Red apricots make spring

Chapter 103
That night Wen Rou stayed at Mei's house, sharing the kang with Yang.

Xu Shi had worked hard all day, but Yang's temperament was timid, and he fell asleep within a few words with her.Lying softly on the kang covered with straw, turning over slightly, the straw under her body made a rustling sound, the coarse cloth covering her body was thin, and she was still a little cold when she fell asleep. She smelled the faint grass fragrance from her nose, After a while, I couldn't sleep.

In the evening, she was patronizing to watch those children robbing food. The amount of food was not much, so she didn't dare to eat more chopsticks. In the middle of the night, she became a little hungry, but she couldn't find anything to eat when she woke up, let alone in someone else's house Afraid of shocking people, she had no choice but to lie still on her side, watching the watery moonlight pouring in through the window paper, reflecting a hazy white on the ground.

Thinking about something, and listening to the children's murmurs in the outer room, she finally felt her eyelids getting heavy, and fell asleep unconsciously.

When the cock crowed twice, Rourou was woken up by the sound of Yang getting up and getting dressed, seeing that it was still dark outside, she asked with shy eyes, "Wake up so early?"

"En." Yang replied, "I'll cook, and you go to bed."

Yang's voice was very soft, and it sounded like hypnosis to Wen Wen's ears. She was struggling to get up, but her eyelids sank, and she fell asleep again. When she was awakened by the children's laughter in the outer room again, It's already bright.

Black thread, sleep late!

Wen Rou quickly put on her clothes and got up.

In ancient times, most of the working people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. Those who slept until the sun came out like her could be called lazy women.When she was at home, she didn't go to bed so late because she had to take care of everything before the shop opened. She didn't expect to oversleep when she was at someone else's house.When she got up, she lifted the curtain and went out, and saw that Yang Shi had prepared the willow branches for her to wash her face and clean her teeth. She didn't feel ashamed at first, but her face couldn't help but her face became hot, and she quickly took the willow branch from Yang Shi's hand. Hanging pot with hot water said: "I will do it myself."

Breakfast is simple, but it's just reheating the leftovers from last night.Farmers only eat two meals at home and have to work in the fields for a day, so they still prepare dry rice. If they don’t eat enough, how can they have strength?It's just that the dishes are much simpler. Mrs. Yang reheated the little meat and vegetables left over from last night and piled them up in small dishes, placing them closest to where Wen Wen and Wen Gang were sitting. Other than that, there was only A few stalks of pickles.

Rourou divided the dish of meat and vegetables into the bowls of the two children, and she picked up some pickles to serve with the rice, but after taking two mouthfuls of rice, she picked out a peeled round egg from the rice, then looked up at Wen Gang, He was also staring at the eggs in his bowl in a daze, but other people didn't have such good treatment.

Ugh, this family is so rustic!Gentle and calm, he took out the egg and put it in the bigger girl's bowl. The girl panicked, and quickly waved her hand and said: "I don't want it." Then she took the egg out and wanted to put it in the gentle bowl, but the girl couldn't help it. He ignored her, only pushing himself that he didn't like to eat, and reluctantly ate the full bowl of rice with pickles, but in the end he was so stuffed that he wanted to hiccup.

After the meal, Wu Tiancai started to set up mules, and was about to rush back to the city with Wen Wen and Wen Gang. Before going out, Wen Wen slapped his head, and suddenly remembered something, stopped his steps immediately, and looked back at the oldest man in Dingmei's family. The girl asked, "What's your name? How old are you?"

When the girl asked, she showed a shy smile and said in a low voice, "My name is Mei Xiang, and I just turned twelve."

Meixiang...

What a girly name!
Wen Rou looked at her twice, and saw that although the child was dressed in shabby clothes and had a disheveled face, he still looked smart and not too clumsy, so he nodded and said, "Will you go to the city with me?"

When the members of the Mei family heard this, they didn't know what Wenrou meant, and they were shocked. Even Wen Gang was stunned for a moment, not knowing what kind of medicine his sister was selling in the gourd, how could he think of this.

She explained with a gentle smile: "I'm going to open a new shop in a while, and I need helpers. Think about it, do you want to follow me to help?"

With money in hand, she always feels that she is at a disadvantage if she doesn't use it to regenerate it, so she does have plans to open a new shop, but she never thought about hiring such a young child, child labor, it feels like a crime, but look at Mei The family is so difficult, and this girl is quite mature and sensible. It is better to hire someone who knows a little bit about the basics than to find someone from outside. Besides, it can solve some life difficulties for the Mei family, and their daughter works at her own place, growing peppers and peppers. When persimmons are in June, Mei Youde will always have more snacks, right?Why not do such a thing that can be achieved in one fell swoop?

"Really...really?" Mei Youde was extremely surprised, and hurriedly taught her daughter to kneel down and kowtow softly.Although he is honest and honest, he is not stupid. In the short contact, he also found out that he is gentle and kind. If his daughter goes with her, she will definitely not suffer. It would be great to lose another person to eat in the family. No, it's just that without Mei Xiang's help, my wife has to work harder.

"Hey, you are virtuous, I congratulate you!" Wu Tian came back after setting up the car and urged them to go on the road. He was also very happy to hear this.

Mei Xiang saw Wen Rou nodded, and she was happy in her heart, but she couldn't say it out of her mouth, she was about to kneel and kowtow to her, but she was helped up by her, and she heard her laughing: "Follow me to learn crafts, Don't cry when you suffer!"

"I'm not afraid of suffering, no matter how hard it is..." Mei Xiang blushed with excitement, this was much better than the little sisters in Zhuangzi who were sold as maids, and they could learn a craft, nothing could be better.

"Well, when you first started studying, I couldn't give you too high a salary. Let me give you five hundred yuan a month. I will pay you more after one year of work. In addition, when the shop is closed during the New Year's Eve, you can also Go home." Wenrou is not a rich person herself, so she naturally has to be careful when spending money, and besides, she is teaching people how to fish, not running a free charity organization, and helping people without principles, she will not do it.

"This...how can this be done..." Mei Youde slapped his thigh and said anxiously: "No, no, no!"

Uh, does he think he has little money?Rourou frowned slightly, but he heard him continue to say: "It's rare that this little girl can make you look up to, so you can take it to order. You have helped my family so much, and I can't ask for more money!"

"That's right! I can't ask for this salary anymore!" Mrs. Yang helped out.She is also a knowledgeable person. She knows that children who go to the city to learn crafts will have no wages for the first three to five years. They have to help the master to do it for nothing, and sometimes they have to pour the chamber pot for the master's house to do housework!That's it, sometimes they don't give a teacher for seven years, it's just that they want to spend more time.

"If you say that, I don't dare to take this child away." With a gentle smile, she wanted to turn around, but Mei Xiang grabbed her by the sleeve, looked at her eagerly and said, "Take me."

"Then you get paid?"

Mei Xiang hesitated for a while, looked at her parents beside her, and finally nodded helplessly, but she was still somewhat happy in her heart, five hundred coins was not much for the tenderness at this time, but for her , It can be regarded as a huge sum of money, and she is so happy that she can't speak when she thinks that she can help the family earn money.

"Gang'er, go find a pen and paper." Rourou said, and walked back into the room.

Wen Gang said yes and left, but the members of the Mei family looked at each other, not knowing what she was going to do.As soon as Wen Wen came back, Rou Rou asked him to write a contract in triplicate with the conditions for hiring Mei Xiang that he had just agreed on, plus the matter of planting peppers and June persimmons that he had discussed with the Mei family yesterday, and asked Wu Tiancai to Being a middle-aged man, he made his own fingerprints, brought it to Mei Youde and said, "You should also make your fingerprints."

"This..." Is it too troublesome?Mei Youde said with a smile: "Can I still not trust the girl?"

"With the deed, you will always feel more at ease." Rourou watched him and Wu Tian put their fingerprints on the deed one after another, and shook his head unconsciously after putting away his own, thinking that the farmer was still too honest She can't read, and dares to sign without asking anyone to see it. Fortunately, she is not cheating, otherwise there will be ten or eight Mei Youde, and she will sell them all, and she will count the money for her!
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(End of this chapter)