Chapter 31: The Ding Family
At dusk, Lu Quan had not come back yet, and a guest came to the house first.
Aunt Ding, who sells meat in the town, found the Lu family's boat with her bamboo basket in one hand and her little granddaughter in the other.
Unlike these people who usually live on the water, Aunt Ding took care of herself before coming here today.
Wearing a thin satin jacket and a crisp horse-faced skirt. Her hair was tied up in a bun with a golden hairpin, and the hairpin was inlaid with a not-so-round pearl.
The workmanship may not be very exquisite, but this gold hairpin inlaid with pearls, under the reflection of the setting sun, brightened the eyes of all the women in the dock.
That's gold, gold!
Aunt Ding walked into the shack next to the pier, stopped for a moment, and looked at the women lighting stoves in front of the shacks.
"Excuse me, which ship is Lu Quan's ship?"
This was the first time she came to Ye Pier. When she saw the dilapidated shack in front of her that looked like it could be blown away by a gust of wind, she couldn't help but frown slightly.
She couldn't believe that such a delicious sausage could be made in such a place.
I was also vaguely worried about the purpose of my visit.
"Hey, here, here, this is the boat. It's Aunt Ding, what kind of wind brings you here?"
Aunt Li, who was lighting a fire in front of her shack, looked attentive and happily hurried to pick up Aunt Ding before Mrs. Qiu came out.
As long as people make a living around Jiangjiaba, there is no one who does not know Boss Ding, who sells meat, and Aunt Ding, who specializes in accounting.
"you are?"
Aunt Ding's eyes quickly glanced at Li Cangun's greasy apron and soot-stained hands, and she took a step back politely. She didn't know Lu Quan's wife, and she couldn't tell who the smiling woman in front of her was.
Not the Lu family she was looking for.
If this person is really the mother of Lu Xiaosi’s child, I’m afraid this business won’t be possible today!
Without him, this woman is not very tidy.
"The Lu family and I are neighbors, and our boats are right next to each other."
Aunt Li's smile was warm and sincere, as if she was very familiar with Aunt Ding. As she was talking, she had already walked in front of Aunt Ding in a few steps. The basket in Aunt Ding's hand was so tightly wrapped in lotus leaves that it was difficult to see the bottom of it.
What was playing made the smile on Aunt Li's face get brighter and brighter.
"Ms. Ding, you're already here, why are you so polite?"
Aunt Li said as she stretched out her hand, ready to pick up the bamboo basket carried by Aunt Ding: "I'll come, I'll come, it's so heavy."
Aunt Ding hurriedly dodged and said, "No, no, I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself."
She is not an ignorant woman. She has been selling meat with her boss in Jiangjiaba for more than 20 years. Aunt Ding has never seen what kind of person she is.
This neighbor of the Lu family is pretending that he wants to help her carry the basket, but he is really trying to take advantage of her.
Aunt Li didn't think there was anything wrong with her behavior. When Aunt Ding got out of the way, she politely led Aunt Ding to the Lu family's fishing boat.
Although she is a little careful, she is not really going to take advantage of the Ding family.
"Okay, please slow down. Sister-in-law Lu, we have a guest at your house. It's Aunt Ding from the Ding's Butcher Shop in town."
Although the basket was not in her hand, Aunt Li still glanced at the basket in Aunt Ding's hand while calling Mrs. Qiu.
I don't know what's in the basket, but it looks heavy at first glance. It's also covered with lotus leaves and wrapped tightly.
Don’t know who to guard against?
Aunt Li sniffed her nose and could vaguely smell the smell of pig mutton, which was also mixed with a stinking fishy smell.
The Ding family is a family that kills pigs, so nothing but meat is meat, so they can't come and bring fish on their boat.
Besides, Aunt Li has a very good nose. She knew by smell that there must be meat in this basket, but she didn't know if it was because of the leftovers from the morning market. There was a faint smell of pig excrement.
I just don’t know what kind of meat this is. Is it the pig intestines that the Lu family bought last night, or is it the kind of large pieces of pork with fat in it.
Thinking about how many years she had not tasted pork, Aunt Li smiled even more eagerly, wishing she could drag Aunt Ding onto her boat.
When Mrs. Qiu came out, Aunt Li was still talking nonsense to Aunt Ding.
Seeing that it was Aunt Ding who came to her house, Qiu was stunned.
Even if the Lu family has never bought meat from the Ding family, Mrs. Qiu still knows about Aunt Ding.
The town of Jiangjiaba is not big, but there are four murder cases.
Although the four butchery houses are not together, the one with the best business is the Ding family, which is a latecomer.
Aunt Ding is a girl from the town. Her mother died when she was five or six years old. Her father married her stepmother not long after. When the stepmother had no children, she treated Aunt Ding well. Within two years, the stepmother gave birth to a son.
He began to abuse Aunt Ding, who was only seven or eight years old. She set fire to cook, washed and cultivated the land, and asked a child to do all the things she could and could not do.
Later, Aunt Ding was taken back to live with her uncle and raised as an adult. Her husband's family was from the countryside. Ding had eight brothers and was extremely poor.
I don’t know why Aunt Ding fell in love with Boss Ding at that time and was willing to marry and go to the countryside to suffer.
After Aunt Ding married Boss Ding, Aunt Ding's uncle who was the director of the pavilion found a place at the end of the town for Boss Ding to kill pigs and sell the meat to make a living.
Boss Ding had just arrived in Jiangjiaba, and the pants he was wearing were all borrowed from neighbors.
Within a few years, ten large houses with bricks and black tiles were built in the town based on a butcher case.
Aunt Ding gave birth to five more sons in one breath, all of whom were tall and thick. In Jiangjiaba, with the help of Aunt Ding's uncle's family, life became better and better.
Ms. Qiu didn't expect that the person coming to her house would be Aunt Ding. The only interaction between her family and Aunt Ding was yesterday. Xiao Si and the others sold rice dumpling leaves and bought pig feet and pig bones at Ding's house.
A bunch of sausages given by Aunt Ding.
The pork intestines were cooked well at noon yesterday, and in the afternoon Xiaosi and Xiaoyu gave a bowl to the Ding family.
After all, it was pig intestines that someone had sent. Mrs. Qiu was not stingy either. She filled a large bowl with it at home and wrapped it in clean lotus leaves before letting Xiaosi and Xiaoyu give it to her.
Mrs. Qiu looked at Aunt Ding standing on the shore, and her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the Ding family was not used to eating fat intestines and had a bad stomach?
"Aunt Ding?"
Mrs. Qiu hesitated for a moment, then she laid the gangplank with a smile and prepared to disembark, "How come you have time to come to our little place?"
Aunt Ding also had a cheerful temperament. She smiled cheerfully and glanced at the little granddaughter on her right: "My little granddaughter plays well with your two children. No, she has to come to play with her brothers and sisters.
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After saying that, Aunt Ding turned back and smiled politely at Mrs. Li Cangan: "Thank you sister-in-law, I will take my granddaughter to the boat to have a look. Next time you go to my meat counter to buy meat, I will definitely let me be the boss."
The scale for you is tall."
These words are actually just polite words. The Ding family's business in Jiangjiaba is good, and even Qiu and Aunt Li know each other. This is because Mr. Ding's business is fair and reasonable, and he never engages in cheating.
Aunt Li was not upset when she saw Mrs. Qiu coming out to pick up Aunt Ding. She was not getting any advantage.
He just watched Aunt Ding boarding the Lu family's boat with a smile.
After all, the Lu family eats fat sausages, and her family is the one getting the most out of it.
Chapter completed!