"Sister-in-law, sit down." Hua Ronghua smiled and poured a glass of water and put it on the edge of the table, "Don't mind if the water is a little cold, but I put rock sugar in it." ”

Sanzhu's daughter-in-law tugged at the corner of her clothes with her hand crampedly, and said uneasily: "I don't have to sit on this dirty body, just stand and talk." ”

Hua Ronghua looked at the clothes on Sanzhu's daughter-in-law, and then looked at herself, and suddenly felt that she was quite pitiful, so she pretended to suddenly remember and patted her head, "By the way, I have a few clothes there that I can't wear, if you don't dislike it, you can find it out in a while, and you can take it back and wear it." ”

"Don't dislike, don't dislike!" Sanzhu's daughter-in-law hurriedly waved her hand, and the smile on her face was much more sincere, "Brother and sister, you can ask whatever you want." ”

Hua Ronghua smiled, "That, isn't it that the shop is going to open in two days, I have a score in my heart about what to buy, but I don't know how much to buy enough for how many people to eat, so I thought about asking my sister-in-law to ask." ”

"This ......" Sanzhu's daughter-in-law hesitated, "There are people in the village who have steamed steamed buns for others, and I weighed ten catties of flour at that time, and it seems that there are 100 steamed buns." ”

"Sister-in-law can steam steamed buns?" Hua Ronghua's eyes lit up, "Aunt He can't steam steamed buns, I originally planned to buy them at a low price and sell them to earn the difference." ”

Sanzhu's daughter-in-law smiled shyly, "If my brother and sister plan to steam steamed buns, I can help." ”

"Great, I don't plan to steam all white noodles, I plan to steam white noodles and bud grain noodles together, and when the steamed buns are bigger, they should be able to sell well."

Sanzhu's daughter-in-law smiled, "How can there be steamed all white noodles?" It has to be the landlord's old wealth, and the average person who steams steamed buns with coarse noodles, which is the most inferior flour, not to mention the blackening, and some of them still have a lot of chaff in them! ”

"Huh?" Hua Ronghua was stunned, remembering that the two times he bought steamed buns, people asked if he wanted white noodles, and the person who still wanted to sell steamed bread was sick, and what else could a steamed bun be if it wasn't white flour, it turned out that he thought it was bad.

"That way it's even better." Hua Ronghua then asked people how many ingredients to prepare to cook the dishes of 100 people, and the daughter-in-law of Sanzhu told everything she knew.

Finally, Hua Ronghua said to her: "Sister-in-law, you can go with me tomorrow to buy materials!" ”

"But I still have to cook!" Sanzhu's daughter-in-law hesitated.

"Uh, let Aunt He do it!" Hua Ronghua frowned, in the past two days since the daughter-in-law of Sanzhu came, Aunt He rarely touched the kitchen things anymore.

Before leaving, Hua Ronghua found a few ninety percent new cotton dresses from the bottom of his box and gave them to Sanzhu's daughter-in-law.

These clothes are fresh materials that the Lu family's cloth village got back when they bought it, and Hua's father wanted to dress up his daughter, so he asked the tailor to make a set of clothes for his daughter with every material, but Hua Ronghua preferred satin brocade, so these cotton skirts with plain colors and fresh patterns were left.

"I haven't worn much of these clothes, you can take them back and wash them and wear them!"

Sanzhu's daughter-in-law wanted to take it but didn't dare to take it, "Aren't these clothes all good?" ”

Hua Ronghua shook off a piece of clothing and said while looking at it: "I'm a little thin in dress, if you don't like it, you can wear it!" Ah, you're dressed short, aren't you? I compared the clothes with the three-pillar daughter-in-law, and found that it was really short, and I couldn't help but say regretfully: "You don't seem to be able to wear it, forget it, I'll see if I give it to someone else!" ”

"I can wear it!" When Sanzhu's daughter-in-law heard that Hua Ronghua was going to give these clothes to others, she didn't care much, so she nodded hurriedly, "Such long and short clothes are just right, if they are longer, you won't be able to work!" ”

Seeing that she was so persistent, Hua Ronghua couldn't insist either, so he gave all the clothes to Sanzhu's daughter-in-law.

None of the Lu family dared to try a pot of snake meat that night, and they were all cheaper than the three pillars family. Hua Ronghua originally wanted to send a pot to Gongxi Chu as a return gift, but was stopped by Lu Wenping, in his words, 'Don't you think it's big enough'.

After a night of silence, after breakfast the next day, Hua Ronghua asked Sanzhu's daughter-in-law to go to the street with him.

"Hey, lady, lady, didn't I go to the street with you?" At this time, Aunt He, who pretended to wipe the table aside to avoid washing the dishes, ran over.

"Uh......" Hua Ronghua didn't expect Aunt He to ask directly, she paused and continued: "I took Sanzhu's daughter-in-law to buy noodles, she knows how many steamed buns and how many noodles are used, so I don't need you to go with me today, you can help her brush the dishes at home." ”

Looking at the back of Sanzhu's daughter-in-law and Hua Ronghua walking out of the courtyard gate, Aunt He took a sip of disdain, and when she turned around, she couldn't help but be startled when she was facing her blessed black eyes.

"I don't squeak, it's like a ghost." Aunt He muttered, took two steps towards the kitchen and stopped, and threw the rag in her hand to Youfu, "Your mother's work, you can help do it!" I'll go see if the lady needs me to help with things. ”

Seeing that Aunt He was also leaving, Sister-in-law Fang at the door of the West Wing also pretended not to see it and went back to the house, Youfu pursed her lips, patted her brother on the back gently, and finally went to wash the dishes.

Besides, Aunt He walked out of the courtyard in a smoke, but found that Hua Ronghua and the others had turned the alley and entered West Street, and they couldn't catch up, so they weren't depressed for a while! Just when she was thinking about whether to go back to Lu's house to find a place to be lazy or take the opportunity to go back to her house, she suddenly heard someone calling her.

"Ah, aren't you ......" Aunt He was very surprised to see that the person who called her was Mo An from the East Courtyard.

"Shh Mo An was almost frightened to death by Aunt He's loud voice, and hurriedly signaled her to silence, and then took out a dime of silver and compared it to her.

Aunt He's eyes lit up, and she looked left and right to see that no one saw her, so she ran for the silver and went directly into the gate of the east courtyard.

Mo An didn't let Aunt He leave the courtyard, only covered the gate, and then threw away the silver horn in his hand, and asked in a low voice as low as possible: "Do you want this silver?" ”

"Look at what the little brother said, who doesn't want silver!" Aunt He replied angrily, but her eyes moved up and down with the silver horn.

"Then I will ask you, as long as you answer well, the silver is yours." Mo An grabbed the silver horn, and changed his very vicious expression and said, "If you dare to lie and lie to me, hum!" Don't blame me for being rude! ”

"No, no, if there's anything you want to know, little brother, just ask." Aunt He expressed her position while pondering in her heart, what does this little brother want to ask? Could it be his own ......

"Do you have a good relationship with your Chinese lady?"

"Huh?" Mo An's question made Aunt He stunned for a moment, it turned out that what he wanted to know was about the lady! But how can you ask such a thing? When he came back to his senses, he hurriedly shook his head, "No." ”

Mo An didn't believe it, "Really? If you want to lie, I won't give you this money! ”

Aunt He looked at the piece of silver dangling in front of her eyes and gritted her teeth, "That, to be honest, I don't know if there is anyone outside my family, I only came to serve the lady when the lady married into the Lu family, and I don't live in the Lu family at night, and I don't know about the lady's affairs." ”

It's just a helper! Mo An was a little disappointed, and asked again: "Then you know everything about your lady, tell it." ”

"Hey!" Aunt He swallowed and foamed, and began to tell everything she knew about the lady.

Hua Ronghua, who was shopping, didn't know that Aunt He was betraying herself, at this time she had already bought flour and vegetables and meat with Sanzhu's daughter-in-law, and was already planning to go to the shop.

"Ah, I still have to buy firewood, there is no firewood in the shop!" Hua Ronghua suddenly thought.

The daughter-in-law of the three pillars put the flour and meat in two bamboo baskets, and then picked them up with a flat pole, but said: "You don't need to buy firewood, my man and Youyu will go to collect firewood!" Pushing my cart, it is estimated that there will be enough firewood for the house and the shop. ”

"I said I didn't see them when I woke up in the morning! Then when the firewood comes back, I will give them money at the market price. Hua Ronghua said happily, finally did not miss tomorrow's opening.

"What kind of money!" Sanzhu's daughter-in-law waved her hand, "I can't find a job lately, and I can't always eat and live in Liulang's house, so I have to go and fetch some firewood. ”

Looking at people's faces under the fence, Hua Ronghua can understand their family's situation, but she can't let her take advantage of others.

"I don't need much in one day, but I have to use it every day in the future! That's it, in the future, let your man beat the firewood in the shop, and then I will never lose him. ”

"Oh, brother and sister, aren't you just too polite, a few bundles of firewood, and you can do a lot of strength......"

Hua Ronghua interrupted her, "Then your man has put all his strength into collecting firewood for me, can he still go to work to make money?" ”

The daughter-in-law of the three pillars choked, and some were speechless.

"Besides, you can't always send people under the fence like this, aren't you still planning to go back in the spring? At that time, whether it is to build a house or to farm land, you will have to use money, if you don't earn some money now, what can you do when you have no money? ”

"Brother and sister, in fact, I won't tell you, in the past two days, I have also taken advantage of my free time to take on two sewing and washing jobs, but the few pennies I earned were collected by my mother, she said that I used the well water in the yard, so I ......" Sanzhu's daughter-in-law also felt very aggrieved when she said it.

Oh, Mrs. Lu!

"Actually, you can make money and hide it yourself, and then give it to Lu Wenping while he is at home!" For such a long time, Hua Ronghua can also see that although Mrs. Lu is quite unreasonable and open-minded, she can also listen to her son's words.

Sanzhu's daughter-in-law was stunned, she didn't understand why this younger brother and sister turned her elbow outward, but her mother-in-law was her own mother-in-law! But he paid attention to her idea.

Before the end of the day, Hua Ronghua and Sanzhu's daughter-in-law took Aunt He to the shop early. The three-pillar daughter-in-law steamed steamed buns, and Aunt He cooked.

When they arrived at Maozhong, Sanzhuzi and Youyu pushed Mrs. Lu and Yuan Niang with a board cart, Youfu carried his younger brother on his back, followed by Lu Wenping, and several people went outside the shop together.

"No one has come yet?" Lu Wenping was a little disappointed.

"There aren't many people on the street now! After a while, hang up the guise and you put up firecrackers, and people will know that our store is open. Hua Ronghua said and handed him the disguise he had prepared, "Go, hang it up." ”