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Chapter 8 The New Year's Goods Arrived

Mi and her daughter Yingniang are at home.

"Your brother has been out for an hour now, why haven't you come back yet?" Mi said worriedly.

"Mom, don't you say that Brother A is different from before. He is sensible. Brother A is so old, what's there to worry about?" Ying Niang said with a funny look.

My brother is already eighteen years old, and is my mother still eight years old at that time?

"Although I am sensible, I don't know the outside world, and when I go out, I don't have any money on me." Mi said with a sigh.

When Zhu Kuang pushed the door open, he heard Mi say this.

"Mom, I'm not doing well."

Yingniang smiled and said, "Brother, I'm going to buy New Year's goods, why did she go home empty-handed?"

Looking at his little fox-like sister, Zhu Kuang smiled.

This sister is a good one, very clever and very smart.

"You girl, you're teasing your brother. Brother, do you know, are you thinking about having new clothes for the New Year? Don't worry, Brother will definitely let you wear new clothes."

Zhu Kuan deliberately teased his girl.

The little girl felt a little embarrassed and blushed and said, "I didn't think so. Brother accused others of accusation!"

"My Yingniang doesn't look like she is wearing new clothes. It's because my brother wants to buy new clothes for Yingniang." Zhu Kuang laughed as he said.

Seeing that his children were like this, Mi Shi also laughed.

This was the first time she smiled so knowingly since her husband went there.

Then I thought about the hardships at home, but I couldn't laugh anymore.

"There are only three of us in our family, so we have a good year."

The last sentence, Mi Shi didn’t say it, it was a good year, but life was not easy!

"I have purchased some New Year's goods and I guess I can deliver them in the afternoon." Zhu Kuang said with a smile.

"You don't have a few cents on you, how can you buy New Year's goods?" Mi said in surprise, his tone full of worry.

"Mom, don't worry, I have helped others. As a thank you, they want to give some gifts. Although there are not many, we are also few."

Zhu Kuang had no doubts about what Manager Liu would give him, but Zhu Kuang was not clear about what he would give, so he said it was also vague.

Mi Shi was still worried, but seeing that her son was reluctant to say it, she stopped asking.

For a moment, Mi made lunch, with coarse grain steamed buns with cabbage soup, and clear soup was weak and watery, and there was no sign of oil. Even if Mi’s cooking skills were good, it would not turn into flowers.

Zhu Kuang could only think secretly, make money as soon as possible and improve his family's life.

After lunch, Mi asked Yingniang to clean the pot, but she carried out a large wooden basin to prepare to wash clothes.

"Mom, there are so many clothes in our family?" Zhu Kuang asked in surprise when he saw it.

"This is the clothes my mother has collected, and it costs a penny to wash a piece of clothes." Yingniang cleaned up the dishes and said quickly.

When Zhu Kuang heard this, he said, "Mom, you'd better stop washing it. Just leave it to me for making money."

How much money can you make when washing clothes for others? It’s probably only about 100% of the day, but it’s really hard to make money.

"It's enough for our family to have a meal with just the little salary in your yamen. However, you are old and Ying Niang is not young anymore. When you get filial piety, you should tell you about marriage. It will cost a lot of money to marry each other." Mi said melancholy.

When his own men are alive, they always think about the people in the clan and lend money to the people in the clan. If others don’t pay it back, they will not want it. Over the years, although they have made a lot of money, they have no savings.

"Mom, don't worry, I will find a way to make money."

Mi Shi smiled bitterly, obviously not believing Zhu Kuang's words, how could money be so easy to make?

"Before the Chinese New Year, I will definitely earn ten taels of silver. After the Chinese New Year, I will go to the county government. At that time, our family will not live here anymore. I will rent a small shop in the attachment of the county government. You and Ying Niang will make more money than helping others wash clothes, right?" Zhu Kuang said his thoughts with a smile.

"It's good to do some small business, but our family can't afford it." Mi ignored the previous sentence of his son. It's really a joke that he could earn ten taels of silver before the New Year.

Not to mention Zhu Kuang, even when his father was alive, he would only earn twenty or thirty taels of silver a year. It was already the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and it was only half a month before the New Year.

Mi insisted on cleaning all the large basin of clothes he received. Zhu Kuang couldn't resist and simply helped Mi to do it together. Yingniang stopped embroidery and helped wash clothes together.

The three of them had just finished their work and someone knocked on the door.

Mi took her daughter back to the room, and Zhu Kuang stepped forward to open the door.

But Wan Heshun's people came, and the leader was an elderly guy I met in the shop in the morning.

"I have met Mr. Zhu, this was sent by the villain by Manager Liu." The man had a smile on his face, and his eyes and eyebrows were all respectful.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go to the house to drink some water." Zhu Kuang said politely.

"No, I can't do it. I've been busy in the shop these days, but I can't delay it. Brothers, I'll be quicker and more careful."

Four or five people lifted a lot of things from the ox cart in all their hands.

After ten years of accounts, there were a large box, and several bamboo baskets and bamboo baskets of all sizes.

"Shopkeeper Liu arranged for the young man to send gifts to the mansion for several years to express his feelings. I wish you, Mr. Don't be disgusted with simplicity."

"Twenty kilograms of white flour, twenty kilograms of white rice, three kilograms of mutton, five kilograms of pork, a chicken, a duck and two fish. This basket contains winter vegetables, including cabbage and radish, and fifty eggs. These are dried vegetables and some fruit and snacks. Although they are not good things, customers can meet the situation when they come." The guy was very erotic and reported all the items clearly in one breath.

Zhu Kuang was also surprised. Unexpectedly, Manager Liu gave so many things in one go, which was really a big deal.

With these, the New Year is getting looser.

Zhu Kuang was about to say a few words of thanks, but the guy spoke again.

"There are also these two pieces of material, which are newly imported fine linen and have a light color."

Manager Liu had already found out about the situation of Zhu Kuang's family, so he naturally knew what to give to meet the needs of Zhu's family. Although these gifts were simple, they were all available to Zhu's family.

I have to say that Manager Liu is a very good at doing things.

Zhu Kuang couldn't help but sigh that this shopkeeper Liu can be a good person.

The two of Mi's mothers, hiding in the house, listened clearly to the conversation in the yard, and looked at each other in front of each other.

"You brother really made so much money for us?" Mi asked incredible.

Ying Niang couldn't believe what she heard, but obviously she heard it correctly, that person said so.

"It should be!"
Chapter completed!
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