peasant girl allure

Chapter 32 The Whereabouts of My Sister
After dinner, the family sat around the kang table and counted the money they earned today.When Xiao'er took out an ingot of ten taels of silver, Liu's eyes widened: "These ten taels are from selling things?"

"That's right, an uncle surnamed Zhou bought our fruit today."

"Those fruits sold for so much money?" Mrs. Liu couldn't believe it. Although the fruits picked by Xiao'er from the mountain were indeed delicious, she had never seen such delicious and beautiful fruits, but Shiliang was also It's too expensive.

"Really, Xiao'er told the uncle to give it to us, and the uncle gave us ten taels, and the sugar-fried chestnuts also gave us an extra ten taels."

"How can you ask someone for an extra ten cents!" Mrs. Liu disagreed.

"He took our baskets away, and said that the ten cents were money for the baskets." Xiao'er explained. .

After hearing this, Liu frowned. She was worried that the child would develop a bad habit of being greedy for petty gain.

The rest are copper plates, and everyone strings the copper plates together while counting.

Xiao'er felt that she had to buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstones when she went to the town tomorrow. She needed to keep a ledger to record the income and expenses of the family.Today, before selling sugar-fried chestnuts, I sold a total of 32 catties, gave away 380 catties, and got 100 Siwen, plus the middle-aged uncle’s 480 Wen, the chestnut alone sold 130 Siwen, and the herbs sold 11 Ba Wen, plus the ten taels of silver for the fruit, deducting the cost of ten taels of sugar used to stir-fry chestnuts with sugar and the two taels paid in the city, a total net profit of 610 taels and [-] taels.

"Those herbs and chestnuts actually earned more than 1000 coins. It's really unexpected." Liu looked at the stack of copper coins and was full of emotion. If they sold every episode, Jing Rui and Jing Hao would have money to go to school. up.

"Father will also go to the mountains to dig medicinal materials diligently in the future, and when he earns money, he will send your brothers to school and buy beautiful clothes for Xiao'er and younger sister." Shen Chengyao felt that the future of money began to look bright.

Xiao'er calculated all the property in the family now, "The last time I went to the town to buy things, I spent a total of 320 Wen. During the autumn harvest, she went to the town to buy rice, flour, grain and oil, and it also cost 50 Wen, plus other miscellaneous expenses. 570 wen, recently used a total of 430 wen, that is to say, we have 11 taels of 610 wen left from the 19 taels of separation, plus the [-] taels and [-] wen we earned today, now we have a total of [-] taels and [-] wen.”

"There are so many more." Liu felt very satisfied.

"Not much, not enough. I plan to earn more money and send my elder brother and younger brother to school in the spring of next year."

"Send Hao'er away, I'll help make money at home." Jing Rui knew that studying was expensive, and there wasn't enough money at home for two people. Although he wanted to study, he knew that Jing Hao was smarter than him, and he Again, the older brother had to give way to the younger brother.

Shen Chengyao and his wife were silent. Of course they wanted both of their children to go to school, but now the little money is not enough for reading, but they dare not dampen their children's enthusiasm.

"No one can be missing, you all go, I think of a way to make money, you wait." After saying that, Xiao'er got off the kang, went back to her room, and put the silk flowers, head flowers, and little puppets she had made before. Take it out and show them.

"Where did Xiao'er come from? It's so beautiful." When Liu saw these things, she couldn't put them down. The two brothers were also very interested in those little dolls. Shen Chengyao felt nothing but novelty.

"I made this. I made it with the rags I bought last time. Let's make more and sell it in the county. Do you think it can make money?"

"Sure, this little puppet can be made in different sizes. There are many rich young masters and ladies in the city, so we can definitely sell it well." Jing Rui was reluctant to let go of the little tiger while holding it.

"It's unreasonable for no one to buy such a cute puppet." Jing Hao hugged Mickey Mouse and looked left and right.

"Xiao'er, teach your mother how to do it. Hurry up and make more. There are still more than two months before the Chinese New Year. When the time comes, go to the market to sell it. Many women will buy it." Chinese New Year, many people are willing. Those who spend some money, after all, do it in one year, just for one year.This year she has money on hand, and she is thinking about adding new clothes to the children.Now she is rushing to work every day, using a bolt of white muslin that Xiao'er bought last time to make a coat for the family first, and the cotton coat will be made later. Now that the new cotton has just come out, the price is very expensive.

Xiao'er thinks that Mrs. Liu has a bit of business acumen, which can be cultivated.

"Then dad went to the mountains to hunt and dig herbs."

"I'll go with dad too."

"I'll go too." The two young men hurriedly agreed.

"It's okay to go, but you can't go to the deep mountains, you know?" Liu looked at them with a smile.

The three of them all remembered what happened last time, and hurriedly nodded in response.

Mrs. Liu remembered that Shen Chengyao would ask about Yun'er every time he went to the county, so he asked, "Father, is there any news from the yamen?"

Shen Chengyao shook his head in disappointment when he heard this, Liu Shi didn't make a sound when he saw this, and the atmosphere suddenly became dull.

Seeing that Xiao'er had mentioned it, she had to seize the opportunity to ask about Shen Yun'er.

"Mother, did Dad go to the yamen to ask sister Yun'er about it?"

Mrs. Liu touched Xiao'er's head: "That's right, Xiao'er still remembers that her sister is called Yun'er." I don't know where my daughter is now, whether she has suffered hardships, whether she has been beaten or starved, thinking of Liu's eyes Red again.

"I remember, I feel that there has been no news from the Yamen for so long. Could it be that I have checked the wrong direction, or that my sister was taken away by a kidnapper?"

"What's wrong with being taken away by a kidnapper?" After hearing this, Mrs. Liu forgot to be sad.Then she thought that she didn't know anything about Li's selling Xiao'er before, and the blood on her face faded instantly. She couldn't have imagined that it must be. The government caught a kidnapper the year before last, and confessed Several children, but no news of Yun'er.Thinking of this, her tears gushed out like water without a dike: "Yun'er, mother, I'm sorry for you, my Yun'er, woo..."

Shen Chengyao also thought of it, anger and fear made his hands tremble uncontrollably: "No, it won't..."

"Father and mother, don't be sad now. I'm also guessing. Tell me about the situation at that time. How did you lose your sister?"

"I don't see Yun'er, it was the market day, because something happened to the shop some time ago, and there was no business for two consecutive market days, so your uncle went home for a few days, and you two sisters loved her room for a few days. On market day, your sister pestered me to go to the town with your aunt, and I was so stalked, your aunt also said, anyway, the shop is fine, she will I was optimistic, so I let her go, but who knows, she came back at night and said that she was too busy with business, so she lost it for a while, and couldn't find it after searching all afternoon."

"Didn't Dad go to help that day?"

Shen Chengyao shook his head, it would be great if he had gone, Yun'er would definitely not lose it.

"Isn't the shop not doing well? Your father and the others didn't go there last market day."

"What happened to the shop, why is the business not good? Since it has been bad for a while, why is it suddenly so good that you can't take care of the children?" Xiao'er thinks that the matter should be related to the shop's accident.

"The shop sells a new food called sword beans. The sword beans are poisonous. A family member bought them back for his daughter to eat. His daughter died of poisoning after eating them. The family went to the shop every two days to make a fuss. Naturally, the business was not good. "

A life lawsuit is a big deal.

"Then how did it work out?"

Shen Chengyao and Liu Shi glanced at it, but they were not very clear: "I heard from your grandfather that it seems that you have lost money, and it seems to be a misunderstanding. The beans are not only eaten by his family, but other people's families are fine. We are not very clear."

Xiao'er understands why, sword beans are also called green beans, this dish must be cooked thoroughly before eating, otherwise it is poisonous.The two things sounded unrelated, but Xiao'er always felt that something was wrong. Could it be that she was using the money she sold Yun'er to lose money.

Shen Chengyao thought of the family and felt that they were pitiful: "Oh, that family is also pitiful. I heard that their husband and wife have not had children for many years. They picked up a pair of twins to raise when they were nearly 40 years old. They are both weak and sick. They need to take medicine every day. It was also dragged down because of this, and now the girl is still going."

"The couple can't have children?" She thought: "Father, where are the couple now?"

"I don't know, what's the matter?" Shen Chengyao was surprised by Xiao'er's excitement.

"I think my sister is with them!"

(End of this chapter)