Wei Yuyan felt that her sister-in-law Xiuhua and her husband were truly wonderful to her.
Now that I have a way to make money, I can't forget about the two of them.
"Alright, since you've said that, you must have your own reasons. I'll go back and discuss it with your brother Zhang."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua excitedly grabbed Wei Yuyan's hand; of course, she hoped her husband wouldn't have to do those physical labors anymore.
However, the head of the household lacks any culinary skills and can only rely on physical labor for a living, which is actually very harmful to his health.
That's great! My sister-in-law is willing to hire me. Even if it's only two hundred coins, let alone four hundred, Sister-in-law Xiuhua would be willing.
"Um".
Wei Yuyan nodded, her mind also contemplating her new red bean paste roll, even though she hadn't bought the ingredients yet.
I need to go buy some tomorrow, including soybeans, to make soybean paste.
"Knock knock knock~".
Suddenly someone knocked on the door, and Wei Yuyan's heart jumped. Who could it be?
If Brother Zhang were here, he would have called out to Xiuhua loudly long ago.
Seeing Wei Yuyan's nervous expression, Sister-in-law Xiuhua didn't dare to say anything, afraid of ruining things.
"Who is it?"
Wei Yuyan guessed it couldn't be Wu Lei's aunt, but still asked anyway.
"Does Wei Yuyan live here? Someone asked me to deliver something."
It was the voice of an older man. Wei Yuyan nervously opened the door. Would someone be bringing her something?
"Are you Wei Yuyan? You must be Wei Yuhan's sister?"
An old man with a long beard stood at the doorway carrying a basket.
"Uh...yes, who are you?"
Wei Yuyan was stunned for a moment before she realized, "Oh right, my older sister's name is Wei Yuhan."
"I'm from your sister's village. She asked me to deliver something to you. Here you go."
The old man with the long beard handed over the basket, which was covered with a cloth. Wei Yuyan didn't know what it was, but she took it anyway.
"Please come in and have a cup of tea. You must be tired from your journey."
In Wei Yuyan's memory, she had a good relationship with her older sister, but unfortunately, the two sisters married far away; the villages they married into were twenty or thirty miles apart.
It would take almost an hour to get there by oxcart, and at least two hours to walk.
Therefore, Wei Yuyan never saw her sister again after getting married.
"Grandpa, have some water, have some water. Where did you come from?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua quickly made a cup of brown sugar water and handed it to the old man.
"Oh, you're too kind. Just a glass of water will do. I just wanted the cow to rest."
I'm from Pear Blossom Village. Do you know where it is? It takes about an hour to get here by oxcart, and it will take about an hour to get back.
The old man took out his pipe and took two puffs.
"How is my sister doing?"
Wei Yuyan felt a mix of emotions. The original owner's older sister still cared about her quite a bit, and had sent things over from afar.
"Everything is fine, all is well. They asked me to deliver things last year, but my cow was sick for a while last year, so I couldn't come."
A few days ago, she told me it was the Dragon Boat Festival and wanted me to send her something, so I agreed.
I brought some things to your town today, and then picked up a few passengers before coming here.
The old man felt it was a waste not to give passengers any rides along the way, so he decided to take a detour to the town and give a few people a ride to their room in Wujia Village, which would earn him a few coins.
"So that's how it is."
Wei Yuyan nodded, took the basket to the kitchen, and lifted it to take a look.
The basket contained two jin of flour, ten eggs, a packet of dried small fish, and two cured rabbit legs.
Wei Yuyan was surprised; such a gift was already very valuable in this era.
Wei Yuyan didn't know if it was because she missed her family or because of the original owner's emotions, but she couldn't help but tear up.
"Sister-in-law, what have you been doing all day? Oh my, your older sister is really good to you, giving you so many nice things."
I was just chatting with that old man, and he said that my sister gave birth to a girl at the end of last year, and the family's financial situation isn't very good.
When Sister-in-law Xiuhua walked in and saw the things on the table, she couldn't help but sigh at the deep sisterly affection.
"Yes, I'll prepare a return gift for her. Sister-in-law Xiuhua, could you please entertain the old lady for me?"
Ask him how much my sister was paid for delivering the things; I'll pay him in a bit.
Wei Yuyan thought for a moment. There was still half a pound of peanut brittle left in the cupboard from the last time she bought it. She packed it up, not knowing that the old man would come, and there was nothing prepared at home.
She added another three jin of rice, but Wei Yuyan was in a bit of a dilemma, as there didn't seem to be anything good in the house.
I rummaged through the cupboard and found some red dates, longan, and brown sugar. These are all nice things, good stuff. Although there aren't many, it's still a token of my appreciation.
I originally bought it to make white fungus soup, but I can only use it as a temporary measure. I'll buy more next time I go to town.
Besides these, I couldn't find anything else suitable, but I did have some dried fish at home.
However, judging from the small fish, they don't lack fish, so dried large intestines wouldn't be a good option.
"Sister-in-law, stop looking. The old man is leaving. He said it will get dark soon."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua chatted with the old man for a while, then came in to urge Wei Yuyan.
"Okay, okay, oh dear, we didn't prepare anything at home, and these things are a bit embarrassing to show off."
Wei Yuyan came out carrying a basket containing only rice, red dates, longan, brown sugar, and peanut brittle.
"Miss, it's getting late, so I'll be leaving now. Is there anything you'd like me to tell her?"
The old man sipped his brown sugar water.
"I didn't say anything else, just told her not to worry about me, that I was fine."
Also, I'll be visiting her in about two months, please take these things with me.
Wei Yuyan handed the basket over.
"And the old man's wages, he said it was eight coins."
Xiuhua's sister-in-law reminded her.
"Oh, right, right, I almost forgot."
Wei Yuyan took out eight coins from her pocket and handed them to the old man.
"Okay, okay, I'll definitely deliver this and the message. I'll be going now, I'm in a hurry."
After the old man finished speaking, he drank the remaining brown sugar water in his cup in one gulp and left.
"Take care, sir."
Wei Yuyan saw the old man to the door and watched him walk away before going home.
"Your sister is still good to you, it's just a pity that she married too far away."
"We can't see each other often. When was the last time you saw your sister?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua has always envied those who have sisters.
"Before getting married~".
Wei Yuyan recalled that her sister lived quite far from her parents' home, in the opposite direction from the Wu family.
"It's been so long? If you see your sister again, you might not even recognize her, don't you think?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was thinking.
"Well, to be honest, if I were walking down the street and ran into my sister, I might not even recognize her."
Wei Yuyan gave a bitter smile.
"So you're going to see her in two months?"
Sister-in-law Xiuhua thought about what she had just said to the old man.
"Yes, I was thinking that in two months, after I've saved up some money, I'll buy some fabric and send it over."
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