farm concubine

Chapter 8 Suspected of Being Followed

After buying the necessary things, the three of them went back to Xiaoqing Village.

Suddenly Li Wanqing stopped and looked back, but she couldn't see anything except the people returning home from the market.

"Father, did you notice that someone was following us?" When she came out of Fushun Restaurant, she had the feeling of being watched.

Both Li Rulin and Li Muchen have not yet recovered from the shock that they can earn a tael of silver with a pack of dried shrimps without capital. Ever since they left Fushun Restaurant, they have been stepping on clouds. Whatever Li Wanqing gave them, they took What, if Li Wanqing hadn't made a sound, they would have bumped into Li Wanqing.

Facing Li Wanqing's question, they just looked at Li Wanqing stupidly: "Ah? Is there?" Mr. Li Rulin looked around, and saw nothing suspicious except for the peasants who were wearing patches like them.

Li Wanqing looked at the trees on both sides of the road unwillingly, but she couldn't see anything except the dense branches and the shadows under the sunlight.

This feeling of being followed lasted until Li Wanqing entered the village.

Along the way, Li Wanqing was consoling herself, thinking that she was suspicious. She was a village girl, and she was not beautiful. Although she had a classic oval face like Lin Shuirou, but because she was wearing patched coarse clothes, It greatly reduced her appearance, and besides, their family was poor and white, so she really couldn't think of anything about her that people would miss.

Thinking of this, Li Wanqing put that unpleasant feeling out of her mind, thinking about going back to the small river to fish for shrimps later, and then going up the mountain to see if there is anything valuable.

After all, there is only one small river in Xiaoqing Village, and there will always be a day when the shrimps are finished fishing, so she can't just sit and eat.

"Mother, we're back." Li Muchen yelled into the courtyard when he reached the gate.

"Hey, Brother Rulin came back from the market? You bought so many things, you got a lot of money, right?" Aunt Fu next door heard Li Muchen's yell, and ran out curiously to have a look. They were carrying things, especially Li Rulin, who even had things on his shoulders.

"Sister-in-law Fu, they are all things that the family needs." Li Rulin smiled shyly.

One tael of silver seems like a lot, but there are too many things that the family needs to buy. Here are ten copper coins, and there are twenty. Now they only have more than 300 copper coins in their hands.

"That's right, the house is empty, it's outrageous."

"What Aunt Fu said is that I always go to your house to borrow it, and I feel embarrassed," Li Wanqing said from the side.

Hearing Li Wanqing's words, Li Rulin blushed immediately, feeling that he was very useless, even if he used a sieve, he would ask someone to borrow it.

"Look at what you say, kid, we are all neighbors, we should help each other, maybe one day I will need your help too." Aunt Fu blamed with a smile.

"Understood, Aunt Fu." Knowing that she had said something wrong, Li Wanqing hurriedly made up for it with a smile, saying that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and she can't offend such a good neighbor.

"Go in, your mother is probably waiting impatiently."

"Aunt Fu, I'll chat with you later." Li Wanqing's gossip made Aunt Fu smile and make Li Rulin helpless.

But he, the father, was also happy to see that his daughter was more cheerful than before.

When the father and daughter entered the house, they saw Li Muchen telling Lin Shuirou how the dried shrimps were sold and how much money they made.

Seeing Wanqing walk in, Lin Shuirou still couldn't believe it and asked: "Qing'er, did you really make a tael of silver?"

"Well, mother, otherwise we wouldn't dare to take three catties of fat back." Li Wanqing nodded and said, the fat in this world is more expensive than her previous life, thirteen cents a catty.

Looking at the things on the ground and the table made of bamboo, Lin Shuirou frowned and asked, "These things cost a lot of money, right?"

"Mom, after the money is spent, you can earn more." Not only did they buy a pair of buckets and meat, but they also bought ten catties of polished rice and twenty catties of white flour. In this world where productivity is backward, milled rice costs 25 cents a piece. A catty, white noodles cost eight Wen a catty, and a pair of buckets cost one hundred Wen.

With the purchase of salt and soy sauce, the money is almost spent.

Thinking that the two children hadn't eaten meat for almost a month, although Lin Shuirou felt sorry for the money, she didn't say anything else.

"Mother, this is the money left over from shopping today, you take care of it." Li Wanqing gave all the remaining three hundred Wen to Lin Shuirou.

"Hey, Mom must take care of it." It's been almost 16 years since she married into Li's family. It's the first time Li Wanqing manages money. All the money earned by ex-Li Rulin going out to work will be handed over to Deng's safekeeping. She buys an embroidery needle , have to reach out to Deng.

Lin Shuirou tightly clutched the copper coin in her hand, and couldn't calm down for a long time. This is the money her daughter earned and was given to her by her daughter.

Seeing Lin Shuirou's reaction, Li Rulin's eyes were sour. In the past 16 years, he knew that he had treated Lin Shuirou badly, so he could only care for her spiritually.

"Father, in the evening, you and Xiaochen will go to the small river to fish for shrimps, and take a wooden bucket." Li Wanqing began to divide the work.

"Mom, let's fry the oil while it's still early, and make braised pork tonight." When she bought fatty meat, she also bought two catties of lean meat

"Okay." Lin Shuirou took the newly bought cooking pot and followed Li Wanqing out of the room.

Li Rulin and Li Muchen put away their new purchases.

In the temporary kitchen, Lin Shuirou felt sorry for Li Wanqing who had been on the road for a day, and did not ask her to help. She had nothing to do, and Li Wanqing sat beside her.With his chin propped on one hand, he stared at the entrance of the courtyard absentmindedly, thinking of other ways to make money besides drying dried shrimps.

(End of this chapter)