The Road to the Rebirth of the Goddess

Chapter 11

The stove in the kitchen is all ready-made, but the original owner thought it was unlucky to throw away all the kitchen utensils, bowls and chopsticks. Mulan went to the market to buy pots, pans and ladles, and bought two big elbows and two catties Soybean, go back home and stew a big pot. The whole family and the workers ate a full meal together, and then they took their parents and younger sister back to the village.

Muma was a little restless along the way, and she finally endured it and returned home, and asked Mulan quietly, "Lan, where did you get so much money to buy a house in the county?"

"Mom, I didn't tell the truth. The last time I went to the county town to sell the things I dug up, I didn't sell them for 20, but [-]."

Mu Ma was startled: "What kind of treasure is that, so valuable?"

"I can't tell. Anyway, no matter what, I sold it. I divided the 20 to Brother Dazhu for 14, and left [-] to buy things. There is still [-]. Now I spend another [-] to buy a house." , It will cost about [-] yuan to repair and buy some furniture, and there are [-] yuan left."

Mu Ma digested it for a while, and accepted the reality that her family suddenly became rich. The first time Mulan took money from her family, she was hit hard. With a start, it will be much easier to accept in the future. This child Even dare to buy a house, what else can't be done?
Now that the house is settled, the next step is to make tofu sales. Mu Ma found out all the household items for making tofu, scrubbed them carefully, and put them in the yard to dry. She couldn't stop for a moment. I have to go to the village to harvest soybeans. The soybeans that my family planted last year were not many. If we don’t collect more soybeans, it won’t be enough to make tofu for a few days.

Mulan also went out, and as expected, as soon as Muma came in, she started chatting with others. The first thing she talked about was of course Mulan's admission to a famous university in G City.

"Aunt Ying, what are you doing collecting so many soybeans?"

"Hey, make tofu."

"Make tofu? I remember that you also planted a lot of soybeans in your field. Why, there's not enough to make?"

"No, my daughter said, let me make tofu and sell it in the county."

"It's what Alan said. This girl is quite thoughtful. The tofu in this village is really easy to sell in the county. It's hard enough to pick out such a long way every day."

"No, no, we don't do it in the village anymore, we go to the county and sell it directly."

"Oh, you rented a house in the county to sell tofu. The rent is not cheap, can you make money?"

"Hey!" Mu Ma was a little embarrassed, but she couldn't hide her pride, "I didn't rent it, I bought it."

The neighbor's mouth was wide open, and he almost forgot to close it. If you want to talk about poverty, in the whole village of Canglong'ao, no one dares to recognize the Mulan family as the second. Li Guozhu's family has a heavy burden. Anyway, There is also a strong labor force, and there are fewer people eating at home, so the conditions are a little bit better in comparison.

"You, you, you bought a house in the county, the county?" The neighbors were so surprised that they stuttered.

"It's all borrowing money from relatives. There is no way. I will pay back slowly after saving money for making tofu! The house at home is about to collapse, and I don't have the money to build a new house. At least I can sell some tofu in the county. , is better than digging in the soil at home." Mulan hurriedly answered.

"Oh, I borrowed it!" The neighbors felt a little more balanced, "That's because you have the guts to break in. If it were me, I wouldn't have the guts to owe this debt."

"It's not forced. If our sisters can make money like your brother Dayong, my parents can just grow a few acres of land at home and live comfortably. Why do we still work like this when we are so old?" ?”

"Where can I make money? He said that he was working in the city. It would be good if he could earn enough to support himself. A while ago, he said that he had a girlfriend, and the money he spent was not a waste of time."

"You have to be able to earn money to be able to spend!"

"That's right. Come on, Aunt Ying, take the soybeans you want!"

Mulan rushed to take the woven bag containing soybeans and carried it on her shoulder: "Then thank you, auntie, let's go first!"

"Why do you say that our family borrowed the money to buy the house?" Mulan asked Mulan a little unhappy on the way home. Borrowing money is still a shameful thing in the eyes of the villagers, and it is not a last resort. I will not ask anyone to borrow money.Buying a house in the county is something to show off, but if you say you borrowed money to buy it, it becomes a swollen face to pretend to be a fat man. People don't say it, but they look down on it in their hearts.

"Everyone knows that our family is poor and empty, not to mention borrowing, where did the money come from?"

"Isn't it just digging things in the ground and selling them? It's nothing to be ashamed of." Two years ago, the old Zhutou dug an earthen pot in the ground and sold it for 2 yuan. The whole village didn't know how envious he was, saying It's because his old mother's cemetery was chosen well, and green smoke is rising from the grave!Why do you have to hide this matter from your own family, and you have to tell others so hard that you can't tell others?
"Of course you can't say it. If you want to say it, you will come to our family to borrow money. If you say no, can people believe it?"

"This……"

"Rather than making people bear grudges and offending others, it's better to save face. As long as we live well, we don't care what other people are talking about behind our backs?"

"Oh, my daughter is grown up and has her own opinions, so you can do whatever you want!"

"Mom, I'm really doing good for our family. After making money and living a better life, come back and see, who wouldn't envy us!"

"Yes, yes, what my daughter said is right." Although she was still a little unwilling, Mu Ma had to admit that Mulan's thinking was more reasonable.

Mulan was afraid that the night would be long and the dream would be too much, and she would slip up if she was not careful after a long time, so she decided to move to the county seat as soon as possible.Fortunately, the newly bought house was still very solid. It was just a little white ash on the walls and repairs to the broken doors and windows, but it was completely finished in two days, and it took another day to clean it inside and out. Clean, the whole house is decent.

Mulan hired a truck from the county to drive back to the village to move. She threw away some of the old things in the house that were too old to be noticed, and only moved some that were still usable. It's been a long time.

Mu's parents and mothers are people with traditional thinking. For such a big event as moving, if you have money or not, it is inevitable to invite the neighbors and folks to have a dinner. Moreover, there is a saying in the countryside that the more people come on the day of the occupation, the family will be happy. will be more prosperous.

Mu Ma discussed and discussed with Mu Pa, and finally decided to kill the pig that was about to be slaughtered at home. Anyway, there is no place to raise it in the county.

Mu Ma even considered that the house in the county town is small and it is inconvenient to kill pigs, and the county town uses gas, so it would be too expensive to cook meat, so she decided to kill the pigs early in the morning on the day she joined the group and stew them with firewood. After it is ready, it will be transported to the new home in the county to eat.

Mulan doesn't get involved in these matters, they can do whatever they like, as long as they are happy.

Just like that, Mu Ma was still nagging all day long, saying that the decision to move was too hasty, there was no time to tidy things up slowly, the crops in the field and the vegetables in the garden were not properly handled, so she just moved away, how many pity.

Mulan comforted her: "The furniture here is not moved out, and we need a place to stay when we go back to the village! Brother Dazhu will help us look after the crops in the field, so don't worry about it!" Mom just calmed down a bit.

Early in the morning on the day of the move, several young men invited by Mu’s father to help butcher the pigs came to the door. Those who boiled the water and those who caught the pigs caught the pigs. When I came back, the whole family was bustling, and the most excited one was Miss Mu, running back and forth, very happy.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, the truck that Mulan hired from the county town drove into the village, and two large pots of stewed pork with soybeans were prepared for entertaining the guests. drive away.

Please join us for a drink, relatives are of course indispensable, Mu Dad has no relatives here, his parents died early, only one elder brother went to other places to ask for a living in his early years, and he has not heard from him for many years.

On Mulan's side, there are many relatives. Mulan's grandmother gave birth to seven children, two of whom died young, and five of them were brought up. They were Mulan's two uncles, one aunt and the other. The uncle's family was an ordinary farmer. , and among the three sisters of Muma, she is the worst married, so she has always been the object of showing off to both the aunt and the aunt.

Almost every household in the village has sent representatives to drink. It can be seen that although the Mu family is poor, Mu's parents and Mu's mother are kind and friendly, and their popularity in the village is still good.The whole three-storey building was packed to the brim, with children screaming and running up and down, it was very lively.

In addition to the pork stewed in her hometown, Mulan also ordered a lot of meat dishes from the restaurant, and Mu Ma and her sisters kept cooking in the kitchen. If it's not enough, just let the drinkers serve on the table. Women and children each hold a big bowl, and eat from one end to the other, talking and laughing until the corners of their mouths are dripping.

Mulan hurriedly greeted the guests, and overheard her aunt saying to her folks: "My brother-in-law, who usually seems to be honest and has no skills, who knows that he is a silent rich man. Soon he also said that my daughter has no money to go to college, so I took out thousands of dollars from the bank to send Mulan's tuition fees, and he immediately said that he bought a house in the county."

(End of this chapter)