Only one month's wages were paid, and the three families of weavers living in pidgin pigeon cages all sewed new clothes, a group custom that focused on external image.

Even if they didn't have the tools to iron their clothes, they would fill their enamelled lunch boxes with boiling hot water and wrap wet towels to iron their clothes, and even if they didn't have a place to dry, they would set up a wooden ladder and hang their clothes high on the skylight of the pigeon cage.

When the chopsticks are placed on the stove and the burning is hot, they can be used to make handmade curls. Polishing a match, let it burn seriously, and the black soot left behind after the fire can be used to trace the eyebrows.

No matter how cramped and cramped the home is, when they go out, they are all clean and neat. People who speak sharply and are quick to respond.

When people's luck improves, it often leads to more luck. The suburban shanty, which was painstakingly built by the three families like swallows in the mud, still lives in pigeon cages because they have to go to work faster.

There are familiar folks who come to speak:

"The three shantytowns in the suburbs, you can also transfer them, the current price is a lot, three thirty yuan!"

The villager stretched out his thick palm and stretched out three fingers.

The three families discussed it for a while, and finally nodded.

They still need money very much, Ah Qiao has to send them to study, Ah Fen and Ah Qiao's cousin have to go to work during the day and go to night school at night. Ah Qiao's younger brother is too young to leave him alone at home, so he has to be taken care of.

The three shantytowns were sold quickly and sold in three or five days, and a few villagers came to hand them over and brought them a message. Ah Qiao's grandfather is coming to Shanghai to see his grandson. It's already gone.

Ah Qiao's whole family is very happy:

"Grandpa is in good health, and he can take care of Xiao Maotou when he comes."

It was only a few days later, and Ah Qiao's grandfather arrived in Shanghai, and he came with a few old begging fellow villagers, walking, carrying a birch pole on his shoulder, and carrying two large packages.

The old man's sauce-colored face was covered with deep wrinkles. The skinny cheeks eroded into two large pits.

Qiao's father went to pick up someone. Called a rickshaw.

The old man was very upset:

"This is too blessed, and I have to lose my life."

Ah Qiao's father comforted him and said:

"It doesn't cost a lot of money, we have this now."

The old man blinked and looked at his son:

"Then you're developed. Made a big deal and became an official? ”

A Qiao's father wiped sweat:

"It's just workmanship."

It's just a worker, and the salary is a little less than that of his wife. Men in Shanghai have always been able to tolerate big women, and they don't think it's a shame.

The old man taught his son:

"I can go. Let's not spend this unjust money. ”

The coachman who was waiting on the side was not annoyed, but just stood there. There is some teasing with a little smiling face.

Ah Qiao's father advised:

"Hurry up, we'll still pay for it."

As a newcomer, he was not familiar with the situation, so Qiao's grandfather had to listen to his son. Sitting in a rickshaw, his hands clutched the large package tightly, and the birch pole he saluted was quite long. On rickshaws, it's not either. Neither is it vertically.

Ah Qiao's father wanted to throw it away, but the old man made a drape and slapped his face.

The rickshaw driver pulled the cart with his head down, and occasionally had to be hit on the waist by a birch pole, which was a difficult journey.

When he finally arrived at home, the old man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the cramped living conditions of the pigeon cage, as if this was the only thing he was familiar with and expected.

"How many lives have you lived like this."

The old man came over, and Ah Qiao's father meant to take him out to eat lo mein. Then he almost got slapped in the face.

"What are you talking about, eat outside, go to the restaurant, are you an old lady? Be careful, this man will not be blessed. ”

Ah Qiao's mother had to cook by herself and added a dish, just fried green onions, but the vegetable oil was enough.

The wisdom of human beings is infinite, and with the addition of a mouthful of people, they can still sleep, and a shelf bed is placed in the pigeon cage, which can sleep three layers of people. It's just that the old man is still a little wronged, he has to sleep with two large packages, a double-layer shelf bed, and a three-layer space, which can't fit the two packages.

Ah Fen's mother whispered to Ah Qiao's aunt:

"What are two big packages?"

Ah Qiao's aunt laughed in a very small voice:

"I know this, it's our little hairy wife."

Wife Ben'er, a Chinese man, marrying a wife has always been to build a house and repair a house, a dowry, if the parents are out, you can prepare for him, if the parents are unfortunately empty, you have to rely on your own hard work to accumulate. Chinese people have always understood that accumulating a wife is to save money for a long time.

barely managed to stay overnight, and the old lady almost interrogated the situation of his son's family, listening to their meaning, it was inconvenient for the three families to live together, so they had to find another place to live.

Ah Qiao's mother said:

"The best way now is to find a shikumen, ask someone to rent it, become a second landlord in the transfer, and sublet it out, so that you can save a share of your house money, but it costs a lot of money to find a shikumen house."

The old lady said:

"I still defected to you, and I will naturally find a way to help you live in the future. I'll find a way for you to rent this money! ”

Ah Qiao's father waved his hand and said:

"There's a big deal to ask you for. We are also too unfilial. ”

The old lady patted the two large packages and said:

"It didn't take a lot of effort, I also came to Shanghai to work 20 years ago. These two packages will be lent to you for the time being. ”

Ah Qiao's father frowned:

"Little hairy wife."

The two of them looked at each other with an awkward smile on their faces.

"You might as well keep this."

The old lady said:

"We don't need it now, let's take it to the pawnshop first, use the money for a month, and then redeem the package after you collect the rent."

Whether in rural or urban areas, lending and pawnshops have been familiar to everyone for thousands of years.

Ah Qiao's father shook his head:

"You really don't have to worry about this, let's find a way, now there are a lot of workers, as long as you find more than ten in advance, you can settle the house."

Seeing that his son didn't want to help himself, the old lady had a very depressed feeling of losing his power and authority. Thinking about his own son, what is there to worry about. As long as the children and grandchildren are doing well and can save money, it is worth it no matter how hard he works.

So the next day, the old lady took a birch pole and picked two large packages to go out to find a pawnshop.

……

(The next chapter is being revised, so I'll see it tomorrow.) (To be continued.) )