After that day, Xie Jiaojiao saw that Sun Ruhua's energy was getting better and better every day, and she felt relieved.
Sun Ruhua was very sorry: "Because of my mother, I haven't had a good year this year."
Xie Zhiyi went to Sun Ruhua's arms and acted coquettishly: "It'll be good if mother gets better. I'm really afraid that mother won't let me go and won't want my sister and me anymore."
Sun Ruhua touched Xie Zhiyi's head lovingly: "Don't worry, no matter what, mother will wait until our Zhiyi grows up, gets married and has children."
Xie Zhiyi's face turned red: "What are you talking about? I'm still early."
When she mentioned this, Sun Ruhua raised her head and looked at Xie Jiaojiao: "Yesterday, your Aunt Wang told me that one of her former nephews was willing to see each other now and wanted to ask about our time."
Xie Jiaojiao was choosing soybeans and shook her head: "Come on, mother, let's forget it. It's been so long. Maybe in the end they have no other candidates, so they will think about us again. In such a family, marrying There was nothing good in the past.”
Sun Ruhua thought it made sense: "Then I'll reject your Aunt Wang tomorrow. Let's look at each other slowly. We still need to find someone with good character. We won't look for someone who is so messy."
"That's the truth."
Sun Ruhua smiled and said to Xie Zhiyi: "Okay, you go and play. Mom still has to carry the ashes from the stove and scatter them on the ground. Spring is about to start, so she will be very busy then."
Sun Ruhua said as she carried the basket on her back to the kitchen.
Xie Jiaojiao continued to choose soybeans. She had been thinking about how to make money during this period. She thought of a way earlier, but she didn't know if she remembered it correctly, so she thought about trying it with the soybeans she had at home first. If It's really doable, and you'll be waiting to make a lot of money when the time comes.
When Xie Zhiyi saw that Sun Ruhua was busy, he helped Xie Jiaojiao choose soybeans. While choosing, he asked Xie Jiaojiao: "Sister, what are these things used for?"
"You will know in the future. When sister makes money, she will build a row of big houses for our family. When Zhiyi grows up, will it be possible to marry Zhiyi a beautiful wife?"
Xie Zhiyi nodded seriously: "That's definitely possible."
These words made Xie Jiaojiao laugh.
Sun Ruhua went out with a basket on her back, and Xie Jiaojiao started to make lunch. After lunch, the family went to weed the fields again. Xie Jiaojiao looked at the two acres of sugar cane land, and sugar cane was already growing in some places. If it starts to sprout quickly, it will be a huge amount of income by this summer.
Sun Ruhua said with a smile: "It feels like the seedlings are basically starting to grow. Tomorrow, I will pick up two buckets of dung water and pour them next to each other. Maybe they will grow better."
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and nodded: "I'll be very tired by then."
"This thing is so profitable, who would be tired of it."
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said nothing, and spring came in a blink of an eye.
Farming is everywhere, and there is only one cow in the whole village, which belongs to Uncle Li's family. Every household is waiting for this cow to plow the fields.
Because when the farming season is busy, basically no one in the village will go to the town to go to the market, and Uncle Li has fewer ways to make money. Therefore, during this period, Uncle Li will rent the cow to people in the village for a day. Five cents, and then be responsible for feeding the cow.
Many people in the village are willing to rent oxen to plow the land. After all, the land plowed by oxen takes half a day. If it is done manually, it may take several days, which is not cost-effective. The men in the village all want to plow the land as soon as possible. You can go to the town to find some work. Working in the town can earn you fifteen cents a day. Everyone is a person who knows how to calculate and make a living.
Xie Jiaojiao and the others also wanted to rent oxen, but even if they rented the oxen, they would not be able to plow the field, so they thought that if they rented the oxen, could Uncle Li help plow the land at home? They were willing to work for more than a day. Give me ten cents to take care of another lunch.
Of course Uncle Li was happy. Seeing that his own land was plowed, Sun Ruhua breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Now we are just waiting to plant rice in the ground."
Xie Zhili's family also knew about this, and Xie Zhili became so angry that he got very angry in the room.
"If they can't plow the land, you can ask me to do it. I can earn ten cents a day and forcefully let outsiders earn it. The man surnamed Li showed off in the village all day long and said that Xie Jiaojiao and the others plowed the land for two days at noon. They all have meat to eat, it really pisses me off!”
Zhou Cuihong could only listen, unable to say anything. She was getting heavier now, and she just wanted to take care of her belly and wait until she gave birth to the baby.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Xie Zhili felt bored, so he stopped saying anything.
In the courtyard of Xie's family, there are still traces of being burned by the fire on the main room. After such a long time, Xie Zhili and Zhou Cuihong haven't cleaned it up properly, but it still looks like a ruin.
Xie Jiaojiao's business with Qingfenglou is now becoming more and more stable. Although the winter solstice has passed and fewer people drink mutton soup, some people are accustomed to using fermented bean curd with rice this winter. Therefore, Qingfenglou basically Nowadays, she still orders a batch of fermented bean curd from Xie Jiaojiao every month for the diners in the store to buy, making a profit in the middle.
That day, Xie Jiaojiao said to Sun Ruhua at the dinner table: "Mom, let's go to town and buy some salt tomorrow."
"Isn't there still salt in this house?"
“We don’t have enough at home.”
Sun Ruhua originally wanted to say, isn't next month's bean curd already made? But he didn't say it himself.
She found that her Jiaojiao had grown up and had her own ideas about everything she did. It would be bad if she asked too many questions.
The next day, the family went to town.
Sun Ruhua took Xie Zhiyi to buy spring clothes. In the past six months, Xie Zhiyi had grown very old. Last year's clothes were too short to wear.
Xie Jiaojiao took the money to buy salt, but she felt that she had not looked at the almanac when she went out today. When she arrived at the salt shop, she saw Jiang Weinan coming out of a gambling shop not far away, and the two of them looked at each other. One glance.
Jiang Weinan seemed to have no energy at first, but when he saw her, his eyes immediately widened.
Before Xie Jiaojiao had time to buy salt, she turned around and ran away with the basket.
Jiang Weinan and his two followers chased after him again, but after chasing for two streets, Xie Jiaojiao still ran away.
One of the men gritted his teeth and cursed: "Damn it, this girl must be a dog, she can run so fast!"
Jiang Weinan ran out of breath and asked the man next to him: "Last time I asked you to inquire about this girl, how did your inquiry go?"
He Hu waved his fan, took a deep breath and replied: "Inquiry... I've almost done it. It's not because you haven't been in town during the Chinese New Year, so I didn't have time to tell you!"
Then he told Jiang Weinan what he had inquired about.
After Jiang Weinan heard this, he snorted: "Next time, let's go directly to her village to block her! Let's see where she goes!"
He Hu was a little surprised when he heard this: "Weinan, isn't it? Are you really getting into trouble with a girl? Are you..."
Before he finished speaking, another person beside Jiang Weinan started laughing.
Jiang Weinan kicked him: "You're laughing! What are you thinking about? I wonder if you would be convinced if you were blocked by that stinky girl in an alley and beaten up."
When the two of them heard what he said, it turned out that they were angry about the incident last time. The two of them looked at each other and grabbed Jiang Weinan's shoulders: "In this case, it's better to choose a different day than to hit it. Today our brothers will accompany you to kill that stinky girl. I'm stuck on the road and I want you to clean it up."
Jiang Weinan yawned and waved the folding fan in his hand: "I'm not going today. I spent the whole night gambling yesterday. Now I'm feeling sleepy. Let's go back and catch up on some sleep."
After saying that, the man turned around and left, and the two of them immediately followed him.
