CHAPTER XIII

"Auntie, while it's still dark, I'll go to the town to buy some things first." After washing his face, Zhang Manchu went to the stove room. Thinking that there was no rice and noodles at home, I couldn't help but look at Aunt Tian with some embarrassment. It's not that he is thick-skinned and has to bother Aunt Tian to help, but after today's events, he really doesn't worry about his daughter-in-law being at home alone.

Although looking at the appearance of her daughter-in-law, she seems to have opened her mind and grown her temperament. But who knows if it was because of the breath in her heart that she was ruthless, if Liu took the opportunity to find fault again, he was afraid that she would be scared into a quail and let others bully her.

"Hey, don't worry, when your sister-in-law cooks and calls me, let her send some more to the orb." The sister-in-law that Aunt Tian said is her daughter-in-law Qian, who is filial and soft-hearted. Xu was stimulated by the fact that his man Tian Dashan was almost wronged back then, and a good daughter-in-law who was kind to others became a little careful, but fortunately, there was no bad intentions.

Originally, he was used to walking on mountain roads, walking in the woods all the way, and there was no rest, so Zhang Manho's footsteps would naturally not be slow. No, before the merchants in the town closed their stalls, they rushed to the grain store.

Anping Town is the only town in Sili and Eight Villages, even if it is about to close the shop, there are still many people coming and going. However, the grain store is cold and tight at this time, after all, the crop households themselves are planting fields, regardless of whether it is bud rice noodles or stubble grains, and then there is the black noodles that are often eaten at home, they can push them with their own mills. If it weren't for the big happy event at home, not many people would really be ruthless enough to buy expensive rice and noodles in the grain store.

Zhang Manchu calculated the remaining items in his heart, and since he bought a thatched house, there are only 500 yuan left in the family. But when he thought of his daughter-in-law's small body with a few taels of flesh, he still bought a lot of white flour and millet without blinking.

Thinking about his own amount of food, he also knew that fifty catties of white flour millet was estimated to not be able to eat for a few days, so he simply asked the guy to pack fifty catties of black noodles with coarse bud rice noodles.

With rice and noodles, there is also a need to buy grain, oil and salt. After some tossing, the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar were mixed with peppercorns and freshly slaughtered pork mixed with big bones, but I bought them all over.

If he hadn't married a daughter-in-law, maybe he wouldn't have been so lascivious, after all, he is not a poor man. But now with Lin Baozhu, no matter how difficult he is, he can't let a woman suffer with him. He is full of strength, and in a few days he will be able to find a job to support his family.

In the blink of an eye, the two cloth bags in his hands were full. Not to mention, there are more than 100 catties of objects, which are easily carried by him, and his face is not red or panting, as if it is effortless at all.

After buying food, he also went to the grocery store. The grocery store in town is quite complete, with pots and pans, snacks, and beaded bronze mirrors on four counters.

The guy who was cleaning saw someone coming and hurriedly greeted him. Which of their pawnshop guys doesn't have oil and water in their eyes? When you see someone coming, you can see the way out just by looking at your look. Not only the old woman who wore patched clothes to buy needlework, but the children who exchanged copper plates for jelly beans were very happy when they came.

Especially the man who came, although his clothes were not obvious, he looked like the clothes of the farmers in the village. can't stand that momentum, and there is a compelling energy at that station, such a man is not a butcher but also a hunter with good skills.

Don't look at the simplicity of the butcher and the hunter, in fact, the job is a skill, and ordinary people can't do it, so these two kinds of people are still not bad for money. At the very least, hunting a wild boar has a few taels of silver.

Thinking of this, the smile on the young man's face became even more eager, and he was no longer afraid of Zhang Manho's terrifying appearance.

"The eldest brother is buying a bronze mirror for the sister-in-law at home, women love to be pretty, and you have to choose a copper mirror with a pattern." The young man saw that the person came and walked straight to the counter where the needles, threads, brains and copper mirrors were placed, and hurriedly sold them, "The items in our shop, but the best ones in the town, buy them back, and my sister-in-law will be happy in my heart." ”

Zhang Manchu frowned and looked at a counter of bells and whistles, and he couldn't see what was good, but thinking that Lin Baozhu had received the grievances today, he couldn't tell how sad he was, if he could coax her to be happy, it would be worth spending more money.

He picked up a bronze mirror engraved with an unknown flower and looked at it, it seemed to be not much different from what his mother used back then, but it was indeed much clearer when he looked at the figure.

"The eldest brother's vision is really good, this bronze mirror is engraved with pomegranate flowers, which means that there are many sons and many blessings. I bought it back and gave it to my sister-in-law, and I will add a few more sons in the coming year. As soon as the guy saw that there was a door, he smiled and recommended, "At first glance, you are a person with a heart, why don't you bring some hair accessories and fabrics back, and you will definitely be able to coax my sister-in-law's heart to be sweet." ”

In fact, he didn't think that although the jewel was a refugee, he was not only literate but also handsome. If you don't have nowhere to go, how can you be happy to marry such a rough man as him? He knew very well in his heart, saying a thousand things and ten thousand, and he was not worthy of that woman. But after all, she is already married, as long as she doesn't leave, she still has to treat her well.

"I want this bronze mirror, and you can get a beautiful bead flower." Zhang Manchu thought about it, Lin Baozhu only made a dress when he got married, and simply let people pull a few feet of broken cyan coarse cloth.

As soon as the guy saw that he didn't blink, he responded, and naturally happily packed the things and handed them over. 's mouth kept saying festive words such as the eldest sister-in-law's blessing.

After paying the money, Zhang Manchu didn't stay longer to carry things out for a long time, but because he had other thoughts in his heart, he didn't go home directly, but turned a corner and went to the door of a house when he got to Dongjie Lane.

I don't know what he said after staying at that house for a long time, but when he came out again, a burly man with a waist knife pinned to his waist and a red face as if he had drunk too much, all the way to the entrance of the alley, and kept patting his chest to ensure something.

Because of the delay in the narrative, it was already sunset when Zhang Manchu returned home. I heard Aunt Tian say that Lin Baozhu drank some porridge after the morning, and then had a fever, and he just ate the herbs brought by the old doctor in the village and fell asleep, so he was a little relieved.

After sending Aunt Tian away, he carefully closed the doors and windows, and then went to take a look at Lin Baozhu, who had taken the medicine and fell asleep. Seeing that her face was still a little flushed, she simply went to the stove room and filled the stove with some firewood and buried it.

Early the next morning, the sound of chickens and dogs barking outside one after another, Lin Baozhu was sleeping in a daze, and he forgot where he was for a while. It wasn't until a rough calloused palm poked into her forehead that she woke up in shock. After settling down, he looked at the man in front of him who was staring at him with a cold face, and then he realized that he had just made a fuss with a superb family.

Sighing, she propped her palms on the kang and was about to get up, but she didn't want to make the wound on her shoulder hurt directly, so she immediately planted it on the ground.

Fortunately, Zhang Manchu quickly dragged the person with his hands, which saved a disaster.

"Morning ...... It's early......" Lin Baozhu shrank in the man's arms a little uncomfortably, and then pulled out a smile and said a little embarrassed.

It's just that the red face has already betrayed her unsettled heart, and she was hugged by a hard man, and her nose was full of masculinity, and she was a little shy if she didn't really move the relationship between men and women.

Zhang Manchu felt her obvious reaction, and paused for a moment before helping the person to lean on the kang cabinet and let go of his hand. I thought that my daughter-in-law was not afraid of herself, at least she was defending herself, but where did she think that she was still afraid of her rude and vicious reputation. Thinking of this, the joy and emotion in Zhang Manchu's heart that his daughter-in-law didn't even think about being beaten for himself couldn't help but dissipate a lot.

"Yesterday, by the way, I bought a bronze mirror and beaded flowers, and I'll go get water to wash your face later, so you can also make up." Zhang Manchu pursed his lips, earlier the eyebrows of Shili Eight Village rumored that he was a bandit leader who did all kinds of evil, and this bad reputation spread around, and everyone was really afraid of him as a bully, so he rarely went to the village, let alone talked to women. So even if there is nothing to say at this time, there are some words that are running out, and the man who is frowning and embarrassed in his heart finally said in a deep and dry voice, "I'll bring the rice in later, and when you eat, don't worry about anything else, just take care of your body in the house." ”

Lin Baozhu also relieved himself at this time, forcibly endured the pounding heart in his chest, nodded and answered.

The early meal is simple, after all, Zhang Manchu is not a clever cook, and the best is to boil rice porridge and steam eggs like this, which is still the craft learned by taking care of his mother Wang back then.

"Daughter-in-law, since you are married, I will also give you an account." Zhang Manchu frowned, feeling a little embarrassed, not that he couldn't say it, but he felt a little shameless, he was a big man for so many years, and he didn't save any family money, and it was really not very glorious to say. "When my mother was seriously ill, I sold all the fields in my family to my mother to recuperate. Later, he became a bandit, and before surrendering, he also handed over all the belongings in the stockade. When he came out again, he relied on his strength and hunting methods to exchange some money and food, so there was really nothing left at home at this time. ”

After thinking about it, he took out an old purse with raw edges from his arms, "Outsiders know that I am in debt for marriage." In fact, it's not enough to owe debts, but the family is only forty dollars. ”