Chapter 275: Hard-earned money
Lilac thought of the scene in the dream. Ding Pandi's silver was earned like that, with her blood and tears.
Last year, in October it brought fifty-two taels, and after less than a year, this year it brought another sixty taels. Maybe she didn't know when she was going to die, so as soon as she saved up the money, she hurriedly had someone send it over.
Lilac couldn't bear to touch the silver, so she put the small box on the table and opened the letter to read it.
The handwriting is the same as the previous letter, and the content is similar. Say she's fine now, don't worry about it. Send ten silver to cloves to buy flowers to wear, don't dislike it. Fifty taels were saved for Ding Sifu, and he would build a house and marry a daughter-in-law in the future. also asked Lilac, Ding Sifu's silver was temporarily held by Lilac, and could not be known to others in the big house......
Lilac's mood hit rock bottom.
She has no way of knowing what happened in the capital now, and she can't worry about that little girl anymore.
When Ding Zhuang came back and heard about it, he also sighed for a long time. He didn't know what Ding Pandi could do to make so much money, but he knew that her life must be difficult.
The next morning, Lilac and Zhang took the letter and silver to the Jiulu Weaving and Embroidery Pavilion.
When I walked to the mouth of the alley, I happened to meet Ding Sifu who came home from school in a private school.
The little boy was dressed in a navy blue cotton robe, and was less than two inches shorter than Lilac. When I was a child, I was more than a head shorter than Lilac, and I jumped up in a few years. The Ding family is tall, and it is no problem for him to grow to more than 1.6 meters.
Although he still walks with a slight limp, he is much stronger than when he was a child.
The facial features have also grown a little, fair and delicate.
Of these boys in the Ding family, only he and Ding Liren have white skin. In addition, the eyes are gentle, the words are soft, and the child is laughing all the time, which is very pleasing. is also a little girl-like, very similar to Ding Pandi in his dream.
He didn't know that his brother and sister were earning money with blood and tears for him.
Several people laughed and returned to the Weaving and Embroidery Pavilion, Zhang and Aya'er went to the front to talk to the shopkeeper Gong, and Lilac pulled Ding Sifu into her room.
Hearing that Ding Pandi had sent a letter again, Ding Sifu was overjoyed and hurriedly opened the letter.
He went to school for nearly a year, but only for half a day, and his mind was not used much on studying. There are still some words in the letter that I don't know, and some words that are too literary and crepe I don't quite understand.
Lilac told him, and he read it word by word. I heard that I couldn't reply, but I'm sorry.
Seeing that he had brought him so much money, he frowned and said, "Brother Pan is a girl, how can she earn so much money?"
He placed the box on the table, "I can't use this money. According to her wishes, Xiangxiang will help keep it, and when she sees her in the future, she will be given as a dowry, or for the elderly. Don't let my mother know and loot her hard-earned money."
Ding Xiang said, "It's still the same as last time, you keep an account and put it in the shopkeeper Gong."
Ding Sifu nodded, and asked again, "Xiangxiang, don't hide it from me, you really don't know what she's doing?"
In his eyes, the energy of the second grandfather and the second uncle is very great. As long as they want to know, there's nothing they don't know.
Lilac said, "I only know that Brother Pan is in the capital, but I don't know where she is or what she is doing. The messenger was so silent that he couldn't ask why."
Ding Sifu was even more worried. They keep it so secretive, and they have so much money, I am afraid that the situation of the younger brothers and sisters is not good.
He lowered his head and was silent for a long time, then raised his head and said, "Xiangxiang, isn't your family going to open a branch of the Weaving and Embroidery Pavilion in the capital, can you let me go to the capital?" I have very good craftsmanship, and I can completely top half of the embroidery. If I'm lucky, I may not be able to meet Brother Pan.
"I want to tell her, don't work too hard, don't work hard to make money. I will be able to support myself and build a house and marry a daughter-in-law in the future......."
What a good boy.
Lilac just wanted to tell him about it, and he actually brought it up first.
Ding Xiang said, "I was just about to tell Shopkeeper Gong that the shop here has done a good job, and Deputy Shopkeeper Wang can take on the big responsibility. We want Mr. Gong to build a store in Beijing...... I'll leave early next month. If you want to go, go with Shopkeeper Gong."
Before, I wanted Deputy Shopkeeper Wang to go to the capital to do preliminary work, and Shopkeeper Gong stayed here. The business here is big, and she is still taking three shopkeeper apprentices.
There were six people who were handed over to her before, and only three of them were suitable to be the shopkeeper, and the other three went to the capital to do things with Ding Zhao.
Yesterday, Ding Xiang discussed with Ding Zhuang for a long time, and decided to let the shopkeeper Gong take Ding Sifu to the capital, and the shopkeeper apprentices were put to study by Bai Da's side.
Ding Sifu is the only person Ding Pandi cares about in this world, for this younger brother, no matter how scared and difficult she is, she will not hesitate. You can save yourself and help them.
Ding Sifu looks like Ding Pandi, in order to avoid extraneous branches, he can only stay in the backyard and in the house, and can't let the Su family and Aunt Jin find out the slightest clue.
After the two finished talking, Ding Xiang asked the shopkeeper Gong to come over, and the two talked secretly for two quarters of an hour.
Mainly talking about Ding Sifu.
Shopkeeper Gong is a smart person, he knows that Ding Sifu has another purpose, he didn't ask too much, promised to take care of him, and listened to the arrangements of Ding Zhao and Zhu Zhan and others.
Shopkeeper Gong knew that his daughter would definitely follow the little master into Beijing in the future, and from the bottom of her heart, she would prefer to go to the capital to do things.
After eating dinner in the Weaving and Embroidery Pavilion, Zhang and Ding Xiang went to Qian's house again.
It's been a long time since I've seen Aunt Qian, and Lilac misses her.
At the beginning of October, Gong shopkeeper and Ding Sifu went to the capital. Before leaving, Ding Sifu still handed over the six guan money he had saved to the Wang family.
He can now do the work of an embroiderer, and his salary is much higher.
Wang was very happy to get the money, although the youngest son was a lame man, he was much more sensible and capable than Sanfu.
Ding Sanfu is even more happy, plus the two yuan he earned before, he can marry a beautiful and good daughter-in-law.
Sending them away, Lilac was depressed for a while. Send one after another to the capital, but I can't go.
Time enters the wax moon.
On the fourth day of the new year, He gave birth to a son who weighed five pounds and eight taels.
Ding Li has a great-grandson, and there are no more than five families within a radius of four generations.
Ding Youcai was happy and named his eldest grandson Ding Guisheng. said that the next time he has another grandson, he will be called Ding Guiqi.
The sixth room of the junior high school held three banquets.
The Wang family was only willing to take 500 wen out for a banquet, and said, "The mother is short and short, and the son born by that stinky girl is not tall, and he has no interest when he grows up."
Her voice was loud, and Ho heard it too. She was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, if she wasn't in confinement, she would definitely go out and quarrel with the old pious woman.
Ding Youcai was also angry, cursing his grandson like this, and his head was broken. After a fight with Wang, he got the consistent money.
Zhang knew Wang's virtue, so he asked Yang Hu's family to come to the big house every day, brought a can of broth to He's, and then helped wash the children's small clothes and feces.
I didn't let anyone come over to cook the rice, and after cooking Wang and those people, they would eat more than half.
Because he likes He's, Zhang's, Xie's, and Ding Shuniang all gave heavy gifts.