The road to wealth of a peasant widow

When it comes to eloquence, Chen Dahe is no match for Chen Cui. She only said a few words to him and left him helpless. He could only accept the piece of silver with a blushing face.

Chen Cui took the opportunity to tell him that they should act separately and meet back at the grocery store at lunch time.

Chen Dahe, who had received the silver, was still dizzy. No matter what Chen Cui said, he could only nod. When he came to his senses, Chen Cui had already walked away.

Chen Cui did it on purpose. She separated from him purposely so that she could buy things that she planned to keep in her space and that were not convenient to show to others.

However, before that, she had to go to the blacksmith shop to buy a few things.

The first thing is to buy a pot.

She has been enduring this for a long time. The only pot used for cooking, frying, steaming buns and boiling water at home is the same one. No matter how clean it is, she still often feels that the water she drinks has a peculiar smell. Therefore, it is imperative to buy a new pot specifically for cooking.

There are also new axes and saw blades that need to be purchased to improve the efficiency of felling trees and splitting branches, which is also essential.

What Chen Cui didn't expect was that she would need to register her household registration information to buy these appliances. Fortunately, she had put all the important things in a space, so it was not difficult to take them out now.

She pretended to take out her household registration card from the backpack, but actually took it out from the space, and gave it to the owner for registration.

Axes and saw blades are in stock, and the store even has axe handles and saw bodies. Only the pot needs to be customized according to size, which takes at least four days to deliver.

Chen Cui paid a deposit and received a note with the equipment, size and amount written on it, and agreed with the owner to pick up the goods in five days.

These items together cost nearly one or two taels of silver, which made Chen Cui deeply realize the preciousness of iron utensils at that time.

Next, she went to the furniture store to buy the bathtub she had always dreamed of.

At first she wanted to buy the largest size, thinking it would have more space and make her comfortable and relaxed while bathing. But when it came to paying, she suddenly hesitated.

She thought about how she had to use a big pot to boil water every time she took a bath, and she had to add water to the bucket herself. Moreover, the capacity of the pot at home was limited. If she used the largest bathtub, it would be too wasteful and troublesome.

Finally, she chose a middle size according to her needs, which allowed her to take a bath comfortably without using too much water.

Moreover, there is a drainage hole at the bottom of this bath tub, which is blocked by a wooden plug. After taking a bath, you can just pull out the plug to drain the water, which is quite convenient.

Alas, actually she prefers taking a shower, which is truly clean, convenient and hygienic. Unfortunately, due to limited conditions, it is simply not possible for the time being, so she can only wash in a bucket for now.

She asked her servants to help her carry the bath tub to a dead end, pretending that she was waiting for her family there.

After the waiter left, she dragged the bathtub a few steps into the alley, put it into the space when no one was around, and then quickly turned around and left.

After buying the bath tub, she also went to buy a small stove that could burn charcoal.

Nowadays, there is plenty of charcoal at home. With a small stove, you can not only light it for heating in winter, but also put a clay pot on it to boil water. If you want to use hot water temporarily, you don’t have to go to the kitchen to boil a big pot.

This stove is made of red clay, small and exquisite, no more than a foot high. According to the shop owner, it can hold both clay pots and teapots, and can be used to boil tea or warm wine.

Chen Cui also bought a matching teapot, which makes it convenient to drink hot water in winter. The stove is placed in the corner of the main room, so it doesn’t take up any space and is very convenient.

However, no matter how small these two things were, they were still made of pottery and were still quite heavy, making them not very easy to carry. Besides, she had to buy other things, and it was inconvenient to carry them with her. So she made an agreement with the store owner to leave them in the store first and come back to get them later in a ox cart.

When passing by a dim sum shop, Chen Cui went in and bought two boxes of the same dim sum as last time and half a pound of sugar.

The pastries she brought home last time, although not expensive, smelled sweet and tempting. For a farm child, they were a rare delicacy.

She gave the cakes to Changping for safekeeping and asked him to share them with his younger brothers. She never asked about it again afterwards.

But later she found out that the three sons only ate a piece at first to taste it, and kept the rest and fed it to Sui Sui one by one.

Changfu said that such precious and delicious things should be left for his younger sister to eat.

When he said this, the expression on his face was serious and frank, showing that he had no intention of coveting those snacks, but at the same time, his throat rolled uncontrollably and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Chen Cui looked at him and felt sad and helpless. He was less than eight years old and was still a child!

It's all because of poverty. If the family was well-off, there would be no need for a child to suppress his inner desires so deliberately.

Somehow, she thought of her life in an orphanage as a child.

At that time, there was also a shortage of supplies. The government allocated limited amounts of money, and there were many children, so not everyone could eat enough.

What she looked forward to most at that time was that the kind uncles and aunts would come to visit them with biscuits and bread, and the caregivers would distribute them in front of them.

She would usually eat it on the spot. The good mood brought by a biscuit or a twisted dough stick could last for several days. It was one of the few happy moments in her poor childhood.

Therefore, Chen Cui always felt that the happiness and satisfaction that cakes and sweets can bring to children are irreplaceable.

So this time she bought a little more so that the three big ones could also eat them and she wouldn't have to be too hard on herself.

Chen Cui went to the market to see if there were any egg-laying hens for sale. The whole family needed additional nutrition, and the eggs laid by the two chickens at home were not enough.

She was lucky enough to meet a chicken seller. There were seven grown chickens in the cage, five hens and two roosters.

Chen Cui wanted to buy three hens, but the old man selling chickens made a very demanding request: "If you want to buy chickens, you must buy all seven chickens together, otherwise I won't sell them."

No wonder his chickens looked good, but he hadn't sold a single one in the morning. Chen Cui was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Ordinary people usually don't buy roosters specifically. If they do buy something, they will only buy hens that can lay eggs. And no one would buy so many at once. If he insisted on his own opinion, he might not be able to sell them even if he waited for two more days.

Chen Cui originally wanted to buy from another stall, but after walking around, she found that although the other two stalls also sold chickens, they were not in good spirits and the hens all looked listless. Although she didn't understand much, she could tell that the chickens were not very good.

It would be fine if she bought them to eat meat and then kill them when she got home, so it wouldn't matter whether the chickens were in good health or not. But she bought the chickens to raise them for laying eggs, so naturally she had to choose healthy chickens.

So she had no choice but to go back to the old man's stall and bargain with him.

Finally, before the old man got angry, they managed to agree on a price. She spent a total of two hundred and seventy cents on seven chickens, and the cage that contained the chickens was also given to her so she could take it away.

The old man packed up angrily and prepared to go home, while Chen Cui smiled and carried the chicken coop back to the grocery store to meet Chen Dahe.