There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 207

Zhong's face turned black with anger, he turned away, and continued to wash the vegetables.

Chunya was puzzled, so she read the letter.

It's a pity that she can read fewer characters than Zhong's.

He could only recognize the number written on it, "three hundred", and none of the other characters.

"Mother, what kind of letter is this?" Chunya asked, "What three hundred?"

The anger in Zhong's heart surged upwards.

She held back her anger, "Who sent this letter?"

"I don't know. When I was pouring herbal tea in the tea shed, an uncle came to me and asked if there was Mrs. Zhong, the wife of Luo Fucai from Yushan Village, here. I said that person was my mother. He said, tell me to give this letter to Mother, and then left, what did the letter say? Mother?"

"What did you say? I want money!" Zhong slapped his legs angrily, "What is your father up to? He sent someone to send a letter, asking me to take three hundred coins and send them to a mountain behind Jinku Village. In the temple, he probably did something good again!"

Chunya is also angry, and she wants more than once.

It's almost three hundred!
"Mother, do you want to give Dad money?" Chunya sighed inwardly.

In the past, when asking for money, her father would ask her mother for it himself, and when he had time, he would giggle and ask her if she had any money.

She didn't dare to give too much, and occasionally gave one or two hundred Wen.

But this time, someone sent a letter. Are you in trouble?

"I won't give it!" Zhong sighed heavily, "I can't afford to support him anymore! We don't have a house yet, your dowry has not been settled yet, Chunbao is over seven years old, and has never been to school, yet he doesn't Worrying about making money and saving money, you only know how to gamble, and instead of taking money from home, you still ask me for money! I... I don’t want to care about it anymore.”

Zhong Shi was angry, and his voice became louder.

When Li Jiaoniang was talking with the guests in the main hall, she heard the voices of Zhong Shi and Chun Ya, her eyes flickered, and she went to the backyard to see the situation.

"Sixth Aunt, what's the matter?" Hearing them mention Luo Fucai repeatedly, could it be that Luo Fucai has caused trouble again?

Zhong patted Chunya's hand.

Chunya quickly hid her hand by her side, rolled the letter into a ball, and pinched it in her palm.

"It's okay, just chatting." Zhong forced a smile, "Jiao Niang, why don't you go to work, Chunya, why don't you go outside and watch? Erbao won't be able to do it by himself."

"Oh." Chun Ya turned around and ran outside.

Li Jiaoniang thought to herself, the eyes of the mother and daughter are not right, they must not be just chatting.

Could it be that Luo Fucai is really up to something?

Li Jiaoniang went into the kitchen because someone else ordered food.

For simple dishes, Mrs. Zhong helped to fry them, while for complicated dishes, Li Jiaoniang was in charge of the cooking.

Li Jiaoniang thought, otherwise, she and Zhong Shi could open a tavern together.

But he was also worried that Luo Fucai would always come to cause trouble.

……

By noon, there were not enough stools in the tea shed to sit on.

Some people squatted in the shade of the corner and chatted.

As for the main hall, the five tables and the private rooms are never empty.

From time to time, someone asked Luo Cheng how long it would take before he could eat.

Li Jiaoniang had to clear out the two old tables for storing things in the backyard, and moved them to the door of the shop to make a temporary table.

A few stools were moved out from the space on the second floor.

Even so, when drinking tea, people still ask from time to time when there will be wine and food.

In this way, the tavern was not so crowded until after noon.

Because at this time, the vendors in the market went home one after another.

Fewer people were eating, and the number of people in the tea shed gradually decreased, so that everyone had time to rest.

Li Jiaoniang was both accountant and cook, she was so busy that she couldn't stand on tiptoe, Luo Cheng felt sorry for her very much.

As soon as there were less people in the tavern, he immediately helped her to sit down, "Don't worry about anything, just sit and rest."

He regretted opening this tavern now, he made some money, but it was tiring.

He was second, he only ran around and greeted the guests, the most tired one was Li Jiaoniang.

"It's okay. I don't have any experience the first day, so it's inevitable that I'll be a little busy. After a long time, I won't feel tired when I figure out the way." Li Jiaoniang laughed.

It was hot, and everyone ate a big watermelon.

Luo Cheng bought the watermelon early in the morning.

After washing, put them in a hanging basket and put them in the well water in the backyard to soak.

The well water is warm in winter and cool in summer. Soaking watermelon in the cool well water for a whole morning, the melon meat enters the mouth, and cools the hot and dry internal organs so subduedly.

Everyone was eating, talking and laughing.

Only Mrs. Zhong was frowning all the time.

Chunya, who has become more lively in recent days, has also obviously spoken a lot less. When Xiang Erbao talked to her, she only said a few times.

This made Li Jiaoniang more suspicious.

Her intuition told her that something must have happened to Zhong's family.

Li Jiaoniang finished eating a piece of watermelon and was wiping her hands with a cloth towel when she saw a ball of paper roll out of Chunya's sleeve.

There are some words written on it.

Li Jiaoniang hooked her foot over and quickly picked it up in her hand.

Chunya was eating melon with her head down, but she didn't notice.

Li Jiaoniang took the paper ball, walked to the second floor, sat down on the stairs, and opened it to look.

There were only a few lines written on the paper, which were written by Luo Fucai to Zhong Shi.

The content is asking for money, three hundred guan, without explaining the reason, only stating where to pay.

No wonder, it turned out to be the case.

Li Jiaoniang stuffed the ball of paper into her pocket, walked to the main hall, and whispered to Luo Cheng.

Luo Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly, borrowing money again!

"Look, Aunt Six is ​​frowning anxiously." Li Jiaoniang said in a low voice.

"Don't worry about it, let's see the situation and talk about it. Uncle Liu's ghost idea, one by one, God knows if it is true or fake?" Luo Cheng said coldly.

"Well, I thought so too." Li Jiaoniang said.

……

In the afternoon, there were only two tables of people eating, and there were not many people drinking tea.

Li Jiaoniang cooked a few dishes, and with Zhong's help, made a sumptuous dinner for everyone.

Except for Luo Cheng, everyone secretly thought in their hearts, no wonder today's business is good. It turns out that Li Jiaoniang's cooking skills are so good, more than half better than that of the shopkeeper Cai before.

The chefs in the big restaurants in the county town only have this skill.

After dinner, Li Jiaoniang began to settle wages.

Because tomorrow is not the day to go to the market, there is no need to invite so many people to help.

Of course Chunbao was the first to settle the settlement.

The little guy not only swept the floor today, but also served as a doorman for a day.

Li Jiaoniang counted fifty Wen to him.

Zhong hurriedly said, "Jiao Niang, there are too many, he is a child, why give him so much?"

"Save it up for future use." Li Jiaoniang said with a smile.

Chunbao happily held a small string of money, "Yes, I will save it up to build a big house, live in it for my mother, and use it to marry my wife."

The two young men who came to help, Tian Dashan, the son of Tian Matchmaker, and Hu Wen, the grandson of Hu Langzhong, laughed together.

Tian Dashan is in his twenties, and his son is two years younger than Chunbao.

His five-year-old son only knows how to play with mud, but Chunbao, who is more than seven years old, talks about marrying a wife, and he is overjoyed.

So he laughed and said, "Chunbao, do you know what it means to marry a lady?"

"I know, Sister Jiao Niang is brother Luo Cheng's wife. After she gets married, she will eat and play together and make money for her." Chun Bao replied very seriously.

Tian Dashan laughed even more.

He pointed to Xiang Erbao, who hadn't married yet, and smiled at Hu Wen, who was the same age, "Look at you two, you are much older than Chunbao, he already knows that he has married a wife, but you haven't married a wife yet."

Everyone was not embarrassed, but made Chun Baolai even more amused.

Only Mrs. Zhong was sitting on the sidelines, feeling depressed.

That's right, the son still wants to marry a wife, but her man doesn't worry about it.

Next, Li Jiaoniang began to settle the wages of Tian Dashan and Hu Wen.

Chunbao is a child, so he was the first to give money.

These two are outsiders, and they must be given first.

The village hires people to help as part-time workers, and it costs [-] Wen a day.

Li Jiaoniang gave some more, plus yesterday's, gave them two hundred Wen each.

Because they were really busy today, they were chopping firewood, lighting a fire, running halls, and digging wells, so they only rested for an hour or so.

The two young men were surprised and delighted, and they talked too much.

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "Don't look like it's a waiter serving dishes, but the non-stop busy work in this hot day is more tiring than working in the field. Not too much, not too much, just take it."

She handed over the money generously, and the two of them looked at Li Jiaoniang with admiration.

At the beginning, some people said that she was a witch, and they were just talking nonsense. Have you ever seen a witch who generously gave away money?This is more like a little fairy.

Then, it was Xiang Erbao and Chun Ya, both of whom were also two hundred Wen each.

He thanked Er Bao happily.

Chunya thought it was too much and refused to take it, so Li Jiaoniang stuffed it into her purse.

As for the Zhong family, Li Jiaoniang gave more.

When she was too busy, it was Zhong who did it all.

Li Jiaoniang gave her half a string of money.

Zhong blamed her, "How can relatives give money, don't want it." Zhong said nothing.

Li Jiaoniang said, "This is no ordinary help. If I hire short-term laborers like this, all the short-term laborers in the village are happy to pay, and so are my relatives. Auntie is no exception, otherwise, the villagers will criticize me."

Luo Cheng also persuaded Zhong, but Zhong had no choice but to accept it.

Seeing that it was getting late, everyone stopped chatting, packed up their belongings, and closed the door.

Luo Cheng's carriage drove ahead, and in the carriage were Li Jiaoniang, Chunya, Zhong Shi and Chunbao.

Xiang Erbao drove the donkey cart, leading Tian Dashan and Hu Wen behind.

……

Back in the village, Luo Cheng sent everyone to each house.

Li Jiaoniang asked Zhong Shi to drive the donkey home so that she could go out tomorrow.

Mrs. Zhong didn't want anything, "I don't need to go to the market to help out tomorrow, I will just stay in the melon shed and work without going out, what donkey cart do I want?"

It's a way of saying that if you don't go out and don't take a car, what she thinks is that Luo Fucai asks her for money again, if she goes crazy and steals the donkey and sells it, what will she give back to Li Jiaoniang?

Seeing that she insisted on not wanting her, Li Jiaoniang didn't force her. After sending her home, she returned home with Luo Cheng.

Today was really hard. As soon as Li Jiaoniang entered the door, she stretched her waist regardless of her appearance, "I'm so tired."

Luo Cheng took off the heavy cloth bag she was carrying, put it on the table, and helped her to sit down, "I'll boil water for you to take a bath, and you will have a rest."

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "No, I want to count the money."

She found an old dustpan, picked up her backpack and dumped it in.

wow——

A lot of money poured out.

In the Song Dynasty, money was scarce, and the scattered coins circulated by the common people were all copper coins, and the larger ones were paper notes.

Only the government has silver ingots.

Besides, the small size of a silver ingot is ten taels, worth ten guan coins, the medium size is 50 taels, and the largest is a hundred taels. For ordinary people, who has so many coins in circulation?
Li Jiaoniang happily counted.

Luo Cheng shook his head and let her go.

Today's gross income is more than she expected.

There are eight strings of money.

Excluding costs, she has an income of more than six pennies.

She stretched, "I'm so tired."

After Luo Cheng finished boiling the water, he walked in and shook his head, looking at her, "They told you to rest, don't count, look, can't you take it?"

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "No, I'm tired of counting money."

The corners of Luo Cheng's mouth twitched, a dustpan full of copper coins, can you count them without getting tired?

He poured the coins into a jar and packed them up.

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "Brother Luo Cheng, do you know how much we earned today?"

"Well, how much did you earn?" The money was collected non-stop, probably a lot.

"The gross income is eight to one hundred yuan." Li Jiaoniang smiled triumphantly, "After deducting the cost, there are more than six yuan."

Luo Cheng was surprised, "There are so many?"

"Well." Li Jiaoniang smiled, "Today is the market day, so there will be more, and tomorrow will be less. There are three big markets in January. If this is the case, our monthly income can be [-] About two hundred times a year. This tavern has earned back its money."

Luo Cheng frowned, "Although money is easy to earn, how can you afford it? Starting tomorrow, you will teach me how to cook."

Li Jiaoniang was taken aback, Luo Cheng wants to learn how to cook?

It's okay, husband and wife business, take turns to support the spoon.

"Okay, I'll teach you tomorrow." She smiled.

Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng put the money together in a hidden compartment on the wall, fetched water, bathed and went to sleep.

Today Li Jiaoniang was too tired, as soon as her head touched the pillow, she became confused.

Luo Cheng didn't sleep, but sat on the bed, rubbing her muscles and fanning her.

At this time, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard outside, and Luo Cheng heard Zhong's voice.

He glanced at Li Jiaoniang, without waking her up, went outside and opened the door.

"Aunt Six, what's the matter?"

Zhong stamped her feet anxiously, "Luo Cheng, has Chun Ya been here?"

Luo Cheng shook his head, "No."

"Oh, where did this dead girl go? I'm so anxious." Zhong stomped her feet angrily.

Luo Cheng opened the courtyard door a little, "Sixth Aunt, come in and talk." In the middle of the night, letting people know that a girl's house is missing is not a good topic.

Mrs. Zhong went into the courtyard and saw that the room was full of darkness, so she knew that Li Jiaoniang was asleep.

She whispered the story, "No, Chunya Chunbao and I came home. After the two children took a bath and fell asleep, I fell asleep too. Chunbao called for water, so I got up and poured water for him. Only then did I realize , where is Chun Ya on the bed, her outer clothes and shoes are gone.”

Luo Cheng thought of one thing, "Aunt Six, have you asked Xiang Erbao? Chunya and Xiang Erbao have been doing well recently."

Zhong shook her head, "Why would I have the nerve to ask, by the way, if she came to Erbao, you should have heard her voice? Didn't you hear her voice?"

(End of this chapter)