Chongxi husband and wife who are sick

The village chief's wife took Si Yun to the edge of the village, and stopped in front of a somewhat dilapidated house.

"This is Aunt He's house, wait here, I'll go in and find her." The village chief's wife said to Si Yun.

Si Yun nodded, and the village chief's wife went in.Si Yun had nothing to do, so he looked around outside. The village head's wife said that Aunt He's family conditions were not good. Extremely poor households.

The conditions of their family were poor before, which was forced by the Feng family, and Fourth Aunt He's family was really not good, especially not good.There is no yard, only a low wall that can’t cover anything, and the inside can be seen from outside the wall. There is only a small thatched hut inside. The thatched wall is made of grass mud. The broken grass inside was removed, and there was new mud on the hole, making the walls crumbling.

Sitting in front of the thatched hut was a skinny and elderly aunt with gray hair. She was working, holding a piece of clothing in her hand, and squinting her eyes to mend it.

When the village head's daughter-in-law went in, she tremblingly put down the work in her hand and stood up.You can see the inside from the outside, but it doesn't mean you can hear clearly. There is still a little distance from the door to the inside. Si Yun only vaguely heard the village head's wife say that she can make some money by making clothes and quilts, and then I was called in.

As soon as Si Yun entered, Fourth Aunt He walked towards him, with a cautious smile on her old face, her wrinkled hands clasped together, obviously very nervous, but she pretended to be relaxed and asked, "Heng Zi's family is here. Yes, do you want to make new bedding and new clothes? I can make whatever you want, and the fee is not expensive. Do you have any requirements for fabrics? Then, do you want to see what I made before?"

Si Yun didn't say a word when he went in, but Fourth Aunt He said a series of words.

It's no wonder that Fourth Aunt He, the little daughters-in-law in the village can make their own quilts and clothes, just pull some fabrics back from the county, and only bachelors and wealthy families can find someone to make quilts. Can't make much money either.She is getting old, if not for the village head's wife who occasionally asks a few people to bring her business, she may not even be able to guarantee her daily life.

After finishing speaking, she hurried into the house to get the things she made before, for fear that Si Yun would refuse.

The village chief's daughter-in-law was a little embarrassed, but she explained a few words for Aunt He.Si Yun didn't express dissatisfaction after listening to it. In fact, he could understand Fourth Aunt He's words. Besides, she didn't do anything, but she was too enthusiastic and nervous.

Si Yun has always been very patient with the elderly. As the saying goes, an old man is like a treasure. In the past, when his grandma and grandpa were still alive, they loved him very much. Sometimes the brothers would not go back for a long time outside. Grandpa and grandma are very affectionate to do things for him, but unfortunately...

When Fourth Aunt He came out, Si Yun calmed down and stopped thinking about it. He had already made up his mind. If Fourth Aunt He did a good job, he would ask Fourth Aunt He to help make bedding and clothes even if he was a little far from his expectations. .

However, looking at the work in Aunt He's hands, Si Yun's eyes widened in surprise. He touched it up and down. What Aunt He showed him was a piece of clothing. I can't feel any unevenness in the joints, and the workmanship is very good.

Except that the fabric is not precious, there are no other problems, and it is better than the ones on the street.

Fourth Aunt He cautiously asked, "What do you think of Hengzi's family?"

Si Yun nodded, with satisfaction in his eyes, "Okay, Auntie, I will give you all my bedding and clothes, but the quantity is a bit large, will you be tired?"

"No, no, I can do as much as you give."

Seeing that Fourth Aunt He really didn't intend to force it, Si Yun took out the drawings in his arms, and explained to Fourth Aunt He carefully what to do and what requirements he had, and then said to make a few sets, and put a few taels Yin Zi bought fabrics for Fourth Aunt He, and they left. As expected, Fourth Aunt He knew how to do it, and she could quickly understand what Si Yun said.

After leaving, Si Yun couldn't help asking the village chief's wife, "Auntie, Fourth Aunt He's craftsmanship is very good, how could she live so... so badly?" The rich family, how can they not live so badly.

The village head's wife sighed, and said, "It's your fault that you don't understand. Aunt He married to our Fengjia Village in the early years. She had a man, but she didn't seem to be doing well in her original home. After giving birth, she learned a craft and sewed and repaired for others, and lived a decent life. But when she was in her 30s, her husband became seriously ill and spent all the money in the family. After a few years, she was alone Live, and that's it."

Is that so?

Si Yun was shocked, he was shocked by Aunt He's experience, and he was shocked by Aunt He's age, Aunt He looked like a person in her 60s and 30s, but she was only in her 30s.The lifespan of ancient people seems not as long as that of modern people, but [-] years old is not very old, it is considered a prime age, and Fourth Aunt He... can only say that a hard life can kill a person the most.

Next, Si Yun and the village chief's wife went back while talking. Through chatting with the village chief's wife, he also learned a lot about Fengjia Village.

For example, there are more than 60 families in Fengjia Village, which seems to be the largest and wealthiest in the surrounding villages, and people's lives are better than those in other villages. If we can’t get rid of the blame, in addition to the extremely poor households, there are also poor households, those who have no children at home or whose children are not filial.

As the daughter-in-law of the village head, she often sees the village head sighing at those people, but there is no way to solve them. She can only give them some money occasionally, but it still treats the symptoms but not the root cause. He hopes that the village can be stronger and let them At least they can get through this life in peace. Perhaps it is because of these things that the village head is obsessed with someone who can help their village. Before Feng Yunjun was very likely to be admitted to Juren, he was so partial to the Feng family. Yun Jun became an official to help the village.

But now... he was kind to Si Yun and the others, firstly because he felt a little guilty before, and secondly because he hoped that Si Yun, Feng Heng and the others could help the village and the villagers.

After listening, Si Yun said that the village chief’s idea is very naive, because even in a country, there is a gap between the rich and the poor. , It is really not easy to change by one's own strength.

And expecting others to help, it is better to let those people find ways to make money to live on their own, like Fourth Aunt He, although her family is poor, but she knows a craft, and she can survive even if she barely lives. Can make money.

He will give the villagers a little work according to the wishes of the village head's wife, but it is impossible to help them all the time.

Si Yun still had complaints about the village head in his heart, but his view of their family had changed a bit.

"Auntie, I have a suggestion for this." Si Yun said.

The village chief's wife's eyes lit up, and she said, "What suggestion?"

"I remember that there is public money in the village, right?" Si Yun asked, and when the village head's wife nodded, he continued, "I can make a prescription for the village, and let everyone in Fengjia Village do it. The secret recipe requires a lot of manpower. You can recruit people from each household to work and take turns to work. In the end, a small part of the money from the sale of the thing can go to the village head who has worked hard, and a part of it will be put into the public. The last part is distributed to the villagers, so that everyone can earn some money every month."

"Of course, if you don't want to do it, you don't have to do it, and then their part of the shared money will be returned to them." Si Yun added, some people are lazy when they work, and we must put an end to this from the very beginning.

The village chief's daughter-in-law heard this and thought it was a good idea without much thought.If it was really what Si Yun said, wouldn't it be the business of their entire village?

They have their own business, and the money they earn belongs to themselves, but if there is a business in the village, the money they earn belongs to the whole village.

"What kind of prescription is that?" The village head's wife asked impatiently.

Si Yun smiled and said, "Wine party."

liquor? !The wife of the village head was shocked. The price of good wine is not low, and there has always been a market for wine. The village head has traveled to faraway places before. I heard that some rich people make money by selling wine. They have special wineries to make wine. The wine is delicious, and it can be sold for a sky-high price per catty.

And because the wine sells well, the manpower for wine making is indispensable. The village head once said that a village with a hundred people and all wine making, what kind of concept is that!

If the people in their village also make wine, wouldn't they make a lot of money?The village head's wife believed in what Si Yun gave out, so far, he had never given a bad prescription, and the lives of those who got his family's prescription were much better.

After they got the jam last night, she asked Wang Linwen to go out and ask Mr. Liu about their business, because it revealed that they also got the secret recipe, so Mr. Liu and the others didn't hide anything, and said that they could earn at least one or two taels of silver a day , If you meet a big customer, it is normal to earn two or three taels.

Two or three taels, the money that the villagers earn by planing in the fields for a month.

No wonder Mr. Liu and his family don't go to the fields very much, and they grow a lot less food. With these lucrative businesses, who would go to the fields to plan food.

So, the wine recipe that Si Yun took out can definitely make money!

For a moment, the village head's wife was all excited, she dragged Si Yun and ran home regardless of her image, and didn't care about those people seeing her weird expression, just watch it, and you will be like me in the future!

After returning to the house, the village chief and Wang Linwen hadn't come back yet. The village chief's wife wanted to send her youngest son to the mountains to find the village chief and Wang Linwen back, so that they wouldn't be too busy.

It was Si Yun who held the village head's wife down, and he said in a low voice: "Auntie, this matter has to be considered in the long run, and it can't be done in a short time. There are so many people in the village, and not everyone can do it well." They have a good impression of me and Feng Heng, maybe they will think that we have some ulterior motive in taking things out."

"Let's talk about it after your family's jam business is on the right track and the villagers see more effects. After all, your family is the village head's family and plays a leading role in the village. If you all use my recipe, there must be more people in the village. Others will not be so resistant."

After Si Yun said this, the village head's wife calmed down. Yes, although Si Yun and Feng Heng made money, the villagers also recognized their ability to make money, but after all they didn't know much about them, and because of the Feng family's affairs, From the bottom of their hearts, they didn't think of Si Yun and Feng Heng as members of the village. Taking out the wine prescription at this time would cause some people to backlash.

Not only that, it might make more people jealous of Si Yun and Feng Heng, and even go to their house to steal things.If their family made more money, they would have more confidence to speak.

So, the village head's wife decided to listen to Si Yun's words and wait until their family's jam was on the right track. Not only that, but she also decided not to tell the village head and Wang Linwen before then, and told her youngest son not to talk nonsense.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, the village chief and Wang Linwen came back. The village chief's daughter-in-law looked normal, and Si Yun was even more calm, so they didn't find anything wrong. In addition, they wanted to try the jam made from spring water. Can't find anything else.

Pour spring water into the pot and they start making jam with spring water.

Until late at night, the village chief's family finally made a jam that tasted similar to Si Yun's. Because Si Yun reminded them, they added a little sour plum, and the jam was so delicious that they wanted to swallow it with a spoon. Spread jam on the steamed buns, the sweet and sour taste remains in the mouth until the dream, it is so sweet to the bottom of my heart.

Si Yun also went back after eating at the village chief's house. Of course, before that, he sent Feng Heng's food there. What he sent was jam, not perfect, but their experimental product. Except for jam, it was steamed buns. , that night, Feng Heng also ate steamed buns with jam.

Later, Si Yun heard that after Feng Heng knew that the jam was not made by him, he exchanged the jam with the workers on the construction site for food. The workers ate well, and he ate a lot in the end.

Speaking of handing things over to Feng Heng, Si Yun noticed that his hands had a lot of blisters, some of which were broken. That evening, he went to Aunt He's house again and asked her to put down the clothes and bedding first, and make a pair of them. Gloves.

The gloves are made of three layers of linen, although they are thicker, they can protect the hands.It doesn't matter if the man's hands are thicker, but blisters keep coming out, and that hurts too.

"Boss, I have never seen the style of your gloves. Where did you buy them? I want a pair too." At noon, the workers rested, the women were cooking, and the men were resting on the side. In a while, the workers just sat together chatting in twos and threes to relieve their boredom. It was one of the workers who spoke, "I have a lot of blisters on my hand because of handing bricks, and I pop the blisters every night. It hurts so much. If there is Gloves like yours should not hurt so much."

Three days ago, the workers on the construction site noticed that there was a pair of brown gloves on Feng Heng's hands. The workers had also seen gloves, but they were worn by nobles. In winter, they would use leather and other Things are made into gloves, with five fingers separated and five fingers closed. The mouth is slightly longer, and it is very warm to wear in winter.

When I used to work in adults' homes, they envied those gloves, but they were not affordable for ordinary people. It was cold in winter, and they were just as warm when they put them in the sleeves.

However, they have never seen Feng Heng's gloves before. They are very thin and can be worn in summer. They seem to be specially sewn for work. The style is a little different from the ones they have seen before. Five thumbs are exposed, which is very convenient for work. , with this glove, Feng Heng's hands never had blisters.

Many workers were curious about what Feng Heng had, but because Feng Heng was the owner, they didn't come to ask. This worker was different, Feng Heng's bed was next to him, and the two of them would still talk at night. So it became familiar.

"This is called a glove. My wife specially asked someone to make it for me. It is very convenient to prevent blisters on my hands." Feng Heng said it with a little show off when he heard it, "If you want it, When he brings me food in a while, I'll help you pick it up."

The worker's eyes lit up, and he said quickly: "I want to want it, but I don't know how much these gloves cost. If they are expensive, we may not be able to afford them."

Feng Heng smiled and said: "Not expensive, I asked my wife before, because the fabric of these gloves is very cheap, you can buy better ones for a penny or two, and they are leftovers from making clothes, so a pair of gloves only costs three pennies The money is only as much as a few buns."

A pair of gloves cost three pennies, a pair can be used for many days, and the blisters on the hands are more than three pennies to buy medicine, but you can bear it all the time, but whoever’s hands are not fleshy, and they are afraid of pain, so they pay three pennies You can feel much better, and the workers don't think it's expensive.

Immediately he said he wanted it, and then he asked others if they wanted it. He made a statistics and would come and tell Feng Heng in a while.The workers' speed was very fast, and those workers had long been envious of Feng Heng's gloves, and immediately indicated that they wanted them too.

A few minutes passed, and the workers came back with good news. There were about [-] people on the construction site, and they all wanted a pair. Ten pairs of gloves.

The gloves are set, just wait for Si Yun to arrive.

So, when Si Yun came to find Feng Heng with his lunch, he saw the workers' eyes were very hot. He shook his body, and quickly pulled Feng Heng aside and asked, "Why are they looking at me like that?"

Feng Heng touched the back of Si Yun's hand. Three days later, Si Yun refused to let him go back. Ever since the window paper was pierced, Feng Heng always wanted to be with Si Yun, but Si Yun forbade him to go back. , he had no choice but to endure, and occasionally take advantage of Si Yun when he came.

Si Yun felt the movement on the back of his hand, he rolled his eyes, and quickly withdrew his hand. He was deceived by lard before, so he felt that Feng Heng was honest.Forbidding him to take advantage, Si Yun hurriedly said, "What's going on?"

Seeing that Si Yun really refused to let go, Feng Heng had no choice but to endure the throbbing in his heart, and said seriously: "It's like this, the workers on the construction site saw that I was wearing gloves on my hands, and there were no blisters. Gui, I just want to ask if I can help them make a few pairs.”

Feng Heng looked very honest when he was back to normal, his facial features were tough and his face was resolute, Si Yun felt much more at ease.Although he accepted Feng Heng in his heart, it was still a bit impossible for him to get close to Feng Heng immediately.

He said: "Yes, how many are there in total, I will write it down, and I will tell Fourth Aunt He later."

"A total of thirty pairs." Feng Heng said.

Okay, write down the numbers, Si Yun opened the lunch box and ate with Feng Heng, because he was warned by Si Yun before, Feng Heng didn't dare to move anymore, just stared at Si Yun with his eyes, and finished the meal with difficulty, Si Yun hurriedly asked Feng Heng to collect part of the money, and then left with the lunch box.

"Ayun, can I go back to sleep tonight?" Feng Heng said, "There are so many mosquitoes here, they bite me very itchy."

Si Yun waved his hand, "No way. Didn't I give you mosquito repellent? Put it on the bed before you go to bed, and the mosquitoes won't bite you anymore."

Feng Heng, who intentionally didn't put the mosquito repellent on the bed, sighed, watching Si Yun leave, feeling very disappointed.

Si Yun didn't know that Feng Heng could even throw away the mosquito repellent grass in order to go home, and started to sell miserably. He just wanted to tell Fourth Aunt He about the gloves. Three days ago, he asked Fourth Aunt He to make gloves. Don't let Feng Heng get blisters on his hands, why don't he let the other workers see and then why the fourth aunt solicits business.

Fourth Aunt He worked quickly, and the gloves she made were finely stitched, which would not let those people suffer.

Sleepy came to send a pillow, that's about it.

Arriving at Fourth Aunt He's house, he told Aunt He about the gloves. Seeing a smile on Aunt He's face, Si Yun also felt comfortable.

At the same time, the Wang family, Wang Shu and Wang Linwen entered the cellar, and took out a palm-sized black clay pot. In their cellar, there were twenty clay pots, all of which were filled with heavy jam. Uncle Wang only took out one.

Holding the pot, Uncle Wang asked Wang Linwen to wrap the pot, and he went to drive the ox cart.Driving the ox cart, after three days of preparation, they were finally ready to go to the city to do business, but unlike Mr. Liu, they contacted a restaurant owner Wang Linwen knew when he was selling medicine, and asked if they accepted jam.

The boss was not very interested when he heard that it was jam. Most of the products sold in the market were meat sauce. Some people used to make jam, but the taste was a little bit worse. The market was not good, but he wanted to meet Wang Linwen. So I decided to sell him a face, see you.

It was the boss they went to meet this time.

When they entered the city, they drove the ox cart to the depository, and they rushed to the restaurant.The boss's restaurant is not too small in Qingshan County, and the location is considered prosperous, so it will take a while to walk in from the gate of the city.

Walking along the way, Uncle Wang and Wang Linwen were so nervous that their palms were sweating. In order to divert their attention, they looked around, looked at those people's business, and chatted for a while.While the two were talking, they found a shop selling hot pot, but the business of that shop didn't seem to be very good.

"Father, is that the shop of Si Yun and Feng Heng?" Wang Linwen asked suspiciously.

Although he works in the county, he has never been to the store of Si Yun and Feng Heng, nor has he seen them. When he returned to the village, Si Yun and Feng Heng didn't go out anymore, so he didn't know about them. Where is the hot pot restaurant?

It's not that the business of the two of them is very good and they have made a lot of money. Why are there so few customers?In the eyes of the villagers of Fengjia Village, Si Yun and the others earned a lot of money from selling hot pot, and they didn't think about other aspects at all.

Uncle Wang looked at it for a while, then shook his head slightly, "Probably not. I've heard people who have been to Si Yun's store say that Si Yun's store is not big, very small, and the location is not very good. There is a shop in front of the door. Malatang pot. Not only that, Lao Chen and Aunt Zhou also set up stalls there to sell stewed meat, this store does not have Lao Chen, Aunt Zhou, nor Malatang, so it is definitely not the shop of Si Yun and Feng Heng."

"Since it's not the shop of Si Yun and Feng Heng, why is it also selling hot pot?" Wang Linwen was puzzled.

Next, they were even more puzzled, because there was a hot pot shop behind him. He had only left for a few days, and there were many hot pot shops on the street, but without exception, the business was not good.

This strange phenomenon made the Wang family father and son feel a little uneasy. They didn't suppress their uneasiness until they went to the restaurant because they wanted to discuss business.