Chapter 89 Talking about Daughter-in-law

The clerk of the noodle restaurant took two large wooden basins from the kitchen, carefully poured the mushrooms into the basin, looked over gently, and said to the shopkeeper Chen, "They are all fresh and clean, and there is nothing messy, and there is nothing broken."

Shopkeeper Chen nodded with satisfaction and said to Xu Xinger, "I knew you were a good girl."

Xu Xinger weighed the back basket in front of Mr. Chen. The two back baskets add up to about four catties, so the mushroom should be about 61 catties. She considered whether to give Boss Chen some discounts.

"Just calculate the 60 catties just agreed, five cents per catty, a total of 300 cents." Manager Chen said cheerfully, "If there are mushrooms as good as this in the future, just bring them directly."

"Thank you, Manager Chen." Xu Xinger happily took the money and counted it quickly. Three hundred yuan is not bad. She wrapped it in a handkerchief and handed it to Xu Laosan and said, "Dad, you drive back first. I will go back by myself after buying pickles with Brother Shanzi."

When Manager Chen heard her mention pickles, he suddenly said, " By the way, how about doing business with you?"

"Would you like to buy pickles?" Xu Xinger immediately realized that she had eaten noodles in the store and knew that there were many kinds of pickles in the store. People who came to eat noodles could pick up a small plate of pickles for free, but if she wanted more, she had to pay for it.

"Yes, several people who came to the store to eat noodles recently asked if there were any radish strips and pickles. I think they should have eaten them somewhere."

Xu Xinger thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how much pickles can be used in your store, but my radish strips and pickles are made of good materials. It usually costs three cents a plate to sell. If the shopkeeper puts them away for free, is the cost a little high?"

Shopkeeper Chen was a little surprised when he heard the words. He looked up and looked at Xu Xinger carefully. It is reasonable that the person who bought things was not fooling others to buy more things. This little girl actually put herself in her shoes first.

"I just have such an idea, or it's okay for me to buy some to sell in the store. After all, you only come to sell them at noon. There are people in our shop from morning to night to eat noodles. If the pickles are delicious, they can also attract guests."

Xu Xinger also felt that it made sense after hearing this and thought for a moment and said, "Otherwise, I brought more radish strips today than usual. I will leave you half a jar. According to the amount I usually sell, it can hold 50 plates. It's a plate of three cents for takeaway, and I only charge 130 cents from you. You give me 50 cents first, and the rest will be settled after it is sold out. If it is not easy to sell, I will take back the rest tomorrow, and we will refund and make up less according to the quantity sold. What do you think?

"You have considered so properly in all aspects, and no matter how you look at it, I take advantage of it. What else can I be dissatisfied with?" Manager Chen was very satisfied and felt that although Xu Xinger was young, she was very disciplined and rare.

After the discussion, Xu Xinger took out half a jar of radish strips and took another 60 cents from Manager Chen. This time, she did not give it to Xu Laosan, but put it in her purse.

Shopkeeper Chen looked interesting and asked, "Little girl, I gave you the money to sell mushrooms to your father. Why don't you give this money together?"

"I cut the mushrooms and sold the money for my father to take them home. The pickles were made by me in partnership with Brother Shanzi. The money should be calculated separately." Xu Xinger said seriously.

Mr. Chen laughed when he heard the words, and then said to Xu Laosan, "Your girl is a little interesting. Unfortunately, she is not a boy, otherwise she is probably a good material for business."

When Xu Xinger heard this, she secretly curled her lips but said nothing more. Seeing that Shanzi also smiled at herself, she made a grimace at him and said, "When the business is done, we will go first. Shopkeeper Chen, go and do your job quickly."

After selling the radish strips and returning home, Xu Xinger picked up the vegetable field in her yard and walked up the mountain at home. This time, she walked to the depths of the forest. According to the current season, it should be time to pick hazel mushrooms.

The season of hazel mushrooms is almost two months a year. Whether they are fresh or dried, they are delicious. In addition to being sold, they also dry some dried hazel mushrooms every year. Stewed meat or stewed chicken are very delicious during the Spring Festival.

Hazel mushrooms are not as dense as elm yellow mushrooms. They all grow little by little at the root of the tree. The color is earthy yellow and is not eye-catching, so they are picked until it is dark, and only half a basket is picked.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker and could no longer see the situation under her feet, Xu Xinger was a little unwilling to go home.

Ye was having a hot meal in the stove. When he saw his daughter, he couldn't help saying, "I told you several times. In July, he was gloomy and unclean outside, and he came back later and later."

Xu Xinger spit out her tongue at Ye and said coquettishly, "Mom, I'm not fascinated by picking up mushrooms. When I remember that I went home early, I had already gone a little far. I came back in a hurry."

"You always have reason." Ye said an anxious sentence, lifted the lid of the pot, turned over the cake, and put the lid on the pot again and said, "Go clean up and get ready to eat."

At the dinner table, Xu Laosan suddenly said, "Today, my mother mentioned Lao Si's marriage and said that she was not young. Although the family is a little tight now, I can't keep procrastinating. Let me think about whether there is a suitable person to tell Lao Si about the marriage."

Hearing this, Ye Shi said strangely, "Didn't you always say that Lao Si is going to study. She is not in a hurry about marriage. When she is famous in the future, she can say what kind of daughter-in-law she wants to say. Why are you in a hurry to find a daughter-in-law for Si now?"

"It seems that my mother paid a gentleman to help Lao Si read his poems. As a result, she read it for a long time and returned all the money to her mother. She also said that our Si is not the material. If the family has money, she may be able to donate an official to do it. If she doesn't have money, don't expect much." Xu Laosan said, "My mother couldn't get up on the kang for this matter and said that she was in a panic. Today, when I went there, she talked about talking to Lao Si's marriage, saying that if your mother's family has a reliable family and is of the right age, she will also help listen."

Xu Xinger laughed so hard that she couldn't even hold the bowls and chopsticks in the end. She covered her stomach and said, "The fourth uncle is finally relieved. I was forced to study before, and I cried to death every day. Seeing that others have married their wives and children, they are even more greedy. Now they have finally got what they want."

"Net nonsense." Ye stared at her daughter, "Is this what a girl should say?"

But despite saying that, Ye himself couldn't help covering his mouth and smiling, and then said to Xu Laosan, "This is also a big deal. Lao Si is a good one, but his mother has been letting him study. Some of them can't live, so they have to give him a down-to-earth and capable daughter-law."

Although Xu Xinger likes Xu Laosi very much, she has to say, "I'm afraid it won't be satisfied with grandma's attention to the fourth uncle."

"That's..." Ye Shi pondered for a moment and said to Xu Laosan, "You can do the work in the field quickly tomorrow. If you are free, take me back to my mother's house. My mother knows a lot of people, and you can also see if there is anything suitable there."

Xu Laosan agreed happily, and then said, "You don't have to go to work in the field every day. You may not have been back to your mother's house for a long time. The two little ones can also be carried out now. Tomorrow, I will take the little ones back together and let my mother-in-law also see the children."

When Ye heard this, a smile appeared on the corners of her lips. It was very useful for a man to be so considerate.

Xu Xinger is a little entangled. She wants to go to her mother's house, but she still has to go to the city to sell pickles. It's too late now. She can't inform Shanzi not to come tomorrow, and she can't let him go tomorrow for nothing.

"I won't go tomorrow. My mother will buy a box of snacks for me to bring to my grandma. Now I can make money by myself, which is my filial piety to my grandma." Xu Xinger took out more than a dozen penny from her waist and put it in front of Ye.

"Where do you use your money to buy things?" Ye didn't want to take it. She knew that it was not easy for her daughter to get up early and make some money recently, and she gave Xu Xinger a cabinet to lock the money by herself. No matter how much she earns or how much she earns, it is also her own, which is saved as a dowry for her in the future.

"My parents gave you filial piety. Now I can make money by myself. It's right to honor my elders..." Before Xu Xinger finished speaking, she saw that Xu Laosan's look had changed a little and hurriedly described it, "I also bought a box of snacks for my mother's milk, but not to mention the matter of selling pickles, I only said that I picked up mushrooms and made some money. Honor them."

Although the matter of buying pickles can't be hidden sooner or later, Xu Xinger still feels that more is better than less. Now if the Xu family knows that they are making money outside, they may know what will happen at that time.

"Okay, that's it." Ye patted his words. Seeing that everyone had finished eating, he got up and began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Xu Xinger put away the kang table and stood aside. Seeing that there were several worn clothes on the stool beside the kang, she took the basin out to carry water and wash the clothes.

"Xing'er, put your clothes away, and I'll take time to wash them." Ye raised his voice in the stove, "You've been tired all day. Take a break."

"Mom, it's okay. There are only two small clothes, just two pieces of veils, and I washed them out by the way." Xu Xinger's men kept talking.

The voice of Brother Cheng came from the next yard: "If the old man said that the girl was sensible early, you can see that Xing'er has suddenly become a big girl in the past six months, and she is sensible and capable." After a few compliments, he asked, "Xing'er, is your mother free? I'll sit at your house and chat with your mother when I have time.

"Aunmother, my mother is in the house. Come here." Xu Xinger answered, "Be careful under your feet when it's dark."