Concubine's plan

Soon Aunt Cai and her daughter Erya came over with a bundle of dry firewood and a torch. With the torch, the yard suddenly became bright.

Xun Yingju's eyes immediately lit up. It seemed that smearing people was not a problem. With a torch, the work speed would be much faster. As I thought about it, I glanced at the faces of the two little girls, Chun Mian and Yu Sheng, and found that there was a burst of joy on their faces, and they were obviously very happy.

"This is our first time in Hongshan Village. Why do we have the nerve to trouble Sister Cai?"The Bai family came from a poor family, but the Bai family is a family of scholars, which is a bit different from ordinary villagers. They were also looked down upon in the Xun Mansion. Now someone is so enthusiastic to help, she is a little flattered.

Because it was dark, Aunt Cai did not see Bai's face He looked embarrassed and smiled to himself:"We are neighbors from now on, so we will inevitably help each other. You haven't eaten yet, right? I asked Erya to bring some mountain reds and wild dates for you to eat, so you don't get hungry."

Aunt Cai said, and an eleven or twelve-year-old girl next to her came forward and carried three or four kilograms of food in her lapel. When Chun Mian saw this, she immediatelyPick up things in front. The little girl poured the food in her clothes into the basket Chun Mian took out.

It's March now, the time of drought. No one is rich in food. It's not easy for Aunt Cai to come up with all this food.

Xun Yingju was not idle either. She made a homemade torch so that the yard and the thatched house were both bright. There was a well in the yard. It was thought that Lai Xun's family was also a wealthy family in the village, so they could afford to dig a well in their yard. Xun Yingju went to the well to fetch water to clean the house. There were only two earthen kangs in the thatched house, no tables, chairs, benches, or any furniture.

"There is nothing here, how can we live a life? This Xun Hongde has become rich and doesn't care about the people in the village. Why doesn't he care about his daughter? What a sin!"Aunt Cai looked puzzled, but this is the Xun family's business, and it's hard for her to get involved too much.

"Everyone lives a good life, Aunt Cai, don’t worry, our life will get better and better."Xun Yingju packed up the thatched house and explained to Aunt Cai with a smile.

After finishing her work, Xun Yingju went to check the mountain red and wild jujubes that Aunt Cai had brought. After looking through them, she found that although these fruits were not as fresh as just picked, the wild jujubes were still fresh. It was sun-dried, but the quality was very good. I was a little surprised that there were such good fruits in this season, so I immediately asked:"Does Aunt Cai's family still have a lot of mountain reds and wild jujubes?" Are they all of this quality?"

"There are so many! Last year your sister Erya and her brothers went to pick it from the mountains. They didn't like eating it because it was too sour.……"Aunt Cai said, feeling a little embarrassed. It was unkind to give food that her family didn't like to others, and she blushed a little as she said it.

Seeing Aunt Cai's embarrassment, Xun Yingju pretended not to notice and asked with a smile:"Auntie, do you know there are people selling hawthorn cakes and jujube juice in Qingshui Town?" Qingshui Town is a town under Qingshui County. In mountainous areas, it is poorer than other towns.

"Hawthorn cake? What is jujube juice?"Aunt Cai looked confused, obviously she had never heard of it.

Xun Yingju looked at the little girl Erya again, and found that the little girl also looked confused and didn't know what was going on. Now Xun Yingju felt confident, and there was no shortage of money-making jobs. Then he smiled and said:"Auntie, are you willing to sell your mountain reds and wild dates to me?"

When asked in one sentence, everyone present was stunned on the spot. Bai's face looked anxious. She knew what this mountain red was. Pregnant women usually eat it, but ordinary people rarely eat it. This thing is so sour that the more they eat, the hungrier they become. Although many people I would only take the fruit to the town to sell when I picked it home. At that time, there were a lot of fruits and there were many people going to the town to sell them. I couldn’t sell them for even a penny or ten kilograms, so I kept them until now. What does this new little girl want to buy these things for? ?

Although she didn't know what she was going to do, Aunt Cai nodded quickly and said,"Of course, we have several hundred kilograms at home, do you want it all?""It's not easy for people in the village to get some spare money. A few hundred kilograms of mountain red can be sold for more than 30 copper plates, which is a lot of income for the farmers, not to mention that these mountain products come for free.

"Okay, then I want them all."Xun Yingju held her hands for a moment, and the matter was decided.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask your Uncle Cai to deliver the things tomorrow. Aunt Cai was stunned at first, and then ecstatic. That was three to four hundred kilograms of Shanlihong. She was curious about what Xun Yingju was buying these things for, and asked with some anxiety:"Girl Ju, why did you buy so many Shanlihong?" If you don’t have enough food, your teeth will become numb if you eat too much."

Although Xiang has earned this money, she cannot sell it to an ignorant girl without conscience, as she will be stabbed in the spine by the villagers.

Feeling Aunt Cai's sincerity, Xun Yingju was moved, knowing that Aunt Cai was worried that she would spend such money. She couldn't sell many things in her hands, and her living conditions might be even worse. However, she wouldn't say what she was doing specifically, but it wasn't easy for people to worry about her. She took the jujubes and mountain reds at hand and said with a smile:"Auntie, don't worry. , you see Shanlihong is called hawthorn in the city, and many people like to eat it."

"oh! That's good, that's good."After receiving the affirmative answer, Aunt Cai felt relaxed, and the smile on her face became more sincere.

Because Xun Yingju wrapped Aunt Cai's mountain goods, Aunt Cai's mood improved a lot. She saw that Xun's mother-in-law didn't even have bedding. There was no straw, so he hurried home and brought a large bundle of hay. He said with a smile:"You can use these first. When you buy bedding later, life will be easier.""

"Thank you, Sister-in-law Cai, for keeping you awake this late at night."Ms. Bai felt relieved when she saw the other party's enthusiasm. She felt that life in the mountain village was not as good as she had imagined.

After some polite remarks, Aunt Cai took Erya home to sleep. The Xun family's mother and daughter were also ready to go to bed. Xun Yingju and Bai Ming Sleeping in the east room, spring sleep and the sound of rain sleeping in the west room. Because there is no bedding, it is too late after cleaning up, so the four of them can only endure it for a while and go to the mountain to chop firewood and come back to cook tomorrow.

Nothing to say all night, and the next day Early in the morning, Xun Yingju got up before dawn. As a special operations team member, it was common to get up early. However, her body was too delicate and she was still a little sleepy, which Xun Yingju overcame. When she got up, she found that Bai and the two little girls had not yet woken up. Quietly, I left the thatched hut, opened the door, left the small courtyard and ran towards the mountains to the west. The mountain village in March was also very quiet in the morning. It was not the farming season yet, the mountains were bare and there was nothing that could be taken home. At this time, it was still very quiet. Sleeping under the quilt.

Xun Yingju ran to the mountainside. Because she didn't have an axe, she had to break branches. She either broke one with her weight, or directly broke small branches. It took about half an hour to get a large bundle of dry branches. firewood

"Crash, crash."

Xun Yingju had just tied dry firewood with rattan when she heard a crashing sound from the grass next to her.

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