A good wife and a good mother

Chapter 357 Canned Fruits (2)
Mo Dai and Xiao Sheng, each carrying a big bamboo basket, walked on the street hand in hand, the woman is handsome and the man is soft, attracting the gazes of many passers-by.Mo Dai didn't care, and Xiao Sheng didn't care either. Although his face was blushing in a mess, he liked her, so he wasn't afraid of being talked about. Besides, he had been talked about a lot in the past. He depended on each other, in order to survive, he had to run around, and had to go in and out of the shop to bargain with the female boss. His face had also grown thick over the years, but he felt embarrassed in front of his wife.

They first went to the grocery store and bought cane sugar, glutinous rice, peanuts, sesame seeds, large and small red beans, mung beans, red dates, lotus seeds, etc., and then went to the strange goods store to buy honey.

Seeing that it was Mo Dai, the lady proprietress of the strange goods shop immediately put her right arm on her chest respectfully, bowed down to salute her, and greeted her in a slightly jerky local dialect: "Miss Mo, what do you need this time?" ?”

Fortunately, the proprietress didn't call her the savior this time, so Modai heaved a sigh of relief and said that she wanted to buy honey.The proprietress carried out the honey as promised, Xiao Sheng opened the cover, looked at the color, sniffed the smell, smiled on his face, and began to negotiate the price with the proprietress, while Modai took the opportunity to see if there were any other new items.

Finally, Mo Dai bought some potatoes, dried shiitake mushrooms, and dried fungus, and the price was lowered by Xiao Sheng. Seeing the ugly face of the proprietress, Mo Dai felt amused, if she came to buy it, she would definitely pay directly , Xiao Sheng deserves to be a virtuous man who manages the family well.

After they came out, the two were still holding hands, and Xiao Sheng asked Mo Dai in a low voice: "My wife, do you think I'm too lazy, and it takes a lot of time to buy something, but the result is only saving dozens of copper coins." That's all!"

"No, I think you are very powerful!" Modai said sincerely.

"Really?"

"Ah."

However, when they saw a seventeen or eight-year-old boy selling eggs on the side of the road, Xiao Sheng didn't even check whether the eggs were good or not, and paid the boy [-] Wen directly.The boy was wearing a cotton shirt with many patches, and his face was pale and sallow due to long-term malnutrition. He sold only thirty eggs in one bamboo basket. When Xiao Sheng gave him a hundred Wen, he still didn't dare to accept it.

"Take it, this brother saw that your eggs look good, so he gave you more money." Modai explained.

The boy took the money in doubt, and looked at the egg in front of him again. He didn't think it looked so good-looking, but since the sister said so, he thought he had met a noble person!
The boy sold the eggs and hurried to the grocery store. His father asked him to buy some coarse salt and white rice after selling the eggs. His father had just given birth to his younger brother, but he had no milk. He had to boil white rice into a paste to feed him.

When the boy ran in front of Xiao Sheng, Xiao Sheng couldn't help sniffling, and then called the boy to stop.The boy thought that Xiao Sheng had repented, so he turned back and was about to count out the extra copper coins and return them to Xiao Sheng, when he heard Xiao Sheng ask, "Does your family raise a cow that produces milk?"

The boy was taken aback for a moment, then raised his sleeves and smelled his clothes, and understood a little: "It's not raised by my family, but by Er Niuzi's family in our village. Her family is a landlord, and I took care of the cattle for her family. A few days ago, that The cow has given birth to a calf, and there is so much milk that the calf can’t finish it, and the bull is swollen, so I will milk it!”

Xiao Sheng asked: "What do you keep the milk you squeezed out?"

The boy replied: "Er Niuzi's house doesn't want milk, my father has no milk, so I took the milk home and kept it for my younger brother, but my father said it was animal milk, and it would make me stupid if I ate it. Go out and sell eggs to buy white rice and go home to cook it!"

"I want to buy that milk, can you squeeze it and send it here today? My house is here..." Xiao Sheng told the boy the address of the house, and then paid him a deposit of [-] Wen. After delivery, he will pay the rest money.

The boy was very happy when he heard that this is a business without capital, so he asked again: "Can I give it away every day?"

Xiao Sheng nodded, the boy bowed happily to Xiao Sheng, went to the grocery store to buy what he wanted, and ran home bouncing around.Xiao Sheng looked at the figure of the boy running away, his eyes were far away, as if he was lost in memory.Mo Dai didn't bother him either. Hearing the sound of candied haws being sold, she stepped forward to buy a bunch and handed it to Xiao Sheng.

Xiao Sheng was stunned for a while before he could react, Mo Dai shook the candied haws in front of his eyes: "What's the matter, don't you like it?"

"No!" Xiao Sheng took the candied haws, seeing that Mo Dai only bought one, his cheeks were red again, "My wife is so kind to me!"

"My husband is nice to me, so I naturally want to be nice to my husband!"

"..." Xiao Sheng stopped talking, and Mo Dai carried the bamboo basket containing thirty eggs on her left wrist, freeing her right hand to continue to lead him forward.

The wife-owner's hands are soft and soft, without even a trace of calluses. The fingertips are round, and the nails are shining a healthy pink, just like the hands of a baby.The wife-lord never puts on makeup or wears bright and gorgeous gowns, even though brother Shi Mo bought a lot for her.From the first time I met her to the present, the wife-master has always looked calm and steady outside, and only he and they know the side of the wife-leader when her true feelings are revealed, and he feels satisfied and happy.

Mo Dai saw a lot of people surrounded by a small stall in front of her, and she made sounds of surprise or regret from time to time, and most of them were regretful.Mo Dai saw that those people were making a bamboo ring from the gap, so she dragged Xiao Sheng over to join in the fun.In fact, she is not very interested in these things, but it is rare to go out with Xiao Sheng, so it would be boring to go back directly after shopping like this.

Mo Dai bought ten bamboo rings from the stall owner, shared five with Xiao Sheng, and started to vote by herself.The small things that the stall owners put on are nothing more than cheap jewelry and gadgets that children like to play with. They cost two coins for one penny, but most of the time they don’t hit the lottery.

Modai was a typical example. He missed one of the five laps, and the stall owner had a smug look on his face.

"A Sheng, it's up to you!" Mo Dai solemnly patted Xiao Sheng's shoulder, and Xiao Sheng was even more embarrassed by that pretended seriousness.

Modai pointed to a cat-like ceramic paperweight: "A Sheng, put that on, it's easier!"

The passers-by watching saw Mo Dai, a woman, playing with her husband like a child like a bamboo hoop, some were envious, some curled their lips in disdain.

Of course, the two of them didn't care about surprises at all. Putting aside distracting thoughts, Xiao Sheng started to cast. He failed in the first four rounds. Ruthlessly, he pursed his lips, stabilized his figure, raised his hand, and the bamboo circle fell in a parabolic trajectory, which happened to be the drop-shaped red jade forehead ornament worn by the same black rope in the circle.

Mo Dai clapped her hands and applauded, and praised: "A Sheng, good job, come on, let me put it on for you!"

The corners of the stall owner's eyes twitched. That thing was the most expensive among his gadgets. It cost twenty cents, what a loss!
(End of this chapter)