Chapter Fifty-Three: Bearing the Hardships Alone

As the prison boss came out of the cell, Wen Rou had to entrust him again to take care of Sister-in-law Liu as best he could.

The prison boss actually disagreed with the Zhao family in his heart, although his family was rich and powerful in this city, but all the money was used to fight the county master, and it was not their turn to be an errand boy. When Sister-in-law Liu was in prison, the Zhao family only sent a housekeeper to say hello, and took ten taels of silver to give the brothers wine and food, what is the use of that little money? Everyone shared a point, and the only thing they got was one or two taels of silver, which was not as generous as the little lady in front of them. In their line of work, any conscience and morality can be completely left behind, as long as there is constantly money to do, everything can be turned a blind eye to the past, even if the Zhao family sends someone to check it out, he asked his subordinates to make Liu's sister-in-law's description a little bleak, as vague as possible, not offended at both ends, and can make more oil and water in private, why not? So after thinking about it for a while, he agreed.

"Having said that, let's eat the emperor's salary on an errand, looking at the scenery outside, in private, there are many difficult things! I have a good heart, I can't stand this and that, and I often send a kind heart to take care of these prisoners, and my brothers are all muttering in their hearts, and in the end, I have to pay for it myself, get some wine and buy some meat, and cover their mouths, this part of the food is really not enough to spend, and the hand is very tight! ”

Hearing him say this gently, he naturally understood that this was asking for money in disguise, so he smiled bitterly in his heart, and had to say: "Don't worry, the official can rest assured, I will naturally pay for the money for drinking and buying meat." ”

"That-" The prison chief picked his teeth with a thin bamboo skewer with satisfaction, and burped: "You go back, this sister-in-law Liu, I will take care of it for you." ”

Gently thanked, turned around and walked out of the prison, and was illuminated by the dazzling sunlight outside, only then did he feel that he had seen the light of day again. Needless to say, the damp and dirty environment in the prison cell, just the extremely oppressive atmosphere made her panic, and these officials only cared about the ugly faces of reaching out for money, she also saw it all, but she was a civilian, she only dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and even had to put down her body and accompany a smile. Life is not easy anywhere! She misses the lonely but free days of living in modern times more and more, but unfortunately there is basically no possibility of going back, so she has to force herself to cheer herself up and try her best to live in this world that is completely alien to her.

I really hope that Sister-in-law Liu can have a glimmer of life! After all, she is a person with a lively mind, a refreshing and neat person, and a married woman, it is much more convenient to do anything than an unmarried woman, if she can help, maybe the future life, can live a little easier and less effort, what troubles, there are many people to discuss, at least, do not have to be as tired as now.

Thinking of the current days, Wen Wen really can't help but sigh, the "mother" in her own family is unreliable, it is already very good if she doesn't drag her back, the "younger brother" is small, and she can't share anything for her, as for Xiaohuan, she is an unmarried girl, and she is a fugitive slave, so she can't show her head at all, and Xiaohuan has experienced such miserable encounters one after another, and she didn't cry all day long, looking for death and hanging, it is already not to cause trouble for her, and she can't help her for the time being. Then, the only person who can show her head and take care of everything on her shoulders is herself.

Forget it, don't think about the worries too much, not to mention that no matter how much you think about it, it won't help you at all except add blockage to your heart. People always have to look forward, there are always ups and downs in life, who can say for sure what will happen in the future? But it's all about taking one step at a time and doing what is in front of you, which is the most important! Today's sunshine is so good, maybe you should take out the bedding you sleep on and expose it to the sun, and when you sleep at night, you should be able to smell the warm fragrance of the sun.

When I went home and passed by the market, I caught a glimpse of a tofu shop, and my mind flickered, so I went in and bought a lot of tofu, and after taking it home, I went to the old widow to find Xiaohuan, and quietly told her what happened to see Sister-in-law Liu, coaxed her to smile, and hurriedly turned home to rummage through the cabinets. Mother Wen was not at ease, put down the needlework she was doing, followed the attic to take a look, and said hurriedly: "What are you looking for?" Look, it's all messed up! ”

"Mother, I remember seeing a summer white cloth when I moved, where did you leave it?" Gentle and continued to turn without raising his head.

"What are you looking for it for?" Mother Wen muttered in a low voice: "That's my original marriage, and I haven't been willing to cut clothes!" ”

"It's all in ruins, can you still make clothes?" Gentle smile: "I'm afraid that a slight poke with your fingers can poke out a hole, where are you embarrassed to wear it?" ”

Mother Wen was helpless, pulled her behind her, and said, "Don't turn it over, I'll take it for you!" As she spoke, she opened a box and touched it for a long time before she found the Xia Bai cloth from the bottom, stuffed it into Wen Wen's hand, and went downstairs angrily.

Is! This cloth is yellowed at the bottom of the box, and she still holds it as a baby! Gentle looked at the cloth, secretly funny, but remembered that the weather was getting colder, Wen's mother and Wen Gang didn't even have a thick coat to keep out the cold, even themselves, they were wearing Wen's mother's previous jacket, it seems that they have to pull some cloth back another day, buy some cotton, and let her sew two clothes for the winter.

With the cloth, Gentle went downstairs to look for scissors, just "clicked" a cut, and twisted the summer white cloth open, Wen's mother saw it and was anxious, rushed over and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"I didn't do anything, I'm going to cut these cloths small, clean them and wrap them in tofu." Gently cut one end, and say one end.

"What? Wrap tofu! Mother Wen really wanted to scold the gentle loser, but after thinking about it, now the family eats and drinks without worry, and her daughter said that she learned a few fresh dishes in Zhao's mansion, and sold the recipe to a big restaurant outside to earn it back, and she saved her whole life, and almost starved her son to death, so when the words of this loser came to her mouth, she really couldn't spit out, so she had to go back to do her needlework with her head down.

She used a small piece of wet cloth to wrap the tofu piece by piece, and then put it in a basin, pressed a heavy cutting board on it, and ignored it, turned her head and went to look for straw, picked out the rice stalk, washed it, and put it in the sun to dry.

Mother Wen sulked and didn't want to pay attention to her, but she kept peeking coldly from the sidelines, and after watching for a long time, she didn't know what she was going to do, and finally couldn't help asking, "What are you going to do with tofu?" Dried tofu? Isn't there anything out there that is ready for sale? ”

"Huh?" Gently dusting off the quilt, he replied casually: "I don't make dried tofu, I make stinky tofu!" ”

She really wanted to make stinky tofu, originally she wanted to eat it herself, but after thinking about it, this thing can also be sold to make money! But I don't know if the people here can adapt to the smell of the smell, and there is no chili, the taste will be a little worse, for the sake of insurance, it is better to do less, take the family and the old widow next door to test it, if they can accept it, then it is estimated that the people outside should also be able to accept it, and then consider whether to set up a low-cost stinky tofu stall. It's just that she has always felt that the stinky marinade fermented from amaranth stalks in Shaoxing is more fragrant, and the stinky tofu brewed out tastes better, but it takes at least half a year to soak the stinky marinade, and she doesn't have so much work to waste, so she can only use another simple method and try to do it.