Song Sanniang's Journey to Wealth

In the past, when I went to the village chief's house, I would only see him smoking a pipe in the yard.

Today, I went to the village chief's house. The village chief's house was full of people. Someone saw Song Lao Er and shouted, "Song Bai is here."

The village chief and his two sons were surrounded by a group of people. When they heard the voice, everyone looked in the direction of the voice and consciously made way for Song Lao Er.

Song Lao Er was a little surprised. He smiled at everyone and said, "I'm here to look for Dazhi. You guys continue. You guys continue."

After hearing this, some people continued to talk to the people next to them. Among them, the man who had stopped Qin Haodong before still shamelessly stepped forward to stop Song Laoer.

"Your family wants to build a house, please invite me to come, we are all from the same village."

After saying that, he pretended to be very familiar with Song Laoer and patted his arm. Because he was a head shorter than Song Laoer, he couldn't really pat his shoulder.

Song Lao Er smiled politely and said, "I have already asked the village chief to take care of the house construction. Whoever I want to invite should be decided by the village chief. I can't do it blindly."

After saying this, he secretly thanked himself for having thought of handing over the house-building project to others. Otherwise, if everyone were to come under the banner of fellow villagers, who would be the right person to invite and who not to invite?

And we hired those people who are lazy and lazy, like this skinny and short guy who can't do any work. How long will it take to build the house?

Some villagers couldn't help but shout when they heard the dwarf's voice.

"Little kid, everyone here is from the same village as Lao Er. With your stature, you can't even move bricks or mud, let alone carry bricks. Go back now."

"Yes, yes, you are not fit for that job."

Everyone tried to persuade him, and no matter how shameless the man was, he had to leave in shame when he saw the yard full of tall and strong men from the same village.

"What do you want from me?" Song Dazhi came to the village chief to register for a place to build his own house. By this time, he had already registered.

"I'm planning to go to the county town. When are you free to take me there?"

"I'm free now. Let's go back and get the car." So the two of them rushed to the patriarch's house side by side.

When Song Lao Er returned home with the deed and the pig bones in the afternoon, everyone in the family had returned.

Song Ersao and Song Sanniang were packing their luggage to take to the provincial capital at home. Siniang and the other two were very tired from playing today and went to sleep, so Qin Haodong helped Song Ersao and the others.

"Dad, let's buy a donkey cart. I think we have a lot of luggage and so many people on this trip to the capital, so one cart is not enough." Song Sanniang suddenly said,

Song Lao Er thought about it and felt that it was feasible. Since he had a donkey cart at home, it would be much more convenient to travel to the capital.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile. Although his family had money, he still wanted to keep the money and not touch it.

Thinking that his family would also like to have a donkey cart, he smiled and said, "Your idea is good. Let's go to the dental clinic to buy one tomorrow.

I don’t know if the donkey carts we rented when we went to the capital are for sale. I think those two are pretty good. I heard from your uncle that they are very docile and have enough power.”

"Then let's go and have a look together tomorrow." Song Sanniang replied.

In the evening, I cooked a kudzu pork bone soup, braised carp, sweet and sour fried eggs, and stir-fried loofah.

The kudzu soup is made with red dates, longans, and other ingredients. It also has a little scallop and dried squid. The soup is milky white and very delicious. The kudzu meat is powdery and glutinous.

Although the big carp has a lot of bones, its meat is firm, tender and delicious. There is also a belly full of fish roe in the carp's belly.

The fish roe is full of braised sauce, not fishy at all, and has a mellow taste when eaten. When chewing, you can feel the grains bursting in your mouth, which is a bit crispy.

Four adults and three children ate all the food.

the next day,

Song Laoer, his daughter and Qin Haodong got on Song Dazhi's ox cart. Qin Haodong wanted to go back to see if there was any news about Mrs. Wu.

Song Zuen was going to school today. When he saw Song Sanniang, he greeted her happily.

"Sister Jixiang, I like the inkstone you gave me very much. Thank you for your gift."

Song Sanniang was embarrassed to see Song Zuen, because he was her teacher and she had been missing classes too badly recently. Moreover, she would be even less able to attend classes after arriving in the provincial capital.

She kept a calm smile on her face and replied, "As long as you like it, I won't have time to take lessons with you when I get to the capital.

But I will write to you often, and I hope Brother Zuen can give me more guidance. "

"Okay, sister Jixiang, you are actually very smart. You can basically learn everything I taught you in one go. I didn't even have to put in much effort.

You have already learned the Thousand Character Classic. You can buy a few books and study by yourself. If you don’t understand, write to me. You just can’t write well, so you must keep practicing.”

Song Zuen played the role of a teacher and gave Song Sanniang earnest instructions, and Song Sanniang listened very seriously.

The villagers nearby chatted with Song Lao Er: "Oh, Lao Er is really blessed.

"Sanniang, a little girl, can now read and write. That's amazing. She will definitely marry into a good family in the future when she gets to the capital."

In the eyes of the country people, the benefit of a girl's education is to marry into a good family. Otherwise, most families would not waste the money.

Even many wealthy families also cultivate their girls with this intention.

The arts of calligraphy, chess, and painting are learned not for the purpose of acquiring more knowledge, but to bring them out so as not to embarrass the family and to gain the favor of people from higher-ranking families.

"It's just a joke. It's better to know a few words instead of being blind."

Song Lao Er had never considered Song Sanniang's marriage, and he thought Song Sanniang was still young.

When Song Sanniang was old enough to get married, he planned to keep her at home and marry her if he didn't have a son. He felt that his daughter was no worse than a boy.

When she thought about marrying a daughter into her family, she felt that those men were not worthy of her daughter at all. She couldn't help feeling a little distressed. So she laughed it off with the villagers, but started to think about this matter in her heart.

The car dropped off the villagers at the county gate. Qin Haodong also got off the car and returned to Tianshui Lane. Then Song Dazhi's ox cart went towards the Yahang direction.

Seeing Song Laoer and his partner, Li Du from the dental shop greeted them with a big smile, "You two are here so early. What are you here for?"

"We want to buy a donkey cart. Would you sell the donkey cart we rented to the capital city?"

Song Lao Er has gradually become accustomed to others greeting him with a smile. In the past, he was the one who greeted others with a smile.

At first, he was not used to others smiling at him, and he felt awkward.

But after selling sweet soup, eating in big restaurants, going to court, and asking the elders in the village to do things for me,

Then he interacted with He Caimai, Yan Zhanggui, He Sanlaoye and other people.

With his own pockets bulging, he has bid farewell to his previous timid and taciturn character.

"We are in the business of buying and selling. If you want to buy, we will sell.

Come, come, I'll take you inside to see which one to choose. You've come just in time.

After the two donkeys came back from the city, we let them have a good rest for the past two days and gave them a bath.

They have been well fed and well-drinking these past two days, and they are in good spirits. The frame is also kept clean.”

Just as Li Du said, the two donkeys were standing in the livestock pen in high spirits, chewing the grass in their mouths.

When he saw people coming, he raised his head and looked at the three people coming in with his big eyes.

One of them even lifted up its upper lip and bared its teeth. Its neat row of big white teeth seemed to be mocking humans for not having a better life than its own.

"It's him." Song Sanniang pointed at the arrogant donkey.