"Logically, even if the family can't uncover the truth, I shouldn't tell this secret.
But you know that Zhao Dashan is coming tonight.
I learned a piece of news from him that may make our family more difficult, or it may help our family turn around.
Before telling me this news, you must promise me that it will never be told outside until outsiders know about it. I promised that Zhao Dashan, so I can't make things difficult for others. "
I must be afraid that after knowing it, everyone will go to the town to ask around and drink a pot, and even the city gate will not be able to be guarded.
Xu Tianxin hurriedly expressed his position: "I promise not to tell."
Xu Tianxin knew that her breasts were not for her guarantee.
But this was what she had suggested to her grandma before.
There are currently three people in the family. When you ask questions or want to do something, don’t just let your aunt answer, take her along with you.
It's difficult for a daughter-in-law who is married outside, and there is no way to avoid her aunt's live broadcast behind her back. So when she and her grandma usually talk, it doesn't take much trouble as long as she and her grandma pay a little attention. Perhaps that alone will make the daughter-in-law who marries outside feel warmer in her heart and feel that she is not treated as an outsider.
Yu Qiniang was in shock. She only reacted when she heard her niece's statement. She quickly raised her hand and said, "Mom, I swear on my mother's life... No, I'm not talking about you!"
Yu Qinniang wanted to explain that she was her mother. Because she felt that just swearing by herself was not strong enough. Like the people in the village who always swear by themselves, it seems that she still didn't get struck by lightning when she lied. On the other hand, a daughter-in-law who is married outside is the best if she dares to swear on her own parents.
Mrs. Xu complained without waiting for her daughter-in-law to explain: "Your mother really owed you in her previous life, and she still has to do this troublesome thing."
"Then I swear on my life that I have food..."
"Stop it, it won't happen", if you continue to say it, several people will die.
Afraid that Yu Qinniang would be anxious, Mrs. Xu waved her hands and said, "I know you are a strict talker. You don't need to swear to tell the truth."
But then, regardless of how Mrs. Xu explained that the mutual market was an opportunity for the Xu family, Yu Qinniang summed up her statement with the same sentence: "Mom, that's the money that the eldest brother left for Xin'er. You can't touch it."
"Didn't I say it? Tian Xin's name is written on the land deed."
"Then it was moved."
Mrs. Xu simply turned around and looked at her granddaughter and said, "I think our family just doesn't get enough fish meat from the work share. What can we do with that little bit? Just buy the fish from the village committee. When the weather gets cold, we can make fish balls." Frozen, including our cured fish and the like. Not only do we sell food and drink on the street, but we also set up a counter for takeout. In addition, whatever is lacking on the caravan road, our shop will have it. Think about it for me, What do they need to be able to make money?"
"Mom, that's what eldest brother left for Xin'er. It's not good for you to use the money to make money..."
"Shut up." Can't you just eat fish and meat buns?
Mrs. Xu's train of thought was completely interrupted.
Sometimes even Mrs. Xu is impressed by her daughter-in-law's energy.
Okay, okay, I can't fix you. I won't discuss the matter anymore. I'll send you away first: "I'll ask for leave for you. You can take the bicycle in the west courtyard to go back to your parents' home tomorrow morning."
Before Mrs. Xu could finish speaking, Yu Qinniang blushed and said, "I can't borrow any money when I go back to my parents' house."
Yu Qinniang thought her mother-in-law was asking her to go back to her parents' house to borrow money.
The child's money cannot be touched. If the mother-in-law wants to buy land and build a house, she must have a place to borrow money, but her parents really can't count on it. It's not that she won't go back and borrow money.
Back then, she used her betrothal gift money to support her parents' family and completely separate the family. Otherwise, her mother and her two younger brothers would continue to suffer at the hands of the two aunts. Ever since her grandma and her father passed away one after another, the relatives in those houses have always been quarreling over the uneven distribution of land and houses. No one would give in, and they never got their share. As a result, the people in their room had the least food and the worst clothing, but they were scolded, beaten and worked the most. Later, she simply asked for a lot less, so much so that everyone in the village couldn't bear to help her, and they used her betrothal gift money as a supplement to move out.
For example, when I went back to my parents' house the year before last, I found that the food was much worse than that at my husband's house. The porridge bowl was clear and watery, so I asked why I didn't look for her. Her mother said: You didn’t bring back even a cent of the betrothal gift given by your in-laws’ family. Your mother-in-law must have thought our family was quite shameless. Things have been so bad these years. It's shameful to visit my parents-in-law without bringing any gifts during the New Year. I told you two brothers that no matter how hard it is, I can't come to borrow food. Why should I ask you? You are someone's daughter-in-law, and you haven't given birth to a child, so you don't know how you will live in your husband's family.
At the end of last year, her eldest brother asked someone from another village to pass on a message, saying that life at home was much better, so she could rest assured.
But if there is food, the situation is not good, how can it be better if it is better? I guess he just sent a message to her to live in peace of mind.
As for the above-mentioned matters about the in-laws, how could Mrs. Xu not be clear about it?
If not to say that the person that Mrs. Xu admires the most now is Yu Qinniang, what is she thinking in her mind? She is becoming more and more emotional day by day.
"Can you please listen to me and stop being embarrassed? You can catch ten or fifteen fish tomorrow morning and carry them back to your parents' house."
Old Mrs. Xu thought to herself: Zhao Dashan and those government servants can eat several pieces of pure fish in one meal, instead of just picking and picking at the in-laws' place.
The daughter-in-law didn't just pop out of the cracks in the rocks. It's human nature for anyone not to miss her mother's family.
Mrs. Xu asked Yu Qinniang: "You haven't been back for a year or two, right? I originally planned to let you and Youliang go back to your parents' house in winter, but now it's not possible. It seems that winter is the busiest time, so why don't you Go back now. While the weather is still warm and you can pickle fish, give the fish to your mother and tell her to pickle a few quickly and save them for winter."
Yu Qiniang was stunned again.
His expression was even duller than knowing that Big Uncle had twenty taels hidden under the tree.
"mother……"
"It's not like I let you go in vain, you can restore your consciousness to me.
I remember your mother was very good at making Ula shoes, right? Ask her to bring me fifty pairs of shoe soles and prepare them first.
Cotton and shoe fabrics, I am coming back to sell goods in more than a month and then send them to your mother.
The size of the shoes is made according to the size of most men's feet. Your mother knows that she often does handicrafts. Ura grass, except for those fifty pairs of shoes, let your mother and your two brothers take as much home as they can on the roof of the courtyard, and then beat them for me. "
Mrs. Xu wanted to collect it and sell it back to the caravans who traveled east and west through the pass.
You must know that outsiders will be severely cold if they come here unexpectedly.
The cotton clothes on your body, especially the cotton shoes on your feet, may not necessarily be fully prepared.
Although urala grass is just a plant, it is one of the three local treasures along with ginseng and mink, so you can imagine how rare it is.
And only they have rivers and humid areas everywhere. Leaving here, it is very rare in other places.
It was also the people here who were severely frozen, covered in thousands of miles of ice, and biting by the north wind, so they gradually figured out how to keep it warm from the cold, generation after generation.
From my memory, when using urala grass, you should cut it from the roots and put it outside to dry. After the urala grass is dried, it can be tied into straw handles. Then, hold a straw handle with your left hand and beat the hay repeatedly with a wooden hammer in your right hand. You suspect that life is also beaten until only the grass fibers are left, and then shaken to let the debris fall off. These hay must be beaten into filaments and soft as cotton before they can be sewn into cotton shoes.
When the time comes, the feet will be worn with cloth and cotton, and then a circle of urala grass will be sewn from the sole to the ankle, which is equivalent to an insole that covers the entire foot. There will be no problem at temperatures over minus 40 degrees.
Moreover, these shoes also wick moisture away and are said to relieve fatigue, relax muscles and activate blood circulation. When she sells shoes, she will introduce them to her, and everything will be relieved except that she can't eat.
Ula straw sandals like this are very common in the countryside. Only the rich in the city wore shoes made of fur.
Mrs. Xu calculated that maybe fifty pairs were not enough. If there was only one mighty caravan coming over, there would be many people in charge of the caravan in front and behind, and each of them would not be short of money. Besides, when she was in a hurry, she couldn't care about money, and she wouldn't sell at a shady price. If everything goes well, one team will be able to get all her shoes.
No matter who you ask to do this work, let your in-laws do it.
"When the money is sold, I will pay it to your mother. As for the urala grass, I will..."
Before Mrs. Xu finished speaking, Yu Qinniang ran out.
Before going out, he also picked up two empty buckets.
She will go back to her parents' house tomorrow morning. She has wasted her work points to exchange for fish. If she doesn't fill the water tank, it will be all up to her mother-in-law and niece.
"Huh? I have to correct this problem for her. She never waits for me to finish."
Xu Tianxin turned to look at the yard: "Nai, my aunt is touched, but I am embarrassed to shed tears in front of you."
Yes, on the way to fetch water, Yu Qinniang walked with sonorous steps and cried even more miserably than when her own mother poured out a basin of water and shouted "Live a good life" on the day she got married.
Growing up, she had never met many people who were kind to her.
Yu Qiniang felt her heart getting hot.
To put it inappropriately, even if her man was gone one day, she thought she would not leave the Xu family and would serve her mother-in-law like a daughter.
And Yu Qinniang was endlessly carrying water, and she wished that all the basins in the house were filled with water, as if the old well in the village would stop running tomorrow.
It's useless to stop anyone. If you encounter a patrolman in the village, you have to lend a hand to help. You don't need anyone else. She thinks that her mother-in-law is enough to support her family, so she doesn't need to owe any favors. My mother-in-law said that it would be difficult to carry water even if she was not allowed to carry it.
I really can't control this temperament.
So Mrs. Xu fell asleep with the sound of rushing water, but as she stared, she heard someone standing in front of the kang, just above her head, saying quietly: "Mom, that's what eldest brother left for Xin'er." of……"
"Get back here!"
"No, mother." Yu Qinniang picked up the doorframe and summoned the courage to say, "I'm here to help. Please listen to what I have to say. We really have no place to borrow money right now, but if we give our children money, we can't use it in vain. . Only with the children's money can we buy wasteland and open a shop, so does the money earned by the shop also have to be set aside for Tian Xin? Even if you lend it out, you have to pay some interest, right? Wherever you go It makes sense.”
Mrs. Xu was so frightened by Yu Qinniang that she calmed her heart and thought: Where is that money? She was thinking about scoring points before she even started earning.
"I know in my heart, can you go back to sleep?" I also have an appointment with Liu Laozhu tomorrow morning.
But Yu Qinniang took a few steps and then stepped back: "There is one last sentence, the traveling expenses back to her parents' home..."
I'll reimburse you. I'll reimburse you. Mrs. Xu brought twenty copper coins to Yu Qinniang. After all, she was so disturbed that she couldn't sleep and shouted: "Carry two rations before leaving tomorrow morning. Don't be stupid and skip meals."
It was still dark the next day, so Yu Qinniang walked onto the country road carrying five fishes in a basket.
She left without waiting for the train from Yujiaguan next door, because the train from Erdaohe Village to her parents' home had to pay an extra two copper coins for pulling the legs. If she walked a little further and stood on the side of the road, it would be too late for the car to hit her.
She didn't carry away fifteen fish either. Those were earned by her mother-in-law with work points because she had to worry about many things in the village. How could she be so evil? Her mother-in-law wouldn't even bear to eat a bowl of fish and meat wontons. How could she have the nerve to take away the fish she gave to her mother-in-law? many. It would be better to let my mother-in-law make more shoes, and let the eldest and second brothers be more diligent and rake more grass. Only by allowing them to make money with their own hands can we really help my mother-in-law's family.
And Mrs. Xu had no idea what time her silly daughter-in-law left.
At this time, Mrs. Xu and Liu Laozhu were standing on the wasteland they wanted to buy, gesturing and planning how to buy it.
Liu Laozhu only had one feeling. Sure enough, it would be no good to call him brother.
Because when you look at who buys land, they don’t buy it based on the number of acres?
Look at this one again, draw a rectangle and buy it, you can buy a circle.
(End of chapter)
