Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 9 Going to her house to ask for money

"Sister-in-law Shen, you came to fetch water too." Wang said for fun.

Zhang Shanyue raised his eyelids and glanced at her, then hummed.

Wang walked down the canal holding up the hem of her skirt, squatted by the water, scooped water from the jar with a wooden ladle, and asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Since your family and the Qin family have broken off the engagement, do you want to choose a new husband for Ah Zhao?"

Zhang Shanyue felt uncomfortable after hearing this and said coldly:
"Ah Zhao is still young, let's talk about it in a few years. But your Ling Yao should be promised to someone else. And the young man from the Qin family protects her everywhere. Why don't you two families become relatives?"

Wang was choked and a little embarrassed, but she still defended herself: "Sister Shen, you are joking. Lingyao is only half a year older than Zhao. There is no rush."

Then he changed the subject: "Is the wound on Ah Zhao's head okay? I prepared 500 yuan today and wanted to go visit her, but Lingyao got frightened again."

When Shen Zhao heard about the money, he immediately perked up, stood up and said to Wang: "Thank you, Aunt Wang, when will you send the money?
"My injury was caused by your Xue Yi. I spent hundreds of dollars on seeing a doctor and buying medicine, but the witch doctor said I need to take a few more doses of medicine to get better. I was worried about not having enough money, and you really helped me out."

Wang's eyelids twitched when she heard that, and she could only reply, "I'll send the money when I get back."

After saying that, he put the wooden ladle into the water pitcher, picked it up and left.

Shen Zhao watched her leave coldly and said to his mother, "If she doesn't send the money, I will go to her house to ask for it." The mother and daughter of the Xue family are really alike. They say nice things but don't do anything humane.

Zhang Shanyue smiled and nodded: "Yes, if she doesn't come, A Niang will go with you."

The mother and daughter returned home carrying the water pitcher, took out the millet and pounded some rice.

The ones pounded previously were cooked and eaten at noon, so I’ll pound some more now to save for evening meal.

The two men were pounding grain while waiting for someone, but Wang didn't show up until dark.

The mother and daughter looked at each other and said in unison: "Let's go to her house tomorrow morning to ask for money!"

Since the woman has said it, it would be a waste not to take it. Otherwise, people would think that the Shen family is easy to bully and just send them away with a few polite words.

Shen Zhao picked up the winnowing basket to winnow the chaff and suddenly remembered the rice and flour sold in the small bronze mirror.

The crystal clear cooked rice grains are steaming, and just one look at them makes your mouth water.

If she had such white rice at home, she could eat three bowls without any side dishes.

The more Shen Zhao thought about it, the more excited he became.

Once I have gathered enough money from my eldest brother, I will buy some ready-made rice and flour to eat. I will also buy two large, sturdy iron pots and a bamboo steamer.

There were only a few ceramic jars in my kitchen, which would easily get burned and cracked if I wasn't careful, making them completely unusable.

You also need to buy some vegetables and fruits. There are no fresh vegetables to eat in the northwest in winter, and you can't even see fruits.

Also, buy a few more thick and soft cotton quilts and put them on the beds of my parents and brothers. Even if the winter wind and snow are strong, they will not feel cold when they sleep.
Oh, I can’t think about it. The moment I think about it, I feel that I am too poor.

Everything in the small bronze mirror is so attractive that one can't wait to buy them all.

"A Zhao, you're in a daze again. Are you really crazy?"

Shen Heng poked his sister's shoulder with his finger: "It's so dark outside, why are you still sitting at the door?"

Shen Zhao paused, then quickly poured the yellow rice in the winnowing basket into the yellow basin and brought it back into the house.

The mother and her two children ate a bowl of porridge and prepared to rest, when they suddenly heard Shen Heng say, "The Qin family is such a piece of shit, they refuse to compensate us no matter what. How about I bring a few more people over tomorrow and give Qin Yi a good beating?"

Zhang Shanyue glared at his son and said, "Don't cause any more trouble. We have already broken off the engagement with the Qin family. Just ignore them, lest the neighbors think we are bullying others by taking advantage of our power."

"Besides, your sister will be engaged in the future. If that family spreads dirty words about her, wouldn't it be Ah Zhao who will suffer?"

"He dares?" Shen Heng raised his eyebrows: "If he dares to show his teeth, I will kill him!"

Zhang Shanyue was so angry that he slapped his son on the back of his head: "With your reckless look, you have no scheming at all. I don't know how others will plot against you in the future." Then he whispered: "Even if we punish him, we can't do it openly. The neighbors are watching. If we are not careful, even your father will be implicated."

Speaking of his biological father, Shen Heng had nothing to say. He covered his head and went back to the house angrily, lying directly on the wooden couch.

Shen Zhao came in with an oil lamp and pulled him up: "You haven't washed your face and feet yet, you are not allowed to sleep."

"No, no!" Shen Heng twisted and turned in protest, and even wrapped his head with the linen quilt: "I washed it yesterday."

Shen Zhao tore off the sackcloth and said angrily, "If you keep washing once every two or three days, you will get eye diseases and sores on your head, and you will be as ugly as Feng Laizi!"

She was not exaggerating. Many of her neighbors suffered from conjunctivitis and had yellow eye mucus every day, which was disgusting.

There are also many men with bald heads. Some of them become bald at a young age, with their hair falling in clumps, and they can never find a wife.

Shen Heng paused, then jumped up and ran to the kitchen to fetch water to wash his face.

Zhang Shanyue saw this, smiled at her daughter, and went to fetch some water to wash up.

In the evening, Shen Zhao returned to his room, closed the wooden door, and then took out the small bronze mirror to look at the image inside.

It was the same in her previous life when she was alone in the dungeon. She would take it out and look at it when the jailer was away to pass the torturous time.

Sometimes I would get a small amount of free food or medicine from the small bronze mirror, and this supported me for several years.

Later, a group of people suddenly came into the prison. They carried out Shen Zhao, who was as thin as a skeleton, and threw him directly onto the corpse transport vehicle.

That was the last time she saw sunlight, so bright that it seemed to blind her eyes.

Later, she was taken to a mass grave and buried in a pit with two or three other corpses.

Before she died, she clutched the small bronze mirror tightly, holding it tightly against her heart.

She thought that if there was an afterlife, she would be reborn in a mirror, where she would have endless food to eat and endless movies to watch.
Shen Zhao took a deep breath and wiped the water droplets off the mirror.

As a result, he did not reincarnate, but lived again.

In this life, she will definitely live a good life and take care of her parents and brother, and never follow the same path as in her previous life.

As for that bastard Qin Yi, I will kill him with my own hands sooner or later!

The next day, a sandstorm blew up early in the morning, covering the sky and making it impossible to open your eyes.

Shen Zhao wrapped his head and face with a cloth and scooped water from the pitcher to feed the sheep.

Fortunately, I had cut a lot of water chestnuts yesterday, so I bundled a bunch and threw them into the sheep pen.

It is impossible to herd sheep or go out in such weather, so the family of three can only close the doors and windows to avoid the yellow sand.

"Alas! What a hell of a place this is! There are evil winds every month." Zhang Shanyue sighed helplessly and said quietly, "If we were still in the Central Plains, how could we have suffered this?"

Shen Heng suddenly sat up from the couch, blinked his eyes and asked: "Why don't we move back? I haven't even seen what the Central Plains looks like. Is it full of gold?"

Zhang Shanyue rolled his eyes at his son and said, "Golden! Who are you listening to?"

Shen Hengfu lay back on the couch, crossed his legs and said, "I heard what the soldiers in Yuzezhang said. Some of them came from the Central Plains, and said it was a land of fish and rice, with gold everywhere."

Zhang Shanyue ignored him and turned around to mend her clothes.

Shen Zhaoze sat on the ground peeling water chestnuts, placing the stalks aside, then turned back to weave a larger box to store his clothes.

At this moment, the wooden door of the main house was suddenly knocked, and the voice of the old man Shen Ang came: "Open the door quickly, I'm back!"

(End of this chapter)