Chapter 64 The Ke family is here
Ruan Xiaoyu looked frightened and shook her head in refusal, "Aunt, if you can help me bury my grandpa and take me in, you are my great benefactor. I can eat well and live well in this family. , I am already very content and don’t need to buy jewelry.”
"I'll give it to you if I tell you!" Han smiled cheerfully, turned to look at Su Tai, and advised earnestly: "There are no elders in Shen Yi's family. When you get married, you will have to rely on yourself in everything. Your parents are the only ones who can All I have to do is prepare some extra dowry for you. I really can’t get involved with the rest, so just keep it in peace.”
Having said that, Su Tai would naturally not push the money out. Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities to repay her parents for their upbringing.
Early the next morning, Su Chunlin drove the ox cart and took the women at home to Moshi Town.
There are only two shops selling jewelry in Moshi Town. One is larger and sells more expensive items. The other is a small shop that sells ordinary women's business, selling more ordinary rouge, gouache, flower, wood, hairpins, copper hairpins and the like. Yes, there are also silver jewelry, not many, and the styles are old.
Mr. Han had money and was buying a dowry for his daughter. Naturally, he didn't want to offend Su Tai, so he went to a larger jewelry shop.
After looking around, the silver hairpins in the shop range from thick to thin, the expensive ones are five or six taels, the cheap ones are one or two taels, and most of the silver bracelets are more than one or two taels.
Han had been frugal for half his life, but he was hesitant about buying something. After hesitating, he bought a silver hairpin worth two taels for each of Su Tai and Ruan Xiaoyu, a pair of silver bracelets worth one or two ounces, and a pair of necklaces worth one ounce or more.
These cost ten taels of silver.
Han felt distressed and refused to spend any more money after paying the money. She even refused to take the silver hairpin that Su Chunlin chose for her.
Su Tai observed silently from the side, then stepped forward and said, "Mom and dad, you go see the cows first, and I'll take a stroll later."
Han immediately dragged Su Chunlin away.
As soon as they left, Ruan Xiaoyu asked: "Sister, where should we go?"
Su Tai took her to the shelf and took a closer look. She chose a silver hairpin inlaid with jade, a pair of exquisite silver bracelets, and two dark but elegant wooden hairpins. Let the shopkeeper wrap it up.
Then he picked five pairs of pearl flowers, a small box of silk flowers, a pair of hostas, and collected twenty taels of silver.
Ruan Xiaoyu was dumbfounded when she saw her paying the money without blinking, and muttered absentmindedly, "Sister, why did you buy so much jewelry?"
Su Tai knocked Ruan Xiaoyu's head in a funny way, "Stupid! Of course it's for everyone. I'll give you this hosta and this pair of beaded flowers. You can choose the silk flowers yourself. Choose whatever you like."
"No, no, no, no, no, aunt has already bought me a lot." Ruan Xiaoyu shook her head like a rattle.
Su Tai refused to be polite to her and said to herself: "These precious silver hairpin bracelets and wooden hairpins are for my mother. When she got married, her grandfather's family was very poor and they didn't give her any dowry at all. In recent years, she has been worried about me because of my illness." , she didn’t even have a decent piece of jewelry on her body. Her father wanted to buy it for her just now, but she couldn’t bear to spend the money.
Since my mother can't bear to spend it and won't let my father spend it, I'll buy it for her. You can cover it up for me later and keep it secret for now. I'll give it to her before I get married. Then she won't be able to withdraw even if she wants. "
Ruan Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly to ensure her cooperation.
They left Moshi Town only after Su Chunlin and Han had selected the cow and obtained the deed.
On the way, Mr. Han really asked Su Tai what she had bought.
Ruan Xiaoyu helped change the topic, and Han didn't ask any more questions.
Two days before Su Tai's wedding, the Ke family, who were far away in the ice field, finally arrived. With their family, there were thirty-six sheep in the village.
Such a huge formation alarmed all the men, women and children in the village, and they followed the sheep in a very strange way.
Su Chunlin and Han heard the noise and came out to see it. Seeing that it was Sun Nizi and her brother-in-law Ke Dasong, they hurried forward to make arrangements.
Mrs. Huang teased: "Mother Xiao Tai, have you got all your belongings back?"
Mrs. Han was in a panic and looked at Sunizi, who had a weathered face, asking for help, "Sister, what are you going to do with these sheep? Where are their rations?"
Thirty-six sheep were not three or six, and she was completely unprepared.
Sun Nizi felt awkward, smiled awkwardly, and said, "We originally wanted to sell the sheep along the way, but only fourteen of the fifty sheep were sold, and more than half were left."
Su Tai, who ran out, happened to hear this and immediately looked at Huang, "Auntie, why don't you ask the village chief to see if there is anyone in the village who is willing to buy sheep?
It just so happens that every household has made some money this year, and it’s time to give the elderly and children at home a supplement. Goat milk is a great supplement. Drink a bowl of it every day in the winter, and you will definitely be full of energy when you go to the fields in spring!
Even if you don’t buy milk-producing ewes, you can still buy rams. It’s not expensive to buy one from several families. Think about it, how expensive meat is during the Chinese New Year! A kilogram of pork costs seventy or eighty yuan, not to mention mutton, which can be sold for hundreds of yuan. If you buy it now and raise it until the Chinese New Year, you can still grow a few more kilograms of meat. The price is definitely cheaper than the Chinese New Year, and you won't lose money if you choose. "
Su Tai's little mouth really brainwashed many villagers. Before Huang could say anything, some villagers asked Sun Nizi about the price.
It took Sunizi a while to react, and she replied awkwardly: "A pound of live meat costs sixty cents, and a pound of killed meat costs eighty cents."
"Then you must buy live ones!" the villagers shouted, and some people had already picked them up.
People with many elderly people and children at home prefer milk-producing ewes, so they asked Sunizi to help select ewes.
Ke Dasong immediately separated the ewes and rams and let everyone choose.
In just two quarters of an hour, fifteen sheep had been bought by the villagers.
Su Chunlin helped Sun Nizi collect money and settle accounts, while Han helped the villagers select sheep, and was too busy to even bother with the luggage on the cart.
Su Tai took the initiative to help push the cart into the yard. When she got closer, she discovered the little girl hiding in the pile of luggage.
The two looked at each other, and Su Tai blinked hard before tentatively asking: "Cousin?"
Ke Yunyun smiled slightly at Su Tai, with curved eyebrows, eyes as bright as stars, a little red lip under the bridge of her delicate nose, and a pair of cute pear dimples, which made Su Tai stunned.
What a beauty as beautiful as a dodder flower!
"Cousin?" Ke Yunyun saw Su Tai lost in thought and called out weakly.
Only then did Su Tai react and hurried forward to dig her out from the pile of luggage.
When Ke Yunyun was next to her, Su Tai felt the girl's weakness again. Remembering what Su Chunlin said before, she frowned subconsciously and asked, "What's wrong with my cousin's body?"
Ke Yunyun pursed her lips and lowered her eyes, "I'm not in good health. I can't blow the wind and can't stand the cold. I couldn't even go out of the house when I was on the ice field. I started coughing incessantly in autumn. The witch doctor also looked at it. I took medicine, but it couldn’t be cured, so my parents decided to take me to my uncle’s house to see a doctor outside.”
Su Tai asked in surprise: "I see that my cousin has no cough since she entered the house."
Ke Yunyun's cheeks were slightly red and she was a little excited, "It's strange to say that since I left the ice field, my cough has been relieved a lot. I only cough when I feel the wind. My parents and brothers are also very surprised. They also said that I would have known better." So you should send me out early.”