Blissful Days After Widowhood

    Xu Qingchuan opened the door next door with a bowl of rice cakes.

     Mrs. Wang did not like Mrs. Xu, but did not show her face to the younger generation, and Xu Qingchuan was a talented person, although only wearing a washed white scholar's robe, he did not look shabby, but appeared The more and more the text is tall and straight, it is difficult not to make people feel good.

    Wang shi was afraid that his voice would scare him, and he especially slowed down his tone: "Why are you so polite and send something?"

    "Assuming her, Xu Jinchai still has some conscience." Wang Shi muttered to take the sea bowl, and after seeing the number of rice cakes in the bowl, the smile on her face stagnated.

    "The number of rice cakes at home is not enough, auntie forgive me." Xu Qingchuan bowed politely.

    Wang shied away from his salute and hummed, "You don't need to make up for your mother, a good boy, she was a little bit tight, it must be intentional!"

    Xu Qingchuan touched his nose embarrassedly.

    He didn't leave much when he sent things, and he said goodbye and went back to his home.

    Gu Yinzheng and Xiao Wu'an were cleaning together in the main room. Seeing Mrs. Wang come in with a sea bowl, Xiao Wu'an sniffed her little nose and said, "It's so fragrant, mother!"

    Wang put the sea bowl on the table, "It's not your mother that smells good, it's fried rice cakes."

    When she was in Batou Village, Mrs. Wang would give the two children some oil and water every month, but since Gu Yin fell ill, the food at home was very bad. In addition, he was fleeing and staying in an inn. He almost always had dry food and hot water, not to mention Xiao Wu'an, Gu Yin drooled unconsciously when he smelled it.

    Xiao Wu'an blew out like a small whirlwind, and brought three pairs of bamboo chopsticks in the blink of an eye.

    "Mother, eat first." Xiao Wuan was the first to hand the chopsticks to Mrs. Wang.

    Speaking of this Wang Shi's temperament came up again, "What am I to eat! She gives two rice cakes to three people, who is ashamed? You two eat it, leave me alone!"

    Xiao Wuan glanced at Gu Yin timidly, Gu Yin took the chopsticks, and cut the rice cake into small pieces, revealing the crystal full rice grains inside.

    "That's good, let's eat together. If you don't eat, where can we both eat?"

    Being coaxed by Gu Yin, Mrs. Wang reluctantly picked up chopsticks, picked up a piece and tasted it, and said in disgust, "Hmph, this Xu Jinchai is more stupid than me when he was a child, he is blind. Oil, it's fried!"

    But disgust is disgust, Wang Shi still laughed while eating.

    Gu Yin and Xiao Wu An then moved their chopsticks.

    Two rice cakes were divided, and all three were full.

    Wang also had no time to spare, and asked Gu Yin and Xiao Wuan to clean up at home. She went out to buy things-the food they brought from Batou Village had already been eaten during this time, oil and salt Sauce vinegar, grain, rice and firewood need to be purchased separately. There are also some simple furniture in the newly rented house, but there are no small things and mattresses.

    Before walking to Xu's door, Mrs. Wang specially slowed down, rubbing her stomach and shouting, "Oh, my child is filial, I even say no to eat, so I have to hold tight first. I eat it. Unlike some people, the three people deliberately send two pieces of cake, I don't know what the idea is!"

    When Mr. Xu heard it in the room, he stopped doing it. He put the bowl and came out of the room.

    "Oh, oh, my child is filial. I'm happy, so let's not let anyone tell me?"

    On Gu Yin's side, watching Xiao Wu'an finish eating the last piece of rice cake in the bowl, Gu Yin went to the kitchen to wash the Xu family's bowl first, and asked Xiao Wu'an to return it, and then Then clean up the stove.

    Not long after, Xiao Wuan came back from next door, still holding a piece of caramel in his hand.

    He handed it to Gu Yin as if offering a treasure, and said cheerfully, "Sister-in-law, look, Aunt Xu gave me the candy! Eat it for you!"

    Since she left Batou Village, Gu Yin has never seen him so happy.

    Can't free her hand to touch his small head, Gu Yin blocked his hand delivering the sugar with her elbow, "Eat it yourself, sister-in-law doesn't like sweets."

    Xiao Wu'an took out a handkerchief from his arms and wrapped the caramel, "Then I'll wait for my mother to come back and leave it for my mother to eat."

    Gu Yin didn't feel good when she saw what he thought of a piece of caramel baby.

    In fact, the life of the Wu family was really good at the beginning. When the original body arrived in the Wu family, it was still possible to eat game every three or five years. Only then did she grow from that thin appearance to a slim girl.

      Later, the original body fell ill, and in order to cure her, the family even sold the fields.

    Nowadays, although the Wang family has received the 22 taels that they deserve from her parents' family, the income is less and the output is more, and the family will have to return to the poor appearance in the past two years at most.

    Gu Yin made up her mind. Today, she must come up with another way to convince Wang to let her do food business. Even if Wang does not believe it, she can make something to conquer her. The taste buds, at most, will be scolded by her.

    After she made up her mind, Gu Yin cleaned the stove more and more, not only the edges and corners of the stove were clean, but even the corners of the stove were wiped with a mop. All clean.

    As soon as it was cleaned up until the evening, Gu Yin cleaned up, and Wang Shi also came back from outside.

    She bought a lot of things, and her body was covered with large and small bags.

    However, when she got home, she was not in a hurry to unload the goods, but looked for Gu Yin everywhere.

    "Is this still our home? Why haven't you seen it for a long time?"

    "Mother came back just in time, I have something to tell you."

    "I also have something to tell you," Wang shi beckoned her to step forward, and then pulled her out, "Son, what did you say about the dream last time? Tell me specifically."

    Gu Yin's heart moved slightly, she thought that Wang had forgotten about it. After all, what she said at that time was really very credible. I didn't expect Wang to find a new house, After settling down, I took the initiative to ask.

    "You still believe me." Gu Yin felt that she was too one-sided, Wang Shi was not only hard-mouthed and soft-hearted, but also a rough and meticulous, meticulous, "I will definitely live up to you expectations..."

    Seeing her excited look with red eyes, Mrs Wang patted her thigh and said anxiously, "Don't talk about these things! I've already blown cowhide to the sky!"

    …

    A few hours ago, Mr. Wang went to the town to buy things.

    She first bought some household necessities, and then thought that Gu Yin's tonic was almost finished, so she went to the pharmacy again.

    I thought that it had been three days since the last time I bought the medicine, and the nearby transportation roads should be repaired, and the price of medicine should be reduced.

    Unexpectedly, the price of the drug has doubled.

    Wang asked the reason in surprise, only then did she know from the shopkeeper's mouth that the price of medicine had nothing to do with the road now, but the war between the rebel army and the imperial army was getting more and more tense.

    The current emperor waved his hand and issued an imperial decree, scraping most of the medicinal materials from the hands of the national pharmacists, but all the useful ones were sent to the front line.

      It just said that you owe it first, and then you can make it up after the tax is paid.

    The merchants are suffering, but how can they dare to care about the emperor? I can only eat this stuffy loss with my nose.

    However, there are few medicinal materials, and the supply is in short supply. The pharmacists who have hurt their vitality have to find a way to make back the lost capital, and the price of the medicine has doubled again.

    Shou'an Tang like the one asked by Mr. Wang has a good conscience, and those who are crazy about money simply close the store and wait for other colleagues to sell all the medicinal materials. , they will hoard it again, and fry it ten times.

    Last time the shopkeeper saw Wang's shabby clothes and was willing to buy tonics for his daughter-in-law. He felt good about her, and he lowered his voice and said to her: "Mrs. buy it as soon as possible, although our boss has given an order Don't let people buy more, lest profiteers will stock up on us, but it's not guaranteed that they will be sold out one day. If you want to buy medicine in the future, you have to go to the profiteers that are more than ten times more expensive. "

    Wang felt the purse and gasped in distress.

    The money she brought from Batou Village has been spent almost completely these days. Later, she got 22 taels in total, 3 taels for renting the house, and 5 taels for buying things at home. Gu Yin's tonic had to be taken for another month, so it took another five or two. After all, there were only seven taels of silver left.

    Wang Shi regretted for a while, she should have come to ask the price of medicine before buying other things, after all, medicine can't be saved, but others can be saved - just like she thought only I brought a bed from home, and everyone built a bed when they slept in the Datong Bunk in the inn. After that, the family had to sleep separately, and they had to buy two more beds.

    Now think about where you have to spend that money?

    And she also spent ten cents to buy a pot of rice wine, thinking about re-settling and celebrating.

    Daughter-in-law doesn't like drinking, and the younger son is not old enough to drink alcohol, so she still wants to drink.

    Wang slapped himself heavily.

    A person who is half-in-the-earth is still so greedy, it's time to fight!

    Just as she regretted her time, a loud sneer suddenly came from beside her.

    Wang turned her head and saw two young women dressed in rich and wealthy clothes covering their mouths and smiling at her.

    Looking at the familiar face, she didn't recognize the person for a while, but after the other party looked at her, she said first: "I didn't expect to meet my aunt at the pharmacy."

    Wang Shi recalled carefully, and only then recognized that the two in front of her were the two daughters-in-law of the second sister-in-law, Zou Shi.

    "It's you." Wang shi nodded lightly, even if he said hello.

    I didn't think about the other party but didn't let go, but stepped forward to chat with Wang.

    The taller daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Is your aunt here to buy medicine for my cousin?"

    Although Mrs Wang was in a bad mood and was impatient, but she was the junior of her parents' family, she still replied: "Yes, my daughter-in-law has just been seriously ill, and the doctor explained that she should take tonic."

    She asked herself what was wrong, but for some reason, the two daughters-in-law giggled together.

    The other said: "Sister-in-law, don't forget that my aunt just gave us twenty taels of silver to go out, but now it's not rich and powerful? Only those twenty taels are a one-shot deal, don't go back and take medicine After spending all the money, he came to our house again."

    Only then did Wang realize that these two were not here to greet him, but to provoke him!

    Zou was a shrewd person, and the two daughters-in-law he picked were eloquent, and the back of the house left by the two elders of the Wang family lived in the back of the house, which was converted into twenty taels of silver. Afterwards, Wang Dafu counted the large sum of the money on the head of the second room and asked them to pay fifteen taels from the second room.

    Because of this matter, the two families quarreled for a long time, and Zou was not happy, so she asked the two daughters-in-law to pay.

    Although the two of them have been married into the Wang family for many years, the Zou family is shrewd and stingy.

    Because of this, they held a grudge against Wang and Gu Yin. By chance, they encountered the lonely Wang, and then they fought hard.

    Wang shi suffered from this kind of paper and crepe under the hands of Zou shi, thinking that Gu Yin was not there and no one could help her, most of them couldn't argue, and I didn't want to pay attention to them.

    But the two daughters-in-law continued to laugh.

     "No way, didn't my aunt say that she can make money by starching and sewing clothes, or even begging for food."

    "How much money can I make for washing and sewing? I don't think it's enough for a fraction of my cousin's medicine! If I say, this person has to accept his fate. As the saying goes, a big head wears a big hat Is this cousin worthy of this expensive medicine?"

    Wang believes that although he earns less from sewing, repairing and washing, it is not a shame to rely on his own hands to eat.

    So she started walking by herself, until the two daughters-in-law started talking about Gu Yinlai.

    She stopped, rolled up her sleeves and scolded: "Tigers don't show their power, you are a sick cat, right? Why doesn't my daughter-in-law deserve to take tonics?"

    The two daughters-in-law did not expect that this aunt would fight when she came up, so they pulled back and said, "Cousin and sister are not involved in childbirth, but let elders like aunt work for her, isn't it unworthy? "

    Wang sneered and pouted, "Who doesn't get sick? Who has to work to support the family when he is sick? My daughter-in-law is very capable!"

    Speaking of this Wang Shi is a little stuck, what is the skill of his daughter-in-law? Immediately thinking of Gu Yin talking about the dream that day, Wang Shi, who was in a fit of anger, opened her mouth and said, "My daughter-in-law's cooking skills are superb. No brother can compare!"

    The two daughters-in-law wanted to laugh, and they were afraid of Wang's fist.

    As she walked, she calmed down and realized that something was wrong.

      !

    She then hurried home to ask Gu Yin about her dream.

    After listening to the ins and outs of Gu Yin:…

    Also, the process is different from what she thought, at least the result is what she wants.