Seeing Aunt Zhang's hesitation, Yuan Qiu added: "Aunt, you also know that we are not short of money now. This is nothing. Yuan Hao and I will go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and sell them, and we can still make money."
Aunt Zhang saw that Yuan Qiu was determined to give, so she no longer refused, accepted it readily, and said with a smile: "In this case, then your two bodies will be wrapped around me, and I will definitely make you fat and white. "
Yuan Qiu quickly waved his hand: "No, I don't want to become a fat man and walk like a duck."
Everyone laughed happily. Aunt Zhang wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes with a smile, looked at Yuan Qiu and said: "You kid, how come your face and plate have become so white in just a few days? But you have applied powder?" Then he pinched Yuan Qiu's cheek with his hand.
Yuan Qiu smiled and said: "Auntie, actually I have always been fair. I used to wipe the dust off the bottom of the pot to make it look dark."
Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes at her: "You silly girl, you are so pretty and tender, why do you need to wipe the dust off the bottom of the pot?"
"If not, how can we meet people's hearts for a long time?" Yuan Qiu pointed out, with a wry smile on his face, trying to express all the expressions that should be shown.
Aunt Zhang sighed and shook her head, with a strange smile on her face: "The reason why Liu Wenxuan is disappointed with you is because he has no vision. You don't need to take it too seriously. He thinks he lost the sesame seeds and picked up the watermelons. Hmm - there will be days when he will suffer. .”
Yuan Qiu was puzzled: "How do you say this? Then Jiang Chunyan is the village chief's daughter, and she has gone to school and is literate. How can she suffer for him?"
Aunt Zhang snorted again, looked out the window in the direction of Liu Wenxuan's house, rolled her eyes, and sneered: "What's the use of knowing how to read and write? We are here in Xipo Village, and the people in Xipo Village are all Whose family relies on farming for a living, and whose women don’t have to work in the fields? How can they make a living just by reciting poems and composing poems at home? Jiang Chunyan has never worked in the fields, and she has no intention of doing such menial and heavy work in the future. I'm afraid I don't even know how to cook. If you really raise a girl's life into a young lady's body, you will suffer a lot in the future."
"But Liu Wenxuan has already been selected as a scholar. When he is selected as a scholar in the future, he can become an official. Then Jiang Chunyan is the official's wife. What is the use of doing this?" Yuan Qiu said.
Aunt Zhang shook her head again: "You are too naive. Is it so easy to win this job? Others don't know the details of Liu Wenxuan, but I know it very well. I went back to my natal family a few days ago and met a cousin from my natal family. He I was working in the town. As soon as I said that Liu Wenxuan from our village was selected as a scholar, he immediately curled his lips and said that Liu Wenxuan was not selected originally, but his name was mentioned after some dredging. Think about it, even a scholar It all needs some dredging to make it happen, so how can he be the one to be elected? Taking a step back, even if he is elected, he may not be able to get an official position. In this town and county, there are many candidates who have returned to their hometowns to run private schools. Yes, it’s not like there is no back door to go out, and there is no large amount of gold and silver to clear it, so I am reduced to returning to my hometown. This kind of thing happens a lot."
Aunt Zhang swallowed a sip of tea and continued: "That's why Liu Wenxuan married the village chief's daughter because he knew that he would most likely have to stay in Xipo Village in the future. With the village chief as his backer, he would always have to It's easier, but he never thought that people like Jiang Chunyan would only bring a burden to him and would never be of any help to his life."