Qiao Mingjin had already suppressed some of her emotions when they came in. She stood up and smiled at them and said, "It's okay. Maybe I ate less at lunch and my stomach was a little twitchy."
When Yun Jinxiu and her three young wives heard this, their faces were full of sympathy.
Sister Xiu looked at her with a worried look on her face and said, "You are living here alone with a child. Although Mingheng Mingqi is helping you, they are still children. Nothing can happen to you, otherwise this
What should we do at home?"
The expressions of sympathy on the faces of the three young wives became even stronger after hearing this. Are they actually hungry?
They would not have the courage to live alone with a child. The Yue family is really wicked. They have been waiting for this result for four years!
Look, there are tears all over his face. He must be very hungry and in severe pain to be like this.
One of the younger daughters-in-law was Mrs. Su, the eldest daughter-in-law of Lao Yuetou's fourth brother's family. She had been very friendly with Qiao Mingjin in the past, so she persuaded her: "Mother Jin, you should be more open-minded. Since you are single with your child,
, just think more about your child. If something happens to you, what will Wan'er do? No one in that family really feels sorry for her."
After saying this, he looked indignant. He thought that he should find an opportunity to talk to his father-in-law and ask him to talk to his second uncle. How could this be something human beings did? Wan'er was still a descendant of their in-law's family.
After hearing this, Qiao Mingjin smiled and nodded at her: "Thank you, cousin. I'm fine. I'll be fine in a while."
After saying that, he wiped his face, leaned over and hugged Wan'er in his arms, coaxing: "Wan'er, don't be afraid, mother is fine."
Wan'er lay on her mother's shoulder and cried loudly, her shoulders shrugging. Mingqi and Mingheng also tugged on Qiao Mingjin's sleeves, wiping away tears.
Sister Xiu and the three young wives looked at each other, and then they all stepped forward to comfort them.
Qiao Mingjin quickly calmed down, and after a while, she calmed down completely. She started talking to them about business again.
Those three people came with Sister Xiu to deliver eggs.
The Su family raised a lot of chickens, so they brought more chickens. There were more than eighty in total. She said to Qiao Mingjin, "Just give me eighty. Those four will be cooked for the children."
Qiao Mingjin didn't hesitate and quickly thanked her.
The other two daughters-in-law had fifty eggs each. Seeing what Su was doing, they also said, "You can give a few to your children. The eggs are all laid by your own chickens, so they are not worth much."
One of these three people is the eldest daughter-in-law of Lao Yuetou's fourth brother's family, one is Sister Xiu's neighbor named Zhang, and the other is Su's neighbor named Fang.
These three people are not separated, they all have parents-in-law. Qiao Mingjin couldn't accept their kindness, so she declined: "No, I have a few eggs from my cousin, and Sister Xiu also gave me a few yesterday, which is enough."
That's right. It's not easy for you to save some eggs. Don't worry, I will help you sell them tomorrow."
Several people chatted with her for a while and told her to take care of herself before getting up and leaving.
After the four people left, the three children were still surrounding her and refused to move a step.
Qiao Mingjin looked at it and sighed, and said, "Mingqi, go cook. It's late today and I'm hungry. Mingheng, go to the woodshed and see if there's any straw from last time that was used to build the roof?"
Bring out a bundle."
Mingqi thought Qiao Mingjin was really hungry, so she immediately turned around and went to the kitchen to cook. Mingheng also turned around and went to the woodshed to move straw, but Xiao Wan'er still held on to her clothes and followed her closely.
Qiao Mingjin moved a small stool for her daughter to sit next to her.
"Sister, what do you want straw for?"
Mingheng brought a large bundle of straw and put it on the ground. He didn't dare to take a step away, so he squatted next to him and looked at Qiao Mingjin.
Qiao Mingjin grabbed the straw, looked at it, and replied to him: "Sister, I want to make an egg tray out of straw to hold the eggs, so that no matter how far it is transported, I won't worry about the eggs breaking."
She just remembered it.
She can't make egg trays out of foam.
But she remembered the Eighteen Yunnan Monsters she had heard about in her previous life, which were said to be "eggs sold on a string."
It is said that there are many mountainous areas in Yunnan. Mountain people carry eggs over the mountains and ridges to sell them at the market. In order to prevent the eggs from being broken on the way, they are bundled with hay and sold in bunches. This avoids collisions and the eggs will not be damaged.
Moreover, there are five or six eggs in a bunch. When choosing to buy, you don’t have to look at the sun one by one to see if they are good or bad. Instead, you can look at the eggs in a row, which saves time and worry.
She can't make an egg tray now, but she can still make a straw tray.
I grabbed a dozen straws in my hand, arranged them neatly, folded them in the middle, took another straw and tied the ends into a bunch. Then stuffed eggs inside.
Each one is stuffed with straw and tied horizontally, then an egg is placed, and then tied horizontally. In this way, a string of straw can hold five or six eggs. After the string is completed, it looks like a long string of candied haws, and also like a long string of candied haws.
Girls with ponytails tie rubber bands at intervals to prevent them from unraveling.
In this way, no matter how many eggs are stacked on top, the eggs at the bottom will not break and the left and right will not hit each other.
Mingheng looked happy and shouted: "Wow, sister, how did you come up with this idea? This is a great idea!"
Xiao Wan'er also clapped her hands beside her: "Mom is the most amazing!"
In the end, even Mingqi was yelled at by the uncle and nephew and ran out of the kitchen to watch the fun. His hands were itchy, so he went in with a bundle of straw and made a straw holder while cooking.
One hundred and eighty eggs were skewered in a short time.
Ming Qi and Ming Heng were still a bit uninterested, looking around to see if there were any missing eggs that were not skewered. They strung up the eggs that Sister Xiu and Su gave them to eat and hung them at the door of the kitchen. The three nephews and uncles clapped their hands.
Standing and watching from a distance, Qiao Mingjin just wanted to laugh.
Eggs strung with straw in this way will not make a sound even if you throw them into the basket. No matter how hard you shake them, they will not break.
Mingheng was very happy and happily took Xiao Wan'er and arranged them in the basket one by one so that they could be sold tomorrow.
When traveling to Yunnan, I often see local people selling strings of boiled eggs. If the straw is cleaned, you can throw the whole string into a pot and cook it. Then you can take a string and eat it as dry food on the road.
It’s just that in this era, very few people use eggs as solid food.
Otherwise, selling skewered eggs would be a fresh way to make money while guarding a famous mountain or ancient scenic spot.
After skewering the eggs, Qiao Mingjin went to make the bamboo rake.
But I didn’t have a carving knife handy, so I couldn’t carve words on the bamboo rake, and I didn’t have any oil or paint to make the words more conspicuous.
Forget it, it's getting dark today, so I can't finish it in half an hour, and I can't afford to burn lamp oil. I'll wait until I get the red paint and a small carving knife tomorrow to finish it.
Qiao Mingjin thought about it, so she moved them to the woodshed and put them away, then went to wash her hands and eat...
At night, the three children were frightened by Qiao Mingjin, and even Mingheng moved pillows to sleep in her room.
Qiao Mingjin had no choice but to sleep with the four of them on the same bed.
The bed board is still a little low to the ground. Even though there is a mattress for cushioning, you can still feel the moisture coming straight to your back. It is better to save money to buy two beds. The three children are still small and weak, so they will sleep for a long time.
It's also not good if it comes in contact with too much moisture.
The four of them talked for a long time before falling asleep...
But what Qiao Mingjin didn't know was that Sister Xiu and the three little wives walked out of her house together. After each looked at each other, they could see the deep sympathy in the other's eyes. They were scolding the old Yuetou's family in their hearts.
Doing things too much.
After returning home separately, he told his family again, which aroused the sympathy of the four family members. Usually the four family members took more care of Qiao Mingjin and her daughter, and often went to the fields to pull fresh vegetables for the children to give away.
Come.
Later, through the propaganda of these people, most people in the village heard that Qiao Mingjin was so hungry that she couldn't eat after leaving her father-in-law's family! A woman with a child had to go up the mountain to cut firewood, and rush into the city at starry night.
Selling, without land or land, saves food for the children, and makes me cry from hunger...
After hearing this, the villagers sympathized with the mother and daughter.
Usually when they see Wan'er, they are very enthusiastic and ask for their welfare. If there are extra vegetables or sweet potatoes and other cereals at home, they will also send some over. Occasionally, when the villagers see Wan'er's three children, they will also stuff an egg or cook them at home.
Give some food and other things to a few children.
Not only were eggs given to her for sale, but chickens, ducks, and other things were also entrusted to her to be sold in the city, so that she could make a few small bucks.
Such a result was unexpected for Qiao Mingjin. Even after she made money, no one said any lies...
ps: Thanks to "Don't know how to adapt" and "Xinren" for the reward.
