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Chapter 103 Finding Jobs for Chu Fu
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Mrs. Liu finished washing the clothes in her basin, and saw that there were still many dirty clothes beside Xiu Niang, so she stretched out her hand to help her wash.

"Hey, sister, why do you still have so many... Come on, let me even out some, and I'll wash some for you."

Xiuniang raised her arm to gently block Liu's hand, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Liu, it's okay, there are only a few left, I'll be fine in a while, you put it aside and rest, and then Wait for me."

Mrs. Liu turned her head and glanced at the dirty clothes around her, big and small, old and old, she frowned and said, "Sister, how many people are you washing? The uncle and aunt's clothes are also yours to wash."

Xiu Niang took a gray dress and put it in the stream for a few times, then picked it up and continued to scrub, "Not many, just our family's, and my parents-in-law's."

Mrs. Liu knew that Xiuniang was talking about their family, which meant the three brothers and sisters Chuge and herself, "Oh, then the old family can wash it by themselves."

Xiu Niang nodded as she said, "Well, my uncles and the others will hold back their own, and I will hold back that of my parents-in-law."

Mrs. Liu thought about it and said, "Hey, then I just saw my aunt seem to pass by here. Didn't you wash her clothes, so who else will she wash?"

After hearing this, Xiu Niang just smiled at her, didn't say anything, wrung out the clothes in her hand and put them in the wooden basin, picked up another clothes and started washing.

Seeing Xiuniang like this, Mrs. Liu thought to herself that Xiuniang's mother-in-law probably washed the clothes for the old man, hey, otherwise this old aunt would spoil herself, and the old man's stomach is only about seven Yue, I can't do this heavy work, but I can't even wash the few clothes that are next to me.

She pursed her lips and said to Xiu Niang, "Hey, sister, don't worry about it. This old man has a baby. Of course your mother-in-law is more partial. Let me tell you, but tomorrow you and Chu Ge have a baby. She I am also busy serving you."

Xiu Niang continued to work with her hands, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law Six, I don't like eating. My mother-in-law is thinking about moving her body, so she came down to wash clothes by herself."

As she spoke, Liu sighed, and lightly patted Xiu Niang's arm as a way of comforting her, but in the end she got angry again after thinking about it, and complained for her.

"Oh, sister, it's good if you can think so, don't be sulking with yourself, we have to follow the old when we are young... Hey, but let me tell you, your mother-in-law is also, she will My son needs to be washed anyway, why doesn't she give you a few pieces, she knows to wash only for the old man."

Xiu Niang laughed secretly when she heard this, this Shen family is not so good, she has nothing to do to wash clothes for Wen family, because she is afraid that Wen family will make a bad temper, she suppresses her grandson, so she has no choice but to take care of her grandson. He brought the clothes to wash.

As for why Wen Shi lost his temper, it was because she threw the clothes to Xiuniang, and Xiuniang threw them out again. She insisted on asking Xiuniang to wash them, but Xiuniang ignored her, so she had no choice but to be unreasonable. Make a fuss.

In fact, Xiuniang knew that Wen's doing this was nothing more than angering her. Wen's must have heard about Shangyang Village from Chu Fu earlier, and she believed that Chu Fu lost the foreman because of Chu Ge. As for the work, she couldn't help but feel troubled, so she would trouble Xiu Niang all day long.

Mrs. Liu has been talking about Mrs. Chen's fault all the time, and Xiu Niang went to talk about it elsewhere after thinking about it. Although Ms. Shen is not very good, she is still her own mother-in-law. After all, this is her own fault. You can't tell Mrs. Liu everything about the family affairs.

She scooped up water and splashed it on the clothes with both hands, and scrubbed vigorously with both hands, "Hey, even if my mother-in-law has a heart, she must be energetic. My mother's clothes are made of soft material, soaked Just rub it and wash it for a couple of times and it will be clean, so don’t rub it too hard, so that my mother-in-law can wash it off, it’s not that she doesn’t bother to wash it when she’s old.”

Mrs. Liu shot her a glance, then grabbed the two clothes beside her and helped wash them, "Then your mother-in-law won't take away the few clothes she wears, it's better than you washing them here." Basin is fine... You still have to cook when you go back, she is too cruel."

Seeing Mrs. Liu helping, Xiuniang didn't want to go grab it anymore, she just said, "Then thank you, sister-in-law Liu, you can just wash two things, and I'll be fine soon."

Mrs. Liu leaned over and patted her with a washing stick, and casually said a few words to her, "You woman knows how to suffer yourself, it's okay, it's okay, wash it quickly, so we can go home."

Xiu Niang listened with a smile, put the clothes in her hand on a rough big rock, and rubbed them skillfully, "Hey, sister-in-law, please tell me, what kind of work did Brother Six find for my uncle?" what."

Mrs. Liu put a gown in the creek, shook it twice, picked it up and continued to pat it. After listening to Xiu Niang's question, she thought about it and said, "Well, let me think about it, um, it seems like I heard it yesterday. Your sixth brother said that... Oh, yes, your sixth brother said that he found a moving job for the boss of the Chu family, at the rice noodle warehouse."

Xiu Niang looked at Mrs. Liu and asked, "A mover? What is a mover?"

Mrs. Liu washed one, and was about to put it in her own basin, when she suddenly thought that it was Xiuniang's clothes, and handed it to her with a smile, "The porter is... ouch, I almost put it in my basin." It's here, here, girl, take it... You have to ask the porter, hey, to put it bluntly, it is the same as the long-term work that the boss of the Chu family used to do in that big house, it is also some moving work."

Xiu Niang took the clothes, "Sister-in-law Six, the rice noodle warehouse you mentioned is right behind the horse house that sells animals in our town."

Mrs. Liu nodded, "Well, that's right, it's right there. Dozens of rice noodle shops in our town stock it."

Xiu Niang said, "Hey, Sixth Sister-in-Law, how is the work in the warehouse?"

Mrs. Liu put their hands on their knees and said, "Okay, the wages are calculated on the day of work, and you can pay a penny for carrying a bag of rice noodles. You can go anytime, but the foreman will deduct the money for lunch. A few pennies."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang didn't say anything, but she just responded lightly. Seeing that she still had two dirty clothes at hand, she grabbed one and put it in the water to wash.

She was muttering in her heart, if Chu Fu accepted this job, he would have to go to the town every day. This round trip would take about an hour if he took a carriage, and if he walked, he would have to walk fast. It would take two hours, calculated in this way, Chu Fu can only work for three hours a day, how many sacks can he withstand during this period, one is only a penny...

Seeing that Xiu Niang didn't speak, Mrs. Liu called out to her, "Sister, what's the matter, do you think this job is not good?"

When Xiu Niang heard this, she quickly waved her hands and smiled, "Hey, sister-in-law six, look at what you said, isn't this a bad job? I'll thank you for my uncle first... well, I'll tell him when I get back, Let him come and have a good chat with Sixth Brother."

Although she said so, she really felt that this job was not good, for no other reason than that it was too far away from Xiayang Village. Chu Fu finished the work early and had to drag his tired body back home. is too tired.

But after all, Mrs. Liu kindly helped her to inquire about this job, she couldn't be picky, so she could ask Mrs. Liu to find another one for her with a shy face.

Anyway, she couldn't say "bad", so she still wanted to go back and tell Chu Fu first, let him decide whether to go or not.

Mrs. Liu could hear what Xiuniang meant, and the two of them were getting along well, so Mrs. Liu simply said, "Got it, girl, please don't thank me, what you said right now doesn't count, you'd better go back and ask Chu The meaning of the boss, if he wants to go to work, then let him find your sixth brother, I think your sixth brother can delay it for two or three days."

Xiu Niang looked at Mrs. Liu, seeing how open-minded he was, she responded with a smile, and stepped up to do the laundry...

After half an hour, Xiuniang and Liushi returned to their home, she saw that the door of the main room was still closed, and guessed that Wenshi was still sleeping.

Xiu Niang walked into the courtyard and saw Mrs. Shen sitting by the fence, a few clothes were hung on the clothesline, the colors were very bright.

She went to the innermost part with the wooden basin, and put the washed clothes on it. This was a new clothesline she asked Chugo to pull in front of the kitchen, so as to separate her clothes from Wen's. to dry.

Shen looked at Xiuniang, and muttered, "Hmph, I won't call anyone when I get back."

Xiu Niang shook her head helplessly, and sighed secretly, she had to be answered when she yelled, yesterday she yelled all day, but in the end she didn't even get a "huh".

She said with a stiff smile, "Mother-in-law, why are you alone at the moment."

When Shen got the response, she turned her head and ignored Xiu Niang, who told her that this little woman was not willing to wash the old man's clothes, so she, a mother-in-law, had to do it by herself.

But after a while, she still said, "Chu Fu went up the mountain to collect firewood, Chu Ge took Chu An and his father down, and Xiao Xianger, that little girl, I don't know where to put it."

Xiu Niang turned her head to look at Shen Shi, thinking that she had a gloomy face, probably because she didn't see Xiao Xiang'er, this old lady was in a hurry.

She grabbed the clothes and shook them twice, then thought about it and said, "Mother-in-law, Xiao Xiang'er may have gone to the sixth sister-in-law's house to play with the eldest daughter and second daughter, or she went to pick vegetables in the field, don't worry ..."

Shen curled her lips, "I'm not in a hurry. When that girl went out, she said she was going to play with the girls from Ji Laoliu's family. I just don't know where they are going to make a fuss."

After Xiu Niang finished putting on the last dress, she couldn't help laughing, well, this one is also thinking about angering her.

She didn't care about it, and went into the stove with the wooden basin in her hand. She knew what Shen was upset about. Anyway, she didn't know how to wash Wen's clothes. Whoever wants to wash them off, it doesn't hinder her. That's it.

Xiu Niang went to the door and picked up the apron to tie it on, thinking about starting to make lunch...

(End of this chapter)