A pot of sugar-roasted chestnuts is enough to make the children at home happy.
It was raining non-stop outside, and Mrs. Ye Dasao and Mrs. Ye Sansao had nothing to do, so they gathered in Mrs. Ye Ersao's room, chatting and helping her sort out silk threads and other things.
Sister Ye said, "My cousin said yesterday that she had found a job for me to prepare a homecoming banquet for someone else's family. I can't handle it alone. Would you two like to help out?"
"The host wants to prepare five tables of banquets and give a total of one tael of silver.
"If you two are willing to go, how about I give you a hundred coins each?"
This number is the result of a discussion between Mrs. Ye and Boss Ye.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for women in the village to find work. In the city, they can at least help people wash clothes or something, and it is good to earn forty or fifty cents a day.
Following Mrs. Ye to prepare the banquet only took a whole morning, and they also provided a meal at noon. A hundred coins was already a lot for her.
Although she knew what was going on, Mrs. Ye was still a little worried, fearing that Mrs. Ye Er and Mrs. Ye San would think it was too little or feel unbalanced.
Before Second Sister-in-law Ye could say anything, Third Sister-in-law Ye immediately said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go."
Mrs. Ye San knew it well. She knew that compared with her two sisters-in-law, she was the least capable and had nothing to show for it.
She was previously worried about how to make money, but now that the opportunity is right in front of her, there is no reason for her not to accept it.
The most important thing is that she has a positive attitude. She doesn't make any money staying at home for a day, so it's good to go out and do something to earn some money.
Besides, the most she could do was to help Sister Ye wash and cut vegetables, and she couldn't do anything else. The hundred cents was for Sister Ye to take care of herself.
Mrs. Ye was a little hesitant, not because she thought the money was too little, but because she was afraid that she would not have enough time.
"When will the banquet be held? If the dress is ready by then, I'll go and help. If it's not ready yet, I'm afraid I won't be able to go."
"Of course, making clothes for the Qin family is more important." Sister Ye said, turning her head to look at the incessant rain outside. "I don't know how long this rain will last. If it keeps raining like this, I'm afraid it won't be convenient for Madam Jiang to come over!"
No one expected that Mrs. Ye would actually say it.
Over the next few days, the rain outside was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, but it never stopped.
Each family could only spread the grain on the kang or on the ground in the house to dry or dry in the shade.
The crops in Widow Liu's family had completely fallen over and rotted in the fields. Some had already begun to sprout, and the peanuts had been soaked and moldy.
A year's hard work was ruined, and Widow Liu had to pay another thirty taels of silver to the Tian family. She fell ill all of a sudden and lay on the kang, unable to get up.
She couldn't understand why. She had already asked a diviner to perform a ritual, but it was Old Lady Ye who should be the unlucky one!
Didn’t Mrs. Ye fall ill before? How come nothing happened to her now?
Wang Dalong asked Doctor Gu to treat Widow Liu.
Widow Liu couldn't help but ask, "Doctor Gu, wasn't Old Madam Ye sick before? Did you cure her?"
Doctor Gu thought Widow Liu was doubting his medical skills, and immediately said, "Of course it was cured, and everything is fine now!
"When Mrs. Ye fell ill, although she looked very serious at the time, she got better after taking a dose of medicine.
"And her illness this time was actually a blessing in disguise."
"What?" Widow Liu's eyes widened when she heard this. "What do you mean by a blessing in disguise?"
"She had a chronic cough and her lungs were blocked. She had been traveling so much that the problem was stuck inside her body.
"This time it broke out all at once. Although it looks dangerous, it actually exposed many problems. I can take this opportunity to correct them.
"If you wait too long before the disease relapses, it might be even more serious."
Doctor Gu finished checking Widow Liu's pulse and said, "Your illness is probably caused by excessive anger.
"I'll prescribe a prescription for you. Try it for a few days to see the effect, but the most important thing is to relax.
"Don't dwell on what has already happened, or you'll be the one who suffers."
Doctor Gu thought that Widow Liu was worried about the affairs of the Tian family and the crops in the fields.
However, he didn't realize that his words that Old Lady Ye had turned a disaster into a blessing also deeply irritated Widow Liu.
After Doctor Gu left, Widow Liu was so angry that she slammed the edge of the kang and shouted, "Mother Chunhua, come here!"
Jiang quickly put down the clothes she was washing, wiped her hands and walked into the house and said, "Mom, what's wrong? Do you want some water or something?"
"Help me up." said Widow Liu.
Jiang didn't know what she was going to do, but she didn't dare to disobey her order. She went forward and helped her down with great effort.
"Help me up, I want to go to Mrs. Wang's house." Widow Liu gritted her teeth and said
"Ah?" Jiang thought she was going to the toilet and wanted to bring her a urinal.
The result is going to Wang Pozi's house?
"Mother, it's still raining outside. What do you want to see Mrs. Wang about? If you're not in a hurry, can you wait until the rain stops?"
"If I say you have to go, you have to go. Hurry up!" Widow Liu couldn't wait any longer and had to find Wang Po to question her.
I spent a full five hundred coins!
She performed rituals and offered sacrifices to the gods, but in the end, this is it?
Jiang had no choice but to hold the umbrella with one hand and support Widow Liu with the other as they walked out the door.
In order to prevent Widow Liu from getting wet, she could only use a very awkward posture, trying to hold the umbrella over Widow Liu's head, letting the rain continue to hit her back.
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