Chapter 34: The Night Talk of the Two Elders of the Worried Sons
Liuli suddenly, no wonder Shun Fangzhai acted like this, it turned out to be a hard backstage.
In this way, he will be even more helpless, can he still fight against the top lord in this county?
After a whole day, Liuli's rock sugar gourd didn't sell much, so I simply took it back and ate it slowly at home.
Fortunately, canned oranges are selling well, but they can't last long, and they have to think of other businesses as soon as possible.
Just thinking about it, the stall closed this day, but I saw a pear seller, Liuli simply bought some pears, planning to make some canned pears to sell, not too monotonous.
Although canned pears are not as popular as oranges, there is one more choice, and there are a lot of items in January.
Every time I go to the Houpo Village Market, Liuli can pass by the big house, and the door of the house is closed every time, and I have never seen anyone come out, but the begonias in the house have sprouted, and I don't know what kind of beautiful scenery it is when it blooms.
On the set, a stall was still set up in the old location, and soon after arriving, there were customers who came to the door.
The person who came was a middle-aged man with a big belly, but it was not like an ordinary crowd to walk around, as if he came and went straight to Liuli's stall: "You are the little lady of Song Liuli who sells canned food in Dawan Village?" ”
The tone of the person who came was quite polite, but the question was very straightforward, and the glass was not hidden: "Exactly, the guest officer wants to buy canned food?" ”
"Let's have a bowl first."
"Orange or pear?" Ruri asked.
"What's the difference between the two?"
"The taste is different depending on the ingredients, the oranges are softer, sweet and slightly sour, and the pears are more crisp." Liuli Road.
"Then let's have a bowl of everything."
Liuli quickly filled two small bowls of canned food and handed it over, and the middle-aged man took a bite, but said, "Is there caramel added to this?" ”
"Exactly."
"The orange petals are not as sour as they used to be, and they obviously absorb enough sweetness of the starch syrup, but soak them in sugar water?" The man asked again.
Ruri didn't answer anymore, just looked at him with a smile.
The man looked at Liuli's expression carefully, and saw that she was just smiling, so he stopped talking, quickly finished two bowls of canned food, and asked Liuli to pack ten portions of each, and took it away.
This one was sold for 150 Wen, but Liuli was not happy, looking at the back of the middle-aged man leaving, he only felt faintly uneasy in his heart.
Fortunately, this person has not been here since, and seeing that spring is about to come, Ruri plans to plant some fruit tree saplings on the hillside in front of his yard.
Canned food is sold for five cents a piece, although the daily income is more than before, but the oranges and pears are not like hawthorn, they are picked from the mountains for free, and they have to spend money to buy, and the raw materials are an expense.
Liuli thought that it would be better to buy some saplings directly and carry them, so that she could eat fruits after coming home, and secondly, she would stay until next autumn and winter to make canned food and the like, and she would not have to spend money to buy them.
There are also chickens, and they are about to start raising, counting her own at home, when the three of them are growing up, it is always good to eat more eggs.
The weather is getting warmer, Liuli took the opportunity to go to the town to buy oranges, found a chicken seller, bought 7 chickens, five females, two males, raised in the fence wall of the yard, this coke broke the coral girl, holding the chicks and refused to let go.
"If you hold it like this again, you're going to kill the chick." Liuli is helpless.
"Yikes." Coral quickly let go, but refused to leave, looking at the chubby chicks with stars in their eyes.
Liuli saw that she liked it, so she handed over the task of feeding the chickens to her, how to feed and feed the water every day, and the little coral girl remembered it carefully.
"When they're older, we'll have eggs." Liuli patted the little girl's shoulder and gave encouragement for a better vision for the future.
"Hmm", Coral nodded heavily, "Second sister, don't worry, I will definitely raise them well!" ”
There are chickens to take care of at home, and Coral can't go to the market with her, Liuli doesn't worry about the little girl being at home alone, so she asks Amber to stay, and then every time she catches the market, Liuli goes alone.
There is also Amber, who will be 7 years old after the New Year, and Liuli feels that reading can be put on the agenda.
"Reading?" Amber was surprised.
"Well, do you want to go, follow Han Xiu to enlightenment first, stay for two years, and the second sister will also find a way to send you to the county school." Ruri had planned it for a long time.
"I ......" Amber thought to herself, very much, very much.
God knows, how many times he secretly wandered outside Han Xiucai's house, just hoping to hear the sound of lectures inside. It's just that his life has just passed, and studying is a costly thing, and he doesn't want his second sister to work too hard.
"You don't have to worry about the money", Liuli seemed to see his thoughts, "Your second sister's skills are not only these, here", he said and pointed to his temple, "There are a lot of novel ideas, just take one out, you can make a lot of money." ”
"Second sister ......" Amber only took the joke that his sister said, these days the family does not make rock sugar gourds, he also saw the rock sugar gourds bought from the shops in the city in the hands of children in the same village, and vaguely knew that his sugar gourd business was in trouble.
However, studying...... It was a wish he had dreamed of since he knew it, and he couldn't say anything he couldn't say.
"Okay, it's decided, after my sister is busy for a while, let's go to Han Xiucai to discuss this matter." Liuli finally made a decision.
"Hmm!" Amber nodded heavily, his sparkling eyes revealing his excitement and determination at the moment.
These days, Liuli is really busy, and the saplings I bought back don't dare to delay too long, so I have to load them in a few days.
The hillsides of Dawan Village are divided according to each household, and according to the principle of proximity, this small piece in front of the Song family is their own place, and it is easy to plant something, but this kind of tree is a hard work.
What their family lacks the most is this man who can work hard, and it is not appropriate to always trouble the neighbors, and they are worried, but Pearl came over with Shi Yong.
"I heard earlier that you were going to plant some fruit trees, and today your brother-in-law happened to be free, so I came to help." Pearl laughed.
This is really sleepy and sent a pillow, Liuli is grateful, brother-in-law Shi Yong digs pits and plants trees, Amber is responsible for watering, and Pearl is also on the side.
Liuli really won't, she stood aside for a while, wanted to help but couldn't always intervene, so she simply went home to prepare food, one will send water, one will send canned food, just afraid that they will be tired.
There are not many saplings, most of them have been planted all day, Liuli left the two of them for dinner, and his brother-in-law Shi Yong refused to do anything, only saying that he would come back tomorrow to finish the rest and leave.
Seeing that everyone had walked to the door, Liuli hurriedly went back to the house and filled a big bowl of canned pears, and asked the pearl to take back to Shi's house: "The canned oranges are not available for the time being, take these back to eat first." ”
"Hey", Pearl didn't refuse, took the can and went back.
The beginning of spring is busy farming, and the Shi family is also working to make tofu, how can they be idle, it is Pearl who knows that Liuli wants to plant saplings, and wants to let her husband Shi Yong help him, and it will be good for a day or two.
Although the old lady of the Shi family didn't say anything, she must be dissatisfied in her heart. When he saw the canned food that Pearl had brought back, he asked about it, and when he heard that it was a pear, he didn't say anything more.
In the evening, he muttered to the old man Shi: "I knew that I loved to eat that orange, so I brought the pear back." ”
"I'm good at eating it." The old man said quietly.
The old lady gave him a blank look: "Tomorrow, I will ask San Lang to help them plant trees, I really think I have a big face." ”
"Don't say that, when did the third daughter-in-law go back to her parents' house without food, in the past half a year, the food sold by the second mother of the Song family has never been cut off, now help people do some work, you don't care so much."
"Hmph." The old lady didn't go any further.
The two were silent for a while, and the old lady seemed to remember something, and then spoke again: "You said that this third daughter-in-law, why is there no movement at all in her body?" ”
"Alas~" The old man also sighed, he has seen Langzhong in the past two years, and he has used home remedies, but he has not seen the third daughter-in-law happy.
"If I had known that she was so difficult to raise, I would not have let her in if I said anything," the old lady said hatefully.
The Song family was defeated, and the old lady looked down on Song Pearl, but the youngest son fell in love with himself, with a posture of not marrying her, and the old couple looked at the pearl people who were diligent and thoughtful, so they reluctantly agreed, who thought that it was not easy to give birth.
"What's the use of talking about this now, let's think about what to do." The old man said again.
The old lady came to the spirit: "I heard Widow Zhou say a few years ago, her niece daughter is willing to marry if she gives a dowry of three taels of silver, and the concubine is fine. ”
"You mean Wu Jingui? How can we Saburo look at that look, and he is too old. The old man said.
Wu Jingui is five big and three thick, his mother died early, and after his father married another, he drove her out and lived with his aunt Widow Zhang. When she was twenty-five years old, she was still married on behalf of her, and when the old man of the Shi family heard that it was her, he was dissatisfied.
"What are you afraid of, if you can give birth, you can take care of people when you are older, and you don't want her to be the head lady, make us Saburo small, and you can hold a big grandson in a year or two." The more the old lady thought about it, the more she thought it was appropriate.
"This ...... Let's talk about it in a few days, and I have to discuss it with Saburo. Although the old man didn't agree, he also thought that if the third daughter-in-law had been like this, he would have to give San Lang a small entrance.