It took half an hour for the carriage to travel from the town to Sujia Village.

On the way, Su Wang told Su Yu about selling ginseng, and Su Yu also told Su Wang in detail about what he heard on the mountain that day that Widow Su had secretly met a man.

Su Wang's speed of catching the car was much slower than usual, maybe because there were too many fragile things in the car, or maybe it was because he was not in a good mood, anyway, they didn't get home until it was almost dark that day.

When the carriage entered the village, the sound of the wheels was not small, which attracted many villagers to stretch out their heads to look, but because it was too dark, they did not see who was driving the carriage, because they did not know whose carriage it was, they were even more curious, and some children ran behind the butt of the carriage.

How did this carriage go to the other side of the mountain?

It shouldn't be Aunt Hua's family, right?

Why don't you say it's Erniu's house, there are always people coming in and out of their house recently!

Who's to say it isn't.

The carriage went farther and farther, and the children who followed the butt of the carriage were dragged back by their parents, so dark that if something happened to the children on the road, it was too late to cry.

Su A-Niang still had doubts in her heart when she heard the carriage, only Su Da Niu heard the sound and rushed out of the house and opened the courtyard door wide, but for a moment, Su A-Niang stood at the gate of the courtyard with Xiaobao carrying an oil lamp and looked out of the door.

After the carriage stopped, Su Yu got out of the carriage.

Su Yu first pulled the little black donkey into the yard, the little black donkey walked side by side with the horse pulling the cart, and Su Wang pulled the rope.

Su Yu tied the little black donkey and fed it water, she also washed her face by the way, and after washing all the charcoal ash on her face, she came out, and Su Wang also got off the carriage at this time.

There is a high threshold on the courtyard gate, and horses can enter the courtyard, but it is difficult to enter the chariot wheel behind it, so they can only move the things on the cart into the house first, and then lift the back frame to the yard.

Su Yu commanded: Mother, you take Xiaobao into the house, open the door of the west side house, we have to move the things of the horse to there, eldest sister, we let the horse out, you lead the door into the yard and tie it to the little black guard, give it, is there still tender grass for the hare to eat, if there is any left, feed the little black donkey and this horse, they must also be hungry.

Sister Su asked: Why did you buy so many things and come back, where did this carriage come from?

Su Yu sighed: Let's go back to the house, it's getting dark, let's move things to the house first.

Su Daniu was about to speak, but when she saw that her eldest brother had a black face and didn't say a word, she immediately closed her mouth, pulled the horse into the yard very knowingly, and began to feed the horse and the little black donkey grass and water.

Su A-Niang was weak and couldn't help much, so after taking Xiaobao to the west side of the house and opening the door, she stayed by the door and held the oil lamp high so that the house could be brightened.

Su Yu and Brother Su mistakenly moved the things outside the house to the west side of the house, and Su Yu originally wanted to carry the last frame in with Brother Su, but when she moved the last thing in, Brother Su got the frame in the courtyard by himself.

By now, even a sluggish person like Su A-Niang could see Su Wang's displeasure.

Su Yu tied the courtyard gate and went to the east house with everyone.

A family of five sat down around the table, Su Wang put the pastries he bought in the afternoon on the table, and said to everyone: The ginseng sold for some silver, and I bought some things back, Wu Zhi said that this pastry tasted good, mother, big girl, second girl, Xiaobao, try it quickly, and pad your stomach first.

Su Yu picked up a piece of pastry, handed it to Su Aniang, and said: Mother, you taste it.

Su A-Niang didn't answer, but said: You can eat by yourself, A-Niang has hands, and she will ...... Before she could speak, Su Yu stuffed the pastry into Su A-Niang's mouth, because Su A-Niang was talking at that time, so she bit off half of the pie, and there were only a few pieces of pastry, she ate one more piece, and the children ate one less piece, and she didn't want to eat it at all.

But at this time, she had already bitten down, and she couldn't spit it out, so she could only chew it carefully, this pastry was soft and sweet, Su A-Niang hadn't eaten such a delicious thing for a long time.

Su Daniu took two pieces of pastry, one to Xiaobao and one to the eldest brother, and only after these two pieces were given away did she pick up another piece and eat it herself.

In addition to the piece handed to Su A-Niang, Su Yu took another piece of pastry and ate it.

Su Wang put the piece that Su Daniu handed to him back on the plate, he was not in the mood to eat, only to see him open his mouth and say: Mother, Dr. Fang taught Xiaobao to read and write, I bought two books for Xiaobao, a three-character scripture, and a thousand-character text, if Dr. Fang comes to our house as a guest, mother, remember to buy some delicious food to entertain him.

Su A-Niang heard Su Wang say that Dr. Fang wanted to teach Xiaobao to read and write, and she was so happy that she couldn't speak, and she heard Su Wang say that she bought two books, books? That's expensive!

Su A-Niang couldn't help but ask: Is the book expensive, and how much money did it cost?

This time it was Su Yu who answered: two taels, one book and one tael of silver.

It's still very expensive. Su A-Niang thought about it, but suddenly thought of Aunt Zhang, who went to the town with Su Yu in the morning, and she hurriedly asked: Did you pay back the money you owe your uncle's family? Is it borrowed or ......

Su Wang said slowly: The two taels of silver owed to my uncle's family have been given to my aunt, and the money to buy books is obtained from selling ginseng, and there is the rest, I will give it to my mother later. Su A-Niang can't keep too much silver in her hands, Su A-Niang is soft-hearted, if she gets a large sum of silver, in case someone comes to borrow money, she can't help but lend it, because she is such a person, she feels that after she lives without worry, it is nothing to help others.

Su Wang would rather leave the money in Erniu's hands than give it directly to Su Aniang, this is the reason.

When he was a child, his father went to the mountains to hunt a wild boar, the wild boar was very fat, and he dragged it directly to the town and sold it to the restaurant, and sold it for three taels of silver, his father gave his grandmother two silver, and concealed one or two for his mother to collect, but his mother exposed this matter, and his father was severely disciplined by his grandmother at that time, and he remembered this matter clearly.

Xiaobao was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

After Su Wang finished speaking, he said one more thing: Mother, I bought a little black donkey, and when the little black donkey grows up, I will go to the carpenter to build a cart rack, and then we will have a donkey cart. By the way, I bought sake lees and a large vat for my second girl, and when she wants to use it, she also bought five jars, which are used to make wine, and the second girl said that the green fruits on the mountain can be brewed, anyway, it is something that does not cost money, we can try it.

Su A-Niang glanced at the second girl, and still said in pain: How much does the vat and jar cost, don't do it next time.

Su Wang said calmly: Mother, this thing is all silver exchanged for Erniu's ginseng, this is her silver, but it is used a little, it is nothing at all.

Su Daniu asked: Big brother, how much silver did that ginseng exchange? so that she can have a bottom in her heart.

Su Wang glanced at Su Yu, Su Yu pointed at Su Aniang, and quietly compared a gesture of five, Su Wang understood, so he said: Fifty taels.

Fifty taels?! Su A-Niang was shocked.

When Su Da Niu heard this, her face turned red with excitement: Fifty taels?

Xiaobao grabbed Su Wang's hand and shook it on the side and said: Big brother, big brother, are you telling the truth? The most silver he'd heard of before was a few taels of silver, but that ginseng was sold for fifty taels, so much!

Su Yu looked at Su Wang and asked, "Big brother, did the things you bought this time, including the two taels that you bought books and returned to your aunt, and the ones who bought donkeys, used up more than ten taels of silver?" There are also vats of sake lees, jars, and so on.

Su Wang nodded and said: It's not even ten taels, but it's about the same.

When Su A-Niang heard this, it cost nearly ten taels, and she almost fainted, she hurriedly said: It cost ten taels in one day, that's a whole ten taels! You can't spend money in the future, you can't! It's not about buying a house and buying a land, how can you spend it like that!

You can't save money when it should be spent, Su Wang still wants to buy some land, so he said to Su Aniang: Our family has no field, grandpa's field is not to think about it, I think about waiting for the spring to buy some paddy fields, and then I can earn rations, mother, what do you think?

As soon as Su A-Niang heard that she wanted to buy land, she immediately agreed: Okay, we originally relied on the land to eat, and buying some land is the most important thing, this is good, this is good!

Su Yu heard that Brother Su was buying land, so he asked: Our family has a field, so you don't have to go to the town to work in the future, right?

As soon as Su Yu's words fell, the other three all stared at Su Wang.

Su Wang didn't say no right away, but hesitated, only to see him say: I want to go to the town to learn a craft, so that in addition to the windfall, I can also get a stable income, but I haven't thought about what I should learn yet.

Su A-Niang was puzzled: Ah Wang, there are only forty taels left, which is enough for our family to buy a few acres of paddy fields.

Su Wang didn't answer this, but just asked Su Aniang: What if it happens to be a disaster year? Just like this year, the year of the great drought, if it weren't for the fact that everyone in the village had stored food in previous years, I am afraid that they would not be able to survive, even so, there are people in the village who even starved to death because of lack of food, our family was lucky, if it wasn't for the second girl to save ...... When we got potatoes and dug up ginseng, our family had a hard time. Mother, think about it, even if we survive the autumn, what about the winter, we will either starve to death or freeze to death. So I want to learn a craft that can make money, and even if God doesn't reward us for food in the future, we can support ourselves.

Su A-Niang was worried when she thought of the days of starvation before, and at the same time, Ah Wang's words appeared in her mind like a picture, she couldn't help but be scared when she thought about it, the winter was cold and long, there were four months, if there was no hot kang, it would not be able to live at all, many people froze to death in previous winters, but most of them were homeless people on the streets of the town.

In winter, the hot pit, there is not enough firewood at home!

Su A-Niang turned her head to look at Su Da Niu: Big girl, is our firewood not enough?

Su Daniu nodded fiercely: It's not enough, and our house is small, the house where firewood is still raised with hares and chickens, and there is no place to put firewood at home, if it is placed in the yard, once it rains, it will get wet, and the wet firewood can't be burned.

Su Yu suddenly raised his head and said: It's better to build a few more houses, firewood houses, pigsties, and places to put groceries, by the way, and our house, when it rains, several houses will leak, I saw water stains on the ground, mother, and the windows are also pasted with oil paper again, the wind in winter is like a knife, if the wind leaks from the window, it will be cold in the house.

Su A-Niang was a little moved.

When Su Wang heard Su Yu say this, he also had the idea of building a house, but wouldn't it be too public?

Su Yu suddenly thought that the houses here were all made of adobe bricks, so he said: Mother, if you are afraid of costing money, in this way, let's make adobe bricks ourselves, find soil with better soil quality, and then add some straw to Shangshui, some people say that adding some firewood ash and salt will be stronger, and I don't know if it's true or not.

Add salt, add firewood ash? Where did you hear the recipe? Su Daniu asked.

Su Yu said calmly: When I went to the bookstore to buy books, I heard what the two scholars said, and the eldest brother was on the second floor at that time, so I guess I didn't hear it. She lies now without blinking.

Su Yu vaguely remembered that the clay can be burned into green bricks, as if it should be burned in a kiln, green bricks are much stronger than adobe bricks, this has to be tried to know if you can get it, she has never done it before, now don't panic, wait to give it a try, see what the result is, if it can be successful, use green bricks, if it is not successful, then use adobe bricks.

Su Wang said: I haven't done adobe bricks, but when I saw others do it when I built the wall, it didn't look very difficult, but I had to go through the mold first, otherwise the bricks would not be neat.

Su Yu heard this and said: Then it's decided, get the bricks out before winter, build a few houses when the time comes, and repair the old houses, and then you can have a good time through this winter!

When everyone heard Su Yu say this, their hearts were relieved and they all laughed.

How wonderful!

laughed for a while, but Su A-Niang stood up, only listening to her chanting: You must not have eaten when you came back so late, look at me, I almost forgot about it, you wait, I will go to the kitchen to make you some food.

Su Yu grabbed Su A-Niang and said: Mother, wait, I have one more important thing to tell you.

The important thing? What important things can the second girl have?

Su A-Niang was puzzled, but she still sat down, and she asked Su Yu: What important thing do you have to say now?

Su Yu wants to say that the matter is related to Widow Su, which is Su Wang's coat.

Su Yu pinched Su Da Niu's hand and said to Su A-Niang: Mother, when the eldest sister went to the river to wash clothes the day before yesterday, she took off the eldest brother's coat, and the eldest brother didn't find it for a long time, and I don't know if it was found or lost, or I will go to the river with the eldest sister tomorrow to look for it again?

Su A-Niang thought that Ah Wang's coat had been worn for a few years, it had long been old, and there was still a new cloth at home, which Ah Wang bought with Erniu last time, and she had to take time to help Ah Wang sew a few new clothes.

I bought all the cloth, and now it's almost winter, and when the time comes, I will help the children make a few cotton jackets, and the house still has the fifty catties of cotton they bought last time, and it hasn't been moved.

Wait, how many things did these two losers buy outside, Su A-Niang couldn't help but feel pain when she thought of the white silver and flew away with wings.

Su Yu saw that Su A-Niang was distracted, so she shook her: Mother, mother......

Su A-Niang came back to her senses and said busily: What, what's the matter?

Su Yudao: I'm telling you about the eldest brother who lost his coat, tomorrow I will go to the village with the eldest sister to ask if anyone has seen the coat.

Su A-Niang thought about it and said: Okay, then you go and ask, if you can't find it, forget it, it's just a coat, the clothes have been worn for a few years, it's time to change.

Su Wang looked at Su Yu with some puzzlement, will this coat of looking for him with great fanfare......

Didn't you say that there was something important, what? Su A-Niang saw Su Yu sitting there without speaking, so she asked again. In her heart, the first thing Er Niu asked was not a big deal.

Mother, I asked just now! It's okay now!

When Su A-Niang heard this, she knocked Su Yu's head with a smile and said: You kid, what's the big deal, you have to think about it in the future, okay, don't talk about it, my mother is going to cook.

Su Yu heard that Su A-Niang was going to cook, so she stood up and wanted to go with Su A-Niang.

Su A-Niang refused, she said: You have been busy all day today, and you have just returned the carriage for half a day, you must be tired and panicked, you should sit here with your brother and rest well.

Su Yu was pressed on the stool by Su Aniang.

Su A-Niang walked out, and Su Yu shouted from behind: Mother, just just hot things, don't make it complicated.

Su A-Niang's laughter came from afar: I know.

As soon as Su A-Niang left, Su Da Niu pinched Su Yu's hand and asked: When did I take off my eldest brother's coat, you say! You slandered me, you dead girl, don't give me a good talk that I won't spare you today! Hmph, Su Daniu still remembered that Su Yu didn't tell her about Aunt Zhang last night, although she already knew it today, she still felt angry.

Su Yu leaned into Su Daniu's ear and whispered: Do you remember Widow Su?

Su Daniu nodded.

Su Yu said again: I fell down the mountain last time, Widow Su knew, the eldest brother got the news from her, when she was stained with blood, begging the eldest brother to cover her coat, the eldest brother was anxious about my business, so he gave her the coat.

Su Daniu still didn't understand: And then?

Stupid!

Su Yu lowered her voice again and said: Widow Su is pregnant, this coat is in her hand, in case the child's matter breaks out, the coat will not be clear, if it is......

It's over, it's over, it's over Su Daniu can be regarded as understanding, and her face suddenly became miserable and pale.

So, tomorrow morning, you just go to the river with me and tell me about the fall of the eldest brother's coat, even if someone sees the eldest brother's coat in the hands of Widow Su in the future, then we are not afraid, just say that the coat is off, as for why it is in Widow Su's hands, we don't know!

Su Daniu said happily: This is a good idea!

Su Yu said again: Let's go look for clothes tomorrow, Widow Su will definitely be able to hear the wind, if she is conscious and has no bad intentions, she will definitely send the coat over, if she doesn't send it over...... You can tell if this person is good or bad!

Su Dayu nodded: Yes!

Su Wang also thought of this, he was completely relieved this time, at this time, he had to admire the second girl's eagerness!

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