On the first day of the resumption of work in the workshop and tea plantation, Xia Qingyun got up early in the morning, planning to go to the town to buy some red paper and paste some red envelopes to Fali City.

After breakfast, she asked someone to call Lao Yu with a handlebar and told him to prepare the carriage.

"Qingyun, wait for me for a while, my mother will go with you." The mother said while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks on the table, "The tooth shop in the town brought a letter yesterday, saying that they had found a few suitable people, let me go over and have a look, and bring back the ones I like." The workshop and tea garden are about to start, and the two newly bought hills have to be opened up in a hurry. ”

"Mother, I want to go too, I haven't been to the town once." When the little sister heard them talking, she leaned over and dragged her mother's arm like twisting candy.

"Okay, okay, carefully drop the bowl," the mother scolded with a smile, "all go, all go, call Hualing and them, go to the town to play together, and by the way, pull a few pieces of flower cloth for you." ”

Qiuyun jumped excitedly, "Mother is so good! Then I'll go to the mountains and call them. As he spoke, he ran away without a trace.

The Valin siblings never slept lazy, and went up the mountain to practice every morning. At first, Hua Yun and Qiu Yun also wanted to learn together, but Hua Ling sternly told them that the Hua family's kung fu could not be passed on casually, and they had to worship the tablet of the ancestor of the Hua family, and be officially accepted as an apprentice by the elders of the Hua family. The two men had no choice but to give up.

A moment later, Qiuyun ran back with Hua Ling and Xiao Hua Rong sweating profusely.

"What about the flower trees and the flower vines?" Xia Qingyun asked.

"They didn't go, and said that they would go up the mountain with Brother Hua Yun to dig birds' eggs." Hua Ling gasped and replied.

The boys are not interested in shopping, and their favorite thing is to have fun in the mountains. Climbing trees to dig birds' eggs and going to the creek to catch bullfrogs are repertoire. After Hua Da and the others came, they made a slingshot for each of the boys, and taught them how to hunt pheasants and catch hares, and took them to play in the mountains all summer, drying like black charcoal.

"Regardless of them, come, sister will comb your hair, let's dress up and go shopping." Xia Qingyun smiled and took the comb and untied the head rope of Hua Ling.

"Hua Rong come here, Sister Qiuyun will comb it for you?" Qiu Yun pulled Xiao Huarong and coaxed.

Xiao Huarong blinked her eyes and said softly: "I want Sister Qingyun to comb it for me, she combs it beautifully." ”

"Hmph, that sister is angry, I won't take you to the mountains to pick plums in the future." Qiuyun puffed out his cheeks to scare her.

"Well, you don't want to comb one high and one low like last time." Xiao Huarong admonished uneasily.

Qiuyun squeezed her eyes at her and coaxed: "No, don't worry, I just learned a new trick from Sister Qingyun the day before yesterday, called fishbone braid, it's beautiful!" ”

After the mother finished cleaning up, she saw that the sisters were still dressing up, so she turned back to the kitchen and wrapped a few rice balls and duck eggs. Hua Ling and Hua Rong didn't have time to eat breakfast, so they took them to eat on the way.

She walked through the hall with the food box, and happened to meet the handlebar-style old Yu head-on, so she handed him the food box in her hand and said: "Brother Yu, please leave the food box on the car, and by the way, set up another car, and then have to pull a few people back from the town later." ”

Lao Yu should take the food box and ask respectfully: "Mrs. Dongjia, my mother-in-law is a diligent person who can do some rough chores, the eldest son is fourteen years old this year, and there is only one sister below, who is nine years old this year, and can help the family work." I don't want any monthly money, just enjoy food, you see"

"What's wrong with that!" The mother agreed with a smile, and asked again: "Isn't your home in Xingping Village, five miles west of the town, then just wait until you get to the town, and you can go back and pick them up directly." ”

"Okay! Thank you, Mrs. Proprietor! Lao Yule went out with the food box.

The sisters stopped dressing up, and Xia Qingyun changed into a whiter cropped sleeve gown, a dark blue batik long skirt, and two black and shiny braids hanging down on her shoulders, looking extremely delicate and elegant.

Qiuyun and Hualing Huarong wore the same fishbone braids, and the braids were tied with red ropes with grass beads.

Qiuyun likes to wear floral clothes, and deliberately chose a pink floral muslin gown and black wide pants, which are pretty and cute.

Hua Ling and Hua Rong changed into azure pants of the same style, the neckline and cuffs were embroidered with goose yellow lace, lining the pink faces of the two, refreshing and cute.

"Mother, do you want to call my sister-in-law to go with you?" Xia Qingyun asked when he got into the car.

The mother picked up Xiaohuarong and put it in the carriage, "Okay, I'll go down and call her when I pass by my sister-in-law's house later." ”

When passing by the wooden house, Lao Yu stopped the car, and his mother went into the house to find Xia Yinglan, and after a while, she came back alone.

Qiuyun looked behind her mother and asked, "Where is my sister-in-law?" Why don't you go together? ”

"Your sister-in-law said that she had a heat stroke a few days ago, and her spleen and stomach were not in harmony, so she didn't go." The mother replied, "I don't see that her face is very good, and I will remember to ask her from the town to take a look later." ”

Xia Qingyun nodded in response and ordered Lao Yu to catch the car.

Lao Yu was in a very good mood today, the carriage drove out of Beixi Village and turned onto the mountain road, he whipped and sang the mountain song loudly.

When I arrived in the town, my mother got off at the door of the dental store, and Lao Yu sent Xia Qingyun and Qiuyun Hualing Huarong to Fang City, and drove home to pick up my mother-in-law and children.

The first time Qiuyun came to Dongchuan Town, he felt that everything was rare, and he and Hua Ling held hands, like two light little swallows, flying out of this store and into the next one.

Xia Qingyun couldn't lead Xiao Huarong to walk quickly, so he simply gave Qiuyun and Hua Ling a few taels of silver, and said that they would gather in the cloth shop after an hour, and they would go shopping with them.

Xiao Huarong pouted and complained: "Sister Hualing and Sister Qiuyun only care about playing by themselves and don't wait for me." ”

Xia Qingyun smiled and lowered her head to coax her: "Hua Rong, be good, when you grow up, you will be able to catch up with your sisters, shall we go buy candy and eat?" ”

"Good! Sister Qingyun, I want to eat peanut crisp, pine nut candy, lard candy, marzipan candy, well, and cloud cake! Xiaohuarong counted with her hands.

"Eating so much will stain your teeth!" Xia Qingyun smiled and scratched her upturned little nose, took her little hand and walked towards the halva selling workshop.

A tall figure hid behind the pillars not far behind them, quietly watching Xia Qingyun's back, a smile on the corner of his mouth.

There was a line of exquisite sweets and pastries on the counter of the halva workshop, and Xiaohuarong wrinkled her nose and smelled the sweet aroma of the candy, standing on tiptoe on the edge of the counter.

Xia Qingyun picked her up, Hua Rong stretched out her thin fingers, pointing at this, and then at that, "Well, sesame crisp, peanut crisp, mint cake, and what is that black one?" ”

The shopkeeper pinched one and put it in Hua Rong's hand, "Little Miss, this is called Osmanthus Olive." ”

Hua Rong put the olives in her mouth, a round bulge bulged out of her cheeks, and said vaguely: "Don't Qingyun give it delicious!" ”

Xia Qingyun was amused by her cute appearance, "Okay, my sister who likes to eat will buy it for you." Xiao Er, please weigh half a catty of each, and we'll pick it up later. ”

"Qingyun gives, I like you so much!" Xiao Huarong hugged Xia Qingyun's neck tightly and kissed her on the face.

Out of the halva workshop, she took Hua Rong all the way over, bought her several knick-knacks that turned over the flowers, picked out some various head ropes, and took her to buy two new earrings and a pair of hairpin bracelets for her mother, Qiuyun, Hua Ling Hua Rong, sister-in-law and herself in the silver jewelry workshop, and also made a silver collar with a lotus pattern for Xiao Hua Rong, and made an appointment to get it after lunch.

When they walked to the cloth shop, their mother was already waiting there with Qiuyun and Hualing.

"Mother, are you optimistic?" Xia Qingyun asked.

The mother replied: "It's all said, sign the death deed." Two rough mothers-in-law, four girls, and three handymen, all neat and tidy. I've sent them back first, and when I came out, I told your father, and he took care of them at home. ”

"Godmother! Sister Qingyun bought me a lot of good things! Xiao Huarong said, Chong Hualing and Qiuyun grimaced, "If you want to eat, you have to say good things to me, who told you two not to wait for me!" ”

Hua Ling and Qiu Yun shook the gadgets in their hands to tease her: "No, our good things won't be played with for you." ”

Xiao Hua Rong pouted and ran over to hit Hua Ling and Hua Yun, Hua Ling and Hua Yun ran away with a smile, Xiao Hua Rong chased after her, and the three sisters were chasing after me, and they were very happy.

Xia Qingyun often came to this cloth shop to buy, and the guy and the shopkeeper all recognized her and came over to say hello together. Xia Qingyun smiled and introduced: "This is my mother, they are my sisters." ”

"It turned out to be Mrs. Xia! Please! The shopkeeper let in with a smile on his face.

Xia Qingyun and his mother carefully selected, chose an ochre moire fine cloth for the old lady, a lotus lotus-colored plum blossom fine cloth for the sister-in-law, Qiuyun and Hua Ling Hua Rong each chose a few plain fine flower cloths, and Xia Qingyun's father and Hua Yun, Hua Shu, Hua Teng, Hua Da, Wu Chen They each chose some indigo and dark coarse fine cloth.

My mother asked for another 20 zhang sweat cloth and 30 zhang coarse summer cloth, ready to make winter clothes. and fifty pieces of fine white cloth for tea bags.

Xia Qingyun reminded on the side: "Mother, I can't fit it in the car if I buy it again." "Mother just gave up.

At noon, Xia Qingyun took everyone to have a delicious meal in the famous Donghe Building in the town. While eating, Lao Yu came over and said that he had picked up his family and was waiting downstairs.

The mother hurriedly asked if she had eaten, and Lao Yu smiled: "I ate when I came out." ”

Xia Qingyun suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "I patronized and played, but I forgot about the business completely." ”

She took out half a penny and asked Lao Yu to buy some red paper, and the rest took her mother-in-law and children to walk around the town and buy some snacks.

Lao Yu thanked him again and again, and took the money with joy.

After eating this meal for half an hour, my mother packed some radish cakes, thousand-page cakes, braised duck, fish balls and other food, and asked the store to carefully pack the food box and put it on the carriage.

Lao Yu's family stood next to the carriage and waited, and when they saw them coming down, they hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

His mother-in-law's thin eyebrows and eyes looked like honest and neat women, and the two children were a little shy and hid behind with red faces.

Lao Yu had already taken a cloth along the way and wrapped it in an oilcloth and tied it to the roof of the car.

Everyone got in the car, and Lao Yu followed Xia Qingyun's instructions and went all the way to the workshop to pick up the goods ordered in the morning.

In the silverware workshop, when the guy saw Xia Qingyun coming in, he hurriedly took out a red lacquer box and opened it for Xia Qingyun to inspect the goods.