Full of food and color

Chapter 135
At the end of the twelfth lunar month, Baozhu began to settle the income and share of this year. Fortunately, she kept the accounts very meticulously every day, and she also counted them at the end of each month.After a rough calculation, the numbers are all right. The newly paved kitchen is big, so Baozhu and my second uncle made a total calculation and bought all the oil, rice and coal for the first half of next year.

In this way, excluding the 40 taels of purchasing coal, rice and oil for half a year, from the opening of the new year to the closing of the twelfth lunar month, the shop made a total net profit of 50 taels this year.Subtracting Helan Ge's share of 15 taels, there is still 35 taels left.

Thinking about Tang Bao is also a down-to-earth person. He has been with the big guys for more than two years, works diligently, and has an old mother at home. Thinking of this, he took a piece or two from it and gave it to Tang Bao The year's money is scattered.

The second uncle and Zhaodi have been working hard for a year, she has seen it, and at the end of the year, the income is still surplus, so she decided not to treat them badly, knowing that the second uncle's honest nature will definitely not accept the money easily , So he privately gave Zhaodi four taels of silver, and gave his second uncle four taels of silver, but he really didn't accept it. Fortunately, he coaxed Zhaodi to accept four taels of silver in advance, and he felt at ease.

Brother Jide also got a small red envelope of one tael of silver, and because the third aunt contributed the most, not to mention worrying about the shop, she said that her grandma's family lived in the aunt's house for a year, which made her very embarrassed. She, but she didn't have much money on hand, and last year, her eldest brother was getting married and the family was in urgent need of money.This year I finally had spare money on hand, so I gave her five taels without hesitation, but she kept refusing to accept it, so Baozhu smiled and said that the second uncle accepted four taels, and she smiled when she heard it After receiving the money, he praised Baozhu for his filial piety.

Brother Liangdong was equally troublesome, trying to persuade him to take the money would take a lot of talking, Baozhu simply didn't bother to mention it, and just waited for her mother to give him the money in person in the first year of the year.

Strictly speaking, Baozhu is not a person who values ​​money, at least compared to family affection, she still chooses the latter.In a word, the relatives and friends around you who help you can’t treat them badly when they have a surplus. The purpose of earning money is for the big guys to live a good life. She was also happy.

If they were given too much money, they were determined not to take it, and if they were given too little money, they felt that it was not enough, and they felt uneasy.Therefore, the amount given this time, Baozhu also thought over and over again in his heart, not only let the uncles and aunts get a reward for one year, but also won't make them feel sorry for taking too much.

After graduation and returning to the house, Baozhu didn't go to talk to Wang about the problems encountered in the shop. She just smiled and talked about the harvest of this year, and Wang also laughed, saying that a year of hard work was not in vain. Can you have so much income in a year?
Baozhu laughed heartily and said that she would work harder in the future to try to earn more money.

Mrs. Wang touched her head, smiled and took her daughter's hand, "Mother saved all this money for you, and it will be my baby's dowry money in the future."

Baozhu nodded, and said: "If there is anything in the house that needs to be used, the mother can just use it."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "There are a lot of happy events in our house this year, and your elder brother got a new birth at the end of the year. In the next year, the imperial court will still give you four taels. We also earn some income from farming in our house. I don't need to eat and drink with your father and sister-in-law." How much will you go to?" Smiling and sighing, "In the past, your eldest brother spent a lot of money on studying, and there is nowhere to spend money in the future. After saving for a year or two, the money for the marriage of the second child is enough. I don’t want my baby’s dowry money.”

Baozhu snuggled into Wang's arms and blinked, "That mother is saving up, and when she saves more and more money, she will go to the county to buy a big house to live in!"

Wang smiled and scolded her, "How much money did you earn? You always think beautifully!" Thinking about the great changes in the life in the house over the years, she couldn't help sighing, "It's also thanks to my baby's ability, you Big brother can't count on it, mother and father will enjoy the blessing of my baby first!"

Runze came into the main room with a smile on his lips, "Who says parents can't count on you? I won't go to the province next year."

Baozhu raised her head and wondered, "Don't you want to study?"

Run Ze hummed, "Go to the county to find an errand in the first year of the year, and the school entrance examination will be postponed for a while."

Mrs. Wang smiled, "It's what your sister-in-law meant." She glanced at him again, "Father and mother also mean the same thing, not to mention those who are far away, and those who are near, and now they are married, and Linglong will have a baby in less than two years. Can you stay so far away all day long? Mother doesn’t expect you to be a high-ranking official. Even if you find an errand in the county, it’s decent. It’s time to earn some money to support your wife and children. Your father took two uncles with him when he was young. I’m off to work in the fields.” He babbled on about who in the village the boss helped his younger brother build a house, and whose wife helped take care of his younger brothers and sisters.

Linglong came in from the outside, glanced at Baozhu with a half-smile, "Baozhu, there is a boy looking for you outside."

Baozhu responded, got off her mother, and quickly ran outside, seeing Wei Sipei standing in the courtyard.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year, and his stature has grown a bit taller. Maybe he runs outside all day long, his original white skin has turned into a wheat color, and the cotton-padded clothes and trousers he wears in winter can't be seen at all. Bloated, the smile on his face was still warm, standing in the yard, his whole person was indescribably elegant and soft.

He waved to Baozhu, and smiled softly, "Baozhu, come here, I have something for you."

Just like when he was a child, if he hasn't seen her for a long time, he can always find her by the river in the field, take a few snacks, and wave to her to come to him.

The corners of Baozhu's eyes were astringent, how long has it been since he felt this way?It's kind of like going back to my childhood. At this moment, the longing in my heart for a year suddenly spread, my eyes turned red, I couldn't help running towards him, but when I came to him, I stopped my pace, pouted and looked at him hatefully: " I heard that you came on the opening day, but after that, you never visited me in the county!"

Wei Sipei took a step towards her, got a little closer, stretched out a hand, brushed her cheek lightly, brushed her cheek for a moment, and then withdrew his hand, "Baozhu has lost weight this year."

Baozhu pursed her lips and said angrily, "I haven't looked at me for a whole year, only now did I realize that I've lost weight?!"

He was silent for a long while, stretched out one hand to grab the pearl, put a pack of snacks in her hand, and smiled, "Peanut Kernel's."

Baozhu reluctantly took the snack, glanced at the main room, and subconsciously felt that it was extremely inappropriate for the two of them to stand in the yard talking, so she asked as she walked outside, "Did you receive my letter? Why didn't you reply to me?"

He smiled and kept up, but his right leg obviously couldn't keep up with the speed of his left leg, and it seemed extremely difficult to eat every meal. Seeing Baozhu frowned, he asked in surprise, "What's wrong with your leg?"

He smiled, paused for a moment, and took a breath, "I fell down a while ago, it's okay."

Was it because he was injured that he missed replying to her letter?
Baozhu sighed, and the sullen feeling in her heart disappeared immediately. She turned around and ran into the kitchen, pulled out a small bench, pointed at the stool and pouted, "Sit down and talk! What's wrong with your leg?"

He smiled, sat down obediently, and then roughly talked about his injury.

It turned out that it was snowing a few days ago, and the snow was thick on the mountain. When he went up the mountain alone, he fell from the cliff. Fortunately, the fall was not heavy, and he was rescued in time by the hunters around him. Fortunately, he only broke his ankle and was in the house. After raising it for a month, I can barely get down to walk around recently.

His tone was downplaying, but Baozhu knew that the situation at that time must be extremely bad. After thinking about it, she was afraid that he would run around in such a cold day and leave some sickness on his feet, so she hurriedly urged him to go back to the house, saying that it was cold outside, so he still After recovering, I will go to his house to talk to him again in the future.

Wei Sipei pursed his lips, and looked at her with full eyes, "Last year, we prepared a lot of your favorite snacks in the room, but they didn't wait for you to come."

Baozhu stuck out her tongue, "Last year, my father asked me to learn sewing at home." Then she said with a smile: "In a few days, ask my second elder brother to go play with you at your room!"

Wei Sipei nodded, stretched out one hand to stretch the stool and stood up slightly, Baozhu hurriedly supported his arm and walked out, sending him back to the house, just as he was walking back out of the door, he met Mrs. Wang holding a basket The egg went to the east, she yelled, and stood still, "When will Baozhu come back? Business is booming this year, right?"

Baozhu smiled, "I just came back to the house today, is my aunt's house safe this year? I haven't seen Elder Sister Erya for a long time."

Mrs. Wang slapped her thigh, smiled and shook her head, "Everything is fine in the house, but that stinky girl is not worrying. She plays with the girl of the Zhao family all day long. This year, she doesn't even do her embroidery well. , not as sensible as our Baozhu!"

Baozhu pursed her lips and smiled, "Auntie, don't talk about sister like that, my mother has been training me all day long to be bad at embroidery."

Mrs. Wang and Zhang laughed. After a while, she patted her, glanced at the gate of the Wei family, and raised her chin, "Are you looking for the Wei family boy?"

Baozhu hurriedly shook her head, and denied, "Come to deliver some things to Wei Bo." Then she said: "Now it's time to cook. Auntie, let's go, I'll go back to the house first."

Mrs. Wang Zhang nodded and sighed with a smile, "No wonder your mother loves you, you are so cute!"
As soon as she turned into the gate, she saw her mother standing in the yard with a sullen face. Baozhu smiled and took her arm, "Why is mother standing outside?"

Wang glanced at her, "I was going to look for you, why did you disappear in a blink of an eye?"

Baozhu sighed, and said dully: "Brother Sipei's foot is injured, he can't walk very well, I just helped him back to the house."

Wang's complexion softened a little, and he pulled her into the wing room, and said in a low voice, "This year, I'm one year older. From now on, I should avoid going out. There are a lot of gossips in our village." Sighed again, Discuss with my daughter: "What your father means is that your marriage was arranged early, and mother thought so too. Our two families know the whole story, but how do outsiders know? In a few years, there will be fewer people who come to inquire? Your aunt may be thinking about it when she finds out, ordering earlier will always put her at ease."

(End of this chapter)