farmhouse ditty

Chapter 200
In the morning, Xiuniang asked Muzi to take Chu An and Xiao Xianger back first, and then went to the front street to buy vegetables by herself.

But she is alone today, and she needs to buy both vegetables and meat, so she can't get so much, so she goes to the vegetable stall she often goes to, asks for some vegetables, and asks them to send them to the butcher shop at the front door. I really want to go there to buy some meat, and then let the butcher deliver it to her in the wooden workshop.

"Sure, no problem. I'll deliver it to you in half an hour. Don't worry, sister-in-law."

The butcher at the front door was sitting in front of the stall sharpening his blade, and he was talking to Xiu Niang with a smile. In fact, he also smiled now. The price of meat has risen in the past two days, and there is no business, but Xiu Niang is still the same as before. Come here every day to buy meat.

Xiu Niang came out with the silver and handed it to the woman in the shop, who was the butcher's daughter-in-law, "Eldest sister, you must ask elder brother to deliver it to me later, I'm on time, there are still a dozen people Waiting for dinner."

The aunt grinned, took the money and agreed, "Don't worry, sister, I will send it to you later, so I won't delay your cooking... Hey, sister, put down the basket in your hand too." , I’ll bring it to you together, so you don’t have to take it yourself.”

Xiu Niang glanced at it, waved her hand and said, "No big sister, you have a lot of things to bring, and there are not many eggs in this basket, so I will take it back by myself."

The auntie heard that they were eggs, so she stopped nagging, and let Xiuniang carry the eggs away by herself. Just now, she didn't know the eggs in the basket. If she knew, she wouldn't talk too much about it. , the shell of the white egg is very thin, and it will be broken if you accidentally bump it, so let the sister Xiu Niang carry it back by herself.

After explaining everything, Xiuniang greeted the auntie, took the basket and walked back. When she got to her shop, she saw that the guy on the cabinet was sleeping on the table. He pursed his lips, went up and put the basket on the cabinet, and cleared his throat.

Hearing the sound, the guy suddenly raised his head, saw Xiu Niang, stood up hurriedly, rubbed his eyes, "Xiu, Xiu, Xiu..."

Xiu Niang looked at him, and half-jokingly said, "Shame, you know it's shame to take a nap early in the morning. Tell me, where did you become a night owl yesterday?"

"Oh, sister-in-law, don't make fun of me. I ate bad food yesterday, and I have a stomachache all night," the guy said, seeing the basket in Xiuniang's hand, "Hey, sister-in-law, go shopping for vegetables. Well, why did you come from here?"

Xiuniang usually goes out to buy groceries, and she always takes the back door, "Isn't there someone arguing at the entrance of the alley? It's blocked for half the street. I can't see it, so I just walk this way."

The guy said "Oh" and said, "No wonder I see that there are more people walking towards the back street today."

Xiu Niang walked into the shop with the basket and took a look, "Hey, why are you alone in the shop at the moment, where is Chu Ge?"

The buddy said that Muzi brought Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An back earlier, and they asked Chu Ge to buy brushes and inkstones, saying that they had to prepare some because they would go to a private school tomorrow.

As he spoke, his face suddenly changed, and he covered his stomach, "Oh, sister-in-law, you, you help me watch for a while, I, I have to go to Mao..."

Xiu Niang waved her hand and brought the basket to him, "Okay, okay, don't talk, go quickly... Hey, by the way, take my basket of eggs back to the stove and give it to Wang Er and his mother-in-law..."

The guy didn't wait for Xiuniang to finish, he answered, grabbed the basket and ran to the back, "I know, I know, sister-in-law."
Xiu Niang saw that guy running so fast, as if her butt was on fire, she shook her head with a smile, went to the cabinet and sat down, opened the drawer, took out the ledger, and looked at the ledger.

She let go of a few pages, and only looked at the recent ones. She heard what Chu Ge said before, and she still couldn't believe it. After reading it again today, she realized that the number of people who came to the board these two days was [-]% less. Many, those who are far away are not coming.

Or what Chu Ge said is right, it seems that the holiday is coming soon, people have to be busy at home, but, although those merchants did not come here, the number of boards they asked for last time is still acceptable, Enough for them to buy and sell for half a month.

"Call-"

With this sound, a carriage stopped.

"Master, this is it."

"Well, you wait here..."

Xiu Niang vaguely heard the sound, thinking that someone was coming at the door, she hurriedly put the account book back in the drawer, and when she raised her eyes, she saw a man in his thirties walking across the door.

This man had a serious face, and he had two moustaches. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, and he belonged to an ordinary shopkeeper, but he looked very handsome. When he walked into the shop, he just stared at the boards displayed on the cabinet. Look, with inquiry in the eyes.

Xiu Niang took a look at him and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, do you want a board?"

The man just nodded slightly to Xiu Niang, "I'll just take a look."

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Xiu Niang's reply, he walked around the shop, kept looking at the boards, asked Xiu Niang a few words, and took a look at the two boards on the cabinet.

Xiu Niang looked at this man, and felt more and more that he was very strange. He kept asking this and that, but she just kept silent about the sales board. She frowned, and took a look outside...

"Oh, by the way, this, this little sister-in-law," the man suddenly turned his head, looked at Xiuniang and said, "Little sister-in-law, did someone say that your board will crisp after soaking for a long time?"

Xiu Niang looked at him and smiled, "No, our board is very good, why would it be crispy after soaking it casually, and it's not the board of people's home wood shop."

The man paused, his face was not as gloomy as before, he looked at Xiu Niang, "Sister-in-law, what do you mean by that?"

Xiu Niang smiled, and pointed to the chair in front of her, "Shopkeeper, please sit down, what I just said is not what you think, the shopkeeper, you know, the boards of this Yuanmu shop are also pretty good. "

The man also smiled, "It seems that my sister-in-law knows who I am."

"This old car is driving the car, and you listen to the front and back of the shopkeeper. If I still see this, then I will be a melon."

As Xiu Niang said, she took a look outside. There was a man checking the horseshoes of the carriage parked opposite her shop, and that man was Che Laoguai.

The man also glanced at it, and smiled lowly, "It seems that my sister-in-law is the proprietress of this workshop..."

Xiu Niang smiled, "Wang..."

The man went to the front and sat down, "Actually, Yang..."

When Xiuniang heard the man say the word 'Yang Mou', the corner of her mouth twitched, she was dizzy, just now she thought this man was the shopkeeper Wang of that Yuanmu shop, but who knew he was the head of Yuanmu shop , Yang Erye, who is known as the 'Golden Abacus'.

As soon as Second Master Yang heard that Xiu Niang spoke first, he let her speak first. He hated interrupting other conversations the most, "Well, sister-in-law, you speak first."

Xiu Niang looked at him and thought to herself, hey, that's right, he had heard from Muzi that the shopkeeper Wang was also 50 or [-] years old, but Second Master Yang was only in his thirties, why did she miss it just now? Yeah, but she hasn't seen Shopkeeper Wang either...

She cleared her throat, "Ahem, Yang, Boss Yang, right? You came here today to see the market."

Second Master Yang's face was sullen, but Xiu Niang was very strange, he could still laugh like this, Second Master Yang looked at her, "Actually, Yang came here specially today, I was thinking, we are living together, and it is colleagues, so I came here to bother you."

The corners of Xiu Niang's mouth curled up, she couldn't believe it, this man seemed to have just come back from another place, and now he came to her place, it was not just a simple disturbance.

She squinted her eyes, secretly thinking about what this person wanted to do. If she came to inquire about the market, it would be nothing unusual. Her Chu family workshop, and Yang Erye's Yuanmu shop, the two The price of buying and selling boards at home is about the same, and the export is also through the north and the south. Why did he come here to make people hate it.

However, this was just a guest, so Xiu Niang thought it was not easy to drive him away, so she chatted with him, "Oh, so, how is the business of your workshop, Boss Yang, recently?"

Second Master Yang looked away from the wooden board on the cabinet, "It's okay."

Xiu Niang nodded, "Oh, it's okay."

Second Master Yang said, "How is the business here, little sister-in-law?"

Xiu Niang looked at Second Master Yang and smiled, "It's okay."

Second Master Yang looked at her and nodded, "Oh, it's okay."

The two finished chatting and just sat like this, Xiu Niang didn't ask what Second Master Yang was going to do, and Second Master Yang was not in a hurry to speak, but sat comfortably in the shop.

After almost a bag of cigarettes, Xiu Niang couldn't sit still. After all, this was a shop for buying and selling boards. If someone came to buy boards later, it would not be a problem for Mr. Yang to be here.

"Well, Boss Yang, if you're fine..."

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

"Sister-in-law, we're back." The two small figures ran towards the shop while laughing.

Xiu Niang was just about to invite Second Master Yang out, but in the middle of talking, Chu Ge came back with Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er, each of them holding a pen and a small inkstone.

Then Chu Ge also came over, he looked at Second Master Yang, thought it was a merchant who came to Punbanzi, so he greeted him.

Xiuniang knew that Chu Ge, like her, had never met the head of Yuanmuhang before, so she opened her mouth to introduce him.

Chu Ge frowned when he heard that, thinking the same as Xiu Niang, why did the people from the Yuanmu shop come running over suddenly.

Second Master Yang looked at Chu Ge, and before he could speak first, he greeted Chu Ge with a smile, "Hey, this little brother should belong to the shopkeeper."

Chu Ge also said a few words of politeness, and then asked directly, "Boss Yang, what are you doing here today?"

Second Master Yang looked at Chu Ge, and suddenly laughed twice, "It happened, and it's not a big deal, I just want to chat with you, the shopkeeper, about the list in the back... ..."

(End of this chapter)