31. Family background
"Sister, what are we going to do now?" After the excitement, Guo Lin groped and said, "Why don't you go to the street, and we'll go back early the next morning?" ”
Guo Mianmian glanced at the second brother, and said with a smile: "Don't feel sorry for the silver?" The cheap stacks in the city may cost 20 wen a night, and our brother and sister will get 40 wen a night. ”
Guo Lin scratched his head not very well, and said casually: "We finally went to the city, what a pity it is not good to go shopping, besides, Shopkeeper Song is still busy in the Fang family, and you haven't made it clear to him about the flower seeds." ”
Guo Mianmian didn't want to go back, he just wanted to tease the second brother, and when he saw his reaction so childish, he couldn't help laughing: "Let's go, let's go shopping, and find a house to stack while we can." ”
"Okay!" Guo Lin was very happy, and followed upside down.
Yunlai County is still prosperous, and the brother and sister have been shopping for more than a while before returning to the stack that they found at the beginning. After breakfast the next day, the two came to the Green Pavilion of the Song shopkeeper again.
It's just that when he saw the things that the shopkeeper Song took out, Guo Mianmian's expression changed slightly, and his heart sank suddenly......
The thing that the shopkeeper Song took out was not, it was the small box containing the silver ticket that Fang He wanted to thank Guo Mianmian yesterday, but Guo Mianmian politely refused.
Seeing that Guo Mianmian's expression was not quite right, Shopkeeper Song mistakenly thought that she refused to accept it, and hurriedly said: "Master Fang asked the old man to bring a message to Mrs. Guo, saying, 'If there is a place where Mrs. Guo is needed in distant Guhuai, I hope that Mrs. Guo will try her best to help in the face of Ben Xinzhai'." ”
Ben Shinsai?
Guo Mianmian, who was still depressed because the Fang family didn't want to have a deep friendship with her a moment ago, became clear when she heard the three words Ben Xinzhai, and the reason why the Fang family changed their minds and asked the shopkeeper Song to bring her three hundred taels of silver tickets.
Fang Zhishen is a side of the Fang family, and the same Fang and Yan Zhi have already come out of the five suits, and there is no deep contact with each other. It's just that this Gu Huai accident is a major event for the entire Fang family, and Fang Zhishen, who was not far away, returned to the Fang family's mansion.
If the expectation is correct, it should be Fang Zhishen who told Fang He about the flower sauce, which provoked Fang He's fun and made Fang He change his mind and asked the shopkeeper Song to transfer the three hundred taels of silver tickets to her.
The Fang family's great cause is not so big that they can't look at the little flower sauce, Gu Huai, who has lived for thousands of years, also said that Fang He, the person in charge of the Fang family, is very good, at least there is no problem in terms of character. Otherwise, she would have received three hundred taels of silver yesterday, and she would not deal with the Fang family again from now on.
In any case, deepening the contact with the Fang family will definitely do more benefits than disadvantages to the family. Not to mention, it takes a lot of silver to repair the flower garden, and these three hundred taels of silver just solve the urgent task.
After settling down, Guo Mianmian pressed the slightly raised corners of his mouth, stepped forward and took the silver ticket box and handed it to Guo Lin behind him, and then said to the relieved Song shopkeeper: "There is Lao Song Lao, and another day Song Lao meets Master Fang, and I hope that Song Lao will bring a word to Master Fang for me, so I will say that another day Guhuai is effective to my place, and I will do my best." ”
Obtaining Guo Mianmian's promise, the shopkeeper Song was very happy: "This old clumsy will inevitably bring, Mrs. Guo has nothing to do in the distance, and she has many questions about flowers and trees that she wants to ask Mrs. Guo." ”
Guo Mianmian said modestly: "I have a specialization in the art industry, I have a little experience in the problems and miscellaneous diseases of flowers and trees, but the maintenance is far less than Song Lao, saying that it is too nervous to ask for advice, and it should be to exchange experiences with each other." ”
After learning that Guo Mianmian was not in a hurry to leave, he seriously and enthusiastically exchanged some experience with her in maintaining flowers and trees, all of which were his resumes accumulated over the years, some of which Guo Mianmian did not understand.
The old and the young chatted very excitedly, and the title gradually led to "Uncle Song" and "eldest niece". Time flies, people don't know, and before the ghost knows it, it is noon, and Song Lao reluctantly invites the Guo family brothers and sisters to eat in the shop, but the brothers and sisters have no choice but to respond.
After the meal, the brother and sister had to rush home, and Song Lao didn't stay any longer. Knowing that Guo Mianmian needed at least ten acres of flower seeds, he was a little embarrassed: "Big niece, are you in a hurry to plant now?" I have a complete variety of flowers here, but all the seeds add up to not as much as the single species you want, if you are not in a hurry, my uncle will ask people to go elsewhere to find the return the next day, I am afraid it will take ten days and half a month. ”
The seeds are not enough for this, Guo Mianmian had expected it before he came, so he said: "The flower seeds will be planted at least next spring, and I am not in a hurry to use them." ”
Song Lao was relieved, and said: "It's not good to put the seeds for a long time, and now there is half a year before the next spring, and my uncle will prepare the seeds before you breed, and then you can come and get them." ”
These words were exactly what Guo Mianmian wanted, and she thanked her repeatedly: "Let Uncle Song bother, so I will follow what Uncle Song said." ”
After deciding the matter of the seeds, seeing that it was not too early, the brother and sister said goodbye to the shopkeeper Song and left the Green Pavilion.
With enough silver, Guo Mianmian was interested in buying again. She took out a silver ticket of fifty taels from the silver ticket box, went to the corresponding money bank and exchanged fifty taels of silver, planning to use it to buy land, hire people to pioneer, etc., and then used the silver money she brought with her to buy some pork, pork chops, and candy snacks.
Passing by a letter agency, Guo Mianmian suddenly thought of the little brother who returned home every time he returned home on vacation and wrote articles silently on the ground with branches in order to reduce words, so he raised his feet and walked in, and in the surprised eyes of the guys, he chose a set of middle-class paper, ink, pen and inkstone and two books that the little brother could use.
"Tsk, now the little brother should be happy." Walking out of the book club, Guo Lin tightly hugged the paper, ink, pen, inkstone and two books wrapped together, as if someone was afraid that someone would come to grab it.
Although there were very few inquiries about the things used by scholars, and these few things alone cost five taels of silver, Guo Lin also knew that it was a hard-won good thing, at least before this, the family was reluctant to spend this big price anyway.
Seeing that there was no dissatisfaction on the second brother's face, Guo Mianmian replied: "Everyone is despicable porridge and watch people cook, in the past, our family had no premise, and the younger brother was afraid that he was wronged a lot in the private school, these things can not make the younger brother's studies better, but they can make him less unwanted." ”
Guo Lin knew what his sister's words meant, and couldn't help but glance at her: "Could it be that in your eyes, the second brother is such a stingy person who even his own brother is jealous of?" ”
The younger brother has a talent for reading, and letting him read is discussed by the whole family. He admired in his heart, but he also knew that he was not the material for reading, and to let him study was to throw the silver into the water.
If the younger brother gains fame one day, he will be regarded as just a showman, and his family will be able to change his door like the Fang family. Not to mention the rich and noble, at least in Lijia Village, no one dares to despise and abuse their family. He sincerely hoped that his younger brother could read a trick, and he would be happy even if he was affected by it.
It's just that it's not easy to get fame, and there is an old boy in the neighboring village, who is seventy years old and hasn't yet become a talent. Although he also has this sorrow in his heart, he will not insist on what the younger brother must be.
Now that the family is getting better and better, the premise of the younger brother's reading will be better and better, he likes to read, then read it, it will always be effective one day, don't be blind like him for the rest of his life.
Guo Mianmian didn't know what the second brother was thinking, so he hurriedly greeted him: "Where and where, who in the village doesn't praise you and the eldest brother, unlike the brothers who make trouble for the sake of a little bit of profit, and the father and son are not the father and son." ”
Guo Lin was very comfortable when he said this, and said complacently with his neck high: "That's, I can't guarantee your second brother, treating our own family, my eldest brother and I have absolutely no second thoughts." ”
The weather was hot, and he was carrying a lot of things in his hands, and he was afraid that he would be tired when he walked back, so Guo Mianmian hired an ox cart to travel on his behalf.
The county seat is too far away from Lijia Village, and it is almost dark for a one-way trip, and the coachman doesn't want to run this trip, or Guo Mianmian pays the fare to 100 yuan, and he agrees far-fetched for the sake of money.
There are two hundred and fifty taels of silver tickets in his waist bag, and another fifty taels of silver in his inner pocket.
Although the speed of the ox cart was annoying, and the road was not subject to the bumps and bumps, it was much easier than relying on two legs, and it took less than two hours to reach Lijia Village.
The ox cart had just driven into the village, and it happened to meet Widow Li who had returned from watering the vegetable garden. The two families had already torn their faces, so that Widow Li was the elder, and none of the Guo brothers and sisters paid attention to her, as if they hadn't seen this person.
There is a far-fetched cloth shed on the top of the head of the ox cart, but the surrounding area is open, and Widow Li, who followed the back of the ox cart, saw pork, candy and other things at a glance, and suddenly her jealous heart was suffocated, staring at Guo Mianmian's back and scolding: "Ahh ”
Guo Mianmian, who had sharp ears, vaguely heard Widow Li scolding something, she frowned and looked at it, only saw Widow Li's jealous face, and she didn't have to come forward to ask to know that Widow Li was guilty of pink eye.
"Ye'er, what are you looking at?" Noticing his sister's behavior, Guo Lin followed her gaze and saw Widow Li following behind, and asked a boring question: "What do you think the crazy woman is doing?" Beware that she sees it and rushes up to scold you. ”
Guo Mianmian retracted his gaze and arbitrarily poured a mouthful of inspirational chicken soup into the second brother: "Second brother, I suddenly found that I have become better and stronger, not only can I become more excited, but I can also teach the enemy to be unhappy, so ah, we have to continue to work hard!" ”
"That's natural, you don't even know the second brother." Guo Lin rubbed his hands and said with a desire for profit: "Just like that Fang family, two hundred years ago it was a small businessman, but now I am afraid that even the county master has to let the colleagues who hold it, our family is like the Fang family, at least in the future, it will not be subject to violence, and the younger generations will not worry about eating and drinking." ”
Guo Mianmian smiled and didn't speak, Xiaofu is the same as her ambition, and if she gets too much, she will not be liberated.
Ox carts are rare, and since entering the village to the front of Guo's house, many villagers have been confused along the way. The colleagues around saw that the Guo family brothers and sisters came from the rugged carriage, and they were still carrying a lot of good things in their hands, and at the same time, they admired and silently budgeted the Guo family's family in their hearts.