I wrote novels in the Republic of China
Chapter 5 Entering the City
Boss Li came in the afternoon, and it was already evening.
There was still light in the main room, but in the room where Sang Xuewen was locked up, there was no light at all.
Sang Qian opened the door and Sang Jingyun followed her in, only to see Sang Xuewen lying on the ground sobbing.
Sang Jingyun said: "Dad, it's time for dinner."
Sang Xuewen was sober at this moment and said, "Don't worry about me, just let me die."
In Sang Jingyun's previous life, her parents were away from home because of their business, so she could only eat at her uncle's house. This made her subconsciously learn to read people's faces. In addition, she was very sensitive and could guess about 70% of other people's thoughts.
Sang Xuewen said this sincerely at this time.
Sang Jingyun sighed secretly.
Sang Xuewen is not a bad person.
If he was really bad from the bottom of his heart, Sang Yuanshan and Sang Qianshi would not have indulged him again and again, and Lu Ying would not have stayed with him forever.
But sometimes, even he himself couldn't control himself and ended up doing all kinds of stupid things.
Sang Jingyun said: "Dad, we are almost out of food right now. If something happens to you again, we will starve to death!"
Sang Xuewen was stunned.
Sang Jingyun added, "After paying back the money today, there are only a hundred copper coins left in the house. Now our family depends on Jingying and Jingxiong to make money by making mooncake boxes... Dad, if you abandon us again, what will we do?"
Sang Qianshi and Lu Ying would not really watch Sang Xuewen die. Even Sang Jingyun himself could not bear to watch someone die.
She had never even killed a chicken in her previous life.
"It's all my fault... Dad..." Sang Xuewen started crying again.
Sang Jingyun felt both angry and amused when he saw a grown man in his thirties crying and calling for his dad.
Ever since Sang Yuanshan passed away, Sang Xuewen has been crying and calling for his dad all day long.
He probably realized that if he got into trouble in the future, there would be no Sang Yuanshan to clean up the mess for him.
Sang Jingyun and Sang Qianshi let him cry, and when he finished crying, Sang Jingyun gave him the porridge: "Dad, drink the porridge."
Sang Xuewen was already hungry, so he took the porridge and started drinking it.
Sang Jingyun wanted Sang Qianshi to teach Sang Xuewen a lesson, but Sang Xuewen was not making trouble at this time, so she couldn't do anything. She just stood by and described the family's miserable situation: "Dad, if you can't pay the rent, we will have to move to the other side of the river and live in a shabby place. Our family might even starve to death. I saw over there that women of my age were sold into the flesh trade, and children of my younger sister's age starved to death on the roadside..."
Sang Xuewen was dumbfounded when he heard what Sang Jingyun said.
"Dad, please help me with some work tomorrow. I don't want to starve to death." Sang Jingyun started crying.
Sang Xuewen has always loved his eldest daughter very much.
In the past six months, his eldest daughter was always in a bad mood when she saw him and would scold him from time to time, but when he was sober, he knew it was his fault, so he did not blame others and even hoped that his family would scold him more.
Seeing his strong-willed eldest daughter crying, he regretted it and quickly promised: "I will work hard in the future and find a job..."
Sang Jingyun said nothing and held Sang Qian's hand in the dark.
Sang Qian patted Sang Xuewen's back hard, making him fall forward: "Before, you said you were going to find a job, but in the end you went to buy opium. Your father has been mad at you. I won't let you do whatever you want in the future. From now on, don't leave this yard. If you want to work, do it at home!"
Sang Xuewen was beaten, but he didn't care. He just cried, "Mom..."
Sang Qianshi didn't say much to Sang Xuewen. She took the bowl from Sang Xuewen's hand, walked out and locked the door again.
Sang Qian asked Lu Ying to take Sang Jingli to sleep in the attic, and Sang Jingyun, who originally slept with Sang Jingli, lived with her.
That night, Sang Jingyun talked a lot to Sang Qianshi, brainwashing her and asking her to strictly discipline Sang Xuewen. By the end, she was so tired that she fell asleep unknowingly.
Upstairs, Lu Ying hugged her little daughter and couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Sang Jingying also couldn't sleep all night.
They didn't know before that the family was already in such a difficult situation.
The next day, when Sang Jingyun woke up, it was just getting light.
When she went out, she saw Lu Ying cooking quietly, but Sang Qianshi was not there.
It was already August in the lunar calendar, but Shanghai was still a little hot. Lu Ying, who was sitting behind the stove, was sweating all over, and her clothes were soaked.
Sang Jingyun said: "Mom, let me light the fire."
"No, it's ready," Lu Ying said, "Just simmer the porridge and we'll be able to eat it in a while."
While the two were talking, Sang Jingying came down from upstairs.
Sang Jingyun waved at him, called them over, and then told them about the arrangement she had discussed with Sang Qianshi: "Mother, Aying, from now on, our family will buy a load of rice every month, mixed with sweet potatoes and grains. Every day, we will buy a copper coin worth of bean products and a copper coin worth of vegetables. In addition, we will buy salt, firewood, and occasionally some salted fish. Our monthly food expenses should be controlled within six yuan..."
Afterwards, Sang Jingyun talked about the handicrafts he was going to bring home: "Mom, don't do housework from now on. Just focus on the handicrafts and take good care of your sister."
Lu Ying asked: "Do you let your grandma do the housework?"
Sang Jingyun said: "No, let Dad do it. When Dad is free, he can do some manual work."
Lu Ying was stunned. Sang Jingyun said, "This is grandma's idea, mother, don't disobey me." This was actually her idea, but using the name of Sang Qianshi would make Lu Ying listen to her.
Sang Xuewen was very good to Lu Ying in his early years, but Lu Ying couldn't bear to be cruel to Sang Xuewen because she was still a traditional woman and felt that men should not do housework.
But if her mother-in-law speaks, she will still listen.
At this time, Sang Qian came back.
Sang Qian brought back two baskets of things, including pumpkins, winter melons, and sweet potato leaves, and said, "Sweet potatoes are still a little expensive now, so I didn't buy any. I bought some pumpkins to eat first. The sweet potato leaves were given to me by the farmers, so I don't have to pay for them."
After asking, Sang Jingyun found out that at this time of year, the sweet potatoes in the fields had not grown big enough and the farmers were reluctant to dig them out.
Even if it was dug out and sold, the price would be quite high. Sang Qianshi felt it was not cost-effective and did not buy it.
This happened because the farmers had no fertilizers at that time.
In later generations, sweet potatoes had a high yield and were planted twice a year because fertilizer was cheap. If farmers planted like this at that time, the fertility in the land would soon be consumed. Therefore, farmers nearby only planted sweet potatoes once a year.
As for sweet potato leaves, they were not valuable in the eyes of farmers. Since Sang Qian wanted them, they let Sang Qian pick some for free.
After Sang Qian returned home, she closed the door and then let Sang Xuewen out of the house.
"Xue Wen, after breakfast, go and cultivate the land in the yard. I bought some seeds and plan to plant them. You can also try to grow some sweet potato vines." Sang Qian said to Sang Xue Wen.
Sang Xuewen was sober at this time and was determined to mend his ways, so he agreed immediately.
Sang Jingyun felt that he was thinking too simply.
With his physique...even if their yard is not big, it would take half his life if it was turned over.
After breakfast, Sang Jingyun took Sang Jingying out. Before leaving, Sang Qian gave her twenty copper coins.
This amount of money is not much, but it is a huge sum for their family.
In addition, the purchasing power of this money at this time is not weak.
Buying a sesame bun from a roadside stall only costs a copper coin, which is enough to fill her stomach.
The public security is not good nowadays, especially where they live.
Sang Jingyun's body is not that of a stunning beauty, but she is not bad looking either. It's just that she is young and has not fully grown yet.
For fear of being targeted, she wore Sang Jingying's old clothes and a tattered straw hat, and then was accompanied by Sang Jingying all the way to the county town.
The place where they lived was about ten miles away from the county town, or five kilometers, and it took an hour to walk there.
Sang Jingying was fine, but after walking for a while, Sang Jingyun felt his heart rate was too fast and he could hardly walk.
Her body is indeed a little weak, but fortunately she has no serious illness.
Sang Jingyun has the original owner's memories. She knows that the original owner had always been in poor health, mainly because she was inactive and picky about food.
The original owner didn't like to eat meat, had a poor appetite, and rarely went out, so he was short of energy and blood, and felt tired all day long.
When she has money, she will definitely adjust her lifestyle.
"Aying, let's take a break." Sang Jingyun said.
Seeing Sang Jingyun's pale face, Sang Jingying asked with concern: "Sister, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, just tired." Sang Jingyun said.
"Sister, let me take you home. I can go to find Uncle Zhang by myself. You have just recovered from your illness and you can't get tired." Sang Jingying said.
After his grandfather passed away, the news of his death was spread everywhere for the first two days, and the funeral was held on the third and fourth days. Right after the funeral, his sister collapsed and had a high fever, which scared the family so much that they called a doctor to treat her overnight.
That night was truly dangerous. His sister was so sick that she couldn't even take medicine. Fortunately, she woke up early the next morning and her fever went away. But for the next two days, his sister still couldn't get out of bed, and it wasn't until yesterday that she didn't have to have meals brought into the room.
In his opinion, his sister still needs to be taken care of for a few more days.
Sang Jingyun said, "I'll go with you. It's okay if we walk slowly."
Just walking will not make your body worse, it can also provide some exercise.
The two walked for about two hours before finally arriving at the county town.
At that time, except for one or two relatively wide streets, most of the Shanghai county town was narrow alleys. Along the way, you could see many shops that did not exist in later generations.
Sang Jingyun also saw someone planing tobacco with a planer at the door of the tobacco shop.
This tobacco is not opium, but ordinary tobacco leaves.
Remove the stems of the tobacco leaves, sprinkle some vegetable oil and water, press them tightly layer by layer, and then use a planer to plan out very fine tobacco shreds.
This tobacco can be processed and made into cigarettes or smoked in a pipe.
Sang Yuanshan loved to smoke this kind of cigarette when he was alive, but unfortunately, he later pawned even his cigarette pipe.
Sang Jingyun looked at every store, thinking about finding a job, and finally arrived at Uncle Zhang's house.
(End of this chapter)
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