Chapter 25: Not an Outsider
"Then buy some things for my uncle and bring them, we have money now, so after a lot of years, we should also send some gifts to my uncle." Sister Qiu preached with a smile,
Jia's original feeling that it was easy to earn this money, and she couldn't put it away, she married into the Li family, and after marrying a little bit to wear it off, she never took a penny in her hand, and now 130 copper plates are in her hands, she is a little uneasy, but it is Sister Qiu's final sentence that moved her, so after many years, she should also buy something to be filial to her eldest brother.
"This money...... Give you milk? Jia hesitated. The rule of the Mei family is that the money earned by the son, including the things that the daughter-in-law and children get back from their mother's house, are all handed over to the Mao family, and there is no such thing as private money.
Sister Qiu frowned, "This money, we won't give milk." Mother, we can't have all the money in our hands, it's too inconvenient. "It's really uncomfortable to have no money in your hands, you have no confidence to live, Mao's doesn't want you to eat nests, you can only be hungry, and you can't help yourself.
Seeing that Jia's face was relaxed, Sister Qiu said softly: "Mother, don't you also suspect that the milk has money in her hands, and she saves it for the uncle, and she doesn't take it out to pay off the debt to her father, the money is given to the milk, and the milk is still reserved for the uncle, when can the debt be paid off?" "If they earn some money to save up, they can always earn a few copper plates, and after saving a long time, they may be enough to pay off their debts. Fortunately, the township is adjacent to each other, and I don't want to ask for interest, otherwise the repayment of debts will be far away.
"Then buy less, it's not easy to make some money." Jia preached, so she finally had the opportunity to buy things for her eldest brother, who had always helped her, and she couldn't hide her joy, and her yellow and thin face was also dyed with a halo.
Sister Qiu smiled and said, "I have a sense of proportion. Then he turned to the man at the pastry stall and said, "Weigh me ten copper plates of millet sugar, and twenty copper plates of berries." ”
Berries are not berries, but snacks fried with half-melted sugar, and all gifts for the New Year and holidays are very high-profile gifts.
The guy took the money and began to weigh it neatly.
Millet candy is a child's favorite snack, Jia saw that Sister Qiu asked for ten copper plates of millet candy, and felt that Sister Qiu was greedy, but she thought that her daughter usually couldn't eat enough, and it was also appropriate to earn money and eat a few pieces of sugar.
"Eh, that's not ...... Mrs. Old Xiucai? The two of them were watching the guy wrap the berries, and someone stopped them behind them.
Sister Qiu turned her face back and took a moment to recognize it, the young woman standing behind the two was Fang Donkey's mother, she was crying that day with tears on her face, and her facial features were all distorted and distorted, and now she was standing there cleanly, and Sister Qiu didn't recognize it for a while.
"Donkey, are you coming to the market too?" Jia Shi made a gesture, his tone was a little embarrassed, and there was some kind of embarrassment and horror in doing something bad to give people a look.
"Are you buying some hearts?" The donkey mother said with a smile, and looked at the paper bag that the guy wrapped and tied with a straw rope and handed to Sister Qiu.
Jia Shi nodded thoughtfully, smiled at the donkey's mother, shook his head immediately, and said, "The child has a guest from his uncle's house, and asked us to come out to help him buy some sugar, berries and other things to entertain the guests." ”
Sister Qiu couldn't tell why, the donkey mother looked at her and made her extremely uncomfortable, as if she was looking at the thing, she hated to peel off the skin and look at it carefully inside and out, and after looking at the past, she couldn't look at it, and threw it back in disgust. It stands to reason that she pulled her son back from the gate of the underworld, and she didn't thank her when she saw herself.
"Mother, let's go first, the guests of my uncle's family are still waiting, everyone is a businessman who does big business, it's not good to make people wait for a long time." Sister Qiu preached with Jia's family. She couldn't hear it anywhere, Jia Shi deliberately said this.
Jia Shi hurriedly said to the donkey's mother: "You are busy, let's go first." ”
When they were far away, Sister Qiu turned her face back and could still look at the donkey, standing there with her hands behind her back and looking at them. "Mother, donkey mother, isn't it a person with a broken mouth?" Sister Qiu asked worriedly. Sister Qiu didn't go out much before, except for being familiar with the Jiang family, she basically didn't know anyone else in the village, and she didn't know what kind of person the donkey mother was.
Jia Shi thought for a while, shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, she has been married to our village for many years, and I haven't seen her as a person who likes to talk and inquire." Having said that, Jia Shi still can't help but be worried, so this is the first time that she has money in her hands over the years and has not handed it over to Mao, although she has earned money and feels comfortable, but more is a fear when she resists power under long-term oppression.
"It's fine." Sister Qiu comforted her and said, "If the donkey's mother really told her milk, let's say that the eldest uncle gave the money, and asked us to run errands to buy sugar and berries to entertain the guests, and I will talk to the eldest uncle later." She didn't believe that Mao could still run to the town and ask her uncle, and then Mao's old face could be pulled.
Jia Shi nodded, and his heart settled down a little, all the things were bought, and the money was spent, even if he took it to return it, he would definitely not give it back, and that's all.
When she was about to arrive at her uncle's shop, Sister Qiu first put a small packet of sugar in her arms and said to Jia's family: "Mother, the snake skin is the eldest brother, and the big seal was found by our family, they are not willing to share the money from selling the snake skin, our family still owes foreign debts, and I am not polite to them, this sugar is bought for them, and when our family has a better life in the future, we will return the money to them." ”
Jia didn't expect that the sugar was bought by the girl to the Jiang family brothers, there was a saltiness in her eyes, and she touched Sister Qiu's head, the girl grew up, understood the matter, and sighed: "We always rely on your Aunt Chunhua's family to help us, and we can't forget the good people in our hearts." ”
Sister Qiu nodded, no one in this world is like the Rong family father and son who have never met, she doesn't dare to say that she is a soft-hearted and good person, but she also has her own moral bottom line, just like yesterday, how can she not stare at Fang Donkey and die in front of her and do nothing. Whoever treats her well, she will remember it and return it twice.
My uncle's shop is on the corner of the town, the location is not very good at first glance, and the flow of people is obviously not as much as other locations, but the store is a few dozen meters back is the listening wind academy in the town. In the past few decades, Tingfeng College has produced a total of three or four old talents, and their reputation is not bad, not only students from Huyang, but also students from surrounding states and counties have a lot of admiration to study at Tingfeng Academy.
Mei Lao Xiucai once studied here, and now Uncle Mei is also studying here.
When Sister Qiu was young, she listened to Mei Laoxiucai talk about the college after she was drunk, and the students from rich families bought a house around, and took care of their own food, clothing, housing and transportation with the family slaves, and the students from poor families could only live in the side houses of the college.
When Sister Qiu and Jia Shi carried berries over, Uncle Li Zhongquan was standing by the door of the grocery store, wiping the wooden planks hanging on both sides of the door with a watery rag.
"Uncle!" Sister Qiu called crisply.
The eldest uncle turned his face to look at them, first stunned, and then laughed, "Airong, Sister Qiu, you are here!" Sister Qiu has all grown into uncles and ladies. ”
Ai Rong is the name of Jia's daughter.
Sister Qiu looked at her eldest uncle, who was in his thirties, thin and tall, with a short beard and a white face, and at a glance he was a harmonious person.
Listening to the voice of the eldest brother, Jia's eyes turned red, and he led Sister Qiu to the side of Li Zhong's body, and said with a smile: "Yes, I will take Sister Qiu to see you and your sister-in-law." ”
A woman in her thirties came out of the grocery store, wearing a blue-bottomed embroidered jacket, her hair was smeared with oil, and the comb was shiny, and although there were pleats at the end of her eyes, she was not as old as Jia's.
"Call Uncle Daddy!" Jia Shi pulled Sister Qiu and preached.
Sister Qiu hurriedly shouted, "Uncle and Mom! "This woman should be her eldest aunt and uncle, Tian Shi.
Tian Shi responded with a smile, she was a little unhappy at the first glance of Jia's family, she was not a generous person before, this little sister was empty-handed every time she came back, and she took things away before leaving, how could people be happy? She has had an opinion for a long time, but because of Li Zhongquan's face, it is not good to look at people directly.
Jia hurriedly dragged Sister Qiu over, and stuffed the paper bag in his hand into Tian's hand, "I brought some things for my eldest brother and sister-in-law to taste." "The first time Jia gave gifts to his eldest brother and sister-in-law, he was a little restrained, and a little healed, and all his words were unfavorable and stumbling.
Tian was surprised, looking at the paper bag in his hand, the thing in his hand should be berries, this bag has the appearance of three city catties, and it is worth 120 copper plates. My sister-in-law came to bring gifts, this is the first time I have seen it in a big year!
"This ...... This...... Eh, you've got a heart. There's nothing in our store, what do you think you're doing politely? The sister-in-law is not an outsider. Tian smiled and said with disgust, holding the pastry bag in his hand, and did not mean to push it back to Jia.
Li Zhongquan came over to take a look, and immediately frowned and said, "What are you buying these things for?" Big brother has all of them in the store, take them back when you leave, what is the situation in your family, brother and sister-in-law all know, where do you care about these things? ”
Hearing Li Zhongquan say this, Tian Shi was unhappy for a moment, and looked at Li Zhongquan with a pout, she was just polite and polite on the skin, why, it took years to give a gift, where did the little sister take it away for many years? Why can't you take it?
"Big brother, there is one at home." Jia Shi hurriedly said, "This is Sister Qiu's filial piety to her uncle and aunt, accept it." After years like this, I, as a sister, have never bought anything for my brother and sister-in-law, and I have been involved in my brother and sister-in-law to help with the ...... I ...... in my heart," he said, and Jia's eyes turned red.