, showing a strange and disgusted expression. Xiao Xiang'er seemed to realize that she let go of her hand and stood beside Chu An.

The reaction of the two of them made even Wen feel strange. The way An Zi and Xiao Xiang'er looked at their second siblings looked like they used to see her in the same way.

"Anzi, Xiang'er, why are you two arguing so early in the morning?"

Chu Ge woke up and came downstairs. He tied his hair into a bun and tied it with a piece of cloth.

Seeing him, Chu An acted as if he saw a savior, and quickly said, "Brother, sister-in-law also said that you must get 'pen and ink' before you can go to private school."

Chu Ge said, "Your sister-in-law is right. If you don't have pen and ink, why go to a private school to study and practice calligraphy?"

Chu An didn't expect that Chu Ge would do what Xiu Niang said. He frowned, glanced at Xiao Xiang'er, and pulled her aside, muttering something in a low voice.

Xiu Niang was wondering about their reaction, Chu Ge came over and asked her what was going on, but she just shrugged, she didn't know either.

After coming over for a while, Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er turned around, and he said to Xiu Niang, "You can do it if you want, but this time it's going to be a mess, I'll scrape the bottom of the pot and grind Xiao Xiang'er's hair."

Xiao Xiang'er pursed her lips, touched her head and took a step forward in resignation, looking at Chu Ge and Xiu Niang with aggrieved eyes.

Wen Shi untied the apron and put it aside, asking strangely, "What?? Twisted hair? Pot bottom ash?"

Chu Ge stared blankly for a while, as if he had thought of something, suddenly made a "puchi", covered his mouth and laughed non-stop.

Xiu Niang also remembered, her face was embarrassed, and she squatted in front of Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er, "Hey, you two still remember, this time we don't need to 'make' it, we, let's buy it."

Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er glanced at each other, "But, last time..."

Xiu Niang hurriedly waved her hands, and said, "Hey, last time doesn't count, last time doesn't count, this is the old calendar from that year, let's go and eat quickly."

She was fooling herself by talking about it this time. In fact, what Chu An and Xiao Xianger said about the "last time" was not long, it was when they were still living with Chu Gexiuniang in Xiayang Village.

At that time, Xiuniang pounded bamboo shoots and Erbao vines, saved some money, and wanted to let Chu An and Xiao Xianger go to a private school, no matter whether they had great prospects in the future, at least they could read some words.

Xiu Niang was thinking about this matter, so while rushing to the town, she passed by a shop that bought and sold the Four Treasures of the Study, thinking of taking some back to Chu An and Xiao Xianger, so that they could practice their hands first, but the things inside were for sale. The price was so numb that Xiu Niang couldn't even buy a pen with the money in her hand, so she had to go back to the village in frustration.

Moreover, due to Xiuniang's situation at the time, every piece of money in the family was counted, and none of it could be spent indiscriminately, so she thought about making some pens and inks by herself.

At that time, she lied to Chu An that she was going to help him cut his hair, but she just cut off a few strands that were soft and smooth, and didn't care about the rest. This made Chu An angry, so it's better to keep a straight face I haven't spoken to her for days.

And this little Xianger, Xiu Niang asked her to scrape the bottom of the pot, thinking about pouring water, it also works like black ink... (If you are interested in this matter, you can leave a message in the book review area, The details of the tomato can be written in the episode *^_^* )
Alas, but the result also ended in failure, the ash from the bottom of the pot stuck to Xiao Xiang'er's face and hands, and she couldn't wash it clean, so Xiu Niang decided to spend two taels of silver and went to the town to buy three pieces of fragrant soap , washed the whole family clean, of course, Chu Ge did it by himself...

After Chu An and Xiao Xianger had finished eating, Xiu Niang took them to a private school and met the teacher. He was only 50 or [-] years old, and he was quite easy-going. He was a failed scholar. There was a vacant room, so I simply became a teacher.

The master chatted with Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er a few words, and felt that he was able to speak well, and he was not such a stupid child, so he agreed to let the two of them come over to study later.

When Xiu Niang came over, she had money with her, so she paid the tuition first, thanked the master, and left with Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er.

When they arrived at Qianjie Street, passing Tonghe Grocery Store, Xiuniang took ten Wen and asked Chu An and Xiaoxiang's son to eat a piece of sweet cake at the stall opposite. She wanted to go to Mrs. Cao's. She has been working as a living signboard on Qianjie for so many days, so why shouldn't she thank them?

Cao's mother-in-law was cleaning up the cabinets in the store, and it will be August [-]th in a while, and everyone in the town is starting to prepare things for the festival. Her store is full of miscellaneous things, and no one comes here at this time Business, she took advantage of this time to clean up.

Seeing that there was no one in the store at the moment, Xiuniang laughed and said that she went in. Seeing Xiuniang, Cao's mother-in-law warmly greeted her to sit down, took her hand and said, what's wrong with the washboard? It works so well, the laundry is so clean.

Cao's mother-in-law chatted with Xiuniang for a while, and suddenly realized that she hadn't poured water for Xiuniang, so she hurriedly got up to make tea, but Xiuniang said no, and asked her to sit down and drink tea. He took out ten taels of silver and handed it to her.

"Oh, sister, it's so good, you just gave me a board a while ago, and now you have to bring me ten taels of silver..." Mrs. Cao waved her hand, refusing to take it.

Xiu Niang held Sister Cao's hand with a smile, and gave her the money, "Okay, Sister Cao, this is what you should do. If you hadn't helped me here, tell the merchants who come and go about my rubbish. Yibanzi, last month, my family couldn’t deliver that much.”

The Granny Cao’s grocery store is at the front gate of Qianjie Street, and the merchants passing by will go there to buy some food for emergencies on the road. Earlier, Xiuniang asked Wang Er to send the board to her for use. I want her to be placed in a conspicuous position in the store, and when the merchants ask, she will point to the Chu family workshop, and it seems that there are three or four buyers from Yuanmu Co., Ltd.

Cao's mother-in-law heard what Xiuniang said, but she still refused to accept it, until Xiuniang said that if she didn't accept it, she would throw the money on the street and forget it. To tell the truth, just now when she saw Xiu Niang take out the silver and said that she deserved it, she was really ashamed and wanted to find a hole in the ground to get in.

In fact, in the early days, she would be very enthusiastic about introducing the boards of Xiuniang’s family to those merchants, but after a long time, she didn’t pay so much attention. Anyway, it’s not her business. The workshop made money, but she didn't get anything good, so sometimes when people asked, she would pretend not to know.

Cao's mother-in-law looked at the silver in her hand, and really felt sorry for her sister Xiuniang, she thought to herself, next time she must do a good job in helping Xiuniang's workshop solicit business.

Seeing that Cao's mother-in-law took Yinzi under her control, Xiuniang grumbled, stood up and walked out. She wanted to call Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An, who were eating sweet cakes at the stall opposite, to come over, but suddenly saw After leaving Muzi, there seemed to be two people around him, the three of them were talking and laughing, but those two were not fellows in her workshop.

Cao's mother-in-law felt sorry for taking Xiuniang's money, so she wrapped some dried salted plums and sent them out, but when she saw Xiuniang looking forward, she followed her and said, "Hey, sister, this is not from your workshop. Muzi, he came here to drink with those two guys so early today? Is your family closed today?"

Xiuniang felt a little strange, this Muzi asked for leave a few days ago, saying that his mother had returned to her hometown and asked him to take care of Qiaoer at home, but why is he here now.

She thought for a while, "Sister-in-law, do you recognize Muzi?"

Cao's mother-in-law said that Muzi and Wang Er went to the storehouse guarded by his man to pull wood together, so she recognized her, she is straightforward, so she said, "Sister, you have to tell me about you. This guy, he is not good at doing this, you said it is not easy for him to earn two money, so don't pay for the wine."

Xiu Niang said, "Sister-in-law, do you mean that Muzi often eats wine with those two people these two days?"

The sister-in-law of the Cao family said, "No, why don't we go to the tavern together for a drink after work every day? I think it's true."

Xiu Niang thought about it and asked, "Then sister-in-law, do you know whose family those two people belong to?"

Mrs. Cao's sister-in-law glanced forward and said, "Hey, I recognize them. Those two guys often put my soy sauce on the table. They are guys from the Yuanmu Co., Ltd. in the back street..."

(End of this chapter)