Rui Xue made a list of household items to be purchased, put down the pen and paper, turned his head to see him staring at him in a daze, and thought that his face was stained with ink, so he reached out and wiped it with a handkerchief, Zhao Fengnian woke up, coughed embarrassedly, and asked, "I'm done." ”

Rui Xue answered, suddenly remembered the most important thing, and hurriedly asked, "Shopkeeper, do we have gypsum for sale here?" ”

"Plaster?" Zhao Fengnian twisted his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head in Ruixue's expectation, looking at those big eyes that were instantly overflowing with disappointment, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he said, "Tell me what this plaster looks like, maybe it's called differently in two places." ”

"That's right," Rui Xue re-energized, and said the appearance of the gypsum in her memory, Zhao Fengnian suddenly realized, "You should be talking about fine stone, medically speaking, fine stone can be used in medicine to relieve muscle and clear heat, in addition to annoyance and thirst, external treatment of carbuncle sores and ulcers, ulcers and ulcers, soup and fire burns." ”

"Yes, yes, the plaster I said can also cure diseases, it turns out that it is called fine stone in our place. So where is this fine stone sold? If I can't buy it, I won't be able to make this tofu. ”

"There are Chinese medicine shops in the city, and they cost one or two dollars."

"Great, shopkeeper, you are my savior, when the tofu is made, I will make a few good dishes for you to taste." Rui Xue's biggest problem was solved, and she happily took the pen and added three words of fine stone to the paper.

Zhao Fengnian originally wanted to remind her to change her claim to be a slave, but as soon as she saw her take off a jade pendant from her neck and carefully trace the pattern on the paper, he left this matter behind and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

Rui Xue was annoyed that this brush was not as good as a pencil, and when she heard him ask, she replied casually, "Ah, I want to use this jade pendant as a capital and buy utensils, and now I will draw the pattern as a souvenir." ”

Zhao Fengnian immediately raised his eyebrows, wanting to stop him and say don't do it, but when he was homeless, he didn't have anything long, and he didn't bring any valuable objects, of course, if he contacted his original subordinates, or went back to the house, he could get out as much money as he wanted, but he didn't want to at this time, and he couldn't go back...

Rui Xue finally traced the pattern, let out a long breath, held up the jade pendant and handed it to Zhao Fengnian, and said with a smile, "Shopkeeper, you help me see how much silver this jade pendant is worth, I haven't been a thing, don't let people be wronged." ”

Zhao Fengnian lowered his eyes, hid the complicated color in his eyes, looked at the oil lamp, looked at it carefully for a moment, but raised his head and asked, "Where did you get this jade pendant?" ”

Rui Xue couldn't find a good excuse for a while, if it was sent by another man, it was inevitable that there would be a tongue, so she smiled and said, "I can't remember either, Sister-in-law Zhang said that she saw what was hidden on me when she helped me change my clothes." After a pause, he jokingly continued, "Maybe I stole it from the master's house." ”

Seeing her so perfunctory, Zhao Fengnian guessed that she didn't want to say it, so he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, threw it on the table casually, and said lightly, "Three hundred taels." So he got up and went back to bed.

Ruixue originally thought that one hundred taels of heaven was over, but she didn't expect Zhao Fengnian to give such a high price, so she was so happy that she picked up the jade pendant and looked left and right, and said in surprise, "Ah, this thing is so valuable, if it is really worth three hundred taels of silver, then the pawnshop will definitely reduce the price and only give a few dozen taels, I will have to bargain well then, how can I also pay back two hundred taels of silver." ”

With the start-up funds settled, Rui Xue was relieved, happily accepted the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and carefully hung the jade pendant back on her neck, fetched water, waited for Zhao Fengnian to wash her feet, and washed herself and rested.

Zhao Fengnian took advantage of the moonlight reflected outside the window, his eyes lightly swept the eyebrows of the woman beside him, listened to her shallow and long breathing, sighed softly, and closed his eyes...

The next morning got up, the two drank two bowls of porridge, Zhao Fengnian took the box containing pen, ink, paper and inkstone to the ancestral hall, which is the place where everyone in the village decides on major events, there is a very spacious empty house, which is packed out to make a school on weekdays, and he has to teach the children to read a book for an hour every morning, and then practice the words of an hour.

Rui Xue sent him out, cleaned up the stove, moved the jar of brown rice, sat under the osmanthus tree, picked the rice husks inside, and stretched out his head to look outside the courtyard from time to time.

Finally, when it was close to noon, I finally saw Zhang Dahe pushing two bags over with a wheelbarrow. Rui Xue happily hurriedly greeted him and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang has really worked hard for you." ”

Zhang Dahe wiped the beads of sweat on his head and smiled innocently, "Mrs. Zhao doesn't need to be polite, this sack is filled with potatoes, your sister-in-law said that it is left for you to cook on weekdays, this small bag is cow beans, there are many at home, if you don't have enough, just go and get it again." ”

Rui Xue smiled and responded, because Zhao Fengnian was not at home, and it was not good to keep him more, and when he moved the bag to the stove, he sent him out, and then turned around and ran back with a cigarette, opened the mouth of the small bag, held a handful of round soybeans, and began to smirk, this is the golden beans that can make her rich.

When I have the money, I will build a house with a single courtyard, live in the back, make a workshop in front, invite three or five female workers, and be the landlord's wife by myself...

When Zhao Fengnian came back from class, he saw that there was no one in the house, turned around and went to the stove, and saw her smirk, and couldn't help but wonder what delicious food this bull bucket could make, which made this woman so happy, but unfortunately, when he opened his mouth, he changed another irrelevant sentence, "I'm hungry." ”

Rui Xue came back to her senses, jumped up and said with a smile, "The shopkeeper is back, I am happy to patronize, I forgot to cook, wait a while, I will do it, let's eat something good today." ”

As he spoke, he quickly began to brush the pot and add firewood, Zhao Fengnian shook his head, went back to the house and took off his coat, fetched water by himself, and wrung a cloth towel to wipe his face and wash his hands.

Ruixue was quick-tempered and quick-witted, and in less than two quarters of an hour, the meal was ready, freshly steamed brown rice, green shallots, scrambled golden eggs, and a plate of vinegared shredded potatoes.

The husband and wife sat at the table together, eating the most sumptuous meal after marriage, occasionally chatting a few words, and they were happy for a while.

Ruixue finally stayed up for another two days, and estimated that Sister-in-law Zhang's work should be over, so she went to sit down for a while and invited her to go into the city to buy together.

It just happened that the land had just been harvested, and the autumn festival of the farmer was about to start to prepare, and this year was a rare harvest year, and the sacrifices were more abundant than in previous years, so Sister-in-law Zhang was also preparing to enter the city, and when she heard her invitation, she immediately responded with joy.

Since the city was still twenty miles away, and it took them nearly half an hour to walk, they set out early the next morning when it was slightly dark.

The bright morning sun shines on the dirt road through the sparse cracks in the trees, and the very light white mist fills the air, suddenly like a fairyland, it is really a rare good weather.

It's a pity that Rui Xue has no time to appreciate these, in her previous life, when her family was the poorest, she also had a bicycle to travel, and later set up a field, and even bought a car, when did she walk such a long way, and the feet of this body don't seem to be a person who can endure hardships, and it hurts unbearably when she walks out of only ten miles.

Sister-in-law Zhang looked at her funny, and pulled her to find a big bluestone on the side of the road to rest, "Sister, although you used to be a maid, you must not have suffered hardships, and you are tired after walking so far." ”

Rui Xue smiled bitterly, "Let my sister-in-law smile, in the future, my sister-in-law will buy a carriage if she has money, and my sister-in-law will be wiped with you when she enters the city, and she won't be tired of this." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head and waved her hand, "The carriage costs dozens of taels of silver, our peasant family doesn't dare to think about it." ”

"In the future, when Da Zhuang wins the promotion and becomes an official, let alone the carriage, I'm afraid that the sister-in-law of the eight sedan chairs will be dizzy and don't like to sit." Rui Xue's joking words, but when it came to Sister-in-law Zhang's heart, there were a few mothers who didn't want their children to have a future, and she immediately smiled like a flower on her face, "By borrowing my sister's auspicious words, Da Zhuang will be prosperous in the future, and I will definitely not forget the grace of you and Mr. Zhao's teaching." ”

"It's just to teach him a few words, how can it be called teaching." Ruixue refused to take credit.

The two gossiped for a while, then got back on the road, and walked three or four miles onto the official road, just when they encountered an ox cart coming from afar, Sister-in-law Zhang stepped forward to stop and said two good words, and the old man who drove the car let them get into the car, and after two quarters of an hour, they finally saw the shadow of Lingfeng City in the distance.

Sister-in-law Zhang has not been out of the door, it is rare to enter the second city in a year, and I feel that this Lingfeng City is already the most majestic city in the world, but Ruixue has seen many high-rise buildings in her previous life, so she doesn't feel how high the three-zhang city wall is, but she feels that the beast head carved from the eaves of the tower on the city wall is very simple and atmospheric, as if there is a kind of desolation that has seen all the world.

At the city gate, two half-foot-thick ebony gates were open, and more than a dozen soldiers in gray clothes were half-leaning against the door and laughing, not at all brave.

Rui Xue sat in the car and lowered her head slightly, although she was wearing shabby clothes now, but she carefully looked at her face in the basin, she was still a beauty, who knows if any soldier would suddenly have a lustful heart, and stepped forward to check and take the opportunity to eat some tofu, it is better to be low-key and cause less trouble.

Entered the city safely, Sister-in-law Zhang thanked the old man and took Ruixue out of the car, Ruixue was going to the pawnshop as a jade pendant, it was not good for Sister-in-law Zhang to know, so she said that she would go shopping, and made an appointment to meet at the city gate at noon, and then go back together.

Sister-in-law Zhang is not the one who can't see it, and she smiled and told her not to get lost, so she really turned the corner and disappeared.

Rui Xue stopped a passer-by who looked kind-hearted, and asked about the fairest pawnshop in the city, and the person was also kind, not only told her the name and location, but even led her to the street entrance, Rui Xue thanked her gratefully, and found the pawnshop to take a closer look.