"I and the widow Tian have learned embroidery with your mother, but I am clumsy, I can't learn, and then your mother will teach me to tie the yarn, and I can also subsidize the family. After Hu Dashan's dead ghost went, I couldn't support these debt collectors just by playing the ropes, so I had to go out to find work. ”

Widow Xie gave birth to three sons and one daughter.

The eldest son, Hu Xing, married his wife Ge Shi, and gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, Xiao'an and Xiaohua.

The second son, Hu Liang, is seventeen this year, and has the daughter of the Cao family in the neighboring village.

The third son, Hu Dacheng, and the fourth daughter, Hu Ximei, were also born in one child and are ten years old this year.

As soon as Hu Dacheng and Hu Ximei landed, her husband Hu Dashan was arrested and died on the battlefield soon after.

She finally pulled a few children up, the year before last, she was sent to labor, and the eldest Hu Xing was sent to the south to repair the canal, and she never came back, so Ge couldn't stand it, and ran away with someone in less than half a year.

Now there is an adult male in the family, Hu Dacheng and Hu Ximei are half old, Xiao An and Xiaohua are only three years old, and it is the time to leave no one.

On weekdays, Widow Xie is looking for some work outside, Hu Ximei leads the two little nephews at home, and Hu Liang and Hu Dacheng are in charge of the field.

Speaking of land, it has been sold almost over the years, and there are still three and a half acres of inferior land left, where can there be six mouths to eat.

"I've done brick kilns and quarries, but it's too easy to get into trouble, so why don't you think I'll die again? Later, a silk reeling workshop was set up in the town, and I went to ...... It's close to home, and you don't deduct your wages, and if you have bad hands, you'll be afraid of anything, or you will die. ”

Widow Xie didn't care about what she said, but Ji Yu didn't listen to it.

"Aunt Xie, life will get better and better."

Poor people mourn everything, as long as they have money, everything will be fine.

The reason why she talked about this with Widow Xie today was precisely because she thought of a way to make money.

Dafeng Village is located in the north, and winter begins earlier than other places, and the snow begins to fall at the end of November, and it will continue until February and March of the following year.

In the past few months, the villagers have basically spent the winter at home, but there are many who have to go out to work to support their families.

Although the old method of smearing some animal fat can alleviate the chapping to a certain extent, it can not last long in the harsh environment, and the hands are still inevitably red and swollen and ulcerated.

In this way, hand creams with waterproof and antifreeze functions will be very marketable!

In her previous life, although she was forced to study both Chinese and Western, she focused more on Chinese medicine than Western medicine. When he was a graduate student, he was also responsible for a related project, that is, the development of skin care products focusing on traditional Chinese medicine ingredients for a listed company, which was later well received and promoted to the international market.

Ji Yu has thought about it, and the first target users are those female workers who need to soak their hands in water all year round, such as those who work in dyeing workshops and silk reeling factories.

And there are so many potential users! The whole north, as long as there are people, is a market that can be tapped.

Ji Yu's ambition is not big, she just wants to earn the first pot of gold with this.

Of course, the main reason is that there is a shortage of silver, and the herbs that can be dug up in the mountains are limited, and even if they can be dug they can't be mass-produced, and to achieve large-scale production, not only a large number of raw materials, but also factories, factories, and manpower...... In short, strong funds and a strong network of contacts are indispensable.

Ji Yu just wants to live a small life in peace, and she doesn't plan to be a workaholic day and night.

So, she decided to sell the son.

After making up his mind, he proposed to Widow Xie to go to the town.

She was still thinking about what reason to use to persuade Widow Xie, but Widow Xie agreed without asking.

"It just so happens that I'm going to Dacheng's grandmother's house, passing through the town."

Dafeng Village is more than ten kilometers away from Yeyang County, and it takes about an hour to walk, that is, more than two hours.

It's only four kilometers from town, and it's a little more than half an hour's walk away, and it's even faster to get there by car.

Hu Ximei put a thick layer of straw in the basket, carefully put the eggs she had saved in the past few days, and covered it with a layer of cloth. Widow Xie carried it on her arm, told them to take care of their home and not run around, so she led Ji Yu to the entrance of the village.

There is a mule cart in the village, which is specially used to carry people to the town and the county, and it goes to the town for one copper plate at a time, and goes to the county for three copper plates at a time.

The ten cents given by Ji Liansong were still there, and as soon as Ji Yu took it out, Widow Xie rushed forward and handed the two copper plates to Uncle Niu who was driving the car, so she pulled her on the mule cart and found a bench to sit down.

Don't look at Widow Xie's straightforward movements, as if she didn't care about the money at all, but Ji Yu knew that in the past, she walked with a basket when she went back to her parents' house, and she was reluctant to take a car even when she went to the county seat.

The reason why I chose to take a mule cart this time was because I was worried that my injuries were not yet healed and I would not be able to walk that far......

Ji Yu pinched the copper plate in her palm, looked at the eggs that were carefully guarded by Widow Xie, suppressed her churning thoughts, and turned her head to look away.

A few more people followed, and Uncle Niu drove the mule towards the town.

Along the way, several long-tongued women chattered, secretly looking at Ji Yu while talking, and they couldn't hide the gossip on their faces.

There was a direct one to ask her.

"Oh, Xiaoyu, I heard that you really killed the son of the old man Bai's family? Is it true? ”

"I've heard something even more outrageous, saying that because of you, people's graves have been split!"

"My God, is it really such an evil sect?"

"No, the fortune teller is really accurate......

"Fuck you!" Widow Xie stuffed the egg basket into Ji Yu's arms and pointed to the leader, "Gou Yujia, what maggots are you chewing with a mouthful of big yellow teeth?" If you don't rinse your mouth when you go out, you can stink for ten miles in the wind! ”

There were still a few men in the car, and the mother-in-law of the leftover family blushed angrily.

"Who do you say, widow?"

"Whoever has a bad mouth, I say who!"

"You...... Hum! No matter how stinky I am, I can't compare to your horse fleas, no one in the village knows you, the men are rolling in the pile, they are open every night, and half of the old men in the village have climbed over the walls of your house! ”

After Gou Yujia finished speaking, several women laughed in unison, and the men also looked strange.

Ji Yu was still light and breezy just now, but her face was cold at this moment.

Farmers have little entertainment, especially when they are not working, and after finishing the work at hand, they rely on the east and west families to pass the time.

So she didn't take it seriously, just a few words of gossip, just talk about it if she likes, and she can't lose meat.

But she forgot that rumors can also kill.

These women who don't know a single word are not weak in their ability to open their eyes and speak nonsense, precisely because they are ignorant that they are cruel and do not know it.

Looking at the appearance of the leftover mother-in-law, this should have been said more than once or twice.

Such a basin of dirty water is splashed over, and there are too many words, and those who don't believe it will also believe seven points, so it's no wonder that the reputation of the widow can be good!