Chapter Title: Chapter 42 Spring Festival

Chapter 42 Spring Festival

Liao Wenqing, Shopkeeper Chen, and Jiang Zheng were all attracted by Qiu Chen's coughing, and turned around suspiciously, only to see that the green-robed boy was frowning, and a trace of anger on his face could barely be hidden, staring at Qiu Chen who couldn't stop coughing.

"Ahem...... cough cough ......" Qiu Chen coughed again and again for a while, finally slowly stopped coughing, took out a cotton cloth from his sleeve, wiped the corners of his mouth, wiped the corners of his eyes without tears while turning around, and apologized to everyone present: "I'm really sorry, maybe I got a cold and was rude!" ”

"Oh," Liao Wenqing noticed that the scene was strange as soon as he turned around, but he was also the person who was thoughtful, and when he heard Qiu Chen say this, he immediately smiled and said, "This season is warm and cold, cold and warm are uncertain, Lin Niangzi should take care of her body more!" ”

"Thank you Shao Dong for your concern, I will pay attention to it in the future." Qiu Chen thanked him generously, smiling, dignified, and thoughtful, but there was no trace of inappropriateness.

Looking at her two very different appearances, she stood at the door of the guest room all the time, standing silently and solemnly, and felt that the two entourages were not strong enough, and their mouths grew in surprise.

Qin Zheng's face changed suddenly, and after a flash of surprise, he actually curled the corners of his lips slightly. It's just that these expressions changed too much, and they were very slight, and everyone else focused on Qiu Chen, but no one saw it.

"Haha, it's easy to say, Mrs. Lin is too polite." Liao Wenqing snorted, turned around and smiled slightly, and introduced to both parties, "Lin Niangzi is here to buy horses and vehicles today?" ”

Qiu Chen smiled slightly, and said nothing: "Originally, I didn't have this idea, but when I entered the town, I heard that there would be more cattle and horses sellers today, so I came up with this idea." Hehe, with a vehicle, you don't have to bother your shop to send a car to buy grain and rice in the town. ”

Liao Wenqing also smiled: "It's just a carriage and horse, it's worth it to be Mrs. Lin." Hehe, however, the purchase of carriages and horses is also a big deal, since Mrs. Lin has a plan, she must make arrangements for Mrs. Lin. ”

As he spoke, he invited Lin Niangzi into the living room, but Qiu Chen smiled: "Since the young owner arranged it for me, then I am not welcome." However, let me explain to the young owner first, I only have a total budget of twenty taels for vehicles and horses, and horses don't need any magic horses, as long as they are strong and can pull the car. ”

Liao Wenqing smiled and nodded in response, Qiu Chen smiled and bowed slightly, and said, "Then I will thank the young owner here first." Since there are few owners to worry about buying cars and horses, then I don't care. I'm going to go to the grain shop to buy some grain and rice, and I'll go while it's still early. Hehe, I don't have to worry about not being able to carry food today, and when I come back, I guess the young owner has already helped me buy the carriage back. ”

As he spoke, Qiu Chen took out two ingots of silver from his purse, handed them to Shopkeeper Chen with a smile, and then nodded to everyone present, and then turned around and walked out of the Rejuvenation Hall with light steps.

Handed over the purchase of the car to Liao Wenqing, Qiu Chen was relaxed and walked out of the Rejuvenation Hall, but instead of going to the grain store, he went straight to the Spring Festival. Just outside the town, she also heard Liu Jincai say that today is a toss for the poor, selling grain, rice, livestock, and even cotton clothes and quilts. Come to think of it, there will naturally be a lot of grain and rice sold at the meeting, and the price is naturally cheaper than that of the grain store. Qiu Chen wanted to go around, in addition to grain and rice, maybe he could also find some things that could be used at home.

Two days ago, when she got more than sixty taels of silver, she still felt that her pockets were bulging and she was full of pride, but it had not been long before she entered the town, and sixty taels of silver had gone to more than fifty taels, and there were less than ten taels of silver left, so she had to carefully calculate and use it again.

Alas, why did you impulsively give the young man Jiwenzhai two taels of silver just now!

Not to mention, Qiu Chen took out the spirit of squeezing the cafeteria in the university to catch the spring meeting, which was really rewarding. Not only did she buy more than 200 catties of white flour at a cheap price, but she also got two jars of caustic soda, which was really an unexpected joy, with this, she could finally get rid of the pain of washing clothes and hair with plant ash.

Inadvertently, she walked to the place where she sold old clothes and quilts, and saw many ragged clothes on both sides of the road, full of vegetable faces or guarding a few shabby cotton clothes, or guarding a shabby quilt, looking at the crowd with hopeful eyes, but always disappointed. They really need this old thing, they really need it, and they can hardly afford it. People who have money, even if they are just fed and clothed, are rarely willing to buy these shabby things and use them back. Therefore, these people had to exchange cotton clothes for food, but it is obvious that most of them will not be able to do so.

Qiu Chen was unconsciously attracted to his gaze, and looked at the thin people with yellow muscles one by one, these people, there are men and women, and naturally there are also old people and children. There was a woman in her thirties who was holding a child, the child was only a little more than a year old, the same age as Aman, but she was thin and only had a pair of big eyes, and there were tears in her eyes, but she seemed to be unable to cry at all, and she only clung to the skirt of her mother's clothes with her thin hands.

In this situation, Qiu Chenshi didn't walk over ruthlessly, and her footsteps stopped unconsciously.

The woman who was originally sitting on the ground immediately leaned forward with a hopeful face, looked at Qiu Chen with begging and hope in her eyes, and said, "This girl, you see that this cotton coat was made last year, go back and disassemble and wash it, and it can be worn for another two years......"

When she said this, Qiu Chen's eyes moved down from the child, and the only old clothes in front of her fell on the one that was being raised by the woman...... This is a sauce purple cotton coat, which is quite clean, but it has already been patched four or five times, and the so-called non-torn probably means that it is not exposed like other people's cotton wool. But Qiu Chen had no intention of buying this kind of old clothes to go back, after all, she was not born and raised in this era, and modern people have much higher requirements in terms of hygiene than people here. Although she didn't want to think about it that way, in fact, she was still very worried about the dirt on these old clothes, who knows if there are lice, fleas? Who knows if there are infectious bacteria?

Seeing her silent, the woman's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of disappointment. The family is hard, she has no milk when she eats chaff and vegetables, and if she doesn't sell some clothes to buy a few catties of noodles for her child, her child will starve to death.

The disappointment and even faint despair in the woman's eyes made Qiu Chen unbearable, she thought for a while, and still said, "Sister-in-law, I don't know which village your family is?" ”

The woman was very surprised, but she still held the hope that Qiu Chen could buy a piece of clothing, and replied truthfully: "I am from Dongguo's family, ten miles north of the town. ”

Qiu Chen raised her eyebrows slightly, she had heard of the Dongguo family, not far from Liujiaao, and it was only four or five miles away. With a total in his heart, Qiu Chen said: "Sister-in-law, let's do it, you see that I have bought these things, and I can't take your clothes." However, I bought your clothes, I'll give you a few more pennies, you can help me disassemble and wash the clothes, and send them to my home, okay? ”

When the woman heard that Qiu Chen couldn't take it, she completely thought that there was no hope, but she didn't expect that in a blink of an eye, she not only bought her clothes, but also gave a few more money. It's just to dismantle and wash it and send it home...... This simply made the woman overjoyed, where was there any refusal, and repeatedly agreed, Qiu Chen took out two strings of money from his purse, and handed over two hundred Wen to the woman together. After that, he still couldn't hold back, touched a bag of peach crisps that he had just bought for Ah Fu and put them in the child's thin hand, sighed, and turned to leave.

She herself has just solved the problem of food and clothing, and there is only so much she can do, hoping that the child can survive.

The woman was overjoyed with two strings of money, and it took a long time for her to notice that the person beside her was not kind to her, so she hurriedly picked up the old cotton clothes, and after her back, she hurriedly fled from the place where the thrift was sold with her child. When she took the money to buy noodles and rushed home with the child on her back, she suddenly remembered that the girl only said that she had dismantled and washed her cotton clothes and sent them home, but she didn't tell her where she lived!

Yesterday, the relatives reacted so coldly, don't they care about Qiu Chen's happiness? l3l4