037 Handmaiden
At the same time, Chu Congrong has been unable to sleep, although he slept on the wooden bed again tonight, had mosquito nets or something, and burned the pu stick. And I made a few dustpans of sago before, but I couldn't sleep when I was tired.
Thinking about it, could it be the sequelae of the afternoon distress?
She simply got up and walked out into the yard to cool off. Unexpectedly, Chu Youde was also there, and he could see it clearly in the moonlight.
"Fourth uncle, I haven't slept yet."
Chu Youde laughed and said, "I just went to pick up a few loads of water, and I want to rest before sleeping." Why don't you sleep?"
"Fourth uncle, I said that the third brother would do the water, you don't have to work hard."
Chu Youde's legs are inconvenient, although it does not affect carrying water, it is always inconvenient.
"Now there is no work in the field, I can only do whatever I see, and it is not good for me to be idle at home every day." Chu Youde responded simply.
"Fourth uncle, how old are you? Have you ever thought about getting married?"
Chu Congrong knew that he was worried about being disliked for idle meals, and wanted to find more things to do. But now she didn't want to do anything with great fanfare, and she didn't think of a good arrangement for a while. Just chat with him and dispel his concerns.
When Chu Youde heard this, he immediately became nervous, and muttered, "Third brother and third sister-in-law...... Don't you want to pay attention to me?"
Chu calmly has a black line, a dignified man, how can he be so sensitive and fragile?
"Fourth uncle! I just want to chat with you, don't be so nervous, no, you and we are a family, who dares not want you! ”
Chu Congrong almost wanted to say, even if he didn't want to be the first choice of one person, it was Chu Youxian, and it would not be his turn.
Chu Youde breathed a sigh of relief and told her that he was thirty-one, and he didn't want to think about getting married. In his opinion, no girl is willing to marry an old man who has no money, no land and is crippled, and marrying means living separately from the third brother's family.
"Fourth uncle, do you believe that in the spring of next year, as soon as our new house is built, as soon as the good days pass, all the matchmakers in the town will run to our house? When the time comes, you can choose. ”
"Hehe, there really is this day, the matchmaker is also looking for San Lang, don't keep making fun of the fourth uncle."
Chu Youde tried his best to make himself smile naturally, thinking that the third brother would not be able to do heavy work after being injured like this, and building a new house could only be thought about in his dreams.
"Look at your niece and mine, you just have to keep your eyes open and wait!" Chu calmly said happily and patted him on the shoulder like an adult.
Chu Youde was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said, "Wuya, don't blame your father, I know that the third brother wants to get the master to agree to let us go back." ”
This time it was Chu Congrong's turn to be stunned, who wanted to go back again if he was sick. I did everything possible to get rid of that nest of super bats, isn't this kind of free and easy life? Do you have to come to the door to find scolding and begging for abuse?
Suddenly there was no interest.
The next day, just after morning. Old Man Chu smoked a cigarette and walked slowly all the way to the door of the old mansion. He stood at the door, looking at the old mansion through the courtyard gate, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. This was where he lived for decades, and then moved out of the compound. I didn't expect to come back again, although the house is dilapidated, but with popularity, it is different.
"The third family, are you at home?"
The twins were learning arithmetic in the hall when they heard the voice and rushed out, and when they saw that there was only the old man Chu, they opened the door for him.
"My mother went to do the laundry." Rokuro said.
"You're good, is your dad here? I want to go see him. Old Man Chu touched his head with a kind expression.
"Daddy was lying in the house. My mother said that he couldn't eat yesterday and was not in good spirits! Shichiro took him in and ran out again to continue his studies with Rokuro.
Only two fathers and sons were left in the house.
Chu Youxian was still lying on the wooden board, and when he saw that his father came to visit him in person, he hurriedly struggled to sit up and say hello.
"The third child, you lie down well, Dad just has you in his heart, and he doesn't want to come and see. I heard you couldn't eat yesterday?" Old Man Chu asked lovingly.
This kind of gentle and loving scene is exactly what Chu Youxian has dreamed of thousands of times, and tears fell like rain in an instant: "My son is not filial, which makes my father worried." ”
"San'er, eat and drink when you should eat, your body is important. As long as the three rooms are separated for one day, you are the head of the family, they only care about themselves, how can this work! The old man said angrily: "All of them are uneducated and don't know how to be humble, I think you still bring them back to live together, and I will educate them well!" ”
"Dad, you...... Are you going to let us move back?" Chu Youxian couldn't believe his ears.
He has been lying in bed for these days, he has figured it out, he injured his fourth brother, the disabled children are young, and the family of seven can't survive just a few acres of land and a few taels of silver. Although Dad and Mother may have done some things, it is also for the good of the Chu family, as long as they re-admit the third room, there is nothing that cannot be passed.
"Well, you take the cadastral field out tomorrow, I'll let the fifth child go to the town to do it, go back and hand over the remaining silver to your mother, and find a good day to move back together." You take good care of your body, our father and son work together to understand the work in the field, and the eldest father and son will come back after taking another test, and the good days of our old Chu family will not be far away. ”
Chu Youxian burst into tears when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to get up and kowtow to Old Man Chu.
Old Man Chu said a few more words, and then got up to leave. Chu Youxian immediately shouted loudly that the Ye family wanted to eat, and Liulang came in with a bowl of ginseng soup and told his mother to wash his clothes. He sensed that something was wrong with his father's demeanor, and hurriedly asked Shichiro to inform his sister.
Chu Congrong was with Niu Xiaohua at Niu Er's house.
"Wuya, the food you gave you before is delicious!" Niu Xiaohua ate the pastry and said happily.
"Would you like to buy it and eat it?"
"It's so delicious, if it's not expensive, I'll definitely buy it!"
Chu calmly asked Niu Xiaohua, a pound of soybeans gets nearly four catties of tofu, and she herself measured that the yield of tofu made into dried tofu shredded tofu is 50%, and when converted, one pound of beans is about one catty of eight taels of dried tofu or shredded tofu. Soybeans are 5 to 6 wen per catty, and the cost of the overall material plus spices is only 5 wen per catty.
"Ten dollars a pound is not expensive, I want to do this business."
Niu Xiaohua heard that it was cheaper than pork, but it was not cheap. But this is something new and delicious, and someone should buy it.
"How do you want me to help you? Specializing in making tofu for you? My mom and dad will be willing. It's just that ten cents is not cheap, what if you can't sell it if you do too much?"
Niu Xiaohua said excitedly, her father and mother said that tofu only costs two yuan and one pound, and it will not lose money, and it will be sold on the street.
"It's us who sell together!"
Chu calmly told her his idea, and it happened that Qilang came to her in a hurry, and hurriedly went back with him to have a look.
Sure enough, when she got home, Chu Youxian was holding the ginseng chicken soup and eating it with relish, and when Ye's laundry came back, he was very relieved to see that his man's spirit was back.
There must be a demon when things go wrong, and yesterday I was on a hunger strike, and today is a magical reversal? Looking left and right, he doesn't look like he's looking back, so he's relieved. But the twins said that the old man had come, and this had to be taken seriously.
"Sister, I vaguely heard my lord talking about the land and silver." Although Liulang didn't dare to listen to the roots of the wall of his father and father, he also paid attention to it, because the old man's voice was too loud.
Chu Congrong smiled coldly, these two things are on Ye's body, if they are taken away again, then she can only be blamed for being stupid.
"May I ask if it's Chu Wuya's family?" A girl's voice came from outside.
Chu calmly went out to see that a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl was at the gate of the courtyard, dressed like a maid, with a slender and well-proportioned figure, and her complexion was a little rough and dark, but it gave people a sunny feeling.
Chu Congrong was sure that he didn't know the other party, but he still nodded.
The girl knelt down and said, "The slave has seen the young lady!" ”
Oh my god, where did this come from, and I can't even memorize the lines?
Chu Congrong was a little surprised, when did he become the eldest lady? It's still a maid, and I'm a maid. Ye and the twins were also dumbfounded.
"The slave maid came from the Taiping Palace, and this is the deed of sale of the slave and maid. Please give the name of the lady. The girl said as she pulled out a piece of paper.
Chu Congrong hurriedly helped her up and said, "This sister, do you see that our family is so poor, it seems that we can afford to raise a maid?" Where did you come from or where did you go back? ”
The girl hurriedly knelt down again and said, "The slave maid deserves the title of Miss, the slave maid is just ordered to come over to serve the young lady and protect the young lady." ”
Chu calmly looked left and right at the girl in front of him, dressed better than himself, half a head taller than himself, a little stronger, not like he knew kung fu. Thinking about what kind of protection, it is clear that the King of Taiping Jing sent people to monitor him out of property safety considerations.
People with backgrounds can't afford to offend. She hurriedly helped the girl up with a pleasant face, and said, "Our family is not happy to kneel, what is your name?"
The girl bowed her head and said, "The slave maid is called Cuihua in the palace, and the lady usually wants to give the slave maid a new name." ”
Chu Congrong thought that it would be like that, everyone knew that they were too lazy to come up with a name, but the name Cuihua was really good, so they had to come up with another name.
"From now on, you will be called Mulan." She didn't say to protect herself, Mulan is so powerful, I hope she is worthy of this name.
"Thank you, young lady, for your name! I've seen Madame, I've seen two young masters! The girl saluted in a series of ways, and then stood respectfully beside Chu Congrong.
Alas, where to eat and sleep, Chu Congrong had a headache How to deal with this big Buddha, and was dizzy by her series of titles, so he had to say that his family was not interested in this: "In the future, you will call me Aunt Mother, they are Xiaoliu Xiaoqi." And don't keep your mouth shut in front of me, it sounds annoying. ”
"Miss, this is absolutely unacceptable, the chief and the commander will punish if they know it!" The new Mulan shook her head again and again.
"Now do you listen to the palace or me?" Chu Congrong was a little annoyed, since you said the rules, let's follow the rules.
When Mulan heard this, she quickly knelt down: "Yes, the slave is wrong, the slave should listen to the young lady!" The slave and maid have left the palace and have nothing to do with the palace anymore. ”
Your sister is kneeling again, if this girl can't afford to provoke the prince, we promise to return it immediately!