Chapter 22: Doubts
On the first day of the first lunar month, the Yulan sisters were disturbed by the sound of firecrackers early.
On the first day of the new year, you can't sleep in, you can't swear, you can't spend money, and many can'ts seem to have become a conventional rule, as if as long as this day does not touch the minefield, the new year will be smooth.
On the square table in the living room, there are ten cups of sugar tea full of eights in the tea tray. From the beginning of the new year to the end of the Lantern Festival, whether it is a guest or a guest, the tea in the cup can not be drunk, commonly known as "retaining", which means that everyone has a good omen of surplus in the new year.
In addition to sugar tea, ten cups should be filled, bowls and chopsticks, soup spoons, wine glasses and other tableware should be placed in ten round, implying perfection.
The fruit bowl is filled with candy, peanuts, melon seeds, raisins and other dried fruits. The good and bad of the family conditions can be glimpsed from the fruit bowl of hospitality.
Eat somen noodles for breakfast. Yulan finished pulling a small bowl of spinach mixed with vegetable oil with somen noodles in three or two bites, and couldn't wait to urge Yumei to leave, and they hurried to see the temple fair.
Li Aihua shouted behind the two sisters uneasily, "Look at my sister!" Yumei waved her hand behind her, indicating that she understood.
Seeing off the two sisters, Li Aihua was about to go to the play with Yuzhu in his arms, and the village invited a Yue Opera troupe to set up a stage on the barn at the entrance of the village, and sang a seven-day opera from the first to the seventh day of the new year.
Before I got to the door, there was a guest at home.
If Magnolia were at home, she would find that the visitor was the fashionable woman she thought was very dusty.
Li Aihua had no choice but to put Yuzhu in the old lady's room for her to help take care of it, and beckoned someone to come.
"Liansheng daughter-in-law, why didn't you go out for a stroll today? The street is very lively!" Li Aihua had nothing to say.
Chen Liansheng's daughter-in-law He Yufeng was very enthusiastic, "Hey, Aunt Hua is a busy person, I wanted to come to talk to you a few years ago, but I couldn't meet it, no, I took advantage of the New Year's greetings to come to you to ask for a cup of tea." ”
The two chatted back and forth.
Li Aihua vaguely knew what He Yufeng wanted to say, his own man had clearly rejected it before next year, and he didn't know what the hell the couple was doing, and he had been obsessed with persuading Yumei to go with them.
Chatting and chatting, He Yufeng gradually introduced the topic to Yumei: "Yumei, you will be 18 years old after the New Year?
Li Aihua's heart suddenly became alert, but his face remained silent, "Don't worry, the second and third girls in the family are still young, I am ready to stay for two more years and let the eldest girl help me, at least before the eldest daughter-in-law enters the door, the eldest girl will not go out." ”
He Yufeng smiled charmingly, laughing so much that Li Aihua's goosebumps rose, and she secretly wondered: "Mom, why is this person laughing so much?"
He Yufeng is a long-time person, and he always unconsciously brings a hint of charm when he speaks and acts, most men eat this set very much, and He Yufeng is also very open. However, Li Aihua is just an ordinary peasant woman, and she doesn't understand the amorous feelings, and He Yufeng is completely flattering and thrown to the blind.
Yulan thought that He Yufeng had a strong smell of wind and dust, but she really didn't wronged her at all.
"Yes, before the girl got married, she was very expensive, and her father and mother were spoiled, so she came as willful as she wanted. Hey, I regret marrying early. He Yufeng began to complain that the girl who went out to work with him was not easy to bring.
"However," He Yufeng changed the topic, "although it is not easy to bring, I have finally lived up to the expectations of the villagers." ”
She listed the girls who followed her one by one, who earned tens of thousands of yuan a year, and the family was ready to build a house at the beginning of the year, and said these girls: "It's good for the little girl to see the world more, her vision is widened, and she will pick a rich man to marry in the future, and she will not wait to enjoy happiness in the second half of her life, and her family will also follow." ”
He Yufeng didn't say hello to Li Aihua earlier because she knew that Li Aihua's family owed a lot of debts, but whenever they could make money, their husband and wife were hot. A few years ago, she deliberately put all the money out for others to see, in addition to showing off, it also meant that Jiang Taigong took the bait for fishing wishes.
Chen Li's refusal surprised her, but she felt that Li Aihua and the others were not moved because they didn't have enough chips. So on the occasion of the New Year, she came by herself.
"Yes, it's all thanks to you and your wife. Li Aihua said insincerely.
He Yufeng looked at Li Aihua's not very enthusiastic look, and asked tentatively: "Does Aunt Hua have any arrangements for her sister? Are you going to keep her at home until she gets married?"
If Li Aihua was only vigilant before, he would immediately be on guard when he heard this again.
What does it mean? If you recruit workers, you will recruit workers, and what is the difference between recruiting more people and recruiting fewer people? What does it mean to hold on to my daughter?
Li Aihua suddenly had a conspiracy theory. Don't blame her for thinking too much, she has already made it clear that she refuses, He Yufeng is still entangled, this is interesting.
Li Aihua smiled, and He Yufeng suddenly couldn't figure out her thoughts. However, she did not achieve her goal and was unwilling to give up easily. So he said casually: "I heard that Yumei wants to go to work in a garment factory?
"It's not me bragging, those little girls who go to City D with me can earn at least two thousand yuan a month, and if you are diligent, it is not impossible to earn three or four thousand yuan a month. Have you ever thought about letting Yumei go to City D with me? Her hard work for a few months is worth a year of hard work for you and my Uncle Li. Besides, if you don't feel at ease, let my sister follow me, and I will take her personally, and I will bring it back to you in good condition at the end of the year?"
Li Aihua's smile faded, "Hey, I want to too." However, because I don't usually pay much attention to her, now she doesn't listen to me at all. I can do whatever I want, I don't bother to care. ”
casually found an excuse to send people away, Li Aihua went to watch the play with Yuzhu in her arms, and she had something in her heart, and she couldn't even get interested in the opera she loved to listen to in the past.
When the Yumei sisters returned home after having fun, they were pulled by Li Aihua to mention their faces, saying that He Yufeng had bad intentions and asked Yumei to stay away from her.
As soon as Yulan heard what A-Niang relayed, she felt that there was something wrong here.
She scratched her head, thinking carefully about what happened after Sister A went to City D, and she still didn't have a clue after thinking about it for a long time. The main reason is that she was young in the past, and she didn't understand anything, and besides, Sister Ah wouldn't say anything to her in the past, so now she wants to break her head, and her memory is still blank.
But one thing is certain: Chen Liansheng and his wife have intentions for Yumei!
Yulan even suspected that in her previous life, the husband and wife said that they were waiting for someone in the town, but in fact, it was Sister Ah who was waiting!
But Sister Ah has never been far away, and she has no friendship with the husband and wife, what is the other party planning?
For money is impossible, that is...... But it doesn't make sense, although Sister A is beautiful, she doesn't ask Mei about her beauty, she doesn't have He Xinya's innocence, and even He Axiu, who looks pitiful, is more attractive than Sister A.
Yulan couldn't help but make up a big drama of enmity and enmity that her father and mother and Chen Liansheng had to say.
Yulan couldn't help but shiver.
If she can't figure it out, she doesn't want to, anyway, Sister Ah has something to do now, and it is impossible to leave with others, no matter how much Chen Liansheng and his wife talk about lotus flowers, it is in vain.
On the other side, when He Yufeng returned home, Chen Liansheng asked eagerly: "Feng'er, how is it?"
He Yufeng asked Chen Liansheng suspiciously: "Didn't they all say that their family was very short of money? ”
Chen Liansheng disagreed, "It doesn't matter if her family doesn't make sense, she just agrees." She was eighteen years old and could be her own master. We left on the tenth day of the new year, and you have been close to her in the past few days. If she could be convinced, her family's opinion would not matter. ”
He Yufeng thought about it, and yes, how simple it is to coax these young girls who have never seen the world, it is not a matter for her.
Some people are ready to fool Yumei to work, and some people rack their brains to worry about Yumei's small business.
Zheng Yun was full of patience at this time, and made one promise after another to the little girl in a low voice, until her baby daughter Wu Yanyan, who cried sadly, burst into tears and laughed.
She bought more than a dozen dolls from Yumei, and her daughter and several female dolls from relatives each had one.
When she returned to her parents' house in the second year of junior high school, her daughter must take her favorite little dolphin doll with her, but it was just a trivial matter, and Zheng Yun agreed.
When Zheng Mei came home and brought the little bully Chen Mier, the two cousins quarreled over the little dolphin.
To be precise, Chen Mier bullied Wu Yanyan again.
Chen Mi'er took a fancy to her cousin's little dolphin at a glance, and wanted to exchange life and death with her.
Let's change it, Wu Yanyan was taught very well by Zheng Yun, obviously reluctant, but she still listened to her mother very much and agreed to change with Chen Mier.
Chen Mi'er had nothing to change, so she had an idea, grabbed a big orange from the fruit bowl and stuffed it into Wu Yanyan's arms, and replaced the little dolphin she had been holding.
Where is this exchange, this is clearly a clear robbery!
Wu Yanyan stood in place with oranges in both hands, and was stunned for a long time before she cried loudly!
Zheng Yun had no choice but to leave the daughter who was coaxing her in advance.
Zheng Mei saw that the eldest sister looked uneasy, thinking that she was here specifically for her today, and it was not good to offend people too hard, so she symbolically said two words to Chen Mi'er.
Chen Mi'er didn't feel pain, anyway, she knew that her mother was just making a show for others, and she was content to hold the little dolphin and show off to other children.
Zheng Yun shook his head, a four- or five-year-old child is the age to make rules, but Zheng Mei blindly indulges her daughter, making Chen Mi'er arrogant and domineering, and if she continues like this, sooner or later she will raise a scourge.
I had the heart to mention my little sister a few words, but the other party said, "I'm so good, I don't need you to do much", Zheng Yun stopped thinking.
Zheng Yun appeased her daughter, sent her to find her father, and then asked Zheng Mei, "Tell me something?"
Zheng Mei asked with a smile: "Sister, Mom said that you sold a lot of flowers a year ago, and the business is very good?"
Zheng Yun didn't answer, and asked her, "What are you asking for?"
Zheng Mei was mysterious, with the gesture of you telling me that I wouldn't tell others, and whispered: "Then where did you buy the goods from? Give me some evenly, and I'll try it in the store." ”
Zheng Mei opened a small grocery store in the village, with food and daily necessities, and it is not surprising that she wants to sell her first flowers.
Zheng Yun asked in surprise, "Isn't it sold in your village?" She knew that Yumei was from Nanping Village, which was very close to Hongguang Village, where Zheng Mei was located.
Yumei sells her head flowers to the town, so there is no reason why the shops in the village don't sell them?
What Zheng Yun didn't know was that Yumei also wanted to send some head flowers to the grocery store in the village to sell them on consignment at first, but considering that most of the people in the village knew each other, there were many people and too much gossip, so she simply gave it to the merchant, only focusing on the town, and planned to expand to the city after the year.
This is not a secret, Zheng Yun has nothing to hide, hearing Zheng Mei ask, Zheng Yun told the truth: "The little girl who delivered the goods to me is from Nanping Village next door to you, your house is not very close, just go and ask." ”
Zheng Mei is troublesome, there are dozens of families in a village, does she still ask one by one?
Zheng Yun gave her an idea, "They always have to buy fabrics to make hair flowers, right? Doesn't your husband and sister-in-law run a tailor shop? Ask your sister-in-law, maybe she knows." ”
Zheng Mei pouted, her sister-in-law has become more and more unreasonable recently, so she doesn't want to be bored. But then again, the two children are just conflicting, and it is also worthy of He Xiaoshuang to go online, there is something wrong!
After Zheng Yun told Zheng Mei where the source of goods came from, he threw the matter away.
Zheng Mei pondered in her heart.
The method of the head flower is so simple, if others can do it, she can do it too. Anyway, being idle is idle, and doing a head flower can also increase a profit, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat.
As for the style, it is not enough to go to the store and buy a few new models as samples. If the price is set a little lower, why worry about not being able to sell it?
Besides, there are so many rags in the sister-in-law's store that are thrown away as garbage every month, she can use them directly, and even the cost is saved.
The more Zheng Mei thought about it, the more she felt that this idea was really good, and she couldn't help but want to share it with Zheng Yun. It would be even better if I could move the eldest sister to take the goods from herself.
When Zheng Yun heard this, he refused without hesitation. She is not a short-sighted person, and she is willing to sign a contract with Yumei because of the new money that Yumei said will be added every month.
She also knows that there is no difficulty in making these things, and the fight is the materials, styles and workmanship.
The batch of goods provided by Yumei years ago is of good quality from any point of view. She is not so stupid, she doesn't choose good things, but chooses things that are good or bad.
And she knows very well that her sister is urine, and it's strange that she can make good things, and she doesn't want to smash her own signboard.
Zheng Mei didn't give up, she was still stalking, Zheng Yun was depressed: "I signed a one-year contract! The store is so big, I'm afraid that the ordered goods won't be sold out." Don't make trouble for me. ”
Zheng Mei disagreed, "What's the matter, just return the contract." ”
Zheng Yun looked at Zheng Mei, she really didn't know what to say, where did the mallet come from, and the contract could still be ruined? She glanced at her sister: "It's okay to break the contract, just lose money, are you out?"
Zheng Mei was cheeky: "Your family has a big business, do you still care about this little money?
Zheng Yun didn't want to speak, if she continued to talk, she couldn't help but want to slap her in the face, it was really shameless and shameful as she got older!
Zheng Mei couldn't convince Zheng Yun in the end, so she had to go home angrily, and made up her mind, as soon as she got home, she would go to her sister-in-law's rag head to come back first, and when the Lantern Festival came out, she started her money-making plan.