Qian's door opened a crack, and Xu's mother squeezed in, "Is that Yu at your house?"
Surnamed Yu
Looking for Yu Yan, Li Fu frowned slightly, now that his daughter has already made a marriage arrangement, it's hard to cause any big disturbances.
Li Qinghe was surprised, turned around to look at Yu Yan who had become serious, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"
She smiled, and went out sideways to the yard, "Auntie, go to my house and tell me that this is someone else's house, we don't want to bother you."
The third aunt also came out of the house, a little confused by the situation in front of her, but she also invited Mother Xu to go home with Yu Yan.
"Why? I'm afraid that others will find out about you cheating on men. I don't want to. I'll just say it here..." She didn't even look at Third Aunt, but instead looked at Li Fu and Qian, and pointed at Yu Yan, "This girl Shameless, give our family Changjie a purse with mandarin ducks, you have nothing to do with each other, and you are from the county town, all the girls from the county town are so virtuous?"
The third aunt's face was pale, Yu Yan hurriedly supported her and comforted her in a low voice.
These words are too harsh.
The Chinese New Year is only a few months away, and some people in the village have already started preparing new year's goods, and the taste of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger. At this time, Xu's mother came to make trouble, saying that she wanted to settle accounts with Yu Yan, but she didn't pay attention to the Li family.
When Li Fu heard her looking for Yu Yan, his brows were slightly relaxed, but when he saw her being so aggressive, his face looked ugly, and he said, "Can you go out and quarrel, it has nothing to do with our family..."
"Isn't your family the same?" She pointed at Li Qinghe and sneered, "Do you dare to say that you didn't have any other intentions to save my son?"
It's like a mad dog, coming to the door and biting people.
Li Qinghe was also not angry, folded his arms and sneered, "You are thoughtful!"
When Xu's mother heard this, she almost jumped up as if she had grasped something, "Look, you admit it!" She looked at Li Fu again, and said emphatically, "I didn't say that."
Li Fu's complexion was not good, he gave Li Qinghe a look, and motioned for her to enter the room. When things about Fengyue break out, it is always the girl who suffers.
Li Qinghe spread her hands, "It's very clear, I just want a thank you from your Xu family." She raised her hand and pointed to the west, "Did you see my wasteland? It was bought with your family's ten taels of silver. If I don't save your son, your son dies, I have no land, we all lose money, don't we?"
"Speaking of saving your son..." Li Qinghe seemed to think of something, "I remember Wanwan and I saved it again later, your Xu family hasn't said yet, when will you send a thank you gift?"
Hearing this, Zhao Wanwan quickly rushed out of the room, "Auntie, are you here to give a thank you gift?"
Looking at Li Qinghe again, "Sister, everyone who sees this has a share, so I should share half of it."
Xu's mother choked, she didn't expect them to be so careless, and if they continued to talk about it, it would be impossible without a thank you gift.
So she looked at Yu Yan again, mainly because she was nervously helping her third aunt to go home, and she was already walking out of the yard, that is, in the direction of Xu's mother.
When passing by Xu's mother, she grabbed her and said, "Please make it clear, don't pester my son anymore!"
Yu Yan supported the third aunt here, unable to break free, she just said, "Let him tell me this by himself."
The third aunt patted Yu Yan's hand and looked at Xu's mother, "It's said that a slap can't be slapped. It's impossible for my daughter to tie this purse for your son, right? I took advantage of it and now it's up to us, no more." I've seen such shameless people."
Li Qinghe was speechless inwardly, hearing the meaning of Yu Yan's words, it wasn't her own affection, but Xu Changjie also responded
Xu's mother laughed back angrily, "My son is soft-hearted, I'm just ashamed to refuse you."
At this time, Xu Changjie appeared outside the fenced courtyard. There was a pink scar on the place where the injury had been on his face, which seemed to be due to the use of good medicine. It was much better than Li Qinghe expected.
There was an extra person at the door, and everyone in the yard looked out. Seeing him panting, he seemed to have come running.
Seeing that it was him, Yu Yan spoke calmly, "Your mother said that what she means is what you mean. It's not easy for you to refuse me, is that so?"
"That's not the case." Xu Changjie opened the courtyard door and came in, stretched out his hand to grab his mother, "It's Chinese New Year, what are you doing at other people's house? Talk about something, don't talk about it."
"You think I'm troublesome?" Xu's mother pointed at the tip of her nose, "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't come here to be annoying. You're too embarrassed to refuse, so let me help you!"
Xu Changjie pulled her away, smiled apologetically at Li Fu and Qian, and whispered to her mother, "We'll talk about it when we go back." While speaking, he looked at the third aunt apologetically, "Auntie, I'm sorry." Said to Yu Yan in a voice, "I'll come to you later."
Xu's mother was dragged out of the yard, still reluctant to let her go, "You can't mess with her, even if you are a man, you also want a reputation. If you ruin your reputation by entanglement with others, then they will be willing..."
What Li Qinghe is more curious about is, who is the "family"
Seeing that the mother and son were about to leave, Zhao Wanwan looked at Li Qinghe a few times and hesitated to speak, but finally couldn't help it, and shouted, "Auntie, don't forget."
Don't forget anything but didn't say it.
But everyone present knew that what Zhao Wanwan asked was to thank him.
In fact, the Xu family should really come to the door to thank Xu Changjie after returning home, even if it is just a few words, but after so long, seeing the surprise in Xu's mother's eyes when Li Qinghe just mentioned this matter, maybe even she herself forgot This thing.
The mother and son walked away, Yu Yan turned her head, her expression was calm, "Second Uncle and Aunt, I'm sorry about what happened today." Then she looked at Li Qinghe, "I'm sorry that you are also being scolded for being troubled."
The third aunt also apologized, and then teased Yu Yan, a little annoyed, "Go back and explain clearly!"
"What a crazy woman." Qian said with emotion, "It's a good thing Qinghe didn't marry back then, if such a mother-in-law..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? When is Qinghe going to marry into Xu's family? Why don't I, as a father, know?" Li Fu was displeased, and seeing Qian looking at the direction where the mother and son disappeared, he reprimanded, "Isn't it cold? Hurry into the house."
Li Qinghe also sighed, she had never mentioned that she would marry into the Xu family in this life, but it seemed that many people tacitly agreed that she had a heart for Xu Changjie.
After they get married, no one should talk about it.
She went back to the house and continued to embroider. After a while, Zhao Wanwan ran in with a shoe sole in her hand, "Sister, do you think the Xu family will send a thank you gift?"
"I don't know." Li Qinghe shook his head, because of Xu's mother's stubborn temperament, it probably didn't work.
After Xu's mother came that day, Yu Yan didn't come over for several days, but after seven or eight days, she returned to the days of coming here every day with a needle and thread, and sighed, "I really don't know how to light this brazier. I can't learn how to teach dry food. Yes, I never knew I was such a stupid person."
Li Qinghe laughed, "You haven't done this since you were young, so you definitely won't learn it all at once." He asked her curiously, "I didn't hear you say you want to go home. After the spring, do you want to go back?"
Yu Yan laughed, "I won't come back. I embroider to support myself. This place is good. Anyway, I don't have any family. My godfather and mother saved my life. I will stay here to provide for them until the end of their lives." Without a family, if If you are used to living in this small place, there is really no need to go back.
After a while, she tentatively asked, "Did the Xu family send you a thank you gift?"
"No." Li Qinghe shook his head, "I didn't expect them to deliver it either. I saw a bloody person by the side of the road early in the morning, and I couldn't watch him die!"
Yu Yan was thoughtful, "It seems that the Xu family is really not very good."
Li Qinghe thought so, and she didn't want to mention the Xu family, so she said with a smile, "If you live in the village, you don't know people. There will be a happy event in the Zhou family in a few days, do you want to come with me to help?"
"Okay." Yu Yan responded with an accent, and teased her again, "Brother Zhou is a good person, you haven't fed the fish these days, have you?"
Most of them were fed by Zhou Chengkang.
Li Qinghe was not shy either, and nodded with a smile, "I'll just go and have a look every few days."
Now every family is preparing new year's goods, and Li Fu is no exception. He often takes Qian to the town to buy things, so she doesn't need to worry about these.
In the blink of an eye, on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, the third son of the Zhou family married his wife. As the year approaches, there are often happy events in the village. The happy event of the Zhou family is somewhat special. For example, the bride is a girl from the town. Although she is a concubine, it is true. Born in a merchant's family, it's not the same as a peasant girl who planed food in the field every day and took care of it outside the house.
I heard that the family raised a body with icy skin and skin, and never ate whole grains. It seems that there is a mother-in-law to serve her...
These are all heard.
On the big day, Li Qinghe went to help with Yu Yan early in the morning. She still cut vegetables, and Yu Yan cleaned up for her. Although she was a little leisurely, she did help. He let go, joked and joked with everyone, and quickly integrated into it.
Soon it was noon, and shortly after the meal was ready, the bride arrived.
Everyone in the kitchen squeezed out to watch the excitement, and Yu Yan also dragged Li Qinghe out with great interest.
Outside the gate of Zhou's house, the bright red sedan chair was parked, and Zhou Chengcai waved his hands to the crowd watching the excitement around him, and there were booing sounds inside and outside the courtyard.
Xi Po said auspicious words, waited for the bride to go to the ground, and then pulled the wedding silk, and everyone booed and asked him to hold hands directly.
The booing of the crowd gradually quieted down as he waited. Probably because the bride was shy, seeing this, Xi Po quickly laughed and said, "The silk of the wedding is tied, the marriage is tied by a thread, and we will meet until the white head..."
The ending sound dragged on for a long time, and everyone laughed again.
At this time, it was already the second time. The bride should get off the sedan chair anyway, but after waiting and waiting, the bride still didn't get off.
At this moment, everyone realized that something was wrong. If they didn't come down at the door of the house, did they not want to marry or what happened
The woman next to the bride cleared her throat, and after everyone had looked over, she smiled and said, "My master came from the county seat, and the rules over there are that when the bride gets off the sedan chair, the in-law's family has to give a red hand to the bride." Sealed. The more red seals, the more I like this new daughter-in-law. It is said that everyone has different customs. My master often misses his hometown. It is too far away, so he can only rely on the rules of his hometown to relieve his nostalgia... My girl It's not that I have to ask for this red seal, but I want to show my father the last bit of filial piety, and ask my new son-in-law to fulfill it."
I don't understand why this red seal has something to do with Mr. Zhang's nostalgia. The old lady rambled about it, but it just meant the same thing, to get the red seal!
It's still perfect, if it's not perfect, why can't she get down
Zhou's mother was sitting in the main room waiting for the bride and groom, her natal sister-in-law He Shi saw that something was wrong, so she ran in and told her.
Zhou's mother's complexion changed on the spot. Seeing her like this, the He family hurriedly tugged at her sleeves, "There are so many people watching, let's get the matter out of the way first."
She was a little hesitant, "But to wrap a red envelope, I'm afraid it won't work to just put the money in it..." That's really not possible, people who often take money can tell how much they have wrapped at a glance.
It doesn't matter if everyone packs it, but it's okay if Zhou's mother has more money, but this bag is watched by so many people, whether it's too little or too much.
"It's better to find a lotus package, it's not so obvious?" The more He talked, the more he felt that it was feasible, "That Yu Yan, who is new to your village, heard that she is good at embroidery, so I asked her for one."
After finishing speaking, he got up and went out, found Li Qinghe and the two watching the excitement in the crowd, and whispered the matter.
After hearing this, Yu Yan tore off the purse from her waist, took out the dried flowers inside and stuffed the empty purse to her.
He thanked Li Qinghe and smiled at Li Qinghe, "You are sensible, and my aunt likes you."
Li Qinghe was speechless, and when she ran away, she whispered, "Obviously you gave me the purse, do you like me?"
Take this to wrap a red envelope, needless to say, everyone knows that the purse will come back.
Yu Yan couldn't help but chuckle.
When the red envelope was delivered, the woman over there took it, and said with a smile, "Three invitations, one invitation!"
what happened
Is this purse a treat? Twice more
How could the He family tolerate this, "Although we marry a wife, we should follow the girl's rules, but with so many people waiting, we will miss the auspicious time. No matter how important the red seal is, no matter how important the filial piety is, it is not as important as the girl herself. A lifetime of peace and success is important, don't you think?"
The last sentence was said to everyone, and when He finished speaking, he secretly teased Zhou Chengcai and gave him a glare.
Zhou Chengcai understood, and pulled hard, and the bride was pulled out. He stretched out his hand to take her hand, and everyone booed again, surrounding the bride and groom as they walked in.
The bride was not happy, so Zhou Chengcai said in a low voice, "Yaoyao, it's almost done, so many people are watching, my mother can't bear the money, what if you make trouble again and freeze?"
Zhang Haiyao was in a hurry, pretending that she couldn't see the way clearly, and stomped on him hard.
Even though everyone saw it, they didn't take it seriously, and there was another burst of laughter. Yu Yan pulled Li Qinghe to sit on the table, and said in a low voice, "You third sister-in-law, you will have trouble in the future."
She lowered her voice, "It's just that if there is such a rule, why can't we say it in advance?"
Li Qinghe took it very seriously, just like the amount of dowry as a betrothal gift, which can be negotiated in advance.
Besides, it must have been decades since this family moved to Luoyue Town. Do you still remember the old rules
There is no such rule in Luoyue Town, the Zhang family must know, if you really want a red seal, you can tell in advance. As I said earlier, it would be nice for Zhou's mother to seal it with red paper, and she insisted on saying it at the door, which made her unprepared.
The Zhou family's banquet food was neither bad nor bad, it was nothing to say, Li Qinghe went to the pond after eating, she had to feed the fish.
After the Zhou family's happy event, it will soon be a new year. This year's grain harvest is bumper, and Li Fu is in a good mood. In addition, this year is Li Qinghe and Zhao Wanwan's last year at home.
Even if the wedding date has not been set, the two of them should have fixed the wedding date after the new year, and when next year, only Li Fu and Li Fu will be left to celebrate the new year together.
After dinner, when Li Qinghe went to the pond to feed the fish, he saw that Zhou Chengkang was already there, and he was catching fish. One of them weighed more than three catties, which was average size, and looked quite fat. It was years ago."
Feeding the fish seems simple, but in fact it takes a lot of time to run so far every day. Now that I can exchange money, Li Qinghe is very happy, "Then go the day after tomorrow, and then go on the 28th."
The twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month is considered to be the last episode before the year, and the town is usually much more lively than usual, and there are still two days left on the 28th and 29th, which are also very lively. On the 30th day, there was no one on the street.
So, the next day the two fished for a day.
Fish out a dozen or so buckets, and go to town in the middle of the night. During the Chinese New Year, no matter what kind of meat will be more expensive, the fish that usually sells for 13 or 4 yuan can now be sold for 18 yuan. That’s it, maybe a lot of people purchase. People who are usually reluctant to buy fish are willing to be generous during the Chinese New Year. Because there were so many people, there was a circle of people in front of the booth, and the uncle who was selling fish on the opposite side was also surrounded by people, and he was very busy.
In the afternoon, Li Qinghe got a little cheaper again. In addition, there were a few whitened fish that were half sold and half free. More than two hundred fish were sold out, and they got five taels of silver and a box of copper coins.
The two went back to the carriage and counted it. There were more than nine taels of silver, which was quite heavy.
The two looked at each other with smiles on their faces, "I've earned it!"
Zhou Chengkang cupped his hands, "Congratulations."
Li Qinghe was really happy, and he bowed his hands in return, "Happy and happy, brother, here is your credit, how much will you share?"
Zhou Chengkang waved his hand, "Everything belongs to my brother, no need!"
This sounded good to me, but it didn't work if they didn't divide it. Li Qinghe divided half of it with him and gave him the copper plate, "You can exchange it, I'd rather take the silver."
Zhou Chengkang agreed, "I'll give you the money after I exchange it."
Are you really going to let her take care of money? Li Qinghe looked at him suspiciously.
Zhou Chengkang smiled, approached her and said in a low voice, "I found out that when you count the silver, your eyes are shining." The voice was full of laughter, and as he got closer, his breath sprayed on her face, which was a little hot.
"You say I'm cheating on money?" Li Qinghe frowned, and pushed him, "What do you mean?"
His hand was held by a pair of warm hands, Zhou Chengkang squeezed it, "It's not interesting, I just want to see you happy."
Her eyes are vivid, much better than the cold tombstone in his previous life, even now when he occasionally wakes up in the middle of the night, he still feels unreal, and insists on running to the wasteland to look at the fish pond and look inside It was only when the fish swam that she felt that she was very close to him, very alive, just within reach of his hand.
He squeezed her hand, suddenly wanted to get closer to her, and hugged her into his arms, "Qing He, let's get married, okay?"
He moved suddenly, and the tip of Li Qinghe's nose bumped into his hard chest, just as he was about to cry out in pain, when he heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up, "I'm so busy now..."
Zhou Chengkang said eagerly, "The wedding date is set in the next year!"
Now it's the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, so could it be possible that it can still be years ago? Li Qinghe didn't know whether to laugh or cry, stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around his waist, and answered cautiously, "Okay!"
The fishy smell filled the carriage, and the smell on the two of them was also strong. Hugging and hugging, they didn't know who laughed first, so they both burst out laughing.
Although copper plates are easier to spend, they are too much. Li Qinghe leaned on the carriage to catch up on sleep, Zhou Chengkang went to the bank to change it by himself, and when she woke up again, she had already arrived at the door of the house.
Zhou Chengkang touched her forehead, "Go back earlier and rest."
"You should also go back and rest earlier." She jumped out of the carriage and instructed, "Fishing tomorrow, don't forget, let's go early and clean it up. When spring comes, we can release the fry again."
Zhou Chengkang nodded, Li Qinghe thought of something, "Take some of those fish back to eat."
Zhou Chengkang laughed, and nodded again, "Go back quickly."
Li Qinghe stood at the door watching his carriage go home, turned around and saw Zhao Wanwan standing in the yard looking curiously, "Sister is back, how is your fish selling?"
"It's sold out." Li Qinghe only felt a strong smell on his body, and wanted to boil water to wash up, so he went straight into the kitchen.
Zhao Wanwan looked around her, and when she saw her enter the kitchen, she quickly chased after her, "Sister, are you hungry? I left some food for you."
Li Qinghe waved his hand, "I'm not hungry, I want to wash up."
Zhao Wanwan hurriedly answered, "I also boiled the water for you."
Hearing this, Li Qinghe thanked her and fetched hot water with a bucket. Zhao Wanwan stepped forward to help again, and asked with a smile, "Sister, did you sell a lot of money?"
Li Qinghe smiled, and had already guessed that she would ask, "There must be five taels."
"Ah, so many." Zhao Wanwan was surprised.
Li Qinghe reminded her, "I spent five taels of fish fry at the beginning. During this period of time, I fed them all bran, and I added crushed wheat in it. I bought them all, and I haven't paid back yet."
Hearing this, Zhao Wanwan nodded, "That's right, but if I sell another five taels tomorrow, I'm sure I'll make a profit."
She helped fetch water, carried it to the water room, and poured a bucket of hot water on the floor, so that there was heat in the water room and it would not be so cold.
When Li Qinghe came out after washing, she followed her all the way into the house, "Sister, I want to discuss something with you..."
"Speak." Li Qinghe wiped her hair on the dressing table. This girl usually likes to work, but she seldom follows suit like this. She must be asking for something.
Zhao Wanwan looked at her back and asked tentatively, "Sister, can I take two fish from you?"
"What?" Li Qinghe asked casually.
She finished catching fish yesterday, and sent one to Li Kui, and brought back two big ones by the way, so she probably hasn't finished eating them yet.
Zhao Wanwan glanced at her again, her voice lowered, "I want to send the Hu family..."
Thinking of the girl helping her to boil hot water, Li Qinghe nodded, "Tomorrow I'll finish fishing and bring it back for you."
Zhao Wanwan was very happy that she was so straightforward, she got up and went out, "I'll help you heat up the food."
It was getting bright outside, so Li Qinghe got up to catch fish, Zhou Chengkang went directly to the door to pick her up and went with her, and after dawn, Li Xingwang also came to help.
The three of them caught Tianhe, and it was almost the same at last. The rest is really hard to catch, and the total is not much, so they just keep it for themselves.
Looking at more than a dozen barrels of fish, Li Xingwang was very happy to help them move into the carriage, and asked, "You sold fish yesterday, and many people said that the business was good. Do you want to watch it tonight? Will it be stolen?"