Little lucky girl from the peasant family: Queen Splendid

Chapter 5
Hearing the sound, Ding Wei came out with the child in her arms, and hurriedly handed her little niece to Mrs. Li, then took the heavy carved wooden box and started counting the money.It was soon cleared that there were a total of 870 copper coins, and what was rare was that there was a piece of broken silver that weighed more than two taels.

She asked in surprise, "Why do you still have money? Is there a local tyrant offering a reward?"

"What local tyrant?" Mrs. Lu just drank half a bowl of hot water, and laughed and scolded when she heard her daughter speak strangely. , he is very polite. It is rare to have such a kind nobleman!"

Wei'er stuck out her tongue with a smile, as long as the old lady didn't ask her for her slip of the tongue.She turned and ran back to the house to find the papyrus and eyebrow stones that she had prepared earlier, carefully recorded the accounts, income and expenses, and finally came to a conclusion, "On the first day of opening, our family earned 510 yuan. "

"Ah, there are so many!"

"Yeah, I thought it would be nice to have a hundred pennies! My family Fu'er's father only earns a few dozen pennies a day working as a carpenter!"

Both Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Li were beaming with joy. If they kept doing what they did today, wouldn't they be able to earn more than a dozen taels of silver in a month.Mrs. Lu was also extremely excited, holding the money box tightly in her arms and muttering, "Where are you going to hide so much money? What if a thief comes..."

Ding Wei heard it funny, and said while collecting the account book, "Mother, it's not that there are noble people rewarding you every day, and these two taels of silver are actually uncountable. But it just opened today, and there are not many prepared ingredients, and word of mouth has not spread." Yes. I reckon that after half a month, the daily income will be stable at [-] cash, and there will be more than a dozen taels of silver in a month."

"This is worth our family's income for a year." Lu's face blossomed with joy, and he reached out and stuffed the money box into his daughter's arms. Keep it. I will buy you a dowry when I save more!"

Wei'er glanced at the two sister-in-laws whose faces were obviously a little stiff, and was really dumbfounded at the old lady's rough nerves.Even if you have a biased eye, it is not so obvious.However, at this moment, she no longer has the slightest estrangement from Mrs. Lu.No matter what happens in the future, Mrs. Lu will be her dearest old lady!
"Mom, I just came up with an idea. I just prepared a little stuffing. You and your sisters-in-law did all the hard work. Since I made money, I will put it with you. Next year, our family will put the yard After refurbishment, the sisters-in-law will also add some jewelry and clothes, and it will not be too late to save Dabao’s school supplies, and then save my dowry. At that time, if the two sister-in-laws are reluctant, you can secretly give me some money , I promise not to make a sound."

What she said was playful and funny, which made Liu Shi and Li Shi laugh, and they all responded, "Success, we will not make a sound when we see it. With your cornucopia at home, who cares?" What a tiny money box!"

That night, Ding Laoer also rushed back from work early. Hearing that the shop earns so much money, he couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear.While the women were chatting, they began to prepare the stuffing and dough.

Liu Shi and Li Shi originally wanted to avoid suspicion, but Ding Wei took them hand in hand and taught them for a while.The two were very grateful, and kept saying that they would never teach this secret recipe to any outsiders.

Ding Wei didn't care. Before she came to this world, she grew up in her family's time-honored morning tea shop. If she puts all her effort into preparation, the pasta and side dishes sold in the shop can be the same every day.But these words can't be said, she is not familiar with everything now, it is always necessary to keep some means of suppressing the bottom of the box.

It is said that people are in good spirits on happy occasions. Ding's shop has been open for half a month, and it can be said that it is "making money every day". Seeing that her money bag is getting bigger and bigger, Mrs. Lu is already planning to do it for the whole family during the Chinese New Year. Put on new clothes, but Ding Wei had a little problem at this stall.Today I have a headache, tomorrow I have a fever, and the next day my healthy teeth start to hurt again, and even my appetite has been reduced by more than half.

Seeing this, Mrs. Lu felt anxious, burned papers and kowtowed several times in front of the mountain temple.Finally, Ding Wei felt better when she was young.Although he was still a little sluggish, he could finally get off the kang.Lu's family was overjoyed, and happily ran to Grandma Sun's house to buy half a scoop of sour bamboo shoots, and specially fried shredded pork for Ding Wei to drink with porridge.

Ding Wei sniffed the sour taste and really got an appetite, and drank two bowls of millet porridge, which made Dabao applaud.After dinner, the whole family gathered in the east room and chatted. The Ding family three sat on the top of the kang and made new brooms.

"It seems that our village is about to move into a new family. During the day, I met Mrs. Feng Er at the entrance of the village. I heard from her that the vacant land at the foot of Dongshan Mountain was bought by someone, and a new yard was about to be built."

Dabao is naughty, and his shoes and clothes are easily worn out, so Liu has to do needlework whenever he is free.Hearing this, she responded casually, "Mother, could it be that Er Aunt Feng is joking again, our place is not a treasured place of geomantic omen, why do people move here in winter?"

Mrs. Li also said with a smile, "The second aunt said last time that there is a son of Shenwa on Dongshan Mountain, which made everyone call her son of a bitch when they saw her!"

Thinking of this, Mrs. Lu couldn't help laughing, and while reaching out to comb her daughter's hair, she replied, "I just heard her say that even if there are new neighbors, those who can build such a big yard must be rich and noble." People, it has nothing to do with us."

Ding Wei has no memory left by the original owner, and usually just listens but doesn't speak at this time.Perhaps it was because the kang was too warm, and Dabao, who was sitting in her arms, hugged her fleshy body, and was so comfortable that he slowly fell asleep.

Mrs. Lu simply pulled her daughter's hair, and seeing her like this, she couldn't help laughing and said, "This lazy girl, she sleeps when she is full, and she is not afraid of growing flesh."

Li's mouth was sweet, and he said, "A girl like this is a lucky one. Maybe she will marry into a rich family and become a young mistress in the future!"

Sure enough, Mrs. Lu smiled even more happily, and patted her daughter lightly with his hands, and replied, "I don't expect her to marry into any rich family. As long as the in-law's family has a smaller population, it will be fine if she doesn't get tired."

"Mother, don't worry, my sister is much smarter and more capable than before. If this doesn't lead to a better life for our family, she can't lose herself." Mrs. Liu stretched out her arms to hug her son, for fear that he would wake up her aunt.

For a while, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked about other trivial matters, and they didn't disperse until late at night.

When the sky was about to dawn, it snowed heavily outside, and it lasted for three days and three nights before stopping, turning the whole village and mountains into a vast expanse of whiteness.When the north wind blows and blows snowflakes, there will be fewer cars, horses and people on the official road.The Ding family is not greedy either, they got together to discuss a few words and closed the shop ahead of time, went to the city to buy all kinds of New Year's goods, and went home to prepare for the New Year.

Ding Wei got two pieces of fabric, one in smoked willow color and one in Qianxia red, which were just right for making a new coat and a skirt.It was so cold outside that dripping water turned into ice, so she nestled on the kang to do needlework.

Mrs. Lu took her daughter-in-law to clean the house, unpack and wash the bedding, steam steamed buns and make rice cakes, and she was also extremely busy.Old man Ding took his son around the house, thinking about preparing bricks and stones after the beginning of spring, finding a good day to renovate the east and west wing rooms into large tile-roofed houses, and then build a barn in the corner of the courtyard.Buy a cow to plant the land, buy two piglets to raise, kill and eat meat during the Chinese New Year, the days are booming as soon as they are seen.

Firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, and laughter welcomes the new year.Soon it will be the New Year's Eve, and every family will set off firecrackers, gather together to watch the night and eat the New Year's Eve dinner, then put on new clothes and start greeting their parents, relatives and friends.In the past, there were no more than three or five younger generations in Ding's family, and they were all young people who got along well with Ding Boss and Ding Lao Er on weekdays.But this year, I don't know if it is due to seeing Ding's family open a shop and their life getting more and more prosperous. On the first day of the new year, before the sun climbed into the sky, the hall of Ding's house was full of people.

Lu cheerfully brought out the prepared melon seeds and peanuts, as well as snacks and caramel bought from the city, and distributed them to the guests. When a child kowtowed, he would stuff a small red envelope containing six copper coins.Although he was so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground, his back was straightened and his smile was even brighter.

And because Ding Wei slept with anger, she forgot about her parents when she woke up. Everyone in the village had heard about it, so naturally they had to take this opportunity to take a good look at her from the inside out.When encountering a younger generation who is not engaged in the family, she will naturally be more enthusiastic. After complimenting her skillful handicrafts and her beauty, even those who hide her heart will directly ask her why she made the stuffing of the buns so fragrant.

Ding Wei was busy coping with it, and soon became dizzy from exhaustion, so she quickly hid in her room with an excuse that the wind and cold hadn't recovered.But this can't be completely clean, and the little girls who were familiar with the original Wei'er came to play with her again...

After finally sending all the guests out, the Ding family was so exhausted that they had a hasty lunch and took a rest.

Except for the occasional blown blades of grass hovering, the yard is extremely quiet.But in a corner sheltered from the wind on the ridge of the east wing, the original thick snow was suddenly lifted up, and a pair of clear and sharp eyes stared at the west room of the main room for a long time, but finally slowly hid it...

No matter how cold the winter is, as long as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passes, it will gradually become warmer.It seems that Father Sun finally knows that he can no longer be lazy, hanging high in the sky every day, swaying his enthusiasm and warmth.Occasionally, the ice and snow on the sunny hillside have melted, converging into a small stream of water flowing down the rocks, and finally rushing into the big river outside the village.

The naughty boys were warned by the old people not to go to the ice to play sledges, so they changed their new tricks, lifting stones to break through the ice, and then stole the good gauze that their mothers treasured to make nets to catch fish.At the head of the village and at the end of the village, women will always see women squinting their eyes and pinching their waists to teach their precious sons. Their voices are so loud that they turn into boundaries that divide winter and spring.

In the past few days, the new yard gradually built at the east end of the village has become the most discussed topic among the villagers. Now it is the only leisure time left before the spring planting, and the strong laborers in the village are hired to do some manual work.

The women in the family heard half a word from the man, and shared resources when they got together, but they also pieced together the general situation of the new neighbor.

(End of this chapter)