"Sophora japonica, what are you talking about? Who said my bamboo gold can't do anything? If our bamboo gold can't do it, can we be favored by the county prime minister's family? From now on, our bamboo gold will belong to the county prime minister's family.
Young Mistress! She wants to do the housework from now on
I don’t even have the chance to do it. If I don’t have the Chunxiang and Xiaxiang in your family, I will be born into poverty, with endless work to do all day long. So in the future I will only marry a farmer!" Zhuqing’s second aunt Li Yuhuan’s temperament
She is completely different from her mother Wang.
She has always been strong-willed. She has always been the one to pick on others, and there is no reason for her to be picked on by others. Now that Aunt Huaihua said this, she naturally wanted to fight back strongly.
"Thank you for having the nerve to say that the county magistrate's family has taken a fancy to your bamboo gold. Who doesn't know who his family is interested in? It's because Qingya didn't like it, so she reluctantly gave it to your bamboo gold.
Oh! You have the nerve to show off!" Aunt Huaihua is not a good person.
At that time, the servants of Pang County Cheng's family came to ask her about the Zhuqing family, so other people in the village may not know much about this matter, but she knew the details.
"Song Huaihua, don't act blindly here! Who in this village doesn't know that you are a talkative woman and a chamber pot? My Zhujin is a serious matchmaker! Who in this village hasn't seen it? And that Nianli is also from the Pang family.
Specially sent here!" Li Yuhuan burst out when Aunt Huaihua poked her in the painful spot.
"Who are you calling a chamber pot? Ah! Your mouth is like a latrine!" Aunt Huaihua was annoyed when Li Yuhuan said she was a talkative chamber pot. She rushed over and saw that the two of them were about to fight.
The fight between the two of them developed so fast that Zhuqing and the others in the village were dumbfounded and almost didn't react.
"What are you doing? It's the Chinese New Year, don't you think the house is not chaotic enough? If you want to fight, don't fight in front of my house!" But it was Aunt Juying who stepped forward to stop them.
Immediately afterwards, Li Zheng came out of the house with a cough: "This Chinese New Year, everyone should be more peaceful! Don't make yourself miserable for a few gossips! If you are really too busy and have nothing to do, I will be able to send someone to you in the spring of next year.
Work! The river at the east end of our village should be dredged. If any of you are strong enough, you might as well come over and help!"
Dredging the rivers is a physical job only done by men, and it is also a very tiring job. The rivers in the village are usually dredged once every three years. Because everyone uses it, every household in the village has to contribute labor.
However, this work is really tiring, and most people are not willing to do it. So these years, I have done it according to Li Zheng's dispatch.
Hearing what Li Zheng said, Aunt Huaihua and Li Yuhuan obviously didn't want to be named by Li Zheng to do this job next year, and they fell silent for a while. They just continued to look at each other like cross-eyes.
Seeing that they had stopped, Li Zheng drove the mule cart to the door, and then said: "There are a lot of people today, please don't crowd, I have lined up benches inside, you can all sit on them!"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Qing in the crowd, but said to Zhu Qing in a friendly manner: "Qingya, sit next to me! I still have an empty seat here, it's not too cold here!"
Zhuqing smiled at him and nodded, climbed into the mule cart and sat next to him.
Other people in the village didn't think there was anything wrong with her being given preferential treatment. Sun Zhujin was the first to be unconvinced: "Why can Qingya just sit there?" She whispered secretly.
Li Yuhuan had just quarreled with Aunt Huaihua over her. Now seeing her like this, he felt a little angry. He squeezed her arm and said, "Okay, why are you talking so much! Sit down and sit still!"
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Aunt Juying also got in the car, and she pulled Wang to sit next to her. She automatically blocked the envious and jealous looks of Li Yuhuan and Aunt Huaihua, and chatted with Wang about home affairs.
Everyone else in the village also got on the carriage. The two women who had been arguing before were consciously sitting on both sides of the mule carriage.
"Qingya, you went to the county town yesterday. Is the child okay? I heard you didn't come back last night?" Yesterday, Zhu Qing took Bai Jieru's mother's carriage to the county town. Everyone in the village knew about it. Li Zheng couldn't bear it either.
I was curious and asked.
"Well, it's okay. That child is also pitiful." Zhu Qing roughly explained the child's situation.
Li Zheng shook his head after hearing this: "Ignorant woman! Hey, no matter what happens to this child, he is his own flesh and blood, how can he be willing to do it? But Qingya, in recent years, such things are relatively rare. The past few years have been good.
What a tragedy it is to have a famine in recent years! It is considered a good thing if a baby girl is drowned at birth, but some families exchange their children for food!"
Zhuqing's scalp couldn't help but feel numb after hearing this.
Yes, this is an era where productivity and production methods are extremely backward, and everyone basically depends on the weather for food.
In a good year, everyone has food at home, so it doesn't matter if they feed one more child. But in a famine year, that one child is also a difficult burden. Boys are considered as inheritance, which is better. Girls, most of them only have
The fate of being abandoned. Zhuqing couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. Women throughout the ages have had a very difficult life!
Seeing Zhu Qing's heavy expression, Li Zheng also ended this undesirable topic and turned to talk to Zhu Qing about preparing for the New Year.
"Have you bought your peach charms? Have you prepared red lanterns? Our village is having a dragon lantern dance this year. Does your family plan to pick up the dragon lanterns?" This topic successfully aroused Zhuqing's interest.
She knew that Taofu should be the modern meaning of couplets. Posting couplets and dancing dragon lanterns during the New Year were similar to current customs.
But she had never received a dragon lantern before, so she didn't understand.
When Li Zheng asked her, she could only smile: "My dad should want it!"
Li Zheng nodded: "It should, it should! In previous years, your family was really poor. This year, your family's situation is much better, and it's time to welcome the happiness!"
Zhuqing smiled and nodded, and then realized that the dragon lantern actually cost money.
But celebrating the New Year is meant to be lively. It is also a happy thing to be able to celebrate the New Year in a lively and peaceful way.
This is the first year she has lived after traveling through time. She also hopes to take the opportunity to understand the customs and customs of this time and space, and also experience the ancient customs.
She and Li Zheng were chatting and laughing all the way, and before they knew it, they arrived in Ping'an Town.
As the New Year is approaching, Pingan Town is very lively. There are stalls all over the town and people shopping everywhere.
Zhuqing and the others were overwhelmed by the crowd almost as soon as they got out of the car.
"Qingya, follow me closely and don't get separated by others! And be careful of kidnappers!" Ms. Wang held her daughter's hand tightly and told her with a serious face.
Hearing her mention kidnappers, Zhuqing was stunned for a moment, then realized that Wang was talking about human traffickers.
Human traffickers seem to be demons that have existed throughout the ages.
What Zhuqing hates the most is human traffickers, no one else.
"Well, mother, I will pay attention!" Zhu Qing nodded, and then said to Wang: "Mother, don't worry, I'm such an old person, a kidnapper can't take me away!"
Mrs. Wang looked nervous: "It's impossible to tell! That kidnapper is very capable! A fourteen-year-old child was kidnapped in our village before! Besides, there is no news about Yuanbao until now, so he might have been abducted too.
Kidnapped! That child is really pitiful!"
Mrs. Wang showed a trace of pity on her face at the end, and then she tightened her grip on Zhu Qing's hand and rushed left and right in the crowd. After a lot of effort, the two of them finally arrived at Liang's Pharmacy.
It had been a long time since Zhu Qing had been to the Liang Family Pharmacy. When she arrived in front of the pharmacy, she was stunned for a moment.
The old and dilapidated storefront has now been renovated, and the "Liang" signboard of Liangjia Pharmacy has also been replaced with a brand new one. The entire Liangjia Pharmacy has a brand new look. When Zhu Qing walked into the store, he immediately felt something.
A young man who looked particularly energetic came forward and greeted: "Two guests, what do you need? If you have any symptoms, just tell me. The shopkeepers in our store know a little bit about it. If it doesn't work, we can also introduce it to you.
doctor!"
Zhuqing smiled at him, and then said: "Is Mr. Liang here? I'm here to see him." The young man was stunned for a moment, and then another person came over with a smile: "Miss Sun, you finally
Here we come! The shopkeeper has been waiting for you for several days! Hurry, hurry, please come inside!"
Zhuqing was stunned for a moment, then recognized that the latter was the young man named Zhang Hancheng who was taken in by Mr. Liang.
Zhang Hancheng saw that the previous clerk was still a little confused, so he said to him: "This girl is Miss Sun, the shareholder mentioned by our shopkeeper. She made the recipes for peppermint oil and chilblain ointment!"
Then he introduced to Zhu Qing and Wang: "Miss Sun, Mrs. Sun, and Xiao Cao were just hired by our store to help. He doesn't know you, and he's very rude, so please let me know!"
Mr. Wang has always been very talkative, and Zhu Qing also smiled at him: "It's okay! We haven't been here for a long time, so it's normal that he doesn't know Ben. Besides, he is also actively doing business."
Zhang Hancheng smiled at her: "Miss Sun, just don't care! Please come with me!"
As he spoke, he led Zhu Qing into the inner hall. At this time, Mr. Liang apparently heard the noise outside and had already stood up to greet the door: "Miss Sun, long time no see!"
After not seeing Mr. Liang for a long time, Zhu Qing found that Mr. Liang's complexion seemed much better than before when they met again.
Mr. Liang also had a hint of surprise and admiration on his face when he saw the neatly dressed Zhu Qing.
"Miss Sun, thanks to you this year, the peppermint oil and chilblain ointment have brought a lot of business to my small shop! The customers also bought many other medicines because of these two medicines! Now, I
The drug store has completely turned a profit! This is all due to you!" Mr. Liang was a down-to-earth person, and when he spoke to Zhu Qing, he did not hide his gratitude to Zhu Qing at all.
"Old sir, what are you talking about? If it weren't for your good management, how could my peppermint oil and chilblain ointment sell so well!" Zhu Qing said quickly.
"Miss Sun, you don't have to be modest. I say it's your credit, and that's your credit! We've agreed that the dividends are coming soon, so it's time to settle the matter!" Mr. Liang laughed,
Let’s get back to business soon.
"Hancheng, please bring all the account books and show them to Miss Sun! We have accounts to make sure there are no losses, and everything will be done according to the accounts!" He called Zhang Hancheng as he spoke.
"Yes, sir!" Zhang Hancheng heard this and quickly moved over a thick stack of account books.
Zhuqing felt a headache when she saw the account book. What she had always feared most was settling accounts.
I couldn't help but beg for mercy from Mr. Liang: "Mr., can I not watch it? I trust you with this share!"
Mr. Liang, however, had a serious look on his face: "That can't be done! My brothers will settle the score! No matter how much you trust me, I will have to settle it with you."
Zhu Qing couldn't help but sigh. He nodded helplessly: "Okay, forget it! It will be as much as it should be!"
So Mr. Liang took her and went through the account book page by page, while Zhang Hancheng was responsible for writing down the amount of the shares.
In the end, both Zhuqing and Wang were dumbfounded by the settled amount, which actually amounted to more than one hundred taels!
"Qingya, is this too much?" Wang's voice was trembling with excitement. She had never thought that her family could earn so much money!
Zhuqing knew that these two businesses were good, but he didn't expect them to be so good!
Mr. Liang smiled kindly at her: "Girl, do you want to take the money back, or should I give you the banknote?"
Zhuqing thought for a while and said, "Just give me the banknote! One hundred taels of silver is too much, and it's not safe because there are so many young people. And it would be too eye-catching to take it back."
Mr. Liang nodded: "That's the truth. Let's do it this way. I'll give you the banknote for the one hundred taels, and it will be convenient for you to buy other bits and pieces."
Zhu Qing nodded: "Okay, thank you sir!"
Mr. Liang shook his head: "Girl, are you saying this to others? By the way, are you ready for the New Year? I still have a few big herrings here. Girl, can you take one back for the New Year?"
Zhuqing shook his head: "No, we have already prepared it at home. You should keep this for yourself! There are so many people in your store!"
Mr. Liang said sternly: "Girl, just take it if it's given to you! Why are you being polite to me? There are many people here, so I'm naturally well prepared!"
So, unable to resist the warm welcome, Wang and Zhuqing had no choice but to leave the Liang Family Pharmacy with a hundred taels of silver notes in their arms and a large fish weighing more than ten kilograms.
As soon as they walked out of the drug store, they saw a person rushing towards them from a distance: "Hey, I asked where the Liang Family Drug Store was, and it turned out to be here! I searched for a long time and couldn't find the place!"
Who else is it if it’s not Aunt Huaihua? She walked up and found Wang and Zhuqing. She immediately saw the big fish in Wang’s hand: “Drink, it’s such a big fish! Sister-in-law Fucheng,
Your family is so wealthy this year! You bought such a big fish for the New Year!"
When Mrs. Wang saw her, she felt quite uncomfortable. No one else in Murakami knew about Zhuqing's peppermint oil and frostbite ointment being consigned here, except Satomasa.
She was afraid that Aunt Huaihua would find out about it, and if they started making noises everywhere, their family would never be able to live peacefully again.