Tang Huai lay down for two days.
With her current family background, she didn't dare to stay idle for too long.
She could not stay idle and not dare to go to work. If something happened to her, she would not have the money to treat it.
Thus, she went to cut down a bamboo pole and come back.
Cut the bamboo whips in front of her house.
Tang Li stood next to her and helped out, asking in a unclear tone, "Sister, what are you going to do with the bamboo?"
"Does Tang Li like to eat buns?" Tang Huai glanced at Tang Li and asked with a smile.
"Is it the one you bought for me last time?"
"Yes."
Tang Li swallowed her saliva. "I like it!"
"I'll make you a better steamed bun than that, okay?" This morning, she went to the village entrance to buy pig's feet and two pounds of streaky pork.
The pig's feet were already cooking, and the fragrance wafted throughout the room.
The streaky pork was still in the bowl, and the flour that she bought last time was already turning alcoholic.
She want to make Soup Dumplings!
In her previous life, when she was working in the county town, she went to a restaurant to wash dishes. The business was not good, the restaurant closed down and she lost her job.
After that, she was introduced by a colleague whom she had met in the restaurant and went into a craft workshop to do some work.
This workshop used bamboo whips to weave all kinds of baskets, baskets, dustpanes, small fruit plates, baskets, etc …
Now, she wanted to weave some bamboo cages and steam the Soup Dumplings with bamboo whips.
A little girl of Tang Li's age would always be happy to have something to eat. Moreover, her intelligence was slightly lower than her peers. She was like a little kid and only wanted to eat.
Hearing that there was a Soup Dumplings to eat, she was so happy that she wanted to walk around on the ground.
"Tang Huai, what are you doing?" Su Lin Fang arrived at Tang Huai's home and had a face full of smiles.
She stood under the eaves of the door and swept her eyes over the bamboo whips on the ground.
"Knitting small cages." Tang Huai said.
"You can weave small cages? What are you doing knitting little cages? "
Tang Huai didn't answer Su Lin Fang. Instead, she raised her head and smiled sweetly to Su Lin Fang. "Second Aunt, what business do you have with me?"
Su Lin was better at being a person than Yang Hongxing. Although she looked down on Liu Xiaoyu and often took advantage of her, she would first use softness and then use force.
She squatted down in front of Tang Huai and embarrassingly said, "Your Big Brother Zhidong already has a girl he likes, but he hasn't worked all year and doesn't have any income. I also don't have any money with your Second Uncle …" Sigh, if he didn't have any money, how could he marry a wife? That girl is so beautiful, she has such a good character. However, the girl said that even if she didn't put on the wedding wine, she still had to add a few sets of big red clothes to celebrate. The money for these clothes … How about this, Tang Huai, your family sold the pigs a few days ago and has some money on hand. Why don't you lend me a few hundred dollars first and pay it back when your Brother Zhidong have money? "
She looked at Su Lin Fang with a slightly restrained expression. "Second Aunt, Tang Li and I are going to use that money to pay for our tuition. If I lend it to you, I won't have the money to pay for my tuition."
This era was not like the modern era, where there were nine years of free duties and no tuition fees for children from first grade to middle school.
In this era, the tuition fees were quite expensive. The tuition fees for first year tuition were around 300, while Tang Li's was around 120.
If Su Lin borrowed a few hundred dollars to get a wife for her son and paid the tuition for her and Tang Li, there wouldn't be any living expenses left in the family.
[Before school starts, they also need to pay public rations!]
Besides, would she be able to get back the money she lent to Su Lin?
Tang Huai would not be so foolish as to revive once.
What did it have to do with Tang Zhitong asking for a wife, and whether that girl was beautiful or not, or whether she need big red clothes?
Su Lin smiled, "There's no need for so much tuition fees. You have one thousand and two hundred and let me borrow five hundred. There's still seven hundred left. That's enough to pay tuition."
Tang Huai lightly shook his head with a troubled expression. "Second Aunt, seven hundred yuan isn't enough. We still need to pay the rations." My family has fields, but after my father got sick, the fields have been abandoned and haven't been cultivated, there isn't a single grain harvest. This year, we can only use money to pay the public rations, they all cost several hundred yuan. If I lend you five hundred, I won't have the money to pay for the rations. "
This was the same as paying taxes in the world afterwards. As long as one had their own field, it didn't matter if they were farming or not.
There were two ways of handing in food. There was food to pay for food. If there was no food to pay for food, it would be paid once a year.
"Aiya, your home is already like this, why are you and Tang Li still studying?" Su Lin slapped her thigh and said, "You're a girl, why are you reading so many books? It would be better to work in a county city to earn money. Look at Ailing in our village. After high school, she couldn't get into university, so she still had to go to the restaurant to wash the dishes. "Tang Huai, you don't even need to look at your education to wash the dishes in the restaurant. You don't even need to read anymore. I'll get someone to introduce you to a dishwasher. The salary is definitely higher than Ailing's."
"Second Aunt, I don't want to wash the dishes in a restaurant." In her previous life, she was already afraid of washing them.
"Sure, you don't want to wash the dishes. You can also carry the dishes. Being a waitress is pretty good too. Let me get you to introduce you."
"Second Aunt, you misunderstand me. I want to study, I don't want to work."
"Study what?" Su Lin's voice rose. "What's the use of reading so many books? "Since you've started farming, why waste your money!?"
"..." Tang Huai didn't say anything.
Su Lin glanced at Tang Li and said, "It's fine if you're studying, but it's a waste with Tang Li, right?" Tang Li was not a smart girl. She was only eleven years old and had just finished first grade. She had been in school for such a long time and yet had failed. What was the use of attending school for a silly little girl …
Could someone like her have any future like this? Tang Huai listened to her second aunt. "You really couldn't let Tang Li attend school. It was a waste of money! She is originally a fool, and her walking was abnormal. Thus, it's better to find a good husband to marry her. "
These words had already caused Tang Huai's face to sink.
But she kept her head down, and Su Lin couldn't see it.
Su Lin Fang continued to spout out, "The village idiot has a good family background. Although he is also a fool, he has great strength and knows how to work in the countryside. Just look at how much he has plowed through his fields, he has plentiful harvests of peanuts and rice. Tang Li definitely won't be hungry if she marries him." "He even knows how to catch little birds and frogs. If Tang Li marries, she'll have a taste of fortune. She'll be able to eat meat a lot."
"Second Aunt, Tang Li is still young." Tang Li was only eleven years old.
"Little brat, marry early and raise a child for three to five years."
"Tang Li and I are going to study." Tang Huai raised her head and looked at Su Lin Fang with a calm gaze. "Second Aunt, I don't have any money on me to lend you."
Su Lin Fang was already angry, but she resisted the urge to speak to Tang Huai and forced out a smile. "How can you not have money? You didn't even spend the money to sell the pigs. "
"I saved it."
"In the bank?"
Tang Huai did not reply. Instead, she began to sharpen the bamboo whip.
Su Lin Fang then asked, "Do you have a passbook?"
"If you put your money in a bank, you'll have a passbook." Tang Huai said.