Chapter 75, An accident at the market
Shu Xin returned to the kitchen, scooped hot water from the small pot into the wooden basin, and went back to the room with the foot basin, only to see Shen Duowang still leaning on the chair and falling asleep.

He took another cloth towel out of the closet and yelled softly, "Uncle!"

"Huh?" Shen Duowang opened his eyes in a daze.

"Uncle, wash your face and feet first. After washing, you will sleep on my bed for one night. Just leave before dawn!" Shu Xin said, afraid that Shen Duowang would misunderstand, "Uncle, I have no other intentions. that is……"

"it is good!"

Shen Duowang obediently agreed.

Then he startled himself.

Is it okay to sleep in a girl's room?

Standing up quickly, "I'm really sorry, I didn't think about it well, you go to bed early, I'm leaving first!"

Before Shu Xin had time to say anything, Shen Duowang jumped out of the window and left.

Shu Xin was stunned for a moment, then sighed, poured water, took off his clothes and went to sleep.

But she didn't know that Shen Duowang didn't go far at all, but hid in the big tree in the woods of the hill behind the house.

Naturally, he saw Shu Xin taking off his clothes and shoes, revealing his tender little feet.

The distance was too far, Shen Duowang couldn't see how white and tender Shu Xin's feet were at all, but there was no reason to think about the words of the manager of the brokerage firm in his mind.

daughter in law……

If this daughter-in-law is Shu Xin, he is willing!
It's just that it costs money to raise a daughter-in-law, and he didn't want to wrong her, so he went to the town again before dawn, planning to go with the escort agency.

This time the bodyguards were going to the county town to protect a person going to the capital. As long as the person was delivered safely, each person would get 500 taels of silver afterwards. Shen Duowang hesitated for a moment but refused.

I had nothing to do, so I started to buy furniture. I bought all the nanmu furniture in bits and pieces and moved them home. I placed them randomly. I also bought a lot of pots and pans and put them in the kitchen. Yes, thinking that there is no kang in the Shuxin house, so it will be fine in the end.

Thinking of this, Shen Duowang felt very happy.

Shu Xin should also like him, otherwise why would he treat him so well?It was cooking noodles, fetching water for him to wash his face and feet, and leaving him to live at home.

Definitely like him!
In the blink of an eye, at the beginning of September, Shen Duowang didn't come, and Shu Xin didn't care, but Shu Youren came to report every day. When Shu Xin was busy, he ignored him, and Shu Youren taught cauliflower, green onion, bean curd, and tiger to read. Many children in the village After knowing it, they all came to Shu Xin's house, sitting in rows in the main room, studying seriously, Liu's temper is really good, when the children came, she cooked mung bean soup, one bowl for each, sweet children They also like it. My aunt and aunt call it a sweet, and they will always bring a pumpkin over the next day. Liu's peeled the skin to make pumpkin steamed buns, and each person is served with mung bean soup.

The women came and talked softly in the room, for fear of disturbing the children learning to write in the main room.

The writing brush is made by myself. The baby's lanugo hair is tied and stuffed into the bamboo. It is a simple and easy-to-use brush. It can be written on rice paper after it is soaked in water. After it dries, the rice paper can be used again. For children who have died, three tickets are given to each person.

Shu Youren is serious in teaching, and the children are also serious in learning, even the girls have a place here.

For this reason, the village head and the patriarch have already discussed to build a school after harvesting the millet. Anyway, the millet in the field is already golden and golden, and some people can't wait to start harvesting the millet.

Fortunately, the corn has been harvested, but the soybeans will also be harvested soon, and the autumn harvest season is really coming.

Shu Xin's embroidery was also finished.

"what……"

Shu Xin yelled, stretched, and twisted his neck.

Originally, it took half a year to embroider, but she embroidered hard during the day, and it took almost four months to embroider, almost two months ahead of schedule, but she was so embroidered that she was about to vomit.

Now that the last thread was cut, Shu Xin didn't even want to touch needle and thread again.

Nausea.

"Sister, have you embroidered?"

"Well, everything is done, let's send it to the town tomorrow!"

Douhua happily asked, "Sister, can I go too?"

"Of course, you're not the only one going, the green onions are also going, mother is also going, younger brother and younger sister are also going!"

Dou Hua was overjoyed, "I'm going to tell mother right now!"

But Mrs. Liu refused, "I will take my younger brother and sister Yao at home, you can just go, take Uncle Big Niu's ox cart, buy some things and come back in Uncle Big Niu's ox cart, the road is also safe!"

With so much food in the house, the cotton picked from the field must be kept in the sun, otherwise it will be stolen and ask who will go?

Somebody has to be home anyway.

Chopped green onion and bean curd have long wanted to go to the town, and this time I will follow them to see it, so that I can learn a lot.

"Does that mother want to buy anything?" Shu Xin asked.

Mrs. Liu shook her head, "I have everything at home. I don't have anything I want to buy. Buy what you like. For girls, buy some headdresses and strings, and buy some meat. Don't buy too much. The weather is still hot and it will break. !"

Shu Xin wrote them down carefully.

There is still food and other things at home, but there are not many, so I still have to buy some back.

As for the Chinese New Year pigs, the Liu family has already made an agreement with a pig farmer in the village to ask her to buy one after the Chinese New Year.

At that time, it's fine to eat by yourself, or you can share some with Huzi's family.

After all, you don’t need to go out to buy them all the time. After all, cauliflower and green onion are girls, which is not good.

Now that there are a lot of dried vegetables at home, I can eat them all winter.

"Mom, let's buy some more pumpkins and sweet potatoes and put them away, especially sweet potatoes. Buy more and we can make some sweet potato flour. It will be very useful!"

"Sweet potato powder?"

Shu Xin nodded.

Liu Shi thought for a while before saying, "Can you do it?"

"Yes, but not necessarily. Let's do it first. If we really do it, we will teach the villagers how to do it!" Shu Xin said, sitting next to Liu Shi, holding Liu Shi's hand, "Mother, the villagers help you!" There are so many of us, if this sweet potato flour is made, I wonder if I can get some vermicelli and teach it to the villagers, so it can be regarded as a repayment for everyone's help to us in the past!"

Mrs. Liu nodded, "That's good, but don't talk too much, let's do it first, and when it's done, we can teach you if you ask, and forget it if you don't ask!"

"Listen to my mother!"

Shu Xin was going to the town, so he went to Uncle Da Niu, and Uncle Da Niu knew that the four sisters Shu Xin were going to the town, so he naturally agreed, "Okay, then come over tomorrow morning, I will send you there, Waiting for you to come back together!"

"Thank you, Uncle Big Niu!"

Shu Xin thanked him when he met Huzi.

"Ah Xin, are you going to town tomorrow?"

"Well, brother Huzi is going too?"

Huzi smiled, "I don't have anything to buy when I go, thank you for what you want to buy? Can I help you move things?"

"Okay!"

Shu Xin and Hu Zi walked home together.

Now that the house is full of wood and firewood, there is no need to worry about it all winter.

"Brother Huzi, what are you thinking about?"

Tiger was silent.

Shu Xin didn't speak, and the brother and sister walked home slowly.

After a long time, Hu Zi said, "Now I don't have any money in my hand, and it takes a lot of money to repair the house. I..."

"Brother Huzi, if you want to build it, I'll lend you the money, how about 50 taels?"

"what……"

Shu Xin dared, but Huzi did not.

Shocked.

"Brother Huzi, I asked you to build the house next door to my house. In fact, I have some selfish intentions. First, others can't say gossip. Second, if you live next door, thieves and thieves will be more afraid. I dare to borrow it." I give you so much money. First, I have it. Second, I firmly believe that you can pay it back. Third, the third grandpa and the third grandma are getting old. If you have a full stomach, whether it is the third grandpa or the third grandma, your health is obviously much better, have you ever thought about why?"

The tiger gave a meal.

Shu Xin continued, "The house is brighter and drier. The third grandpa and the third grandma will be in better shape. We don't have to walk back and forth to eat. We live close to each other. If there is something, You don’t have to worry about the foundation, you can use the soybean land in my house to repair the house when the soybeans are harvested, and then open a few acres of land on the side, and you can live on by planting some grain. Doing some small business such as being a peddler, going to the countryside to sell needles and needlework, or making tofu and sending out bean sprouts to sell, as long as you are willing to do it, you can make money!"

"This..., is it okay?"

Huzi's blood boiled with excitement at what Shu Xin said.

Can it still be like this?

"Why not? Brother Huzi, first you have to stand up, as long as you have the heart, we will help you!"

"Then I'll go home and discuss it with grandpa and grandma!"

Shu Xin shook his head, "Brother Huzi, you are not young anymore, you can make decisions on many things, can't you make decisions on such things?"

"I……"

Hearing this, Huzi watched Shu Xin's chest heaving violently, and said after a long time, "Then Ah Xin, you, you, you lend me 50 taels of silver, and I will work hard to make money, and then I will return it to you!"

"Okay!"

It was affirmed by Shu Xin.

Huzi turned around and left, crying as he walked, with tears and snot all over his face.

Shu Xin watched, helplessly laughing.

Turning around and going home, he told Mrs. Liu about lending money to Huzi.

Mrs. Liu pondered for a moment, "Since you have made a decision, Mother supports you. If Huzi and the others live next door to us, that's fine. We can take care of each other, and we can help each other if we need anything!"

"That's exactly what I thought!"

Huzi returned home with tears streaming down his face, but he shocked the two old people in the family. It wasn't until Huzi told the story with a burst of tears and snot that the third grandpa sighed, "Your sister is capable, You can't be wrong if you listen to her, you're just a tiger, today Grandpa put his words here, we can't be that kind of ungrateful people, you must remember it, understand?"

Huzi nodded, but didn't speak.

"Since you brothers and sisters have discussed it, let's do it, Grandpa supports you!"

Tiger still nodded.

But wiped his face, turned and left the house, heading for Shu Xin's house.

Shu Xin had already prepared money and handed it to Huzi.

Huzi took the purse and felt it was heavy, "Ah Xin, thank you, I will definitely work hard!"

"Brother Huzi, come on!"

Huzi turned around and left with the silver.

Shu Xin is also busy with his own work.

Huzi went home and put the money away, went to Zhaojia Village, found Zhao Baotou, and explained his purpose, Zhao Baotou was quite surprised.

Huzi's family wants to build a house, and it will be the same as Shu Xin's.

"All?"

"No, generally, it's just like Sister Axin's house used to be, with one main room and two rooms!"

"Do you want to repair the pigsty later?"

"Fixed!"

Zhao Baotou calculated, "That's about a dozen taels of silver, including tiles and so on, it's seventeen or eight taels of silver!"

"Then it's okay for me to give Zhao Baotou 18 taels of silver?"

"Okay, but when will you build it?"

"Let's wait for a few days, and build it when Axin's soybeans are harvested!"

Zhao Baotou nodded, "Okay, then I will take people to put the wood and tiles in another day. The main beams are ready, and the house will be repaired soon!"

"Thank you Zhao Baotou!"

"You're welcome!"

Huzi hurried back to Shujia Village again, went to the village chief's house, and explained his purpose.

"You want to open ten acres of mountain land?"

"Ok!"

The village frowned slightly, "Where do you want to drive? And one mu of grain is [-] catties a year, and ten mu is [-] catties. Have you thought about it?"

"Uncle Village, I've made up my mind!" Huzi said, taking ten taels of silver and putting it on the table.

The village knew that Huzi and Shu Xin were close, and suddenly he had money, so it was probably Shu Xin who lent it to him.

He didn't say much, and took the money, "Where you want to open land, I'll take someone to measure the land for you!"

"Just go by the side of Ah Xin's house!"

"Row!"

The news that Huzi's family wanted to buy land and build a house quickly spread in the village. After all, the village chief took people to measure such a big event, and many people went to watch the excitement.

Ten acres of land, ten taels of silver.

Shu Xin’s land used to be wasteland, and it was easy to reclaim it. It’s just that one tael of silver plus [-] catties of grain per year made many people reluctant. In addition, corn, soybeans, and sweet potatoes are not as good as rice, so it’s better to rent land. good.

Huzi wanted ten acres of land all at once, which was surprising and surprising.

After the third grandpa was stunned, he laughed out loud, "We have land, old woman, we have land!"

Although the money is borrowed, the two elders can still move and help with some work.

This day can always pass.

Thinking of this, both of them burst into joy, feeling that the future was bright.

"Old woman, you are at home. I'll go and see how to measure the land. If we have time, we have to turn over some of the land and plant some vegetables. We should buy more rapeseed and plant it!"

The third grandpa said, and went to measure the land with his hands behind his back.

Facing the bustle outside, Shu Xin only glanced at it, then returned home with a smile, and flipped through the book to read.

Shu Youren didn't come over today, it seems that he is not feeling well.

Shu Xin wanted to go and see him, but now she was too lazy, so she simply rested and went to see him when she came back from town tomorrow.

Huzi's family measured ten acres of dry land, and it was just past Shu Xin's land. The ten acres used to be a really big piece of land. When the land was measured, the third grandpa sat on the bottom and cried like a child.

Huzi turned his head away.

His eyes were also red.

These are not important to Shu Xin. He put away the embroidery early and carefully wrapped it with cloth, so as not to get wet, and wrapped it with a layer of oilcloth.Find a place to put it away.

I cook dinner myself, and the whole family eats in the yard to enjoy the shade.

The days are quiet and beautiful, warm and plain.

This is no different from the day Shu Xin wanted. She enjoyed this feeling very much, being with her relatives, laughing and having fun.

"I still have to go to town tomorrow, so let's go to bed early!" said Liu, and went back to the house first.

Put my younger brother and younger sister on the bed.

The younger brother has always been very obedient, and the younger sister likes to cry.

But after crying too much, Liu Shi was also bored, so she ignored it, and after a few times of ignoring, Yaomei learned not to cry much, but she was more clingy to Liu Shi.

As usual, Shu Xin told Douhua a story, coaxing Douhua to fall asleep before falling asleep by himself.

But found that the oil lamp in Conghua's room was on, and Conghua was trying on clothes, Shu Xin smiled helplessly, and went back to the room to sleep.

In the morning, Shu Xin got up early, cooked porridge and eggs, and the family ate and put the embroidery in their backs and went to Shu Daniu's house. Huzi was already waiting at Shu Daniu's house.

"Ah Xin, cauliflower, chopped green onion!" He walked around holding the tofu curd again.

Douhua giggled, "Brother Huzi!"

Other people from the village also went to the town together, and the Shuda bullock cart was full, but Huzi insisted on walking.

When they arrived in the town, people came and went, Shu Xin led Dou Hua, Cai Hua led green onion, and Hu Zi walked behind the four of them, protecting the four younger sisters.

Scallion's face was blushing, she was surprised to see everything, Douhua was short, she couldn't see anything, and was sweating profusely.

Huzi picked up Douhua and hung it around his neck, and Douhua could see everything immediately.

"Wow... so the town looks like this, it's so lively, there are so many people!" Douhua exclaimed in surprise.

Huzi was also very curious.

In the past, when I came to the town, I hurriedly grabbed the medicine and left, but today is the first time I can take a serious look at it.

Huzi is also full of joy.

"Douhua, which one do you see..., which one, which one..."

Huzi respects Shu Xin, and treats cauliflower and green onion as younger sisters, but they are all grown up, and Douhua is still young, so it must be Douhua that hurts the most.

"Brother Huzi, I saw it. What are those strings of red?" Douhua asked curiously.

Huzi didn't know either.

I don't know about cauliflower and chopped green onion.

But Shu Xin knew, "It's candied haws. Let's buy them in the past, one bunch per person, and then go to the cloth shop. When things are done, let's go out and continue shopping!"

"it is good!"

Shu Xin ordered five bunches of red candied haws for three pennies. They were sweet on the outside and sour on the inside, and tasted okay.

Seeing that the three younger sisters and Huzi seemed to be eating delicious food, Shu Xin took a bite and felt that the taste was even better.

In the dark, the few people who were staring at Shu Xin and his party exchanged winks, got up and walked towards the dark one after another, pushed the two of them down, and the already crowded street suddenly became noisy.

"Ah, trampled to death!"

I don't know where I shouted, and the crowd suddenly crowded and shoved.

Huzi was afraid that the stick would poke the bean curd, so he snatched it up and threw it on the ground.

Seeing that the cauliflower and green onion were about to be pushed and fell to the ground, Hu Zi hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull it. In the blink of an eye, Shu Xin was pushed out by several people, staggered and fell to the ground.

The embroidery in the back sash was taken away by someone.

Shu Xin didn't expect that someone would be interested in her embroidery. Seeing that he was about to be stepped on, he stretched out his hand in a panic, and a big hand tightly grabbed her hand, pulling her up.

"Uncle?"

"Are you okay?" Shen Duowang said in a low voice.

He has been following Shu Xin's sisters since they entered the town, just to see when Shu Xin will find him and the ruffian staring at them in the dark, but he doesn't want her to only care about the three younger sisters and not pay attention at all danger approaching.

I don't even know that the embroidery is gone.

"It's okay, my second and third sisters..." Shu Xin whispered eagerly, seeing that the cauliflower and green onion were about to be pushed away, Huzi couldn't take care of the three of them with the bean curd between them.

Shen Duowang pondered for a while, and pulled Shu Xin back to the side until he reached a place where no one was around, "You wait here, I'll go and fetch your three younger sisters!"

"Uncle..."

"Believe me!"

(End of this chapter)

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