Sister Chunmei followed the old lady out of the bazaar, walked to a street behind, followed the canal, crossed a few bridges, and walked down the embankment. There is a large area of fruit groves in front of you, and beyond that is the wilderness outside the county seat.

Sister Chunmei couldn't help but stop and asked, "Old man, don't you live on the street?"

The old lady pointed to a section of the roof that was exposed in the fruit grove and said, "That's my house, isn't it very close?"

"Oh." Sister Chunmei nodded, and said in her heart that there are some rich people in the county, and in order to make the mansion more wide, they have chosen a remote area near the main street, which looks very quiet. Since this old lady is a wealthy family, most of today's transactions can be successful.

At that moment, he followed the old woman into the woods, and drilled around, with a bamboo fence in front of him, covering two doors.

The old woman walked to the door and slapped it a few times, and soon a woman about thirty years old came out, staring at Sister Chunmei vigorously.

Sister Chunmei smiled at her embarrassedly, and when she entered the door, the woman immediately closed the door tightly.

After coming in, Sister Chunmei was a little strange, what kind of rich family is here, but there are only three small tiled houses with two bright and one dark.

Then the old woman entered the house, beckoned to her, and said, "Come in, come in."

With the attitude of being at ease when she comes, Sister Chunmei had to go in with the cloth, but who knew that the old woman kept letting her into the bedroom, and Sister Chunmei felt even more strange.

Glancing at the furnishings in the room, I saw that the tables, chairs, and windows were all red painted, even the bedding on the bed was printed with red flowers, and the vases on the table and windowsill were also inserted with fresh flowers.

Sister Chunmei laughed secretly in her heart, such an old person is still so festive and likes to be lively.

When the old woman saw her looking around, she smiled and asked, "Do you see that this house is still clean?"

"It's so clean." Sister Chunmei smiled, "Old man, who in your family wants cloth?"

The old woman thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, my surname is Ma, everyone calls me Granny Ma, and many sisters-in-law selling cloth in the countryside in the market know me." You sit down first, and I'll pour you a cup of tea to moisten your mouth. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the thirty-year-old woman brought in a bowl of tea.

Granny Ma invited Sister Chunmei to sit down on a red chair, and said with a smile: "Little sister-in-law, you must be hungry when you come to the county seat early in the morning, right?"

Walked over and opened the red lacquer cupboard, and took a few sesame cakes from a porcelain jar for her to eat. Sister Chunmei saw that others were treating her so hospifully, and she was very unhappy, and thanked her vigorously.

Granny Ma urged her to eat cakes, drink tea, pick up a cigarette pouch and pot by herself, light a fire and smoke.

"Which village are you from? It's a crop, right? What is your family's surname? What's your last name?"

"My mother-in-law's surname is Shen, and my own surname is Mao."

"Surname Shen?" Granny Ma stopped moving, "But Shen from Shenjia Village?"

Sister Chunmei sighed in her heart, shook her head and said, "No."

"Oh." Granny Ma laughed again, "You are in charge, and you probably come to the county seat often, right?" How old is he?"

Sister Chunmei smiled bitterly: "Don't mention him, I know that I am fooling around outside, eating and drinking, and gambling all day long." Otherwise, why should I come to the street to sell cloth? ”

"We are all the same, married to an unconscious person, and suffered for half a lifetime." Granny Ma looked sympathetic, "I was the sole breadwinner of my family in those years, and now there are no old ghosts, and I am more comfortable." If you want me to say that you are young and beautiful, where is not the world of flowers, and you come out to make a living by yourself, that's right. You're about the age of a man, aren't you?"

Sister Chunmei pursed her lips, "It's not big, but it doesn't make the wine look like a ghost." Forget it in this life, wait for the next life!"

Granny Ma said, "Why wait for the next life? You are still so young, we can come and go often in the future, I will definitely be able to help you, for example, when the cloth can't be sold, you just send it, and I can sell it for you. ”

I really didn't expect to meet a noble person today, Sister Chunmei was overjoyed, and she boasted that she had found a way now, and she was grateful, and the more the two of them talked, the more they agreed, and they chatted for nearly an hour.

Seeing that it was about to be noon, Granny Ma smiled and said, "It's not too early, you should get rid of your cloth and go back, I'll go and find the person who bought the cloth now."

Sister Chunmei saw that the old lady was so enthusiastic, so she naturally didn't say anything to thank her. Granny Ma asked the woman to sit with her, and went out by herself.

Not long after, the old woman came back, and said with a smile all the way outside: "Master Huang is very generous, this business must be proper." Huang Ye, you guys have easy money to eat yamen rice, and you will definitely not care if you spend an extra one or two hangs, don't you say?"

In the blink of an eye, she was in the bedroom, followed by a man wearing a hat trimmed with gold thread, a satin gown, and a strange smile on his face.

Sister Chunmei was stunned for a moment, isn't this the young man she accosted in the morning? My heart immediately thumped and blushed.

The young man laughed and said, "Yo! This is not the sister-in-law, I met in the morning, and asked her to sell me the cloth, but she didn't even say the price, turned around and left. It's boring to call me a good one. ”

Granny Ma asked, "Where did you meet her?"

"Just a little before the market exit." The young man said.

"It's no wonder." Granny Ma frowned and smiled, "At that time, there were already a lot of people, the little sister-in-law was so beautiful, and you were so handsome, the two of them talked affectionately, what did outsiders think?" Hehe, even if our sister-in-law of the Shen family doesn't hate you, she can't talk to you openly outside. Sister-in-law of the Shen family, are you right?"

Sister Chunmei, who was hoping to do business, knew that these words were evil, and because of her thoughts in the morning, she lowered her head and frowned, and remained silent.

Granny Ma, who was staring at her, smiled, took the roll of white cloth directly, handed it to the young man with both hands, and said, "How about you take a look?" How well this cloth is woven, the color is also clean, and the price that people ask for is not much, only two hangings and four hundred dollars. ”

Sister Chunmei, who lowered her head, jumped in her heart, obediently! Two thousand four hundred texts? No, there's something wrong with that.

I saw the young man wave his hand and said with a smile: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, such a good cloth, just two hundred yuan."

"Oops! Huang Ye is refreshing. ”

Granny Ma was very happy, and turned to Sister Chunmei and said, "Sister-in-law of the Shen family, did you hear that?" There is no counteroffer, two hangings for four hundred dollars! Let me tell you the truth, Huang Ye is the inspector of the tax card, earning at least thirty or forty taels of silver every month, and he has always been the most righteous, and I heard that he has not yet started a family. ”

Sister Chunmei heard her say that she didn't have these things, and felt that something was even more wrong, and at the same time, she was inexplicably flustered, got up and said, "Since I bought it, please give the money to the slave family, I want to go home."

Granny Ma smiled: "Uncle Huang, what are you afraid of?" It's noon now, and you've got something to cushion, but people haven't taken a sip of tea, isn't it rude? Okay, okay, you sit down first, I'll go make you a good pot of tea, and then go back after a home-cooked meal. ”

After saying that, she smiled and turned around and went out, leaving Sister Chunmei who was becoming more and more flustered.

At this time, Inspector Huang put the cloth on the table, clenched his fists, and said with a smile: "Little sister-in-law, what are you anxious about?" I've already bought the cloth, please wait a little longer, have a meal, and I'll give you the money. (To be continued.) )