Chapter 74 Greed
She was thinking in her mind and said, "Mom, are there any oranges at home? I haven't had a good appetite these days and I want to eat some more fruits."
Wang Wanchun snorted, "You brought them back yesterday. I only tasted one of the oranges, and didn't the rest go to your room? Why, you just finished eating it?" In fact, she hadn't finished eating
yet, but Gu said: "There are only a few in total, not yet. I finished it in one go."
"It's half a basket, how many people are you talking about?" Wang Lachun lowered his face and said, "Are you a cow?"
"Mom, it's not that I want to eat, it's not that the child in my belly wants to eat. ." Mrs. Gu said: "Go to Mr. Jiang and ask for some more!"
"What do you think that is? Is it a radish from home?" Wang Lachun was so angry that he threw his chopsticks, "Those oranges look like gold and precious things at first glance, but I don't know what they are. How did you get it? Do you have it when you want it?"
Mrs. Gu shrank her neck after being scolded and did not dare to speak anymore, but she didn't mind it in her heart. It was just a few oranges, and they were said to be very valuable.
Then Jiang is just an exiled criminal, what valuable things can he have in his hands?
Regardless, she went to find Jiang in the afternoon and asked for another basket.
At the same time, in the Song Mansion, Song Muci crossed his legs and held a book in his hand, flipping through it randomly.
Fu'er carefully pushed the door open and said, "Master!"
Song Muci didn't even raise her eyelids, "What? There's still no news?"
Fu'er almost cried, "The younger one divided the portraits into four. The city gates were all checked, and they said... I have never seen that old woman enter the city gate."
"How is it possible..." Song Muci sat up suddenly and said displeased: "What do you think I can do with you? I can't even find any village woman!"
Fu'er said: "It's really... that old woman's appearance is too ordinary. There are so many people coming in and out of the city gate every day... I wish I had known that the fruit she bought has such miraculous effects. I should have left her address then, and now there is no need to look for a needle in a haystack."
He said, kowtow and apologized: "It's all my fault and my lack of consideration. Master, please punish me!"
He said this Although Song Muci took the initiative to admit his mistake, Song Muci did not reprimand him again. He took a sip of tea and said slowly: "What about other things? No news at all?"
"Chen Er found the old donkey cart that day in the south of the city. , but according to the owner who closed the shop, a young girl sold it to him at a discount, and he exchanged it for a new, wider car on the spot in the shop."
Song Muci was perked up, "The owner is going to meet him again. Do you recognize that young girl?"
Fu'er said uncertainly: "You should recognize her! I heard from the boss that the girl is so white-looking that she is a rare beauty!"
Song Muci snorted. , "He's a rough guy, he doesn't know anything about beauties!" He stood up and said, "Let's go, let me go and see for myself today."
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After lunch, Lu Shiyan took the initiative to hire day laborers to take care of the garden, and Jiang Tangtang I took out some vegetable seeds and soaked them in the spiritual spring, planning to sow them the next day.
While he was busy working, a voice came from outside the courtyard, "Madam of the Lu family, are you at home?"
Jiang Tangtang went out and saw an unfamiliar woman with a big belly, with a puzzled look on her face.
Mrs. Gu said, "Don't you remember me? I am the daughter-in-law of the Xia family. When you first came to Zhuangzi, my man gave you wooden boards!" "
It turns out to be Sister-in-law Xia!" Jiang Tangtang said enthusiastically: "Come in quickly. Sit down, you're so big, so be careful." After saying that, he gave her a stool to sit on.
The Lu family are people who love cleanliness. After moving in, the yard has been kept clean. However, many households have not added anything and still use old things from the Ge family.
This stool was given to them by the Ge family, and it was unknown how many generations it had been passed down. Although Jiang Tangtang had already scrubbed it with a handkerchief, it was still black.
When Mrs. Gu saw it, a flash of disgust flashed in her eyes, and she said softly: "I won't sit still. I have a belly. The doctor said I need to move more."
Jiang Tangtang saw the disgust in her eyes, and the smile on her face faded, but she still said enthusiastically: "Then you stand and move around."
Gu waited for a while and saw that she only made tea, but did not He brought out cakes and fruits to treat himself, and immediately rolled his eyes in his heart.
You want to please her family, but you are still so stingy.
Mrs. Gu said angrily: "I heard that you people from wealthy families are particularly good at reading people's faces? Why don't I look at you like this?"
This woman must be here to cause trouble!
Although Jiang Tangtang felt that she wanted to have a good relationship with Manager Xia and would often send her things, but this did not mean that she was easy to bully. Anyone in the Xia family could step on her.
"Sister-in-law Xia, I'm afraid you didn't hear me clearly. We, the masters of wealthy families, don't need to look at people's faces. Only the maids at home need to look at people's faces."
Mrs. Gu did not expect that Jiang Tangtang would dare to contradict her on the spot. His face didn't look good at the moment.
Jiang Tangtang didn't care about her, and began to think about the style of jewelry.
Gu became increasingly unhappy, "Ms. Lu family, I came here to see you today because I actually have something to ask you for help."
Jiang Tangtang said politely, "Sister-in-law Xia, just tell me what you have to say, and I will definitely do it if I can."
"It's not a big deal. It's just that my pregnancy was severe. You vomited violently on weekdays and couldn't eat anything. Just the oranges my father-in-law brought back yesterday. After eating them, I felt much better. Do you have any at home? Yes. Sell them to me evenly."
Jiang Tangtang sighed: "That's really embarrassing, I only have a basket of oranges, and I gave half of them to you. My family doesn't have enough for the rest, so there's no extra."
"You. Let me mix some first. If you want to eat, you can buy it later." The boss of the Gu family was not happy, what happened to this Jiang family.
Since she wanted to curry favor with the Xia family, shouldn't she offer it with both hands if she wanted something?
Why did you refuse?
"To tell you the truth,
it was a coincidence that I got this basket of oranges." Jiang Tangtang said: "I helped an old lady in the county town, so she gave me this box of oranges as a thank you gift.
I didn't want to take it . When I came back, both adults and children liked to eat them. In less than a day, I had almost eaten all the oranges. I would also like to buy some more. Isn't it inconvenient to go to the county seat?"
Mrs. Gu said: "What's the problem? I'll tell my father-in-law later. I'll let you go to the county seat again."
"If I go to the city again, I may not meet you. If I can meet you, it wouldn't hurt to buy some for you."
Jiang Tangtang paused and then said: "But the price of oranges It's not cheap. I heard the old woman said that these oranges are rare. She sells them for fifteen taels per basket! Our family can't afford this price. Are you sure you want it? Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to buy it."
Mrs. Gu, "Ah. "Stop bluffing," he said sharply, "It's just a basket of sour oranges. It's so expensive! It's not an elixir. You can live forever after eating it."
Although the Xia family is here because of Manager Xia, From all over the country, they are considered to be well-off and well-to-do people.
But baskets of oranges for fifteen taels of silver were unaffordable.
Mrs. Gu just thought that Jiang Tangtang was reluctant to spend money to give her oranges and deliberately said they were so expensive. She was very angry.