Yoshida Mii

Chapter 84
The people around burst into laughter, and immediately looked at Ergou.

Ergou felt guilty and dared not go over.Standing next to Dong Bao was Lin Shi. Although the boy was only 14 years old, he was already tall and burly, and he would definitely not be able to take a punch.

"What's the matter? Uncle Ergou, you dare not come over?" Dong Bao laughed.

The people watching the fun all around taunted, "Er Gou, look at you like a bear! You are afraid of even a little girl!"

Er Gou argued strongly, "Who is afraid? I didn't realize it just now! Can I still be afraid of her?" Then he strode over, as if to prove that he was not afraid at all.

"What's the matter?" Ergou asked with his chin raised.

Dong Bao secretly took La Lin Shi's hand, beckoning him not to be angry, and asked calmly, "You went to the town to sell tofu in the morning, why do you have to say it's the same as our tofu? Aren't you lying? ?”

"How did I lie!" Although Ergou's face was flushed, his neck was straight, and he cheekily refused to admit it, "I used the water from your house, and the tofu I made is the same!"

Dong Bao asked suspiciously: "When did you get the water from my house? We have never lent the well to others." After finishing speaking, Dong Bao deliberately emphasized his tone, staring at Er Gou and said, "No one wants to use the well." I want to use it! That well belongs to our family!"

"Didn't your second uncle fetch water from your house?" Ergou asked in a hurry, could it be that the tofu can't be made, or is it because of the water?
Dong Bao stared at Er Gou, Er Gou looked at him with big black and clear eyes and felt guilty. After a while, Dong Bao snorted and asked, "Did you see my second uncle carrying water from my house?"

Ergou was puzzled and didn't answer for a while.The water was brought directly to his house by Song Lao Er, but he didn't see Song Lao Er going to Dong Bao's house to fetch water.

Ergou's momentary hesitation was enough for Dongbao to judge that Ergou didn't see Song Ershu carrying water, and she went on to say, "Who is my second uncle? If my mother is sick, he will throw my mother out. I think about it every day." If you sell me to his son for white noodles, our family won’t let him in!”

Dong Bao put down such a sentence, regardless of Ergou, pulled Lin Shi and said, "Brother Dashi, let's go, this person is definitely not a good person to hang out with my second uncle!"

Lin Shi understood, pulled Dong Bao forward, and whispered to Dong Bao: "You have to watch the well water in your house. Let's go to the town to buy a lock tomorrow, and lock the well cover when we are not at home." .”

The sound is not loud enough for Ergou to hear clearly.

"Second Song, you bastard, how dare you play tricks on me!" Er Gou cursed to himself with a sullen face. After finishing speaking, he hurried to Song's house with his head sullen. He had to settle accounts with Song Yu. No.He had promised Song Yu that as long as he brought him two buckets of water, he would give Song Yu a dividend of [-] Wen if he got money from selling tofu.But he didn't expect that Song Yu couldn't get the miraculous well water from Dongbao's house, so he dared to use ordinary well water to fool him!As a result, he was humiliated in public, and was almost arrested by the officials and sent to jail!He can't swallow this anger!

Song Yu was sitting at home waiting for the "dividend" to be delivered by Ergou. He was very impatient, and when he planned to go to Ergou's house to ask for it in person, Ergou came to the door. Song Yu was overjoyed, thinking that Ergou was here to give the dividend, so he hurriedly greeted him Going up, the result was punched by Er Gou and fell to the ground on his back, and he was hit hard a few times.

One cursed the other for being shameless, even daring to cheat him, and the other scolded Ergou for wanting to steal the money alone. There was absolutely no problem with the water, but Ergou no longer believed in Song Yu. Worrying around in a hurry with my stomach, I didn't dare to step forward to fight, fearing that my stomach would make a mistake.

When the two were tired from the beating, old man Song and Mrs. Huang came back from the field, and hurriedly pulled them away. Seeing that her son had suffered a loss, Mrs. Huang jumped and howled like a rooster whose feathers had been fried, and walked away. Two dogs.

Back home, Lin Shi couldn't help asking: "Bao'er, why are you telling Ergou about that?"

Dong Bao giggled, picked up the beans in the dustpan, and said, "Didn't Brother Dashi guess it all? He also followed my words and said that he was lying to the two dogs!"

I don't know when, Lin Shi also followed Li's name, calling Dong Bao the intimate "Bao Er".Dongbao didn't feel disgusted at all, Dashi gave her the feeling that she was warm, reliable and trustworthy.

Lin Shi smiled, and the little girl cheated people with her cleverness, but Dong Bao had a sense of proportion, and those who cheated were people with bad morals.

The plaster Dongbao bought in the town for the first time had already been used up, and Dongbao asked Quanzi and Shuanzi to go to another pharmacy to buy the next plaster, trying not to attract attention.The tofu business will definitely get better and better, and it cannot grow big with just two adults, Mrs. Li and Li Hongqin.Dong Bao didn't want to hide the method of making tofu, but in their family's situation, it's good for orphans and widows not to be bullied, and they haven't made enough money yet, so now the tofu recipe It is too early to contribute to the village.

In the afternoon, Dongbao still only soaked [-] catties of beans.

Mrs. Li looked at the beans in the bucket, and said with a smile to Dong Bao, "Let's soak another ten catties. I see that more and more people are buying tofu, so I don't have to worry about selling them!"

Dong Bao rolled his eyes and said helplessly, "Mother, there are only [-] catties of beans now, and you and auntie have to get up in the middle of the night to grind beans and cook soy milk. Thirty catties of beans can be made into bean curd and tofu, which is [-] catties, so you can pick them up in the town." What a tiring job! If you add another ten catties, you will both be exhausted!"

"Mother is not afraid of being tired!" Li said with a joyful smile, "Mother has plenty of strength and business is good. Let's do more and earn more."

Dong Bao smiled and shook his head, refusing to add any more beans, "Mother, you were talking in your sleep last night, complaining about the pain in the rocking stone's arm!"

"Really?" Mrs. Li was very surprised, blushing on her face, a little embarrassed, she subconsciously stroked her arm, didn't she, getting up in the middle of the night to grind beans every day, her arm really couldn't stand it.

Mrs. Li is so hard-working, she never complained in the Song family before, how could she complain after the family separated?It's just Dong Bao coaxing her, no matter how capable she is, she can't break her body.

"Mom, money can never be earned. Let's take our time, pay off the debt first, and then save money to buy a small donkey to push the mill. Wouldn't it save a lot of effort? If you get sick from being tired, I will be left alone. But what should we do?" Dong Bao said.

The last sentence touched Li's heart. The only thing she was worried about was Dong Bao. She used to have a glimmer of fantasy and hope for the Song family, thinking that Dong Bao was a descendant of the Song family. If she disappeared, the Song family would have to die To take care of Dongbao, at least give him something to eat. Now she understands that even if the family separates, without her protection, those gangsters of the Song family will definitely sell Dongbao for money.

Under Dong Bao's persuasion, Li Shi gave up the idea of ​​grinding more beans, because she was really tired every day.

Dong Bao is thinking about hiring people. It is inconvenient for them to hire men, but it is still possible to hire older girls and younger daughter-in-laws to grind beans. If you give five dollars a day, there must be a lot of people rushing to do this job. .

Dong Bao also bought a fish today. He originally planned to eat it with everyone, but Li Hongqin suddenly wanted to take Zhang Xiuyu home to have a look. Only himself and Li Shi were left at home, and the two of them would definitely not be able to finish a whole fish , this season is already hot, and the fish will stink tomorrow.Dong Bao then called Lin Shi's family, cut the fish into pieces, and made sweet and sour fish pieces.When it was done, Dongbao filled a bowl with fish and asked Quanzi to send it to Shuanzi.

Usually, she often instigates Shuanzi to do things for her. Since the two of them received wages from Dongbao with fish and shrimp for the first time, they said they didn't want anything for the second time. Later, under Dongbao's questioning, Shuanzi said To tell the truth, both the grandfather and father at home have spoken, and he is not allowed to ask Dongbao for wages.

From the perspective of the farmers, there are as many small fish and shrimps in the river as they want. Besides, Shuanzi still eats Dongbao's bean curd all the time without giving them any money. How about giving them some cheap fish and shrimp? Children can be ignorant if they can ask for money, but adults can't.

The thick fishy sauce is still everyone's favorite. Quanzi insisted that pancakes soaked in sauce are good enough, and no fish is needed.At this time, there were no eight major cuisines, and the cooking was still in its infancy. The dishes made by Dongbao were designed to cater to the tastes of everyone, with a lot of seasonings, and the taste of the dishes was very strong.

At night, when it was time to light the lamps, Li Hongqin hurried back with Zhang Xiuyu. Li Shi was worried, so she put on her coat and went to the doorway to look around several times.

"Why are you only coming back now!" Mrs. Li complained, "It's dark, what if you two fall down!"

Li Hongqin waved his hands with a smile, "I'm familiar with this road, if something really happens, I'm familiar with these villages, just shout it out."

"Did you tell Xiaoqian?" Shi Li asked.

Dongbao brought Li Hongqin and Zhang Xiuyu a bowl of fish soup and two pancakes left over from the night. Li Hongqin and Zhang Xiuyu were already hungry after a long walk, so they ate them.

Li Hongqin said with a happy smile: "I said, when we close the stall tomorrow, I will go to the academy to talk to someone and let Xiaoqian go in to study. We go to the town to do business every day, and we can still take care of his two meals! You guys Give me [-] yuan a day, Xiuyu also has money, I figured, we are all frugal people, how can we afford Xiaoqian to study in the academy!"

Fifty dollars a day is quite a lucrative income, even the clerks in those big stores in the town can't get so much money a day.

"Cousin is going to Wenfeng Academy to study?" Dong Bao asked.

Li Hongqin nodded and sighed: "He has been studying in the private school in Zhangjia Village for several years. The master only teaches a few books of enlightenment after repeated readings. I have wanted to send him to study in the town for a long time. I am afraid it will be delayed. He just has a tight hand..."

When Uncle Zhang was still alive, he drove a cart to do business, and saved a lot of money. However, Li Hongqin spent a lot of money to support his two children these years, and he probably still had some money in his hand. With the income of Dong Bao's family, he has ample money.

(End of this chapter)