Across the Market

Chapter 150

Zhu Xi put the tiger head cap on Brother Shou, and wrapped his little head tightly. The two pieces of thick cotton cloth hanging down beside him could cover the ears just enough, and two red strings were hung underneath. Tie it up and tie a knot, and you will never be afraid of being blown by the wind again.

This tiger head hat is not made of real tiger skin, but a pattern drawn by Zhu Fu. Zhu Xi followed the drawing and cut out the cloth by himself, then stuffed it with cotton to make it look like a tiger's head.The same is true for the bunny ear hats for sister Nuan, they are all stuffed with cotton and made into bunnies.

Sister Nuan also put on a beautiful pink and white hat with rabbit ears, and excitedly ran into the room and looked at the bronze mirror for a while. She thought the hat was so beautiful.

Wei Sanniang saw that her youngest son was pitiful, and was still looking at her eagerly, as if begging for something, and her heart softened, so she agreed: "Forget it, you three brothers and sisters go together, go back early, Don't wander around in the street, and come back quickly after you buy the fireworks."

Zhu Fu hugged his younger brother and kissed him, then turned around and shouted towards the house: "Will Miss Nuan go? If you don't, I will take my younger brother alone."

As soon as the words fell, sister Nuan rushed out and stood in front of Zhu Fu, giggling.

Zhu Xi squatted down, straightened the little sister's clothes, and said: "You are an older child, don't run around in the street later, and take care of your younger brother with Sister Fu, you understand?"

Sister Nuan patted her chest with her fleshy hands: "Don't worry, elder sister, I will take care of my younger brother with my second elder sister." She went to grab Brother Shou's little hand again, and saw that her younger brother stopped crying, and grinned. She smiled, and she pointed at her younger brother and laughed too, "My younger brother is smiling, my younger brother is snickering."

Brother Shou has always been shy, when he saw the little sister expose himself in front of his mother and sisters like this, his little face blushed instantly, and then he reached out and hugged Zhu Fu's neck, burying his little face on her shoulder.

Zhu Fu held his little brother in his arms, stretched out his hand to hold his sister, turned to Wei Sanniang and said, "Mother, is there anything I can buy along with you?"

"There is nothing missing at home, you just bought fireworks and go home quickly, don't worry your parents." Wei Sanniang waved to the three little ones and said, "Hurry up and go."

Zhu Da and Zhu Lu were pasting Spring Festival couplets and hanging lanterns in front of the iron shop. Zhu Fu greeted his father and elder brother. Well, don't ask your grandma and uncle to wait."

Zhu Fu responded, before turning around, he saw the door of the Lin family next door suddenly opened.

Lin Tiezhu was holding two large pieces of pig's trotters in his hands. He didn't know what Aunt Lin said, but he was turning around and shouting: "I see, leave me alone!" Then he turned his head to see Zhu Fu, his tone suddenly changed Lightened up, his body like a brown bear twisted, he smiled and asked, "Sister Fu, where are you going?"

Sister Nuan yelled: "Go to the street to buy fireworks, the second sister wants to buy fireworks for us, brother Tie Zhu, will you go?"

Lin Tiezhu rolled his round and dark eyes, and when he made a decision, he nodded frantically: "Go! I buy fireworks every Chinese New Year. I haven't bought this year's yet. I'll go buy them later."

"Tie Zhu, I asked you to send pig's trotters to your Uncle Zhu's house. What are you talking nonsense at the door?" Aunt Lin came over and saw the three children of Zhu's family standing in front of the door, and said with a smile, "Yo, Sister Fu is going to take her younger siblings to the streets to play? Coincidentally, our family Tie Zhu is going to send pig's trotters to your family."

Zhu Fu looked at the two big pig's trotters in Lin Tiezhu's hands, and said with some embarrassment: "Aunt Lin, you are welcome, our family has pork for Chinese New Year, and it is not easy for my aunt's family to kill and sell pigs, so don't send them to my family. "

"Look at you saying that, but it's a stranger." Aunt Lin pushed her son, "Go, don't delay your sister Fu from going to the street, you go and give the pig's trotters away."

Boss Lin Tiezhu was upset, and muttered something with a stinky face, and then glanced at Uncle Zhu and Brother Zhu next door who were pasting Spring Festival couplets at the door, and he hurriedly said to Zhu Fu: "Sister Fu, wait for me, I will go to the street with you , I'll be right back."

Then the brown bear ran up to Zhu Da like the wind, stuffed the two big pig's trotters, and quickly turned back.

Over there, Zhu Da was holding the pig's trotters, and saw the brothers and sisters of the Lin family standing at the door, and wanted to come over and return them.

Aunt Lin quickly smiled and said, "Just two pig's trotters, Brother Zhu, don't be polite to me. It's for the children to make soup. Besides, Brother Lu gave my family a few knives a few days ago. The money was also confiscated, Brother Zhu, please don't send it back."

Inside, Wei Sanniang came out when she heard the sound, and saw her husband holding the pig's trotters, thinking that they had sent them here specially, and it would be bad if they forced them back, so she asked her husband to take the pig's trotters back, and she walked towards Lin's house Come.

"Such a good thing should be given to Tie Zhu's nephew. He is growing up." Wei Sanniang looked at Lin Tiezhu, saw that he was thick and strong, and said with a smile, "Tie Zhu's New Year's Eve I'm about 15 years old, this head is really tall, it seems to be taller than Brother Lu when he was 15 years old."

Aunt Lin said: "Give it to him? He can swallow a pig if you feed it to him. This kid only grows meat but not brains. He just refuses to study hard."

The Lin family is just a single seedling. Lin and his wife make a living by butchering pigs, providing for the elderly and children, and live a relatively prosperous life.Therefore, Lin Tiezhu never lacked food and clothing when he hit the ground. The Lin family also placed high hopes on this only son, hoping that he would be able to become a talent by studying.

But the son is not up to date, just refuses to study hard.

The Yulou nephew of the old Shen family is so majestic. He was selected as a scholar at a young age, and later he went to Jinling to study.

Aunt Lin was so angry that her heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys ached, she clutched her chest and shook her head: "Hey, sister-in-law, look at the five children in your family, how wonderful they are, and all of them are sensible. And the noble brother from Zhu's second family, I heard that next spring I will also take the county exam? The child is doing very well in school."

Seeing that his mother always praised other people's children, Lin Tiezhu was already unhappy, so he dragged Zhu Fu away.

"Where are you going? Did you hear what Mother said?" Aunt Lin jumped in anger.

Lin Tiezhu didn't look back, just shouted: "I'm going to buy fireworks with Sister Fu and the others. There are so many people on the street today, I'm afraid they might get lost." After speaking, he bent down, patted himself on the back and said, "Warm Sister, come up, brother Tie Zhu will carry you on his back."

Sister Nuan was not polite, she lay down on Lin Tiezhu's back, and hugged his neck tightly.

(End of this chapter)