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Chapter 4 Pawn off the hairpin
After Gu Chunzhu washed the dishes, he felt worried while sitting in the room.
This family is really poor, there is only a small handful of rice in the rice jar, and in the basket containing the sweet potatoes, she counted, there are only six sweet potatoes the size of a palm, and there are only things hidden in the original owner's memory, only A small bowl of bottomed lard and a small half-jar of salt.
It's cold outside. With this little food, I can eat it for two or three days at most. Su Wangqin went out and didn't say when he would come back. Gu Chunzhu decided that he could not sit still and wait for his death. There are many wild animals in the mountains. If this Su Wangqin died in the mountains, he was not sure!
She walked over to the locked mahogany box and cage, opened the lock three times, and opened the thing inside that was wrapped in three layers of red paper and three layers outside.
It was a silver hairpin, and it was the only dowry that Gu Chunzhu brought from her family, and it was secretly stuffed by her sister-in-law.
Su Wangqin spent 10 taels of silver to marry a fat, lazy and greedy woman like the original owner. Gu Chunzhu was panicking for him without looking after the child. The original owner's family was not a thing, it was like selling a daughter.
She didn't have time to complain. Seeing that it was still dark, she was about to push the door and go out. She was about to walk out of the door when she thought of the two children nestled at the base of the wall.
I'm going out, wait for me at home, and come back and bring you something delicious. Gu Chunzhu turned his head and said to the two children who had washed their faces, but wore ragged clothes that did not match their faces.
The eyes of the two children were blank, and their heads moved a little, but there was no turbulent emotion in their eyes.
Gu Chunzhu pondered for a while, Xu was the original owner who often lied to children like this.
She was about to go out, but the cold wind blowing in at the door made her hair stand on end. Gu Chunzhu turned back into the house again, gave birth to a plate of carbon, and let the two children sleep on her bed, and then she went out with confidence.
Gu Chunzhu touched the town according to the route he remembered.
In the pawnshop, she was carrying a silver hairpin weighing two taels. The boss said that it was hollow inside, and she filled it with soil, and she was only willing to give one tael of silver.
Gu Chunzhu rubbed his skin and asked the boss to add two coins. In the end, Gu Chunzhu walked out of the pawnshop with one or two coins in his arms, as if he was holding several hundred million. He touched it from time to time for fear of losing it.
Seeing that it was getting dark, she went to the grain store to buy 20 catties of brown rice, spent 60 pennies, and asked the store owner for a broken basket to carry on her back. Thinking of Xiaocheng's forehead injury, she went to the pharmacy to buy a bottle of gold sore medicine, which cost five cents of silver.
Sure enough, life was difficult in ancient times, and medicine was extraordinarily expensive. Gu Chunzhu also gritted his teeth and bought it. This child will inevitably have bumps and bumps when he grows up, and it is also very useful to prepare.
Thinking of how many holes were in the ragged clothes of the two children, Gu Chunzhu bought some needles and thread, and asked the people in the cloth shop to ask for a few pieces of rags, and the money left as a silver hairpin was only six dollars.
Gu Chunzhu decided that he couldn't spend the money on the bottom of the box if he was killed. He hurriedly prepared to go home, but when he passed a steamed bun shop, his footsteps stopped involuntarily.
Little sister-in-law, would you like to buy a bun and try it? The aunt who sold the bun graciously waved to Gu Chunzhu.
Smelling the meaty smell of the steamed buns, Gu Chunzhu's stomach stirred for a while, she covered her stomach and leaned over a little, and asked, How do you sell these steamed buns?
Only the last two pieces of meat are left, and this piece of meat is worth two cents. The aunt lifted up the steamer, revealing two plump white meat buns, still steaming.
Gu Chunzhu couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva, reached out and touched the silver in his arms, two pennies could buy half a catty of brown rice.
The buns are really expensive, beyond her consumption level.
Buy it another day. Gu Chunzhu turned his eyes away with difficulty, and stepped forward to leave.
Little sister-in-law, it's the last two. If you want to take them all, I'll charge you three cents. It's already night when you go back, and the children at home are hungry. My buns are famous in the town. , you should really bring it back to the children to taste. The aunt said in one sentence Gu Chunzhu's heart.
An An and Xiao Cheng haven't tasted what a steamed bun is like.
Gu Chunzhu sighed in her heart. She looked down and saw that she had a torn cloth shoe. When she raised her head again, she said with brilliance in her eyes:
Auntie, I bought two buns in three cents, and you can give me a steamed bun.
I can't afford it. This steamed bun is also made of top-quality fine noodles, and each one is sold for a penny. The little sister-in-law really has an inch. The aunt was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she hurriedly waved her hand.
The blush on Gu Chunzhu's face flashed for a living. She continued to haggle and said, Auntie, the two babies in my family have never tasted the taste of buns. If they are delicious, they will definitely come.
The aunt hesitated for a while, and carefully looked at Gu Chunzhu's clothes, which were the cheapest coarse clothes. Maybe I will eat buns like this once in my life, and my aunt comforting herself in her heart is like doing a good deed.
It's alright, alright, I'll wrap it up for you, you can go home. The aunt said, took the oil paper and wrapped two steamed buns and a white-faced steamed bun.
Gu Chunzhu handed over the three cents of money, and said with a look of gratitude: Thank you, aunt, I will look for you next time I buy buns.
The aunt shook her head helplessly, watched Gu Chunzhu's back, and began to close the stall.
By the time Gu Chunzhu returned to Xiaohetou Village, it was already night. The moon hung high in the sky and shone on the road. Gu Chunzhu was carrying a basket on his back, and his chest was bulging.
Pushing open the door of the house, there is no hot air from the charcoal fire in the house.
The house was dark, and there was no movement. Gu Chunzhu's chest flashed a moment of panic, and he hurriedly put down the basket and shouted, Xiaocheng, An'an.
We're here... The weak voice of the kitten meowing came from the base of the wall.
Gu Chunzhu groped to find the oil lamp, lit it with a fire stick, and found that the two children were still leaning against the wall, surrounded by each other to keep warm.
Why don't you light the lights? Gu Chunzhu blamed.
The two children shrank and did not answer.
Gu Chunzhu realized that the original owner had caused a huge psychological shadow on the two children, so he slowed down and explained:
It's so cold and dark at night, you don't light oil lamps, and you don't have a lot of charcoal pots. What if you get sick? Come on, don't stay on the ground, come to bed.
As soon as Gu Chunzhu's words fell, An An who was at the base of the wall suddenly cried out with a wow.
Don't cry, what's the matter? Gu Chunzhu hurried over.
Xiaocheng wrapped his sister tightly to block Gu Chunzhu's sight. He said sullenly, An'an wet the bed while sleeping, don't hit her, just hit me if you want to get angry.
Gu Chunzhu frowned, An An was still young and rarely slept on the bed, and the charcoal basin was burned in the house, and she slept comfortably, naturally she urinated in her dream, and there was nothing she could do.
Seeing the two children looking scared, she felt distressed. She felt the bulging thing from her arms, handed it over, and said softly, It's okay, let's see what good things I brought back to you.
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