Chapter 124： moved away

Chapter 124 moved away

The Zhao family ended up like this, and the Wang family was naturally happy. Wang Zhuangzhi went directly to the butcher shop to buy ten catties of pork belly, and also went to the wine shop to make two catties of high-quality wine, and went to the grain shop to buy some peanuts and melon seeds.

The owner who just bought two red fish paid a deposit of 50 Wen, but Wang Zhuangzhi didn't intervene, and Erya kept the money.

Erya, who had money, ran to the jewelry store excitedly. There were all kinds of headbands and hairpins, but no one helped her choose them. Her father and younger brother were men, so she didn't buy them.

Anyway, I will come to deliver fish tomorrow, and the younger sister’s face is already fine. Let the mother and the younger sister come together to pick out some jewelry.

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It was already past noon when the carriage drove home, Liu Zhihua looked at the large and small bags on the carriage, and felt that the owner of the house was spending too much money.

"Isn't there still meat in the house? One catty of pork belly is worth three catties of bones and meat, and you don't want to weigh them separately." Liu Zhihua chattered dissatisfied.

With a smile on his face, Wang Zhuangzhi directly pulled the lady aside and said something in a low voice.

Liu Zhihua was taken aback for a moment, then took the head's hand and asked excitedly: "Really?"

Wang Zhuangzhi nodded with a smile, "It's true. It was difficult to pay back the money if you lost the goods, but now it's involved in the official case. Selling official salt without permission is a felony. This time the Zhao family can't get over it, and neither can ours." You don't have to live in fear anymore."

"Oops! Well, time to buy some meat to celebrate..."

Liu Zhihua put her heart into her stomach now, and happily ran directly to the pot to start the stove, preparing to stew the soft and glutinous braised pork.

Jiaojiao saw that Mother was about to light a fire to cook, and asked in puzzlement, "Mother, didn't you just have lunch?"

Xiao Li also ran over and said, "Mother, we ate wontons and meat buns in town, and we're not hungry yet."

Liu Zhihua said while chopping the meat: "Mother is cooking dinner. If you want to eat soft and glutinous braised pork, you have to marinate and stew it in advance. I guess it will take several hours. It will be dark when the stew is finished. A few corn tortillas, a pot of egg flower soup, and a delicious pickled hot and sour cabbage, so that you can eat as much as you want."

After listening to what mother said, Xiao Li and Jiaojiao swallowed their saliva. The braised pork made by mother is very fragrant. A large piece of sugar-colored fried meat is crystal clear, soft and glutinous. One bite of meat is cornbread and spicy cabbage, not to mention how delicious it is. Then drink a bowl of warm egg drop soup, just thinking about it makes me hungry.

At this time, Erya came out of the house, the cotton skirt she was wearing was replaced by a coarse linen dress, and a piece of cloth was tied on her head.

"Sister, why are you dressed like this?" Xiao Li pointed to the clothes and said.

Erya walked over with her sleeves rolled up, and replied: "You little idiot, didn't you see that mother was chopping meat, the order is for stewed meat."

In the past, my family didn’t eat much meat throughout the year. When I went to the town to buy a small piece of meat, I had to marinate it several times and eat it several times. Only when I was stewing braised pork during the Chinese New Year, my mother would chop the meat directly. So today I must make braised pork.

After finishing speaking, Erya happily yelled to the kitchen, "Mom, I'll help boil the water."

Liu Zhihua, who was chopping meat in the kitchen, heard about it, and shouted, "It's not busy, it's still early, you can go play with your younger siblings, mother can do it alone."

Erya looked at the backyard, there was nothing to do there after freshing out, and there was no need for the pond, it would be more fun to watch mother chop and cook meat.

Erya hugged the little girl and kissed her, and then told Xiaoli: "Xiaoli, my sister is going to help the mother, so that we can eat braised pork earlier, you and Jiaojiao go to play, remember to protect my sister Let's bump."

Jiaojiao hugged her sister and said in a waxy voice, "Sister, Jiaojiao also wants to help."

Xiao Li also raised his hand excitedly, "Sister, I want to help carry the firewood."

Erya couldn’t say anything, the two little guys wanted to help, but Erya took her younger siblings back to the house to help change the old clothes, otherwise the new clothes would be stained with oil in the kitchen and it would be difficult to wash.

The four of them were cooking in the house, while Wang Zhuangzhi was outside cleaning the carriage and feeding the horses fodder.

The newly bought carriage is a treasure. Every time I come back from a trip, I have to clean the inside and outside of the carriage and wash the horse. After so many days, the carriage is still like new, and the horses are no worse than those raised by professional grooms.

…

at the same time,

Xiaoshu Village.

Outside the old earthen house of the Wang family, a carriage slowly stopped.

"Miss Wang, we're here."

The coachman jumped out of the carriage, moved down a wooden box and put it on the ground, and then lifted the curtain.

Yingniang, dressed in an apricot-colored brocade robe, stepped on a wooden box to get out of the car. She had a happy face at first, but when she saw the residence in front of her, she was stunned.

"Mom, my feet are numb, please give me a hand."

Yingniang came back to her senses, and turned her head to help her daughter down.

Wang Liu'er in the pink skirt had a black face when her feet touched the ground, and her newly bought shoes were covered in dust, so she didn't dare to get angry because her mother was by her side.

She raised her eyes and looked around, looking at the rustic place, she simply covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, the disgust in her eyes was obvious.

"Mother, why does Third Uncle and his family live here? It's even more dilapidated than grandma's house."

After hearing her daughter's words, Yingniang looked at the simple fence, the potholed dirt yard, and the four yellow mud houses. She saw that the roof was patched with straw, and there were circles of water stains on the outside of the walls. The cracked wooden door is crumbling...

Will the third brother and Zhihua live here?

My mother-in-law’s house is a big courtyard with three entrances. Naturally, the village is not as grand as the courtyard in Ancheng, but it is a hundred times better than the courtyard in front of me.

The two cannot be compared at all.

The coachman saw the two of them staring at the courtyard, so he kindly reminded: "Miss Wang, this house is covered in dust, the owner must have moved out."

Wang Liuer heard that she took the opportunity to persuade her mother and said: "Mother, the third uncle and three aunts should not live here, why don't we go to the town first, didn't we meet the third uncle and three aunts in the town last time? Said that I will pass by here in the past two days, I will go to the town to prepare some toiletries for her in advance, so that I won’t panic when I come.”

Hearing what her daughter said, Yingniang sighed and said, "We've already reached the door of our house, so let's find someone to find out where your third uncle and aunt are now. It's not easy for us to come back. After this time, we don't know when the next time will be." return."

Wang Liu'er curled her lips, "Mother, Wan'er is a distinguished guest, so there is no delay."

Yingniang glanced at her daughter, and the words of reprimand stopped on her lips. Seeing this, the driver smiled and said with a wink, "Miss Wang, please go and relieve yourself."

The coachman left, Yingniang looked at her daughter seriously, and said in a low voice: "Madame Sun just invited you to drink tea at home twice, the eldest son of the Sun family doesn't even know who you are, even if you are on good terms with Sun Wan'er , there is a maidservant by her side to serve her, so there is no need for you, an outsider, to do it."

If she hadn't been raised since she was a child, she would have doubted whether this was her Yingniang's daughter, and her temperament was nothing like hers. She had invited her husband to teach her for two years, and she could read and write. How could she be so stupid? .

(end of this chapter)