peasant girl wedding

Chapter 93
"Little girl, how do you sell your puppet dolls?"

Tong Zhi'er raised his head, and met a woman's pretty face, with a gentle smile like a spring breeze hanging on her face.

"Sister, fifty coins a piece."

The woman pulled out a silver hairpin from her head, "Girl, I will exchange this hairpin for you, do you think it will work?"

The hairpin is very dull, and it looks like it has been a few years.

"Sister, here—"

After hearing Tong Zhi'er's answer, Tong Zhu'er raised her head in surprise.

When the woman walked to the herbal tea stall on the ground, Tong Zhu'er asked in a low voice: "Second sister, why did you accept this worthless hairpin?"

Tong Zhi'er smiled slightly, "Zhu'er, look."

"Where are you looking?" Tong Zhu'er said in her mouth, she turned her face away and saw the woman sitting at the herbal tea stall.The woman gave the doll to a child about four years old.There was no expression on the child's face, but his eyes were shining.

"Second sister, I understand what you mean."

Tong Zhi'er smiled, "Zhu'er, it's getting dark, let's close the stall and wait for Ah Fu at the gate of the county."

Tong Zhu'er nodded, and the two sisters quickly put away their things, and pushed the cart towards the gate of the county.

"Second Sister, Third Sister," Tong Zhaofu shouted when he saw Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er from a distance, and ran over quickly.

The setting sun shone on the winding village road, pulling three figures of different heights into the distance.

"Second sister, third sister, the tiger puppet I brought to my classmate last time. The classmate liked it very much. He said that he had never seen such a cute puppet before."

Tong Zhi'er patted Tong Zhaofu's head.

"Second sister, our private school will hold a mountain climbing competition two days later, and the top three will be rewarded. But the family is so busy, and you are going to the county to sell dolls, probably no one will come to see me." During the mountaineering competition two days later, Tong Zhaofu became a little depressed.

Tong Zhi'er didn't speak, and secretly made up his mind.

.........

In the county, there is a restaurant.

Guanshi Zhang stared blankly at Qin An who was looking at the ledger.

Today, Qin An spent almost the whole day watching Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er setting up a stall selling puppet dolls.Zhang Guanshi really didn't know what Qin An was thinking.

Just thinking about it, Guanshi Zhang heard Qin An calling him.

"Huh? The shopkeeper's..."

Qin An frowned, "Guan Zhang, do you have something on your mind?"

Manager Zhang smiled like a chrysanthemum, "Shopkeeper, I don't have anything on my mind."

Qin An raised his eyebrows, "Guan Zhang, go get ready, follow me to Tong's house tomorrow."

Zhang Guanshi was taken aback.

Going to Tong's house, the shopkeeper can't wait?

"Yes, yes, I'll make arrangements now." Manager Zhang said as he walked outside, but was stopped by Qin An again.

"return----"

"Does the shopkeeper have any orders?"

Qin An looked at Guanshi Zhang without blinking, which made Guanshi slightly uncomfortable.

"It's alright, you go out."

After waiting for a while, Guanshi Zhang heard what Qin An said.

Manager Zhang nodded and turned to leave.

In the room, Qin An paced to the window, touched his nose with one hand, and thought to himself: Is his intention so obvious?Even Zhang Guanshi can see it?

.........

Walking to a place not far from Tong's house, Tong Zhaofu told Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er not to tell their parents and eldest sister what he said just now, seeing the two nodding, the three walked home quickly.

"Zhi'er, Zhu'er, Ah Fu, you are back."

"Mother——" Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu shouted with a smile.

Tong Zhi'er pushed the cart to the side of the yard and put it there, called Fang Cuiwei, and then began to pack the cart.

Fang Cuiwei, Tong Zhu'er, and Tong Zhaofu all came to help, and within a short while they packed all the things on the cart into the house.Tong Duo'er, who was busy in the kitchen, prepared dinner, and the whole family could sit down and have dinner together when Tong Zhixin finished his work.

After waiting for a while, Tong Zhixin didn't come over, so Tong Zhi'er got up and went over there to see what happened.

"Father, aren't you done yet?"

Everyone else went back, but Tong Zhi'er only saw Tong Zhixin alone.

Hearing the sound, Tong Zhixin turned around, "Zhi'er is back."

"Well, it's been a while since I've been back, Dad, it's getting dark today, let's do it after lighting the lights and eating, the eldest sister has already prepared the dinner." Tong Zhi'er walked over and found that Tong Zhixin was counting. Today's account, he said.

Tong Zhixin closed the notebook, "Okay, listen to you. Zhi'er, how many dolls did you sell in the county today?"

"Well... there are twenty of them."

Twenty, that is a consistent amount of money, that is, one tael of silver.

A smile spread across Tong Zhixin's face, and he praised Tong Zhi'er for his ability.The father and daughter came to the thatched hut, Fang Cuiwei and the others heard his unstoppable laughter.

"What are you happy about?" Fang Cuiwei handed him the handkerchief that was soaked in water and wrung half dry, and asked with a smile.

"Our Zhi'er is smart and capable," Tong Zhixin said, and wiped his face carelessly with a handkerchief.

Fang Cui lifted her chin slightly, and the smile in her eyes deepened.

After washing their hands, the family gathered around the dining table set up in the main room to have dinner.

After dinner, Fang Cuiwei and Tong Duoer cleaned the table as usual.

Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu stood next to Tong Zhi'er, watching her nervously and excitedly counting the copper coins one by one, each time Tong Zhi'er counted one, the two of them read together.

"One, two, three... ten, one hundred, two hundred, three hundred... nine hundred ninety-nine, one thousand."

Ding----

The last copper coin was safely piled into the nine hundred and ninety copper coins, the sound of the copper coins colliding gradually disappeared, but the smiles on the faces of Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu did not stop.

"Come, Zhu'er, here..." Tong Zhi'er gave Tong Zhu'er [-] Wen from the [-] Wen.

Tong Zhu'er was stunned for a moment, "Second Sister, why are you giving me money?"

Tong Zhi'er smiled slightly, "Zhu'er also sold more than a dozen dolls today, this is a reward."

As soon as she heard that it was a reward, Tong Zhu'er didn't refuse, she happily took the twenty Wen money over, and held it in her hand for a moment of foolish joy.

Tong Zhaofu looked at Tong Zhu'er enviously.

Tong Zhi'er gave him another ten Wen.

Tong Zhaofu touched his head in embarrassment, "Second Sister, I didn't do anything, why did you give me money?"

"Second Sister's puppet earns money, and you will also benefit from it."

"Hey, thank you, Second Sister."

"And eldest sister, here—" Tong Zhi'er turned to look at Tong Duo'er and said.

Tong Duo'er waved her hands again and again, "Zhi'er, you don't earn much money, so take it and do other things."

"Elder Sister, you really feel sorry for me," Tong Zhi'er said with a smile, and directly stuffed the twenty coins into Tong Duo'er's hand, "Eldest Sister, there's nothing you can do with twenty coins, just buy snacks."

"Father, mother, you take it too."

"Hey, Zhi'er is going to reward our family?" Fang Cui smiled and narrowed her eyes.

Tong Zhi'er bared her teeth, picked out [-] Wen and gave them to Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin respectively, and picked out [-] Wen to herself.

"Well, the rest is from the public, parents, eldest sister, Zhu Er, Ah Fu, whoever earns money in the future will give some as a reward, do you think it's okay?"

"Sure, Zhi'er is in charge of the accounts anyway, so you can do whatever you say."

Everyone agrees with Tong Zhier's proposal.

Tong Zhu'er's eyes lit up, she was overjoyed now, with a little silver in her hand, she would be able to buy her favorite snacks and preserves in the future.Ah, Xu Ji's dim sum is her favorite, and when I go to the county tomorrow, I will buy some to satisfy my cravings.

Tong Zhaofu was also very happy.In class recently, the master mentioned a lot of books, which he really wanted to read.In the future, when he has money in hand, he doesn't have to ask his family members.

However, he did not agree to take money without doing work.

"Second sister, we all share the money, but we have to do the work as we do."

Tong Zhi'er blinked, "Ah Fu, tell me how to divide according to the work done?" Didn't expect Tong Zhaofu to think of distribution according to work?It's an amazing idea.

"Daddy is strong, so he has to do a lot of work, so Daddy should share more. The second sister made up her mind, and it is also the key to the success of a matter, so there must be no less..."

Tong Zhi'er was very pleased with Tong Zhaofu's perspective on the problem.

This child, studying in a private school, accepted the Four Books and Five Classics, and did not form a stereotyped way of thinking, which is really gratifying.

Here I have to say that Tong Zhier's cognition is rigid, thinking that what Tong Zhaofu learned in private school is stereotyped like the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty.

In this dynasty, learning was very open and inclusive.People who can put forward different opinions and ideas are extremely valued and admired.This also resulted in the result of hundreds of academic schools contending for hundreds of years.There is no deliberate restriction and guidance, let it develop, and people's thinking will naturally be unrestricted.

"Ah Fu, well said, I will do as you said."

With Tong Zhi'er's affirmation, Tong Zhaofu's face was also flushed.He was really happy that his opinions were valued and adopted.Tong Zhaofu knew that their family was different from other families, not because the second sister had a smart business mind and talent, nor because the elder sister was dexterous and kind-hearted, nor because the third sister was lively and agile, but because Parents treat them equally and value them.

In their family, no one will be contemptuous of what they say or put forward because they are children, or they will be obliterated by "the elders talk, why do you interrupt?"Parents respect them and trust them, and the whole family gathers to discuss anything.

Tong Zhaofu thinks that the most precious wealth of their family is probably the respect and trust of their parents.

"Afu, what are you thinking?"

Seeing Tong Zhaofu in a daze thinking about something, Fang Cuiwei couldn't help stretching out her hand and shaking it in front of his eyes.

(End of this chapter)