"Coincidentally, we also bought pork, and said that we would go back and let my sister-in-law make wontons to stew!" Lin Tieli said with a smile.

"Is there anything else you'd like to buy? If not, we'll go back. ”

"No, it's almost all bought." Sun Chen shook his head.

Because they bought too many things, when they went back, the ox cart that specially pulled people was not willing to charge according to the number of people, so they could only spend 20 yuan to charter a car themselves. Lin Tieli said that he would take the money alone, of course Sun Chen would not agree, and insisted on taking half of it, and now there was only fifty wen left in his hand.

"Master, people are gone, do we want to ......" In a teahouse not far away, a person with an ordinary face but a fierce momentum was sitting at the window table on the second floor looking at them, and the middle-aged man standing next to him asked him respectfully.

"No need." The voice of the exit seemed to be deliberately suppressed.

"Now that we've found it, why don't we ......?"

"Now is not the time," the man waved his hand before his subordinates were about to speak, and took a sip of the teacup in front of him, his posture was elegant and leisurely, but if you look closely, you will find that his hand holding the teacup is slightly trembling, and the movement of using the lid of the teacup to open the tea leaves inside is also slightly stiff.

It wasn't until he put down the teacup that he slowly opened his mouth again, if it weren't for the habit of observing his master's every move, his subordinates would think that what he saw just now was just his own illusion, and now there was no trace of anything strange in his voice, "Arrange people to protect them in secret, don't disturb their lives at will on weekdays." ”

"They look like they should be living on a tight budget, so they don't need to ......," he hesitated for a moment, but still asked aloud.

"No," interrupted his subordinate, and the man's eyes flashed, "I think they should be able to solve this little matter easily without anyone's help." If not, it's not worth the effort. ”

In that low tone, there seemed to be a trace of irrepressible certainty.

"But......" The subordinates behind him seemed to want to say something more, and they were immediately silenced by his faint eyes, "My subordinates know, master." ”

"Let's go," the man said, taking a sip from his teacup, "we have something we have to work out!" ”

"Yes."

"I don't know if we will all have different identities when we meet again." Finally, he turned his head and glanced in the direction Sun Chen and the others had left, and the man got up neatly and left.

There was only a tea bowl on the table, and a silver ingot of ten taels, which let the owner of the teahouse know that he had just made a business.

Declined the invitation of Da Zhuang's family, Sun Chen and his sister returned to their own small courtyard.

After putting down the things, Sun Chen was busy burning the two kangs, and at this time the kang was burned dry, so that he could sleep when he went to bed at night.

The second girl was busy in the kitchen for a while, making good noodles and letting it go, and then chopping the purchased pork into small cubes and adjusting the meat filling.

"Brother, shall we eat pork and green onions or pork cabbage?"

"Anything." Sun Chen is not a picky eater, not to mention that no matter what combination he uses, the meat buns will be delicious.

"Then I'll stomp on a small piece of cabbage, and I can wrap a few more, and we can eat it tomorrow morning." The second girl happily arranged, it was the first day she lived here, and she was obviously very excited.

Sun Chen remembers that since her mother died, she has never shown such a lively side.

The second girl steamed the buns, Sun Chen also cleaned up almost completely, and the two brothers and sisters finished their meal with the afterglow that was not yet dark.

"I forgot to buy an oil lamp and lamp oil." Sun Chen touched his head.

"It's okay, let's just eat and sleep early every day in the future."

"If there's anything else to buy, remember to wait for us to go to town to buy it later." Sun Chen nodded, it could only be like this.

"Brother, have you forgotten? There is a merchant Yang who will come to our village to sell these things, but I don't know when he will come. Erniu said distressedly, "Last time, he promised to bring some small items that need to be handmade and put them in the hands of our village people for processing, and I also signed up." But it's been more than two months, so why haven't you come here yet. ”

"Didn't the merchant Yang come to our village once a month? Why haven't you come yet? What's your name? What is it doing? Sun Chen extracted information about this merchant Yang from his memory, he is a single old widower over fifty years old, with no children around him to fulfill his filial piety, relying on his usual days to walk the streets and alleys and sell some sundries to make a living.

Because he likes children, all the children in these ten miles and eight towns, including Sun Chen, eat jelly beans at his place.

"Just the kind of silk flower he wore on his head last time," Erniu said to her brother, "He said that someone wanted to buy a large number of them, but he didn't have them in stock, and he only found some semi-finished products, and he planned to let some female celebrities in our village make them." I showed him my craft, and he agreed to let me do it. ”

"Maybe people don't want goods at home, he's embarrassed to come, right?" Sun Chen guessed.

"Won't it?" Erniu was a little unsure, "The last time the merchant Yang came, he said that he had received all the deposits." ”

"Then there is only one reason, the merchant Yang may be sick." Don't worry that the goods can't be sold, and the merchant Yang didn't come over at the agreed time, so his physical condition can only not allow it.

"Well, it should be like this, usually the reputation of the merchant Yang is good, and this has never happened!" Erniu nodded, "Alas, I still want to get a little money to reduce your burden, but I can't do it now." ”

"Don't think about it so much, even if you don't do anything, my brother will try to make you well-fed and warmly dressed, let's talk about our quilt! According to what I said, just leave it to Aunt Zhuzi to help put it on, and you have to come back and get it yourself. Sun Chen didn't know anything about needlework, and if he didn't let others help, he had to do it herself.

"Brother, didn't you hear Aunt Zhu say that Aunt Zhu said that Uncle Tie Li would let Uncle Tie Li's object enter the door after autumn? The new clothes that several members of her family will wear when they arrive, as well as the bedding used when they get married, will be made by Aunt Zhu and Yanzi! What's more, there are other miscellaneous things, so let's not make a mess of his family! The second girl looked at her brother with disgust, "Besides, it's just to make two quilts, I think I can still do it!" ”

"Hehe, I'm not afraid that you are too small to do such a big needle?" Sun Chen was still a little uncomfortable being teased by his sister, and touched his nose with a hot face.

"Have you forgotten that I have not dismantled and washed our bedding for the past two years? Our grandmother never reached out. ”

The children of the poor are in charge of the house at an early age, and even more so the children of the motherless. Since the mother left, the seasons have changed every year, and the person who takes care of the clothes of the three of them has unconsciously changed from his mother Sun Liu to his younger sister Erniu, who is a grandmother and mother, Sun Yang has never cared about them, and later even handed over his clothes to Erniu to clean.

The second girl has also changed from a clumsy little girl who can only wash clothes at the beginning, and has gradually become a contemporary qualified housewife who can disassemble and wash bedding, patch clothes, clean housework, cook, and work in the field.