It was Mrs. Xu who refused to let her go. Li Qinghe didn't know about it at first, and Zhou Chengkang naturally didn't know about it either. Both of them had expressions of surprise on their faces.
Zhang Haiyao turned her head to look at the carriage angrily at first, but after meeting the surprised expressions of the two, she turned her anger on Xu again, "Then why didn't you tell me?"
Xu's gentle voice came out, "I didn't know about this earlier, but the coachman told me when he came today, saying that your father specifically asked him to let you stay in the village and live a good life. I was also very surprised. Also, we originally agreed to let someone tell you to pack your luggage, but I didn't let anyone tell you that you packed your luggage and left... the driver was also embarrassed. "
"If you have to go to the county seat, that's fine. Anyway, I'm on my way. It's just that you come down by yourself when you get to the gate of the city, and then you go back by yourself, pretending that you didn't go with me. Haiyao, you know my identity, don't let me I'm in trouble. Okay?"
Her tone was always gentle, and she begged a little at the end. Zhang Haiyao's complexion changed, and her hand holding the bag became tighter and tighter. She might not even be able to enter the door if she went back by herself.
Mrs. Xu looked at the sky, "Are you going? Decide quickly. It's a long way from here to the county seat, so we have to hurry."
In the courtyard of Zhou's family over there, the child in Zhou's arms suddenly cried out, "Mother..."
A mother shouted Zhang Haiyao back to her senses, seeing the tears on the child's face, she gritted her teeth, "I won't go."
As he said that, he quickly entered the courtyard of Zhou's house with his luggage in his hands, took the child in Zhou Laosan's arms and coaxed him into the door.
Seeing this, Zhou's mother, who had been quietly watching inside the door, also breathed a sigh of relief.
The carriage in front started again, and Li Qinghe leaned back into the carriage. The road to the town was not far away, and he soon passed through the town and reached the intersection to the county seat.
The carriage in front stopped again, Xu jumped out of the carriage, stopped Li Qinghe who wanted to get off the carriage, and looked at the child in her arms, "Don't get down, be careful that the child catches a cold from the wind. You are well, Don't make me worry, if there is anything, go to the county town to find me, I have told you about the place... "
As she spoke, her eye circles were red. She reached out to wipe it away, and turned to walk to the carriage in front. Under the cloak, her small steps could be seen almost as if they were running. He waved his hand back, "It's so cold, let's go back." The voice was a little distorted, with a crying tone.
Bin'er in the carriage in front also stuck out his head and waved at them. Li Qinghe sat in the carriage and watched them go further and further until they disappeared.
She didn't blink, her eyes were a little sore, Zhou Chengkang covered them with his hands, "Don't look, it's such a cold day, let's go back."
The parting was a bit sad, because the two of them didn't go to the street with the child, but went back to the village directly. When they saw the big tree at the entrance of the village, Li Qinghe looked back and saw the child in his arms pursed his lips and smiled small. The baby's tongue was exposed, and she was a little pleasantly surprised. Recently, the child laughed almost every day, but she felt satisfied every time she saw it. Immediately, most of the sadness of parting dissipated.
As soon as the two people's carriage arrived home, they saw Zhou Laosan coming from a distance, carrying a small bundle in his hand. After approaching, he stuffed the bundle into Li Qinghe's arms, "Sister and sister, thank you for today's matter."
"What is this for?" Li Qinghe hurriedly handed it back, "It's none of my business."
Zhou Laosan smiled, "After all, your mother helped me, and she loves you so much. You should accept my thanks on her behalf. Let alone, I have to go back and take care of the child."
He waved his hand and left quickly.
Zhou Chengkang pulled the horse back to the backyard, only to see his back when he came out, and saw the bundle in Li Qinghe's hand. She was still holding the child, and quickly reached out to take it over, "What is he doing?"
She was a little helpless, "I said I thank my mother, but I insisted on giving it to me."
The bundle was brought into the house and opened, and there were more than a dozen eggs inside. Zhou and San didn't feed the chickens, but Zhou's mother said that his daughter ate an egg every day, and these should be hers.
Zhou Chengkang looked indifferent, "He is willing to give it, so you can take it."
When he said that, Li Qinghe kept it by himself.
It has been raining every day recently, Li Qinghe has to take care of the child again, Zhou Chengkang cooks, and washes diapers when he has time, just like what he thought, the two of them have no time to go up the mountain at all, and after Xu's gone for a few days, there are many people outside. It snowed, and it snowed almost every year in this village, but it was not too much, but this year's snow was particularly heavy, and it was so white that it almost closed the road.
When it's snowing outside, you can't do anything at all.
The two guarded a child, and they made some meals for themselves all day long, and felt quite comfortable. After ten days or so, after the snow melted, no one walked around outside.
Zhou Chengkang went to find a butcher to kill pigs, but she killed them here, and the Yang family next door also killed them.
Moreover, the butcher of the Yang family was found in the town. Zhou Chengkang didn't know it beforehand. According to the news, his family's pork is twelve coins.
Now in the twelfth lunar month, serious fat meat costs sixteen cash, and lean meat is more than twelve cash. After hearing the news, everyone felt embarrassed to go from Li Qinghe's side, so they deliberately went around the village entrance and went to the next door.
The pork here didn't drop in price like they did. It wasn't that Li Qinghe didn't want to compete with him, but that the pork was fed by Zhou Chengkang himself, and she didn't want his hard work to become cheap.
The one in the Yang family is fed by the mother-in-law who cooks, so Father Yang can lower the price easily.
As a result, even if there were people from Tang Village brought by the He family, as well as those brought by Li Fu and Li Kui, there were still more than half of them left.
Zhou's mother was a little worried, she found her and whispered, "Why don't we make it cheaper?"
"No need." Li Qinghe didn't take it seriously, "We'll keep it for ourselves. Pickle it with salt and keep it for half a year. Besides, I have to ask someone to plant the land in the spring of next year, so I don't need to buy it then."
Zhou's mother also thought that the pork of Twelve Wen was too cheap. To be honest, she would have bought it if it hadn't been available here. Hearing her explanation, she also felt that it made sense, "Then bring the salt."
Taking advantage of the large number of people, Li Qinghe found salt and asked Zhou's mother and eldest aunt Liu to help pickle it. While he was busy, Yang's father came over with his hands behind his back, and entered the door with a smile on his face, "I'm really sorry, we did it beforehand. I didn't discuss it, it's all a coincidence, don't think too much about it, it's really a coincidence."
"It doesn't matter." Zhou Chengkang wasn't angry, but he didn't laugh either. He didn't have a good impression of the Yang family and the Xu family. "Just keep us to eat. Are you okay?"
The meaning of chasing guests is obvious, neither of the husband and wife have any intention of getting closer to the Yang family.
Father Yang didn't seem to hear the disgust in his words, and said with a smile, "That's right, I planned to invite some close relatives to eat after the pig was killed, but the meat was robbed, and I didn't have anything to eat. I heard that your family If you have fish, why not catch some for me?"
"Fifty Wen a catty." Zhou Chengkang said indifferently, "Besides, I don't accept credit."
Father Yang's smile froze, why don't mention the price of the fish, as for what he said later, it was clearly a satire on him.
In the beginning, after the Yang family bought the land next door, they found someone to level the foundation to build a house, and even cleared up the wasteland at the end. They all hired people, but none of them paid their wages. One day's wages, but this year's autumn harvest... Let alone the results, the Yang family's field grows barley like in the village before, and there is no sweet potato. It is the first year of wasteland, basically equal to no harvest. But the people in the village didn’t follow them. There was a riot when it rained a few days ago. The man was holding a hoe and a kitchen knife, and the woman kept crying and insisting on paying the wages from the Yang family. As a result, Father Yang called the village head and changed I got an IOU, changed it to thirty coins a day, and paid the bill next autumn, and that's the end of it.
Therefore, building a house and farming together, the current Yang family owes the villagers at least a dozen taels of silver.
Not to mention whether the Yang family has any money, just now they sold a pig, so it is impossible for them to have no money, but he still said that, obviously on purpose. Father Yang couldn't hold back his smile, "Will it be too expensive?"
Zhou Chengkang didn't take it seriously, moved the marinated meat into the house, and said by the way, "Master Yang may not know that when I go to the county town to sell fish, everyone grabs for 40 Wen. If I didn't send it, I can't buy it at this price. Now the whole In Luoyue Town, apart from my pond, I can't find a single fish..."
This is really not a lie. Since the summer drought, there has been no fish for sale in the town. Even if the restaurants in the town want to use it, they have to come here to get it. I still remember that Li Qinghe used to find it cheap. Many people are willing to decide. For this, Zhou Chengkang has to send it himself.
Listening to him chattering for a long time, Father Yang himself is a businessman, and he understands the truth that rare things are valuable, and he also discovered that Zhou Chengkang didn't have any good feelings for him at all, so he interrupted him, "Then help me Grab one."
Zhou Chengkang went to fish in the pond. Father Yang squatted beside him and couldn't help saying, "If it's cheaper, I'll order one for each table when my daughter gets married in spring. How about it?"
"We'll talk about it at that time." Zhou Chengkang waved his hand, "Maybe the price of fish will be only a few cents a catty then."
A fish weighed five catties, and Zhou Chengkang deliberately picked a big one, worth two hundred and fifty coins, and there were a lot of copper coins. Holding the shiny copper plate, he finally showed a smile, sent Father Yang away, and said, "Come here often!"
Father Yang didn't return with the fish head in his hand, and left in a hurry.
After the two people over there had finished wrestling, the meat here was almost done. Li Qinghe asked them to go to the kitchen to cook and eat, and he carried the child back to the room to change the diaper. There's a wedding going on at home."
He smiled sarcastically, "Many people in my previous life said that it was too difficult for them to get together and was delayed by you. Now you are engaged to me early, and there is no one else between them, but the marriage is later than.... And true love... "
He snorted, Li Qinghe heard the words, looked outside the house, and found that everyone was in the kitchen, and gave her a look, "Don't talk nonsense. Don't care what they do, let's live our lives well."
Indeed, no matter when, the most important thing is to live a good life.
The food was ready, and two tables were set up. Zhou Chengkang also brought out the wine. After eating for an hour, it was only when it was getting late that Zhou's mother and the others cleaned up the dishes and washed them, and when they were ready to go home , suddenly heard the noise from the Yang family next door.
It's not the kind of noise of one or two people. Listening to the noise can catch up with the time when they asked for wages.
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