Song female man

Under the lamp, Shunniang unbuttoned her clothes, unwrapped the chest cloth, and checked the pain in her chest. She saw that the center of her chest was up, her throat was down, and there was a big black bruise on her palm, and she felt a dull pain when she breathed.

Frowning, Shunniang picked up the half-used bottle of medicinal wine bought from Doctor Wang by the bed, poured some out and smeared it on her chest.

She thought, fortunately Xie Yi didn't slap her in the face, otherwise she wouldn't be able to go to the city to sell firewood and fish for several days. She sighed, and she thought that Xiaojiali was too headstrong, why she only knew how to go home and cry, let her His parents misunderstood that he had bullied her, and then came to him to ask for an explanation.

Although there was no serious conflict, he still received a punch.

If Xiaojiao gets angry at this, then he and her will be settled, and he will not deal with her again. When he sees her, he will definitely have a cold face, and he will never say a word to her again.

This time, it is my own bad luck, Shunniang thought so, sighed, and suddenly remembered that tomorrow she would go to the city to see Sister Song Yu, and she would send her bean sprouts from mung bean hair for the first time, and her mood brightened. After thinking wildly for a while, there was a smile on her lips when she fell asleep.

When she got up the next day, she still chopped firewood for breakfast as usual, and then Shunniang picked up the firewood, hung the fish basket and the basket with bean sprouts on the two ends of the firewood, and carried them into the city.

Maybe it was because she was punched by Xie Yi last night, her chest was a little stuffy, and she picked more things than usual. When Shunniang entered the city this time and arrived at the door of the Songjiazheng store, she was very tired, her breath was uneven, and her face was not as good-looking as usual.

Sister Song Yu was very happy to see her, and asked someone to come and take down the things she sent, and then took her to the account room behind the store she went to last time under the pretext of paying her the bill.

As soon as Shunniang entered, she found that the account room had been tidied up, and it was much neater than last time.

Sister Song Yu asked Shunniang to sit down and talk, and sat down in the same position as last time. Sister Song Yu smiled and said, "My family got up early today and saw magpies chirping on the branches, so I thought you might be going to the city today. ...You really came..."

Shunniang pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "I've been busy for a few days, and I finally moved home. I also sent the seeds made of mung beans to my sister. My sister can ask the chef to fry them for the guests. This Mung bean seeds are delicious when fried, just add some ginger, Chinese prickly ash, a little salt, stir-fry a few times on high heat, and then put it on the plate..."

Sister Song Yu: "Okay, let's fry it according to the method you said. At noon, I will ask the shop assistant to push the mung bean hair seeds for the customers."

While talking, the clerk in the store brought tea in, and Sister Song Yu invited Shun Niang to drink tea. After taking a few sips of tea, Sister Song Yu suddenly said: "I see that you don't look very well when you enter the city this time, are you too tired? My sister thinks that if you come to the city tomorrow, you can rent a bullock cart or a donkey to help you pull the goods. If you rent a car to pull the goods, you can pull more. Anyway, I use a lot of firewood in this shop. By the way, last time you and I said let me ask if the small foot shop that buys wine in my hotel wants mung bean seeds. I have asked more than a dozen of them in the past few days, and they told me that this regular store should sell your seeds first. Days, if it sells well, then they will ask for some."

After hearing what Sister Song Yu said, Shun Niang quickly thanked her, and then said that she would consider Sister Song Yu's proposal. She asked Sister Song Yu, can she have two loads of firewood a day in this shop?

Sister Song Yu said: "You don't know yet. In addition to firewood, I also use charcoal in the back kitchen of my hotel. If I don't use charcoal, let alone two loads of firewood a day, even five or six loads of firewood are not enough to burn."

"Charcoal?" Shun Niang was curious. The first thing she thought of was the charcoal core in a pencil. However, she soon realized that since Sister Song Yu was talking about something that can be used as firewood, it wouldn't be what later generations called coal. Bar.

Sister Song Yu continued to smile and said: "The merchant who brought charcoal to my store has also delivered it to my store for more than two months. The charcoal is more popular for cooking than burning firewood. The cooks all say it is easy to use. "

"Sister, can you take me to see the charcoal?" Shunniang made a request with interest. In fact, the people in Yangliu Town are still burning firewood, and no one burns this charcoal. In addition, Shunniang wants to verify herself Is the idea right, that is, coal is coal.

"Why not, let's go, I'll show you." Sister Song Yu readily agreed, then stood up and took Shunniang to the back kitchen of the hotel.

The back kitchen of the main store of the Song Family is huge. Shunniang took a closer look and estimated that it was more than a few hundred square meters. There were also dozens of large and small stoves. Inside, there were no less than six to seventy people who cut vegetables, cooked vegetables, and washed dishes. There was a busy scene in the kitchen.

When the chefs and waiters in the store saw Sister Song Yu coming in, they all bowed to her, and Sister Song Yu nodded to them, signaling them to keep busy with their work.

When these people saw the beautiful proprietress coming to the back kitchen, they all worked hard and wanted to perform better in front of Sister Song Yu and get her praise.

Sister Song Yu took Shunniang to the corner of the kitchen where several baskets were piled up, and pointed, "Look, that's charcoal."

Shunniang walked over, looked at it, and couldn't help laughing, isn't this the coal of later generations?

It turns out that in this era, coal has already begun to enter the restaurants in Bianliang City, and it must not be long before it will enter the homes of ordinary people.

She asked Sister Song Yu: "But I don't know how much this charcoal is per catty?"

Sister Song Yu told Shunniang that because the charcoal was burnt and the fire was high, it cost two cents per catty to buy it, which was more expensive than the firewood sold by Shunniang.Because the business of her hotel is good at noon and evening, there are many customers, and the back kitchen needs to serve the dishes as quickly as possible, so the chefs in the back kitchen like to use charcoal fire to stir-fry.

After hearing this, Shunniang asked Sister Song Yu why she still collected her firewood. firewood.

Sister Song Yu said that Shun Niang was thinking too much. Although the chef in the back kitchen likes to use charcoal for cooking, and the fire is fast, there are also some stews that are cooked with wood fire and the flavor is better.

Niang Shun seemed to have heard this kind of statement before, so she believed it, and felt calm.

Following Sister Song Yu out of the kitchen, she suddenly thought that since the charcoal has just started to enter the hotels in Bianliang City and has not yet spread to thousands of households, does it mean that this is also a business opportunity.So she asked Sister Song Yu, but she didn't know where the coal was dug from.

Sister Song Yu said: "My family seems to have heard that the charcoal was dug out at a place called Heshan more than 100 miles away from here. According to those who sent the charcoal to sell, there were people who dug the charcoal and sold it to them. Those who collect charcoal, they carry donkeys into Bianliang City to sell."

Having said that, she suddenly stopped, glanced at Shun Niang and asked, "Could it be that you want to do this charcoal business?"

Shun Niang scratched her head, smiled embarrassedly, and said, "I'm a little tempted, but now I'm just starting to do this kind of raw business, so I'd better finish this kind of raw business first, as for the charcoal business?" , have to take a look."

Sister Song Yu glanced at Shunniang approvingly, and said: "You are so down-to-earth, my sister likes it very much, how about this, you start this kind of raw business first, if you still want to do that charcoal business, when the time comes, you will lose money. My sister can lend you some, after all, the cost of coal trading is much higher than that of raw seeds."

"Oh, I don't know how to thank my sister. My sister has planned everything for me. I... don't know how to repay..." Shun Niang rubbed her hands with excitement when she heard this.

Sister Song Yu pursed her lips and smiled, and suddenly stretched out a slender finger to poke Shun Niang's forehead, and said coquettishly: "Look at you, you are so stupid, you always say you want to repay my sister... Don't worry, I think about how you can repay her." Yes, I will ask you for it..."

When she poked and annoyed, Shunniang felt that her whole body was numb, and she couldn't benefit from it. Suddenly, she felt that the blood flow in her body accelerated again, and her body felt faintly hot.

The result of the upsurge of Qi and blood was a cough, which caused pain in the chest.

Seeing her like this, Sister Song Yu naturally asked her if it was okay, and Shun Niang shook her head and said it was okay.

"Then you go back and rest, and come back tomorrow..." Sister Song Yu cared about Shunniang's body after all, so she told him that, as soon as she saw Shitou poking her head at the hotel entrance, she nodded and asked him to come in, and then asked Shitou to take Shunniang with her. Go find a man named Niu Er at the farthest east of the market for renting ox carts and donkeys in the city, and ask Niu Er to rent an ox cart for Shun Niang. Believe Shishi's words, Sister Song Yu also took out a red wooden chip with a Song character engraved on it, and she asked Shishi to give the wooden chip to Niu Er, and Niu Er would believe it.

Then he turned to Shunniang and said, "Xi Erlang, my sister will help you rent an ox cart. You only need to pay that Niu Er five cents a day for the rent, and you can rent it for as long as you want. This will make it easier for you every day." Day trips to and from Yangliu Town and Bianliang City."

"...Thank you, sister." Shunniang bowed and said, "My sister is so kind, I will never forget it."

Sister Song Yu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, don't say these words anymore, I believe you are a caring person, and you will definitely repay your kindness."

After finishing speaking, she went to the counter and paid Shunniang the fish, firewood and bean sprouts that Shuniang sent today from the cash drawer, and told her to put the money away, so let's follow Shitou to rent an ox cart. After getting out of the ox cart, she asked that Niu Er to teach her how to drive the ox cart. After learning how to drive the ox cart, she can drive the ox cart home today.

Shi Shi took the wooden chip and went out of the Song Family Hotel with Shun Niang. Shi Shi originally wanted to joke with Shun Niang about her and Sister Song Yu with a playful face, but he knew that Shun Niang didn't like making such jokes, and he was afraid that Shun Niang would annoy him. , I will not hire myself in the future.

However, he still asked Shunniang what she had been doing in the few days since she was in Bianliang City. Shunniang told the truth, and told Shitou that it would take another month to hire him, and asked him to wait.

Shitou happily agreed, and led Shunniang to find Niu Er, handed him the red wooden chip engraved with Song characters, and told him what Sister Song Yu said.

As soon as Niu Er heard this, he immediately took the two of them to see his ox cart, and asked Shun Niang to choose whatever he wanted.

Shunniang didn't know anything about this, so she asked Niu Er to help her choose a strong and healthy cow, and Niu Er immediately picked a cow with thick horns and four hooves for Shun Niang. Niu Er said that this cow was the best cow in his hands, and he rented it to Shunniang for Sister Song Yu's sake. He asked Shunniang to pay one month's rent at a time. , Shunniang can buy some back for the cows to eat.

Shunniang asked how much the forage was per catty, and Niu Er said that it would be cheaper for Shunniang, twenty Wen and fifty catties, and the cow would have to eat fifty catties of forage for about ten days.

"Fifty catties for ten days, a month is 150 catties, and it costs 210 Wen, plus the money for renting an ox cart, it is [-] Wen a month. In this way, Brother Niu, how about I give you [-] Wen? Today I'll drag the fodder back together." After finishing the calculation, Shunniang directly took out two hundred cash from the money bag and handed it to Niu Er.

Niu Er readily accepted Shunniang's money, saying that since she was an upright person, he would not give Shunniang the ten cents.

Next, Shunniang asked Niu Er to teach her to set up a car and drive.

Niu Er taught Shunniang for half an hour, and Shunniang knew how to master it. Shitou also watched and followed suit. At the end of the drive, Shunniang asked him to try it, saying that Shitou had learned it, and he would drag things by himself in the future. In Bianliang City, Shitou can also drive a car to deliver goods to those foot shops.

Shitou is very interested in learning to drive an ox cart. It is probably the same as learning to drive in later generations. People who just learned to drive are always very addicted. City, let Shitou drive the car again, and Shitou got out of the car dawdly.

Shunniang asked Shitou to sell the unsold fruits and see you tomorrow, while she jumped into the bullock cart, waved the whip, and drove the bullock cart back to Yangliu Town.

Along the way, Shunniang carefully held the rein with one hand and gently waved the wicker whip with the other, driving the ox cart forward at a leisurely pace.

At the very beginning, she just stared at the road and the oxen. She didn't dare to drive the oxcart leisurely like other men who drove the carts. She looked around from time to time to see the passers-by or the surrounding scenery.It wasn't until after leaving Bianliang City that there were fewer pedestrians on the road, and Shunniang became more familiar with driving, that she relaxed a little, raised her head from time to time to look around, looked at the surrounding fields, green trees...

For the first time, Shunniang felt so comfortable on the way home.

Before, every time she went to Bianliang City to sell firewood and fish and go home, she always hurried on her way, never having the leisure to stop for a while to enjoy the surrounding scenery.

Now she no longer has to walk home on her own feet, which not only saves effort, but also saves time.No matter how slow the ox cart was, it was faster than her walking with two feet.

Today, I will return to Yangliu Town earlier than in the past. When I drove the ox cart to the door, the meat at the Xie’s butcher shop next door was not sold out. Xie Yi was sitting in the shop while drinking tea and looking at the stall in front of the butcher shop. When he saw Shunniang appearing in an ox cart, the guy selling butcher stood up immediately, walked out, and greeted Shunniang.

Shunniang grabbed Niu, jumped out of the car, and said hello to Xie Yi. She didn't take the fact that Xie Yi punched her to heart, because she knew that Xie Yi must have been confused at the time.

Xie Yi laughed and asked Shun Niang: "I just came back from the city and drove a bullock cart? Did you buy this cart?"

Shun Niang said: "Uncle Xie was joking, how could I afford it? I rented it, because I needed firewood and fish, and the shopkeeper of Zhongsheng said that it would be better to rent a car to deliver these many things."

Xie Yi nodded, and then changed the topic: "Xi Erlang, yesterday my wife and I listened to other people's instigation to come to Xi's house, and I even punched you, I don't know if I hurt you, I really feel that I'm sorry, I'm here to accompany you."

Saying so, Xie Yi bowed to Shunniang, and Shunniang hurriedly stretched out her hands to support his arms, raised them up and said, "Uncle Xie, don't do this, you are an elder bowing to me, I can't bear it, yesterday I also know that you were angry for a while, so I never took it to heart."

When Xie Yi heard this, he laughed loudly, patted Shun Niang on the shoulder vigorously and said, "My boy, I knew you were a generous person. From now on, our two families should keep in touch as before. My daughter is also my daughter." I have spoiled her with my wife, we have already taught her a lesson, and she will not dare to do those things that don't know how to do it in the future."

Shunniang nodded in agreement.

The two stood talking at the door of Xie's butcher shop. Mrs. Liu from the house came out with Kecheng. They also saw Shunniang driving an ox cart parked at the door. Mrs. Liu looked at Shunniang and asked where the cart was. Where did it come from.

Shunniang told the old lady what she had told Xie Yi just now, and Mrs. Liu seemed to be overjoyed after hearing it, and led Kecheng around the ox cart, muttering: "I have lived half my life, I never thought our family would be so happy." There are also bullock carts..."

Kecheng also looked excited, and kept asking Mrs. Liu, can he touch this cow, can he ride in this car?

Mrs. Liu told him it was ok, so he stretched out his small hand and touched the cow's body. As soon as he touched it, he immediately retracted and giggled.

Shunniang stood aside and looked at them with a smile, but soon she thought that the small yard rented by the Xie family had no back door, so how could the ox cart be driven in.However, she then thought of a gate that could be opened at the back of the large courtyard of Xie's house. Usually, Xie's ox cart for collecting pigs would enter through the gate of the backyard over there.Therefore, it is necessary to park the ox cart that I rented in the big yard on the other side of Xie's house. In this way, won't I have to trouble Xie's house again?But if you don't bother others, where can you park the ox cart?

Before she asked Xie Yi to let her park the ox cart she rented in his yard, Mrs. Liu had already thought of this, so she asked Xie Yi if she could let Erlang rent the ox cart Park it in the big yard over Xie's house, if you can, I will be grateful.

As soon as Xie Yi heard it, of course he said yes, let Shunniang drive the ox cart into the Xie family's big yard from the back street, and the cows rented by Shunniang can be raised in the same pen as his cattle, and the fodder can be taken from his family. come to hello.

Shunniang pointed to the fodder on the ox cart and said that she bought the fodder and didn't need to feed it with Xie's fodder.

Xie Yi asked her not to be polite, and said that he would open the gate of the backyard right away, and let Shunniang drive the ox cart to the back street, and then drive it into his yard.

Shunniang thanked Xie Yi, jumped back into the ox cart, turned around in the ox cart, and drove to the back street, then drove the ox cart in through the opened gate of Xie's backyard.

Xie Yi called the clerk in the butcher shop to help Shunniang unload the car, and then led the big yellow cow into the cow pen in the backyard to be locked up with his black cow.

Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Liu opened the courtyard gate with their children, and they all ran over to watch Shunniang and Xie's guys unload the car together, and unload the hay and put it next to the cattle pen to pile up. Not only did they come to see, but Mrs. Wu also brought her son Xie Sanlang to see it.She asked Shunniang what the purpose of renting a car was, and the price of the lease, and said that now that Shunniang has an ox cart, she can go to the city every day and make more money. The money is nothing.

Shunniang smiled and said yes, and Wu immediately said something apologetic to Shunniang in a low voice, telling her not to take it to heart, and the two families will still visit frequently in the future.

After the cattle were settled, Shunniang went to the well to fetch some water to wash her hands, and then followed her mother and sister-in-law back to the yard of Xi's house.

Xie Yi and his wife looked at the ox cart rented by Shunniang and sent another message of emotion. Mrs. Wu praised Shunniang for being diligent and capable. Now that they have rented the oxcart to do business, Xi's life will be better and better. Such a capable person In his later life, his second mother was not so lucky to marry him.

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Wu complained that her daughter was impulsive, saying that she shouldn't have given Kijiro a handkerchief on her own initiative. Perhaps it was for this reason that Kijiro thought his daughter was a disrespectful little lady, so he refused. If you miss her, you have to return the handkerchief to her.

"Hey, forget it, don't talk about it, just think that our second mother has no fate with that Xi Erlang. This matter is over, let the second mother stay at home well, after a year, let's find someone else for her .” Xie Yi sighed.

Wu Shi said: "But the slave family still feels unwilling. If the Zhao family's mother and son hadn't come to instigate this matter, there may still be room for change. Although Xijia Erlang said he doesn't care about you beating him yesterday, but this is true. We don’t know if it’s sincere or to save face. A piece of good mutton is sitting next to us, and we can’t eat it. This taste is really uncomfortable..."

Xie Yi disliked Wu's talkativeness, turned around and left, and went to the front to watch the guys sell meat.

Wu Shi turned around and walked forward with her son, but saw her daughter's figure swaying by the back door, presumably she was watching Xi Erlang unloading the car in the backyard just now?

Hey, I'm still thinking about it, this damn girl, Wu Shi felt that she had to train her daughter again to make her give up on that Xi Erlang, otherwise she would do something indiscreet, and she, as a mother, would never I can't stand that kind of blow...

Shunniang went back to the house with her mother and sister-in-law, and told them all the things she had said to Sister Song Yu when she went to the city today. , Naturally, I spent a lot of time explaining to them what coal is, and what the prospect of this business is, and my mouth is dry.

Mrs. Liu was very happy after hearing this, and said that Shunniang really got to know a noble person, and that Sister Song Yu was so kind to Shunniang, one day she would go to see her with the sauce she made herself, and thank her for taking care of Shunniang.As for Mrs. Qi, her heart was still sour, because she could see that when Shunniang talked about Sister Song Yu, her face was full of smiles, her eyes were shining brightly, and her words were mostly compliments for Sister Song Yu, faintly Suddenly, Mrs. Liu even heard Shunniang's yearning for Sister Song Yu.

Shunniang and the old lady were talking lively, when suddenly a person came in from outside the door, and said with a smile: "Hey, the second brother is back, but what's the good thing, why don't you tell me and listen to the little brother."