Chapter 75 Chapter 75-Two-in-one aunt, I have to send her to the county...
Lin Chuntao stood by the stove and replied loudly, "Well, I went to buy some this morning when I had nothing to do. I bought three bags at my great-grandmother's house, and three bags at my third-grandmother's house."
"How much is one pound?"
"One cent is too much." Lin Chuntao said.
Pei Ying came out without changing her clothes. When she heard their conversation, she leaned over to take a look.
"So many, did they send them here?"
Lin Chuntao nodded, "Yes, they carried it for me."
During lunch, Lin Chunxing said to Lin Chuntao, "Sister, the mutton noodle shop is doing better business than before."
Lin Chuntao smiled, and before she could say anything, Lin Duoer said, "The shopkeeper also spoke to us when we got home."
"That's fine, did you guys reply?"
Lin Duoer nodded and said, "Yes."
"That's good. Harmony brings wealth. Even though we're both selling noodles, they've been doing it for years, and we're new here. We shouldn't easily make enemies."
Lin Chunxing looked at her and agreed.
After lunch, there was nothing to do, so Pei Ying went to wash clothes and insisted on asking her to go with him. Lin Chuntao had no choice but to put away her sisters' clothes and take them with her.
She didn't like washing and rinsing, so her clothes were sometimes washed by Pei Ying and sometimes by her sisters.
At this moment, she asked people to put away the clothes, and Lin Duo'er and the others stood beside her and laughed, looking silly.
There were only two sets of clothes, and she wanted to wash the new one.
The two of them went to the river to wash clothes together. The younger sisters were very discreet and did not approach them.
The two of them walked through the village to the river. On the way, they met some women from the village who were going with them. She called these people "auntie" or "auntie". When they saw her and Pei Ying together, they all started to tease them.
Lin Chuntao was too lazy to chat with them and just joked with them.
There were also many people squatting by the river washing clothes. Lin Chuntao followed Pei Ying to find a flat place farther away from everyone else, with clean stones to pile the clothes on.
When they reached the river, Pei Ying took her clothes and pants out of her basin.
Lin Chuntao sighed. Pei Ying washed her own body, and she also had to wash her sisters'.
Pei Ying brought dry soap pods to wash clothes. It took him a long time to rub them before a little foam appeared. In fact, the stains on clothes were mainly rubbed by hand. The stains on his sisters' clothes were mainly some dirt, which was relatively easy to wash clean.
After rubbing the soapberry, it needs to be washed twice again. The river water is flowing. There is a small beach in front of them. They can squat on the spot to wash, but it is not so convenient to rinse from the back.
Lin Chuntao took off her shoes and put them aside, rolled up her trouser legs and walked into the river barefoot.
In the sunlight, in the clear water, her feet looked very white. Lin Chuntao bent over and played for a long time before letting Pei Ying hand her clothes. She spread out the clothes, spread them on the running water and washed them. It was quite fun.
She was so busy that she played and washed clothes at the same time, and it took her more than an hour to finish.
When they were about to go back, Pei Yingcai suddenly asked her, "Well, how big do you want the inner room of the new house to be?"
Lin Chuntao couldn't say how big it was, so she just replied, "I want something more spacious."
Pei Ying actually wanted to ask how big the bed should be, but he couldn't bring himself to ask in broad daylight. Fortunately, Lin Chuntao immediately said, "It should at least be able to accommodate a bed that is over six feet wide and seven feet long."
Pei Ying was stunned when he heard her words, "We want something this big?"
Lin Chuntao's eyes rolled around. They had always slept on the floor, and she didn't know how big other people's beds were.
"Too big?" These six or seven feet seemed to be only two meters. She liked a two-meter bed even if she was alone, let alone if there were two of them living together.
Pei Ying's Adam's apple moved slightly: "It seems okay." But his eyes moved, as if he thought of something bad again, and looked at Lin Chuntao with a frown.
"What's wrong?" Lin Chuntao asked.
Pei Ying shook his head slightly, "No."
It was obvious that there was something wrong, but he just didn't say it. Lin Chuntao reached out and pinched his waist, "I'm so annoyed, hurry up and tell me."
Pei Ying's eyes dodged, he tilted his head and whispered, "I was just thinking that such a wide bed would be suitable for..."
Bang! Before he could finish his words, Lin Chuntao slapped him on the back and cursed, "You're going to die."
Pei Ying looked at Lin Chuntao like this and pursed his lips: "I haven't even said what's suitable yet, you thought it was wrong and hit me."
Lin Chuntao snorted coldly, "Anyone who thinks this is wrong is a puppy."
Pei Ying's laughter trembled slightly, and he barked softly, earning a roll of the eyes from Lin Chuntao.
In fact, Pei Ying's original idea was not this. He remembered that Lin Chuntao said she didn't want to have children. He thought Lin Chuntao got a big bed because she wanted to sleep in a separate bed with him.
But thinking this way made him feel petty. Lin Chuntao was a very open person, saying whatever she wanted to say. He didn't know where he was going wrong by thinking that way.
"Then we also need to go to the shop to make custom quilts, right?" Pei Ying asked.
Lin Chuntao nodded. "Yes, it's six feet four inches wide and seven feet long. I haven't even checked the sizes of the quilts in the shop."
Pei Ying said, "The ones in the shop should all be four feet wide and six feet long."
"Then we'll go and make it custom-made later," said Lin Chuntao.
Pei Ying nodded slightly. He was going to ask at the shop today, but he forgot to ask Lin Chuntao what size she wanted. After looking around, he didn't decide and only bought her a box of facial balm. The lip balm was red, and Lin Chuntao had beautiful lips, so she would look very good with the lip balm on.
Now that he had the measurements, he would go and order the quilt, sheets, and quilt cover tomorrow. They were getting married, and they didn't even have a red quilt, so he had to make it up.
The two of them went home to hang out their clothes. The bamboo rack in the yard had been used to stack potatoes, and the yard still needed a place to put things. Pei Ying had no choice but to take a sickle to the bamboo forest to cut bamboo.
Lin Chuntao followed him. After carrying the bamboo back, he made the rack while his sisters used sickles to cut bamboo sticks.
Lin Chunxing and the others were working very slowly, and if they weren't adept at it, they'd get their hands pricked by the bamboo thorns. Pei Ying said, "Leave it there and I'll peel it for you later. How much do you want?"
Lin Chunxing felt a little embarrassed, but still said, "You have to use it every day. There's no limit on the number. Bring about a hundred a day."
After Pei Ying agreed, they carried their backpacks and went to cut grass for the pigs.
Lin Chuntao was helping out at home, and they didn't return until evening. As soon as they entered the house, Lin Duoer said loudly to Lin Chuntao, "Sister, that second aunt wants to introduce my second sister to cousin Qingqing."
Lin Chuntao's expression changed. Pei Ying, who was still working on the bamboo frame, looked up. Lin Chuntao asked calmly, "Which second aunt? Qingqing's mother?"
"Well, Sister Qingqing told my second sister that. She also said that her cousin is not worthy of my second sister at all."
Lin Chunhe told Lin Chuntao exactly what had happened.
"Did Qingqing tell you that?" Lin Chuntao looked at Lin Chunxing and asked. Lin Chunxing nodded and said, "Yes."
"How did you reply Qingqing?" Lin Chuntao asked.
Lin Chunxing looked at Lin Chuntao's serious expression and replied seriously, "I told her that I won't get married before I'm nineteen."
"That's good."
Seeing that Lin Chuntao didn't look very happy, Lin Duoer also put away her playful smile. Her sister was very nice, but she was also afraid that she would be angry.
Lin Chuntao and Lin Chunxing said, "When you're nineteen or twenty, if you find someone you like and want to get married, I definitely won't stop you. You're still young now."
The sisters nodded obediently.
Lin Chunxing also said: "Sister, I know, and besides, we can't get engaged without your approval."
Lin Chuntao snorted softly, "I'm glad to know."
Lin Chunxing laughed slowly after hearing this. She said to Lin Chuntao, "Qingqing told me today that she had no skills, otherwise she would also like to go to the county town to make money."
Lin Chuntao's eyes moved slightly, but she didn't say what she was thinking. She just asked casually, "She's the same age as you, right? Is her mother going to arrange a marriage for her soon?"
Lin Chunxing said, "I heard they're making arrangements. If it's settled, they'll get married next year or the year after."
Lin Chuntao listened and passed on without saying anything else. She took the bamboo pole and went to give it to Pei Ying. After everyone had passed, she turned back and said to Lin Chunxing, "If any adults want to talk to you about this, tell them to come to me."
Lin Chunxing nodded vigorously, like a chick pecking at rice.
"Are you hungry?" The sisters shook their heads, washed peaches and red fruits, and sat in the yard to eat them. After eating the fruits, they heated up rice and cooked vegetables for dinner.
After dinner, before it got dark, Lin Chuntao washed the vegetables and chopped the meat.
It was almost dark when we finished the work and went into the house. The clothes had been hanging out to dry for half a day. My sisters boiled some water, washed up, and went to bed.
With nothing to do, Lin Chuntao washed up and went to lie down.
Pei Ying came in after a while. Seeing Lin Chuntao rolling around in boredom, he sat down and asked in a low voice, "Did you try it? Do you like that color?"
Lin Chuntao suddenly remembered and got up to get the lip balm.
She had never been to the shop, so she didn't know how many colors of lip balm there were at that time. The one Pei Ying chose was red. Lin Chuntao unscrewed the lid and applied some with her finger, warming it on her fingertips for a moment before applying it on her lips. She had some bad intentions, so she deliberately wiped some on the edge of her lips.
Pei Ying lit the fire stick, and after applying the paste, Lin Chuntao took a deep breath before turning around to show Pei Ying.
Under the dim light of the tinderbox, the two looked at each other. Pei Ying seemed to be stimulated by something, and suddenly a scene that he couldn't bear emerged in his mind. He blew out the tinderbox motionlessly and threw it aside. With a slight movement of his Adam's apple, he pulled the person over.
Lin Chuntao's entire back of the head was in his palm. She was pulled over and then lay down so quickly that her heart skipped a beat.
After a while, Lin Chuntao hit him hard before pushing him away. Her clothes had already slipped down to her armpits.
The man leaned over her shoulder, breathing heavily.
"What should I do? I can't help it anymore..."
There was a hint of pleading in his hoarse voice. Lin Chuntao's heart was pounding. She tried to calm her thoughts and ignored him.
Pei Ying took a deep breath and pulled her hand over it.
Lin Chuntao's palms were burning hot. She struggled to pull them back. Pei Ying murmured softly, "I didn't lie to you."
Lin Chuntao's palms were still very hot. The man next to her was tall and strong. She thought that she might have to prepare herself mentally in advance when moving to a new house. Don't think of making this scheming man soften her heart now. Didn't he go through the same thing a few years ago?
Lin Chuntao refused to comply with him, and he tried to persuade her, "My wife is so cruel."
"Don't try to fool me, I'm going to sleep."
Pei Ying chuckled and whispered in her ear, "It was you who deliberately made me feel uncomfortable, and now it's my fault."
Lin Chuntao pursed her lips, refusing to admit it and not responding to his words.
The man hugged her, and soon they fell asleep together.
The next day, Lin Chuntao and the others were watching the stall, and Pei Ying went out on the pretext of helping to deliver meat. After delivering the meat, he went to the cloth shop, which made quilts and quilt covers at the same time.
The red cotton quilt cover was fine, as one quilt cover did not require a whole piece of cloth, but he still bought one directly. He could take the remaining cloth back to make other small things later.
Cotton costs 63 wen per catty. Lin Chuntao wanted to make a big quilt, so he asked for 8.6 catties of cotton to make the quilt and another 3.6 catties to make a pair of pillows. The craftsman in the shop needed to pay an extra 150 wen to make it, plus the money for the cloth, the total was 1,619 wen. Except for the master's fee, all other money had to be paid first, and the master's fee could be paid when he came to pick up the quilt.
Pei Ying paid 1,469 coins, and the cloth shop wrote a receipt and promised to give him the rest when he came to pick it up.
After he put away the receipt and left, Zhang Qingqing from the cloth shop said to the tailor, "Master Zhou, please make good clothes for him. The one I told you about last time, the one wearing a very unique dress, is his wife. I heard that he made it himself, and her craftsmanship is very good!"
The tailor raised his eyebrows upon hearing this and said calmly, "Isn't this the butcher from the butcher shop? Can he make clothes?"
Zhang Qingqing smiled and said, "I can do it, but I'm sure I can't do it as well as you, Master Zhou!"
Tailor Zhou smiled smugly and looked at Zhang Qingqing: "Little girl, which one of our cloth shop's products have I not done well? Which customer is not satisfied with it?"
Zhang Qingqing smiled and said, "Yes, yes, I saw this person and wanted to tell you about it. You are the pillar of our cloth shop!"
As they were talking, Zhang Qingqing and the others took the cloth to the tailor's room, and then went to discuss the size and pick-up date with the cotton-fluffing masters.
The cotton-fluffing master was shocked when he heard the size of the quilt.
"How did you make it so big?"
Zhang Qingqing smiled and said, "Maybe there are so many people in the family, so this is a bit more spacious and everyone won't have to fight over the quilt."
Even so, the craftsman still felt that the quilt was too big, but he just sighed and said that they would make it in whatever size the customer wanted.
When Pei Ying came back, there were already many people at the stall, especially teenagers and children, who all came with three or five cents to buy eggs.
Most of them bought two, and some children even asked their friends to buy together.
Lin Chuntao watched as the two children, each holding three coins, discussed: "I'll give you two coins and you buy two, and we'll each get one. How about tomorrow you give me two coins and I'll buy two and give you one?"
The child's eyes lit up when he heard this. He obediently took the two cents, collected five copper coins to buy two eggs, and left happily.
When the people around saw this, they all became interested. The children who had three cents each started to collect five cents to buy two.
Lin Chunxing felt unhappy when she saw that everyone in the queue started to do this, so Lin Chuntao patted her lightly.
She came to her senses and suppressed the emotions on her face.
People who come to eat noodles will also order two braised eggs. They made 240 eggs yesterday, and they sold out very quickly. In the end, the eggs were gone, but the noodles were still there.
When the crowd had thinned out, Lin Chuntao said to Lin Chunxing, "You can only make a little money from selling eggs. You can make more if you sell more. If you sell two eggs for five cents, those kids can save up and buy another one in two days. Isn't that great? Don't be unhappy."
Lin Chunxing nodded. She just saw that everyone in the queue was imitating the two children, as if they had suddenly lost several coins, and she didn't understand what was going on for a while.
"I know."
Lin Chuntao said to her, "When doing business, never be rude to your customers. Remember, harmony brings wealth."
Lin Chunxing agreed, and Lin Chuntao looked at her and added, "Of course it depends on the situation. We can't be bullied if they go too far."
Lin Chunxing smiled when she heard that. She looked at Lin Chuntao intently, with admiration in her eyes as fine as starlight.
The noodles would still be sold for a while, Lin Chunxing watched while Lin Chuntao went out to buy vegetables with a basket on her back.
She often goes there to buy vegetables and is very familiar with some of the farmers.
There hadn't been a fixed quantity before, and since we haven't been delivering eggs for the past two days, we've sold a little less noodles, but still more than before the promotion, with nearly 40 kilograms of noodles to sell. Now that the daily noodles quantity is pretty much set, as is the daily vegetable quantity, Lin Chuntao is discussing with the tomato seller whether they can arrange for a regular delivery in the future.
The woman said, "It's no problem to give it away, but there's not much left in the fields. I can only sell it for twenty days at most."
Lin Chuntao hissed coldly and asked, "What about the other families in the village? Are there any more?"
The woman frowned slightly, seeming unhappy.
Lin Chuntao said hurriedly, "I need it every day. If there is any in the village, and your family has sold out, you can go buy some from others and sell it to me. You can make a profit from the difference."
The woman's eyes changed instantly when she looked at Lin Chuntao.
"Then I'll collect it for you when the time comes."
Lin Chuntao smiled and said, "Let's have leeks and tomatoes together. If there's not enough for the next day, please let me know in advance."
After the woman agreed, Lin Chuntao left with the tomatoes and leeks on her back.
She was too busy before, and now it seems that no one grows greenhouse vegetables, and many vegetables will be out of season. It’s just that the temperature in Yizhou is good, so tomatoes and leeks are available in every season.
Although these dishes are not sold in large quantities, they are needed every day and are indispensable.
Many vegetable farmers at the market also grow some of their own produce to sell, and they are unable to establish a reliable supply chain.
She took out the control panel and looked at the seed area. She could also exchange for tomato seedlings. She would wait until she returned to the village to ask. The villagers had just dug potatoes and the land was still idle. If they were willing to plant, she would provide the seedlings and collect them when the tomatoes were ripe.
If this could continue, she would have less worries.
When she returned to the stall, Lin Chunxing was already packing up. She helped with the washing and rinsing, and after packing up, she carried her things back home.
When they were halfway there, they saw a mule cart moving slowly ahead of them. There were two adults and two children sitting on the cart. Their faces were unclear from a distance, but the back of the person driving the cart looked a bit like Aunt Guizhi.
Lin Chuntao pointed at the mule cart and asked Lin Chunxing, "Do you think that's Aunt Guizhi?"
Lin Chunxing looked closely and said, "The one behind her seems to be Sister Shuilian."
"Is that Aunt Guizhi? Let's walk faster."
After saying that, Lin Chuntao and the others quickened their pace. The mule cart was also moving slowly. Soon, Lin Chuntao and the others were approaching. After seeing that it was Aunt Guizhi, Lin Chuntao shouted loudly, "Aunt!"
Hearing the familiar voice, Aunt Guizhi hurriedly pulled the mule's rope and wiped her face in a panic. Then she turned her head and saw that it was Lin Chuntao and the others. She forced a smile and replied, "Chuntao, it's you."
"Aunt, are you going to pick up Sister Shuilian?"
After they finished speaking, they came closer.
Only then did they realize that Aunt Guizhi, Lin Shuilian, and the two children, all four of them, had red eyes. Lin Shuilian had bruises on her neck, face, and uncovered calves.
Lin Chuntao was shocked!
She looked at Lin Shuilian and called out, "Sister Shuilian."
Lin Shuilian couldn't speak, so she just responded to her muffledly. Lin Chuntao looked at Aunt Guizhi and asked, "Aunt, what's going on?"
Aunt Guizhi was full of anger, but she felt heartbroken when she thought about her daughter being beaten like this. Tears fell before she could even open her mouth.
"That beast! Your sister Shuilian was pregnant, and he beat her up just because he was late in delivering food. Look at the injuries on her body. I wouldn't have known if I hadn't gone to see her."
After hearing what Aunt Guizhi said, Lin Chuntao noticed Lin Shuilian's slightly bulging belly.
Her eyes dimmed slightly and she handed a handkerchief to Aunt Guizhi.
"Aunt, should we take Sister Shuilian to the clinic for a checkup?"
Aunt Guizhi said, "Of course I will go. I want to send these two children back home first."
Lin Chuntao looked at Lin Shuilian and felt angry. If she were in charge of this matter, she would definitely teach that bad guy a lesson, but how to deal with this matter depended on Aunt Guizhi, so she could only lend a hand.
Looking at the two children again, the older one looked four or five years old, and the younger one was probably three years old? They were both skinny and small, and Lin Chuntao was not sure how old they were.
Lin Chuntao felt very sad seeing such a young child and such a scarred mother.
Moreover, the color of Lin Shuilian's lips was a little gray and purple, which made Lin Chuntao feel uneasy. She immediately said to Aunt Guizhi, "Aunt, I think you should send Sister Shuilian to the clinic first."
Aunt Guizhi quickly turned around to look at Lin Shuilian who was carrying her on her back. When she lowered her head, she saw that her vagina was already wet. Aunt Guizhi was so shocked that her face changed drastically.
Lin Chuntao said, "Let the child go back with Chunxing, and I will go to the county town with you."
Aunt Guizhi hurriedly jumped off the mule cart, picked up the two children, said something to the children, and thanked Chunxing and Pei Ying.
Lin Chunxing was stunned, and she felt a little nervous when she saw Lin Shuilian.
"Sister, I'll take them back and let my brother-in-law go with you."
Lin Chuntao looked at Pei Ying and agreed. She then took some money from Lin Chunxing and hurriedly drove the mule cart back to the county town.
When they arrived at the clinic, Lin Shuilian was already dying. She leaned softly on Aunt Guizhi's back. Aunt Guizhi was driving the mule cart while crying, and her eyes were terribly red when she got off the mule cart.
Doctor He was sitting at the door basking in the sun. When he saw that it was Lin Chuntao and the others, he was about to say hello when he heard Lin Chuntao shout, "Doctor He, it seems her water has broken. What should we do? Can we bring her in?"
Doctor He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Hurry and bring him in!"
Lin Chuntao and Aunt Guizhi had to lift Lin Shuilian by hand, as one person could not carry her. Pei Ying did not hesitate at all, picked up Lin Shuilian and went into the clinic.
Still on the small bed inside, the doctor quickly felt her pulse. His expression changed unpredictably, and finally his brows knitted together. He shouted, "Xiao An, bring me my needle! Old woman, cut me a piece of ginseng! Quick!"
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