Xiaojiaxiu

Chapter 9
As the weather gets hotter and hotter, Siya's strawberry jam business is also booming day by day. Whether it's the aunt who brings meals to her son, the daughter-in-law who brings meals to her husband, or the younger sister who brings meals to her elder brother, even in the school The students here will come to buy a bowl at noon, which is not only cold and delicious, but also very appetizing.Si Ya also brought all the five and six ya in the family.This small stall became more and more lively.

Among them, it is worth mentioning that Siya finally met Erya, the second sister who was working as a maid at the Landlord Wang's house.It may be that the living conditions in Wang Landlord's house have improved in the past few years. Erya is much taller than Sanya and Siya, with a fair and ruddy face. A yellow-haired girl from a farmer's family.Speaking of which, this Erya is the best-looking one among the sisters, otherwise she wouldn't be able to be kept by Mrs. Wang at the first glance.At that time, many families wanted to send their daughters there to work as maids, not only to eat well, but also to get money every month.

The young master of Landlord Wang's house heard from some boy that someone in the school was selling delicious food, so he cried and begged for food.Mrs. Wang disagreed at first, fearing that the food outside would spoil her stomach, but the young master made trouble every day, and Mrs. Wang really had no choice but to ask Erya to come over and buy it.Erya also wondered what was so delicious, but when she came over, she saw her third and fourth younger sisters were busy pretending for the shoppers.

When the space was not too busy, Erya pulled Sanya aside and asked what was going on. Sanya gave a general account of how to make jam and how to sell it. She didn't say whose idea it was. Juan'er and Sanya made it together, and told Erya that everyone in the family agreed.Erya saw that it was getting late, and heard that her family agreed, so she didn't care too much, took out six Wen from her pocket and asked Sanya to help her fill two bowls.Sanya took the money and left. After Sanya brought the bowl, Erya took out a purse and asked Sanya to bring it to Mrs. Zhao, saying that it was a reward from his wife. Before leaving, she also asked Sanya to take care of her three younger sisters. , and then went back.

After Si Ya finished her work, she found out that her second sister had already left, and she hadn't spoken to her since she came to this world.But thinking that there will be time in the future, I have no regrets in my heart.There are still a few days until the wheat is harvested, and Si Ya plans to sell it again tomorrow and stop selling it, and the wild strawberries have almost begun to fail.Si Ya decided to pick all the strawberries on the mountain in a hurry today, and then make a few more cans, some for sale in the next two days, and some for her family to eat.

After packing up, Sanya Siya Juan'er and the two small groups went up the mountain.Because today's task is huge, everyone is not picking strawberries while playing like usual, they are picking strawberries seriously, even the two youngest people are picking strawberries seriously.Finally, in the evening, I finished picking the remaining strawberries. Looking at this large bare area, everyone felt a sense of accomplishment.

A few people took strawberries to the river to wash them, put them in altars, sealed them, hid them and went home.

In the past few days, I heard that many people bought the jam made by the children, and Mrs. Zhao was still very happy.The Siya that was used for food in exchange for the jam was given to Mrs. Zhao, but the money she earned was not given to Mrs. Zhao because she still had use for the money.Mrs. Zhao herself never thought of asking for money from her children. She also told Wang Tugen privately that it was not easy for the children to earn that little money. keep it.Wang Tugen thought so too.Siya is quite satisfied with Zhao Shi and Wang Tugen. It can be seen that Zhao Shi and Wang Tugen still really love these children, but they are not able to do more for the children under the oppression of Yang Shi thing.

After Sanya came back, she told Mrs. Zhao how she met Erya. Mrs. Zhao held the red envelope, with tears in her eyes, and kept asking Erya how she was doing recently, whether she had lost weight, and how her face looked... although it was only a month. I can see you last time, but Mrs. Zhao still carefully catches Sanya and asks this and that.It wasn't until Sanya became impatient with all the questions that she stopped asking. ,

Mrs. Zhao has always been guilty of Erya in her heart. If the family had no money at that time, she would not have listened to Mrs. Yang and sent Erya to be a maid.

There are sixty Wen in Erya's purse, which is estimated to have been saved from living frugally.Erya's monthly interest has to be handed over to Beiwu, just like Wang Tugen's odd wages.Mrs. Zhao had just given birth, so there must be no money at home, Mrs. Yang's erya also knew about it, besides, Mrs. Zhao's new girl this time, Mrs. Yang would not look good, so Mrs. Mrs. The hairpin that was given to him was sold to Xiaocui in the eldest and young master's house, and it was sold for [-] Wen, plus his usual money for embroidery, it was exactly [-] Wen.I originally planned to go home at the end of the month and bring it back, but when I saw Sanya selling jam, I thought that the family must have no money, or my younger sisters couldn't do the same, so I asked Sanya to bring the money back.

Looking at the sixty Wen in the purse, and then thinking that the three and four are busy making money every day.Thinking of these children, Mrs. Zhao felt that she had to cheer up and stop feeling sorry for herself for not having a son.

After dinner, Si Ya took San Ya and set off. When they reached the river, Juan'er and the three brothers of the Wu family had arrived. Usually Wu Sanlang helped, but this time because of the large number, Juan'er called her three older brothers. .

After working for a long time, finally all the strawberry jams were arranged, and Si Ya breathed a sigh of relief.After thanking the three brothers of the Wu family, Siya also went back with Sanya.Through this period of getting along, Wu Dalang and Wu Erlang are fine, because most of Wu Sanlang came to help, so Si Ya and Wu Sanlang gradually became familiar with each other, and also understood the way this person behaves, so they often joked with him. After chatting, even Sanya would occasionally talk to him.Childhood friendship is like that, as long as you get along with each other sincerely, you will always become good friends.

Silent all night.

The next day, Siya got up early as usual, and began to help the family feed the pigs, chop and wash vegetables, and sweep the yard.Si Ya has no objection to doing these jobs, but she found that, except for these sisters in her own family who have to do these jobs every day, she has never seen a few children from the uncle’s family and the second uncle’s family working, and the boys are fine. Well, Si Ya had never seen the pearls and flowers of the second uncle's natal family do these jobs.In the words of my uncle Hu, my family has a large population and eats a lot, so I do a lot.Every time Siya heard this, Siya would be annoyed for a while, watching Zhao's eldest daughter and Sanya do these jobs submissively, Sanya thought that in this big feudal family, the daughter-in-law and granddaughter There is really no autonomy at all!
But in order not to cause trouble for the family, Si Ya endured it.But every time when Si Ya was doing psychological construction for herself, she could always hear Yang's cursing and swearing, and her heart was filled with anger again.But looking at the way Da Ya looked at her, Si Ya still thought silently in her heart: The world is so beautiful, but I am so irritable, this is not good, this is not good, Si Ya will burn to death sooner or later if she thinks about it like this .

Perhaps for some reason, Si Ya also gradually survived this kind of anger, and the more she lived, the less angry she became, just like now, Si Ya can automatically mute when she hears Yang's scolding.This may be the opposite of everything!Sure enough, the words of the ancestors are still very reasonable.

Si Ya doesn't know whether it's because she ate too much sweets recently, or because she has developed well recently, and she has entered the age of changing teeth, and her teeth are always hurting, which makes her feel uncomfortable all the time.Everyone in the family uses mint leaves from the mountain to rinse their mouths. They have used quite a lot of mint leaves these days.Zhao and Da Ya both said that they were changing their teeth, so don't worry Si Ya.Si Ya thought in her heart that I didn't want to worry, this tooth kept her awake all night, it hurts from tossing and turning!
Selling strawberries at the entrance of the school at noon, either received the wrong money or took the wrong bowl, and Juaner laughed for a while.Fortunately, today's strawberry jam has also been sold out smoothly.Si Ya thought about the last day of tomorrow, and the business would be finished, and she didn't know what she would be like this time next year!
I packed up my things, because tomorrow's strawberry jam is ready, so I don't need to go to the back mountain to pick strawberries today, everyone can play.Si Ya felt that her toothache might also be due to her recent anger, so she picked some wild chrysanthemums, and prepared to take them home and dry them to make tea.

The happy afternoon passed in a blink of an eye, Sanya said she had something to do and left alone.Siya took Wuya and Liuya back home, and Juan'er also went back to her own home.When I arrived at the door of the house, I heard a burst of laughter from time to time in my room, Siya was very strange, who is this!Siya went into the room and saw that it was Zhuhua Baohua from my sister-in-law and my second uncle's family. Because Zhuhua was getting married, she had been embroidering dowry at home.He said he came here to ask Da Ya about her embroidery work.Si Ya thought, I have never seen her come over these days when I traveled here, so it is strange today.

Seeing that Siya had come back, Zhuhua deliberately said to her sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, have you heard that there are some wild girls in the school selling some kind of fruit jam there? , do those lowly things!" He said with a disgusted expression on his face.People in this era look down on merchants and think they are low-class things. Although they are not so clear in the rural class, Zhuhua feels that she is someone who has seen the world, and she looks noble when she says this!

Cui Gu and Da Ya's expressions all changed when they heard this, this was intentionally told to Da Ya and Si Ya!Siya didn't want to argue with this child, but she was still very surprised why Zhuhua said these things on purpose today.Seeing that no one was talking in the room, Zhuhua said to herself: "My mother said that girls should not show their faces casually, and the daughters of rich families have rules." After finishing speaking, she still didn't forget to look at Siya.

Si Ya took off her shoes and climbed onto the bed to look at Da Ya's embroidery, praising its beauty while looking at it.Seeing that Si Ya was not angry, Da Ya felt relieved. Originally, she saw that Zhu Hua asked her something, so she didn't think much about keeping her, but in the end she said these things.

Seeing that no one paid any attention to her, Zhuhua also pretended not to hear what she said, and shut up in disbelief.Zhuhua was playing at Xiaocao's house next door this morning, and heard Xiaocao's mother talking to a few aunts in the thatched house. She heard Siya's name, so she listened to it. Then he talked about himself, saying that he was not as beautiful as Da Ya, and that he was not as sensible as Si Ya.As we all know, if there are three women in a drama, as long as there is a little bit of gossip, they don't care what the matter is said in the end, so it is conceivable that Zhuhua is completely useless if she is talked about by several women!

In fact, if Zhuhua thinks about it carefully, she should know that these women can only listen to two points, but because Zhuhua said a good marriage, she thinks she is superior to others, but in the end she is compared to nothing by others.So after returning home, I took a handkerchief and came to look for Da Ya. I wanted to get angry directly, but when I saw my sister-in-law here, I didn't say anything to Da Ya, but after seeing Si Ya, I had the above bead. What the flowers said.

The more Zhuhua thought about it, the angrier she became, and finally she said "two mean girls" to Siya, put on her shoes and left.Baohua didn't know what happened, seeing her sister was gone, she quickly got out of bed and followed.

Cui Gu was very angry, this niece liked to bully the big girls since she was a child, this time she was obviously looking for trouble for nothing, and she went too far if others didn't care about her.Seeing my sister-in-law's blushing face, Si Ya tugged at her sleeve and said, "Sister-in-law, I and eldest sister didn't hear it, so please don't be angry." up.

Although there is an episode of Zhuhua, the following time is still very beautiful.Si Ya showed everyone all kinds of things that were exchanged for strawberry jam these days. The things here are all kinds of strange things, but most of them are things for girls' households.But unexpectedly, Si Ya discovered that there was a brush, an inkstone, and a few pieces of rice paper inside.

Si Ya held the inkstone and pretended to be in thought: "This must be the child of some family who is greedy for food and ate all the inkstone for writing! I guess another child will be beaten tonight!"

Cuigu and Daya laughed out loud seeing Siya's small appearance, and Wuya and Liuya also giggled.In this way, among the piles of exchanged things, everyone happily spent the afternoon.When Cuigu left, Siya also gave her a handkerchief of high-quality fabric, and the 13-year-old Cuigu liked the chrysanthemum embroidered on it very much, so she accepted it.

After dinner, Si Ya embroidered with Da Ya for a while, and then fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)