Mrs. Zhao got angry when she saw the white rice and pork and couldn't eat it at all.
She said angrily: "I know you made some money, but that's not how the money is spent. If you don't grow up well, there will be too many places to spend money in the future. At Ergou's age, he will marry a wife in half a year at most. We don’t even have a place to live at home, so we can’t save money to build an adobe house for Ergou. I heard from Matchmaker Wang that the bride price for marrying a daughter-in-law has recently increased to half a tael of silver..."
Zhao Ergou said: "Grandma, it's still early for me to marry a wife."
Old Mrs. Zhao didn't think it was early at all. Some sixteen-year-old boys in the village even gave birth to sons.
Her eyes fell on Wu Huiniang's somewhat pale face, and she said with a straight face: "You are pregnant, so just stay at home and don't wander around. It only costs forty or fifty cents to see a doctor, and the money is not expensive." Scraped..."
Wu Huiniang lowered her head guiltily: "I listen to grandma."
Cheng Wanwan thought in her heart that she would definitely not let Wu Huiniang do so much work in the future.
There is at most one month left, and the season for eating ice cream is over. She must take advantage of this time to expand the market. She needs her sons to help in the town. Most importantly, she wants to broaden their horizons and explore their business or In other abilities, she can't always be at the forefront.
After selling ice powder at noon, they can come back in the afternoon. They can leave some things in the fields until they come back. They can also do things like chopping wood and water in the evening. Wu Huiniang can handle the lunch meal herself. The only thing that needs to be arranged is A flock of chickens and ducks at home.
If Si Dan is at home, the food for the chickens and ducks can be given to Si Dan. However, she plans to send Si Dan to study tomorrow. She will ask her tomorrow to see what the situation is. Of course, it also depends on whether Si Dan is willing. If If you don’t want to, that’s fine, just stay at home and raise chickens and ducks.
"If you really want to go to the fields to do something, why don't you ask Xia Hua to come over and help you, why do you have to go to the fields by yourself..."
Mrs. Zhao kept thinking casually.
Cheng Wanwan smiled: "Mom, can I trouble you with something?"
Mrs. Zhao stared warily: "What do you want to do?"
She had already asked Xia Hua to help. Why did the boss's wife want to cause trouble? She wouldn't want the old house to provide Dashan's wife with a lunch.
A lunch is not too much, not too much...forget it, considering that Dashan's daughter-in-law is pregnant with the blood of the old Zhao family, it doesn't matter if she has a lunch.
"We agreed in advance that the lunch in the old house won't include white rice and fat pork, just grain pancakes and steamed buns. Eat whatever you like."
Cheng Wanwan: "..."
Where did this go? When did she tell Hui Niang to go to the old house for dinner?
She said helplessly: "I want my mother to arrange for someone to come to our house to take care of the chickens and ducks. They can dig some wild vegetables and other things. They will be responsible for the lunch meal. In the evening, wait for Si Dan to come back and prepare them by themselves. No matter what Whoever is responsible for this will be given two cents."
"We are all a family, so what kind of money can we ask for?" Mrs. Zhao said angrily. As soon as she finished speaking, she thought of another thing. The money left in the hands of the eldest daughter-in-law turned into big white rice and Pork, this is a prodigal woman with airy fingers. She has to help her three grandsons save money to get a wife!
Thinking of this, the old lady continued, "Then just two cents. I'll go back and ask who is willing to do this job."
Wu Huiniang opened her lips and wanted to say something, but Cheng Wanwan glared at her.
She is pregnant, so just accept the arrangement honestly. In ancient times, women's lives were thinner than paper. If something happened, there would be no use regretting it.
There were no conditions before, but now that I have made some money, I should take good care of my baby.
Cheng Wanwan looked at the messy dishes on the table and said quietly: "From today on, everyone except you sister-in-law will take turns washing the dishes."
"Mom, it's really unnecessary." Wu Huiniang was embarrassed, "It's easy to wash the dishes, just leave it to me."
She quickly went to clear away the plates and chopsticks.
"Put it down." Cheng Wanwan held her hand down, "Let's start from Dashan first, one by one. Also, from now on, you can wash your own clothes by yourself. You can't leave everything to your sister-in-law. Have you remembered that? "
In this family, Cheng Wanwan's words are imperial edicts, so the four boys naturally have no objections.
Zhao Dashan helped Wu Huiniang sit down and quickly started to put away the dishes.
After the house was cleaned up, the four boys sat down around the table in the main room, and Wu Huiniang was also asked to sit down.
Cheng Wanwan coughed and said, "Today I will teach you addition and subtraction within ten."
Zhao Sanniu had a bitter look on his face: "Mom, I'm stupid, can I not learn from it? I'm strong and can do physical work. Is it okay to leave the brain work to my second brother?"
"No." Cheng Wanwan refused, "Even if you can't learn it, you have to study hard and learn as much as you can."
She looked at Zhao Sidan, "How many words did you learn from Tie Zhu?"
Zhao Sidan's face was full of pride: "Ten chestnuts are worth ten words, and I have learned them all. I can also write the names of our whole family."
Cheng Wanwan nodded: "After you finish learning arithmetic, you will learn another character from Sidan. Let's learn the character Zhao first."
Zhao Sanniu almost cried. He really wanted to run away, but he didn't dare.
It was getting dark at this time, and there were no candles in the house. Zhao Dashan burned a torch for lighting. The faces of the six people in the house were illuminated by the firelight in the darkness.
“What does one plus one equal?”
“What’s eight minus six?”
"What, eight minus six, there are still three? San Niu, how did you calculate it?"
"If you don't know how to calculate, just break your fingers..."
Cheng Wanwan was originally in high spirits, but slowly, her voice became full of irritability.
She ended the arithmetic class with a headache and asked Zhao Sidan to teach her how to read. Sidan dipped his finger in water and wrote a word on the table, and said seriously: "This character is pronounced Zhao, which is the Zhao of our old Zhao family."
Cheng Wanwan took a look.
Almost went berserk.
How did Sidan learn this? Why did he only learn half of the Chinese characters? He wrote "Zhao" as if it were "Zhao". This is simply misleading.
She covered her face and said, "Forget it Si Dan, it's too late today. Learning to read will hurt your eyes. Let's make ice powder together."
Zhao Sanniu's face was full of excitement: "Okay, Mom, I'll boil the hot water first!"
As long as he doesn't study, he can do anything.
Zhao Dashan actually didn't like to learn this either, but he was just trying to cooperate. He stood up and said, "Then I'll peel out the ice powder seeds first."
Zhao Ergou was still immersed in arithmetic: "Mom, you can count your fingers within ten, but how can you count those above ten as faster?"
He always had to calculate in his mind for a long time, and every time half of his calculations were wrong.
Cheng Wanwan was very pleased: "My mother will teach me after I learn how to do it. I will learn a little bit every day and I will get good at it gradually."
Zhao Sidan grabbed his hair and said: "Oh, why do I feel that this character Zhao looks different from what Brother Tiezhu taught me? No, I will ask Brother Tiezhu tomorrow."
Cheng Wanwan felt relieved again. It was an improvement to know that he had made a mistake.
She stood up and said, "Okay, it's getting late. Go and peel the ice powder seeds quickly. We will make three buckets of ice powder tonight."
Wu Huiniang was about to go to work when she was pushed back by Cheng Wanwan: "Go back to your room and rest. You are not allowed to come out without my instructions."
Wu Huiniang's heart felt all kinds of emotions. She returned to the room with red eyes, but she didn't dare to sleep. She kept listening to the noise outside. She couldn't sleep, so she simply sat up and took out the fabric with the help of the meager firelight outside. Cut and start making clothes.
Farmers make clothes at night, without candles, and rely solely on feeling for tailoring and sewing...
A family of six was busy here, and no one in the old Zhao family over there was sleeping either.
