fisherwoman

Early the next morning, the two of them had just finished their breakfast when they heard a sound of horseshoes at the door, followed by a knock on the door.

Could it be that her father sent someone again?

Lin Xueman's heart trembled, and she glanced at Xiao Chengyu with complicated emotions.

"I'll go out and have a look." Xiao Chengyu strolled out and opened the door.

"Brother, I'll bring you clay pots." Hu Zi walked in with a smile, and there was indeed a cart of clay pots on the carriage at the door.

"It burned so quickly?" Xiao Chengyu was a little surprised.

"No, it was burnt a long time ago, and my father said to use it as much as possible for you first." Huzi scratched his head and smiled innocently, "This kind of clay pot is often used at sea, and there is always a stock at home. Yes, if you want more in the future, just tell me, and I'll bring it to you by the way!"

"Thank you so much!" Lin Xueman was overjoyed, and rushed out to greet her, "Brother Huzi, please sit in the room."

"No, big brother, let's unload these clay pots quickly, we have to go to the beach for duty later!" Huzi looked at the hostess who came out with a spring breeze, and smiled shyly.

As soon as the words were finished, there was a burst of horn sounds, which was extremely ear-piercing, and after a while, there was another burst!

Xiao Chengyu and Huzi smiled at each other, rolled up their sleeves, and began to move the clay pots on the cart.

"I don't need you here, just me and Huzi." Xiao Chengyu smiled when he saw his wife rolled up her sleeves, "Where can I put these clay pots?"

"Just put it in the shed by the door." Lin Xueman walked into the shed and tidied up a corner.Anyway, it is a clay pot, put it on the ground first, wash it clean before using it, and then sterilize it with high temperature.

The two men moved the clay pots out of the car in a short while, and neatly stacked them under the shed at the door. Lin Xueman counted them, and there were more than 200 of them.

Lin Xueman picked up a clay pot and looked at it carefully. This red clay pot is fine and smooth in texture. Although there is no glaze on it, it looks very rustic.It is also very strong. At first glance, it is the kind of firing technology that is very superb. Unexpectedly, the firing technology of clay pots here is so high that it is almost catching up with ceramic pots. It is really a folk master!

Use this kind of clay pot to hold the small fish that you sun-baked.It couldn't be more suitable, she felt ecstasy in her heart.

"How much do these clay pots cost?" Lin Xueman asked Xiao Chengyu quietly when she saw that Huzi brought her so many clay pots at once.

"I'll settle with him, and you don't have to worry about it." Xiao Chengyu patted the dust off his body, and smiled at her, "This amount of money is still a piece of cake for us. It's not expensive. The eldest brother and the second brother are at sea. I have always used this kind of clay pots, but they are used to catch octopus, they are very strong, so you can use them with confidence.”

"Well, it's good to be strong, but I need to know the specific cost. This is how I can determine the price of each can of small fish!" Lin Xueman looked up at him, it's really a professional habit!

"About ten cents a penny! Anyway, this kind of clay pot is very cheap." He glanced at her.Knowing how to calculate costs, this woman really wants to do business!

"I see." Lin Xueman cheered inwardly, isn't this too cheap?

She looked at Huzi standing beside him washing his hands, and hurriedly said, "Huzi, come home with your elder brother for lunch at noon, and my sister-in-law will make mackerel stuffed dumplings for you to eat."

"No, no, no, how can I bother you all day long!" Huzi smiled, showing his white teeth, and said, then turned and walked out the door, pulling up the ropes on the car.

"Don't refuse, it's just a light meal." Xiao Chengyu also said, he went out, jumped into the carriage, and said to Lin Xueman, "Then let's go, come back for lunch at noon."

"Then come back early at noon!" Lin Xueman leaned against the door, looking at Xiao Chengyu who was sitting in the carriage, feeling a little bit reluctant.

"Understood! Go back!" Xiao Chengyu responded softly, waving at her.

Huzi was driving the carriage, seeing the two people reluctant to leave, he secretly pursed his lips and smiled, these two couples are really newlyweds.

The carriage drove out of the alley and slowly drove towards the sea.

Lin Xueman didn't return to the yard until she could no longer see the carriage, and started fetching water to scrub the clay pots. She slowly looked around the home that had completely belonged to her, feeling sweet in her heart. The main room also became very warm.

That Wang Qingnian said that people in the capital have a strong taste and like spicy food, so it’s fine to put some chili peppers in those small fish. Chili peppers are easy to say. When she went to town a few years ago, she had already bought a lot of dried chili peppers. It’s just a matter of packaging. ,How to deal with it?

Although it is said that pickled small fish can't be spoiled easily, it must be sealed well, otherwise, there will be air in it, even if it can't be spoiled, the taste will be much inferior.

Thinking of this, Lin Xueman decided to go to the old house and ask her mother-in-law to see if she had any tips.

Pushing open the small wooden door and walking in, I heard a few laughs coming from the room, and a neighbor was visiting.

"Mother." When Lin Xueman walked in, she saw Mrs. Yang sitting on the kang weaving, and two elderly women sitting on the edge of the kang, seeing her coming in, she smiled.

Lin Xueman didn't know them, so she just smiled at them.

"Oh, this is your newly married third daughter-in-law! Tsk tsk, what a good daughter-in-law, she looks so good-looking." One of the women saw her come in, patted the kang surface with dry black and thin hands, and shouted Shouted.

"That's right, your youngest married a good wife, haha!" The other also quickly looked at Lin Xueman, and smiled. When she smiled, her eyes narrowed, and the wrinkles on her face became vivid.

"Haha, my daughter-in-law is not only good-looking, but also has a good temper. This person is destined to be with others. If my third child has a bad temper, if he meets a hot-tempered one, why don't we quarrel all day long? Our third child has a happy relationship. It's gone." Yang smiled immodestly.

"Mother." Lin Xueman looked at her mother-in-law with some embarrassment, how could she praise her daughter-in-law in front of outsiders like this?

"Look, the new daughter-in-law is embarrassed." The two laughed in unison.

"Daughter-in-law, this is the aunt of the Xu family at the east end of the village. That is, the mother of Xu Yougui who was with Cheng Yu. This is the aunt of the Liu family, the mother of Liu Qingyu. Her daughter-in-law speaks softly and nicely. You I've seen them before, they are all mother's good sisters, don't be restrained." Yang raised her finger and pointed at the two, then picked up the wooden shuttle again.Quickly weaving and weaving the fish in my hand, refusing to delay for a moment,

"Hello, two aunts!" Lin Xueman shouted hastily.

"Okay." The two replied in unison, one of the two women was wearing a gray short jacket, the other was wearing a blue long jacket, and both were wearing black trousers.A wooden hairpin was pinned between the disheveled temples, and the precarious, with a sad expression on the thin face.

Regardless of temperament or attire, they are not as capable as her mother-in-law, even if Yang's clothes are patched.It is always clean, and the hair is always neat.Although the family is not rich, there is always a slight smile on his face, and he rarely complains about anything.

In this regard, no one in the entire Longtan Village can match the elderly women.

"Does your wife have something to tell you? Let's talk. We've been sitting for a long time, so we should go. I'll talk to you another day." Xu Yougui got off the kang while talking.

"That's right. You talk, we'll come back another day." His mother Liu Qingyu also got off the kang.

"Aunts, sit down. I don't have anything to do. I just came to take a look." Seeing that they were interrupted, Lin Xueman hurriedly said.

"Hey, we were supposed to leave, you guys talk, we'll come back another day." The two said, and they had already left the house.

"Then I won't keep you guys. Come to sit at home another day, Xueman, send your two aunts off for me, and I won't go down." Sitting on the kang, Yang said,

"You're busy, you don't need to give it away, why do you give it away all day long!" The two smiled at her.

"Those two aunts, come and sit at home when you have time." Lin Xueman sent them to the gate.

"Go back!" The two waved their hands and walked away.

"Xueman, what's the matter with you?" After returning to the house, Yang raised her eyes and asked, "Yesterday, why didn't your father come to sit at home?"

"Mother, my father is in a hurry to go back. He still has a lot of things to do, so he doesn't have time. Let's talk about it next time!" Lin Xueman replied vaguely.

"Oh, then Cheng Yu didn't lose his temper with you, did he? Did you guys get into a fight last night?" Yang looked puzzled.

"No more, mother thought too much. I asked Cheng Yu to buy some clay pots from Huzi's house. I wanted to hold small fish, but I didn't know how to pack them. So, I'm here to ask you." Lin Xueman didn't want to talk about it with her. The matter of her father changed the subject in a timely manner.

"You put it in a clay pot? Is it the small red clay pot used at sea? If it's that kind of clay pot, you have to cover the mouth of the bottle with reed first, wrap it tightly, wrap it with thread, and then use a thicker one. It’s enough to wrap the grass paper on the bottle.” Yang replied without thinking, “That kind of reed grass is found on the back mountain, soak it in water, put it in a pot and cook it, and it will soften.”

"That's right! That's great, thank you mother, I'm just worried about how to pack it!" Lin Xueman was overjoyed, and it was true that the three of us must have my teacher.

"How do you sell those little fish? Are you really going to take Uncle Wang to the capital?" Mrs. Yang suddenly stopped what she was doing and asked with a serious expression.

"Well, that's what Uncle Wang said last time, but I don't know when he will come!" Lin Xueman said, looking at her face quietly.

Sure enough, Yang's hand stopped, her face became more solemn, the corners of her mouth moved, and she asked doubtfully, "Did he say anything to you?"

"Ah? No! He, he just said that when Longtan Town gets the goods, he will come and sell them for me, so that I can prepare more goods." Lin Xueman's heart moved, and then she looked at her calmly.

These two people are really unusual.

"Daughter-in-law, no matter who you listen to, you and Cheng Yu have to trust mother. Mother has never done anything wrong to your father. Mother is innocent. Anyone can misunderstand mother, but you and Cheng Yu can't, you know?" Yang Shi suddenly looked at her with some excitement.

"Mother, I, I don't know what you're talking about, and I haven't heard anyone say anything?" Lin Xueman replied somewhat incoherently.Did she know that she overheard her conversation with that Wang Qingnian?Will not.

Although Lin Xueman also wanted to know the ins and outs of this matter, but it was related to her mother-in-law's wife and Xiao Chengyu's life experience, so it would be bad to ask rashly.

If the mother-in-law is willing to speak, there's no need to ask, she will tell the truth, and besides, even if she asks, it's not her turn as a daughter-in-law to ask...

"Hey, daughter-in-law, there are some things that you don't know, but if you know, you will be troubled instead. Forget it, don't mention it!" Yang sighed softly, and then looked at her with some guilt, "Actually, what happened yesterday , I know it all, and it's hard for you. You don't think this family is poor, and you are willing to live with us Chengyu, so my mother can rest assured. To be honest, my mother was always afraid of you leaving before, and let the elder sisters watch secretly. Looking at you, now I feel ashamed when I think about it, you don’t blame your mother, do you?”

"Mother, I don't even know about this, so how can I blame you? Mother told me the truth, and I was very moved, which means that Mother is willing to open up her heart to me!" Lin Xueman sighed in her heart, and it turned out that she just wanted to Run, can't run!

It's better than nothing, although she doesn't know that her mother-in-law is guarding against her, but now, she doesn't want to care about it, who has no selfishness?

He even has his own father, let alone them!

"Daughter-in-law, wait a minute, Mother has something for you!" After meditating for a moment, Yang got off the kang and went into the back room, there was a sound of rummaging through boxes and boxes.

Lin Xueman was suspicious for a while, she didn't want to give her private money, did she? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations , monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation.)