My Open Life [Quick Transmigration]

The Great Zhou Dynasty and the Spring of the Three Years

"Tick tock tick tock!" It was raining heavily outside and light rain inside the house. There was a basin in front of the bed and a hole in the roof. This was what Xiaoxiao saw when she opened her eyes.

Putting the quilt together, she propped up her body and looked at the environment of the whole house. The thatched roof, the wooden frame and the thatched mud wall constituted this home.Regardless of whether the palms are clean or not, take out a pill and take it, and your body will get better soon.

Memories are like a black and white movie, what Xiaoxiao sees is a short life of a woman, her husband has passed away, her father-in-law and mother-in-law are gone, the only relatives are her natal parents, the eldest brother and the second brother, and one who is still alive. The younger brother, the husband's family has a brother, a brother, and a sister.I have a son and a daughter, and my brothers and sisters are not married. I follow my elder brother and sister-in-law, and my uncle and second uncle from the same village are close relatives. The rest also have some relatives and friends.

Turning to look at the children sleeping on the bed, the two children were sleeping soundly. Taking a look, it was already light outside, dragging their somewhat heavy bodies out of the bed, tucking the quilt for the children on the bed, and getting dressed. Clothes, take out a toothbrush and toothpaste, brush your teeth, wash your face.By the way, she also brought out two wooden toothbrushes and a box of tooth powder for the two children. She doesn't care if there are such things in this world. Xiaoxiao has traveled through more worlds, she has become more courageous, and her temper is more casual. So many people doubt or not, she can stay in the same world for decades, or just stay in the world as long as she thinks it’s time to leave. If she doesn’t have parents and children, she can leave as soon as she wants. There are causes and effects, and she can’t just leave at will. People, but she can leave until they are a hundred years old or the children grow up and become independent.

This home is really small, a utility shed, a kitchen, and two bedrooms.Quickly cooked some rice porridge in the kitchen, then took out a jar of pickles and a jar of salted duck eggs from Weilan, boiled two salted duck eggs, the smoke from the cooking drifted away, and carried the smoke into Liu Dagen's house not far from the next door , Mrs. Xu stood under the eaves, looked at the smoke drifting not far away, and muttered alone: ​​"It seems to be much better."

Sitting under the eaves, Liu Dagen also heard the mother's mutterings from the family, and looked at them together, "My mother, go and see your siblings later, alas, there is not much our family can do to help."

Xu nodded and said nothing.The second uncle went, and it was difficult for the younger siblings to take care of the children alone. I helped everything I could, and I couldn't help much.A few days ago, my brother and sister were not in good health and had been lying on the bed. Seeing the mist rising today, it seemed that they were much better.

Liu Sangen is 12 years old, his younger sister Liu Xiaoying is [-] years old, and also [-] years old. After the death of the second brother, his parents died one after another after being hit. The family is also overwhelmed. He is still very sensible. , he himself would not be embarrassed.

After doing everything well, Xiaoxiao came to the sleeping room and saw the two children still sleeping, "Little lazy pig, get up quickly." She patted the two children's buttocks, Liu Ergen is a good father and treats the children very well, no matter what Whether he gave birth to a girl or a son, he spent money to ask the old boy in the village to give the child an elegant name. This is what Xiaoxiao is most satisfied with now. His best wishes for the child.But not long after his son was born, he died of a sudden illness. Even if he had money to see a doctor, it was too late.

Wen Min opened her big round eyes, rubbed her eyes with her small hands, and finally saw clearly who the person in front of her was, and rushed over, "Mother, how are you?" He still tripped over his brother.

"Minmin, mother will dress you and come down to eat."

"Mother, Minmin can dress her own clothes, and Minmin can also dress her younger brother. Mother, should I go to work?" A four-year-old child can still dress his younger brother. Children from poor families are really sensible, and they can do many things at a young age.

"Okay, can Minmin get out of bed by herself, mother put a stool here."

Minmin's crunchy and soft child's voice is particularly pleasant, "Okay."

Minmin was a hot hand to destroy his younger brother. After a few pushes, Wen Jie was finally woken up by his sister. With the help of his sister, he got dressed, "Sister, where is mother?" The little guy who was completely awake saw that there was no Where does mother sleep.

"Cooking, hurry up."

Minmin has the demeanor of a big sister. She dresses her younger brother well and helps her younger brother to get out of bed first.

When the siblings got up, the rain outside had stopped, and a gorgeous rainbow hung in the sky.When the younger sister and brother came out, Xiaoxiao happened to see the rainbow in the sky outside, but Xiaoxiao didn't sigh as much as others. After seeing it, she thought it was beautiful, so she went into the house.

"Mother, Xiaojie, Eggy."

Wen Jie was already standing on the edge of the crooked table with a broken leg, with stones under it, looking greedily at Xiaoxiao's cut salted duck eggs, pointing at the egg yolk.

"Minmin, Xiaojie, will mother teach you how to brush your teeth today?"

The two little ones don't know what brushing their teeth is, their mother said to learn, so they learn. "good."

Xiaoxiao picked up the toothbrush, a white wooden toothbrush and a log-colored toothbrush. The siblings each had a toothbrush. After explaining in detail, they would brush their teeth every morning and evening. Wenjie was still young and couldn’t remember at all, and Xiaoxiao just When explaining Minmin, let me tell him by the way, besides, he is also young, so it's okay if he can't persist.

After carefully teaching them to brush their teeth, Xiaoxiao took the children to have breakfast. After a busy morning, everyone was busy working in the field.

Xiaoxiao didn't go out, she was alone at home looking for something, thinking about how to fix the roof, the house was riddled with holes, Xiaoxiao didn't want to live in it at all, but when she first came here, she could only live for a while.

There are muddy dirt roads outside. The two children know that they can't go out to play on this kind of muddy road. There will be no clothes and shoes to wear. The siblings sit on their own small benches, looking at the occasional passers-by outside with their chins resting on their chins.

Xiaoxiao found the ladder and the thatch in the utility room. She placed the ladder by herself, climbed up, lifted the thatch roof, spread the yellow plastic sheet, fixed it with nails, then spread the thatch, and used the muddy water to spread it on the thatch. In the morning, Xiaoxiao moved very quickly, and all the houses in the house were paved very quickly, and she did such a thing in one morning.

As soon as he got down, he saw the sister-in-law not far away walking over with her sister-in-law.Still carrying a basket, "Sister-in-law, Xiaoying, the road is difficult, why are you here?"

"It's not easy to walk, it's nothing, it's just a little more mud."

Mrs. Xu didn't care too much, just wash off the mud.Liu Xiaoying followed behind. She was still a child, but after her parents passed away, she became more silent and sensible. With a nephew, the elder brother also has two sons in his family, one is Liu Youfa who is three years younger than her, and the other is Liu Youfu who is five years younger than her.

Mrs. Xu handed Xiaoxiao a basket of wild vegetables, "You haven't gone out to dig weeds for the past few days, and you probably don't have any wild vegetables at home. I saw smoke floating on the roof of your house in the morning, so I know you're probably all right. After cleaning up the house, hurry up." Come here to give you some, eat first. Xiaoying also said to come to see you, so come here together."

"Hello, auntie, hello sister-in-law." The two children called people obediently, soft and cute, and Xiaoxiao also liked these two children very much.

"Hey, let's play with my little girl for a while, and I'll talk to your mother."

"Okay." Two times took my sister-in-law into the house. Xiaoxiao hadn't cleaned up the house yet. Xiaoying saw that the house was not very tidy, and she didn't play with her nephew and niece. She helped clean up the house silently, and the two girls followed behind. Let's do it.

Xiaoxiao and Xu were chatting, "Sister-in-law, are you busy at home recently?"

"It's okay, what's the matter?"

"There is something wrong. You know the situation of my house. I want to ask my eldest brother and third brother to help rebuild the walls of the house. I will find a way to make earth bricks. I really dare not be alone at night like this. I am sick these days. Sleeping with the child, the house is not safe, and I am a widow again..."

"It's okay, let your eldest brother and third brother help you build the wall again these few days, what's wrong with the roof."

"There is no need to fix the roof. I have the courage to climb up and fix it all morning. It should be fine."

"That's good, but I don't have many adobe bricks in my house, but my uncle's house has quite a lot. If you don't ask Uncle Yunyun, his family won't use those adobe bricks for the time being. There is still one house, and the rest are in the village. Look again."

"Okay, I'll look for it myself. It's just that it's too much trouble for the elder brother and the third younger brother, and I feel a little sorry."

Xu is a woman with a good personality. She treats her younger siblings, even those who are not married, fairly, not harshly. Of course, she is not a kind person, and the family situation does not allow her to be a kind person.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law chatted for a while, and when Mrs. Xu was about to leave, Xiaoying came out with her sleeves rolled up, and it seemed that she was doing something. Xiaoxiao took a high look at this child. Yes, she is a hardworking girl.

Before leaving, Xiaoxiao patted Xiaoying's head and said, "Xiaoying, after the second sister-in-law finishes the house, you come to learn embroidery from the second sister-in-law every day."

Both Xu and Xiaoying's eyes lit up, neither of them knew that Xiaoxiao could embroider, "Sister and sister, you can embroider, and I have never heard of it before."

"I learned it when I was a girl. There is a nanny from a rich family in our village. She knows these things. She often played at her house when she was a child. She learned this secretly. She just practiced at her house and learned it for a few years. Before she died Tell me not to embroider too much, it will hurt your eyes. Since then, I have never touched a needle again. I have been in bed for the past few days, groggy, and I don’t know why I dreamed of Mammy repeatedly. It's not that God wants me to pick up that craft so that I can support my family in the future."

"Oh, that's really a good thing. Maybe Mammy just can't bear you to suffer, so she came to remind you. In the future, Xiaoying can also learn from her."

"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Aren't we going to the market tomorrow? I want to go to the county town. My mother gave me two embroidered pictures before she died. The family can't open the pot now. I want to sell one for some money. It’s been a while at home too.”

When Xiaoxiao was changing the thatch on the roof, she thought of an excuse. The first step was to quickly improve the situation at home, and how to improve it. She searched the relationship between the characters and the past in her mind.I finally found such a person who has no evidence of death. She does exist, and she does know how to embroider. It's not very clever to make excuses for bad eyes, it can only be regarded as a fool.Facing such a family, she could only use unsophisticated excuses to fool people.

"Oh, then go with me, I'm going too." Mrs. Xu really wanted to see the embroidered pictures that the nun left for her younger siblings, but she was too embarrassed to ask. Then she thought about it, and she could see it when she went to the county town market together. Here we go, see you later.

"Okay, I happen to be with my sister-in-law." Just one witness is missing.

"Second sister-in-law, I will watch Xiaojie and Minmin at home tomorrow."

Xiaoying obediently took the initiative to take care of her nephew and niece.

"Okay, thank you Xiaoying."

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When Mrs. Xu returned home, she chatted with Liu Dagen about this incident in the middle of the night, and her words were full of curiosity.Liu Dagen babbled with her at first, but then fell asleep with his head covered.

early in the morning

Xiaoxiao made breakfast early, pulled the two children up to brush their teeth and ate, and then waited for Mrs. Xu to go to the county town together. Their place is considered a suburb of the county town, not very far away, and it only takes half an hour to walk there.

Mrs. Xu brought Xiaoying over with her backpack on her back. Xiaoxiao, her own children and Xiaoying confessed a few words before leaving with Mrs. Xu.

Walking outside on the avenue, there were many women in groups, in twos and threes, Xiaoxiao didn't say hello too much, and followed Xu, mostly smiling and not talking much.

There are not many people along the road, only a few families, all of whom are country women, and ordinary physical work and walking are not difficult for them.There are sergeants guarding the city by the city gate. It was only ten years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty. There have been natural disasters and chaos before, and now is the time to recuperate.The national strength is not prosperous enough, in addition to the real aristocratic family having money, even the emperor is short of money and wants to rob the aristocratic family.

The national average price is very low, a bucket of rice (6.25 catties) costs four Wen, and a bucket of rice is exchanged for a piece of silk. All aspects are not very developed.Xiaoxiao didn't know how much silver the embroidery pictures she took out could be exchanged for.

Mrs. Xu went to the market with eggs on her back and Xiaoxiao changed some oil and salt, and then went to Hujia Embroidery Workshop, the largest embroidery workshop in Xin'an City, with Xiaoxiao. They didn't come in but passed by. Everyone knows Hujia Embroidery Workshop. Xu, like Xiaoxiao, has never been to Hu's Embroidery Workshop, and she is a little nervous. They walk with the same hands and feet. It's not her fault.I used to go to the small cloth workshop where I bought cloth at home, but such an exquisite embroidery workshop has never been in.

Xiaoxiao came in without looking around, went directly to the counter, looked at some embroidery products on display, listened to the bargaining between buyers and sellers in the store, and carefully studied the embroidery products, probably having a clue in her heart, Xiaoxiao walked to the shopkeeper In front of Mother on Tuesday, "This lady, do you want to buy embroidery or sell embroidery?"

"Sell embroidery."

Xiaoxiao took out a cloth bag wrapped in layers from the back basket. On Tuesday, Niang has been the shopkeeper of Hu's Embroidery Workshop for some years. She has good eyesight. When she saw the woman in front of her, she took out a bag wrapped in layers. Seeing this, she became interested. She didn't know if it was a real boutique or a fake one. The embroidery that Xiaoxiao took out was not embroidered by herself, but was received by her before. It is a very good double-sided embroidery with embroidery on the top. The beautiful peonies are graceful and luxurious, showing a magnificent scene.

Xiaoxiao slowly opened the rolled embroidery, and when only one corner was opened, the gorgeous picture that was exposed made Zhou Niang cover her mouth in surprise, until the whole picture was unfolded, and the people who were shopping nearby looked at it in surprise Looking at this embroidery, I have never seen such embroidery so far, it is really beautiful.Tuesday Niang carefully turned it over and looked again, "Ah..." Shouts kept coming and going.This shocked all the people in the shop, everyone crowded over to look at it, only Xiaoxiao looked at the embroidery calmly, Xu looked at Xiaoxiao for a long time and couldn't make a sound, she really misjudged, she still has such good stuff.She hasn't shown any emotion in these years, even if she thinks about it, she wouldn't have said it herself.

On Tuesday, Niang grabbed Xiaoxiao and walked inside, holding the embroidery in her hand all the time, holding it carefully, not daring to use force.

"Sister, can I call you that? My surname is Zhou and my name is Erniang. If you don't mind, you can call me Sister Zhou."

Mother on Tuesday smiled happily, and picked up a treasure today.She has never seen such exquisite embroidery before, so she must get it.

"Okay, thanks to sister Zhou's kindness, Xiaoxiao is really looking forward to it. My surname is Chen, my name is Xiaoxiao, and my husband's family name is Liu." Xiaoxiao went along with the flow and got to know such a person, which might be convenient for her in the future.

"Xiaoxiao, sister, I don't want to talk too much, but I just want to ask you, did you embroider this embroidery yourself, or did it come from another source?"

"I didn't embroider this one. This one was given to me by the mother who taught me how to embroider. This is one of the two best embroidery pieces she embroidered. If it wasn't for the lack of money at home, I wouldn't have taken it out." I bought it, look at the side of the peony flower is traced with gold thread, real gold thread. And this embroidery is double-sided embroidery, such a big picture is not so easy to embroider."

"It can be seen that this is really not easy. Look at the price of this embroidery, how much is the girl willing to pay?"

"Of course this is your bid, sister Zhou. If you set the starting price, sister, I will sell it to my sister. I won't sell this embroidery at a low price just because I lack money. In my heart is my master, I am already very unfilial if I sell the embroidery she left me, if I still sell her relics at a low price, then I am really a jerk."

Mother on Tuesday was choked up, and she didn't know how to say the price, but she also knew that she couldn't let go of this embroidery.

Mrs. Xu has been sitting there without saying anything, just watching the confrontation between her siblings and shopkeeper Zhou, she drinks tea and eats snacks silently.Looking at the dim sum on the side, I thought silently, what a pity.You can't pack it up and take it home with you.

On Tuesday, Niang and Xiaoxiao continued to go back and forth, one by one, and the price was finally negotiated, 200 taels of silver.

Xiaoxiao also asked Mother Tuesday to introduce a brick kiln to herself. Now that she has money, she doesn't want to treat herself and her children too badly. The house must be rebuilt. Let's build a dozen or so houses for the time being and expand the yard for future use. Room to build a house.I will buy a family at that time, so that there are adult men in the family, and people outside will not dare to underestimate my family easily, and I cannot easily cast spells in ancient times.It's better to have a grown man.

Walking out of Huji Embroidery Workshop, Mrs. Xu still couldn't recover. Xiaoxiao took her enlightened sister-in-law to the grain shop to buy ten buckets of rice, some flour, and a lot of pork and pork bones at the meat market. Then there is oil and salt.There are also bowls and chopsticks, big bowls and small bowls, and I bought a lot of things here and there, as well as cloth. Fortunately, I rented an ox cart before, and Xiaoxiao didn’t forget about her elder brother and her family. She also treated orphans and widows a lot. take care of.Can't get rich without taking care of them.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law happily returned to Liujia Village. It was already mid-afternoon when they arrived home. Xiaoxiao saw that it was not early in the county town, so she bought a lot of meat buns and pancakes. She delayed her sister-in-law for so long. Need to make amends.

"Big root, three roots, go home quickly." Seeing her husband and uncle on the road, seeing them carrying hoes, she hurriedly shouted.

With so many things, the men had to be moved out of the car.Seeing Xiaoxiao come back, the children in the family ran over, "Mother (second sister-in-law)..."

"Xiaoying, it's hard work leading them today."

"Second sister-in-law, don't worry, Minmin and Xiaojie are very obedient and help me clean up the house."

"Oh, it's really good. I will treat you well today. I bought a lot of delicious food back."

"Oh, there's something delicious." Minmin and Xiaojie jumped up and down, hugging Xiaoxiao's legs and jumping up and down.

After the two brothers moved the things, they were also surprised. There were so many things. Liu Sangen stayed silent and followed his elder brother to put the things away.

"Brother, sister-in-law, eat at my place tonight, I still have something to discuss with you."

"Okay, let your sister-in-law cook for you."

"Ok!"

Liu Dagen took Liu Sangen to help his siblings chop firewood and carry water.The two monkeys in the family were also brought back by Xiaoying. They heard that there were delicious food and they ran faster than monkeys, so they immediately gave up their friends. go home.

The cooking was quick and the steamed buns and pancakes were hot. They also fried a twice-cooked pork, a lean meat wild vegetable soup, and a stir-fried wild vegetable.

"Brother, sister-in-law, Sangen, Xiaoying, you all take something to eat, children, do you know what to eat by yourself?"

"Understood, mother (second aunt)."

The author has something to say: Some prices refer to the prices in the early years of Zhenguan, and some prices that cannot be found are just nonsense, so don't spray!