Xue Tingxiang copied what he said several times, and finally turned into dozens of times.
Chen Jian and Li Datian both bury their heads in copying, only Mao Ba keeps bickering, smacking his lips while writing: "Hey, I didn't see it, Ting Yan is also a black person. When signing a contract with someone, the contract only describes the other party. The things that should be performed, but not a word about what they should pay."
Xue Tingxiang glanced at him, then took out some paper and handed it to him: "I see that you write very easily, so copy a few more sheets."
"How many are you? You are avenging your personal revenge." Mao Badou shouted, but his subordinates moved faster.
Originally Zhao'er thought it would take a long time to copy 100 copies, but Xue Tingxiang came out of the academy soon and gave her a thick stack of papers.
"The other party's name is not written on it, only the name is there." He also remembered this when he went in and drafted the contract, so he left the name field blank.
"None of you can write. Or else, when I leave the hall at night, I will accompany you?"
"Is that so?" Did Zhao Erwei: "Can't you fill in your name in advance? If you really want to accompany us, we won't be able to run all night. Besides, it's not good to walk at night."
"Do you remember everyone's names?"
Zhao'er nodded and took out a booklet from his arms: "I can only keep a rough record, but I kept the account."
Xue Tingxiang was curious, she can't write, can she keep accounts? He took the booklet over without hesitation, but Zhao'er tried to stop it but didn't stop it.
This is probably the first time that she appeared panicked in front of Xue Tingxiang, and she actually robbed him. It's a pity that Xue Tingxiang was prepared in advance, so he didn't give it to her with his body on his back, and quickly opened the booklet.
"Hurry up and pay me back!" She put her whole body on his back.
Too late.
Xue Tingyan looked at the ghost talisman drawn on the booklet with a mixture of laughter and laughter. There were dots and circles, grass-like symbols, and three bars. Does this represent a river or a stream? There are also hill-shaped patterns, dog heads, horse faces and so on.
It was drawn with charcoal. It was very simple, but it had a good appearance. Those who didn't know it thought it was a wordless book.
Zhao'er reached for it: "Hurry up and pay me back, this is the account I kept casually. What you can't understand, only I can understand."
Under the sun, the girl lay on the boy's back without any scruples, and the two seemed to be laughing. In the eyes of outsiders, it is nothing, after all, they are all teenagers, but in Jiang Wu's eyes, they are particularly eye-catching.
He couldn't help shouting, "Zhao'er."
"What is Jiang Wu doing?" Zhao'er, still unaware, looked back at him.
Jiang Wu's face froze for a moment: "Let's get down to business, Ting Xiang has to go back to the school."
At this time, Zhao'er also felt that this posture was a bit wrong, and hurriedly stood up straight.
"Hurry up and return the booklet to me, and I'll sign up for you."
"Then tell me what this is first?" Xue Tingxiang pointed at a horse's face, a large circle, and three patterns in the shape of a hill, but his eyes glanced at Jiang Wu.
Zhao'er didn't speak for a while until Xue Tingxiang asked again, and she said, "This is Ma Dashan, it's the name."
"What about the circle at the back?" Xue Tingxiang didn't dare to ask whether the one with the bull's head and a circle at the back was called Niudan.
Zhao'er reluctantly wiped his face and told the truth: "A circle is ten pounds, or ten, and a little bit is a kilo or one."
"So you took 13 catties of Ma Dashan's food?" Xue Tingxiang tried to identify it.
Zhao'er was so angry that she snatched the booklet and said, "It's not 13 catties of vegetables, it's 13 eggs! Well, let's not talk about it, I'll sign up, and you fill in your name."
Xue Tingxiang didn't want to annoy her either, so he turned around and went back to the academy to pick up the pen and ink. After a while, he came out, using the car bench as the case, and helped Zhao'er fill in his name.
Don't say it, don't look at Zhao'er's account, remember like a ghost painting, dozens of people's names are not wrong at all. Xue Qinghuai was still beside her and praised her for her good method. Sometimes it's good to use this method to remember things that you can't remember.
Therefore, scholars and illiterate people are not in the same world. Hearing this kind of praise, Xue Tingxiang was very helpless. After finishing writing, he pulled the move aside.
"Zhao'er, when I go back this trip, I will teach you to read."
"Learning?" Zhao'er's face flashed a dazed look at first, and then there was some surprise and some anxiety in his eyes, and he asked, "Is it possible? I have never heard of a girl's family who can read, it seems that only those big households Only the young lady can read." She also felt that it was difficult to be illiterate when doing business, but she had never thought about such a place.
"Why not, I'll do it!"
Watching Xue Tingxiang enter the academy, Zhao'er turned around and came back.
Jiang Wu asked her, "Zhao'er, what did Ting Xiang tell you just now?"
"Brother Jiang Wu, what are you asking about?" Zhao'er looked at him suspiciously.
"I was just curious to ask."
"Oh, it's nothing, Ting'er said to teach me to read when he comes back next time."
Seeing the smile on Zhao'er's face unconsciously, Jiang Wu felt a little uncomfortable. He wondered why he was illiterate. If he could, he couldn't teach Zhao'er to read.
Not much to say, the three casually found a roadside stall for lunch, and then went to two separate parties to find someone to sign the contract.
It was Jiang Wu alone, Zhao'er and Xue Qinghuai together.
Jiang Wu wanted to be with Zhao'er, but unfortunately Xue Qinghuai was not familiar with the situation, so he could only let Zhao'er follow. Now Jiang Wu only hoped that Xue Qinghuai could quickly be alone, so that he could get along with Zhao'er again.
Zhao'er and Xue Qinghuai didn't come back until it was dark.
Both of them were very tired, Xue Qinghuai unfastened the mule from the car and led it into the shed. Put water and materials in its stone trough, and brush it from head to toe with a brush before returning to the house.
Mr. Sun had already prepared the meal, and asked the two of them to come over to eat.
She cooks alone, which has been the case with the Sun family these past few days. Until now, the four rooms have never gone to the main room to say that they will not eat together. There are also numbers on the side, but nothing is said.
Now the Sun family is very enthusiastic about recruiting children. It is probably because Xue Qinghuai said something to her when she came back. Knowing that this business is very profitable, and the person leading this business is Zhao'er, the God of Wealth can't offend.
Sun's repeatedly asked Zhao'er to go to the fourth room for dinner, but she couldn't refuse it. In fact, she didn't want to eat with the people from the big room for a long time. It's not about anything else, but she is not free at all to eat what she wants. Sometimes she can't understand Mr. Xue. The four families have four hearts, and they are all separated. Why do they insist on pinching everyone together? It's not a self-inflicted contradiction.
But she is a junior after all, and it's not easy to show it face to face. She just used the four rooms as a medium, so let's eat separately in the future.
"Cui'e is back."
As soon as they came to the table, Mr. Sun suddenly said this, which made Xue Qinghuai and Zhao'er stunned for a moment.
Xue Cui'e is the old daughter of Father Xue and Zhao's family. She is still in her sixteenth year this year. A while ago, Xue Cui'e was making a fuss about going to Zhao's natal house, which was her grandmother's house. Just in time to catch up with the farming work, the Zhao family was annoyed by her, so she asked Xue Qinghuai to send her over.
I've been here for over a month, and only came back today.
"I'll be back when I come back." Xue Qinghuai frowned and said, "This girl is ignorant and knows to come back."
When I mention this, I will talk about it. Zhao's family is from the nearby Zhaojiazhuang, and it takes almost two hours to travel from Yuqing Village to Zhaojiazhuang.
Zhao's father is dead, but her mother is still there, and her family has three brothers, but the three brothers have separated. Zhao's mother lived with her eldest son, so the grandmother's house that Xue Cui'e went to was actually her eldest uncle's house.
Uncle Zhao has three sons. The first two sons are married and have many children and grandchildren, so I won't mention them here. I am talking about the youngest son Zhao Jinrui, the youngest son born to the daughter-in-law whom Uncle Zhao married later, commonly known in the countryside as the youngest son.
Uncle Zhao lost his wife in middle age. Later, he was introduced by a matchmaker and married another house. He is also the current aunt Hong. This Hong family is twenty years younger than Uncle Zhao, and Uncle Zhao is now in his fifties. This family Hong is only in his thirties, and his son Zhao Jinrui is only seventeen this year.
In terms of seniority, Zhao Jinrui is Xue Cui'e's cousin.
Since ancient times, cousins have loved cousins, and cousins have loved cousins. Zhao Jinrui doesn't know how, anyway, Xue Cui'e is surprisingly warm to him. Usually I always find excuses to go to my uncle's house, not to mention, this time I lived there for more than a month.
But fortunately, last year, the two of them set up a relationship, which can be regarded as a kiss on top of each other. But how can there be an unmarried big girl who has gone to the man's house to live for more than a month. Besides, the two will get married at the end of the year, so they can't wait. So Xue Qinghuai said about her little sister at that time, but Xue Cui'e didn't listen, and she had Zhao's support, so this matter could only follow her will.
It's also impossible to talk about people behind their backs. As soon as I mentioned this here, I heard Xue Cui'e calling fourth brother in the yard. Immediately after she came in, she glanced at Zhao'er before saying, "Fourth brother, I'm back, but you didn't show up. Dad told you to take the fourth sister-in-law Maodan to the main room for dinner, and of course you."
This is what you are talking about.
Xue Cui'e was born with a silver face and big almond eyes. This girl can dress up, wearing a fresh and tender apricot red jacket, the belt is tightly tied, and she looks like a small waist.
Xiao Xue Cui'e is the most beautiful girl in the village, and when she grows up, she is the most beautiful girl in the village. It's a pity that this one has been robbed since he came to Xue's house.
Obviously she is whiter than her, blessed with a face and bigger eyes than her. Just like Ren, Xue Cui'e felt that she was better than Zhao'er, but together, she was inferior to her.
Xue Cui'e never thought that she was inferior to Zhao'er, but outsiders always behaved like this. At home, her most promising nephew likes to recruit children. Yes, Xue Juncai secretly liked Zhao'er, and only Xue Cui'e knew about the whole Xue family.
Outside, the boys in the village are all good to Zhao'er, only Zhao'er in their eyes, not her. Mingming Zhaoer fights with them like a wild boy, dresses in a rustic way, never cleans herself up, and she is also a flower.
When Zhao'er was not around, she was surrounded by stars, and when Zhao'er came, she became a piece of grass in the field.
Thinking of this, Xue Cui'e felt bad for Zhao'er. Especially when you came back this time, I heard that it was because of Zhao'er's instigation that the family split up, and the fourth uncle and the family were separated from each other. Xue Cui'e was even more embarrassed towards Zhao'er. However, due to Father Xue's prior warning, she could only smile and pretend to be affectionate.
Little do they know that her so-called smiling face and pretending to be affectionate are not too awkward, even the four-bedroom couple can see her humility and hypocrisy. Sun hurriedly winked at Zhao'er and told her to ignore Xue Cui'e.
Her little sister-in-law is in this house, except for the old couple, there are not many who like it. It's just them who are daughters-in-law, who used to be hard to talk about because of their face.
Xue Qinghuai wanted to resign, but unfortunately Xue Cui'e was staring at the side, acting coquettishly and threatening, so the four of them could only follow her to the main room.
In the main room, everyone is there, and there are many dishes on the two tables, and the dishes are very rich.
"Sit down, Cui'e is back today. Your mother has done something good. When the family sits together to eat, it's considered a gathering."
Mr. Xue's voice was low, and this 'your mother' didn't have a name, but he knew he was talking to Xue Qinghuai.
In this case, when the son naturally couldn't say a word, the four sat down separately.
During the meal, almost no one spoke, so Xue Cui'e said a few words to Mrs. Zhao for a while, and a few words to Mr. Xue for a while, and it was a warm atmosphere.
After dinner, it is customary for daughters-in-law to clean up the mess.
Xue Qinghuai was about to go back to the house, but Mr. Xue stopped him: "Don't leave either, I have something to tell you."
So, they all stayed.
After a few days of not hitting the front, Mr. Xue has aged a lot out of thin air, and a few strands of silver have been added to his head.
He became more addicted to smoking, and the sound of smoking dry cigarettes resounded in the main room.
Regarding his smoking addiction, it is not that several sons have not persuaded him, but they cannot. In addition, in Yuqing Village, there are not many elderly people who do not smoke dry tobacco, so they can only let him smoke.
The place where Mr. Xue sat on the kang was shrouded in the lingering blue smoke. If it wasn't for the smell of smoke, people who didn't know would think that there was a Bodhisattva sitting there receiving the incense of the world.
"Cui'e's marriage is going to be brought forward. Before, I thought that she would have a marriage at the end of the year, and when the food was collected in the field, it would be enough for her dowry. But this advance, the hands are inevitably tight, and now I can only count on it. You brothers, think of a way."
Even the people in the big room didn't know about this, and when they heard this, everyone was a little surprised.
Sun shi couldn't help but ask: "How come it's good, it's going to be early?"
If they don't let them pay, no one will care if they delay it early, but Mr. Xue's words clearly want everyone to put together some money to give Xue Cui'e a dowry.
It wasn't that the sister got married. The elder brother and sister-in-law should not give the sister a dowry, but when they split up, they said it was good. When she got married, the other houses didn't have to give money for the dowry. I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen now.
Xue Qingbai and Xue Qinghuai looked at each other, and Xue Qinghuai asked, "Dad, tell me, how much do the three families pay?"
Mr. Xue thought about it, and said, "A family will get two taels of silver no matter what."
"Two taels of silver, three families are six taels, not counting what your parents have added. When a big girl gets married, you won't mention how much the man will give, and you have to pay ten taels. Dad, the Zhao family's side. How much dowry? No, we won't keep a penny, we'll accompany Cui'e." Sun shi took the lead.
In the so-called marriage of a man and a woman, the man's family must give the woman's family a dowry. If the woman's family loves her daughter, and they are the right match, of course, they must also give her daughter a dowry.
According to the local rules of Yuqing Village, the more betrothal gifts the man's family gives to the woman's family, the more attention they attach to the girl of the other's family. But they are all from village families, and the general bride price is some cloth, sugar, rice, noodles, meat, tea and other things. If the family is richer, add two pieces of jewelry to the girl. Of course, the dowry must be paid, ranging from three to four taels, more to sixty-two or eight taels, and always to give some, also to thank the parents for their many years of nurturing.
These dowry gifts are generally not dowry, but are given to the parents of the bride, but if the parents love their daughters, it is not impossible to accompany them as the bottom of the box.
Taking the family background of the Xue family and Zhao family as an example, how could they have to pay a dowry of eight or nine or nine, in order to have good intentions.
"Yes, mother, how much dowry does the Zhao family give?" Zhou Shi asked.
Xue Cui'e, who was sitting beside her, had a gloomy face at first, but she wanted to say something, but she was tugged hard by Zhao shi. Zhao shi glared at the two daughters-in-law: "Why? Your sisters are getting married, shouldn't you, brother and sister-in-law, take some money as a dowry?!"
Therefore, Zhao is not a smart person. Every time she thinks she is smart, she ends up with a bad thing. If she can shock her two daughters-in-law, she will be fine, but in the past few years, her majesty has long since disappeared. live.
It was also because Zhou and Sun knew her temperament too well, and her attitude seemed strange at first glance.
"Mother, what are you talking about, why are we brothers and sisters-in-law unwilling to pay. If we are brothers and sisters-in-law, we should pay, but we shouldn't know how much the betrothal gift is. If the family speaks two words, then we should pay for it. What is brother and sister doing?"
"Mother, isn't it because the Zhao family doesn't give the dowry?"
Zhao Shi immediately fainted.