"Shen Juren, no wonder people say that Confucius moved - it's all books, and you have moved all afternoons of books." Aunt Qin seemed to recognize this man, she said hello to him, and said to Gu Sanniang: "This is Shen Juren, who moved from Beijing to our county a few days ago, rented a few rooms in the East Chamber, and will live under one roof in the future." ”

When Gu Sanniang heard this, she bowed slightly to Shen Juren, and when Shen Juren saw this, he hurriedly returned the half-salute.

The Qin family's house is quite large, it was left by Aunt Qin's first husband, since she beat her first husband, Aunt Qin took Qin Lin to live in the main house, and rented out the east and west, before Gu Sanniang and several sisters from Xiuzhuang rented the west chamber of Aunt Qin's house, but after all, there are a few people like her who came out of their hometown to do work, and some sisters have married one after another in recent years, and gradually only Gu Sanniang is still living in Aunt Qin's house.

In the first two years, renting the East Chamber, it was a businessman who sold leather goods in the county, and the leather business quit the lease a year ago, and the East Chambers have been empty, Aunt Qin and her son Qin Lin said that they were on an errand in the Yamen, in fact, the monthly money was enough to make ends meet, and last year they added a son to their family, and the expenses were getting bigger day by day, so Aunt Qin thought about renting out the East Chamber, and it could also subsidize the family.

"How many books do you still have to move, when my family Lin Zi comes back, I will ask him to give you a hand." Aunt Qin thought, although this old man is not willing to do it for a while, but he is famous, and he will develop one day.

Shen Juren said to Aunt Qin: "Thank you for your kindness, I'll go back and forth again." ”

His voice was low, and he was gentle and polite when he spoke, but somehow he fell into the need to rent a house to live, although Gu Sanniang was illiterate, she also heard that the few people in their county lived in a deep house, and they must be hugged when they go in and out.

Aunt Qin didn't say anything more, and after a while, Zhu Xiaoyue came out and called Gu Sanniang to go in for dinner, and Aunt Qin said something to Shen Juren, and entered the back room with Gu Sanniang's mother and daughter.

Dinner was boiled pasta, Zhu Xiaoyue also made a decision to beat an egg, Gu Sanniang was sick, and she had been on the road for another day, so she really had no appetite, but Zhu Xiaoyue was kind, she forced herself to eat half a bowl of noodles, and after finishing the meal, Aunt Qin asked about her family carefully, Gu Sanniang gritted her teeth, and told them the reason 1510, that Aunt Qin was so angry that her face was flushed, and she scolded: "If you lose your conscience and do such a thing, sooner or later you will go to hell to boil the oil pot." ”

Gu Sanniang held back her tears and said, "I only blame myself for my own hard life, and I have such a man on the stall." ”

Aunt Qin held her hand and persuaded: "Good will be rewarded, evil will be rewarded, if you don't believe it, wait and see, God will not spare them." ”

Although she scolded, she was actually angry, and Aunt Qin couldn't help Gu Sanniang much, Zhu Xiaoyue hugged Xiao Yezi distressedly, and she asked, "Sanniang, what are your plans for the future?" ”

Gu Sanniang was silent, now she is thinking about saving money, although there is a lot of monthly money to be an embroidery girl in the embroidery village, but it is not a long-term solution after all, the county is not better than Tunzi, it costs silver every day when she opens her eyes, Xiaoyezi grows up to get married, there is no mother's family to rely on, do not prepare more dowry for her, and where to find a good mother-in-law for her.

Aunt Qin sighed, she was also a young widow, and she knew Gu Sanniang's suffering the most, she said: "You rest at home for a few more days, and when your body is well, you will go to Xiuzhuang to work." ”

Gu Sanniang shook her head, if she went for one less day, she would receive one less day's wages.

The ladies sighed for a long time, and it didn't take long for Qin Lin's family to come, Gu Sanniang didn't want to stay long, so she took Xiao Yezi back to the West Chamber, and didn't mention it.

On the second day, Gu Sanniang only felt dizzy when she got up, Xiao Yezi touched her forehead, and said worriedly: "Mother, you just rest for a day, if you fall ill, what should I do?" ”

As she spoke, she wanted to cry again, but she still remembered that her mother had said that it would only be useless to cry, so she had to endure it alive.

"Don't worry, I know my own body." Gu Sanniang didn't listen to her daughter's persuasion, she simply freshened up, and prepared to go to work in the embroidery village, Xiao Yezi couldn't persuade her mother, so she had to bring out the prepared breakfast.

Breakfast was made by Xiao Yezi, the children in the countryside were in charge early, she knew that Gu Sanniang was not happy, and after getting up, she quietly cleaned the house, and swept the fallen leaves in the yard by the way, Aunt Qin saw that her child got up earlier than adults, and felt a little distressed for their mother and daughter.

The house was cleaned up, Xiao Yezi saw that there was a small stove in the west chamber, and there were half a bag of coarse grains and oil and salt in the cabinet, so she knew that this was her mother's daily cooking place, so she boiled a pot of gruel, and steamed the steamed buns given by Aunt Shan that day, mixed a plate of shredded radish, and a breakfast was ready.

When the two were eating, Gu Sanniang said to Xiao Yezi: "Wait for Ziniang to go to work, you take good care of the house, if there is anything, go to Aunt Xiaoyue, don't go to Grandma Qin's house at noon to eat, if you let your mother know that you went, it will not depend on you." ”

"Mother, don't worry, I will definitely not go to Grandma Qin's house for dinner." Xiao Yezi said that her mother is a strong person, and she is usually in Tunzi, so she is not allowed to take advantage of others, and it is the most difficult to repay personal debts.

Seeing her daughter's sensible appearance, Gu Sanniang touched her head and said gently: "You are a good boy, when the embroidery village is idle in a few days, my mother will teach you to tie the knot." ”

Xiao Yezi nodded stubbornly, if she learned her mother's craft as soon as possible, she would be able to help the family.

When the mother and daughter were talking, there was a noise at the door, Gu Sanniang turned her head to look, and saw a little brother standing at the door, it was the child who followed Shen Juren yesterday, his little face was round, his eyes were black and bright, and he was wearing a set of crimson gowns, which made him more and more pink, but this little brother's hair was messy, Gu Sanniang heard Aunt Qin say yesterday that this is Shen Juren's beloved son, the little brother's biological mother died early, presumably no one takes care of him, and Shen Juren is a man who will not comb the child's hair, so the little brother came out with the head of the chicken nest.

Xiao Yezi usually saw the buddies in the tunzi all like mud monkeys, and when she saw the jade doll-like little brother in front of her, she couldn't help but feel very novel, she was not timid at all, and asked the little brother generously: "What's your name and how old are you?" ”

The little brother spoke a Beijing dialect, and he replied in a milky voice: "My name is Brother Yu, and I am three years old this year." ”

It's probably that beautiful children are always loved, and this little brother is as pitiful as her own daughter, Gu Sanniang's heart couldn't help but soften a little, she beckoned to the little brother, and said, "Don't stand outside, come in and play." ”

Brother Yu thought for a while, and the little short leg came in with the threshold.

After Gu Sanniang saw Brother Yu come in, she looked at the dining table from time to time out of the corner of her eyes, she broke half a steamed bun, handed it to him and said, "Eat it, it's still hot." ”

Who knew that Brother Yu'er refused to answer, he put his hands behind his back, his little head shook like a wave drum, and replied: "I don't eat, Daddy went to the street to buy food, and he will be back soon." ”

Thinking that their family had just moved over, and the kitchen had not yet been prepared, so they had to go to the market to buy food, but seeing that the little brother clearly wanted to eat, but refused to stretch out his hand, Gu Sanniang directly stuffed the steamed bun into the hand of the royal brother, and said: "It's not in the way, it's not a good thing, you eat two mouthfuls to cushion your stomach, if you are hungry, your father must be distressed." ”

Brother Yu took it at this time, and he also glanced at Gu Sanniang, and thanked him like a little adult: "I was born to receive the steamed buns from my aunt's family." ”

Gu Sanniang couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Xiao Yezi next to her saw that her mother's gloomy face for days finally had a hint of a smile, and she couldn't help but be a little grateful to this little milk baby.

Gu Sanniang touched the top of Yu Ge'er's head, and pulled two buns for him, Yu Ge'er smiled at her, and lowered his head to nibble on the steamed bun.

Xiao Yezi on the other side wrapped two steamed buns for her mother, and said in her mouth: "Mother, I'll bring you steamed buns, remember to eat them if you're hungry at noon." ”

In addition to their busy farming, they only eat two meals a day, Xiao Yezi has always been used to it, but this morning she got up to cook, heard Aunt Xiaoyue say, don't look at embroidery just pinching a needle, in fact, it is the most energy-consuming, she thought that in the future, her mother will go to work again, and bring her a meal, so that she does not have to go hungry, and secondly, she can rest for a while by using the time of eating.

Gu Sanniang shook her head and said, "No, you can keep these steamed buns and eat them at home." ”

This time, Xiao Yezi didn't listen to her mother, she still wrapped the steamed buns, and then cleaned up the table and went to wash the dishes.

At this time, a voice came from outside the door: "Is Brother Yu'er here?" ”

When the royal brother heard this, he turned his head to look out and shouted, "Daddy, I'm here." ”

Gu Sanniang knew that this was Shen Juren looking for her, she led Brother Yu to the door, and saw Shen Juren standing in the middle of the courtyard, so she saw a salute, and Shen Juren saw that Brother Yu was still holding the uneaten steamed bun in his hand, his face couldn't help but blush, and he said to Gu Sanniang: "The child is not sensible, but Gu Niangzi is a joke." ”

"Shen Juren doesn't have to be polite, it's just a steamed bun." One of the two is a widow and the other is a widower, so it's not good to talk much, after Gu Sanniang sent Yu Ge'er to the door, she turned around and went into the house.