Immediately afterwards, Ye Yun saw a figure coming to the door of the courtyard outside. It was Lao Ma Tou, a tofu seller from the next village.
Why is Lao Ma Tou here?
Ye Yun winked at Qin Zheng, telling him to take a good look at Ye Jianan and Mu Jingsheng, then stood up and walked out.
yard.
Lao Matou was waiting at the entrance of the courtyard. When he saw Ye Yun, his face suddenly burst into laughter.
"Daughter-in-law of the Qin family, you are finally back." As he spoke, Lao Ma Tou walked up to Ye Yun with a smile on his face and stuffed a handful of coins into her hand without any explanation.
One cent or two cents, and a few two- or three-dollar bills mixed in.
Ye Yun didn't know why and raised her eyebrows, "Uncle Ma, what are you..."
Old Ma Tou had a simple and honest smile on his face, patted his head and said: "You see, I was busy giving you money, but I forgot to tell you that I made the stinky tofu you taught me to make before! Don't Said, the sales are quite good, the stuff smells good and tastes good, many buyers want it! This money is the profit after deducting the capital during this period. I heard that you are back, I will give it to you quickly! "
That's it.
Ye Yun couldn't help but smile.
She put the money back into Lao Ma Tou's arms, waved her hand and said, "Uncle Ma, this is your hard-earned money, you shouldn't give it to me."
Lao Ma Tou looked surprised and was obviously at a loss as he held the handful of coins.
what does this mean?
She doesn't want it?
Don’t you want the money that comes to you these days?
In Lao Ma Tou's heart, this money should belong to Ye Yun.
Although he worked as a coolie, Ye Yun taught him the craft of stinky tofu. He has lived for most of his life, so he naturally knows what is the most precious.
There are coolies for everyone.
The most valuable thing for farmers is coolies.
But craft work, no.
These days, having a craft is equivalent to having a job, and you don’t have to worry about food no matter where you go.
In his opinion, the craftsmanship Ye Yun gave him was far more important than the money in his hands.
If he had stayed with the old school, he would have even seriously worshiped Ye Yun as his master.
"Uncle Ma, please go back first." Seeing that Old Ma was still stunned, Ye Yun explained again, "This is your hard-earned money and has nothing to do with me. I have guests at home today, and I can't invite you." Come home and have a drink of water. I will go to your house to play with Xiu'er another day when I have time. Then we can talk about stinky tofu?"
"Okay, okay!"
When Lao Ma Tou heard this, he didn't want to delay any longer. After confirming with Ye Yun that she would go home, he left on his tricycle.
When leaving, he was also careful not to let the tricycle hit the sedan parked on the roadside.
Just by looking at this small car, he knew that the guests coming to Ye Yun's house must be distinguished guests. If he knew that Ye Yun's family had such distinguished guests to entertain today, he would not have chosen this time to come to the door so shamelessly.
Ye Yun returned to the house, and Qin Xiang'e, who had finished shopping, just rode into the village.
She cut two kilograms of meat from the town's supply and marketing cooperative, and also bought two lively fresh grass carps from the roadside. When she saw Lao Ma Tou, she immediately waved him to stop, thinking about buying a piece of tofu to stew with the fish.
After learning this, Lao Ma Tou waved his hand.
The tofu won't be ready until night, so he was just giving money to Ye Yun.
Qin Xiang couldn't help but regret this.
Tsk, if I had known better, I would have bought some tofu from the supply and marketing cooperative, but I still have some tofu skin and jingwei at home, so I could just put them in the pot and stew them together.
Qin Xiang'e and Lao Ma Tou waved their hands and planned to go back.
"Hey! Just wait a minute!"
But Lao Ma Tou suddenly stopped her.
Qin Xiang'e held her hand on the handlebar, turned around and said with a smile, "What's wrong?"
The old man glanced at the car parked on the roadside again and asked in a low voice: "Sister, who are these people here at your house?"
"You said this."
Qin Xiang'e understood, and the smile on her lips became even wider.
"This is my daughter-in-law's parents coming back. From now on, my daughter-in-law will also have members of her mother's family." She said, with sincere joy on her face.
Lao Ma slapped his thigh, "This feeling is good, it's a good thing!"
"Yes, I won't tell you any more. I have to go back and cook to entertain my niece-in-law's family!"
Qin Xiang'e said that she was about to leave, but the next second the car was stopped by Lao Ma Tou.
Before she could react, there was a handful of thick coins in her hand.
"Brother, what are you doing?" Qin Xiang'e looked surprised and quickly wanted to return it to him.
Lao Ma Tou immediately said: "Sister, this is the money I paid for selling stinky tofu. The recipe for the stinky tofu belongs to your wife. I asked her just now, but she was busy and refused to accept it, so I didn't delay her any longer. , please give it to your wife, and I will leave first!"
After saying that, he got on the tricycle, stepped on the pedals and left quickly.
Qin Xiang'e held on to the 28 big bar, looked at the Mao Piao in her hand doubtfully, and then looked at the direction in which Lao Ma Tou was leaving. After thinking for two seconds, she still put it in her pocket.
Since Lao Ma Tou said it was for her daughter-in-law, she could just take it back to her daughter-in-law.
Qin Xiang'e pedaled up the slope on the 28th big bar.
After parking the car in the yard, she untied the pork and two fish tied to the handlebars, took out the cents given by Lao Ma Tou from her pocket, and entered the main room with a smile on her face.
"His wife, I'm back..."
Ye Yun walked out of the house to greet Qin Xiang'e. Qin Xiang'e naturally laughed with her and talked about how fresh the grass carp she bought was. She said that the fish seller was a young man who had just caught it from the river. Then she thought of something and quickly took her hand. A stack of cents was handed to Ye Yun.
"This is what Lao Ma Tou gives you."
"..."
Ye Yun knew what was going on as soon as she saw the dime. She smiled at Qin Xiang'e and asked her to go inside first.
Qin Xiang'e waved her hand, carried the fish and walked to the kitchen shed.
"It's getting late. I'm going to cook for my in-laws. This fish needs to be stewed for a while to taste delicious!"
"Let me help you..."
After Ye Yun finished speaking, she put the coins into her pocket first and followed Qin Xiang'e into the kitchen shed.
Before entering the stove shed, she subconsciously glanced down the slope in the darkness.
The farmers there had piled a haystack more than two meters high. It was tall and wide, and it blocked a lot of the scene behind it.
But if you look carefully, you can see that a foot wearing old coarse cloth shoes is exposed.
As if he sensed that she had discovered him, he jerked his foot back.
"laugh……"
Ye Yun was too lazy to pay attention to the person hiding behind the haystack. She turned around and followed Qin Xiang'e calmly into the stove shed.
After a while, the strong aroma of pork oil came out.
Behind the haystack, Li Xiuying secretly watched all this with jealousy and envy in her eyes, so greedy that tears almost flowed out of the corners of her mouth.
Alas, she hasn't eaten meat for a long time.
These should be hers.
The money, pork, and fish should all be hers.
If Qin Zheng had not moved out, then she would still be receiving Qin Zheng's money, and the money Lao Ma Tou gave Ye Yun would also be given to her.
Money, stuff.
The more Li Xiuying thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt. Suddenly, the voice of her second daughter-in-law yelling at her came from not far away.
"Where did the old immortal go again!"
"The clothes at home are not washed! The food is not cooked! How can I survive this life? I can't just die as soon as possible!"
The scolding made Li Xiuying shrink her neck subconsciously and hide behind the haystack.
In the distance, the second daughter-in-law, who was newly pregnant, was standing on the street and yelling curses. Her posture made her feel bad even from a distance, as if when she returned, the second daughter-in-law was going to hit her on the head and give her a good beating. .
