The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 55

A group of people came to the new year shop that Song Cuihua had mentioned.There are a variety of solar term products in the store, from New Year pictures and couplets to toys, firecrackers, and incense paper money, all kinds of offerings are available.As Song Cuihua said, the items in this store are so delicately made that He Tao couldn't bear to put it down after picking up one, and finally walked up to Wu with her arms full and asked her to negotiate the price.

"Why do you buy so many laughing monks?" Wu asked.There are more than a dozen of them, big and small, are they going to be given away or something?

The Laughing Monk is actually a sticky paper helmet with a yellow background, the front is a red-faced Laughing Monk, and the back is dyed green to represent a bald head.During festivals and festivals, there is always a person wearing a laughing monk's helmet in front of the parade, wearing red and green, waving a big cattail fan, twisting and turning amusingly.The price of this thing is not expensive. During the Chinese New Year, almost every child in the village has one, and they carry it for fun, or use it to pack the melons, fruits and jelly beans they have begged from various families.

He Tao liked it very much the first time she saw it, and wanted to buy it last year, but at that time she just married Fu Shi and she didn't have the nerve to ask for it (of course what she didn't know was that Fu Shi was embarrassed enough at that time, It's snacks and noodles, the whole prodigal daughter-in-law.), Now that I'm in charge of my own house, of course I have to buy enough.

"Not many, you see that each one is different in size, and they can be stacked together!" He Tao said as he stacked up the smiling monks, held them in his hands and said to Wu: "Buy them back and stack them for Dongzhi. Play with Fuyuba!"

"Then buy it!" Fu Shi answered in a timely manner.

What else can Mrs. Wu say, the money is theirs, and they can spend it as they like, anyway, they can afford it!She turned her head and began to bargain with the shopkeeper: "Boss, you see we bought so much, so let's make it cheaper..."

After leaving the grocery store, the four of them arrived at the last stop of today's shopping, the silver store.

He Tao hasn't bought a single piece of jewelry in the year since she came here. She usually uses wooden hairpins or headbands made by herself. The only time she mentioned the silver building was to make wishful silver locks for winter branches and leaves.This made Fu Shi, who always thought that she was a prodigal, feel incredible.

It's not that He Tao doesn't like jewelry - there are very few women in the world who don't like jewelry. On the contrary, she likes gold and silver jewelry very much. Although many people think wearing gold and silver is vulgar, she just likes it.In the early years, she had seen a lot of ancient jewelry styles on the Internet, such as hairpins, hairpins, hairpins, rings, and steps, with various styles and ingenious ideas, which blinded her eyes.She entered the store with the intention of worshiping, but she returned disappointed. There were not many items and they were all old-fashioned. The meaning was enough, wealth and auspiciousness, blessings and longevity, but none of them met her expectations.

She was not very interested, but Fu Shi persuaded her: "Daughter-in-law, this bracelet is good, should I buy it?"

Fu Shi was referring to the open flat silver bracelet in the style of flowers and brocades. He Tao didn't pay attention and shook his head.Fu Shi pointed to another one, a solid round silver bracelet with the Chinese characters "Longfengfu".

In the end, He Tao picked out two pairs of tremella pans, which in her opinion were quite exquisite, which meant to show that she had also been to the silver shop.Otherwise, you will definitely have to suffer from all the supercilious looks from the shop assistants, and reward them with a sentence of "don't buy and join in the fun"!
He Tao is unwilling to spend money on things he doesn't like, but Wu sees that He Tao is diligent and thrifty, and He Tao got a good evaluation by mistake.

The big wasteland New Year's goods are all ready, and it's still early before the meeting time, so the group went to the local product shop.

The business of the native product store is also good. There are a few hunters coming to sell the saved furs. Fu Quan and the others are too busy to talk to them.A few people sat down to drink tea quietly and rest their feet.He Lian was already lively, but it was rare to come to the market, and she couldn't calm down at all, she kept encouraging He Tao: "Sister, let's go around again, there are still many shops that I haven't visited!"

"You've been shopping around and it's not enough for you?" He Tao said angrily.

Fu Lei said from the side: "Go, I'll take you there."

"Okay!" He Lian clapped her hands and was about to follow him, saying as she walked, "I heard that there were a lot of food stalls in Daji, selling everything!"

"I don't know if there are any shops in this town! Tell me what you want to eat, I'll take you there!" Fu Lei patted his chest and promised.

He Tao heard He Lian report the names of the snacks as she walked out, candied haws, fried dumplings, rolled meat balls, sesame cakes, bad pork ribs, hot and sour noodles... I didn't hear the latter, but He Tao was already greedy, dragging Pulling Fu Shi's hand: "Let's go too!"

After finishing speaking, he pulled Fu Shi to follow the footsteps of the two little devils in front, started eating from the farm market, and ate all the way to the east of the town.

While the four were talking and laughing, they heard a burst of beating and scolding.It looked like three beggars were fighting. They said they were fighting, but in fact, two beggars were beating a five or six-year-old little beggar, cursing and swearing.

"Who are you, two big ones are bullying a young one!" He Tao couldn't stand it.

After hearing this, Fu Shi stepped forward and punched the two beggars away.He Tao saw it so much that she wanted to run over to give him a kiss and praise him as a hero, but since she is currently in a public place, she decided to go back at night to express her admiration.She coughed, and stuffed the uneaten candied haws into the little beggar's hand: "I'll eat it for you!"

Fu Shi took a look at her, took out a handful of copper coins and handed it to the little beggar: "You stay away from them and wink, or you will be bullied!"

"Thank you, uncle." The little beggar thanked him, and ran away with candied haws and copper coins.

"Since there are so many beggars in our town!" He Lian asked, biting a candied haws.

Willow Town is a small place, everyone's living standard is not high, and beggars have no living space at all.

Fu Lei replied: "My father heard from a passing merchant that there was a heavy snowstorm in the west of Shunan Mansion, and they all escaped."

Although Daqi's national strength is strong, it cannot avoid natural disasters.In a disaster year, when the local government is unable to provide disaster relief, the refugees will flee.Most of the people are heading towards the capital of the capital, and the people believe that the prince and Laozi will definitely give them something to eat, and some people will go towards the land of fish and rice in the south, where rich people and refugees can easily get food.

Although Shunan Mansion is also located in the south of Daqi's land, it is really not a rich place, and there have always been very few people who fled to this area.That is to say, for more than 30 years, the Liaodong Mansion next door suffered the worst flood in a century, and only a handful of people escaped, that is, a group of people from Qili Village.

"Well, by the way, Uncle Fu did say it! No wonder, I said that this year is very cold, my eldest sister still doesn't believe it, and always said that it's because I'm used to staying in the conservatory that I feel extraordinarily cold outside!" He Lian raised her chin at He Tao as she spoke: "Look, as I said, it's colder than last year. There was a heavy snowfall last year, but this year it has been snowing for many days in a row!"

He Tao was intoxicated by "my man is a hero" and could not extricate himself. He ignored He Lian's words and kept praising Fu Shi: "Shitou, you are really good! You knocked people away with two blows! You are studying at the border. Is it? It's amazing!"

Fu Shi patted his head and smiled naively.

On the return journey, the family's New Year's goods were all put on the ox cart of Fu's second room, and it was firmly stuffed into a large cart.Everyone got into the boxcar in the Great Badlands, and it was even more crowded than when they came.As soon as she got into the car and hadn't settled down yet, Wu Xiuling asked, "I saw you go to the silver shop just now, did you buy anything good?"

He Tao smiled and said nothing.

Wu Xiuling covered her mouth and said, "Yo, you can't say it yet, it's not something you can't see people."

He Tao's good mood was ruined again, and he really wanted to throw her out of the carriage!
"I just bought a pair of earrings, there is nothing to say."

"Oh, I just bought a pair of earrings. I see you guys stayed in there for half an hour!" Wu Xiuling made it clear that she didn't believe it.

What are you interested in?Still squatting to watch other people buy things? !
He Tao said stiffly, "I can't afford anything else."

"Hey, you can't even afford it? Your Fu Shi is the richest man in our Rongshu Village!" Wu Xiuling began to inquire about Dahuangdi's income again: "Your house cost a lot of money, right? I heard that the local product shop Your family also has a share, and you are looking for someone to do embroidery work in front of you, making a lot of money, right? What else can't afford it?"

Nima, it's none of your business! ! !

He Tao clenched his fists and replied, "I just spent all the money on building houses and opening shops!"

"The shop can make a lot of money every month, right? Where can it be short of money..." Wu Xiuling continued to inquire.

Mrs. Wu coughed and asked, "From Lin Sanjia, I just saw you went to cloth village by yourself, what did you buy?"

"Hey? What are you buying? No, where did I go to Hanbuzhuang!" Wu Xiuling immediately stammered.She purposely avoided the cloth shop where her two sisters-in-law went secretly, and wanted to use her private money to buy two pieces of clothing material for her natal parents during the New Year. You have to make it clear where the money for the cloth comes from!Although the Wu family is partial to the youngest son, she is not allowed to save private money.She clutched the cotton padded jacket that was much bulkier than when she came here, with a tense expression.

"You must be mistaken! I have been with my sisters-in-law all the time!"

"Huh? No way, I saw it too!" He Tao pretended to be surprised.

"No, no, you must have admitted the wrong person!" Wu Xiuling repeatedly denied.

"Oh, okay! Maybe, maybe my second aunt and I got it wrong." He Tao nodded.

Wu Xiuling didn't dare to say anything anymore, she looked at the others chatting and laughing in fear, and didn't dare to interrupt anymore.

Back in the second room, He Tao first ran to see her two little babies, hugged her in her arms and kissed them again and again, then distributed the candies bought at the fair to Fu Tingting and Fu Liancheng, and then she learned how to get on the bus with Tang Wenmei. What happened, especially emphasizing on imitating Wu Xiuling's way of covering her stomach, which made Tang Wenmei and the three of them laugh so hard that they couldn't straighten their waists.

"Their family is too ruthless!" Xue Ya said, wiping away her tears from laughter.

He Tao recalled that the Da Zhou family managed the He family in the same way. The He family had never had a penny in their hands from sons and daughters-in-law to grandchildren and grandchildren, so he said, "My grandma is like that too."

"Yes, yes!" He Lian also nodded, He Fuguo and Xiao Chen were poor, and they didn't even have money to buy flowers for her during the Chinese New Year.

"When there is no separation, they are the vast majority. Do you think everyone is so lucky to meet a mother-in-law like our mother?" Tang Wenmei patted Wu's flattery.

Cheng Miao also nodded: "Indeed, there are very few people like our mother."

The second and fourth brothers of the Fu family have not separated, and the family's financial power is also in the hands of Wu, but unlike other families, she has no objection to her sons saving private money.She holds only the harvest of the crops in the field and the profits of the family's livestock.After finishing the homework, the wages of the sons doing odd jobs during the slack period, and the pocket money earned by the daughter-in-law doing embroidery work in their spare time, are all under their own control.

After the local product shop opened, the four sons took turns to help and all got paid.

This time, because he earned 20 taels of silver from the Great Wasteland, not only did Fu Quan contribute, but his four sons, who transported and sold goods, also helped along the way. There are three sons for one person.

"Huh? I thought they were all like our family!" Xue Ya's mother's family has a simple population, and it has been passed down for three generations. She is the only girl in her generation. She only knew the word "Gongzhong" when she married into the Fu family. .

"Don't you believe it. If you have time, you can go out and inquire. How many mother-in-laws would have their sons and daughter-in-laws keep their private houses when the family was not separated?" Tang Wenmei said, thinking of her own experience, she laughed: "I just married When I came here, I chatted with the daughter-in-law in the village. When it came to this matter, no one believed me. They all said that I was dishonest and flattered my mother-in-law outside! It took me a long time to convince them .”

"Yes, yes, before we got married, my mother taught me how to hide money from my house. I was so useless! When I went back and told her, she didn't believe it at first!" Cheng Miao also felt the same way. .

"My mother is so kind!" Xue Ya opened her mouth wide and nodded.

Wu, who was packing things in the warehouse, showed a big smile.

Fu Quan's father left early, and her mother-in-law was already sick in bed when she married, and she didn't care about everything.Mrs. Wu has served Fu Shiniang and Mrs. Qin together for more than a year. Although her mother-in-law has a weird temper because of illness, she has a gloomy face and does not like to talk every day, but she never cares about their sister-in-law.

She has never been angry with her mother-in-law, so she is naturally tolerant of her daughter-in-law a lot.The daughters-in-law didn't respect her less because of her loose management. The family has always been harmonious and happy.Wu has always been quite proud of this.

"If I have a son in the future, I will definitely be a good mother-in-law like Second Aunt. You see, how much you three like her!" He Tao couldn't help feeling emotional.The conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is an unsolvable problem in modern society. I did not expect to meet such a harmonious mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in ancient times.

Tang Wenmei slapped her when she heard the words: "What do you mean 'if you have a son', a son must be born!"

"I know, I know!"

He Tao sticks out her tongue, giving birth to a son is indeed a difficulty that an ancient daughter-in-law must overcome!
(End of this chapter)