"Hey, Qingya, that young man from the Zhou family just now is so handsome! I don't know if he is engaged yet! He gave you a hundred taels, why didn't you accept it? Are you stupid, girl?
A hundred taels are a lot for us, but it is just a drizzle for him..." After the Zhou family's mule cart left, Aunt Huaihua couldn't wait to come over to visit.
I saw the mule cart in front of Zhuqing's house before, and they were all respectful when they saw Li Zheng. Aunt Huaihua didn't dare to make any mistakes, she only dared to stay away and watch the excitement.
When she saw the legendary nobleman leaving, she came over immediately.
Zhuqing was flooded with questions as soon as she opened her mouth, which was completely worthy of her character as the most talkative woman in Cuizhu Village.
"Aunt Huaihua, I asked him to borrow this money. If you borrow, you must pay it back. I can't afford to borrow a hundred taels." Zhu Qing helped Wang collect the clothes and firewood hanging at the door, while paying attention to her little moves.
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There was just a pile of things sent by the Zhou family placed in the house, and Aunt Huaihua was probably going to take the opportunity to make some plans again.
As expected, Aunt Huaihua walked towards Zhuqing's house while talking.
"Oh, these red dates are good stuff! Qingya, my little baby has lost his appetite recently. Give me a few to take home and let him try them!" She said as she reached out to grab the bag of red dates placed on the table.
"Aunt Huaihua, my father is injured and needs these red dates to replenish him! Your little baby can eat it if he wants. I remember that the water melons in your field are ripe, right? Why don't you give me some water melons to replace them with?
Melons are my favorite in Zhushan!" Zhuqing was not a Wang family, so she went up and moved the bag of red dates away. She didn't intend to get used to Aunt Huaihua's bad habit of taking advantage of anything she could.
"My family is going to sell water melons! Hey, you are not willing to give me a few dates. Qingya, you are so stingy!" Aunt Huaihua didn't catch the red dates and was a little angry.
Zhuqing, who was called stingy by her, was not angry at all. Instead, she smiled playfully and said, "Aunt Sophora japonica, you have a big measure. I will go to your field to pick a melon later?"
"Hmph! You are so beautiful! You are not allowed to pick random melons in my house!" Seeing that she could not take advantage, Aunt Huaihua turned around and left angrily.
"Qingya, you girl, why are you so fussy with her?" Mrs. Wang shook her head at her daughter, she somewhat disapproved of her daughter's actions.
"Mom, you are good at everything, but you are not good at being a good person! You said that Aunt Huaihua has been our neighbor for so long. How often did Zhushan and I eat a grain of rice or a piece of cake from her house? Her family is obviously better off than ours.
It's easy, but he still comes to our house every now and then to take advantage of it! Come and go, come and go, only when you come, you go! Don't you think so?" Zhu Qing took the opportunity to educate her.
Wang was speechless by what she said, but after thinking about it carefully, she made the same point and said, "What you said is right. But the neighbors are all little things with needles and threads. Aren't I embarrassed? Besides, you
As a girl, if someone gossips behind your back and says you are stingy, it will not be good for you in the future."
"Mom, being stingy to stingy people and being generous to generous people is the only way to be fair to others. You said how many good things Sister-in-law Osmanthus Osmanthus has given our family, but we treat her just like Aunt Sophora japonica. Do you think it is fair to her?
"?" Zhuqing took out the sweet-scented osmanthus sister-in-law for comparison.
Hearing her mention Sister-in-Law Osmanthus, Wang was speechless.
Speaking of Sister-in-law Osmanthus, Zhuqing couldn't help but find it a bit strange. Sister-in-law Osmanthus, who was always enthusiastic, didn't come over now.
It was getting dark outside now, and Zhu Qing guessed that she was busy preparing dinner at home. After all, there were so many people in their family who wanted to eat, so she must be very busy when meal time came.
In the evening, Zhuqing used the things sent by the Zhou family to steam egg custard, boiled some bone soup, and cooked rice with fresh vegetables from her own field. The family of four ate very satisfactorily.
Wang was still a little reluctant to part with it, but she was finally persuaded by Zhu Qing: "Dad and my brother Zhu Shan need to take good care of themselves. Only after eating these things can people recover quickly. Mom, don't be reluctant to eat. Eat well and your body will be healthy."
Well, it also means saving money!”
The things the Zhou family sent this time were just as generous as last time. But this time Zhu Qing made clear arrangements.
She originally asked for one egg per day for each member of the family of four. Wang firmly disagreed and only allowed her and Zhushan to eat.
The bone soup is exclusively for Sun Fucheng, Zhushan can share some.
Red dates, yams, rice, white flour, etc. can be eaten by the whole family.
Her arrangement was reasonable and reasonable. As the head of the family, Sun Fucheng agreed, so Wang had no objections.
However, she agreed on the surface, but secretly she still ate potato porridge and pumpkin rice by herself, leaving all the delicious food to her husband and children.
After dinner, Ms. Wang mended clothes under the lamp. Today, she and Zhu Qing had their clothes torn in a fight with Li Yuhuan and her daughter, and she had to mend them quickly.
Zhuqing was responsible for washing dishes and pots, while little Zhushan helped her sister clear the table.
"Golden Osmanthus, why are you trying to take advantage of me? How valuable are those eggs? I usually can't bear to eat one, not even the black ones, but you're lucky enough to give them to outsiders! There are noble people to help you, so it's your turn to do it.
Good person?" Zhu Qing got up and went to the yard to pour the dishwater, and there was a faint sound of scolding carried by the wind through the wall.
"People give birth to two babies every three years, and they give birth to sons. How many years have you been here? Give me some money-losing babies! Let me tell you, you can either go and get these eggs back from me, or you can give me the eggs at the end of the month.
Give me the money! Heizi is still waiting to get a wife!"
This voice, no one else's, was the voice of Sister-in-law Guihua's mother-in-law, Mrs. Qiao.
Zhuqing's anger grew after hearing this. Sister-in-law Osmanthus always smiled slightly in front of others, and she acted generously. There were few people in the village who didn't praise her. He didn't expect that her life would be so miserable.
Zhuqing was determined to go home immediately, pick up a few eggs and return them to relieve Sister-in-law Osmanthus, but she was afraid that she would break through at this time and embarrass Sister-in-law Osmanthus.
Hey, speaking of it, it’s still because this family is so poor! Zhu Qing sighed silently.
You still have to think carefully about how to get money!
This time the Zhou family borrowed ten taels of silver, and Zhu Qing planned to make good use of it.
Selling medicinal materials is one way, but it doesn't seem to make much sense just to sell it to the Wang Family Medical Center and be chopped up like a turnip by them.
The last time she heard someone from the Wang Family Medical Center mention the medicine market, she thought she should go to the medicine market to see what was going on there.
Maybe there would be some business opportunities there that would allow her to find a way.
It's just that Mrs. Wang may not agree with a little girl like her going out for a long journey.
Moreover, she is still relatively unfamiliar with this place, so it is still unsafe and inconvenient to go out alone.
The Qian family was currently her only source of income, so she still had to go.