said that this Niu family was full of fog, and complained a lot, but after all, he didn't dare to disobey Xia Chunchao's orders, and took the paper. 『』【No pop-up novel network baoly】

After sending Niu's family, Zhu'er closed the door and came to say: "Girl, in fact, I don't really understand, don't plant food, what do you do with these things, if the girl is making inventory for the shop, why don't you buy goods like before" Xia Chunchao smiled: "Now is the era of peace and prosperity, and it is a good year for many years, so every year is a good year, and firewood and rice are very cheap." What's more, ten acres of land covers a wide area, and you have just heard that only two acres of land is enough for our family to eat for a year. Then why plant all ten acres of land and occupy the land for nothing, not to mention that the grain and vegetables cannot be sold at a high price, and they cannot be exchanged for a few dollars. Let's live, it's not enough to have something to eat, and we need money for this dressing. Although Brother Xing'er said that he had the family's year-end dividend, he followed me out. I am pregnant with a child, once in the future, the cost must be much larger, how can the input without money be done, although it is very good as before, but to buy goods outside, easy to be exploited, not to mention, the quality of the goods is also difficult to say, a year is good for two years. It's not as good as growing it yourself, and it also saves money for purchases. ”

Zhu'er tilted her head and thought for a while, then asked, "That's what the girl said, but it's okay to be on the side." I saw that the girl also instructed what roses, impatiens, frangipani, osmanthus and so on should be planted, and what was the use of these all year round, and there were no flowers picked and sold on the street. Even if they are bought and planted at home, or they are potted plants for viewing, they are all planted by the greenhouse gardeners. We didn't do this before, so I'm afraid it's not good to rush in. ”

Xia Chunchao smiled: "You can think of exchanging these things for money, that's half right." I'm not going to sell potted plants for flowers and trees, I'm not going to do that, where to make them. When I was chatting with Yueming before, I heard her say that in addition to the silk accident, her family also opened a fat powder shop. The rouge gouache and all kinds of incense sold in it are not collected from the workshop, but are made at home by relying on ancestral recipes. She once gave me some, the fresh fragrance is really different from the ordinary ones sold in the market, I heard that many high-ranking ladies and ladies in the capital love to use her fat powder. Even the queen mother, who used it once, also named his family to pay tribute. I heard from her that the raw material of this rouge gouache is all kinds of flowers. For example, rouge, with red and blue flowers as the best choice. However, in this part of the capital, where to find it, it depends on foreign merchants to come in, and the construction is extremely limited, and it is all for upper use. Therefore, on weekdays, the safflowers used in their family are mainly impatiens and pomegranates. As for the flowers on the side, they also have their own uses, either for incense, or for making bath beans and flower water. At the end of the year, their family uses up dozens of truckloads of flowers alone, not to mention the spices next to them. ”

When she said this, she felt a little thirsty, and took two bites of the teacup. Taking advantage of this gap, Zhu'er hurriedly interjected and smiled: "When the girl heard about this business, she started the idea of doing a petal spice business, but since Mrs. Ji's family business has become a climate, how can she be willing to collect it from us if there is no source of purchase?"

Xia Chunchao smiled and said, "I heard her talk about this before, but it was a headache." Spices are fine, but flowers are not something that can be transported over long distances. If you want to go on the road, you have to dry it first. But when the dried flowers are soaked in water, the color is different, and the aroma is also changed, although it is not unusable, but it is not the same as flowers. What's more, the cost of the carriage and horses all the way is not a decimal. She once laughed at me and said that if there was no land to sell in the suburbs of Beijing, she would have bought sixty or seventy acres to grow all kinds of flowers. That's when I got this thought, but as she said, I couldn't find it. When Zhu'er heard this, she was very puzzled: "I see that Mrs. Ji is also from a family of eunuchs, and her family must have a lot of property, how could she not buy the land of Xiazhuangyuan" Xia Chunchao said: "There is a reason for this, their family is moved from abroad, and it has only been a few years since they came to Beijing, and it is not enough to buy it." ”

Bao'er ordered a few clothes to be washed, and when she heard these words at the door, she interjected and said, "The girl has forgotten one thing, it will take several years for these flowers and trees to be planted, and the first few years are useless." For a while, I can't get any money. Xia Chunchao was quite surprised, and asked with a smile: "I didn't know before, but it turns out that you still understand this."

Bao'er smiled: "The girl forgot, my aunt's family was originally in charge of the garden for Li Dahu, so I know a little bit." Xia Chunchao suddenly said: "I forgot, there is such a thing." As he spoke, he asked with a smile: "What is your aunt's family doing now, are you still at Li Yuanwai's house?"

Bao'er sighed, and said with a sad face: "The year before last, Li Yuanwai's family was subject to official affairs, and the family moved out, so I didn't need those people to serve, so I sent my aunt's family out. My aunt and uncle had been gardeners all their lives, and had no other livelihood than to work part-time in the market, washing clothes for people. My cousin is not in good health, and she has been taking medicine for many years, and she often asks for some good things to nourish her, and she can't have a few dollars left in a year. Now that she is older, the family has not even paid a dowry, and my aunt's hair is gray. ”

When Xia Chunchao heard this, he couldn't help but say: "You girl, you are too solid-eyed. Since there is such a thing in the family, why not say that your mother died the year before last, I just have nothing else to do in your family, it turns out that there is such a story that you followed me when you were a child, and there are difficulties in the family, come to me and say it, I still don't care if I don't do it"

Bao'er snorted: "I see that the girl has been very unhappy in the Lu family all these years, and the troubles are one after another, where do you dare to use such things to Luo Yan."

Xia Chunchao raised his hand and touched her head, and said, "I know you're a good girl, but you don't have to." As he spoke, he smiled and said, "I was about to say where to find a reliable florist, but there was a ready-made one delivered to my door." Just then dozed off, someone sent a pillow, that is, there is such a coincidence. I don't know what kind of fate this is. ”

After that, she asked Bao'er, "If I want to plant those flowers, I need to find an old and reliable gardener to tidy up the fields." Your uncle and aunt have been doing flowers and plants all their lives, and this must be not bad. Now I want to ask his family to come to the countryside to take care of the flower fields, I don't know if they want to."

When Bao'er heard this, it was like a gold ingot falling from the sky, and hurriedly said: "Yes, such a good thing, there is nowhere to find them at home with lanterns, there is no reason not to agree, I will agree for them."

Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "You have done the master, but we are in the countryside, I am afraid that they will also have inconveniences." And you ask, lest they have any scruples and make it difficult for you. Hengzhu has nothing else to do today, and you will follow your uncle into the city later, buy two catties of snacks and see your aunt. I'll give you a day off, and you'll come back tomorrow." ”

When Bao'er heard this, she was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked her.

Xia Chunchao asked Zhu'er to take some money with her, and sent her out, and there was nothing else that day.

Then Xia Gongyan left his sister's house, walked to the hall for breakfast, called a few village heads and family members to teach him a lesson in person, and said to Xia Gong: "I'll go back, you are the only man here, and you have to stand up for everything." Although your second sister is strong, she is a woman in the end, and she is pregnant, so it is inevitable that there will be inconveniences. On weekdays, you should pay more attention, don't rely on your second sister for everything, but ask her to work. ”

Xia Gongxing said: "I remember my brother's teachings. Don't worry, brother, I'm here. Xia Gongyan said again: "Your second sister has a lot of complaints about the cousin of the Tan family because of yesterday's incident. I don't think Yongchu is the one who doesn't know how high or low, you reconcile with it, don't let them make trouble out of control. Xia Gongxing agreed one by one, Xia Gongyan saw that he had nothing to say, and immediately got up and returned to the city.

Na Bao'er took the car and accompanied him. When he arrived in the city, Xia Gongyan returned home by himself, and this Bao'er got off halfway, first weighed some peach blossom crisp, walnut crisp and the like in a dim sum shop, and then went straight to Tianshui Hutong.

This Bao'er's aunt's husband's family name is Wang, and because she is the second in the family, the elders named him Wang Erhui. His mother-in-law, Li, is this Bao'er's aunt. The two rented a small room in this Tianshui Hutong, and the family of three lived a living.

Bao'er walked to her aunt's house, but saw some children's clothes hanging in the courtyard on the wall, and a white-headed old woman was talking to the same little girl. When she saw that the old woman had an unfamiliar face, she thought to herself: "If you don't come one day, this neighbor will be a different person." Thinking like this, I didn't care, and went up to knock on the door and call my aunt.

After a while, Li Shi came out to answer the door, opened the door and saw that it was his niece and daughter, but he was also happy, and hurriedly let her into the hall, took a snack, and said with a smile: "You just come, what are you buying?" You don't have a lot of money a month, and you are told to break the bank," he said, and asked her to sit on a chair, poured a bowl of wide fried leaves to eat with her, and asked Zhang Luo to go to the street to buy vegetables.

Bao'er hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't be busy, I came here today to see your second elder and cousin, and I have a good thing to tell you." "Then Li Shi was just pretending to be fat, and when he heard this, he stopped pushing the boat down the river, wiped his hands, sat with him on the side, and said with a smile: "My niece has something good to tell us."

Bao'er didn't say anything first, but looked around, and didn't see Wang Erhui, so he asked: "Isn't my uncle at home?" Li sighed: "Now is the busy season for farming, and there is a shortage of manpower to harvest wheat in the countryside, so he hired him five copper coins a day, and he took care of a meal, so he went to the countryside." Bao'er was surprised: "The work of harvesting wheat, hunched over all day long, and still exposed to the wind and sun, where can my uncle's old cold legs be kept" Li wiped his eyes and said: "I said the same thing, but what is the way." In this life, we will only pick up flowers and plants. In this Beijing, where there is a courtyard, which family is not a high-ranking family, who is willing to use our loess to bury half of the people, there is no income in the family, Qiuying has to take medicine again, where can we not earn our lives?"

When Bao'er heard this, she knew that it was the truth, and she felt uncomfortable, so she hurriedly smiled and said: "I came here today to send a good deed to my uncle and aunt, but I don't know if the second elder agrees." As he spoke, he told Xia Chunchao about his desire to buy a flower field and hire a florist, and said: "I think this is a good thing, our girl has always been generous and kind, and it is very good to treat the next person." Just look at my days in the Xia family and the Lu family in the past few years, my aunt is still worried about something, but when I go there, the house is ready-made, there are three meals a day, and the monthly salary is also a fixed amount. The countryside is not as expensive as the city, and the food and clothing are not so expensive, and I don't know how much better life is. With a fixed income, my aunt was able to take care of her cousin's dowry. My cousin is seeing that she is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and my aunt doesn't care about this matter, if she catches up with our girl, she will also have a dowry of money. ”

Li Shi listened to her words, and his heart was quite active, but thinking of the difficulties at home, he sighed and said: "I only have one girl, Qiuying, her life's events, how can I not care about it, it is difficult for you to think about us, with such a thing, the first one to tell us." It's just that you also know that Qiu Ying's illness keeps coming. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year, there are only a few days when the medicine is broken. When you get sick at one moment, you have to see a doctor immediately. Living in the city, there are many doctors who sit in the clinic, and you can invite one from anywhere. But in the countryside, it's quite inconvenient. It's not that I don't accept your affection, it's just that it's not good. ”

Bao'er didn't expect this festival, she was not as smart as Zhu'er, and she couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while, so she was stunned.

I only heard Li say again: "Gold ingots fell from the sky, and we didn't have the hands to pick them up." If you go back to your house, you will say that we are not blessed. ”

As he was talking, he heard a whimper in the house, and the two were slightly stunned, and Li quickly got up and rushed into the house.

Bao'er followed and walked into the back room, where she saw Li holding her cousin Qiuying, crying and screaming, trying to snatch the scissors from her hand.

That Qiuying's face was white and her lips were burnt, her face was sick, and she was weak, but she held the scissors and refused to let go, and she was going to stab her neck.

When Bao'er saw this, she was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward, helped Li snatch the scissors from her hand, threw them aside, and said to her: "What is my cousin doing well, how did she have the idea of suicide?"

But I heard Qiu Ying crying: "I have such a sick body, I don't have any use." My father and mother raised me, and I couldn't repay it, but I still dragged them down. It's better to raise a pig, or a sheep, and kill meat to eat at the end of the year. I can't get better from this illness, so it's better to die early, so as not to bother him and the second elder. ”

When Li heard this, he pierced his heart and liver like a sharp knife, hugged his daughter and cried for his child. Na Qiuying also lay in her mother's arms, sobbing uncontrollably.

When Bao'er saw this, she didn't know what to do, so she had to step forward first to persuade her aunt to get up, and then helped Qiuying to the bed with Li.

Na Qiuying grabbed Bao'er and said, "Cousin, I'm useless, my father and mother will be tired of you taking care of it in the future." Although Bao'er and this cousin didn't get along for much time, they felt very miserable when they heard this, and said with red eyes: "Don't talk nonsense, it's still good to have a good life and recuperate, where is the threshold that can't be passed."

Li sat on the edge of the bed, wiping his eyes, sighing and sighing.

Bao'er ran out of ideas, and asked for a long time: "My cousin's disease, how can the doctor say that it really can't be pulled out, and it can still be cured" Li said: "In previous years, when I was at Li Yuanwai's house, I also saw a good doctor. said that she was congenitally deficient, and she was sick in the womb, although it was difficult to treat, it was easy to treat. It's just that we need some good tonic, and where we have that money, we have to drag it day by day. ”

When Bao'er heard about this, she had a plan in her heart, and said, "I don't think it's a way for my cousin to just drag it like this, so it's better to pull out the root of the disease in one go." Although the medicine is expensive, there is a limit, and it is better to fill this bottomless pit day by day. When I got there, I begged the girl to borrow a few taels of silver, and I cured my cousin's illness before I talked about it. ”

When Li heard her say this, he was very willing in his heart, but he also said: "How can I trouble you like this" Bao'er smiled: "Auntie, where are you talking, saying this is treating me as an outsider." ”

Na Qiuying listened on the bed, and suddenly opened her mouth and said softly: "I have an idea, but I don't know if I can do it." ”

Li asked her what her idea was, and this Qiuying said: "Instead of bothering my cousin like this, why don't I go with my cousin, let me do anything, and use my salary to offset the medicine money." Although I can't do any heavy work, I can still serve tea and water, sweep the floor and make the bed. It's just that I don't know if the Miss Xia family dislikes me as a patient."

This Bao'er was honest, she didn't hear her meaning, she only smiled: "Our girl is the best to speak, seeing that my aunt's family has such difficulties, how can we dislike it, since I say this, my aunt and uncle still agree to come down, and my cousin will go over alone, can you rest assured?"

How did the Li family know that their daughter had such thoughts, they were already stunned when they heard it, and they were very embarrassed, so they had to say: "I can't be the master of such a thing, so I'd better wait for your uncle to come to the house to discuss it." ”

When the three of them sat in the back room for a while, they said something don't gossip, and Bao'er brought the snacks to Qiuying to eat.

Qiu Ying was weak and weak, and Shicai cried again, and after saying a few more words, she was a little overwhelmed. Seeing this, Li led Bao'er to sit outside. Seeing that it was about to be noon, he walked to the door and greeted the woman next door and said, "Mother Song, please go to the market for me to buy a pound of white noodles and buy some vegetables and meat, my nephew is here, and I can't go out." ”

The next door answered, and a mother-in-law came up from the Li family to take the money.

Bao'er sat on the chair, remembering the scene she had seen, and asked, "There is a different person next door, I remember that there was no such Mother Song in the past." Li replied: "It's a different family, and this Song Ma is an old mother made by that family." Because their family has a lot of things to do on weekdays, when they annoy us, I borrow some things from other people. Bao'er asked again: "I don't know what kind of family it is, when I came, I saw a white-headed grandmother talking to a small house, and there is an old mother, not like a small family." But to say that it is rich, it is not like it. ”

When the Li family saw her asking, he smiled and said, "The daughter of the family you asked him about was a foreign house for someone else, and gave birth to a child for the master." And because the old man's head lady is jealous and can't be taken home, so she is kept here. Speaking of this, she suddenly clapped her hands, and suddenly realized: "I said that the old man is very familiar, and he is familiar with the name, but I can't remember whose family it is, it turned out to be like this."

It turned out that the master who raised this out-of-wall house was Lu Huancheng, the original father-in-law of the Xia Chun Dynasty

When Bao'er heard this, she was very surprised, and covered her mouth and said: "Mrs., that person is the most scathing and small-bellied chicken intestines, usually fine, but also to catch the wind and shadows, and eat the vinegar of the master." Today, this Master Lu actually made such a thing, if he let his wife know, he wouldn't know how to turn the sky upside down. This Master Lu is also right, he is a little older, and the young master has become an official again, but he still has to do such things when he has a good old lady of the official family. He is not without a queen, and he has both children in the family, but he still has to do these things."

Li nodded and said, "Let's talk about it in private, and we say the same." It's just the neighbors, and we can't say that many. Bao'er listened, and then asked, "What kind of person is that woman over there, who is young and young, and is willing to make a house for an old man?"

Li said: "That woman is not a clean person, she was originally a singer of Beijing rhyme drums. It's just that recently, people in Beijing love to listen to Huiban excerpts, and no one praises that scene. Her small drama team couldn't hold on, so she changed her face and went out to accompany the wine to start a pollen business, and gave her a flower name called Xiang. I don't know where I met the master of the Lu family, and I stuck to it. That Master Lu treats her well, and when she comes out to socialize, she only calls her bureau, and she never shirks asking this Master Lu to come to the house to set up wine. After falling behind, this Aixiang was pregnant with a child, so Master Lu rented this small courtyard for her to live in. changed back to her previous name, and now everyone calls her Miss Lian. This lotus girl is also angry in her belly, and she gave birth to a big fat boy, and she is still sitting in confinement at this time. ”

Bao'er is a sincere person in the end, and after hearing this, it's just a matter of speech.

The aunt and nephew sat down for a while, and Song's mother next door bought a basket of white flour vegetables and vegetables and handed them to the Li family. Li went to the kitchen to wash his hands and cook, and Bao'er was going to help, but was kicked out by Li. Bao'er had nothing to do, so she went to the house to accompany her cousin Qiuying.

Although this Qiuying girl is a sick body, she is very angry, and every time her cousin comes to the house, she must give some good food gifts, and there are always a few fresh clothes throughout the year, and even the Huacui headdress can have a few things that are eye-catching, and she is secretly envious in her heart. When he heard this errand in the door today, he insisted on going so that he might earn some breath. At this moment, when she saw Bao'er coming in, she pestered her to ask questions, asking the Xia family's population for a while, and asking the girl's temperament for a while. Bao'er didn't think much, she knew everything.

Li was busy in the kitchen for half an hour, and when he saw that the food was about to be cooked, he called a boy at the door, gave him a money, and asked him to go to the countryside to call Wang Erhui to his house, only saying that he had something to discuss.

After a while, Wang Erhui came back, and when he entered the door, he complained: "The work in the field is heavy, everyone is busy, you asked me to come back to do even this one day less work, one day less wages, and I have to take a meal at home, isn't it Qiu Ying is sick again, I told you before leaving, she coughed again, and asked Dr. Liu of Huirentang to see it." Li wiped his hands, came up and said with a smile: "There are relatives coming to the door today, can't I call you back" Bao'er also hurriedly came over and called her uncle.

When Wang Erhui saw her, he nodded, his face was slightly gentle, and he still said, "My nephew is here, that's it." Is it to sit and leave, or what" Bao'er said: "Now I go to the countryside with the girl, the road is inconvenient, stay for one night and go back tomorrow." When Wang Erhui heard this, he said to Li: "Since my niece lives here at night, why don't you see you at night and call me back" Bao'er hurriedly said: "Uncle doesn't have to complain about my aunt, I didn't explain it in advance." ”

Wang Erhui stopped ringing, walked to the kitchen and washed his hands. Li and Bao'er were busy bringing out the food and arranging the dishes and chopsticks neatly. Li went to the house again and took his daughter out, and the family of four sat around the table.

Wang Erhui looked at the four bowls of boiled pot noodles on the table, the toppings were scrambled eggs with garlic sprouts, another pot of stewed chicken, two plates of new vegetables and vegetables, and immediately said: "How do you want to celebrate the festival today, the family is so tight, you spend money and spend a lot of money" Li was very afraid of her husband on weekdays, and when she saw him angry, she hurriedly said: "This is the money that my nephew gave me when she came." Wang Erhui said to Bao'er: "Niece, you are a maid in other people's homes, and your life must be tight." Come and see what you are doing with this money" Bao'er smiled: "When I came out, the girl gave me money, and my uncle didn't have to mind." I have one more good thing to tell my uncle, and my uncle will see how it is. As he spoke, he repeated the previous words and said: "My cousin wants to go, my aunt still has some concerns, I don't know what my uncle thinks about it, this cleaning up flowers and trees is also my uncle's own family's livelihood, and it is natural and easy to do, it is always better than working for people for a day without a day, and the hard work of the wind and sun." ”

When Wang Erhui heard that there was such a good thing, he was a little more active in his heart, and saw that his daughter was very determined, and after weighing the pros and cons, he said: "This is a good errand, and thank you to my nephew and daughter for thinking about it." I promised to come down, you go back and talk to your girl, and we will pack up and move to the countryside. He added: "It's just the other side, we are a family of three, and we must have a place to live." Your cousin is sick again, and she is crowded with the villager's family, but she is afraid that it will be inconvenient. ”

Bao'er smiled: "What's the difficulty in this, the countryside is spacious, even our girl's yard, and there are several empty houses, just move one for you to live in." ”

When Wang Erhui heard this, he naturally said yes. Li saw that her husband agreed, and there was nothing else to say, and the family of four couldn't help but be happy.

There was nothing to do that day, and when she got up early the next morning, Bao'er wanted to go back to the countryside, so Wang Erhui went to the next door to borrow a donkey and asked her to ride her back to her hometown.

The aunt and nephew walked on the road, talking one sentence at a time.

Wang Erhui asked: "I heard that your girl is no longer a grandmother, and she has gone back to her parents' house" Bao'er said yes, and said: "The Lu family is too hateful, they are all wolf-hearted things." Seeing that the young master was developed, he disliked our girl and drove her home. Our girl couldn't get angry, so she went back. Wang Erhui nodded and sighed: "There are actually a lot of such Chen Shimei. Whether a man is prominent or not depends on whether he has a conscience. His girl was a good person, but unfortunately she also died. ”