Chapter 13: The high-five agreement
Sister Li Yue got up early in the morning, went up the mountain to beat firewood, and went to the grave to see, the grass house has almost been built, the Wang brothers are very serious, the earth wall base and some sticky glutinous rice water, in this way, once it is dry, the wall base will be particularly firm, Li Yue Sister is very satisfied, and asked the Wang brothers to plate two kang in the grass house, and they will come to live after the New Year, and the trees are frozen in winter and frozen people in spring.
In the early spring of the north, the weather is not much warmer than the winter.
After seeing everything, Sister Li Yue came back to the house with Chai He, and as soon as she entered the courtyard gate, she saw Li Jinfeng standing at the door of her house, looking impatient.
Li Jinfeng naturally came to ask Sister Li Yue to go to the East House on the order of the Fang family.
"Sister Yue'er, early in the morning, are you so busy? Grandma is looking for you. Li Jinfeng looked at Sister Li Yue, who was dressed in green clothes and wearing filial piety clothes, and said with some disapproval.
"Oh, I'll wash my hands and wipe my face." Sister Li Yue glanced at her and said, Anyway, their sisters have never had a good time to talk well since they were children, and as she spoke, she put down the firewood knife, and Mo Yi and Yue'e hurried over and took the firewood.
"Hurry up, don't make Grandma wait." Li Jinfeng pouted, and after speaking, he twisted his waist, stepped on a small bench in the West House, stepped over the low wall, and then returned to the East Courtyard with a small jump.
Li Jinfeng is wearing a pink dress with plum dots today, and a white plush cloak with thick cotton and water red on her upper body.
Yue Jiao'er on the side saw that her eyes were red for a while, and she was a little angry and said to Li Jinfeng's back: "Early in the morning, wearing a corpse skin, what do you have to do." ”
This girl is red-eyed, the poor people in the town have no new clothes to wear on weekdays, but no matter how poor the family is, once they die, when they lie in the coffin, they have to put on a bright clothes, hoping to live a better life over there, so some mean-mouthed people on weekdays say that they are wearing a corpse skin when they see others wearing bright clothes.
In short, mean words.
Sister Li Yue glared at Xiao Yuejiao, and patted her little head angrily: "In the future, you are not allowed to learn from others in this kind of mean words, what clothes other people wear is people's freedom, and they didn't steal or rob, who is in the way?" ”
"Eldest sister, but Sister Jin Feng doesn't use all of Grandma's money, why don't we have a share of Grandma's money?" Yue Jiao'er said aggrievedly, and the little girl was red-eyed.
Alas, Sister Li Yue sighed, gently pulled the fourth sister and said: "Grandma's money is grandma's, who she is willing to spend is her right, we have no right to demand that grandma's money must be spent for us, everything depends on us." Sister Li Yue said, raised her right hand, and clenched her fist.
I still remember the situation when Daddy and Grandma came out of the house, Daddy and Grandma were locked in the house for a long time, and Daddy had red eyes when they came out, and then they split up.
This is also one of the reasons why Mrs. Li was later criticized by the villagers. It's just that everyone is just chatting after dinner, and no one has to take care of other people's family affairs after dinner.
Of course, what spears do my father and grandmother have to see, Sister Li Yue doesn't know very well, in short, my father and mother are very secretive.
"Hmm. Got it. Hearing Sister Li Yue say this, she also clenched her fists.
"Okay, since you have to rely on yourself, then from now on, Yuejiao and Mo Yi will go to the town market to sell firewood, Yue'e will cook at home, Mo Feng will read and read by himself, and bring Xiao Yuebao well." Sister Li Yue commanded.
"Yes, big sister." A small one is like a small rooster, and the fighting spirit is high. Sprinkle their little feet and do their own work.
"Sister Yue'er, why don't you hurry up?" At this time, the second aunt called the east house again.
"Here we are." Sister Li Yue responded, and then stepped over the low wall in the middle and entered the east room.
Mrs. Li sat on the kang, didn't drink tea or do needlework, just sat there like a bodhisattva, her eyes slightly closed.
"Grandma, are you feeling better?" Sister Li Yue stepped forward and asked Hou Dao first.
"I haven't you off yet." Mrs. Li's voice said sharply, and then she raised her eyes and glanced at Sister Li Yue, the feeling in her heart was a little complicated, not to mention, after yesterday's big trouble, she was angry, but to be honest, she had a different kind of appreciation for this eldest granddaughter in her heart, stubborn! Violent! Like her.
But when she thought of that long ago, she hated it in her heart, so much so that she would never see the people on the other side of the Westinghouse.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Li took a deep breath, and her eyes became sharper.
"I heard, you won six taels of silver yesterday?" Mrs. Li said coldly.
"Actually, it's four taels, and two taels is the capital." Sister Li Yue said.
"Hmph, this just won a little silver, it's dumplings again, and it's clothing, and it's not going to be a day in the future?" Mrs. Li said with a raised eye.
"Isn't it almost the New Year, my father and mother are gone, I want to make my younger brothers and sisters happy." Li Yueping is still calm.
"Rejoice? That is, only care about the happiness in the present, regardless of the future, Mo Yi is thirteen, and he will be fourteen after the New Year, if he doesn't save some money while he has a wide hand, when the time comes, what will you do to help him ask for a daughter-in-law? Mrs. Li asked again.
This time, Sister Li Yue didn't reply, just stood quietly, she knew that Grandma was just paving the way for her later words.
Sure enough, Mrs. Li saw that the eldest girl was silent, so she continued: "In this way, you won't live, I want to supervise, you leave one tael of silver to live on weekdays, and the other five taels will be handed over to me, I will save it, and give it to Mo Yi to ask for his daughter-in-law in the future, on weekdays, you take Yue'e Yuejiao to do more work, what about Mo Yi, let him go to the dock workshop to learn from Master Xia, and he will have a livelihood in the future." ”
Fang Shi on the side of "Mother ......" was a little stunned when he heard this, her mother-in-law hadn't told her to let Mo Yi go to the dock workshop before.
"Thank you, Grandma, it's just Mo Yi, I still want him to go to school for two years, read some books, and know Braille." Sister Li Yue said respectfully, no matter what, grandma can say that she can let Mo Yi go to the dock workshop, and she is really grateful.
It's just that first, she wants Mo Yi to read some books, and second, the bamboo strip workshop on the dock actually has a lot of problems, and he doesn't want Mo Yi to get entangled. After all, the bamboo strip master Xia Shuisheng and his second uncle have been grudging for a long time because of their little aunt.
"I can't eat, what school do I go to, what kind of words do I know?" Mrs. Li was unhappy and glared at Sister Li Yue.
"Daddy is gone, but there is a place left in the yamen, and Mo Yi can top it, so I want him to read some books." Sister Li Yue explained.
"It's really crazy, your father is the chief A, do you think Mo Yi can top the general A, he is a river worker, at best, he can only top the river worker, what words do the river workers have to recognize, do you think Mo Yi can be the same as your father, learn two years of words, and you can get the Xiucai exam." Mrs. Li angrily smashed the comb in her hand on Sister Li Yue.
"It's always good to know more Braille." Sister Li Yue said, she was in the establishment of the gambling banknote pass, by that time, Mo Yi was old, literate, and had a quota, plus the master of the yamen and the father were in the same year, and the friendship was quite thick.
It's just that there's no way to explain it.
"Okay, I don't care about this, in this way, you hand over five taels of silver, and then you can toss as much as you like." Mrs. Li's face was blue with anger, she was also a person from the Chengfu Mansion, but as soon as she got on this big girl, Mrs. Li felt angry. She hates this reluctance to look at the form in front of her the most, everyone is like this, this girl actually wants Mo Yi to study, she still wants to go to school, she still insists on it, in short, this is more determined that Mrs. Li wants to meddle in the affairs of the big girl's family's money, and she can't let this big girl toss around.
"Not for the time being, I'm useful." Sister Li Yue said again.
"What are you going to do?" Mrs. Li asked with her eyes plucked at Sister Li Yue.
"The three thatched houses on the mountainside are almost finished, and I plan to take my younger brothers and sisters to move over after the New Year to keep filial piety for Daddy, then this west house will be vacant, and it will be empty, and I plan to rent it out, so I have to buy some old quilts and other living utensils." Sister Li Yue said, she knew that if she didn't tell the reason, Grandma couldn't pass this level.
Besides, the purchase of these things can't be hidden from the people here in the East House, so just say it now, anyway, Liuwa Town is close to the wharf, and there are occasional rentals on weekdays.
"What are you going to do with your younger siblings and live on that mountainside for the rest of your life?" Mrs. Li also confused Sister Li Yue this time.
"How is it possible, only three months or half a year will live on the mountainside." Sister Li Yue said, Liuwa Town's rules of keeping filial piety pay the most attention to the first three months, basically, the earliest three months must live by the grave, at most half a year, you can go home after half a year, life is as usual, but you also have to ban marriage, entertainment, colorful clothes, etc., and after two and a half years, basically this big filial piety is over.
"In just three months and half a year, it's not certain that you can't rent this house out, and in other words, even if you rent it out, how much rent can you get? How much more can you get after removing the intermediary fee of the dental shop? Have you counted? Mrs. Li said mockingly, the little girl doesn't know things.
Renting a house is generally rent-seeking through dental stores, and once the business is successful, the landlord must pay the intermediary fee of dental stores.
"Grandma, I know these in my heart, don't worry, just give me three months, three months later, no matter whether I make money or not, I will pay you five taels of silver, the big girl counts." Sister Li Yue said firmly, Enke's matter cannot be explained for the time being.
"After three months, no matter whether you earn it or not, you have to pay me five taels of silver?" Mrs. Li also confirmed with a calm face.
"Hmm." Sister Li Yue nodded heavily.
"Do you dare to give a high-five?" Mrs. Li raised her right hand.
"Dare." Sister Li Yue said, and also raised her right hand towards Grandma's palm, and struck it three times.
"Okay, I'll give you three months." Mrs. Li said. ………………
Thank you for the peace charm of the circle!!