Chapter 21: Sending Money
A hanging of money is enough for a thousand Wen, and it is not convenient to hold it, Pan'er put a piece of broken silver in his arms, and walked directly to Qi's house, although Shiqiao Village is not big, but there are many people in the village, each family guards their own one-third of an acre of land, relying on the little grain produced in the field to feed the family.
Because the Lin mother and daughter are not natives of Shiqiao Village, although they settled here, they could not divide the land without a male in the family, nor could they make money by farming.
After a quarter of an hour of hard work, I finally arrived at Qi's house, Qi's father and mother were going to work in the field during the day, and now only Grandma Qi and Qi Mei were at home.
At this moment, Grandma Qi was choosing vegetables in the yard, and when she heard a knock on the door, she hurriedly opened the door. The old man's eyes were not good, the flowers were very good, and Pan'er was wearing a hat on her head, Grandma Qi looked at her carefully for a while before recognizing her.
"Pan'er...... What are you doing here? What do you do with a hood? ”
In Grandma Qi's heart, Pan'er has always been Qi Chuan's daughter-in-law, the two of them have worshiped heaven and earth together, this marriage must not be annulled, but it is a pity that Qi's mother did too much before, treating Pan'er's mother and daughter harshly every day, Grandma Qi's conscience can't get by, and she can help her secretly, hoping that their lives can be better.
"Grandma, my face is a little scary, so I wear this thing, it is more convenient to go to the town usually, recently I have sold a lot of pickles with my mother, the silver you gave me before, our mother has earned it......"
Pan'er took out the silver in her arms, and followed Grandma Qi to the house, the Qi family's poor jingle sounded, fortunately, Grandma Qi was a neat person, and the yard and house were cleaned up very cleanly, she took Pan'er to her room, poured two bowls of hot water, and muttered in her mouth:
"Although you mother and daughter now have the business of selling pickles, it is not easy to make money, I am not tired or hungry at home, I don't need money at all, you put it away quickly......" Grandma Qi said as she stuffed the silver back with her rough hand.
A slender figure squatted under the lattice of the window, heard the conversation in the room, and rushed in.
"Grandma, the debt is repaid, and our family's silver money is not blown by the wind, why should we give it to this outsider?"
Qi Mei ran directly to the room, scared Grandma Qi and Pan'er, Grandma Qi was full of embarrassment, holding the piece of broken silver in her hand and not accepting it, speaking of which Pan'er is still Xiaomei's sister-in-law, and now the concubine has become this look of disgust, and I don't know what to do.
"Xiaomei, Pan'er Niang's body is weak, so she has to make up for it."
Qi Mei's delicate face was full of mockery: "Weak? If you are weak, you can still make pickles every day, earn a lot of silver, and eat big fish and meat every day, regardless of the life or death of our family? If she really regarded me as family, she wouldn't let those hunters see my body......"
Qi Mei is obviously still holding a grudge against this matter, because she showed her red belly pocket and snow-white shoulders in front of those hunters who went up the mountain, and now her reputation in Shiqiao Village has become stinky, originally there were so many people who sent matchmakers to ask for marriage, but in the past few days, there has been no one, if she walks in the village, she will be pointed at by those girls and daughters-in-law.
She is already an arrogant character, she can't wait to wash all the mud and ideas all over her body, and pull out the roots from Shiqiao Village, and at this moment she is humiliated by those vulgar village women who she looks down on, and it is strange that Qi Mei can be happy in her heart.
Pan'er inadvertently took a step back, avoided Qi Mei from a distance, and said to Grandma Qi: "Since the silver has been sent back, grandma, don't shirk, there is still a lot of work to be done at home, so I'll go back first." ”
Qi Mei looked at Pan'er and covered her face with a hat, and originally wanted to ridicule a few words, but thinking about the silver in Grandma Qi's hand, a trace of greed flashed in her eyes, and after Pan'er left, she hugged Grandma Qi's arm, and pouted: "Grandma, Aunt Lin sold a tender green material to make clothes for Pan'er, and she has everything she has, but I haven't ...... it."
Eyes staring at the silver held in the rough palm, Grandma Qi also felt sorry for her granddaughter, although she knew that her granddaughter was high-spirited, and the material she liked must not be cheap, but she was also a young and tender little girl, and she had been holding back at home for the past few days because of gossip, and she was angry for several days, and making a new dress could make her happy.
Although it is a continuation of her own accumulation for many years, Grandma Qi still put the silver in Qi Mei's palm with a smile and said: "Since Pan'er is married to your brother, she is a member of our Qi family, don't bully her." ”
Qi Mei pouted: "I heard that Lin Pan'er is not stupid now, she is a year older than me, how can I bully her?" ”
Saying this, Qi Mei was secretly calculating the Lin family's family background in his heart, obviously he was so poor before, the Lin family didn't even have money to buy medicine, and now how long has it been, not only has the silver money owed been repaid, but even the life is much better than before. There are only a few rich families in Shiqiao Village who can eat meat every day, Qi Mei heard that the Lin family is going to buy a hen every other day and come back to slaughter, carefully calculate, the Lin family mother and daughter must earn more, otherwise where can they toss?
Qi Mei's eyes flashed again and again, and after taking the silver, he said a few nice words to Grandma Qi, and then went out a little anxiously, and asked his daughter-in-law who was going to the town today to buy a tender green material back, she had white skin, and her appearance was delicate and graceful, I don't know how much stronger than Pan'er's ugly monster, if I made a tender green silk skirt, the ugly monster was the same as what I was wearing, and I guess I wouldn't have a face to see people.
Thinking of this, Qi Mei laughed out loud with his small hand over his rosy mouth, and the malice in his eyes became thicker and thicker.
Pan'er didn't know what Qi Mei thought, after she sent the silver back, she didn't go home directly, but walked to the entrance of the village, there is a family of sheep herding in the village, a few days ago Lin had said that he wanted to drink goat milk, I heard that goat milk is extremely nourishing to the woman's body, although the price is slightly more expensive, but Lin's body is weak, and the soup and water are drunk on weekdays, so that the body can be raised more strong.
In this way, Pan'er will not feel sorry for the silver, she will live a new life just to live a good life with her mother, and it is nothing to spend a little.
Walking to the Wu family at the entrance of the village, because of the sheepfold, she smelled an extremely strong smell before she entered Pan'er, which made her head dizzy, and her nose was blocked so that she couldn't say uncomfortable.
A dark and thin man opened the door, this person's name was Wu Gao, about early twenties, but because ordinary people had worked very hard in the wind and sun, his appearance was very rough, and he also had a smell on his body. Recently, she has been following the Lin family, and Pan'er has become more clean than before, and she can't help but take a step back.
Wu Gao looked at Pan'er, didn't recognize who it was for a while, looked up and down, and said angrily: "What are you doing?" ”
"Is goat's milk sold here? How much silver? ”
Pan'er's voice was delicate and soft, slightly crisper than that of ordinary women, like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, Wu Gao was a little familiar when he heard this movement, and said uncertainly: "Are you Lin Pan'er?" ”
Because the scars on her face were completely removed, Pan'er didn't want to get into trouble for herself, and she didn't plan to take off her hat, so she just nodded lightly and said, "My mother wants to buy some goat's milk to go back." ”
Wu Gao signaled Pan'er to walk into the yard, Wu Jiahuan raised more than 100 sheep, mostly goats, although each goat does not produce a lot of milk, but the number is here, and it is quite considerable to be in one place, I heard that the rich families in Nianhe Town will also order goat milk with the Wu family, and send things to the town with a donkey cart every morning, and after rolling in the pot a few times, you can drink it directly.
"Our goat's milk is not cheap, if your mother wants to drink, a pot will cost five yuan, and this month will be one hundred and fifty ......yuan."
Lin said before that after buying this goat's milk, it can not only be boiled and eaten directly, but also can make a soft and smooth pastry. The Wu family has a total of three brothers, Wu Gao is the eldest and the one who can call the shots.
Pan'er's money bag was hung on her waist, when she went to get the money bag, she revealed a pair of milky white hands, which were a little whiter than the goat's milk just squeezed out, and looked tender and smooth. Gave ten days of silver, a total of fifty Wen, Pan'er didn't bring utensils when she went out today, fortunately, the Wu family has a wooden basin for receiving milk, this pot is not very big, Wu Gao poured two bowls of goat's milk into it, which allowed Pan'er to bring things home.
Returning home with goat's milk, Pan'er just walked into the house, and saw Lin open the curtain to welcome her, she saw Pan'er buy goat's milk and came back, complaining that Pan'er was ignorant and wasting silver, but there was no blame in her eyes, but she just told Pan'er to send back the people's basin when she went to Wu's house again tomorrow.
It's not a meal yet, except for the big stove boiling the old soup in the kitchen, the rest of the stoves can be used, Lin found a small pot that is not big, and poured goat's milk into the pot, because this thing was just squeezed out this morning, and the fishy smell is very strong, Lin pondered for a moment, turned around and went back to the room to take the almonds peeled out before, wrapped them carefully with thin gauze, and then submerged them in the milk, and boiled them with almonds, which can not only get rid of the fishy smell inside, but also add a little more fresh fragrance.