Yoshida Mii

Chapter 95
"I don't think Xiao Xu did it." Dong Bao smiled and nodded to Xiao Xu. "Isn't the master asleep, I must have not seen who cut it."

Xiao Xu held Dong Bao's hand aggrievedly, tears streaming down his face, and said sobbingly, "Sister Dong Bao is better!"

Master Yan walked up to Xiao Xu, bent down and hugged Xiao Xu, only then did Dong Bao realize that Master Yan was very tall, and he couldn't see it from a distance just now, but now that he got closer at the meeting, he realized that he was quite tall. 1.8 meters tall.

"Father also believes that you didn't do it." Lord Yan patted Xiao Xu on the back and said.

Hearing this, Xiao Xu's tears fell even more fiercely. After a while, he wiped away his tears and asked angrily, "Then you still hit me? I told you I didn't do it!"

Brother Liang, don't turn your head to snicker, it's not because this kid was too naughty in the past and has a lot of criminal records, the master also thinks it was Xiao Xu who did it, and when he got home to file a complaint, Boss Yan became furious.

Lord Yan was taken aback by his son's question, then hugged Xiao Xu tightly, and said helplessly, "I won't fight again!"

"Really?" Xiao Xu asked, sobbing, obviously not believing it.

Brother Liang laughed, walked up to Master Yan, pinched Xiao Xu's tear-stained face, and jokingly said, "Man, you don't shed blood, look at your tears, it's like flooding , to wash away all of us!"

"Hmph!" Xiao Xu glared at Brother Liang with flushed cheeks, shy and embarrassed, buried his head on Lord Yan's shoulder, and refused to come out.

Master Yan had a smile on his stern face at this moment, patted Xiao Xu on the back, and said to Mrs. Li: "Sister-in-law, thank you for taking Xiao Xu in. I came here in a hurry, and I will make up for it later. .”

"My lord, you are welcome." Mrs. Li quickly waved her hand, "The child has only stayed at home for a day, so how can I say thank you, my lord, don't kill our mother and daughter!"

Mr. Yan took a look at Mrs. Li. On the way he came, he heard that the family that Xiao Xu lived in was an independent family owned by orphans and widowed mothers. They were doing small business in the town. In his perception, most of the business women who supported the business independently were vulgar. Spicy, he didn't expect that Li's mother and daughter spoke and acted politely, and they didn't take the opportunity to seek relationships to please him, which made him secretly surprised.

"Then let's take Xiaoxu away." Lord Yan said.

Mrs. Li pulled Dong Bao to stand at the door, bowed her head and smiled, "You walk slowly." Dong Bao is still young, and she is a widow, so it is not convenient for her to see off guests.

Xiaoxu lay in Master Yan's arms, a little reluctant to leave, seeing Li Shi, Dongbao and Quanzi Shuanzi getting farther and farther away from him, she couldn't help shouting: "Sister Dongbao, I can still come Is it your home?"

Dong Bao laughed, and also shouted at him: "Yes!"

Xiao Xu smiled happily, his eyes narrowed into crescents.

Seeing him go, Dong Bao felt a little bit reluctant. Although this brat was proud and smart, he was childish and cute.

After Mr. Yan and his party walked away, Shi Li took Dong Bao back to the courtyard and closed the gate, Dong Bao smiled at Li Shi: "Mother, you are more talkative now than before!"

When she was in the Song family, Li Shi didn't say hello to unfamiliar people on the road, not because of arrogance, but because she was thin-skinned and timid, and didn't know how to speak to people.After dividing the family and starting a business, Mrs. Li is full of energy every day, speaks very sharply, and has the demeanor of a smart and capable proprietress.

"This child!" Li Shi laughed, feeling a little embarrassed, "I'm making fun of my own mother!"

When it was time to eat dinner, Dong Bao went to the old shop, and now the busy farming was about to start, and there was no one chatting in the old shop.

When Lao Cheng saw Dong Bao coming, he quickly smiled and said, "Dong Bao, is there no soy sauce and vinegar at home?"

Dong Bao shook his head, and asked with a smile, "I'm here to discuss something with Uncle Cheng." Then, Dong Bao said what she and Mrs. Li had planned, and wanted Takako to spend the next few days In the afternoon, I carried tofu to various villages and wandered around, selling tofu.

"It's not difficult to do, it's just a little bit more tiring." Dong Bao smiled, "My mother and I thought about selling tofu like this before, but it's not convenient for both of us to do this job. Brother Guizi is an honest and kind person. Let Brother Gui Zi do this work, we don't worry, it depends on what Uncle Cheng thinks. If there is too much work in your house and you can't spare your hands, my mother and I will find someone else to do it. "

Everyone knows that the old family has little land, so there is no need for so many people to work in the fields.The reason why Dong Bao said this was because he thought that if Lao Cheng didn't want his son to go out to sell tofu, he would have an excuse, and everyone would look good.

Hearing what Dong Bao said, Lao Cheng had already figured it out. It’s not that Dong Bao’s family has never hired someone to work. The sweet-scented osmanthus daughter-in-law would grind thirty catties of beans in the middle of the night every day. Earning three slings of money is the only one among the daughters-in-law in the village. The big girls and young daughter-in-laws in the whole village are secretly envious.

Mrs. Xiucai and Dongbao are both honest and kind people, and they will definitely not treat Takako badly. They are absolutely capable of this job. If they don't do it, someone else in the village will take over this job, and he will regret it to death!

"What's going on with Uncle Lao Cheng's house, Dongbao, don't you know?" Lao Cheng said with a smile, "On the two acres of land, your aunt and I can tidy it up in two days. There is no need for your son. He is also idle when he is idle. , let Takako help you and your mother! I often say, Takako, that stupid boy, if you are half as smart as Dongbao, I'll be relieved! Let him learn more from you and gain insights!"

Sure enough, as Dong Bao expected, Lao Cheng readily agreed.Dong Bao smiled and said, "Old Uncle Cheng, my mother and I will leave [-] catties of tofu for Brother Guizi tomorrow, and let Brother Guizi try to sell it. The wages..." Dongbao thought for a while. He paid Takako's wages, but Dongbao felt that if he planned to hire Takako to sell tofu for a long time, he might as well change the way.

"What wages are you talking about!" Lao Cheng waved his hands and smiled boldly, "He has nothing to do when he is idle, so what kind of work is it to run errands? How can I ask you for wages!"

Of course, Dong Bao could tell that this was an old saying, and said with a smile: "Uncle Cheng, we are all in business. If you don't need wages, I'm embarrassed to let Brother Gui work. In this way, I have two ideas, one is We give Brother Gui Zi a wage of [-] Wen a day. We can sell as much tofu as we want. If we can’t sell it all, we will pick it up. The second is that we wholesale it to Brother Gui Zi at a price of one and a half pennies per catty. We sell more and sell less It depends on Takako's ability. You choose one!"

When it came to business, Lao Cheng also put away his smiling face, pondered for a while, but finally couldn't make up his mind, and finally smiled at Dong Bao: "Look, Dong Bao, your son is not in the shop at the moment, what's the matter?" It’s him who does it, I think he has to make up his mind.”

Dong Bao nodded and said, "That's right. If Brother Guizi has made up his mind, he can just come to my house at noon tomorrow."

After returning home, Dong Bao told Li Shi about this matter, Li Shi thought for a long time, shook his head and smiled: "I don't know which method Lao Cheng will choose."

Dong Bao smiled and said, "I guess he chose the second method." They advertised Baoji Tofu in the town. The money is not as much as the second method. If he doesn't care about selling tofu and just wants to earn a salary of [-] yuan a day, Dongbao will definitely only hire him for a few days and will not cooperate for a long time. If they are annoyed, they will simply Buy beans from the town, anyway, they want a lot of beans, and the grain store in the town should deliver them to your door.

Lao Cheng is a smart man, just now he just couldn't get around the corner for a while.

"You're the only one who is smart!" Li Shi nodded Dong Bao's head and laughed. He put bowls and chopsticks on the table in the yard, pulled Dong Bao over for dinner, and said with a smile, "Tonight's meal is my mother's. Do it, don't give up on it!"

Mrs. Li's cooking skills are not bad. When she was in the Song family, Mrs. Huang and Aunt Song's cooking skills were not as good as hers, but once the family was separated, Dongbao's cooking skills immediately appeared. The ideas that come out are weird, and the dishes that come out are delicious.In contrast, Li's level is poor.

When she was sleeping at night, Li Shi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Last night, I slept with Xiao Xu in my arms. Today he is gone. Mother really feels a little bit reluctant."

Dong Bao pursed his lips and smiled, Li Shi was soft-hearted, it hurts a lot to see anyone's child, even if Song Zhaodi is so unpopular, Li Shi treats her well.

It was rare not to get up early to grind beans and cook soy milk. When Li Shi and Dong Bao woke up, the sky was already bright, and the bright golden sunlight in the early summer morning shone on the bed through the dilapidated window lattice. He muttered, "When you have money, buy the best fine gauze for windows."

Mrs. Li laughed, patted Dong Bao on the back, and said, "Sleep a little longer." Then he got up, went to the kitchen to knead a large basin of noodles, and then covered it with a drum made of sorghum stalks Wait for the noodles to ferment.

The three catties of beans that were soaked last night were already soaked, Mrs. Li fished out the beans, soaked new beans in the bucket again, and began to grind the soaked beans.

When Dong Bao got dressed and came out, the soy milk had already boiled, so Mrs. Li scooped out two basins and put them aside to cool down as soy milk to drink, and the other soy milk was made into tofu.

"The slacker is up?" Mrs. Li looked at Dong Bao and smiled, hoisted the bucket of soy milk into the well and ordered, "Go and wash your face, and after dinner, bring the soy milk to you, Uncle Lin and the others." In the past. It must be taking advantage of the cool weather to go to the field to harvest wheat early in the morning, maybe I didn’t have breakfast and I was hungry!”

"Hey!" Dong Bao readily agreed.

In the early summer, the rural fields are full of golden yellow. The villagers are working hard in the countryside with bamboo hats, and they all want to harvest more wheat while the sun is not so harsh.

Holding the soybean milk that had been suppressed by the well water, Dong Bao searched all the way to find the land of Lin Shi's family. From a distance, he saw a few figures bending over to cut wheat in the field. On several ridges, Uncle Lin was the fastest at cutting. The second was actually Lin Shi.

The young man was wearing a short jacket of blue coarse cloth, tied with a black belt, and a straw hat on his head. With his slightly thin and thin back bent, he was cutting the wheat quickly in the wheat field and moving forward steadily.

(End of this chapter)