Chapter 12: Chewing the Root of the Tongue

Shen Shimei didn't think about it so much, I don't know what it will be like in the future, she has sold well in the past few days, but it is estimated that it is almost time, some people see that they have made money, and they must also want to make it themselves, and there will definitely be competition at that time!

In the afternoon, Shen Pomegranate continued to boil the sheep's head, Shen's father and Shen Shu went to the field to pick up and pick up, and now it began to rain, and the grass in the field had to be hoeed every day.

Zheng sewed and mended his clothes, sat next to Shen Shimei, and the two chatted without a word, Shen Shiliu went back to the room and took out the knot that he measured his waistline, and he lost an inch of weight.

Shen Shimei didn't know what she had eaten wrong, but now that she can lose weight, it is her hope, now that she is thirteen, it is estimated that she has three years, how can she lose weight like a normal person, at least this appearance is not so abstract.

Shen Shimei took advantage of the effort of boiling sheep soup, and took out the cloth that Zheng bought from the county last time, and the turmeric cloth was not very eye-catching, so he just cut out a piece and sewed a schoolbag for Shen Shu, embroidered bamboo on it, and looked very windy.

As soon as Shen Shu came back from the field, he saw the schoolbag he had given him, and he liked it very much, and it was rare to touch it in his hand.

"This cloth made me a school bag, and that's enough to make clothes for pomegranates?" Shen Shu asked, there are only so many cloths, and there is one less piece with one.

Shen Shiliu shook her head, she is wearing everything like that now, so she won't waste it, and said: "I told my mother, I will make you a new set of clothes in the next few days, the clothes on your body are old and short, and it is not a matter of going to the school to wear them!" "When you're out and about, you have to have something to hold up the scene.

"Pomegranate ......" Shen Shu's heart was sour, this sister thinks about him everywhere, and what good things are also available to him!

Shen Shiliu patted his brother's shoulder: "In the future, my brother will have a future, and I won't follow the scenery!" Now there are so many resources, she can't use them anyway, she can just cultivate Shen Shu, she thinks it has the meaning of "cultivation"!

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Du Xuanmo studied for an afternoon, but he didn't even go to the stall, and Du Niangzi also wondered what this kid was muttering in the room.

Du Xuanmo went outside the city with a firewood knife in the evening, and came back with a bamboo when the city gate was not closed, and this voucher was replaced by a bamboo piece.

Du Niangzi saw that Du Xuanmo didn't sleep at night, and the electric light was boiling oil carved bamboo, so she came over and asked: "Son, why don't you sleep?" I'm going to burn my eyes! ”

Du Xuanmo replied, and then let Du Niangzi sleep first, he is now pressed for time, and his hands are moving faster, maybe he will be able to make money tomorrow.

When Shen Pomegranate entered the county seat again the next day, he saw that Du Xuanmo's stall had been set up.

Du Xuanmo found a piece of oiled paper and spread it on the ground to isolate the moisture, there were more than 20 books on it, and there were two pieces of bamboo on each book, the words on it were the same as the title of the book, and a board was set up next to it, writing: Rent books, each book is five wen per day, and the deposit is one hundred wen.

In this era, paper is a rare thing, not to mention a book, a book can be sold for six or seven Wen, if only three Wen a day, it is indeed very cheap, anyway, the deposit can be returned, so it is very cost-effective to rent a book.

Du Xuanmo looked at the people coming and going, someone came to take a look at it, asked a few words, and the transaction was completed, leaving the address of the residence, and agreeing to collect the money for a few days first.

Du Xuanmo weighed the money in his hand, which was more than writing letters on behalf of others, and he didn't throw away the work of ghostwriting, anyway, there was no delay.

Shen Shiliu saw that the movement was quite fast, so he smiled, Du Xuanmo looked over when he heard the laughter, and when he saw Shen Shimei laughing, he waved his hand at Shen Shimei, the idea she gave was really good!

Shen Shiliu waved his hand in response, and then continued to sit in his place.

At noon, Shen Shu ate a bowl of his own mutton soup, and then went to the school, carrying a small schoolbag, and he would go to the school every afternoon to go to class with a bunch of small bean sprouts.

Shen Shiliu took the stall, but did not go back with Shen's father, but walked around the county by himself. She also thought about it, in winter, this place is estimated to be cold, even if they can't save much money this winter, they can't always sell food in the open air in the future, they have to see what kind of shop is suitable.

Walking around, Shen Shiliu found himself at the gate of the county office, and the county lord inside seemed to be trying the case.

"It's really unreasonable, it's obviously a bitter master, but in the end he became a thief!" The onlookers muttered.

Shen Shiliu looked inside, it was a county lord with a mustache, with a treacherous face, and he didn't look like a good official at first glance. I thought that the county lord was here, so I should try not to get involved in any lawsuits in the future.

Shen Pomegranate turned around and went back to the village first.

In the afternoon, Shen Shu also came back from the county seat, and he felt that the whole person was "old" a lot in an instant.

"What's going on? Don't you understand what the gentleman teaches? Zheng asked.

Shen Pomegranate was secretly happy on the side, probably because he was stimulated by the class with the little kid.

"Brother, what words did you learn today? Teach me! "Shen Shiliu has finally waited for this day.

As soon as he heard the words, Shen Shu finally came back to his senses and took out the words he learned today.

"Bring some horse manure paper tomorrow, this good rice paper makes me feel distressed!" Shen Shu said that the proclamation is much better than kneeling on horse dung paper.

Shen Shiliu nodded, and looked at the words, they are all relatively simple, and the books used for enlightenment are also relatively simple, although they are not the three-character scripture disciple rules, but they are also very catchy.

Shen Shiliu took the brush and made two strokes on the horse dung paper, she couldn't write calligraphy, so the words she wrote looked really like a beginner.

"Don't lose the words you learn every day, and review them in the future!" Shen Shiliu took a wooden box, packed the words, and handed it to Shen Shu.

At dinner in the evening, the family discussed whether to dig a well.

"I wanted to say it a long time ago, but at that time, everyone in the village was busy repairing the ancestral hall. If you dig a well, you don't have to go to the river to fetch water, and you will save effort in cleaning up the pigsty and duck house in the future. Zheng said that she and Shen Shimei cleaned up on weekdays, which was really not an easy job.

Father Shen nodded: "There is a river outside the village, it should be easy to dig a well, I will find someone to come tomorrow and prepare a table of good dishes at home!" ”

The family nodded, and the meal was settled.

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The sun is sinking in the west, and the hustle and bustle in the county town is gradually calming down, Du Xuanmo after eating is counting the money at home, today has just been in business for a day, the harvest of the bookstall is not costly, and the deposit is taken out, he earns more than 100 wen a day, and usually earns a maximum of 30 or 50 wen enough for a day of food and drink, and today he earned so much in one day!

Du Xuanmo found a jar, for a long time, he will definitely be able to save a lot of money, and then he can return to school, and his mother will not have to worry about having no money to get medicine when she is sick!

Du Niangzi saw that the child had made money, and she was also happy in her heart: "My son is good, he can make money, and he is better than his mother!" Du Niangzi sighed as she spoke.

Du Xuanmo comforted his mother: "Mother, don't say such depressing words in the future, I can make money today or the pomegranate girl gave me the idea, and the days will be better!" For Du Xuanmo, Shen Pomegranate is a symbol of luck, and everything that happens after meeting Shen Pomegranate is a good thing.

"My mother is not in good health, and you are not young anymore, so it's time to find you a marriage." Du Niangzi said, these words made Du Xuanmo's bookkeeping hand stop.

Say pro?

"Mother, now that our family is under this condition, it's not easy to say that it's not easy to kiss, so let's wait!" Du Xuanmo said, marrying a Han and marrying a Han to dress and eat, now that they can just eat enough, they really can't bear to let other people's daughters marry in and suffer.

Du Niangzi came to the spirit: "Before your father died, he had a friend and a daughter at home, who was from a poor family, and he shouldn't dislike our family!" After saying that, he left first, as if he thought that this marriage would definitely be successful.

"Mother......" Du Xuanmo wanted to stop Du Niangzi, but he knew that his mother would not give up, and after being rejected, he knew that this family matter was not easy to say.

The next day, Du Xuanmo brought some more books to set up a stall, some of the books were asked yesterday, and he said that he would bring them today, he hurried up to make a bamboo voucher, hoping to make more money today.

When I came in the morning, I found that Shen Pomegranate didn't come to sell broth together.

The Shen family is going to dig a well today, so she has to prepare the meal for the evening and go up the mountain early in the morning.

The weather is very hot, but the grove on the mountain is very shady, and Shen Pomegranate is not to hunt pigweed today, but to pick mushrooms. Blanch the fresh wild mushrooms and stir-fry them with chili peppers, which is considered a plate of "mountain delicacies".

After working for a while, she went to the river again, and now she threw the net, which should be able to be collected by now.

When he went home, there was no one at home, so Zheng went to the county seat to help Shen's father sell broth.

At noon, when Shen Shiliu went to the river outside the village to fetch water, he heard about something.

"The beauty of the old Han family, finally said that they were married, they had a quarrel with the old Shen family before, and they all complained about the beautiful mother, nothing to say about the Shen pomegranate sow worm, and they can't be so kind and willing to give up." The old daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, who also fetched water by the river, said.

Widow Xu snorted: "No, I was afraid that the wall root would feel that this person was not authentic when I heard their family say this, so I said that I listened to the matchmaker Zhang, but the matchmaker Zhang said that the pomegranate of the Shen family is indeed not worthy of Shuliang's child." ”

Shen Shiliu frowned, as if he wanted to understand something, so he suddenly asked out loud: "Han Shuliang and her mother said that I am a sow worm, and you passed it on?" ”

Widow Xu was startled, and said behind her back that people were heard!

"Pomegranate ......, it is Han Shuliang and her mother who say that you are a sow worm, I just casually ...... it" Widow Xu spoke a little unevenly, how Zheng beat Zhang Matchmaker that day, she also saw it, Shen Pomegranate has such a big physique, she really wanted to beat her, she didn't have to fight back.

Shen Shimei is really angry, the Han family said that her sow worm is one thing, but this widow Xu spread this word everywhere, and Han Meimei's marriage was ruined like this, this is not an ordinary lack of morality!

The bucket in Shen Shimei's hand fell directly to the ground, which frightened Widow Xu, and before Shen Shiliu could make a move, a person ran out from behind, pulling Widow Xu's neck and began to fight.

Shen Shimei was startled, and when she looked closely, it was Han Meili of the Han family!