Yoshida Mii

Chapter 79

"Hey... this is not... auntie!" After a while, Li Shi recognized the old lady in front of her. Surprised and delighted, she quickly pulled Dongbao and said with a smile: "Bao'er, this is your aunt. Hurry up and call Auntie!"

"Auntie!" Dong Bao yelled crisply, could it be Old Man Song's only sister, the aunt who dared to argue with Huang's and married into Liulou Village?
When the originally serious old lady heard the girl's sweet and soft cry, her brows and eyes instantly softened a lot, she nodded, and walked into the yard with her hands behind her back. Shi Li and Dong Bao hurried over to support the old lady from left to right.

"Oh, this house..." The old lady shook her head and sighed when she saw the dilapidated house when she entered the yard, "It's impossible to live with people, no matter how good the house is!" When she saw the stone mill in the yard, the old lady said again Asked: "Daughter-in-law Yang, I heard that you guys go to the market to sell tofu in Jiantian, how is your business? Is there enough food at home?"

Mrs. Li nodded and said with a smile: "Thanks to my aunt, the business is not bad, and I can eat and drink."

Aunt Song nodded, and stood in the yard to look around. She lived here from birth to marriage, and she had an extraordinary affection for the Song family's old house.

"Auntie, come in and sit down, the sun is shining in the yard." Li Hongqin said enthusiastically.

"No." Aunt Song said, and looked at Dongbao lovingly, "I just came to see how the two of them are doing. If you have any difficulties, you can come to Liulou to find me." After finishing speaking, she walked out with her hands behind her back .

Mrs. Li quickly stopped her, "Auntie, it's not easy for you to come here, you can leave after dinner, and I'll take you back to Liu Lou."

Mrs. Song waved her hand, "There are still things at home."

At this meeting, Dong Bao ran into the stove and cut a piece of tofu, wrapped it in tree leaves and ran over, stuffed it to the aunt, and said with a smile: "Auntie, this is tofu made by my mother, you take a piece Go back and have a taste." Dong Bao doesn't remember this aunt, and the Song family and Aunt Song have basically cut off contact after the death of their great-grandfather and great-grandmother, but Li Shi occasionally mentioned it. It's good to be fair and kind, that's why Dongbao is willing to give her tofu.

"How can I do this? This is for selling money!" Aunt Song is determined not to, "You have just established a family, life is hard, I have nothing to give you, why can I ask you for something?"

Dong Bao stuffed it to Aunt Song, and said with a smile: "Auntie, this is not for free. You can taste it when you go back, and help us talk about it in Liulou, praise our tofu, and ask people to buy it more." That's it."

"That's right." Mrs. Li quickly echoed, "Auntie, take it, there are still more at home, and I can't sell them tomorrow if I can't finish them. I'm stupid, I can't speak, but what Dongbao said sounds good, you go back and try it." , if it’s delicious, please tell us more about it.”

Aunt Song looked at Dong Bao and Li Shi, finally nodded and took the tofu.When she was about to leave the house, Aunt Song pulled Li Shi and said, "You have just established a family, and there are many difficulties. If you have any difficulties, go to Liu Lou and tell Auntie that there are three cousins, Dongbao, in Auntie's house. What money, strength! The surname Huang is not a personal thing. You have been wronged all these years. I don’t go out at home, and I don’t know what’s going on. Oh, it’s good for you to share it. It’s hard and tiring. Good days are here Later, it's better than begging under her hands!"

Li Shi's eye circles immediately turned red. She buried all the sadness and grievances in her heart all these years. As an elder, Aunt Song spoke these words from the bottom of Li Shi's heart.Mrs. Li suppressed the sourness in her eyes and said with a smile: "Don't worry, aunt, if there is any difficulty, can I not tell you? When will aunt go to the market and eat pea curd at our stall."

"Hey." Aunt Song nodded, urging Mrs. Li to go back quickly, so there is no need to see her off.

After two steps from Dong Bao's house, Aunt Song stopped with a straight face, and said to Old Man Song who was not far away, "What are you doing standing there? See if your poor eldest daughter-in-law is still alive?"

Old man Song was very embarrassed. He never expected to run into his sister here, so he mumbled, "I just came to see. It's been a few days since we separated, and I'm not at ease..."

"Bah!" Aunt Song cursed mercilessly, with her hips on her hips, "You're just a worthless piece of shit! You can do whatever you want with the surname Huang, you don't even dare to fart when she kills and sets fire to you! On weekdays, you command people like you command animals, and when they get sick, you throw them out in a hurry. If you do this kind of immoral thing, you are not afraid of being struck by lightning! If it weren't for the surname Huang, our parents would have died so early. It's because of her that my parents have a son like you, and they can't beat those desolate families..." When talking about her parents who have passed away for many years, Aunt Song's eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Old man Song blushed from being scolded by his pungent younger sister, he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear it, and he justified, "Your sister-in-law is all about supporting the third child, and she is also...for this family, when the third child is admitted..."

"Okay, okay." Aunt Song interrupted old man Song impatiently, "Go for whomever she likes, it has nothing to do with me, and I am not the Song family anymore, no matter how prosperous you are in the future, I will not Keep your hopes up."

Old man Song was embarrassed and wanted to say a few more words of remedies, when he heard someone shouting from behind, "Mom, why are you here?"

A daughter-in-law in her thirties ran over, with a round face and a pair of brocade gowns, hurriedly walked to Aunt Song's side, helped her and complained: "Mother, why did you leave home so silently? I was very angry, and I found out that someone saw you coming to Tagouji, so I came all the way." Seeing old man Song standing next to him, the daughter-in-law was stunned for a moment, and then called out, "Uncle!"

Aunt Song laughed, she was very happy that her son and daughter-in-law were so nervous about herself, but she said: "What's the rush, I know everyone from all over the world, and I can get lost? It's just right if I get lost, you don't have to Feed me this old woman!"

"Oh, look at what you said!" The daughter-in-law pursed her lips and smiled, "Hurry up and go back, Yinsheng is still looking elsewhere!"

"Then let's go, you and Yinsheng are impatient!" Aunt Song complained a few words, and walked back with the support of her daughter-in-law.

Yinsheng's daughter-in-law turned her head and saw old man Song still standing under the shade of the tree, quietly smoking a pipe, the black and thin back looked particularly lonely in the smog.Yinsheng's daughter-in-law raised her voice and said, "Uncle, let's go!"

Only then did Old Man Song come back to his senses, and he waved at Yinsheng's wife, "Ah, let's go!"

When Aunt Song left, Old Man Song glanced at the old house, knocked the cigarette pot on the sole of his shoe, sighed, and went home with his hands behind his back.

On the way, Yinsheng's daughter-in-law couldn't help asking: "Mother, what are you doing in Tagouji?"

Aunt Song glared at Yinsheng's daughter-in-law, "The scholar-in-law's daughter-in-law has separated. You and Yinsheng didn't tell me about such a big matter. I'd better listen to other people's chatter to find out."

"Oh, mother, it's not like you don't know what uncle's family is like. Let's not get involved with his family's messy mess." Yinsheng's daughter-in-law said, just because she was afraid that her mother-in-law would quarrel with the Song family again. That's why she came to Aunt Song in such a hurry.

"Scholar's daughter-in-law...is a kind and honest person, unlike them." Aunt Song said slowly, "Look, that girl Dongbao forced me to cut a piece of tofu."

"Can this tofu be eaten?" Yinsheng's daughter-in-law asked after taking the tofu, "Sharp mouth, usually even in times of famine, few people eat this."

Aunt Song shook her head and said, "I don't know, it should taste good. I heard it sells well. Let's try it at home. If it tastes good, tell the villagers to tell them to buy tofu from the scholar's wife. It's hard to live in debt!"

Yinsheng's daughter-in-law nodded in agreement, and the two walked home slowly together.

After sending Aunt Song away, Dongbao, Zhang Xiuyu and Quanzi learned to write under the guidance of Lin Shi. This is Dongbao's new regulations. If you do business in the morning, you have to spend two hours in the afternoon to learn to write. Words are hard to move anywhere.

Lin Shi first checked the characters that the next three people learned yesterday. Zhang Xiuyu memorized the least, her face flushed with embarrassment, and Quan Zi also forgot a few words. After really praising Dong Bao, he was secretly startled, and made up his mind to study hard after returning home, otherwise, in a few days, he would not be able to teach Dong Bao, a smart girl.

Early the next morning, Li Shi and Li Hongqin went to the town with bean curd and tofu. Dong Bao was not idle at home. She and Zhang Xiuyu cooked a big pot of vegetables with five catties of tofu and a few rhubarb cabbage. , Dongbao added a lot of chopped fish and shrimp, and a lot of cooking oil, and kang made 25 pancakes mixed with sorghum flour and corn flour.

Dongbao knows very well that when doing food business in townships, the first thing is to have sufficient quantity, and the second is to have thick oil and strong taste, which can meet the taste needs of customers.

Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu picked the vegetables and pancakes to Li Lifeng's shop in the town. Seeing that it was still early, they went to Li's and Li Hongqin's first. Now is the time when the market is full of people, and these two quick people can If you are too busy, Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu can help you in the past.

At this time, Quanzi and Shuanzi ran over, panting, and ran to Dongbao. Quanzi bent down and panted for a while, and then hurriedly said to Dongbao: "Sister Dongbao, it's not good." Yes, Ergou from our village also sells tofu there!" Shuanzi added from the side: "He even told people that his tofu is the same as yours! Isn't that a lie!"

Dong Bao was stunned, and after recovering, he hurriedly asked: "Are there many people who buy his tofu?"

Quanzi and Shuanzi nodded together, "Many people bought it once they heard that it was the same as your tofu!"

"It's really unreasonable!" Dong Bao's eyes were burning with anger, even if it's a copycat, he dared to fake and shoddy!Is it true that they are easy to bully when they are orphans and widows?Dong Bao stroked his sleeves with a murderous look, "Go, we can't ask him to lie to people under our banner!"

(End of this chapter)