Five or six days later, Lin Kangping is leading the Zhou shopkeeper to bring people to pick watermelons in the ground, this is the second batch of melons sold this year, this year's weather is hotter than in previous years, the watermelons of the two families are also sold at a good price, several years have not given 12 Wen a catty, these two batches of melons have been given 12 Wen, Mao Tao has also been given 6 Wen a catty, Lin An is taking the family to pick Mao Tao, Zhou came over. [.]

Ziqing was sitting in the fragrance pavilion with her children, and saw a large green petal surrounded by lotus leaves in five or six small ponds.

As soon as he got on the pontoon, Zhou shouted: "Ziqing, my aunt came to you for something, do you have eggs and duck eggs at home to borrow from me first?" I have eaten all the eggs I have saved, and when I finish building the house, I will save some more to pay you back, and I can pick some vegetables in the garden. ”

"Auntie, my family has to raise so many people, just a few vegetable plots, where there are extra vegetables, even if there are them, they will be used to feed the ducks and geese. How many chickens do I have in this garden, not enough for these people to eat, there may be twenty or thirty duck eggs, which are left over from yesterday. ”

As he spoke, Zhou Shi came to him, looked around, and said, "Yo, picking peaches, I came over there just now and said you were in the pavilion." Tsk, this peach forest has to have forty or fifty trees, and it can be sold for more than ten taels of silver a year? It's good to have money, such a big garden, there are vegetable fields, fruit trees, and bamboo forests, by the way, Ziqing, you have bamboo shoots at home, I'll dig some and add vegetables to them. When it's time to get on the beam, ask your daddy to come and catch a dozen fish. ”

"Auntie, bamboo shoots. It's not the season now, it's all grown into bamboo, don't believe it, you can see for yourself. Also, in the old years, all the big fish were caught and sold, and some of them were half the size of the small ones, and it didn't look good when you went to the beam. ”

"Why did I push back when I asked you for something today? That's right. Then there should be eggs on your mother's side? Didn't I hear that you have a lot of chickens, and you usually return the gift with a basket of eggs, why is this gone? I'm not asking you for it. (Leaves·~..) I'll pay you back in the future. ”

"My mother is not at home, and the eggs at home are sent to my second sister-in-law, and they are all packed in her restaurant. I'm not in charge, you wait for my mother to come back. After Ziqing finished speaking, she took her to the stove room to pick up more than 20 duck eggs, Zhou's eyes searched around, and when she saw Ziqing, she gave more than 20 duck eggs, Zhou's face was not very good-looking, it was estimated that it was much worse than she expected, and she said while walking out: "Ziqing, this fish still let your father catch a few, and your aunt will only do this time in the house, and only open her mouth with you this time." If there is anything important, you will help your aunt save some money, so that you will feel sorry for your little brother. ”

Ziqing had no choice but to agree, and when she went out, she happened to meet Tian and Xia Yuniang.

"Ziqing. My hexagram is right, I know that she is reluctant to spend money, spending a penny is like cutting her meat, when she is in Anzhou City, sometimes there is no food to eat, it is after the vegetable seller leaves in the afternoon. She picks up some rotten vegetables to eat, and most of the time, her maternal brother brings her some. Xia Yu waited for Zhou to leave.

"Who told her to leave a good home, what city do she have to go, and if she picks up the fields at home well, can she support his family of three? The boss can also save money, and in the future, the whole son will also have a little family background. I can't care so much anymore, I was stupid when I was young, I didn't listen to anything, and my family had a bad temper. Tian complained.

Ziqing couldn't answer after hearing this, Tian himself took Xia Yu to sit in the hall and said, "It's still cooler here, this house is taller, it's still different." ”

"Grandma, I also have green tofu here, which has been cold in the well, you and your second aunt have a bowl, it's cool and cool." After Ziqing finished speaking, she was about to push the child out.

"Ziqing, put the child here, don't push it around, I'll watch, don't worry." Xia Yu said, Ziqing listened and went to the stove room to get busy. [.]

"Ziqing is really comfortable now, like a landlord and old wealth. Or will she be happy, and she is willing to spend money, you see, even a child's cart is so good, we have never seen it, I don't know where she found it, I'm afraid it's not cheap. Xia Yu said as she took the child's stroller.

"Who knows? Kang Ping ran outside all day. The landlord's old wealth is not as comfortable as her, and the landlord's family in our village has only hired two long-term workers to work, and she has bought ten of them, where did she get the silver? Your eldest sister's family wants to borrow a hundred taels, so it can't be said, and I don't know how your eldest sister's family offended them, so unsightly? Even if Da Mao was sorry for her back then, but Da Mao didn't have a finger, and it didn't affect her much, Kang Ping didn't marry her, and the people in the village just started to say a few gossips, now that so many years have passed, and seeing that they are living so well, who can still think of those? You say, where do they come from a little bit of austerity, and this money is not enough? One piece of clothing is enough for your eldest sister's family for a year, and it's her aunt anyway, but if you don't give face, it's not easy for anyone to say. Tian had a headache.

"Mother, you are still thinking about this, sister-in-law thinks that you can borrow silver from the second brother and Ziqing, coaxing you to agree to Da Mao and Ziping and their partnership, after a few days, I see that I can't borrow silver, now... Xia Yu wanted to say something, but when she saw Ziqing coming with a tray, she swallowed her words back.

"Ziqing, what are you going to send when your aunt goes to Liang?" Xia Yu asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet, it's still early, what you send, I'll just reduce it." Ziqing said, I've fought so many autumn winds, it's good to be able to give a gift of dozens of yuan, Ziqing thought secretly.

"If you want to say it quickly, you don't need to dig the foundation, the house in the back is built first, the house in front is just demolished to make a yard, and then two wings are built, and then there will be seven or eight days. I'm not waiting to finish the Shangliang wine and then go home. Xia Yu said.

As he was talking, Xiao Shurui woke up, the little guy was half a year old, Ziqing wore a small vest and shorts for the child, white and chubby, very cute, when he saw Ziqing, he opened his hand to hug him, Ziqing picked up the child, the child arched straight to Ziqing's chest, Xia Yu smiled: "The child is hungry, he wants to feed, you see how good you bring this child, it is a blessing at a glance." ”

Ziqing hurriedly hugged the child to the next door to feed, and heard Xia Yu smile and said: "This Ziqing, the child is half a year old, and he still can't wipe his face to feed in front of others, and we are not outsiders." Okay, we don't have anything to do, it's time to go. ”

Tian snorted, stood up, walked to the door, and was about to say something, when he saw Lin Kangping carrying a watermelon into the door, Lin Kangping hurriedly beckoned the two of them to come into the house and eat watermelon.

Tian said: "There are still your grandfather and sister-in-law at home, this day is hot, your grandfather can't eat, and I am worried that there is nothing cool, so it is better for me to take the family and give them a piece of food." ”

Lin Kangping heard this, so he had to send them back with a watermelon. After coming back, he asked Ziqing: "What are you doing here?" Your grandma asked me how much a pound of watermelon sold and how much silver it sold, and after asking our family, I asked my father again, and I said I didn't know. She immediately stretched her face and said that I was coaxing her. ”

"Who knows what to do, it's nothing serious, just now my aunt came, to borrow eggs and duck eggs, I gave her twenty duck eggs, and I have to go to my mother's side to get it, I didn't agree. She didn't know that there were chickens in our orange orchard, and she only wondered where our family got those eggs in return. I also said that I would catch fish for a few days, and I would ask for more than a dozen of them when I opened my mouth, I don't know what else I liked? Ziqing said.

"The day before yesterday, I met the foreman Master Luo, and complained for a long time that your aunt was harsh, the food was not full, and the food was mixed with grain, and the vegetables were also fooled. I used to think that your aunt was bad, why is your aunt also a virtue? ”

Ziqing sighed and asked him how the watermelons were selling?

"It's not bad, but Shopkeeper Zhou said that next time I come, it will only be ten wen a catty, and after mid-June, it will be seven or eight wen five or six wen a catty, and it can be sold at a price in the first ten days. It's still up to you to earn a time difference. The mung beans on the other side of the wasteland can be ordered, and someone will be hired in a few days, don't worry, I will arrange it. It's too hot, don't go out, be careful of heat stroke. ”

Ziqing nodded and agreed, put on a sundress every day, put her hair in a bun, hid in the inner courtyard and teased the children, Xiaoqing and Xiaolan took turns guarding the second gate, and no one was allowed to enter except Lin Kangping.

After seven or eight days, Zhou came over and said that Shangliang wine was set for the eighth day of the sixth month, and the moving day was set for June 16, "I won't wait for your mother and them, the people in the village are anxiously waiting to cut the rice, you all come over early and help me Zhang Luo." They should be able to come back on the day of the move, and our own family will have another meal. ”

Ziqing agreed, and when she saw that the days were not a few days away, she asked Zeng Ruixiang during the meal: "Dad, what gift are you going to give to your aunt?" I remember that our aunt seemed to give twenty wen at that time, and I was not impressed by anything else. ”

"We don't have to give it to our own family, and we don't have to give it to the villagers, your married daughter has to give a gift, you see how much your three aunts give, don't be higher than them, when you move, you can send the right vase in the hall, just buy a cheaper one."

"The second aunt said that they would give 100 wen, and I would give 80 wen, and my family's things were worth hundreds of wen, saying that they were going to come to fish, and I couldn't say no, so she built a house this time, and said let's go and help Zhang Luo as soon as possible." Ziqing said.

"By the way, your aunt asked me for a hundred eggs, I agreed, and Kang Ping sent them to her early. You take Ziyu to help. Zeng Ruixiang said.

"Why, we never see them stretch out their hands when something happens, and they know to call us whenever something happens." Ziyu muttered.

Ziqing lamented that the hundred eggs were not saved, and she still hadn't calculated her. (This site: Your support is my biggest motivation. )