Shen Shiliu saw that her father and her brother were busy working here, and it was not much worse with her or not, so she went to see the excitement.

Lying on the ground was a young man, who looked about the same age as Shen Shu, but his face was pale and his eyes were closed.

"Oops, I'm hungry, Du Niangzi must be sick again, this child is really miserable!" Granny Liu, who was passing by, said that she was an old resident of the county, and she sold small objects such as needlework and thimbles at the corner of the street.

Shen Shiliu saw this situation, if she was hungry, she had a way, and hurriedly ran back and asked her father to serve her a bowl of broth.

When Shen Shiliu came back, the young man had already been helped to the root of the wall by everyone, and Shen Shimei's fat body was directly squeezed forward.

"Give him this, don't starve!" Shen Shiliu said and gave the bowl to Granny Liu, who was closest to the young man.

When Granny Liu took the broth, she pondered that the taste of the broth was really fragrant, and then she fed the young man spoonful by spoonful, and after feeding two mouthfuls, the person woke up. Granny Liu also moved quickly, and a bowl of broth was quickly fed to everyone.

Du Xuanmo felt that there was a good saying, useless is a scholar, but he didn't expect him to have a day of starvation on the streets!

"Granny Liu, thank you......" Du Xuanmo woke up and thanked him first.

Granny Liu hurriedly waved her hand, raised the bowl in her hand and said, "Don't thank me, if it weren't for this broth brought by this fat girl, I wouldn't have to feed you!" ”

Du Xuanmo glanced at Shen Shimei, and was shocked at first sight, it was the first time he had seen such a fat girl, but he had to thank people for saving him.

"Thank you, thank you, girl!" Du Xuanmo said, but his body was still very weak, and he still couldn't move when he leaned against the wall.

Shen Shiliu took the bowl back from Granny Liu, shook her head, and said, "No thanks!" Then he took the bowl and walked away.

The Shen family father and son sold out two barrels of mutton soup, and found that Shen Pomegranate had not come back yet, so they were waiting in the same place.

"I'm back, it's all sold out?" Shen Shiliu was happy, this speed seemed to be faster than yesterday, and it was all sold out in the morning, and she felt that she had done less yesterday, and she didn't have to sell it at noon!

"Dad, Pomegranate, you two wait here first, I'll ask when these people will finish their morning work tomorrow!" Shen Shu had a brain, and pondered the time to inquire first, lest they come early and miss the good time to sell food.

"Hmm!" Shen Shiliu nodded, and then waited with Shen's father in place. After a while, Shen Shu came back, and the family of three talked as they walked.

When Du Xuanmo came, the people had already left, he finally relieved himself just now, and wanted to come over and thank him again, I heard that the fat girl saved him with the soup sold at home, so he wondered whether to give money to others, although his family is now surrounded by walls, but the grace of saving his life has been repaid.

"That fat girl is estimated to be here tomorrow, and their family has been selling sheep soup here for two days in a row!" Granny Liu said that the bowl also muttered: "Ming'er, I will taste it too!" "It's really that the taste of the broth just now is too tempting, and her wife is hungry.

Du Xuanmo nodded, and then went back to put away the stall where he took people to write letters, her mother should take medicine.

Du Xuanmo first went to the pharmacy, and after buying the medicine with twenty yuan in his hand, he was completely penniless. His father was a showman, but unfortunately he died early, and left their mother and son before they got up. After the clansmen gave their mother and son a thin piece of land, they swept the mother and son out of the house, and because Du Niangzi had always been sick all these years, she finally sold the land.

"Xuanmo is back, cough cough, mother, I'll cook for you!" Du Niangzi was about to prop herself up from the bed as she spoke, but was pressed back by Du Xuanmo.

"Mother, you lie down, I'll go boil the medicine first!" Du Xuanmo said that he would first heat up the "black nest" on the stove.

The reason why the nest head is black is because of the wheat bran mixed with cornmeal. Wheat bran is also called wheat husk, they can't afford to buy white flour, so they can only buy this rough wheat husk, mixed with cornmeal, and steamed out of the nest can cut their throats.

Du Xuanmo can't help it, he can't earn a few pennies by writing letters on behalf of others every day, after removing the money for buying medicine, it's good to be able to eat this thing, but I feel sorry for his mother who is sick and suffers with him.

Du Niangzi is also sad, now this day is too hard, she is frail and sick, as if she is a burden to her son.

"It's better for my mother to die, and I won't drag you down, I'm afraid that I won't have the face to see your father when I go underground!" Du Niangzi shed tears as she spoke, she has a soft temperament, and now she relies on her son to support a family by herself, and she is also ashamed!

"Mother, don't say such things again, my son is not tired!" Du Xuanmo persuaded his mother, saying that the burden of the family was carried by one person, but in fact, there were only two of them, no matter how poor they were now, they could manage food and clothing, he was still young now, and his life would definitely be fine when he was older in the future! Now they eat bran vegetables, and they will definitely be able to eat fragrant and spicy food in the future! But......

The soup I drank today was really good, the soup was fresh and delicious, as if I had never eaten such a delicious thing since I was born! I heard that the fat girl sells a bowl of three cents, and if she can earn three dollars tomorrow morning, she must buy a bowl for her mother to eat!

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Shen Pomegranate did not immediately return to the village after closing the stall, but went to the butcher to buy sheep's head and sheep's hooves.

"Boss, let's have two more sets today!" Shen Shiliu said, work hard today, boil out two pots, and tomorrow you can sell one in the morning and one at noon!

"Come on, we'll sell you all the leftovers in the future!" The butcher who sells meat is a stout rough man, and he will take it if he is happy, he can kill three sheep a day, and it is better to sell as much as he can sell!

Father Shen thought for a while and asked, "Pomegranate, do you want to buy another pot?" ”

Shen Shiliu thought about it, there are now two stoves at home, and there are only two pots, if they are going to boil this soup, then it is useless for them to eat. If you use a pot to make soup, it is estimated that the time is not enough, and finally nod: "Cheng, buy a big pot!" "I guess the money I made today is enough to buy a pot.

"Okay, we'll see you at the city gate in a moment!" Father Shen said that he took the money and left first.

The butcher gave two sets of things to Shen Shu, the weight of the things was not light, Shen Pomegranate helped take it, but Shen Shu didn't let him, all of them were thrown on the trolley and pushed to the city gate.

When the father and son returned to Chaoxia Village, they also met many villagers, who came to ask when they saw that this family was buying a pot and a sheep's head.

"Brother Shen, what are you doing here?" The one who came to ask was Widow Xu from Xitou, who was in her thirties and brought a six-year-old daughter to live. On weekdays, I mix with people like Mrs. Zhang, and my mouth is broken enough, so I can make up for any excitement.

"It's nothing, the babies just want to make some money!" Father Shen didn't talk much.

As soon as she heard about making money, Widow Xu asked, "What is there to eat about this thing, and what kind of money can it make?" ”

As soon as Shen's father wanted to say something, Shen Shiliu said, "Dad, we have to go back quickly, my mother is probably in a hurry!" ”

Father Shen is a sincere person, in case everything is said and everyone does it, they will have nothing to earn!

"Let's go first, let's talk!" Father Shen also pondered the taste, said a word to Widow Xu and left.

"Looks like we'll have to keep this mouth shut in the future! You too, big tree, don't talk about it in the future! Shen's father instructed that he had to tell his mother when he went home.

Zheng was already waiting at the gate of the courtyard, and now she had cooked the meal, and when she saw that the father and son had returned, she asked, "How is it today?" Then he saw the pot and the sheep's head.

"It's selling fast today, my brother went to inquire, and said that tomorrow there will be morning work at this time, and we can sell it in the morning and at noon!" Shen Shiliu said happily, although he still spoke in an urn voice, but his joy was undisguised.

"I'll just say what to do when you buy a pot, and I'm afraid that it won't be enough!" Zheng was happy, so he discussed with Shen's father to rebuild the stove in the yard, one stove and two stove pits, and then the two pots could be boiled together, which could save firewood!

Shen Pomegranate temporarily uses the kitchen stove, two sets of sheep's heads are also laborious, Shen's father went to build the stove, Shen Shu helped Shen Pomegranate pick the meat, and when the meat here is also picked, the stove over there has just been completed, and the wet mud does not need to be dried, and it will be dried as soon as the fire is lit for a while, so it will not be delayed.

Listening to the sound of the two cauldrons, the family of four all looked at each other and smiled, always feeling that better days were coming!

Shen Shiliu pondered that since this business had started, he had to keep accounts, but there was no one at home who read, and he didn't even have a pen and paper, so he could only go to the kitchen and take out the yellow paper he used to buy things for temporary use.

But now the problem is here, the family is illiterate, and Shen Shiliu feels that if he suddenly knows how to write, it will definitely be scary.

"Mother, how do you keep our family's diary?" Shen Shiliu asked Zheng, can't you be confused for so many years, right?

Zheng naturally has his own set of methods, and when it comes to Shen Shimei, the method is very "novel".

Zheng's method is very simple, draw the sun, one is one stroke, two is two strokes, enough ten to draw a circle in the middle, and the final drawing is the shape of the sun.

"What if it's twenty?" Shen Shiliu asked with a shocked face, she really didn't expect the Zheng family's bookkeeping form to be so literary and artistic......

"Twenty enough, draw another circle in the circle!"

"That's enough for a hundred?"

"The circle is blacked out!"

"......" Shen Shiliu thinks that the Zheng family is too good.

I sold more than 50 bowls today, but two bowls would be cheaper for one penny, and in the end I made one hundred and thirty-three wen, and it cost me 80 wen to buy a pot, and then I removed the money to buy a sheep's head......

Shen Pomegranate casually pulled out a branch from the stove pit, blew out the fire, and drew the sun ...... on the yellow paper. However, she felt in her heart that it was not a good thing for her family to be illiterate.

"Mother, is there a school in our village? Send my brother there! Shen Shiliu said, she also knew in her heart that women in this era are talented if they are not virtuous, and she doesn't even know what dynasty or country this is! I chatted with the village chief before, but the village chief didn't understand, he didn't even know what the emperor's surname was, their small mountain village was backward enough!

Zheng Shi listened and smiled: "What? Don't say there is no village where we don't, even if we do, we can't use it, we are Zhuanghu people, what's the use of learning to read and write? ”

Shen Shiliu was sad, and then said: "It's different now, our family can't always sell food on the street, and when we have money in the future, we may have to open a shop in the county, and when the time comes, I can't read a single big word, and I can't even understand the contract documents, I'm afraid I'm not going to be deceived!" ”

Shen Shimei's words attracted the attention of the whole family, in the past, he only knew that farming did not need to be literate and hyphenated, but if he had a family business in the future, he was still blind, so what could it be?

Zheng was pondering here, and Shen's father said: "Pomegranate is right, you can't study if you don't study!" ”

Shen Shushu, how old is he? This is going to school?