Chapter 149
Wait until the previous set of polite routines are rehearsed, and then start talking about business, and the main thing is just one sentence, that is, the ancestor worship and tomb sweeping are postponed, and the 'daughter' is asked to live in her grandfather's house for a few days, accompany her mother's relatives more, and then take her home when the weather is fine.
He Dani obediently said yes, and then asked if the family had enough money, and without waiting for He Dawei to say something, He Dani got up and said that she would go back to the room and get some money for her father to bring back to use, not enough to get it next time.
He Dawei didn't think he came to ask for money for a meal from his 'daughter', of course he said that he didn't want anything, only that the family had money, and the Liang family not only gave gifts and gave money that day, which was enough for the family to live a good life for two years.
Hearing He Dawei say this, He Dani finally understood why He Liang's family beat herself in the Xiangjia branch out of control that day, daring to love was the money that made trouble, with the usual prices in the county, it would take dozens of taels of silver to let the family live a good life for two years, no wonder He Liang's manic gaffe.
The incident has happened, the effect she wants has been achieved, this is enough, she still thinks that He Liang's trouble is not long-lasting enough, if there are some incidents, how can she find a suitable reason to go back to the capital.
Although this shell is the biological 'daughter' of the middle-aged man in front of her, the soul in the shell comes from another world, and has no feelings for the so-called relatives in this world.
He Dani's heart is as cold as a stone, but her face is still obedient 'girl', and she persuaded her father not to always quarrel with her mother at home, things have happened, no matter how much you quarrel, it will not help, she already knows that her father is unemployed, and she will work hard to make money to support the family in the future, and make the family situation better again, no longer this kind of poor life.
Hearing the 'daughter' reassuring him, and knowing that the 'daughter' son really has the ability to turn the family over, and then thinking of the eldest son's change of ways, He Dawei couldn't help but feel a burst of relief in his heart.
After sitting for a while, He Dawei said goodbye, He Dani sent him to the big 'gate', watched him get into Uncle Zhang's carriage, and watched him go away before closing the street 'door'.
Back in the back hall, He Dani briefly told her grandmother what she had just seen her father, and they were very happy to hear that her granddaughter' was going to stay at home for a few more days.
Cousin Yang Zheng immediately prayed to God for a few more days of snow, and it was best to have a sunny day until the New Year.
The childish words suddenly caused everyone to laugh.
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The matter of worshipping the ancestors and sweeping the tomb has been postponed temporarily, the weather is still not good, although it is not snowing but the cold wind is blowing, the ice on the ground has froze layer after layer, the number of patients who have seen a sharp increase in the hospital has increased sharply these days, and the pedestrians on the street have to walk carefully even if they are wearing spikes, for fear that they will fall if they are not careful, and it will be too unlucky to celebrate the New Year with a body of illness.
It is precisely because of this traditional thought and custom, knowing that it is difficult to walk on the street and the wheels of the carriage are slippery, He Dani still has to go to the 'door' every day to cut the pulse of those rich old and young masters and ladies to open the year, and her purse is bulging every day.
She knows that these people are all out of a kind of curiosity, wanting to see what kind of person she looks like, so she will have business every day, otherwise the local medical clinic has been operating for many years, and these big families have used to the doctor, which round to get their new arrival to compete for territory.
However, seeing that her 'private' house money is getting more and more, He Dani is too lazy to speculate on the thoughts of those big families, and she doesn't feel how hard it is to go out of the 'door' every day against the wind and snow.
How can it be hard to make money, the God of Wealth will dislike it.
For a few more days, the weather is still not good, but the wind is lighter, and the New Year is getting closer and closer, and the people are ignoring the slippery road surface, and they have hurried to the street to buy some New Year's supplies on such a day when the weather is slightly better.
When He Dani came back from the clinic, she passed by a golden building, so she called to stop the car and enter the store to have a look, wanting to add a few pieces of jewelry to cool off for the New Year.
Pure gold jewelry is not allowed to be used by the people, only the royal family can use pure gold things, the so-called gold jewelry in the hands of the people is actually silver gilt, that is, the surface of the silver is plated with a layer of gold by applying gold tribute.
Whose girl doesn't like to be pretty, now she is free, without the restrictions of palace rules, and she has money in her hands, He Dani naturally will not treat herself within a reasonable range.
The guy took out a lot of beautiful gilt single jewelry for He Dani to choose, and there is also a full set of workmanship 'fine' head and face, from head to ear to neck to wrist to fingers, each set of 'flowers' is different, expensive is definitely much more expensive, but it saves the trouble of matching yourself, and it is more grand, it is very suitable for wearing in the major traditional festival of the New Year.
He Dani originally took a fancy to the head of the suit, but thinking that there was nowhere to hide such valuable jewelry at home, it was better not to buy it for insurance, in case a thief cried at home, so she finally set her eyes back on a single piece of jewelry.
He Dani was hesitating in front of the three golden cloves at this time, not knowing which pair to choose, which pair she looked at and liked, and the shop guy kept lobbying her to simply buy it all and change it to wear.
Just when He Dani was a little moved by the shopkeeper's lobbying, she suddenly heard someone behind her calling herself, and subconsciously turned around, but saw a carriage parked outside the 'door', and it was the driver Uncle Zhang who called herself, and He Liang and He Xiaoqiang were sitting in the carriage, and there were a lot of things piled up around them, which showed that it was a big purchase.
He Dani asked the man to put away the things, she would come to buy them next time, and then walked out of the store to greet her stepmother, brother and Uncle Zhang.
It was cold outside, He Dani invited them to a nearby teahouse to drink tea and eat snacks, in addition to He's family, there were two driving uncles, the five of them divided two tables, holding hot tea and eating sweet and delicious snacks, the chill gradually dissipated from the body, and then went back to their respective homes with the warmth of the whole body.
He Liang's *** returned home and found that only the youngest son was at home, and asked where the head of the house went, He Xiaojie replied that his father went to the nearby neighborhood to see an emergency, and he didn't know when he could come back.
He Liang gave his youngest son two pennies, asked him to buy a few steamed buns to eat with his friends, and sent him out.
He Xiaoqiang sorted out the things he had just bought in the hall, took the small things of the New Year's painting into the east room, and saw his mother supporting her chin on the kang table with one hand, her eyes staring at the window, I don't know who she was sulking with, and she didn't even react when her son came in.
"Mother, what do you want?" He Xiaoqiang put down his things and came over to see his mother.
He Liang turned his head and looked at his son, his gaze moved down to the clothes on his body, and then turned back to himself, his face becoming more and more ugly.
He Xiaoqiang was puzzled, and looked at himself and then at his mother with He Liang's gaze, "Mother, is there anything wrong with the clothes?" ”
"Son, did you see the dead girl's clothes just now?" He Liang said in a sullen voice.
"I didn't pay attention, what's wrong, mother? What do you see? ”
"Alas, you are a man, and you are not as careful as a 'woman', so you should not notice it."
"Mother, what did you see?"
"The material on the dead girl's body is better than that of our family, I was not very willing to buy such material to wear when my family was well-off, she only went out to live for a few days, and she changed into such good clothes, it seems that she has indeed earned a lot these days." He Liang's envy, jealousy, hatred, and all kinds of complex emotions are overflowing.
He Xiaoqiang suddenly realized, "Mother, it turns out that this is the case, isn't it a big deal, now there are still some days before the New Year, my mother can hurry up and pull new materials to make a few good clothes, anyway, now that the family has money, it can't 'spend' a few dollars of that kind of material, anyway, no matter how much 'spending' the big sister can earn it back." ”
He Liang's eyes lit up for a moment, and then he sighed again, "That dead girl is still picking jewelry in the Golden Building, she is so good that only gold jewelry is worthy." ”
"Mother, you also buy a set, the money is given by the *** family, that is, your 'private' house money, you 'spend' on yourself, who can say anything about you."
He Liang smiled bitterly and patted his son, "To put it lightly, don't eat at home?" That set of gold ornaments can't be taken down for a few dozen taels of silver? These days, the family buys this and buys that, how can there be money to buy gold jewelry, your father didn't bring back a penny of copper coins from the last time he went to see the dead girl, and said that there is no shortage of money to eat at home, so let her keep the money around. She has been outside for so many days, how can she save dozens of taels of silver in her hands, what if she doesn't hold it in her hands at home, what if she 'spends' it on the Yang family, your father is so confused. ”
"Mother, my father may not be able to call the 'daughter' to take money in front of the Yang family, and he also wants to save face. I don't see snow in the past few days, and it should be sunny in a few days, and when I get it back, won't I have the money to buy gold jewelry for my mother? The mother still pulls a few pieces of good material that can be matched with gold jewelry and quickly makes clothes, otherwise it will be too late to catch up with the New Year's wear after buying gold jewelry. ”
"If she says she wants money to eat, she won't give it, but if she says she wants to buy gold jewelry, what if she doesn't give it? After all, it is the money she earns, it is her 'private' house money, if she only gives money for food, the neighbors will say that she is filial. He Liang was embarrassed again.
"Mother, if she comes back dressed in gold and silver, but only gives the family money for food, and her mother is as shabby as a slave compared to her, what do you think the neighbors will say?"
He Liangshi smiled, "Yes, yes, or my son is right, if this is the case, she will lose face in the first place, and I am not afraid that she will not take the money to buy me jewelry at that time." Well, tomorrow I'll go and pull new materials to make clothes, okay, my mother didn't hurt you in vain, or my son is filial. ”
"So, mother, when the time comes, you must give her enough face in front of your big sister, after all, you were wrong before, and you can continue to sing after you have done enough tricks."
"Okay, just do as my son says, I'll sing her a foot play and hold her high, isn't she used to being coaxed, I'll coax her."
"That's right, the eldest sister has always been praised and coaxed, and her mother is warmer to her, and she is emotionally closer, and it is not what you say in the future. You are married in the Ming media, you are a stepmother, and you are a mother-in-law, not a lowly concubine, she should be filial to you, she doesn't want to cause trouble, the eldest sister has seen a lot of the world in the capital, don't think of her too stupid, stupid people can't live in the capital. He Xiaoqiang's analysis was the first to do, completely smoothing out He Liang's hesitation.
"My son has really grown up and sensible, well said, that's what the dead girl probably thinks, she still hates the things of the year, so when she comes back, she treats me lightly, but when she gives it to the family, she is refreshing, and she doesn't frown. Well, yes, she doesn't want to get into trouble, she also wants to be face-saving. ”
"Yes, the biggest reason why she is so happy when she gives it to the family is that she can earn it, she doesn't care about that money, since she doesn't care, what does it matter if the family spends a little more."
"My son is right, my mother knows how to do it." He Liangshi looked at the sky outside the window, put on his shoes and went to the kang, "It's not early, I'll cook first." ”
"Mother, be careful of fireworks." He Xiaoqiang saw his mother out, and after hearing He Liang's movement into the kitchen, he quickly got off the kang, came to the corner, opened the only cabinet in the house, took out the money box inside and opened it, tiptoed to take several copper coins with a face value of ten cents into his arms, and then put the things back in their places, and ran to the kitchen to boil water to drink when there was nothing.
Dinner was served, He Dawei returned home in the moonlight, and finally rescued the neighbor who was suddenly suffering from an emergency after working all afternoon, He Dawei was proud and excited to tell his family at the dinner table, He Liang was impatient when he heard half of it, and directly 'interjected' to ask how much he had earned.
This question was asked by He Dawei, and he was a little embarrassed to 'touch' out a few copper coins and put them in the corner of the kang table, all the people who lived on this street were poor, and the patient's illness came urgently, and the family could not come up with the full amount of the consultation fee for a while, so he could only pay part of it first, and the rest was in arrears, and he would give it when he had money.
He Liang scolded a few words, complaining that He Dawei didn't know that firewood and rice were expensive, and he really couldn't even buy a pound of radish at the current price of vegetables in the city.
He Dawei scolded so much that he didn't dare to speak out, and He Liang vented his anger and ate silently by himself, and the good dinner atmosphere just now was gone.
In the end, He Xiaoqiang was the peacemaker, coaxed his mother, and the dinner was finally over peacefully.
After the meal, they cleaned up and washed without mentioning, and when everyone took off their clothes and covered the quilt on the kang, He Xiaoqiang told his father that it was time to pick up He Dani back, it has been close in recent years, there is a lack of manpower at home, and there are many things that should be purchased have not been prepared.
He Dawei was right to think about it, so he decided to look at the weather in the past two days, and if the sun came out, he would pick up the 'girl' and come back.
Early the next morning, the morning was still 'overcast' and the sky was 'color', but the clouds became thinner and thinner at noon, just in the afternoon, the sun finally 'revealed' its face again after a long absence of several days, and every household immediately got busy.
He Dani went to the clinic and returned to her grandfather's house, after grooming and dressing, she took off the beautiful clothes made by her grandfather's house, put on her own coarse cloth clothes, and then told the elders that the family would probably come to pick her up in the next two days.
The elders sighed, and finally allowed He Dani to wear her own clothes home, and the clothes she changed would be washed and put away at home, and then they would be 'handed over' to her when they had the opportunity to do so later.
But clothes are a trivial matter, He Dani still has one thing to rest assured, she will earn all the money these days 'handed' to her grandmother for safekeeping, only said that the home is too shabby, she does not dare to put this hundred taels of silver in the family, in case of a thief she will do it in vain these days, she only takes her own bit of broken silver back, and in the future, she will transfer the money earned by visiting the clinic to her uncle to take it back, and ask her grandmother to help her save it.
The old lady immediately asked someone to get a box with a lock, and together with her aunt, she weighed He Dani's money clearly, put it in the box, and put it in a piece of paper that said "collect a lot of money on a certain year, month, and day", and then locked the box, and the key was 'handed over' to her aunt and tied to the general key she carried, and the box was kept by her grandmother to ensure that no one could touch the money
Entering the 'Door'