MTL - Traveling Through Ancient Times To Be a Shopkeeper-Chapter 35 Make brown sugar, go back to Qinghe Village

Wei Lei's mother saw that he didn't go to work. After asking clearly, she heard that he didn't have to go to work on vacation. Every day Wei Lei went to work and handed in 30 Wen. Now that he doesn't go to work, it means he has no money, so she immediately scolded at home. He said he didn't have a job, and he didn't look for it, so he stayed at home and ate for nothing.

Wei Lei recently went to work, got up early, came back late, and was not at home all day long. Now at home, facing his mother's swearing, it feels harsh.

He simply didn't stay at home, and went to Wei Yuan's house, where the food was still collected. It was better to help than to be at home.

Wei Yuan watched Wei Lei come over, and Fox asked, "Leizi, why are you at home today and didn't go to Chengzi to work?"

Wei Lei said in a flat tone: "The stall will be closed for a few days and will be temporarily closed."

Wei Yuan was very surprised, and asked in a low voice: "Is the business not good? Why is the business closed?" He helped at the stall once, and he was amazed by the booming business. It makes no sense that the business is not good.

Wei Lei told the truth: "The business is the same as before. It's Chengzi who said that the stall has not had a break since it opened, and it will take a few days off." .

Wei Yuan raised his voice in surprise: "What is Chengzi thinking? The business at the stall is so good that he doesn't make any money!" If his family opened the stall and made money every day, he would definitely not rest, even within a year. No rest, making money is the most important thing.

However, this is the business of Wei Cheng's family. No matter how good their relationship is, they can't control Wei Cheng. As for why Wei Cheng doesn't do business, anyway, I don't want to understand.

The two were chatting next to each other, and the villagers who came to deliver the vegetables were curious about what they were talking about. They seemed to have heard them talking about Weicheng. When the villagers heard Weicheng's name, they all wanted to find out if Weicheng wanted to buy something.

Wei Yuan and Wei Lei just chatted for a few words, and didn't mention the incident at the Weicheng stall, so as not to reveal Weicheng's affairs and let the villagers listen to them and discuss behind their backs.

Wei Cheng didn't have any ideas, he was relaxed now.

Zhou Yuan looked at his leisurely expression with a funny face, and ignored him. Although he was resting, there was still a lot of work at home. He was busy with the stall business and didn't clean it properly. He took advantage of the vacation to clean it up.

Wei Cheng wanted help, but Zhou Yuan refused, so he must be allowed to rest well, he was the one who wanted to take a vacation, and besides, the work was not heavy, so it was trivial, and he could finish it by himself.

Wei Cheng rubbed his nose, then moved a stool to the door and sat leisurely, watching his daughter-in-law come in and out.

Zhou Yuan sat beside him after cleaning.

I remembered the news from the village a few days ago.

"Husband, my uncle's embroidered cousin gave birth to a child a few days ago. I didn't have time to go back to visit when the family opened a stall. Now that I have time to rest, I want to go back to the village to see her, is that okay?"

Zhou Yuan looked at Wei Chengwen, carefully observing his expression, to see if he would be unhappy that he went back to his natal home.

He has a good relationship with his cousin Xiu, and they often played together when they were young.

"When will you go back? I'll take you back, so I can go see my father-in-law and mother-in-law." Wei Cheng thought, since the daughter-in-law's house is not far away, it's convenient to go back and see, maybe the daughter-in-law misses her father-in-law and mother-in-law too.

"You have no objection to my going back?"

Hearing that the husband did not object to him going back, Zhou Yuan was also happy. For those who get married, the husband's family doesn't like their daughter-in-law to go back to their natal home often.

Wei Cheng smiled: "How could I object? Your husband and I are not someone else. You only have one day to go back to your natal home. If you go back to your natal home and leave me alone, I won't be willing."

Zhou Yuan said happily: "Thank you husband."

Wei Cheng looked at his daughter-in-law with a rare serious expression, but his voice was extremely gentle: "Yuan Yuan, I am your husband, thank you to your husband, this is cheating on me, don't do this in the future, you can just talk to me if you have anything in the future." I said, don’t say thank you any more.”

Wei Cheng felt that his daughter-in-law was caring and gentle, but there were some things that always worried him about his displeasure. However, it was also understandable that the ancient etiquette despised women's brothers, and brothers were even worse.

To change the concept of a daughter-in-law, you must follow the guidance.

Zhou Yuan looked at her husband's gentle expression, and nodded slightly: "Yes." Knowing her husband's intentions, he will gradually change.

"Yuanyuan, you go back to see your cousin. You can decide what you want to buy. You have all the money in your hands. You don't need to ask me to buy anything."

Wei Cheng's gentle eyes are still looking at people, he wants to let his daughter-in-law understand his affection, and he will tolerate everything for him, so that he doesn't have to worry.

Zhou Yuan smiled slightly, and boldly said what was in his heart: "I originally wanted to buy some brown sugar to make up for my cousin Xiu. She is doing confinement, and brown sugar is the most suitable, but it is very difficult to buy brown sugar in the county town. If I can't buy it, I will Just buy a small bracelet for cousin Xiu’s child.”

Brown sugar is tens of pennies a catty, which is more expensive than white sugar. Ordinary people have enough money to buy some for confinement or health care at home, but Nanshan County does not produce brown sugar, and the quantity of brown sugar is small. It was sold out within a few days, which is why brown sugar is not easy to buy.

Wei Cheng remembered that when he went for a walk with his wife after lunch every day, he found a lot of wild sugarcane growing in a wasteland. It may be that the wild sugarcane was hard and without moisture, and no one picked it nearby, so it was abandoned there.

Sugar cane can be squeezed out of sugar cane juice with a stone mill, and the sugar cane juice is used to cook brown sugar.

When he was a child, his grandparents often made brown sugar. When he was a child, his family was poor and had no money to buy candy, so his grandparents boiled brown sugar with sugarcane juice as candy and gave him snacks.

"Your husband, I have a way to get brown sugar for you."

"Really? Do you know someone who can help you buy it?"

"No need to buy, we make it ourselves."

"what?"

Then-

First, make a stone mill to squeeze the sugarcane juice, and then find someone to cut the sugarcane.

Wei Cheng would not do things that cost twenty or thirty renminbi to ask someone to do.

He remembered that Aunt Yang's son was at home these days and seemed to be out of work, and he also saw someone coming to help Aunt Yang wash the dishes.

Wei Cheng went to his neighbor Aunt Yang's house, and asked Aunt Yang's son Yang Gaolin to hire him to help cut sugar cane. If the other party refused, he would find someone else.

Wei Cheng went to the next door, and when he came, the helper who was washing vegetables saw him, and he was a little cautious when he was chatting happily about the family.

In their eyes, Wei Cheng was their boss, and no matter how good-tempered Wei Cheng was, he was the one who hired them. Now that Wei Cheng came over, he was afraid that his boss would think they were slacking off, so they silently stopped talking and moved faster.

Wei Chengdang didn't see it, but he didn't say anything to let them not be so restrained. The manager can relax appropriately, but he won't directly admit it, otherwise the workers below will think it's easy to talk, and their work attitude will not be taken seriously.

Wei Cheng went straight to Aunt Yang, and Aunt Yang's son was also helping to wash the vegetables. Seeing him coming, he didn't greet him as naturally as his neighbors in the past, but he was a little cautious, probably because of his identity change.

"Brother Wei."

Yang Gaolin is younger than Wei Cheng, a few centimeters shorter than Wei Cheng, and not very strong.

"Gao Lin is also there, and I happen to be looking for you."

"Brother Wei, tell me." Yang Gaolin didn't expect that someone came looking for him.

"My family wants to hire someone to go to the uninhabited wasteland in front of us to cut sugarcane, and to squeeze the sugarcane into water with a stone mill. It only takes half a day and the wages are twenty yuan. I wonder if you would like to do it?"

"This..." Yang Gaolin didn't expect that the man came here to ask for a job, and the salary was good, so he didn't know what to say for a while, but he was happy to have a job, even for a day.

"You're dumb, you still don't agree, you won't even say yes." Aunt Yang glared at her son, she was stunned and didn't express her opinion on such a good thing.

It's not that her son is not hardworking and has a good personality, but he is not shrewd and too honest. This is also the reason why he can't find a job. He has been back for four days, and he returns empty-handed every day when he goes out.

Fortunately, the eldest son has a job, otherwise the whole family would rely on the money she earned at Wei Cheng's house to eat and drink. When will they be able to earn silver taels for the two sons to marry.

My wife at home couldn't do much work, so I went to the market every day to see if there was any temporary work to do.

Yang Gaolin was embarrassed by his mother's words, "I'll go, thank you Brother Wei."

"Okay, I won't find anyone else when you go. I'll cut about a hundred sugar canes, and I'll make a stone mill. If there is no one at home, you can just put the sugar cane in my yard when you bring it back." Wei Cheng explained the matter Make arrangements and leave.

Yang Gaolin went to the firewood room to get a hatchet to chop sugar cane, walking briskly.

Aunt Yang is very happy, earning another 20 Wen in her own family, and the work is not heavy. The other two helpers are also a little envious, but they are also happy for Aunt Yang. , Because of this job, the whole family can have enough food.

Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan went to the market together.

There are shops in the market that can make stone mills, and it takes an hour to order, so Wei Cheng took his wife to a gold jewelry shop to buy silver bracelets.

The gold jewelry in the gold jewelry shop in the market is all ordinary models, and the price is not high.

Zhou Yuan came in and took a look at a small silver bracelet. The small bracelet was polished and round, and the workmanship was fine. It was engraved with smart animals. Small and exquisite bells were woven on it, and the bells rang when they shook.

"Husband, look at this little bracelet, isn't it cute? Cousin Xiu's little baby must be cute wearing this."

"Then buy this." Wei Cheng asked the shop waiter, "How much is the pair of small bracelets?"

The shop waiter smiled and said: "Guest officer, this pair of silver bracelets worn by babies is the best seller in Fucheng, the best pair in our store, originally sold for four taels of silver, if you want it, we will give you a discount of twenty cents. "

Wei Cheng felt that the small bracelets in the store were the best in the daughter-in-law's hands, and the others were either dull in color or rough in workmanship. He was about to ask to buy them, but Zhou Yuan felt that the price was too high. An ordinary pair of small bracelets is five or six hundred yuan, which is a bit better. Two taels of silver, this costs four taels of silver.

"Husband, this is too expensive, let's change it to something else." Although Zhou Yuan likes it very much, it is small and cute, but it is too expensive, so let's put it back.

Seeing him reluctantly, Wei Cheng said, "It's okay, let's buy it." He said to the waiter in the shop, "Wrap it up."

Seeing that her husband agreed to buy it, Zhou Yuan didn't worry if he could afford it. The price was a bit expensive, but it was worth it.

Wei Cheng said that he was bold and generous, but after taking out the money, he found that he had no money, and looked at Zhou Yuan with a pitiful face, "Yuan Yuan, I have no money."

Just about to take out the small bracelet and put it into the brocade bag, the second-hand shopkeeper gave it a meal. Hearing this, he said to buy it if he had no money. This will look at the clothes of the two of them, which are the most common cotton cloth. When I first came in to see the appearance of the two of them, I forgot to see if they could afford to buy them.

After thinking about it, the waiter in the shop was slow to hold things, and he was happy to make a deal just now, and he could get a lot of commission, so it was a bubble.

The waiter in the shop is not the kind of person who looks down on people, and he didn't say he wouldn't buy it. If other shop assistants are arrogant and look down on people, they will now open their mouths to ridicule.

Zhou Yuan laughed out loud when he heard this, his husband really said to buy something even if he had no money, took out the silver taels, and joked casually: "Husband, you still said to buy something when you have no money, hey, here you are, remember to buy something next time Bring money, otherwise you won’t have money to buy things.”

Perhaps it was because of today's Weicheng dialect that changed Zhou Yuan's mood, and he let go of some concepts, so he dared to tease his husband.

Wei Cheng also felt that his daughter-in-law's heart had changed, and was very satisfied, so he sent Qian Shuang to the waiter in the shop, "The money is here for you, wrap the bracelet well."

The waiter in the shop seemed happy to accept the money, but he murmured to himself, this man must be the son-in-law who came to visit.

The waiter in the shop looked darkly, Zhou Yuan saw it, he didn't want her husband to be looked down upon by others, so he said to Wei Cheng: "My husband, next time, don't hand over all the money you earn to me for safekeeping, you should keep some for yourself, and you can use it when you go out. It’s convenient, otherwise you’d better go out without money next time, I’m not around you to pay, how will you buy things then.”

Wei Cheng used to buy and sell ingredients at stalls, so he only carried money with him, and he never thought about using silver taels when he was resting.

"Fu Lang reminded me." Wei Cheng responded with a smile.

The shop clerk will now understand that a man is not a door-to-door son-in-law, but a man who gives all the money to his husband for safekeeping, and secretly clicks his tongue. Not petty money.

The shop waiter handed the things to the couple, and sent them out of the shop warmly and politely.

Wei Cheng and Zhou Yuan walked out of the shop, halfway there, Wei Cheng looked at the daughter-in-law beside him, she was dressed in plain clothes, with handsome features, and the other hairpins on her hair were bought before they got married.

He has been busy with the stall business recently, so he forgot to buy a gift for his wife. However, once the money has been handed over to the wife, he can earn it again and buy it again.

Moreover, the jewelry in the market is very ordinary. If you want to buy it for your wife, you must buy it, but you still have to go to the inner city to buy it.

Everything was ready, Wei Cheng paid Yang Gaolin the wages, and then began to boil brown sugar.

The squeezed sugarcane juice is boiled in a big pot, thanks to the large pots at home, but the cooking process takes some effort and time.

Put the boiled brown sugar into a large basket covered with oiled paper, smooth it out and let it cool before demoulding, and the brown sugar is ready.

After demoulding the next day, the brown sugar made from more than one hundred sugar canes weighed almost twenty catties.

Zhou Yuan's warm eyes widened even more, and he actually made brown sugar.

Wei Cheng said: "Yuan Yuan, is it enough to bring four catties of brown sugar to your cousin, and then four catties to your father-in-law's house, do you want to give some to your two friends in the village?"

Zhou Yuan asked: "Is it ok? Why don't you take it out and sell it?"

Wei Cheng said with a smile: "Not for sale, except for a few catties kept at home, all the brown sugar I made this time will be given to relatives and friends. Well, four catties left at home is enough, and the rest will be shared. Anyway, if the family finishes drinking, there will still be wasteland. Lots of cane, come back and do it."

"Okay." Zhou Yuan smiled, "I'll give Muzi and Xiaoqiu two catties each, and sister Xiu and my mother will give it as my husband told me." If there are good things, he should make them at home, and he also wants to bring them to his family and friends. point.

Wei Cheng thought for a while: "There are about four catties left, I will give two catties to Yuanzi's family, Leizi will definitely not want it, there are still two catties..."

Zhou Yuan asked: "Don't you give it to your parents?" Although she knew that her mother-in-law was not good to her husband, she was still a member of the family, so she had to give some.

Wei Cheng really ignored it, after all, they are his current parents.

"The remaining two catties will be taken to the market shop another day for my elder brother to give to my parents."

There was brown sugar to bring to visit his father-in-law, and Wei Cheng wanted to buy some things there. Zhou Yuan reminded him not to be too eye-catching, Wei Cheng still listened to his wife when dealing with people in the village, so he didn't buy any more.

Wei Cheng was waiting to go to Qinghe Village with his wife tomorrow, but received an invitation from Taifulou, asking him to go to Taifulou tomorrow morning.

I asked him to go in the morning, and it seemed that I knew he was on vacation and the stall was closed.

He couldn't go to Qinghe Village with his daughter-in-law, and he was worried that it would be unsafe for her to go there alone. Wei Cheng wanted to change the contract, but if he changed the contract, the cooperation would definitely come to naught.

"Daughter-in-law..." The voice was aggrieved.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go alone tomorrow. There are ox carts in the market to go back to the village. It's safe for me to go back by ox cart."

Wei Cheng was reluctant, and could only do so.

the next day.

Wei Cheng still sent his daughter-in-law to the bullock cart. Uncle Li of the bullock cart knew Zhou Yuan. Seeing Zhou Yuan’s husband sending him over to ride the bullock cart, he knew that the couple had a very good relationship. When someone mentioned a lot of things, they should have been brought back from her husband's house to her mother's house. I thought to myself, this week my brother married and his husband was really kind to him.

Uncle Li in the ox cart also thought that his daughter was married and lived in her husband's house. Although her daughter's husband's family would not treat her daughter badly, they were not generous. Every time the daughter returned to her mother's house, she brought nothing with her, and brought things back from home.

In the past, it was said that it would be bad for Brother Zhou to find someone else when he was too old, but now it seems that Brother Zhou is very lucky.

Wei Cheng was still exhorting.

"Uncle Li, please take care of my Yuan Yuan."

"sure."

"Uncle Li's ox cart is one penny per person. If I give two pennies, I will make room for my family Yuan Yuan to put things in, okay?"

"...Okay!" You have to give money, how can you not do it, anyway, there are no people riding in bullock carts at this point, and you can still make money.

Wei Cheng discussed with Uncle Li of the bullock cart, and then thoughtfully asked his daughter-in-law to sit down before putting the things beside her.

"Yuanyuan, then I'll go back first, and I'll pick you up in the afternoon."

"Well, you go back first, don't be late."

We made an appointment at Taifulou, so we must arrive early, and after the instructions, Wei Cheng reluctantly went back.

As soon as Wei Cheng left, Uncle Li's ox cart was full of people behind him.

Originally, the bullock cart was not full, and there were still two vacant seats, but then a mother and daughter came, and the two looked at each other. They should not be from Qinghe Village, and they also had a lot of things in their hands, so the seats were just enough. But they had no place to put their things, and they hated putting them on their bodies. They waved handkerchiefs in their hands to fan the flames, and shouted that the weather was hot, and then they had objections when they saw Zhou Yuan put his things aside.

"Why are you so rude, brother, occupying a place by yourself, and didn't see that we had a lot of things in our hands, so we moved them. Just put those things on your body."

Zhou Yuan also carried about ten catties of brown sugar. It seemed that there were not as many radishes and vegetables in the baskets that the mother and daughter used to pack, but it was still a solid weight. Although this weight was very light for Zhou Yuan, who was used to farm work, it was His husband cared about the vacant place he paid for. If there is no place to sit, he must give up his seat.

"Sorry, I paid for this position, so I put things here, and there is nothing wrong with it."

The mother and daughter were taken aback when they heard this, and then they looked very dissatisfied, but they couldn't say anything.

Uncle Li still remembered what Wei Cheng said, so he said, "Would you like to sit, or not? We're leaving."

The mother and daughter had no choice but to sit. If they didn't sit, they had to walk to Qinghe Village by themselves.

The mother and daughter were just sitting close to Zhou Yuan, and they squeezed and squeezed towards Zhou Yuan along the way, and said while squeezing, "Oh, it's so narrow to sit, I also pay money, The seating position is so narrow, so how can I do it?"

"Mother, you can sit a little more, and we have the right to sit comfortably if you give us money."

"You're right, daughter."

Then they squeezed towards Zhou Yuan, pushing Zhou Yuan's things closer to Zhou Yuan, and even squeezed Zhou Yuan's position to the side to be close to each other, and the space between the mother and daughter could be placed in the space they brought. A basket of turnip vegetables.

Zhou Yuan didn't bother to bother with the mother and daughter, but the things were still left unmoved, but the position was a little tight.

That mother and son can be proud.

The people in the village couldn't watch and comment a few words, so they let the woman and her mother go back.

Zhou Yuan thanked the aunt in the village, and he said it was okay.

That's why they didn't make noise all the way to Qinghe Village.

I just don't know which relatives the mother and daughter are.

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