Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 27

There are so many copper coins, the two younger ones of the Zhang family have never seen them before, they all stared wide-eyed, a little stunned, and Zhang Yun is not very intuitive about the currency at this time, only knows that there are quite a lot, how many are there? I don't know, I just looked at it with a smile.

Zhang Youqing, Zhou Shi, and Zhang Liangen were different. They could tell by visual inspection how many copper coins there were. Seeing the money, Quan narrowed his eyes with a smile, thinking in his heart that not only could he pay off the debt this time, It is definitely not a problem to use the remaining money to live a fat year.

All of a sudden, the whole family was in high spirits, Zhang Zhang hurriedly fetched the hemp rope, squatted down in front of the square stool, twisted a thin hemp thread out of it, and helped his father string up the copper coins, and counted the money along the way, while Zhang Xing was busy He came up, grabbed a handful of copper coins, and handed them one by one to the elder brother courteously.

Zhang Youqing picked out the pieces of silver in the pile of copper coins one by one, weighed them to find out the approximate weight, and calculated them all together. There were as many as three liang of pieces of silver alone. Mrs. Zhou happily took the pieces of silver in Zhang Youqing's hand, He took out the small pouches from the sewing basket and stuffed them all in.

After Zhang Youqing calculated the broken silver, he twisted out another piece of twine, twisted the copper coins one by one, passed the thin twine through the eyes of the copper coins, and strung them all up, counting lightly in his mouth.

Zhang Youqing and Zhang Zhang made a total of four strings, that is, four strings, a total of 300 copper coins. In addition, there were some loose copper coins, so they were not strung together. Instead, they counted the numbers and put them back into the money bag. Of these scattered ones, there are more than [-] pieces.

Zhang Yun made a general calculation at the side, and added three taels of silver to four copper coins, which is seven taels of silver. In this way, this oil sale made a total of more than seven taels of silver.

"His father, he made more than seven taels of silver this trip. If he returned the two taels owed to Dr. Lin, there would still be five taels left over, which is almost enough for us to spend for a year and a half. We have only been busy for more than a year. Month, to be able to earn so much, I feel like a dream." Zhou was so excited that she couldn't speak clearly, she really felt like a dream, and it was the first time she had been married to Zhang's family for so many years. make so much money.

Seeing her unbelievable expression, Zhang Youqing and Zhang Liangen laughed happily, and Zhang Youqing hurriedly laughed and said, "His mother, hey, I'll give you these copper coins too, and you'll put them away, so you'll know that it's the money you sent." The dream is still real."

Immediately, Mrs. Zhou happily took the four heavy copper coins, hugged them all in her arms, got up and walked to the edge of the kang, knelt down on the edge of the kang, took out a few clay pots from the cavity of the kang, put them aside, Then I reached out and pulled out another clay pot from the innermost side, took off the sandbag blocking the mouth of the pot, carefully stuffed the copper coins into it, and then plugged the sandbag back and put it back again. Kang chamber.

After all the copper coins were stuffed, he got up and climbed onto the kang, and pulled out a whole piece of yellow mud on the wall at the corner of the kang, and there was a small hole in the wall. I filled the mud back and patted it down with my hands to make sure it wasn't so obvious. Then I climbed off the kang, smiled and sat down on the bench again.

This is the first time Zhang Yun has seen the place where money is hidden at home. It is really strict enough. It can be seen that every copper coin is hard-won, and the family members cherish it very much, for fear of any mistakes.

After collecting all the money, the whole family chatted around again, and Mrs. Zhou got up to cook dinner. There was still some ghost ginger left in the bucket, so Mrs. Zhou simply mixed it up. With a little oil, I scrambled two eggs and a plate of green vegetables, washed two thick radishes, soaked the ten or so tofu left over from last night, put them together with the sliced ​​radishes, and cooked them specially. A pot of white rice was served, and the whole family had a hot and delicious meal.

It’s good to have oil at home, and almost no oily flowers are seen in cooking on weekdays. Now the tea oil left at home is enough for the whole family to eat for more than a year. Let everyone have a good meal.

After the meal was full, the family tidied up a bit, then turned off the lights and rested, lay down in the fluffy quilt, and slept warmly to relieve the fatigue of many days.

Although the wind and snow were blowing outside, Zhang's family still had a good night's sleep and got a good night's sleep. They all got up late the next day, but before the wind and snow stopped, there was nothing important at home, so it would be okay to relax.

Although there is no more important work, but as the end of the year is approaching, there are always some things to be busy, because after the weather is fine, you have to go to the market to sell fried tofu. Zhou took advantage of these few days to clean up in advance The house, dusted all the houses, while Zhang Liangen put on a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, and dug a cellar in the backyard, preparing to store the excess ghost ginger cellar and take it out in the next spring.

It took two days to dust off everything inside and out, and tidy it up. On the third day, Mrs. Zhou spent most of the day sitting on the kang, cutting window grilles with red paper. Followed by, learning in style, it seems that I have cut window grilles in my memory, so I learned very quickly, although I can't cut as many patterns as Zhou's, but the most basic ones are more than every year, the flowers are blooming and rich, Magpies climbing branches can be cut out.

Zhou and Zhang Yun cut window grilles on the kang for a long time, while Zhang Youqing and Zhang Liangen were away all day and were invited by Chang Silang to drink pig-killing soup. In the twelfth lunar month, butchers are invited to kill pigs, and the money is sold to make a good year. After slaughtering pigs, they are invited to drink slaughtered pig soup. Zhang's family didn't go out for two days, so Zhang Youqing and Zhang Liangen were also invited.

Zhang Cheng took Zhang Xing to the home of the Chang Blind Man in the village. He was not actually blind, but because he made a living by telling fortunes outside, he often pretended to be blind. The villagers made fun of him and gave him the name Chang Blind Man. However, he can be regarded as the only person in the village who can write, except for the village chief. Because of this, many people in the village ask him to write Spring Festival couplets every year. Ask him to write Spring Festival couplets.

Throughout the whole day, everyone had their own busy schedules. It was not until the evening that the people who went out returned home. Zhang Liangen was at Chang Silang's house and drank a little too much. Zhang Youqing and Chang Zhu helped him back home, and so did Zhang Youqing His face was flushed from drinking, although he was not very drunk, he was a little tipsy.

When Mrs. Zhou saw them walking back to the yard crookedly, she hurriedly greeted them, took over from Chang Zhu, and said with a smile: "Zhu Zi, thank you for sending me home, my aunt is just cooking dinner, why don't you stay?" Come down and eat."

"No auntie, the house is busy today, the guests are all gone, my mother will be able to clean up soon, I have to go back to help, I won't stay here today, come and taste auntie's handicraft next time." Often Zhu hurriedly refused, Zhou Shi was right after thinking about it, if Chang Silang would be too drunk to ask for a trip to kill pig soup, her mother might not be able to take care of her without Chang Zhu watching at home.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhou didn't stay any longer, and helped Zhang Liangen into the house, calling out: "Then Auntie won't keep you anymore, tell your mother for me, we will prepare fried rice cakes at home in two days, make them ready." I will send some to the past, so that she will not do it again this year."

"Hey, Auntie, I understand, then I'm leaving." Chang Zhu responded, swept the snow from the coir raincoat and bamboo hat, and turned around to leave the fenced yard.

After Chang Zhu left, Mrs. Zhou, together with Zhang Youqing, helped Zhang Liangen into the house and let him lie down on the kang. Shoes, undressing, after waiting for him to rest, the muttering gradually disappeared, and instead it was replaced by loud snoring.

Seeing that Zhang Liangen had nothing to rest, Mrs. Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Zhang Youqing out of the house, and took him back to her own room. Although Zhang Youqing looked more awake than his father, Mrs. Zhou could tell that he was actually a little drunk up.

After Mrs. Zhou pulled Zhang Youqing into the house, she forced him to sit on the kang, took the wooden basin for washing his face, went to the kitchen to scoop up hot water, took it back to the room and soaked a cloth towel, and wiped his face and hands. Busy, he began to mutter, "Father, why don't you care about it, seeing how drunk you are, you are not much better, you are so grown up, you don't know what to do."

After Zhang Youqing got home and sat on the kang, he felt relieved, and the alcohol became even more intense. He squinted his eyes slightly, his head was a little crooked, and he laughed, "Mother, I'm so happy, our family can finally live together." Let's have a decent life, I have suffered for you for so many years."

Mrs. Zhou paused on the back of Zhang Youqing's hand, looked up at his face, and saw that his eyes seemed to be closed or opened, and he couldn't tell if he was awake. Whether what he said was clear in his head, but these words still made him feel uncomfortable. Her eyes were sore for a while, she blinked her eyes vigorously, she felt a little laughing at herself, and she was no longer a little girl, why would she want to wipe her tears after hearing a sentence or a half, so she couldn't help but chuckled softly, saying: "Okay , We have both lived most of our lives, what are you talking about, let's wipe our faces and rest for a while."

Zhang Youqing was already drowsy at this meeting, so he had to hold Zhou's hand instinctively, and murmured: "It's all because of my incompetence. I have suffered from you for so many years, and the days to come will be better, it will be better..." Said that the back was blurred, and his head slowly fell back, directly on the kang.

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly helped take off his shoes and clothes, straightened his body so that he could sleep more comfortably, then covered the quilt and tucked his back corners. After everything was done, Mrs. Zhou stood by the kang and looked at him. After a while, he also murmured, "Yes, it will be fine in the future."

After Zhang Liangen and Zhang Youqing fell asleep, they slept until the early morning of the next day. When the two woke up, they looked refreshed and didn't have any hangover discomfort, so Zhou felt relieved.

This snow fell from time to time for four days. After a while on the fourth day, it gradually stopped, and the wind did not blow so hard. Zhang Yun saw that the snow had stopped, and he should be able to go to the market tomorrow. When it was time to go to the market, I thought about the moldy pot of stinky tofu, thinking that if the mold was cured, I could fry it up and sell it tomorrow, so I hurried into the kitchen, went to the back of the stove, took out the wooden basin, and gently opened it. corner.

(End of this chapter)