Chapter 7 The People Who Watched the Play
Because I slept late the night before, when Sister Yue woke up the next day, the sun had already risen, and it snowed yesterday, but today it was sunny.
After eating the thin corn paste that can shine on people's shadows, Sister Li Yue and Li Moyi carried a few bundles of firewood to the morning market in the town, which is the long street by the dry river canal to sell. By the way, Sister Yue wanted to find a few short-term workers to build three yellow mud grass huts in the field of her father's grave.
She wants to keep the great filial piety, which is one of them, and the other is to vacate the family's house, and when the new emperor ascends the throne after the New Year, and scholars from all over the country gather, she can rent it out.
As for short-term work, it is easy to find it in the market, and the poor families are both looking forward to the New Year and afraid of the New Year, so the general work at home is to let the mother-in-law and daughters be busy, and the men take advantage of the farm leisure to do some short-term work on the street, and get paid, you can exchange New Year's goods and go home. It can also make the daughter-in-law and children of the family happy, so the embankment of the dry river canal squatted with an idle man in short clothes.
Sister Yue put the firewood at the corner of the long street, and leaned against the wall with Li Moyi, selling firewood while basking in the sun, and the other side of the corner was the meat case of Zheng Tu's family.
And the people around saw Sister Li Yue coming, they all whispered, if yesterday, Zheng Tu's gossip with Yuan's mother was still private, then, yesterday afternoon, since the flower matchmaker left the Li family, then the news that Sister Li Yue wanted the eldest young master of the Zhou family was like a thunder in Liuwa Town.
There are envy, there are strange things, of course, more is to watch the excitement and watch the play.
Sister Li Yue could feel the strange eyes around her, but she ignored them all.
"Sister Yue'er, come to sell firewood, how can you sell this firewood." On the other hand, Yuan's mother leaned over and asked Sister Li Yue with her chin raised.
"A large bundle of thirteen wen, a small one nine." Sister Li Yue pointed to the two bundles beside her, and then pointed to the bundle next to Mo Yi.
"Okay, I want it, come, you help me move Chai He into the house." That Yuan's mother said enthusiastically, the Yuan shopkeeper is her eldest son, yesterday, listening to the eldest son come back to talk about the coffin shop, she was also scared into a cold sweat, you said that in the New Year, if you really make a fuss, then this year is still peaceful, so, there is an indescribable joy for Sister Li Yue, at this time, a few bundles of firewood, and the family to use, so I am also happy to help.
"Hey." Sister Li Yue responded, so she took Mo Yi to send Chai He into the kitchen of the Yuan family, collected the money and came out, and saw that Zheng Tu Niangzi was holding her eyes and looking at Sister Li Yue.
"Hello auntie." Sister Li Yue said hello.
"I'm not good, the child under my hand is beaten, and I have to thank people." Zheng Tu Niangzi said with a bit of yin and yang weirdness.
Sister Li Yue couldn't cry or laugh, knowing that Zheng Tu was angry because she beat Zheng Dian, so she said: "Look at what my aunt said, aren't I in a hurry?" ”
"Hmph." Zheng Tu Niangzi snorted, and then stabbed again: "Why, this is going to be a young grandmother, and you still sell firewood?" ”
"It's fine." Sister Li Yue replied lightly, and stopped playing with Zheng Tu Niangzi, so she took Mo Yi to the opposite side of the street, on the edge of the dry river canal.
"Three taels of silver, I want to build three regular-sized thatched huts on the mountainside, contract labor and materials, I don't care about anything, if you want earth walls, you must ensure that they are strong and warm." Sister Li Yue said to those idle men. Last night, Aunt Yao borrowed her five taels of silver, and she was going to remove more than half of it at this time, which hurts, but in order to make money in the future, this is also necessary.
Three taels of silver and three thatched houses, although not much, but in fact there are a lot, in addition there are exquisite, the material of the grass layer is arbitrary in the mountain, the real need for the capital, is only two beams and doors, and the thatched layer is not particular, the old can be used completely, and this year, which family does not have some lost pity, left and useless remaining materials, therefore, the required material money is not much, after all, this year, the grass house in the mountains can be worth a few dollars? Even in the town, if the Westinghouse where Sister Li Yue lives now is to be sold, it is only about fifty taels, this is because it is in the suburbs of Beijing, if it is in a remote area, it is cheaper.
Of course, the houses in the capital, which are completely incompatible, are still the same sentence, the capital is expensive rice, and it is not easy to live in a big place.
Therefore, the price offered by Sister Li Yue can really earn a little bit for these helpers, at least more than doing a short-term job, so the eyes of an idle man are bright.
"Our brothers took it." A pair of lean men in their thirties said. They are two brothers, Wang Dalang and Wang Erlang, the family just built a new house last year, and some materials are still left at home to come in handy, as for the manpower, their brothers, plus a few and a half children in the family, can be completed in three or four days.
"That's good, but, I'm going to say ugly things ahead, I'm going to find someone to protect me in a while, I won't say anything else, the house must be strong, warm, and won't leak." Sister Li Yue said again.
"Sister Yue'er, don't worry, however, I want to ask, what are you building this thatched hut for, so that we can have a target." Wang Dalang, one of the two, asked. They are all people in front of and behind the town, and they all know each other.
"Resident, my father died of illness a month ago, and my mother was also buried with my father, we have to give them filial piety and great filial piety." Sister Li Yue's eyes said calmly, but anyone could see sadness in that calm look.
Both parents died, this is great filial piety.
"Okay, I know, I'm going to build it for you to be strong and warm." The two brothers were a little moved. It is not easy for these babies of the Li family.
"Sister Yue'er, your head is confused, what kind of filial piety are you keeping? Aren't you about to marry into the Zhou family? Yesterday evening, the flower matchmaker spread this matter all over the town, saying that you were going to marry into the Zhou family a year ago. On the one hand, Zheng Tu Niangzi likes to listen to gossip, so she came around early, and when she heard Sister Li Yue say this, she couldn't care about being angry with Sister Li Yue at this time, and asked in surprise.
"It's okay, I still have filial piety, and the grace of my parents hasn't been repaid, how can I get married at this time? Aunt Zheng misheard. Sister Li Yue said calmly.
"My sister doesn't marry." On the side, Li Moyi also snorted, yesterday he already knew from Yuejiao's mouth that the Zhou family asked the eldest sister to rush to joy, so naturally he couldn't agree, Daddy and Auntie have passed away, he is the son of the Li family, and he has to protect Sister, at this time he only hates himself for growing too slowly.
Li Moyi said, and pulled Sister Li Yue away, while the Wang brothers followed, to see the place.
"Hehe, this is interesting, the flower matchmaker publicized this marriage all over the world, but I didn't expect the Li family's sister Yue to be unmoving, where is this singing." The idlers who stood on the side of the street basking in the sun also gossiped.
"It doesn't matter which one comes out, anyway, there's a drama to watch." Zheng Tu Niangzi grinned.