The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

"Do you know that there is something to do in the store, the cabinet you made yesterday, someone came here today, saying that there is something wrong with what you made, I searched everywhere but you can't find anyone..." Feng Dongliang was not happy that Qiao Mingshan rejected him mouth.

Don't think that if you are a relative, you can go out and be lazy all day long. If it weren't for his wife's face, he wouldn't want to accept any relatives to work in the store.

Qiao Mingshan knew that the other party refused to admit it. He told Feng Dongliang when he went out, and another master in the shop heard it.But when he looked at the other party, the other party lowered his head, obviously unwilling to help him with this testimony.

But also, they are part-time workers, and others are the bosses.

He stands here listening to Feng Dongliang scolding, although they are relatives, but Feng Dongliang is the boss, he is a part-time worker, if the boss scolds you, you can't talk back yet.In recent years, Feng Dongliang has scolded worse than now. If he hadn't thought of his parents, wife and children, he would have thrown things and left.

Qiao Mingshan didn't want to have a conflict with Feng Dongliang, not only because of this job, but also because of his family. If he had a conflict with his relatives, it would make it difficult for the parents in the family.He didn't want to make the two families unable to be relatives because of his relationship.

"What's wrong with the cabinet installed yesterday? I checked it before I left, and I confirmed with them before I left." After Feng Dongliang finished cursing, Qiao Mingshan understood what was going on, and asked, "They Now come back and say what's the problem?"

He is still earning an apprentice's salary, but what he does is already a master's work. Sometimes someone in the shop needs to install cabinets, and he can go to other people's homes to do it alone.

If there is a problem with the cabinet, why didn't you say it yesterday?

When he came back yesterday, he had checked that there was no problem, and he had confirmed with the owner before leaving.Now there is a problem?That's the problem.If it's his own problem, that's fine, he'll fix it again.

But if it wasn't his fault, he shouldn't be responsible for this. Qiao Mingshan didn't think he should be scolded for no reason.

"What's the problem? It's getting dark when you come back. I've asked Lao Liang to fix it. If you go out to be lazy like this for no reason in the future, I don't think you need to do this work. Go home as soon as possible!" Feng Dongliang said again After saying a few words to Qiao Mingshan, he shook his face and left.

Seeing that everyone in the shop was looking at him, Qiao Mingshan took a deep breath, lowered his head and went into the backyard.

After Qiao Mingshan left, several workers behind gathered together and whispered.

Originally, everyone thought that Qiao Mingshan was a relative of the boss, and the boss would treat him differently.But this difference is indeed "different". Usually, when the boss has something wrong, he will take it out on Qiao Mingshan when he gets angry. I heard that Qiao Mingshan's salary is similar to theirs, and I don't see it being much more than theirs.

However, their boss is just an iron rooster, who wants to peel off their skin, and refuses to give them an extra penny. If it weren't for the fact that it is hard to find a job these days, they would have left a long time ago. People quit.Thinking that they were just here to make a living, most of the people looked at Qiao Mingshan with a little pity, but no one deliberately stepped forward to add insult to injury.

This day's work lasted until six or seven in the evening before Qiao Mingshan returned home from the town.The bicycle he used to use is now used by the family. He always walks back home, and when he walks back home, it is already dark.

"Mom and Dad." When he got home, Qiao Mingshan called his parents.

"Well, I'm back, I went to eat. Why did you come back so late? I don't know if the food and dishes are still hot." Seeing her son coming back, Aunt Qiao felt sorry for her son coming back at this time.

When Uncle Qiao saw his son come back, he said "go to eat".

"It's okay, the weather is hot, and you can eat it when it's cold." Qiao Mingshan said indifferently.

"I'll go and serve it to you." Seeing the man coming back, Chen Mingzhu took out the hot food in the pot for him, and put all the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and said to the man, "Go wash your hands and eat. It's hot in the pot, still hot."

"Yeah." Qiao Mingshan went to wash his hands, sat down to eat.

Seeing that the man's complexion was not very good, Chen Mingzhu glanced at the man's face carefully, seeing the man eating food with chopsticks, she didn't ask any questions at the moment.At this time, the child was about to fall asleep, so she went back to the house to put the child to sleep.

When the child fell asleep, the man came back from the outside.

The husband and wife were in the house, closed the door, Chen Mingzhu pulled the man to sit down, and asked: "I saw that you were a little unhappy when you came back today. Is there something in the store that made you unhappy?"

Qiao Mingshan turned to look at his wife beside him, and said, "I don't want to work in a relative's shop anymore."

They have been married for several years, and their relationship has always been very good, and they have never blushed because of anything.Chen Mingzhu was silent for a while, looked at the sleeping child on the bed, turned to look at the man, and said, "Think about it yourself, it's up to you to do it or not. It's not so comfortable to do what you do these days, let's bear it and just do it." pass."

Their children are still young, and it costs money to catch a cold and sneeze.

But Chen Mingzhu actually knew what kind of person the sister-in-law and uncle in the town were.She remembered that when she first married into this family, she once went to the town to go to the market, thinking that her sister-in-law's house was in the town, so she bought some fruit and went to see her sister-in-law.The sister-in-law took the fruit and put it away and sent it away. She didn't wash a few and took one out for her to eat.

At noon, the family was eating, and they didn't ask her if she wanted to eat together. Even if she didn't want her to sit down, if she asked a question, it might not be that she would sit down so shamelessly.When the family had dinner, they put away the table and left her sitting there alone, which was extremely embarrassing.

So that day she sat at my sister-in-law's house for a while, and left without even drinking a glass of water.

That is to say, since that time, Chen Mingzhu has seen the relatives clearly, so when the sister-in-law comes back, she smiles at her sister-in-law, and she has never been close to her sister-in-law in her heart.

The man in the family was working in the sister-in-law's shop. From the few words the man said when he came back, Chen Mingzhu knew that the man in the family must be very angry when he was working there.

But in a family, they still have children, and the husband and wife have nothing to do. If the child gets sick and catches a cold, they have no money to see the doctor for the child.There is no separation in the family, they live with their parents now, they share the same food and lodging, and they have to give the family a little money to buy food every month, all of which cost money.

"Why don't I go sell things with Auntie from tomorrow, and come back if you don't want to go. Our family sells tofu now, and we won't starve to death after all. At worst, we can sell tofu together at that time," Chen Mingzhu said in the end. Feeling sorry for the man at home, he thought about it and said.

Qiao Mingshan took his wife's hand, glanced at her, and couldn't help laughing. His mood that had been gloomy for a day suddenly became brighter, and he said to his wife: "You are watching the children at home. The jungle is still small, and you can't live without it." Leave it to you, this home, and I'm here."

The couple looked at each other, and both smiled.

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The sun in the sky is rising higher and higher, and there are busy figures in the ground.

At this time, the sun was hot and the sun was getting hotter. The little girl who was bending over to pull weeds in the field stood up straight, looked up at the sun in the sky, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hands.

After pulling out the last bit of grass, Qiao Xiaohui patted the soil at the root of the grass pulled out from the ground, turned it up and spread it out on the edge of the field to dry, so that the sun can dry the grass, and then collect it back and take it back You can also cook stir-fries at home.

The eldest brother of the family took two younger siblings to the town to sell things, and she took the two younger twins at home. In the past few days, she asked her sister-in-law to help her look after her younger siblings, and she came to the field to work will live.

Otherwise, the eldest brother and the others went to the town to sell things and came back to work in the field. She felt sorry for her brother's exhaustion.Anyway, she can do these things with a bit of hard work, even though the twins are still young, and there are two more, she used to take the two to the field, and one person can't see the two little guys.

Now the two little guys can walk, and they don't know where they are going in a blink of an eye.The terrain on this side of the hillside is a bit high, and if you are not careful, you will fall down, so Qiao Xiaohui dare not take people up.

It's just that she has to trouble others to help her look after her younger siblings. It's okay to watch once or twice once in a while. Qiao Xiaohui would be embarrassed to ask others to help her every day, so if she can bring it, she will bring it herself.

After finishing the last bit of work, seeing that it was getting late, Qiao Xiaohui went down from the field to pick her up at the uncle's house.

"Wow wow-"

Two children in the yard sat there crying loudly.

As soon as she came down from the hillside, Qiao Xiaohui didn't even go home, so she came to pick her up at her uncle's house, and heard the cries of the twins from a distance.As soon as I approached, I saw the twins sitting on the ground and crying loudly, and the children of the sister-in-law's family were also crying, and the sister-in-law was coaxing the three by herself.

Seeing the two children like this, Qiao Xiaohui knew that the two little guys must be fighting again.Through the fence, Qiao Xiaohui called out: "Sister-in-law."

Seeing that Qiao Xiaohui came back, Chen Mingzhu showed a smile on her face and said, "It's Xiaohui who is back." Then he said to the twins sitting on the ground: "Xiaobao, little sister, don't cry, let's see who comes back!" gone."

"Sister—sister—"

Seeing that it was the elder sister who came back, the twins stopped their tears, crawled up from the ground, and ran towards the elder sister.

Qiao Xiaohui hugged the two children beside her legs, pulled up their own clothes and wiped their faces, and said in disgust, "Dirty. You two said, are you fighting again? Don't say it, it's fun, Don't let fights, why are you disobedient?"

The twins pretended not to understand, and both hugged their sister's leg in silence.