Escape from the desert

Chapter 45 The Aunt Has A Husband

"Eldest sister, your rice roll with hot sauce is delicious and appetizing. It tastes good!"

"That's right, I didn't think it was enough to eat two servings in one go yesterday. Fortunately, the proprietress was so energetic today that she even gave me a bowl of white porridge to carry the goods!"

The two big men with familiar faces laughed while eating, sip after sip of porridge.

Jiang Yan smiled and said, "Where do the eldest brothers work? Do they rest under this tree every day?"

The fatter burly man said, "Just move the goods at the east gate. During this time, there are fewer trucks coming and going, and there will be work only in the morning and noon, so when the goods are moved every day, they will be in this big place. Rest under the tree until noon, so that we can continue to work."

"Yes, if it weren't for the fact that my home was too far away, I would be reluctant to spend money on food in the town. Fortunately, the owner is kind and gave me more money for the meal."

Jiang Yan kept a smile and greeted the customers who kept coming in, but she was murmuring in her heart when she would go to the east gate to have a look.

The East Gate is actually an open space, where many merchants and carriages come and go, where they unload things or stop for carriages and horses. It is also a place with a large flow of people.

Those merchants were exhausted by boat and car, and most of them would look for stuttering when they got out of the car. Jiang Yan thought about whether to bring cold tofu to sell. The cold tofu is simple and comes with a coldness. Those merchants who have a hard journey should like it very much.

The family was working together and was busy and orderly when a familiar low sound suddenly sounded.

"Aunt Jiang, I finally waited until you set up a stall. I wanted to come over to eat something yesterday, but I never thought that you didn't come to set up a stall."

"That's right, it caused me to run for nothing yesterday. Auntie has to come every day. Your family's rice rolls are so delicious!"

Jiang Yan looked up and saw that it was Shangguan Mingzhi and his silly son Shangguan Zixuan. The two were dressed in fancy clothes and sitting at the booth, which attracted the attention of passers-by on the road. On the contrary, Jiang Yan's small booth was even more prosperous.

Jiang Yan asked Lin Xi to make two bowls of white porridge, and then ordered Lin Dong to make rice rolls. She smiled and said, "Thank you, the shopkeeper, Shangguan last time. I came here before I came to thank you. I have nothing here, so please let me know. Let's eat rice rolls and cold tofu with the little boy."

The boys in the Lin family quickly made the rice rolls. Lin Bei wiped the plate and wiped it until it was clean. He knew that it was the distinguished guest in front of him who helped his mother find Xiaowu, and he was very grateful. Thank you so much.

"Then thank you sister-in-law Jiang. You are welcome. I didn't help you."

Shangguan Mingzhi's smile was gentle, one mouthful of rice rolls and one mouthful of white porridge, eating the elegant style of a literati and gentleman.

The little fat man looked at Jiang Yan in surprise, and then looked at his father. Did the aunt and father know each other long ago?
The fat face went from being entangled to disliking it to accepting it happily. He gritted his teeth, as if he had done a lot of psychological construction, and then said heavily: "I'll just say why you don't want to take a concubine, and you don't want to marry a wife!"

"So you like auntie like this! Forget it... Anyway, auntie is not bad, but she has many sons, she is old, and she is so poor...Hey, but it's okay, auntie will cook delicious food, don't talk about you I like it, I like it too, as for my son, more is more, anyway... uuuuuu!"

Before the little fat man could finish speaking, Shangguan Mingzhi got up from the low stool with a carp upright, and covered his silly son's gibberish mouth. You are full of nonsense! What the hell are you talking about! Aunt Jiang and I don't know each other!"

Seeing the surprised eyes from the people around Jiang Yan and himself looking back and forth, Shangguan Mingzhi was embarrassed and could not wait to find a crack to burrow in.

He pulled out a reluctant smile: "Haha... a child's family, you can't take it seriously! Aunt Jiang, don't mind!"

Jiang Yan didn't change her face, and calmly distributed rice rolls to other customers: "Shangguan shopkeeper doesn't need to explain, I know that this child misunderstood."

Your son's brain is missing a string, and I have long felt it.

And Shangguan Zixuan didn't seem to think it was a big deal, he broke open his father's big hand and shouted, "How could it be! I can't be wrong! If you don't know each other! Why does my father know your name is Aunt Jiang?"

"Because you came home with rice rolls before, I asked you!"

"Then why don't you marry a concubine?"

"I'm not trying to take care of you first!"

"Then I've grown up! You're so old, if you don't get a wife, can you still give birth to younger siblings? I think Aunt Jiang is very good, and she can cook and eat. There are so many sons, you If you marry her, you will have several more sons at once! You don't have to give birth to your own..."

The more he talked, the more excited he became, the happier he became, and the more fervent he looked at Jiang Yan and the young men of the Lin family, as if these people were already his close relatives.

Shangguan Mingzhi's face flushed red. He was so angry with this stupid son that he slapped the table abruptly, then got up, changed a table, and said to Jiang Yan, "I don't know this person! It's all nonsense, Aunt Jiang. Just ignore him!"

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Jiang Yan was speechless.

She knocked on the little fat man's head: "little son, you should eat rice rolls first, it won't taste good when it's cold, so don't blindly match the mandarin ducks, I'm a peasant woman who has been married and has given birth to children. , your father is flourishing, you should find the right family."

The little fat man nodded, with a look of sudden realization: "Yes! I forgot, auntie, you have a husband! Nagging!"

The chubby little face had a look of reluctance, and muttered a pity, a pity.

Jiang Yan's mouth twitched, thinking that his father was his benefactor after all, thinking that he couldn't help giving him a brain break, and he was too lazy to explain that he was a widow.

The onlookers watched the excitement and had a great time eating. This little episode actually attracted more business for Jiang Yan. The rice rolls, which were supposed to be sold out at noon, were also sold out ahead of schedule.

Instructing his sons to pack up, he took Lin Bei and Lin Feng to go shopping, and planned to pull some cloth to make clothes for a few children. When looking for Xiao Wu, the family went up and down the mountain to find the clothes, and the clothes were all scratched. .

Last night, I watched two daughters-in-law mending clothes for the family. Most of the people in the village wore similar clothes. The better ones were at most two unpatched sackcloths. Kind of, clothes with lots of patches can hardly see their original appearance.

"Mother, are we going to buy new clothes?"

Lin Bei pulled Jiang Yan, a little shy, Lin Feng beside him was even more nervous and speechless, buried his head all the time, and held Jiang Yan's hand tightly.

Both of them were shopping for the first time, and they were both novel and excited when they saw the dazzling array of shops and stalls.

Jiang Yan held the two of them and said softly, "Yes, sisters-in-law can make clothes. Let's go back with a few feet of rough cloth, and we will make new clothes for each of us."

(End of this chapter)