"Why can't it be!" Another villager said firmly, "I didn't say anything nonsense, it was Ning Er's sister-in-law who said it herself, so can it be fake?" ”

"Huh? So, is this true? Yo yo yo, this Ning Laosan is really a good fate, and the girl will have more than a dozen taels of silver if she is tinkering with the wasteland. ”

As soon as he heard the silver, everyone's minds were alive, who is not living a tight life these days, if he can manage Ning Laosan

If you want to plant a few acres of the crop called sweet potato, then life will be better in the coming year.

No one in the village is stupid, everyone has their own little abacus in their hearts, especially someone like Ding's who has an active brain and has a good relationship with Ning Xue'er's family, she can't wait to break the threshold of Ning Xue'er's family these days.

"Xue'er, my aunt has a few silk handkerchiefs here, you can use them."

"Third brother and sister, I have a few silver hairpins here, although they are old, but they are full of color, don't dislike them, take them and wear them."

"Xue'er, my family burned braised pork today, send some for you to taste."

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In just two days, Ding has already sent a lot of things. Zhang's look at these things, and he always feels sorry in his heart, after all, no one is rich in life these days, and he has to return the gift for getting these things from others for no reason.

It's just that although there is silver at home right now, but they have to save to build a house, and not a single copper plate can be spent indiscriminately, where is the silver to buy a gift?

For this matter, Zhang's worries can't eat, and the rural people are like this, honest and simple, and kill those who don't want to owe others.

Ning Xue'er saw it in her eyes, but she felt that such a rural person was quite cute. Although modern people have a better material life, their desires are also bigger, and their faces are thicker, especially those small citizens in the city, whether they buy things or services, they are proud of bargaining. No matter how long it takes, no matter what means are used, as long as you can save one piece or two, you will be proud.

"Mother, don't worry, let's pay it back, I'll send two sweet potatoes to my second aunt after dinner later!" Ning Xue'er put down the dishes and chopsticks and persuaded Zhang softly.

"Hey," Zhang shook his head, and said helplessly: "You are still young, you don't understand the world, you look at the things your aunt sent in the past two days, let's send back two sweet potatoes, where is it embarrassing?" ”

"Mother," Ning Xue'er blinked mischievously, patted her chest and said, "Everything is wrapped up in me, I promise to make the second aunt happy." ”

In the afternoon, Ding was embroidering in the house, and Ning Xue'er walked in with a smile with a sweet potato, "Auntie, I'll send you two sweet potatoes to taste." ”

"Cher is here!" Ding hurriedly put down the work in his hand, poured a cup of tea enthusiastically, and handed it to Ning Xue'er.

Ning Xue'er took it with a smile, took a sip, and said, "Auntie, don't worry, we are a family, if I have any good way to make money here, I will definitely not forget you." Put your heart in your belly, O you. ”

Hearing these words, Ding's heart was full of joy, and she felt that the courtesies of the past two days had not been in vain.

Ning Xue'er exchanged a few more words with Ding before leaving.

When she went back, Ning Xue'er thought about it, and then took the back basket and sickle and went up the mountain to cut a lot of pigweed and sent it to the Ding family.

Ding looked at the hogweed, and he couldn't close his mouth with a smile. At the beginning of the separation, the second room got a pig, but there was no pigweed in the second room. Ding is good at embroidery, never goes to the ground on weekdays, and the two sons in the second room are both studying in the town, and they can't be counted on. The only thing that the family can count on is Ning Xue'er's second uncle, but he is not diligent on weekdays, and he only goes to get some pigweed every once in a while. Seeing that the pigs in the family were getting thinner and thinner, Ding couldn't sit still, so he had to spend ten cents a day to invite a capable woman in the village to cut the pigweed and feed the pigs.

Right now, Ning Xue'er sent so much, enough for the pigs at home to eat for two days, and after a rough calculation, she saved twenty yuan.

Therefore, in Ding's heart, his favorability towards Ning Xue'er has reached a new level. The more she looked at Ning Xue'er, the more she liked it, this child was exquisite, empathetic, smart and capable, and the three of them were blessed.

In the evening, Ning Xue'er made dinner and waited for the meal to begin. Today's dinner is half a bowl of braised pork, a plate of purslane, and a pot of sweet potato porridge. This kind of dinner is already considered a leader, after all, on weekdays, in order to save money to build a house, the family is full of wild vegetables, and the key rice is not rice, it is cooked with rice mixed with miscellaneous grains.

Life is like this, Ning Xue'er feels bitter in her heart, but every time she mentions that she wants to eat rice, Zhang's ear mentions: "It's good to be full, you go to see Widow Shen's house in the village, Old Man Sun's house, one by one can't eat enough." ”

At this point, Ning Xue'er didn't dare to say anything more, after all, she didn't have enough money in her hand at the moment, so she could only endure it.

Therefore, Ning Xue'er, who has been a vegetarian for a long time, is salivating over the half bowl of braised pork. However, if Ning Dazhuang didn't come back, the family couldn't eat.

But somehow, today I don't know why, Ning Dazhuang came back later than in the past. When he came back, it was already dark, and as soon as he entered the house, Ning Xue'er found that his face was not very good.

However, Ning Xue'er didn't say much, just beckoned everyone to wash their hands and eat.

Sure enough, at the dinner table, Ning Dazhuang talked about his troubles, it turned out that when he got off work today, Foreman Cai asked Ning Dazhuang to buy sweet potatoes again. But where are the sweet potatoes at home? Ning Dazhuang successively sent 1,400 catties to the dock, and Ning Xueer privately sent 500 catties to her uncle's house, so that the sweet potatoes at home were almost gone, and the rest was enough for the family to eat.

Ning Dazhuang is a very practical person, Foreman Cai asked him to buy sweet potatoes, so he told the truth, but Foreman Cai was very annoyed and ordered Ning Dazhuang to do everything possible to get sweet potatoes.

This unreasonable request made Ning Dazhuang stunned, there are so many planted in the ground, where to find sweet potatoes for him again? Could it be that this Cai foreman thinks that sweet potatoes can be conjured out of thin air?

Ning Dazhuang wanted to shake his head and refused to say that he couldn't do it. But looking at the foreman's iron-blue face, he was stunned, so he had to nod and promise to look for it when he went home.

But where are the sweet potatoes at home? Ning Dazhuang was so worried that his head was big, you said that this foreman wanted something else, so Ning Dazhuang could still think of ideas, but what he wanted was sweet potatoes, what can Ning Dazhuang do?

After listening to Ning Dazhuang's complaint, Zhang and Ning Xue'er laughed in unison. Zhang said: "Father, don't worry, we still have sweet potatoes at home." ”

Where is Ning Dazhuang willing to believe it, he only wants the Zhang family to comfort him. So, he shook his head and said, "Old woman, don't comfort me, I don't know if there are sweet potatoes at home!" ”

"Dad, what my mother said is true. We also have sweet potatoes at Brother Zhang's house. Ning Xue'er also hurriedly explained.

"Huh?" Ning Dazhuang opened his mouth wide, happiness came too suddenly, he couldn't believe it, he pinched himself excitedly, and found that he was not dreaming, what his daughter said was true?

"Let's go, Xue'er, you take me to take a look, I'll see how many sweet potatoes we still have in our house." Ning Dazhuang didn't eat any more rice, and pulled Ning Xue'er to see the sweet potatoes.

Ning Xue'er had no choice but to go to Zhang Yisheng's house with him. On the way, Ning Dazhuang was not idle, and pulled Ning Xue'er vigorously to ask what's going on, how many sweet potatoes are there at home? Are sweet potatoes big?

Ning Xue'er patiently explained one by one, and as soon as the father and daughter finished speaking, Zhang Yisheng's house arrived.

At this moment, the gate of Zhang Yisheng's house was closed, and the courtyard was pitch black, but Zhang Yisheng's house was still bright, Ning Dazhuang opened his throat and howled: "Yisheng, open the door, I am your third uncle Ning!" ”

"Woohoo!" As soon as the dog in the yard heard the movement, he immediately barked.

Immediately after, the room lit up, and Zhang Yisheng walked out with a torch. opened the door and invited the father and daughter of the Ning family in.

Inside the house, under the dim light, Zhang Yisheng's face was worried, probably just woke up. Besides, he hurriedly went out and opened the door, and before he even had time to put on his clothes, he only put on his coat and went out.

At this time, it was even deeper, and as soon as he returned to the house, Zhang Yisheng sneezed several times in a row. Ning Xue'er hurriedly urged him to put on his clothes.

After Zhang Yisheng got dressed, Ning Xue'er explained her intention, and Zhang Yisheng smiled and took them to the warehouse, where the mountains of sweet potatoes were extremely spectacular at a glance.

"Yisheng, how many sweet potatoes do you have to have here?" Ning Dazhuang asked while suppressing the excitement in his heart.

"Fifteen hundred pounds!" Zhang Yisheng said a number very indifferently.

"Okay, okay!" Ning Dazhuang patted his thigh excitedly, and then said, "Then we'll transport these sweet potatoes home tomorrow, you see?" ”

"Okay, uncle, just come, I'll give you a hand at home tomorrow." Zhang Yisheng's face was still pale and he didn't show any emotion.

On the way back, Ning Dazhuang was crazy with joy, 1,500 catties of sweet potatoes! That's more than ten taels of silver, and with these ten taels of silver, the house can be built before the year.

Along the way, Ning Dazhuang chattered, he was full of hope for the future, he couldn't help but swell, after all, there are only so many big households in the village that can build brick houses, and he Ning Dazhuang is about to build a brick house, does this mean that he is also going to become a big family, and if he walks around the village in the future, does everyone have to nod to him!

Ning Da Zhuang thought beautifully, but Ning Xue'er's face was gloomy, although Brother Zhang didn't show it just now, she felt that Zhang Yisheng was actually a little dissatisfied, although the sweet potatoes were planted by her, but how much effort did Brother Zhang make in this process, plus, the sweet potatoes have been put in other people's homes for so long, how can it be meaningful.

However, his father was too excited just now and didn't say anything grateful, which made Brother Zhang unhappy. Ning Xue'er thought that even though the relationship between the two families was good, what should be given still had to be given, after all, it was not easy for everyone. What's more, Brother Zhang still has to support a family, and he will have to marry a wife and have children in the future.