At this moment, Wang Laosan realized that he had said the wrong thing.
"Brother, that's not what I meant. I just think the ready-made clothes are a bit too expensive."
But thinking about it, it really isn't expensive. My mother has worked hard for most of her life, so she deserves a new dress.
"Brother, I still have some money on me, take it all. See if there's anything else the family needs to buy, and buy it together."
Looking at his two younger brothers' well-behaved manners, Wang the Cripple felt very gratified.
I was already about ten years older than my two younger brothers.
In his mind, he was the eldest brother, so he should take care of his two younger brothers.
The villagers of Wangjia Village each carried these items; some had bought cloth, while others had bought grain.
But the only thing they had in common was that everyone had bought a big bag of candy.
Although these large chunks of brown sugar are not the cheapest, the price is still acceptable to them.
The reason I didn't buy that kind of brown sugar is because it has a slightly bitter taste when you taste it carefully.
The children already have a hard enough life, how can we let them eat that kind of candy?
Among them were two thoughtful men who bought a pair of cloth shoes for each of their parents.
In their minds, the ready-made clothes were indeed a bit expensive, and they would buy them for their parents when they earned more money in the future.
A group of people left the city, found an oxcart that was going back to their town, and each paid three copper coins to get on the oxcart.
As soon as they got on the oxcart, the old man driving it saw that the cart was already full and thought it was time to go.
"Gentlemen, why are you carrying so many bags of stuff?"
The speaker was a woman in her forties.
After saying that, he looked into the bags that the other people were carrying.
"Oh my, these things don't look cheap at all. How come you farmers are so willing to spend money on them?"
The men from Wangjia Village hadn't had a chance to reply yet.
Another older woman directly retorted, "Hey, Zhang's family, you're the kind of person who loves to ask all sorts of questions and is the most annoying. Do people even know you?"
"What business is it of yours how much stuff other people buy?"
The Zhang family's daughter-in-law was very dissatisfied upon hearing this.
The person who confronted her was none other than her own family's arch-enemy.
"Xiangcao Niang, what you said is wrong. There's a saying that goes, 'A dog catching a mouse is meddling in other people's business.'"
What does it have to do with you if I greet someone? Why are you just babbling on and on?
The woman named Xiangcao wasn't angry: "Yes! I just don't know who this busybody is."
As soon as Xiangcao Niang finished speaking, everyone on the oxcart burst into laughter.
Zhang's daughter-in-law looked at Xiangcao's mother as if she wanted to slap her.
But after thinking about it, I decided to forget about my mother's instructions.
She was originally a very nice young woman, and at that time, countless men from all around wanted to marry her.
The threshold of that house was practically worn down by people coming and going, but he himself had taken a fancy to that boy from the Zhang family.
That family was not only poor, but the mother-in-law was also a shrew. That's why I married into that family a few years ago.
The villagers there didn't respect their own noses or eyes.
If I weren't smart and not the weak type, I don't know how badly my mother-in-law would have bullied me.
But precisely because of this, she was called a little shrew by the other villagers.
The "old shrew" naturally refers to one's own mother-in-law.
Every time I go back to my parents' home, my mother tells me that I need to change my temperament and not be so willful, otherwise I will suffer a great loss sooner or later.
Her personality has changed quite a bit, but to the villagers, she's still the same shrew.
Thinking of this, Zhang's wife stopped talking and simply sat quietly.
The men from Wangjia Village, seeing this, naturally didn't say much; being men, they were naturally quiet.
Especially this car full of people, none of whom I knew.
Finally arriving at Chitang Town, the people got off the oxcart and immediately boarded another oxcart to return to the village.
The old man driving the oxcart spotted the men from Wangjia Village at a glance; they were all old acquaintances who lived in the next village.
"You guys ran so far to find a place to work, did you manage to find one?"
"If you find someone, take Hui Zi with you. He's been wandering around town for days and hasn't found anyone suitable."
Wang Qing nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, as he already knew the son of the oxcart driver.
Moreover, it was already agreed beforehand that if a suitable person could be found in the capital and was good in all aspects, he would go with him.
Although I am currently working for the young princess, and although I haven't completely settled down yet.
But she heard from others that they needed people every day, and not just this one factory, but a dozen or twenty factories in the vicinity belonged to the young princess.
“Uncle Niu, please go back and tell San’er to get up early tomorrow and come with us.”
The food and wages there are top-notch. I'll take him with me tomorrow to see if he can handle it.
The old man driving the oxcart nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
"Okay, okay, then I'll thank you on behalf of my third son."
The group chatted idly for a while, and finally returned to Wangjia Village when it was completely dark.
As soon as I got off the oxcart and walked to the entrance of Wangjia Village, I saw many people already sitting under the big locust tree at the village entrance to enjoy the cool shade.
"Mother, I'm back."
One of the men saw his mother sitting under a big tree with a palm-leaf fan from afar, fanning herself idly.
When the old lady saw her eldest son return, carrying a full load of things, she froze on the spot.
"Oh my, why did you buy all this stuff?"
"What great job did you find today that allowed you to buy so much stuff?"
The old lady thought her son must have found a very good job, otherwise he wouldn't be able to afford so many things.
I know my own son well; he's an honest kid.
Cheers soon erupted from the crowd, as the children cheered over the food their fathers had bought.
Several elderly women from the same village looked at these men with envy and immediately gathered around them.
"What kind of job did you find outside?"
"Tell me quickly, if it's suitable, let the boy in your family go too."
"That's right, Daming! I'm still your cousin's wife. What good job could you possibly have? Don't forget your cousin!"
"Fengzi, quickly tell your aunt what exactly happened."
"What kind of job did you find outside? Otherwise, how could you have bought so much stuff?"
These people are people who rarely leave the village.
But they also knew the prices outside. The bolt of cloth they were carrying would have taken at least half a month to make in town to buy back.
Look at this cloth, it's the best in town.
That's why they were convinced that this must be a really good job.
The men were completely surrounded and couldn't get out. They had no choice but to explain.
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