Pan Jinlian's petty bourgeoisie life

It's time to draw.

"Didn't I say that there are snacks in the cupboard on weekdays and I eat them when I'm hungry. Don't tell me that there are no such rules in our yard. By the way, I think your cotton trousers are short again. I saved a bolt of fine floral cloth during the Chinese New Year, and I will make a new one for you tomorrow, so as not to fill it with wind when the time comes."

Ying'er looked down by herself, and sure enough, the egg green cotton trousers on her body were a bit too short, so she hurriedly shook her head:

"It's all made this year and I can still wear it. I'll find some cloth at night and attach another one. Anyway, I won't wear it for long. I don't know if I can wear it next year after making it this year."

Pan Jinlian is right when she thinks about it, this girl is growing fast, and maybe she will really be short again next year.So he led her to the small barn to find a new bag of cotton, and found the same egg blue cotton cloth and a bag of colored silk thread:

"Continue to add cotton and then connect it. When I'm done, I'll embroider some cloud patterns on the joint for you. It looks better."

As she said that, she was about to close the box when suddenly a sachet fell out of it. Pan Jinlian picked it up and took a look. Didn't it be given to her by Chai Lin at that time, and she threw it directly into the warehouse.

Ying'er peeked at the side, touched her head and said:

"That's it. A few days ago, sister Chunhong left and the lady said that she wanted to smoke some incense in the room. I just picked up a small piece of plum blossom from here and put it on. It smells very good. "

"From here?"

Pan Jinlian flipped through it, the sachet was embroidered with fine silk thread, it was still bright and eye-catching, but there was no fragrance inside, so naturally the fragrance also disappeared.At that time, I watched a lot of TV dramas on weekdays, and I always felt that these incense sachets and sachets had a weird feeling, so I didn’t wear them on my body at all, and it’s quite good to use them now.

Thinking of this, he threw the sachet back into the box and led Ying'er to close the door.

It was still sunny outside, and when I went out the door, I felt warm all of a sudden, but the sound of crying and howling came from outside the yard, which made people panic.It must be that Yan Hong's family has arrived, and her yard is closer to Chai Lin's, so they passed it on.

Ying'er usually spends her days in the kitchen, which is also a place of good news. She also knew about Yan Hong's sudden death, so she couldn't help shrugging her shoulders, pulling Pan Jinlian's clothes with a mournful face, and said:

"My lady, do you think there are really ghosts in this world? In case that Yan Hong feels that she has been wronged by her death, she comes back, and she comes back to our house..."

Pan Jinlian hurriedly slapped her, and reprimanded:

"Don't talk nonsense! I don't know if there are ghosts in the world, but I know that if you don't do bad things, you won't be afraid of ghosts calling your door. As long as you don't have ghosts in your heart, you won't be afraid of ghosts and gods coming to find you."

Seeing Ying'er half-understanding, Pan Jinlian couldn't say much, and just changed the subject with a smile:

"What are you talking about, I let you eat all of my porridge, and I haven't gone to the kitchen to find something to eat. Let's have lunch. There is a big banquet outside today. When it's late, those people in the kitchen should drink and get drunk again. I just hid and went lazy."

Ying'er nodded hurriedly, and ran to the kitchen to look for something to eat.Pan Jinlian put all the things in her hands on the table in the main room, and leaned against the window to listen to the crying outside, which rose and fell, stopped after a while, and after a while, there was another burst of noise, It took half a day to calm down.

It stopped here, and the sound of silk and bamboo in the front yard came faintly again. It seemed that someone was singing a southern ditty. Pan Jinlian listened attentively, and felt that she missed Chai Wu very much.

A quarter of an hour later, Ying'er came in with a food box, which was the first-class dishes at the banquet, another big bowl of rice, two sugar buns made into birthday peaches, and several dishes of side dishes.The two ate for a while and handed back the rest, Pan Jinlian took a nap, the outside was already quiet, the birthday party dispersed, and the dead man also carried out the door.

Half a month later, Chai Wu traveled all the way back to Chai's house.

56 home

As soon as Chai Wu returned home, Pan Jinlian knew the news, but he still had to pay respects to the elders of the Chai family, and offered the soil and objects he bought, and stood and listened for a while before returning to his yard.

Pan Jinlian asked Ying'er to prepare hot water and new clothes, and took advantage of the good weather to put his bedding in the sun to dry. The frozen pork belly was sliced ​​into thin slices and marinated, then baked on a new tile coated with honey. He stewed it with cabbage in a casserole, and cooked a plate of oily meat and a plate of fried fish-knowing that he was short of oil and water on the road, but this time he was going to make up for it.

Chai Wu is covered in travel and dust, thinner, but still energetic, wearing a stale cloak, carrying a bunch of things in his hands, followed by a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, who is also full of things .Seeing this, Pan Jinlian rushed up to greet her, and said with a smile:

"There is everything to eat at home, so why bother to bring these things—the food is already ready, and the good wine is also warmed up. Drink some to relieve the cold and relieve fatigue."

Chai Wu piled the things in his hand on the table, let Pan Jinlian help to untie the big clothes on his body, rubbed his hands and replied:

"It's all new stuff. I'll let you try it when I buy it. The hired cart is also empty. Come here, just to let you have a look. This is Shuangxi, the youngest son of the accountant in the shop. He has many sons in his family. The older ones can read and write, but the younger ones can’t take care of them, so I entrusted them to me.”

Pan Jinlian glanced over and found that although the child was not very handsome, he was upright and looked very honest.Seeing her already lowered her head halfway, she greeted in a slow voice:

"Meet the lady."

"Sure enough, he is a good boy."

Pan Jinlian nodded with a busy smile, asked Ying'er to take a handful of copper coins and gave them to Shuangxi, and asked:

"Our yard is narrow and shallow, where should he live?"

Chai Wu put his hands on the stove and smoked while replying:

"His house is close, so let's go home to live at night. If we move in the future, we will not have breakfast and dinner at home, but Shuangxi will not eat breakfast and dinner at home. You will keep the monthly money given to you and save it to marry a wife." Right. We don't care, as long as you do well, my wife and I will naturally treat you well."

Shuangxi hurriedly thanked him, bowed again and again, Pan Jinlian secretly poked Chai Wu, why is this person so real, such words are not something the master can say, let alone a child who has just started.Na Chai Wu quickly went on to say:

"Shuangxi is also a child I watched growing up. He played in the shop when he was a child, and he is very familiar with him."

There were always outsiders, Pan Jinlian didn't want to say anything, she just nodded silently, let Ying'er bring the food, and saved two big plates of everything for the two of them to eat in the side room.Chai Wu looked at her stretching, warmed himself up, and then stared at Pan Jinlian's belly, and said slowly after seeing her bring a small tin pot to the table:

"You're pregnant, so I don't want to drink anymore. I won't be able to smell the alcohol and give birth to a drunkard in the future. People say that anyone who is pregnant will get fat. Why do you lose weight? Could it be that someone bullied you?"

Pan Jinlian gave him a hasty look, and said angrily:

"Who bullied me? Besides, how do you want me to gain weight? The clothes I just made before the Chinese New Year can no longer fit. I'm afraid I'll be like a pig in a few months. Then you don't want to dislike me. Woolen cloth."

"How come, no matter how fat you are, I still look the best."

Chai Wu walked to Pan Jinlian's side with a smile, secretly pinched her face with warm hands, and then wrapped her arms around her increasingly plump waist, saying in a low voice:

"What's more, your stomach is my flesh and blood. This time I went out, so I know how worried people with a family are. I always think about whether you are hungry or cold at home. Did you add enough charcoal to the fire, and thought that the fire must not be extinguished, you will suffer bad luck, and there are a lot of people in the family who want to plot against you again, which makes you look so hard, you really can't stop for a quarter of an hour. It's just When I arrived at the door of the house, my mind was in a daze, I didn't know how to get in, I just felt that looking at you seemed to have lived my whole life again."

Pan Jinlian's heart was sore and warm when she heard it, the corners of her eyes were wet, and she choked up and said:

"I learned to be slick when I went out. I eat well and dress warmly here. Who cares about you so much every day. If you don't want to do errands, you will say that I am a troublesome woman in the future."

Na Chai Wu rested his chin on Pan Jinlian's shoulder, embraced her and sat down:

"Naturally, the errands have to be done well, otherwise how can I make money for my wife and son. Guess how much we bought in those shops in neighboring counties this time?"

Looking at the thick curtain at the door from the corner of her eyes, Pan Jinlian pushed Chai Wu's head aside, and replied with a blushing face:

"How do I know what you are doing?"

"This number..."

Chai Wu stretched out a slap, with helplessness in his eyes,

"It's just that the report to the master is not half enough. Both the elder brother and the second brother felt that the master's anger was really unreasonable, but they couldn't persuade him to come back, so they pulled me secretly to negotiate to lower the price of the shop to an extremely low level. It is said that they are in a hurry to sell and cannot find a buyer, but in fact, the second brother and the eldest brother put together their own capital to sell the shop first... As for me, I also shared some benefits, and only kept it from the master."

Pan Jinlian knew clearly that the Chai family was going to fall this time, but they didn't expect it to be so soon.

"It's just a matter of fighting for breath. Why bother to make such a big fuss? From my point of view, this family will be separated sooner or later. Let's make plans early."

Only when the provincial family was ruined did they regret it.Chai Wu sighed:

"Naturally, I have to think about the solution. I see that the eldest brother and the second brother only want to take advantage of this opportunity to make more money, but if they really get involved in a lawsuit, can the money still be theirs?"

The two were talking while eating, only to hear the