peasant girl allure

Chapter 57 I Want Money

Shen Chengyao, father and son were in a trance and smirking all night, and Liu couldn't help it until after dinner, "What's the matter with you? Did you find the money?"

After hearing this, Jing Hao hugged Liu Shi, "Mother, you are really amazing!"

Mrs. Liu was puzzled, and looked at Xiao'er, "What's wrong with Xiao'er and the others?"

"I just picked up silver!" Xiao'er shrugged, not caring.

The two brothers were annoyed by her attitude, "Mom, we picked up a lot of silver today! Our family is going to give it away."

"What, did you really pick up silver? How much did you pick up? We can't do such immoral things, and the silver from other people's homes didn't come from strong winds. We have to hand over the silver to the government!" She was also joking casually, I didn't expect that I really picked up the silver, and it was about to be distributed, so how much silver did I have to pick up to say that, if I rashly coveted the silver, it might bring disaster to myself.

"Mother, don't worry, it's not what you think." Xiao'er took out the pearls she "picked up" today and put them on the kang.

Seeing pearls of various sizes, large and small, on the navy blue cotton cloth, Liu's eyes almost protruded, "Well, these pearls are picked up. These things are very valuable at first glance, and they must only be available to wealthy families. We have to hand it over to the government as soon as possible, otherwise we will be misunderstood as the one who stole it!"

"No, mother of the child, this is cut from the mussels we caught in the river today, and no one lost it."

"Yes, mother was fished out of the river by us and father together."

Jing Hao told the whole story of what happened this afternoon, and Liu was relieved after hearing this, and then she also began to feel like walking on the clouds.

Xiaoer decided to make them more happy. She went back to her room, dragged the bag of herbs over, and then found the ginseng plant from inside, "Father, mother, I went up the mountain and found a plant of ginseng today."

The whole family looked at the human-shaped ginseng in Xiao'er's hand. They had never seen ginseng before, but when they saw this human-shaped radish with long beards, they thought it must be ginseng.

Shen Chengyao wondered how he had gone up the mountain so many times and never encountered ginseng once, wait, go up the mountain? "Xiao'er, did you go up the mountain by yourself? To the deep mountain?" Shen Chengyao's tone became more serious after speaking, and his expression became more serious.

"No, I went to dig in the unlucky forest that my brother said."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu hurriedly pulled Xiao'er over, and looked her up and down, "You girl, where are you going? No one in the village dares to go! You are dying!"

"Didn't I say I couldn't go? Why are you still going!" Jing Rui was also angry.

"Sister, why are you so disobedient!" Jing Hao also felt that she was too bold.

"Father, mother, brother, brother, listen to me. My master told me about a kind of tree he saw overseas. It was called a rubber tree. The thing that flows out of that tree is called latex. It is very useful. It is made of latex. The rubber can be made into many things, like rubber-soled shoes are waterproof, and rubber-made cups are also unbreakable. I planned to dig a well for our wasteland and install a water pump on the well. The water pump also needs a rubber sealing ring , rubber can also be made into all kinds of toys, in short, it has a wide range of uses, but I don’t know if it can be made.” She was very moved, Shen Chengyao and Liu Shi were not dazzled by the huge money, and when she thought of her going up the mountain Just worrying about her safety, even the excitement just now is gone, only concern for myself, coming through time travel, it is enough to have such parents and brothers.

"That thing is so useful, so it can't be said to be unlucky, it should be the treasure tree." Jing Hao sighed.

"Third Uncle, is Third Aunt asleep?" Shen Jingwen knocked on the door.Hearing the voice, Jing Hao quickly wrapped the pearls on the kang and hid them in the cabinet, and Jing Rui also put the ginseng in the cabinet.Shen Chengyao and Liu looked at the two brothers amusedly, "Not yet, wait for the third aunt to open the door."

"No need, it's the master who told you to go to the upper room." After speaking, Shen Jingwen went back to the upper room.

After hearing this, Liu Shi and Shen Chengyao asked the children to go to bed early, and the two of them went to the room.

Xiao'er wanted to hear what Old Master Shen had to say, "I'll go with my parents."

The two brothers also followed, and the family went to the upper room together. Jing Hao entered the upper room and saw Mr. Shen and asked, "Master, is the fish delicious tonight? I caught it, and I specially picked the big ones to keep." For you and grandma. Is the fish fresh?"

After hearing this, Mr. Shen was very happy, "Jing Hao caught that fish, no wonder it is so delicious, I know that you are all filial, and you will not forget you and your grandma if you have good things."

Old Man Shen pointed to the stool under the kang, "Sit down, you're quite tired after a day's work."

Except for Dafang's family and Shen Yuzhu who can sit on the kang in the upper room, no one has ever sat on it once.

After Shen Chengyao and Mrs. Liu sat down, Old Man Shen asked: "I heard that you bought the mountain at the head of the village and the two barren hills."

Shen Chengyao nodded, "Didn't I tell dad last night that I bought some wasteland to build a house."

"Nonsense, do you have money and nowhere to spend it? The land needs water and no water, and it needs to be fat but not fat." Mr. Shen scolded.

He has planted the land for decades, so he is quite familiar with the land. Those barren lands and barren hills have been raised for ten or eight years without knowing whether they are fattened or not. They can't grow anything at all, and there must be more grass than crops.Just weeding is enough to bother him.

"For water, you can drink water from behind the mountain or dig a few wells."

"If water could be diverted from the back of the mountain, generations of people in this village would have already diverted it. How could it be a wasteland! It costs three liang of silver to dig a well, how many wells do you have to dig to cover such a large area of ​​land! Don't you have money? What are nowhere to spend!" Mr. Shen was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at Shen Chengyao's words.He has heard people in the village say that Shen Chengyao is a fool!
Seeing that Mr. Shen still wanted to scold, Xiao'er stopped Mr. Shen, "Master, the land has already been bought, and our parents also want more land to prevent us brothers and sisters from starving, but there is not enough money, so we just need to buy more land." We can buy some wasteland."

After hearing this, Mr. Shen didn't continue talking about the wasteland. "You know, third child. Your eldest niece is already engaged and is going to get married in the next year. The dowry, your eldest nephew's education expenses, and the cost of taking the provincial examination are all This pile is all silver. And today I handed over 40 taels of silver, it’s really hard to grasp, if your money is loose, you can help your elder brother.”

"Master, my family has just hired someone to open up wasteland and is preparing to build a house. The money is also in short supply. After the spring, I want to send my elder brother and younger brother to school. Our family is also worried that there is not enough money. I want to ask my uncle to borrow some first. "

Mrs. Shen Zhuang glared at Xiao'er, "Is there no house for you to live in now, or what? The money is not good enough, so don't build the house. I will give the money to your elder brother's family for emergency. Books are not readable by everyone. , Why waste those money for nothing, it is justified to give that money to Wen'er for the exam."

Xiao'er was furious when she heard this, and it turned out that it was unreasonable for her family's money to be spent on herself. The angrier she became, the calmer she became, "The golden hairpin on Sister Bao'er's head is so beautiful, and the silver bracelet on her hand is also well-made. It's very delicate, I haven't seen the big lady wearing it before, is it new?"

"Of course, this gold hairpin is a new style from Jin Yutang, and it costs ten taels of silver each. I also have one, and it was given by Bao'er." Shen Yuzhu straightened up after hearing this, and raised her head, indicating that she also had one. set.

Shen Baoer said badly in her heart, and secretly gave Shen Yuzhu a wink, but Shen Yuzhu didn't see it.

Xiao'er sneered in her heart, she was really not afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs. "Yesterday, I saw that the nobile hairpin of the hall sister is different from today's. Is it also newly bought?"

"That's last month's style, and it costs eight taels of silver each. You're a country boy, what do you know, Bao'er buys one almost every time a new pattern comes on, and I'm the same."

"Sister-in-law and eldest sister are really rich. My mother has been wearing only wooden hairpins for so many years." All the people present, except Shen Yuzhu, realized that they were belated, and everyone else's expressions changed.

Shen Chengyao also stood up after hearing this, "Father, my family has been short of money recently, and this girl's family doesn't need to buy new jewelry every month. The money saved should be enough for the elder brother's family. After all, we are just farming and studying. " Then he pulled Xiao'er and said to Liu Shi, "Let's go, tomorrow I have to get up early to open up wasteland."

"Father, mother, let's go back to bed. Rui'er Hao'er, you both go back to bed early." After Liu Shi finished speaking, she followed Shen Chengyao and walked away.

Only then did Shen Yuzhu realize that she had said the wrong thing, and she glanced at Shen Baoer apologetically.

(End of this chapter)