Xu Qingchuan opened the door next door with a bowl of rice cakes.
Mrs. Wang did not like Mrs. Xu, but she didn't show her face to the younger generation, and Xu Qingchuan was a talented person. Although he only wore a white washed scholar's robe, he didn't look shabby. Make people feel good.
Worrying that his loud voice would scare him, Mr. Wang specially slowed down his tone and said, "Why are you sending things so politely?"
Xu Qingchuan pursed his lips and smiled and said, "It's the rice cake that my mother fried right now. Thinking that your family didn't have a hot stove when you moved here, just use some of them."
"Counting her, Xu Jinchai still has some conscience." Mrs. Wang muttered as she took the sea bowl. After seeing the number of rice cakes in the bowl, the smile on her face stagnated.
"The number of rice cakes at home is not enough, Auntie forgive me." Xu Qingchuan bowed politely.
Wang shied away from his salute, and hummed, "You don't need to make up for your mother, a good boy. She must have been intentional when she was young!"
Xu Qingchuan touched his nose embarrassedly.
He didn't leave much after delivering the things, so he said goodbye and went back to his home.
In the main room, Gu Yinzheng and Xiao Wuan were cleaning together. When Mrs. Wang came in with a sea bowl, Xiao Wuan sniffed her little nose and said, "It smells so good, mother!"
Wang Shi put the sea bowl on the table, "It's not your mother that smells good, it's fried rice cakes."
When he was still in Batou Village, Mrs. Wang would give the two children some oil and water every month, but since Gu Yin fell ill, the food at home has been very bad. In addition, he was fleeing and staying at an inn. He almost always had dry food and hot water, not to mention Xiao Wu'an, Gu Yin salivated unconsciously when he smelled it.
"Go to the kitchen to get the chopsticks, and point to the old lady to serve you?" Seeing this greedy cat, big and small, Wang also smiled a little.
Xiao Wu'an blew out like a small whirlwind, and brought three pairs of bamboo chopsticks in the blink of an eye.
"Mother, eat first." Xiao Wu'an was the first to hand the chopsticks to Mrs. Wang.
Mentioning this Wang Shi's temperament came up again, "What am I to eat! She gives two rice cakes to three people, who is embarrassed? You two eat it, leave me alone!"
Xiao Wu'an glanced at Gu Yin timidly, Gu Yin took the chopsticks and cut the rice cake into small pieces, revealing the crystal and full grains of rice inside.
"That's good, let's eat together. If you don't eat, where can we both eat?"
Being coaxed by Gu Yin, Mrs. Wang reluctantly picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece and tasted it, and said with disgust, "Hmph, this Xu Jinchai is even more stupid than me when he was a child. He was blinded by this oil and fried to old age!"
But disgust turned into disgust, and Wang Shi still laughed while eating.
Gu Yin and Xiao Wu'an then moved their chopsticks.
The two rice cakes were divided, and the three were full.
The Wang family had no time to spare, and asked Gu Yin and Xiao Wuan to clean up at home. She went out to buy things—the food they brought from Batou Village had already been eaten during this time, and they needed oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, grain, rice, and firewood. Purchase separately. There are also some simple furniture in the newly rented house, but there are no small things and mattresses.
Just before reaching the door of Xu's house, Mrs. Wang specially slowed down, rubbing her stomach and shouting, "Oh, my children are filial, and I even said they wouldn't eat it, so they insisted on eating with me first. Unlike some people, The three people deliberately gave two pieces of cake, I don't know what the idea was!"
When Mr. Xu heard it in the room, he stopped doing it, put the bowl and came out of the room, "You're talking so much, you can't keep your mouth shut even if you eat!"
"Oh, oh, why is my child being filial? I'm so happy, why don't people tell me?"
Across the door, the two of them sighed in unison, and then went back to their own business.
On Gu Yin's side, watching Xiao Wu'an finish eating the last piece of rice cake in the bowl, Gu Yin went to the kitchen to wash the Xu family's bowl first, and asked Xiao Wu'an to return it, and then cleaned up the kitchen.
Not long after, Xiao Wu'an came back from next door with a piece of caramel in his hand.
He handed it to Gu Yin as if offering a treasure, and said cheerfully, "Sister-in-law, look, the candy that Aunt Xu gave me! Eat it for you!"
Since leaving Batou Village, Gu Yin has never seen him so happy.
Unable to touch his little head, Gu Yin blocked his hand delivering the sugar with her elbow, "Eat it yourself, sister-in-law doesn't like sweets."
Xiao Wu'an took out a handkerchief from his arms again and wrapped the caramel, "Then I'll wait for my mother to come back and leave it for my mother to eat."
Gu Yin didn't feel good when she saw that he looked like a piece of caramel baby.
In fact, the life of the Wu family was really good at the beginning. When the original body came to the Wu family, he could still eat game every three or five years. Only then did he grow from that thin appearance to a slim girl.
Only Xiao Wuan suffered. When he was born, his father and brother were gone. The mother and sister-in-law in the family did not have any skills, so they could only do the simplest work. Later, the original body fell ill, and in order to cure her, the family even sold the fields.
Up to now, although Wang's family received the 20 taels that they deserved from her parents' family, but the income is less and the output is more, the family will have to return to the poor appearance in the past two years at most.
Gu Yin made up her mind. Today, she must come up with another way to convince Mr. Wang to let her do the food business. Even if Mrs. Wang doesn't believe it, she can make something to conquer her taste buds. scold.
After making up her mind, Gu Yin cleaned the stove with more and more dedication. Not only the edges and corners of the stove were clean, but even the corners of the stove were wiped clean with a mop.
After the first pass, it was late in the evening, when Gu Yin tidied up properly, and Mrs. Wang came back from outside.
She bought a lot of things, and her body was covered with large and small bags.
However, when she got home, she was not in a hurry to unload the goods, but looked for Gu Yin everywhere.
Hearing Xiao Wu'an say that Gu Yin was in the stove, she rushed into the stove first, and when she saw the pristine appearance inside, she retracted her feet.
"Is this still our home? Why hasn't it changed for a long time?"
"Mother came back just in time, I have something to tell you."
"I also have something to tell you," Wang shi beckoned her to step forward, and then pulled her out, "Son, what was the dream you mentioned last time? Tell me specifically."
Gu Yin's heart moved slightly. She thought that Mrs. Wang had forgotten about it. After all, what she said at that time was really low credibility. .
"You still believe me." Gu Yin felt that she was too one-sided in looking at people. Mrs. Wang was not only hard-hearted and soft-hearted, but also rough and meticulous. "I will definitely live up to your expectations..."
Seeing her excited look with red eyes, Mrs Wang patted her thigh and said anxiously, "Don't talk about these things! I've already blown the cows to the sky!"
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A few hours ago, Mr. Wang went to the town to buy things.
She bought some household necessities first, and then thought that Gu Yin's tonic was almost finished, so she went to the pharmacy again.
I thought that it had been three days since the last time I bought the medicine, and the nearby transportation roads should be repaired, and the price of medicine should be reduced.
Unexpectedly, the price of medicine has doubled.
Surprised, Wang asked the reason, and only then did he know from the shopkeeper's mouth that the price of medicine had nothing to do with the road now, but the war between the rebel army and the imperial army was getting more and more tense.
The current emperor waved his hand and issued an imperial decree, scraping most of the medicinal materials from the hands of the national pharmacists, but all the useful ones were sent to the front line.
This is not enough, this emperor only knows pleasure, and the treasury has already been emptied by silverfish without knowing it, where did the money come from to buy medicinal materials? It just said that you owe it first, and then you can make it up after the tax is paid.
A group of merchants are suffering, but how can they dare to care about the emperor? I can only eat this stuffy loss with my nose.
But the medicinal materials were scarce and the supply was in short supply. The pharmacist who had hurt his vitality had to find a way to make back the lost capital, and the price of the medicine doubled again.
Like the Shou'an Tang asked by Mrs. Wang, there is still a conscience, and those who are crazy about money simply close the door and wait for other colleagues to sell all the medicinal materials. times.
The last time the shopkeeper saw Wang's shabby clothes, he was willing to spend money to buy tonic for his daughter-in-law. He felt good to her, and he lowered his voice and said to her: "Mrs. buy it as soon as possible, although our boss has given an order not to let people buy more, for fear of profiteers. Stock up from us, but we are not sure that it will be sold out. If you want to buy medicine in the future, you have to go to those profiteers that are more than ten times more expensive. "
Wang Shi felt distressed and gasped as he touched the purse.
The money she brought from Batou Village has almost been spent these days. Later, she got 22 taels in total, 3 taels for renting the house, and 5 taels for buying things at home. Gu Yin's tonic had to be taken for another month, so it took another five or two. After all, there were only seven taels of silver left.
Wang Shi regretted for a while. She should have come to ask the price of medicine before buying other things. After all, medicine can't be saved, but other things can be saved - just like she thought that she only brought a bed from home. , When we sleep in the Datong shop in the inn, everyone builds a bed. Later, the family has to sleep separately, and we have to buy two more beds.
Now think about where you have to spend that money
Just buy a new bed for Gu Yin, who is recovering from a serious illness, and sleep with the old one for her son. She can either squeeze with them, or just cover a few pieces of clothes.
And she also spent ten cents to buy a pot of rice wine, thinking about re-settling and celebrating.
The daughter-in-law doesn't like drinking, and the younger son is not old enough to drink alcohol, so she still wants to drink.
Wang Shi slapped himself heavily.
People who are half-in-the-earth are still so greedy, they should be beaten!
Just when she felt sorry for Konger, a loud sneer suddenly came from beside her.
Wang shi turned around and saw two young women dressed in rich and noble clothes, covering their mouths and smiling at her.
Seeing that the face was still a little familiar, she didn't recognize the person for a while, but after the other party looked at her, she spoke first: "I didn't expect to meet my aunt at the pharmacy."
After careful recollection, Mrs Wang realized that the two in front of her were the two daughters-in-law of Mrs. Zou, the second sister-in-law.
"It's you." Wang shi nodded lightly, even if he had said hello.
Unexpectedly, the other party did not let go, but instead stepped forward to chat with Wang Shi.
The taller daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Is your aunt here to buy medicine for my cousin?"
Although Wang was in a bad mood and was impatient, she was still the younger generation of her parents' family, so she still replied: "Yes, my daughter-in-law has just suffered a serious illness, and the doctor explained that she needs to take tonics."
She asked herself if she was right, but for some unknown reason, the two daughters-in-law giggled together.
One said: "My aunt is really a bodhisattva. This medicine that is several times more expensive is bought for my daughter-in-law. I don't know how rich my aunt's family is."
Another said: "Sister-in-law, don't forget that my aunt shared twenty taels of silver from us before, but now she is not rich? Only those twenty taels are a one-shot deal, don't go back and find us after taking medicine and spending all the money. Come home."
Only then did Wang Shi understand that these two were not here to greet him, but to provoke him!
The Zou family was a shrewd person, and the two daughters-in-law they picked were eloquent, and they lived in the back of the house left by the two elders of the Wang family. After converting it into twenty taels of silver, Wang Dafu took the money. The big head counts on the head of the second room, and let them pay fifteen taels from the second room.
Because of this matter, the two families quarreled for a long time, and Zou's heart was not happy, so he asked the two daughters-in-law to pay the money.
Although the two of them have been married into the Wang family for many years, the Zou family is shrewd and stingy.
Because of this, they hated Wang Shi and Gu Yin, and they encountered the single Wang Shi by chance, and then they fought hard.
Mrs. Wang had suffered this kind of loss under Mrs. Zou's hands. Thinking that Gu Yin was not there and no one would help her, most of them couldn't argue, so she didn't want to pay attention to them.
But the two daughters-in-law continued to talk and laugh.
"No way, didn't my aunt say that she can make money by washing and mending clothes, or even begging for food."
"How much money can I make for washing and sewing? I don't think it's enough for a fraction of my cousin's medicine! If I say, this person has to accept his fate. As the saying goes, a big head wears a big hat. This cousin is worthy of this. Expensive medicine?"
Wang's self-confessed sewers earn less money, but it's not a shame to rely on their own hands to eat.
So at first she took care of herself and left, until the two daughters-in-law started talking about Gu Yinlai.
She stopped and scolded while rolling up her sleeves: "Tigers don't show their power, you are a sick cat, right? Why is my daughter-in-law not worthy of taking tonics?"
The two daughters-in-law didn't expect that the aunt would fight when she came up, so they pulled back and said, "Cousin and sister are not involved in childbirth, but let elders like aunt work for her, isn't it unworthy?"
Wang Shi sneered and pouted, "Who doesn't get sick? Who has to work to support the family when he is sick? My daughter-in-law is very capable!"
Speaking of this, the Wang family is a bit stuck, what is the skill of his daughter-in-law? Immediately thinking of Gu Yin talking about the dream that day, Wang Shi, who was in a fit of anger, opened her mouth and said, "My daughter-in-law's cooking skills are superb. No brother can compare!"
The two daughters-in-law wanted to laugh again, and they were afraid of Wang's fist.
"Then we'll just wait to see our aunt and cousin make a fortune!" As he spoke, the wind was blowing under his feet, and he ran away as if to flee.
When they were frightened away, Wang snorted triumphantly, and walked home with a burden.
As she walked, she calmed down and realized that something was not right.
Her second sister-in-law is a personal sperm, and the words came out of her own mouth today. If she can't do it later, then she shouldn't let her second sister-in-law spread out and mock her for a lifetime? !
She then hurried home to ask Gu Yin about her dream.
Gu Yin, who heard the ins and outs:...
It's okay, the process is different from what she thought, at least the result is what she wants.