my grandmother

Chapter 83 It looks like a good business
There are five Li family siblings, Li Jinzhu, Li Yuzhu, and Li Yinzhu, who have been getting up earlier than chickens since the day they were born.

Although Li Xuedong is pampered, this pampering does not include sleeping late, and besides, he has to go to school early.

As for Li Xiaonan, she also got up earlier than the chickens, but since the preserved egg store opened at home, the elder sister and the second elder sister went out early and returned late every day, so she got up later every day.

Li Yinzhu got up, rubbed her eyes and went into the kitchen, staring at the fire from the stove, she was stunned for a moment before she realized it.

Their family now has a sister Mei!

"The hot water is ready, the tea is ready, and the meal is almost ready. I'll pour you some tea." Sister Mei hurriedly stood up from the stove.

"I don't use hot water or drink tea, why don't you light the lamp?" Li Yinzhu reacted and stood at the door, somewhat at a loss.

Sister Mei has finished her work, what should she do?
"You don't need to light the lamp. There is fire in the stove, so you can see it." Sister Mei poured a bowl of warm water, and held it to Li Yinzhu with both hands, "You brush your teeth first, and the meal will be ready in a while."

"Put it here first, Sister Mei, don't worry about me." Li Yinzhu took a stick of firewood from the stove and lit the lamp.

"We didn't light the lamps before. My elder sister thought it was a waste of oil. I started to light the lamps when I moved here. I didn't feel it when I didn't light the lamps. Since I lit the lamps, I can't see them anymore." Li Yinzhu said while lighting the lamps.

The kitchen suddenly brightened, and the warm yellowish light poured into the yard.

Li Jinzhu, Li Yuzhu and Li Xuedong also got up, brushed their teeth and washed their faces with a toothbrush.

Sister Mei mixed a plate of shredded lettuce, cut two salted eggs boiled yesterday, picked up five boiled eggs, opened the pot, and filled five bowls of thick vegetable porridge.

This is the meal that Li Jinzhu ordered last night.

"The lettuce is a bit old." Sister Mei pointed to the slightly whitish bunch of shredded lettuce, and explained with her heart in her hand.

The old lady Kuan had told her that the eldest sister was living a frugal life, so she didn't dare to cut off the old root, and the shredded lettuce from the old root was tough.

"I was too young when I went home years ago, and I will be old when I come back!" Li Yinzhu stretched her head to look, feeling very distressed.

"One less boiled egg." Li Yuzhu looked at the five boiled eggs and laughed with Sister Mei.

"I do not……"

"Ah Nan doesn't get up until dawn." Li Yinzhu took a boiled egg and put it in front of Sister Mei, "You can eat it. These two days, Ah Nan thinks that boiled eggs are tasteless, so she wants fried ones."

"I also think fried food is delicious." Li Xuedong stretched out his head and said something, met Li Yinzhu's sideways glance, and quickly smiled: "Eating too much oil in the morning is not good, or this is the best."

Li Jinzhu had to go early to buy eggs, and Li Yuzhu had to walk for half an hour before arriving at the workshop outside the city. The two of them had a quick meal and hurried out.

Today, Li Xuedong will go to the warehouse with Uncle Li Wenliang to pick up the goods and learn more, so he has to be early.

After a while, there were only Li Yinzhu and Sister Mei in the family.

Sister Mei took out Li Xiaonan's bowl of vegetable porridge, sat in the bottom of the pot to warm it, left a firewood at the bottom of the stove, went out of the kitchen, grabbed the broom from Li Yinzhu's hand and swept the yard.

Li Yinzhu turned around and went to the backyard to tidy up the vegetable garden.

When the sky was bright, Li Xiaonan got up, had dinner, looked at Sister San, and suggested going out for a stroll.

Li Yinzhu was robbed of the housework by Sister Mei, and walked around the yard with her hips crossed, feeling uncomfortable, and immediately happily agreed to come out with Li Xiaonan.

Standing at the entrance of the alley, Li Yinzhu pointed to the left, then to the right, and asked, "Where should we go?"

"Here, let's go to Buxing to have a look."

How to get to the cloth line, Li Xiaonan has already asked the lobby uncle.

The two walked and watched for nearly an hour before entering the cloth shop.

Before the first lunar month, more than half of the shops in the cloth shop were still closed.

Li Yinzhu followed Li Xiaonan from house to house.

"What are you looking at?" Li Yinzhu followed for a while, but couldn't tell what Li Xiaonan was looking at.

"Sister Zhi just bought a six-shed loom, and the cloth it weaves is soft and beautiful." Li Xiaonan stretched her head, carefully looking at the bundles of fine cloth on the counter.

Two guys stood by and chatted their teeth.

With the rich experience of the two of them, one can tell at a glance that these two girls have neither money nor family.

"You want to see the loom? The loom is over there." Li Yinzhu dragged Li Xiaonan to look at the loom.

Behind a large number of large and small looms, flower heald boxes, and flower heald sheets, a woman about 30 years old is weaving.

Li Yinzhu leaned forward to watch the woman weaving.

The woman used a large loom with eight sheaths. Flying on the pedals, her hands and feet were extremely fast, and she could still look at Li Yinzhu and say hello, "Look at the loom or the healds? Do you want to weave a dowry?"

Li Yinzhu stared straight at the woman's two feet that were stepping back and forth quickly, she was too intent on watching, and didn't hear what the woman said.

"What kind of pattern is this sister-in-law weaving?" Li Xiaonan walked around Li Yinzhu, and stretched her head to look at a section of fine cloth in front of the scroll.

"This is the prosperity of the flowers." The woman responded with a smile.

"This cloth is so fine and beautiful, what is my sister-in-law weaving this cloth for?" Li Xiaonan stretched out her head again to look at the flower shed box that kept going up and down.

"Give it to my daughter as a dowry."

"How old is sister-in-law? You already have a child? If sister-in-law's hair hadn't been pulled up, I would have thought you were about the same age as my third elder sister." Li Xiaonan exclaimed.

The woman stopped the loom and laughed, "You Nier really can talk, I'm over 30. This is your third sister? What are you looking for? A loom or a heald? I'll give you a cheap price." some."

"My third elder sister wants a loom as big as my sister-in-law, but our house is too small and there is no place to put it." Li Xiaonan sighed, "My sister-in-law, who has never been married, also has a loom like this, which is also used for weaving. For the dowry, sister-in-law, do I have to weave this dowry cloth myself? Can’t I buy it?”

"Of course I can buy it, but it's too expensive and not worth it!" The woman said brightly, "There are not many patterns. If you can afford this kind of fine cloth, you can also afford loom healds and flower books, or you can weave it yourself. Either ask someone to weave it, which is cheap and good.

"You, Ni'er, speak official Chinese really well, and you don't have a hard tongue like the people in the north. Where are you from?"

"We just moved to Pingjiang from Kunshan County last year. My brother passed the examination of scholar and studied in a government school. We live in Xueyuan Street." Li Xiaonan smiled sweetly.

"Yo! Then you are from a scholarly family! How much space does your house have? Can you fit in this four-pronged one? That one is on consignment. For real good things, [-]% of the price is enough, and a three-pronged flower box will be given as a gift. .” The woman stood up and took the two of them to see a four-had loom in the corner.

Li Yinzhu touched the smooth loom and couldn't put it down.

"This machine is really smooth and beautiful, sister-in-law, how much is this machine?" Li Yinzhu summoned up her courage and asked.

"Just give nine thousand copper tins." The woman laughed.

Li Yinzhu was startled.

"The three-complex flower box costs two thousand copper tins alone. How about this? I'll give you another three-complex flower book. The thin one is very cost-effective." The woman tiptoed and took the flower book down. Shaking in front of him.

"It's too expensive, I can't afford it." Li Yinzhu stared at the loom and took a few steps back.

"Thank you, sister-in-law. Let's go back and discuss with Eldest Sister. Eldest Sister has copper coins." Li Xiaonan waved to the woman and pulled Li Yinzhu out.

(End of this chapter)