Uncle Chen frowned slightly, and after thinking about it carefully for a long time, he said, "This is a good idea, but girl, the people in the mountains are not very rich, I'm afraid there is not much money to buy things." ”

Pu Cao smiled and shook his head, "Uncle, I didn't expect them to pay cash for this transaction." What is the most in the mountains? Fur, of course. Let's ship the things over, and whoever likes them will exchange them for furs.

Twenty wen a pound of coarse salt can be exchanged for four rabbit skins, and we will sell the fur into the city for twenty-eight wen, and finally these eight wen will be the hard-earned money earned by reselling a catty of coarse salt. ”

The more Uncle Chen listened, the brighter his eyes became, and finally he was so excited that he knocked a cigarette pouch pot on the table, and said with a smile, "It's a good idea to change fur, you don't need to pay cash, I'm afraid everyone is more willing to buy things." ”

Aunt Chen was dizzy when she listened to Pucao's calculations, but when she saw her old man's son so happy, she also understood that this must be a good deal that could add income to the family. So he was so excited that he asked for verification, "In this way, we don't have to go into the kiln to work!" I'm going to call to pick him up. ”

Uncle Chen waved his hand, glared and scolded, "Don't listen to the wind and rain!" In the evening, when the family population is complete, discuss it again, and if it fails, the child will be sent back again, and the child will not be more uncomfortable. ”

Aunt Chen was in a hurry, and shouted, "What are you waiting for night, I'll let the eldest daughter-in-law call the children's fathers back." ”

As she spoke, she opened the door and went out and shouted to Sister-in-law Chen, who was doing embroidery work in the wing, and Sister-in-law Chen didn't know what was going on, so she asked a few words in confusion. The old lady was afraid that someone would find out, so she would rob this good business, and she refused to reveal a word, just urging her daughter-in-law to find someone.

Sister-in-law Chen couldn't, so she had to go to the greenhouse quickly, and soon found Chen Da Chen Er to come back.

When the three of them entered the house and listened to this method of reselling, they were not surprisingly happy and agreed. Chen Da Chen Er is idle at home these days, although he has a good hope that he will be able to grow vegetables with the Zhang family next winter, but after all, he will have to wait for a year, and he is still full of energy but has nowhere to go.

If they could drive their horses and ploughs to the villages, and earn more money for their families, they would be one hundred and twenty willing.

Sister-in-law Chen also thought that if the family was more comfortable, she would be able to bring her son back first, at least after this winter, and then slowly find a good livelihood for him when the weather warms up in spring next year.

Everyone in the Chen family passed so unanimously, and they began to talk about what they wanted to buy and come back. Mrs. Chen's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are both good at living a good life, and they talked about a long list of daily consumption, such as needle and thread, lamp oil, coarse salt, muslin for making underwear, and so on.

Uncle Chen smiled and pointed to his copper tobacco pot and said, "Buy more dry tobacco leaves." ”

Chen Da Chen Er said that he would buy a few more jars of bud grain wine, and the old men in the villages who often went into the mountains to hunt saw it, and they would not feel sorry for the money.

Pu Cao is very eye-catching, and she really helps the Chen family, how can she not do her best? She didn't wait for the Chen family to speak, so she took the initiative to write a letter in the evening, and asked Second Brother Chen to take her to the city to find Fang Jie to help tomorrow, and she happened to come back with the carriage that picked up the vegetables the day after tomorrow.

The Chen family is grateful, especially the sister-in-law Chen, who has been holding Pucao's hand and sending it to the gate of the hospital before going back.

Chunni has already made lunch, japonica rice porridge with freshly steamed hair cake, and fried a salted cabbage and a green onion fried egg, which is very hearty.

The four members of the Zhang family, together with the two children of Chunni and the Chen family, surrounded a large square table.

Fat Dun'er drank japonica rice porridge in a small sip, shook her little head sweetly and asked, "Auntie, when can our family eat three meals, my stomach is hungry every day." ”

Pu Cao sandwiched a piece of scrambled eggs for him, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, fat dun'er, life will be better in the future." ”

Fu'er is a shy little girl, and she plays very well with Peach Blossom on weekdays, and when she heard her little brother talk like this, she felt embarrassed and stretched out her arm and turned him around, and Fat Dun'er didn't speak after smirking twice.

After the meal, the table was cleaned up, and Chunni packed a meal and sent it to Liu Housheng. Pu Cao took a few children to play in the kang, and then went to Zhang Gui'er to borrow pen and ink, carefully considered and wrote a letter, and finally asked them to bring it to Chen Er when Fu'er and Fat Dun'er went back.

The next morning, the sky had just brightened, and the chimneys of each house were still emitting light smoke, so Chen Er, who was anxious, put on the thickest sheepskin jacket and set foot on the road into the city with the family's small savings and all hopes.

The Chen family may be too worried, and they all have no intention of doing things. Before noon, the two children were so hungry that they ran to Zhang's house again, and soon Aunt Chen and Sister-in-law Chen also chased after them with sewing baskets.

Chunni heard Pu Cao talk about this last night, and when she saw that the Chen family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were so nervous, she couldn't stop laughing, patting her chest to ensure that Pu Cao kept this business and made money, so that they could put ten thousand hearts.

Pu Cao grinned secretly when she heard it, everything has a case, how to know the result in the end, this Nizi is really too blind to trust her. But that's how it is, and she can only help with a few more words of comfort.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Chen family sat until sunset on the west hill before turning home, not knowing how to toss and turn for a night, how to listen to the call of the north wind, and finally looked forward to the sun rising again.

This day happened to be Li Siye's sixty-sixth @ birthday, and the old couple of the Chen family and Chen Da were going to cheer up, so they left Chen's sister-in-law to take care of the children.

Pu Cao took a box of snacks bought in the city and asked Zhang Gui to change into a new set of robes to congratulate the Zhang family on behalf of the Zhang family. Zhang Guier was so careful that she was tempting before, so she said, "Is the sister-in-law in charge of the family, or the sister-in-law should go." ”

Pu Cao really didn't know whether to be glad that this kid was finally sensible, or was it a headache for him to be so guarded, and in the end he could only say that the greenhouse was inseparable from people, and then drove him out quickly.

However, Pu Cao's excuse is also true, Liu Housheng's leg injury has almost healed in the past few days, and he is always trapped in the greenhouse and at home, so Chunni took this opportunity to help him to join in the fun.

So, in the end, there were four children and two women left in the east and west courtyards, and Pucao entrusted the yard to Chen's sister-in-law to take care of it, and took Peach Blossom and Shanzi to the greenhouse to be busy.

She had just fetched half a bucket of water, and it was when she was slowly watering the vegetables while teaching the two children to recite poems, but she didn't expect Sister-in-law Chen to run over and shout, "I'm back, I'm back!" ”

Pu Cao was stunned when she heard this, and then she smiled when she thought about it, and asked, "Is it Second Brother Chen who came back with the guy who picked up the vegetables?" ”

Sister-in-law Chen nodded violently, pulled the grass and ran to the front yard together.

At this time, there was a very wide snow plough parked in the courtyard of the Chen family, which was made of birch poles with thick wrists, and wooden wedges were riveted between the beams and columns, which were extremely strong. In front of the plough was a short jujube red horse, which was obviously very tired from running all the way, with white air snorting from its nostrils, and the muscles on its body jumped up and down from time to time.

Pu Cao stepped forward with an envious face and circled around the climbing plow twice, thinking that in the future, his hand would be wide, and he would also make such a good climbing plow, so he didn't have to worry about going out in winter.

She was so absorbed in her thinking that she suddenly heard someone next to her chuckle, but when she turned her head, she was really startled and asked in a loud voice, "Why are you here?" It's such a cold day! ”

Fang Jie sighed in the stiff palm, rubbed his frozen red face again, and said with a smile, "If you have nothing to do at home, just go out and take a walk, and look at the scenery!" ”

Pu Cao really wanted to roll her eyes, and muttered secretly in her heart, this rich man is just too idle, and he actually ran out to see the scenery on a cold day.

Although she was so slanderous, she still couldn't see this important partner and half of her new friend standing in the yard and getting cold, so she hurriedly told Sister-in-law Chen a few words, and then beckoned Fang Jie to go to the greenhouse to warm up.

Fang Jie pulled the cloak of gray squirrel skin, kicked a few times silently under his feet, and then hugged the two large wooden boxes with his own hands and followed with a smile.

Dongzi stood aside and felt so distressed that the corners of his eyes twitched, no wonder Gongzi untied his scarf and hood before he entered the village, it turned out that it was for the sake of Bo This woman was distressed.

It's just a pity that the scarf made of silver fox tail, when has it ever been so disliked? It's just that if you don't wear it, you were actually kicked into the snow, it's really a terrible thing!

Chen Lao Er sent something into the house, and when he came out again, he saw Dongzi grinning like this, and thought that he was frozen by the wind on the road. So he hurriedly said, "Brother Dongzi, I can move by myself, you go into the house and warm up." ”

Dongzi stretched his neck and looked around, convinced that the master had gone away, so he immediately puffed down on the ground and picked up the fox scarf with tears and nowhere to flow, and carefully stuffed it into his arms. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, and smiled at Chen Er, who looked suspicious, "It's okay, it's okay, I accidentally dropped our son's belongings." ”

Chen Er didn't ask much, his subordinates hurried to finish moving their belongings, and helped Dongzi send two tightly wrapped cloth bags to Zhang's house, and then pulled Dongzi back to his house to drink water and rest.

Besides, Pu Cao led Fang Jie into the greenhouse, and when the two children saw that it was a good person who had given them good food and toys, they immediately ran forward and saluted with a smile, and naturally shouted Fang Gongzi in their mouths.

Fang Jie led them to sit on the wooden slump, opened the wooden box containing the snacks, and teased them to change their names to Brother Fang.

The two children turned their heads and looked at their sister-in-law and did not stop them, so they shouted a few words, and then naturally got a box full of good snacks and happily shared the food.

Pu Cao took Fang Jie's cloak and mink hat and hung them on the wooden shelf, looked down and saw that the leather boots on his feet were also half wet, so he quickly found the pair of rabbit skin slippers he made the day before yesterday and handed them over, "This is what I am ready to wear by myself, I haven't put on my feet yet, you can change the wet shoes first." ”

Fang Jie saw that the shoes under her hand did not have a tip and heel, and the rabbit fur was flying, and the stitches were also very rough, which was really strange and rough, so he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I'm willing to wear it for you, but you still dislike it?" Pu Cao was so embarrassed that she was about to take the shoes back, but Fang Jie quickly snatched them and said with a smile, "I saw that these shoes looked strange, not that you were not laughing at your craftsmanship." ”

As he spoke, he took off his boots, and walked two steps at random with only snow-white socks and slippers, and praised, "It's really comfortable and convenient." ”