Shi Gui took the meat back, it was late at this time, and the vegetables to be bought had already been bought, and Mrs. Zheng didn't blame her, she called the grape helper, and while roasting the meat, she picked out the taste with chopsticks.

Shi Gui's mind was full of bamboo shoots for money, knowing that the grapes were tasting and secretly staring at her, and she didn't care about these, and when the bamboo shoots and roasted meat were on the table, she divided a piece and mixed rice with broth, but the bamboo shoots were enough, only the meat was less and the taste was insufficient.

Being able to eat rice, Shi Gui already felt fragrant, but Mrs. Zheng sighed: "This kind of rice, where have we eaten it in the old house, even in the famine year, we don't eat this, but here it is day by day, and the lard is blinded!"

Grandma Sun sandwiched a piece of meat the size of a hemp brand with chopsticks, stuffed direct oil into her mouth, and said while chewing: "How do you know, that miser who sucks lamp oil, wrapped one in the town, the flower girl loves to be pretty, the bustard asks for money, he is a big steward with sesame seeds, don't cut us, what to offer!"

Mrs. Zheng was startled: "Really, there is one in his family!" "They are all born in the family, who doesn't know whom, the king steward was sent out, and he also said that he was going to bring his family, but he didn't come with him, so this matter was put aside.

"The two taels of meat in the crotch, which * is with him, sit in the door, and it costs money to dip the chair!" "The grandmother snorted out of her mouth, the grapes turned her eyes and listened attentively, Shi Gui just lowered her head to pick up the rice, or the grandmother saw that she didn't take the meat, so she took a piece for her, a total of half a catty, and a few people were gone after a while.

Grape sucked chopsticks, eyes looked at the meat bowl, Zheng Pozi coughed, it's not that he can't eat meat, a few people's monthly money is still according to the old mansion, but no one knows how long to stay here, food and accommodation should not be paid for by themselves, just make up a meal or two, if you eat and cook by yourself, the king steward is even more unwilling to spend money to buy vegetables.

A big bowl of bamboo shoots and roast meat was eaten cleanly, several mothers-in-law watched Shi Gui take the soup and eat rice, but they couldn't make this poor and sour appearance, Shi Gui didn't care, after all, she was a newcomer, and she was born thin and small, her cheeks were sunken, and there was a famine in her stomach, she ate a lot, and no one laughed at her.

The rough girl is 200 yuan a month, and the grapes are the same as Shi Gui's hand, and when she is idle in the afternoon, Shi Gui tells the grapes that the bamboo shoots can be exchanged for money: "One pound can be exchanged for 12 Wen." ”

Grape listened to her heart moved, she recognized Mrs. Zheng as a godmother, is a good reliance, but also have to pay half a month's monthly money, a total of only two dollars of silver, and then hand over one money, the rest of the money is enough for what, she is the best, and love to buy flower cloth tailoring, the girl's family has a lot of problems, but the pocket flowers in her hands are only one hundred Wen, hearing Shi Gui say this, look at her: "What? You still have this idea." ”

Shi Gui smiled: "I just came, I haven't received the monthly money this month, I don't have anything except this clothes, I have to save a cloth shirt to change in." ”

"That's right, I don't have the old one for you. Grape eyes rolled and made up his mind, everything was available on the ship, even a box of incense powder

Zi thick beads, string handkerchiefs, scarves, and waist seals, everything must be there, what is missing is money, how can she be unhappy to have such a way.

There is no need for Shi Gui to burn Zheng Pozi's feet at night, the grapes are at home, and Zheng Pozi responds, it turns out that she is not very good, and the bamboo shoots are not born in her home, and there is not much work to do, so it is said that the people who follow her should be taken care of by her, Shi Gui does not know that she is willing to save clothes, makeup boxes and shoes by herself, it is better than her finding money to buy them for her.

The instep of the foot was raised and reached into the towel to dry the grapes, and reached out to pinch her nose: "Okay, you little ghost, but your idea?" Seeing the grapes nodding, he snorted: "It must be Shi Gui's idea, you have been here for more than two years, which year have you been thinking about it?"

The grapes were red, but thinking of the flowers, they laughed all over their faces: "Mom, think about it, we don't have any oil and water here, and if we don't make some money, we won't be able to eat meat." ”

In the old mansion, the pork is considered to be coarse, but it is considered a big meat here, and Mrs. Zheng should speak: "You two, don't make a noise about this." ”

Early in the morning of the second day, just after dawn, Shi Gui took the basket and went to the house, a basket filled with six or seven, wiped her hands and face and went back to help Zheng Pozi burn the stove, she settled down, she slept soundly last night, and got up at dawn, but the grapes slept late, and swore at night that she wanted to earn it a hundred Wen, and she couldn't get up at dawn.

Shi Gui loaded a basket of two and a half catties, changed thirty Wen, she just rested enough, followed to the Songzhu Jingshe at noon, the doorkeeper was the grandmother-in-law, she knew that Shi Gui's clothes were not collared, not even a piece of coarse soap, so angry that he scolded two fine ghosts, Shi Gui laughed: "The king is not there, and I don't bother him, I have changed the cloth at home, and I have to ask my mother to see what it looks like for me." ”

She smiled sweetly, and her grandmother opened the door for her, and there were not many things to take care of in this courtyard, there were some bamboo tables and bamboo beds, and she simply opened them and let her dig bamboo shoots inside: "When you are well, call me." ”

Bamboo this thing grows on the ground, and when it grows, it becomes bamboo, and no one in the forest takes care of it, and it is not a sparse bamboo, it is dense and tall, these are dug up, and the gardener has a heart.

Shi Gui felt that there was hope for the days, more than three times, less than once, no matter how little every day, he could save ten cents, lying in bed at night and dreaming, one or two silver per acre of land, if he really saved money, the family could buy land, and then build a new house, and the days were better, so he would replace the inferior field with the superior one, and redeem her as much as possible!

Shi Gui had hope, but the grapes only had three days of heat, and they all changed a total of thirty Wen, so he refused to do that rough work anymore, and he was sleepy after eating all day long, and he took a nap under the eaves after a while, where was he willing to run down the mountain.

The money Shi Gui saved was really changed to cloth, plain flowerless tide blue cloth, cut three feet, made a dress, and made a piece of cloth with the rest of the fraction, Shi Gui knew how to cut clothes, but took the cloth to knock on the door of his grandmother, bought some melon seeds, held the cloth and said that he wanted to learn to cut with her

Cut out.

Grandma Sun smiled when she saw her: "How old are you, you are about to learn tailoring, the one in your house, at this time, you can't even make a handkerchief." ”

Grape is lazy, Shiwen can buy four or five handkerchiefs, she refuses to do anything, when she came to buy her, she was diligent for a while, followed by just like the people here, see the sky is idle, she has a father, but she has not been here since she sold it, she is naked, the whole family is not hungry when she is full, there is no concern in her heart, and the days have to pass.

"I want to learn how to tailor clothes and make a little gown for my brother. Shi Gui has never said how the family is, grandma heard this sentence, but asked carefully, only then did she know that she was sold by the disaster at home, sighed a few pitiful words, Shi Gui said that the situation of locusts is two or three out of ten, and when it comes to gnawing people's ears, grandma sighed twice: "Those who suffer are some women's families." ”

While measuring her body, he said: "The strange road is going to be chaotic, and natural disasters are not coming." He also asked her where her home was, who was in the family, who would not be able to survive, who would sell her children and daughters, but she was sold at a young age, but when she heard the catastrophe, she sighed: "This is good, and the old house is not short of manpower." ”

The more there is no shortage of people, the more they will not think of them coming, and if they don't wait for the Song family to come to spend the summer, they can't stay for the rest of their lives, sigh for a while, and spread out the clothes of the preaching Shi Gui.

Originally, in the Shi family, adults don't know how to make clothes, Xizi's gown and pants are all made by Shi Gui, she didn't really learn to make clothes, she just wanted to be close to her grandmother's set, she looked at the door of the garden, and it was cheaper to go in and out of the back.

Grandma Sun first taught Shi Gui to write down the size, then spread the cloth on the table, felt out the □□ strip to draw the pattern, and had kung fu in her hands, and drew the sleeves and half of the body with a gesture, and put some for her: "I see that your cheeks have been round for only a few days, but you have to put some, don't wait for tomorrow years to not wear it." ”

"Mom still wants to get it, and I want to make another one with some leftovers. I made tea for her, and took out two sweet dates to brew in the tea, which tasted a little sweet and ate as sweet tea.

Shi Guiyang asked her grandmother to help cut clothes, Mrs. Zheng had nothing to say, but the grapes were not happy, Shi Gui was smart and diligent, anyone with eyes could see it, and she was in a room, but when she didn't stop, she first felt that she was a playmate, and then looked at where it was a playmate, full of eyes flying, selling bamboo shoots and drying tender bamboo leaves, her own family could not afford to eat tea, and the tender bamboo leaves could also make tea and drink when they were dried.

On this day, Shi Gui hugged the clothes and came back by himself to string the threads and sew the cuffs, and the grapes and clothes were lying on the bed, and when he saw her come in, he said: "Two legs can't wait to be eight legs, why are you willing to rest today?"

Shi Gui knew that she was dissatisfied every day, laughed again, grabbed a handful of fried goods, grapes love to eat these, but this thing is expensive, Shi Gui does not buy it, in addition to satisfying the cravings, it is either given to the grandchildren of Zheng's mother-in-law, and most of the rest goes into the belly of the grapes.

Grape snorted: "You should also be more restrained, this is the king's steward is not there no one to say about you, he can treat every grass and leaf in this garden as his own, knowing that you exchange the things in the house for money, see if he beats you." ”

The good didn't say, but the bad one worked, the king steward lived in the town for more than ten days, and when he came back, he bumped into Shi Gui carrying an empty basket up the mountain, the king steward was born with thin eyes and a concave face, a mouse look, lying on his back, no longer like a steward, coughed and asked: "What is missing in the house?