Chapter 17: Rushing to the Market

Wen still served the food, and waited for Mrs. Li to share the food, and the two mothers and daughters came out of the back room happily.

Mrs. Li, who was honored by her daughter, was in a good mood, and it was rare that there was no nose or eye picker at the dinner table, and everyone had a good meal.

After eating, Mrs. Li announced: "The work in the field is almost the same, tomorrow there is a big market in the town, I will go to the market early in the morning, and take the eggs at home and the jade mushrooms collected by Xiaotong to the market to sell, if it is sold at a good price, I will cut the meat and sacrifice everyone." ”

When all the people heard about cutting meat, they all smiled.

Xiaotong took advantage of Mrs. Li's happiness and took the opportunity to make a request: "Mother, I want to go to the market with you tomorrow." ”

Mrs. Li was stunned for a moment, and hesitated a little: "Xiaotong, you have to get up early in the morning to catch the market, and you have to travel dozens of miles, where can you eat with your bones?" Well, just stay at home, what do you want to eat, can my mother bring it back for you? ”

When Xiaotong heard it, he had to drive dozens of miles, and his legs were weak, but when he thought about it, he had already crossed into Mei Xiaotong, if he still didn't accept the reality and adapt to the environment as soon as possible, he was afraid that the harder and more difficult days would still be behind in the future, and he would retreat the first time, and he would boast that Haikou could complete the task and see the black technology of the high plane?

As a top student, for the sake of your ideals, you should work hard! Dozens of miles are nothing, you have to climb to climb!

As soon as he cheered himself up, in the eyes of others, Xiaotong just hesitated, but he didn't know what to think, and he looked firm.

"Mother, I'll accompany you, and I can help you!" When he said this, Xiaotong himself was ashamed!

"No, no, your body is good, you can't toss like this, as long as you have this heart. What do you want? Is it okay for my mother to buy you a flower and wear it back? Mrs. Li also ate the old girl's set, and added a gift to the girl.

Zhou, who heard this, only rolled her eyes, she originally thought that after the double blow of her sister-in-law's falling into the water and withdrawing from the marriage, she really wanted to change it! I didn't think that after only two days of hard work, I showed my horse's feet again, and I was still the one who was too lazy to eat, and I would make my mother-in-law happy with one mouth, and my mother-in-law, such a shrewd person, would be blind to my sister-in-law.

Xiaotong doesn't want anything to eat, it's a long way to lose weight, what to eat?

Now this body shape, with flowers is also like flowers, why waste money?

She wants to go, but for the sake of lofty ideals and goals, and still has a mission, okay? Nothing could stop her determination.

I only insisted on not letting go, and pestered Mrs. Li like kraft candy for a long time, where Mrs. Li really couldn't beat the old girl, and I also pondered, I was afraid that the old girl was dismissed, the little girl, the mood must not be smooth, take her to the town to relax, and give her a piece of flower cloth to make a new dress to coax her.

also agreed, only advised: "If you want to get up early tomorrow, you can't lie in bed, and you can't cry bitterness when you walk!" ”

Xiaotong naturally agreed without a word.

In the envious eyes of the family, they scattered back to the house.

As soon as he returned to the house, Zhou couldn't help pouting: "I'll just say that my little sister's temperament, where is the appearance of a few days ago, I'm afraid that I am ashamed of falling into the water and being divorced again, and my face can't get by, so I only pretended to be like it for a few days." No, as soon as I heard that I was going to catch the market, I couldn't pretend to be able to do it, but I was afraid that tomorrow I would have to pester my mother to buy this and that......"

Mei Xiaoque opened her mouth and comforted: "My little sister was withdrawn, I feel uncomfortable, it's okay to go shopping, let's be my brother and sister-in-law, what do we care about her." ”

Zhou was angry, he is a man, everything else is good, but he is too sincere. Why doesn't he want to think about it, the family has so much money, and in two years, Tianlong will look at each other, is this daughter-in-law just talking about being able to marry into the door? The family's house is not enough to live in, so I can't marry a daughter-in-law for my son, and I have to squeeze a room with my parents and brothers, right?

Tianlong is the eldest son and grandson of the Mei family, and in the future, the top doorpost of the Mei family, who inherits the incense of the Mei family, will not spend the family's money on him, but will all be used for a sister-in-law who will marry out in the future, like words?

Knowing that it didn't make sense with Mei Xiaoque, Zhou was so angry that he turned over and went to sleep on the kang.

Mei Xiaoque didn't know why her daughter-in-law suddenly got angry again, rubbed on the kang, touched Zhou's twice, was pushed away by Zhou's, and fell asleep by touching her nose.

The three Tianlong brothers in the next room couldn't sleep, they also wanted to go to the market, they were all so old, except for Tianlong who had followed him to the market, the rest of the little beans had not been there.

Listening to the bustle of the bazaar that Tianlong said, and all kinds of delicious and fun, Tianhu and Xiaojuan's eyes were shining, and they secretly thought in their hearts, one day, it would be nice if they could go to the market......

In the third room, the mother and son were also whispering about the market.

"Mother, is it fun to catch the market? Isn't it lively? Lots of good food? And a beautiful headflower? Xiaoque asked in a low voice, her eyes full of anticipation.

Wen's eyes were far away, he looked at the roof, and said slowly: "Of course, the town has a big gathering once a month, but it is a major event in the nearby ten miles and eight townships, that day, people in the neighborhood will go, take advantage of the big market, sell their eggs or something to exchange for some oil, salt, needlework, and come back, I heard that there are also merchants who go to the countryside, with fashionable objects in the county, hair hairpins or something, I heard that if you are lucky, you can catch up with the opera troupe from other places, and you can listen to a play......

Wen's words attracted the fascination of several small beans.

After being silent for a while, Xiaojuan bit her finger and asked, "Mother, have you also rushed to the market before?" ”

The light in Wen's eyes lit up, and then dimmed again, and it took a long time before he said, "It's not early, let's sleep......"

A few little beans seemed to sense that Wen's mood was wrong, and they didn't dare to ask again, so they were silent, and after a while, a small snoring sounded.

Only Wen seemed to be moved by the sadness, tossing and turning all night without sleeping.

Xiaotong felt as if she had just fallen asleep, and was woken up by Mrs. Li: "Xiaotong, get up, hurry up, otherwise you won't be able to catch up with the set." ”

Go to market?

Xiaotong was startled, and her still chaotic brain came to her senses, and she hurriedly turned over and got up and washed.

When she packed up and went out, she looked at the sky, it was still dark, and a few sparse stars in the sky were still twinkling.

Mrs. Li had already packed up the things she was going to sell at the market and put them in the back basket.

Wen also made breakfast, picked out two steaming buns and wrapped them, filled them with water in a bamboo tube and handed them to Xiaotong.

Mrs. Li entered the stove house again, took out two burned sweet potatoes from the stove, wrapped them in leaves, pulled two grasses to tie them, and handed them to Xiaotong: "I'm in a hurry in the morning, let's pad it first." ”

Xiaotong took the sweet potato, looked at it, and also turned out a small basket that Xiaojuan and they carried on weekdays from the back room, and put the things on the back basket, which barely helped Mrs. Li a little.

After packing up, he was about to leave, Wen wanted to speak and stopped, Mrs. Li went to open the courtyard door first, and Xiaotong, who was left behind, was about to follow.

A hint of determination flashed on Wen's face, and he pulled Xiaotong's clothes.

Xiaotong turned back inexplicably: "Third sister-in-law? Something? ”

Wen took out a small package from the corner, and Ai Ai whispered: "Little sister, I'...... I embroidered two handkerchiefs, see if you can help...... Help to get to town...... Sell...... Sell ......"

At the end, the voice became quieter, and the head of shame was lowered to the ground.

Xiaotong thought to herself, these three sisters-in-law are too bold, just such a little thing, and hesitate for a long time, and took the package at the moment, but she didn't pack the ticket: "I'll try it, but let's talk about it first, I don't know the market, I don't know if this can be sold, don't blame me when the time comes!" ”

Wen hurriedly shook his head: "No, little sister!" Whether you can sell it or not, I thank you! Don't worry, I won't ask you to sell it for nothing, if you sell it for money, I'll give you half of it-"

Xiaotong raised her eyebrows, but she didn't see that this third sister-in-law, looking at Wenwen weak, didn't talk much, and had no sense of existence in the Mei family.

But he is a bright-eyed and bright-hearted person, and he has a plan in his heart.

knew that if this handkerchief was sold for Mrs. Li, she would definitely not be able to get a penny in her hands.

Instead, I entrusted myself to this sister-in-law, and promised half of the benefits, if it was really Mei Xiaotong from before, I am afraid that I would agree.

Thinking about it like this, Wen's eyes were slightly different, but he didn't care much on his face: "Wait until I sell it, right?" Who knows if you're worth it? Okay, let's go. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out his legs and walked out of the yard and followed behind Mrs. Li.

It wasn't dawn yet, and Xiaotong estimated that it should be three or four o'clock in the morning.

The village was already lively, almost every house was lit up, and every household was preparing for the market, and then a little light leaked out of the courtyard, Xiaotong followed Mrs. Li and walked out of the village.

At the entrance of the village, there is a torch under a few stones under the locust tree, and there are several people walking there.

Mrs. Li arrived at the stone first, beckoned to Xiaotong, waited for Xiaotong to come over, pulled her, and sat on the stone on the side of the road, "Eat something quickly, otherwise you won't have the strength to hurry for a while." ”

There are already several people waiting at the entrance of the village, but few people eat, for the people in the mountains, dozens of miles are nothing, rush to the market early to sell mountain eggs, change some oil, salt, needlework and thread to rush back to eat is the same.

Only those who are solid at home will eat some and pad it.

Everyone naturally knows Mrs. Li and her baby girl, but they just think it's strange, this Mei family girl is the most lazy to eat on weekdays, in addition to chasing the An family boy, she is a needle who doesn't take the thread, the oil bottle is poured and doesn't help, and she sleeps until three poles on the day every day, a famous lazy girl.

Why did you get up so early today, and this posture is to walk dozens of miles of mountain roads to catch the market?

How could Mrs. Li give up?

Thinking of the rumors that the daughter of the Mei family was divorced by the An family boy in the village yesterday, several people exchanged glances.

It just so happened that today, another family in the village with an ox cart also went to the market, and along the way, he also took a few people with him to earn a few pennies.

If Mrs. Li were herself, she would never go to take an ox cart, it is better to save that spare money, what to do with it? It's not that you can't walk.

But today, Xiaotong is going to the market, and she is really worried about whether her girl can go to the town? Even if I can get there, I'm afraid it's getting dark.

So let Xiaotong sit and eat buns, she walked over and asked people to see how much money it would cost to take a ride.

Mrs. Li's pungent and famous name is famous in Lingshan Village, and she is in the town on the side, and everyone doesn't dare to open their mouths even if they talk more.

But as soon as Mrs. Li walked away, the tongue-in-law immediately came over: "Mei family's second girl, why is your mother willing to let you come out and go to the market early?" Isn't it because you've been divorcedβ€”"

What is the second daughter of the Mei family?

Xiaotong was like being struck by lightning, and she almost didn't hold the bun in her hand.

was surprised for a while, it turned out that in the eyes of others, he was such a down-to-earth name, and he didn't have time to reply.

I heard an angry scolding: "Who said that my family Xiaotong was divorced by the An family?" Fart! Obviously, Lao An's little X cub is not worthy of my Xiaotong! What's a good place for him to make his home? If it weren't for the little cub of the An family who looked a little human, my Xiaotong would have been able to take a fancy to him before? Now we Xiaotong can't look down on them to settle down, naturally we can't let An Jia get on our Mei family, my old Mei family's money and food are not blown by the wind, just don't have to fill the bottomless pit of the An family, I still can't wait for my mother! After retiring from the family, he can naturally find a better one for our family Xiaotong! I want you to eat radishes salty, and you don't care! Shut your X mouth, or the old lady will whip you with big ears and melon seeds! ”