"Of course I blame you! You've corrupted a good kid!" Xia Ruyu scolded.
Song's face turned pale and blue, and Liu Xing felt relieved. It turned out that there were still some sensible people in the Xia family!
"I now declare that you are not qualified to go to the county town with me! I want to take Qianqian to the county town and find the best family for her!" Xia Ruyu said angrily.
Xia Shanshan burst into tears with a "wow".
Liu Xinggang was still praising Xia Ruyu in his heart, but when he heard this, his face darkened immediately, and his hands hanging at his sides clenched into fists. Xia Qianqian was going to the county town to find a relative, so what was he? The Liu family was relatively well-off in Shihua Village, but they could not be compared with the young masters in the county town!
"Why are you crying? Go back now, you're embarrassing yourself!" Xia Ruyu cursed, grabbing Song with one hand and Xia Shanshan with the other, and walked away cursing.
Qin heaved a sigh of relief and smiled. She turned around and said to Liu Xing, "Mr. Liu, thank you so much for today. Not only did you send the meat, but you also helped me."
"You're too polite, Auntie." Liu Xing forced a smile. Fortunately, Qin's eyesight was not good and she could not see his embarrassment. "Auntie, I've almost finished wrapping the dumplings. I'll go back first."
"Okay, thank your parents for me." Qin said.
"knew."
Liu Xing dusted the flour off his hands on his clothes and left. Qin and Xia Shanshan went back to the house to make dumplings.
Meanwhile, the town's sacrifice was ready and about to begin.
Xia Qianqian put on a red dress and, at Liu Zhenzhen's suggestion, applied some rouge and powder, then stood at the door of the inn waiting.
It was her first time attending a sacrifice, and she was a little nervous.
"I wonder who Jintong is." Liu Zhenzhen accompanied her and asked expectantly.
Xia Qianqian didn't care about this. She was just waiting to finish the sacrifice, take the five taels of silver, buy some meat and go home to make dumplings. Today was the winter solstice, and dumplings were eaten as usual. But she was not at home, so would Qin and Xia Yunyun be able to eat dumplings
"Xia Qianqian, do you know why Li Cui wants to be a jade girl?" Liu Zhenzhen asked.
"I don't know." Xia Qianqian said.
"Because her sister became a jade maiden last year, and she fell in love with Jin Tong, and she came to town to marry him!"
"Well… "
"I heard that several generations of golden boys and girls got married later. The priest said that they were the marriage chosen by the Bodhisattva."
Xia Qianqian: “…”
It's scary to tell her this at this time. She doesn't want to marry anyone casually, and she won't easily fall in love with anyone.
She... was once a married woman!
"Qianqian, you have to work hard! If you marry into the town, you will enjoy a good life. Hehe..." Liu Zhenzhen smiled with her hands covering her mouth, half joking and half envious.
Xia Qianqian said awkwardly: "I am a person with ideals. Pingning Town alone cannot hold me back! I want to go to the capital in the future!"
The capital was such a distant and unreachable place, Liu Zhenzhen just thought she was shy and making excuses, and didn't take it seriously. It was not until many years later, when Xia Qianqian really went to the capital, that she realized she was not joking.
At this time, the sacrificial team arrived at the door of the inn. The priest took a look at Xia Qianqian and was very satisfied with her dress and appearance. He called her to join the team: "Xia Qianqian, come in."
"yes."
Xia Qianqian quickly joined the team.
Pingning Town was a small place after all. There were only nine people in the sacrificial team, including her. Except for her, they were all middle-aged people in their thirties or forties. But some residents of the town followed behind the team and went to the ancestral temple together.
"Priest, where is Jintong?" Xia Qianqian looked around but didn't see Jintong.
(End of this chapter)