Across the Market

Chapter 70

Wei Sanniang secretly blamed the Qiao family's daughter-in-law for not being able to speak, she didn't ask questions clearly, and she talked nonsense in front of Sister Xi.Sister Xi is already 16 years old, a big girl, and has reached the age of talking about her husband's family. Even if she talks about this to Shen's sister-in-law on weekdays, she does it privately. She dare not let her daughter hear it, for fear that she will think too much.

This person is nice, and she said it directly in front of the girl's house, Wei Sanniang glanced at Aunt Qiao, the smile on her face faded a little, she just shook her head and said: "He is a child from our neighbor's family, Brother Lu's childhood, I came here today, and I followed Brother Lu to Jitou Mountain to hunt." After finishing speaking, he bent down and picked up Brother Shou, kissed his small face, saw that his son was still a little dazed, and asked with a smile , "Brother Shou hasn't woken up yet? We've arrived at grandma's house, shall we go in and see grandma?"

Brother Shou's eyes were particularly dark and watery. He reached out and rubbed his eyes, then nodded slightly.

Aunt Qiao's eyes fell on Brother Shou again. Seeing that the doll was so beautiful, she couldn't help but praise: "Sister-in-law, this is Brother Shou? It looks so beautiful. If you don't know it, you may think He's a girl."

Wei Sanniang said with a smile: "This child is weak and sick. He can't get wind on weekdays. I rarely let him go out with him. Auntie, I will take the child to see my mother-in-law first, and you can come in and say Speak?"

What's the point of running away by yourself when the whole family is talking together lively?Besides, the family specially came from the city to pick up the mother-in-law into the city, how touching and filial, and how uncomfortable it is to run away by yourself.Besides, she was not at ease. She was about to go to the city to live a better life. Zhu Er's family, who were not as good as her own, was going to go to the city to live a better life. His son had to take an exam. You will become a scholar... How comfortable is this!

Aunt Qiao's voice was not as loud as before, so she managed to squeeze out a smile and said, "That's all. Let your mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, grandchildren, grandchildren and grandchildren have a good talk, and I won't join in the fun." After speaking, she coughed and rushed to her small yard again. He shouted, "Daniu, you're playing again! Don't you know how to stay indoors and study!" After speaking, he grabbed a stick and rushed into his yard.

Soon, a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy ran out from the next yard. The boy ran very fast, and then Aunt Qiao chased him out with a stick.

"Don't run!" Aunt Qiao yelled as she ran, waving a thick wooden stick, "Don't go home for dinner at night! You useless child, you only know how to play all day long, but you don't know how to study hard. Look at her, not only does your brother and his family have to go to the city, but they also have to take an exam next year, so you should also take the exam...don't run away!"

The neighbors on the left and right heard that Mrs. Zhu and Mrs. Zhu came to pick up the old mother. Some were envious and some were disdainful. After saying a few words indifferently, they all dispersed like birds and beasts.

Inside the thatched hut, Mrs. Guo had already grabbed onto Zhu Xi to talk, and Zhu Xi had already told grandma about her visit this time.

Mrs. Guo struggled to sit up, tears welled up in her cloudy eyes, and she asked her granddaughter in disbelief, "Is this true? Are you really going to take us into the city?" He sighed to himself again, shook his head and said, "Your father hurt himself from work, and his pillar fell, how can the family still have spare money to support me now..."

Zhu Xi sat by the bed, tightly held the hand of his grandma Guo Shi, and said, "Maybe you don't know, grandma? Our sister Jiafu is now working as a cook in the biggest restaurant in the county. Month’s wages. Yesterday we went out with my mother to look for a house, and rented a room across the river from my house. The yard is huge and has two floors.”

Guo said: "What? It's still a two-story building? No, no, let's return the house quickly. How much does such a house cost a month? It's not worth it." She became a little excited, and tightly held Zhu Xi's hand Said, "You also know that your second uncle has no skills. He just tinkers with the fields on weekdays. He is not as good as your father. Your father can at least forge iron. He has no skills. He still relies on your aunt to raise pigs and chickens to make money on weekdays." Some spare money. I’m afraid I can’t afford to live in such a big house.”

Zhu Xi comforted: "Grandma, don't think too much about it. With so many people in our family, why can't we afford to live in it? We have already paid for the house, and we cleaned it up yesterday. You can pick it up today. Live. Don’t worry about money, sister Fu can earn five taels of silver a month now, brother can also earn money forging iron, and my mother and I can also earn money doing embroidery work on weekdays.”

Hearing that her granddaughter can earn five taels a month, Guo's eyes widened: "What's wrong? Sister Fu can earn so much money in a month?" Then he harassed, "Which one of the jobs that can make money is not hard work, she is How can you bear hardships when you are a child! Your mother is the same, why let her go..."

Wei Sanniang was just about to reach the door, when she heard her mother-in-law say such a sentence, she stopped in her steps, and just stood at the door, hesitating and not pushing the door.

Zhu Da glanced at his mother-in-law, reached out and patted her on the shoulder, then pushed the door open, and the two walked in together.

Mrs. Guo heard the noise, turned her head to look at the door, and saw that the elder couple and their grandson and granddaughter were also coming. She was so excited that she wanted to get out of bed, but was held down by Zhu Xi.

Sister Nuan just came here two days ago, and she doesn't miss her much, but Brother Shou hasn't been here for quite a while, look, he's grown up so much now.

"Brother Shou, ouch, my good grandson, come here quickly." Mrs. Guo pushed Zhu Xi and struggled, "I can get out of bed, I am happy to see my good grandson, don't stop me."

Mrs. Guo was obviously in a good mood today, she lifted the quilt and got out of bed with difficulty, and hugged Brother Shou.

"Did you miss grandma? You little heartless person. You don't know how to come and see grandma these days. Grandma misses my precious grandson." Mrs. Guo hugged Shou Geer tightly in her arms. There was a smile on his wrinkled face, and after being intimate with his grandson for a while, he asked Zhu Dao, "Just now I heard that Sister Xi said that you are going to take me into the city, and that Sister Fu is going to be a cook? Is this What's the matter? When Sister Fu came back to see me two days ago, she didn't tell me this, she is not yet 14 years old, and you actually asked her to go out to work to make money, how are you parents?"

(End of this chapter)