While admiring Wang Ming's father and son, Sister Qiu also understood one thing, if she wanted to open a small food shop in a city as big as Huyang, it was okay, but if she wanted to open a tavern on her own, it would be tantamount to a fantasy. It's not easy to make a fortune, Sister Qiu made up her mind, and when she saved money for a while, she thought of asking Wang Ming's father and son to join the gang, and the two families opened a tavern that operated water tofu private dishes.

Sister Qiu's family bought more than 1,000 catties of coal, burned the brazier early, and the fire was burning in the stove at all times, warming the water in the big iron pot, and ensuring that there was hot water at any time.

This is also no way, Jia's they have to get up in the morning to grind beans and some water tofu, this is the coldest of the day, and the deep well water that has just been drilled is warm, but it can be cold for a while, if they have always used such cold water, Jia's they will definitely not be able to withstand it.

Whether in the previous life or in this life, Sister Qiu is all afraid of the cold, as soon as she enters October, Sister Qiu puts on a small jacket and shrinks in the house to roast the fire, and Zhang Yuxiu's body is much better, and now it is still the same as what she wore in autumn.

"Eh!" Jia Shi smiled and nodded Sister Qiu's brain, "How did I give birth to such a delicate lady as you?" Fortunately, our family is now burning carbon, if it is still the same as before, look at how you survive the winter! ”

Sister Qiu smiled, continued to shrink her neck to roast the fire, thinking about the previous winter in Mei's house, only to feel unbearable to look back, fortunately it was not the hardships she had experienced, otherwise she really couldn't bear it, and all the children who were a few years old had to get up early in the winter to feed the grass pigs and chickens, and help Jia's cook and wash clothes.

In fact, if Sister Qiu is still covered with the ragged quilt brought from Mei's family when the family was separated, Sister Qiu would rather get up early to move her body, but she is still a little warm, and the quilt is really not warm at all.

"Hurry up and help in the store!" Jia Shi urged Sister Qiu, "I'm going to send Xiao Xu and Yu lunch to Yan Yuanwai, your eldest aunt and Sister Yuxiu can't be busy!" ”

Sister Qiu nodded hurriedly, "I know!" It's not that Jia Shijue's Li Ailian and Zhang Yuxiu can't be busy, but she feels that she has to help the workers to work, and it's not good for the master's family to be idle here.

Jia's side hurriedly served the meal, put it in the food box, and then dragged Xiaoxu to the township, originally sent Xiaoxu to his father was Anzi or Sister Qiu's doing, but today it was Anzi's turn to patrol the street, Sister Qiu was too cold and was not happy to go out, so it could only be Jia's turn.

At that time, Yan Yuanwai happened to be writing in the house, and a familiar official looked at Jia and Xiaoxu, and hurriedly entered the house and called Yan Yuanwai.

"There is a lot!

Yan Yuanwai hurriedly went out and took the box in Jia's hand.

"Eh, eh, you're welcome!" Jia Shi hurriedly bowed his head and replied, "Then I'll go first." ”

Xiao Xu had already eaten, and looked around in front of Yan Yuanwai's desk, while Yan Yuanwai opened the food box, brought out the dish, picked up the pancake and took a bite, and sure enough, there was a fried golden fragrant red egg in the pancake.

Since there is a Qiu Ji shop, Yan Yuanwai's family of two people eat breakfast and lunch in the Qiu Ji shop, and Yan Yuanwai leads Xiao Xu to eat breakfast, and lunch is sent by the people in the Qiu Ji shop. Yan Yuanwai also did not eat Sister Qiu's food in vain, and insisted on paying 600 copper plates per month for food, but Jia and Sister Qiu insisted on not accepting it.

Because Yan Yuanwai sympathized with their orphans and widows, the taxes collected for opening a shop were all less than those of other shops, not to mention the care of them in other aspects on a daily basis, and these meals were really not charged.

But Yan Yuanwai insisted on giving, and Jia discussed with Sister Qiu, and was only willing to accept 300 copper plates symbolically every month.

Looking at the fried egg in the pancake, Yan Yuanwai curled his lips and smiled, thinking about Jia's beautiful and harmonious face, and felt that this woman was too polite, he didn't give money, so she wanted him to eat better with Xiaoxu, but it was not out of line, so that people would not think that she was flattering him.

In December, Yan Yuanwai went to the county government to report on his work, and came back with a lot of things, among which there were several pieces of fabric, bright colors, which were obviously used to make clothes for women, but there was a piece of dark blue moire muslin in it, but it was the fabric of men's clothes.

Yan Yuanwai sent all these fabrics to Jia's place, saying that it was for Sister Qiu and Yuxiu's two daughters to make new clothes for the New Year, and when Jia took the fabric, he looked at the green cloth among the several pieces of fabric, and looked up at Yan Yuanwai in surprise, and Yan Yuanwai didn't seem to look at Jia's eyes, so Jia lowered his head and accepted the fabric sent by Yan Yuanwai.

When Yan Yuanwai took the cotton robe, the tips of his eyes and eyebrows were all with a faint smile, and he tried it on his body, and it fit well. However, when he led Xiao Xu to the Qiu Ji shop in a very good mood, he found that Jia and Sister Qiu were not there.

"Why are you waiting here now?" Li Ailian warmly beckoned, "Lunch hasn't been prepared yet, you wait a minute." ”

Yan Yuanwai sat down with Xiao Xu, and asked casually, "Why don't you see Sister Qiu and her mother?" ”

Li Ailian smiled and said: "Today is the New Year, and it is also the anniversary of Sister Qiu's father's death. ”

Yan Yuanwai suddenly felt a basin of ice water poured down from his head, extinguishing all his enthusiasm and expectations, but he already had a serious, unsmiling face, although he was embarrassed at the moment, but he couldn't see it on his face, and he hurriedly left with Xiaoxu after eating.

Since today is the anniversary of Mei Lao Xiucai's death, the sacrifices prepared by the Jia family are much richer than usual, in addition to the necessary candle yellow paper, there is also a river fish, two pieces of slightly boiled pork belly, put in the dishes, each inserted a pair of wooden chopsticks, and placed it

In front of the tomb of Mei Lao Xiucai.

"Today is a small year." Jia Shi burned the paper and spoke to the stone tablet in front of the tomb, "I brought my daughter to see you, some time ago, Sister Qiu and her grandmother had to pass on the big cow and the second cow to me, but I didn't respond." It's good if you blame me for this, or hate me, I won't respond to it. If you are afraid that no one will burn you paper to add to your grave in the future, you can rest assured, as long as I Li Airong lives for a day, I will not lose your yellow sorghum paper, and in your eyes, all the people of your Lao Mei family are golden lords, and in my eyes, my daughter is the most expensive. ”

After Jia squatted on the ground and burned the paper, after the green smoke dissipated, he pulled off a few small pieces of meat from the river fish and meat he brought over, and sprinkled them on Mei Lao Xiucai's grave. Sister Qiu recalled that there is such a custom in this area of Xiaohe Town, it is difficult for the village to eat meat once, and the whole piece of meat of the river fish can not be left on the grave like that, and let the wild dogs drag it away, so just take off a little meat and scatter it on the grave, even if it is for the dead relatives to enjoy, and the river fish and meat still have to be taken home and eaten by themselves.

However, it was Jia who didn't pick up the river fish and meat, got up with Sister Qiu, and watched Mao walk over with a bamboo basket from a distance, and Jia said to Sister Qiu: "Let's go." ”

"Then this river fish ......" Sister Qiu glanced at Jia Shi hesitantly.

Jia Shi gestured to Mao's direction, "Leave it to your milk, she will pick it up, and it will be our New Year's gift." ”

Sister Qiu smiled and nodded, "I'll listen to my mother." "Approaching the Chinese New Year, the prices of river fish and meat are all soaring, and Mao's is not a backbone person, so don't worry that she will not accept things for nothing.

Mao also saw the Jia family and Sister Qiu in front of Mei Lao Xiucai's tomb, and suddenly stopped his pace, squinting his eyes and pouting, until Jia took Sister Qiu from another road, she walked forward, looked at the river fish and meat displayed in front of the tomb, and immediately ran over with a heartache, stared at the backs of the Jia family and his wife fiercely, and looked around at no one, put all the river fish and meat in the bamboo basket brought by himself, and said to himself viciously: "Look, your daughter-in-law is rich now!" There's a lot of money! The big river fish and big meat are all gone, but it's a bad practice! I stared at us without enough food, the widow's house, and the future is also the life of the grave! ”

As soon as Jia Shi went back, he pulled Li Ailian aside to speak.

"Why are you only back now?" Li Ailian asked dissatisfiedly, "Yan Yuanwai came early at noon, and asked where you went." I said you went to burn paper for Lao Xiucai, although he didn't say anything, but I felt that I was unhappy immediately. ”

Jia lowered his head, rubbed his palms repeatedly with a silk handkerchief, and thought about the two sets of clothes that were sent out, and he didn't know whether his own assertions were right or wrong. She lives in a room with Sister Qiu and sleeps on a kang, it is impossible for her to make cotton robes for Yan's father and son, but it is Na Nizi who pretends to be and doesn't look at anything, which makes her even more weak-hearted. In addition, she only went to the grave of Mei Laoxiu today, as if reminding her of her identity, and her inferiority complex was even heavier

Only then did he speak: "Don't talk nonsense, what are you happy or unhappy, where do we know what people think in their hearts, people are here to eat, if you let people say something ugly, Sister Qiu and I will not have the face to meet people." ”

"You can't say that." Li Ailian sighed, "Yan Yuanwai is really good, and you are not bad......

Jia Shi hurriedly interrupted Li Ailian's words, her face flushed with shame, the more she thought about it, the more remorseful she felt, she only felt that she shouldn't make clothes for Yan Yuanwai on her own initiative, maybe the children are now despising her in their hearts, and a widow with a child dares to climb him?

"Eldest sister, don't say it! I...... I took Sister Qiu with me, I don't worry about eating, I ......" Jia Shi said, and his eyes turned red. When Li Ailian saw her like this, she didn't dare to mention it again.

Tingfeng Academy also took annual leave, Lin Zhun went to the town early in the morning to pick up Sister Qiu to come over to see the killing of the grass pig, when Sister Qiu arrived at Jiang's house, Zhang Butcher and a few helpers he brought were rolling up their sleeves and jumping into the grass pig pen to catch the grass pig.

The three big fat grass pigs estimated that they had a premonition, and knew that there was a lot of luck today, so they ran around desperately in the grass pig pen, trying to avoid the people who caught it, and the grass pig's cry was mixed with the cheers of the people.

"Eh, isn't this the daughter of the old Xiucai!" Someone in the crowd watching the play recognized Sister Qiu and greeted her with a smile.

The person that Sister Qiu didn't recognize, seeing that a group of people changed from looking at the grass pig to looking at her, she hurriedly smiled and nodded, and chose someone she knew and called.

There was a great deal of whispering among the crowd.

"Look, the Mei family's Nizi was still thin at this time last year, and the jacket she wore was patched with patches...... You see that people are now full of money, but they are worth a lot of money, and they are really rich! ”

"That is, people will live a life as soon as they are separated, and there is a store that makes money, and there is no way for us to envy it."

After a while, the three big fat grass pigs were tied to the hooves and carried to the big board, Sister Qiu roughly estimated that the three grass pigs were all fat and strong, each weighing 400 pounds, in the era of no feed and fattening hormones, the domestic grass pigs could grow to this weight, which was considered very good.

Under the joyful gaze of everyone, the three grass pigs probably understood that they were about to reach their own limit, and they were screaming extremely miserable on the board. So he hid in the small kitchen and boiled water with Lin Zhun for a while, ready to use for a moment to demoult the grass pig.

When she was in the kitchen, Sister Qiu listened to someone outside smacking and complimenting: "Lin Qu's grass pig is really well fed, it is fat and shapely, and it took a few people to stop it!" ”

"Yes, envy! Eh, sister-in-law Fu, how do you feed this grass pig? Someone asked Aunt Chunhua.

People are envious of the good growth of grass pigs in the family, Aunt Chunhua is also happy in her heart, and said with a refreshing smile: "Most of the time, all the food is tofu dregs, as well as the swill picked back from the store in the town, and the big seal also beats the pig to eat grass back, and nothing else!" ”

Others are envious, but they also know that the road line of Aunt Chunhua's feeding grass pigs is not replicable, they don't have tofu scum to feed the grass pigs, and they don't have swill, in fact, they are big guys

What I envy and envy is that the Chunhua family is prescient and has a good relationship with the Jia family, but now it is sticky.

Just pick up the tofu residue and swill to feed the grass pig at home, and feed the grass pig for a year, you can easily earn more than ten taels of silver, and the two of Chunhua are helping in the store, and the other is carrying water tofu to sell, all of which are very much to make money, and it is not a problem to supply Lin Zhun to study.

People who envy the Jiang family's good luck and good eyes only hate why they didn't have such good eyes at the beginning, naturally, although they are not as good as the Chunhua family, they are better than the donkey family, if the donkey mother-in-law didn't do the foolish thing at first, if the two families can decide the marriage event, now the Fang family is the first rich family in Xiaohe Town! It is estimated that the intestines of the aunts and grandmothers are all green!

(End of chapter)