Farmer's Ruyi Manor

Chapter 9 Neighbors (2)
"Okay, by the way, Xiaohua, I ran out of salt at home today, why don't you go to your cousin's house to borrow some salt." Old lady Ruan ordered to Xiaoting.

This guy is very speechless at the moment, without salt, what else can he eat.Besides, she doesn't like to owe people things the least, let alone borrowing these things from other people's houses. She doesn't like to owe such a favor, besides, she doesn't know who the so-called cousin is, and she doesn't even know him where to borrow it.

If she could barter, she would be more than happy.So she said to Old Madam Ruan: "Grandma, is there a small store in the village? Why don't you go there and exchange some pheasant eggs? I don't remember which one my cousin is?"

"Your cousin is the head of the village. Do we have a small store? Often, when the head of the village is doing business in the town, he will help others bring things back. They have two ox carts at home. We are only a few miles away from the market." It's far away, so it's not convenient to buy anything, and the things you usually sell are all brought to the town by your cousin." Mrs. Ruan knew that her precious granddaughter didn't remember a lot of things after she got well, so she gave her Wash and answer.

When it was over, he took Xiao Ting to the door and pointed out along the dirt road: "Xiao Hua, look, is there a big tree in the distance? The yard next to the big tree that looks newest is yours." Uncle’s. Except for the old scholar’s ​​family in our village, your cousin’s conditions are slightly better. Your cousin gave birth to 3 sons and a daughter. If the eldest son marries a daughter-in-law and gives birth to another son, he , is also a blessed person!"

After Xiao Ting finished listening, she went to the kitchen to look again. It was really useless, and the rice seemed to be less than a catty.What flour, whole grains are useless.Oil, no; salt, no; Xiao Ting knew that there was no chicken essence and monosodium glutamate in ancient times;

Dumbfounded, what kind of family is this, poor and white.If this family can find a copper coin, Xiao Ting will not believe it.It is hard to imagine how this family survived the winter.

"Grandma, do you have any money at home? Why don't we go and ask the village head to bring some salt and oil back to our house. Grandma, you are not in good health, and Xiao Zhuzi is growing up again. You must pay attention to these things." Xiao Ting finished He also specifically asked Mrs. Ruan, wanting to confirm the current overall economic status of the family.

"Xiao Hua, where did our family get the money? After you rolled down the mountain last time, the family really couldn't afford to pay you a doctor, so they borrowed twenty big money from your aunt next door, but haven't paid it back yet. Thanks to your kindness, Aunt Wang, otherwise what should I do. Later, you took medicine one after another and owed that wanderer five big money, and you still haven’t paid it back, hey..." At this moment, Mrs. Ruan A moment of worry gives people the feeling that they are already in their 70s or 50s.In fact, she is not yet [-] years old, much younger than Xiao Ting's modern parents, but she also looks much older.Old lady Ruan has white hair, wrinkled face, sad face and ragged clothes, she looks worse than modern beggar women.

Xiao Ting sighed deeply, what is this? It's nothing more than poor and white, and she still owes a lot of debt.I struggled with it for a long time, so let's do whatever I want, and I have to live my life.Solve today's dinner first, and let's talk about the rest tomorrow.

When Xiao Ting went out, she wrapped five pheasant eggs in leaves and went out. She first went to the so-called Aunt Wang's house next door, but in fact, the next door was more than 300 meters away from Xiao Ting's house.When Xiao Ting first came here, she didn't know that this was also called the next door.Only now did she know that after lying on that bed for more than ten days, she knew that Aunt Wang's husband was also an honest farmer, but he was just an outsider, so their family was one of the few people with a foreign surname in the village.And Aunt Wang gave birth to two sons and two daughters. The youngest of them is the same as Xiao Ting's 8-year-old daughter now, and the eldest son, who has already started dating, is 15 years old this year.

Xiao Ting felt that Aunt Wang was a good person, so she first gave their family two pheasant eggs to show their good-neighborliness and friendly relationship.The money will be returned to their family after they are earned.The remaining three were exchanged for some salt and oil before going home. Although she didn't know how much she could change, she couldn't eat vegetables without oil.

When Xiao Ting reached their so-called neighbor's house, she was in trouble. There were two or three families here, which one was Aunt Wang's house, and she was too embarrassed to ask, and there was no one around at the moment. .

She stopped at the door of a house and was struggling with herself in her mind, "Should I knock on every house and ask if this is Aunt Wang's house?"

And at this moment, when the 8-year-old daughter of Aunt Wang's family came out to call her elder brother and the others to go home for dinner, she saw Xiao Hua and said, "Xiao Hua, what are you doing standing here? Are you feeling better? My mother and I, you rolled down from the hillside, and now you are injured, I heard your grandma come over this afternoon and said that you are well, and you are not stupid now, is it true?"

Xiao Ting looked at this little kid in a daze at the moment, so she said: "Who are you, do I know you very well?"

"Xiaohua, I'm Xiaocao, don't you remember? You used to come to play with me often, and we are sisters Huacao." The little girl looked excited at this time.

"Xiaocao? What's your last name?" I don't have any memory, so you can ask this brat.

"My surname is Wang, have you forgotten?" Little brats are easy to deceive, and they can make out words if they are fooled casually.It seems that this little brat is quite kind to the former owner, and the look of concern on her face is not fake.And the former owner is a bastard, so she can still care about him so much.Hmmmm, this little brat needs to be taken care of, he has a bright future.

"Oh, I remember, Xiaocao. I'm going to your house. I'm looking for your mother. Is your mother at home?" Xiao Ting breathed a sigh of relief now that she doesn't have to be afraid of embarrassment.

"My mother is cooking, come in, I'll call my elder brother and them to come back for dinner first." Said and ran away bouncing.

"Aunt Wang, are you home? I'm Xiaohua." Xiaoting didn't know which one was the kitchen, so she stood in the yard and called.

Aunt Wang came out from the small room on the left and said with a smile: "Xiao Hua, it's not too bad. I heard from your grandma this afternoon that our Xiao Hua is sensible and capable." After she finished speaking, she looked very proud.

Uh, this is a good woman and a good person. When I have money, I will help her.Xiao Ting is now putting on labels.

"Aunt Wang, these are the pheasant eggs I picked up this morning. Thank you for your care and love. You must accept it anyway, and I will treat it as my filial piety to you. In addition, the money my mother borrowed will be returned when I have it." I will definitely return the money to you, don't worry, I, Xiaohua, will never break my promise." Xiao Ting didn't know what she was going to say at first, so she kept talking.

"Xiaohua, why don't you stay at Aunt Wang's house for dinner tonight, Auntie has already prepared dinner." Aunt Wang didn't refuse either, she reached out to take the two pheasant eggs that Xiao Ting handed over.

(End of this chapter)