Peasant woman's day

Chapter 64

But Aunt Liu went back home, closed the courtyard door, and said to Chunjuan'er, "You are clever, you did a good job this time."

Aunt Liu's eldest brother is indeed here, but just now Aunt Liu specially sent someone to invite him from a neighboring village, and he didn't come from afar.Aunt Liu hid under the eaves, poked through the window paper on the side of the main room, looked in, and frowned: "Why did you take out the tea from before, that's how you spoil things. You take the money For table dishes, cut the unfinished smoked chicken into half and half, remember to put the fried oil from the meat you bought in a bowl and put it away, so as not to provoke mice. At least four dishes, the vegetables in the back garden, first Pinch off the new young leaves that grew out of the last time. Don’t pour all the rice, remember to put some sweet potatoes and corn flour in.” Then, Aunt Liu took out a dozen copper coins from her purse, counted them three times, Then it was put into Chun Juan'er's hand: "Remember to take back the ones that are too many."

Chunjuan took the fifteen Wen money and said hesitantly, "Mother, the salt and soy sauce at home are gone."

Aunt Liu gave her a sideways look: "You cook for one month, but I use more food than I cook for three months. If you add five Wen, you will get two catties back."

Five cents, two catties of salt and two catties of soy sauce, you think that grocery store is run by your family.Chun Juan'er's eyes turned red in an instant. Although Da Liu didn't do anything, he knew the prices, and said to Aunt Liu, "Mother, five cents is not enough for so many things."

Aunt Liu was cursing, and only said that he married a wife and forgot his mother.Chun Juan'er was already numb, and she still stood where she was.Da Liu's face was flushed with suffocation, but he just kept his head sullen and didn't speak.Aunt Liu talked all she wanted, but finally she took out another five cents, and said distressedly: "I have to eat so much in a day. Who told him to come." After speaking, Aunt Liu put on a smile on her face and walked in Go to the hall.

Da Liu left without saying a word.Chun Juan'er's hand holding the money was clenched into a fist, and her hand hurt from the hard copper coin.She must get ahead and earn more money, and let her mother-in-law see that she is definitely a treasure.Thinking of this, Chun Juan'er kept thinking and walked outside the house.

But here, Gu Qingchen was too busy to touch the ground, and it was noon in a blink of an eye.When Mrs. Lin went back to cook, Fu Rong had already helped to immobilize Mrs. Ding's waist injury, and fed her medicine.Mrs. Ding changed her clothes and came out, the worn places on her hands looked scary.Fleur put a bandage on her.Aunt Ding raised her eyes, her face was covered with tears, and her voice was choked with sobs: "Sister Guo."

Fu Rong knew the pain in their hearts, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, although this house is uninhabited, it is solid, and the scene like yesterday will never happen again." Fu Rong comforted them, but she could only do this.

"The child's father is gone, how can I live on?" Aunt Ding wiped her tears as she spoke.Sister-in-law Gu held Sister-in-law Ding's hand: "Sister-in-law, there is also Wu'er. Wu'er is the blood of big brother and the only blood of our Ding family."

In the sad atmosphere of the room, Fu Rong ran out to get the food while talking.This world always seems to be unfair, and the poor always get poorer and more miserable, and the more bitter they are in their hearts.Furong looked at the snowy sky and touched her arm. This winter is really cold.

The funeral of Ding's family was held in a dilapidated temple next to Guo's old house.Second Sister Ding also made a special trip to come back, bringing some money for emergency.The Ding family is all female relatives, and the Guo family has helped a lot. Uncle Guo and the others also came to help for two or three days.Mrs. Gu came back in a hurry, and she didn't have any money with her, but she never asked Fu Rong to borrow it, and pawned all the jewelry on her body, which was barely enough.

According to the date, the Ding family's mourning hall was only opened for three days, and Mrs. Gu seemed to have lost a lot of weight.Brother Gu actually came, and he specially asked Gu Qingchen to go, saying that it was Mrs. Gu who asked the two brothers to represent him.Fu Rong just felt dumbfounded, Big Brother Gu was her own family, and she and Gu Qingchen also came back from family business, she really saved things.

Yuanyuan was detained at home for several days.When Furong and the others came back that day, as soon as Yuanyuan saw them, she kicked off her little shoes, climbed onto the bed, buried her head under the quilt, and only stuck out her buttocks.Gu Qingchen has been tired and thin for the past few days, so he went up to pat Yuanyuan's little butt: "Yuanyuan, daddy will take you to town tomorrow to eat sugar people, okay?"

Yuanyuan uncovered a slit in the quilt, revealing a pair of small eyes, and raised her buttocks higher: "Mother lied, I never took Yuanyuan with me."

"Mother didn't lie. You also went to see my little brother that day." Gu Qingchen leaned his head closer to Yuanyuan's, "My little brother has no father, and mother was injured again. There is no clothes to wear and no food to eat, so Yuanyuan Do you want to share some for the little brother?"

Yuanyuan opened her eyes wide and hugged Gu Qingchen's neck: "Daddy wants Yuanyuan."

Seeing this scene, Fu Rong still felt sad for the death of the rabbit and the fox.She has to earn money so that her family can live a good life so that such a tragedy will not happen, at least it will not cause this kind of family ruin because of poverty.Fortunately, I have some money on hand, so Minger took the opportunity of going to the town to find out the way.

The two walked around the town in a big circle, and walked into a pastry shop in the market at the east gate.The two waiters were dozing off inside, and there was a layer of dust on the counter, bottles and cans.Fu Rong frowned, and was about to speak when the curtain leading to the inside was closed.The shopkeeper and a man came out, and when the man walked past Fu Rong, he said in a low voice: "It would be great if someone could take over such a small shop, but he still opened his mouth like a lion. I really thought I was holding a golden lump." .”

A smile appeared on the corner of Furong's mouth, and she tugged at Gu Qingchen.After Gu Qingchen went out, Furong continued to stroll around.The shopkeeper glanced at Fu Rong, and said expressionlessly, "What do you want to buy?"

"I'll take a look at it casually." Furong replied casually.

The shopkeeper's face darkened in an instant, and he waved his hand: "Go, go, this is not a place for you to play, I still have to do business."

Fu Rong still laughed and groaned: "I have a business right now, I don't know if you want to do it, the shopkeeper?"

An hour later, Fu Rong and Gu Qingchen met.The news they heard was almost the same.The lion in the shopkeeper opened his mouth wide. This shop is only for sale, not for rent. If it is sold, it will cost one thousand taels of silver, and it will not go through the official route.Fu Rong shook her head: "It's not interesting. Buying is worse than renting."

The two went around again, and saw a shop on a less lively side street.Fu Rong went in and asked, and the family wanted to rent out the shop, but they had to sign an annual contract, and all the tables and chairs inside would be rented to Fu Rong.Fu Rong went to several houses, and lived in a restaurant in the town that night.The two discussed for a long time, and finally decided to go back and give Gu Lao and Gu Lao Niang a message.

Hearing this, Old Man Gu smoked a cigarette in silence.Mrs. Gu's complexion fell instantly, and she glanced at Fu Rong dissatisfiedly: "Now it's the end of the year, and there are many things at home. What kind of business is it at this time? Is it easy to do business? Don't tell me the family doesn't care about it. Don’t plant the fields anymore?”

Gu Qingchen explained: "It's the end of the year, there are many people, and everyone buys new year's goods, so I just took this opportunity to open a shop first."

Mrs. Gu waved her hand: "I don't agree." She continued to talk, but Mrs. Gu tapped on his cigarette stick: "You can do it if you want to. Just promise me one thing, New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve One must come back. I don’t care about you. Anyway, you live on your own, guarding this one-third of an acre of land, and you really can’t afford a golden baby. Go.”

Gu Qingchen stood up gratefully and bowed to Old Father Gu.Fu Rong and Gu Qingchen went back to pack their things.The house has not been returned for the time being, and things like farm tools are still here.Furong and the others moved some sundries there that day, cleaned the backyard of the shop over there, and lived in the town that day.The next day, Furong started to clean the front, and Gu Qingchen and Gu Boss started to move the leftovers, the chickens and a milk-producing sheep bought later.The courtyard here suddenly became angry.

Furong's shop opened soon.She visited all the neighbors around when she rented the shop.Before opening, she went door to door to invite.At the same time, Fu Rong also found Hong Mian. Hong Mian smiled and said that she would definitely come to join her, and first gave Fu Rong ten taels of silver.Fu Rong couldn't help but feel ashamed, how long had it been since she came to pay attention to the business of the workshop, and she didn't even know how much cotton Hong Mian bought this year.Hong Mian smiled and said: "This thing is a no-brainer job anyway, and I have nothing to do every day. Delivery and pickup are all their business." Furong knew it couldn't be so simple, so she took the money and secretly planned I will pay more attention to this side in the future.

On the opening day, Gu Boss and Gu Simei came, Gu Sanbo and the others also came, Lin Shi brought Guo Dali and Song Chunhua, and Guo Sanshu and the others also came.Followed by Guo Sanshu is a team of dragon and lion dance performances.Furong was soft on collecting firecrackers, Gu Boss and Guo Dali were in charge of lighting firecrackers, and the sound of firecrackers echoed all over the street.

Yuanyuan, who was wearing brand-new red clothes, was also assigned a task by Fu Rong, standing at the door, bowing to every guest who came in and saying Gong Xi Fa Cai.It's just that the waiter in this small shop is not competent at all. As soon as Mrs. Lin took out a piece of candy, he immediately left work without authorization. "This uncertain child." Fu Rong shook her head and walked into the counter.

(End of this chapter)