Chapter 48 Chapter 48 "Sixth Lady, today...
"Sixth Mother, thank you for your hard work today." Moonlight enveloped the Su family's small courtyard. Chen took the colander washed by Mo and expressed her gratitude.
"Oh, what's the big deal? I make it every day at home. I still have to wash it after putting the meat in it. It will be difficult to wash it tomorrow." Mrs. Mo looked around and found that there was nothing to wash. Then she stood up and took the wooden basin to pour out the dirty water outside the yard.
After finishing everything, before leaving, Mrs. Mo specifically pulled Mrs. Chen over and said, "Now that your daughter is back, you, as her mother, should try to persuade her. The past is the past, and we must look forward to the future."
Divorce was not a big deal in this dynasty, but there were still all kinds of unpleasant rumors. If you took them to heart, you would be the one who got hurt in the end.
"Okay." Chen nodded to show that she understood, but she was also worried about how to persuade her eldest daughter given her temper.
At this time, the Su family father and son and the Wang family father and son, who were helping to deliver tables, chairs and benches to each household, also came back.
"Since everything is fine, let's go home." Outside the fenced yard, the Wang family father and son stopped to say goodbye.
"Thank you, Brother Wang and my nephew, for today. I'll invite you to my house for a drink when I'm free another day." Father Su was rarely at home before, and he had never had much dealings with the father and son of the Wang family. Unexpectedly, after spending time together today, he discovered that Father Wang was actually a warm-hearted, humorous person. After a meal, the two of them had a great conversation, and the relationship between the two families became much closer.
Father Wang hadn't expected that he could actually get along so well with Father Su. He had the impression that Father Su was a dull, boring, and honest man who didn't like to talk much. Who would have thought that this was just his prejudice? It was rare to meet someone so compatible. Father Wang joked, "Hahaha, then we'll have to wait and see."
"Of course, of course."
After some conversation, the Wang family father and son left side by side.
Seeing this, Madam Mo also said goodbye to her four daughters and left. Because of the deal with the Su family, the status of the mother and daughters in the Huang family has risen rapidly recently. If they had returned so late in the past, Mrs. Yang would have been very surprised. But today, after seeing them return home,
Mrs. Yang actually said, "Are you done? Why don't you help clean up a little more?"
Su Jia's daughter must have been busy for a while packing up her things after getting divorced and returning home. What Mrs. Yang said was right.
It was strange to hear such words coming out of her mouth. Mrs. Mo complained in her heart, but still said, "I'm almost done with my work, mother."
"Okay, that's good." Mrs. Yang said. Just then, the eldest daughter-in-law, Liu, came out of the toilet. Mrs. Yang scolded her, "You unlucky thing, you pooped as soon as you ate."
When leaving, Mrs. Yang specifically asked her three daughters-in-law to stay and help clean up. Unexpectedly, the eldest daughter-in-law and the youngest daughter-in-law both cried out of stomachache and ran home with their pants in their hands.
Of course, the reason why he went home instead of Su's house was because Mrs. Yang had a rule that everyone in the family had to hold their poop and pee and go home. She did the same. No matter how much pain her stomach hurt outside, she would endure it and go to the toilet when she got home. This is called keeping good things within the family.
Having said that, Liu had just come out of the toilet with a pale face, but in less than a second her face changed again and she went back into the toilet.
This made Zhou, who had just come out of the house holding her stomach, almost burst into cursing.
Mrs. Mo looked at the two of them like this, and was quite surprised. "What happened to my eldest sister-in-law and fourth sister?"
"What else can you do? You ate too much meat." Mrs. Yang got angry when she talked about this, but she was not angry at her daughters-in-law for eating too much meat. Instead, she was angry at her daughters-in-law for having diarrhea right after eating so much good meat. In her opinion, if you have diarrhea right after eating, it's the same as eating in vain.
That was indeed quite unfortunate. For the first time, Mrs. Mo agreed with her mother-in-law.
People like her and her daughters will be fine after eating it, so they are the blessed people.
Mrs. Mo thought happily.
But the braised pork tasted so good that even in her dreams at night, Mrs. Mo was still thinking that braised pork was so delicious.
There are several families like her who fall asleep at night with the aroma of braised pork.
Of course, there are also those who can’t sleep because of the smell of meat all night long…
No one had expected the Su family to actually make braised pork tonight. They'd assumed it was just like any other family dinner, two pounds of meat sliced thinly for a stew, with each person getting a slice. But then people who had eaten came back and said there was not only plenty of meat, but also five whole braised fish and some incredibly delicious fish offal. Everyone who came back after eating was full of praise, saying it was even better than what the chef at Xiang Man Lou had made. While most people hadn't been to Xiang Man Lou, they could imagine how delicious it must have been!
If I had known earlier, they would have followed me there on their own initiative. The regret in my heart began to rekindle.
At the Su family's house, Su Li and Su Tao were helping their eldest sister pack things in the house. Actually, there was nothing much to pack, just put the things into the house and fold the clothes.
Su Li folded it up in a few seconds, Su Tao picked it up and put it in the box, while Lian Gu sat on the bed and ate Su Tao's pine nut candy.
"Is it delicious? Is Fourth Auntie treating you well?"
Su Tao was usually the greediest person, but after Lian Gu came, she not only gave in to her in everything, but even shared her favorite pine nut candy with her, acting like an adult.
"Okay!" Lian Gu's cheeks puffed up and her eyes sparkled.
"Is the fourth aunt better or the youngest aunt?"
It was another boring adult game. Su Li glanced at her fourth sister Su Tao and ignored her.
But the child took it seriously. He poked the bamboo mat with his fingers, rolled his eyes, and after a long while, he said in childish words, "Auntie!"
This answer was something Su Tao had never thought of.
She thought it was her! Su Tao was a little dissatisfied and asked,
"Why auntie?"
Unexpectedly, Lian Gu jumped off the bed, didn't answer, and went to look for her mother...
As for the reason, it’s because the braised pork made by my aunt is so delicious!!!
Su Tao snorted, "This heartless little thing! She even washed her diaper!"
On the other side,
"Mom, take this silver." Su Hong handed the silver given by the Li family today to Chen. She knew that her mother was the head of the family now.
"What are you doing for me? Just keep it for yourself." The daughter was divorced and took Lian Gu with her. There were many places where she needed the money. What was there to do with her?
Su Hong refused to take it back after hearing this, "You can use it for household expenses." She took her daughter back to her parents' home. How could she feel comfortable eating and drinking for free? Even if her parents and grandparents were willing, she would not do it. She had made up her mind that after settling down in the next two days, she would buy some chickens and ducks to raise and sell, and then go to open up wasteland and plant some vegetables. After all, she and Lian Gu would not starve to death. However, she did not have the money to build a house for the time being, so she could only live in her parents' home.
"It would be even better if Dad and my brother could help me and Aunt Lian build a house in the back when they have time." After saying this, Su Hong's face turned as red as a cooked shrimp.
Going back to her parents' home was already a laughing stock for the villagers, and now she had to repair the house there. She would probably be ridiculed by the villagers, but Su Hong had no other choice. The only people she could rely on now were her father, brothers and sisters from her parents' home.
"Let me discuss the matter of building a house with your father." It was true that there were too few houses in the house. Now that the eldest daughter had come back, she had to squeeze into one room with the younger daughter and the others, which was very inconvenient. However, since the sons were not at home on weekdays, the eldest daughter could move in temporarily, so there was no rush.
There is one more thing, Chen thought of it and said:
"Your little sister asked me to ask you something. Would you be willing to follow us and sell food in the future?"
This is what Su Li said to Chen last night. Now that sales at the dock are good and they have some money, they might as well set up a stall in the county to sell food. It just so happens that their eldest sister is back and there are more people at home, so they can try setting up a stall in the county.
I can just sell less at the beginning. If the business is good, I can sell more in the future. It can also be considered as finding something for my elder sister to do so that she doesn’t have to think about the past all day long.
"Your younger sister said she'll pay you 200 wen a month, and if business is good, she'll give you more."
Su Li was talking about commission, but Chen didn't understand what commission meant. After she understood it, she thought it meant adding more.
After she finished speaking, seeing that her eldest daughter was silent, Chen looked at her expression to see if she was unhappy. In fact, Chen originally did not want to say it so distantly, but the youngest daughter said that if she did not take the initiative to say it, the eldest daughter would definitely not want a penny. Chen thought it made sense, so she said it, but as soon as the words came out, Chen felt that she should not say it. What if the eldest daughter was unhappy and felt that her mother treated her as an outsider?
Just as she was about to say something, she heard her eldest daughter Su Hong say, "Okay."
"I'll go with you, but you don't have to pay me." Su Hong knew that her mother and two sisters cooked food every day and sold it at the dock, but she didn't know how much silver they could get. She just thought that her mother and sisters had a hard time and would not earn much, so she took the initiative to say that she didn't want any wages.
"That won't do. It's settled." Seeing that her daughter was not unhappy, Chen felt that what her youngest daughter said was indeed right, as if she had expected everything.
"Then mother, please keep this silver first, otherwise I won't take my wages." After Su Hong finished speaking, she stuffed the silver into Chen's hand. As for the wages, let's talk about it later. 200 Wen is not a small amount of money. Although she has not been to the county town much in the years at the Li family, she also knows the price of the work. Take the women in their village who go to take work as an example. Ordinary people only earn about 100 Wen for washing clothes. The 200 Wen a month that her mother said to give her is already very good. When Su Hong said this, she never thought that one day she would be able to earn several taels of silver a month, or even dozens of taels of silver.
Of course, this is a later story.
The summer wind blows,
"Grandma..." Lian Gu flew into Chen's arms like a butterfly. Chen had to put the silver into her arms temporarily and hugged Lian Gu.
"Hey, what happened to Aunt Lian?"
Lian Gu shook her head to indicate that it was nothing, but her bright eyes were looking towards the house.
"Then let's go wash our feet, okay?" Chen coaxed.
"Okay!" Lian Gu nodded.
Otherwise, why do they say that grandparents are closer than their grandchildren? Chen had never been so careful in coaxing her daughters before.
Su Tao felt a little jealous when she heard this. Before leaving, she turned to Su Li and asked, "Fifth sister, let's go wash our feet."
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On the other side, in the room of Old Man Su and Mrs. Wu, "Why didn't you tell me about this when you came back?"
It turned out that at Old Man Su's table tonight, other military households had mentioned that they would set off north in a few days, and they were all talking about what clothes and food to bring with them. It was only then that Old Man Su and Mrs. Wu learned that their son and grandson would be leaving in three days, and they felt angry and upset for a moment.
"I thought I'd tell you in a couple of days." Father Su lowered his head. He was nearly forty years old, but at this moment he was still like a child, and his tone was a little overwhelmed.
"In two days..." Mrs. Wu didn't know how to scold her son. In two days, in two days, you should say it when you are about to leave, right?
"How much silver per person?" At this time, Old Man Su suddenly spoke up. The garrison cannot be without people. Generally, a group of people will be left behind. Many years ago, only the old, weak and sick were left behind. In recent years, it costs some silver to keep them. For people like this whose return date is uncertain, those who have silver at home will use it to redeem them.
"Dad, Erlang, Sanlang and I have decided to go." Not to mention that the family simply couldn't afford the "life-buying silver" of 50 taels per person, the three of them were really fed up with this kind of life. After analyzing it, the three of them decided that although it would be very risky to follow the captain to follow Prince Ji to the north, the benefits would also be great. Maybe they could get a position and be considered to have made it through. The worst case scenario would be that they would die in the battlefield, their heads would be chopped off, and they would get a scar as big as a bowl. They couldn't live a day like this in a cowardly life.
What good would it be to stay? If I stayed, I would just continue to be a slave to others, to be driven by them. Only by fighting my way out and earning a name for myself could I say that my life was worthwhile.
Old man Su, who was once a soldier, could naturally understand his son's thoughts, but he was old and his heart was soft. Whenever he thought that his son and grandson might never see each other again in this life, Old man Su felt sad. Under the dim oil lamp, a few moths flew back and forth. The room was silent. Zila, there was the sound of moths flying to the fire and burning.
"Okay, now that we've made the decision, let's go." Find a way out for ourselves.
“Old man…”
"father…"
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