Co-wife

The shop is short of manpower, and it is too busy to make tofu these days. The glutinous rice and rice bought are soaked, and after soaking, they are used to grind them.

When it was the first day to go to Taohuayuan, the carriage hired by the shopkeeper came to the shop early to call them.

"Shopkeeper, I'm going to trouble you!" Chen Chunhua and the third child loaded the carriage with things, and the shopkeeper looked at it and quickly helped, saying. "It's nothing troublesome. If it's troublesome, I would like to thank you. Those glutinous rice spareribs that you made, the business is good these days, and there are many people who eat them!"

Chen Chunhua laughed after hearing this. "It's not all due to me, it must be the shopkeeper. This is a time-honored brand. How can it be pulled by just a few dishes!"

The shopkeeper just smiled and didn't talk anymore.Those who do business naturally understand the way here. If the owner of this tofu shop also opens a restaurant, it will be hard to say!

She often thinks this way, but things don't happen like this. Chen Chunhua has never considered opening a restaurant. First, the money is not enough. Second, opening a restaurant is really tiring, and she doesn't like it!

The three got into the carriage, sitting in the carriage looked a little small, Qiu Ju opened the curtains of the carriage, looked outside and said. "This carriage is really good, it's much faster than an ox cart!" It was rare for Qiu Ju to take a carriage ride, and the first time she took a carriage ride, she followed Er Zhu to pick up her busy work before hiring her.

"That's natural. Although horses and cows are both animals, their functions are not in the same place!" Chen Chunhua recalled the ox cart, and couldn't help but sigh. In modern times, cows are used to cultivate land, and as society discovered.Gradually, cattle are no longer needed in arable land, and the cattle have become a delicacy on the table.

"Oh? I don't know why the girl said this?" The shopkeeper couldn't help but look at Chen Chunhua after hearing this, and really wanted to hear what she had to say.

Chen Chunhua shook his head with a smile and said. "What can I say, isn't this just looking at the big body of the cow and the strong body of the horse!" You can't bring out the modern way, right?Speaking of the cow, Chen Chunhua suddenly thought of the rice. "Why don't we grow rice here?" Although this place belongs to the north.But it's not completely, and it's not dry, even if it's cold, it's almost the same as her hometown. I really don't know this.

"Sister-in-law, why are you asking this?" Qiu Ju heard what Chen Chunhua said.laughed. "This is a boring talk. Why don't we grow rice? The harvest of this rice is not good for us. My natal family planted it for a year, and the harvest per mu of land was less than [-] catties, or it was planted for several mu. Potatoes and melons. There was not enough food that year!"

Less than two hundred catties per mu is indeed too little. I remember the rice harvested in my grandfather's field.A good one mu of land can weigh a thousand catties, and a poor one can cost hundreds of catties. Of course, the difference lies in the fertilizer.

"Pay the grain? Why didn't I know that I still have to pay the grain?" The original owner didn't have the memory of paying the grain, but I heard it once today.

The third child looked at his wife and said. "We paid the food before the autumn harvest last year, and you didn't come here at that time, and you paid [-] catties of corn!"

"Three hundred catties?"

"That's okay. In the past two years, the rations were calculated according to the population of each household, and one person counted as one hundred catties. If there are many people in this house, it will be a big loss. If there is a drought , God doesn’t rain, I can’t eat enough for myself, where is there food to pay for!”

Chen Chunhua didn't make a sound after hearing this. There are still many things she doesn't understand, but this kind of rice should be tried. Plowing, sowing, transplanting and harvesting are all things she knows and can do when she was young. She still remembers when she was a child The first time she went to the fields was when she was seven years old. When Sister Chen went back to her grandfather’s house for spring work, she was called to pull the seedlings. At first, she thought it was strange and fun, but when she grew up, she never wanted to work in the fields.

It was fast to take a carriage to the county seat, and entered the city in more than half an hour. She saw two big characters written on the gate of the city, but she didn't recognize it. "Shopkeeper, I don't know the word, what is it called?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the city gate and said. "Written on the gate of the city is the word common people, and our county is also called the common people city!"

"People's City?" Chen Chunhua was a little confused.

"There are hundreds of surnames in our county. I heard that the city was not called the People's City in the previous generation. I forgot what it was called. It was changed later!"

"So it is!"

After the carriage entered the city, the shopkeeper said something to the driver, and after a while, the carriage stopped and said. "The groom will take you to Taohuayuan. I still have things to do. I know the owner of a shop in Taohuayuan. I have said hello to you beforehand. Just go!"

"Oh, thank you, shopkeeper!"

"You're welcome, hurry up and go, there aren't many people at the moment, it will be more lively tomorrow!"

This is the first time for Chen Chunhua to come to the county seat. This city is very different from the town. Seeing people coming and going on the street, there are many peddlers selling things. Qiu Ju sees one from time to time, so she pats Chen Chunhua and asks her to look.

"Sister-in-law, what is that? It looks delicious!" Qiu Ju stood up abruptly as she spoke, and hit her head on the roof of the carriage with a bang. Chen Chunhua pulled her to sit down and rubbed her She hit the painful place, said. "Qiu Ju, what are you doing, come out and have a good time after I finish my busy work over there!"

Tears welled up in Qiu Ju's painful eyes, she nodded with tears in her eyes, and grinned. "Sister-in-law, you are so kind!"

Chen Chunhua shook her head helplessly, she doesn't treat people nicely for no reason, you treat her the same as she treats you!

The shop the shopkeeper mentioned was a cloth shop. He got off the carriage and stood at the door to have a look. He saw a middle-aged man standing inside the shop. The man looked up and looked outside the shop. The account book in his hand came out and said. "Go into the shop and take a look. There are a lot of new products yesterday, and the prices are not expensive!"

"Hello shopkeeper, do you recognize the shopkeeper of Fengxiang Restaurant?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he said. "I recognize it. Are you the person he said, named...Chen Chunhua?"

"Yes, I am Chen Chunhua!"

"Oh, well, I heard a lot from the shopkeeper of Fengxiang Restaurant. I also cleaned up the yard behind my shop for you. Feel free to use the yard. If you need anything else, just tell me !"

Chen Chunhua nodded and said. "Thank you, shopkeeper!"

"Sure, then you all come with me!" After speaking, he led Chen Chunhua and Qiu Ju into the yard, the youngest moved the things from the carriage, and the groom drove away without saying anything.

The yard is not small, not much bigger than her shop.On the way here, the shopkeeper told her that it would cost one or two silver to rent this shop for three or four days, and she never thought that there would be free space for her to use.She is not the only peddler doing business in this Peach Blossom Garden, there are many people who want to rent land. She doesn't know if it is more expensive than this, but the shopkeeper won't be fooled by her anyway!

"Then I'll trouble you, I'll give you the money first. I'm afraid I'll forget it later!" Chen Chunhua said, taking out a tael of silver and handing it to the shopkeeper.

"Sure, then you can rest easy. The door over there can be opened. If you go out, go directly there. You will be on the street!" The shopkeeper took the money and went to the front shop to work.

Chen Chunhua looked at the three rooms one by one.road. "Qiu Ju, you can live on the other side. My third brother and I live in this one. What's in that small one!"

Qiu Ju said nothing, nodded, and entered the room with her belongings.

The third child also moved things in, said. "Daughter-in-law, do you have to get busy tonight?"

"Hey, don't panic, just put everything away. Go out and have a look later!" I saw a lot of food sellers on the street just now, what kind of pancakes.Baozi, biscuits and so on are so lively.

The shopkeeper said that you can't do business in this peach garden, if you are seen, you will definitely drive people away, this business is nothing more than taking advantage of the excitement, since everyone can't go there, there is nothing to eat , naturally came here.

She looked at the entrance of the fabric shop. The business in front of it was very good, and it was a place where people came and went.

It's past noon after all the work, and there is room to do the cooking, but I don't bother to do the work, said. "Let's go, let's go out for a stroll and buy something to fill our stomachs!"

As soon as these words came out, Qiu Ju was the happiest, and hurried into the room, took a face-washing handkerchief, wiped her face with moisture, and said. "while walking!"

Going out the back door is a street. After closing the door, I walked all the way forward. After walking for a while, I saw peddlers.

"Buns, freshly baked buns, two cents each!"

"The rouge that just arrived, girl, do you want a box? I see how many times you've been here. I'll give you a real price today..."

The three of them walked all the way, what Chen Chunhua paid most attention to was the asking price of the food, the buns in the town cost a penny each, here they cost two pennies, and some of them sold for three pennies after walking past for a while.

"Sister-in-law, look at this, it looks so good!" Qiu Ju walked to a small stall, touched the hanging handkerchief with her hand, and said. "Boss, how much is this?"

"Girl, you have a good eye. This is a new style, and it's made of silk. It's cheaper for you, fifty cents!"

When Qiu Ju heard this, she quickly let go and said. "It's too expensive. Last time I bought one, it cost only five cents!"

Hearing this, the peddler's expression immediately turned pale, and he said. "Girl, you don't sound good when you say that. You can compare goods. If you feel the material, you will know that it must be different. How can you compare!"

Chen Chunhua didn't know needlework, and looked at the pink handkerchief with peonies embroidered on it.

Qiu Ju was not very happy anymore, she pulled Chen Chunhua and walked forward, muttering. "What a piece of crap, it's so expensive!"

Chen Chunhua patted Qiu Ju's hand and said. "Speak softly, this person is in business, if you tell people that they hear it, maybe they can't say anything about you!"

Qiu Ju was taken aback, and turned to look at the stall selling handkerchiefs, only to see the angry face of the peddler, seeing this, she lowered her voice and said. "I won't say anything!"

Seeing her like this, Chen Chunhua smiled and said. "In front of this person, no matter how bad things are, you can't tell them in person. It's easy to annoy people. If things are bad, we just don't buy them!"

"Yes, sister-in-law is right!"

Afterwards, the three of them sat in front of a noodle stall, and each ordered a bowl of green onion noodles. The taste of these noodles was almost the same, and a bowl was just like that for five yuan. After eating the noodles, they walked around for a while and went back to the shop. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)