Chapter 181: The money jar was stolen by the thief Qian Guanzi called the damn pickpocket...
After Li Chunmiao went back and forth, Lin Shu had already started her lecture. Wang Yingen sat there in a serious manner, listening attentively.
Li Chunmiao went to find He Guixiang with a sewing basket, sat with her in the shade of the yard, and listened for a while.
Hey, what kind of story is Ah Shu telling? No wonder that boy listened so attentively.
After listening for a while, Li Chunmiao stopped listening and started busying herself with needlework. She didn't dare to talk to He Guixiang, for fear that her voice would disturb the people in the main room.
But she was a talkative person, and after holding it in for a while, she couldn't hold it in any more. She looked at the bright red cloth in He Guixiang's hand and said in a low voice, "Sister-in-law He, are you going to use this red cloth to make a wedding dress for Ah Shu? This material is really good, with fine linen and dyed red in a bright and even color. It must have cost several hundred coins to buy one piece. You are really generous to Ah Shu..."
Li Chunmiao was more talkative than Lin Zhaodi and was good at starting conversations. Soon, he and He Guixiang were chatting enthusiastically.
Red cloth is expensive, and He Guixiang bought the finest linen, so the price is naturally not cheap, but Ah Shu deserves better. Li Chunmiao talked to her about Ah Shu, and there was much more to talk about.
The two women chatted until half the class passed, and Lin Shu began teaching new characters. Since it was Wang Yingen's first time learning, she chose a few simple characters, such as "天啊王啊" (God, God ...
But how can one learn to read and write by just listening to stories without being able to recognize words?
Li Chunmiao's face immediately fell when he saw this.
Sure enough, this is her son.
Wang Yingen's shoulders were slumping, his back hunched, and compared to Lin Xiaopu, who was sitting upright next to him, he looked like a little bear. Li Chunmiao couldn't help but yell at him, "Wang Yingen, straighten your back!"
Wang Yingen shuddered, his movements quicker than his brain, and he jumped up from the bench and ran out, "Mother, writing is so boring, I don't want to learn anymore, I want to go out and play!"
Li Chunmiao was furious. "Wang Yingen, stop right there! If you dare to leave this door today, I will sever our mother-son relationship tomorrow!"
This was clearly not the first time Li Chunmiao had said this, and it had no deterrent effect at all. Wang Yingen even made a face at her, "Leluleluo, if you don't treat me as your mother, I'll ask Dad to find me a gentle stepmother!"
Li Chunmiao was so angry that his face turned black. "You little bastard, I think you're itching for trouble. I'm going to beat your ass!"
After a while, the mother and son ran away one after another.
Lin Shu watched the drama of "loving mother and filial son" and was stunned.
She knew that Wang Yingen was a naughty kid with a sharp tongue and deserved to be beaten, but she didn't expect that he would even scold his own mother.
Finding a stepmother for himself? He said this without fear of angering Aunt Li to death.
Lin Xiaopu was not surprised. "This kind of drama used to happen every now and then. Aunt Li couldn't be angry enough to die, and Wang Yingen couldn't be beaten to death."
Lin Shu was silent for a moment. "It's not easy for Aunt Li to raise this son. If Wang Yingen comes again tomorrow, I'll tell you the stories I told you before."
Lin Xiaopu understood immediately and said happily, "I know. It must be one of those stories about loving mothers and filial sons."
He Guixiang shook her head helplessly and laughed secretly: two mischievous ghosts.
However, compared with Wang Yingen, she felt that her own daughter was filial and sensible.
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Before He Guixiang prepared dinner, Lin Zhaodi came back after selling ice jelly. But this time she was not alone. There was a thin woman squeezed on the ox cart.
The woman was dressed very simply, in a coarse linen dress that was washed so white that it looked very smart. Although she tried her best to hide it, her joy could not be stopped from showing on her face.
"Ah Shu, this is the distant cousin I mentioned yesterday. She knew you were in charge of the ice jelly business, so she wanted to come over and get to know you."
The woman looked a little reserved. When she saw Lin Shu, a hint of surprise flashed across her eyes, as if she didn't expect that the hostess her cousin mentioned was so young and beautiful.
"What's your name, aunt?" Lin Shu asked, looking gentle and amiable.
The woman's nervousness subsided a little, and she said hurriedly, "My name is Huang Dahua, and you can just call me Miss Huang."
"That's Aunt Huang. Aunt Huang, you don't have to call me the boss. I'm just tinkering with some small business. You can just follow Aunt Lin in the future. Our ice jelly business will last until at least the end of August if nothing goes wrong. Also, your wages will be paid by Aunt Lin, so just listen to her in everything." Lin Shu said with a smile.
"Oh, okay, Zhaodi said the same thing, but since you are the boss, I still came over to let you take a look." After recognizing the face, Mrs. Huang did not stay long. She informed him and left.
He did not leave immediately, but went to Lin Zhaodi's house. He first diligently unloaded the tables and chairs, put everything in order, and then cleaned the ceramic pots on the stove and other items. In this way, when Lin Zhaodi came back, he could directly cook porridge for dinner.
She was not very familiar with Lin Zhaodi, otherwise she would have helped her cousin wash rice and cook.
After waiting for a while, Lin Zhaodi came back with the money jar.
Seeing her clearing away all the debris in the courtyard, washing the pottery pots, and wiping the stove, Lin Zhaodi felt a little helpless, but she also understood her. Without saying much, she directly counted out forty copper coins from the money jar, strung them together with a rope, and gave them to her. "Cousin, here are the forty coins for today. Please count them."
She knew that her cousin was short of money, so she promised to pay her wages on a daily basis.
Huang Dahua said hurriedly: "No need to count, no need to count, it must be correct."
She took the forty coins Lin Zhaodi gave her with both hands, her nose sour, "Zhaodi, I really don't know how to thank you. I'm relatively stupid and can only do rough work. I didn't expect you to think of me..."
After being divorced by her husband's family, she returned to her parents' home with her daughter. Although her parents were willing to support her and her daughter, and her brother and sister-in-law didn't say much, she felt uneasy staying at home and eating for free. She also wanted to save some money for her daughter's dowry. When she married, she was looked down upon by her husband's family because she had no dowry, and she didn't want her daughter to follow in her footsteps.
But she didn't know what she could do. Washing clothes, cooking, feeding chickens and ducks took up most of her time every day. She finally found some time to make some palm-leaf fans and sold them in town, but she couldn't make a few copper coins in total.
Yesterday, when Lin Zhaodi asked an old man named Liao to bring a letter to her, she thought he was a liar. But he gave her three hundred coins and told her to go to the town early the next morning to rent a stall. He even told her the location of the stall clearly.
Huang Dahua agreed half-heartedly at the time, put the three hundred coins in his arms, did not sleep all night, and went to Jingxi Town early this morning, fearing that this matter could not be done well.
Then, things started to get magical.
She followed this distant cousin whom she hadn't seen for many years to sell ice jelly and do odd jobs like wiping tables and washing dishes. She helped collect money whenever she had the chance, and when she really had no time, her cousin collected the money herself. The two of them were busy without stopping. She had never seen any business so prosperous!
It's good to be busy. It would be good if the business is booming so that she can work with her cousin for a longer time.
She was not jealous of her cousin's high earnings. Although the money collected at the end of the day filled the money jar, most of it had to be given to the employer, and her cousin only got a small part of it.
Besides, the 40 coins her cousin gave her a day was really a lot. Forty coins a day, that’s more than a string of coins a month! If she could sell until August as the boss’s wife said, she could make more than three strings of coins!
Besides, she and her cousin had almost sold out by noon. If she hadn't wanted to come here to recognize the boss, she could have gone back after selling at noon.
Where can she find a job that can both make money and take care of the family?
How could Huang Dahua not be grateful!
Lin Zhaodi: "Why thank me? You did a great job, so I thought of you."
After exchanging pleasantries, Huang Dahua said goodbye and left. Her village was close to the town, so naturally it was far from Tianshui Village. If she delayed any longer, it would be dark by the time she got back.
Lin Zhaodi didn't keep her. After watching her leave, she hugged her money jar and smiled broadly.
Just now, she went to Lin Laoer's house and counted the money with Ah Shu and the others. Today, there are nearly 400 more coins than yesterday! And she got 500 coins!
Adding it together with yesterday’s, it’s only been two days, and it’s already almost the same!
This was something she would never have dared to dream of before!
Lin Zhaodi held the money jar and admired it for a long time, counting the copper coins inside again and again. Then she put the money away with a sense of dissatisfaction, and then she quickly lit a fire and cooked.
The rice jar at home was almost empty, so she would buy some rice tomorrow after selling the ice jelly.
After a few more days of selling, the money she borrowed will be repaid. However, she won't pay it back right away. If she does, others will guess how much money she makes from her ice jelly. After all, her ice jelly business is so big that everyone in the village knows she's going to town to sell food, but many don't know what she sells.
She would delay paying it back for a while, and then buy some candy or meat as a thank you.
Lin Zhaodi was very happy, and so was Lin Xiaopu. She did some calculations and became more and more excited.
"Where did you hide your money? Why can't I find it?" Lin Shu asked curiously.
Lin Xiaopu grinned foolishly, "If I hid the money, how could I let my sister find it easily? Then, my sister's money will be visible at a glance. If a thief comes to our house, the first thing he will steal is your money jar."
Lin Shu laughed: "What do you know? Haven't you heard that the most dangerous place is the safest place?"
He Guixiang overheard this and said, "Pooh, pooh, pooh! That's outrageous! Don't really attract the thieves!"
Lin Xiaopu stuck out his tongue and said, "Our house is guarded every day, and we have a strong man like Brother Aye at home. Who would dare to come to our house and steal things?"
However, some things really need to be said. Lin Shu did not suffer from a thief, but Lin Zhaodi encountered a thief.
The next day, when Lin Zhaodi came back from selling ice jelly, her eyes were red from crying, and Old Man Liao was cursing all the way.
"Ashu, I'm sorry for you. Your money jar was stolen by a damn pickpocket!" Lin Zhaodi's voice was filled with tears.
She had already cried and couldn't cry anymore, but when she thought about the money she had worked so hard to earn for most of the day being taken away by that rotten beast, she was still so angry that her internal organs ached.
There are many idlers and thieves in Jingxi Town. Before she started selling ice jelly, she was prepared to be targeted. She placed the money jar in front of her and stared at it almost without blinking, except when she was scooping ice jelly. Her cousin also kept a close eye on her.
The thieves didn't steal the ice jelly when I was selling it, but they took it away when I was packing up after selling it! !
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