Chapter 3 Life and Struggle
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And Su Sheng'er was stunned for a moment after hearing it, and then there was a sound, it turned out that the embroidery needle in her hand almost pierced her fingers, she opened her mouth cutely, and then said: "Wen, what I said is money!"
Chen Guyu still didn't understand, his memory was lost, but fortunately, some living habits remained, at least he knew how to eat, how to speak, he also knew the books he had read before, and he knew that he always spent money for a few taels or tens of taels: "What's the matter with the silver taels...... Shouldn't it be a few dozen taels?"
Su Sheng'er looked extremely helpless, and finally held her forehead with her hand, and she didn't even care about the silk and satin in her hand: "I understand, it seems that you must have been a big man before, so you didn't even know this...... Let's put it this way, one tael of silver is equal to a consistent amount of silver, and a consistent amount of silver is a thousand wen, which is the income and expenditure of a family of three for nearly a month, as for my one, it only takes about a few hundred wen a month, not even one or two pieces of silver. ā
She pursed her lips and finally smiled, "You understand, eldest young master!"
Hearing her slightly ridiculous title, Chen Guyu smiled awkwardly, understanding how stupid the question he asked was, and hesitated and said, "Then how much money is left at home now?"
He said it very naturally, especially when it came to home, maybe for Chen Guyu now, this place he saw at first glance when he woke up had been regarded as a harbor in his heart, his memory was blank, and he urgently needed something to fill the emptiness of loneliness, as for Su Sheng'er, in his heart, I am afraid that he is also a very important person.
Su Sheng'er didn't hear anything, just stretched out her fingers and counted cutely, and said with some distress: "It's only a few dozen wen...... I finished accepting these silk satins tonight, and I will sell them tomorrow, and I should be able to earn dozens of yuan, and I am cooking in Luofu, and last night the lady in Luofu just gave birth to a girl, and the lord is happy, and he may be able to raise some money. ā
She spoke carefully, carefully planned, although life seemed a little embarrassing, but still optimistic and upward.
After speaking, she immediately lowered her head and continued to sew and mend, obviously not wanting to waste time, Chen Guyu looked at her and didn't bother, just looked at it for a while and closed her eyes.
The room fell silent again, neither of them spoke, the candle flame swayed gently, there was no wind, but the flow of air still swayed slightly on the wall with the cast back, and gradually, even the sound of the maiden dragging the cloth became softer.
When Chen Guyu woke up, he looked out of the window, the sky was still dark, although he didn't know the time, but he thought it was not dawn, the winter morning came very late, he looked back at the square table, only to find that Su Sheng'er was lying there with a cloth and fell asleep, her little face was quiet, she could still see the fatigue in the depths, she was wearing that cotton skirt, but she still looked thin, it should be cold......
Chen Guyu stood up and wanted to carry her to the bed, he had slept enough, he couldn't keep occupying the bed, but after hesitating, he didn't make a move, just picked up the small quilt from the bed, gently covered Su Sheng'er, and then extinguished the candlelight.
The room fell into darkness, and Su Sheng'er gently changed the way she lay on her stomach, but she didn't wake up and slept more deeply.
"Oh~"
After some time, a loud rooster crow broke the silence of the town, and then, as the big roosters raised by each family responded to each other, the sky gradually brightened.
Animals always wake up earlier than people, the sound of chickens and dogs barking has become the most noisy sound in the early morning of Ninghai City, until a while later, only a few people in a hurry came out of the house wearing thick clothes, the day is getting colder and colder, the deep winter is coming, the year is approaching, and the year is going to pass.
In the bright morning light, Su Sheng'er also slowly opened her eyes, with a little hazy, she opened her small mouth and yawned gently, and then her hand reached back, and she touched the quilt, and the whole person was stunned for a moment.
When she looked at the bed, she found that there was no one there, it was cold, Su Sheng'er frowned, as if she thought of something, and hurriedly stood up.
At this time, the door of the house opened, and Chen Guyu walked into the house in the pale sunlight, holding a bowl of bread in his hand, and said with a smile: "Are you awake?"
Su Sheng'er squinted, and waited until the door was closed to slowly adapt, and when she saw Chen Guyu's appearance, she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I thought you were ...... So you're going to do this?"
Chen Guyu nodded: "I see that you are too tired, I will make this breakfast, you can also rest for a while, I just don't know if it is delicious or not......"
Chen Guyu paused, remembered the way the girl wanted to speak and stopped talking before, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I thought it was ...... You're gone......"
"Gone?" Chen Guyu was slightly stunned, saw the empty bed, and understood, "I just slept full, and then woke up and saw you sleeping here, a little cold, so I added a quilt to you, and slept comfortably, right?"
"Hmm. ā
Su Sheng'er's face was a little complicated: "Thank you." ā
Chen Guyu thought for a while and said, "You don't want to drive me away, do you......"
Su Sheng'er shook her head: "Naturally not, has your memory recovered?"
"No, I can't remember it at all. ā
"Then you can stay here first. Su Sheng'er said slowly, "You can't remember the past, so let you leave like this, I'm not at ease, I finally rescued you!"
She looked at a child, which made Chen Guyu smile helplessly, and always had a feeling of being looked down upon: "I'm afraid that one more person in the family will not have enough money." ā
Su Sheng'er is quite optimistic: "It's okay, I can make more satin, and when it comes to the beginning of spring, it should be much better." ā
"Then I'll go find a job too, it's not good to eat and drink for nothing. ā
Chen Guyu smiled and put the dough cake on the table, and then sat down together, at this moment, the morning light is getting stronger and stronger, shining into the small room, looking closely, you can see the floating dust in the air, real and comfortable, let him feel slightly at ease.
What a kind girl, she took herself in, and in the future, she can have a home.
Chen Guyu thought happily, picked up a dough cake and handed it to Su Sheng'er.
Su Sheng'er took it and took a small bite: "Well, it tastes good, have you learned it before?"
"I don't know, but I think I've learned it, and when I was in the kitchen, I naturally remembered it. ā
"That's good, I know the shopkeeper of a restaurant, tell him when the time comes, and your job will be settled." ā
"Heh, that's natural, just today, there are only a few dozen dollars at home......"
"No, you have to recuperate first, why do you have to recuperate for a few more days if you catch a cold, and then go out when you get better!"
"Ah, don't......"
"Humph!"
Under the power of the girl, Chen Guyu, who was already like an ox, finally rested for a few more days, but fortunately, Su Sheng'er also knew that no matter how serious her illness was, she couldn't always be kept in bed, and when the sun was warm, Chen Guyu moved a stool and sat outside the house, squinting at the blue sky in winter.
In those days of recuperation, Chen Guyu also gradually heard about Su Sheng'er's situation from the neighbors of the people, she was an orphan, her parents died early, leaving her only two rooms, fortunately, the girl has been very independent since she was a child, and with the help of neighbors such as Uncle Wang and Grandma Li, she was able to support herself, and later grew up, relying on her natural good cooking skills, she entered the famous Luofu, and she also made some brocade to sell for money on weekdays, and her life is getting better and better.
Those Uncle Wang and Grandma Li, who came and went, also knew from Su Sheng'er that the young man sitting outside the house should actually be regarded as a young man, a poor man rescued from the water, homeless, Su Sheng'er took him in, recognized him as a younger brother, and became a family.
Those old uncles and old ladies naturally said: "Alas, Sheng'er, you are always so kind, there is no problem with this person......"
"No, Grandma Li, don't worry, he's not a bad person, and he has forgotten everything, he will be our person here in the future, I'll take him to the government office in a few days to register." ā
Grandma Li was relieved, although Su Sheng'er was kind, she had been a person since she was a child, and she could best distinguish between good and evil, so there was no need to worry about this. And gradually, Chen Guyu also got to know these old people who lived not far away, pacing a few steps in the alley when they had nothing to do, sometimes helping them mend the house, putting away their clothes when it rained, and the relationship between them was getting better and better, at least when Chen Guyu walked out of the house, sometimes the old man passed by and said kindly: "Gu Yu, are you helping your sister cook again?"
"Yes, grandma went to the vegetable patch?"
"Alas, it's too cold, I'm afraid I'm going to freeze, so I don't worry about going to see it again. ā
Chen Guyu smiled and nodded. As for why he became a younger brother, he naturally asked.
"Sheng'er, why did you become my sister?"
With a few days of getting along, plus becoming a family, the problem of calling is nothing, unlike Chen Guyu's casual remarks on the first day, which also provoked the girl's anger, the defense of men and women is still strict in this world, and it cannot be easily broken.
Whenever she heard Chen Guyu ask such a question, the girl smiled: "This is my home, you naturally want to call me sister, remember, it's Sister Sheng'er, not Sheng'er." ā
Chen Guyu nodded with a smile: "Sheng'er, I'm nineteen years old, you seem to be only eighteen, right?"
Su Sheng'er shook her head: "You must have remembered it wrong when you lost your memory, and besides, I'm going to be a sister!"
Chen Guyu only smiled bitterly.
Later, during a conversation with Grandma Li, I happened to hear that Su Sheng'er used to have a younger brother, but because she died of illness, Chen Guyu gradually understood, and she didn't care anymore, just be a sister, just be a sister, but the title is already familiar and can't be changed, and I still like this girl in my heart.
In the past few days, as Su Sheng'er went out early and returned to Luofu to cook every day, coupled with the late night to sell the sole brocade for money, the family's savings gradually increased, although they still eat vegetables and wild vegetables every day, and there is only occasional meat foam, but there is no need to worry about livelihood, and Chen Guyu also enjoys such days.
On this day, Chen Guyu, who had been recuperating for several days, was finally allowed to go out.