Chapter 88 Chapter 88 "Fourth brother-in-law,...
"Fourth brother-in-law, are you sifting rice?" Chen got off the mule cart and greeted him.
Then he turned his head, looked around, and asked in confusion, "Why don't I see Fourth Sister?"
Sun Laosan stopped what he was doing and handed the rice to the servant next to him.
"Little sister, it really is you. Is this Da Ya, San Ya, and Si Ya? You've changed so much, I can hardly recognize you."
"Hey, my father-in-law is here too?"
"Come in and sit down."
"Your fourth sister is at home. It's too hot these days, so don't let her go out and suffer." Sun Lao San smiled and invited Chen in, but he was suspicious about the purpose of their visit.
It looked like she wasn't here to ask for money, but he wasn't sure. Sun Lao San smiled and asked tentatively, "Little sister, what's the matter with you coming here this time?"
Upon hearing this, Chen got straight to the point. After all these years together, she knew her brother-in-law all too well: selfish and stingy, his only saving grace was that he was kind to her fourth sister. "We're here to buy three or four hundred kilograms of rice."
Buying rice? 400 kilograms? Sun Laosan's smile suddenly became genuine. "Buying so much rice? Are you going to eat it yourself?"
Not wanting to beat around the bush with him, Chen told him about her family's stalls in the county and at the dock.
At the same time, he did not forget to negotiate the price, "Fourth Brother-in-law, we are buying so much, you have to give me a discount."
Upon hearing this, Sun Laosan said, "Don't worry, little sister. Of course, they are all our relatives. Let's put it this way. The price of rice is 150 wen a dou recently. Without saying anything else, just give 140 wen." He made a concession of one wen as if it were an exorbitant sum. This was Sun Laosan's shamelessness. Who knows, the price of rice outside might be 140 wen a dou, or even less.
Chen knew him too well and didn't indulge him. "Fourth brother-in-law, it's 130 wen a dou outside. Did you remember it wrong?"
Sure enough, Sun Lao San's face froze, and he laughed awkwardly twice, "Really? Maybe I remembered it wrongly."
After a long while, he felt heartbroken and said, "Then you should give me 120 coins."
Chen didn't expect that she had actually guessed it right. Seeing that the other party's face was not good, she didn't want to lower the price anymore. Instead, she thanked him, "Thank you very much, Fourth Brother-in-law."
Sun Laosan's heart was bleeding. He waved his hands and said, "We are all relatives."
After saying that, he went to weigh the rice himself. Chen was beside him, and Sun Laosan felt embarrassed to pass off inferior rice as good, so he weighed the best quality rice. Three hundred catties, or three dan, filled three bulging sacks. After loading, he asked the servants in the store to help load them onto the mule cart.
Don't say, this mule is really good. At this time, the pain in Sun Laosan's heart had almost dissipated. Seeing this, he smiled and said,
"Little sister, is this the mule you bought? It's really good and it's very strong." His family also had a mule, but for some reason, it was not as good as the Su family's. He didn't know why.
"Yes, I bought it not long ago." Chen said, and then said, "It's too far to go, and I can't carry too much stuff, so I bought it."
Sun Lao San smiled and said, "It's indeed worth buying."
But he was thinking in his heart that the Su family seemed to have made a lot of money. You know, ordinary people would not buy livestock unless it was necessary. After all, it was not a small amount of money, not to mention that raising livestock required time and energy to feed them. But the Su family bought them and raised them so well.
"That's right, that's right. Oh, little sister, why don't you stay home for dinner with your father-in-law today? I'll have the servants tell your fourth sister right away."
Most people in the world dislike the poor and love the rich, and Sun Lao San is even more so. If the Su family was still the same as before, he would definitely not be so enthusiastic.
"No, brother-in-law, we have something else to do today, so we won't go. We'll go next time. You and sister can come to our house when you are free."
Sun Lao San looked at the things on the mule cart and knew what Chen said was true, so he didn't force her to stay. "Okay, then I won't keep you."
After a few more pleasantries, they said goodbye to each other.
On this side, Sun Laosan watched the Su family walk away before returning to the rice shop. After returning to the rice shop, he went to do some abacus for a while. He didn't go home until it got dark and he felt hungry.
At the Sun family, when Sun Laosan returned home, Sun Laoer and Sun Laohan had just returned from another rice shop in the town. When they came back, the women at home who had been waiting for a long time were ready to start eating. As usual, the father and his two sons discussed the rice shop business, while the women took care of the children at home and only ate after the children had finished eating.
Chen Si Niang did the same. She waited until her youngest son Yaozu finished eating before she picked up the leftovers and started eating.
However, what she didn't expect was that just as she was about to eat, her husband mentioned her name and the name of her younger sister from her mother's side. She heard her husband say that her younger sister came to the shop to buy a few stones of rice, heard her husband say that her younger sister's family now started a food business, heard her husband praising her younger sister for her ability, and heard that the family bought a mule and something.
Then she heard her father-in-law say, "Didn't the third daughter-in-law go back to her parents' home this Mid-Autumn Festival?"
Sun Lao San said, "Dad, you forgot, we went back to worship our ancestors during the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Old Man Sun said, "Is that so."
Chen Si Niang didn't know why the other party asked this, so she replied obediently, "Yes, Dad."
Old Man Sun nodded, and after a while he said, "This is our family's fault. Let's put it this way. Since there's nothing important happening at home recently, if the third daughter-in-law wants to go back, she can go and take Yaozu to buy some things and stay for a few days."
What this meant was that Chen Si Niang wanted to go back to her parents' home to play for a few days. In the Sun family, Old Man Sun's words were like imperial decrees. No one dared to say anything else than what he said, including Mrs. Qi.
So when they heard him say this, everyone in the Sun family was surprised and had no other reaction.
The surprise was naturally that Old Man Sun would take the initiative to suggest that Chen Si Niang return to her parents' home. After all, this was the first time that Old Man Sun had done so.
Chen Si Niang was even more surprised and a little delighted. You know, she hadn't been back to her parents' home for the past two years since she went back the year before last. She had wanted to go back to her parents' home for a long time, but she was worried about marrying someone else. If her parents-in-law didn't ask, she didn't dare to take the initiative to ask, otherwise it would be unfilial. In addition, she was of humble origin. Although marrying into the Sun family had so many advantages and she gave birth to two daughters and a son, she was still worried all the time, fearing that she would be divorced if she didn't do well.
Unexpectedly, her father-in-law actually offered to let her go back today. She was happy and excited for a moment, "Okay, Dad."
I started packing that night and prepared to go back the next day.
Of course, this is a later story, let’s not talk about it for now, let’s go back to the Su family,
Because they bought rice, the mule cart couldn't accommodate so many people, so they walked back that day.
When they were almost at the village entrance, Old Man Su, who was driving the mule cart, suddenly stopped and asked Chen, Su Li and the others to wait there. He went to the side and picked a lot of banana leaves to cover the rice bags. He also took out the things in the baskets on the cart and put them on top. Seeing this, Chen and the others naturally understood why and followed suit to help.
There are many people in the village and it is inevitable that there will be some people who like to steal. To be on the safe side, even if you make money, it is better not to let others know.
Before, the Su family had caused a lot of jealousy when they built a house. In the end, the Su family claimed to have borrowed a lot of money to avoid many troubles. But despite this, many people still came to inquire about it. In the end, they found out that the Su family really had nothing in the house, and it was empty everywhere. They also ate ordinary food, so they stopped.
There's no way around it. This is the way the world is. It's better not to show off your wealth.
Su Li looked at the actions of her grandfather, Old Man Su, and couldn't help but admire him. She remembered that when the house was just built, it was her grandfather who took the initiative to invite those people into the house to see it. She was very surprised at the time. Her grandfather was not the kind of person who liked to show off or talk much, so why was he so enthusiastic in those few days? Later, she understood her grandfather's intention. It turned out to be her grandfather. It was all the survival wisdom of the elderly!
Here, after hiding the sacks, Su Li and the others went to the village.
In the afternoon, everyone in Xiaoxi Village gathered at the entrance of the village to chat. Autumn is the harvest season, and everyone was planning to go into the mountains to hunt and pick fruits. When they saw Old Man Su and his companions coming back, their attention was immediately drawn to them.
The Su family is no longer what it used to be. Everyone knows that they have made money by setting up stalls in the county. Everyone is more enthusiastic when they meet and greet each other, including the family who went to the Su family to help build a house last time.
"Uncle Su, are you back?"
"Yeah, have you eaten yet?"
"We just ate. We were talking about going hunting in the mountains. Are you going?"
This is considered an annual village-wide activity, because there are so many wild animals in the mountains that ordinary people, except for those who make a living by hunting, dare not go in. Only after the autumn harvest, when everyone is free, do they have time to go in. Every year at this time, there is a bumper harvest. If there is a wild boar, the whole village will share it. There are also some pheasants and rabbits. However, this kind of thing has nothing to do with the Su family in previous years. It should be said that it has nothing to do with all the military households in the village. The villagers will not invite them. It is not that they look down on the military households, but because each family needs to provide at least two able-bodied men to go into the mountains, and there are only women, children, the elderly and the young left in the military households all year round. No one wants to cause trouble for themselves, so they naturally exclude them.
But this year, the situation is different.
"Yeah, let's go together then." Someone said.
The others echoed after hearing this, "Yeah, then we'll have company when we go together."
The villagers were a little embarrassed to talk about this at first, but they became more and more natural as time went on. Some women even said they wanted to take the sisters Su Li and Su Hong to pick hazelnuts together.
Old Man Su naturally agreed without hesitation and said with a smile, "That's great. Just don't think I'm a burden to you."
"What's the big deal? We're all from the same village, so we should help each other."
"Yes, we are all from the same village."
"yes."
Everyone was talking at once and soon they were having a great time.
Seeing this, the fat aunt beside her smiled and said to Su Li and her sisters,
"You heard it, I'll let your sister Daya come and call you when the time comes."
This person was none other than the village chief's wife, Zhang.
Su Hong and the others naturally agreed, "Okay, Auntie."
At this time, Su Li suddenly said to her elder sister, "Sister, our family still needs to buy eggs and other things. Why don't you discuss with Auntie that in the future, anyone in the village who has eggs can give them to our family."
Su Hong was a little confused when she heard this. It was true that the family needed eggs for cooking, but hadn't her younger sister said before that they could buy them somewhere else? Why did she decide to buy them in the village?
Here, before Su Hong could speak, Zhang heard it and asked quickly,
"Does your family want to buy eggs?"
Su Li, "Yes, Auntie, not only eggs, but also fungus, yam and other things."
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