Hard times have room

Chapter 13 Wooden Box
When passing through the pile of furniture wood with missing arms and legs, Paulin took a closer look and found that although the exterior looked tattered and inconspicuous, upon closer inspection, one could see that the wood was of good quality and extraordinary quality.

What's more, if you look carefully, you can still find that some pieces of furniture can still be spelled out, but I don't know who owns it, and why it was beaten and smashed like this, and it was thrown in the junkyard.

"Daughter, why don't you leave?" Wang Jiandang was walking in front and suddenly noticed that Paulin didn't follow, and couldn't help asking curiously.

Pauline came back to her senses instantly: "Dad, I'm fine."

After finishing speaking, she tightened her back and put the basket on her back and walked towards her father. When passing by the pile of tattered furniture of good quality, she suddenly saw a small black wooden box the size of a palm or two. There are some patterns at the corners, and the shape is simple and elegant.

Paulin squatted down and picked it up. There were scratches on the corners of the box, two of which were very deep. The black paint on the surface was scratched, revealing the color of the wood inside, which looked a bit sloppy.

Holding it upside down, it feels a little heavy. There are two homogeneous wooden rings in the middle on the leftmost side of the top of the wooden box. Hook the wooden ring on the right and pull it gently to the right, and the box will open, and there is nothing inside. Empty, pick it up and flip it left and right, Pauline likes it the more she looks at it.

Pauline doesn't have a storage box in the house that is completely her own right now. I didn't expect to meet one here today, and it's exactly the type that Paulin likes.

When the time comes, buy a small lock, buckle it in the two small rings, and put it on the bed, and the small money or important things on the bright side can be put in it.

"Dad, I don't have a box at home yet. I like this, take it with me." Pauline grabbed the box and looked at Wang Jiandang with pleading eagerness.

Wang Jiandang couldn't stand this look, and naturally agreed in a hurry: "Okay, okay, let's take this box with us."

When I arrived at the entrance of the small courtyard, I saw that the old man was still sitting with a newspaper and reading with relish.

It wasn't until the Pauline father and daughter came to his table that the uncle reacted and looked up at the two of them.

Wang Jiandang gently put down the basket behind his back and took out a book dictionary to weigh the uncle.

"A total of fourteen catties and seven taels, and each catty is three cents." The uncle looked at the wooden box in Paulin's hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Including the wooden box in the girl's hand, the total is calculated. You five cents!"

"Hey, that's fine." Wang Jiandang responded as he took out Zou Baba's gross receipts from his trousers pocket, counted five pieces of [-] cents, and paid.

After walking out of the junk station, they went straight to the supply and marketing agency. The father and daughter stayed at the junk station for almost an hour. They didn't have a watch and didn't know the time. thing.

As soon as I arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, I saw two other members of the village, Wang Chunsheng and Xu Tao, who were enjoying the shade under the big tree.

Another Xu Ziqiang went to his brother-in-law's house in the county seat. His younger sister grew up well, she even went to elementary school and found a city person.

"Founding the party, come and sit here, it's cool and cool." Wang Chunsheng said when he saw the father and daughter waving.

Wang Chun didn't grow up high, but he was very talkative. He could talk to anyone in the village. He was Wang Jiandang's cousin who had not yet released five servers. Grow up, have a good relationship.

"Hey, good, I want it." Wang Jiandang took Paulin's hand and walked towards the two of them while responding.

"Where did so many books come from?" Xu Tao asked while looking at Wang Jiandang's basket.

"Don't say it, it must be Paulin's. No wonder the village says that Baolin is the smartest and loves to read." Wang Chunsheng looked at the books in the back basket and looked at Wang Jiandang enviously: "I said you are leaving. What kind of shit luck, Pauline is so smart, why is she not my daughter."

"There are three stinky boys and two daughters in the family, and none of them have the material to study. You can see that your family, Baolin, skipped grades to get a scholarship at a young age. She is good at studying, and you will enjoy the blessings in the future."

"Haha, nowhere, Baolin loves to read books. Didn't she come to the county seat, she went to the junkyard to find a few high school books, thinking about previewing it in advance, your children are also lively and playful now, wait a minute. The older you get, the more sensible you will become." Wang Jiandang's mouth couldn't close while denying it, and his heart was full of joy.

In the early years, when he was a daughter, whoever saw him was not contemptuous. If he didn't have a son in the countryside, he was despised by others. The weak and weak would be bullied faintly, but now, his daughter is a good student. I envy him for having a good daughter, who would dare to look down on him.

Pauline sat on the side smiling and politely listening to the three big men beside her talking about the mountains. Occasionally, when she talked about herself, she would respond with a smile, but not much.

The three of them didn't think there was any problem. Pauline seldom communicated with others outside, especially men, and only occasionally talked more with two or three familiar peers or female elders. The others were generally smiling. Call an aunt and uncle, and occasionally respond with a few words, not much.

When I was a child, the talkative women in the village used to talk a lot about this. They were unpleasant, ignored people, didn't understand, just didn't like to talk, be shy, have a social barrier, and didn't eat her home. meal.

When she was a child, Su Hongying quarreled with others a lot about this.

Because of this, Pauline hated some people in the village. She usually talked to these people and their children, which made her seem out of place, and the gossip people were even more enthusiastic.

In the past, when Paulin was a child, Su Hongying had a very violent temper. For Paulin's sake, she did not quarrel or fight less. In the past few years, Paulin has been good at reading and has a good spirit. She is comfortable, and the small family has saved some money. Saving a private house, the whole family is thinking about how to increase the private house money, how can there be so much time to be noisy at home, and there will be less friction with the concubine at home, Su Hongying's temper just looks at it.

After a while, the hungry and grumbling crowd took out the pancakes to eat, and Wang Jiandang distributed a pancake to Pauline.

The pancakes were very hard and had a rough taste, making it hard to chew and swallow, but everyone still enjoyed it with cold water.

It's dry food after all.

Pauline couldn't eat half of it, and she let her dad eat the rest.

As soon as they finished eating, the captain brought a note to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy fertilizer and lime. After buying the good things, all the team members gathered together and rested. The ox cart was loaded, and four people carried it. At noon, they went back to face the sun.

I stopped and walked along the way, and by the time the sun was about to go down in the village.

(End of this chapter)