There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 229 Chunya buys a donkey
Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng were sitting in the carriage driving position.

They sat side by side.

In the middle of the carriage sat Chen Laiqing, and at the rear of the carriage sat three mothers and sons of the Zhong family.

The carriage was relatively wide, and the three of Zhong's mother and son squeezed into the rear of the carriage.

Mrs. Zhong glanced back, and said awkwardly, "It's okay, Brother Chen, isn't your leg hurt? We're too close together, and we'll bump into your leg. Just sit like this, and you won't fall off." .”

Chen Laiqing repeatedly said that he would not touch his legs, but Zhong still refused to sit over.

If someone refuses like this, and invites again, it seems that he has ulterior motives.

Chen Laiqing had no choice but to give up.

Li Jiaoniang turned her head and smiled at Zhong Shi, "Sixth Aunt, sit down, we have to hurry up."

"We're already seated, just hurry up." Zhong held Chunbao in his left hand and Chunya in his right hand.

Li Jiaoniang shook her head amusedly.

When they arrived in front of the tavern in the market, the carriage stopped, and Chen Laiqing couldn't help but stepped out of the carriage swiftly.

He looked up at the tavern, nodded approvingly and said, "Luo Cheng, when I came to the market, I thought the location of this tavern was very good. It was close to the main street of the market, and not far from the other side. Go to the crossroads of several villages. Whether you are coming from the county town or going to the village, you will pass by here. At that time, I thought about opening a tavern near here, but it’s a pity..."

Unfortunately, Luo Axiang was too lazy to agree.

Opening a tavern is hard work. After hearing this, she immediately objected.

Thinking of Luo Axiang, Chen Laiqing's expression turned ugly, and he didn't want to say anything more.

Luo Cheng said, "It's Jiaoniang's intention to sell this store."

Chen Laiqing was even more sad, why didn't he meet a virtuous lady?

Seeing his gloomy expression, Li Jiaoniang guessed that he must have thought of some unpleasant things in the past.

She smiled and said, "Uncle Chen, come in, everyone got up early, didn't you have breakfast? Aunt Six and I are going to make breakfast, you and brother Luo Cheng will chat first."

Luo Cheng has already opened the door of the tavern.

"Okay, go in and talk." Chen Laiqing put away his unhappy expression, smiled slightly, and entered the tavern leaning on a cane.

Today is a small market, and there won't be many people coming, but preparations still have to be made.

It was only now that the sky was getting brighter.

Luo Cheng entered the tavern and lit several oil lamps first.

When Chen Laiqing saw the layout inside, he was even more appreciative, "It's different from the previous layout, it's more spacious and tidy than before."

"Jiaoniang said that people who eat eat most of the environment, so I simply changed it." Luo Cheng said.

"Okay, okay, that's great." Chen Laiqing nodded, thinking in his heart, when will he also run a tavern.

Luo Cheng led him to the counter and said, "Uncle Chen, just sit here, collect the money, and keep an account."

He knew that Chen Laiqing could read some characters, and Chen Laiqing wrote the Spring Festival couplets of Luo's third room during the New Year and holidays.

Mrs. Luo didn't pay much attention to the reading of her children and grandchildren. Luo Dagui's brothers and sisters and their children couldn't read very well.

In his early years, Chen Laiqing went to school in the village, so he could read and write.He knows how to read and write, which he learned from his grandfather and parents when he was a child.

"What's the accounting method?" Chen Laiqing sat down, looked at the several accounting books in front of him and asked.

Luo Cheng opened an account book, pointed to a page and said, "Just write in this style, write the date here, and then write the number of people at the table, what food they ate, and how much they charged, that's all. .”

Chen Laiqing nodded and said, "This is easy."

As usual, Chun Bao walked to the door of the tavern with a broom in his hand, and quickly swept the floor.

The little man of three inches was busy with seriousness, Chen Laiqing looked at him and couldn't help smiling.

Alas, his daughter was so well-behaved when she was a child, but later...

Later, she was spoiled lawlessly by her grandmother, Mrs. Luo, sweeping the floor?nonexistent.

He asked his daughter to sweep the floor, and Luo Axiang scolded her for abusing her daughter.

I don't know what happened to my daughter who was married to another county.

She can't do anything, will the son-in-law's family hate her?

In fact, he didn't like that family, but Luo Axiang said yes and didn't let him object.

Chen Laiqing sighed, and started flipping through the ledger again.

My daughter is married, what else can I do?

……

Tavern backyard.

Luo Cheng carried water and chopped firewood.

Chunya chooses the vegetables, Zhong's washes them, and Li Jiaoniang cooks them.

Everyone worked together, and not long after, a table of breakfast was ready.

Making steamed stuffed buns early in the morning, it was too late for dough, so Li Jiaoniang made meat sandwiches.

In addition, there are clear porridge, oily prawns, dried fish, fried vegetables, stir-fried loach, and salted duck eggs.

Chen Laiqing said again and again, "It's just breakfast, how do you make it so rich?"

His family is poor, where did he eat such a rich meal?
Every morning, either buckwheat cakes mixed with pickles are eaten with water, or porridge with clear soup and wild vegetables.

As for meat, it is rarely eaten.

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "Uncle Chen is here for the first day, of course he has to welcome him with hospitality."

Chen Laiqing felt guilty in his heart, and he swore secretly that he must get better soon and help Luo Cheng do things well.

Everyone sat around a table, chatted and laughed, and had breakfast.

At this time, it was daylight.

While Mrs. Zhong was washing the dishes, Li Jiaoniang began to prepare the dishes for today.

Chun Ya boiled water to make herbal tea, and Chen Laiqing followed Luo Cheng to settle accounts at the counter outside.

Although today is a small market, there are some people here.

There are five tables of wine and food.

But later, a dozen or so peasant men came.

Each of them had a sickle stuck in their waist.

Listening to their chat, Li Jiaoniang learned that these people came to the market to find work in harvesting rice.

Because they are part-time workers and their income is not high, everyone only ordered a bowl of plain noodles.

The plain noodle soup made by Li Jiaoniang is delicious, and it has already spread among the villages, and many people come here admiringly.

After this group of people left, another group of people came. Today's noodle soup sold a lot.

So, today is another day with a small income.

Chen Laiqing helped keep the accounts, and said in surprise, "The business is better than I imagined. I sold 130 bowls of noodles, and sold seven tables of wine and vegetables." He estimated in his heart that there must be three or four consecutive incomes.

"It's just that Jiao Niang is very hard." Luo Cheng sighed, only she can handle the cooking.

Chen Laiqing said with a smile, "When my leg is healed, I'll help cook. Before, I was the one who cooked."

Luo Cheng believed in this.

Chen Laiqing not only cooks at his own home, but also cooks for Mrs. Luo.

People who don't know how to cook anymore will become cooks when they meet a picky mother and daughter who have been cooking for 20 years.

"Okay, I'll wait for Uncle Chen's leg to recover." Luo Cheng said.

With Luo Cheng's consent, Chen Laiqing became more confident.

On the second floor of the tavern, there are two rooms, a large one as a spare guest room, and a small one, Li Jiaoniang decided to use it as Chen Laiqing's bedroom.

"With Uncle Chen helping guard the door, I feel much more at ease." Li Jiaoniang said with a smile, "We, Brother Luo Cheng, don't live in the tavern, but there are a lot of things piled up here, so we have to install a lot of locks, but I'm afraid it will last forever. Now that Uncle Chen is here, I don't have to worry about it."

Luo Cheng also said, "That's hard work for Uncle Chen."

Chen Laiqing smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will guard the tavern." In this way, Chen Laiqing lived in the tavern.

With Chen Laiqing here, Li Jiaoniang no longer worries about the fish in the tavern being destroyed by wild cats.

……

The days passed in peace, and in the blink of an eye, half a month later.

On this day, Mrs. Luo's three sons and three grandsons were released from the yamen.

In the past, when the Luo family walked in the village, the villagers would greet them more or less.

But today, people stood far away from them like someone who could see the plague, and no one stepped forward.

The brothers of the Luo family ran back home in desperation.

After being locked up for a month, they ate everything they could eat at home like hungry tigers going down the mountain.

What kind of hard pancakes, the overnight meal, and underripe melons, I ate them all.

The daughters-in-law of the Luo family were so angry that they cursed.

Luo Dagui came to Luo Axiang's house and found that the door of the house was closed, looking in through the crack of the door, there was grass growing in the yard.

"Where's Luo Axiang?" He asked his wife.

"She still has the face to live in the village? She ran away, as if she went to her daughter." Mrs. Luo snorted angrily.

"Just run away, it's good if you run away, let Feixiang live in this house, his future wife will also live alone, and save us from building another house." Luo Dagui had a small plan.

Mrs. Luo patted her, "Oh, that's a good idea. The house is so big, why don't you worry about not having a daughter-in-law?"

It's just that their ideas are beautiful, but the reality is not.

The people who originally planned to be matchmakers for Luo Feixiang shook their heads, "Kowtow to me and I won't be matchmakers for him anymore, I will scold you! Who wants someone who has been in prison?"

Madame Luo was so angry that she jumped up and scolded, "What's the matter with the prisoner? My mother has a house and land, and a betrothal gift!"

Tian Matchmaker smiled and said, "It's nothing to have been in prison. The girl is worried. What if your family thinks that the girl is bullying your son, what will you do if all of you come to beat him? There are not so many in the girl's family." Cousins, uncles, uncles, I just want to find someone who is honest and responsible, not someone who fights."

Mrs. Luo sneered angrily, "Honest? Honest people don't beat others? If they don't marry, they don't marry. Isn't that amazing?"

There were several blind dates in a row, but none of them had a crush on Luo Feixiang, which made Mrs. Luo almost die of sorrow.

……

Chun Ya had already saved nine pennies, and she borrowed three pennies from Li Jiaoniang to make up twelve pennies.

On this day, she was alone and happily came to the market.

She wants to buy a donkey.

She planned to give her mother a surprise, because it was the full moon festival soon.

She inquired that the price of a donkey was between ten and twelve guan.

There is a family in the market that specializes in selling livestock.

The family shop is at the intersection of the market. There are cows, donkeys, mules, and horses in the shop.

Mules, cows, and horses all cost more than [-] guan.

She couldn't afford it, so she had to buy the cheapest donkey.

Chunya walked into the shop, looked at the animals, and shouted loudly, "Boss, you're buying animals."

"Come, come, come." The shopkeeper was a short, fat middle-aged man, walking from the back door to the front door with a smile.

"Shopkeeper, how do you sell these donkeys?" Li Jiaoniang asked, pointing to the three donkeys.

Finding that it was a little girl asking the price, the shopkeeper rolled his eyes.

He patted the middle end and said, "This end is good, fifteen."

Chun Ya immediately frowned, asking for fifteen strings?

It's so expensive, her money, plus the borrowed money, is only twelve pennies and three hundred wen, which is not enough.

The shopkeeper looked at her expression, and said with a smile, "Girl, this donkey is only three years old, and it is at its peak strength, so the price is of course expensive."

"Could it be cheaper, fifteen guan is too expensive, I can't afford it." Chunya shook her head.

"Where is it expensive, everyone is at this price, the girl came to ask the price, must have inquired about it? It is not expensive or not." The shopkeeper waved his hand.

"Is the twelve guan for sale?" Chunya bit her lip and asked.

"Twelve guan?" The shopkeeper raised his voice, and he sighed, "You can buy this one, this [-] guan." He pointed to the other end and said.

The other donkey was also lighter in color and thinner in stature.

Chun Ya didn't want this one, but only wanted the middle one, "Just this one, how about I add three hundred coins? Some people in my village bought donkeys, and none of them bought more than twelve donkeys. What do you do?" The asking price is fifteen sticks?"

The shopkeeper pretended to be embarrassed and thought about it for a long time before he said, "Okay, alas, for the sake of you being a little girl, I'll sell it to you, twelve coins and three hundred coins." Stepping forward to untie the rope, he shook his head and said, "I've lost money."

Chun Ya breathed a sigh of relief, with a happy smile on her face.

But at this moment, someone shouted, "Chunya, don't buy the donkey in the middle, buy the donkey on the side!"

Chunya turned her head and asked in surprise, "Why?"

(End of this chapter)