Jin Da Niu served three bowls of radish soup, one bowl was handed to the fourth aunt, the fourth aunt was hungry, took a sweet potato, drank a mouthful of radish soup, the fishy smell in the soup made her frown, although it was also cold rice and cold dishes in the Su family, but it was much better than it, she ate half a sweet potato, and the fourth aunt left half of it for Su Xiujin, her daughter was thin and weak, and she didn't have two taels of meat on her face, she was distressed.

Su Xiujin instinctively drank the radish soup and took a bite of the steamed sweet potato, Xiao Jinglin's strategy failed to penetrate, the lives of the people below were just as miserable, did Xiao Jinglin, who was far away in the imperial city, know about it? It is not a trivial matter for the official salt to secretly raise the price, in the long run, I am afraid that there will be trouble, Su Xiujin immediately shook her head again, what do you care about so much, she can't even afford to eat now, how can she still manage Xiao Jinglin, who is "brocade clothes and jade food", is the fire in her previous life not burning strong enough?

Jin Da Niu looked at Su Xiujin with blank eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking, he was afraid that it was radish soup, sweet potatoes were not delicious, he swallowed the soft sweet potato meat, and thought to himself, but he was from a big family, how could he get used to eating these things.

After eating, Jin Da Niu went back to the village, Jin Laibao has been ignoring him recently, and the eldest mother is also lying on the bed smoking a big cigarette, occasionally giving Jin Da Niu a few looks, fortunately, Jin Da Niu has not said anything about selling prey, if you let the eldest mother know that the fifty dollars were given to a girl who has only seen a few times, she is afraid that she will have to chase from the east of the village to the west of the village with a broom.

Jin Da Niu touched the door and entered the house, looking at the door, Jin Laibao was probably still sleeping, there were a few coughs from the main house, thinking that the eldest mother was smoking again, Jin Da Niu moved to the front of the miscellaneous house where he lived, opened the door lightly, and touched his own bed, because the cotton wool quilt was taken to Su Xiujin's mother and daughter to cover, and he was covered with dry straw these days. There is a hidden square wooden box under the "bed" made of bricks and stones, Jin Da Niu touched this box, his heart was mixed, opened the square wooden box, there was a silver hairpin in it, the style was very old, but fortunately it was full of pure silver, so it was worth a few dollars of silver until now, and there was a wooden comb in the box, Jin Da Niu gritted his teeth, kindness was like the sea, if his mother was still alive, she would not stop him.

Suddenly, a gloomy voice came: "Da Niu, what are you looking at?" Let the eldest lady also take a look. ”

Jin Da Niu trembled all over, turned his head suddenly, but the box was quietly placed behind him.

"No, no." Jin Daniu's eyes dodged, "Auntie, I didn't hide anything." ”

Song Cuihua looked at Jin Da Niu suspiciously, her eyes were sunken from smoking all year round, her complexion was sallow, although she was short, she had a pair of shrewd eyes, purple satin printed clothes were half new and half old, and there was a pipe that never left her body hanging on the placket, and the pipe was polished.

"Da Niu, you must know that our family is not rich." Song Cuihua said, "It's not easy to save some money. ”

When he said this, Jin Daniu's face turned red, and he nodded sneeringly: "Auntie, you are right." ”

Song Cuihua clicked to the end, she really felt that she was killing him, Jin Da Niu didn't have the courage to save private money, she nodded, and was about to go out, and when she reached the door, Song Cuihua remembered something again, and said as if unintentionally: "Da Niu, I heard that you brought back a girl?" ”

Jin Da Niu sighed, "Auntie, who did you listen to?" ”

Song Cuihua said: "You haven't married yet, in the future, I want to find you a girl who kisses you for nothing, you are older, and I can't control you." She sighed as she spoke.

Jin Daniu had to lie and said: "Auntie, don't listen to the nonsense of the people in the village, it's my uncle's relative, I'll just help." ”

Song Cuihua put her mind at ease, she said: "That's good, don't delay the things in this field, your younger brother spends his brain on studying, I heard that the pheasants in this mountain are the most brain-replenishing, you take the time to catch one or two." “

Jin Da Niu should go down one by one.

Song Cuihua went back to the house and continued to lie down, Jin Daniu holding the box with palpitations.

Back to Su Xiujin, seeing the fourth aunt washing the dishes in front of the house, Jin Daniu shouted a word to Aunt Su, and the fourth aunt responded with a smile. And Su Xiujin was sitting on the chair at the door, not knowing what he was playing with, Jin Da Niu stepped forward, Su Xiujin looked up at him, Su Xiujin's eyes were bright, as if he had thought of a good idea.

The spring sun gently sprinkled on the girl's delicate face, and her face shimmered. Jin Daniu's heart suddenly softened.

"Brother Jin, you came just in time, I thought of a way to make some money."

Jin Da Niu clutched the two coins and broken silver in his hand, just now, he went to the village chief's house, the village chief's daughter-in-law loves to be pretty, and the clothes and jewelry are the best in the village. He took the silver hairpin for two pieces of silver, and when he came out, the village chief's daughter-in-law said that Jin Da Niu had taken advantage.

"What's the method?" Jin Da Niu asked.

"Brother Jin, let me ask you, is there only one pipeline from Suzhou City to Jinzhou City, even if the path can't be walked because of the landslide?"

Jin Daniu nodded: "I can't get through the road for a month or two." ”

"Then is this passage an officer or a farmer hired by the government?"

"Mostly agricultural workers, what? Where are you going to find something to do? Jin Daniu hurriedly said, "That's unacceptable, it's all heavy and rough work there, and you can't do it as a girl." ”

At this time, the fourth aunt also heard it, and hurriedly said: "Jin'er, you can't do the work of moving stones, if you want to do it, I will do it." ”

Su Xiujin soothed: "Mother, I'm not going to move stones. It's just a small business, and I'll need my mother's help when the time comes. ”

The fourth aunt asked, "What kind of work?" ”

Su Xiujin unfolded the twenty wen in the palm of his hand, borrowed fifty wen from Jin Da Niu, and after paying the rent and Aunt Li's money, there was only twenty wen left, if it was usual, these twenty wen would just be the money for the next person to eat tea, but now it is all Su Xiujin.

"Most of these migrant workers are far away from home, and most of them can only go hungry when they go to the official road to pick up work, if they bring food at home, the weather is getting hotter and hotter in the spring, and the food will be spoiled after a month, if they cook by themselves, it will be troublesome, and the taste will be almost bad, if we can pick up the food and buy it, we will not worry about no one eating."

The fourth aunt's thought is not impossible, but: "Is this official road far away from here?" Let's go and sell food, I'm afraid that we will be bullied. ”

Su Xiujin set her eyes on Jin Da Niu, it was already too troublesome to be more troublesome, how could she repay this great kindness.

"Auntie, don't worry, this official road is not far away. If Miss Su makes up her mind to pay attention to selling food, I will follow you in the future, give you a hand, and carry the burden for you. Jin Da Niu said.

Su Xiujin felt a warm current in her heart, and she curled her lips, revealing the first happy smile in these days.