Chapter 45: Laba
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Zhen Shi Niang laughed, "If you say that, people think that you hired an ancestor to go back." Shaking his head, "Forget it, my body is born without the life to make money, you also read it, some time ago, because I watched Ejiao make money, I wanted to stay up more, but I fell asleep for two days, and even the pot of glue was lost." ”
Hearing this, and looking at Zhen Shi Niang's plain paper-like face, Li Qi's daughter-in-law sighed.
Seeing off Li Qi's daughter-in-law, Magpie picked up the unfinished gown, and regretted again and again, "It's all slaves and maids who are not good, but at this time they have a body, if they are good, they must accompany the young lady to the capital." "She grew up in Shangjing when she was a child, and it will never be okay to have her by her side, "Listen to Sister-in-law Li, you can earn at least ten taels of reward money, so you don't need to stop taking medicine this winter." Zhen Siniang herself is a doctor, but her health is getting worse and worse, mainly because she has no money to support, especially in autumn and winter, when she needs tonics the most, not only can she not make up for it, but she also has to be forced to stop taking medicine.
"If I really want to go, I can go no matter how long I can." Zhen Siniang reached out and picked up the half-read book, "I'm afraid that the other party is an official." ”
Is it an official?
The magpie was stunned, then her face changed slightly, and she leaned forward, "You say, could it be someone from the General's Mansion who came to seek medical treatment?" ”
While reading the book, Zhen Shi Niang asked casually, "Is there an old lady in the general's family?" ”
"Miss!" The magpie snatched the book from her hand.
Zhen Shi Niang also realized that she had asked a stupid question, so she sat up with a smile, "...... Didn't I forget, tell me, who are some of them in the family? "I think of those costume TV series I watched in my previous life," ...... Is there an old lady? ”
The amused magpie burst into laughter.
The family had a lively lunch, the magpie continued to be a female celebrity, Qiu Ju took Jian Wu Jianwen to buckle the house finch in the backyard with a mud pot, Zhen Shi Niang moved out of the game of Go and chatted with the magpie while swinging it, and Li Qi's daughter-in-law walked in in a hurry.
“…… Let me say that my head is broken, the comprador Gu just refuses to leave, and says that he will invite you if he says anything, and says that you don't have to worry, he will hire a four-wheeled carriage for you to lie down comfortably. Li Qi's daughter-in-law took out a piece of silver and put it on the table, "This is a deposit, as long as you agree, he will cover the round-trip travel expenses, no matter whether you can see the disease or not, the ten taels of silver will belong to you, if you look good, there will be twenty taels of medical fees." Looking at Zhen Shi Niang, "My aunt, I see that he also sincerely wants to invite you, so you can go for a trip, don't worry about the family, I will come over every day to help take care of ......"
Thirty taels!
It's really raining in the sky.
The magpie's eyes lit up, and the ground darkened again, and asked Li Qi's daughter-in-law, "...... Sister-in-law Li didn't ask, who is the master of his family? ”
If it's Shen Zhongchi, you can't go to a mountain of gold.
“…… My aunt, who are we, who is he, how can you ask about this? ”
Zhen Shi Niang picked up the silver on the table and handed it over, "Sister-in-law Li, go back, even if I go, I may not have the ability to cure his master's illness, there is a doctor Zhong in Liulin Town, thirty miles away from here, nicknamed Hades Wang Chou, you let him go and ask him to give it a try." The mild tone revealed unmistakable decisiveness.
Li Qi's daughter-in-law stood up curtly, "...... How can anyone push the money that is delivered to the door out? ”
Watching Li Qi's daughter-in-law take away the order silver, the magpie jumped up in distress, looked up and wanted to say something, and saw Zhen Shiniang setting up Go as if nothing had happened, so he sighed, lowered his head and continued to mend his clothes.
Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and the Gu comprador didn't come again, even the magpie forgot about it, and no longer felt sorry for the silver that was given away for nothing, and began to prepare Laba porridge wholeheartedly.
“…… Since the government posted a notice, there has been an endless stream of people who go to Ruixiang to buy medicine, and I don't know how much silver we can share? The magpie took a dustpan of dried kidney beans and sat on the ground with Zhen Shi Niang to peel them.
"How can there be more than a dozen taels...... Zhen Shi Niang threw the kidney bean skin into the basket on the ground, reached out and picked up another one and gently pinched it with her fingers, "Qiu Ju said that she sold another twenty pairs yesterday. The topic changed, "Laba has an episode, I want to take Qiu Ju and Brother Wen Wu to go around, by the way, buy a piece of cloth, you all make a new set of clothes, start early this year, so as not to be too busy at the end of the year, and be in a hurry." "As a modern person, I have always bought ready-to-wear clothes in my previous life, Zhen Siniang doesn't know anything about female red, and Qiu Ju has no time to learn, and the sewing and mending at home has become a matter of magpies.
"Forget it." The magpie's action of peeling beans stopped there, "I changed all the old clothes that Sister-in-law Li gave me, and there is not a single patch, and I can celebrate the New Year." He added, "I didn't do it last year and the year before that, and I came over like that." ”
Although this year's harvest is good, who knows when Shen Zhongqi will drive them out of the ancestral house, and there will be more places to use silver in the future.
"The children are looking forward to the New Year, and I promised them."
"Miss......"
"When the child is older, it's not when he is holding it in his arms, he will eat it if you give it to him, and he will wear it when he wears it, I don't know if it's good or ......bad," Zhen Siniang sighed earnestly, "I didn't make new clothes last year, I regret it, Brother Wen Wu went out to worship for a day on the first day of the new year, and he refused to go out to play on the second day of junior high school, he must have been uncomfortable watching people wear new clothes, and he was afraid that I would be sad and refused to say it, such a young child ......" I don't know how many years I can spend with them in the future, Zhen Siniang's eyes are a little damp," When they are older, they also have a thought when they recall it. If she could, she would do everything she could to make the child happy.
"Miss ......" screamed, the magpie felt a fish bone stuck in her throat, she lowered her head and peeled the kidney beans in her hand vigorously, for a long time, and said sullenly, "Then just make it for Brother Wen Wu, I and Qiu Ju don't need it." ”
"Girls love beauty more." Zhen Siniang threw the beans in her hand into the basin, clapped her hands and stood up, "These are enough, let's peel the rest later." ”
"It's okay left and right, let's finish stripping the slave." The magpie lowered her head and pinched the dried beans in her hand vigorously, as if as long as she used enough strength, she could pinch away this difficult day.
Zhen Siniang shook her head and sighed.
As he was talking, Li Qi's daughter-in-law's high-pitched voice came in, "...... Open the door quickly, the bribe is coming. ”
As soon as she opened the door, a cold wind mixed with snowflakes rushed to her face, Zhen Shi Niang shivered, and saw Li Qi's daughter-in-law holding a tightly wrapped basin in her hand, and hurriedly reached out to pick it up, "It's a snowy day, you are not at home in the winter, what is this for?" ”
"In this tuyere, you come into the house quickly, and I'll do it." Knowing that Zhen Siniang was most afraid of the cold, Li Qi's daughter-in-law dodged away from her, and entered the house with a basin, "It's barley and peanuts, make up the number for your laba porridge, I guess you don't have these two things." ”
Barley and peanuts are very expensive and most people can't afford them.