Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Chen Lang asked, "Xiuzhi, which color do you like?"

"Let's go with blue, it's dirt-resistant." Li Xiuzhi said.

Chen Lang asked, "Shopkeeper, how much is a piece of cloth?"

The shopkeeper said, "One hundred and fifty coins."

Chen Lang said, "Then bring one."

Li Xiuzhi was anxious and said, "That's too much! One piece of cloth is enough to make clothes for seven people."

Chen Lang said, "Not much. Think about it, your brother has a family of four. Add in your brother's father-in-law and mother-in-law, there are seven of us, so one piece of cloth is just right."

Li Xiuzhi said, "But there are two little kids."

Chen Lang said, "Babies grow fast, so their clothes need to be changed after two months. The extra fabric can be used to make new clothes."

Seeing that Chen Lang refused to listen and fearing that she would embarrass him in front of the shopkeeper, Li Xiuzhi pulled him outside the store and whispered, "Erlang, I understand that you want to compensate my brother, but there's no such thing as spending money like that."

"How can children in the countryside wear new clothes every few months? Even the two children in my third uncle's family only wear new clothes about six months a year."

"Besides, a piece of cloth costs 150 coins. You didn't earn the money easily. We can't spend it like this."

"Listen to me, half a horse is enough."

Chen Lang was quite touched by Li Xiuzhi's frugality.

"Xiuzhi, one hundred and fifty wen is indeed a bit over budget, but think about it, the things your brother has sent to our house over the years, isn't the total value more than two taels of silver?"

“So I think the money has to be spent.”

"And you have to trust your man. Making money is really not a big deal to me."

Li Xiuzhi's eyes were red, and her voice was choked with sobs: "You spent all the money on my family, but didn't use much for yourself, Erlang... I... I... I don't know..."

Chen Lang gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Li Xiuzhi's eyes and said, "Don't worry, when has your man ever treated you badly?"

"Don't cry, or someone from the government will come and arrest me, accusing me of beating a woman in the street."

Li Xiuzhi was amused again and hit Chen Lang coquettishly: "You are so annoying. You made me laugh and cry at the same time."

Chen Lang said, "Is everything alright? If it's alright, let's go back and buy some cloth."

The family returned to the store.

The shopkeeper thought he had met a customer who was just looking but not buying so early in the morning, but he didn't expect it to be a repeat customer, and he was very happy.

For people who do business, opening a business is very important, because if the sales are good at the opening, it means that the business will be good for the whole day. If the opening is not good, there may be no customers that day.

Although there is no basis for this, most business people have this idea.

"Boss, give me a blue one." Chen Lang said.

The shopkeeper said, "Okay, sir, please wait a moment. I'll wrap it up for you."

After a cup of tea, the shopkeeper handed Chen Lang a long paper box with a very exquisite shape.

The cloth costs one hundred and fifty wen, so this box is probably worth twenty wen.

It turns out that the ancients also paid attention to **.

After buying the cloth, Chen Lang took Li Xiuzhi to the grocery department and spent a few dozen coins to buy some snacks.

He spent most of the money he earned in the past two days.

Li Xiuzhi felt very distressed.

It’s not that he was reluctant to buy a gift for his younger brother, but because this money was earned by Chen Lang at great risk.

The snakes across the mountain are extremely poisonous. One bite will kill you.

Although part of the money was earned by exchanging for soft-shelled turtles, soft-shelled turtles are notoriously difficult to catch. In order to make money, Chen Lang might have to catch one over the mountain, which would involve risks.

Thinking of this, Li Xiuzhi grabbed Chen Lang's arm and said, "Erlang, you have to promise me one thing."

Chen Lang said: "Huh? What?"

"Don't go grabbing the mountain peak." Li Xiuzhi said, "I don't want you to take such a big risk just to make money."

"Guoguo can't live without daddy, I...I...I also..."

Although he didn't say the last few words, Chen Lang was already happy enough.

Chen Lang believed that it wouldn't be long before Li Xiuzhi would be able to say the last few words without any psychological pressure.

My efforts over the past two days have not been in vain!

"Okay, I promise you." Chen Lang nodded and said seriously.

Then he picked up Guoguo and trotted along: "Let's take a boat ride!"

The pier is not far from the county town, but there is only one ferry open to ordinary people. The rest of the boats are either owned by officials or wealthy businessmen. It is difficult for ordinary people to get on them, let alone get close to them.

At the same time, although the fare of this ordinary ferry is very cheap, it only costs twelve cents to go to the farthest Shanghe Village, but there are only two trips a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and it will leave when it is full and will never linger.

This is also the reason why Chen Lang did not choose to take a boat before, because time did not allow it.

When they arrived at the dock, the ferry was empty, and Chen Lang and his family just happened to occupy the most comfortable seats.

After waiting for about an incense stick of time, the boat was full. With a shout from the boatman, the ferry slowly sailed away from the dock.

They got up too early and walked a long way. The ferry swayed like a cradle. After a while, Chen Lang and Guoguo fell asleep one after another.

Although Li Xiuzhi was a little sleepy, she didn't dare to sleep. She had dozens of coins in her pocket and cloth and snacks in her arms. If they were stolen, she would have no place to cry.

Fortunately, the journey went smoothly. After an hour and a half, the ferry stopped at the pier of Shanghe Village.

Li Xiuzhi paid the boat fare and woke Chen Lang up again.

Chen Lang rubbed his eyes: "Are we there yet?"

Li Xiuzhi nodded: "Let's get off the boat."

After jumping off the boat, Chen Lang stretched out his body. He had no one to rely on for the whole journey and his bones ached from sleeping.

Guoguo didn't feel anything because she was held in Chen Lang's arms the whole time.

After walking along the path at the pier for about ten minutes, you will enter Shanghe Village.

At this time, the villagers had all gotten up to work. When they saw Li Xiuzhi and her husband, there was a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Before she got married, Li Xiuzhi was definitely a village beauty. Most of the young men in the village dreamed of marrying Li Xiuzhi home as their wife.

But Li Xiuzhi had set her sights on Chen Lang, and she refused any other proposals.

Later, Li Xiuzhi married Chen Lang, but she did not live as happily as she had imagined. Instead, she aged rapidly and turned from a village beauty into Ruhua. The older people in the village often mocked Li Xiuzhi, saying that she was blind and had chosen a bastard for herself.

As for the young men in the village, they all hated Chen Lang. The person they held in their hearts was treated like this by Chen Lang.

The last time Li Xiaohu beat Chen Lang, many young men from Shanghe Village took advantage of the chaos and kicked Chen Lang several times.

From then on, the villagers never saw Li Xiuzhi come back with a man again.

Seeing you again today is naturally a surprise.

There were also some people who secretly ran to inform Li Xiaohu.

Li Xiuzhi brought Chen Lang to her brother's house and saw her brother Li Xiaohu standing at the door with a rolling pin in his hand and a ferocious look on his face!

"Sister, I heard someone said he hit you again? Hold Guoguo and stand aside. I have to teach this scholar a lesson today!"