Chapter 62: Harvesting Grain
In the next few days, Granny Qin became the key protection object of the family, no matter what she did, she had two little tails behind her.
Even the medicine was coaxing her to drink like a child.
A pair of Chinese medicine went down, and Granny Qin felt sorry for money, and she felt sorry for Lu Qingcao and her two children.
She couldn't help sighing and said, "Qingcao, I don't have anything wrong, I don't have to eat this medicine every day, cough cough." ”
Lu Yihua next to her immediately shook her head: "Grandma, you have a cough, you have to eat more to make up for it." ”
Lu Erli also persuaded: "Grandma, you just take medicine well, don't think about anything else." ”
The two children are like little adults, which makes Granny Qin feel relieved.
After three or four days of conditioning, Lu Qingcao added spiritual spring water to the decoction every day.
"It's really strange that a few days ago, the pulse was still running out of oil and the lamp was dry, and now there is a faint intention of recovery...... The old man has been practicing medicine for so many years, and it is the first time he has encountered it. The old man finished his pulse and fell into deep self-doubt.
It's only been three days, how can the pulse change so much?!
Granny Qin didn't understand the meaning of her words, but said with a smile: "Doctor Gu, it must be that you prescribed the medicine well, every time I drink it, I feel warm and very comfortable." ”
Granny Qin stretched out her hand to pick up the decoction on the table and drank it in a big gulp, not as repulsive as before.
Doctor Gu was slightly distracted, the medicines he prescribed were all mild and nourishing medicines, and they would not take effect so quickly.
How can you feel warm as soon as you drink it?!
"Old lady, do you feel anything else after drinking? Like drowsiness, thirst? "These are all side effects of tonic, Doctor Gu couldn't help but ask.
Granny Qin shook her head: "No, no, I am very energetic after drinking, and I want to do some work." ”
Doctor Gu was even more confused.
His medicine doesn't have this effect either!
Lu Qingcao knew it, and she answered in a short sentence or two: "Doctor Gu, your medical skills are really clever, maybe if you take a few more medicines, your mother-in-law's body will be all right." ”
Lang Zhong smiled when he said this, and left several pairs of medicinal herbs.
Lu Qingcao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After sending Lang Zhong away, Granny Qin was in a much better mood and ate two large bowls of rice at noon.
……
She has been busy with Granny Qin's illness for the past few days, and now that Granny Qin's condition is stable, she can also free up her hands to buy food.
Lu Qingcao went to Cao San's sister-in-law's house as usual.
In terms of appeal, it is still Cao San's strong point.
It's about the same as the last time she came, and Cao San's sister-in-law is still busy making money, but this time the things in her hand have become straw mats.
Seeing that summer is coming, every household is indispensable for straw mats. It's just that the price is not high, a few pennies a piece.
"The grass is coming, sit down." When the third sister-in-law Cao saw her come in, she hurriedly got up to greet her, and she didn't put down the work in her hand when she spoke, "Did you sell the beans last time?" Qingcao, you are really capable, you are a big business. ”
She came up with a burst of praise.
Lu Qingcao smiled, took out a tael of silver and handed it to her: "Third sister-in-law, this is your salary." ”
Cao San's sister-in-law was startled, and hurriedly excused herself: "I didn't work again, what kind of salary do I get?" I don't want to. ”
Without waiting for her to refuse, Lu Qingcao put the silver on the straw mat and said slowly: "Sister-in-law, this is this month's salary, I want to hire you to help me do things, one or two silver a month." ”
The shiny silver is especially beautiful on the meadow.
Sister-in-law Cao was dumbfounded, and said with trembling lips: "Really, really? Is your tofu business starting again? I've heard that it's still not peaceful in town, and it's still going on......"
Lu Qingcao shook his head: "It's not tofu, it's grain, this time I want to buy five thousand catties of grain." ”
Five thousand pounds?!
Sister-in-law Cao's eyes almost fell out, so much food is enough for her family to eat for decades!
Not only did she look Lu Qingcao up and down.
The tofu business was yellow, and she thought that Lu Qingcao would collapse.
I didn't expect people to be like no one, and they found a bigger business easily.
She admired it from the bottom of her heart.
"Okay, I'll follow you if you need it, but a tael of silver is too much, and I won't need that much." The silver on the straw mat was like a hot potato, and she didn't dare to take it.
One or two silver, more than 30 wen a day, more profitable than making tofu!
Lu Qingcao glanced at the mountains of straw mats, looked at the vicissitudes of Cao San's face, and asked rhetorically: "Sister-in-law, these things have been sold, how much can you earn?" ”
Sister-in-law Cao was stunned for a moment, lowered her head and calculated: "About five or six hundred yuan." ”
"It takes at least three months to compile these things, and I can only sell them for five or six hundred dollars, sister-in-law, there is a more convenient way to do business, and I am not a fool, I will not give money to people for nothing." Lu Qingcao smiled.
In the golden reeds, her smile is like a reed flower in the field, which is particularly beautiful.
Cao San's sister-in-law was moved.
It is said that one general will not work to exhaust the three armies, and she will only work hard to make money.
But now it's different.
She has a hunch that as long as she follows Lu Qingcao, her life will get better and better in the future!
She reached out and picked up the silver, shook it hard, and the heavy touch made her heart feel comfortable: "Okay, I'll follow you in the future!" ”
Lu Qingcao smiled.
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As soon as they walked to the entrance of the village, several long-tongued women saw Lu Qingcao and began to sneer again.
"Qingcao is so idle today, don't you have to go to the town to sell tofu?" Someone sneered.
"What kind of tofu are you selling, there are horse thieves in the town, I heard that everyone is running out, who still buys tofu."
Widow Zhang proudly knocked on the melon seeds, and the news in the village was spread by her.
Seeing Lu Qingcao being ridiculed, she couldn't be happier.
The village is full of haters and laughers, Lu Qingcao used to make money and was more eye-catching, but now there are many people stepping on it.
Lu Qingcao didn't bother to pay attention to her.
Seeing that Lu Qingcao didn't speak, Widow Zhang was even more proud, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were provocative: "I just said that some people, they don't have that life, watching others make a lot of money by doing business, and they want to do it themselves, but they have lost all their money, right?" ”
"In my opinion, it's better to find a down-to-earth man to marry, so that you can have something to eat." Widow Zhang's eyes glanced at Lu Qingcao.
The more she ignored Widow Zhang, the more energetic she became.
Got her face together?!
Lu Qingcao turned around violently, didn't say a word, stared at Widow Zhang with straight eyes, and couldn't see emotion in his sharp eyes, which made people hairy and unspeakably afraid.
It's like facing a beast that can get angry at any moment......
Widow Zhang swallowed her saliva and muttered, "What, don't let people talk anymore?" Clearly, it is. ”
The people watching the excitement next to him didn't dare to speak, and lowered their heads one after another, for fear that Lu Qingcao would go crazy again.
Silence, death-like silence.
Widow Zhang's eyes were dripping, and she didn't dare to speak, and she was furious by Lu Qingcao's gaze.
It seemed that the next moment, she would rush up.
As soon as it was hung like this, Widow Zhang was a head shorter in terms of momentum.
Waiting until Widow Zhang was about to lose her breath, Lu Qingcao looked straight ahead with her eyes, and Xianglin's sister-in-law murmured: "Do you have evidence?" How do you know? What's in it for you to spread rumors? Is there anything else in your life besides rumor-mongering? Do you have anything useful to society other than polluting the air and wasting food all day long? ”
The person who asks the continuous question is speechless.
Widow Zhang swallowed her saliva, and wanted to refute, but was suppressed by Lu Qingcao's eyes.
Lu Qingcao trembled, as if he had changed someone, and his voice was an octave higher: "I said that I would not tell others about you and Li Si, why did you make my rumors, since this is the case, don't think about it, die together!" ”
Li Si lives next door to Widow Zhang's house, and the two have been together for a long time.
It's just that no one said it.
Several people who knew the inside story also sneered, and their unkind eyes fell on her.
Only Widow Zhang's madness.
Looking at Lu Qingcao's calm expression, Widow Zhang was mad.
Damn Lu Qingcao, he actually slandered her to her face!
Looking at the long-tongued women who ate melons in a daze, Lu Qingcao suppressed the corners of her lips, brushed off her clothes, and hid her merit and fame.
There is a saying that does not stand out from the crowd and leave the chickens.
"What am I talking about? The tofu is yellow, maybe even the ox cart will have to be sold in a few days, so let her be nervous again. Widow Zhang sourly spoke.
A few people next to him saw Lu Qingcao walking away, and they also had the courage to echo a few words: "Yes, I have a relative in the town, and he also said that the town is very chaotic now." ”
"How will their family live in the future, they still have to raise three children, and a blind mother-in-law......
Everyone changed their words and directly skipped Widow Zhang's.
"Yo, it's all here, I'll send a message for Qingcao, if you have food at home, you can get Qingcao and sell it, twenty yuan a catty!" Cao San's sister-in-law came from outside the village, and her loud voice shot like an arrow, smashing everyone to the head.
Twenty wen a pound?!