Shi Gui's eyes were red and he cried, and there were fewer tears since he hit the ground, how could he bear it, but the tears stopped faster than Qiu Niang, and he patted her back and comforted her: "Mother don't cry, I'm not good." ”

Qiu Niang cried after seeing her, knowing that she was indeed not cold and hungry, and her heart felt better, if she suffered, she was afraid that she would faint at this time, and she was not at ease when she saw the hands and face exposed outside, and rubbed the back of her arm back and forth, knowing that her body was not injured, and she was relieved of her breath.

Someone came to Shi Gui's house, and Chunyan brought out a lot of snacks and fruits, in addition to the bayberry orange slices, apricots, peaches and melon kernels eaten in the ordinary house, as well as two plates of white cherries and white mulberries, and cut two white melons.

Qiu Niang didn't think that her daughter would be a girl and still have these things to take out to entertain guests, but she was taken aback, even if there was no such way to eat in the countryside during the New Year, she shrank her hands and feet and couldn't help but look at her daughter, but she didn't know what to say.

Qiu Niang has always been honest and tame, seeing Shi Gui took the plate and thanked the light bamboo, and asked her to say goodbye to Chunyan, boiled tea and poured water for them, and peeled melon kernels and walnuts and put them on the plate and handed them over to eat, I only felt that my daughter was different from when she was at home.

"Why don't you just look at it and don't eat it. Shi Gui knew that Qiu Niang was restrained, so he took one and fed it to her mouth: "Mother, eat it, I will also be affectionate with these." ”

Qiu Niang opened her mouth and swallowed one, but she couldn't swallow it, she deserved two sounds in her mouth, and the tears that were about to fall were endured, chewing walnuts and pulling her to sigh, her father and mother were not around, she was not thoughtful everywhere, and thanked Danzhu again, and then talked about family affairs.

Shi Gui sold the more than four taels of silver, came in handy, the family eased up, the stone's back injury will be raised, Xizi's cough is also cured, Qiu Niang went out to pick tea, the family did not raise silkworms this year, only planted rice, and returned to the original home to weave silk, just get paid.

Shi Gui sighed in his heart when he heard it, there was not much silk in this place, if there were silkworms this year, they would definitely be able to sell at a high price, but these two were used to being honest, and they were afraid of silkworm stiffness, and the matter of saving money to buy a loom flower building would not be successful.

Shi Gui didn't think that in the early years of the harvest, he sold his fields and houses, and the family moved to the town to live, and he could do some small business.

But when people left their homeland, they heard that someone in the village had gone out to make money, and they only sighed that other families had smart brains, but they didn't think about earning it themselves.

Since they can come and go, Shi Gui wants to slowly persuade them, she also wants to open up a wealth road in her own house, and the flowers can't pinch the bamboo shoots and will go down the market.

Qiu Niang saw that her daughter was eating well and dressing well, but she didn't speak, Shi Gui was busy before and after, and persuaded to eat and drink, and when she saw Qiu Niang sitting dry and didn't speak, she stopped and hit her: "Why don't you bring Xizi too." ”

"When he's older, I'll bring him to see you. Qiu Niang touched her, shook off a muslin dyed skirt in the package, and compared it to Shi Guibi, it was at this time that she wore it, and this was the time when the family had extra money, so she wanted to tailor clothes for her.

Shi Gui asked again if she had received Xizi's gown, Qiu Niang easily put away her tears, and her nose was sour: "It's always difficult for you to be outside, and you still want to make these things." ”

The daughter of the Liu family in the village, it turned out to be a girl, the family built a house and bought land, and they all became rich, so they ransomed their daughter, and now Shi Gui was sold into the Song family, which is better than the original Liu family's girl as an errand person, and the pantothenic acid in the village one by one, watching Chen Niangzi send things back, said that a golden osmanthus flower bloomed from the crack in the stone, and the Shi family did not see it to be developed.

Where can Qiu Niang stand this, the stone is stuffy and working, she is washing and working at home, and when she heard other passers-by, she chewed twice, and she slammed the door angrily and scolded: "Which family in the village has not suffered a disaster, the same is to sell her daughter, my girl will always come back one day!"

Qiu Niang has never blushed with anyone, and the scolding is not loud, and the stone is even the same, it is done to throw off her arms and work, and the scolding fight will not be touched, but Yu Pozi is sitting by the door basking in the sun and chewing the root of her tongue: "After eating these many years of idle food, she should be compensated." ”

turned around and scolded Shi Gui for having no conscience, everyone has something, but she is a little worse, knowing that they are going to the town, she said a few hundred words, and asked Qiu Niang to pull some good things back with her.

Shi Gui didn't expect that there would be a comparison with his daughter who sold his daughter, knowing that Qiu Niang was not happy, so he only pretended to be Xingxing and asked Xizi if he had gone to study. Xizi is five years old, it's not too late to follow the study at this time, there are rules for reading in the village, and classes are released when the farm is busy, Yao Fuzi has been in the village for many years, and the students are getting less and less, and Xizi used to study, which should be a happy thing.

Shi Gui said several times when he left, it turned out that the family said that if Xizi should be allowed to study in the past, he would be the best in the future, not to mention being a big official, he would always be exempt from paying taxes, and if he was not there, he would be able to read some words in the village.

Since it was Shi Gui's selling money, she asked according to what she said, but Yu Pozi couldn't stop it if she wanted to, she also thought that Qiu Niang could give birth to two more, and she would be a laborer in the future, and she was not such a wealthy family that could provide her children with education.

This time, Qiu Niang was angry, but she still couldn't read it: "Master Yao fell ill at the beginning of spring, and the school was suspended." "The class has been interrupted a long time ago, I can't eat enough, and I still want to study, Master Yao is about to be bad, and he writes letters to and from the county for many days, and he hasn't sent another teaching.

Mrs. Yu was proud, saved a bunch of money for repair, and shouted that she wanted to tear the cloth to make longevity clothes for herself, Qiu Niang was so angry that she cried at night, but she refused to sell Shi Gui's money, so she went out to pick tea and used the money to make longevity clothes for Mrs. Yu.

When she came to the city this time, she said that she was going to tear the cloth, and when she saw that she had the cloth money, she wanted to beat two silver hairpins, and said that she was going to press the coffin for her, and there was no taboo in her mouth, saying that she was half buried in the loess, and there was nothing to say.

But I couldn't tell Shi Gui this kind of speech, so I only told her that the village was much better, but it didn't take two years to slow down, and sighed again: "Wait for a few more years of money, I will redeem you, and return home, no matter how good the life is, you have to look at the eyes and eat." ”

Shi Gui buried his face in front of Qiu Niang's placket, he hadn't been so coquettish for many years, Qiu Niang held her in his arms and couldn't stop patting, Shi Gui asked some words about how the family made a living, and after saying two sentences, he turned around and asked them if they had been to the city, and said that they went out on holiday on March 3, and saw all kinds of playthings: "The water mill dumplings are not as good as the stuffing wrapped in the mother's bag, but a bowl costs ten cents, and it can be sold by a stall, like what our family made during the New Year, and it can also be sold for hundreds of bowls." ”

Qiu Niang only thought that she was a child, and it was not easy to go to the city to beg for a living, and she also thought that she was a glutton: "I only remember to make clothes for you, but I didn't think about making some food." She glanced at her husband as she spoke, and then she laughed again, looked at the old man, who was still a child, and touched her cheek: "Your father will run the boat with people to carry wood in the future, thinking that he can always come to see you." ”

Shi Gui frowned when he heard this, it doesn't take a day or two to run a boat, Qiu Niang is at home alone, and she has to take care of Tian and take care of the children, how can she be busy, not to mention that there is a picky Yu mother-in-law, the stone is not there, Qiu Niang has to be rubbed by her more and more.

As soon as Qiu Niang saw her frowning, she knew what she was thinking, and gently touched her: "Niang picked tea and saved some money, when we come back, you will take a day off, take a walk in the city, and take you to eat water mill dumplings." pinched her cheek: "Little glutton, I'll give you minced meat." ”

Shi Gui was waiting to say more, the grapes outside called her, saying that they had left food for her, and brought it to her, and before she entered the door, she saw Qiu Niang hugging Shi Gui, Shi Gui leaned on Qiu Niang, and Qiu Niang shook her like a little doll.

Grape put the food box on the ground, turned around and went back, Shi Gui then remembered that the grapes were sold by her stepmother, so she never wanted to go home.

Shi Gui carried the food box, and at first glance it was made rough on the stove, and the craftsman ate in a pot, fortunately, there was a bowl of fried sauce, she scooped two bowls and put them out, full of a spoonful of sauce, Qiu Niang was still about to push: "I still have it, just work in the kitchen, where can I be hungry." ”

Saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and pinched up a handful of meat: "Look at how strong I am, the master's house here is good, the sister from the old mansion said, Mrs. is a good and good person, bought from outside, as long as my parents open their mouths, they are willing to let it go." ”

Shi Gui is not sure, but he said it and coaxed Qiu Niang, she was gone, and Yu Pozi didn't know how to treat her harshly, so she turned around and ran back to take out the money she had saved, and gave it all to Qiu Niang: "Mother take it, this is given by my sister above, when can I wear this, give it to my mother." ”

This bracelet is only hanging on Qiu Niang's wrist for a while, as long as it falls into the eyes of the mother-in-law when she goes back, she will definitely take it, Qiu Niang also thinks about it, she pinched the bracelet and glanced at her husband, sighed, Shi Gui smiled: "It's good to keep it as a capital, like those boatmen under the mountain, and the goods are all over the boat." ”

She talked about some business experience, but she didn't think about it, but said that there were people in the village who came out to sell goods, and told Shigui that in the summer, she followed the group of people who picked tea to the flower field to pick flowers.

This is not more than picking tea, but you don't have to stay under the nose of Yu Pozi every day, it really tosses people, Qiu Niang is Yu Pozi's opponent, even Xizi She doesn't take care of it, Shi Gui knows that his younger brother is in Bai Da Niang's house, and he breathes a sigh of relief, Bai Da Niang's son and daughter are all very good, in their family, it is better than following Yu Po Zi to listen to faint words every day.

The two mothers spoke, but Shi sat on the side without saying a word, Shi Gui pulled Qiu Niang's hand, and Qiu Niang stroked her head: "Your father feels sorry for you." ”

Shi Gui bit his lip, held back his tears, and sniffed: "When I go back, my father will carry me to the market." That was when she was a child, when she was four or five years old, Qiu Niang hugged Xizi, the stone carried her, and the family went to the market together, and when she heard this, Qiu Niang promised repeatedly: "Okay, I will buy you sugar and pour red fruits to eat." ”

Since noon said that it was going to be evening, then I knew that they had to take a night boat back, Shi Gui was in a hurry to go to the stove to wrap steamed buns, and brought them the pickled bamboo shoots he made, and said that he would come again every three or five months, and sent them all the way down the mountain, Kong Niangzi knew that it was Shi Gui's father, but let them take a boat, Shi Gui stood at the ferry, stretched his neck and watched the boat shake away a little bit, the water surface was sparkling with golden waves, and the shadow became a small black spot, she went back.

When I opened the package, I saw a handful of money and a silver bracelet stuffed inside, which was the one given by Chunyan, Qiu Niang still stuffed it back, Shi Gui held the clothes, and the eyes were hot and about to cry, so I quickly endured it, sat on the edge of the bed, pinched the silver bracelet and looked at it for a long time, and reached out to put it on my wrist.