The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

Jiang Ziyan looked at the villagers in the audience talking and laughing, the parents were short-tempered, but his psychology was different.

After all, it is all because of poverty, no education, no literacy, and only a handful of strength.

But I don't seem to complain about how bad life is, and I still try my best to make life better every time with a smile on my face.

Jiang Ziyan went to the market this day, and stopped by to see the shop he had bought.

When he walked to the middle, he saw a woman selling a stall, and then there was a child who looked like two or three years old.

The stall set up by the woman sells fungi, which can only be collected after the rain goes up the mountain.There are baskets of mushrooms in her booth, which must have been accumulated for a long time before being sold.

At first, Jiang Ziyan didn't think she was any different. She hawked in the market with other vendors. Her voice was loud, and mushrooms were not sold every day. Soon, the stall attracted some customers.

But after a while, Jiang Ziyan heard her arguing with a guest.Because the fungi are all fresh, but some roots are attached to the bottom. The person who bought the fungus said that this root also accounts for a lot of weight. If it is weighed together, it would be a loss, so I want to cut the roots. up.

But the woman disagreed, saying that it was for keeping the mycelium fresh, and if everything including the diameter below had to be cut off, it would be worthless if it was bought too little, so she was unwilling to cut it.

Just because it might be a few pennies more or a few pennies less, the two argued for a while in front of the booth.

In the end, the woman couldn't resist, so she helped her cut off the lower roots and sold some.The person who bought the fungus happily paid the money, and when he left, he didn’t forget to take two more fungi and put them in. He smiled and said that it would be a gift, and he would come to buy from her next time, saying that he would not let go of the opportunity to take advantage of it. .

Women who set up a stall for business, stretched out their hands and didn't hit the smiling face. After agreeing, they could only nod their heads, and then said that you should go slowly.

Although mushrooms are not available every day, they are not considered easy to sell. After all, compared with ordinary mushrooms, the price of this kind of wild mushrooms is higher.So the woman had no choice but to cut the mycorrhizae for that buyer. No matter what, let’s sell it first.

When Jiang Ziyan walked around the market and passed by this stall again, she found that only half of her mushrooms had been sold.

Most of the morning time has passed, and the fewer people there are, the harder it is to sell things.

The woman turned her head and took out a cloth roll from another box next to it. There was a small piece of caramel in it. She broke off a little bit for the child's sweet mouth, folded it up and put it in.

Then he sighed and didn't even sell half of it. Life was getting harder and harder.

She patted the child's head, as if to comfort her, and said that she would be able to go home for dinner after a while. It looked like she didn't have breakfast, so she came out to set up a stall.

But it's also true, in places like markets, you have to get up early to get a booth here, if you come late, you won't have a good seat.

Fortunately, the child is very sensible, nodded, and knew that I was not hungry.

The woman was wearing a gray coarse linen skirt and a pair of severely worn straw sandals on her feet. It seemed that her life was very difficult.

Jiang Ziyan used to go to the market often when he was in Linzhou. Like this kind of work of selling mushrooms early in the morning, Lin Zhao also did it before he came here.

It's just that under the management of the previous officials, today's Lin'an, which was already unprotected from the wind, has become more riddled with holes.

Jiang Ziyan couldn't help recalling the old days, just for a while, when he came back to his senses, he found that the woman was closing the stall, it seemed that she was afraid of starving the child, so she wanted to go back to cook early.

Let the young man beside him go over to inquire, and the young man went up to show his identity first, saying that this is the master of the county magistrate's mansion, which frightened the woman.

She put down the basket in her hand, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

The boy saw that it was self-defeating, and quickly explained: "Don't get me wrong, this is not the county magistrate, but someone from the county magistrate's house, let me come over and ask a few words."

The woman nodded, very respectful, but a little timid, and stammered: "If you have any questions, please feel free to ask."

A poor woman was suddenly asked by someone from the official family. Although she was trembling, she answered truthfully.

The servant asked some very common questions, such as where is her family's ancestral home, where does she live now, how many people are in the family, what does she do for a living, and so on.The main thing is to know some of her personal information and family information.

The woman's husband's family name is Zhang, and people call him the Zhang family. She lives in a village near the mountain, not too close to the county seat.In addition to doing farm work, the husband occasionally goes to the city to do odd jobs. There are two children to support at home, and life is very tight.

After inquiring all this clearly, the young man explained to her the purpose of coming, and said: "Our son is kind-hearted, and wants you to help in the shop, and I will pay you five hundred cash a month, do you think you want to come?"

After Jiang Ziyan came, the shop was sold. The cost of the shops here is cheap, and most of them are not well managed, so the selling price is not high.Jiang Ziyan thought that maybe this would be a special economic zone in the future, so he bought a whole street of shops at once, and the total amount of money he spent was not as much as the money he spent on buying a house in the capital.

After Lin Zhao knew about it, he didn't object, he didn't even have an opinion, he just laughed that he was addicted to shopping.

Jiang Ziyan told him honestly what investment is.

If the cement is ready and the cement road is repaired, he will have a way to sell it whether it is sugar cane, cotton or other things.At that time, this street in the city will be transformed into a commercial street, so worry about not getting back the capital?

But since it is an investment, there are risks, what about the later stage?It depends on how to do it.

After being surprised, Mrs. Zhang was surprised. She didn't know why the nobleman would ask her to help, so she nodded and said excitedly that she was willing.

Three hundred coins a month is equivalent to ten coins a day. For her, this is a blessing in disguise!

The boy told her to find him tomorrow at Toyota Xianglin Mansion in the south of the city, and then left with Jiang Ziyan.

When leaving, Mrs. Zhang had to thank Jiang Ziyan for whatever she said, wrapped up some of the remaining fungus in her basket, and insisted on giving it to him.

Jiang Ziyan refused but accepted.

Mrs. Zhang packed her things and returned home. When her mother-in-law saw her coming back, she asked her for the money for selling fungus today.

Take out the put away money and hand it to the mother-in-law.

The mother-in-law saw that the money she took out was pitifully small, and then looked at the mushrooms left in the basket. Because Jiang Ziyan had given some, there were not many left in the basket.

The mother-in-law thought that she had sold more money than that, so she insisted that she hid some of it, so she poked her on the head and asked her to hand over the money in a nasty way.

Mrs. Zhang stood there aggrieved, so she had no choice but to explain exactly why a nobleman asked her to go to work.

This was a good thing, but the mother-in-law's attitude did not improve, but became even more angry.

She opened her mouth and said: "What do you know, a woman? What kind of noble person can take a fancy to you and let you go to work? How do you know that he is not a liar? He also took the remaining half of the fungus. If someone sells you to Where do you go to that kind of pickled place? After eating for so many years, your brain grows in vain?"

"I still give you so much salary a month, and you are the only one who believes it. Do you know what you went to do? Do you know where to work?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head, she didn't specify these things, but what the servant said was that she asked him to discuss it in detail tomorrow.

But as soon as this was said, the mother-in-law didn't believe it even more, and decided that the other party was a liar.

She took her little granddaughter by her side, carried the basket of mushrooms left, and turned into the house, but before going in, she uttered harsh words, saying that she must not go, and if she caused any trouble to the family, her legs would be broken at that time .

There are few mothers-in-law in the countryside who are mild-tempered, and all of them control the daughter-in-law at home to death.Once a daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, it is said that one is the same at home.

Even if the son came back, the Great Wei Dynasty emphasized filial piety, and the word filial piety above it was suppressed, and he did not dare to disobey his mother.

However, Mrs. Zhang thought back on what happened today, and always felt that the young master didn't seem to be cheating on her. He was wearing high-quality fabrics, and even the shoes were embroidered with dark patterns, so it didn't seem like cheating at all.

Besides, she is also self-aware of her appearance, she is not a beautiful daughter-in-law, but her appearance is average, she has no money and no sex, what can she do?

Mrs. Zhang thought to wait for her husband to come back and have a good talk with him, so that he could persuade her mother-in-law.

Unexpectedly, when her husband came back and found out about this incident, he would have the same reaction as her mother-in-law, saying that she had met a liar.

When my husband went to the city to do part-time jobs, he only paid eight renminbi a day, and if he worked full time in a month, it was only 240 renminbi, which was less than the [-] renminbi he was told, so he also firmly believed that his wife had been cheated.

On the second day, the boy waited for a long time at the back door of the mansion, but he didn't see the woman from yesterday coming to him, so he told Jiang Ziyan about it.

Jiang Ziyan thought about it carefully, and felt that it might have been a little sudden when he mentioned it yesterday, and the other party might feel that he needed to think about it after returning home, so he said to the boy: "Give her two more days, if she hasn't come after two days Never mind."

His place is not a charity and rescue hall, but he saw it at the time, and it was not easy to see her with the child.This world is so harsh on women, and his shop was really short of people, so he asked the boy to ask her to see if she would like to come.

And Mrs. Zhang here is always thinking about the job Jiang Ziyan mentioned. Although the family members say that she has been cheated, she still wants to go and see, what if it is true?

I can have three hundred wen a month, three hundred wen, and I can buy some good fabrics for the children to make some clothes.

The family was poor, and even during the holidays, the children in the family did not wear new clothes.

But this day my mother-in-law watched her closely and didn't let her go out at all, for fear that she would be cheated.

So another day passed, and on the third day, the mother-in-law relaxed her vigilance and asked her to go to the city to sell the selected edamame in the market.

When he left, he warned her very rudely, telling her not to run around and come back after selling.There is no need for the child to follow, she is free today to help her look after the child.

Mrs. Zhang nodded obediently, and carried the bag of edamame on her back to the market to sell.

Edamame is easier to sell than fungus. This thing is not worth much, but within half a day, she has already sold almost all of it.

It was still early after closing the stall, and Mrs. Zhang was hesitant. She was still thinking about that matter when she was supposed to return home. She thought she might as well go and have a look first. At that time, the person said that it was the county magistrate's mansion, which could not always be deceived. human.

If she went there, and the servant at the county magistrate's mansion said there was no such thing, then she would come back.

Zhang Shi gritted her teeth and took a gamble. She put away the stall and walked towards the address given by the boy.

Toyota Lane is not very close to the market. When Jiang Ziyan first bought a house, his first consideration was to be close to the Yamen, so that it would be convenient for Lin Zhao to go to the Yamen to work.

Mrs. Zhang arrived after walking for half an hour. She was not very familiar with the city, so she found it after asking a few people along the way.

At the back door, she straightened her clothes to see if there was anything inappropriate, and then knocked on the door.

The concierge opened the door, and found a strange looking, looking at a poor woman. He didn't open the door, but opened the door and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Mrs. Zhang stammered and reported the name of the boy that day, and also explained why she came here.

Upon hearing this, the concierge hurriedly said: "So it's you, Brother Xiao Zhong mentioned it to me two days ago, come in quickly."

Xiao Zhong was the boy that day, and he has been working with Jiang Ziyan now.

Seeing that the woman finally came, Xiao Zhong didn't put on airs, and directly told her about the arrangement.

"The shop is in the west of the city. It's a wine shop. What you need to do every day is to order wine for the guests, then arrange the wine on the shelves in the shop neatly, and check the quantity every day."

Mrs. Zhang nodded. In her opinion, this is quite an easy job, and this is indeed the county magistrate's mansion. People in the county magistrate's mansion will not lie to her, right?

"You may not be able to remember after talking so much. Today is just fine, so I'll take you to the shop to have a look."

After leaving Toyota Lane, Xiao Zhong took Mrs. Zhang to the wine shop.

Along the way, Mrs. Zhang was explaining to Xiao Zhong why she couldn't come two days ago. After listening to Xiao Zhong, she realized that it was a family matter.

Xiao Zhong said: "If you put it on other people, if you are one day late, this job may not be your turn. It's just that our son is kind-hearted. Seeing that you mother and daughter are pitiful, that's why I gave you a grace period of two days. "

Mrs. Zhang was so excited that she thanked her repeatedly, but she didn't know what to say.

After half an hour, the two arrived at the wine shop in the west of the city.

This wine store used to be a clothing store, and its business was very poor. Because Jiang Ziyan had a winery in the western suburbs of the capital, he first changed the clothing store into a wine store. It mainly sold some cheap loose wine, which was packaged well Yes, there are expensive wines, but not many, and only the rich in the city can afford them.

When we arrived at the wine shop, Mrs. Zhang took a look. There were very few staff in the wine shop. The people from the original garment shop were sent away by the original shop owner, and these people were recruited temporarily.

After entering, Xiao Zhong carefully explained to her the things that need to be paid attention to when drinking alcohol, and after explaining all aspects to her, he wrote a written document and made it into a contract, and Zhang's fingerprint on it will be valid.

After everything was arranged, Xiao Zhong said, "Are you sure you can come to work tomorrow? Your mother-in-law won't stop you?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded quickly, "No, no, I'll go back and explain to them that this is true. My mother-in-law must be happy before it's too late."

"That's good. But I'll put the ugly words up front. If you can't come to work, you will be treated as absenteeism. This month's monthly payment will be deducted. Ten cents will be deducted for one day of absenteeism. Just leave in three days."

How dare Mrs. Zhang be absent from work? She wished she could go to work for a few more days. Counting ten Wen a day, she could earn an extra ten Wen if she worked an extra day.

That's ten cents, more than a man can earn by working as a part-time job, and my mother-in-law will definitely not dare to be angry with her at home in the future.You can eat a few meals of meat for the children in the family.

It's pleasing to think about.

Mrs. Zhang reassured again and again: "Don't worry, Little Zhong, I will come to work on time tomorrow."

Xiao Zhong nodded, and the matter that the young master explained was finished.When he was about to go back, he remembered another thing and asked Mrs. Zhang: "I remember you said that your family lives in Xishan Village, can you come here in time in the morning?"

Chenshi opens a store, and Chenshi money will arrive at the store in no time.

"Yes, yes, I just need to get up earlier." Mrs. Zhang was afraid that Xiao Zhong would regret it, so she quickly explained.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhong said that there are two dormitories for the guys at the back, which are built by the young master. They are all bunk beds, one for men and one for women.

Mrs. Zhang was startled, but she also understood what he meant.It is really hard to go back and forth between home and this wine shop every day.

"Then how much do you charge for one night in this dormitory?" Mrs. Zhang asked cautiously. If she couldn't go back one day, she could sleep here for one night.

Xiao Zhong said: "This is free for the guys to live in. If you want to live, I will apply for you, but the place is a bit small, just a place to rest."

Mrs. Zhang was very pleasantly surprised, she didn't expect to be in charge here.

Xiao Zhong took Mrs. Zhang to look at the dormitory. The room was really not big, and it used to be a single room.But Jiang Ziyan had someone make bunk beds and put them in. There are two bunk beds in one room, which can sleep four people, but the other places for activities are very small and seem a bit crowded.

But Mrs. Zhang didn't think that although the bed was not big, it was enough for one person to sleep on.The most important thing is that you don't charge money, you live here for free!

She made a quick decision and immediately said, "Can I apply for a room? I'll go home at the end of the month and stay in the shop for the rest of the time. Do you think it's okay?"

Xiao Zhong nodded and said yes.

The two signed the documents for the dormitory again. When Mrs. Zhang came out of the wine shop, she was light and light, as if she was dreaming.

She never thought that such a good thing would happen to her. When she goes back, her mother-in-law will definitely agree. There are three hundred coins a month!

At that time, she will move to the dormitory and go back once a month, or twice a month.It also saves me from watching my mother-in-law's face at home, but it's just that I can't see my children often.

It's nothing, she is not worried about the child, although the mother-in-law is a little harsh on her, but she is still very good to her child, after all, they are all grandchildren.

Mrs. Zhang returned home happily.

Because of the delay in going to the liquor store, it was already noon when she returned home.

When they arrived at home, the mother-in-law saw that she had finally come back, dragged her and scolded: "You murderer, why did our old Zhang family marry such a wife like you? I asked you to sell edamame and until now, the lunch at noon is all gone. Don’t do it, don’t you know if the family is still hungry?”

The mother-in-law poked and pinched again, Zhang couldn't hold back at last, and said loudly: "Mother-in-law!"

Mrs. Zhang Li was startled by her sudden loud voice, and then reacted, beating and scolding again: "Why, you have a tough temper, don't you? How dare you talk to me like that!"