Chapter 137: Little Shrimp
Now that the formalities have been completed, Liu Zhi doesn't want to delay for a day, and he has to open up when he rushes to the shop. The roof tiles were rotten in half, and the roof was simply re-paved, before she had already seen the wages of the masonry painting work, and she had carefully calculated, and she bought the materials and asked Xiaojia to stir and brush the four walls, and it was necessary to paint them white.
Xingrui stayed in the local area for several years, and Mrs. Seven allowed them to buy it with the shop that provided rice, vegetables, meat and oil at home, which was naturally much cheaper, and Xingrui was responsible for the purchase.
Liu Zhi always felt that he was lucky, he used to have Feng Jiaojiao and Feng Wuge to help, and now he has met a noble person like Mrs. Seven, and he can always achieve what he wants. As for things like leaving her hometown and being expelled from her home, she didn't want to think about it, so she was like a surging water on the road, and since she couldn't turn back, it was better to sail down the river; It is better to look forward to tomorrow than to lament and weep.
Liu Zhi walked into a grocery store, and felt a sense of kindness in his heart, this is not the kind of shop that sells delicate toys, but the most ordinary kind of shop for the daily household items of ordinary people. Pots of pickled vegetables with big bellies, bowls and spoons made of coarse porcelain, needles and threads used by women, spinning tops used by children, and even dustpans, robes, hoes, and sickles were piled up all over the shop.
The same is true of Fengliuji. She held back a moment of sadness and only picked out the dishes and chopsticks. I picked the simplest clay bowl, asked for 300, and left the address for the store to send after selecting all the steamers and other utensils.
When she returned to the shop, she saw that the door was open, and there was a lot of plaster, Xiao Jia sat on the stairs and knocked his head and fell asleep, and the stirred plaster on the ground had already dried up and was unusable. Liu Zhi was half angry, and rushed up to carry Xiaojia's ears, but her feet were mixed with a bucket of ash, and she screamed and heard a heavy "plop", and the whole person fell to the ground sideways.
Xiao Jia was frightened by this movement, and he had already woken up, he was slow to react, and watched his eldest girl fall in front of him like a fish, wrapped in mud.
Willow Zhi told Xingrui to look at rice oil and the like, but she didn't follow, so she lay on the ground with Venus in her eyes for a while, and Xiao Jia trembled and surrounded her, but she didn't dare to touch her. Liu Zhi gritted her teeth with hatred, and her body hurt, she was worried that she would break her bones, and suddenly she was full of grievances, and her nose was sore, and her tears were about to open the floodgates, but who would she show if she cried out a jar of tears.
She gritted her teeth and sat up a little bit, carefully trying to move her hands and feet, waist and back, Xiao Jia saw that she seemed to be okay and relieved, rubbing her hands and calling "big girl" I didn't know what to say.
This shop is very small, but the size of three tables, the wall can be brushed in one day, Xiao Jia does things slowly, humming and chirping to buy licorice water, a gray blind, there is always a way to touch the fish, just can't find any excuse and sigh sitting on the ladder with empty eyes.
"You go back, see Xingrui come back and call her over." There was a kind of coldness in Willow Branch's voice that he didn't even notice.
Xiao Jia panicked and muttered, "Can't I do the work?" ”
The willow branch erupted, and despite the pain in his muscles and bones, he picked up the plaster bucket and was about to smash it on him, but fortunately, the ash bucket was heavy, but the cemented plaster was thrown everywhere.
"Big girl, why are you so angry, what is it worth your anger" Xiao Jia cried, and sincerely felt wronged, "The seventh master has food and drink at home, you just can't be idle, and the seventh wife also said that everyone in the house lends it to you, why do you want to toss us, this is not to find guilt yourself." ”
But the willow branch no longer spoke to him, only climbed the table and stood up, the mud on his body was half dry, and he limped to the door, and saw a half-grown man who was idle and fiddling with shells not far away, and called over: "Can you help me do something?" I'm going to boil water to wash things, help me fetch water and flush the shop, give you ten cents, and buy you a meal. ”
At first, the boy thought that this young lady was playing tricks on herself, because there were many restaurants in this street, and the well was two steps away, and seeing that this young lady was followed by a strong guy, how could she burn money like this.
This kid is nicknamed Little Shrimp, although he is only thirteen years old, but he is clever and willing to work, according to the requirements of the willow branch, he boiled a large pot of alkaline water, washed all the old oil and greasy dirt of the doors and windows, and washed off a layer of mud on the ground, revealing his true face, and it was still made of oyster shells piled up and compacted, and it was strange that it was so strong. The stove was also scrubbed shiny, and the cobwebs behind the doors in the corner of the roof were removed.
Liu Zhi saw that Xiao Jia only twisted his hands together to help and didn't know how to start, and a big man blocked Xiao Shrimp's way several times, sighed, and said, "Xiao Jia, go back first, you are hindering Xiao Shrimp's work." ”
Xiao Jia left depressed. After a short time, the delivery came, but fortunately I got the small shrimp, and I was able to clean up a piece of land, put it in the kitchen according to the instructions and leave with the balance.
When Xing Rui came to pick up the willow branches, she saw a strange scene: her little lady's shop that had not yet opened was steaming, and the sound of washing was endless, but Xiao Jia was squatting on the wall outside the house, holding her head with both heads and looking distressed and entangled.
Xingrui smacked her tongue secretly, it won't be the little lady who washes it herself, then this person is too useless. She knew that Xiao Jia was brought by the little lady from her hometown, so she couldn't say anything.
Willow Branch's initial anger has long since turned into a fire of joy, and she wouldn't have been able to pick up the shrimp without this unfortunate fall. The two of them have already laughed and talked about each other, and they have understood each other's ancestors for three generations, and Xiao Shrimp is only a widow, and she picks up some pulp washing and sewing work for the dock workers for a living.
"Come and be a fellow with me, I need a nimble one; I don't want you to sell your body, we will pay according to the number of days, ten cents a day, settle on the same day, and include two meals a day, what do you say" Liu Zhi said that he was rising, and when he saw Xingrui coming in, he pointed to Xingrui and said, "By the way, if your mother knows how to burn a stove, she can also come to do things, and I am worried that no one will work for this beautiful sister." You two have a care together, the salary is the same as yours, you two can still live in the store, just help me look after the store, but this will not give money. ”
Not to mention that the little shrimp was dumbfounded, the apricot was uneasy, the willow branch was already bright, grabbed the little shrimp and said, "Let's go, I will invite you to eat a good meal, and let you know that there is meat to eat with me." ”
They went to the popular restaurant on the street, which was full of portions, and the patrons were all foremen and other people with slightly higher incomes, ordinary working family mothers-in-law made meals at home, and most of the single ones were just where to partner or eat guest meals.
The man looked at this group of people, a little lady was covered in mortar, I was afraid that she had come back from work, one was white and delicate, and looked like a big family doing work; The shrimp knew it, and roamed around the streets to help. There is also a big man dressed as a subordinate who hangs his head in the back, and people don't rush to think of it.
Willow Branch is very arrogant, "What do you like to eat, order whatever you like", this is a sweet dream sentence for many people. The little shrimp didn't dare to squeak, but the willow branch was the master, ordered a bowl of braised pork, half a salted duck, steamed a fish, and fried a bowl of ginger chicken. Not a single green.
Naturally, it is not exquisite, there is a fishy smell of unprocessed meat, and there are three paws and three chicken butts in that bowl of chicken. Willow Branch poked it with chopsticks, and the braised pork was as hard as the sole of a shoe.
Xingrui also only put down the chopsticks after touching her lips, only Xiao Shrimp and Xiao Jia ate half of them, and the rest was folded in a bowl and asked Xiao Shrimp to take back to his wife and also stained with meat.
Willow Branch counted out ten Wen to Xiao Shrimp, he had never touched so much money, and he was so happy for a while that he didn't know what to do, Liu Zhi was pure and seductive, as if she was not a small shop, but a gold ingot, and Xiao Shrimp's eyes lit up before he went back with Xingrui Xiaojia.