farmhouse ditty

Chapter 208
At noon, Wen's and Wang's families finished the meal, and everyone ate in the backyard. Chu Fu and a few guys sent out the washboard that someone had ordered in the morning, and only came back now.

Chu Fu handed the money to Xiu Niang, and said with a smile, "Sister, you order, there are three carts worth of boards, 84 taels."

Xiu Niang responded, and opened the money bag to have a look, this brother clearly settles the score, counting the money face to face does not say much behind the scenes, this is an old rule, and she will not say anything.

After counting enough, Xiu Niang said, "Brother, why have you been here for so long, didn't you just send the board to the mouth of the town?"

Chu Fu said, "Hey, as soon as the people from the palace came, they took over the stables. Those who wanted goods couldn't get in at all, and they were all stuck on the official road outside. San'er, me and the others were all It took some time to find them one by one."

As soon as Wen Shi watched Chu Fu come back, he went to serve a bowl of rice, picked up some vegetables and handed it over, "It's done, don't talk about it, what time is it, let's eat first."

Chu Fu said "Hey", took the bowls and chopsticks, looked around in the yard, asked Xiu Niang if Chu Ge was back, looked at her and shook his head, and said, "Hey, Chu Ge and that Wang Er Brother, the two of them drove the express train back, why haven't they come here yet."

Xiuniang pursed her lips, and said, "Who knows, this dog and Guixi have been hawking and buying and selling in the streets all year round, and maybe they are going out again now... Hey, don't worry, brother, you'd better hurry up Go eat, I'll go to the front cabinet."

She was relaxed on the face, and left after chatting casually, but she was still thinking about it, what if Chu Ge couldn't find these two people in the village, it would be a waste of work.

Originally, at that time, Xiuniang asked Guixi to ask Gouzi about some things in the palace. Guixi asked her about the things she explained, but she had something to do at home, so she couldn't get rid of it. He wrote a letter and asked someone to deliver it to her in the town, and he mentioned in the letter that Gouzi's cousin is working for the person in charge at the moment, serving the food for the person in charge. living.

So when Xiuniang and the others came back from the horse house this morning, she thought of this, and yelled for Chu Ge to go to Xiayang Village, bring Gouzi and Guixi to the town, and then let them go find Gouzi Cousin, ask him to pass a message.

Xiuniang went to the front cabinet to take a look, then went upstairs to put the money away. She thought to herself, although Gouzi's cousin is serving in front of the manager, can he still talk to him no matter what? It's all like this, she can only try her luck with Gouzi's cousin.

Anyway, she can't let Erye Yang be so frightened, she will fight for it no matter what, if the boards in her house are really not as good as those of Yuanmu, she will admit it, but looking at it this morning, it is clear that it is How could she be reconciled to what Erye Yang was up to?

Besides, her board is newly made. Although the material is ordinary wood, the style is quite different from the ones on the market. She is proud of this. Originally, she wanted to show off in front of the palace people...

Xiu Niang was thinking about it, when she heard someone shouting from downstairs, saying that Chu Ge had returned, she quickly put the silver in the cabinet, locked the door and came down.

The man downstairs saw her coming down, so he said that Chu Ge took the two young men to the main room and was waiting for her.

Xiu Niang responded, and went to the yard. After thinking about it, she went to the stove to boil some hot water. There was no tea in the main room, so she had to bring a porcelain pot and cup to go. Everyone was busy this morning, so they were not in the main room. Prepare tea.

Waiting for her to finish, she took the tea and went to the main room, but she was taken aback. Besides Chu Ge and Gui Xi, there was another person in the room, not Wang Er or Gou Zi, someone she didn't know. lad.
Chu Ge looked at him and went over to help her bring the teacup, so she asked, "Chu Ge, who is this?"

Guixi smiled and patted the young man's shoulder, "Sister-in-law, this is Gouzi's cousin, Qiangzi."

The young man looked to be in his twenties, and he looked very energetic. He smiled heartily, "Hello, sister-in-law."

Xiu Niang glanced at him, and before she could remember, Chu Ge said that he and Wang Er went to Xiayang Village this morning, but they didn't find the dog, so they went to find Gui Xi, but he was not at home, After asking Guixi's old lady, they went to Laowangtou's pickle yard to look for him, and they finally ran into this Qiangzi.

Hearing from Guixi, brother Qiangzi came to the village early, he came to see his mother, and he had to go back to the town when he was done, and he had to take care of the manager.

After hearing what Chu Ge said, Xiu Niang smiled at the young man, "Brother Qiangzi, hello."

Chu Ge also smiled, greeted everyone to sit down, poured tea, and after a few people exchanged a few words, they began to talk about business.

Xiuniang asked, "Brother Qiangzi, you are talking about the master in charge. Is he not going to the horse house to watch?"

Qiangzi said that the stewards in the palace do not show up. He asked the palace people in each palace to check the samples they need, because only they know what they need, and they will choose each one when they are done. He told him that he was optimistic about it and nodded, and they would pay the money and receive the goods.

Xiu Niang listened to what Qiang Zi said, and thought that the steward in the palace was not an easy way to save money. He asked each palace to choose what they needed, and only they knew whether it was good or bad, and he didn't have to show up. Checking one by one, this really saved him a lot of trouble, otherwise there are so many palaces in the palace, and the people in charge are different, so the steward knows what is good and what is bad.

Moreover, on the one hand, the steward ordered people to check the samples in the equestrian hall, and on the other hand, he also sent people to the back street to inquire about the price. He knows that it costs him a penny, and he is really very smart.

After Qiang Zi finished speaking, Chu Ge and Gui Xi chattered about the steward for a while, and the content was similar to what Xiuniang had thought in his mind, except that the steward was not a simple master.

Xiuniang thought about it, and said to Qiangzi, "Brother Qiangzi, the food and accommodation in this palace are good. You can save a lot of monthly payment this year, right?"

After Chu Ge and Guixi had a meal, they were puzzled, this Xiuniang was here to talk to Qiangzi, why did she start chatting with Qiangzi.

Qiangzi smiled and said, "It's not much, the palace is in charge of food and housing, and at the end of the year, if you are exhausted, you can get two or thirty taels."

After hearing this, Xiuniang had a clue in her heart, she chatted with Qiangzi again, and then told him about what happened in the morning, that Erye Yang made troubles and made her board fall, which made her She was very unconvinced, she wanted him to pass a message to the manager, to see her board for himself, and secretly promised to give him some money between the words.

In fact, the reason why she asked Qiang Zi how much money he can earn in a year was for this reason. If she didn’t ask clearly in advance, she said that if she was less, she would not agree, and if she was too high, she would not be able to earn much money, so it’s better Just ask ahead of time.

But Qiangzi didn't wait for Xiuniang to say everything, so he said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I, Qiangzi, will definitely help you with brother Chu, but if the money is not, let's not talk about it." .”

Xiuniang thought that Qiangzi was talking politely, "Hey, this is successful, brother Qiangzi..."

Qiangzi smiled, "Okay, sister-in-law, I'll go to you and brother Chu to help my mother often, just for this, you two have to help whatever I say."

Xiu Niang was taken aback, and glanced at Chu Ge. He also didn't quite understand, and they didn't know Gou Zi's cousin, let alone his old lady.

"Brother Qiangzi, who is your mother?"

"Hey, sister-in-law, my mother is Mrs. Zhang from the east of the village."

"Oh... Hey, old aunt, she, doesn't she only have one daughter?"

"That's right, the old lady's daughter married to a distant country, Brother Qiangzi, why are you her son again now?"

Qiangzi looked at Chuge Xiuniang and Guixi, they kept asking each other one sentence at a time, Qiangzi had to wait for them to finish chatting before saying, in fact, he is not the son of Mrs Zhang, he just lived in the village when he was a child After a while, the old lady Zhang treated him well, and even broke his leg because he saved him. He is also a motherless child. Seeing the old lady Zhang protecting him like this, he recognized the old lady Zhang as a godmother. .

"That year, if my mother hadn't been collecting firewood up the mountain and saw Gouzi and I fighting on the slope, she would have fallen down by herself in order to pull us to the side... Sigh, those legs have grown up for three years. It only takes four years to make a profit."

Xiu Niang listened, and when she recalled this, Granny Zhang's legs were indeed a little lame when she walked.

Chu Ge said, "Oh, no wonder I heard the old aunt talk about it before, saying that she has a son, and she will come back to see her on the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, I thought the aunt was talking about her daughter, but I didn't want to say It was you who were nagging."

He patted Qiangzi on the shoulder and praised him a few words, Qiangzi is also a simple and honest young man, he just smiled, and said to Xiuniang, "Oh, sister-in-law, what do you want me to do, hurry up Let’s talk, I have to go back in a while.”

Chu Ge said, "Oh, you're in such a hurry, you just came up from Xiayang Village, take a rest."

Qiangzi shook his head and said, "Brother, you don't know, the manager has a habit of taking a lazy nap, and I guess he will wake up later, so I have to make tea for him in advance, or else he will wake up." It's going to burn."

Xiu Niang thought about it and said, "I don't care about you, brother Qiangzi. I just want you to talk in front of that steward."

Qiangzi smiled when he heard this, "Hey, this matter, Chengli, sister-in-law, I understand, I will definitely speak well to you and Brother Chu."

Xiu Niang waved her hand, "Don't, brother Qiangzi, you can't say 'good things' to us."

Qiangzi was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Chu Ge, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I don't say good things, so is it possible to say bad things?"

Xiu Niang smiled, "That's right, you have to say 'bad things'."

(End of this chapter)