"How can you laugh at the eldest mother, the eldest lady is also for the good of the family." Pu Cao persuaded a few words, and then asked, "We don't have an ox cart at home, do we still have to go to Dong's house to borrow it?" ”

Uncle Chen took two puffs of dry tobacco and said, "No, now that the snow is deep, the old cow can't walk slowly." There is also a broken climbing plough in the barn on the west side, and I will move out to pick up and pick up after a while, and then go to the Lizheng brothers' house to borrow the donkey, and it is estimated that it will be okay to pull two people and 100 catties of goods. ”

Chen Er also likes the Fang family's heavy snow climbing plow, so he smiled and said, "When we make money, we will also make a big and sturdy birch climbing plow, and put it on a big horse, how majestic." ”

Everyone laughed, but Chen's second sister-in-law interjected, "Tomorrow, I will also follow." ”

Without waiting for his father and mother to speak, Chen Er frowned and scolded, "What are you doing with an old lady, just me and my eldest brother will go." ”

Chen's second sister-in-law wanted to refute a few words and forgot her words in a hurry, so she had to turn to Pucao for help, "Sister, you can help me say a few words." ”

Pu Cao also felt that Chen's second sister-in-law was more useful to go with, so she opened her mouth to help, "Most of these items bought back by the second brother are commonly used by the women in the family, and it is convenient for the second sister-in-law to deal with them." ”

Chen Er thought about it, if it was only the two of them, it would be really difficult for the women to come forward and pick up objects. He turned his head to see that his father and mother didn't seem to object, so he nodded and replied, "Then let's go together." ”

Chen's second sister-in-law's wish was fulfilled, so she naturally smiled, and pulled the grass to thank her again and again.

Pu Cao remembered some tips for helping the family sell vegetables when she was a child in her previous life, so she sat with her and carefully instructed, "Second sister-in-law, don't be too tight when selling things." If there are children present, you can give them some candy chips, and the father and mother will be happy when they see it. If anyone buys more, you can put up a red head rope or a few embroidery needles, so that the business is better kept. ”

Chen's second sister-in-law is a shrewd woman herself, and she understands the truth after a few turns in her mind, and she nods her head busily, and she is even more gearing up for the big business of making money that will start tomorrow.

After everyone said a few more words, the little daughters-in-law in the village came to pick up the items entrusted to buy on their behalf, and saw that the boxes were full of all kinds of food and use, and they were inevitably moved to add two more things.

Before they could go out, they began to make progress, and the Chen family finally put their minds at ease and became busy happily.

Pu Cao used the excuse that there was still work to be busy at home, so she hurriedly left Chen's house and went back to the greenhouse, where Chunni and her husband had already picked up kitchen knives, baskets and other things, and were sitting on the wooden pier watching the two children write with a pen.

Liu Housheng lit the oil lamp for the two children early for the two children, and looked at the ink carefully from time to time with an envious face, "I was looking forward to studying when I was a child, but my family was too poor, where can I afford it." When we have a child in the future, I will definitely send him to school. ”

Chunni used the light to put on the soles of her shoes with a needle and a thread, and her face turned red when she heard this, and she glared at him with disgust and said, "What are you talking about in front of the child, it's still a matter of eight characters." ”

Pucao was so cold that she trotted all the way back, and as soon as she entered the door, she was so excited by the heat that she sneezed twice, which made Chunni and the two children laugh.

Pu Cao patted the snowflakes on his head and shoulders, and said with a smile, "It's really cold outside, Brother Liu, don't be reluctant to firewood, the stove will burn more at night." ”

Liu Housheng nodded in response, "Don't worry, I also look at the appearance that it looks like it's going to snow heavily this day, and I won't miss the right thing." ”

Peach Blossom and Shanzi picked up dozens of big characters that they had worked hard to write in the afternoon, and showed them to their sister-in-law (sister) for judgment with a twisted face.

Pu Cao naturally praised it vigorously, "My Shanzi and Peach Blossom are really smart, and they wrote so well with pen and paper for the first time." My sister-in-law will have to practice more words in the future, otherwise she will be compared to Shanzi and Peach Blossom. ”

The two children were praised and their faces were red with excitement, but they still said in their small mouths, "We don't have Brother Fang's good writing." ”

"How can you compare with him? He has been practicing calligraphy for more than ten years, and you are the first day to get started, and you will work hard in the future to keep your writing better than him. ”

The two children laughed even more happily, and their eyes narrowed. Be careful and make up your mind, and you must practice your words well in the future.

Pu Cao reached out and picked up the wooden box with two sets of pen, ink, paper and inkstone left, and sent the two children to Zhang Gui'er, asking him to pick one set first. Peach Blossom was naturally very happy when she heard that the second brother also had a share, so she ran away with Shanzi in tow.

Pu Cao saw the two children go out of the small door, so she took out a silver ingot from her sleeve and put it on the table, and said with a smile, "Nizi, I got silver again today." This is your share, put it away. ”

"It's... So much! Although Chunni and her family guessed that there would be more input with two more baskets of vegetables this time, they didn't expect to be able to share so much between them. This is a small silver coin of five taels and one, and the oil lamp shines brightly and dazzlingly.

After the couple was stunned, they reached out and pushed the silver coin back together, shook their heads and said, "This is too much, we can't take it." It's better to just split it up in two taels like last time. ”

Pu Cao raised his hand and shook his sleeves to let them hear the gurgling of the silver bills inside, and said with a smile, "This is what was said at the beginning, all the inputs will be divided into 30% of you, so don't shirk it." ”

Chunni remembered the secret that Pu Cao had said, for fear that Liu Housheng would ask Pu Cao how much silver she had gotten, so she quickly took the silver back and said with a smile, "Then I won't be polite!" We're really rich! ”

Liu Housheng was also so happy that his face turned red, after all, he didn't necessarily be able to save money in a year before, but now he can collect it every five or six days, which can make people red-eyed with jealousy, "Don't bring the money with you, hide it quickly, and don't mention it to anyone!" ”

Chunni glared at the unpromising old man in her own house, and said with a smile, "You still need to say that I want to save it, even if the sky falls, I won't take it out!" ”

The three of them laughed a few words, and after discussing the replanting of rapeseed tomorrow, Pu Cao and Chunni picked up the guys who moved from the stove and went back to the front yard together.

Zhang Guier was walking around the hall with joy because she had a good set of pen and ink. As soon as I saw my sister-in-law open the door and come in, I hurriedly stepped forward to salute and thank you, "Sister-in-law Xie asked Peach Blossom to send me pen and ink, and that set of Aoxue Hanmei was more suitable for my sister-in-law, I picked the set engraved with bamboo and stone drawings. ”

Pu Cao glanced at most of the rice paper left in the wooden box, and said with a smile, "It's all a family, no need to be polite." I don't use much of this rice paper, so you can take half of it to practice calligraphy. ”

Zhang Gui hesitated for a moment, and said cautiously, "Sister-in-law, this rice paper is too valuable." If you want to practice calligraphy, just buy some cheap cotton paper. ”

Pu Cao heard the implication of his words, so he hurriedly explained, "This is a welcome gift from today's guests, I haven't been to a calligraphy and painting shop, I don't know the difference." You can use it first, and I'll ask someone to bring some tissue paper back later.

In addition, this time, the vegetable seller has brought in another ten taels of silver, and I will send you back to the school after the beginning of spring. ”

Zhang Gui'er got the quasi-letter that she would definitely be able to return to school, and she couldn't help but smile anymore, and solemnly thanked her sister-in-law for her hard work to support her family.

Pu Cao was used to his usual awkward and picky appearance, and suddenly saw him so polite, and he was really not used to it. He patted him on the shoulder with some stiffness and said a few words of encouragement.

But Peach Blossom saw that her sister-in-law and second brother finally talked to Harmony, and smiled so much that her big eyes were bent into crescent moons...

The father and son of the Chen family were busy for more than an hour, and finally reluctantly used the three-foot-square climbing plow at home. The anxious Chen Lao Er didn't rest for a while, so he put on a dogskin hat and rushed to Lizheng's house to borrow a donkey.

Speaking of which, several families surnamed Chen in the entire village are branches of the same clan, so they naturally get along closer than others on weekdays.

Li Zheng's family was having dinner, and when they saw this distant second cousin coming to the door, they greeted him, "Man Hoard is here, let's drink a bowl of porridge together to cushion my stomach." ”

Chen Er had been busy for a long time just now, and the few cakes he ate at noon had already been consumed. So he didn't have much politeness, and took the porridge bowl handed by Mrs. Lizheng and drank it suddenly.

Mrs. Lizheng was helping out at Li's house today, and when she vaguely heard a little news, she asked with a smile, "Manchu, I heard that you went into the city yesterday, and you are okay on the road?" ”

Chen Er's family didn't want to hide it from the people in the village, and naturally they wouldn't lie in front of their uncles and aunts, so they carefully talked about the small business they wanted to do while drinking porridge.

Li Zheng and his wife are rare shrewd people in the village, and when they heard it, they felt that this business was very good. Mrs. Li Zheng smiled, "There is no work to do in this winter, if you can add some income, it is really a happy event." ”

Li Zheng also nodded, "The donkey at home is also eating forage for nothing, if you want to use it, just take it away." ”

Chen Er was overjoyed, got up and thanked him and said with a smile, "When you make money at home, you must buy wine to thank Uncle Xie." ”

Li Zheng scolded with a smile, "You haven't made a lot of money yet, hurry up and go back to prepare is serious!" ”

Chen Er smiled and responded, and when he said goodbye and went out, he untied the donkey in the grass hut in the corner of the courtyard and went home.

Mrs. Li Zheng sent the guests away, closed the courtyard door strictly, and said to her man when she came back, "I said that Pucao is a capable person, if anyone treats her well, she will not watch anyone suffer from poverty." The old sister-in-law's family only helps her do a little work and send each other some food on weekdays, so she thinks of such a good business for them.

Look at it, how can they make a few taels of silver this winter! ”

Li Zhengzheng pinched the chopped tobacco leaves and carefully stuffed them into the copper smoke pot, and when he heard this, he glared and said with a slight annoyance, "What do you mean by this, it seems that I treat the Zhang family badly on weekdays." I agree with Pucao's method of growing vegetables, but this is also for the good of the whole village, not for our own family.

Don't you see so many seventeen or eighteen descendants in the village who haven't married yet, there are no mountains in this shabby place in our village, and there is no good land, it's good to be able to fool around every year, how can a good girl be willing to marry.

Pucao's kind of vegetable method makes a lot of money and is not difficult to take care of, who doesn't blush when you look at it. If only her family is rich, but everyone is poor, and whoever can't keep it will have a bad heart, I am also for the good of their family.

People are sensible and haven't said much. But you old lady talks about it every day! ”