C254 Burden of others

"Nope." Madame Song waved her hand and said, "I'm speaking the truth, you have been walking around outside the entire time, you know as much as I do, so you can do whatever you want." Madame Song waved her hand and said, "I'm speaking the truth, you have been walking around the outside as you know as much as I can, so you can do whatever you want, and you can do what you want.

Mian Niang smiled, "You aren't the kind of person who likes to take advantage of others."

To put it bluntly, living a hard life and saving money from the gaps between her teeth, she always hoped that she would spend every single cent on the blade. She was also afraid that since Mian Niang was young and a woman, it would be easy for her to take advantage of him.

The two of them had the same opinion, so they didn't feel aggrieved in their hearts. Only then were they able to live a comfortable life.

29, Mian Niang got up early again, and busied herself for the whole morning, cleaning up the entire house, both inside and outside, and also took off the bed sheets and washed all the dirty clothes that she changed out of. It was almost night time while she was busy.

Previously when he was selling tofu, he had told the villagers around the village that after 28, he would not be making tofu anymore.

At night, Mian Niang cooked a plate of Braised bean curd with red sauce based on the method used by the Master Zhang to make tofu and brought it to the table. Song Zhien ate with his sweet mouth and tongue, even Madame Song Li praised the tofu's taste.

"What am I doing, the Master Zhang's tofu is delicious, it's a pity that our family doesn't have the complete seasoning, I'm just watching by the side, remember this."

"Then it's no wonder that the Peach Blossom House is a famous restaurant in the city. Even an ordinary Braised bean curd with red sauce can be cooked so delicious."

Mian Niang nodded: "The head storekeeper, the Master Zhang and the others are also kind and righteous."

"That's true. In the past, I always felt that making a business transaction was a difficult task, that I would have to make up for everything if I wasn't careful, especially us country people, who neither have the brains of others nor the eloquence of others, just felt that farming in our home was the most effective way to save money. No matter how difficult it was, we could always make a living every year. It's Your Abba and I, we thought it was too narrow. "

Song Zhien was pouring out the tofu soup at the bottom of the pot and eating. He had been running very fast for the past half year, and now that he was close to Mian Niang's ears, he could eat even more.

Mian Niang looked at his brother who was stuffing his mouth with food, and shook his head: "If we weren't forced into a corner, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to make tofu right now."

"That's true. If we didn't experience so many things, we wouldn't even know how to make tofu, let alone hope to earn money from it." Madame Song Li laughed bitterly, Mian Niang learned tofu making from the tofu hyacinth, but if it wasn't for this marriage, so many things wouldn't have happened in her family, and her family would still be living a poor and peaceful life.

If time had flowed back, she would rather Mian Niang had not learned how to make tofu.

It was a pity that time couldn't flow back. In this lifetime, the hardest thing to buy was regret medicine.

Madame Song Li was silent for a moment.

After Song Zhien finished eating, the siblings cleaned up the dishes, but Mian Niang did not immediately return to her room. Instead, she sat down beside Madame Song and helped her to twist the hemp rope, which was used to hold the soles of her shoes. Although Madame Song said that it was not good, and her body was not good, but in this house, all the needlework of various sizes were basically made by her. Even the shoes that Mian Niang had made half-way was also made by Madame Song.

The shape of the shoes on the brick bed was now a single shoe worn during spring and summer.

Madame Song Li looked at the newly cut uppers in the basket and said: "hyposome's legs are crazily long, the shoes you're wearing now are even bigger than ours. The shoes and socks have not even come out, they've already been pushed out by the toes. "

"Brother is growing, of course his feet will grow as well." Brother is growing, of course his feet will grow as well.

Although Madame Song Li complained, she was happy in her heart. In this world, what parents would want to hear the most would be the same. Other than their children being promising, it meant their children were healthy and happy.

Song Zhien moved a chair over and sat down on it to write. Luckily, he was able to sit still, and only smiled slightly when he heard his mother and sister's discussion.

Mian Niang observed the situation and explained her plan, "Mother, I have an idea."

"What idea?"

"In our family's five acres of land, let's not grow it ourselves. Let's rent it out and return in the autumn to collect some rent."

"Why not? That little bit of land, is what the Your Abba has saved up for us for a lifetime. Furthermore, we are from the countryside, farmers. Even if he could make tofu. He couldn't just give up on the basics. Yesterday, I said that you can make decisions in anything, but today, you gave me such a big idea.

Mian Niang had predicted that her mother would think this way, and would even be prepared to be scolded. In comparison, Mrs Song's tone could be considered gentle.

Mian Niang patiently explained: "Mother, five mu of land, how much income can we earn in a year? If we go there to pay taxes, we can barely live on it, and then we have to spend manpower and resources. If we have a strong labourer, we can also do those heavy labors, but we don't have this kind of labourer, the heavy labourers on the ploughs, I won't be able to do it, and I'll also have to delay making tofu."

Madame Song and Li were still unmoved. "These neighbors, whoever helps with this, can plant those acres of land. Why not?"

"Yes, our neighbors won't laugh at us, there are so many people in Tian Jia Wan, no matter what, they can help us plant the land, but Mother, think about it, can we always rely on their help?

Whose family doesn't want to support themselves? Spring harvest, three forays in the summer, can you all count on others? "

Madame Song Li harrumphed, "In the future, we will naturally slowly repay this favor."

"Mother, our family has owed a lot of favors since the incident happened, and the more we owe, the more we owe. How can we take the money to repay them? We live our own lives, so what right do we have to burden others with our daily lives?"

Madame Song Li did not make a sound, she had heard Mian Niang's words, but when she thought about how her own land was planted by someone else, she was still unwilling.

Mian Niang did not urge her, "Mother, there's still a long way to go until spring comes. Please think about it carefully, if you really don't want to, we will not force you."

Madame Song Li saw Mian Niang's smiling face and wanted to get angry, but Song Zhien also turned to look at her. His two children looked as if they were afraid that she would be angry, and their expressions were filled with caution.

How did he leave such an unreasonable impression on his two children?

Madame Song Li's anger seemed to be stuck in her heart, unable to come out, unable to go down, tormenting her to the point of being unbearable. However, even when Mian Niang went back to her room to rest, she did not release her anger.

But this night, he couldn't avoid tossing and turning.

According to the customs of the countryside, when a family member dies, couplets cannot be posted within three years.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Madame Song only cut two windows for Mian Niang to stick to the window for luck.

Everything else made a clear contrast with the bustle of A Yun's house next door.

Song Zhien went to the patriarch's house, and after paying respects to his ancestors, he returned. At night, the sounds of firecrackers could be heard, and Mian Niang cooked the dumplings that Peach Blossom House gave him.

Sitting at the dining table, Madame Song looked at the two empty seats and sighed: "I wonder how Yours's army camp celebrated their new year."

Mian Niang gave her some dumplings as she held the chopsticks in her hand. When she thought of his father and brother, tears welled up in her eyes. Ye Zichen turned around and went into the kitchen to get two pairs of chopsticks, treating it as if his elder brother and father were still there.

Song Zhien got up and brought a stool over, and placed it on the same seat that Song Youfu and Song Zhixiao usually sat at when they were at home.

However, no matter how much he tried to convince himself, his father and elder brother were no longer around.

In the end, Madame Song Li tried to persuade the two of them, "Forget it, let's have fun this new year. Don't think about anything bad. Yours has shed his sin, and might even be able to reunite with us again next year during the new year. "

The living were more important than the dead. They had to take good care of those who were close to them.

Madame Song Li sighed in her heart.

After the new year, Mian Niang had to be at the sixth day of the new year before she could make tofu. In these two days, it was rare for him to have leisure to do so. It was just that Song Zhien had also gone to someone else's house to kowtow and pay respects to New Year. In the past, there had always been two brothers, but this year, he was the only one among the little fellows.

After returning from a round of worship, his pockets were filled with candy and melon seeds, as well as a few red packets. They were all given to him by his uncles; he didn't have much money and only had a copper coin.

Song Zhien took the red packet and placed it in Madame Song's hands, and said softly: "None of the other children had it, it was all secretly stuffed in my aunt's hands. And inside this, I looked. Five bronze coins, it was given to me by my grandfather. He told me to be obedient, be sensible, and help the Sis A out a lot. "

If a group of children came, they wouldn't be able to give them one by one. Therefore, everyone had long since agreed that no matter which family they went to, they wouldn't be able to give them a red packet.

This was also the first time Song Zhien received a red packet.

Song Li looked at the red packet in her hand and thought of what Mian Niang had said: "Mother, ever since something happened to our family, we have owed them a lot of favors, the more we owe them the more. How can we take the money to repay them?

Yes, what right did he have to make his own life a burden to others?