Chapter 22 The dowry is self-earning

Ding Yezi and Ding Rou hurried to Ding's house, and hurriedly avoided Gao Chentian, as if fleeing from some flood beast.

Gao Chentian saw the figure of Ding Page far away, and his heart was melancholy, and he was stunned for a while, as if he saw Ding Page leave his life like this.

He glanced around, but saw that there were still some long-tongued women who were not reluctant to give up on the distant backs of the Ding Page sisters, and their mouths were still saying some ugly words, as if the Ding family had a deep hatred with them.

Give a dog a bad name and hang him! People are fiercer than tigers!

Gao Chentian secretly lowered his head, he was careless, no wonder Ding Page was so afraid now. Although the two of them have been married, they have not yet married, and it is really ugly to pull and pull in front of people.

Gao Chentian secretly thought about it in his heart, it seems that next time he wants to help the page, it is best to tell her in advance, so that she can have a preparation. Or just ask him to help them go out to buy beans, and save them from showing up and seeing and hearing these gossip.

These nasty long-tongued women!

Gao Chentian glanced at them viciously, flicked his sleeves, and strode away.

said that the two Ding Yezi sisters went to buy beans, but Ding's mother was a little restless at home. She wasn't worried about what would happen to the two sisters on the road, but she was thinking that Rou'er and Page were a little stubborn, if they didn't agree and quarreled, how could it be good?

But what she didn't expect was that she heard a knock at the door, and then hurriedly went to open the door, only to see the two Ding Page sisters holding hands, one carrying some soybeans in his hand, and came back in harmony.

Ding's mother stared at the two of them in disbelief, and even turned sideways to let them into the house.

Ding Rou looked at her mother's eyes, and the hand that turned out to be from her was still on Ding Page's arm, she quickly shook it off in disgust, and snorted at Ding's mother in a sullen voice: "Mother, why are you stunned?" Get out of the way and let me in. ”

Ding's mother gave one password and one action, and hurriedly turned to the side, but her face was overflowing with joyful smiles.

Hey...... This is her Rou'er.

Ding Rou pouted unhappily, strode into the house, threw the bamboo basket on the elbow on the ground in the shop, and went straight to the backyard. While walking, the hand that didn't carry the basket kept massaging the sore part of the other hand.

It was the first time she had done this kind of hard work, and it was normal for her arms to ache.

Ding Page entered the shop and threw the cloth bag on his back on the ground. He reached out and pressed the back of his shoulder. In the end, it is also a cloth bag weighing more than 20 pounds, although she is used to doing hard work, but after such a long journey, it is also exhausting her, and her shoulders can't help but have some soreness.

If it weren't for the sake of teaching Ding Rou such a lesson, she wouldn't be willing to save so many dozen copper coins, carry these beans back tiredly, and hand them over to Lao Liu Tou to pick them up, anyway, it's just two or three yuan of tofu.

Ding's mother glanced into the courtyard, but didn't see Ding Rou's figure, thinking that she had already entered the house, so she came to Ding Page's side, and asked in a low voice: "Page, my mother really didn't expect that you actually have that ability, and now let Rou'er listen to you." ”

Ding Page pursed her lips, her little temperament rose, and she asked her mother without being salty: "Mother, are you happy that Rou'er helped me, or are you not happy that she is so tired?" ”

She wanted to try Ding's mother's heart to see if she was still partial or not after this incident.

Ding's mother glanced at Ding Page, roughly guessed what she meant, laughed strangely, and slapped her palms and said: "Page, look at what you said, of course my mother hopes that Rou'er can help you do more things." In the past, most of the affairs at home were done by you, and my mother knew that I was sorry for you. It's no wonder that my mother has no ability, she can't let Rou'er be obedient and help you. Fortunately, now you have a way to make Rou'er obedient, which is also good for her, of course my mother has no opinion. ”

Ding Yezi laughed at this time, "It's good that my mother understands, if Rou'er only eats and can't move, once she marries her husband's family, she will be the one who suffers." ”

As a person who has come over, Ding's mother thinks so.

Since Ding Rou helped bring the beans back, of course she would not be deducted for dinner, and the family could be regarded as having dinner calmly.

After dinner, while cleaning up the table, Ding Yezi glanced at Ding Rou and commanded lightly: "Rou'er, when I get up tomorrow, I will also call you to get up and grind beans together, okay?" ”

Ding Rou glared at Ding Yezi dissatisfied, was silent for a while, and reluctantly asked, "Then if the tofu is made, can I have my money?" ”

Ding Yezi knew that Ding Rou cared about this, and said loudly at the moment: "As long as you do your work, this tofu is sold, of course you have your money." ”

Ding Rou glanced at Ding Page with some disbelief, raised her eyebrows and asked, "Really?" How many are there? ”

The corners of Ding Yezi's mouth hooked slightly, and he smiled: "Of course, this depends on how much work you do." Don't say a price now, you can't just push and grind tomorrow, so won't I give you money for nothing? So if you do a lot of work and make a lot of effort, of course I won't give you a little point. Don't worry, we still have my mother here, even if I want to pit you, my mother won't be happy. ”

Ding Page turned his head to look at Ding's mother who was sitting on the side, and asked, "Mother, did you say it?" ”

Ding Mu said with a righteous look: "Of course, in the future, whoever does more will take more money; Whoever doesn't do anything will not even have food to eat! ”

Ding Rou saw that her mother, who had always helped her, didn't care about her now, and suddenly lost her strength, and secretly said that the darkest day of her life was coming.

With a long sigh slowly, Ding Rou nodded gloomily, and said weakly: "Okay, you call me when you get up tomorrow, and I'll help you do things in the future." ”

Ding Yezi nodded approvingly, "That's right, if you want to have a rich dowry, you have to earn a little by yourself." I won't care about the old ones with you, you can keep them for yourself. But in the future, if you want to save the dowry, you have to do it yourself. ”

Thinking of the sad life in the future, Ding Rou was not in the mood to talk to Ding Page here, and slowly returned to the bed in the Westinghouse. Since she has to get up early, it is better for her to go to bed early now, so as not to lack sleep and lose her color.

At about four o'clock in the morning of the next day, Ding Yezi suddenly opened her eyes under the call of the biological clock, and first glanced at the sky outside the window.

Knowing that it was a little now, Ding Page got up busily, pushed Ding Rou on the other end, and called out in a loud voice: "Rou'er, the time has come, it's time to get up!" ”

Ding Rou fell asleep deeply, Ding Page called her several times, Ding Rou slowly opened her eyes, muttered reluctantly, and was about to lift Ding Page's hand and continue to sleep.

Ding Page's cold voice pierced her ears.

"Ding Rou, if you still want to live a good life and save for a dowry, you'd better get up for me now!"

These two sentences poked Ding Rou's soft underbelly, and now no matter how unwilling she is, she can't continue to say it. Besides, I had already agreed with Ding Page yesterday that as long as she did something, Ding Page would give her money, otherwise she would not only have no money to make, but also have to use her own old book to make a living. If it goes on like this for a long time, I'm afraid that her dowry will be eaten up by herself.

Ding Rou sighed secretly, and could only get up and dress helplessly.

For the dowry, she fought hard!

Ding Yezi saw that Ding Rou had already gotten up, and his heart was overjoyed, and he had a smile on his face. Ding Rou had no intention of seeing her look, glared at her angrily, and went out to wash up angrily.

Ding Yezi didn't care what she thought of herself, anyway, she firmly believed that she was right to do so!

The two sisters went to the workshop together, Ding Page pointed to the soaked beans, and ordered: "Rou'er, I have taught you how to scoop the beans into the grinding disc last time, as for how to push the grinding plate, I don't need to tell you in detail, just push hard." But now I want to explain to you, this scooping beans is a labor-saving job, and the price is naturally not as high as the grinding plate, so you can think for yourself what you are willing to do. ”

Ding Rou flattened her mouth and asked unhappily: "Aren't scooping beans and pushing the grinding plate both doing things?" Why is the price different? ”

Ding Page raised his eyebrows, "Then why don't you push the grinding plate?" I'll give you the same price as scooping beans! ”

Of course, Ding Rou knew the difference, just looking at the size of the grinding plate, she knew that it must be extremely difficult to push. She is not a fool, how can she choose to push the grinding disc under the premise of the same price?

Ding Rou continued to flatten her mouth, "What is the difference between the price of the grinding disc and the price of scooping beans?" ”

Ding Yezi wrenched his fingers and said to Ding Rou carefully: "I won't tell you what the price is, just calculate with you how many processes there are in making tofu." First of all, it is one to buy beans in the multigrain store, the second is to soak beans, the third is to grind beans, the fourth is to boil soy milk and filter soy milk, the fifth is to order soy milk and pressed tofu, and the sixth is to sell tofu. In this way, after these six steps, the beans can be exchanged for money, and our family can have money to make a living. I won't say much, but when the time comes, we will divide it according to these steps. If you participate more, of course I will give you more. ”

Ding Rou nodded understandingly, and now that she listened to Ding Page's detailed explanation, she suddenly realized that there were so many steps involved in making tofu. She had never set foot in the workshop before because she didn't know how to do it, so she didn't know what steps she had to go through to make tofu.

Now that she thinks about it, making tofu seems to be a simple job, but what will she do? Looks like she's going to be reduced to a hard job now.