"The old man is going to get married." The second stunned man muttered, and his heart was mixed.

Everyone was making noise, but he was the only one who lowered his head and fiddled with the tea bowl. He is also in his twenties, and his wife and children are hot on the kang, which man doesn't want to. But his father and brother died early, his family was poor, and the reputation of both mother and son was not good, and the girls from good families in ten miles and eight villages looked down on his family.

Seeing that he looked shrill, Du Mei knew that he was hurt, so he interrupted and asked, "How is the business in the stall recently?" ”

"It's hot, everyone doesn't have much appetite, and the business in the market is not good." The old man looked up at her.

"Sister Meizi, it's probably because my tea making skills are not good, and I can't keep customers since I don't sell ice." The big girl blushed and said.

"It's not your fault, we used to sell ice at the stall, so everyone wanted to cool off and come in for a bowl of tea to cool off. Now, without this convenience, it is naturally worse. Du Mei patted the big girl and comforted.

"Business was booming when I was still selling Ruyi soup." The big girl said with the corner of her eyes moistening the wetland.

"Honeysuckle, lotus leaves, bitter gourd, how many more? After the Midyear Festival, it is almost the beginning of autumn, and this tea cannot be sold, and drinking too much will hurt the spleen and stomach. Du Mei thought for a moment and said.

"I don't think it will be able to sell that time, will we continue to sell Ruyi soup in the future?" The eldest girl makes tea every day, how much does it cost at one time, and she has a little spectrum in her heart.

"I think so, but I don't know what the situation will be then." Du Mei thought that it was time for the ducks to lay eggs in the fall, and when the time came, he didn't know if he would have time to do it again.

"Sister Meizi, no matter what you do in the future, I will follow you!" The eldest girl warmly grabbed Du Mei's hand and said.

"Me too, me too." The two stunned echoed again and again, for fear that he would be missing.

"Sister Meizi, this is the income of selling tea these days, and the wages of the two of us have been deducted. A total of 1,078 dollars. The eldest girl took out a coarse cloth bag and pushed it in front of Du Mei.

"Didn't you say yes, you can keep the money from selling tea." Du Mei didn't look at it, and pushed it back as it was.

"Then Nacheng, the stall is yours, the craftsmanship is yours, and even the bitter gourd is from your field, how can I take so much money for nothing." The big girl waved her hand in a panic, she was a sincere person and admitted death.

"Look at what you said, what is taken for nothing, I have been so busy lately that my feet do not touch the ground, fortunately with you, the stall is not idle, and you make tea and pick tea, you deserve it." Du Mei said with a smile.

"But I know, you're waiting for the money." The eldest girl and the second stunned man are in the market every day, and they have heard too many rumors from all walks of life, and they don't know who to believe. But in the end, spending money to eliminate disasters is an eternal truth.

"I have it, and it's done. You can keep the money for yourself. Master and Mrs. are often sick, so you should save more in case you need them urgently. Du Mei didn't expect that the eldest girl would tell Niu Er about it at this time. Her mother and three younger sisters didn't know about it.

"I said that the plum would not be wanted, you don't believe it!" The second stunned man had an unsurprisingly determined expression, and he helped put the coarse cloth bag back to the eldest girl.

After listening to their words, Xu Shi looked at Du Mei with an inquiring eye, this girl was running around outside every day, in order not to worry her, I don't know how many things to hide from her.

"Mother, that's the case, Brother Niu had something to do some time ago, I helped run errands and spent some money, and he will definitely pay it back in the future

For me. Du Mei saw that the paper couldn't contain the fire, so she had to hide it.

When the eldest girl heard this, she secretly screamed in her heart. I stabbed Lou Zi for Du Mei, and I was busy diverting the topic: "My mother always talks about you at home, so she specially asked me to come and see it today, otherwise I have to go to the field and drive water." ”

"Hey, look at how busy I've been lately, I haven't even gone to see Master and Master. Catch up with Ming'er and go when you are free. Du Mei patted his forehead in annoyance.

"I'll also give the field water tomorrow, I'll help you." The second stunned man leaned forward to the eldest girl.

"Whoever wants you to help, it's good if you can do your own work well!" The eldest girl said unceremoniously.

"Uncle Zhong, is there a serious drought in the fields?" Du Mei turned his head and asked Du Zhong, who was sitting silently.

"Yes, it rained a little too much in the spring, and for thirty or forty days, I didn't see a single star of rain, and the fields were dry and cracked. Our Dujiagou is not bad, relying on Sheshan Lake, as long as we are willing to make efforts to step on the water wheel, there will always be water. Du Zhong saw that the heavens and the earth were busy in the fields, and the sun tanned him.

"I heard that the dry grain in Laowangzhuang has been cut off, and the corn stalks have been dried into matches." Du Shu interfaced.

"I remember, don't they also have a small river dam in the village?" Du Mei asked with a sideways head.

"It's a poisonous day, and the water from the small rivers and dams, which is not enough to water the crops, has long been cut off and dried up." Du Shu likes to fish and catch shrimp everywhere, so he naturally knows the situation of the surrounding villages.

"You kid, it's only right to do the work of the master's house well, don't clean up these useless things every day." Du Zhong gently patted his son's head, thinking that he was not doing his job.

"Meizi, you just have to rest assured, there is enough water in your five acres of fields, and you have already chased fertilizer once, just waiting for the heading and flowering." Du Shu stroked his head and said to Du Mei a little embarrassed.

"I believe in you, Brother Shu." Du Mei said with a smile.

Seeing the sun sinking into the western mountain, a group of people had enough of playing, and regardless of Du Mei's retention, they went home.

"Meizi, what's going on with Niu Er?" At the dinner table, Xu asked solemnly.

"It's nothing, didn't he sell ice with Black Jiaolong some time ago, but the court said that this can't be sold, so I beat them a few boards today, and now I have put them back." Du Mei said succinctly, and many important words were choked out by her.

"How can it be so simple, even the eldest girl can see that you are short of money!" Xu didn't want to listen to perfunctory, she wanted to know the truth, and she wanted to share it with her daughter.

"This ...... I spend a lot of money, but I also earn a lot. Mother, don't worry, I can earn it back in the future. Du Mei comforted Xu.

"You girl, my mother is not worried about more money and less money, as long as our family is like this every day, and we are together in a good manner, I will be satisfied." Xu lifted his apron and wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Mother, we not only want to reunite as a family, but also live a good life." Du Mei stood up, walked up to Xu, and said.

"That's right." The three small ones also left the dinner table, surrounded Xu's family, and Du Gui put her arms around her, wanting to hug her.

Xu's eyes were shining with tears, and he hugged Du Gui, and the Du Mei sisters hugged Xu. The family was head to head, face to face, Du Gui couldn't help it, and giggled, causing everyone to laugh.

After dinner, Du Mei began to cut the piece of rain-soaked plain satin, Zhong Yu was in a long state, and Du Mei had already had the heart to write down his size.

Xu also came to help, and the two of them were quick with their hands and feet, and they each sewed half of the flying needles. By this time it was late at night, and the three little ones had already slept.

"Meizi, you have to ask your uncle to scrap the manuscript for a day, let's move the house lively." Xu cleaned up the needlework and wound the scattered silk threads together.

"Well, we're going to have a big event this time, but whoever helped us has to be invited to drink." Du Mei nodded and said.

"Okay, you can do it, just don't go too far, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at our house in the village." Xu lowered her eyelids, although she was weak, her heart was very bright.

The next day, Du Mei and Du Ying took two bottles of chili sauce from the house, went to the scrap manuscript's house, and asked him to see the days.

The waste manuscript is concentrating on writing at home, listening to Du Mei's intentions, busy taking out the yellow calendar, looking at a few days are not very satisfied, pushing and pushing, only one day after five days, good luck.

Du Mei readily agreed, and invited him to dinner at Du's house five days later.

"Uncle Scrap Manuscript, do you have a book on the laws of this dynasty at home?" Du Mei looked around his house, and there were books everywhere, and it was like a sweaty cow.

"How did you become interested in the difficult law?" The scrap manuscript asks so, but his eyes scan the bookshelf to find it.

"Aren't I doing some small business, I know some rules, and I am not easy to be blackmailed." Du Mei learned a lesson from Niu Er and the Black Jiaolong stealing ice, that is, to understand the law, know what can be done, and what can not be done blindly.

The scrap manuscript set up a ladder, climbed to the top of the shelf, found two thick books, and handed them to Du Mei.

In the afternoon, Du Mei drove the carriage out, and if he wanted to hold a banquet, he had to book the wine and food first. Shochu has to be beaten with seven or eight catties, water and wine must be prepared, pork and beef must be at least ten or twenty catties, two chickens, two fish, and half a drawer of tofu.

Du Mei ran around the bazaar, ordered what he was going to use in five days, and bought some spices and condiments. She walked to Yunshang Embroidery Village and saw only Aunt Shi sitting at the counter.

"Auntie, Shopkeeper Ye hasn't come back yet?" Du Mei asked tentatively.

"No, the master was in a hurry this time, and they hurried away, and they didn't leave any words, I don't know when they will turn around." Seeing that it was Du Mei, Aunt Shi said with a smile.

"After five days, my family will move to do wine, Aunt Shi must come, and you will come on behalf of them." Du Mei is a verbal invitation.

"The house was built so quickly? That's really congratulations, when the time comes, the old woman must ask for a glass of water and wine to drink. Aunt Shi said with a smile.

"That's sure to be enough." Du Mei blinked mischievously.

"Oh, by the way, when Ye Qing left, he said that if you come, settle the previous account." Aunt Shi patted her forehead, she almost forgot about it.

"Oh, yes." Du Mei crouched on the counter.

"I'll look for it." Mrs. Shi took out the account book and spread it out on the counter to show Du Mei.

"The share of the fire beaver is eight hundred taels, deducting the five hundred taels borrowed last time, plus the forty taels of the lucky pig, and the scattered silver money you saved before for business is eighty-five taels, and there are four hundred and twenty-five taels left." According to the records in the account book, Mrs. Shi skillfully played with the abacus beads and reported it in one bite.

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