Reborn peasant girl: I became rich overnight by traveling to sea

Chapter 9 No sign of closing the stall

Meng Xia's voice was brisk and energetic, but when it fell on Chang Pingning's ears, it was filled with inexplicable fear.In her previous life, when she was suffocated to death by the woman beside Meng Xia, Meng Xia also used this voice to send away the maidservant who was walking outside.

It was clearly noon, but Chang Pingning felt a chill, along with a suffocating feeling of imminent death.Chang Pingning subconsciously took a step back, wanting to stay away from Meng Xia and the others.

"Aunt Guo, are you in town today?" Manager Liu noticed that the two women selling seafood were from Guojia Village, and the Liu Mansion had received seafood from them the day before.

"Madam, madam." Miss Liu heard Manager Liu greeting people in Guojiacun and walked up to Chang Pingning and Ye Xiuying.

Chang Pingning guessed that the Liu family, as immigrants from other places, even if they once held a high position, but now live in their village, they still need to establish good relations with the people in the village.Just as he was thinking about it, Chang Pingning looked at Ye Xiuying, wanting to imitate her mother-in-law's attitude so as not to bring disaster to the family.

"The little lady looks familiar, we have met before." Probably because she didn't get a response from Chang Pingning, Miss Liu said to herself, "Yu'er was rude before and wanted the little straw thing in the little lady's hand. No. I know Madam Guo, but do you still remember her?"

Miss Liu's voice was still soft.

Chang Pingning thought of the silhouette in the sunset that day, looked up at Miss Liu in front of him, and nodded: "Of course I remember, but I don't own the things I took. I accidentally brought them into the car." Chang Pingning wanted to imitate Miss Liu's refined manner. He spoke, but his words sounded awkward.

"Ah, it turns out that Miss Liu did my business before." Meng Xia walked up to Chang Pingning and Miss Liu and talked about how she once sold a straw dragonfly to a wealthy family in a nearby village.

"Ning Ning, come here and help mom count the seafood. Mom has bad eyesight." Ye Xiuying called to Chang Pingning.

"Yes, mother." Chang Pingning was worried about how to leave Meng Xia. Fortunately, Ye Xiuying called her over.Chang Pingning guessed from Ye Xiuying's attitude that no one in Guojia Village wanted to have anything to do with the Liu family alone, and now they needed to avoid situations where they were alone.

Manager Liu understood the attitude of the two women in front of him and knew that it would be difficult for the exiled Liu family to integrate into the local people. He sighed inwardly, but his expression did not change: "It's really tiring for the two of them to walk around carrying buckets." , it just so happens that our house... we also need to buy vegetables at home, why not Aunt Guo sell these seafood to our family at a cheaper price? "

Ye Xiuying listened to what Manager Liu said, sighed, and whispered to Manager Liu: "What Manager Liu said is not that we are unwilling, but the village chief's side... You should have also been to the village chief's house. If the village chief's side If that doesn’t work, try to find the patriarch of the Guo family.”

Chang Pingning saw Manager Liu respectfully salute Ye Xiuying after listening to Ye Xiuying's words.

Seeing this, Ye Xiuying waved her hands hurriedly and lowered her voice: "I didn't say anything. You asked about it from the village chief."

When Manager Liu saw Ye Xiuying, he repeatedly said yes, saying it was to thank the two of them for providing fresh seafood.As he spoke, he took out a small bag made of fine fabric from his arms, took out a lot of money from the bag and handed it to Aunt Guo.

Seeing that the two barrels of seafood in front of her were sold at high prices, Ye Xiuying happily took the money and counted it.

Chang Pingning saw Ye Xiuying glance at him intentionally or unintentionally after counting the money, and then took out a dozen more coins and returned them to Manager Liu, saying that she had given too much.Then he pulled Chang Pingning away.

On the way, Chang Pingning heard Ye Xiuying explain to him that ever since he heard that a family of exiled people would settle in Guojia Village, the village had been very opposed to it.The village chief also visited them specifically to tell them to keep a distance from the exiled prisoners.

When Chang Pingning heard Ye Xiuying mid-sentence, he stopped talking, looked around carefully, leaned close to himself, and whispered: "I heard it was a serious crime of treason." Ever since seeing Meng Xia, Chang Pingning felt suffocated. Ye Xiuying was calmed down by the news she had just revealed. Thinking of the weak appearance of Miss Liu she had just seen, she subconsciously retorted: "No way? Miss Liu..."

Soon, Chang Pingning realized that the person who really rebelled must be guilty of death. The Liu family who survived must be their husbands who committed the crime.No wonder the Liu family in the village are either elderly people, or women and children.

Ye Xiuying saw Chang Pingning's reaction and gestured to reassure her: "These are all rumors before their family came here. I looked at the family, old and young, and felt a little pitiful, so I told the clan leader about it. They. As long as our own family members know about this, don’t tell anyone else.”

Chang Pingning nodded, knowing why his mother-in-law specifically told him this.They went to Liu's house yesterday to deliver seafood. Although they also took money, two other aunts from the same village were also there.But today, there were only two of them, and it was easy to be misunderstood that they were overcharged.

The two people talked as they walked, and it didn't take long before they arrived at the vegetable market in the town.Chang Pingning followed Ye Xiuying to the butcher shop and watched as Ye Xiuying bought a piece of pork belly and brought some pigs into the water.

Chang Pingning thought it was Ye Xiuying who wanted to improve the food for the Guo family, and couldn't help but sigh: It's really profitable to go to the sea. No wonder people in Guojia Village don't farm much.

However, as Chang Pingning walked behind Ye Xiuying, she noticed that there were many seafood stalls in the wet market. It was almost noon, and there were no signs of the seafood stalls closing.

The vegetable stall was nowhere to be seen.The owner of the pork shop was already preparing to close the stall just now, and the pig was half bought and half given to them.

No wonder Mom said she couldn’t make a lot of money.

Chang Pingning thought to herself, followed Ye Xiuying to the front of the wine shop, and watched Ye Xiuying buy another two taels of wine.

The behavior of her mother-in-law selling wine reminded Chang Pingning of her father who was a good drinker. He felt that although he could not make a lot of money by traveling to the sea, he could be like his mother-in-law and bring some food to the family every time he returned from town. Not bad.

After returning to Guo's house, Chang Pingning watched her mother-in-law put the wine and meat bought from the town into the kitchen and greet the children in the yard.

Guo Bomo and Guo Dayong have not returned yet.

The second brother Guo Zhongzhou returned to the yard with his younger brothers and sisters and asked Ye Xiuying if her trip to town went well today.

After listening to his second brother's words, Chang Pingning took another look at him and felt that the children raised by his mother-in-law and father-in-law were obedient and sensible.

Ye Xiuying chatted about the time the Liu family found the cook, and bought all the seafood they brought.

When the third brother Guo Shuyi heard about "sea urchin fried rice", he said, "The 'sea urchin fried rice' made by my sister-in-law is the most delicious." This was unanimously agreed by the Guo family.

Only Chang Pingning reacted belatedly after hearing this: Was Meng Xia the first to make the sea urchin fried rice that would become popular in Fucheng in the future?

(End of this chapter)