Chapter Twenty-Nine: Chaise longe

However, after learning that she was just looking for a wooden board to use as a bed, they all helped to ask if there were other houses, and two days later, there was finally a useless wooden board, Qu Xiaomo immediately spent a hundred yuan to buy it, and after so many days, he was finally able to turn over safely when sleeping, although it was just a wooden board.

The sleeping place is done, but it has been hot recently, and she hasn't washed herself well, and she is still wearing the clothes that Aunt Fang gave when she first arrived.

But I haven't washed it for a few days, and there is already a smell of sweat on my body, this night, Qu Xiaomo waited for Jin Yu to fall asleep and then went out with clothes and soaphorns, she found a more hidden place when she went to the river the day before yesterday, which was suitable for her to take a bath and call clothes, but she had to take advantage of the night.

Today happened to be not a full moon, but he could see the clear road, Qu Xiaomo came here to wash his body with his clothes, and he didn't dare to stay too long, and after rubbing his whole body in the water, he hurriedly washed his hair and put on his clothes and rushed back, and he couldn't take care of his hair still dripping.

She was relieved when she entered the yard, not that she was timid, but that in the dead of night, people would involuntarily think more, open the door and enter the house to find a basin to put dirty clothes, and then took out a handkerchief to wipe her hair, sat outside and blew the wind for a while, and then entered the house lightly when her hair was half dry.

She slept naturally and sweetly, she woke up when Uncle Fang went out in the morning, and saw that the sky was already bright, so she hurriedly turned over and sat up and put on her coat.

After washing with water, she ate the steamed buns and pickles left for her on the table, and began to boil porridge and decoction for the golden sting, the lean meat has been used up yesterday, and she can only eat white porridge today, thinking that she will go to the county seat to buy some meat while the golden sting is asleep, and by the way, see if there is a reclining chair or something, otherwise it is not a way for him to lie on the bed all the time, and it is good to come out to bask in the sun!

When feeding the porridge, he mentioned this matter, and Jin Yu also nodded in agreement, he was tired of lying on the bed, and he was not crippled, and he felt a little stronger after drinking the medicine in the past few days, so he didn't want to lie like this.

Seeing that he agreed, Qu Xiaomo solved the three emergencies for him after feeding him the medicine, so he closed the door and hurried to the entrance of the village, the ox cart only made two trips a day, and everyone rushed to the first trip when the farm was busy, because they could still do a lot of work when they went back, and Qu Xiaomo could only wait for the second trip when he went out.

Now at this time, there are few people in the village at home, when passing through the village, but no one has been met, waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time to see the ox cart coming slowly, and there is an aunt in her fifties sitting on it.

Qu Xiaomo paid the money and pulled it, the aunt looked at her a few times, and asked, "Which daughter-in-law of Fenglai Village are you, why haven't I seen it?" ”

Qu Xiaomo, who sat firmly, replied with a smile: "It's not from Fenglai Village, it's just from my cousin's house to live temporarily, where is my aunt's village?" ”

"Lijia Village, separated by two villages." After speaking, he looked at the clothes on her body and said, "Look at you... It's not like work. ”

"Husband's business." Qu Xiaomo said

"Oh... O merchant! The aunt answered and stopped talking to Qu Xiaomo, and a trace of contempt flashed inadvertently on her face when she heard the word merchant.

Qu Xiaomo, who knew how to observe words and expressions, naturally saw it, so he moved his butt and sat down, and did not talk to her, looking at the aunt out of the corner of his eyes, wearing a brand-new navy blue dress, the headscarf on his head was also eighty percent new, and he was wearing a silver bracelet with the thickness of a little finger on his hand.

The two of them were silent like this until they got off the car in the county seat, and Qu Xiaomo didn't bother to pay attention to such an arrogant old lady, turned around and went into the city to look for a shop that sold recliners.

Anyone who can live in the county town with a little money has such a chair, after all, it is a must-have for the old lady and the old lady to bask in the sun! This recliner is easy to find, but when you enter the store and ask the price, a wooden one that is not too good costs ten taels of silver, and a slightly better one has twenty, thirty, or even seventy or eighty pieces, which is simply a slaughter!

Qu Xiaomo touched his purse, although it was still bulging, but he didn't save a little money at will, and he was afraid that it would not last for three months, so he gritted his teeth and bought the cheapest one, spending ten taels of silver, but there were other things to buy, so he put it in the store for a while to get it.

After leaving the shop, I went to weigh a few catties of meat and bones, and bought a large piece of lard and fried it back, only to see that the oil in the clay pot had bottomed out, and she put too much when she stir-fried last time, and looked at Aunt Fang and his wife with a distressed look but didn't say much, so she thought that they would eat together in the future, and she still had a little silver in hand, but it was a little lard and a few dollars.

Looking at the pig lungs that the stall owner put on the side, she spent ten cents to buy them, but the pig was still not cleaned up, and she didn't want the stall owner to help clean it up now, after all, people still have to sell meat.

Because there were a lot of things to buy, Qu Xiaomo didn't bring a basket when he went out, so he had to buy one, paid for the meat, and just turned around and met Sister-in-law Qi who he met on the road when he was delivering food a few days ago, so he greeted with a smile: "Sister-in-law Qi, come to sell meat?" ”

Sister-in-law Qi also saw her when she came over, dressed in cyan clothes, the material was excellent, ten times better than the one she wore when she met her before, a silver hairpin on her head, and no silk flowers, she was very clean, but it was very comfortable to look at, and that beautiful face, white and tender, like her old face that had been dried by the sun all year round, she was really envious.

At this time, when she greeted herself with a smile, she also smiled and replied, "Yes, the children in the family are clamoring for meat, so they will come to buy some." ”

Saying that, he looked at Qu Xiaomo's basket and said in surprise: "You bought it for your husband?" It's too much, I can't keep it hot this day, and I can't eat it if it stinks. ”

Qu Xiaomo shook his head and said: "No, this chopped minced meat is for him to eat, the doctor said that he can only drink some minced meat porridge now, and the other is to eat with his aunt, how can he eat vegetarian vegetables all day long." ”

Sister-in-law Qi said with envy: "Aunt Fang is also blessed to have your niece." ”

Their family is considered a rich family in the village, and when she got married, she also looked at the thick family background, but even then she couldn't eat meat often, only once or twice a month, this aunt and niece didn't come for a few days, and they ate for several days in a row, and they could smell the meat when they passed by near their house, but they were really rich.

Qu Xiaomo smiled at her, because she had to buy some more rice, after chatting with her sister-in-law Qi, she said goodbye to her and went to the rice shop.

Because of a bag of rice and a deck chair and a basket of things in his hand, he definitely couldn't move it back by himself, so he had to go to the city gate to hire an ox cart, carry the chairs and rice to the car, and then sit slowly back to Fenglai Village.

On the way, I opened the dim sum I bought, gave it to the old man who was driving the car, and I grabbed a piece to eat, and the old man who had never eaten dim sum tasted it, and the sweetness overflowed in his mouth, so he also opened the conversation box and said with a smile: "This dim sum is the first time I have eaten it in my life, thank you for this little daughter-in-law." ”

Qu Xiaomo smiled and took another piece, and said, "You're welcome, uncle, if you like to eat, you can eat two more pieces, I still have it." ”

The old man waved the whip and took the second piece, and said with some embarrassment: "Two pieces will be done, this thing is expensive, and only rich people can eat it." ”

As he spoke, he asked, "Look at your little daughter-in-law, you just married to Fenglai Village, right?" ”

"No, it's just that I came to live here with my aunt for a while, my husband's family is from Jiazhou."

"Oh, Jiazhou, then this relative has gone quite far." The old man sighed

Qu Xiaomo said with a smile: "Isn't it, which village is the uncle?" ”

"Zhangjia Village, far away." As he spoke, he asked about the things in the car and said, "Your big bag of white rice is a lot of money." ”

"Twenty taels, I should be able to eat for more than a month, and it's worth it." Qu Xiaomo said

The old man sighed twice and exclaimed, "Twenty taels! "He doesn't make that much in a year.

Qu Xiaomo smiled, there was no way that she wanted to eat it or her master wanted to eat it, but she was just stained, and she thought that she would have to work hard to save it for a few months.

"And this chaise longue dodges silver?" The old man asked again

"Ten taels, anyway, this chair is more expensive than rice." Qu Xiaomo couldn't help but complain

"Isn't it, I heard that when it's done, I hire someone to polish the chair or something, and the rich lords like to lie on this kind of chair and bask in the sun with a pot of tea."

"This is still the cheapest, I just asked in the store, there are seventy or eighty taels, it's too expensive, I can't afford it."

"Little daughter-in-law, what did you buy this chair for? This is all used by the people in the city, and it would be a waste of money for us people in the village to buy it. ”

"No way, my husband was bitten by a snake, and he was about to get moldy in bed all day, so I thought about buying a recliner and letting him come out to bask in the sun."

The conversation turned to Jin Yu again, and the two chatted and chatted and arrived at Fenglai Village, and the old man drove the ox cart directly into the village according to the road pointed out by Qu Xiaomo, and drove to the door to help move all the things into the house.

Qu Xiaomo took out a tael of silver from his sleeve and paid for him, the old man looked at the one or two pieces of silver, and said with some hesitation: "This... Can't find it. ”

The fare is only ten taels of silver, and he can't receive a few trips a day, so naturally there is no copper plate on his body to find it, but Qu Xiaomo took his hand and stuffed the silver to him, and said, "Don't look for it, just thank you uncle for helping to move things in." ”

Without waiting for him to refuse, he went into the house and took a bowl of water, and said, "Uncle will sit down and drink a bowl of water to rest." ”

The uncle took the water she gave with the silver in one hand and the other hand, and his eyes were red with emotion, so he answered, sat on the chair she moved out, put away the silver and drank saliva, and said: "Your little daughter-in-law has a good heart, good people are blessed, good people are blessed!" ”

"Thank you, uncle, for your kind words." Qu Xiaomo said with a smile