The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 51

"Why don't you light up the lights?" Seeing the darkness of the house from afar, he was the only one in this area, and there was no place to visit, so he suddenly wondered if Nuanbao was stuck outside and couldn't come back.

There are many gravels in the mountains and fields, and it is not uncommon for women to bump into them carelessly while walking.

Nuan Bao looked up and found that her neck was sore and limp. It turned out that she had been working for so long. "My eyes have been staring at the work in hand, and I have adapted to the gradually dimming light. I didn't realize that it was going to be dark."

"Then you stand still, I'll go to light the lamp first." After finishing speaking, he strode into the main room, took out the oil lamp and went to the kitchen to light a fire.

Nuan Bao felt his thoughtfulness, put down the things in his hand, and prepared to make dinner for him.

A few days later, after the first snowfall, snowflakes are falling one after another, and it will be too late if you don’t buy new year’s goods in the twelfth lunar month.

With the purchases of the married couple, the home will not be empty and poor, but the small things are still lacking. You need to buy an extra water tank, and you need to replenish the agricultural tools for cultivating the vegetable field. Much needed.

Fortunately, my family opened a grocery store, so I could go home and get what was missing. It was impossible to pay, so I had to buy more New Year gifts during the Spring Festival.

Nuan Bao silently memorized the items she needed, took the finished jigsaw puzzle and told Qin Chengyi to go back to her mother's house, and then went down the mountain.

Thinking about not having any children, she was too impatient, so she gave the jigsaw puzzles to Mantou in a funny way, and later made more for Mrs. Zhang's baby, and kept a pair for herself.

Looking around, Zhang Dedong didn't understand what use these pieces of wood could be used for, so he asked, "How do you do this?"

Nuan Bao hugged Mantou, let him sit on his lap, pointed to the toy and said, "You can make it into a house, a bunny, a puppy, whatever you want, as long as you think of it, you can make it out. After finishing speaking, he immediately assumed the shape of a small village house.

"Oh, it'd work. But I don't think I can think of it."

Zhong Caixin was also on the side, suddenly said: "This is similar to Jiulianhuan, it is all thought of with the brain."

"Well, it's just to make children think more and move more. If their brains turn quickly, they will become smarter. It's an educational toy."

Afterwards, she made a few more shapes, which were all common things at first glance. As long as you play a lot, you can think a lot.

Zhong Caixin's eyes are bright, rich people don't want their children to be smart, this little thing is easy to make, and the cost is not expensive, people with a middle-level living standard are definitely willing to spend this money to buy it.

"Since that's the case, how about we make a batch and sell them?"

Zhang De thinks this gadget is so simple, can others see it and make it by themselves, and buy it if it is used?

"Idiot, we are just making money for the first time and spending it. Do you still want to make money alone?"

"Auntie can sell it if she wants to. We don't want to make a lot of money. It's good for promotion. If the children play more, they won't be so naughty."

Zhong Caixin hadn't done anything for a long time, and it happened that this time she had the opportunity to make a big splash, and she had to put aside Rooting, who had never been away from her body, and the two discussed the issue of toys until evening.

"Okay, let Nuan girl go up the mountain before dark, you see, even Brother Yi has come down the mountain to look for it." Zhang De said.

Qin Chengyi was very embarrassed when he heard this, as if he was a resentful man from a deep boudoir, he couldn't wait for his wife, so he had to set out to find her.Hastily found an excuse: "I heard that there are some things missing at home, I'm afraid it will be too heavy for Xiao Nuan to bear the burden."

Nuan Bao forgot the original intention of coming here, and hurriedly asked: "The shop is still open until 28 and closes? If there is not enough stock, I will go to the market with him tomorrow, and I won't take it here."

"If you don't want your own things, you can buy them from other places. You don't need to buy them for the New Year. My elder brother will send them over. He will buy them at the commercial store and share them with us. Good price and low price.”

Qin Chengyi came back from the military service and bought a horse, which is still being raised at home. He rides it around the mountains a few times a day, so as not to waste it. "It's better for me to drive to get it, and avoid sending it here. Before the Spring Festival, the Chamber of Commerce must be very busy, and it's really troublesome to worry about these small things."

Zhang De thinks what he said is right. His uncle is the source of the goods for his family’s business. Now it’s not right that even the New Year’s goods are troublesome to others, "You don’t need to go, let’s go together. I’ve seen Brother Zhong, let’s go visit together.”

"Well, the last time we met was when Nuan Bao got married. It was too busy that day, and the relatives hadn't been recognized yet. Besides, my mother also wanted us to go play. She really likes Xiao Nuan and Xiao Fu."

It is agreed to leave tomorrow, and the journey is far away, and it will take a day to go back and forth. We tentatively plan to live there for a day and come back the next day.

Nuan Bao hasn't come to the border city for two years, and now she is no longer a woman with her hair in a bun when she was studying and shopping recklessly.Xiaofu was worried about finding the female students from the former academy, and Nuanbao also planned to meet Lin Youran after getting married. Except for this time, there will be no possibility of coming here in the future.

Lin Youran got married a year earlier than her, to Chen Qun, a son of a wealthy family who was also a merchant.Now that we haven't seen each other for two years, I don't know how she is doing, so Zhong Caixin sent her a servant to Chen's house to deliver the post.

There was a response to the post soon, and Lin Youran asked her to go to the mansion to make tea tomorrow.

Nuan Bao looked at the post and sniggered, that little girl didn't like admiring flowers and drinking tea the most, they were all ordinary people and didn't understand the beauty of flowers and tea.It's hard for her to remember that spring and summer's replies are all about viewing flowers, and autumn and winter are about making tea.

On the second day, Qin Chengyi and Zhang De ordered goods together, and took advantage of the New Year's Eve to sell another batch of goods to go back to sell, and to see if there were any New Year's goods missing, and then to make up.

Nuan Bao and Qin Chengyi bid farewell, and boarded the car to Chen's Mansion.

The Chen Mansion is located in the east of the city, which is where wealthy businessmen and their family members gather. Many of these wealthy businessmen made their fortunes from border trade, and they seem to spend money like water just to earn face. They are really prosperous all the way.

The coachman handed over the invitation to the boy guarding the gate. After the announcement, Nuan Bao got off the car, followed the maid who led the way to Huiyuan where Lin Youran was.Nuan Bao didn't think there was anything wrong with living in the countryside and was always loose, but the little maid who led the way was quite resentful.

She is the second-class maid of Huiyuan. She used to do needlework in the side room. When she heard that the second young lady's friend was coming, she came out to greet her with the idea of ​​rewarding her. But she didn't know that the lady got off the carriage without the help of a maid, and she was dressed in ordinary clothes. It was as if a poor relative came here to enjoy the glory. This time, it was really a waste of her rushing out, and she would definitely be laughed at by others when she went back.

Nuan Bao disdains to be scheming, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how to read people's eyes, and being looked down upon by others, it's not that he feels uncomfortable in his heart, but he is somewhat depressed. He is used to living in a farm house, and casual clothes make You Ran ugly up.

Lin Youran stood alone in front of the hanging flower door, accompanied by two big maids, Pingyi and Huayi, both of whom were dowry maids. Nuan Bao often saw her when she and Lin Youran went to school together.

"Nuan Nuan, you are here!"

The little maid who led the way bestowed a blessing on her, and slowly backed away, only then did Nuan Bao reveal her figure from behind, seeing the person in front of her with a double-ringed gold hairpin on her head, and wearing dark red and dark gold uniforms, she had the standard image of a wealthy lady.

"Youran" Nuan Bao stretched out his hands and held her palms tightly.

"I saw the post yesterday and was very excited all night. I didn't expect it to be you. I'm so happy!" Entering through the hanging flower door, you can cross the threshold in a few steps and you will be in the living room.

"I just arrived at my aunt's house yesterday. I thought of you and hurriedly handed over the post. I'm going back to Ning County in the afternoon."

Lin Youran waved to the maid to bring refreshments, and then retreated.

"Why are you in such a hurry, why don't you stay a few more days? By the way, are you married?" She was startled by her woman's bun, and pointed her finger in amazement.

Nuan Bao smiled, "Yes, I just got married not long ago."

"That's right, it's your brother Cheng Yi?" Counting the time, it's been five years.

"Yeah, he's back and he's getting older, so..."

Lin Youran glanced at her enviously, and then became annoyed: "If you don't notify me of your marriage, I'll treat you as a good sister in vain."

"Isn't that a long distance, and you've also left the cabinet, so it's inconvenient to think about it, so I didn't tell you that you're not used to drinking in the countryside."

"Okay, you actually despise me. Am I that kind of person? In fact, I really envy you." How can a rich life be so easy to enjoy, as much as you get, you have to give as much as you want, always like this.

Nuan Bao hesitated for a moment, and asked cautiously: "I just saw Ping Yi combing a woman's bun..."

Lin Youran smiled wryly, "I gave her a face when she was pregnant."

Nuan Bao shook her hand, unable to say comforting words, but changed the subject: "You gave birth to a baby? Hurry up and take a look."

When mentioning the child, Lin Youran's voice became louder, and she said happily, "Hurry up and bring Brother Qin out." Then he said, "You just turned one year old, you don't know that he is a troublemaker."

Nuan Bao looked at the chubby doll and couldn't help teasing it.

"Look at your happy face, let's die!"

"Okay, make fun of me, and watch me ignore you." Nuan Bao left her aside, babbling at the baby.

"Nuannuan..." Lin Youran said in a low voice, "Do you know what your aunt's elder brother is in charge of?"

She has lived in the Zhong Mansion for three years and has never paid attention to the business of the Zhong family, so what she knows is only superficial, "I only know that it is in the Chamber of Commerce, what's the matter?"

"I..." It's really hard to say it, but it's related to her husband's future, Lin Youran still said: "My husband wants to talk to Guanshi Zhong, but..."

Nuan Bao felt that this matter must be difficult, otherwise the Chen family is also a big business, so there is no need to find themselves, "I don't know much about business, how can I help you?"

"That is, the right to distribute the batch of goods is in the hands of the steward of the Chamber of Commerce. Our Chen family also has a share, but it is relatively small. I think, I want to ask you to help me, see if I can..."

But as soon as I heard about this matter, I knew that I was completely incapable of helping. I was not my aunt's niece, and my aunt was also a married woman. How could I tell the eldest brother of the Zhong family what to do.

"You Ran, this is really impossible. You also know my situation, so I can't help you."

Lin Youran was a little anxious, and said quickly: "But my husband needs this batch of goods very much. Xianggong is ranked second, and his elder brother is pressing him. He can only manage a few shops. If we receive the goods this time, we will Father-in-law will definitely look at Xianggong with admiration when he finds out, and then we will be able to benefit from each other with Zhongfu."

It turned out to be a dispute within the family, and it was even more inappropriate to get involved. Although she was friends with You Ran, it was obviously not something she could promise, and she couldn't guarantee anything.

"Xiaoyou, I can only talk to my aunt about the situation. As for cooperation, there is really nothing I can do."

Hearing this, Lin Youran continued to talk about the benefits of the cooperation between the two companies, and how Zhong Fu could get kickbacks from it. Nuan Bao listened silently without saying a word, and the scene was a bit awkward in the end.

She knew that the best way was to promise to help on the surface, and talk to her aunt about the matter behind her back, but she couldn't make such a move, not only because she regarded You Ran as a friend, but more importantly, she didn't want to become such a realistic philistine.

The innocent and lovely little sisters in the past have changed, the environment makes people, who can remain innocent after marriage.

The two chatted for a while, Nuan Bao was in a hurry to go home, and Lin Youran probably waited anxiously for Nuan Bao to go back and talk, and then sent her out after holding her back for a while.

After returning to Zhongfu for dinner and counting the necessities for the New Year, everyone boarded the carriage and went home.Nuan Bao has never been so eager to go back. Driving out of the border town, the endless mountains outside the window are dark and yellow, but they also look amiable. She probably only likes to stay in the mountains and grow old with Qin Chengyi all her life.

The carriage stopped at Zhang's small courtyard, and a batch of goods was removed first, and the rest were left in the carriage to be pulled into the mountain later.

Zhong Caixin pulled Nuan Bao over to sit on the kang, and said joyfully, "I showed the jigsaw puzzles you made to my elder brother. We are planning to make a large batch and put them on the market. With the logo of the chamber of commerce, we are not afraid that no one will buy them, let alone be sold by others." Counterfeit, unless he doesn't want to hang out in the Northwest."

Nuan Bao thought it was a joke, but he didn't expect the chamber of commerce to take a fancy to it, so he quickly asked what was the matter.

"My brother said, this thing is simple, but it is profitable to sell it through the chamber of commerce. However, the chamber of commerce is willing to sell it for us, and we have to lose some. I will give you a buyout money, but we can sell it ourselves if we want. You can also stamp the logo of the chamber of commerce for us."

"Then the buyout money is very little?"

"Yes, there is not much money, because it is too simple. If we do it ourselves, it will probably be imitated by others in a few days. This is not worth the loss."

She didn't care about the amount of money in the first place, but now that the Chamber of Commerce is behind her, it is a good thing that the counterfeit products are cut off.

"That's how it is. Anyway, we can make some by ourselves and sell them in the grocery store. It's good to supplement the family."

"You have to draw some schematic diagrams and give them to me. This is the most important thing about the whole thing, otherwise others won't know how to play it if they haven't seen it."

That's right, this thing is like a jigsaw puzzle. Originally, a picture is very common, but it is very interesting after being disassembled. This thing really has different opinions.

"It will be Laba in a few days. You should sort it out before then. On the day of Laba, my brother will deliver Laba porridge, so I will pick it up along the way. The buyout money is ten taels, and I will give it to you when I sign the contract on that day."

Qin Chengyi packed up the New Year's goods for home outside, and Nuan Bao stepped out to go home with him after chatting.

When the two were lying on the bed at night, Nuan Bao mentioned this to him, and said with a cheerful smile, "I'm a little rich woman, ten taels of silver."

Qin Chengyi flicked her head, teasingly said: "Don't tell me you don't have money for your husband to let your wife do you? It's worth being so happy."

Nuan Bao remembered that her aunt had said that she wanted to control the family's small treasury, so she quickly asked, "What about the husband's money?"

Qin Chengyi put on his clothes and got out of bed, looked in the closet, took out a wooden box and showed it to her, "Here, all the belongings are here, and the lady will keep them from now on."

Nuan Bao smiled and opened it. The wooden box was quite deep. She stretched out her hand and grabbed it. It wasn't broken silver. Looking at the moonlight shining through the window lattice, it turned out to be a 50 tael silver ticket!
Good guy, I found out that there are still three and four silver bills totaling 200 taels. It turns out that she, Zhang Nuanbao, married a wealthy generation.

(End of this chapter)