"I have no discernment. What I have is corn. I will give you one to taste during the autumn harvest, and you will know how good my corn is."
Jiang Nuanzhi heard from Aunt Wang that her husband had been sent to the army. As a result, she felt deeply resentful about being exiled from the army.
While talking, he carried the waiter into the donkey cart: "It looks like it's going to rain. Mother Liu, please go into the house earlier. I'm going home too."
"Hey, wait a minute, I see there is pork in your car, give me a pound."
As he spoke, he counted twenty copper coins and handed them over.
Mother Liu was actually shocked, especially when she saw the car filled with so many things. Such a large piece of pork fat needs to cost some money, right?
You must know that in the winter, her family still cannot open the pot, and they need to sell their children to fill their stomachs. How long has it been since I bought a house, kept a donkey cart, and raised horses?
The little cripple in his family who used to be skinny now has clean clothes and is white and tender. She didn't even dare to recognize him just now.
Everyone in the village said that Fatty Jiang was lucky, but Mother Liu thought otherwise. She knows best what Jiang Fatya's family was like in the beginning. Now it seems that he really underestimated her back then.
Just by looking at the fact that she offered two taels of silver to buy someone, you can tell that this girl is smart.
Jiang Nuanzhi took the twenty copper coins and neatly cut a piece of meat for her. She asked casually: "Mother Liu, where are you going to sell Xiao Ya'er?"
"Where to sell her?" Liu Ma heard Jiang Nuanzhi's question in a daze before she came back to her senses: "Oh, at her age now, the brothel is not willing to take her. I was here to fool that stupid thing, so as not to She disgusts people from time to time.”
"Business is very tight at this time, and now the master doesn't want to buy slaves at this time. After all, whoever buys a slave will have to pay an extra two taels of silver in taxes. I'm afraid this will hit my hands. It's very troublesome. .”
Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but twitch his lips as he listened: "Mother Liu, you are actually a good person."
Liu's mother was stunned: "I'm not a good person! I thought she was born well and she was smart. If she couldn't be sold, she could be kept as a child bride for our little boy. I have always been unable to afford any profit. It’s so funny to be such a good person early.”
Jiang Nuanzhi suddenly returned the 20 pieces of silver to her: "Okay, if you say you are not a good person, then you are not. I won't accept the 20 pieces of silver. Xiaoya'er and I have a certain affinity, so I will give you this pound of pork." Done, give her a bite.”
After that, he grabbed another handful of candies and gave them to her: "Here, bring some candies to Xiaohu."
Without giving her a chance to react, she got on the donkey cart and went home.
At that time, there was a crack of thunder in the sky, and the sky that was full of red clouds just now changed its face in the blink of an eye. As the dark clouds rolled in, the sky became a little darker.
Mother Liu looked at the meat and candy on her hands, her brows furrowed tightly.
"Hey, the sun is shining in the west today?"
Her family is considered a wealthy family in the village, so everyone in the village always wants to take advantage of her. This was the first time someone gave her something.
Oh, no, last time, Jiang Fatya sold her child, but later regretted it, and she also gave her own things.
Wait, she couldn't have done this just because she wanted to give that little girl a piece of meat to eat, right?
"Hey? Oh my god, why did it rain so fast?"
Raindrops fell on Liu's mother, and she ran back to the yard without caring about anything else.
"Xinbo!"
Jiang Nuanzhi drove the donkey cart in and saw Xin Bo standing at the door waving to them with an umbrella in his hand.
"Why are you standing outside on a rainy day? Come inside quickly!"
Xin Bo grinned when he saw a few people: "Go inside the house!"
Jiang Nuanzhi: "."
She took the umbrella from Xin Bo's hand in a funny way, quickly unloaded the donkey cart, and asked Daniel to go next to Xiaoli. Now I have barely built a straw shed. Although the straw shed leaks slightly, it is better than having them outside all the time preparing for rain.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Everyone was busy for a while before putting all the things on the donkey cart into the house. By that time, the rain was already getting heavier. "Mother, mother, your clothes are wet, please change into something clean." Baozhu said, holding Jiang Nuanzhi's hand.
"Yes, Aunt Nuan, please change your clothes to avoid catching a cold." Xuanting handed over another clean handkerchief.
Jiang Nuanzhi took it, wiped his hair, looked around and said, "Did Ping'er not come back today?"
Xuanting nodded: "Well, Brother Ping and Dean Yue went out and said they would come back later."
"Hey? Where is Li Rong?"
"Going out."
The little old man said it, and after finishing speaking, he curled his lips: "He went out with me. He asked me to pick you up, and he went to fool around somewhere. He was sneaky, and he must not have done anything good. ”
"Grandpa Jing!" Xuanting frowned at first: "Master has his own affairs, Grandpa Jing, you can't say that to him!"
The master warned him repeatedly when he went out, so Xiao Xuanting knew what he was going to do. Therefore, I was secretly sweating. He was already anxious, but when he heard what the little old man said, he even furrowed his brows with a look of disapproval.
"Okay, okay, yes, yes, it's my fault, okay?" the little old man said, curling his lips and said: "I don't know what kind of ecstasy drug Li has given you these past few days, making you, a little bastard, turn to you everywhere. Him!”
Xuanting strongly disagreed with this: "Grandpa Jing, Master didn't give me the ecstasy soup!"
When he was talking, he seemed to have accidentally pulled a wound, and he suddenly gasped in pain.
Jiang Nuanzhi hurriedly went to him to check. After taking a look, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Now we still need to move less and rest more. We should not hold heavy objects on our hands, so as not to pull the wound. Did you know?"
"Don't worry, Aunt Nuan, I will pay attention." Xiao Xuanting nodded immediately.
"Did your master say when he would be back?" Jiang Nuanzhi asked again.
"Master said, we can sleep first without waiting for him." He suddenly remembered something: "Oh, by the way, Master also cooked a pot of hot porridge and eggs when he went out. He said that you can use it when you come back in the evening. Belly.”
"Oh. Okay."
"Xiao Er, don't you have gifts for your brother and sister?"
After listening to Jiang Nuanzhi's words, the waiter suddenly became energetic: "Yes, yes, we also bought ducks and goslings! Come and see."
Perhaps it was because it was raining and the weather was a bit cooler, so the little duck and gosling huddled in their baskets huddled against each other, not making any sound. At this moment, the waiter opened the lid of the backpack. As soon as he saw the light, the little guys screamed.
The three children had never seen such a scene before, and they were all excited, holding baskets and chattering non-stop. Everyone looked very excited.
Jiang Nuanzhi glanced at the place where the long bow was hung on the wall. His bow was still there and had not been taken away. There was a hint of worry in his eyes. Somehow, I always feel a little uneasy in my heart.
……
Liujiang County South Street.
It is very lively in the early morning. Along the street are a variety of goods and accessories, and there are also restaurants selling wontons and sesame cakes, and the fragrance lingers for a long time.
But there was a sudden heavy rain today, and the hawkers on the street were pushing their carts home. They were noisy, and soon there were not many people on the street.
The sky became a little darker again. Li Rong entered the Daqingshan Tea House covered in moisture and was led to the door of the private room on the second floor.
"My guest, this is the room."
Li Rong nodded, put his wet hands on his clothes and rubbed them, then pushed his eyes open and opened the door of the tea room. (End of chapter)