Before leaving, Wang Shuyan "kindly" repeatedly told Uncle Li Zheng that there was no need to send it there. He would wait until dark and no one would come over to carry the rice, and he would ensure that the villagers would not see it and gossip.

After hearing this, Zhou Songqing made a long face and agreed with an ugly face. However, when he got home, he became rebellious and told the boy to weigh 350 kilograms of rice immediately and deliver it to Wang's house immediately.

The boy didn't understand, so he just obeyed and did as he was told. When the villagers returned to work in the fields after lunch break, he walked around from the east of the village to the village stream, and passed through the market in a swaggering manner. Many villagers saw that it was the carriage of the Li Zheng family.

It wasn't until the carriage stopped at Wang's house in Cunxi that a small number of villagers passing by realized that Li Zheng's carriage had finally stopped at the door of Wang's house.

The boy at the door howled in his loud voice: "Sister Yan, the food has arrived."

Master Xiaolei, who had tiles falling off the roof, was confused. The other dozen or so villagers were also confused. They thought it was a grain truck sent from Wuli Town, but when they looked closely, they discovered that it was actually a carriage from Li Zheng.

The wall painting was going to start today. Mr. Lei told the helper about the proportion of yellow mud mixed with rice husks. Hearing the commotion, he went out to take a look. When he saw it was a boy from Li Zheng's family, he asked with a smile: "What is going on?"

The boy explained as the head of the family told him: "Old Lei Gong, this is the food that Sister Yan and Third Master bought, and they ordered me to deliver it."

Old Lei Gong said "Oh" twice, called someone inside the bamboo house, and explained to him: "I'm taking a nap, just wait a moment."

Su Guihua, who was busy working on the stove, said: "Osmanthus, go and call Sister Yan. The boy from Li Zheng's family has brought food."

After Su Guihua finished cooking, she was boiling water to make tea. When she heard the voice, she said "Hey" and walked to the bamboo house and knocked on the door: "Sister Yan, the young man from Li Zheng has brought food."

Wang Shuyan lingered inside for a while before responding: "Here he comes."

Mrs. Zhang was also woken up from her nap. She yawned and asked, "What kind of food?"

Erlang on the side was woken up, frowned and turned over, Sanlang's waist was straddling his brother's waist, Zhang gently pulled away, glanced at Xiao Yuanzheng, and saw that he was rubbing his eyes and was also woken up. She sat up in a daze and called Mrs. Zhang, "Auntie," with a cute and cute expression.

Wang Shuyan straightened up her appearance and explained: "Uncle Li Zheng asked our family to buy the grain from him. He was afraid that we wouldn't be able to turn over the food after we turned it over."

Zhang woke up immediately after hearing this, got up and went out with her, leaving Xiao Yuanzheng to go back to sleep.

Xiao Yuanzheng said "Oh" and fell down obediently.

This operation of handing over 300 kilograms and then buying more than [-] kilograms from Li Zheng was unexpected by Zhang.

Moreover, it was delivered by a carriage by the servant of Li Zheng's family. Zhang's only thought was, it's over, it's over, it's so eye-catching that Li Zheng bought grain just after paying it, and it was delivered by carriage. This is a good time. , it will definitely arouse criticism.

"Didn't you say that I would get it as soon as it gets dark? Why did uncle ask you to deliver it to me?" Wang Shuyan said to the boy with a smile.

The boy was called 'brother' by Wang Shuyan. He had a flattered look on his face and explained with a smile: "How can I get more than 300 kilograms of Sister Yan? There are 350 kilograms in total. My third master said that I don't have to change, Sister Yan." Just give me a tael of silver."

Wang Shuyan smiled and gave the young boy a tael of silver. Mrs. Zhang pulled her aside and said, "Why didn't you tell me when you came back?"

Wang Shuyan: "I told you, I told you to buy food."

Mrs. Zhang scratched her head and said that, but she didn't say that she bought it from Li Zheng. Mrs. Zhang did not dare to neglect the young man in Li Zheng's family, and hurriedly asked Su Guihua to serve tea to the young man so that he would not be thirsty. In a hurry.

Wang Shuyan saw that Mrs. Zhang was so uncomfortable and explained: "Mom, this is not a gift from Uncle Li Zheng. You don't have to be so concerned. We paid for it."

Mrs. Zhang couldn't explain why she cared so much: "I'm afraid that people in the village will gossip." Wang Shuyan disagreed: "If you are upright, you are not afraid of a crooked shadow. You don't care what other people say."

Old Lei Gong asked people to help carry rice into the house. 350 kilograms of rice were moved into the corner of the temporary stove and piled up, a total of four large bags.

As soon as the carriage left, Mrs. Zhang realized what she was doing and asked, "Didn't you say yesterday that you were going to Wuli Town to buy grain? Why did you start doing business with Li Zheng?"

Wang Shuyan explained in front of Old Lei Gong: "I heard today that Uncle Chun got distracted while weeding and he has not been out of the cart for the past few days. Our family does not farm land. We just paid a hundred catties and will buy it tomorrow, so Uncle Li Zheng helped me think of a way for us to buy grain from his family first. I think it makes sense. Our family does not have much left after paying for the grain. How long should we wait until Uncle Chun's waist is restored?"

Only then did Old Lei Gong and others understand the whole story. Mrs. Zhang said with a look of "enlightenment": "It's such an unlucky thing. But Li Zheng is only worth three cents per catty. How bad is this."

Old Lei Gong smiled and said: "I am an upright man, how can I earn money from you, Mrs. Zhang?" Then he said to Wang Shuyan: "Sister Yan, if you want to buy grain, you can tell me, my family also has surplus grain, I can't give it to you two hundred kilograms." question."

Wang Shuyan thanked him and said, "That's good. After all, everyone has to be full so that they can have the strength to work, right?"

The man who was called by Old Thunder to help him ate well every day. Although there was no meat, there was plenty of oil and water for cooking. He had one egg, one orange, and a bowl of wild mushroom and yam soup every day. He still had enough rice, even though it was just a simple meal. But it’s still a good meal, which is pretty good in the village.

Su Guihua could have gone home after cooking, but she had a job in mind. After cooking, she boiled tea and let it cool down. She was afraid that everyone would not have enough water to drink. It was chopped and built neatly, and the work was quick but not irritable. The more Zhang looked at it, the more he liked it.

When Aunt Su came over and saw Su Guihua, Wang Shuyan realized that the two were actually related, that Aunt Su was Su Guihua's aunt, and Mrs. Zhang liked Su Guihua no matter how much she liked her.

Sure enough, it rained heavily the next day, and the progress of building the house was stopped for another day.

Wang Shuyan cut shredded ginger on the stove and put it in a pot with rice and stir-fried it until crispy and cooked it for Zhang to drink as tea.

Mrs. Zhang obeyed and did as she was told: "Why do you soak like this?"

Wang Shuyan smiled: "It can benefit the spleen and reduce dampness."

As soon as the pot was used up, she filled it with oil, mixed Zhang's washed wild mushrooms with flour and egg liquid and fried them until crispy. Then she cooked mung bean porridge and stir-fried some salty and delicious mixed vegetables. This lunch was ready. .

Erlang and Azheng moved the table in front of the bamboo door, set up stools and bowls and chopsticks, and waited for Zhang and Wang Shuyan to come in with the dishes. The three of them smelled the aroma and swallowed hungrily.

Erlang served mung bean porridge to everyone. As Zhang said "dinner," everyone raised their chopsticks to eat and ate happily. For a long time, there was only the sound of chewing.

Sanlang took a mouthful of oil and praised: "Sister, these fried wild mushrooms are so delicious."

Yuan Zheng ate slowly, biting into the crunchy wild mushrooms, and nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, it's delicious."

After Erlang gave Zhang and Wang Shuyan a big piece of wild mushroom, he ate it hard and nodded to show that he had been conquered.

At first Mrs. Zhang was dissatisfied with her daughter's extravagance and lack of frugality in using oil, but after taking a bite, she was immediately captivated. Her eyebrows were about to fall off because of how delicious it was. She gave Wang Shuyan a thumbs up and praised, "It's delicious."

Seeing their satisfied faces, Wang Shuyan showed a smile that reflected his achievements and fame. He drank the greasy ginger rice tea and listened to the chatter of joy and laughter in his ears.

There are thousands of silver bamboos in the tile ditch, and the changes only happen in a moment.

She looked at the rain pouring like a thousand arrows outside the house, and her thoughts were changing. After so many years of turmoil in the last days, she was so lucky to have this moment of stability. She only hoped that such days could be longer.


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