Dong Rong felt that this Wen Niang was honest, and now I will see her so affectionate and righteous, and I will love her even more. So he admitted, "Okay, the child doesn't have to sign a deed of sale, and if he is really diligent, he can also open a monthly payment." ”

"Xie Dongjia, Xie Dongjia." Wen Niang was overjoyed, and kowtowed two more heads to get up. Not wanting to accidentally touch the tea bowl in her hand off the table, Wen Niang twisted her waist and stretched out her arms, and dragged the tea bowl in her hand very easily.

Dong Rong was surprised and asked, "Wen Niang, do you have kung fu?" ”

Wen Niang blushed slightly, and whispered, "If you go back to the owner, my father originally worked as a leader in the dart game, but unfortunately he died early." When I was a child, I practiced a few years of petty kung fu, and then I got married and threw it away, and when my husband died of illness..."

Dong Rong couldn't help laughing, this was really an unexpected joy. No wonder this Wen Niang looks soft and weak, but she can survive the escape of thousands of miles with her nephew, it turns out that she still has such skills. In the future, with her by her side, the safety of going out by yourself is also guaranteed.

"Since you have this ability, Yueyin will add another two hundred Wen. Tonight, I will find a steward to sign the deed of sale, and tomorrow I will bring my nephew to work in the orchard. Temporarily live with the eldest mother of the family for two months, and Kaichun'er's house will build a new yard and move back. ”

"Yes, ma'am." Wen Niang bowed her head and bowed, and retreated to the door with a slightly happy face to wait.

The little girl was a little unwilling to see that she had been clumsy, and knelt down to beg for permission while everyone was talking, and her eyes even looked at the stupid pillar from time to time, as if expecting him to intercede for herself. It's a pity that Silly Zhu not only didn't mean to speak, but frowned impatiently.

Dong Rong motioned to Meihua to help the little girl get up, and said lightly, "We will have to choose another person in the spring next year, and we will talk about it then." ”

Meihua'er Xu also saw that there was something wrong with the little girl, and quickly pulled her away. Dong Rong sent them to the door with a few words, and the little girl walked on the mountain road and still looked back reluctantly. provoked Dong Rong to be jealous, pinched the stupid pillar waist twice, and said angrily, "Let you go back to the village to deliver pot soup, what are you doing dressed so neatly?" ”

The stupid pillar was so aggrieved that he was about to hit the wall, and before he went out, it was obviously his daughter-in-law who combed his hair and changed his clothes, how did it become the evidence of the crime of attracting bees and butterflies...

Not to mention how the little couple were jealous, only said that two days later, Steward Zhang drove the carriage into the city again, sent Wen Niang's deed of sale to the yamen, and then went to the back door of the academy. Xizi waited behind the door early, and when she saw Steward Zhang, she ran out with a smile and shouted, "Uncle Zhang, Childe has a class today, and he told me to wait here." ”

Steward Zhang took out a packet of sugar-fried chestnuts from his arms and handed it to him, and said with a smile, "You are waiting to get the delicious food." ”

Xizi took the chestnut but was unconvinced, and whispered about her help in selling the laundry basket, and said at the end, "Childe said that if Uncle Zhang wants to send another fifty bookcases and thirty baskets, they will definitely be sold." ”

Steward Zhang didn't expect that there would be so many orders, so he praised Xizi and hurried back to the orchard.

Dong Rong was holding a small white porcelain bowl to drink soup at this time, which was the big bone broth that Wen Niang got up to boil in a casserole on the fifth watch. I didn't see her put any more seasonings, just simply threw in two jujubes and a few slices of green onion and ginger, but I didn't expect the bone broth to be as white as milk.

Steward Zhang entered the house with a body of snowflakes, and Dong Rong immediately divided him with a bowl, and Wen Niang naturally got sincere praise again. Dong Rong guessed that Steward Zhang had something to report, so she motioned to Wen Niang to take the casserole out and instructed, "Take it to Fuzi to drink, when this child is growing up, let him eat all at once, don't delay growing tall." ”

A flash of gratitude flashed in Wen Niang's eyes, and she quickly respectfully retreated. Steward Zhang reported the matter of the academy, and Dong Rong was also very happy. Although fifty bookcases and twenty baskets can be sold for more than five taels of silver, it is not a big fortune, but this is a good sign. So he instructed Steward Zhang to guard the pass and ensure the quality. As for other items, don't sell them out, otherwise there will be no new ideas when the spring orchard welcomes customers.

Steward Zhang took his leave and went down the mountain to return to the village, and a group of homeless people and villagers had been looking forward to his return for a long time.

After discussing it, Shen Laohan and the others sent out the children or women to cut weeds and wickers, came back or soaked or dyed, and then transferred them to the skilled old men and men at a fair price. This division of labor and cooperation can not only allow everyone to earn hard-earned money, but also save a lot of unnecessary work, which is really the best of both worlds.

In order to learn the craft, the people in the village followed the homeless people every day to help with the writing, and the two parties naturally got closer to each other. The homeless people thought that they were going back to their hometowns in the spring, and they received help from the villagers, so they did not hide their selfishness, and taught an apprentice when they were free.

For a time, the women did not have time to gather in one place to gossip, and the men did not have the leisure to hunt or gamble, and they were all unprecedentedly busy.

In the orchard, Dong Rong has two more helpers, Wen Niang and Fuzi, and her life is becoming more and more economical, occasionally going down the mountain to Cao's house to have a look and send some food. Mrs. Cao didn't know whether she wanted to open it, or was completely bought by the previous pig, except for occasionally complaining that Sister Cao went to the city to enjoy the happiness and refused to come back, but she didn't have trouble finding her daughter-in-law again.

Mrs. Yu originally disliked her daughter-in-law, but after getting along, she saw that Silian was filial and diligent, and she treated her son very well, and gradually softened her heart. But after many years of daughter-in-law becoming a mother-in-law, the old lady still keeps her face tight every day, holding her mother-in-law's shelf to turn her daughter-in-law around.

Although Yu Guisheng felt sorry for his daughter-in-law, he didn't dare to provoke his mother, so he had to plunge into the pile of wood every day, and work hard to make window frames and wooden doors, in preparation for the construction of a house in the spring of next year. Dong Rong feels funny every time she sees this family, and she often goes to sit when she has nothing to do.

In this way, the days passed calmly day by day, and it was about to reach the wax moon in a blink of an eye. The academy had winter vacation as usual, and Dong Ping and Xizi finally returned to the orchard.

When Dong Rong saw that her younger brother was a little cold and swollen on the back of her hand, she couldn't help but scold the academy for being stingy, why didn't she put a fire dragon on the ground floor of the study? The only thing in the corner of the huge room is the brazier, which is no different from the outside of the window.

Dong Ping smiled and watched his sister wash his hands and apply ointment to him, and he didn't explain much. If the environment is too comfortable and warm, and the students are drowsy, how can they keep a clear mind to read and learn? But he didn't plan to talk to his sister about this, but he yelled about the itchy wound for a while, the pain for a while, and finally said that he would eat boiled fish for dinner.

How could Dong Rong not see that her brother was coquettish, she stretched out her hand and patted him, and said, "You have ointment on frostbite on your hands, and you have to avoid spicy food these days, you can only eat light!" ”

Dong Ping immediately made a bitter face, this was really lifting a stone and hitting his own feet, and even Xizi was deflated. Originally, Silly Zhu was sitting on the side, seeing his daughter-in-law busy around his brother-in-law, and he was still a little jealous. At this time, seeing that the brother-in-law was self-defeating, he couldn't help laughing.

Dong Rong turned her head and glared at him, and said, "You also have a little cough these days, boil porridge and stir-fry cabbage at night, no one can eat meat!" This time it was Dong Ping's turn to laugh, he finally found his brother and brother.

The small hut became more and more lively because of the return of Dong Ping's master and servant. After drinking laba porridge, life seems to pass faster. Seeing that she had entered the twentieth month of the lunar month, Dong Rong pulled her younger brother to discuss that she should go back to Dong's house.

Although the siblings don't have any nostalgia for the place where they grew up, they have a Dong character on their heads after all. In this place where the rules and etiquette are greater, it is better to deal with one or two with patience.

Dong Rong picked up two boxes of dim sum, two boxes of tea, a set of brand-new four treasures of the study, and a piece of blue embroidered cloud and water dark pattern material, ready to be sent to the Dong family as a New Year's gift. As for Aunt Cao's house, it is much more affordable, a large basket of fruits, a bag of japonica rice, a bag of fine noodles, a small basket of twist flowers and shortbread, and two small plows for the children.

Yu Guisheng heard that this climbing plow was to be given to children to play, especially two small bamboo pipes were embedded in the climbing plow, and when the wind blew, it would make a whining sound, which made Xizi extremely greedy, and pestered him to make another one.

Silly Zhu personally drove the carriage and took the New Year's gift and his daughter-in-law and brother-in-law to Huaishu Village slowly. Dong Rong was afraid that the greedy mother-in-law of the Niu family would leave all the New Year's gifts, so as soon as she arrived at the head of the village, she jumped out of the carriage and instructed Silly Zhu to visit Aunt Cao's house first, and then come over to meet them when they went around Dong's house.

None of the three of them mentioned the issue of keeping food for the Dong family, after all, if the Niu family is as generous, it will only be red snow in the sky. And God directs the north wind to howl every day, and plays happily to the extreme, where does it look like an injury...

In previous years, the Dong family would toss and turn to clean the courtyard of the house at this time, preparing for the New Year. No matter how cold the weather was, Niu would scold the eldest son and eldest daughter for fetching water to scrub the window lattices, eaves, and even the well platform, completely ignoring the fact that their hands were more red and swollen than turnips. And Master Dong is always busy with a few "friends" in the same city enjoying plum blossoms and drinking, how can he have leisure to know the trivial matters of "children". Therefore, for other people's children, the New Year is a happy thing, only Dong Rong's sisters and brothers don't like it, and even hate it.

Standing outside the door of Dong's house at this time, seeing the snow in the yard and the gray window paper, the sisters and brothers unconsciously straightened their backs at the same time. Even if this yard is dirty and uninhabitable, no one will dare to let them wipe and clean it today.

The siblings looked at each other and pushed open the courtyard door with a smile. Niu was sitting in the house coaxing the crying little daughter, because she must make a new jacket and skirt and wear it out to show off with the little sisters during the New Year. But the previous prison disaster emptied the family's silver deposit for many years, and the Dong family was no longer as rich as before, and the Niu family was really powerless.

She was so troubled that she couldn't help it, so she turned to Master Dong and shouted, "Master, you have to say something!" It's been a year now, and the family hasn't bought food yet, where can I find silver? ”