These few days, Zhao'er has been very busy, and he is going back and forth between his home and the back mountain every day.
This made Zhao feel very strange. Knowing that Zhao'er was out of business after making a loss, he would only go home, and he would inevitably say a few sarcastic words.
"Let me say, women should stay at home honestly, and have to do some business. Now that they have come back with a dishonest loss, this is not a fool's errand."
"Since I'm back, I'll work for the family, so that you can run around every day."
Nowadays, Zhao's words are generally ignored, and at most Xue Qingbai is filial to accompany her to say a few words, so that she will not be too embarrassed. But this time Xue Qingbai didn't answer her, so Zhao could only talk to herself.
But this time, the Zhao family has a helper, and that is Mr. Xue.
Mr. Xue also thinks that Zhao'er is best not to mess around, and it's better to stay at home honestly.
"You're not too young. Your mother is right. It's not a good idea to always run around. It's fine before, but I'll be more careful in the future. I'll help my mother to work at home if you have nothing to do."
Mrs. Sun looked at Mrs. Zhao, then went to look at Mr. Xue, and was about to say something when Zhao'er pulled him.
Zhao'er said with a smile: "Master said that I will try not to run outside in the future."
"That's right." Mrs. Zhao stood in front of the main room door, looked down and looked down, still disgusted: "Look at you black now, how can you look like a girl, you just booked it for the dog. Son, otherwise you don't think any family would want a daughter-in-law like you."
While speaking, Zhao'er and Sun's walked out of the house.
Sun shi persuaded: "Your grandma's mouth is getting more and more broken now, and it's getting more and more annoying, don't pay attention to her."
"Fourth aunt, if I listened to what she said, I would have died of anger. Don't worry, I never listen to what she said about her."
Sun nodded, the two said a few more words, and parted ways halfway through. Sun's routine was to go up the back mountain, while Zhao'er planned to take Heizi to take a bath in the river.
When Zhao'er led Heizi to the river, there were already many women washing clothes. Seeing Zhao'er, they all greeted her.
"Aunts and sisters-in-law, you are above, and I will lead Heizi below, so as not to contaminate your water." Zhao'er led Heizi to find a place a little downstream, and let Heizi stand where the water was even with his belly. place and bathe it with water.
Wet the hair on the body first, and then use the saponins to remove the stains, but the tricks used are more advanced, it is the pancreas. Although the saponin is decontaminated, every time I wash the sunspot, the hair will look very dry after drying. Later, I tried to wash it with pancreas, but it worked quite well.
"Zhao'er, you are really not thrifty. You use pancreas for dogs. Pancreas is much more valuable than cash. How can you use pancreas for dogs."
"Auntie, I took it wrong, I can't go back again, just use it first."
"This piece of pancreas is not big, and it's gone after washing the dog twice. The seam between your fingers is really big."
Someone made fun of her: "People use pancreas or slot, which is in your way? People can earn money, use what you like."
This Aunt Hua retorted: "I'm not feeling sorry for Zhao'er."
"It needs you to feel distressed."
"That's it."
A group of women interrupted with a lot of talk, and it was over.
But it was rare for Zhao'er to come out, and inevitably someone would be curious about her. After a while, they asked why she didn't go out recently. I heard that I had lost money in business outside before I came back, and they also asked how much Zhao'er had lost. Of course, someone asked her when she married Xue Tingxiang. She is not too young now, and if she drags it on, she will become an old girl.
That's why Zhao'er doesn't like to come to the village when he's free. There are too many long-tongued women. If you ignore them, you're disrespectful. If you really care about each other, you can ask about what you ate today.
"Look at Tingzi's prosperousness now, how can he still see a successful candidate? I heard people say that scholars have high eyesight. This Tingzi has never come back from outside. Could it be that he has taken a fancy to the daughter of a daughter in the city or something." A woman named Auntie Datian said.
"Aiya, can you speak? What's good or bad? This marriage was decided by Qingsong and his wife back then. After breaking through the sky, the old Xue family wouldn't dare to regret the marriage!"
"Could it be the same?! If the man in the couple doesn't like the woman, the woman will suffer. Tingzi is different from the younger generation in our village. In the future, he will shave food in this three-acre field, and he will go out in the future. See more of the market. If you see too many girls and your heart is spent, isn't it a disadvantage for us to recruit."
As the other party said it, his eyes turned to Zhao'er: "Zhao'er, don't dislike what Auntie said is unpleasant, in fact, it's all good for you."
The round-faced woman who had been talking to her all the time curled her lips and said, "Even if you don't like Zhao'er, you can still like your family's plum blossoms? Liu's family, you are not interested in the future of the family, so you deliberately I'm talking about three and four here. It's not me, even if there is no trick, Tingzi won't take a fancy to your Lamei."
"Hey, how did you talk, what is it that Tingzi doesn't like my sweet plums? What happened to my sweet plums? My sweet plums are white and have a big buttocks, so they are easy to grow, but they are small and won't overwhelm their men. ."
These words are a bit targeted. This is not to say that the trick is black, the butt is small, it is difficult to raise children, and the height is too tall, which makes Xue Tingxiang disappear.
"Besides, my family Lamei is smaller than Tingzi, and the old saying goes that women are good men, so we don't know if we are women? Women are easy to be old, and in a few years, if they stand with their men, they will not be married. , but sister and brother."
No matter how good-tempered Zhao'er was, he felt a little pricked at the moment, just as he was about to say something, a male voice suddenly sounded behind him: "Aunt Datian, don't tell me, your Lamei looks a bit older. , you will choose a man for Lamei in the future, but you have to look at the choice."
This voice was a bit abrupt to a group of women and Daoists.
Zhao'er turned back subconsciously, and saw the boy standing behind her, smiling at her in the light of the golden sunlight.
She covered her eyes subconsciously with her hands, feeling a little dizzy, and stood up after a while: "Why are you back?"
There was a woman beside her who was talking about 'Tingzi is back' and so on. Xue Tingxiang responded to them and said to Zhao'er, "Why, I can't come back?"
"No, I just feel a little surprised. Are you finished?"
"finish exam."
In fact, Xue Tingxiang's return was still delayed. He even caused a stir after he was released on the list, even though his nickname of the head of the cake and meat case was brought from Pingyang Mansion to Taiyuan Mansion, which caused a lot of ridicule. After this incident, I slapped the faces of those who like to step on people, but I have also confirmed that I have real talents and real learning.
Even if he can flatter the examiner, if he can make it in three games, he is considered to be very talented. It is expected that in the future, it will not be too difficult for the township test and the ability to test, and it is even an extraordinary ability.
For a time, Xue Tingxiang's fortune changed suddenly, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was very popular wherever he went. Some people invited him to participate in some cocktail parties and poetry gatherings, and Xue Tingxiang felt that it was the beginning of establishing his own network, and he would also choose some people with good personalities to communicate with.
He also mentioned the 'Little Hairpin Flower Banquet' hosted by Master Xueguan and Master Futai. After such a delay, he came back late.
"Did you pass the test?"
Xue Tingxiang smiled and stretched his arms to show: "Look."
What he wears on his body is the student shirt, made of jade-colored silk, with wide sleeves and a soap edge, and a soap bar and a soft towel on his head.
This student shirt is not something that students can't wear. It's not like those student shirts are imitations, but this jade-colored cloth silk and soap bars and soft towel straps must not be exceeded.
Zhao'er suddenly laughed: "It's true!"
The conversation between the two was overheard by the people on the side. The women heard that Xue Tingxiang was really attracted to a scholar, and the festive words swarmed for a while.
Xue Tingxiang exchanged a few words with them, and the two planned to leave. Just two steps away, Xue Tingxiang suddenly pulled Zhao'er and turned around and said, "Aunt Datian, do you think I and Zhao'er are like a couple? Why do I think they look alike."
"Oh, what are you talking about! Hurry up, hurry up." The two of them pulled together for a while, and Zhao'er pulled Xue Tingxiang away, even Heizi forgot.
The round-faced woman glanced at Aunt Datian, bent down and put all the washed clothes into the basket: "I also think this couple looks quite like a husband and wife. Hey, have you washed them, and are you going to leave? "
After a while of 'walking around', the group of women all left, leaving Auntie Datian to throw the mallet on the ground angrily.
She glanced at Heizi who was still standing by the river, remembered that it was that stinky girl's dog, and picked up a pebble from the ground with evil thoughts. But when he raised his head, he met Heizi's eyes, remembering the fierce name of Heizi, and the hand holding the pebble didn't dare to throw it.
At this time, she saw a piece of clothing flowing down the river from the corner of her eyes, and she couldn't care about anything, and hurriedly chased after it. Unfortunately, the speed of the river is too fast, and she can only sigh and shout bad luck.
Heizi snorted and walked towards the center of the river. After swimming back and forth in the water for two laps, I went ashore again and found a place with good sun to tan my hair.
Before entering the village, he heard the lively noise in the village, Zhao'er was surprised at first, but then he understood.
She guessed right, it was the news of the news from the county. Taiyuan Prefecture is far away from Pingyang Prefecture, and it is not a short distance from Pingyang Prefecture to Xia County. Therefore, although Xue Tingxiang came back after a few days' delay, he was still ahead.
In fact, he returned to the village with the people who came to announce the good news from the county. It's just that he went to Zhao'er, and the one who announced the good news went to Xue's house.
This time it was different. Although Xiao Sanyuan was not unusual, it was rare, and it was the first name in the academy examination. Naturally, the county government could not treat it as the same.
The blowing team started beating gongs and drums before they even entered the village, and the whole village surrounded them.
From a distance, he saw that the Xue's house was crowded with people, and Zhao'er said, "How about you go back first, and I'll wait?"
"I am with you."
"Well, let's go to Houshan first, and then come back when everyone is gone."
The two walked quietly towards the end of the village without disturbing anyone.
In the beginning of September, it was still very hot and the sun was poisonous, so the two walked along the shade of the tree.
He didn't speak, he didn't know what to say.
In fact, the main thing is Zhao'er. The little man came back after going out for so long this time, she always felt that he had changed a lot. At this time, her mind was in chaos, thinking about the letter from the hairpin, and thinking about what the women said before, and her heart was even more chaotic.
On the back mountain, the house was empty, I am afraid that everyone heard the news and went back to the village.
Zhao'er walked back and forth with her head down, turning around and around.
Suddenly, she stopped and said nonchalantly: "By the way, what you said before can be ignored. I didn't forget my heart. If you have a girl you like outside, you can come back and tell me. , when the time comes, my sister will personally come to your door to propose marriage for you."
Xue Tingxiang's face turned dark immediately, and the smile on his face disappeared. A storm was brewing in his eyes, rolling darkly.
"What did you say!"
"I said if you have a girl you like... ah..."
Before Zhao'er said anything, she was pushed against a tree by someone. Because the other party moved too fast, she was unprepared, and she was hit on the back of the head. But before she could react, her mouth was blocked.
Xue Tingxiang kissed her fiercely and eagerly, as if to swallow her. A familiar and somewhat unfamiliar breath filled her mouth and nose, digging straight into her nose and lungs.
She was a little dizzy, she couldn't push it twice, she could only bear it.
And Xue Tingxiang obviously didn't notice her submissiveness, her movements were still rude, Zhao'er's mouth was bitten painfully, and there was a hand on her waist and buttocks, pinching and rubbing randomly.
"We're all like this, you still don't want to marry me? Didn't you read the letter I sent you before?"
Zhao'er couldn't speak at all, and Xue Tingxiang seemed to be too excited, and ripped open her collar with a swipe.
"Then this, this, this?"
Zhao'er finally took a breath and pushed him away with all her might: "Okay, what are you doing?" After speaking, she quickly covered her clothes and blushed: "You are getting more and more outrageous. already."
"I'm disrespectful? Who is disrespectful?" The originally violent emotions suddenly turned into grievances, and the dark pupils were shining brightly. "I've said it all, and I'll marry you when I pass the exam. You didn't care about it, and you still want me to find a girl. Who do you think I am?"
Zhao'er panicked: "I didn't, I, I was..."
She can't go on, these words are indeed what she said just now, but she is also...
She looked left and right, but didn't look at Xue Tingxiang: "I'm older than you, and I've treated you as a younger brother since I was a child. In fact, you should know that our relationship is not what outsiders say. It was expedient when my parents said that. The plan, say it again, say it again..."
"What else?"