Sir, why is your painting style so normal?

Chapter 20
In Chen’s courtyard,
Little Fatty's eyes were being covered with a folded cotton handkerchief.

Shitou tied the handkerchief and immediately turned around and ran, "Brother Shitou is here, come and chase me!"

His eyes were dark and he couldn't see anything, the little chubby's excited face froze, and he raised his little hand in fear, trying to pull the handkerchief covering his eyes.

Goudan shouted loudly, "Little Fatty can't pick it! Come and catch me, catch me!"

Jin Bao approached, "Brother Fatty, brother Jin Bao is here, reach out and grab me!"

Yinbao waved and shouted, "Brother Pangdun, brother Yinbao is here."

The little chubby stood there dumbly, motionless, murmuring, "Giggle~"

Ruirui turned around and shouted, "Brother is here!"

The little fat pier moved a few times cautiously, his small mouth bent down, and his voice was crying, "giggle~"

Ruirui looked at his younger brother who was just clamoring to play together and now he was scared, frowned slightly, sighed and walked a few steps closer, opened his hands and shouted, "Brother, brother is here."

The little chubby man with short legs stepped forward slowly, staggered into his arms, buried his head and tightly grasped his clothes, "cluck~"

"Well, the younger brother has caught the older brother." Ruirui responded helplessly and reached out to take off the handkerchief from his face.

Little Fatty blinked his small eyes and was a little dazed.

Ruirui handed the handkerchief to Jinbao and asked someone to blindfold him. Then he stretched out his hand to push Xiaopangdun and said, "Brother, run quickly, brother is coming to catch you!"

Little Fatty was stunned for a moment, then Jinbao pulled him over and ran, shouting as he ran, "Rui Rui, come and catch me!"

Ruirui's little ears twitched and she rushed towards the direction of the sound. Jinbao pulled Little Fatty down quickly.

Seeing that his brother was in vain, the little fat man chuckled, raised his chubby hand and pulled Rui Rui's trousers, shouting, "Giggle, Jin Bao is here~"

Jinbao: "!!!"

Ruirui: "..."

Zhao Miaomiao was embroidering a handkerchief, looking up at the children playing hide-and-seek from time to time, and glanced at the mother-in-law and sister-in-law who were busy spinning.

Compared with spinning, weaving is more profitable, but the people in Wanlin County are not as good at weaving as the people in Jiangnan, and the rough surface of the homespun cloth is not large, so it cannot be sold far away and can only be traded in the countryside, so weaving It is difficult to make a living, so most of the villagers spin yarn.

Spinning is easier than weaving, and the cost is also low. It is the only stable earning job for every household in Chenjiagou. The cotton is loosened, kneaded into strips with wooden sticks, and then spun into cotton thread on the spinning wheel. A skilled hand can spin it in a day. About four or two yarns.

The spun cotton thread is traded in the flower thread market. A catty of cotton thread can be exchanged for a catty and a half of cotton, and the daily price of a catty of cotton is fifty or sixty yuan.

Huaxian City snows once a month from spring to winter, so going to the market tomorrow is the top priority of the village and the most important thing of the Chen family.

All the cotton was spun into cotton thread. After dinner, the Chen family went to rest early.

midnight,

"Cluck!!!" the chicken screamed.

"Humph!!!" The pig screamed.

The Chen family who fell into a deep sleep suddenly woke up.

Zhao Miaomiao opened her eyes and saw Chen Shouxing's back as he quickly opened the door and went out. She glanced at the little chubby boy who was still sleeping soundly, picked him up and placed him at the far end of the bed, covering the sides with pillows.

Get out of bed and get dressed, and go out to have a look, the surroundings are pitch black.

Zhao Miaomiao came to the yard and saw that everyone in the Chen family had dark faces.

There was a little bit of blood on the floor of the pigsty, and the best pig was still bleeding, and the wound was close to the neck.

Old Mrs. Chen slapped her thighs and sat on the ground, crying and scolding, "What a pig! What a shameless bastard!"

Seeing Chen Shouxing coming back, he asked angrily, "Did you look at someone? Who dared to come to our house!"

Chen Shouye looked at Chen Shouxing and asked, "Fifth, are you the first to come out and see people clearly?"

Chen Shouxing shook his head and said, "It was too dark to see clearly. The man originally wanted to continue chopping pigs, but when he saw someone coming out, he turned around and ran away with the chickens."

"He was a man who was not tall but thin. He disappeared after a while, but it must have been done by someone from our neighborhood!"

Old Mrs. Chen gritted her teeth and cursed, "You bastard, don't let me know who did it. I ruined his eggs! If he hadn't woken up when he heard the rooster crow, both of our pigs would have died!"

After scolding, he turned around and asked, "Fourth, how many chickens are missing?"

Chen Shoushan replied, "Mom, there are a lot of chickens at home."

Chen Shou's family members looked a little better.

Mrs. Chen raised her eyebrows and turned her head, "Fifth, hurry up and see how many people are missing on your side?"

Chen Shouxing turned ugly and came back with the lamp, "I'm missing two chickens, the ones that can lay eggs!"

Hearing that it was a chicken that laid eggs, Zhao Miaomiao felt so distressed that she wanted to scold her!
Old Mrs. Chen cursed loudly, "You bastard! I cursed him to be bitten by a dog when he went out, and no one would burn incense after his death!"

He also said, Mrs. Li, you have kept an eye on these nearby houses for my old lady for several nights, and let the children of Jin Bao and Yin Bao watch during the day to see which houses are fragrant these days! "

The things in the house were disturbed, and the Li family members were so angry that they lost their energy and responded, "Oh, mother!"

The old lady Chen narrowed her eyes and said, "Especially the widower of the Liu family! And the Wu family has to be watched closely. We just finished beating Wu You's family the day before yesterday. Widow Wu's old bastard must hate us!"

Wang Hongmei gritted her teeth and nodded, "Auntie must be them! I will keep an eye on them!"

Chen Shouxing also thought it was them. He didn't see the person clearly just now, but his figure and posture looked very much like Liu's widower!

Old Madam Chen felt distressed looking at the cut and bandaged pig, and wondered if she could still feed her. "Okay, Mrs. Li, please keep an eye on me. Everyone else should go back to sleep. They will all be busy tomorrow!"

Zhao Miaomiao shuffled back to her room, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, so angry!
Chen Shouxing pulled her into a hug and coaxed into his ear, "Sisters-in-law will definitely find someone, wife, don't be angry!"

Zhao Miaomiao gritted her teeth and said, "If any chickens can be found, they will be slaughtered. The child will have no eggs to eat, and the little chubby will definitely cry! The bastard stole the chicken that is not good for us to lay eggs!"

Chen Shouxing was also angry in his heart and coaxed, "It's okay, my daughter-in-law, they will definitely get angry like this. It won't take a few days to wait!"

Zhao Miaomiao took a deep breath and asked, "Mother said it was Widow Wu and the others who did it, was it them?"

Chen Shouxing nodded and said, "The man just now looked like Liu widower!"

Zhao Miaomiao puffed up her face and said, "Why didn't you say anything just now? Let's come to the door!"

Chen Shouxing sighed and said, "The most we can do now is to get the chicken back. This matter was definitely not Liu's widower's idea, but someone was instigating it behind his back."

Zhao Miaomiao stared and knew what he meant immediately, "It's Widow Wu! Get out of here, why is she so bad!"

Chen Shouxing pinched her face and said, "Daughter-in-law, don't be angry, our mother will definitely make them go crazy in a few days, so let me out!"

Zhao Miaomiao muttered, "But our chickens still can't come back!"

Chen Shouxing was silent for a moment, his eyes suddenly looked a little strange and he said, "Don't worry, daughter-in-law, my mother will definitely ask them (his house) to pay (pick) chickens that can lay eggs and bring them back to us."

　Most of the prices in the article refer to the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty

　　
　
(End of this chapter)