allonlinenovel Chapter 131 Change of Face
Chapter 131 Change of Face
Shen Jianzhu clenched her fists. Her parents were here to treat her leg. "My mother is being punished by grandma to kneel, and my two younger brothers are guarding her."
Shen Lingzhu and her senior sister exchanged a glance. They had made a scene the last time, and had taken all the wages from Uncle Jiu's family. "Why are you doing this time?"
"I asked my mother for some silver, saying that Uncle Seventh had sent some silver, and Uncle Fifth should quickly distribute it to everyone for household expenses.
My mother refused to come, and my grandmother was even angrier." Shen Jianzhu lowered his head in embarrassment.
Shen Miaozhu, who was applying medicine to her, raised her hand to support her face and said, "In a moment, Xiao Zhuzi will go and tell Third Grandma that the money that Seventh Uncle sent back was from the sale of the bellows rocking chair.
Their wages, however, must be calculated separately."
"Okay." Shen Lingzhu agreed happily. She said she would report to her aunt and came to the east room in a blink of an eye, but her uncle was not in the room.
She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Hu asked with a smile, "Are you unhappy to see that we're the only ones here?"
"No." After explaining the reason to her aunt, she continued, "Seventh Uncle just sent back ten taels of silver to see if the private post office was safe.
But within two days, Third Grandma got the news. Was it that the People's Credit Bureau had failed to keep it secret, or was it that someone in the family had let the cat out of the bag in the village?
Hu: "Do you want to investigate?"
"No, I just want to know which side made the mistake so that I can be prepared in the future." Shen Lingzhu certainly didn't want it to be the Shen family members who were working there.
After thinking for a moment, Mrs. Hu said, "I'll tell your uncle. As for wages, everyone will be paid in August."
As she spoke, she asked Shen Lingzhu to open the desk cabinet under the window, pulled it open, and took out the account book inside, "Calculate how much is left undistributed in August.
Use the money from the bellows sold at the market to distribute them as soon as possible."
After giving birth, she was always forgetful and didn't give the account book to her two nieces, otherwise she would have paid them all their wages long ago.
Shen Lingzhu quickly finished the calculation and asked, "Aunt, shall my second sister and I go and distribute it?"
"Of course, our family has finally recovered. From now on, half of the profit from the sale of goods will go to you and Miaozhu." Mrs. Hu originally wanted to give them 70%, but was persuaded by the master.
It is said that giving too much to one's own children will hurt their self-esteem and self-confidence.
"Half? You're not going to live with your aunt?" Shen Lingzhu was a little surprised. The seven uncles and the teacher who were delivering goods outside took 80% of the profits.
The sisters divided it in half, and only a tiny half was left on the aunt's side.
Mrs. Hu smiled and said, "We have vegetables and food at home that we got from the bellows, so we won't starve."
"I won't tell my second sister, otherwise I will be criticized. You tell her yourself." Shen Lingzhu didn't dare to decide the future interests of the two of them, so she tactfully changed the direction of the conversation.
She said, "Wait until Uncle Qi and the others come back. Can you give the money you get to Jian Zhu to treat his leg first?"
If we delay it for another year or two, her recovery won’t be as fast as someone her age.”
"Aren't you acting like her age?" Hu Shiwan didn't expect it to be this, so she thought about it for a while and said:
"We can send her to the provincial capital to treat her leg, but we can't give her the money." In order to avoid having her condition taken away for various reasons before she even warms up.
Mrs. Hu asked Shen Lingzhu to work again, otherwise, "Open the box over there and distribute the copper coins in bunches to everyone during lunch."
"I'll count out the ones for Uncle Nine and Aunt Nine and send them over." After Shen Lingzhu counted them out, he told his aunt that he would go and send them over now.
Mrs. Hu called her and asked her what she thought about Mrs. Qian.
Shen Lingzhu said she changed her mind. No one is perfect, and Mrs. Qian's needlework is beyond reproach.
Her nonchalant look was not discovered by Mrs. Hu, who was trying her best to adjust herself.
Mrs. Hu stroked her forehead and said, "Our little Zhuzi has grown up."
"I'm not small to begin with."
"Oh, who is it that always says he is still a child."
"Uh, it's not me, right?" Shen Lingzhu joked with his aunt for a long time before filling a basket with several strings of copper coins and going out.
He walked a few steps into the west room and saw that Jian Zhu's medicine had been applied, so he immediately took her to Third Grandma's house.
Shen Lingzhu entered the gate of his third grandfather's house, first glanced at the side rooms and listened carefully to see if there was anyone inside.
She asked Shen Jianzhu, "Are you all not home?"
The latter said: “Except us, everyone else should go to till the soil and spread fertilizer.
My third uncle was also dragged to the fields by my grandfather, who said that he wanted to see whether it was better to work in the fields or to read and memorize books.
Also, I hope he can get rid of his bad habit of having high expectations but low skills.”
As the two approached the main door, they saw Aunt Jiu kneeling outside the inner door, accompanied by the brothers Jianwen and Jianwu.
She walked in quickly and pulled up the two children. "Why are you two kneeling? If you kneel for too long, your knees will get damaged and you won't be able to walk steadily in the future."
"Will it really break?" Jian Wu was a little skeptical, but he grabbed Aunt Jiu's hand and said, "Second Aunt, get up quickly."
Jian Zhu and Jian Wen reached out their hands, trying to pull their mother up.
The inner room heard Shen Lingzhu instigating them to move, and sneered: "Second brother, did I allow you to move?"
Shen Lingzhu curled her lips, and was once again thankful that this wasn't her own grandmother. She took a breath and changed her tone: "Third grandmother is at home? I thought you were busy in the fields.
Could Aunt Jiu please check with me about August's wages? I'll come and pay you."
If she wasn't afraid that her words would be too harsh and Third Grandma would cause trouble for Jian Zhu afterwards, she wouldn't have been so tactful.
The third grandmother put on a show of changing her face: "Oh, the second wife, quickly pour some hot tea for Xiao Zhuzi. She is a little girl and can't stand the cough."
Before she finished speaking, she had already opened the door to the inner room and pulled Shen Lingzhu towards her with a smile: "Sit, sit."
Shen Lingzhu was speechless, and she was willing to admit defeat to this magical skill.
She quickly settled the accounts and gave money to Aunt Jiu, then left without wanting to stay even a second longer.
But Third Grandma grabbed her and said, "I'm almost recovered. I'll let your Aunt Jiu and Jian Zhu go to work today.
You can also let them take care of your grandma, after all, she will miss her if she doesn’t go home for a long time.”
"No, Aunt Jiu will come to work tomorrow after she finishes her work.
My grandma is taking care of us sisters, so there's no need for her to do that. "If you ask me for another salary at the end of the month, I won't do it.
So Shen Lingzhu walked quickly: "Third grandma, please stay. I'm going to the eldest grandma's house."
"Okay, okay." Third Grandma was content with having money, so she turned around and looked a little friendly towards Aunt Nine and the others.
She also said, "Jian Zhu did a good job this time. If you hadn't gone to the foot of the mountain, her family wouldn't have remembered that they still had unpaid wages."
"Grandma, I got my neck scalded by your hot tea, so I asked Sister Miaozhu to apply some medicine on it." Jian Zhu tilted her head up to let her see the place where she had applied the green ointment.
"You're not that delicate." Third Grandma just glanced at it and prepared to grab the money and go back to the house.
Unexpectedly, Jian Zhu held up a string of money and said, "I haven't paid for the medicine yet."
"How dare you!" Third Grandma raised her hand to slap her left cheek, but fortunately, Aunt Jiu grabbed her arm and prevented her from being slapped.
"Mom, please take a closer look at where Jian Zhu is injured. Are you deliberately not hoping for a good future for your granddaughter?" Aunt Jiu's eyes were wide open with hatred in them.
At the same time, I grabbed my mother-in-law's hand harder and harder, until my fingernails were digging into the flesh.
The third grandmother was startled, and when she looked at the three little ones who were also glaring at her, she let go of the string of money that was held down by Jian Zhu.
Seeing grandma give in and go back into the house, Jian Zhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Xiao Zhuzi's method was very effective. Only if he became tough could he avoid being bullied.