Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 99

After breakfast, Guo Huai came to ask if he could start preparing to kill chickens and pigs.Mu Ai suddenly remembered the down jackets and duvets from before, and quickly explained in detail, asking him to keep the fine down on the chicken.Although Guo Huai didn't understand, he still complied meticulously.

On the evening of the second day, I sent a bag of fine fluff that was washed and dried.

The wood wormwood ate a mouthful of food, and took the big bag back to the hall of the main room, thinking about making some small objects to test first.Unexpectedly, Simba followed, and he took out a handful of chicken feathers without noticing, and scattered them all over the ground.

Mu Ai was in a hurry, grabbed him and wanted to greet his little butt, but in the end she was still reluctant.He was just fined not to eat peanut candy tomorrow, and then ordered Xia Zhi to take him back and continue to eat with the old lady. Simba was not convinced, and while shouting "Mom is bad, I want candy", he pouted and was carried out up.

Mu Ai pretended not to hear, and refused to surrender as usual, whenever he cried.This child is really spoiled by her, and she loves to be more and more mischievous.After two days, he must be enlightened. Even if the progress is slower, at least he can control his temper.

After Xiaoan and Dongzhi cleaned up all the chicken feathers in the house, Mu Ai also took the spring equinox to the warehouse and brought back two bolts of the finest light-colored cotton cloth.Thus, after more than an hour of brainstorming and efforts, the first down vest in Baihua Kingdom was finally born.

The yawning Simba was carried back in as a model. Although the clothes looked weird and had no sleeves, they were very light and soft, and the stitches were fine, close-fitting and flat. Fat Simba is also a beautiful boy, and he has new clothes to wear He had long forgotten the unhappiness just now, he put his little hands behind his back, walked around twice in square steps, and laughed all over the room.

After a few days, the family of five had warm and soft down jackets, replaced the bulky cotton jackets, and made two sets of down quilts. Due to the problem of too little down, I had to give them to the old man first. The wife and Simbagai also made two soft pillows out of cotton.

Shuan Shuan was envious and wanted a set, but Ziji was a big girl, so she pouted but refused to speak.Mu Ai looked very angry and funny, it was not her family's habit of simply killing chickens in the snow, rural people would not raise too many chickens for the winter, wasting food in vain.

So, Aunt Guo went around to acquaintances' homes, and got half a bag of fluff the next day, but it didn't cost a copper coin.Within a day, Shuan Shuan also put on the duvet, and the little girl was so happy that she hugged her sister and acted coquettishly. When Simba saw her, she also ran over to grab her mother's arms.

The old lady sat on the head of the bed and touched the soft quilt that seemed to have no weight, while smiling at Mu Ai for spoiling the child, she just smiled and didn't speak...

Just after dinner, the summer solstice reported mysteriously. Tomorrow, the husband and wife in the West Courtyard will go to the city to buy daily necessities. She heard the news from Xiao Huaer, because they are going to entrust the tiger to Aunt Fat to take care of it for a day , asked Xiaohuaer to go to the city to help get things.The corner of Mu Ai's mouth twitched, finally waiting for the opportunity, and immediately wrote a letter, asking Ouyang Kuaima to send it to the city.

It is said that in the early morning of the second day, Li Sheng took the half-worn carriage back from the stone castle, and pulled Gu Shi and Xiao Hua'er on the road. He was promoted late, in short, he was dissatisfied with everything he saw, Li Sheng shrank his head against the cold wind and drove, he didn't dare to say a word, and he was not lonely when he fell all the way.

Ouyang rode his horse and hid behind the mountain bend. After watching them pass by, he slowly kicked his stirrups and stayed far behind...

After entering the city, Li Sheng found a small inn near the city gate, spent ten copper coins to deposit the carriage, and then followed Gu's from shop to shop to buy daily necessities, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, cloth, fine noodles, etc. Every time she buys something, every time she pays for it, Gu’s heart aches so much that the fat on her face trembles, muttering and cursing something in her mouth, a boy from a cloth shop is tired of her picking and choosing and haggling hard, and suspects that she is doing something evil. Scolding himself, holding back his breath, he listened carefully, until he really understood a few words, such as "This is all money", "We must find a way to get more money back", and so on, I couldn't help curling my lips, knowing It's not about scolding yourself.

After shopping for almost two hours, Li Sheng picked up two or three items except for Gu's who was empty-handed, and put the rest at Xiao Hua's place. The odds and ends, causing passers-by to turn around with a little pity and look at them.

Mrs. Gu felt a little hungry and thirsty, and was reluctant to order food from a restaurant, so she turned right and looked for an inconspicuous small tea shop, and bargained for a bowl of tea for one penny to two bowls of one penny, and then drank tea with Li Sheng After drinking the tea, he completely ignored the hard-working little flower behind him.In the end, the little fellow couldn't bear to look down on her, helped her take things down, and gave her a bowl of tea personally, and she just drank it in a few sips under Gu's eyes, but she didn't dare to think extravagantly about the bread, her wife He will never take her share.

After Li Sheng and his wife finished drinking tea, they warmed and chilled by the charcoal basin and roasted for a while before going out. Gu's body is slightly fat, and the door of the tea shop is not wide, so he accidentally walked in with a woman. The young daughter-in-law bumped into each other, the young daughter-in-law quickly apologized, Gu snorted coldly, and rarely went out without too much entanglement.Unexpectedly, there was a crash, and the ropes hanging on the arms of the little flower behind her broke several times, and the salt bags, tea bags, and snack bags fell all over the floor, so she hurried to pick them up, Gu felt that she had lost face , Swearing and urging, not helping.At this time, the little daughter-in-law who had just entered the door had already sat down to order tea, but she suddenly exclaimed, "Where is my purse, it was still there just now, why is it gone?"

This high-pitched and thin scream was like throwing a drop of water into boiling oil, and the tea shop exploded immediately, and the clever one got up and wanted to leave while cursing inwardly that it was bad luck.You know, the laws of Baihua Kingdom are quite strict, stealing a chicken will take a year of work and rest, and now this little daughter-in-law said that she lost her purse, and the money in it must be worth more than the chicken, right? , maybe all the people present will have to be taken back for interrogation, and it may cost some money to manage it.

It's a pity that they have good ideas and bright minds. They couldn't stand the bad luck. There was a black and strong middle-aged man blocking the door. Two leopard eyes with fierce lights stared at them, and they waved their fists like bowls, " Which one of you dares to leave, my daughter-in-law has lost her purse now, whoever leaves is the most suspect!"

I don't know if they were calmed by his words or frightened by his fists, but no one dared to move.The strong man turned around and shouted at a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy a few steps away, "Report to the police." Then he strode into the teahouse, closed the door behind him, and ignored Li Sheng behind him.This made him rejoice and worry at the same time, rejoicing that the villain didn't notice him, and worried that Mrs. Gu was still inside.

The shopkeeper of the teahouse was in the back room to settle the accounts. When he heard the voice was wrong, he quickly exchanged a few words with the young man, and hurriedly ran to the strong man to smooth things over, "My guest officer, my greetings from the old man. I heard the young man said that your wife is lost. Purse, this is really a big deal, it’s not easy for anyone to earn some money, so we can’t make it easy for the thief and let us suffer.”

The strong man listened to what he said, raised his hands and arched, and said, "I like what the shopkeeper said. Today I brought my daughter-in-law into the city for business. I went to tie up the carriage and asked her to drink tea first and so on." After a while, how could I lose the wallet, it is our family's savings, there is absolutely no reason to calculate it like this."

The old shopkeeper hurriedly answered the words and smiled, "Of course, of course. How can this be forgotten? Our people in Baihuaguo are famous all over the world for their kindness. Now this villain who stole the purse is clearly discrediting us. He must be arrested." It's only good to live with him. However, this guest officer, it's not easy to open a small shop and do business. Most of the customers here are regular customers, and everyone has something to do, so they have been waiting for the official to come, and then sent everyone to go It will take a long time to come and go in the courtroom. It is inevitable that you will be troubled by the thief. Otherwise, the little old man will be the security, and the guest officer will reward you with a little face. , how about we let him go first?" After speaking, he turned to look at the tea guests, and asked loudly, "Everyone, can you accept it?"

Those who drink tea are not stupid, but simply search their lower bodies, which is much better than entering the yamen, and they all echoed loudly, "Yes, yes." Some immediately stretched out their hands and shouted, "Search first." Me, search me first."

The strong man didn't seem to want to make the public angry, so he reluctantly nodded in agreement. He really searched for a few male tea drinkers, and seeing that they didn't have his wife's purse on them, he let them go out.At this time, there were only two women, Gu Shi and Xiao Hua, left in the room. Gu Shi was scolding Xiao Hua'er for picking up her things and tying them up again, but she suddenly raised her head and realized that she couldn't get out. Vicious, when she understood the reason of the matter, the male guest had already started searching, and she also knew that it was about theft, so she couldn't walk away, so she had to wait patiently.Seeing that the official servants were coming, all the male guests had left, and only their master and servant were left, so that might not be their biggest suspicion.Immediately said aloud, "Someone search us quickly, we are still in a hurry to go shopping and go home."

The brawny man frowned, and looked at each other with the old shopkeeper. They didn't know how to talk to each other. After all, men and women are different, and the etiquette and rules are strict. Let's not talk about whether Gu is willing to be searched by men, even if she is, how will she do it? , Can you put your hands in your arms, or in your sleeves and trouser legs?Why don't you search, then how can you be sure if she is entrained?
　Mrs. Gu is finally out of luck! ! ! ! !
　　Support genuine, support genuine! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)