Next, the husband and wife went to He Jianjun's house again, and the next morning they went to Huo Jianfeng with a small cake to repay the money.

Qi Shufang hurriedly picked out a few handkerchiefs with fewer flaws and brought them on.

She doesn't like the feeling of being in debt, and it's easy to pay it off early, but the debt can't be repaid for the time being!

Zhou Guohong was not at home, Huo Jianfeng and Old Man Huo were there, and the father and son received cakes and two handkerchiefs, and refused to accept the money. He Jianguo threw the handkerchief wrapped in money on the Huo family's coffee table, pulled Qi Shufang to run away from the door, and slipped away quickly on a bicycle, leaving only his back to Huo Jianfeng, who chased out the door with the money, and reproduced Huo Jianfeng's behavior when he sent money.

Huo Jianfeng's money was finally returned, but Old Man He's was unsuccessful.

The money given by Old Man He was more than 70 yuan, but He Jianguo and Qi Shufang did not move at all, and when they returned it to Old Man He in private, Old Man He insisted on not wanting to, "When you go to Shanghai, all the money in your hands is spent, right? It is clothes and shoes, and cakes and biscuits, and you are too big and big! The famine has not yet been repaid." If you two give me this money again, I don't want clothes and shoes, you can unload it to others, dozens of yuan, enough for you to live for a year. ”

Dozens of dollars for a year? Others can do it, the original owner can also do it, only Qi Shufang can't do it. She didn't use money in that era, she didn't have any concept of money, she just felt that buying what she should buy was not a squander.

They bought a Mao suit and two pairs of liberation shoes for Old Man He, who didn't like to wear leather shoes before, so he didn't buy them.

He Jianguo had no choice but to take it back and handed it over to Qi Shufang. It's okay, this trip costs a lot of money, and the money in Qi Shufang's hand is only one hundred and ten yuan, and the more than seventy yuan is left for her, so she can rest assured when she goes out.

Counting this money and the money that was refunded and made up for the underpayment, Qi Shufang still had more than 570 left in his hand, including 500 that He Jianguo didn't know.

I don't feel distressed when I buy something, but now I settle the account, and I feel so distressed!

"Jianguo, you can install those chairs. When she got home, the first thing Qi Shufang remembered was the dismantled chair in the sack in the corner of the wall, "These things you bought are really antiques? ”

"Ten ** is true, I used to learn a little bit from the teacher. The jewelry box is from the Ming Dynasty, but there are traces of Qing Dynasty modifications, and the flap has been inlaid with mirrors, but unfortunately it has been pried off. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty, red sandalwood became scarce because of excessive felling, and in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the red sour branches with similar colors to red sandalwood were used as furniture. He Jianguo dragged the sack to the bright place, found the tools, and assembled the chair with a clang.

"What about this?" Qi Shufang pointed to the pastel porcelain jar placed on the chest of drawers.

He Jianguo took a look, "This is the official kiln porcelain of the Qing Dynasty and the Yongzheng period." You wash these two jars, whatever they contain, don't put them outside to attract people's eyes. The pastel is good-looking, and people will definitely ask when they see it. ”

Qi Shufang agreed, and took out the cups, plates, and bowls in the drawer, "What about these?

"Oh, I have limited learning, and there are a few that can determine the date, some from the Ming Dynasty and some from the Qing Dynasty. However, one of the plates and a teacup is not sure, a bit like a high imitation of the Republic of China, you have to ask the teacher specifically. The chair is from the Qing Dynasty and is a popular style in Jiangnan. He Jianguo quickly assembled the chair, wiped off the dust, and placed it in the bedroom.

"Wait!" Qi Shufang suddenly remembered the miscellaneous notes she had read, "The eyes of the masses are bright. I think you'd better tear down the chair and let's hide the wood. When the wind is not tight, assemble the chair and use it. ”

"You didn't say it earlier, wait until I finished it, it's in vain!" He Jianguo depressedly disassembled the chair that had just been assembled.

Qi Shufang stuck out her tongue, "I didn't expect it just now!"

Under her command, He Jianguo stuffed all the dismantled wood under the bed, and even the jewelry boxes were dismantled and put together, with sacks underneath, and the precious wood had a unique fragrance and was not harmed by insects and ants.

He Jianguo, who came out from under the bed, was covered with dust and cobwebs, especially the cobwebs on the top of his head, Qi Shufang was so funny that he reached out and picked it off, and then boiled hot water for him to wash his face and hair, just after taking care of it, Shen Er's grandfather came in from outside tremblingly, "Jianguo, do you have any extra new clothes?" Unload one for me, and I will give a lot of money." ”

"What's the matter?" Qi Shufang put the towel on the clothesline, looking surprised.

Oh, she said that she forgot about something, it turned out that this was the case, she was busy early in the morning, she forgot to watch the follow-up development of Shen Erdan's bloody case, and she didn't know how Shen Yaowu was doing now.

Second Grandpa Shen didn't mention Shen Yaowu's fight, with a little excited look on his face, "Erdan's family thinks that I am a lonely old man very pitiful, otherwise I won't ask the leader for support, so I decided to give me martial arts as my granddaughter and give me a pension to die." I'm happy, I have no children and no daughters, and when I'm about to die, I have a big granddaughter, can I be happy? If the martial arts chief is so old and hasn't worn a new dress, I want to buy you a new dress for her to wear, so that everyone in the production team knows that Wu will not suffer if he follows me. ”

When Second Grandpa Shen spoke, his mouth that had lost all his teeth couldn't close with a smile.

Hearing this news, Qi Shufang was taken aback and felt incredible, and then felt that Shen Erdan was really shrewd, and Shen Erdan had no descendants, but he had three hundred yuan from the leader in his hand!

Moreover, the commune held a meeting to criticize Shen Er's grandfather, and at the end of the meeting, in order to make the state cadres very concerned about the lives of the peasants at the bottom, the cadres of the commune, the branch secretaries, captains, accountants and others of various production brigades donated more than 30 yuan and more than 100 catties of coarse and fine grain to Shen Er's grandfather.

This is what Qi Shufang later heard Wang Chunling say, and she chattered many times, saying that He Jiandang donated two yuan.

Wang Chunling usually has to break every penny in half to spend, and two yuan is really more painful for her than cutting meat.

It is not easy to be the captain of the production team, Shen Erdan's move not only sweeps the unfavored eldest daughter out of the house, but also does not let the fat water flow into the fields of outsiders, maybe he can also have a good reputation.

When Shen Erdan's wife and Shen Lingling beat Shen Yaowu, Qi Shufang noticed that Shen Erdan did nothing, but scolded Shen Yaowu with his son Shen Jiaojiao with a girl's name. However, when Shen Yaowu turned defeat into victory and beat Shen Lingling, Shen Erdan and his wife stepped forward to pull Shen Yaowu at the same time, Shen Erdan also gave Shen Yaowu a few blows on the head, and the sound of the slap falling on the top of Shen Yaowu's head was louder than the sound of Shen Yaowu beating Shen Lingling, and Shen Jiaojiao applauded. If someone hadn't come in to pull the fight, and Shen's second grandfather would have also come, the isolated Shen Yaowu would definitely have bad luck.

Qi Shufang opened the cabinet and took out a long-sleeved shirt, with pomegranate flowers in light foundation, bright colors and beautiful patterns, Shen Er's grandfather was very happy, he took it in his hand and looked at it again, expressed his satisfaction, and said with a twist: "Shufang, can you make up a dress?" Yao Wu followed me home last night, and I have to let Yao Wu live a good life. ”

"The pants are gone, so this time I brought two pairs of polyester pants. Seeing a trace of disappointment flashing on Shen's second grandfather's face, Qi Shufang hurriedly said: "But half of the blue labor cloth is left, enough to make a pair of pants, do you want it?"

With the help of Director Mao, she bought a perfect labor cloth, and she didn't like it very much if it was dyed unevenly.

At that time, it was convenient to settle accounts, she bought ten feet of labor cloth, in fact, others only asked her to bring five feet, so there were still five feet left, others thought she was bringing it for others, so she didn't ask for it, if she knew that she bought it, she would definitely not be able to keep it now.

"I want it!" Second Grandpa Shen couldn't wait to speak, asked for the price, paid fourteen yuan to Qi Shufang, hugged the clothes and fabrics and went home happily, and stuffed it into Shen Yaowu's arms, "Baby, look at the new shirt I asked Shufang bought, Shufang said that this red color is better than the little yellow flower you burned." The labor cloth is blue, and it will definitely look better than black pants when it is done. Shufang also asked me to bring you two handkerchiefs, saying that they were bought in Shanghai and given to you. ”

Shen Yaowu stared blankly at the new shirt, labor cloth, and handkerchief, and cried with a wow.

Second Grandpa Shen was at a loss, "Baby, what's wrong with you? Why are you crying when you see new clothes? If you don't like this kind of tricks, I'll go find Shufang to change into other clothes?"

"No...... Grandpa, I'm moved. I used to wear my father's and mother's old clothes, three years of the new, three years of the old, another three years of sewing and mending, and I had to borrow clothes when I met people. Shen Yaowu hugged the things in his arms tightly, "My father and my mother feel that I am ashamed, and they are becoming more and more eccentric Lingling, don't want me, I don't want them! I will work hard to earn work in the future, I will find someone who can leave the household registration in our production team, and I will provide for my grandfather!"

"Okay, good!" Is he a successor? Second Grandpa Shen touched the top of his granddaughter's head, and his heart was full of joy.

Shen Yaowu wiped his tears fiercely with the back of his hand, revealing a resolute expression, "Grandpa, it's almost noon, I'll cook, let's have a good meal, I won't go to work today, I'll dig wild vegetables after dinner, and make wild vegetable paste at night." "Second Grandpa Shen is old, toothless, and has to eat mush three times a day, she has long remembered it.

Second Grandpa Shen nodded vigorously, "Okay." You go to cook, you have enough food, don't be reluctant to eat, I will use the wood I saved before to make a bed for you, so that you can save the floor like yesterday. ”

Shen Yaowu came over yesterday and slept in a thatched pile with his clothes, which made Shen's second grandfather feel distressed.

Shen Er's grandfather is willing to ask Shen Yaowu, and Shen Yaowu is also willing to be his granddaughter, the procedures for succession are very simple, as long as Shen Yaowu's household registration is moved to Shen Er's grandfather's name, the household registration is handwritten, and Shen Erdan is the captain, so it is easy to change it.

Shen Yaowu wore the torn clothes on his body and lived at Shen Er's grandfather's house, and he couldn't take anything with him.

"Baby, don't be sad, I have money, and the money in my hand will be spent for you in the future. Second Grandpa Shen saw Shen Yaowu's red eyes, and knew that she was because Shen Erdan did not hesitate to change her household registration.

When he got home, he beckoned to Shen Yaowu, then reached under a big bed he snatched from the landlord's house, took out a crockpot, and poured out a small pile of silver dollars, shining silver, under Shen Yaowu's shocked gaze, he said with a smile: "Don't be quiet, don't follow those fools, donate everything to the country." This is what I used to save from doing long-term work in the landlord's house, a total of twenty-eight yuan heads, I haven't taken them out for decades, and when the wind is not tight, I will take this yuan head to you to wear a bracelet. ”

Shen Yaowu hesitated, "Grandpa, it is the obligation of every member to support the construction of the country, and the country does not accept it for free. I heard that when the silver dollar is taken to the bank in the city, a silver dollar can be exchanged for one dollar. ”

"Silly baby, the money is gone when it is spent, we are not short of money now, and Yuan Datou can be stored, of course Yuan Datou is good. ”

Second Grandpa Shen put the silver dollars back into the clay pot piece by piece, sealed the mouth of the can, stuffed it under the bed again, and told Shen Yaowu: "Listen to me, don't think about donating or redeeming huàn, you will know how correct my decision is in the future." ”

"Well, I remember, I don't go. If I go, some people must think that we have more Yuan Datou in our hands. I remember that the big head mother's family is a rich peasant, the big head used to respond to the national policy, actively support the construction of the country, the big head and his grandmother gave her a dowry of gold and silver jewelry and silver dollars, a few years ago caused many people to go to the big head grandmother's house to raid the house, I heard that they all dug three feet into the ground, said that the big head of the grandmother hidden things, the big head grandmother was angry to death. ”

Second Grandpa Shen nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, that's it, you must remember that it is the truth that wealth is not exposed." ”

Speaking of this, Second Grandpa Shen continued: "Look at it, the two people of Jianguo are stupid, they spend money lavishly, go to Shanghai to play, buy things and come back, their wealth is exposed, someone must come to borrow money." ”

In the words of the old man.

When Shen Yaowu changed his household registration to the name of Shen's second grandfather, Ma Yanling's mother went to He Jianguo to borrow money.

The surnames of the He Lou Brigade are He, Shen, and Zhan, but there are also a few other surnames that have moved from elsewhere and settled down, and there are only one or two families with one surname, and the Ma family is one of the small surnames.

Qi Shufang said that she had no money, but Aunt Ma didn't believe it, and begged: "Shufang, you can be merciful and lend me a hundred yuan." Your family is so rich, you have a coat, a bicycle, and a watch, and you have been to Shanghai for a few days, and you have bought a large bag of things, how can you have no money? When I marry my daughter-in-law and receive the gift money, I will send you the money. ”

100 yuan? 100 yuan, that's too much, right?

"Aunt Ma, it's not that I don't borrow, it's really that I don't have any money. If you come to borrow it before me and Jianguo go out, we have a few dollars in our hands at that time, and we can lend you some of it, but now we really don't have any. I spent a lot of money with Jianguo in Shanghai for a few days, and the money in my hand was spent completely, and I was about to ask someone to lend money to Jianguo for the travel expenses!" Qi Shufang did have money in her hands, and the amount was not small, but a large amount of money was not told to He Jianguo, and He Jianguo only knew that she had more than seventy yuan in her hand that Old Man He did not want.