happy old days

Chapter 46

He is very thoughtful and sees a lot. Father Yang would sometimes tell Jinniang some things about Yang Zhenhai when he was a child. His eldest son has been smart since he was a child. Although he is a bit unscrupulous in doing things, he has never caused a major disaster.I have a bottom in my heart.And Yang Zhenhai who came back from the army is undoubtedly more mature, seeing and understanding more.

Jinniang likes him, or falls in love with him. She feels that with this man, all cover-ups are futile. Maybe she can be herself and be her true self. This man can understand her, or can tolerate her, and she trusts him.He is different.So Jinniang began to let go of herself. Those things in her previous life are gone, she won't bring them up, but she won't deliberately cover up her abilities, everything will be fine naturally.

They are the closest people.

Yang Zhenhai only came back at night, and brought back a couple and a child at the same time.But he didn't bring anyone here, and sent him directly to his original home.The main reason was that the child was still sick, and he was afraid of getting it on Jinniang.

"These two people were found by my brother-in-law." Yang Zhenhai said after taking a sip of tea.

"Brother-in-law is back?"

"Well, I'm back, nah... this bonus. I got a total of 690 taels, bear meat and bear's paw and bear bile. I bought 370 taels and got back 500 taels. The [-] taels were reinvested along with the capital. It's almost the end of the year. It’s festival, the price of the goods has been raised, and you can earn more.”

Jin Niang looked at the 300 taels of silver notes and a bag of 70 taels of silver nudes, and was a little dazed. Is this money so easy to earn?

"Hehe, I can't think of it. We only pay half of the profit, and those big merchants make more profits. When the goods arrive in the capital, the price will quadruple."

Jinniang took a deep breath, and put the banknotes in her purse.The silver is put in the box in the kang cabinet.She still has to hide the banknotes when she has time.But it can't be left outside.

"What's the matter with those two people?" No one has seen it yet, but only heard what Yang Zhenhai said.

"When I went to the county today, most of Ren Yazi's hands were little girls, or they made mistakes and were sold. There is no suitable one. The two men are called Zhao Tiezhu. They used to be ordinary farmers in the mountain village. They escaped famine five years ago. The man is quite capable, and the family also owns a few acres of land. It is thought that his boy was seriously ill in early autumn, and the family sold the land to treat him. They have no relatives here, and the child can be cured. The medicine is not cheap, so the child's illness will get better, but the family can't get rid of it, and even sold the house a few days ago. It's really desperate."

Yang Zhenhai took the meal that Jin Niang gave him, "I went to the backer market after I came back from the county to see if there were any apples left. It happened that my brother-in-law came back today. I just mentioned it, and he thought of this family. The two of them were 20 Two, although it's a bit expensive, I heard from my brother-in-law that these two couples are capable and honest, you should see if it's suitable and we'll sign it."

Jinniang listened, but no one saw it yet, but it would be better for such a family to know the basics. "Let's see and talk about it tomorrow."

The Zhao family couple came over the next day. Jin Niang looked at the two of them. Their clothes were worn out and thin, with patches on them, but they looked clean. When they entered the East Wing, they were a little restrained. After hearing Yang Zhenhai say that they were both He is only 24 or 30 years old, but he looks like he is [-] years old. His skin color is dark and his hands are rough. He looks like he has worked a lot.

Not bad for a first impression.The man Jinniang didn't care, that Zhao Tiezhu looked like a farmer, as long as he could do farm work, Yang Zhenhai could also reduce his burden next year.

For the woman, Jinniang felt that she needed to investigate, "You still have a child at home, and the Zhao family will stay." Jinniang thought about it, and first saw how the woman was doing, so she sent the man back.

"At noon today, you help me cook a meal first." Jinniang said to the Zhao family.

"Yes, ma'am." The Zhao family was a little shy, not even daring to lift their heads.

When it was time to cook at noon, Jin Niang looked at her and saw that the work was fairly quick and clean, but the dishes she made had less oil, less salt and less seasoning, and she didn't know how to cook, but this can be learned.Overall, she is satisfied, and she didn't intend to let her do it, so it's okay for the time being.

"Okay, that's it. Your child is not well yet, come back when the child recovers."

The face of the Zhao family was a little red, "Thank you, madam, my boy is almost healed, I can come here." The owner gave money, and he took the medicine yesterday, and he started to improve this morning. They were sincere in their hearts Thank you, the couple is just such a single seedling.

Jinniang "I'd better wait until the child is well before coming over."

"Thank you, madam." The woman knelt down and kowtowed to the master.

"Get up." Jin Niang was not used to this kind of etiquette.

Jinniang didn't want to use any combination of grace and power or any means to subdue the Zhao family. After thinking about it, she felt that she should now regard her as the nanny hired by her family.

The Zhao family’s child will recover in ten days, and the couple brought the child over to kowtow. Jinniang saw that it was an eight-year-old boy named Zhao Shichang, who was very similar to his father, but because of the illness, the child was sallow and emaciated. strong.He is taller than average children.

They signed a deed of living for ten years, and if they don't want to do it after ten years, they can leave.If the time is not up, you can redeem yourself with 20 taels.

Jinniang thought about it for a few days and set the rules. During the couple's work, they will pay [-] yuan a month. They will live in the old house and plant the land in the yard. menial work.The Zhao family helped Jinniang with housework and planting vegetables and flowers in the yard.

This is just a rough idea. Zhao's family has to learn a lot, things that need to be paid attention to when doing things on weekdays, hygiene conditions when cooking, house cleaning problems, what to do in what places, and how to do it.This is just rough, like cooking, and taking care of the baby in the future, Jinniang hasn't said anything yet.

After a period of contact, she found out that this Zhao family's, En, is now called Mrs. Hui.This sister-in-law Hui is not very smart, she is a bit naive. In fact, the couple and their children have this personality. She is not that smart, but one thing is particularly good, that is, even if she doesn't understand the things she taught her, she will carry them out very seriously. , is more obedient.I usually don't like to talk, and I'm not a chewer.

Jinniang thinks that she likes this person a little bit, it's better to be a sister and brother-in-law, knowing their thoughts, and introducing these two people.

"Sister Hui, come with me to see if the sauerkraut is ready." Jinniang suddenly wanted to eat dumplings stuffed with sauerkraut.

"Hey." Mrs. Hui hurriedly washed her hands and wiped them clean, and followed Jinniang to the warehouse. The couple have been here for a month, and she has adapted to the living habits of the master's house. If she can do it, even if she can't do it well, the wife will teach it again. She is very kind, and they really found a good family.

There are five rooms in the warehouse, three of which are separated, with food inside, and Jinniang’s dried goods and daily food outside, as well as a sauerkraut jar.

"Hey, I think it's almost there. You can remove the top stone and fish one out."

The two of them went back to the kitchen, Sister Hui washed the sauerkraut, Jin Niang tasted it, it was already sour and crunchy, better than in modern times.

"Try it, it's really good. Get another tree. There's still a lot of meat at home. Let's make dumplings today." She had thought about it for a long time.

Sister Hui chopped the stuffing for Jin Niang and the stuffing, and they made it together.When Mrs. Hui first came, she panicked while watching Niang Jin doing things, but now she is used to it.Just carefully protecting her for fear of any mistakes.

Jinniang is not a stingy person, she basically asks Mrs. Hui to bring back whatever they eat when they cook at home, unless there is not much food, otherwise she will not deduct anything from the food.It's just that the couple of the Zhao family are sorry and work very hard. Zhao Tiezhu doesn't have many things to do every day. It's not a busy time for farming. It doesn't take long to collect horse manure every day. It won't take long. Most of the cuts were sent here, and I only kept enough for my own use. Now there is no room for the woodshed on the other side of the pen, and the vegetable garden on the west side is piled up quite high.

"You go back, it will be cold in a while." When the dumplings came out of the pan, Jinniang asked Mrs. Hui to fill a bowl and take them home to eat.

"Oh, thank you ma'am." Sister Hui blushed a little, a little embarrassed.

"It's snowing outside again, don't come back later." Normally, Sister Hui would come back after dinner to clean up.

Sister Hui felt her face getting redder. Both of them are honest people. The master treats them too well, but they don't know what to do. Although her wife has a good temper, she doesn't like others to talk too much. I just wanted to do something for my wife, but I didn't listen to my wife, which made her angry.From then on, she knew that his wife didn't like people who talked and made their own way.She never did that again.

After meeting for a while, Jinniang was very satisfied with Mrs. Hui. The only pity was that the two of them didn't get along ideologically and had nothing in common. Otherwise, Yang Zhenhai was not around on weekdays, and it would be nice for her to have someone to talk with, but this Mrs. Hui was very obsequious. To be honest, but this is also good, at least rest assured.

"This dumpling tastes really good." Father Yang kept praising it while eating the dumpling, "Is this made from the sauerkraut you accumulated?"

"Well, that's right. It's ready to eat."

"It's not bad." Yang Zhenhai also nodded, his appetite has been spoiled by Jin Niang now.

"Steamed big bones with sauerkraut is also delicious. Next time, you can buy some big bone sticks or spare ribs and stew them in a big pot."

"No, it will be the twelfth lunar month in a few days. Tomorrow, we will kill the wild boars, and they will not grow any longer. It is useless to keep them." Father Yang has a deep resentment towards the three little wild boars, and he feeds them with good food every day. What grows is not as fast as domestic pigs.

"Father, the price of wild boar in restaurants in the county is probably much higher than that of domestic pigs."

"Tall is tall, and we are not short of the two dollars." Father Yang frowned and looked at Niang Jin, "You didn't see that your wife is not fat at all. Kill her and give it to Niang Jin, and make up for it." After finishing speaking, Yang Zhenhai gave Yang Zhenhai a blank look.

Yang Zhenhai chuckled, "Father said so."

As soon as Jinniang heard about it, "Father, I think one end is enough for us to eat."

The old man waved his hand, "It's okay, just leave it alone."

Seeing that he was so determined, Jinniang stopped talking. Pregnant women should not eat more of this wild animal. Although it is more nutritious, it is not good to supplement it.Just pay attention to yourself.

(End of this chapter)