readytorunbook Chapter 325 Winter is Coming
Chapter 325 Winter is Coming
Tonight, the Jiang family is sleeping with a pile of potatoes.
We harvested so many potatoes at home.
There is heavy cold dew at night.
It’s not convenient to leave them outside, so all the potatoes were stuffed into the house.
Utility room, kitchen, main room, bedroom.
Everything was filled except the toilet.
Even Jiang Meng and Jiang Cheng's house was filled with potatoes.
When Jiang Fubao went back to his room to sleep, he had almost no place to put his feet.
Poor Xiaohua can only sleep under the bed.
Because there were too many potatoes, they couldn't fit in the house and were difficult to store.
The next day, Jiang Shoujia went looking for someone in the village.
He wanted to expand his backyard and dig three cellars to store all the potatoes.
In addition, the weather was cold, and Jiang Meng and Jiang Cheng felt very cold sleeping in the wooden thatched house, which was drafty everywhere. So they simply used bluestone bricks to rebuild a small house in the expanded backyard, dividing it into two rooms, one for each of them.
The villagers who made money were so grateful to the Jiang family that they worked very hard.
The cellar was dug in just two days.
As for the house, it is still under construction.
From then on, Jiang’s Snack Shop no longer restricted the purchase of potatoes.
Therefore, the shop is always full of people every day.
After all, the price of food remained high, and a meal at a restaurant would cost at least half a tael of silver or even one tael. However, even if the price of the rice crusted potatoes at the Jiang family snack shop had increased, they were still only thirty cents a bowl. They were fragrant, spicy, sweet and sour, and tasted better than meat.
Go for a meal, order several dishes, and eat as much as you want, all for less than 200 wen.
Almost every wealthy family in the town would stay at Jiang's snack shop. Not only that, many people from the nearby Baishui Town also came here by horse-drawn carriage. They would go to Lianshan Town in the morning, queue up to eat, and then go back in the afternoon.
The business of Jiang’s snack shop is becoming more and more prosperous.
After a heavy rain.
The temperature dropped sharply.
Jiang Fubao put on his winter coat.
These are the new clothes that grandma bought for her.
It's pretty.
The cuffs and collar of the fish-white top were edged with silver-gray rabbit fur. Many plum blossoms were sewn on the fabric, sparkling in the sunlight, as if they were embroidered with silver thread.
The lower body is a light cloud-colored pleated skirt with the same pattern as the lining that can be seen through the cuffs.
To match the dress, Zhang Yanzi also tied two small bags for her with light blue hairbands.
Another silver butterfly was inserted.
As Jiang Fubao walked, the butterfly swayed back and forth, reflecting the light, and the two hanging beads collided back and forth, making a tinkling sound.
Looks smart and lively.
At first glance, she is the kind of girl who is pampered by a wealthy family.
After staying in the backyard for too long and feeling a little bored, Jiang Fubao ran to the door of the shop to play.
I accidentally bumped into someone.
Jiang Fubao almost fell to the ground, but was caught by the man.
This avoids falling.
"Little girl, are you okay? Who are you from?"
Meng Zhili touched her head and felt that she looked very unfamiliar.
With the way she dresses, her family must be rich and she is pampered.
And which wealthy family in the town didn't he know?
But I have never seen this little girl.
"Uncle, I'm from Zhang Jinlan's family." Jiang Fubao wanted to say his father and mother's names, but he was afraid that the uncle in front of him wouldn't recognize them, so he introduced his grandmother's name.
"Zhang Jinlan? I've never heard of her. Little girl, there are a lot of bad guys out there. Don't run around. Where are your parents? Are you lost? Do you want me to take you home?"
Meng Zhili looked around, but saw no one looking for the girl in front of him.
He was kind-hearted and prepared to send Jiang Fubao home.
"Look, over there." Jiang Fubao pointed at Jiang Eryong who came out to greet the guests.
"Fubao, what's wrong?" Jiang Eryong thought his niece had met a human trafficker and hurried over to meet him.
"Uncle, I accidentally bumped into someone. This uncle thought I was lost and wanted to take me home." Jiang Fubao explained quickly.
"Oh, so that's how it is. Thank you so much, brother. Jiang's Snack Shop is owned by my family. My niece often plays outside the door and she didn't get lost. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm."
Jiang Eryong clasped his fist and thanked Meng Zhili.
"That's good. I thought the girl got separated from her family. I'm glad she didn't get lost. The Jiang's Snack Shop wasn't even open when I left. It's changed so much in just one year. Madam, shall we come and try it some other day?"
Meng Zhili stroked his beard and said to Dong Qingyuan beside him.
"it is good."
The couple left hand in hand.
They look particularly affectionate.
Jiang Fubao always felt that they looked familiar.
But I can't remember when I saw them.
She quickly put this matter behind her.
Returned home in the evening.
Jiang Fubao discovered that there were a few more people in the yard.
It was Old Chen, whose family was almost wiped out by conscription and labor service.
The three of them, grandparents and grandchildren, stood in the yard and talked to their grandfather.
"Chief, I owe you these two taels of silver. Thank you for your help. Otherwise, my grandson would not be able to come back. Thank you very much, Chief. Come on, kowtow to me."
Old Chen turned his head and spoke to his grandson Chen Tianfeng.
The latter knelt down immediately without any hesitation.
"Plop" sound.
Very honest.
The reason why Old Chen was so excited was that more than twenty people who had previously gone to perform labor service fell into the water and drowned.
It scared a lot of people.
Therefore, Old Chen was particularly grateful to Jiang Shoujia.
Otherwise his grandson is one of those people.
"Okay, get up quickly. It's not New Year yet. Why are you kneeling? I don't have any New Year's money to give you. Get up." Jiang Shoujia joked.
Helped him up.
Old Chen's wife, Mrs. Cui, put another bamboo basket on the table.
"We should have paid you back a long time ago, but my grandson went to the mountains to catch rabbits and collected some rabbit fur. I wanted to sew a neck guard for your granddaughters so that they wouldn't get frozen in the cold weather. So I wasted some time and only came back now to pay you back. And this piece of meat was just bought today. Use it to cook and eat."
After saying this, Mrs. Cui took Old Chen and her grandson away.
I was afraid that Jiang Shoujia would not accept the bamboo basket.
Despite his age, his legs and feet are in very good condition and he can run very fast.
I can't catch up with it.
"Grandpa, I'm back. Give me a hug." Jiang Fubao stepped over the threshold and rushed to his grandfather.
She actually wanted to see if the rabbit fur neck guard in the bamboo basket looked good.
Just too short.
can not see.
I can only let my grandfather hold me.
"Okay, grandpa's good granddaughter is back, she must be held." Jiang Shoujia picked up his granddaughter with one hand and sat down deliberately so that his granddaughter could just see into the bamboo basket.
"Wow, this rabbit fur is so white." Unlike the rabbit fur on her body, which was light gray.
In the daytime, it looks somewhat like silver, which is quite nice.
But she still likes this snow-white rabbit fur.
Coincidentally, there are five in total.
Just enough to share with my three sisters and sister-in-law, one for each.
"Old man, this thing is not cheap. If you take it to the town to sell, five rabbit fur skins can be exchanged for at least one tael of silver, not to mention that Mrs. Cui sewed it into a neck guard, so the gift is a bit heavy."