I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 23 Repayment of Debt

A total of five packages of medicine were caught, and each payment was [-] yuan, so there were only [-] yuan left.Wang Ge is very content, as long as he can cure his father's back disease, even if it relieves a little pain, the money will not be wasted!
But this trip made her understand that the transactions in the county are mainly in the form of currency transactions, and only small transactions in the countryside, or with street vendors and shopkeepers, are bartered.

Wang Ge hurried on his way and arrived in the village two days later.

It was getting dark at this time, and she went to the country pavilion and post house again, but she didn't meet the pig-feeding old man.At dawn, she came to the place where she first met Liu Xiaolang selling straw sandals, and waited for an hour, but he did not come.

Wang Ge could only ask his neighbors: "Excuse me, did Liu Xiaolang, the examiner for the artisan selection competition, live nearby?"

After asking several people in this way, the location of Liu Bo's house was determined.Coming to the narrow alley where he lived, the courtyard walls on both sides were filled with the creaking sound of spinning wheels.

The fifth door... She stood at the door and knocked lightly.

Door open.

Liu Bo and Wang Ge looked at each other.

With ink stains on his hands, he smiled, and the sun seemed to clear up in an instant. "To pay off the debt?"

"En!" She nodded generously.

After a while, she unloaded the basket and said goodbye.

When Liu Bo mentioned it, I didn't expect it to be so heavy. Miss Wang walked back from the county with such a heavy thing on her back?
Ren stopped spinning and asked, "Who was it just now?"

"This year's first-class craftsman boy in the county, half a month ago, I met her when I went to Duting Station to pick up the bamboo slips that my father entrusted to bring back."

"Then why don't you invite someone in?"

"She once owed me a favor, and she came to repay the debt, and she has to rush back to Jiashe Village."

Ren smiled and continued spinning.When Erlang grows up, he has his own opinions on everything. He can say what he wants to say, and she never forces it if he doesn't want to.

Liu Bo removed the cattail grass covering the top of the basket, and was stunned.Ren Shi glanced over and was also surprised.It turns out that under the cattail grass, there are hundreds of bamboo slips neatly arranged!Everything that can be seen is smooth and smooth.

Ren said softly: "It took a lot of work."

Liu Bo picked up a bamboo slip, and he could imagine how serious Miss Wang was when she took bamboo pieces. She was able to take care of the competition and at the same time save the best bamboo materials to form strips. Bringing it back and giving it to him really... made him owe her a debt again.

Before evening, Wang Ge finally came back to Jiashe Village and felt the unprecedented enthusiasm of his neighbors.

It turned out that the town officials had come to the village to inform her of the news that she had been admitted to the artisan boy, and also allocated Wanghu Yitong money as a reward for the first-class artisan boy.Not only that, but the forced labor of the household where the craftsman is located can be halved, which means that Wang Erlang will be back soon.

"Sister!" Wang Yun rushed forward and was hugged by Wang Ge.

After being away from home for so long, what she misses most is brother. "Let my sister see, ah, why did you lose weight?"

"Think about what my sister thinks."

Wang Ge touched his little head with his forehead, reluctant to put it down, hugged him and greeted his family: "Mother, father, third uncle, younger brother, younger sister."

The dry smiles on the faces of little Jiashi and Yaoshi are uglier than crying, this damn girl deliberately skipped them, embarrassing them!

Jia Yu said anxiously: "Come into the house quickly, your elder father figured that you should come back today, and you have been asking questions since the morning! Hurry down, don't tire your sister. Why don't the bride cook soon? Sanlang, don't you?" Hold on to your brother!"

A group of people crowded into the house, the inner room was small, Wang He and Wang Shu from the second room, and Wang Zhu, Wang Peng, and Wang Ai from the third room stayed in the outer room.

Wang Weng couldn't get up, but seeing his eldest granddaughter, he was relieved, and then felt distressed.The old man's eyes turned red: "Baby Hu is back? Bao Bao, sit down and rest."

As soon as Wang Ge heard that his elder father's voice had changed, he immediately choked up too. He put down the anion, and knelt down in front of his elder father, with tears in his eyes and a smile in his tears, with determination in his smile: "Father, granddaughter is back. Granddaughter, do you want me to come back?" Arrived."

"It's done, yes, it's done! It's okay if you can't do it! Father knew you could do it!" Wang Weng was incoherent for a while, and he was very pleased: "Age, you have earned face for our Wang family, When your second uncle comes back, our family will have a good reunion dinner!"

Jia Yu, Changfang and his son all wiped away their tears, especially the little Aunt, whose lips and chin trembled like buns.

Wang Sanlang looked anxiously at his father and mother, not knowing what to do to persuade him.

Wang Shu has been listening to the movement in the back room, silently wiping away tears.It turns out that sister Cong is so amazing!Live up to it!It turns out that as long as the little girl is willing to endure hardship and learn the craft, she can earn face for the family like Erlang!

Soon, the back room was full of laughter again. It was Wang Ge who was talking about the exam. When they heard that a straw mat she wove was sold for a hundred dollars, everyone exclaimed and said, "I can't believe it!"When I heard that the bamboo fighting tools and lifting tools were sold for 120 yuan, there was even more excitement!
At this time, Wang Ge looked at the medicine packs and pig fat packs on the side, and said, "Then, I went into the county town with the money in my pocket, and grabbed five packs of medicine for Dafu, each of which was fifty dollars. The medicine had to be boiled with pig fat, so I bought another two liters of pig fat in the township, and the money... was spent."

The wooden man Wang Sanlang finally spoke: "So expensive?!"

A few packs of herbs cost 250 dollars!Who is not too expensive?It's so expensive that it's beyond the family's perception!But Wang Sanlang yelled so anxiously with a pale face, couldn't Wang Weng not be sad?

Taking advantage of the firewood in the kitchen, Wang Ge hurried to the utility room to find a small pottery stove where the ashes had fallen to boil medicine.

Wang Yun helped my father back to the house, and then came back to gently rub my father's waist.His small palms and light hand strength are just right for the pain in the back that is unbearable even if the strength is not strong.Wang Weng thought, when the family is separated in the future, after all, the eldest family will be allowed to take care of the elderly, and the sadness gradually eased.

in the kitchen.Wang Shu squatted in front of Wang Ge, and only helped to add a piece of firewood, but was kicked by the little Jia, and scolded: "The kitchen is so big, what are you doing here?"

"Mom, I learned how to cook medicine from my sister..."

"You don't have the ability to make money to buy medicine. What's the use of learning this? You have to be filial, so you can help cook! Why are you crying? You make a sad face all day long. Do I owe you to eat, or to drink? If I had known that you were such a frustrating thing, I should have begged Empress Nuwa to stuff you back in my stomach! I can’t open it! Get in the way!” Little Jia shut up when she came out of the kitchen, for fear that Auntie would hear it.

Wang Shu was honest, and complained to Wang Ge with tears in his eyes: "I have learned to cook, but my mother only asks me to farm the land, and I practice weaving when I have free time. Should I listen to my mother's advice, or grandma's?"

How can Wang Ge not understand what the big mother means, the two aunts are as lazy as the other, and they go up the mountain to farm, who can always stare at them all day long?It's better to let them take turns cooking, fetching water, and cleaning the yard each day. These are all tasks that are clearly visible.

So she said: "The work at home is either to do this, or to do that, whichever you do. But the younger generation must obey the elders' orders. If you do the work and let the elders and elders hinder you, why don't you do it!"

Wang Shu nodded, "I understand."

"Don't cry. I'm back. I'll cook breakfast tomorrow morning, so your mother and third aunt can complain less."

"I'll be with my sister!"

"No need. There is no need to hire another person for a job that one person can do. It is better than anything else if you work hard and learn how to weave from me every now and then." Wang Ge added half of the pork fat into the medicine kettle and stirred it.

The darker the sky, the more red the light from the fire from the stove hole.But no matter how red it is, it's not as dazzling as the color that penetrated the bed when Grandma's blood collapsed!Stab the heart!
Mrs. Jia, Mrs. Yao, the debts you owe to our long house... Finally, it's time to pay it off!You have been mean for a long time, ran on my mother, satirized my father, and made my mother feel so uneasy before she passed away!She was afraid that one son and one daughter would be treated harshly by the other two families, so that they would die with regret!Even my younger brother nearly died!
Debts...paying debts is justified!From now on, you wicked wives, just wait for your relatives to gradually cast aside and renounce you!

(End of this chapter)