The tone was cautious, not to mention Qin Jingniang, even Wei Jinhua was so sad that she wanted to shed tears when she heard it.

Seeing that his mother was crying again, Fengping rolled up his sleeves and wiped her tears, "Mother, don't cry, I'm not going out, I'll stay at home with you." ”

"Xingzai's short-lived ghost, a good home was tossed and lost by him." Wei Jinhua scolded in a low voice, her eye sockets were shallow, she couldn't see this situation, she walked out of the door and stood under the eaves for a while before going in again.

"I think there's something wrong with Dongzhu, what's going on with this girl?" She sat down and asked.

Qin Jingniang didn't speak, she hugged Fengping and asked him if he was sleeping, "Mother is sleeping with you, I'm still there when you wake up, and I won't leave." ”

Feng Ping smelled the familiar smell and hugged her tightly, listening to the voice he had missed for a long time, and slowly fell asleep. Qin Jingniang said what happened before, "Dongzhu probably hates me, that girl has been tough since she was a child, and she easily refuses to listen to persuasion, so she has to figure it out by herself." ”

Wei Jinhua was silent, her two sons were lazy and greedy, and all three of them were still her baby bumps, in her heart, even if the child was his father, he was not as important as his son, and she refused to leave the child.

"If I were you, I'd come back here. Haizhu is a promising girl, Dongzhu is diligent and hardworking, Fengping is also obedient and well-behaved, with such three children, you will enjoy endless blessings when you come back. Wei Jinhua deliberately beat the side drum, "The child is still young, and he needs his mother, if you don't come back at this time, when the child grows up, he may figure it out and don't hate you, but he also has no feelings for you." ”

Qin Jingniang's face turned pale in an instant, the closed door was blown open by the wind, and she untied her padded jacket to wrap the child in her arms.

"What is the use of men?" Wei Jinhua chuckled, glanced out, and saw that the courtyard door was closed, she pushed the door and stood by the door and whispered: "If you want a man to have children, let him support the family and raise children, otherwise I will sleep with him every night, and wash and cook for him every day and clean up the house." Haizhu can make money, she is a kind girl, and she is willing to spend time on her second uncle to treat him, and she is not bad for you, the mother-in-law. You come back to cook and wash clothes for the children, and when the children come back, they call their mothers to respond, and when they get home, they can eat hot meals, and it is better to take care of their babies than to serve stinky men. ”

"I know what you mean, but I'm an elder, so I'm embarrassed to sit at home and expect my children to raise them before they grow up." Qin Jingniang lowered her eyelids, she was incapable, and she didn't want to endure hardships and hard work, but she still had a little conscience and couldn't drag down her children. She continued: "I also have a small one, Chaosheng is two months older than Chaoping, and people take care of food and clothing, I have two more mouths at home when I come back, Haizhu has to raise two more people, food and clothing are still trivial matters, and it is terrible for people to be sick." What do you say I'm coming back for? I spent the silver over there, saying that it was ugly, it was in exchange for my body, I used it steadily, I didn't feel distressed, and when I had enough money, I could buy a piece of cloth and cut a few catties of meat for the child to send over. ”

This is also true, Wei Jinhua looked at the beautiful woman holding the child, and her mind suddenly cleared, this woman as weak as Silk Flower is a ruthless and cold-hearted person, she exchanges her beauty for a quiet and comfortable life, and a man may be a money-making thing in her eyes.

Feng Ping suddenly whispered, listening to the fact that he was calling his mother, Qin Jingniang hurriedly patted him on the back, "Mother is here, you continue to sleep." ”

She may only have true feelings in front of her children, Wei Jinhua thought to herself.

"What if the silver in Haizhu's hand doesn't worry about raising two more people at all?" She said tentatively, "I'll help you quietly find out?" Let Haizhu know what you think? I think that according to the cleverness of that girl, the silver in her hand is indispensable. ”

Qin Jingniang refused, there was no child in front of her, so she didn't have to be embarrassed to say, "Yu Lai treats me well, is willing to coax people, and treats people sincerely, and I have a comfortable life with him." ”

Wei Jinhua sighed, she thought too much. She stood up with a sigh of relief and said that she wanted to go back to see if the child was in trouble, and before leaving, she said: "You chose a man today, I hope you will not regret it in the future." ”

The cold wind whistled through the streets, and Wei Jinhua went out of the courtyard, holding a cotton jacket and curling her neck, and walked slowly home.

The door opened, Zheng Haishun turned his head and looked, "Look at your ugly face, something happened?" Or is Jing Niang having a bad time? ”

"She's doing well, no matter how she chooses, it's a good life." Wei Jinhua didn't plan to tell the man what she had said to Qin Jingniang, she squatted under the eaves and thought for a long time, and said, "I have decided to have less contact with her in the future." ”

Zheng Haishun raised his head in surprise, is this a quarrel? You must know that he complained twice after Qin Jingniang remarried, and this mother-in-law quarreled with him and didn't cook for two days.

"I found out that she was different from what I thought."

Chapter 41: Ham stewed in honey

Coming out of the carpenter's house, Haizhu pulled Dongzhu with a foot of water and mud and walked down the street, the cold wind was drizzling, there were few people on the road, the door of the cloth village was hidden, and a female shopkeeper with two men was stockpiling.

"Do you do business?" Haizhu pushed open the door and asked outside the threshold.

"Let's do it, let's go inside the house." The female shopkeeper went over and opened the door, and the room was much brighter in an instant.

"Are there any ready-to-wear garments? Obscene clothes and trousers, worn by women. Haizhu looked at the shelves, she took a fancy to the second layer of silver and red and white plum materials, and called the guy to take it down and show her.

The female shopkeeper also took out two sets of obscene clothes and pants from the back room, and the obscene clothes and pants were made loose, and they could be worn by tall, short, fat and thin.

Haizhu touched the fabric, estimated the size in her heart, she bought silver-red cloth and cotton wool and asked the cloth village to make a thin jacket, and the black cloth made a pair of cotton pants and two thin pants.

"Which piece of fabric do you have your eye on?" She asked Dongzhu.

"I am not short of clothes, and I will not make clothes." Dongzhu shook her head.

"It's not for you, it's for your mother, she has no clothes to wear when it's hot." Haizhu asked the female shopkeeper to settle the accounts, while waiting for Dongzhu to make a decision.

Dongzhu puffed up her cheeks, her heart was uncomfortable, she didn't want to make her suffer from the heat and uncomfortable, she chose two colors that her mother liked, and accurately reported the size.

"One, two, three, money." The female shopkeeper dialed the beads.

Haizhu took the broken silver and handed it out, took the dirty clothes and pants stacked together and put them in the basket, and agreed that she would come to get the ready-to-wear clothes in two days.

When the two sisters left the cloth village, Haizhu saw that there were suddenly many more people on the street, and men and women were carrying baskets in the same direction. She grabbed a kind-faced sister-in-law and asked, "Sister-in-law, where are you going?" Catch the sea? The tide hasn't ebbed yet, has it? ”

"Newly moved? Boats came from the wharf, and from the river, small merchants from the inland chartered ships to bring goods, which were cheaper than goods from the sea. ”

After saying that, he hurried away.

Haizhu stuffed the dirty clothes and pants at the bottom of the basket to Dongzhu, she carried the basket to the dock, and said, "You send the clothes back first, and then send two taels of silver, and I'll go over and have a look." ”

The two sisters ran separately, Haizhu followed the crowd to the dock, the wind on the beach was so fierce that it would blow people down, the garrison guarding was so cold that their lips were purple, and the people were extremely impatient, and pointed at the people who bought and sold things with their swords.

As soon as Mao Xiaoer got off the ship, after Shen Sui caught the abductor on the ship and made meritorious contributions, he was particularly concerned about the merchant ships that came and went. I didn't dare to go out to suppress the bandits, so I could only use snacks in the corners and corners, hoping that the blind cat would bump into the dead mouse.

"Second Brother Mao." Haizhu raised his hand and shouted, "Are you on duty today?" ”

"You're here to buy something, too?" Mao Xiaoer beckoned her to come over, and quietly pointed out to her which goods she couldn't buy, "I didn't catch up with the good weather, and some of the goods were moldy in the cabin." ”

Haizhu smiled and thanked her, but her purpose in calling people was not here, she quietly asked, "How is the situation of going to sea to suppress bandits?" When will Little Sixth Master come back? ”

"May come back a year ago."

"It wasn't been a few days." There are two more days to celebrate the New Year.

Yu Guang glanced at a touch of red, Haizhu turned her head, a fat aunt held two pots of flowers, she exclaimed: "There are still flowers on the ship?" Second Brother Mao, I won't tell you, I have to go up and have a look. ”

Both floors were full of people, and every five paces were guarded by sturdy men with sparkling eyes. Haizhu walked towards the brightly colored bouquet with a clear purpose, a two-person tall red flower standing on the side of the mast, the red flowers swaying in the cold wind, but never falling.

"What kind of flower is this?" She asked.

The other party looked at her like a fool and said stingily: "Kapok." ”

"What about this pot and this pot?" Haizhu pointed to the two kinds of flowers she saw under the boat.

"Yueji and Phalaenopsis."

"How do you sell it?" Haizhu asked, she pointed to another pot and said, "This is a chrysanthemum, isn't it?" It looks so good to drive. ”

"The small one is three dollars a pot, the big one is five dollars, and the kapok is two taels of silver, can you buy it?"

Haizhu only had one or two pieces of silver and dozens of broken copper plates left in her hand, she turned around carefully, and said that she would sell them when she got off the boat.

She went to buy winter bamboo shoots, but after a few days of boat travel, the bamboo shoots were still fresh. The soil on the taro still has an earthy smell, the radish is pinched and a puddle of water, the dried mushrooms and dried cowpeas are placed together, and the earth-colored vat exudes a sour and smelly smell, which is sour bamboo shoots and wind-deflated vegetables.

Haizhu quickly spent the silver in his hand, and the contents of the basket came out of the tip.

When Dongzhu and Qi Laosan found the boat, she was asking people how to eat bamboo shoot oil, and immediately sold another catty of bamboo shoot oil and three catties of dried incense.

"Third uncle, you talk to Dongzhu to see if there is anything you want to buy." Haizhu turned her attention to the place where the flowers were sold.

Dongzhu also looked over.

The sisters left a basket of vegetables to buy flowers, Dongzhu bought a pot of jasmine with an elegant fragrance and a long fragrance, and Haizhu chose the red moon season, because the flower seller said that the moon season would bloom every month.

Qi Laosan came empty-handed, and when he got off the boat, he followed behind the two loser girls with a pointed vegetable basket, and when he left the crowd, he chattered: "It's useless to buy it, this flower can't be eaten or worn, what are you buying it for?" I like flowers, and when the leeks bloom, I'll pinch a basket for you. The seaside is either without flowers, or there are no flowers, and when we go back in the next year, you row a boat up the river, and wildflowers are everywhere. ”

Haizhu treats his chatter as the wind in his ears, and his left ear goes in and out of his right ear.

When she went back, Grandma Qi saw this dazzling thing, she felt sorry for the money, so she didn't ask, and if she didn't ask, she didn't know. And the child's mother is back, and she is long-winded and annoying at this time.

"This flower is blooming so well, you two sisters will really choose." Qin Jingniang is a person who will enjoy it, she asked the price of the flower, and said, "The price is inflated, you two didn't make a counteroffer?" ”

"I don't know if I can bargain, mother, these two kinds of flowers are available in Pingding County, right?" Haizhu asked.

"Yes, when you can't finish the vegetables, you will dry them or make pickled vegetables and salted vegetables, and the small traders and hawkers will go to the countryside to collect them and sell them to the seaside." Qin Jingniang glanced at Dongzhu and said, "Your Uncle Yu is in this business, and if you like flowers, let him bring a few more kinds of flowers." ”

"I don't like it." Dongzhu said stiffly.

Qin Jingniang froze for a moment, as if nothing had happened, and seeing Haizhu busy in the kitchen, she went in to help.

When the person left, Dongzhu wilted like a wilted eggplant again, Grandma Qi glanced at her and said, "If you continue to shake your face, it's better to scold her, scold her away, and let her die early and don't come back to see you." ”

Dongzhu raised her neck unconvinced, but she didn't dare to stubbornly pick up the stubble.

"You just rely on your mother and won't blame you." Grandma Qi muttered, she glanced into the kitchen, sat in the door and whispered, "Will you marry when you grow up?" ”

Dongzhu ignored her.

"If you marry and leave this family, will I be able to disown you as a granddaughter?"

"I'm not married."

"That's even scarier." Grandma Qi pouted, "With your virtue today, if you don't marry someone, your sister won't want to marry, and Fengping can't marry a daughter-in-law, otherwise you will have to cut off relations with them." ”

Dongzhu bit her lip and didn't say anything.

"The boys and girls grow up to have their own small families, and in a few years, your sister will get married and have a baby, and you will be like today?"

"That's different, my mother is different from my sister." Dongzhu was anxious, she knew it was different, and she couldn't say what was different.

"Okay, then let's go back to your mother, in another ten years, you and your sister have their own small families, and you can't come back a few times a year after marrying far away, so won't your mother be alone? Your mother can come back and stay with you now, can you always be with your mother in the future? You'll tell me when you're ready. ”

Haizhu scooped water to wash the winter bamboo shoots, she leaned over to look out, and said to her mother with a smile: "My grandmother is the best at talking to people, you relax, she can explain the winter pearl." ”

"Your milk is a wonderful person." Qin Jingniang sighed lightly, "How good it would be if your father didn't die, no woman wants to marry for the second time and reintegrate into another family." ”

"If you are wronged in the future, you will come back, we are your mother's family." Haizhu said with confidence.

Qin Jingniang smiled, "Does your grandmother often talk to you?" ”

"Why do you ask?"

"I feel like you're more and more like her, reasonable, kind and tolerant."

Haizhu shook her shoulders coldly, picked up the washed bamboo shoots and put them on the board to cut them, and said, "No, I'm not doing this to everyone, I really hope you are doing well." Don't worry about Dongzhu and Fengping, the three of us can live well. ”

Qin Jingniang replied in a low voice, sat down under the stove and said, "You want to make a fire, right?" ”

"Yes."

Haizhu scooped two scoops of water into the pot and called her third uncle to bring the ham given by the Shen family. This ham is a New Year's gift received by the Shen family, the meat quality is quite good, cut the dry skin on the surface, and the fragrance is revealed along with the pink pork leg meat.

Very pure meaty aroma with a hint of saltiness.

Qin Jingniang had never seen this thing, so she walked over and took a look, and handed over a piece of meat in front of her.

"Can it be eaten raw?" She asked.

Haizhu smiled, "I don't know, you taste it, if you don't want to taste it, take it to Fengping to taste." ”

"What do you say about me? I hear my name. Feng Ping ran in high spirits.

Qin Jingniang handed him the meat slice with bad intentions, "Bite a little and taste it...... What do you think? Is it tasty? ”

"It's a little salty, it's a little sweet, and I'm going to eat it."