At the time of the garrison, Shuanzi's carriage returned to Taohua Village, and the passengers in the carriage got off one after another and went home.
Zhang Eryong, his father Zhang Xingwang, and his eldest brother Zhang Dayong also got out of the car and went to their home.
These days, the three of them, father and son, went out to sell spiced peanuts every day, sometimes to the county town and sometimes to nearby towns. They could sell three to four hundred catties every day, and the income was very considerable. Although it was very hard to go out early and return late every day, But with the support of such a huge income, they are willing to work hard even if they work hard!
Hearing the knock on the door, Cui Zhang, who was busy making spiced peanuts in the kitchen, called out to the little girl, "Jinfeng, your father and the others are back, go and open the door!"
"There are so many people at home, why do you ask me to open the door every day, just let me rest for a while?" Zhang Jinfeng looked displeased, but obediently went to open the door.
"Father, you are back, ah, aren't the peanuts sold out today?"
Seeing the bulging bag on the shoulder of the second elder brother, Zhang Jinfeng thought it was because the peanuts were not sold, and cried out in a fuss.
Zhang Eryong said blankly, "It's sold out, I bought these."
"What did you buy? Show me?"
Zhang Jinfeng's eyes lit up when he heard that he was shopping, and he reached out to pick up the pocket on Zhang Eryong's shoulder while talking.
Zhang Eryong avoided her with one side of his body, without even looking at her, he followed his father and brother directly into the house.
"Yeah? Old man, you're back! See what this is?"
As soon as Cui Zhang saw the old man, she took out a large silver coin from her pocket and waved it under Zhang Xingwang's eyes.
The big silver ingot has fine silk foot prints, the head of the water is excellent, and the seal of Maochang Bank is printed on the bottom, which looks about twelve weights.
"Where did this come from?"
"Guess?" Mrs. Cui Zhang looked up at that old dark and thin face, with a somewhat smug look in her eyes.
"Is it the old Shen's family who broke off the engagement?"
In addition, he really couldn't think of why the family could have an extra ten taels of silver out of thin air.
Mrs. Cui Zhang laughed a few times proudly, and said angrily: "This old man, his guess is quite accurate, isn't it what they sent here, I went to their house yesterday and you still blamed me, you Look, if I do this, I will return the dowry to us today, look at this money, how rare it is!"
Old Zhangtou took the silver and bit it, and after confirming that it was real, he put it on the kang table, but he was not as rare as his old lady when she first received the silver.
He pondered for a moment, then said: "Old Shen's family has never been well-off, how did they get so much money all of a sudden?"
"Where did his family get the money? It wasn't sent by that little bitch's adulterer." Cui Zhang curled her lips, and said in a strange way, "That adulterer even took away the little bitch's post. Huh, thanks to Shen Debao and his wife who said that their daughter is innocent, if she is innocent, a whore can go to set up a chastity memorial archway, bah!"
"What are you talking about?" The daughter is still on the side, why doesn't she, a mother, know how to pay attention
Zhang Xingwang glared at Mrs. Cui and Zhang, took off his coat and hat, and went into the kitchen to wash his hands.
Unbeknownst to her, Zhang Jinfeng didn't hear what her parents said at the moment. At this moment, she was concentrating on flipping through the pocket Zhang Eryong brought back.
Emma, there are a lot of delicious food, rice and white flour, a big fish about one foot long, a big piece of pork belly, and oily roast goose, I am so hungry !
"Jinfeng, what are you doing?"
Zhang Eryong came out of the kitchen to drink water, and saw Zhang Jinfeng poking his butt over there looking through his bags!
Zhang Jinfeng raised his head and looked at Zhang Eryong with burning eyes, "Second Brother, why do you buy such old and delicious food? Does Dad know?"
The family eats brown rice buns all day long, sorghum rice and porridge with wild vegetables, and the vegetables are pickled gada or boiled cabbage. The clear soup in her stomach almost fades to a bird. When she first saw these delicious foods, she was happy His voice trembled a little.
"What did you buy? Did you waste your money again?" Mrs. Cui Zhang put away her money, walked over in three steps at a time, opened the bag and looked inside, suddenly lost sight of it.
"Er Yong, why are you so incapable of living? There is a famine in the ass at home, how good is the famine if you have money? What are you doing? This big fish and big meat are what us grass-bellied people can afford ?"
Zhang Eryong said lightly: "I didn't say we eat it ourselves, it was bought for others."
"What? Bought for someone else? Who paid for it?"
Mrs. Cui Zhang asked loudly, her eyes widened, for fear of hearing something she didn't want to hear from her son.
However-
"I spent the money." Zhang Eryong said.
"What? What? The money you spent? Did you spend money to buy these things for others?" Mrs. Cui Zhang stared at him in disbelief, holding her chest exaggeratedly, as if about to faint.
Zhang Eryong glanced at his old lady, knowing that his old lady's virtue was just pretending, so he didn't take her 'vulnerability' into consideration.
"Yes, I bought this for the person who taught me how to make flower-scented peanuts."
"Oh my mother—"
Mrs. Cui Zhang slapped her thigh hard, with a look of hating iron for nothing and earnestness, "Second brother, what do you think? Have your head been kicked by a donkey? Buy these old good things for others, How much does it cost? With this money, wouldn’t it be good for us to save up the famine? Our family still has those old famines. Besides, even if there is no famine, we can’t make troubles like this. Your mother hasn’t got these good things yet. Have you eaten..."
"Yes, I haven't eaten it either." Zhang Jinfeng interrupted at the right time.
Zhang Eryong pursed his lips and said, "If you want to eat, I'll buy another one tomorrow. This one is for someone else, and I'll give it to them tonight."
"No, no, you're spending money indiscriminately."
When Cui Zhang heard that she was going to spend money again, she suddenly regained her energy and was no longer vulnerable. She cheered up and carried the bag to her kang, "No one can move these things for me. They are all spent by our family. If you buy it with money, we will keep it for our family to eat during the New Year.”
"mother-"
Zhang Eryong yelled, his face turned black.
Mrs. Cui Zhang didn't care about his black and white face. She took off her shoes and got on the kang, and began to take things out of the bag, and then hid them in her kang cabinet.
"Hmph, doesn't he (she) just teach you how to make spiced peanuts, such a simple job, just licking your face and asking you for so many things, why is his (her) face so big? Or is it because someone doesn't know how to count?" ? Or who should I take advantage of?"
"..."
Zhang Eryong's mouth was tightly pursed into a line, and the veins on his forehead burst out. If the person on the kang wasn't his old lady, he would definitely be swearing right now.
Mrs. Shen taught him the craft, so that the family can earn a tael of silver every day. These days, the family has earned seven or eight taels, and he didn't spend a tael of silver on all these things. How could his mother say such heartless things