bookcurios Chapter 132 Little Person
Chapter 132 Little Person
On this side, Shen Lingzhu was holding a food box in one hand and turning an empty basket with no copper coins left in the other.
She was still humming: I smile triumphantly, I smile triumphantly.
Xia Liu, who happened to be passing by with half a basket of dates on her back, heard the song and asked with a smile, "Little Bamboo, what are you humming about so happily? The tune is quite interesting."
"Hello, Sister Xia Liu, I'm happy because the peach branches in our greenhouse have taken root.
"Next spring, I'll be able to plant more peach trees at the foot of the mountain behind my house. In two years, it won't be a dream to have a mountain of peach blossoms filled with the fragrance of peaches." Shen Lingzhu really thought so.
After this year's logging and clearing, her senior sister and uncle have specially marked out an area on the hilltop suitable for growing peach trees.
By next spring, persimmon trees will also be transplanted from Qixing Temple.
She said, "Sister Xia Liu, when the peaches are ripe, you can come to my house and pick as many as you want."
"Okay, just don't feel bad." Xia Liu agreed. Everyone in the village who had dealt with Xiao Zhuzi knew that she seemed to be a housewife and was sometimes a little stingy.
"Come, grab some dates. My grandma just picked them. They're so sweet." Xia Liu said, and then he moved sideways to let her grab them.
Shen Lingzhu originally planned to take one or two as a token of appreciation, but unexpectedly the dates in the basket were big, red, and so juicy and lovely.
She immediately became interested: "Sister Xia Liu, did you eat these dates raw in previous years?"
Xia Liu knew that she had grown up in a honey pot in the past, but she didn't know the ins and outs of it. "How could that be possible? Most of it is dried and used to entertain guests during the New Year and other festivals."
"Don't slice them and make dried dates, or..." Shen Lingzhu realized that most families in the village were reluctant to buy sugar, so he stopped working immediately.
Then he took a bite of the dates, and they were indeed very sweet. "Sister Xia Liu, if I want to buy this basket of dates, will you sell it to me?"
“Of course I sell them to people who want them all, but fresh dates don’t keep well. If you want to eat more, I’ll grab some for you.
No need to spend money." Xia Liu was a man of action, and she immediately put down the backpack to let her grab the food into the empty basket.
"No, no, no, I really want to buy it. I'm not going to eat it myself, I have other uses for it." She remembered the drunken dates her mother brewed in the past. It seemed that when her senior sister came to her house, she exchanged experiences with her mother.
She said, "Could you please wait for me for a moment? I'll give something to Grandma, and then we can go together."
"There are dozens of kilograms, and the fresh dates and peaches are the same price. Do you really want to buy them all?" Xia Liu asked her hesitantly.
Shen Lingzhu nodded heavily and handed the empty basket to her: "Wait for me, you must wait for me."
Before she finished her words, she had already run a long way away.
A moment later, the grandmother was in the yard helping the children who were learning to work with embroidery threads. Seeing her rush in like a little firecracker, she couldn't help but raise her hand and said, "Slow down, slow down."
"Grandma, Brother Songzhu is having dinner at my house today. Here are some mutton dumplings. You can cook them for lunch." Shen Lingzhu opened the lunch box. Well, it was well preserved, without any mess or veneer.
"I'll leave the food box here with you. Brother Songzhu will take it home tomorrow.
I have things to do at home, so I'll be leaving first!" She didn't wait for the grandmother to be polite and humble, and disappeared in the same way as when she came.
The girls in the yard were extremely envious, saying, "Little Zhuzi is really carefree."
"She has a good uncle."
"I heard that her grandmother stayed here specifically to take care of her and Miaozhu, and her grandfather and uncle brought meat over every now and then."
"The Five Clans Bo family was a little down and out when they first came back, but now they are prosperous again."
“I wonder if the Five Tribes Uncle will buy it back for the clan school?
Many of my cousins’ families didn’t pay, so they couldn’t go to school, and even when they asked Uncle Wu for money, he wouldn’t lend them money.”
The grandmother nodded and listened, but when the last sentence came out, her smile froze: "What's the logic? Your great-aunt donated money to build the clan school and donated it to the clan. The clan members sold it and divided the money, but you asked your fifth uncle to pay money again to buy the clan school back?
"Xiangzhu, why do you have such an idea?" She stopped the other girls from talking and stared at Xiangzhu and asked.
After reading it, he said nervously: "Grandma, it wasn't me who said that. It was the aunts and uncles in the clan who said that together."
The grandmother said sternly, "Don't listen to their nonsense. You must learn to distinguish right from wrong.
Why do children of other ethnic groups continue to pay to study in the ethnic school, while other families are unwilling to pay?
"Also, why should you expect others to pay for your own children's education? Think carefully.
"That's all for today. Let's pack up and come back for lunch." The grandmother carried the lunch box into the house, thinking that she could take advantage of Nineteen's marriage to close the temporary girls' school.
In the courtyard, some girls looked at each other in bewilderment, some glared at Xiangzhu. This girl felt extremely aggrieved: "I heard it too."
In fact, the families who were unwilling to spend money to send their daughters to study at Xia Tongsheng’s tribal school always had their daughters working at home and were not allowed to learn needlework.
That's why the girls started discussing it, and now some people have already appeared to criticize Xiangzhu.
"You know, Grandma and Nineteenth Aunt only teach us for free because they received the tuition from Uncle Chi."
"Yes, they never charge extra for the needles and thread they buy."
"The needlework taught by Aunt Nineteen is excellent, and the patterns we knitted spread quickly."
Shen Lingzhu, who had already walked far away, was unaware of the commotion in the courtyard.
She was worried that Xia Liu would have shoulder pain from carrying dozens of kilograms for a long time, so she simply went to her third uncle's house to borrow a cart.
But Shen Baizhu happened to be the only one at home, and he said sarcastically, "What we did ourselves is not solid enough.
Don't let your delicate body fall down."
"Brother Bai Zhu, you are not even remotely close to being a man, you are so petty.
When will it be accomplished?" Shen Lingzhu also responded with a look, "If we were in a different place, I would not have chosen to sit in the bamboo rocking chair by myself.
Instead, find an old carpenter to work with and secretly do it!" She emphasized the last two words.
Shen Baizhu raised his finger and pointed at her: "You! What a mean person!"
"I'm only eight years old, of course I'm a little kid." Shen Lingzhu turned around and strode away.
"My family's cart is in the field. It's not far and I can carry the dates myself, and they're not heavy." Xia Liuxin said that although walking was slow, it would give you enough time to regret not buying the dates.
Shen Lingzhu shook his head and said to her, "Find a strong stick and a hemp rope, and we'll carry it along."
Seeing her firm attitude, Xia Liu went home to get a rope and a stick as she asked.
After Shen Lingzhu was tied up, the two of them walked through the village, constantly greeting people.
She was extremely grateful that she now lived at the foot of the mountain, so she didn't have to call everyone she met in the village "grandpa" or "uncle" every day.
After all, she was strong and Xia Liu was an experienced person, so they both walked very quickly to the foot of the mountain.
Then Shen Lingzhu took out two large dates and said to her senior sister, "Second sister, they are fresh and sweet. How about we make some drunken wine and sell it?"
"Let me try it." Shen Miaozhu ate it and said, "It's OK. The white wine is gone, you have to buy some as soon as possible."
"Let's go to the market to buy some this afternoon." As soon as Shen Lingzhu finished speaking, her grandmother came out of the kitchen and said, "I'll take you there. We'll also go home and visit you. Your cousin must be missing me."