"This is for you, what do you need to buy at the grocery store in the village, let's go to the field." After speaking, he hurriedly went out behind Wang Laoshi.

Chu Yan looked at the backs of the two leaving, was stunned for a moment, and lowered her head.

The gray linen wrap in his hand was a little worn, stacked layer by layer, and there were twenty copper plates lying quietly inside, which were shiny by rubbing, and it could be seen how many times the master had turned over and touched them.

Her eyes were moist, she didn't know how determined Tian was to take out the twenty copper plates, at this moment she only felt the trust of the two old men, maybe this was all their savings, just handed over to her a daughter-in-law who had just passed the door a few days ago.

Outside the door, Tian's footsteps became heavier and heavier, and she didn't even know whether what she had just done was right or wrong.

"Dad, you won't blame me, will you?" In the cloth bag that was just stuffed to Chu Yan, it was all the savings that were left after marrying Chu Yan home and paying the benefit fee to the official.

Wang Laoshi sighed: "It's okay, Da Zhuang is not at home, she just married into our family, it's not easy, let's earn it when the money is gone!" "I said I would earn it again, but it was not so easy to make money.

Although Chu Yan said that she could make better food, it was not so easy to sell it for money, and she had lived for most of her life, and she had never seen anyone in the village who could make any money by making food.

The two old men almost regarded Chu Yan as their own child in their hearts, this is also a hard-working child, otherwise they would not have been sold to their family at the juncture of conscription.

They have been honest and kind all their lives, and they can't do anything harsh.

It's just that their distant backs are getting more and more rickety.

On the other side, Chu Yan had a lot of things to prepare in advance, and she was not idle, so she first cleaned the yam that needed to be used and put it aside for later use.

Since I was going to the town tomorrow morning to catch the morning market, I was afraid that the things would not be fresh, so I just prepared the materials for later use, and got up early tomorrow morning to start making them.

The rest is a lack of sugar, the Wang family does not have it, but there is a grocery store at the head of the village, and the villagers will go to the town to buy everything they lack on weekdays, which is cheaper, and only those who are in a hurry will buy it in the village.

When Chu Yan walked, the grocery store was deserted, and there were a few old women outside enjoying the shade under the tree, and by the way, they saw the little dolls in open crotch pants playing beside them.

Everyone's eyes turned from idle chat to Chu Yan, full of curiosity about this little daughter-in-law who had just married into Jinshan Village.

More surprised was that she actually went into the grocery store.

"Isn't this Wang Dazhuang's daughter-in-law who bought?"

"yes, yes, what did she come to the grocery store to buy?"

"Who knows, the Wang family still has spare money for her to be a widow to buy things?" The fire of gossip of several old women was burning, like fiery eyes staring at Chu Yan.

One of the gray-haired old women poked the other beside her: "Go in and see, what did she buy?" ”

"Done!" The old woman who promised had a little messy hair, was wearing a black diagonal placket coarse linen clothes, her eyes were dripping, and she stood up and followed Chu Yan.

She is none other than Zhao Lanying, the mother of Wang Yongsheng mentioned by Shen Yulan, who is above the top, boasting all day long about how powerful her son Wang Yongsheng is, earning a lot of money and being filial, and being valued by the shopkeeper.

At the same time, she is also one of the most gossipy women in the village, and trivial things can be known to all the villages after she preaches them.

Inside the grocery store

Chu Yan looked at this small room, the room was a little narrow, the light was dim, and there was a long counter facing the door, and the table top was so dark that the original color could not be seen.

The counter is full of miscellaneous items, such as needlework, head flowers, rice noodles, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and there are all kinds of them.

The people behind the counter were better dressed than the women outside the door, at least there were no patches on their clothes, which showed that they were having a good time.

Seeing someone coming in, he immediately stood up, with a smile on his face, and when he saw that the person who came was Chu Yan, the smile gradually converged.

He didn't think that Chu Yan could afford what he had here, who didn't know that the Wang family was the poorest family in the village, and the only strong laborer in the family was gone, and he didn't know how difficult it would be.

Chu Yan didn't ignore his face and the trace of disdain, she had seen a lot in her past life and Liu Dani's present life, and there were people everywhere who watched people put dishes on the plate, so she didn't care too much, she just asked, "Is there any sugar?" ”

"Sugar?" The man's gaze became even more disdainful, and he snorted coldly in his nose, "That's a precious thing, and there are few things sold in the county, so we definitely don't have them here." ”

Chu Yan was stunned for a moment, she only knew that ancient white sugar was expensive, and she didn't know that it was so difficult to buy.

"If you want, brown sugar has it."

"Brown sugar will do the same." What Chu Yan needs is the sweetness in the pastries, although it is not as good as white sugar, but listening to the shopkeeper, white sugar is scarce, and she can't afford it with her current financial resources.

"How much? Thirty wen a pound. ”

Hiss~~~ Chu Yan couldn't help grinning, the price of white noodles was only three or four pounds, and sugar was ten times the price of white noodles.

It's just ordinary brown sugar, not white sugar, no wonder the ancient saccharin was expensive.

The old woman Zhao who followed her in had a bright look in her eyes and purred on Chu Yan.

After thinking about it again, Chu Yan said, "I'll ask for ten cents first!" ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, and Zhao was also stunned!

None of them thought that Chu Yan would be so generous and buy ten cents of sugar at once, you must know that even if the two of them are rich in the village, they can't wait to break it into three-petaled flowers.

How can there be a reason not to do the business in hand, the shopkeeper's quick appraisal, just now the cold attitude has become much more enthusiastic:

"Oh, you are from the Da Zhuang family, I am his cousin, you can call me Uncle Shan, I think you don't know me, I will come to you cheaper in the future."

After his self-introduction, Chu Yan knew that this person's name was Wang Qiushan, and he was a great-grandfather of Wang Laoshi, and the relationship between this generation was no longer close.

"Okay, thank you, Uncle Shan, I'll go back first, you're busy." Chu Yan paid, took the candy and left.

It's just that the talk about her, far from ending with her leaving the grocery store, has intensified.

The versions have been changed several times, and Chu Yan doesn't know anything about these, she is preparing the utensils she needs tomorrow.

In the evening, at the end of the day's farm work, Wang Laoshi and Tian's tired waists couldn't straighten up, and the two dragged their heavy legs to the house slowly.

For some reason, the villagers looked at the two of them strangely.

The two didn't know why, until Zhao stopped them: "You just came back from the ground?" If you want to say, Da Zhuang is gone, you two are too hard, marry a daughter-in-law, tsk, it's also ......"

Zhao crossed his hands in front of his chest and looked at Wang Laoshi and Tian with a gloating look.

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Tian's tone was dark because he was tired.

As if to satisfy his appetite, Zhao said slowly: "You don't know......"