Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2626 Incense Ash
"Golden pig, golden pig, cough, cough, don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense." Mother Li hurriedly coughed and patted her son a few times when she saw her son's speech, and then clasped her palms together and bowed in all directions. He prayed in a low voice that the gods all over the sky would not be offended by his son, and then he said to the golden pig, "Golden pig, don't talk nonsense, Huang Xiangu has the truth, a few days ago..."

While talking, Lianniang came back from a trot, apparently someone told her that her man was coming.The big yellow dog at home followed behind him, shaking his head and tail, running back and forth.Seeing that Lianniang, she is twenty-five or six years old, and she wears a cloth skirt and Jingcha. Although she is a peasant daughter-in-law, she is also neatly dressed.It's just a red belt tied around the waist, and a patch with the pattern of the Eight Diagrams sewn on the chest, which is really against the harmony.

Seeing Lianniang's indecent attire, Jinzhu couldn't help but get angry for no reason, grabbed the fly whisk on the table of the Eight Immortals, and threw it at Lianniang.Lianniang dodged away, and the whisk landed in front of the yellow dog.The dog jumped back in fright, raised its tail and raised its head, and was about to bark, but saw its owner's face was ashen, whining a few times, and ran to it with its tail between its legs.

Only the golden pig in the house scolded: "My mother is sick, but you, a woman, only know how to play outside and don't go home after dark. I don't know what good it is, and it sucked your soul away."

Lianniang stood at the door and saw that her husband hadn't gone to get the feather duster, so she entered the room cautiously, stood guarding the door, and softly defended: "I went to practice with Huang Xiangu, that Huang..."

Jin Zhu heard that "Huang Xiangu" was about to kidnap his wife, and opened his mouth to scold again, suddenly thinking that his mother had said it just now, he held his breath again, and just glared at Lianniang angrily.

Lianniang looked at the man's face, and said cautiously: "Huang Xiangu is a disciple of the holy mother of Lishan Mountain, and she has real immortal skills. A few days ago, I asked for talisman water, and I asked my mother-in-law to drink it when I got home. not enough."

Li's mother coughed lightly without hiding her mouth, and helped out, "Yes, yes. After taking the talisman water, my chest is not tight these days, and my breath is smooth."

Jin Zhu looked at his mother's condition and it seemed to be much better than before. At least since he entered the house, he didn't hear a heart-piercing cough. It was also a little less, and the tone was a little slower, "Look at you! What kind of clothes are you wearing, and how decent are you!"

"It's just that the practice is convenient. If you don't like it, it's fine if I don't wear it." Lianniang saw her husband's expression softened, and there was probably no danger of being beaten today, so she quickly changed the subject, "The meal is already cooked, and since I brought the loach back, I will Just tidy up."

After finishing speaking, he swiftly tidied up the bundles and chains that the golden pig had picked off, and took out a short wax head from the side room, lit it and placed it on the table with a saucer on it.Turning around, he asked Li's mother again: "What else does my mother-in-law want to eat, I will make it together."

Mother Li shook her head and said, "I've already had porridge in the afternoon. I won't eat the loach, and I'll go to sleep later. You make these loach for the golden pig, and you can eat it together."

The golden pig's eyes were attracted by the candle, and seeing the bright flame without the stench of grease, he knew it was expensive "Australian wax".Immediately said: "The loach was caught to treat my mother's cough. I plan to stay at home for a few more days this time. It's not too late. Just get some food. Where did you get the money to buy this loach?" wax?"

Seeing the man's tone changed, Lianniang had the courage to look at him by candlelight. Seeing that the golden pig was not wearing shoes, she went to the side room and brought out a new pair of straw sandals.While laying it in front of the golden pig's feet, she replied: "I asked for a favor from Aunt Huang. It was originally intended to be inserted in the lantern. I will use it with you when you come. This Australian wax is really bright, and it doesn't even light up." Burnt smell. I will raise the loach first, and I will get some for you to eat today." Then, holding an oil lamp, he went to the kitchen to prepare meals for the man.

The golden pig didn't say much, and took the shoes to the well to fetch water to wash his feet. After putting on the shoes, he went back to the house to pack up the things he bought this time.

Not long after, Lianniang brought half a pot of porridge cooked with vegetables and loach chowder. The porridge was not as clear as usual, and there was a lot of rice. She took a pottery bowl and filled a bowl full for the golden pig.

The golden pig looked at the porridge, and pointed to the pots and jars on the table, "Two pots of Tianchu pickles, you and your mother can change the taste at home. You put away a bag of fine salt, don't let it get wet. The bag of assorted colors is Australian fruit. Candy, share a few with the children in the neighborhood, and the rest of you and your mother will also try it." He picked up the bowl and devoured it hungrily.After carrying the rice for a while, I was really hungry, so I ate half of the pot of porridge.Originally, he could still eat, but in order to save food, he tried to eat as little as possible at night.Besides, the wife and the old lady hadn't had dinner yet, so they wiped their mouths and said "full", and leaned back comfortably in the bamboo chairs to rest.

Lianniang served her mother-in-law to eat some porridge and helped her to rest in the east room. She ate all the porridge and cleared the table.He wanted to put away all the objects he brought back on the table.

The golden pig whispered: "There are still two one-hundred-wen bills in the package, take them first. I still have some spare change in my account. You can see if it is enough for eighty yuan. The medicine money owed to Brother Youtian's family will be paid tomorrow." I went to pay it back."

After the Senate implemented the new currency system, the original plan was to convert one yuan to one hundred cents.However, the value of one yuan is too large, and even a penny still has the problem of excessive face value, which is not conducive to the circulation of small amounts in the market.So it was changed to one yuan for one thousand cents.

This exchange rate is basically similar to the original one tael of silver to one thousand Wen, and it is relatively easier for the people to accept.The exchange rate is fixed, which is simpler and clearer than in the past when the exchange rate fluctuated daily, and the value of the currency is also stable. Although it is paper currency, it is quite popular among the people who suffer from the shortage of small payment methods.It's just that the unit of "fen" is still habitually pronounced as "wen" by most people.

"When you were not at home, Mrs. Youtian came to press me several times, and I didn't know how to answer her." Lianniang let out a sigh of relief, "The pressure was too tight."

"Brother Arita is willing to borrow money, and we don't want any interest." Golden Pig sighed, "How many people in the village are willing to lend money to the family? Well, it's just the two elder brothers who refuse to deliver the rice to the mother on time. "

Because the golden pig takes care of his mother, in addition to being allocated three huts, his two elder brothers promised to send a hundred catties of rice together every year.But to be honest, the rice has never been delivered in full. It is normal to be short of two catties, and there are a lot of rice and straw stuffed in it.Converted into brown rice, it is less than thirty or forty catties a year.

Although Jinzhu complained, he also knew that the life of the two elder brothers was difficult. The ten mu of land passed down from his father was divided into two, and the two elder brothers rented and paid rent, and had to support their families.To be able to take out fifty catties of rice is already squeezed through the gap between the teeth.

It would be great if he could also rent a few acres of land, Jin Zhu thought to himself.The income of short-term workers is not stable, and it hurts the body.He has been working for several years, and his waist and legs often hurt.All the colleagues who have been working for a long time suffer from waist and leg pain.When it gets serious, he can't even walk, let alone work, and he will inevitably end up poor and sick and die in the end-he doesn't want to walk in this footsteps.

Loading and unloading at the dock is not always a long-term solution.

But it is not easy to ask the clan to "be kind" again.To put it bluntly, the clan reclaims Shatian along the river every year, but this kind of good deed does not come to his "fake clan".The only thing to do is to see if there is any chance to rent a few more acres of family land for cultivation.

"It would be great if I could ask the master to show me a few acres of land to plant." He whispered.

It's just that if you want to ask the master of the Li family to "be kind", you have to have a reason.It's a pity that Lianniang is a rough girl in the Li family, and she can't speak in front of the master.Because my mother has worked as a servant in Li's house in the past, she is quite popular, but she has been sick for the past few years, and she hasn't often visited to ask for peace, and it's not easy to ask for help. Can't do it.The family doesn't have the spare money now...

While thinking about it, Lianniang came out from the kitchen, put a small bowl of rice wine on the table in her hand, and said with some distress: "That big bag of Australian sugar costs a lot of money, right?"

Jin Zhu was a little embarrassed, the candy was picked up on the way from the pier to the warehouse, and he didn't dare to take it back directly, so he kept it in his hand for a few days.No one came to look for it, so I put it away, and now I have to lie: "The manager of the warehouse sees the work is good, and I will reward it."

Lianniang had a smile on her face, her man was capable and able to support the family, there was nothing better than this.She took out a small paper bag from her undershirt, which contained some incense ash, sprinkled it into the wine, stirred it with chopsticks, and pushed the wine bowl in front of the golden pig.

"What is this?" The golden pig asked in surprise.

But Lianniang was a little shy: "The gift from Huang Xiangu is for the child. I just drank that serving of mine just now." Lianniang's complexion was pink, and the last sentence was almost inaudible.

Jin Zhu had just returned home and had listened to Huang Xiangu many times not long ago, so he was also a little disgusted with Huang Xiangu.But he heard that he was seeking a son, but he didn't dare to underestimate it.He and Lianniang have been married for many years and have never had a child, and his mother is also talking about it, adding incense to the Li family is a big deal.He picked up the bowl, looked at it again, and drank the rice wine as soon as he raised his head.

In the early morning of the second day, Golden Pig first paid off the debts owed by Li Youtian's family, and then visited several regular customers to see when they planned to hire someone and what the price would be.When I came back from Zhuangxi, I saw the threshing ground, and heard someone shouting under the banyan tree: "With a big knife, the earth will collapse and the mountains will collapse. With a big knife, Kuntou will move. Pick up the guillotine blade, so that the thief can be chopped down. Practice." What a magical skill, the thieves turn into mudflats." Looking carefully, I saw a few men wrapped in yellow pajamas and black belts practicing knives with the servants of Patriarch Li's family and some idle men in the village, so I couldn't help but walk over to watch .But I saw a man wrapped in a yellow handkerchief patrolling back and forth, and the other two performed a move and shouted, and the servants learned the move while responding with a hey haha.Very noisy.

(End of this chapter)