Magnolia rushed home with a bag of snacks. At this time, Yumei has already started cooking.

But today, Yulan found that there was still a cold pot and a cold stove at home, quietly.

Grandma lay in a rocking chair with a thick blanket on her lap and talked to the old lady next door.

Yulan put down her things and called the neighbor's grandmother: "Hello grandma." He asked his grandmother again: "Where is my sister?"

Grandma replied nonchalantly: "She didn't say where to go, you go to the village to look for it, I guess I'm looking for Brother Zhao." ”

He Zhaodi is a friend of Yumei, and the two often work together and make sweaters together, and they have a good friendship.

Yumei usually goes out to find He Zhaodi.

Yulan nodded, didn't go out immediately, and turned to look at Xiao Yuzhu.

Yuzhu was wrapped like a bear stuffed in the quilt, sleeping soundly, and the fleshy little face was red, like a red apple hanging on the branch, which made people can't help but want to take a bite.

Yulan kissed Yuzhu on the face, Xiao Yuzhu just waved her little hand impatiently, turned over and continued to sleep.

Yulan looked at the sky, estimated that Yuzhu would have a good sleep for a while, and she couldn't do anything by herself, so she decided to go out to find Sister A.

The houses in the village are staggered, with Yulan's house at the top, and a large bamboo forest behind the house. It's a distance away from the homes of other villagers.

Yulan walked down the bluestone road at the door, and only saw Yumei when she reached the barn at the bottom of the village.

Yumei had a straight face, her hands folded around her waist, and she listened to what the woman opposite said without saying a word, and the two looked like they were arguing.

At the end of the day, there were a bunch of people standing next to him watching the excitement.

Yulan got closer and realized that it wasn't like, it was the two who were really arguing.

The woman Magnolia knew. Because she often goes to her house to buy salt and vinegar to break up wine, Yulan is deeply impressed by this woman who likes to babble and love Desser.

She didn't know what the woman's name was, only that everyone called her Sister-in-law, and their grocery store was the only one in the village.

At this time, Sister-in-law Ah Ming crossed her waist with one hand, stretched out one finger straight forward, eager to poke off the bridge of Yumei's nose, spit flew in her mouth, scolding and scolding, and no word could reach her ears.

“...... Is your family poor and crazy, and the children are also cheated of their money? A broken schoolbag, who can't do it, and you can do a lot of things? If you sew it casually, you will be charged five yuan, is the money so easy to make?!"

"If you don't return the money today, I'm absolutely welcome. You uneducated thing, I must ask your aunt how to teach children, if you don't learn well at a young age, you have learned to cheat money, and you still read?......!

Yumei is about to be angry, is this shrew unreasonable, scolding others for not having a tutor, and her own upbringing?

Although her heart exploded with anger, Yumei still had her senses, and she spoke clearly, arguing sentence by sentence: "Who cheated the money? I said in advance, I am selling school bags." If I make my own fabrics, I charge the labor fee according to the degree of difficulty, and the price is clearly marked, and there is no fraud or fraud. Your daughter's style is the easiest, so I only charged 5 dollars. The style is what I came up with, and the schoolbag is made by me with my time, so why don't I charge money? Let you do day jobs for others, are you willing? You are willing to be selfless, but I am unwilling, my purpose is to make money. ”

Yumei suspected that the money given by Erni at that time was stolen from her mother, otherwise Sister-in-law Ah Ming would not have reacted so much.

And so it is.

Erni really wanted a new school bag, but Sister-in-law Ah Ming wouldn't buy it for her. So Erni lied and said that she would give the fabric to Yumei and ask her to help make one.

Sister-in-law Ah Ming thought she was helping, and she didn't think that Yumei would collect money, so she agreed. When the schoolbag was ready, Erni didn't dare to ask Sister-in-law Ah Ming for money, so she secretly took the money from the store and paid Yumei, but she was discovered.

Sister-in-law Ah Ming asked the reason, Erni only said that Yumei asked her to take it, and Sister-in-law Ah Ming immediately quit, isn't this cheating the child of money?

Erni was at a loss and didn't dare to tell the truth, and Sister-in-law Ah Ming was in a hurry again, so she quarreled with Yumei without saying a word.

That's why we have today.

There were also other people in the village who asked Yumei to make schoolbags, all with the consent of their parents, so someone persuaded them: "Ah Ming's daughter-in-law, it's no wonder that Yumei is a girl." They did make it clear. My kid also made one, and it cost 8 yuan. ”

Yumei's face softened, there are still people in the village who understand. She glanced at Erni, and saw that the little girl was cowering and hiding behind her aunt without saying a word, and suddenly snorted dissatisfiedly.

I repeatedly emphasized to her at that time that if you want to make a new schoolbag, you must make it clear to your family, it is charged, and if the adults in the family do not agree, she will not do it. She has made so many schoolbags for people in and out of the village, and she has never seen anyone like Sister-in-law Amin, who still wants to ask for money back, or if she can't do it, she will be beaten up.

Yumei saw that Aming's sister-in-law was speechless for a while, and looked at the people around her who were watching the excitement, she suddenly put on a look of grievance, and said: "I took the money I deserved, but I didn't let Erni steal the money, how did it become that I have no tutor? Could it be that the thief took the stolen money to buy things, and the seller had to bear the charge of instigation?"

The others laughed, but Yumei couldn't laugh, she was depressed to death.

Sister-in-law Ah Ming still didn't give up: "They are all relatives of our family, you are embarrassed to collect money for a small favor, do you want to be ashamed?"

Someone laughed: "That's not the case, if people don't say that they make money from this, then it's okay to help." But people have already said that it is to make money, how can you still let people work for you for nothing?"

Hearing this, there were many people who echoed him. Yulan looked at Sister-in-law Ah Ming and said hard, "I also earn my own people's money, why is my skin so thick?"

When Yulan arrived at the scene, she wanted to rush forward, but Yumei was quick to catch her and stop behind her, so she had to keep silent.

At this time, hearing Sister-in-law Aming's words, Yulan couldn't hold back anymore.

What kind of thing? My brother still settles accounts, what kind of person are you? What a big face!

She poked her head out from behind Yumei and asked loudly: "Since the whole village is its own people, and they can't make their own people's money, then everyone goes to help other people's families, and don't collect wages?

Hearing Yulan's words, everyone laughed and joked to Sister-in-law Aming: "Yes, according to what you mean, you don't have to pay for others to do things, then we don't have to work hard, anyway, we are all our own people, all of them are doing day jobs, why do we work hard, and it is uncomfortable to lie at home and sleep every day?"

I can't argue with that. Sister-in-law Ah Ming had a calm face, and finally stopped scolding.

Yumei said: "My aunt has always taught us to be upright. I don't steal or rob, I earn this money by my own labor, and I'm not afraid to reason anywhere. Unlike some people, stealing money and lying, that's the problem of tutoring. ”

returned what Sister-in-law Ah Ming had just scolded her for being uneducated.

Yulan laughed, she likes such an eldest sister very much, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, although she doesn't like to care, it doesn't mean that others can bear it if they are bullied.

Someone played a round: "Oh, forget it, the villagers, a small thing, everyone takes a step back, how ugly it is to quarrel like this." Let's all disperse, go home and eat. ”

Sister-in-law Ah Ming calmly pulled Erni home without saying a word.

Yumei's lips pursed slightly, shook her head, took Yulan's hand and walked home, "Let's go home, Daddy and Auntie are coming back soon, go home and cook." ”

The two sisters had the upper hand in the quarrel with Sister-in-law Aming, the two were in a good mood, the sisters cooperated, Yumei cooked, and Yulan drove the chickens and ducks into the cage.

It's a pity that the good mood of the two only lasted until dinner.

At the dinner table, Li Aihua looked at the sisters who were eating Zhengxiang and said: "Don't make schoolbags in the future, take Erni's money and give it to your father, and send it back to her family later." ”

Yulan was stunned, Yumei couldn't hold her breath, the chopsticks in her hand slapped on the table, and asked unconvinced: "Why?

Yulan looked up at Ah Niang, and hesitated for a moment: Ah Niang's attitude, did she feel that she had lost face? In her impression, Ah Niang has always been a person who wants to save face.

To die is to save face and suffer crimes, it is said that it is a person like A-Niang.

Sure enough, Li Aihua's next sentence proved Yulan's conjecture.

"You have a reason to quarrel with someone for 5 yuan, right?

Yumei rolled her eyes: "Is that a matter of five yuan? Is that a matter of principle? Is it a matter of principle? Is it a shame for Erni to steal money? Sister-in-law Ah Ming wants to repay the debt, is it a shame to bully the small? They don't feel ashamed, I don't steal or rob, I work hard to make money on my own, I take the money I deserve, what's there to be ashamed of?"

Yumei didn't eat the rice, got off the table in a huff, and dropped a sentence: "Ah Niang knows that I am quarreling with others, why don't you ask me first if I have been bullied or wronged? Am I your own daughter? Are you my aunt?

Li Aihua was furious: "What kind of attitude do you have! Originally, you ignored it and kept your mouth shut?!"

Chen Li sighed and glanced at his wife: "You talk to the child, what are you doing with Mai Mang?"

"Why didn't I talk to her properly? As soon as I said that, she lost her temper at me, and the older she grew, the more ignorant she became. An unmarried girl, choking like a shrew, making the whole village see jokes, is she justified?"

Grandma also persuaded: "The eldest girl didn't do anything wrong, I think she did the right thing." Ah Ming's daughter-in-law is already difficult, and if you don't understand what happened clearly, you blame your daughter, that is, you are wrong. ”

Just now, Yulan came home and told her grandmother the whole story. Grandma said this when she knew the truth.

Li Aihua dared to scold her daughter, but she didn't dare to speak out to her mother-in-law. She patiently explained: "Over the years, the villagers have taken a lot of care of our family, we have no money and no one, except for the strength of the hand, we can't help others." Now that Yumei does something and collects money from others, what do others think of us? People will poke us in the back. ”

Grandma swallowed the food in her mouth slowly, and said faintly: "It's all to blame for the old immortal, it doesn't stop when he dies, and his children and grandchildren have to clean up the mess he left behind." Grandma sighed, "But, Hua, you've done enough over the years." There is no shortage of people who repay the principal and interest every year. But you have to know that money owed is money owed, and you just have to pay it back. We don't sell to others as long-term workers, why can't our children find a way to make a living?"

The couple was speechless.

Yulan buried her head in the bowl of rice, but listened to everyone's words word for word.

"Grandma is wise!" she thought.

She knew that the eldest sister was working hard to make money to help ease the burden on the family.

After all, relying on the couple to do odd jobs alone, the burden on the family is extremely heavy.

Because of these debts, Daddy and Auntie always feel inferior and can't hold their heads up.

In the past few days since she was reborn, she can always feel the constraints of her family, as well as the sensitivity and embarrassment of every time Daddy and Auntie mention money.

Thinking like this, Yulan felt that her desire to make money was much more urgent.

Li Aihua saw Yumei slam the door and called Yulan, "Go and see your sister, who does such a temper tantrum look like?" By the way, go and wake up Sanya, and go back to sleep, don't want to sleep at night." ”

Yulan lowered her head, quietly got off the table, and obediently went to find Yumei.

When Yumei saw her sister enter the house, she was angry and snorted: "You also came to persuade me? Didn't you see Sister-in-law Aming's attitude today? I don't understand what's wrong with being poor, what do I owe to them? I racked my brains to make money for, isn't it just to get rid of poverty? Finally, there is a way to make money, and my mother asked me not to do it without asking. Why?"

The more Yumei spoke, the more aggrieved she became, and her tears fell down one by one. "Why am I working so hard to sell my school bag for? I'm just crazy about money, I just want to make a lot of money and pay off all the money we owe. I don't want to walk on the road, and people I know always have a posture of giving alms from above when they talk about our family, and I feel very uncomfortable. Don't bully young people into being poor, why do they think that we will be poor for the rest of our lives? I want to be rich, and one day let them look up to my existence. ”

Yumei didn't know why she would say such a thing to her eldest sister, she was only seven years old after the New Year. But since she saw the various schoolbag styles she drawn, she didn't treat her as a child.

Initially, selling schoolbags was also proposed by her, and she has saved more than 200 yuan in the past six months.

And every time I tell my eldest sister some of my thoughts, my eldest sister can always give appropriate advice.

Sometimes she always has a weird idea that she is her sister and her eldest sister is her sister.

So she can complain without any burden now, these words are heavy in her heart, and she can't mention them to her parents.

Every time I mentioned it, A-Niang said that people should not forget their roots and be grateful.

Yumei thinks it's ridiculous, forgetting which family's roots, feeling which family's kindness, and the relationship between her son's gambling debts and gratitude or forgetting instincts is half a dime?

Yulan laughed, and the eldest sister should feel better after complaining. She smiled and said, "Sister, first tell my little sister to get up for dinner, I have something good to tell you in the evening." ”

Yumei's heart moved: "Something to do with making money?" suddenly became happy, she liked to hear what could make money.

Yulan sold a pass, "You will know at night, you coax A-Niang first, she was angry just now." I'm going to wake up my little sister. ”