There are many things missing at home.
Except for a little coarse salt left in the kitchen, there is no other seasoning.
The clothes the children were wearing were already a lot too short, and they all just kept wearing them.
The most scarce thing was food. No one had enough to eat just two meals a day, and everyone had to survive with just one breath.
Su Ruyi walked around and wanted to buy a lot of things. In the end, she only bought a coarse-grain steamed bun and ate it while walking to the butcher shop.
Thinking of the situation at home, she really wasn't in the mood to buy anything more for herself, so she had better solve the problem of food and clothing first.
The smell inside the butcher shop was not pleasant, the smell was very strong, but the amazing thing was that the smell made Su Ruyi feel happy, as if she could eat meat soon.
The price of meat is very high. Lard and fat meat are the same price, 40 Wen per catty, while lean meat is cheaper, 35 Wen per catty.
Su Ruyi was surprised at the high price of meat, but also surprised that in ancient times, fat meat was really more expensive than lean meat.
Yes, it is difficult for the people at the bottom to even eat a little meat. Of course, fat meat with oil and water is more popular.
She originally wanted to buy some meat, but the rest was used as lard, which she could use for meals and cooking.
Looking at the price, I can't buy any more meat. Let's buy it all into oil.
Besides, can’t the oil residue be eaten as meat?
When you make money in the future, you can buy meat to eat.
The butcher cut off a small piece of white pork suet, hooked it on the scale, and then added a small piece.
"Forty-eight cents, more or less! Do you want anything else?"
"No more."
Su Ruyi picked up an empty bucket and handed it over, signaling the butcher to put the suet in the bucket.
He took out all the coins from his sleeves, counted them, and handed them over.
We came out of the butcher shop and looked at the sky. The sun was already hanging on the treetops in the west. It was time to go back. We had to walk quickly along the way, otherwise it would be dark before we got home.
When we left the town, the uncle selling water had already gone back.
She walked a little further and looked around, then opened the door of the space and placed the pole and two buckets in the space.
This makes me feel relaxed and I can walk a little faster.
Hurrying slowly, we finally returned to Xinghua Village when the last red glow in the west was about to disappear.
At this time, Su Ruyi realized that her shoes couldn't be worn anymore, and her big toe went straight out from the front.
If it's a man, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, but if a woman wears open-toed shoes, it feels weird.
She thought to herself that she would have to ask her second sister-in-law Li Baozhu to mend it for her when she returned home.
She wanted to wear new shoes, but she didn't have the skills to make them, and she didn't have the fabric.
Buy a pair? No money.
Make up for it and wear it as it is.
When Su Ruyi returned to the Lu family, Mrs. Zhang was washing her feet in the yard.
Liu Cuier was wiping Zhuang'er's face roughly, and the black cloth was caressing the boy's face.
"Mom, is Su Ruyi really running away this time? I feel something is wrong."
"Didn't your man say that she went to town to do business?"
Mrs. Zhang soaked her feet and spoke in a calm tone, "The Lu family, what bad things have happened to them these years!"
"That's what she told Tada, but who knows, I think she just ran away with a wild man and just lied to us!"
"Then just run away."
"But it's wrong to think about it. She doesn't have any money, how can anyone want her? Besides, I met Liu Mazi today. Liu Mazi is in the village. Who can Su Ruyi run away with?"
Su Ruyi took out the bucket containing suet from the space and stood at the door of the courtyard and heard the conversation between the two inside.
Liu Mazi...
Yes, there is such a person in the memory of the original owner.
Liu Mazi also had a daughter-in-law before her who fell ill and died. He lived alone, living a lazy and carefree life.
The personality is quite similar to the original owner.
The two of them flirted secretly, but the original owner was also thoughtful. She didn't pursue any love, but was attracted by the few taels of money from Liu Mazi's family, and wanted to have a good meal every day with her.
Inside, Liu Cuier washed Zhuang'er's face and pushed him: "Go, wash your feet and go to bed quickly."
The old man over there came back from the backyard with a swill bucket, put the swill bucket into the kitchen, and took a ladle to scoop out a ladle of water.
The two brothers drank a ladle of water, took off their shoes, washed their feet, and put their wet feet into cloth shoes.
Liu Cuier urged fiercely: "Dalang, take your brother to bed quickly!"
The two children reluctantly went inside. They were not sleepy and wanted to play for a while.
Liu Cui'er turned her head and said to her mother-in-law who was soaking her feet: "Mom, I don't know what's going on today, I've been feeling panicked..."
She frowned.
Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a moment, then her brows furrowed: "Do you feel the same way? Could something happen to that bitch Su Ruyi?!"
Su Ruyi, who was standing outside the courtyard gate, couldn't help but have mixed emotions when she heard this.
It can be heard that although the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have bad mouths, they are still worried about themselves. Is it too unpleasant to talk about a bitch?
He raised his hand and knocked on the door, shouting: "Mom, open the door quickly, I'm back!"
Liu Cuier walked quickly to the door, saying reluctantly: "You still know how to come back, why don't you run away with the wild man!"
The door to the courtyard was shaky, and if it were stronger, the entire door could be knocked down.
Liu Cuier took away the rectangular wood behind the door and opened the courtyard door with a fierce and disgusted face.
Su Ruyi directly handed the bucket to her: "Sister-in-law, I went to the town to buy some oil and brought it back. Can I use it tonight?"
The bucket was handed to her, and Liu Cuier subconsciously caught it, with a look of astonishment on her face.
This Su Ruyi, she actually buys things for her family?
Or buy oil!
No, where did she get the money? !
Mrs. Zhang grabbed her handkerchief and wiped her feet carelessly. She was thinking the same thing as Liu Cui'er. She didn't know whether to go back to the house first to count the money she had hidden, or to go forward and see if Su Ruyi had really bought the oil. .
Then I heard the old man screaming in the room: "Dad——"
Then Zhuang'er also cried, his voice full of fear.
The three women in the yard felt their scalps numb when they heard it, and Liu Cuier ran towards her house.
Mrs. Zhang got nervous and stepped over the footbath, splashing footwashing water on her shoes and trouser legs, but she didn't care and rushed into the house.
Su Ruyi had a bad feeling in her heart, so she hurriedly closed the courtyard door, bolted the door, and then hurried into the big house.
The room was dark, and Su Ruyi couldn't adapt to it for a moment. When she saw Li Baozhu coming out of the kitchen, she also rushed here. She hurriedly said: "Second sister-in-law, bring a fire!"
After hearing this, Li Baozhu turned around and rushed towards his house.
The room was in chaos, the cries of children and women were heartbreaking.
