Chapter 47 Chapter 47 The Highest Level of Profligate Merchants
In the end, Zhuo Jia only gave out five dollars. In Zhuzi's words, the rest would be kept with her and they would be settled together next time.
Zhuo Jia did not go with the children, even Qiao Wei did not go with her. The children were excited to share the money, so she had to carry the bucket and walk out by herself.
After reaching the foot of the mountain, Zhang Yunhuan waited for a while, and then the two of them walked back together.
Zhang Yunhuan was very excited. She showed Zhuo Jia her haul: "I counted them. I found over fifty. Can you believe it?"
She couldn't believe it herself!
Zhuo Jia expressionless: "I believe you, you are really amazing."
As Zhuo Jia, who only found two cicada monkeys with a flashlight, felt that the bucket in her hand was particularly heavy at this moment. You know, those children didn't have flashlights!
As for Zhang Yunhuan who was standing next to her and showing off, she really couldn't care less.
When passing by the educated youth camp, Zhang Yunhuan handed the can in his hand to Zhuo Jia and said, "I'll come find you tomorrow."
I'm going to find you to help me kill the cicada monkey!
Zhuo Jia nodded: "I understand."
She went home and found a basin to soak the cicada monkeys she was going to fry the next day so that they would not be late for eating.
Not long after Zhuo Jia returned home, before she had time to soak the cicada monkey, Aunt Ding came, carrying a large wooden bucket.
She quickly walked over and asked, "Auntie Ding, are all these cicada monkeys here?"
As she spoke, she opened it and took a look, then turned her head to the side. Wow, it was filled with cicada monkeys. At that moment, she almost thought she had claustrophobia.
Aunt Ding quickly said, "Zhuo Zhiqing, I found five families in total, and they've all been sent here."
It’s just that these five families had very sharp eyes today. Some of them found as few as 200, and some found more than 300!
Zhuo Jia nodded and said something important: "Auntie Ding, please help me carry this wooden barrel in first."
You can only withdraw money after you get in, otherwise you will have to use money to trade outside...
It's not that blatant.
Aunt Ding's eyes lit up, and she immediately picked up the wooden bucket and followed Zhuo Jia into the house. People were still waiting in her house to collect money!
There were 1,340 cicada monkeys in the wooden barrel. Zhuo Jia didn't count them and directly gave 13.5 yuan to Aunt Ding. She originally wanted to take 14 yuan, but she thought Aunt Ding would not accept it, so she gave 13.5 yuan.
Sure enough, although Aunt Ding felt a little embarrassed about the extra dime, she still happily accepted it, then took the money and left quickly to distribute the money to others. As for the wooden barrel, it is now kept at Zhuo Zhiqing's house.
After Aunt Ding left, Zhuo Jia took another look at the cicada monkeys in the wooden barrel, and then quickly put them into the warehouse, so that she felt at ease.
She found a large wooden basin and poured the cicada monkeys in Zhang Yunhuan's canned bottle into it. There were only more than fifty in total. She then picked up her small bucket and poured it into the basin. After pouring almost half of it, she found a lid to cover the basin. As for the small bucket, it was naturally put into the warehouse.
She went to fetch a bucket of water and poured it into the wooden basin, making sure that all the cicada monkeys were submerged. She then went to the kitchen to get salt. These cicada monkeys had to be soaked in salt water, otherwise she would not feel at ease eating them tomorrow.
After arranging the Cicada Monkeys to be fried tomorrow, she excitedly opened the purchasing group, clicked on the warehouse, clicked on the Cicada Monkeys, and soon a prompt appeared:
[1610 cicada monkeys, are you sure about the deal?]
Seeing this number, Zhuo Jia couldn't help swallowing. She covered her chest and thought, this action is a bit big, it seems that I have to be careful next time.
Although she thought so, Zhuo Jia still chose to trade with the 'grocery vendor' without hesitation. This time the 'grocery vendor' acted particularly quickly. Almost as soon as she placed her order and confirmed it, he transferred the money to her without stopping.
The cicada monkeys were 1.5 yuan each, and there were 1,610 of them, for a total of 2,415 yuan!
Almost instantly, Zhuojia's balance doubled from 2200 to 4615!
Looking at the balance, Zhuo Jia covered her chest with her hands. She was not happy, but she suddenly felt a pang of conscience. If the profiteers in this world were divided into different levels, then she would definitely be the highest level profiteer!
Now that she had the money, Zhuo Jia started to persuade the grocer again. After buying so many cicada monkeys from her, she had to give her something. Otherwise, would she still want to continue trading with him in the future?
Under Zhuo Jia's persistent pestering, the "grocer" threw out two ten-kilogram barrels of oil and completely left the market. It can be seen that this is already the limit!
Zhuo Jia looked at the two barrels of oil and smiled foolishly for a long time. She temporarily stored the oil in the warehouse and did not take it out. She would take it out again when she had finished the oil outside.
Because she bought two barrels of oil, the balance became 4015 again. She withdrew 15 yuan, and the balance became a nice integer again!
I glanced at the time and without caring about anything else, I quickly went to take a shower and go to bed!
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The next day, the first thing Zhuo Jia did when she got up was to go see the cicada monkeys soaking in salt water. Seeing the dirty water, she shook her head in disgust and decided to change the water.
But there was no rush. She cooked first, turned on the stove and put the pot on, then went to wash and change clothes. After everything was done, she started to change the water for the cicada monkeys. After being busy for a long time, she finally arranged the pot of cicada monkeys. She breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her head. She was really hot.
It seems that in order to kill the cicada monkey, I have to wait for Zhang Yunhuan to come and light the fire for her!
Zhang Yunhuan, who came over after dinner, snorted when he heard this: "Don't worry, I will make a good fire."
She knows herself well!
When she saw Zhuo Jia carrying a ten-pound barrel of oil and pouring it into the pot, Zhang Yunhuan lit the fire even more carefully. No wonder many people were reluctant to fry cicada monkeys, it really wastes a lot of oil.
Zhuo Jia poured nearly five pounds of oil, and when it was hot, she began to put the cicada monkeys in. There were nearly three hundred cicada monkeys, and one pot wouldn't fry them all...
The two of them worked for a whole morning before they finished blowing up more than 300 cicada monkeys, filling a whole pot!
Zhang Yunhuan pinched one and threw it into his mouth, his eyes lighting up: "Delicious, really delicious!"
Wow, these are just some useless things, soaked in salt water and fried in oil. Which family would be willing to fry a whole pot of them at once?
Zhuo Jia ate two and stopped, she didn't care. Although she only poured five pounds of oil, it was not used up for frying the cicada monkeys. What should she do with the fried cicada monkeys in the pot now? If she were asked to continue cooking, she couldn't get over this psychological barrier.
"Use a bowl to collect the oil separately so we can continue frying next time." Zhang Yunhuan suggested with sparkling eyes.
In order to continue eating cicada monkeys, she will try her best to find them.
Zhuo Jia nodded, thinking it was a good idea, so she took out an enamel basin with a lid to scoop out the oil and save it for frying cicada monkeys next time!
Zhang Yunhuan: “…”
Fortunately, Zhuo Jia has a lot of stuff, otherwise it would be impossible to do it.
The two men carried the cicada monkeys to another place and came to the main hall. One of them fanned himself with a palm-leaf fan, eating to cool down. Each of them ate more than a dozen before stopping.
Looking at the cicada monkey in the basin, Zhang Yunhuan said, "We should probably eat it for a while. It shouldn't go bad, right?"
Oh, if the weather wasn't so hot, she really wanted to send it to her parents to try, because she found it herself.
Zhuo Jia glanced at her and said unhappily, "How could it be bad? I'm going to the county this afternoon."
I have collected so many cicada monkeys under the guise of my cousin Lin Yu, so I have to give some to her to try.
Zhang Yunhuan said with sparkling eyes, "Then send more, and we'll continue looking tonight."
The oil is there anyway, just keep frying!
Zhuo Jia was silent for a moment, then said, "If you come to light the fire every time, I have no objection."
After all, there is nothing wrong with this statement, the oil is there anyway!
This time, Zhang Yunhuan was the one who remained silent. She silently ate a fried cicada monkey before asking, "When you go to the county this afternoon, don't forget to ask if the fan has arrived?"
If there was a fan, it wouldn't be impossible to let her light the fire, but there wasn't a fan...
It will be the same if you fry it again in two days. How can you eat it every day? It’s such a waste!
In response to this, Zhuo Jia rolled her eyes at Zhang Yunhuan: "You are so smart."
This is more than her caring about her fan.
Zhang Yunhuan turned a deaf ear to Zhuo Jia's compliments. She simply said, "Hurry up and find a bowl. You must give it to your mother-in-law. And send some to your sister-in-law next door?"
Don't bother her with making the fire. She just finished and is sweating. It's not fun at all.
Zhuo Jia snorted, stood up and said, "Wait, I'll go get lunch for us."
They worked hard for the whole morning, and the only thing they got was this pot of cicada monkeys. As for lunch, they didn't make anything at all.
Zhang Yunhuan: “…”
Zhang Yunhuan, who had been planning to sit still, immediately stood up upon hearing this and said enthusiastically, "I'll get the bowl."
Oh yes, there’s also lunch. I almost forgot about it!
Zhuo Jia snorted, picked up forty or fifty pieces of food from a bowl with chopsticks, and then picked up one of the bowls: "I'll go next door first and wait."
After saying that, she left with her fan and bowl in hand, while Zhang Yunhuan stood at the door, waiting for her to come back with an attentive look on his face.
Zhuo Jia went into the next room and saw smoke coming out of the kitchen. She called out "sister-in-law" and went in.
"Sister-in-law, I fried some cicada monkeys this morning and brought some to you. Where are Xiaowei and the others?" Zhuo Jia walked into the kitchen and didn't see any children, so she asked curiously.
You know, when these three children heard her voice on normal days, they would rush out.
Qian Yulan was serving food when she heard this and said, "Your eldest brother hasn't finished work yet. I went to pick him up."
She kicked them all out. When she came back from work, she saw the three children squatting in the corner and smelling the fragrance from next door, so she kicked them out.
"Oh." Zhuo Jia nodded, said nothing, and just stood by and watched.
When she saw that her sister-in-law still had some left in the pot after she had finished cooking, she quickly said, "Sister-in-law, we only fried cicada monkeys this morning."
Well, her smart sister-in-law must understand what she means.
Yes, her dear sister-in-law understood. She smiled and poured out the cicada monkey. She took her bowl and asked, "Is one bowl of food enough for the two of you? And I'll give you two of the pancakes I made, too."
She stewed green beans today, and she cooked half a pot. Not only one bowl, she gave me two bowls!
Zhuo Jia thought for a moment and said, "That should be enough. I still have to go to the old courtyard to send the cicada monkey."
My mother-in-law would definitely not let her go empty-handed.
Hearing this, Qian Yulan was also happy: "Okay, then I'll get two cakes. Look at what mother gave you. If it's not enough, you can come back for more."
With the cicada monkey here, the food at home will definitely not be finished today, so she put it in a basin.
"Uh-huh."
Zhuo Jia nodded vigorously, then walked out happily with a full bowl of food and two pancakes in her hands. Isn't lunch ready?
When she walked to the door and saw her eldest brother coming back with three children, she pointed at home and smiled at Xiao Wei. She saw Xiao Wei's eyes lit up. Well, it seems that this child understands.
Zhuo Jia returned home and placed the bowl and cake in the main hall. Then she picked up another bowl and said to Zhang Yunhuan, who was also surprised, "Wait, I'll go get another one."
After saying that, she strode off. Everyone around was having lunch, and she couldn't fall behind!
Looking at Zhuo Jia's back, Zhang Yunhuan took another look at the food on the table. To be honest, she was a little envious of Zhuo Jia at this time. She was living a really good life. Fortunately, she had a free meal today. She was so happy!
Happy Zhuo Jia arrived at the nursing home under the scorching sun. She smelled the fragrance of food at the door and her eyes lit up. Her parents-in-law had prepared a good meal for her at noon today.
Thinking of this, Zhuo Jia entered the yard and started shouting, "Mom."
Well, her father-in-law came out of the kitchen with a bowl in his hand. He saw her and pointed at the kitchen and said, "Your mother is in there. She hasn't had lunch yet, right? Ask your mother to serve you a bowl of food."
After saying that, he went back to the house. The second brother's family had brought some snacks and he had to have a drink!
Oh, he felt that the smartest decision he and his wife had made was to separate after the second son got married. Look at the life they are living now.
Zhuo Jia was in a very good mood at this time because her parents-in-law had bacon for lunch today, and it was fried bacon with chili peppers. Although there were too many chilies, it smelled really good!
She swallowed and asked, "Mom, is there any bacon at home?"
How could she not know? If she had known earlier, she would have come to help eat!
Liu Hongying glanced at her and said, "Stop drooling. This is the last piece of bacon."
Everyone knows that the food at the second brother's house is good, yet he's drooling over her pot. Who is he looking down on?
Besides, this is the last piece, don't think about it.
Zhuo Jia coughed and said, "Mom, I'm not drooling. By the way, this is the fried cicada monkey I made. You and Dad should try it. Oh, I didn't have time to make lunch."
After saying that, she took another look at the bacon in the pot. She felt that her expression was very obvious, and her mother-in-law was so smart that she must have understood it.
Liu Hongying did understand. She resigned herself to her fate and poured the cicada monkey into a bowl, then served the dishes. She also reminded Zhuo Jia: "This pepper is quite spicy. Eat it with steamed buns."
Seeing the second family's condition, she was afraid that if she didn't explain anything, the second family would be so upset that they wouldn't be able to speak for two days!
Zhuo Jia blinked and said innocently, "Mom, I don't have any steamed buns at home either."
There are only two cakes brought from my sister-in-law’s house!
Liu Hongying: “…”
Finally, she gave her greedy daughter-in-law a big steamed bun. It was really big, almost as big as Zhuo Jia's face.
Lunch was about to arrive, and Zhuo Jia took the bowl and left: "Mom, you and Dad can eat, I'm leaving."
The food at noon today was so delicious that her mouth was watering!
When Zhuo Jia returned home with the bowl, Zhang Yunhuan, who was waiting at home, began to drool. She couldn't wait to say, "Hurry up, hurry up, I'm starving."
Seeing these delicious foods, I feel hungry even if I’m not hungry!
Although it was a mixed flour bun, but with the bacon, neither of them disliked it, and one of them ate it more deliciously than the other...
In the end, the cicada monkey didn't eat much, but the two of them had almost finished their lunch. They finished the dishes, the steamed buns, and there was only one pancake left!
After the meal, they each drank a glass of malted milk, and lunch was completely over!
After resting for a while, Zhang Yunhuan stood up and said, "I'm leaving first. You can get some sleep and then we can go to the county quickly."
The fan is the big deal, everything else is small.
Zhuo Jia asked her, "Go get a bowl, take some cicada monkeys away, and let others have a taste too."
She finally realized that Zhang Yunhuan was far inferior to her in terms of interpersonal relationships, but Zhang Yunhuan also had one good point, which was that he listened to advice.
Sure enough, after hearing what Zhuo Jia said, Zhang Yunhuan went to the kitchen to get a bowl, then poured half a bowl of cicada monkey and left.
After Zhang Yunhuan left, Zhuo Jia took a look at the cicada monkeys in the basin and estimated that there were still more than a hundred of them. When she went to the county in the afternoon, she would bring another hundred for Lin Yu.
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Lin Yu looked at the sun outside, then glanced at Zhuo Jia, who was standing in front of her, sweating. She quickly took out a palm-leaf fan to help fan herself, and asked, "Why are you here in such a hot day? Oh, by the way, I've exchanged the meat coupons you wanted for five pounds in total, just enough for you to take with you when you leave."
She doesn't want to go out in such a hot day.
Zhuo Jia took out the lunch box from her bag and handed it over: "Here, I fried the cicada monkeys this morning and brought them over for you to try."
After all, she made a lot of money by using the name of this cheap cousin, so she couldn't keep saying no.
When Lin Yu heard about the fried cicada monkey, her eyes lit up. She even opened her lunch box and threw one directly into her mouth, nodding and saying, "Delicious."
Woo woo woo, Zhuo Jia came to give her fried cicada monkeys in such hot weather, how deep must their feelings be.
"Are all these for me?" Lin Yu asked while looking at the fried cicada monkeys in the lunch box.
Even though so much was given to her, she was still a little hesitant to take it.
Zhuo Jia nodded: "Yes, these are all for you. Please be careful with my fan."
Fried cicada monkeys are hot!
Lin Yu hugged the lunch box and patted his chest to assure, "I called my eldest sister a few days ago and she said there's some progress. Maybe it's already been bought. I'll call her as soon as I get back and ask her to find a way to get the fan to me as soon as possible. Don't worry, as long as the fan arrives, I'll send it to you as soon as possible, even if I have to take leave."
If not for anything else, she has to pay attention to these cicada monkeys.
Hearing that the fan might have been bought, Zhuo Jia quickly said, "Then don't forget, when you give me the fan, I'll treat you to stewed chicken with mushrooms, and fried cicada monkeys."
As long as her fan can reach it, everything will be fine.
Lin Yu quickly covered her mouth with her hands. Oh no, if she was a step later, her saliva would be left. She quickly said, "I know. Don't worry, leave it all to me."
If her elder sister doesn't take the initiative, she will go to the province to get it herself!
Because Zhuo Jia brought so many fried cicada monkeys for Lin Yu, when Zhuo Jia got the meat ticket and gave Lin Yu the money, Lin Yu refused to take it this time.
Lin Yu poured the cicada monkey into his lunch box and said, "I exchanged these with my neighbors in the family compound."
No money was used, all were exchanged for other tickets!
These cicada monkeys are fried in oil. How greedy must she be to still want money?
She is not that greedy!
Zhuo Jia didn't force it, but she didn't put the money away either. Instead, she asked, "Does the supply and marketing cooperative have anything rare?"
She hasn't been here for a long time. Since it's a rare visit, she has to buy some more food. But it's hot, so she can't buy too much egg cake or something...
Hearing her ask this, Lin Yu's eyes lit up and he beckoned to her: "Follow me."
Zhuo Jia is very familiar with this situation. It seems that the supply and marketing cooperative really has good things. It seems that her trip this time is worth it!
Lin Yu, holding the lunch box, took Zhuo Jia to an aunt's counter and called out, "Aunt Tu, this is my cousin. She wants to buy a few cans of fish."
As he spoke, he opened the lunch box and let Aunt Tu eat two fried cicada monkeys. Well, no more.
When she heard that it was canned fish, Zhuo Jia's eyes lit up. She tugged at Lin Yu's clothes and said nothing, but she was rich!
Aunt Tu glanced at Zhuo Jia and said with a smile, "Okay, how many bottles do you want?"
She and Lin Yu live in the same housing estate. Doesn’t she know whether Lin Yu has such a cousin?
But now that they are really treating each other as relatives, she naturally won't say anything. After all, this kind of relationship is developed through mutual interaction!
Lin Yu stretched out her hand and said with a smile, "Aunt Tu, my cousin has a large family."
Aunt Tu: “…”
With this amount, if it were anyone else, she would have kicked them out. After all, you bought everything, so why would anyone else buy anything? But now...
She smacked her lips. Sure enough, the Zhiliao Monkey she had just eaten was not in vain. She resigned herself to her fate and took out five cans from the counter below. "A total of 15 yuan."
This is half a month’s salary for them. Few people would ask for so much at once!
Zhuo Jia took out 15 yuan and handed it over, saying, "Aunt Tu, I also want a few bottles of canned fruit."
Although we still have some at home, she eats so much, so I have to buy some to stockpile.
"Still five bottles?" Aunt Tu paused as she was about to write the order and asked Zhuo Jia.
After asking, she looked at Lin Yu again. Now she finally understood why this was her cousin.
Zhuo Jia nodded and asked carefully, "Yes, I want five bottles. Do you have them?"
Aunt Tu smiled: "Yes."
Today we have it all!
So Zhuo Jia added another 10 yuan and bought five bottles of canned fruit. It can be said that she had a great harvest today!
When Zhuo Jia left, she bought a bunch of things from another counter and rode her bike away before six o'clock.
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When she got home, Zhuo Jia didn't feel like cooking anymore. She ate the leftover bread from the morning with some pickles, then ate a bottle of canned fruit, a piece of egg cake, and drank a bowl of malted milk...
Finally, she burped and stopped eating. The yard had become cooler at this time, so she began to stroll around the yard, watering the flowers and her peach tree that had not yet sprouted.
It was almost eight o'clock when she changed her clothes and went out. She had not forgotten the deal she had made with Xiao Wei and the other kids.
Seeing Zhang Yunhuan waving at her at the entrance of the educated youth center, she couldn't help but walk over and ask, "No, are you still addicted?"
I haven’t finished eating the fried food this morning yet, and I’m already looking for it again.
Zhang Yunhuan coughed, took her arm and walked up the mountain: "What do you mean by addicted? Cicada monkeys are meat, what do you know?"
This is free, no money required, who wouldn’t be enthusiastic?
Seeing her being so affectionate, Zhuo Jia narrowed her eyes and asked, "If you have something to say, just tell me."
She felt quite uncomfortable like this, and most importantly, it was hot!
Zhang Yunhuan quickly stood up straight. She looked at Zhuo Jia and said, "Feng Xiaoyu asked me to ask you if they can fry the cicada monkeys at your house, using your oil. I'll pay you half of that!"
Well, it's also her fault. When we were eating cicada monkeys at the educated youth site today, she mentioned that Zhuo Jia had scooped out the oil for frying cicada monkeys separately, and would use it exclusively for frying cicada monkeys from now on.
Zhuo Jia's eyes lit up and she said without hesitation, "Sure."
Why not? Someone sent her a cicada monkey...
What they gave us was not a cicada monkey, but money!
Zhang Yunhuan was confused by her impatient tone. She subconsciously asked, "No, you don't feel bad about the oil, do you?"
Oil is expensive now, and more importantly, it is hard to buy.
Zhuo Jia looked at her and said, "I feel bad, but they are using the oil I have used before. It's not like they have never used it before. Anyway, I don't plan to use this oil for cooking, so just use it for deep-frying."
One cicada monkey costs 1.5 yuan. There are so many people at the educated youth site, so I have to find 200 of them in one night. So I have to give her 100, which is 150 yuan. How can it not be possible?
Zhang Yunhuan nodded: "Then I'll tell them when I get back."
After they finished talking, the two of them started to rush up the mountain. While they were talking, several people passed them, so they had to hurry.
When they got to the mountain, Zhuo Jia did not humiliate herself today. She separated from Zhang Yunhuan. Zhang Yunhuan went to look for cicada monkeys, while she wandered around to see how others looked for cicada monkeys, and at the same time let her flashlight make some good use of it for others!
But there is a saying: If you try hard to plant flowers, they may not bloom; if you plant willows accidentally, they may grow into a shade.
She didn't look carefully, but ended up finding more than a dozen. Although it wasn't as many as others, it was more than she found yesterday. Could it be that she was becoming more skilled?
Seeing that the time was up, Zhuo Jia didn't dwell on it, but went in one direction to look for Xiao Wei and the others. She had seen these children before, but they were too nimble, so she went in another direction.
Soon she found the children, who were more dispersed this time. She found the cicada monkey...
There are more too!
Zhuo Jia looked at the cicada monkeys in the bucket with some envy. She looked up and asked Zhuzi, "There are 550 in total today. 21 of them were not replaced yesterday. Are we going to replace them all today?"
Zhuzi shook his head: "No, let's change it to 5 yuan."
Zhuo Jia nodded, took out 5 yuan in change and handed it over, then left with the bucket. As for when these children would leave, that was none of her business, Zhuzi would take care of it!
She came to the foot of the mountain with the bucket, and soon Zhang Yunhuan came. The two walked back together. This time Zhang Yunhuan did not give it to her, but said that he wanted to blow it up together with the ones at the educated youth site.
Zhuo Jia nodded and had no objection. If she was given half for free, what could she have any objection to?
After returning home, Zhuo Jia put all the cicada monkeys in the bucket into the warehouse. There were a few this time, so she didn't plan to buy more. She wanted to save them up and sell them together in two days. Anyway, the things put into the warehouse will remain in their original state, so there is no need to worry.
Then I took my clothes and went to take a shower...
The next morning, Zhuo Jia had just cooked the porridge and had no time to open the door when she heard her mother-in-law calling her outside and the barking of the puppy.
Her eyes lit up, and she trotted open the door. She saw her mother-in-law standing outside holding a little black dog. She asked with sparkling eyes, "Mom, is this the puppy you asked for me?"
She felt that it must be the case, because her mother-in-law would never do anything that wasted time.
Sure enough, Liu Hongying nodded. She came in holding the puppy and turned around and said, "Close the door."
After she finished speaking, she looked around the yard and finally asked Zhuo Jia: "Where do you want to keep the puppy?"
She thought the best location was not far from the door, so she had to build a doghouse there.
"Just keep it here at the door." Zhuo Jia thought for a while and said.
This is a good location. The puppy will know when someone comes in.
Liu Hongying nodded: "Okay, find a basket to put the puppy in first, and when your eldest brother gets off work, ask him to find time to build a doghouse for him."
It just so happened that there were some leftover bricks from building the house, so the doghouse could be built quickly.
Zhuo Jia nodded: "Okay, Mom, I understand."
Her sister-in-law didn't go to work today, so she would go and tell her later.
After saying a few more words, Liu Hongying left in a hurry. She was very busy every day and had no time to waste.
After seeing her mother-in-law off, Zhuo Jia went to brush her teeth and wash her face. When she was done, she went to have breakfast. Oh, because there was a puppy, she even left some porridge for the puppy, but...
Her bowl and basin were both new, and it would be a pity to use them to feed the dog directly, so she took a bowl and a basin and went to find her sister-in-law next door. Not long after, she came back with a bowl with a chipped hole and a basin with peeling paint.
The bowl for rice and the basin for water were placed in front of the puppy. Seeing that the puppy did not dare to come out of the basket, she left first.
After finishing breakfast and washing clothes, she was just about to go out for a stroll with a palm-leaf fan when Uncle Huang came over with his men pushing a cart. On the cart was the rocking chair that Zhuo Jia had been longing for!
Her eyes lit up and she immediately went up to him: "Uncle Huang, my rocking chair is ready!"
What a surprise, it’s really a surprise. After all, it’s only been a few days and the rocking chair is ready!
Uncle Huang smiled and said, "Yes, my eldest brother brought it over early this morning. Where do you think I should put it?"
If his wife hadn't stopped them, he and his brother-in-law would have come over long ago.
Zhuo Jia asked, "Is it sinking?"
If it sinks, then put it somewhere where it won't get in the way. If it doesn't sink, then just put it in the yard first and move it to where it's cooler later.
Uncle Huang shook his head: "It's not sinking, you can definitely move it."
After hearing this, Zhuo Jia felt relieved and asked Uncle Huang to help put it in the yard.
After putting the rocking chair on the ground, Uncle Huang's brother-in-law said the first sentence a little nervously: "Zhuo Zhiqing, take a look at this rocking chair. Is it what you want? If there is anything that doesn't fit, I will go back and modify it."
Zhuo Jia sat on it and felt it. It was pretty good. She could lie down and rock. She was very satisfied.
She stood up and asked, "I'm quite satisfied. How much is it?"
I touched it with my hand and it sounded very delicately made. I didn't feel any prickles at all, which shows that it was made with great care.
Uncle Huang's brother-in-law breathed a sigh of relief: "Ten yuan, no matter who does it, it's the price for one look."
He didn't raise the price just because Zhuo Zhiqing was rich!
Zhuo Jia: "..."
For such a big rocking chair, the labor and material cost is only ten dollars, which is really cheap.
Zhuo Jia thought it was cheap and had no objection. She went into the house to get ten yuan, thought for a while and grabbed a handful of candy. Uncle Huang followed her and busied herself. Although she was helping her brother-in-law, she couldn't not express her gratitude, so this handful of candy was for Uncle Huang.
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After seeing Uncle Huang off, Zhuo Jia admired her rocking chair for a while, then glanced at the puppy hiding in the basket, and then at the mint and tuberose in the yard. She couldn't help but smile. This was the day she wanted.
It will be even more perfect when the fan arrives!
Seeing that the sun was already high in the sky, Zhuo Jia walked out with a palm-leaf fan, turned right, and first went to tell her sister-in-law that she wanted to ask her eldest brother to help build a doghouse. Then she went for a stroll somewhere else, fanning herself with the palm-leaf fan.
On the way, she met Xiao Wei and other children playing games. She stood under a tree and watched for a while. Then, Xiao Peng, who was playing with Xiao Wei, started crying. She stuffed a piece of candy into the child's mouth and then quickly slipped away.
She is quite afraid of children crying!
After strolling for a while, they arrived at Aunt Ding's house. At that time, there were several aunts sitting at Aunt Ding's door.
Because the weather is hot, people like Aunt Ding who have grandchildren at home usually don't go to work. On weekdays, they just gossip about other people.
Aunt Li saw Zhuo Jia's eyes light up, and she quickly waved, "Zhuo Zhiqing, where are you going?"
Oh, her mother was sick and she had just come back from taking care of her mother, but she hadn't seen Zhuo Zhiqing for a while.
Zhuo Jia walked over, fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan, and looked at the stone pillars under the tree. She found a random spot to sit down and said with a smile, "Auntie Li, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm going to my mother-in-law's house to pick some vegetables."
Oh, yes, she said she wanted to grow vegetables in the backyard, and she hasn’t asked her sister-in-law yet, so she will start working on it when she gets back.
Aunt Li first explained what she had been doing, and then said, "I'm not going to your mother-in-law's house. I'll go to Aunt Li's house later and she'll pick some for you. Now, sit down and chat."
Her home is closer than Liu Hongying's. Why would she walk so far in such hot weather?
Zhuo Jia: "..."
She was a little uncomfortable with Aunt Li's enthusiasm.
She quickly took the initiative in the conversation: "Auntie Li, how is your mother now? Now that you're back, is everything okay?"
Aunt Li's mother must be at least seventy years old. Now that she is over seventy, she generally cannot be left alone.
When this matter was mentioned, Aunt Li became angry. She snorted and said, "What's the matter? I can't move. My eldest brother and his wife are taking care of me now."
She won't go. She is taking care of her mother there with all her heart, even taking care of her excrement and urine. However, her sister-in-law is still sarcastic all the time, and her mother asks her to be patient.
Since that's the case, she won't care about it anymore and let her elder brother and sister-in-law take care of it. She will visit every few days in the future. If her elder sister-in-law is not diligent, don't blame her for spreading the news to everyone. If you want a good reputation, you have to do it first!
Zhuo Jia: "..."
She really wanted to say that Aunt Li was really free and easy!
However, it shouldn't be difficult to be Aunt Li's daughter-in-law. After all, Aunt Li is very open-minded.
Aunt Ding nodded in agreement. "That's right. We're all grandmothers, we can't stand being bullied like that."
Aunt Li nodded: "That's right, I'm not like that woman Li Caihua. She's already a grandmother, but she still relies on a bunch of children to subsidize her family. You'll see, when she gets old, her sons and daughters-in-law may not care about her."
Her own family is so poor that they can't even afford to eat, but she still listens to her parents. She is so stupid!
Zhuo Jia blinked, and a new name she didn’t know appeared. She continued to listen, but she didn’t bring any melon seeds this time, but she would grab a handful next time.
Aunt Wang mentioned something strange: "Didn't I tell you a few days ago that Dabao from Zhou Damei's family kept crying and shouting for meat? But he suddenly stopped crying these past two days, and I can even smell meat in their house. Where did Zhou Damei get the meat?"
It's not that she looks down on Zhou Damei, but Zhou Damei's family is really poor, and it's very clear that they are poor. The whole family is lazy, so it seems strange that they suddenly eat meat.
I heard another strange, no, somewhat familiar name. This Zhou Damei seemed to be the good person who scolded Zhang Yunhuan and then helped Zhang Yunhuan completely get rid of his work.
Oh, he had asked for a huge sum of money at first and wanted to extort a pound of meat from Zhang Yunhuan.
It’s been a long time since I heard from this person. It turns out that going out more often pays off!
"Could it be that the chicken was killed?" Aunt Ding said from the side.
Aunt Wang immediately shook her head and said firmly, "Impossible. They only have one hen at home, and the whole family relies on it to lay eggs for their eldest son. It's impossible for someone to eat a chicken."
Others: “…”
That being said, why is the last sentence so scary!
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