And under the condition that Sister Qiu didn't know, Jia and Aunt Chunhua had secretly discussed the date of the engagement of the two families.

"It's going to be the second of February!" After Jia Shi went home, he smiled and said to Sister Qiu, "This is a good life, your Aunt Chunhua asked the master in the temple to calculate." ”

Sister Qiu smiled and nodded, Hengzhu was only engaged, and it was very early to get married, "You and Aunt Chunhua can make up your mind." ”

The Jia family was in good spirits when they were happy, and they smiled and clicked on Sister Xiaqiu's head, "You daughter, you are not ashamed at all!" "The daughter of someone else listened to the news of her own engagement, where is there anyone who is not ashamed of her youth, only her daughter does not look like a lady, and she is calm and calm.

"What's there to be ashamed of?" Sister Qiu smiled and said, "We're all so familiar." ”

Jia Shi stretched out his palm and pointed at Sister Qiu's head, and said in a chattering voice: "I tell you, it will be different when you get engaged, and in the future, you and Da Zhun can't be tired of being like before, people look at you and gossip, and also, the needlework in the palm of your hand has also been learned......" Seeing that Sister Qiu still wanted to speak, Jia Shi was dumbfounded, "Don't fool me with the messy pajamas you sewed!" Then you made the garment, and who put it on? As a daughter-in-law, she can't handle her needle and thread, and the man has no face outside. ”

"Yes, yes!" Sister Qiu smiled and pushed Jia's family. She also knew that Jia's was telling the truth, there was no ready-to-wear store in a small place like Jiujiang, and all the people who made clothes were bought and cut by themselves, and as the heroine of a family, they were responsible for the family's clothes and shoes, and the needlework was still able to take a shot, otherwise they would be like Aunt Mei'er, their own makeup was quite bright, and the husbands and children in the family were sloppy and confused, making people laugh.

Now is the first Spring Festival after the Jia family and Yan Yuanwai formed a new family, there are not many relatives on Jia's side, and there are no relatives on Yan Yuanwai's side, but there are still a lot of guests who come to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the New Year, all of them are people who do business in Jiujiang Town, taking advantage of the opportunity of the New Year, to come to the official here to pull favors and sell well.

On the second day of the new year, Yan Yuanwai drove a donkey cart and took his family and Li Ailian's family of three and seven people to the house of his uncle Li Changjiao.

Sister Qiu doesn't know if it's because of Yan Yuan's blessings, the two tables of banquets prepared by the Tian family are particularly rich, and the smile is also extraordinarily amiable, and the female guest has also prepared berry wine at a low price. The men's table was in the front store, and the women's table was in the hall in the backyard.

When the female guest was halfway through the wine feast, Jia's food was a little above, and his face was red in the winter, and he got up and said that he would go to the toilet to relieve himself, and Tian on the side immediately stood up and said with a smile: "I will go together." ”

Sister Qiu didn't care, but she waited for a long time when the dishes were all cold and they didn't see the two come back, and it was snowing on the sky, Li Ailian was a little worried about whether the two of them were slipping halfway and wrestling, so they got up to see, and the two entered the hall one after the other.

"I still have

When you two wrestle and can't get up! Li Ailian said with a smile and sat back down.

The Jia family and the Tian family were clean and clean, and there were no dirt marks, but the faces of the two of them were not very good-looking, especially Tian's mouth, which was tightly pursed.

In this situation, Tian didn't say a word, and Jia only smiled and said: "We are not children, where is it so easy to fall!" ”

Li Ailian also realized that the atmosphere between the two was wrong, so she smiled and didn't speak again.

"Eh, little sister, you've lived this life." Tian sat on the pestle with his hands in his hand, and said with a smile, "It's both a shop and a workshop, and the hair is thicker than your brother's waist!" The landlords in Huyang City are all better than you! ”

Without waiting for Jia's interface, Li Ailian laughed loudly and said, "Sister-in-law, look at what you said, what kind of life Airong has lived, can our own family not be clear?" The landlord in the city got up in the middle of the night to make bean curd? Do the landlords and old fortunes in the city do their own housework? Airong and I are all daughters-in-law in the countryside, not as good as your sister-in-law, you are idle and have no worries about food and clothing, so we envy your days! ”

Li Ailian's voice was loud, and her speech was not polite, and in an instant, Tian's sour words were blocked in her voice, and Tian's heart became more and more unhappy, and she didn't even have that heart to entertain guests, so she just sat there and didn't say a word.

Jia didn't want to sit down either, so he sent Xiao Xu to the front to see if Yan Yuanwai had finished eating, "Tell your father that the snow in the sky is heavy, and the road is not easy to walk, so let's go back early." ”

In fact, Jiujiang Town is so big, it is not far from Li Changjiao's shop to their house, and it is only two quarters of an hour to walk, but it is the Jia family who looks like Tian's is going to be angry with himself, and he is not happy in his heart, and he doesn't want to stay anymore.

Very quickly, Xiao Xu ran back from the shop in front of him, saying that they had finished eating, and they were sitting there talking, and they could all leave at any time.

Jia Shi hurriedly stood up, smiled at Tian and said, "Sister-in-law, it's not a coincidence today, the snow is too big, let's go first, and our brothers and sisters will get together again another day." ”

Tian stood up with his hands folded and said symbolically: "Just sit down for a while, and don't delay when you have dinner before leaving." ”

"No, it's not too early, Xiaoxu will go back to practice calligraphy." Jia Shi excused himself.

Tian didn't open his mouth anymore, he reluctantly smiled on his face, and sent the Jia family and his gang to the door.

Yan Yuanwai and Zhang Ruoxu were drinking because they ate wine, so they sat outside the donkey cart and drove and let off the wine, and there were only women in the car except for Xiaoxu. Sister Qiu sat on her lap with Xiao Xu in her arms and asked Jia, "Is it my aunt and what are you looking for?" ”

Li Ailian and Zhang Yuxiu also glanced at Jia's family, Zhang Yuxiu also frowned and said: "Look at her appearance later, the nose is not the nose and the eyes are not the eyes, it seems that we owe her how much money, it is inconvenient to eat her a meal, how many wine feasts can we hold for the New Year's gift we give her?" ”

"Alright! It's all going out to be the boy's wife, but you can't talk about the elders like this! Li Ailian scolded her with a smile

, Zhang Yuxiu is honest and tame in front of outsiders, only her own family knows, this lady is the same as Li Ailian's bones, all of them are straightforward, and she has a temper when she has something to say.

Jia Shi sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's still the previous thing, saying that the Chang family doesn't want to be an apprentice in Huyang, and he doesn't have any future, so he wants to follow his aunt as an official. Where is this? I'm willing, I'll tell Xiaoxu his father about this matter, and see if it can be done? I said go back and ask, and she got angry, saying that I didn't care about the face of my relatives, and stabbed me, saying that I couldn't even take care of all these families, what kind of family could I be a woman who didn't know a big word? Can it also be Xiao Xu's father's home? Isn't that a joke! ”

"The eldest family is also willing?" Li Ailian asked, "Does the eldest brother know about this?" Didn't the eldest brother disagree with the long family being an official! I don't think it's much good to be an official, it's nothing more than looking at the customs, seeing the sky-scanning street, coming and going in the wind and rain, if the long family learns the craft well, opens a shop by himself, and has Yan Yuan to take care of it, the wind can't blow the sun and can't shine, isn't it better than being an official? ”

This is Li Ailian's heart, although the quasi-monarch's son-in-law Anzi is an official errand, but she still feels that she has a craft in her heart, which is better than being an official.

Jia Shi shook his head, "I see the tone in which she speaks, it seems that she is angry with her eldest brother, they have different thoughts from us!" ”

"You didn't answer her and slapped you in the face?" Sister Qiu frowned and sneered, "If we don't care about the face of our relatives, the dried bean curd that is wholesaled to her is not that price, how can we take care of the face of our relatives?" Don't feel it, I don't know, my uncle's shop, the location is poor, I can't sell many goods, and most of the goods that my aunt takes from our workshop every month are sold to her mother's brothers. ”

Sister Qiu has a price for all the dried bean curd beans, no matter who comes to buy it, it is all at this price, and the uncle's store also wants to sell these bean food, and the price that Sister Qiu gives to the uncle is two cents lower than the price of each pound of others, which is the only asking price. Don't underestimate these two cents, hundreds of thousands of pounds of goods add up, and the cost saved is considerable.

Li Changjiao and Tian's pull goods directly from the workshop in Xiaohe Town every month, and each time there are thousands of catties of goods, at least two-thirds of which are sold by Tian's two mothers and brothers in the streets and alleys, and the money earned naturally belongs to her mother's brothers.

My own mother's brother and sister-in-law have done such a thing, it's good not to say it, but when I say it, there is no light on Jia's face. In desperation, Jia Shi said to Sister Qiu: "Your uncle ...... It's also impossible, the two uncles and fathers don't have any ability, they can help him, otherwise they have to go to him to fight the autumn breeze, and now it can be regarded as a legitimate livelihood......"

After returning home, Jia Shi had a conversation with Yan Yuanwai, where

Zhiyan said: "My eldest uncle and brother mentioned it to me during the meal, and the child of the eldest family also said that he wanted to be an official, and I should also go down, and I can ask him to come when the spring begins." ”

Jia Shi was very embarrassed, and said hesitantly: "Is it easy to do? If the sinner's words are even good, it would be good for him to settle down and learn a trade. Yan Yuanwai smiled and pulled Jia Shi to sit down, "Don't be afraid of bothering me, what else is there to worry about between our husband and wife?" Your nephew is inconvenient for me to be my nephew? It's not difficult for him to do this, I'm still in this position, and I still have the power to deploy and arrange individuals. It's just ......" Yan Yuanwai said this, and shook his head with a smile, "I think the Chang family is not as good as his eldest brother Changguo's temper is old and stable, and it doesn't seem to be able to endure hardships. ”

"Isn't it convenient for relatives to talk about help!" Tian said with a smile, his face all smiled into a flower, "At first, I helped you with your eldest brother, and now you help your nephew...... You don't have to worry about the second day of the new year, that's my heart is twisting and turning, thinking about something that is not boundary, your brother scolded me so much later! said that I made the two sisters angry, and I said that the others were angry with me, and the eldest sister and the younger sister should not be angry with the sister-in-law! The two girls are all understanding people, honest people, and well-meaning people! Isn't it? Hehehehehe! ”

Sister Qiu was on the side, pretending not to listen to Tian's cheerful and piercing laughter.

At ten o'clock in the first month of January, Sister Qiu went back to Xiaohe Town, personally entrusting all the things in charge, and then Li Changjie and Tian came to get the goods, all of which were based on the price of the system, and there were no more discounts.

Da Rong is a straight-tempered person, even if he patted his legs and said: "It should have been like this a long time ago, Boss Li's daughter-in-law, seeing the sky and showing off to others that her purchase is cheap, and many bosses who came to get the goods are not satisfied. ”

Sister Qiu smiled embarrassedly, but she was gritting her silver teeth in her heart, showing off that this thing was really like Tian's style, "I'm tired of you...... In the future, the price must be set, and no family's relatives can be an exception! ”

On January 15, Li Changjie and Tian went to the workshop to get the goods, and the unexpected original preferential price was canceled, and it became the same price as others. Tian, who was interested in the Spring Festival, was about to turn his face with the boss on the spot, and pulled Li Chang'er with a dead face.

"What are you pulling me for?" Tian's anger continued, "That person must be new, I don't know where I am!" ”

There are a lot of bosses from other places around who are all looking at the brain, Qiu Ji Workshop has been open for such a long time, it has always been all about following the precious, the big guys are all begging them to sell more to themselves, where can I fight with the people of Qiu Ji, rare, really rare!

Li Chang's embarrassed old face turned red, and he asked rhetorically, "Where are you?" Tell me where you are? Are you the emperor's grandfather, or am I the princess in the Forbidden City? ”

Tian said confidently: "I am Li Airong's sister-in-law, and you are her eldest brother!" Can we get a price from others? ”

In plain sight,

Li Changjie took care of his face, he couldn't turn his face and quarrel with Jia's family, and only whispered: "Forget it, hurry up and go back after taking the goods." ”

He is not stupid, this matter must have been entrusted by the Jia family or Sister Qiu, and he will not give them price concessions in the future, and it is expected that the attitude of the Tian family during the New Year has sinned them.

"That can't be." Tian was anxious, "My brother and they don't have a shop, they walk the streets and alleys to pick and sell, how tiring, the purchase price is similar to others, and they will earn a hard money......

Li Changjie didn't talk to her much, he went straight to the car, put on the donkey and left, Tian looked at Li Changjiao's face, and looked like the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, and he didn't dare to say much for a while, and followed behind with a dissatisfied muttering.

It's been a long way out of Xiaohe Town, and Tian is still muttering about how hard the two mothers and brothers have worked hard, and this time they have earned so much less and so on, Li Changjie couldn't bear it anymore, turned his face back and shouted: "Others also carry burdens to sell, how can they not earn so much when people earn?" ”

(End of chapter)