Chapter Twenty-Four: Huai'an Town
"What do you mean by Cai Sanwen?"
Zhang was suddenly a little angry, and the reason why she was angry was completely because of Tao Li'er's indifferent attitude, and she had nothing to do with Tao Li'er's mother and son in the past, but before she brought Tao Li'er to the town this time, she was caught by the Lin family and told her to take care of Tao Li'er, she is also a mother, so she naturally knows how much Lin feels sorry for Tao Li'er, so she actually gave Tao Li'er five copper plates in the town last time.
But this little girl looked like she didn't care, which really made her angry, Li Shugen on the side couldn't stand it, and finally there was a little baby who was not afraid of him, and he also looked at Tao Li'er with some eyes, although Tao Li'er's behavior of spending money to buy buns all of a sudden made him feel a little inappropriate, but he was a man, and his bearing was definitely more atmospheric than his wife.
felt that if Zhang's continued talk, the scene would not look good, so he quickly grabbed Zhang's and persuaded him in a good voice: "What are you doing with a child, Li'er is still young, and it is the first time to come to town, it is inevitable to be hungry when you see delicious food, and it is not a big deal to buy a few steamed buns, not to mention that she still thinks about us, seeing that she is so generous at a young age and knows the return, she will definitely be better than other girls in our village in the future. “
Li Shugen said farther and farther, and soon got a roll of the Zhang family's eyes, but Zhang's face was already much better at this time, in the end, she was just angry at Tao Li'er who didn't know how to cherish it, but Li Shugen was right, a child still knows to think about them, isn't this good, at least the two bear children she raised only care about eating for themselves.
Zhang's face changed a few times, Tao Li'er stood aside and was very helpless, didn't she just buy a bun, why did she get a batch, but she probably knew what Zhang's meant, so she didn't argue much, Zhang's had no malicious intent, Tao Li'er simply gave her a step down, and looked at Zhang with big eyes.
"Aunt Zhang, Li'er knows it's wrong, Li'er came to town for the first time, and everything she saw was very strange, besides, Li'er didn't make any money, I don't know if this money was not easy to come by, only this once, I will definitely not spend money again."
Tao Li'er said with a sincere face, Zhang's anger had already disappeared, and Li Shugen on the side also hurriedly came out to play a round and stuffed the bun in his hand into Zhang's arms.
"Okay, okay, the buns have been bought, don't say any more, hurry up and eat, it's also noon, eat it while it's hot, we still have something to do."
Hearing this, Zhang also nodded, divided the bun into several points, and several people ate it in a hurry, and then hurriedly sold the eggs and furs they brought, Tao Li'er followed all the way, and roughly knew that all their things were only sold for two dollars, so many things, only two dollars. It seems that it is not easy to make money.
Tao Li'er obediently followed the husband and wife to run around, just looking around curiously along the way, don't say that she has no quality! That's definitely the same when you go to a completely unfamiliar place, not to mention that she's looking for a job.
Zhang and Li Shugen took the two of them to turn left and right to a more remote place, Tao Li'er looked at this kind of low thatched houses nearby, looked around, they were all this kind of houses, Li Shugen said that he was taking them to find a place to live.
Although Huai'an Town is only a small town, there are inns, but the ordinary farmers who rush to the market can't afford to live at all, and they just stay for such a night, and they come to the market in vain this time.
The geography of Huai'an Town is relatively partial, generally there are really no rich and powerful people to come to this poor country, there is only one inn in the town, it is called Huai'an Inn, Huai'an Town is the most mobile people or locals, the people in the town do not need to live in the inn, and the farmers can not afford to live.
There is no business, the reason why Huai'an Inn has not closed until now, mainly because there are several fixed businesses a year, the season of mountain goods harvest, and the season of fur abundance, there will be scattered merchants from other places to come, generally collect the mountain goods and furs in the town or something, this period of time, the income obtained is barely enough for the inn to maintain the basic operation.
Huai'an Inn actually wants to close its doors several times, but the mayor of Huai'an is not allowed, and it is poor enough to come to Huai'an Town, there is only one inn in a town, this inn is not only an inn, but it carries the face of the entire Huai'an.
It is said that every time the Huai'an Inn is about to close, the mayor of the town will come to the door in person, go to the innkeeper's house and have a good 'chat' with him, saying that what sounds good is condolences, and if it is not good, it is coercion and temptation.
The bottom line for those merchants to come here is that they can still stay in the inn, if the inn is gone, the business of mountain goods and furs that represent the town will be gone, so that Huai'an Town will not be getting poorer and poorer?
I heard that the mayor of this town is afraid that the inn will close, and sometimes he will pay out of his own pocket to make up for it, which is related to his own performance, so this Huai'an inn will not be closed even if it changes bosses.
Tao Li'er thought farther and farther, and didn't notice that the Zhang family and Li Shugen in front of her had stopped, and they knocked down Li Shugen's waist and back at once.
Li Shugen looked back at Tao Li'er, who looked confused, and a smile flashed in his fierce eyes. Touched Tao Li'er's head.
"Here we are."
An adult was touched on the head, and Tao Li'er herself was about to die, so she hurriedly got out of Li Shugen's hands, pretending to be curious about the place in front of her.
"Is this the dormitory?"
In front of Tao Li'er are two large row houses, or a large room divided into two small rooms, the middle wall is divided into two, the left is the women's house, the right is the men's house, the thatched house has to go a long way to have a public toilet style, but the thatched house is separated, the women's are on the left, and the men's are on the right.
When she came over just now, Tao Li'er found that not far from the outside of the women's thatched house, there was a fierce-looking middle-aged woman sitting embroidering, it seemed that she should be standing guard, afraid that a man would take the opportunity to peek, in this regard, Tao Li'er felt quite good.
"I told Granny Fang that I had paid for the accommodation, let's live here tonight, you and Li'er live in the women's house, I live in the men's house, just pay attention to sleep, I'll take the money or something." Buy the things and store them at Granny Fang's, and pick them up when I go back tomorrow. ”
Li Shugen said this to Zhang, Zhang's nodded and agreed, and only after solving the accommodation problem did they go to buy grain and oil, this kind of accommodation house is relatively cheap, and generally farmers who come here from distant villages, if they have no relatives in the town, they all choose to live in this kind of house, which is more cost-effective.