Chapter 40: Momo's Heart's Eyes
In the end, Tao sold the golden hairpin to the owner of the gold shop for 28 taels.
took the silver with one hand and handed over the golden hairpin with the other, although they got more than 20 taels of silver, which could be enough for their peach family to eat for a while, but when the peach family left, they didn't forget to scold the peach seven niangs and the two with hatred.
"A white-eyed wolf, a mourning star, ahh Sooner or later, you will be punished, and it will be up to you how long you can be proud. ”
After scolding, Tao took his son and daughter-in-law to leave the gold store.
Not long after leaving, the eldest daughter-in-law began to chew the root of her tongue in Tao's ear dissatisfiedly.
"Mother, look at this peach Qi Niang, and the fourth brother and the man around him with the oil bottle after leaving is different every time, I will say that this woman is not honest, what kind of mother teaches what kind of daughter. Now I suspect that the oil bottle is not the fourth brother's. ”
"If you think about it, it was less than ten months before she married her fourth brother and gave birth, saying that she was born prematurely, but then our family conditions were like that, and she didn't specifically find a doctor to check her pulse, but who can be sure that it must be premature? And now I see that their lives are nourishing and moisturizing, but I didn't expect them to be so cold-blooded. ”
"Why was it that it used to be a family, even if it was reconciled and separated from the fourth brother, then how much should we take care of the former husband and wife, didn't we all say it, one day husband and wife hundred days, for a hairpin she did this to us?"
"If you want me to say, you should ask them to make up for all the chewing used in the past ten years to raise the oil bottle, not to mention more, it is not too much to give a hundred taels in more than ten years. If she is really not the fourth brother's species, then she should ask for more, our family can't raise her in vain in the past ten years. ”
As soon as the eldest daughter-in-law finished speaking, the peach boss on the side also echoed: "What Changyi and his mother said makes sense, and looking at them like that, it must be no problem to take one or two hundred taels out, you see the peach seven niang just now, if you want to buy the golden hairpin, one hundred taels will be given, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of the money-losing goods, the one hundred taels would now be in our pockets." ”
Thinking of this, Boss Peach was even more angry.
One hundred taels, he had never seen so much silver in his life.
Listening to your son and daughter-in-law, Tao was also angry, gave his son a roll of his eyes, and then scolded angrily: "Then why were you dumb just now?" Don't say it just now, what's the use of talking about it now, the people in the village are still waiting for us at the grain store, we have been delayed for most of the day just now, and now we will go back and not talk about the delay, the money-losing goods and the white-eyed wolf already know our calculations, and it is so easy to come over with some silver. ”
"Then just let them go?" Boss Peach looked unwilling.
"Wait first, look at that, the money loss should be settled here, even if it doesn't settle, I can always meet again on the road after a while, and then it will be on the road, even if I show my old face, I have to ask them for silver even if I show my old face. Now that it's in the city, if you make trouble, you won't be arrested, and if you don't come back, the three taels of silver you are holding will be even more than worth the loss. ”
"Yes, yes, fortunately, my mother reacted quickly just now, and Tao Qi Niang almost sued us. By the way, mother, we have silver now, and we have to buy some good ones for the children in a while. In order to eat something delicious, the eldest daughter-in-law quickly began to change the topic and patted Tao's sycophants.
"Mother, I'll buy us a meat bun for a tooth sacrifice later." Boss Tao also followed and hurried to curry favor with Tao.
"Eat, eat, eat, worry about eating every day, how can this bit of silver be enough for you to make like this, just now the entrance fee to the city went to three hundred Wen, don't even think about eating. And with this amount of silver, we have to survive this famine year, and we have to spend silver when we get to the south. After a while, I bought food and hurried out of the city. ”
When Boss Tao heard this, he didn't care at all, and then said with joy: "The cost of me and Changyi's mother going to the city was given by the villagers, and I didn't use the family's money. And mother, don't you still have a jade bracelet and that tassel hosta in your hand? Those few things must be more valuable than the golden hairpin just now, it's a big deal that you sell that hosta again, we're still afraid that we won't be able to survive this famine year? ”
When Tao heard this, she wanted not to admit that there were these things, but she admitted it when she thought about it when Tao Qi Niang said it just now, it would be impossible to hide it from her eldest son, but in order to prevent her eldest son's family from thinking about these things, she hurriedly scolded with a displeased face:
"What do you want to eat? Those things have been sold out for so many years, and they have already been sold out for this big family, and the last golden hairpin was originally intended to be used by your sixth brother when he married his daughter-in-law. But now there is no way, let's talk about the whole family first. And how good do you think your sixth brother is, he also needs money from time to time. ”
"So, what Tao Qi Niang said just now is true? Mother, did you really let the sixth brother give the earrings to the young lady of the county family? Mother, you ......" The eldest daughter-in-law said with a look of grievance, she was a cow and a horse for this family, but she didn't expect that there were good things and nothing to do with herself.
"What is this, your sixth brother's thing was not given out in vain, after that thing is sent out, the young lady of the county order family can follow your sixth brother wholeheartedly. After the matter between your sixth brother and Miss Chai is completed, when he comes back, he will be promoted or come back, can he still treat you brothers and sisters-in-law badly? ”
"Yes, yes, what my mother said makes sense, when the sixth brother becomes the son-in-law of the county order, we can also follow suit. you, don't you always want to go to the county to do business? When the time comes, he can ask the sixth brother to help, and this little thing will not matter to him at that time. ”
Hearing what Boss Tao said, the eldest daughter-in-law felt a little more balanced in her heart.
Seeing this, Tao hurriedly changed the topic: "Okay, hurry up, don't let the villagers wait in a hurry, I will give you the money to go in and out of the city to let you go to the city to do errands." ”
What kind of heart is the eldest daughter-in-law, Tao's heart is the same as Spiegel, as long as they believe that the things in her hands are sold out, she will always worry about it.
But all that was left was a jade bracelet now.
The tassel hosta that was sold at the beginning has been given to the youngest son to go to private school and dot it all these years.
Of course, there are also supplements for household use. Otherwise, with such a big family, how could life be so comfortable?
In order to get a good score in next year's exam, her youngest son stayed in the county against all odds, so she sold the pair of earrings again, and then left them to her youngest son, including the family's silver taels, she also gave him.
This time there is no way, the food is all eaten, if you don't want to buy some food, the whole family will have to starve to death, so you have to take out the golden hairpin and sell it.
She had already planned the rest of the jade bracelets.
Unless the youngest son enters Beijing to take the exam and get married, he must not be easily sold, this is the last belongings of their peach family.
Of course, her thoughts will naturally not be known to the two of them.
Tao led the two to meet with the villagers, and then began to buy all kinds of things for the villagers.
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Tao Qiqi and their side, after Tao left with his son and daughter-in-law, looking at the golden hairpin that the store had just recovered, they naturally would not let it go.
But Tao Qiqi is not in a hurry, she has to wait for the boss to take the initiative to ask, and the price of the province will be raised.
So after the boss sent those people away, before Tao Qiniang could speak, Tao Qiqi took the lead and asked: "Boss, do you have any jewelry that suits me, and recommend it." ”