Chapter 018: The Abacus
When visiting relatives, you have to receive gifts, when you come, you have to entertain relatives, and wine, food and New Year’s money are necessary expenses for the New Year.
Now, let alone the gift of visiting relatives, there is not even the wine and food to entertain relatives, let alone the New Year’s money.
Gu Chuhan doesn't have to give it to him, but Mrs. Gu is an elder and comes to visit relatives, so she must wish her a New Year. If the big ones are not given, the children of each family are always indispensable.
When Mrs. Gu thought of the remaining copper coins in her hand, she really wanted to put down her face and would not give it to anyone!
Lian knew the situation, and when she saw her expression, she even laughed in her heart, "The two families of Chunxiu and Chunying are definitely coming, as well as mother's brothers, nephews and nephews of her parents, and Chunli, Chunfang and Chunyan from her second uncle's family. They don't eat at home, so they will pay New Year's greetings!"
Mrs. Gu pursed her lips for a long time, "What's the point of discussing this? Our relatives, you have already separated when you split up!"
When Lian mentioned this, he was furious. Chunxiu's wife's family was rich, and the old woman was partial to her, so she distributed Chunxiu's family to the three bedrooms! The things she brought every year were good, and she could eat them even when she went to her house! But Chunxiu had been impatient with the third bedroom. The third wife had hanged her to death, and no one came over. She burned the paper and left.
The old woman had forced her to borrow several taels of silver before, but she couldn't even serve a decent dish during the Chinese New Year! She also had to entertain her!?
Lian Shi sighed, "Isn't the third wife gone this year? The family owes money from each family, so I'm really nervous. I haven't even seen my mother buy chickens on the first day of the New Year. Our head said that Chunxiu will come to my house for dinner this year! Oh, and Silang's aunt and uncle's house, all of them came to our house to eat together!" She mentioned Gu Silang specifically and sprinkled salt to Gu Ma Zi and Gu Ran's mother.
The eldest son Gu Silang ran away with money, Xie died, and the family was still in debt. What can I do to entertain? Having a good reputation to entertain? It is not auspicious!
There are only cabbage, radish and radish at home now, and I have not even been willing to cook rice cakes. I have to buy a chicken during the Chinese New Year and drink chicken soup on the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, which indicates peace and safety. This is indispensable. Eggs and meat... I can't buy too much. A large family, plus five of them, three or five dishes are not enough to eat. The best way is to go to other homes to have dinner and let them help entertain them for a year.
But Mrs. Gu didn't know what she was planning, "Every family can just entertain each family! I am still here, and I am the one who is a mother, and I know this little bit of my mother! They will eat whatever I do!"
She left it down and said this. Lian Shi wanted to say it again, her eyes rolled, "I'll go home and see the pot!"
Seeing her leaving, Gu Ran's mother asked in confusion, "Grandma! It's not certain whether the aunt and the others come or not. We really don't have any food to entertain. The second uncle is willing, so let her take it away!"
Gu Chuhan saw the anger and anger in her eyes, and thought of the ten taels of silver that Mrs. Gu borrowed to treat her legs. It was something she and Mrs. Gu knelt together for two days before she asked for it. He exhaled heavily in his heart.
Mrs. Gu was busy with the yeast in her hand, but she didn't say anything for a long time, but her face looked very ugly.
Gu Chuhan looked at it for a while, turned around and went out with a stick. Her legs were completely cured after the first month of the year, but now the problem is that they can't even get out of it for many years! She didn't expect it before, and forgot these things.
But now, just relying on building a lot of money, they can’t sell them much money. Their clothes and embroidery workshops sold almost all the entire Xiangyang Mansion. They were late again, and there were only five or six days left.
Gu Chuhan called Gu Shilang and went to the town with her.
"Brother Jiu! What do you want to do in the town?" Gu Shilang also wanted to help with the work.
"Look." Gu Chuhan said, slowly walking to the town.
During the New Year, people come and go in the town to shout and sell, and it is bustling and bustling.
Gu Chuhan looked around and saw that the business of vegetable stalls, butchers and snack stalls was the best. The business in the cloth shop was not as good as before, but there were still many people.
Suddenly I saw a stall that was also lively, with Spring Festival couplets placed, which were extremely red and festive.
"Spring Festival couplets!" Gu Chuhan's eyes suddenly lit up.
Chapter completed!