Kong Wuye is a straight intestine, and when he heard that the matter was settled like this, he pointed to the silver box and the account book and said, "Just now, Pucao only needs a yard and two acres of dry land, which is already extremely thin. In the future, the peach blossoms will be taken care of by the grass, and the days will be even more difficult. It's better for your brother to leave the dowry of the peach blossom as well. At that time, even if you go out to be an official, you don't have to rush back for this matter. ”

"That's it, that's it." Everyone was reminded by Kong Wuye, and they all opened their mouths, "Now that I don't have a dowry for marrying my daughter, my daughter can't raise her head in her mother-in-law's house." Your brother will be an official again, and he can't be too shabby. It's better to keep a hundred taels. ”

Zhang Gui originally felt that it was not much to get more than 300 taels of silver, so he had to give 100 taels to the peach blossoms, so he was naturally very reluctant. But he didn't want to open his mouth and refuse to provoke the scolding of everyone, so he lowered his head and refused to respond. When everyone saw this, they were so annoyed that they couldn't step forward and slap him twice.

In the end, Pu Cao opened his mouth, "The small pickle shop in the west of the city, when I bought it, I only used thirty taels of silver, if your brother is reluctant to use the cash, leave the small shop to the peach blossom as a dowry." If it's not enough in the future, I'll just add more. ”

Zhang Gui pondered that if he didn't give a dowry, he wouldn't be able to leave this village today. But with cash, he was really reluctant, so he might as well forget about the small shop, and it was not easy for him to run the shop with a show of talent.

Thinking like this, he nodded, and at this point, the Zhang family was completely divided. Ye Mei hid in the house, and was very happy to hear that more than three hundred taels of silver had fallen. After all, she was planning to sympathize with Lang and go away, and these yard shops would have to take a lot of trouble to pawn, so it was not as convenient as cash.

So, after Zhang Gui sent the villagers into the house, she smiled and praised Zhang Gui as if he was the first wise and martial artist in the world, which made Zhang Gui, who was a little frustrated and annoyed, become proud again. However, he also kept an eye on it, when Ye Mei asked for the key to the silver box, he refused to hand it over under the pretext that he wanted to keep the silver for entanglement.

Ye Mei gritted his teeth in anger, secretly thinking about how to cheat the silver. But on the surface, she still plays the role of a good wife, busy picking up things and packing boxes. Zhang Gui entered the city early the next day, rented a small courtyard near Fuxue, and quickly found a carriage and horse to move the boxes and salutes.

Seeing that Zhang Gui moved away quickly without any nostalgia, everyone in the village shook their heads, saying that he would be the marquis in the future, and the villagers would definitely not get any benefits.

Pucao rebuilt the three main houses, she and Peach Blossom lived in the West House as usual, Magpie lived in the East House, and the East Wing was divided into Shanzi. Shanzi was so happy that he almost turned his head in the yard because he was able to live again.

The family tossed for two days and lived a peaceful life before, but Peach Blossom occasionally thought of her brother, and would always secretly shed a few tears at night. Pu Cao felt sorry for her, so she said that she would definitely send her into the city to visit Zhang Gui in the future, and the peach blossom would be much better.

It's a pity that when Pu Cao really sent her into the city, she was blocked by Zhang Gui. It is evident that he read the books of the sages in vain, and did not learn the slightest measure of the sages. Peach Blossom cried so sadly that she froze her heart after eating a few closed soups like this.

Of course, this is all a story for later, and after Pucao solved the housework, she let the magpie go back to the city to continue to be her shopkeeper. The magpie happily immediately took the package, jumped into the car and left.

Pu Cao stood in front of the courtyard gate and watched that the carriage had not yet left the entrance of the village in the west, and on the dirt road in the east, there was another ox cart on the dirt road, and it turned out that Mrs. Li asked the eldest child to drive her to visit her daughter.

Pu Cao has not been to see the old lady since she was busy after the New Year, and she misses it very much, and she suddenly sees the old lady come to the door, and she is as happy as a child. She helped the old lady into the house, and Zhang Luo ate and drank again, and went to call Chunni and his wife.

When Chunni and her family rushed over, the family sat in one place and laughed and gossiped, which was very lively.

The Li family continued to sell bean sprouts last winter, as people in the city gradually got used to the taste of bean sprouts, and business became more and more prosperous. This spring, Liu's family and Pucao sent two more carts of vegetable seedlings and planted one acre of land. Fang Jie's eyelashes were so shrewd that his eyelashes were empty, how could he let the future father-in-law's family look for buyers everywhere, easily collected the Li family's dishes, and sold them to various restaurants or big households together, which made the Li family make a small fortune again.

Mrs. Li is at home every day talking about the happiness of old age, and she has such a good daughter as Pucao, and she doesn't want to hear the gossip of the villagers a few days ago about the separation of the Zhang family. This made the old lady anxious, for fear that Pucao would suffer a loss and be wronged alone, so she simply packed the package and rushed over.

Pu Cao heard the old lady's intentions, and her heart was so warm that she wanted to shed tears, she hugged the old lady's arm and smiled, "Mother, why are you worried about me again?" You don't know my temper yet, where is the person who suffers. ”

Before Mrs. Li could speak, Chunni was already shouting, "Mother, don't listen to Pucao, she will talk big." The hard-earned family business was given away to most of the family, and he kept the broken yard and two acres of thin fields, which is not a loss. ”

"Oh, you're quiet." Pu Cao hurriedly went to cover Chunni's mouth, for fear that the peach blossoms who went to play in the greenhouse would come back and hear it. This girl felt sorry for her sister-in-law because of her second brother's "betrayal", and she got up early every day to help cook and feed the chickens, and her cautious appearance made people feel very distressed.

Pu Cao didn't know how to untie this girl's heart knot, so she could only treat her better, hoping that time would heal the scars in the child's heart.

Chunni also felt that her voice was too loud, but she was unwilling to say it, so she pouted and muttered, "I still don't feel sorry for you." ”

"I know you're upset for me," Pu Cao laughed, pulled her sleeve, and responded, "But you don't want to think about it, I don't expect the family to grow vegetables to make a living, your brother took it, won't I be able to live." ”

Chunni blinked, and suddenly remembered the thriving restaurant in the city, and immediately rejoiced, "Oops, how did I forget that." Originally, I was going to take a few dozen taels of silver from home for you to use first, but now I don't have to worry about it. ”

Mrs. Li and the others didn't know what their sisters were talking about, but they roughly guessed that Pucao must have left something behind, and the family did not suffer a big loss, so they also breathed a sigh of relief.

Mrs. Li thought about it, but still took out a purse from her arms and stuffed it into Pu Cao's hand, "Pu Cao, this is the pocket money that my father and I gave you, you can keep it." After all, they just broke up, and they used money everywhere. ”

There were ten taels of silver in the purse, and he hurriedly stuffed it back to the old lady, "Mother, I don't lack silver in my hand, you can take it back quickly." ”

"No, what's yours is yours. This is given by my father, you just have to take it. Li Lao Taiji was resolute and refused to take it back. At the end, he touched Pucao's head and instructed, "Pucao, you have a mother's family, and you must tell your mother if you are wronged." ”

Pu Cao was holding the purse with the old lady's body temperature in her hand, and she felt the warmth in her heart rush to her nose, causing her tears to crackle and fall, "Mother, I know, don't worry about me." ”

"You kid has a good heart, and it's a good life to keep it in the future, God's eyes are bright."

Chunni saw that the old lady was about to shed tears, so she hurriedly stepped forward to be coquettish, "Mother, you only give Pucao pocket money, don't you have my share as a girl?" Mother, you are eccentric. ”

The old lady held on to her daughter's hair that was almost shaken apart, and responded one after another, "Give, give, you can spare my old bones." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard it, and for a while, the laughter in the courtyard of Zhang's house continued, and they were happy.

The Zhang family is now Pucao's private property, and Mrs. Li no longer has any scruples, so she slept with Pucao at night and rested for two days before returning to Lijia Village.

Pu Cao sent the old lady, went to the field every day, went home to take care of the children, if Fang Jie stayed in the village, he often called him to come over to eat together, and the small life was much more leisurely than before.

It's been more than a month in a flash, and seeing that the Kyoto exam is imminent, Katsuko has already come back from Fuxue and is ready to pack up his luggage and go south. But there was still no movement from Zhang Gui, there was no news of Ye Mei's escape, and there was no news of Zhang Gui's departure. Pu Cao was curious and unbearable, and secretly wondered if Ye Mei gradually fell in love with Zhang Gui and gave up sympathizing with Lang's plan to go away?

Thinking like this, she ran to Fang's house at night to catch Fang Jie and ask him clearly. It's a pity that Fang Jie didn't come back that night because she got together with the restaurant owner for a banquet, and she had to put all her doubts back into her stomach.

Not to mention how Pucao guessed here, just that there was someone in the city who was more anxious than her. Needless to say, it was Ye Mei who was bent on rolling up the silver money and flying away.

She had already taken the money to redeem her lover's freedom, and she also rented a small yard near her home to settle down. The two often secretly had trysts when Zhang Gui went to school or went out to play, and occasionally leaned on a place to calculate that there were few dowries left to sell, but the silver money only made up more than three hundred taels. No matter how they thought about it, they felt that these coins were not enough to go away and start a family.

As a result, the silver box that Zhang Gui hid became a must-have. It's a pity that Ye Mei used countless means, whether he was angry or coquettish, Zhang Gui refused to say where the silver was hidden. Ye Mei was so angry that he would rather leave a few days late, but he would not wait until he entered Beijing to take the exam.

Finally, when Zhang Gui came back from Fuxue this night, he excitedly called Ye Mei to pick up his luggage for him, and said, "The day after tomorrow, I will set off for Beijing with two classmates." Tomorrow, we will go back to Sancha River together to bid farewell to my father-in-law and mother-in-law. ”

"Really?" Ye Mei's joyful voice changed, causing Zhang Gui to turn his head and ask suspiciously, "Why, are you looking forward to me leaving home like this?" ”

Ye Mei is also a smart person, and when she heard this, she also felt that she had just revealed some flaws, so she hurriedly smiled and covered it up, "Look at what you said, I'm happy to go home to see my father, where am I looking forward to you going out." We haven't been back since we came back on three days, and you always said you wanted to accompany me, but you didn't make it any time. ”

(Insist, I'll see the dawn soon, I'm tired and my scalp is numb.) ）