Cai Er Niangzi put a large pot of dry food with a good fire color and a crispy and delicious look on the dining table, and found a big burden.

said: "Father Zhu'er, this is twenty catties of dry food, enough for your grandfather to eat for five or six days, and I will give you some salted radish." You can have a snack on the road, don't let the beam eat alone. ”

The beam is young and strong, and the amount of food is good.

These dry foods are baked with white flour that she has secretly accumulated for a long time, and they are also mixed with a lot of clear oil, seasoning and salt. Her craftsmanship is good, so much dry food, not a single one of which is too burnt, better than what is sold in the town. She is so attentive for the sake of her own men.

Cai Er understands that his daughter-in-law feels sorry for himself, he has always doted on his nephew, although they don't come to visit him, but as long as there is something delicious at home, they will leave some for them, of course, now there are mainly two small ones.

Who let him have no sons himself, and then he will depend on them?

But I can't say it in front of my daughter-in-law. He said with a smiling face: "Zhu'er Niang, I know that I want to eat more, don't let it all." Da Liang is still young, and there is a chance to eat well in the future. ”

Cai Er Niangzi laughed and said, "It's good to know, don't think about others all day long." ”

After speaking, I tried the dry food, and after confirming that it was cold, I counted them one by one and put them in the baggage.

It's almost April, it is the time of green and yellow, the price of grain is very high, and most people rely on wild vegetables and black flour grains to support. Even when you go out, you can bring a dry and hard yellow flour sticker, and the yellow flour sticker can't be put for a long time, so you can put it for a day or two. One bite can almost knock out your teeth.

The old daughter-in-law who has suffered for half her life with herself has prepared such good dry food for herself.

He's going to help his nephew.

He silently watched her count them one by one, and calculated how many meals he could eat three times a day, how many he could eat at each meal, when he would go to bed at night, and whether he would eat one more.

I couldn't help but bow my head silently. There was an inexplicable impulse in his heart, and he didn't know what he wanted to do, but he wanted to do something, so he had to suppress it hard.

I heard that the door was banged, and Lin Zhu broke in in a hurry. As soon as I entered the door, I saw that my mother was putting together the dry food piled up in the bag. I think about how to wrap it. How to bag to carry comfortably.

stepped forward and took the hand of the second lady and said, "Mother, what are you doing here, let my father be a porter." For such a long journey, you let him carry such a large pile of dry food on his back. Fifty or sixty, right? ”

"Fifty-one. Walk back and forth for six days. Eat nine a day, and there is a leftover. ”

The bread she baked was small but thick, crispy and fragrant. It's easy for big men to eat three at once.

Lin Zhu smiled and said, "Mother, you want to die of exhaustion, my father." Walking so far and carrying such a big bag. ”

Cai Er Niangzi looked at Lin Zhu lovingly, and said, "Silly child, if you don't carry this bag of things, what will your father eat." Mother can tell you, the cake is fragrant, your father will not lose eating this thing on the road. ”

Cai Er hurriedly raised his head and said, "No loss, no loss, your father has a good mouth." This cake baked by your mother, it looks like it's gluttonous. ”

Lin Zhu smiled and picked up one and took a bite, it was fragrant and crispy, really delicious. It's about the same as the dim sum you bought in the town's capital.

As he tasted it, he swallowed it and said, "The cake is delicious, but it's too heavy to carry." According to me, it's good to bring five or six cakes, and there are restaurants along the way, so it's good to eat some soup and water. ”

Cai Er Niangzi glanced at her daughter with disgust and said, "This kid is so light-hearted, you have to have silver when you go to the restaurant." Your grandmother is so slammed, all the expenses have to be paid by us, where do we get the money? Your father is scraping together, and it is estimated that he has taken out all the private money, and he only has a few dollars. , I don't dare to spend it indiscriminately, and I don't know if the new daughter-in-law's family wants any needle wages. ”

How much do you get paid? What the hell. Isn't it just that a matchmaker gives a bride price?

Lin Zhu ate dry food and asked, "Mother, what is needle wages?" ”

Cai Er Niangzi laughed a few times amusefully and said, "This daughter is so stupid." I don't know. The needle wage is the manual fee for the new daughter-in-law to make her dowry. Isn't that silk, silk thread and so on? ”

To make a dowry for yourself, you have to ask your in-laws for money. Then don't do it at all.

She burst out laughing and said, "There are so many things, whether you want to marry your daughter or sell your daughter." ”

"Shhhhh Cai Er Niangzi looked at her daughter and said, "Why do you sell your daughter or not, this is the rule, it seems that other women are noble." ”

"Yes, honorable. At this time, it is noble, and it is more noble to repay debts after coming. ”

Lin Shu ate half of the cake, put it down, took out a handful of silver from his arms, stretched it out in front of Cai Er and said, "Dad, what do you think this is?" ”

"Silver!"

Cai Er and his wife widened their eyes together and screamed in unison.

Immediately, Caiji asked in a low voice, "Where did you come from?" So much? ”

Lin Zhu slapped the silver on the table and said, "Of course my daughter earned it, so it's hard for someone to give it to us for no reason." ”

Cai Eryi's eyes widened like a bull's eye, and he asked, "How do you earn it?" Where do you earn it? ”

He didn't doubt his daughter's ability, but he couldn't figure out how he could earn so much and where he could earn so much.

Lin Zhu cleared his throat and said, "Didn't my daughter come back last night?" Do you know what your daughter does? ”

Cai Er and the other hurriedly asked, "What did you do?" ”

Lin Zhu said mysteriously: "My daughter made hand-rolled noodles for Jin Gongzi. You don't know that these rich people have eaten too much delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they want to eat a bite of our family's common food. That golden boy, after eating my mother's hand-rolled noodles, I can't forget it. Isn't he busy during this time, and he doesn't have time to come? Yesterday my daughter went. I ordered my daughter to do it. ”

Cai Er Niangzi heard that someone was obsessed with the hand-rolled dough she made, and her eyes lit up happily and asked, "How did you do it?" ”

Lin Zhu said: "I just do what my mother usually does." Not a single process has been lost. Don't say it, the taste is the same as the touch made by the mother. As soon as Jin Gongzi was happy, he rewarded his daughter with a gold piece. My daughter wants to use the gold film daddy with her. So he went to the money bank in the town and exchanged it for silver, which was worth exactly ten taels. Dad, you can take it with you, in case you encounter any situation along the way, it will come in handy. ”

Of course, she didn't dare to say that the silver was obtained from the paper kite last time she accompanied Jin Xiaoguang. At that time, I didn't give it all to my father, and I kept it.

This reason was something she racked her brains to come up with, and she thought about it very hard and took a lot of brain cells......

The two of them had no doubts about their daughter's words. Cai Er was even more excited in his heart, his wife was considerate of him, and his daughter was capable. What to ask for in this life.

He looked at the broken silver on the table with a smile and said, "Zhu'er, Dad can just bring two or three taels." Hide the rest for your mother. It will be given to you as a dowry in the future. My daughter is so capable, the dowry in the future will not be less. ”

Lin Zhu said, "Dad, you can take it all." It's still the same sentence, the poor are rich. As for the daughter. You don't have to worry about it. Didn't you say your daughter was capable? Since competent. What kind of dowry are you worried about? Here, my mother can say, a good man does not want a family property, and a good woman does not want a dowry. ”

My daughter is so capable and sensible.

The two of them smiled and packed up their things.

As soon as Cai Er left, the vegetable garden suddenly became much deserted.

It's almost April. It's time to plant potatoes and transplant seedlings.

When Cai Er left, he explained that these dishes were not rushing for time, and he would talk about it when he came back.

Cai Er Niangzi was anxious, and prepared the grass ash early,

She wanted to plant potatoes first, although potatoes are very poor, they are four seasons vegetables, and even officials like Yanfu can't do without them. The area planted each year is the largest and the largest in number. And it also helped their family, almost half a year less, and the potatoes were topped with grain.

Early in the morning, she wore a shabby straw hat and carried a pot of broken potatoes to the field at the far end of the courtyard wall, holding a small shovel in her hand.

Lin Zhu also put on a straw hat made of wheat straw made by Caier and followed, saying, "Mother, you plant seeds, and I will fill in the soil." ”

As she spoke, she looked at the broken straw hat of the second lady. Mother is too thrifty, my father helped their mother and daughter weave a hat last year, and Lin Zhu also sewed a cute pattern on it, she just was reluctant to wear it, and she buckled this tattered and rotten one on her head.

Cai Er Niangzi hurriedly said: "Go, you go to be your own." Remember to wear gloves and not to break ground. It's a matter of this side, just one person. ”

The thing she said about you was the vegetable seedlings in the wooded house.

Lin Zhu knew that her mother would never let her help, and the work of planting potatoes seemed very simple, that is, shovel a small hole in the fluffy vegetable field, put the cut potatoes into pieces, let the sprouts face up, and sprinkle a handful of plant ash and bury it in the soil to smooth it out. Skilled people don't have to get up at all, they just need to move their bodies. But if you can't do it, it's not easy to do it.

Lin Zhu didn't insist, and went to the wooden house with a bucket of water. The tomato seedlings in the hut have grown into thick rhizomes with five or six leaves. It should be ready to be transplanted.

Tomatoes don't like the long hours of sunlight, so she chooses the ground next to the courtyard wall to block the sun.

She brought her mother's homemade cloth gloves and a small shovel to carefully shovel out a dozen tomato seedlings that looked strong, as much soil as possible, and then more carefully put them in a large dustpan. , come to the vegetable patch that has been selected for a long time.

Calculating the spacing, I dug a pit more than half a foot high very carefully, slowly put the vegetable seedlings in, straightened them, put the soil on them, and poured water.

The first time she did it, she did it seriously and devotedly. I didn't even pay attention to the barking of the big yellow dog outside the gate.

I finally carried the last one, and I saw a shadow in front of my eyes.

Who is it! She was startled, almost jumping.

I saw two people standing in front of me, both wearing shorts and trousers, with square scarves tied around their heads.

Her first reaction was that the little girl in Yanfu was looking for her for something.

Then he shouted in surprise: "Miss Mingzhu, Sister Qinglian, why are you here?" ”

He screamed out of his mouth, but he was extremely shocked.

The obvious woman in front of him with only two big eyes on his thin face dressed as a man is really Sima Mingzhu, who has captivated the country and the city?

Sima Mingzhu's empty eyes nodded without a smile.

Qing behind him hurriedly said, "Zhu'er, my young lady wants to inquire with you, where did Young Master Jin Zhen go?" Why is there no one at home? ”

After asking, she quickly glanced at the princess she couldn't bear to look at.

In fact, they had been here many times, and the neighbors around him, including Lin Zhang, didn't know where he had gone.

This time, Sima Mingzhu refused to leave, so she had to take her here to ask.

Seeing Sima Mingzhu's appearance, Lin Zhu's heart was sour.

What a noble and beautiful princess, trapped by love like this, the old saying is true, a woman's IQ in the face of love is zero.

She hurriedly took off her gloves and said, "I heard Sister Jiu'er say that she went back to her hometown to see that Young Master Jin Zhen's mother is sick." ”

"Really? That's what she told you? ”

Sima Mingzhu's eyes flashed once: "It's really just to go back to see his mother, not anything else?" ”

Her voice was fluttering, a little angry.

Lin Zhu hurriedly said: "That's what Sister Jiu'er said. He said that he would come back when his condition improved. ”

She added the latter sentence, and they didn't say when they would be back.

Qing hurriedly said, "Miss, what the slave said is right. The slave maid said that Young Master Jin was a knowledgeable person, and the reason why he said goodbye without saying goodbye must be for a reason. ”

At this time, she didn't care about Lin Zhu.

Sima Mingzhu said: "Even so, he should say hello." ”

"Miss Mingzhu, Young Master Jin Zhen is in a hurry, and Sister Jiu'er is running over to say goodbye to the slave maid."

Lin Zhu really couldn't bear to look at Sima Mingzhu's godless and empty eyes and sallow little face.

Qinglian also hurriedly said: "Zhu'er said the same thing." Miss, let's go back. The slave maid thought that Young Master Jin must not be able to get out, and when he was done, he was done. Be sure to come back. ”

After speaking, he was a little forced to help Sima Mingzhu and walked towards the gate of the vegetable garden, and said as he walked: "My young lady, our block is back." You can't hurt the slave and maid, there are still fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters in the slave family. ”

Sima Mingzhu was helped out of the door like a puppet by Qinglian, who was relatively sturdy, like a hostage.

Lin Zhu's sadness was even worse.

This son of the golden branch and jade leaf is also a woman with a true temperament, and she has lost weight like lightning for Young Master Jin Zhen.

It's also a bit of a trance.

Looking at her distant back, her irrelevant people's hearts were pinched.

She couldn't help but curse Young Master Jin Zhen in a low voice: Damn, it is clear and tender, and it is affectionate, how can you be so ruthless to the woman you like. Not only is it ruthless but also unrighteous, can't you just say hello and leave?

That's not right!

Suddenly, her heart went cold.

Young Master Jin Zhen knew Sima Mingzhu's identity. But she kept pretending not to know, and let Jin Xiaoguang see her inadvertently.

Could it be that all this was deliberately done by Young Master Jin Zhen?

If it was really deliberate, no matter what it had to do with himself, Young Master Jin Zhen would be a bit despicable.

No matter what the reason, it can't be used as a reason to hurt a woman who is simply in love with him, right? (To be continued......)