"No, I, then ......" Zhu Pingshan's face was a little red, and he stumbled for a long time before he spoke: "On the sixth day of the first month of May, my mother asked me to go to Huyang to visit relatives, my car is quite big, enough to seat a few people, do you want to go to Huyang to play?" I can take you there. ”

If there were only Sister Qiu and Zhang Yuxiu, he would naturally be inconvenient to bring them, but now there is not a Zhang Ruoxu, with him by his side, it should be no problem.

"Your relatives in Huyang?" Sister Qiu hesitated, she immediately thought of the Wang Mansion in Huyang, it was not a good memory, especially such a beautiful but "unskilled" young master, how old he was to figure out the people in the house, phew, baw, it's a nasty embryo!

As if he had seen Sister Qiu's thoughts, Zhu Pingshan hurriedly said: "You can rest assured, it's not the Wang family, theirs...... I won't go again, I wasn't a serious relative in the first place. When we arrived in Huyang, you walked around the city, and I went to my cousin's house to sit down, had lunch, and then we came back. ”

Sister Qiu and Zhang Yuxiu were all a little moved, glanced at each other, and both looked at each other's eyes with anticipation. Where is there a woman who doesn't like to go shopping? Especially in this closed ancient time, the only places you can visit are these streets in Jiujiang Town, and Sister Qiu can walk with her eyes closed, and there is no novelty for a long time. Huyang is a big city, no matter where it is, it is not comparable to a small town like Jiujiang, and in the eyes of a native like Zhang Yuxiu, it is no less than a 21st century person who goes back to Beijing and Shanghai.

"That'...... Will it bother you too much? Zhang Ruoxu asked politely.

Zhu Pingshan smiled and shook his hand, "Don't bother, don't bother, the horizontal and vertical car is big enough, and it's no problem to sit a few of us." Come in the morning, and we'll meet at the entrance of town. ”

"I still want to bring two more people, they are from our village, do you think?" Sister Qiu asked tentatively.

Zhu Pingshanjue's Sister Qiu wanted to bring a little sister in the village, so she immediately patted her chest and agreed with great pride, "No problem!" ”

Sister Qiu thanked her with a smile, her impression of Zhu Pingshan has always stayed on the little boy who humiliated Young Master Wang in the Wang family at the beginning, stubborn, forbearing, I didn't expect that there would be such a young man's heart.

When Zhu Pingshan said goodbye and was about to go back, Sister Qiu suddenly thought about something, stopped him, and asked, "Brother Zhou, do you recognize a person named Meiqu in the academy?" ”

Zhu Pingshan nodded and said, "I know this person, he is in the same class as me." "The sister Qiu he remembered was surnamed Mei, could it be that there was any other relative?

He ...... How about reading? Sister Qiu asked, although she felt that people like Meiqu were pit fathers with high eyes at a glance, she still couldn't help but ask with a glimmer of expectation, if Meiqu could have a chance, the second family of the Mei family and the Mao family would not always want to beat their orphans and widows.

However, Zhuping is 14 years old at the top of the mountain, and Meiqu is almost 20 years old, so he is in the same class.

Zhu Pingshan froze, and only said euphemistically for a long time: "I don't know this very clearly, I don't know him well, I heard that he is preparing to try it out this year." "Sister Qiu of Zhu Pingshan Jue

It is to care about the study status of his relatives, the college is so big, what kind of person does he know Meiqu, he is afraid that Sister Qiu will be uncomfortable to tell the truth, so he wants to go through it tactfully.

If you really don't know, don't understand Meiqu, you won't stop for a long time before talking, Sister Qiu thought to herself, and said straight to Zhu Pingshan: "Don't think too much, Meiqu is my uncle, my grandmother was for him to study, hoping that he would take the name of the subject, so she sold me to the Wang family as a maid, I just want to ask him how he is learning, and see if my maid is worth it." ”

"Is there such a thing?!" Zhu Pingshan heard about the incident at Sister Qiu's house for the first time, and he was angry, and he couldn't hold back and tell the truth, "Your grandmother is afraid that her expectations are going to be disappointed, Meiqu often mixes with a few people in the town, he ...... The rest is hard to say, I'm afraid that it will be fruitless now. ”

"Hang out with the townspeople? Who's that? Sister Qiu asked, "We've all sold our food here for several days, why haven't we seen him here?" ”

Zhu Pingshan shook his head and said: "I don't know who it is, classmate Mei followed those people to the town for dinner after class...... "Looking at Sister Qiu's white face, Zhu Pingshan couldn't help but be angry for Sister Qiu, so urinating was sold as a maid ring, just for his uncle to go to school, but Meiqu is that virtuous!" simply said directly, "I have eaten wine several times, and the room is full of alcohol, so I will rush the master back to the side room to sober up." ”

Sister Qiu was shocked for a long time and couldn't come back to her senses, this, this is obviously a bad student who mixes with bad young people! People who study hard in the cold window may not be able to pass the old Xiucai, this reading is not easy to read, eat and have fun every day, it is a strange thing to be able to pass the old Xiucai!

"How much does it cost to eat and be merry every day?" Zhang Ruo frowned, his mother had never wanted to send her own children to study at the college, but she saw that the Mei family's old children were selling a lot, and she couldn't complain, all the money was spent on eating and eating! Zhang Ruo glanced at Sister Qiu and stopped, and his heart was also angry, for such a person, the old lady of the Mei family wanted to sell Sister Qiu, and it was difficult for people not to be angry!

Sister Qiu was also quite angry in her heart, she had guessed that it was Meiqu Hua'er who was rich and big, but she didn't expect it to be like this, he didn't care about himself, he should also take care of Mao's and Mei Laosuo, his parents ate bran at home, but he was in the city with a group of fox friends and dogs to eat the sea...... Oh, wrong, in the eyes of others, people are capable, have face, and look at people, isn't Mao still proud of this!

"Okay, I got it." Sister Qiu nodded at Zhu Pingshan and thanked her, in addition to her anger, there was a certain blandness in her heart that was finally liberated, Mei Qu and others were supplied by her old Xiucai father, and she didn't miss her brother's supply, so he was most anxious to sell himself, and eat and eat outside in the name of studying, saying that he was cold and selfish, it was not an exaggeration at all.

When I went back to Jia's and Li Ailian's side, Sister Qiu and Zhang Yuxiu were all a little silent, Zhang Yuxiu was pitiful Sister Qiu, and she was even more pitiful to this cousin who was smart and understood things, and Sister Qiu was figuring out how to tell Jia's, and it was estimated that Jia's heart was also uncomfortable.

All the water tofu and so on were sold out, and several people didn't expect that the fragrant dumplings would be so popular and not enough to sell. On the way back, Li Ailian and Jia Shi were all smiling and saying that they would pack more fragrant dumplings to sell tomorrow, and many people didn't buy fragrant dumplings today, muttering that they would definitely make more tomorrow.

"This thing is very fresh here! Everyone loves something new! Li Ailian said with a smile.

Jia Shi smiled and nodded, "It's also Sister Qiu, this girl can think of it, according to me, this meat dumplings are so easy to sell, we can sell them all day after tomorrow, after the Dragon Boat Festival, we don't have to make so much, just make 30 a day." After such a few days of training, Jia's mind is now very smart, and when it comes to making money by doing business, the head of the talk is the Tao.

found a way to make money again, and the two of them were very happy, and they couldn't close their mouths.

Zhang Yuxiu interjected: "Mother, auntie, don't forget that we still have soybean sprouts, if soybean sprouts can be sold as much as water tofu, it will also be very expensive!" ”

"Eh, yes, yes, yes!" Jia Shi patted his head and said with a smile, "Why did I forget the soybean sprouts!" The soybean sprouts that were adjusted this morning are also eaten up, so let's pick 20 pounds of soybean sprouts tomorrow and try it! Hey, there's so much stuff for sale, I don't have enough brains! ”

Sister Qiu saw Jia's happy appearance, a little crying and laughing, and said jokingly: "Mother, don't you fall into the eyes of money and can't get out!" ”

"Go!" Jia Shi scolded with a smile. Today, she earned more than 1,000 copper plates in one day, and more than two silver coins in one, and she was really happy in her heart.

After dinner, during the lunch break, Sister Qiu thought about it and told Jia Shi about the things she had inquired about Meiqu in the morning, and finally said: "These are all from my uncle's classmates, there should be no fake, and my grandmother is also offering to him in vain." ”

Jia Shi was stunned for a long time, and sighed softly, "Your uncle...... When he was a child, he was fine, but after he went to the academy, his family couldn't control him, so he ......" shook his head as he spoke, "If your father knows it, how difficult it is for him not to know it." "The Jia family still can't change the essence of goodness, even if he is angry in his heart, he can't say anything too ugly.

Due to various reasons, Mei Liang stopped at the stage of Lao Xiucai, and he pinned all his expectations on his younger brother, so regretful, Mei Qu is not a good one, and he is destined to be lost.

Sister Qiu, no matter whether it is difficult for Lao Xiucai's father to endure underground, she is only thinking about one thing, no matter what, she can't waste the money she has earned so the second family and the eldest child of the Mei family. "Mother, let's find Uncle Lin and Li Zheng in the afternoon and pay off half of the debt."

"Why is it still halfway?" As soon as Jia Shi asked, his mind immediately turned and he understood the intention of his daughter, if the foreign debt was paid off in an instant, it would be too eye-catching, in the end, it was a foreign debt of more than four taels of silver, which was not a small amount in the banker's house. The people in the village were originally jealous of their idea, if they repaid their debts in such a high-profile manner, they would be pushed to the forefront of the storm, orphans and widows

To live a door-to-door life, low-key is the most important.

"It's not half like that." Sister Qiu said, "If my grandmother comes to ask for money, we can also say that there is no money, and all the money earned will be paid off." ”

In the afternoon, Li Ailian and Qiu Guier made water tofu at home, and Jia and Sister Qiu invited Uncle Lin and Fang Laosuo to testify, led by Li Zheng, to the homes of various "creditors" and repaid half of the debts.

(End of chapter)