The old lady was funny and replied with pride on her face, "That's because you are good at your craftsmanship, otherwise they wouldn't come, right?"
Tao Hongying smiled bitterly, "It's just that the valley is a bit messy. I plan to talk to my second brother about it in the future. We only sell some fruit wine in the valley. Guests are not allowed to bring wine. If something happens, it will be troublesome."
"Okay, you can discuss it with your second brother." The old lady didn't care, but the good news seemed to matter. Something's wrong, I'm thinking about going to the valley in the next few days.
There was nothing to say all night. The next day, Hui Niang saw that the weather was good and she was about to move to the village chief's house.
The old lady asked her to stay for a few more days, but she refused.
The old lady could only help her pack her luggage and keep busy.
When Hui Niang fled here, she had nothing but blood all over her body.
Now it's just the bedding that the couple slept in, plus two sets of clothes and shoes given by Tao Hongying, and some odds and ends.
The old lady took another ten taels of silver and a few handfuls of copper coins, stuffed them into a big purse, and gave them directly to Huiniang.
"You can take this little change. If you need anything else, just buy it back."
Madam Hui refused, but the old lady joked, "Don't be polite to me, this is lent to you, wait until... ...When Li Yong comes back, I will definitely ask him for the account."
Madam Hui gave it up with red eyes. She wanted to do embroidery work and buy something for her children. It was impossible without money. She was still worried about how to ask for a loan. Money, the old lady thought of it.
She kept the kindness of saving lives and taking care of their mother and child so profound, she kept it in her heart and looked forward to repaying her favor in the future...
The village chief's wife was in poor health and rarely showed up in the village on weekdays. She basically stayed at home. The villagers respected the village chief and called her Aunt Wu after the village chief's surname.
Aunt Wu had dried the kang mat in the west room early in the morning, then swept the west room with a broom and heated the kang.
By the time Mrs. Li and others moved their luggage and helped Hui Niang over, the West Room had a new atmosphere.
Huiniang thanked Mrs. Wu tenderly, and Mrs. Li hugged her granddaughter and sat aside to chat with her.
The village chief is restless and would like to travel three or four times a day to and from the village. Aunt Wu is always left at home alone, and the women in the neighboring houses also have their own jobs to earn work points.
Therefore, Aunt Wu was very lonely.
Now that Huiniang is with her, she is happy from the bottom of her heart.
When she heard that Huiniang could embroider, she even smiled from ear to ear.
They both have the same hobbies, and they will find fellow travelers in the future.
Soon, the two of them agreed to take some of the recently embroidered handkerchiefs to an embroidery shop in the city and ask about the price. It would be best to get some larger pieces to earn more money.
Mrs. Li joked, "I'm clumsy, so I definitely can't help with embroidery, but I have a few pieces of good material at home, which were given by Mrs. Cui and Mr. Hou. They will be delivered to me when I have time."
"This will help. " Very busy!" Aunt Wu was weak and her face was slightly pale, but she smiled kindly and held Mrs. Li's hand with gratitude from the bottom of her heart.
"What I should be most grateful for is that you sent Hui Niang such a good companion. From now on, my old man can go wherever he likes. I don't care. When Hui Niang gives birth, there will be a baby at home. It will be even more lively."
Unexpectedly, the village chief came back before he finished speaking, and asked with a smile, "Oh, I just went to the river beach, why am I being kicked out of the house?"
Everyone laughed. When she got up, Aunt Wu scolded her, "You have dog ears. You can hear everything."
Hui Niang stood up and saluted. The village chief waved his hand and told her, "Hui Niang, our old couple has no children. Come and live here. " We all welcome you and will definitely take care of you as our own daughter. You should consider this place as your home and live in a down-to-earth manner."
"Thank you, village chief." Madam Hui saluted again, which made the old man uncomfortable. After saying a few words, she left again. .
From then on, Huiniang moved out of Li's house and lived in the village chief's house, living with the old couple.
Huiniang was diligent, she helped with cooking and laundry when she was healthy, and she did embroidery in her spare time. She was liked by the village elders and they treated her like their own daughter, and looked forward to the children in her belly as their own grandchildren.
The Li family is responsible for Huiniang's tonics. They make delicious food every day and send a copy there, trying their best to take care of her.
The weather is getting warmer day by day, the color of the snow in the mountains and fields is quickly fading, and the fields are also showing mottled colors.
Everything seems to be holding back its energy. Just waiting for the spring breeze to blow and the spring thunder to resound in all directions, it begins to grow at full strength, letting the breath of spring cover the entire world.
The villagers chose Uncle Wu to take over Li Laosi's position and take care of the orchard on the mountain.
The village chief was still in charge of the river beach. Li Laoer taught the children to read in the morning and went to the valley in the afternoon, so he was too busy to touch the ground.
Jiayin even looks for opportunities to go into the space courtyard every night, where various vegetable seedlings, as well as the most important watermelon seedlings and cantaloupe seedlings, are being prepared one after another.
This year, when planting melons, we also need to bring along large locust trees and large and small Wangzhuang trees. This is a big project.
Twenty acres of our riverbank land are planted with peanuts and sweet potatoes, and the remaining fifty acres are planned to be planted with melons this year. Adding the three villages, each village has ten acres, which equals eighty acres of rice seedlings.
The village chief had been anxious for a long time, but fortunately the good news had already been informed to the village through Dongmei, saying that the rice seedlings would be raised by Mr. Hou's farm.
Everyone felt relieved now, after all, last year's seedlings were sent by the Marquis.
There are also two vegetable gardens at the foot of the orchard mountain, about three or four acres, with the intention of growing some vegetables for the guests in the valley.
If the vegetables come out early, they can be sold for more money.
Fortunately, Jiayin is much better at controlling space now.
At least she doesn't have to do physical work anymore, otherwise it will be too much for her small arms and legs.
On this day, Li Zheng from Dahuaishu Village came to the village to ask about the melon vines. He even looked at the boars in the Li family's pig pen, and then carefully asked if they could drive away their sows. Come, get close, get close.
The village chief uncle had discussed it with the Li family a long time ago, and of course he agreed, but it was not a free help.
In the future, when the sow gives birth to piglets, the Li family will have to pay the Li family a boar for their hard work.
Li Zheng agreed immediately, and happily went back to tell the villagers that he was going to line up sows from each family to get married.
The village chief uncle couldn't help but sigh, it's a pity that there were only two boars, otherwise he would have really made a fortune.
Jiayin was hugging her grandma's thigh and listening to the excitement. How could she miss such a good opportunity? She quickly shouted with a smile, "My foster father said there are still pigs to be delivered, many, many!"
The village chief was surprised, "Oh, Mr. Hou. Did you send someone to collect good things for your family again? Is it because our family likes white pigs like this and found them elsewhere?"
The old lady guessed that her granddaughter was up to something, but she wasn't sure, so she could only respond vaguely, "Yes, I guess the Marquis told Ye Shan and Dongmei before he left. There is also a Zhuangzi in the Marquis Mansion, and it is supposed to be useful, but it always ends up being used by us."
"It's all the kindness of the Marquis, just keep it as long as it's delivered to us . "When the pigs are killed during the Chinese New Year, I will share the two heads with the marquis." The village chief smiled happily and said, "The naughty boys have nothing to do after school in the afternoon. Let them cut pig grass later and feed as many pigs as possible."
Not to mention the family. We are busy here for the beginning of spring, only talking about the distant Quanzhou, where Li Zhensheng, Jiayi and Liu Yang are kneeling and kowtow.