Chapter 23 Letters in Hand
Ding's mother stood on the side of the grinding disc, looking at Ding's page with a faint smile and saying something to Ding Rou over there. Seeing that the two daughters are now doing business and well, she is also very happy. Anyway, she is just an old woman now. What is she working for? It's still for the two daughters. As long as the two daughters are good, she doesn't care much.
In this way, from today, Ding Rou has officially joined the Ding family's tofu army.
Ding Bianzi thinks that it is always good for people to have a skill, so when making tofu, each process will be told to Ding Rou several times. Sometimes she is afraid that she can't understand it, so she will experiment by herself.
Although Ding Rou is not happy to do these jobs, as long as she can do more, she will share more money in the future, and naturally she will not worry about the dowry. So I can only hold down all my dissatisfaction and obediently follow Ding Page to learn to make tofu.
After surviving in the morning, Ding Page and Ding's mother, two people who are used to doing things, certainly don't feel good, but Ding Rou's delicate body feels that she is going to be paralyzed!
When the tofu was sold out, Ding Rou was like a pile of mud, drooping on the chair in the shop, but her eyes still looked straight at the Ding page in front of her.
She is waiting for Ding's page to give her the money, otherwise she would have rushed back to the house to rest.
Ding Paozi was not annoyed. After cleaning up the stall with Ding's mother, he closed the shop door and poured all the money in the money box on the square table in the shop. She also said to Ding Rou, "You'er, you see, the money is here now. Let me tell you first that what you do is what you do.
Ding Rou hurriedly looked at Ding's page and asked nervously, "How much?"
Ding Page is not that kind of greedy person, and now Ding Rou has indeed done a lot of things and changed a lot. In addition, she has two sisters, so she doesn't have to make it too ugly. In this way, Ding Shizi did not detail how much Ding Rou has done, but said, "You know how much you have done. Now I won't talk to you much. I'll arrange it like this for the time being. You and your mother each account for 30%, and I each account for 40%. What do you think?
Ding Rou raised her eyebrows and wanted to ask Ding Page why she had more than one.
Ding Page hooked the corners of his mouth slightly and said in a low voice, "Youer, I know what you want to say. But think about how much you have done and how much I have done. So this arrangement will make you suffer? Think about it in your heart!"
Ding Rou didn't have to think about it and knew what the answer was. She immediately curled her lips and reluctantly answered, "Well, three achievements are three times!" Humph..."
In this way, Ding Yizi turned to Ding's mother again and asked with a smile, "Mom, are you satisfied with this arrangement?"
Ding's mother rubbed her hands a little uneasily, "Give me 30%?" How about this? What does my old lady want this money for? You two have split up, and it's okay to make a dowry. It's my mother who doesn't have the ability to prepare a dowry for you. If you get married in the future, you have to let others look at their faces.
Ding Rou immediately looked at her mother with bright eyes, grabbed Ding's mother's arm, and said happily, "Mom, since you don't want it, why don't you give it all to me!"
Ding Xiaozi glanced at Ding Rou and said in a yin voice, "Rou'er, what you think is beautiful. Have you ever thought that if I and you are married, how will your mother live at home alone? What can you do to make money to support yourself? Or are you willing to take money from your husband's family to support your mother?
Ding Rou was suddenly asked by Ding Page to stop talking.
Ding Xiaozi turned to her mother again and said in a low voice, "Mom, I know you are for the good of our two sisters, but now that my father is not here, you should also know that you are planning to do one or two for yourself. Rou'er and I are both girls. Sooner or later, we will get married. Now we can still make money and share some with you. If we marry my husband in the future, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. So you should save some money around you and treat it as a pension.
Ding's mother has never planned for the future. Now when she hears Ding's words, she can't help thinking deeply.
Ding Page didn't say much. He counted all the silver in the money box, and then divided out six pieces of silver from it. He said to Ding's mother and Ding Judo: "Mother, Rouer, our family has to spend money to live, and it also costs money to buy beans, so this six-money silver is extraly picked out every day for this part of consumption, okay?"
Ding's words are clear. Of course, Ding's mother and Ding Rou have nothing to say.
Ding Page then took 40% of the remaining silver and put it in his pocket, and the rest was distributed to Ding's mother and Ding Rou.
In this way, everyone is happy.
Ding Rou took more than 3,000 pieces of silver she had handed out, walked into the room happily, then closed the door of the West Room and carefully put it into her purse. Although there is not much money, at least she earned it herself, and there is a different kind of joy in her heart.
Ding's mother got the money, and she was also happy. Gradually, she felt that Ding Niazi, the daughter, was better, and she knew how to make plans for my retirement.
The two women also went back to rest for a while.
When Ding Rou and Ding Page were selling tofu in front of them, Ding's mother had already prepared lunch. So after the mother and the three of them have a good rest, they can have a ready-made lunch.
Since I came to this world, this is the most comfortable lunch for Ding Page! She finally said goodbye to slavery! In the future, if everyone gets according to their work, nothing will happen again.
Although Ding Niazi also felt that it was not good for the family to care about each other, she was never willing to live like an old scalper.
After lunch, the sun was shining, but there was a knock outside the shop.
Needless to say, it must be Gao Chentian.
Ding Page first said to Ding's mother seriously, "Mom, it must be Gao Chentian. No matter what you do today, you have to find out the token for me. It's better for me to send it to the Gao family this afternoon, so as not to make trouble in the future."
Ding's mother had just got the money and was happy. She didn't expect Ding Shizi to mention this matter again, and her face was immediately unhappy. Yu said, "No! I will never agree with this! Since this is a marriage, where can I say that I can't cancel the marriage? You didn't do anything to apologize to the Gao family. Why did you withdraw from the marriage?
Ding Xiaozi looked at Ding Rou and said in a low voice, "Ruoer, tell your mother what happened last afternoon. See if she still knows how powerful it is. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid even your marriage will be affected."
Ding Rou has always felt that she is the life of a young lady's maid. In fact, she should be born in a richer family, which is in line with her identity. It's just that the Ding family is in such a dilapidated situation. How can she change her life against the sky? That's why she emphasizes the dowry so that she wants to change her fate by marrying!
So once something involves her marriage, she takes it seriously.
Thinking of the way those long-tongued women pointed on the street yesterday, Ding Rou's heart suddenly cooled down. She quickly told Ding's mother about yesterday's incident, and finally sobbed, "Mom... I know that it was because of me that I let my sister inadvertently say such gossip last time. It makes her marriage unpreceasurable now. It's just that you think about me at least. Do you want me to be like a sister? Since the Gao family has made up their mind to withdraw from the marriage, you don't want to withdraw. Even if your sister is married, how can the Gao family treat her well?
Ding's mother looked at Ding's page entangledly, as if she was asking, really?
Ding Page nodded and affirmed Ding Rou's words.
I think that her two sisters have never been together. If it hadn't been for her own marriage this time, Ding Rou would not have helped Ding Yizi persuade Ding's mother to agree to the Gao family's withdrawal. Of course, in fact, Ding Rou didn't know that Ding's page was full of satisfaction and wanted to quit. After all, in her opinion, a woman who has been withdrawn has a bad reputation. In fact, she just wants to think about herself.
Ding's mother was uneasy. Ding Page quickly added a fire and said in a low voice, "Mom, I'm sixteen this year! If I don't withdraw from the Gao family and be dragged down by the Gao family for a few years, how can you let me get married in the future? Who would like to marry an old girl back?
This sentence can be regarded as touching Ding's mother's heart.
She is an adult. Even if she thinks less, how can she not guess the thoughts of the Gao family? It has been delayed again and again, and now the page is sixteen. The Gao family is not ready for marriage. How much do they want to drag her girl?
Ding Shizi pulled up Ding's mother, dragged her to the east room, and said anxiously, "Mom, Gao Chentian is outside the door now. Hurry up and find the token for me, and I'll give it to him. Since then, our family has nothing to do with the Gao family, so we always want to look at the tall aunt's face. At that time, it will not be too late for you to ask the matchmaker to help me be a matchmaker. I have the skills, and I don't worry about eating and drinking. Why do I have to go to the Gao family?
Ding's mother thought about it, and she was also worried that Ding Rou's marriage would be affected. Now her mind was a mess, and she subconsciously followed Ding's words.
She walked into the east house, searched in the big wooden cabinet, found a jade pendant, handed it to Ding Yizi's hand tremblingly, and said grimly, "This is the token sent by the Gao family when you married Gao Chentian."
Ding page took the jade pendant and looked at it carefully. The color of the jade pendant is still clear, engraved with a bird pattern, mostly festive mandarin ducks and so on. It's just because of the average workmanship, so it really makes people confused what it is.
Ding Page clenched the jade pendant happily, and finally asked Ding's mother to hand over this thing to her, and her heart was also put down.