Chapter 15: Let's Make Some Money First
PS: Today's second update, hehe. Thank you for the reward from the leader of the Zixue Alliance, and thank you to a few friends for helping to catch insects. The old dizzy code is the wrong word, and I will take the time to change it, everyone~
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Du Jinning looked back and saw Niu standing at the door with a black face.
"Alright, alright." Chen was busy, took the cover in his hand, and walked out first.
Niu glanced at Du Jinning and Du Fangfei coldly, turned around and left, and went straight to the West Chamber.
Du Fangling was surprised, looked at Du Fangfei, and whispered: "When did grandmother become so good-tempered?" ”
"Shhhhh......h ”
For fear that the Niu family would take the opportunity to scold people, Du Fangling and the others did not dare to delay more, and trotted to follow.
The house of the west chamber is very spacious, there are twenty or thirty square meters, rectangular, there is a big carved wooden window in the east and west directions, the sky is not too late at this time, it is more than four or five o'clock in modern times, the cowshed is because of the low beam and only a small window, it is not easy to see the situation in the house, but the west chamber is still very bright, and the light is very good. Du Fangling was very happy when she saw this situation, but she was afraid that the Niu clan was here, so she didn't dare to cheer.
"Mother...... Du Jinning pulled Chen's shirt and asked her, "Where do I live?" ”
If she is a boy, it is okay to live with Du Jinshou. Anyway, she is not a soft child, Du Jinshou is only a nine-and-a-half-year-old child, and she doesn't know who bullies who when she lives together. It's just that her real identity is a daughter, even if she is careful not to be discovered, she can live in a room with Du Jinshou without incident, but in ancient times, women valued chastity, and in the future, the fact that she was a woman was exposed, and the fact that she and her cousin had lived in a room would be taken out to chew the root of the tongue, and the reputation of Du Fangfei's sisters may be implicated, so it is better to avoid this situation.
Regarding this matter, Chen, as an ancient woman, can only think more deeply. She glanced at Niu, who had already returned to the house, and comforted Du Jinning: "When you went to the big house just now, I had already begged your grandmother. Brother Shou is used to living in a room alone, and he is not happy to live with you. Anyway, this room is big enough, let's use a curtain to separate the inside and outside, separate a room, and then I will let you live alone. Your grandmother didn't say anything, she just said let us be, and don't say that she treated us badly when the time comes. ”
Du Jinning was relieved. But she looked around the room and worried, "How do you sleep here?" ”
This room was originally Du Jincheng's residence, and there were not many things in it, except for a bed about 1.5 meters wide, a table and a chair. There are a total of five people in their small three rooms, and they can't sleep in such a bed.
"It's okay, mother will find a way." Chen smiled softly, beckoned Du Fangfei and Du Fangling to move the bed to the side of the west window, put it in the corner, and moved the table to the side of the bed, and then unfolded her and Du Jinning's share of the cover, and called Du Jinning to say, "You hurry up and go to bed and lie down, don't get cold." He also instructed Du Fanghui, "Sister Hui, you go and bring porridge to your brother, let him eat and sleep first." I've only been sick today, but I don't dare to toss around. ”
Du Jinning saw Chen's loving but unquestionable look, so he had to take off his cotton pants and climb into bed to lie down. Du Fanghui went to the stove in the cowshed to get porridge.
Only then did Chen greet the two Du Fangfei sisters: "I dismantled the bed and moved it over in the past." ”
Chen and the sisters were accustomed to farm work, and they had a lot of strength, so they dismantled the beds over there in a short time, took a few benches and bed boards with bed boards, and built a big bunk on the side of the east window, and the four of them could sleep upright.
Chen looked at Du Jinning, who was obediently sitting on the bed drinking porridge, and said, "Tomorrow, let's go to the mountain to cut a few logs, and ask the carpenter at the east end of the village to sawn them into planks, and put a board in the middle and this side, so that they will become two rooms, and the outer room can also be used as a hall......
"Don't!" Du Fangling snorted coldly and interrupted Chen's words, "Sawing planks costs money, where do we have money?" Don't go up the hill to carry the wood on your head. The people who carry the wood are all men, mother, you said some time ago that you have back pain, where can you carry the wood? I'm not going to let you go anyway. As he spoke, he pouted and sat down on the bunk, his eyes a little red.
Du Jinning drank porridge and looked at Chen.
Since Chen didn't have a penny in his hand, he could only exchange work for what he needed. She is not tall, but she is 1.58 meters tall, and her body looks thin due to long-term malnutrition, and her skin is rough and yellow. With such a body and body to do the same work as a group of men, where can you afford it? Moreover, Chen is also in his thirties, and forcing himself to do coolies at such an age will only consume his life.
"Mother, this is not in a hurry in advance, wait for the eldest sister's marriage to be withdrawn." Du Jinning said.
Since she came here, she naturally wouldn't let Chen do such tiring work again. Now we can only use the strategy of delaying the army, first drag the Chen family, and then find a way. Fortunately, Du Yinsheng gave her the four treasures of the study, and she wrote a short story to sell in the county, maybe she could make a lot of money.
Seeing that Du Fangfei and Du Fanghui did not approve either, Chen reluctantly agreed: "Okay, then take it slowly, and wait for Sister Fei to withdraw from her relatives and the spring weather will be warm." ”
Afraid of disturbing the rest of the two elders in the main house and provoking the beating and scolding of the Niu family, several people did not dare to delay any longer, so they hurriedly went to the cowshed to eat something, and fell asleep in the west chamber.
When Du Jinning woke up the next day, she was the only one left in the room, and the porridge and pickles were still on the table. After she washed up and had breakfast, she closed the door tightly, and the windows on both sides were firmly closed, and then she took out the four treasures of the study that she had brought back in her arms last night, and pondered what kind of novel to write.
She definitely can't write a long story, first, it takes a long time, second, she doesn't have so much paper and ink, and third, there is no word of mouth, and the person who buys the story doesn't see the back part and won't buy it. So, you have to choose a short story.
Thinking of the short story, she hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and decided to be a copyist. Although she was also a web novel writer in her previous life, she is a woman after all, and the angle of writing stories is inevitably feminine. Besides, she doesn't have the confidence to compare her talent with those great writers in history. When it comes to Chen's body, she can't be hypocritical, and she doesn't have to write it herself when she has ready-made good articles.
"Strange Tales from Liaozhai" is the best ancient short story, the story in it is twisty and bizarre, and the length is short, which is the most suitable for her. In her previous life, she was a person with a very good memory, and although she couldn't memorize the whole of the novels she had read, the general plot was still clear. Moreover, she doesn't know much about this era, although everyone is not dressed like the Qing Dynasty, and it will not crash, but be careful, she will not copy it all. Changing the names and plots of the characters a little and then writing them in the vernacular should not be a problem.