Chapter 421: Supporting Zhang Xiaocao
Aunt Zhang's face was darker than the bottom of a pot, her eyes were about to spit fire, and her whole body was tense, like an old hen with flying hair.
The bronze ox, iron ox and wooden ox beside her were not much better. Only Zhang Xiaocao looked at the second aunt and cousin who were showing off in front of her, with a faint expression and unmoved.
Second Aunt Zhang pointed at the silk flower on Zhang Chunhua's hair and introduced it very carefully: "Did you see it? This is a silk flower! Silk flowers are much more expensive than cloth flowers. You know it without me saying it, right?
Oh, I forgot, you can't afford silk flowers at all, and you don't know how expensive they are."
Aunt Zhang snorted and gritted her teeth and said: "When the men in the village go to the capital to sell rabbits, I will ask someone to bring back a silk flower! Isn't it just a silk flower? Chunhua can wear it, Xiaocao can wear it too!"
"The batch at the end of last year was said to be the last batch. Auntie, are you still not giving up?" Zhang Chunhua stroked the silk flower on her ear and spoke carefully, for fear that the vibration would cause the silk flower to fall to the ground and get dirty.
Tongniu replied loudly: "That's because the city is too chaotic. After Governor Ling rectified it, the city has become much better. Rabbits can definitely be sold again!"
"How is it possible? The outside world has been in chaos for a long time, and it will only get worse. Don't think too much;
Besides, this is a gift from my husband's family. Sister Xiaocao is older than me, but she still has to rely on her family to buy it. It's really hard to say" Zhang Chunhua glanced at Xiaocao sideways and snorted from her nose.
One is a flower and the other is a grass. How can she compare with herself.
Aunt Zhang said angrily: "Xiaocao earns more than 600 wen a month in the herbal medicine shop. She doesn't need to rely on her family at all!
Her two brothers went out to deliver herbs this time, and they can also earn several taels of silver. It's better for her to have a family to rely on than not to have one."
What's so great about finding a husband's family! Is her Xiaocao afraid that she can't find it if she wants to find it? It's just that she delayed it.
Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes when she heard the last sentence. She said coldly, "You work so hard to go out and earn only a few taels of silver. You have five sons. If I remember correctly, Jinniu is already 19 and Yinniu is 18, right?
Oh, you are so old and still haven't married. Who can you give the few taels of silver you earn? Our Chunhua has a full 10 taels of betrothal gifts. How can Xiaocao have that?
By the way, I heard that the herbal medicine shop has stopped working. Does that mean Xiaocao will also lose her 600 wen salary every month? Aren't such a big girl eating for free at home?"
"My sister is not eating for free!" Tieniu shouted loudly, and then changed his words: "For our family, there is no such thing as eating for free! Whether my sister earns money or not, it's the same!"
"Yes!" Muniu followed closely.
Zhang Xiaocao felt warm in the heart, pulled his brother over, and whispered: "Don't tell them, let them show off and leave quickly, then our house will be quiet."
Since childhood, the second aunt's family has always loved to compare with their family, because their family is the poorest! Their family had a good life before, and they haven't come for a long time. This cousin talked about marriage, and learned that the herbal medicine workshop stopped working, so she immediately came to show off.
Aunt Zhang finally got this opportunity, but she would not leave easily: "It was so good at the beginning, with wages, clothes and lunch provided. I thought it was every month, but it turned out to be only a few months. Isn't it back now?
And the medicinal materials you make have to be transported to such a far place to sell, so it must be difficult to sell. I advise you to find a good husband for Xiaocao as soon as possible, otherwise the medicinal materials shop will be gone, and Xiaocao is old. Who will want her? Don't let it be a waste of money."
Speaking of the medicinal materials shop, Zhang Xiaocao's eyes turned cold, looking at her aunt coldly, and said sternly: "When Aunt Shuiqing recruited people, she clearly said that it would only be a few months!
You can't pay wages even if the medicinal materials are gone. If Aunt is so generous, then you will make up for the wages?
Even if Aunt doesn't like the five months, I have earned more than three taels of silver. May I ask how many taels Aunt can earn in a year?"
Aunt Zhang's face turned ugly.
A girl actually earned more than three taels of silver in just five months, and almost ten taels in three years! If it was Chunhua, she would not want her to get married.
"Aunt, look, my clothes are made of fine cloth inside and coarse cloth outside, which is much smoother than the linen you are wearing! By the way, this is also issued by the herbal medicine shop, and there are two sets of clothes for changing. I have never worn such good materials since I was a child. Chunhua, have you put them on?
Well, Chunhua, I guess your husband's family gave you some inside when you betrothed, right? Is it silk, so they don't like my fine cotton cloth?" Zhang Xiaocao turned to Zhang Chunhua and asked.
Zhang Chunhua's face turned pale and blue, and she gritted her teeth, unable to refute.
Not to mention fine cotton cloth, there is no linen cloth!
Even the ten taels of betrothal silver was given to the Fan family by the old village chief out of kindness last time, otherwise he couldn't even take it out. The silk flowers were also bought long ago. Now Fan Dazhu is waiting for her to come in and serve him, and he is unwilling to give anything else.
Her only advantage now is that she got married earlier than her cousin!
But she and her mother have said this repeatedly several times, but her cousin's family didn't say anything. They only refuted her when she said she wanted to make money. Don't they care?
How is it possible?
Which girl doesn't want to get married and have children early...
"Hey, Aunt Zhang, your house is so lively." Shuiqing came in, her voice was crisp.
She actually listened for a long time outside the gate - not intentionally, after all, the yard is not soundproof.
Speaking of the herbal medicine shop, she had to listen more.
When Aunt Zhang saw Shuiqing, she had long forgotten the unhappiness in her heart. She smiled widely and said in a loud voice, "Shuiqing, come in and sit down!
Muniu, go and move that armchair out. Xiaocao, go and make a cup of brown sugar water! "
When they heard that there was brown sugar water, Aunt Zhang and Zhang Chunhua's faces became more and more ugly. They hadn't made any for so long, but Shuiqing, an outsider, had it.
Shuiqing really didn't like brown sugar water, but the highest standard for entertaining women in the village was brown sugar water. In the past, she would definitely say no, but today.
She looked at Zhang Chunhua and the others and said with a smile: "Okay, put more brown sugar, it will taste better if it is thick."
Aunt Zhang sighed loudly and said repeatedly: "There is too much brown sugar at home, it will definitely taste good!"
Aunt Zhang gritted her teeth when she heard that there was too much brown sugar.
I didn't expect that my sister-in-law, who used to be hungry, now has too much precious brown sugar at home.
The jealousy in Zhang Chunhua's eyes was about to overflow. She turned her head and sneered at Shuiqing: "Xiaocao is no longer working in the herbal medicine shop. You drank her precious brown sugar. Does she have money to buy it? "
Shui Qing sat steadily on the armchair, raised her eyebrows and looked at the two of them, and said casually: "Although the herbal medicine shop is closed, I plan to start making brushes in March, so I just came to ask her if she is willing."