Chapter 98: Silver Hairpin Without Worries

  This woman is still quite famous in the village, people call her Pork Meat Xishi, these half-grown kids have also made fun of her, naturally they recognize her back.

  Upon hearing this, Shen Sisi narrowed her eyes. Alright, this woman is quite quick-witted. Let's just watch her mess around on her own. She stopped Er Gouzi and the others from trying to stop Zheng Niangzi, saying: "She has her own business, we have our own business, don't randomly shout out, it'll cause misunderstandings..."

  "...". The two dogs heard the words and their faces turned red. They were joking around, but they still didn't know how this little girl knew everything at such a young age. He suddenly felt awkward and turned his face away, no longer daring to mention Zheng's wife.

  After entering the city, they divided into two stalls to sell. Erdan guarded one stall with two small children, and Xiaofuzi guarded another stall with two small children. Dabao stayed with Erdan's group, while Shen Sisi and Zhong Gensheng stayed with Xiaofuzi's group. However, this time Shen Sisi didn't stand there calling out to sell again; instead, she was completely observing them. She and Zhong Gensheng found a stall selling breakfast food and ordered a large bowl of wontons and two tea eggs. They took a small bowl, cut up some braised meat, and ate it together. After walking so much in the morning, Shen Sisi was really feeling a bit tired. With her eyes narrowed, she looked over at Xiaofuzi's stall across from them, thinking that once they were trained, she could just stand behind and direct... how wonderful!

  "Dad, you eat too..." Shen Sisi originally wanted to order two bowls, but Zhong Gensheng was reluctant and refused to order another bowl no matter what. Shen Sisi had no choice but to share the food with Zhong Gen.

  Zhong Gensheng shook his head and said: "Tuniu, you eat, Dad had several pastries this morning, not hungry..."

  "Father, try some and see how it tastes. When we get home, we can make some too. Anyway, we're not short of meat at home now..."

  Zhong Gensheng took a bite, drank some soup, and smiled: "The skin is very thin, it's not easy to roll out, you need to be skilled, your mother must be able to do it, if Tuni wants to eat, go home and let your mother make it for you..."

  “……uh-huh.” Shen Sisi nodded emotionally, adjusting her tone. She was indeed able to adjust it out, but this dough kneading was a technical skill that wasn't easy to learn at her age, and she didn't have a famous teacher guiding her. However, with He Axiu around, if she practiced more, she would definitely be able to pass the test in the future.

  Behind, Zhong Gensheng refused to eat anymore, Shen Sisi had no choice but to finish everything by herself. Fortunately, she managed to force-feed him an egg, and he could only eat it, saying that the egg tasted good. Shen Sisi thought to herself that now that they have money at home, there's no need to sell eggs from their own chickens anymore, and eating them at home is also worth it, so she thought about going back home to boil some five-spice eggs as a snack.

  Eating slowly, still chatting with the wonton stall owner for a few words to pass the time, those little guys were excellent, 100 kilograms of pork was quickly sold out after being divided and sold separately, naturally it didn't take until noon.

  Two dogs and Xiao Fu ran over excitedly, overjoyed, naturally with a large amount of money in hand. Shen Sisi counted the money at the wonton stall on the spot, then smiled: "Today is still 10 cents per person, from tomorrow on, you will have to sell separately, two people per group. Later, every day there will be three stalls, one stall with 50 kilograms, when you are all familiar with it, each person will guard a stall, 50 kilograms divided equally between the two of you, and each person will still get 25 cents per day. Work hard, I won't mistreat you in the future...

  After finishing, she gave them all the ten cents. They took it over, their eyes shining brightly. Twenty-five cents a day is seven hundred and fifty cents a month, four months can earn two taels of silver... this... is also very good. Suddenly, one by one, they jumped up with money in hand, flattering: "Tuni, you are so good..."

  "Alright, the money has been given out, you all go have some fun, if you want to buy something then go buy it yourself. Let's gather back here in an hour, I and my dad, and Da Bao have some things to take care of. Don't get too caught up in playing and miss the time, and also, don't cause any trouble..." Shen Sisi instructed, those few young boys hastily nodded their heads and ran off in a hurry. They were all visiting the city for the first time, there were many things they had never seen before, never eaten before, just thinking about it made them want to try everything, anyway from now on every day they would have money to earn, so they weren't worried about not having money to spend in the future...

  Watching them run away without a trace, Zhong Gensheng cried and laughed helplessly: "They've all run away, who's going to guard these gongs and small tables?!"

  The boss of the wonton stall was a honest man, smiling and saying: "Put it here, I'll watch it for you, you can come back later, I'll pack up at noon..."

  "Alright, thank you...” Shen Sisi said with a smile, paid for the wontons, and then led the two of them away.

  "Tuni, what are we going to buy?!" Da Bao asked her in a low voice.

  "Get a hair band for Xiaohua, Da Bao, you take it back to her, and consider it as your gift..." Shen Sisi said with a smile.

  Dabao's face turned red, he shook his head and refused to say anything.

  Zhong Gensheng said: "Tuniu, stop messing around, they haven't gotten married yet, let's talk about it later..."

  "Alright, I'll tell you... " Shen Sisi sighed and said: "I helped her pack this morning, and she really looked pitiful. Her family conditions are actually quite good, but those three sisters-in-law of hers, which one doesn't have a hair accessory? Which one doesn't have several sets of nice clothes? But her clothes... Dad, you haven't seen them, sigh... not even a single hairpin on her head! Tian Guihua is really too stingy. My family may be poor and can't help it, but how can they still be so stingy when their life is actually quite comfortable?"

  As for Tian Guihua, Zhong Gensheng also had nothing to say, and could only sigh: "Who knows?! Ah, Tuniu, you should buy a hairpin too, and get one for your mother as well. You two still don't have anything, all of your mother's accessories were pawned off back then just to survive... Now that our family is doing better, we can't let you two suffer..."

  "Buy one for mom, I don't really care, dad. I'm still young now, let's talk about it when I grow up...” Shen Sisi smiled and said: "Besides, I don't like these things either, I'd rather buy some food..."

  Zhong Gen Sheng couldn't help but smile and said, "You're still just a kid, wait till you grow up and you'll understand. I'll let you have your way, after all the money is in your hands, if you like it then go ahead and buy it..."

  "Uh-huh, got it, Dad..." Shen Sisi's small body held his hand, and her other hand held Da Bao. She was extremely satisfied in her heart. This kind of time, although poor, would be the most beautiful memory later on.

  These are what she loves most and also her family's favorites.

  Zhong Niangzi stared at her companion in surprise, calling out: "What?! Are you kidding me?! How could I not smell it?!" She had already spent several hours here, precisely because she refused to give up.

  "That fellow helplessly said: 'It's not that I don't want to earn your money, but some of the ingredients are really unfamiliar to me. We also don't have them here and I've never seen them before...I really can't smell this flavor...'"

  That fellow was in a dilemma, "Unless you go somewhere else to try..."

  Zhong Niangzi was stunned, holding the spice pack in a daze. She had already run to several spice shops, but couldn't smell anything. Suddenly, she gritted her teeth in anger, wondering why that country girl was so confident. It turned out that some spices were so unusual that even an old partner who had worked in the spice shop for many years couldn't smell them, which was really strange.

  She was really unwilling, and at the same time she was puzzled, where did that child get those few spices from?!!

  Zhong Niangzi reluctantly said: "Then you can smell it, first match a pair for me...". She wanted to go home and try the flavor to see if there was any difference. Anyway, she was still not reconciled.

  That fellow heard this and then prepared a set, Zhong's wife still gave him some thank-you money. The fellow smiled and said: "We've been doing spices for so many years, but we really haven't smelled these few flavors before. Why don't you go to the pharmacy and ask, maybe there will be gains, or maybe not..."

  Zhong Niangzi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said: "......Thank you."

  That fellow also kindly reminded, mainly because she gave money generously, looked good, and still had charm, the middle-aged woman suited his taste, so he was in a good mood.

  Zhong Niangzi took out the cloth package, and her heart was really puzzled. Did this seasoning have medicine added to it?! She hastily rushed into the pharmacy, but returned in disappointment. This time Zhong Niangzi really scolded someone, even the pharmacy couldn't smell it, where did that little girl get those few seasonings from!?

  She was at a loss for what to do, when she suddenly spotted Zhong Gensheng and Tu Dou in the fabric store ahead. Her eyes darted around, and she quietly followed them from behind. Having come all this way and spent so much money, she wasn't about to leave empty-handed, no matter what.

  Dabao was bored, then he found Zhongniangzi following him. He's smart now, but all he did was tug on Shen Sisi's clothes and lean in close to her ear to whisper something.

  "Until we reach the Yellow River, our hearts won't die. Don't bother with her and don't look back at her, just pretend we didn't discover..."

  Dabao nodded and indeed did not look back.

  Shen Sisi bought a few meters of the cheapest blue cloth and one meter of floral cloth at the fabric store, thinking that she would make clothes for everyone in her family when she got home. She didn't care about herself, but He Ashu and Niu Xiaohua hadn't had new clothes to wear for years.

  Incidentally, I also picked up two silver hairpins and bought them, paid the money and came out.

  She then walked towards the spice shop, and Da Bao hurriedly said: "Tuni, she's following you, are you really going?"

  "How could she possibly give up?! Shen Sisi sneered, saying: "Don't bother with her, anyway, it's impossible for her to get the sauce packet out... don't worry."

  Dà bǎo zhè cái sōng le kǒu qì, dào: "Tiáo bù chūlái jiù hǎo..."

  Translation:

  "Da Bao finally let out a sigh of relief and said, 'It's good that it can't be adjusted...'"

  Shen Sisi deliberately bought some more spices as usual and then turned around to leave. As soon as they left, Zhong Niangzi immediately entered the spice shop.

  He said helplessly, "They did indeed buy a few more seasonings that weren't there just now, but the seasoning pack wasn't those few seasonings. I can guarantee it, if you don't believe me, you can find someone to smell it again..."