Zhang Yue called his uncle, aunt, husband and wife along the way, and scattered some dried fruits he had brought with him from the mountains to the children.
"Thank you, Saburo-kun!"
"Mr. Saburo is so kind!"
"Thank you quickly, Mr. Saburo!"
Talking and laughing while walking, Zhang Yue returned home. As he passed by, he met a seller selling cane syrup and frosting.
You can't see this kind of product on weekdays, but it is only available during New Year's Day. There are many people watching next to the stall, but few people buying.
Many children drooled when they saw this product, crying and clamoring to buy candies with the adults at home. However, many adults could only ignore them and drag the children away. As for the children who had sold the candies, they placed them there triumphantly.
Licking it on the tongue, and showing off from time to time.
When Zhang Yue saw this scene, he gritted his teeth and walked to the side where no one was watching. He took off his belt and took out money to buy some icing sugar and go home.
The home is still much the same as before, with a simple fence door, some firewood and sundries piled up, and a large urn dripping water from the eaves.
Zhang Yue thought of Sima Guang when he saw this big urn. People said that Sima Guang smashed the urn. In fact, the highest urn in the Song Dynasty was only half a meter high, so how could people be flooded? After taking a closer look, it was indeed written about the urn in the history of the Song Dynasty.
The urn was closed and the vat was open. Zhang Yue came closer and saw that the urn was full of water and contained several large grass carps, which Zhang Yue loved to eat.
It's a pity that all the skill points in the previous life were focused on eating delicious and lazy cooking. Otherwise, wouldn't it be delicious to eat boiled live fish, pickled fish, etc.? You can still make a fortune by traveling to the Song Dynasty.
Zhang Yue shook his head. He must write a book in the future to warn the younger generations who travel through time.
Even if you sit at home and work as a keyboard warrior, he looks like he knows everything about astronomy and geography. If asked at first glance, he probably can't even memorize the ratio of gunpowder. Unless you travel through time and have to bring your own wife, then pretend I didn't tell you.
At that moment, Zhang Yue knocked on the door: "Brother, sister-in-law, Xi'er, I'm back!"
Bang bang!
There was a knock on the door.
Attracting the neighbors to look out, the Zhang family's third son is back! Before, he only knew how to eat and drink. After half a year of studying in the mountains, have you made any progress?
It seemed that he was talking to Zhao Yasi in a measured manner before. This boy may not be as successful as his second brother in studying, but he is knowledgeable about the world and will definitely have a wider path in the future than his second brother.
The Zhang family was a good family, but his second brother brought trouble to the point of poverty. It was not easy for the entire family to suffer from poverty.
Zhang Yue knocked on the door for a long time before his sister-in-law came out and opened the door.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that her hair was messy. In the past, when things were difficult at home, her sister-in-law was always dressed in coarse cloth and hairpins, but she was always neatly dressed and refused to lose her appearance as the daughter of a wealthy family. Now she is less than half a year old.
So haggard.
"What's wrong, sister-in-law?"
The sister-in-law said apologetically: "Uncle, it's so easy for me to go back home, but I didn't take care of him. I'm really... I'm sorry."
"Sister-in-law, if the family doesn't speak the same language, what's going on at home?"
The sister-in-law lowered her head and did not answer: "Uncle, let's talk about it in the room first."
After Zhang Yue entered the house, he found that the house was not as orderly as before, and there was even some dust on the desk. In the past, my sister-in-law loved to be clean, but not like this.
Zhang Yue pretended not to know, unpacked his bag and said, "Sister-in-law, you see, these are the products I brought from the mountains. The situation in the mountains was not good this year, so the people in the mountains were in a hurry to sell them, so they bought a lot."
"Now I also work as a servant, and I can earn some money in a day. Shu Xiu from Guo Xuexun's side also gives me some money... Where is my brother? He's not at home. What about Axi?"
I heard Zhang Yue calling the word "Axi", but then I heard a cry coming from upstairs.
"Axi?"
Zhang Yue glanced at his sister-in-law and hurriedly ran upstairs.
But I saw Xiao Zhangqiu standing there with his pants half off, with stripes of red hanging on the back of his thighs and buttocks.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yue felt distressed and angry at the same time. He hugged Zhang Qiu and said, "Axi, who hit you? Tell your third uncle quickly and he will teach you a lesson!"
"Third uncle, no... don't teach her a lesson." Zhang Qiu said with a crying voice.
"Why?"
"Yes, mother, she hit me. Ouch!"
Zhang Yue groaned when he heard the words, glanced at the thorn sticks placed aside, and then asked Zhang Qiu: "If Axi doesn't cry, does it still hurt?"
"It hurts." Zhangqiu sobbed.
"Don't cry, don't cry. Third uncle bought you delicious food. Can third uncle carry you downstairs?"
"Okay, Third Uncle will carry it."
As he spoke, Zhang Yue wiped away Zhang Qiu's tears and then carried Zhang Qiu down the stairs.
Zhang Yue saw Mr. Yu sitting at the table and wiping tears, and he didn't know what to say in his heart.
The atmosphere in the room was solemn, Zhang Yue smiled deliberately and said: "Axi, tell your third uncle, what do you want to eat during the Chinese New Year?"
Zhang Qiu saw that Mr. Yu was a little scared and didn't dare to speak, so he just shook his head. Zhang Yue smiled and said, "If you don't tell me, then third uncle, let me guess, do you want to eat sweets?"
Zhang Qiu nodded, looked at Yu again and shook his head in fear: "Axi doesn't like sweets?"
"Axi, this is not right, you can't lie!"
"Axi is not lying. If Axi eats sweets, my mother will be unhappy." Zhangqiu said this, crying again.
Zhang Yue quickly coaxed: "Axi, don't cry, don't cry. Third uncle said I would bring you delicious food, how could he lie to you?"
After speaking, Zhang Yue took out a small pack of oil paper from his pocket, opened it and said, "Axi, what do you think this is?"
"It's icing sugar!" Zhang Qiu's eyes suddenly lit up. He originally planned to reach out to pick it up, but after thinking about it, he retracted.
"Axi, eat it! Third uncle bought it for you."
When Mr. Yu saw this, he said, "Third uncle, what are you doing with this money? Ah Xi just made trouble for me over this matter, and he has been used to it all these years."
Zhang Yue thought that was the case, so he said: "Sister-in-law, you can't blame Ah Xi. In the past, our family always bought sweets for Ah Xi during the Chinese New Year. This year is no exception."
"Look at how much you dote on me. You are so lavish in spending money. He is just like your elder brother. I really don't know what to say about you." Mrs. Yu said with tears in her eyes.
Zhang Yue said: "Sister-in-law, didn't I tell you that after studying in Wuxi, I would work as a bookkeeper for others? Three and a half cents per page, one or two hundred cents a day..."
"How much does a servant earn? He earns more than your elder brother." Yu was surprised.
"For a while, I gave Guo Xuejun all the money for repairs. Half a year later, when I got home, I saw the goods picker on the way. I didn't really want to buy it, but I saw that he only had some left, so I bought it at a cheaper price."
After saying this, Zhang Yue stuffed the icing sugar into Zhang Qiu's hand, then put the remaining money to buy the icing on the table and said, "Sister-in-law, this is what I earned. You can use it to supplement your family income first."
Yu didn't know what to say after looking at it: "Uncle, keep some for yourself."
"How can I use money in the mountains?" Zhang Yue smiled and said to Zhang Qiu: "What are you looking for? Eat."
Zhang Qiu looked at Yu with some worry, but Yu remained silent and he did not dare to eat.
Finally, Zhang Qiu walked up to Mrs. Yu with the candies in his hands and said, "Mother, eat some first. When Xi'er makes money later, I will buy some for my mother to eat."
Yu hugged Zhangqiu and cried bitterly: "Third uncle, Ah Xi, I am not usually cruel, but how can a good wife come from a poor family? Your eldest brother lives a poor and generous life, if I hadn't saved some money for him , then save some money, this company will no longer be able to survive long ago."
"Mother eat, mother won't cry." Zhangqiu cried.
Mrs. Yu twisted a little with her fingers, put it in her mouth and wiped it, then said to Zhangqiu: "My third uncle bought this sugar frost for Axi. You will also honor your third uncle in the future, do you understand?"
"I know." Zhangqiu replied crisply.
"It's just a piece of icing. With that said, Ah Xi, eat it quickly... If your third uncle doesn't eat it, he's already eaten it." Zhang Yueyan said.
Zhang Qiu nodded, stretched out his tongue and licked the icing on the paper, then closed his eyes, the corners of his eyes curling up with happiness.
"Mom, Third Uncle, this year's frosting is really sweet!" Zhangqiu said while jumping.
Hearing Zhang Qiu's happy and childish tone, Zhang Yue and Yu couldn't help but smile.
"Next year, third uncle, no, third uncle will buy it for you every year!" Zhang Yue said solemnly.
"Thank you, Third Uncle!" Zhangqiu said again, "Then Third Uncle, can I finish him?"
"OK!"
Watching Zhang Qiu licking the icing bit by bit, the solemn atmosphere in the family finally broke away.
Zhang Yue put the things he brought from the mountains on the table one by one, and Mrs. Yu also talked about the family affairs.
At this time, the door was pushed open, but Zhang Shi's voice was heard outside: "Madam, Xi'er, I'm back, come and see what daddy bought?"
Yu frowned and said, "Isn't it icing sugar?"
At this time, Zhang Shi had already entered the room. He was stunned for a moment and said, "How do you know, Madam?"
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