Chapter 16 16. Don’t inquire about the affairs of your sister-in-law’s house
The two of them planned to go to the entrance of the village to make a bullock cart as soon as they left the house.
If you want to live in the village, you must integrate into it. The villagers did not know that Cheng Xi brought back several kilograms of grain, so they naturally thought that they did not have much rice and noodles.
And she also planned to buy some today to show off.
Cheng Xi’s face is unfamiliar to the Shen family village. Only members of the Shen family’s cousins have seen her.
Fortunately, there was a little girl following me, and I got to know several aunties in just a few minutes of waiting for the bus.
"This is the creek, right? She is indeed from the city, and her appearance is the mark!"
"It's Aunt Wang, Uncle Wang's wife."
Shen Xing Qi reminded her in a low voice, and Cheng Xi connected the woman in front of her with the bricklayer who made the bed for the Shen family.
They look like a couple.
"It turns out to be Aunt Wang, are you going to the embroidery workshop too?"
"We women are only good at needlework. Haven't we recently embroidered a few handkerchiefs for the shopkeeper of the embroidery workshop to notice?" "
Aunt Wang sat next to the two of them familiarly, her voice lowered than before.
"I bought some food by the way. Thanks to Xingluo for allowing my family to work and earn some money, otherwise I would have been miserable this winter."
The Wang family is an outsider, and there are only two people in the family. Mu of land, usually relying on Uncle Wang to make money from private work, it can be said that he is very poor.
Cheng Xi smiled and said, "Uncle Wang is good at his craftsmanship. Who knows about it in the whole Shenjia Village?" "It's for the winter."
"Is it okay? Is it really possible to light some firewood in the winter?"
"I don't know, but my husband said it can be done."
If it really wasn't hot, she would definitely not be blamed.
“It’s really hot!”
Aunt Wang’s attention was obviously on the second half of the sentence, and she became excited after hearing this.
"Then I will let your Uncle Wang make a plate at home, using the mud used to build the wall!"
She heard from her man that the thing used to lift other people's plates is the Good red brick, isn’t this nonsense?
Red bricks are so precious!
Cheng Xi's eyes flashed, and she mentally labeled the woman in front of her as "smart".
This is not quite like the honest and honest mason.
“Are you the Cheng Xi who wants to repay a favor?”
A arrogant female voice interrupted the conversation between the two. Cheng Xi looked to the side and found that someone had sat on the ox cart. A young girl wearing a floral cotton jacket.
"I'm asking you, is that right?"
"I am Cheng Xi, but what does the girl mean by repaying a favor?"
"That's right, I heard Your father saved Uncle Shen's family and Xing Luo My brother has made a marriage contract. Isn’t this just a favor?” Aunt’s eyes.
The original discussion near the bullock cart disappeared and turned into whispers.
Next to her, Shen Xingqi was so angry that her small chest began to heave, but the person involved became the calmest one.
Cheng Xi tilted his head and looked at her for a moment, then said slowly:
"There is a saying that 'it takes a hundred years to cultivate in the same boat, and a thousand years to cultivate to sleep together'. Being able to become husband and wife is a perfect match given by God. , others can’t envy you, you know?”
“You”
Didn’t you say that the bride married by Brother Xingluo is the daughter of a martial artist?
How come you still understand poetry!
"Also, if the person being favored is unwilling to do so but has to agree, it is called repaying the favor. For example, when Shen and Cheng's family negotiated peacefully and finally reached an agreement, it is called hitting it off and consensual. Don't you know? ?”
“How could you say such a thing in public?”
The little girl was shocked, “Shameless!”
“Didn’t you mention it first?”
Cheng Xi blinked his eyes, and the pear dimples on both sides of his cheeks were looming.
“Since you call my husband brother, then I am your sister-in-law. Remember from now on, don’t inquire about the affairs of your sister-in-law’s family, otherwise you will not be able to get married in the future.”
As soon as the words fell, the women who were watching the excitement all focused their attention on the girl, with a bit of strangeness.
This matter is all taken care of by other couples. For an unmarried girl, it is indeed inappropriate in a thousand or ten thousand ways.
Could it be.
"Wow——"
The little girl finally cried when she felt the suspicious eyes of everyone, jumped off the bullock cart and ran towards the village.
Cheng Xi: "."
That's it? The other person fell down before she could exert any force.
Cheng Xi's newly raised fighting spirit was forced to withdraw before he had time to exert his skills, and he felt that it was boring.
With regret, he looked away and met Shen Xingqi's stunned eyes with an expression of admiration.
“Sister-in-law, you are so awesome!”
“It’s just normal, I’ll learn from it in the future.”
“But as the saying goes, ‘A hundred years of cultivation will lead to the same boat, and a thousand years of cultivation will lead to the same pillow. Which book is Mian' from? How come I've never read it? ”
"Oh, that's the story of two snakes who forced a timid doctor to repay their favor and finally scared him to death."
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< br>The ox cart stopped at the gate of Fucheng, and several women dispersed after entering the gate.
Cheng Xi and Shen Xingqi went to the drug store first and took out prescriptions for treating trauma and gave Shen Xingluo some medicine.
"Brother, do you have spices here?"
"It depends on what the girl needs. Our Renxintang has the most complete range of herbal medicines. If we don't have it here, then other pharmacies probably won't have it either."
"Fragrant leaves, cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise, grass fruit, and pepper"
Cheng Xi reported more than a dozen aniseed ingredients in a row, and the medicine man was confused.
“Why, no?”
"Yes, yes, but what kind of disease can all these medicines be used to treat? It's unheard of!"
"Yes, just give me half a catty of each."
"Girl, This herb is It's very expensive. Are you sure you want half a catty of each?"
"Just follow my request. The money will be yours."
Cheng Xi took out a hundred taels of silver and slapped it on the counter. There is a hint of impatience.
When the boy saw this, he curled his lips and stopped asking. He thought it was a madman and turned around to grab the medicine.
Spices are usually sun-dried or baked and dehydrated before they are sold. The unit price is indeed not cheap, plus the original trauma medicine cost 50 taels.
Cheng Xi took the packed medicinal materials and Shen Xingqi and went out. Doctor Wu who was sitting in the hall looked at the backs of the two and shook his head and sighed, which aroused the waiter's doubts.
"Doctor Wu, do you also think that girl is strange?"
"Weird? I just feel pity for her."
Doctor Wu still remembered Cheng Xi. A few days ago, he was the one who checked Shen Jieyuan's pulse and prescribed prescriptions. Now that he was grabbing all kinds of herbs, Shen Jieyuan might not live long.
"Look at the drug store. If a patient comes, ask him to wait."
"Doctor Wu, what about you?"
"You shouldn't ask Don’t ask.”
Doctor Wu got up and went to the backyard of the drug store, and soon turned into another alley.
Here, Cheng Xi, who had left the medicine shop, looked at the words "Renxintang" thoughtfully, but when he looked back, he became elated.
“Let’s go to the pork stall next stop!”
With so many ingredients, she can go home and stew pig trotters as she likes.
Braised pork trotters today, braised pork trotters in braise tomorrow, spicy pork trotters the day after, no duplicates at all!
The pig trotters that Cheng Xi bought before were put into the space. The brother and sister only knew about the braised pork and nothing else. Therefore, when Shen Xingqi saw her sister-in-law readily paying and taking away a basket, she was once again trapped in confused.
"Sister-in-law, this food doesn't taste good."
"Huh?"
"It doesn't taste good. The stall owner usually can't sell it."
Finished She also nodded heavily to increase the credibility of her words.
Cheng Xi sighed, "Little Qiqi, you need to think more carefully when getting along with others in the future."
"Yes, yes, I remember."
"There is only one way to get along with me."
"What is it?"
"Don't think about anything, show your admiration Just look at the expression."
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(End of this chapter)