Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 39

The Chu family in Wutong Lane, Chu Zhun looked at his stubborn daughter standing in front of him, and suddenly felt a little sad. He has been coming and going in the wind and rain all these years, and he has to go far away from time to time, not because of the three at home. A son and daughter, the youngest daughter whom the couple put on the top of their hearts, thrust a knife in his heart abruptly.

"Rui'er, if you insist on going to Ye's house, you will no longer be a daughter of my Chu family after entering Ye's house!"

"Daddy!" Chu Rui instinctively wanted to plead, but seeing the calm-looking Daddy, she felt a chill in her heart.

After arguing for so many days, Daddy finally let go, but her heart not only didn't fall to the ground, but she panicked a little. Her intuition told her that Daddy was serious. No matter how much trouble she made before, Daddy would be sad, angry, and disappointed. But she has never been calm at this moment. Chu Rui felt that the coldness of the night was a bit heavy, and it penetrated through the two layers of robes, making her shiver violently.

Chu Rui stepped forward and took Chu Zhun's arm, and said sadly, "Father, I am your daughter, even if you don't recognize me, I will still respect you and mother!"

She didn't want to choose between the Ye family and the Chu family. She was reluctant to spoil her elder brother and parents, and she was also reluctant to part with the beautiful and beautiful life that Uncle Ye promised. She is a beginner, but the Ye family's house is pawned for her, and the money in the family is not to mention her spending. He will also take her to play around, go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to see the beautiful scenery of the West Lake where the white lady Xu Xian meets, and go north. Taking her to the best clothes and jewelry store in the capital, he said: "Whatever Ruier wants and likes, I will try my best to do it." Inexplicably, many winding illusions and longings were born in her mind.

Thinking of him, he said: "I've wasted my whole life until I met Rui'er, and I realized that fame and fortune are not as good as a beautiful woman looking back and smiling!" Chu Rui's eyes and brows were full of sweetness.

Chu Zhun looked at the terrified daughter in front of him, and closed his eyes.

At the end of October, Chu Rui married from Wutong Lane to Biluo Lane. There is only Ye's family in Biluo Lane, so everyone usually calls it Ye Family Alley.No matter how angry Chu Zhun was with his daughter, he still prepared a generous dowry. Mrs. Chu was also taken back from her natal home by Chu Zhun. Shengdi looked haggard, not a bit of the richness of the past, she watched her son carry the little daughter on the sedan chair, and felt a throbbing pain in her heart, her daughter was going to marry an old man as a wife!However, the uncle of the Ye family actually took the line of the state shepherd, and the county magistrate suppressed him by saying "the man is talented and the woman is beautiful", and the couple had to recognize it.

It is only a quarter of an hour's walk from Wutong Alley to Yejia Alley. No matter how slowly the bearers sway, they still arrive in a while. Bright red lanterns are hung all over the alley, and the century-old osmanthus tree outside is also entangled. Several layers of red silk, the end is very festive!A carriage stopped under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, and the handsome young gentleman opened the curtain, and saw a sedan chair covered with red silk staggering into the alley, showing a little bit of unbearable, but thinking of his grandfather, he still insisted. With a heart, he turned around and asked the coachman to take him back to the academy in the county.

It has been twelve days since Wu Ling went out, and Zhang Mu's thoughts are getting stronger and stronger. Today, a merchant who bought from the county brought two letters to Ding's shop, and one was given to her by Wu Ling. She endured it. One day, seeing Mrs. Zhang coaxing Xiaoshui to sleep, she sat in front of the window and opened the letter to read. The opening sentence "Lady" almost made her feel sore. There is still a little thing to do, Zhang Mu sees this kind of thing, so he is relieved.Seeing that Wu Ling told her that the weather was getting colder and the cold was severe in the morning, so that she should sleep more in the morning and make less cakes, she couldn't help but smile.

Xiao Shui was a little fussy at night, pestering Mrs. Zhang to talk, Zhang Mu took the letter with only a few words behind her back and illuminated it by candlelight several times. Mu Gan simply moved his little bed over.At this time, seeing the owner was reading the letter again, he pawed his front paws twice, and quietly went to the yard, meow!You can eat dried fish.Wow--

Mrs. Zhang saw that Xiaoshui was breathing evenly, so she got up gently. Seeing that her daughter was still sitting under the window, she said softly, "Amu, go wash up and sleep! You have to get up early again tomorrow!"

Zhang Mu stretched out his hand to touch the letter paper in his bosom, and said with a slight smile, "Mother, let's get up later tomorrow and cook less! The taste of Gan's shop is more and more similar to ours. After tomorrow, we won't do it." Let's go!" She felt a little uneasy these few days, she originally planned to finish this month, but remembering how her husband loved her, Zhang Mu decided to pamper himself too.

"But girl, this business is so good, if you don't do it, you will lose a lot of money!" Mrs. Zhang said with some distress.No one in this small family can earn so much money in a day, even her family is a middle peasant in Shuiyang Village, farming for only three or five taels of silver a year!
Zhang Mu shook his head with a smile, "Mother, don't worry, I won't waste my time at home. When Wu Ling comes back, I'll find other jobs to do!"

Seeing that Mrs. Zhang was still showing reluctance, Zhang Mu rolled his eyes, condensed his face, and said: "Mother, business is so good these days, and Wu Ling is not at home. If someone is watching, it will be a bad idea." , but it’s not worth it!” Although it was to persuade Mrs. Zhang, but Zhang Mu couldn’t help frowning, picking up a crescent stone from the wedding day, she always felt that the house was a bit weird, and she couldn’t say it. What happened.

Mrs. Zhang was suddenly reminded by her daughter, her pupils shrank, and she suddenly remembered that Zhao Wen was still missing!It's better for my daughter to show up less!Immediately, he patted his daughter's hand and said: "It's my mother who is greedy. Wu Ling is not at home. You, a little lady, should not show your head!" Seeing her daughter's more delicate eyebrows and eyes under the candlelight, she was in a daze. Going back and forth, such a fair complexion, when looking up at people, there seems to be water flowing in the eyes, it is really beautiful, it looks like it is pretty when it is about to get married.

"Mother, the jujube cakes are sold out tomorrow, so you and Xiaoshui should go back to the village. You have lived with me for so long, and my sister-in-law and brother should miss Xiaoshui. Besides, it's lonely for my mother-in-law to live alone in the shop. I thought about moving in and living with her!" Mrs. Zhang stayed with her here for more than ten days, except for occasional visits to Yu's house, she stayed at home with Xiaoshui on weekdays, and was very lonely.

Mrs. Zhang pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "Well, it's good to go to accompany your mother-in-law. These days, I have seen that your mother-in-law is a straightforward person, and she still cares about you. She should take advantage of their father's absence." , so close to close!" Seeing that her daughter is doing well, she felt relieved in her heart, and she started thinking about the old man a little bit these days when she went out!

On the second day, Zhang Mu only made more than 300 jujube cakes, and each person was only allowed to buy ten yuan. For some of the regular ones, Zhang Mu also gave away two extra yuan. As a favor, it will be easier to do other business in the future. There are people cheering.

Aunt Fang heard from someone who came to buy wine at home that the young lady of Wuling's family was selling jujube cakes on the last day, so she hurried over and saw that there was only one of the three bamboo baskets in the past, so she understood what the person said. It's true, I walked to the stall for a while, pretending to be dissatisfied and said: "Amu, are you going to cut off my old lady's food? I'm just like your family now. If you don't sell it, I have to go to your house in the future. Block it!"

"Auntie, I can't let you block the door, or Ah Hui won't spare me!" Zhang Mu smiled slightly, "Come to the shop tomorrow when Ah Hui is free, and I will teach her. From now on, you Eating jujube cake made by my daughter-in-law, it will be sweet to my heart every day!" But the milk is a bit difficult to make.

"What? You don't even want the recipe?" Aunt Fang was taken aback. The Gan's shop spent a lot of time thinking about the recipe for jujube cake, and Amu gave it up so generously!

"Oh, auntie, just eat in one bite, and eat something fresh. If you eat too much, everyone will get tired. If I give it to you as soon as possible, I can gain a good reputation!" She made up her mind last night. , she has to buy a cow and come back, she doesn't have the energy to raise a cow.In the morning, when Aunt Liu from the Cheng family came to get the milk cake and milk froth, Zhang Mu explained the situation, and added at the end: "If the young master still likes to eat it, I will teach your cook how to do it."

The housekeeper took the words back, Mrs. Cheng thought about it for a while, and asked Aunt Liu to take the cook to Ding's shop, and took ten taels of silver for Aunt Liu to take.When Aunt Liu came back with ten taels of silver, the Cheng family's wife found out that Zhang Mu had made the recipe public, and everyone who wanted to know how to do it told them one by one.

"Ma'am, the young lady of the Wu family said that this prescription is not worth anything. The wife gave her so much milk. She is very grateful in her heart. I can't accept money from my wife anymore!" Aunt Liu and Zhang Mu I also dealt with each other for a month, and I also received a lot of jujube cakes from Zhang Mu, and I also liked this little lady in my heart, so when I recalled these words, I first brought a sincere smile.

Mrs. Cheng couldn't help laughing, this little lady is very generous and neat!

"Amu, I was thinking about going to live with you for a few days!" Ding Erniang clapped her hands and laughed when she heard Zhang Mu said that she would move in with her. return!There was no one to talk to at night, and she had to keep her eyes wide open in the middle of the night to fall asleep.

Hearing that Zhang Mu said to accompany her at this time, she was overjoyed, and said with a smile, "Now you come here, I have a companion too!" As she spoke, she asked Zhang Mu to look at the shop, and she went to the backyard to find Wu Ling's original place. The room was tidied up and new bedding was replaced.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Mu packed a large bag of red date cakes, thirty pieces of milk foam and five pieces of milk cakes for Mrs. Zhang, and sent them to Niu Dalang's cart in Zhenkou. In the bamboo strip shop.

Many years later, every time Zhang Mu thinks of his decision at this time, he feels extremely lucky.

(End of this chapter)