A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

Chen Changsheng said as he fished from his pocket, "I asked Sanshou to borrow two rattan baskets from you this morning to put things in and I can't return them to you."

Old Mrs. Chen thought to herself, good fellow, the two baskets just got away like that? Did you agree to borrow it?

She slapped her thigh and was about to curse Chen Changsheng for thinking about the things in his old house again and trying to take advantage of him.

Chen Changsheng then spoke, "I packed something in your basket and went to the city with Erlu to go to the market. The boss in the city took notice and bought it. This is the money for the basket." After he finished counting, he came out with a hundred coins. Pass it to Mrs. Chen.

The words that came to Mrs. Chen's mouth were suppressed by so many copper coins in front of her. She opened her mouth in a daze. After a while, she came back to her senses, "Two baskets, one hundred cents?"

Chen Changsheng nodded and confirmed, "Two baskets, one hundred cents."

"Why so much?" Mrs. Chen couldn't believe it. The basket she wove on the kang every day could be worth so much money? Maybe the eldest daughter-in-law is teasing her.

But the solid copper coins in front of him and the expression on the eldest daughter-in-law's face didn't look like a lie.

Chen Changsheng pushed the copper plate to Mrs. Chen and added, "The boss in the city praised my mother-in-law for her good craftsmanship and good basket weaving. The price was not bad. She also wanted to buy a few more for me to deliver tomorrow."

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she suddenly felt that the baskets she had made had turned into golden pastry. She immediately got up and moved a bunch out of the house, and asked her eldest daughter-in-law how many she wanted.

Chen Changsheng picked out three exquisite ones of the same style and said that she would take them with her when she passed by the old house tomorrow. However, the money in these three baskets could not be given to Mrs. Chen until she returned from the city.

Old Mrs. Chen was not in a hurry. The basket could be sold for fifty cents each. She felt that she was getting a huge advantage. How could she rush it?

After thinking about it, Mrs. Chen counted forty coins from a pile of copper coins and returned it to Chen Changsheng, "My old lady originally made this basket just to earn a few coins. When I go to the city, I can only sell it for a few coins at most." money.

Today, thanks to you, I met a noble man who took a fancy to my old woman's craftsmanship and gave me such a good price. I am completely taking advantage of you.

You helped my old lady run errands into the city to sell things, and bought snacks for the children. Sixty coins was enough for me. "

Chen Changsheng knew that it was Mrs. Chen who took care of her and her four children. Thinking that everyone was a family, he did not refuse and accepted the forty copper coins.

After such a trip, Chen Changsheng became familiar with Laozhai.

When Chen Changsheng returned home, she saw many people gathering in her courtyard from a distance. When she got closer, she realized that they were people from the village, each carrying a dustpan of ground vegetables.

Chen Erlu's voice came from the center of the crowd.

"Aunt Zhang, if I charge you two kilograms of ground vegetables, I should give you two cents. Take it."

"Grandma Chen, you have a lot of these. I'll weigh them. They total five kilograms. I'll give you five cents."

Chen Erlu was very busy counting money while collecting the vegetables.

Chen Changsheng put the basket back into the room first, and then came out to join Erlu. The two of them cooperated and the progress was accelerated. In a short time, all the dishes were collected.

Aunt Zhang couldn't help but be curious when she saw the Chen family collecting so many vegetables, "Sister-in-law Chen, what are you collecting these vegetables for? But what are you going to eat?"

People in the village usually go to the mountains to pick some and cook it with porridge, because it is basically boiled and not delicious. When they are sold in the city, few people care about it.

Chen Changsheng only said that he planned to raise a few chickens and would collect them to feed the chickens, but did not disclose any other information.

Aunt Zhang kindly advised, "It's enough to feed the chickens and pick some pigtails in the field. Why do you spend so much money to collect these vegetables? Otherwise, I'd better give the money back to you."

Aunt Zhang also thought that it was not easy for Chen Changsheng, a widow with four children, to earn a few dollars to collect vegetables from this land, but it was wasted.

Chen Changsheng waved his hand and said that his family loved to eat it, and if he collected more, he could sell it in the city tomorrow, so that Aunt Zhang could rest assured.

Everyone in the yard left, and Chen Dafu came back from the mountains with his two younger brothers and sisters.

Seeing Chen Changsheng coming back, Chen Sanshou and Chen Sixi quickly ran over and grabbed Chen Changsheng's clothes, jumping up and down and saying coquettishly, "Mother is back, mother is back."

Chen Changsheng hissed and gestured to his eldest son to close the courtyard door. After closing the door, mother and son went into the house.

The four brothers and sisters stood in a row and reported today's results one by one.

Chen Dafu chopped a pile of firewood in the morning, watered the ground in the yard, removed weeds, and filled the water tanks at home.

After their mother and second brother went out, Chen Sanshou and Chen Sixi went straight to the mountains and came back with two large baskets full of ground vegetables.

The three brothers and sisters were busy until noon. When they came back to have a bowl of porridge, they met Chen Erlu coming back from the city.

Following Chen Changsheng's instructions, the three siblings went to the mountains to pick vegetables. Chen Erlu also spread the news about harvesting vegetables in the village.

The four children worked hard all day, picking five large baskets of vegetables from the mountains, estimated to weigh sixty kilograms. Erlu picked up another ten kilograms, and today they collected a total of seventy kilograms of vegetables.

Great harvest.

After listening to the reports of some sensible children, Chen Changsheng took out four candied haws from under his backpack and handed them to the four of them as rewards.

Chen Sanshou and Chen Sixi were the happiest. As expected, their mother kept her promise and brought them delicious food.

Chen Dafu also felt happy in his heart. As the eldest son in the family, he was the elder brother of several siblings, and he always gave away delicious food to his younger siblings.

In the morning, I heard my mother say that I would bring snacks for my third brother and my fourth sister. Unexpectedly, my mother actually brought him some snacks.

Mom is also great.

He swore that he would be filial to his mother!

In Chen Changsheng's eyes, Dafu is also a big boy, in modern society, he is still in high school. A child of this age actually loves to eat, drink and play. It's just that the children of the poor have long been in charge, and when she is away, Dafu is the head.

Seeing the four children licking the candied haws with satisfaction, Chen Changsheng smiled and shook his head helplessly. These children were too easily satisfied.

Without further ado, she took out another pink dress and waved to the little girl, "Sixi, come here and try it on."

Seeing that they were new clothes, the four siblings exclaimed, "Wow!" There were actually new clothes. They hadn't worn new clothes in many years.

The last time I made clothes was the last time.

Chen Sixi came closer while licking the candied haws in the envious eyes of her three brothers, and asked happily and timidly, "Mom, are these new clothes for me?"

Chen Changsheng took the clothes and measured them in front of Si Xi, "Of course it's for you. The pink one suits us Si Xi. Yes, but the trouser legs and sleeves seem to be a little too long, so the size needs to be changed. suitable."

Chen Sixi nodded and shook her head, both of which were a little incoherent, "It fits...it fits very well, no need to change it. If I have three fingers, I will just roll them up, so that I can continue to wear them next year and the year after."

Sixi hugged the new clothes tightly, fearing that they would disappear, and then suddenly let go, fearing that the clothes on her body would stain the new clothes.

This is not a dream.

Chen Changsheng teased, "I'll buy them for you next year, and I'll buy Sixi new clothes every year from now on."