Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Nineteenth day of making money.

Little Pei was only ninety-four copper coins away from the five hundred coins he needed.

In the past, this was a huge sum of money that she could not even imagine, but now, compared with the two thousand coins she needed, this amount of money was really not enough.

When the one-month period was up, she could only buy a portion of the pig's blood.

What's worse is that the chestnuts and persimmons that Waiya had stored were almost gone. All they could buy was firewood, which they could buy every two or three days. When the weather was good, they could get ten cents for a bundle, but when the weather was bad, they could only get about five cents.

If Waiya was willing to buy bran every day until she had spent the few dozen coins in her pocket, Pei Xiaohai might be able to buy Pig Blood's head and a piece of meat.

But as soon as Waiya had more money in her pocket, she wanted to buy something to eat, a bowl of wontons today, a string of candied haws tomorrow, until there was little left, she could control herself, give the last few copper coins to Pei Xiaohai to exchange for bran, and continue to be a penniless poor person.

Recalling the past few days, she said: "I felt so happy as if I were in a dream."

Waiya felt a little regretful, as that money could buy a lot of food.

But when Pei gave her the eleven cents she had earned today, she wanted to spend one cent to buy some candy.

There were a few new, wealthy faces in town recently, and they sold out before the sun was even halfway up.

Waiya stared at the peddler selling candies and trinkets and Pei Xiaohai and said, "Wait a moment, I'll buy some candies and come back."

Little Pei was hiding in the alley with the basket in his arms, afraid of being seen by the people from the Qian family liquor store across the street. Hearing this, he just waved his hand and said, "Go quickly and come back soon."

I had no hope for these words, but sure enough, Waiya bought some candy and set her eyes on the muddy thing on the cart.

Hesitating between buying and not buying.

Little Pei leaned over to take a look, then leaned against the wall with the basket in his arms.

She knew that nothing good would happen if the amount exceeded ten cents.

A few days ago, Waiya bought herself a rattle and kept shaking it all the way. That thing is something only three or two-year-old children like to play with.

She didn't seem to be enjoying herself while fiddling with it. She just shook it hard, making it make a "dong dong dong" noise, which sounded like it was having a tantrum.

If the rattle had a spirit, it would be angry because Waiya didn't like it and bought it because she had never had such a toy before.

She carried the rattle in her pocket and kept beating it for two days. On the third day, it was no longer with her. She sold it cheaply to a woman holding a child.

She said she would never buy it again, but she bought some candy figures with the money she got that day. This was good, at least it was edible, and she was really happy when she ate it.

Pei Xiaohai felt that something was wrong with Waiya, as if she was in some strange situation, but the money was hers and he really had no control over it.

Little Pei took his eyes off Waiya and looked to the side. The whole street was as lively as during the New Year. There were vendors everywhere, as if the market had been moved here.

There's no way, there are a lot of rich people here recently.

Those unfamiliar merchants all stayed in the Qian family wine shop. Each of them pulled several large carts of goods, filling up the backyard. Some carts could not get in and had to park outside temporarily.

It was quite in the way, but no one said anything. Everyone was busy watching the fun and wondering what kind of business these people were doing. Why did they seem reluctant to leave after staying there and were so generous with their money?

They said they came from different places and didn't know each other, but why were the things carried by their cars all covered tightly with cloth with different patterns, each family had its own cover, and not a single car was covered randomly, as if they had come by appointment at all.

There were merchants who stayed here before, but they would leave after three to five days at most. The longest stay among these people was for nearly a month.

How could anyone not be curious? This is a new thing in a small town.

The Qian family liquor store was always crowded with customers, and the place was always full. Many people outside had made a lot of money, and even the wonton vendor had set up his stall here. Even if he didn't make any money, he just wanted to join in the fun.

Little Pei didn't dare to join in the fun. There were too many people here who knew her. If there were people elsewhere, she wouldn't have come. She was afraid that Pei Da'nu and the others would recognize her.

I was hoping that Waiya would finish shopping and come back soon, but I couldn't help but look around curiously, and I actually saw an acquaintance.

It was Aunt Pei. She came out of the shop, followed by a woman about thirty years old, tall and plump, wearing a moon-white dress and holding a small basket in her hands. When she stepped out of the door, she lowered her head slightly and lifted the hem of her skirt to reveal her white neck.

When I looked up, I happened to pass by a merchant who was about to walk in, and our eyes somehow met.

The merchant said something that made the woman laugh, and then she picked up the basket with both hands and was about to leave.

Pei Xiaohai recognized that the merchant was the one who pinched her face that day.

However, he didn't expect that the lady was with Aunt Pei, and he didn't expect that Aunt Pei would suddenly become furious after turning her head, strode over, grabbed the woman, and slapped her hard in the face.

She let out a short scream of "Ah!"

Aunt Pei dragged her so hard that she stumbled and threw her to the ground, cursing loudly in a voice that many people could hear: "You little whore, you flirt with men when you can't see them."

The woman fell to the ground, and two packages wrapped in oil paper jumped out of the basket, and the wine jar rolled onto the road.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and then became noisy again, as if this was not worth watching.

Only the merchant frowned. "You, an old woman, shouldn't be unreasonable in disciplining your daughter-in-law? I was just kindly reminding her that the snow was slippery and to watch her step. She just thanked me. Why did you hit her?"

"Bah! Who are you to her? Why would you remind her to be careful for no reason? What dirty thoughts do you have? Are you attracted to this little whore? I see you're from another place, so I'm kindly reminding you that she's the pawned wife my husband married to give birth to a son. She's already killed two men, and she's been flirting with other men all day. If you're not afraid, then go ahead and flirt with her. She's not a decent woman anyway. When she gets pregnant with some bastard, you can just walk away, and she'll just go and offer sacrifices to the river god."

Aunt Pei put her hands on her hips and cursed angrily, without any kindness in front of little Pei.

The woman wiped her tears, knelt on the ground, and picked up things on the ground without saying a word.

The merchant looked at the woman on the ground, then at Aunt Pei whose eyes were about to spit fire, shook his head and said something about a remote and poor place, vulgar and rude, and went into the inn. It was not known who he was talking about, but he was very flexible.

When Pei Xiaohai heard the words "pawning his wife", he walked over involuntarily and hid beside the wonton stall to watch.

They were about to leave when Aunt Pei kicked the woman again and told her to get up quickly and stop looking so shameful and coquettish. If she wanted to hook up with men, she should go to a brothel. They were a respectable family.

The curses were very unpleasant. The woman lowered her head and followed behind her, sobbing as she walked.

Mu Shuanglin, who was covered in black air and smelled terrible, was waiting for them on the way home.

To be exact, I was waiting for that woman.

When he saw her, he came up to her and followed behind her, and bowed to Pei Xiaohai as a greeting.

This is how the same thing?

Aunt Pei started cursing again: "Hurry up and leave! What are you dawdling for? It's getting colder and colder. Wait until the food and wine get cold and I'll skin you alive!"

The woman quickened her pace.

Pei Xiaohai also quickened his pace.

"Hey! What are you doing here? It's hard to find me."

Pei Xiaohai, who was trying hard to catch up, was suddenly patted on the shoulder. She turned around and saw Waiya with mud hanging around her neck.

The Qian family liquor store has long disappeared.

She had unknowingly walked a long way with Aunt Pei and the others.