Today, it was dark, and Grandma Li came back. The pork was almost sold, with only a few ribs left. There is a thin layer of meat on the bones, which is chopped and washed with embroidery, and boiled in the pot.

"The shipment to the south hasn't arrived yet, but the embroidery workshop is cleaning the big warehouse this morning. A tile was broken in the back eaves of the storehouse, and a box of cloth under the tiles was soaked in water. Although this cloth is not new this year, it is thick. It's so easy to take advantage, Grandma Li is so happy that her eyes are almost gone: "Two horses are only 800 dollars." ”

Xin Shansi calculated in his heart, a piece of cloth is four feet, forty feet. Two horses are eighty feet, and one foot is ten cents. I twisted the material by hand, and it was really thick and not rough at all.

"This cloth is not easy to grab, is it?"

"It's also a coincidence that I went." Grandma Li said: "It's gone after a while." This year's new cotton has just come out, eighty-six pounds, I see that the price is not high, weigh more, and play two new quilts for embroidery in winter. ”

Man Xiu told her grandmother about the day: "Those two are quite polite. ”

I thought that this was the end of today, and I didn't want to blow the lights after taking a shower, and the courtyard door rang again. Grandma Li was so shocked that she sat up and asked Xiuya to hurry to the West House. Her wife put on a gown and took a bone chopping knife and went out of the house: "Who? ”

No one answered outside the courtyard, but the sound of horses snorting was heard.

Grandma Li's heart tightened, and she asked again, "Who?" Still no one answered. She approached, the knife was pressed against the door, and said sharply, "It's a person or a ghost, I have an old woman and a granddaughter, and I haven't committed any crimes." ”

"Mother, it's me, Meihua."

The soft female voice passed through the crack in the door and got into Grandma Li's ears, and she couldn't help but be stunned. Tang Plum Blossom? Calm down for a while, and ask her if she hates? She didn't hate, and she didn't want to suppress Tang Meihua to be widowed, she just hoped that she would have embroidery in her heart, and she would often come to see her children when she remarried in the future.

Xiuya is a girl, not a son, she doesn't need to marry a daughter-in-law, she will prepare a dowry. But Tang plum blossom... It makes her feel cold! He didn't put down the bone chopper and opened the door.

The woman outside the door is like seven points with full embroidery, her face is round but not big, her eyes are bright and bright, her mouth is small and ruddy like a cherry fruit in spring, her body is like Shansi, she wears a gold-inlaid jade collar around her neck, and wears brocade, and her wealth is obvious.

"Mother..."Tang Meihua was a little timid, her hands on her waist were clasped tightly, and the gold bracelet under the cuffs was half hidden and half visible.

Grandma Li glanced at the carriage three steps away, and said coldly: "Life is good, don't come back." The embroidery is bigger, not as easy to confuse as it was nine years ago. ”

"Mother, I was wrong, I can't help you, I can't help embroidering."

In the west room, Xin Shansi heard the person coming clearly, and saw that the embroidery was still close to the window, and her mood was a little complicated: "It seems that your mother is back." ”

The body suddenly tensed, and the embroidery looked back: "What did you say?" Without waiting for a reply, she turned to leave.

"Don't forget what I told you before." Xinshansi heard the horse snort.

Man Xiu's hand hanging down at his side was clenched tightly, with tears in his eyes: "Don't you care about her?" But she couldn't.

"Tang Meihua can abandon her young daughter and run away with money when her husband's bones are still cold, which is enough to show that she only loves herself, and this trip is definitely not just because she misses you." Xin Shansi whispered: "She should be doing well." You scold her and get her out, can you be happy or can you make her sad? ”

Man Xiu listened to the words, pulled her lips, and smiled stiffly: "I think my mother is thinking about it tightly, so I'll go and see." "Shanniang is right, she buys pigs and kills them and then rushes to the market to sell, and she is tired and tired to earn a few dollars? Even for the milk, she can't be quick for a while.

Xin Shansi spat lightly: "The only thing in the family who can ask her to calculate is you and your marriage." Be careful yourself. ”

"Okay." Man Xiu calmed down his good mood, let the tears flow, and ran out.

Xin Shansi heard a "mother" full of affection, and couldn't help but bend her lips. Grandma Li finally let people into the house. However, Tang Meihua did not plan to stay overnight, hugged and cried with Man Xiu for a while, and was about to leave after talking for half an hour.

After sending people away, he turned to her milk's cold eyes, smiled, raised his hands and shook the gold bracelet on his wrist, how could there be a little nostalgia on his face?

Grandma Li instantly understood, this girl...

The grandfather and grandson went into the courtyard and bolted the door. Man Xiu said happily: "It's still reasonable for Shanniang, scolding her for being angry with her, and not hurting her a little." Proudly touching the gold bracelet, "This is the most realistic." ”

It was originally taught by Lady Shan, and she said why did this stupid girl suddenly open up? Grandma Li sighed: "Your mother is also very creative, and if you remarry, you can climb into an old fortune and add a son." No wonder she doesn't want to be poor. ”

Looking at the bracelet greedily, Man Xiu snorted coldly: "I should say that I have to leave a son because of the old wealth, otherwise do you think she will remember me?" Shanniang and I have just made it clear, and there are not many things in our family that can ask her to calculate. ”

This is the reason, but the embroidery is the meat that fell from Tang's body after all. Grandma Li didn't believe that Tang really had a black heart.

Early the next morning, Tang Meihua's carriage came again, this time bringing a lot of cloth. Xin Shansi avoided in the Westinghouse, watching Man Xiu go out with her milk in tow. It wasn't until dark that the grandfather and grandson returned, but the two looked different. Grandma Li locked her eyebrows, and Man Xiu ran into the West House happily holding a lacquered wooden box.

"Quick... Come on, Shanniang, I bought you two pairs of golden cloves. ”

Xin Shansi looked at Grandma Li who was following behind.

Grandma Li hesitated, sat down at the small square table, and poured herself a bowl of water: "Tang told me that her man's sister's family is prosperous, there are seven shops, and the eldest son is nineteen this year, loyal and honest. She wanted to marry the embroidery. ”

"I'm not married." Man Xiu took the golden cloves out and compared them to Shanniang: "It looks good." I bought the same one. ”

"You don't want to get married and buy these things?" Grandma Li only found out today that her granddaughter had made a big deal of money without blinking.

"She's my mother, do I still need to have a relationship with my mother?"

Tang remarried in Jiangping, and according to Grandma Li, Jiangping was still south of the Luohe River. That's if you want to visit, it's hard. Xin Shansi frowned: "Does the Tang clan only say that the other party is loyal and honest?" ”

"Yes." Grandma Li responded.

"Are there any other sons in that family?" Xin Shansi asked again.

"I have a brother who is two years younger." Man Xiu snatched the words: "I thought about it, she is going to use me to win over her husband's aunt and grandmother to help her son fight for property." ”

Xin Shansi also had this suspicion, and asked again: "Are the man and his brother busy in the shop?" ”

"I didn't ask about this, and Tang didn't say it." Grandma Li realized that something was wrong: "It stands to reason that the family scene is so good, and you shouldn't worry about your daughter-in-law." ”

"The key eldest son has to stand up to the portal." Xin Shansi said: "Even if Manxiu has a good relationship with her sister-in-law, and people have never seen Manxiu, they will definitely not easily say that they are married, unless..."

"This eldest son is not good." Grandma Li's face sank. She also knows that the situation of embroidery is a little disliked by most people.

Man Xiu didn't care: "No matter what kind of heart she has when she comes back this time, I don't care." Calculate me, and I will take her to the gold shop and silver building. This wicked man... and the wicked will grind it. I'll show her what it is—" and put a gold bracelet on her hand, word by word, "insatiable." ”

"What do you want me to wear?" Grandma Li wants to take it off: "You put these away." ”

"I bought it for you, solid. It's not that you didn't see Tang Meiniang's painful appearance at that time, this thing is expensive. "Manxiu really understood the principles that Shanniang taught her today. That's right, there's nothing in this world like real gold and silver.

I don't know if I was frightened by the full embroidery, and Tang Meihua didn't come the next day. Xin Shansi quipped: "It seems that you have to take the initiative." ”

"I know where the inn where she stays, and I'll take my milk and look for her tomorrow morning." Man Xiu made up his mind to pick up a layer of skin from Tang Meiniang. It can be said and done, and before dawn on the seventh day of the first month of August, people get up and make a fuss. When I came back in the morning, there were big bags and small bags on the ox cart.

Grandma Li also got her granddaughter: "She caught her mother, went to the silver building to buy a set of noodles, and bought seven or eight clothes from the ready-to-wear store, and then went down to the restaurant." Before the meal was finished, her mother said that she had a headache and went back to the inn to rest. ”

Man Xiu has never been so happy: "I specially picked these two bodies for you, the color is plain, you must look good when you wear them." ”

Xin Shansi hugged her clothes with a smile and a smile: "I have a lot of light." ”

"Let her rest today, and I'll go to her tomorrow." Manxiu's eyes were shining, and her fighting spirit was high: "I let her take a detour when she sees me in the future." ”

Only the plan can't catch up with the changes, and at dinner, someone comes to the door to report the funeral.

"Old aunt and grandmother...", a middle-aged man with a white cloth on his head, knelt at the gate of the courtyard: "My uncle is gone." ”

Grandma Li grabbed the hand by the door and tightened it, and it took a long time to regain the taste, her eldest brother was gone, and her eyes were getting wet. Sent away the funeral cousin, and went back to the house to let Xiuya and Lady Shan pack up their things.

"We're going to Changhe Town for a funeral, just to take you out of the city."

Man Xiu's heart tugged, and he turned his head to look at Shanniang, wanting to keep her, but he didn't know that he couldn't keep her.

Changhe Town? Xin Shansi blinked: "Is it Changhe Town, Hongjiang City?" ”

"Yes." Grandma Li was also reluctant.

"I'll go with you to Changhe Town." Her grandfather's house was there, and Xin Shan thought she should go.

Chapter 6

Man Xiu was a little glad that he bought two sets of clothes for Shanniang today: "I remember that there is a small clay pot in the ear room." ”

"Your father used it when he was alive to go up the mountains to hunt." Grandma Li said, "You go and take it out." I went to the house of the second strong man in front of me as soon as possible and asked him to help feed the pigs and chickens for two days. All the eggs he picked up in the past two days belonged to him. ”

Man Xiu pulled Shanniang and went back to the house to bring the oil lamp to the ear room.

The ear room is not big, and it is full of farm tools and some things that are not commonly used. After all these days, Xin Shansi is no longer confused. She liked the tranquil days in the Li family, but leaving also made her breathe a sigh of relief. It's the seventh day of August, and she doesn't know when she's going to break out.

"Shanniang..."The clay pot that was slightly larger than the big soup bowl was placed in the corner of the wall, and the embroidered plugs went over to take it: "Will you remember me in the future?" ”

"Yes." Xin Shansi replied without hesitation, the ancestor of the Li family was the first kindness she encountered when she came to this world, how could she forget: "Remember it in your heart." ”

Man Xiu hugged the clay pot as if he didn't know how dirty, and turned his back to the person: "Then will you come back to see me in the future?" ”

"If I have a chance, I will definitely come back to see you and Grandma."

Sniffing, Man Xiu turned around and looked at the person two steps away with full crystal eyes: "How old are you?" ”

This question Xin Shansi replied a little vainly: "Eighteen." ”

"Then let's talk about it," Man Xiu still couldn't hold back, and choked up: "Be a sister for life." ”

Xin Shansi also had a sour nose: "Okay." ”

Holding the clay pot out of the ear room, Man Xiu took it to the kitchen to brush it clean, wiped off the water stains with a cloth, put a small salt jar and a jar of frozen lard and two spoons in it, and then poured rice and tamped it. Then I went to the East House and rummaged through an old coat that I didn't wear.

While she was busy, she also chattered endlessly: "You look good, you must stay away from those thieves outside." People's hearts are sinister, so I said that Tang Meiniang, she is still my mother, and she is not soft at all. So, you have to be careful. ”

"I will." Xin Shansi helped her tie the clay pot: "You must be cautious and cautious in your marriage." ”

"Rest assured. I'll make sure I'm sure I'll get out of here. Tie the clay pot and carry it with full embroidery: "It's a little heavy, but you have a lot of energy." Then he ran to get the bamboo basket, "This is for you." I'll let my milk buy another one. "She now has a box of gold and silver jewelry.

"Okay." Xin Shansi smiled.

Grandma Li came back: "I will send dough noodles and steam two steamed buns." ”

"Cheng, I'll cut some pickles and stir-fry them later." Man Xiu approached her grandmother: "Go to Changhe Town, what should I do with those things, do you bring them all?" ”

"No." It's okay that the road is peaceful, if it's not peaceful, wouldn't it be served in a pot? Grandma Li asked her granddaughter to pick up all the valuable items and give them to her.

Xin Shansi avoided and carried the bamboo basket to the Westinghouse. In the past 20 days, she has not lost her purchases. The clothes that I wore when I met the embroidery had been torn, pasted, and made into soles.

Four belly pockets, six shorts... The dresses that were embroidered and bought, as well as the two bodies that had not yet been sewn, were folded neatly one by one, and put into two bags and put into the bamboo basket. The gold bracelet on the arm was not taken off, two pairs of gold cloves?

She deliberately returned the embroidery.

"Shanniang...", seeing that the bamboo basket was about to be filled, the right hand hidden behind him stretched forward, and his five fingers were opened, revealing a small silver ingot: "This is for you." ”

Yes, Xin Shansi's eyes were red, her tongue licked her dry lips, and she said with difficulty for a long time: "Take it back, I'll keep the golden cloves." ”

"Take this too." Man Xiu pursed his lips and said, "Golden Lilac, you... Don't be a last resort until you don't have to. Before the words fell, he hurriedly added, "When you need it urgently, don't hold on strongly, nothing is more important than being alive." ”

"Not really." Xin Shansi scooped up her left sleeve and revealed the gold bracelet on her shoulder: "If it weren't for the trouble with this bracelet, I would like to leave it to you." ”

Man Xiu frowned and looked at the gold bracelet: "I took it from your father?" ”

"Sort of." The stepmother's daughter gave it, Xin Shansi put down her sleeves and pushed her embroidered hand back.

Man Xiu smiled: "I feel a little more comfortable." ”

"Don't worry about me." Xin Shansi sideways took the money bag on the bed: "I still have nine hundred and twenty-three coppers here." ”

She also understands the prices of Fan Xicheng. A white-flour steamed bun is one article, and the meat bun is two articles. The best Japanese strip meat, twelve wen a catty. Bud rice, three pounds a catty, polished rice and white noodles are more expensive. Eight taels of silver per acre of fertile land, and five taels to six taels of dry land. The field endowment is not light, accounting for almost half of the harvest.

"Okay." Man Xiu also saw that she would not accept it: "Then I'll give you two more pairs of uppers." Do you have all the soles with you? ”