"What are you doing?"
"Oh, sister-in-law, you scared me. Why are you guys here?" Why did you come to Xu's house to gather here so early in the morning?
The mother-in-law who spoke did not want the women in front of her to know that she had come to the Xu family to give gifts, so she covered the basket with cloth again while talking.
In fact, there was nothing valuable in the basket.
This is not just a trip for the family boy to follow Li Zheng. When he got home last night, he said that thanks to Aunt Xu, he took good care of everyone along the way. When I lived in the cave, I even borrowed Xu Tianxin’s light.
The more the family members heard, the more something was wrong. Wouldn't it be better for Liu Laozhu to do his job outside? Why does it sound like Xu's Xianghua has the final say outside and seems to know more people.
In short, the brat in her family has a mouth like a clam shell. Although the whole family was confused, the son still ate the Xu family's own food rations despite the mother-in-law of the Xu family taking care of her son along the way. , the mother-in-law thought that she should come to the door to chat for a while.
Not to mention, she could vaguely tell from her son that Mrs. Xu was very capable. She was not a fool, so how could she not be selfish.
Isn’t there such an old saying? Follow the bees to find flowers, and dog urine moss grows all over the hut. This shows that who you walk close to on weekdays is very important. At least you will know the news earlier than others.
Isn't that right? The mother-in-law thought it would be an opportunity to visit Xu's house as soon as she got home to thank her, so that she could visit Xu's house more often if she had nothing to do in the future.
Since you can’t come empty-handed, just pack a few handfuls of edamame and boil them in brine to add to the dish.
The talking lady thought she was hiding it well, but in fact, who doesn’t have her little thoughts?
The old ladies who were able to visit the Xu family this morning are all important figures in the intelligence center. Their men or sons are more capable in the village and can be said to know more than the woman who sent the edamame.
I heard that the Xu family's famine debt of dozens of taels was repaid on the road.
Dozens of taels, it’s all over!
This news is equivalent to thunder at the beginning of spring, a blockbuster. My old swan, this is the emotion that many people expressed in the middle of the night last night. It feels like selling private salt is not as fast as the Xu family can make money. What on earth did you do?
But Lao Wan's wife thought to herself: No, no, no, no more.
Her elder Rong was so sleepy last night that he didn't forget to tell his father and brothers that Aunt Xu had taken a big order and even brought back half of the advance payment.
Thanks to this money, otherwise I am afraid that the famine that has finally been paid off will continue to be in debt.
It’s not easy being a farmer. You don’t have the capital to make something happen, let alone the cost of trial and error.
Fortunately, Uncle Li Zheng's uncle gave the letter of approval, so Xu Laosan will go out to deliver goods again next month. Next time he goes out, he will be the only one in the Xu family.
Moreover, good things in the Xu family come in pairs.
If we say that in addition to our own abilities, this list also borrowed the strength of Brother Li Zheng's family. Then Tian Xin, the granddaughter of the Xu family, also took a big order on her own, and it was an order from a big official.
How big it is, you can figure it out for yourself. When the county magistrate arrives, there is no need to dismount.
The key is not to look at them and follow them all the way without knowing what is going on. Can you imagine it when a high official calls out to little friend Tian Xin? I also gave my friend sixteen wild boar skins as a gift.
I think work will start in the next two days, and I don't know if anyone will be hired to do it.
The boy from the Wan family quite disagreed with Yourong: In other words, both the Xu family's grandma and granddaughter would make a lot of money. Once the two transactions are completed, it will no longer be a dream for someone to buy a car and then buy land to build a house. It will become the first share in the village.
Mrs. Lao Wan's family thought to herself: This scum child, after talking so much in the middle of the night, her man almost couldn't sleep after listening to it.
At first she thought it was because she was so jealous that she couldn't sleep. Later, her man turned over and sighed and told her the truth: When others are only a little taller than ours, we can still be jealous and compare ourselves with dissatisfaction. After all, the four major surnames have been in the family for so many years, and except for the Li Zheng family, our family has always surpassed the other three families. Why would you be willing to be overshadowed by those who come after you?
But this is no longer a little higher. When it is too much higher than us, we are left with admiration and envy.
Her man also thought she was stupid and said that the Xu family was not just about making money. Do you understand? Anyone who gets an official position is said to be powerful in the future.
It’s a matter of having a strong backer. When that official was only Zhao Dashan, we all had to be friends with him, let alone a senior official who didn't need to salute when he saw the county magistrate.
Therefore, the family members should think twice about contacting the Xu family in the future, and he should also pay attention to the tone of his words when talking to the Xu family's girls. Although the relationship between the Wan family and the Xu family was not bad in the past, it would be best if it could be as good as a sugar triangle in the future, and they would come and see them when nothing happened.
Looking at this morning, everyone met at the Xu family. They must be well-informed and think the same as the Wan family.
At this time, Lao Wan's wife stepped forward to stop her and said, "We just came out of Xu's house. Don't go. My granddaughter got up late and is eating. It's not good for you to stay aside."
In fact, this is not good. They and the old sisters did not expect that Tian Xin could not get up at this hour.
When the children got up, their eyelids were still asleep, and they looked at them sitting on the kang in the room, chatting with swollen eyes. It can be seen that Mrs. Xu and Na Qinniang are very distressed, which makes them a little embarrassed to leave or stay.
They had no choice but to store the purchased goods in other rooms of the Xu family, so they could only sit in the room where their children slept and talk briefly.
After Lao Wan's wife finished speaking, other old women also responded: "That's right, don't go there yet. If we are eating ordinary food, it's okay for us to just sit there and chatter. But the stuffed buns are so greasy that they eat." , millet porridge." The child Tian Xin also had another bowl of egg custard.
Why don't you give us a taste of such good food?
The woman who brought the edamame was surprised: "Why are you serving hard food when it's not the New Year or the festival?"
More than a dozen women were beating each other while walking to the village. No one wanted to offend the Xu family, like they used to say slanderous words or greedy people, or they were rich and wanted to get into trouble, so they could only say: "A man is walking outside. It’s been months since I missed two major festivals, so I just got home and had something good to eat.”
I missed July 15th and August 15th.
At the same time, the Xu family was indeed eating.
Mrs. Xu was picking up two big buns and stuffing them into a big bowl, "Eat, how can you work if you don't have a full meal? Auntie is looking forward to letting me pick up food for you every time. You are tired and I am tired, so I'm a heretic, Dali. I'm at home, just squeak when you're hungry or thirsty."
"Hey." Dali finally got to see the changed Mrs. Xu. From last night to this morning, his nervousness finally relaxed. Aunt Xu's wife is indeed different from the old ladies outside.
Looking at the relationship between Xu Tianxin and his sister, the relationship between them is also very good. To say that they are almost the same age as their biological mother and daughter, but to him, they are more like their biological sisters. Although the seniority is so messed up, this is how it feels to him.
No wonder his sister is now devoted to her husband's family. She deserves it. She is not jealous at all, but is only happy for his sister. This is what people with benevolence and righteousness can do to get along well and cherish each other. No one takes the contribution of the other as their due.
Mrs. Xu took over the account book kept by her daughter-in-law after eating. Before she left, she left more than 900 copper coins, less than one tael of silver. She said that she had spent all of it and still owed a lot.
Mrs. Xu flipped through the small book with her thumb dipped in spit. She sighed when she saw the mess. She thought to herself: a small blackboard, chalk, or a sand table, whatever it is that can be used to write on, I have to prepare it. It is urgent for the children at home to learn to write.
Even if you don’t have time to squeeze in, you still have to study and practice diligently, otherwise you will look like a ghost drawing a talisman. It was all in vain that her granddaughter had been taught how to write her last name for more than ten nights before setting off, and it seemed she had forgotten all about it.
Mrs. Xu criticized: "And Xiaoqin, don't put a check mark on your name from now on. Just put a check mark on whoever you pay back the money to. If you didn't say it was a debt book, people who didn't know better would have thought it was a gift list." I'm still wondering how half of the village is dead after Xunsi left for more than a month."
I mistakenly thought it was a courtesy.
These words made the family members in the live broadcast room laugh like crazy early in the morning.
But maybe the family couldn't laugh.
Otherwise, the bigger the stall is, the higher the expenses will be in the future.
Old Mrs. Xu heard that she owed twenty taels for the tiles that had been knocked off the roof, and the money for the new lumber was probably one or two and a half. The fish money left at home was not enough. These children were very capable, and they had saved a lot of fish floss and hammer. Fish noodles.
The village collective even lacked one tael of fish money and kang boards as of yesterday. There was also money collected from other villages for feeding the mules and cattle. Her house was short of twenty large pot money.
There are also newly ordered fish floss jars that need to be repurchased, and a few more large tanks for pickling sauerkraut that need to be ordered for my family’s restaurant. You must prepare more for the poles, jars and basins.
In fact, we don't have enough food and oil to open a restaurant, and we also owe others 40 jars of fish floss and several hundred kilograms of fish from the county and city. Maybe the fish and meat caught in my village are not enough recently, and I have to buy fish in the town.
In addition to the granddaughter's side, the cost of soap-making materials and packaging, how much material does eight thousand pieces of soap cost? Not to mention lard, only the oil paper that contains the soap card stamp, not the kind that prints pictures. You need to pay one or two taels in advance.
Old Mrs. Xu thought to herself: Thank you for eating first, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat and my tooth would hurt.
Xu Laosi looked at Mrs. Xu and said, "Mom, let me go out and carry the wood. The second brother wants to do carpentry work, and the new house is busy and there is almost no need for me."
The three brothers always couldn't go out together anymore, and they had to open a restaurant and couldn't stay away from each other.
And his third brother used to have a more tiring job of carrying wood, but the money came in the fastest and most secure way.
His family now has a very good relationship with the Li Zheng family, and they should be able to go out and find work just by approving the note.
As for his third brother, he can no longer carry wood. Although the medicine has stopped, his body has not recovered yet. The wood in winter is very heavy. What's more, I heard that the third brother will go out to deliver goods again in more than half a month.
Dali thought for a while and said: "Auntie, how about I go with Youyin? Anyway, I help wherever I work. We can take care of each other, and we can stave off the famine. There is something urgent. , let’s go over there.”
Mrs. Xu was thinking about what else she wanted to fill, and was stunned when she heard this: "Why do you go out to work? There are so many money-making jobs at home."
He looked at his granddaughter again, and only after being reminded, he responded, "I just want to go out to the village to pay all the trivial debts I owe."
Mrs. Xu smiled: "Mom is rich, you are already very good. It is very hard for everyone who stays home to praise you. And the money will not be spent in vain, children, this is like getting money back after it is gone."
It was at this time that Xu Laosan revealed the answer: "Second brother, Dali, fourth brother, my mother brought back the reservation money!"
In the center of the village, Xu Tianxin accompanied him from scene to scene as live broadcast secretary.
She recorded Mrs. Xu inspecting the disaster situation with several village leaders, and Grandpa Fourth and Grandpa Seven were introducing the situation to her and Grandpa Lizheng.
It was said that it was like this that day. On that day, there was a sudden heavy rain in the clear blue sky with white clouds.
At midnight that night, the evil wind was blowing wildly again. When someone came to report, the roofs of fourteen houses were lifted one after another, and the beams broke three people's legs. Guan Ertu had already rushed there, and nearby people were also carrying people away from each other to the east. Delivered to everyone.
One newspaper reported that something bad happened, a piece of the dam collapsed, and the river flowed into the village suddenly.
Then the low-lying area to the west of the village turned into a water curtain hole in the blink of an eye, and the whole village was completely in chaos.
Those who scolded the girl said, if the rarest clothes are washed away, just wash them away. Be more considerate, as long as everything is fine. Don't give me grief. There is nothing that a big mouth can't do to you. The girls cried and shouted: Aren't we still young? How big can our hearts be? The only clothes we had were all gone.
There are also those who scolded the old man, saying that when the water reaches the kang, you catch the fish in the dark, and your heart is bigger than a Japanese melon when it is dried. The grandfathers who were scolded spoke plausibly: "We can't stop the river anymore, and my physique doesn't allow me to block the dam. I can only catch fish. If I can't change the facts, I can only save some food. What should I eat tomorrow?"
On the afternoon of the second day, when the strong men in the village blocked the dam for a while, some people were transferred to help the flooded houses in the village. When they entered the hospital and asked, "Can you come in and help you get your things? Don't leave us alone in the end." .”
Many people have said that there is nothing that cannot be entered. Look at the flooded areas. The main thing is to be open and open and take advantage of nothing.
When the river entered the village in the middle of the night, many farm tools were washed away.
All in all, the people in the village are still in good condition today.
There is no problem if you are optimistic and positive.
Xu Tianxin recorded the tragic scenes of the flooded families and thought: This can be regarded as the personality characteristics of the people here.
Because they guard the border and fight when they say it will happen. They will be the first to suffer when the city is broken. They must go to the battlefield whenever they are asked to recruit soldiers.
and
And he still lives in a bitter cold place. He can't go out for half of the year. He can hold himself in and enjoy himself at home. He has an open-minded temperament. And when they can go out, farming still faces natural and man-made disasters that reduce food production.
Therefore, people who have not experienced the above and have not grown up in this black land simply do not understand their wise saying: "As long as people have nothing to do, they are better than anything else."
Liu Laozhu asked his fourth uncle: "How is the village opposite?"
"It's the same virtue on the other side. It's just more chaotic than here. I heard that when you go to the town to cry for poverty, people will send government officials to rescue them, and a lot of people came to help them."
The fourth uncle told him, "We didn't ask for help."
Children who cry are fed by milk. How could the fourth uncle not understand this?
But what's the use of crying.
The fourth uncle thought that the relationship between Liu Laozhu and Zhenting was not good, so he might as well save himself without counting on others at all.
Sure enough, no one cares about the sensible children. Since the dam collapsed, only people sent by Zhao Dashan have come to the government office, and they still do it for the Xu family.
The fourth uncle and the others told Mrs. Xu and Liu Laozhu, "It's nothing. The most difficult thing for us was the first two days. In those two days, those who were not flooded in the village helped cook and deliver food. Listen to the women in the west I clap my legs and cry, no one cares about whether I have enough food or not. I am the only one who has dry food. If you encounter difficulties, I will give you half of it. I can help you a little."
In this village that is riddled with holes, everyone is helping each other to patch things up.
After hearing this, Mrs. Xu sighed and said: "Sometimes bad things have a good side. Having experienced river grabbing and being flooded again, we people in Erdaohe Village will be better able to handle things in the future." We have become stronger in resisting pressure.
Wang Yusheng laughed when he heard this and said, "Auntie, what you said is so right. We originally held a meeting together, but as time went by, everyone became distraught."
Yes, they can stay united for a month.
Unexpectedly, there were strong winds and floods this time, but everyone was fine again. Not to mention unity, love can grow when we get together in that bad weather and help each other.
For example, Meizhuang and her man were almost washed away by the river, and Meizhuang almost died in love with her.
Later, he was rescued by everyone with a rope. The handsome man hugged Meizhuang and cried, saying that when he was in the river, he only thought about it, if he could eat a bowl of water-resistant noodles before he died. When he saw Meizhuang jumping into the river to die in love, he forgot about the noodles and thought that if he survived, he and Meizhuang would have a child as soon as possible. He had already thought of a nickname for the child and called the rain to stop.
Hearing this, Mrs. Xu looked at Meizhuang, who had been accompanying her.
Xu Tianxin hurriedly got close to the camera to record. Meizhuang came close to Mrs. Xu and whispered, "I tripped and fell into the river."
"Accident?"
"ah."
Xu Tianxin then recorded live broadcast that Mrs. Xu paid off the debts of each family, and then followed her mother to the new house.
