Li Han’s Little Farmer’s Wife from the Mountains

Chapter 54 Ten taels of silver

Seeing that the husband and wife Shen were timid, the old woman Cui was so proud, she crossed the waist of the bucket, in an aggressive posture: “Don’t talk about the useless Regen Leng’er, or quickly put my fifty taels of silver with the interest of the seven years. Give it back to us, yes, and the gift money that our family honored your family all these years, all of which will be returned to us, or we will see you in the office and let the county grandfather comment on us, but no one has it? ”

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Finally, under the strong coercion of Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Cui, Uncle Shen and Aunt Shen had to compromise, and promised to return them a dowry gift of fifty taels of silver, and honor the seven-year interest and the seven-year festival for the five taels of silver. All the gift money of their old Shen family was refunded, and the total amount was ten taels of silver!

Aunt Shen has been saving for half of her life. Excluding the previous expenses for Shen Fucun to marry his wife, she now has a total of more than one or two of savings in her hand. , She was angrily, anxious and heart-ache, and she burst into tears without waiting for Mr. Zhang and Mrs. Cui to walk away…

Shen Ruolan heard the long-lost cry again, and this time it was not only Shen Ruomei who was crying. The main force seemed to be the aunt. While crying, the two of them cursed that the old Zhang family is not a person. As for how the old Zhang family is not a person, She didn’t hear it clearly, nor was she interested in knowing.

With this irritating cry, she must be unable to study. She found out the old quilted jacket and cotton trousers that she wore like a fishnet before. She picked up the thread and unwrapped it, ready to make a pair of cotton gloves. , A cotton hat and a cotton scarf.

The day after tomorrow, I’m going to the county seat. In this cold day, walking from Taohua Village to Nong’an County in a carriage without a shed, she can’t belch her anymore. She doesn’t want to suffer that foreign crime. Simply make a thick and thick cotton hat and cotton scarf, no matter how good it looks, at least it is not cold.

She just did it. She was holding scissors and needlework, cutting and sewing, and even the cotton wool, until it was dark and light.

The hat is made of the Lei Feng hat that northerners often wore in winter in China in the 70s and 80s. There are two big cotton ears covering your face. You can tie the two big cotton ears to the top of your head when it is hot, and you can put the cotton when it is cold. Put your ears down and cover your face. Although it is very unsightly, the effect of keeping warm is still very good.

The bib is an ordinary large cotton bib, which is stitched like a long-length face bag, but it is two-thirds narrower than the face bag. It is thick and ugly, but the warmth is definitely a drop.

The cotton gloves are made of only one thumb, and the four fingers are all wrapped in an oval shape. It is also known as the hand muff. She is afraid of freezing her hands. She deliberately dipped a lot of cotton inside, which was bulging. It was round and round, like two piglets.

A few things look very hot-eyed, but with them, at least the day after tomorrow will not be cold when entering the city, and this is the first time she does needlework, and she is already very satisfied with it.

After finishing the work, Shen Ruolan put away a few things and went to the kitchen to cook while humming a little song.

In the southern courtyard, Aunt Shen and Shen Ruomei cried and cursed for more than an hour. At last, I don’t know if they were crying dumb or tired. They finally stopped. Shen Ruolan breathed a sigh of relief, Emma, ​​I heard the noise all afternoon. The son is finally quiet, and the rice can be eaten well.

After dinner, she cleaned up the kitchen and was about to learn how to learn to learn how to make up the homework she had missed this afternoon. As soon as she took out the book, she suddenly heard a knock on the door outside the door.

Shen Ruolan was taken aback. Few people came to her house, and no one had ever come at such a late hour. She quickly put away her books and pens, picked up the self-defense stick she had prepared by her side, and walked to the door creptly. Son, snorted: “Who?”

“Miss Shen, it’s me, Zhang Eryong, have you slept yet?”

Outside, Zhang Eryong was cold and windy, standing in the moonlight, with a big baggage behind him.

Shen Ruolan was taken aback: “It’s so late? Why are you here?”

Zhang Eryong whispered: “I want to come and learn how to make spiced peanuts with you. I learned it today. I will go home tomorrow and make more. Houer will go to the county to sell with you. I wonder if Miss Shen is inconvenient now? ”

Convenient, why not?

Shen Ruolan was eager for someone to accompany her. Last time she met the bad guy and almost killed her. Now she still has a shadow in her heart. This time she could have an acquaintance go with her, she couldn’t ask for it!

“Wow!”

The door opened, and Shen Ruolan stood in the door and smiled: “Come in, it’s cold outside.” Seeing his shameless appearance, she teased: “You can run back and forth twice a day, it seems There is nothing wrong with this leg!”

Zhang Eryong scratched his head. I don’t know if Shen Ruolan is really joking with him or blames him for walking too much. I don’t know how to cherish myself, so he hesitated and said, “My leg was scabs and swelled two days ago. I don’t believe it. I’ll show you in a while.”

Shen Ruolan rolled her eyes, in the middle of the night, who wants to look at his thigh? Is it easy to be misunderstood?

“It’s because you know it yourself, why don’t I believe it?”

She opened the door a little wider to let him in.

Zhang Eryong stomped Xuemozi on his feet and followed her into the house. The room was warm and scented with a faint soap powder. As soon as he entered, he felt a rush of heat on his face, and the heat on his body The cold air was dispelled a lot.

“Sit down and rest first. I’ll go to the kitchen to boil some warm water for you and warm up your body.” Shen Ruolan put the candlestick on the Kang table and motioned him to sit on the edge of the Kang for a while.

Zhang Eryong said hurriedly: “Miss Shen, stop busy, just teach me directly, I learned it earlier, so you can rest earlier…”

Originally, he was embarrassed enough to run away to learn art at such a late hour. How could he be embarrassed to work hard to boil water for him?

However, before he finished speaking, Shen Ruolan had already entered the kitchen by herself, and did not answer his words at all. Then, the sound of scooping water, brushing pots, and breaking rice poles came from the kitchen. Zhang Eryong knew that dissuasion was ineffective, so she obediently. I shut my mouth and sat down on the edge of the kang properly.

Not quite, Shen Ruolan walked out with a bowl of steaming water, and handed it to him: “Hey, it must be frozen for such a long journey. Drink some hot water to drive away the cold.”

Zhang Eryong took the water bowl and glanced at her gratefully: “Thank you Miss Shen.”

Shen Ruolan smiled slightly and sat on the edge of the kang opposite him, “You’re welcome, it’s not worth anything. If you want to say thank you, I also want to thank you. Thank you for the hare and pheasant. I ate it. It’s delicious. !”

“Uh… if you like it, I will call you to eat…”

Seeing the smiling girl in the candlelight, Zhang Eryong blushed for some reason, and stammered.

Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he hurriedly removed the burden on his body and handed it to Shen Ruolan: “This is for you. I left in a hurry last night. I forgot to bring this to you. These are all mine. You picked it in the mountains, save it and eat it.”

Shen Ruolan took the baggage, and when she unwrapped it, she found a bunch of dried mushrooms, a pack of dried fungus and a pack of pine seeds, which she liked to eat. The mushrooms have stewed meat, and the fungus cold and stir-fried are delicious. As for the pine nuts, it is good to make spiced pine nuts or fry them like fried melon seeds.

“Haha, that’s great, it’s all I like, then I won’t be polite to you!”

“Uh, you are welcome, if you like it, I will often send it to you…”