Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 28

Zhang Mu and Wu Ling went to the street to buy some pastries and vegetables early in the morning, and entered the pastry shop. In addition to sweet-scented osmanthus, lotus seed paste, mung bean cakes, etc., there are also various candied fruits. Zhang Mu has no feeling for pastries. It's a bit choking, but I can't help but take a second look at candied fruit. In the past, she liked to prepare some preserved fruit when watching dramas or reading novels at home, but the price of preserved fruit here is too expensive. One or two candied apricots cost twenty yuan , candied apples cost 25 renminbi, dried dates are cheaper, one tael costs 75 renminbi, but I don’t like it, but winter melon sticks cost [-] renminbi, and candied ginger slices cost [-] renminbi. Two taels of ginger slices, plus two boxes of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, one box of mung beans, and one box of chestnut cakes cost a total of [-] Wen.

The two of them went to the vegetable market again and bought some cabbage, cabbage, lettuce and potatoes that could be stored.Wu Ling likes to eat fish, so Zhang Mu bought two more crucian carp. The crucian carp cost fifteen cents a catty, and the two crucian carps cost three catties and four taels. Yes, just give me fifty cents!" The people on their street all watched Wu Ling grow up, he was skinny and skinny when he was a child, and it was Ding Erye who had a kind heart, and this kid had such luck.

"Hey, thank you, Uncle Afu!" Wu Ling laughed.

Uncle Fu waved his hand, "Why are you being polite to me, boy!" Just a few more times will do.

When they walked around to the meat stand, Ding Da was chopping ribs for a woman, Wu Ling and Zhang Mu were waiting beside them, and when Ding Da finished chopping the ribs, they saw Wu Ling and said with a smile: "It just so happened that you came here I’m leaving two pig’s trotters for my uncle! You two can take them there for me later!” As he spoke, he tied the two chopped pig’s trotters on the chopping board with a straw rope and threw them to Wu Ling Ti's basket.

He also said: "Chop some ribs for you and go back to make soup!" He was about to chop two pork ribs.

Wu Ling hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him, and said, "Brother, you can be gentle, it's just the two of us, we can't eat that much, and summer meat is not easy to put away, isn't it!"

"No wonder you're so thin, you can't even eat this, listen to me, you have to mend it!" After finishing speaking, the two bones came off with a knife, and Ding Da tied them with a straw rope, and put a piece of lean meat on top.

Wu Ling was a little helpless with three catties of meat in his hand, and it was hard to say how to pay, after all, he had to go to the Ding family tree.Looking at Ding Da's bamboo basket filled with meat, I thought to myself to send two new ones to my eldest brother!

Zhang Mu looked at Wu Ling's troubled look, and said with a smile: "A Ling, this is the first time, so we won't talk about big brother's thoughts. Next time, if big brother wants to do this again, we will stop eating meat! "Zhang Mu was a little embarrassed to see Ding Da at first, but he felt relieved when he learned about his relationship with Wang Moli.She didn't know Wang Moli well. Although there was a bead in the middle, they didn't have much contact with each other. When she was adding makeup, the purple mandarin bead flower Wang Moli gave was quite beautiful.

Ding Da looked at Zhang Muyu's smiling face and lost his mind for a while. Last time when she came to buy meat, her eyes were shining like this. It was only a few months ago, and she had already combed the woman's hair again.After all, she is his sister-in-law, and Ding Da also felt that he should not pay too much attention to Zhang Mu, so he smiled and said nothing.

Wu Ling carried the heavy vegetable basket and went to the bamboo strip shop with Zhang Mu first. The pig's trotters were given to Erniang Ding, and Wu Ling found four three-foot-long wooden boards in the backyard, planning to go back and make a nest for the beauty.

Second Master Ding was planing wood in the backyard. Seeing Wu Ling approaching, he stopped what he was doing and said, "I think it's better to pick another time to do the genealogy matter! If it drags on, I'm always a little uneasy."

"Well, I'm about to tell you about this too," Wu Ling glanced at the door, and whispered a few words in Erye Ding's ear.

"What! Come here so soon!" Ding Erye knocked on the wood in his hand, and said after a while, "Tomorrow, we will go to the village first, and you don't leave Amu alone at home, let her come to the shop to accompany your mother .”

Wu Ling was worried about his daughter-in-law being alone at home these days, so he nodded, "Father, you said, we agreed with Mr. Yan about the business in the county government, and Mr. Yan has some friendship with you. It stands to reason that it wouldn't leak out! Which part of the process is leaking?"

"I'm afraid it's because they have a disagreement." Ding Erye held the wood, meditated for a while, and said, "I know this matter well, take Amu back first! If you go out these few days, let her come over!"

Ding Erniang was talking to Zhang Mu about the gossip in the town in the past few days. The first one was her own. Uncle Ding still did not agree to the marriage between Wang Moli and Ding Da. The uncle would rather recognize Zhuzhu as his granddaughter than let Wang Moli in.It's a pity for Zhang Mu, she likes Zhuzhu, and also hopes that Zhuzhu can have a normal family.But the matter of marriage is uncertain.

The second thing is that Li Xiuer almost had a miscarriage yesterday, because the Hong family and Li Xiucai had a conflict at home, Li Xiuer went up to persuade the fight, Li Xiucai accidentally pushed her daughter, but fortunately, the Hong family had quick eyesight and quick hands, and made a meat pad for her daughter .

"Amu, there is one more thing. As I said, you have to know in your heart." Ding Erniang was silent for a moment, and then said: "Yesterday, Mrs. Chu came to tell me that Rui'er was sick at home and said she liked her." You are tight, I want you to take a look, she went to your house, and you happened to come back yesterday, so you came to ask me to tell you, I only promised to tell you, it is up to you whether you go or not." See Zhang Mu bowed his head Silently, Ding Erniang was afraid that she might have a misunderstanding, so she took Zhang Mu's hand and said, "A Ling grew up under my nose, and I know everything about him best, that girl and Ling'er have never met before." A few times, or in the early years, I don’t know what to think now, so I just go here, you, don’t go if you don’t want to go!”

Zhang Mu nodded, seeing Ding Erniang's sincere eyes, he said with a smile: "I understand how Ah Ling treats me, but it's just that the Chu family, mother said so, I knew it in my heart, and I was afraid that it would be difficult for you before." !" Since the mother-in-law said that she can ignore it, she naturally ignored it, Chu Rui's mind is so clear, it must be no good to ask her to come over.

Seeing Zhang Mu being so straightforward, Ding Erniang also liked it a little. No wonder Ah Ling insisted on marrying her back. Such a careless girl can be seen at a glance, but people don't like it. The comparison is really moonlight and fireflies.Thinking of what Xianggong said to him, he couldn't help worrying about the young couple. Looking at Amu's appearance, he probably didn't tell her about Aling yet!
(End of this chapter)