Chapter 47
Grandma Chen went out to visit, and the ginger was a secret, she couldn't tell it in front of others, so Chen Guaibao returned home immediately, and the next day, she went to the old home again.

Just after breakfast, Chen Guaibao ran over. At this time, Mrs. Chen Song was washing dishes in the kitchen, Grandma Chen was at home, Barley and Wheat had already gone out to play, Daniu Chen and Old Man Chen were gone, and Mrs. Song Chen was the only one in the Chen family. At home with Grandma Chen.

Chen Guaibao greeted Chen Songshi as usual, Chen Songshi snorted from his nostrils as an answer, Chen Guaibao greeted Chen Grandma again, Chen Grandma was very affectionate to Chen Guaibao, seeing her Come over, hold her little hand and ask questions.Grandma Chen had always been partial to Chen Sanniu's family. When she learned that Chen Sanniu was going to work in the city, there were only Chen Yang and three children left in the family. Grandma Chen was even more fond of Chen Sanniu's family.

Chen Guaibao answered Grandma Chen's question obediently, and at the same time turned the topic to Ginger, "Grandma, yesterday I went fishing in the river with my eldest brother and second brother, and I caught a lot of big fish. Make fish soup to drink."

"Is your mother's fish soup delicious?" Chen Ama asked while stroking Chen Guaibao's pigtail with a smile.

"It's delicious, but the fishy smell is too strong. I have to hold my nose to drink it." Chen Guaibao said, pinching his nose, frowning his small eyebrows, and made a big mouthful of soup.

Grandma Chen laughed, "Baby, the ginger you dug up is ripe, let your grandpa dig out the ginger and make fish soup for you, so that there will be no fishy smell."

Seeing Grandma Chen following her own train of thought, Chen Guaibao was overjoyed. She nodded hurriedly and said, "Mmm! I want to drink fish soup that has no fishy smell and is fragrant."

"Okay, grandma will let you drink the fragrant fish soup without fishy smell." Chen grandma pinched Chen Guaibao's little nose and said lovingly.

When Chen Guaibao was talking to Chen Grandma, Chen Songshi listened with her ears up in the kitchen. Seeing Chen Guaibao's words, Chen Grandma pulled out the ginger. Chen Songshi was very angry. The pots and pans were cleaned and dried, and then they walked out of the kitchen, frowning and said, "Mother, this ginger has never been planted before, and we don't know when it will be ripe. I think it's better to grow it for a few days, anyway. There's no harm." She never wanted to do what Chen Guaibao wanted.

Moreover, Mrs. Chen Song really wanted to monopolize ginger. Needless to say, the benefits of ginger, when there are more ginger in the future, she can sell them to restaurants in towns and counties, which can earn a lot of money.

She and Chen Daniu have been helping Chen Sanniu's family these years, and she has suffered a lot these years, and now that the family is separated, this ginger should be regarded as Chen Sanniu's family's compensation for her.

"It's cold, and it's frosty in the morning. I think it's better to dig out this ginger earlier, so as not to freeze in the soil." Chen Guaibao suddenly interjected.

Chen Songshi rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and said bluntly, "What do you know, little girl? Wheat is planted in the ground all winter. I have never heard of wheat being damaged by frost."

Chen Guaibao stuck out her tongue when she heard the words, and didn't say anything more, she didn't know anything about farm work, what she said just now was nonsense, she should obey Chen Grandma, anyway, Chen Grandma won't let her suffer.

Sure enough, Grandma Chen said, "Baby's words are also reasonable. I have never seen this ginger before. It is different from wheat. Maybe it will really freeze, so we should dig it out sooner."

After hearing this, Chen Songshi became anxious, this Chen grandma really turned to Chen Guaibao everywhere. "Mother, let's talk about it in two days, there is no rush for a day or two."

"Well, I'm really not in a hurry for a day or two, let's talk about it in two days." Grandma Chen couldn't decide whether the ginger was ripe or not. If the ginger was not ripe and they dug it out early, it would be a bad thing. This ginger is so precious, there can be no mistakes.Anyway, there is no rush, let's wait a few days.

Grandma Chen said something, and she will talk about it in a few days, Chen Guaibao will keep this matter in her heart, and will bring it up in a few days.

Chen Guaibao came out of the Chen family's old home and bounced back home. It was still early and she could go up the mountain. She wanted to search for as many mountain products as possible before winter came.

Chen Guaibao ran around in the mountains looking for mushrooms and fungus, and didn't go back until noon. Chen Yangshi had already prepared lunch and was standing at the door waiting for her to come back.

Lunch was very simple, a plate of pickles, yellow-faced steamed buns, and corn paste. The four members of Chen Guaibao's family sat around a small table and ate deliciously.

It tastes good when you are hungry, but it smells bad when you are full. People want to eat whatever they see when they are hungry, not to mention that pickles are really delicious.Some time ago, he caught a lot of wild animals, and Mrs. Chen Yang kept the oil on these wild animals. She saved half a pottery pot. Now Chen Guaibao's family can put oil in addition to salt for dinner.Just like the pickles on the table, with some oil in them, it is much more fragrant than before, making people more appetizing.

While eating, Chen Yang chattered gossip, Chen Guaibao Da Zhuang and Zhuang Zhuang kept nodding, at this moment, someone knocked on the door outside, "Mulian, Mu Lian, are you at home?"

It was Chen Song's voice, and Chen Guaibao immediately recognized it. What is Chen Song doing here?
Chen Yang got up and opened the door for Chen Song, "Sister-in-law, have you eaten yet? My three children and I are eating, so come over and have some." Chen Yang said, leading Chen Song into the room.

"No, I just ate it at home, so hurry up and eat it." Chen Song said with a smile all over his face, waving his hands.

Chen Yangshi pointed to the food on the table and said, "It's a rough meal, and there's nothing good about it. Sister-in-law, sit down." Chen Yangshi said, moving a bench for Chen Songshi.

At this time, the three children Chen Guaibao Da Zhuang and Zhuang Zhuang greeted Chen Song, and Chen Song returned them one by one with a smile.

Chen Songshi sat down and looked towards the dining table in the direction Chen Yangshi was pointing at. Seeing that there was only a plate of pickles on the dining table, Chen Songshi hesitated in her heart, wondering if she was pushing people too hard, but no matter how careful she was, After taking a look, she found that every pickle was shiny with oil, Chen Song snorted inwardly, and said to herself: Even the pickles are willing to put oil, it seems that Grandma Chen has a lot of partiality for this youngest in private family!
Chen Song didn't care about anything at the moment, instead she felt a bit of resentment and anger in her heart, she cleared her throat, and said, "Mulian, you guys have a good life, you even put oil in the pickles. "

As soon as Chen Song's words came out, Chen Yang felt a little embarrassed, while Chen Guaibao almost spit out his rice. Does anyone comment on other people's food like that?

"San Niu dug a trap in the mountains and caught a wild animal. The oil on the wild animal was also oil. He was reluctant to eat it, so he saved it all. There is no good food at home, and almost every meal is pickled vegetables. The children don't like it. , so I sprinkled a few drops of oil into the pickles." Chen Yang explained in a slow voice.

"There should be a lot of oil stored, right? I heard that you catch wild animals every three days." Naturally, Chen Song said this casually. She didn't know the real situation, but she said it casually. The language, but it also tells the actual situation.

"It's not as exaggerated as my sister-in-law said. I heard from San Niu that my brother also dug traps in the mountains. The traps are all the same, and the wild animals caught are similar." Chen Yang said with a somewhat unnatural expression.

"Hey, let's not talk about these wild animals. I'm here today because I have other business." Chen Songshi didn't want to stay here any longer, so she directly stated the reason for her visit.

"What's the matter, sister-in-law?"

"It's like this." Mrs. Chen Song rubbed her fingers, and then said, "A few days ago, a brother of my natal family wanted to do a small business, and money was tight. I lent him all the money I saved, and now I only have a few copper coins left in my family. You see, the autumn harvest is over, and after a year of hard work, it’s time to eat something good and dress better. Tian wants to go to the market, buy some meat and pull a few feet of cloth, but I only have a few copper coins left in my pocket, so I came to find Mu Lian."

What Chen Song said was half true and half false. Her brother did come to borrow money before, but she only lent out a tael of silver. How could she lend out all her family's wealth.

"Sister-in-law wants to borrow some money?" Chen Yang understood what Chen Song meant.

"No, no no" Chen Song waved his hand, "Didn't San Niu say that he would give us two taels of silver when the family was separated before, whether it is early or late, if this is the case, why don't we give it now."

This morning when Chen Guaibao came over, he repeated the old story about those ginger plants, but Grandma Chen still favored Chen Guaibao, which made Chen Song's heart full of anger.Chen Guaibao came to trouble her, why couldn't she trouble Chen Sanniu's family?

After much deliberation, Chen Song thought of the two taels of silver promised by Chen Sanniu.

Two taels of silver is not a small amount, it is the property of Chen Sanniu and Chen Yang's family. Chen Song and Chen Sanniu have lived under the same roof for so many years, and she probably knows how much family property the Chen Sanniu and his wife have.

Thinking of the matter of buying wheat seeds a few days ago, and the matter of Chen Sanniu going to work in the city, Chen Song couldn't sit still. She concluded that Chen Sanniu and his wife didn't have much money, and she was afraid that Chen Sanniu and his wife would not be able to afford it. For two taels of silver, it is necessary to collect debts as soon as possible, and because of dissatisfaction with Chen Guaibao, so after lunch at home, Chen Songshi came to collect debts.

Unexpectedly, Chen Song was referring to this matter. Chen Yang was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, she said in a helpless way, "Sister-in-law, take a look, can you wait a little longer? The family doesn't have that much money. "

"Mulian, I probably know something about your family's situation. I am the sister-in-law of you and Sanniu. Naturally, I will not force you. How about this? You give me a tael of silver first, and the remaining one tael will wait until next year. Pay it back later." If she really wanted to force Chen Sanniu and his wife, she would ask Chen Sanniu and his wife to hand over two taels of silver on the day of separation.

"One tael of silver?" Chen Yang was in a dilemma. Now the family only had more than one tael of silver left. If Chen Song gave one tael, there were only more than 100 copper coins left.

Seeing Chen Yang's embarrassment, Chen Song said in surprise, "Mulian, it's not like you can't even get a tael of silver?"

"There is a tael of silver left in the family, and I gave it to my sister-in-law. There are only more than 100 copper coins left. If there is any urgent need for money, it will be troublesome." Chen Yang felt uneasy when he had no money in his hand. Shi bit his lower lip, full of embarrassment.

"Mulian, Sanniu has gone to work in the city. If I force you to pay a tael of silver at this time, it means that I am bullying you while Sanniu is not at home. How about this? I have a suggestion, listen to it .” Chen Song rolled his eyes, and immediately came up with a plan.

"What advice?"

"The ginger plants in the old courtyard are about to mature, so it's time to dig them up. At that time, it was agreed that the three of us would share equally. Since you can't come up with the money now, then give me the ginger that belongs to your family. "There is not much ginger in the first place, and it will be even less if the three families share it equally. The Chen Song family naturally wants to have more of such precious ginger.Since you don't want money, let's ask for ginger.Didn't Chen Guaibao always think about the idea of ​​ginger?Hmph, she just wanted to make Chen Guaibao so unattractive!

"Ma'am, don't you need money? Ginger is not money. What do you want ginger for?" Chen Guaibao suddenly interrupted after hearing what Chen Song said.

She bought the ginger from Taobao. There is no such thing in this world. She has high hopes for the ginger in the old courtyard of the Chen family. Ginger is the first step to making a fortune. Lots of ginger to come.

Now that Chen Songshi's words are trying to break her thoughts, is it possible that she will buy ginger from Taobao again?
Chen Song's face became stiff for a moment, and she responded quickly, "This ginger can remove the fishy smell. I will take the ginger to the town and sell it for money."

"Just a little ginger, how much can I exchange for it?" Chen Guaibao muttered.At that time, Chen Guaibao bought 20 yuan of ginger, ate half of it and planted the other half. In addition, the season of planting was not right. As long as the ginger produced was more than that planted, Chen Guaibao was satisfied.

At most, tens of catties of ginger can be harvested. How much can this ginger be sold for?
"Although ginger is rare, it is a rare item that can always be bought with money." Chen Song said patiently.

"Then ma'am, the money you sell ginger for is the money my mother gave you back." Chen Guaibao continued.Heh heh heh, Chen Song can't let Chen Song take advantage of this advantage.

"Although this ginger is a rare item, it is not worth a few silver coins." Chen Song said with a very bad expression, and had the urge to shoot Chen Guaibao to death.

"This ginger was dug by Guaibao, and she has been talking about wanting to drink fish soup without fishy smell..." Chen Yang was very hesitant, and fell into a dilemma.

Chen Guaibao couldn't forget the fish soup without fishy smell, and mentioned it several times in front of her.And she is also very concerned about ginger, such a rare thing can definitely be exchanged for a lot of money.

"Mulian, it's not that sister-in-law is talking about you. Although Baobao is the only daughter of the three generations of our old Chen family, you can't spoil her too much. What does her child know? You can't follow her temperament. ” said Chen Yang, who educated Chen Song’s language earnestly and earnestly.

"Sister-in-law, let me think about it." Chen Yang hesitated.She wanted to satisfy Chen Guaibao's appetite, and she also wanted to count on ginger to make money.

"Mulian, what are you thinking about? Isn't this an obvious thing? You don't have much money left now, so give me the ginger. This ginger is food. It can't be compared with money. If you give the money Me, if something urgently needs money at that time, then you will be in trouble." Chen Song is determined to get the ginger from Chen Sanniu and his wife, but she has the final say on how to deal with the ginger when she gets it?
Sell?Humph, she's not that stupid, she's going to grow more ginger.

"Mother, give the ginger to the aunt, I don't want to drink fish soup without fishy smell." Seeing Chen Yang's face full of embarrassment, Chen Guaibao took the initiative to ask, what is the idea of ​​ginger, at worst, she will sell it from Taobao That's it.

Moreover, anyone can grow ginger. Even if you want to sell it for money, you can't count on much time. Others can buy it back and grow it yourself. When there are more ginger, it will be worthless.

"Good baby." Chen Yangshi muttered, her sensible daughter!

"Mother, give the ginger to Madam, I really don't want to drink fish soup anymore." Chen Guaibao walked over, snuggled into Chen Yang's arms and acted like a baby.

"Mom, I don't want to drink fish soup anymore, you can give the ginger to the aunt." Da Zhuang, who had been silent for a long time, said, and he followed Chen Guaibao's steps. Whatever Chen Guaibao said, he followed suit .

This is true of Da Zhuang, and so is Zhuang Zhuang. He also persuaded Chen Yang to give ginger to Chen Song.

Seeing this, Chen Song smiled and said, "Mulian, you see that the three children have said this, so just give me the ginger. How can ginger be compared with silver." When Chen Song said this, his face was full of tears. A smile of achievement.

"Since the three children have said so, let the ginger be given to the sister-in-law." Chen Yang finally made a decision.

"Okay." Chen Song replied loudly, and then said, "Mulian, then you can continue to eat, the food is cold. I will tell my mother about it when I go back. I will not tell you when I dig ginger for two days. gone."

Chen Yang showed a bitter smile on his face, "Okay."

Chen Song's goal was achieved, and he patted his butt and left contentedly.

(End of this chapter)

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