Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 17

In Diao Gui's thatched cottage.

Hou Zhangshi sat cross-legged at the top of the kang, Diao Gui sat cross-legged at the top of the kang, a kang table was placed in the middle, and four dishes were placed on the table, two hot and two cold.

Diao Yingzi was busy on the stove.

"Ang, the four dishes are ready, let's start drinking, don't be too polite." Diao Gui picked up the wine cup.

"Oh, okay, we will be relatives from now on, one family, how polite are you?" Mrs. Hou Zhang also picked up the wine cup, "The two of us, no, it should be our grandfather, let's go together?"

"Ang, Zhong, go as soon as you go!" Diao Guizi took a sip and did it.

Hou Zhangshi also followed suit and made a cup.

The two of them turned the bottom of the wine cup up, which means that the wine is dry and does not leak.

"Oh, good things come in pairs! If we are happy today, it will be even more in pairs, isn't it?" Mrs. Hou Zhang proposed to do another one.

"Om? Ah! Zhong, come, I'll fill you up." Diao Gui picked up the jug and wanted to fill Hou Zhang's with wine.

Mrs. Hou Zhang snatched the jug and said, "Oh? How can I do that? How can I let you fill me up with wine? From now on, I will be a junior, so I have to change my name and call you uncle! Little uncle!" As he spoke, he filled Diao Gui with a cup.

The two raised their wine cups and drank each.

Diao Gui smacked his lips after drinking, and said: "Ang, this wine is so spicy, it's on top. No way, we have to get down to business before drinking too much (speaking of it)."

Seeing that Diao Guihou wanted to discuss the dowry in a hurry, Mrs. Hou and Zhang deliberately shied away and said: "Oh? Oh! Don't worry, it's a matter of finality. Little uncle, I have a big mouth and I am a matchmaker. Can you be vague about being a sister-in-law?"

As he said that, he poured Diao Guiman another cup, and the two of them picked it up and did it.

"Cough cough cough——" Diao Gui choked a bit from drinking, coughed for a while, and said, "Oh, dear brother, it's still clear, let's make this marriage more clear! I support her so big, How many catties of millet will eat me! I want three acres of land, not much! Her sister-in-law, do you think so?"

Mrs. Hou Zhang put down the wine cup and said slowly: "Oh, Lier, it's the reason! It's a pity... In the past, a big girl with yellow flowers, three acres of land, worth it! Absolutely worth it!"

"Oh, yes, that's right, it's worth it!" Diao Gui filled up the wine by himself and was about to drink it.

Hou Zhang said: "Alas—it's a pity, now—it's not worth it!"

The wine cup Diao Gui put to his mouth stopped, looked at Hou Zhang, suddenly felt a little hairy in his heart, and said angrily on purpose: "Oh? I am a big girl, why is it not worth it? Your old Hou family, can you give it to me?" The three mu of land, right? I’m stuttering, but I’m waiting, and I’m going to give you four mu of land.”

"Oh?! Ah, four acres? Hahaha, wait for his four acres of land!" Hou Zhang lowered her head, approached Diaogui, and said, "Ang, you Diaogui, no, little uncle! You , I still don’t understand? If he stammers and is willing to give you four acres of land, can you promise me the stubble of the three acres of land?”

"Ang, anyway, he stutters his brother-in-law, and Xie Howao hasn't said no to it!" Diao Gui has a ghost in his heart, and he doesn't dare to be too stubborn.

Hou Zhang got up, stood up, walked from the top of the kang to the top of the kang, squatted next to Diao Gui, approached his ear, and whispered, "Uh, what about you—and Diao Yingzi?"

When Diao Gui heard this, his face turned red.

He deliberately pretended to be calm: "Oh? What, what's the matter? Don't talk nonsense, talk nonsense! (Nonsense, talk nonsense)"

"Oh? I haven't said it yet. Why are you in a hurry? Well, it's all about this matter. If there is no complete guarantee, who would dare to talk nonsense! Uh, as the man's sister-in-law and a matchmaker, can I not put this Have you figured out the matter? Tell me, did you mess up the three acres of land here by yourself?"

"Oh, and, don't you bully me! (bluff to scare me) In this world, there are leftover men but not women. I don't believe it, my girl can't find a master! (can't get married)" Diao Gui bluffed.

Mrs. Hou Zhang stood up, walked towards the top of the kang, and raised her voice, saying, "Oh, I have such a big mouth, why should I eat? It's just my mouth! I'm not here in this Gada. Things you don’t know! As the old saying goes, if you want others to not know, you have to do nothing about it! Don’t do anything wrong, and don’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night!”

She sat down on the kang, picked up the wine cup, took a sip, smacked it, and then said: "Oh! It's just my mouth. If I shake it out, let alone three acres of land, I'm afraid you, girl, will grow old. Home!"

Diao Gui blushed for a while, then turned pale for a while, and after a moment of silence, he picked up the wine cup and took a drink.

Then he touched his face with both hands, and said, "Oh, well, well, it's up to you, how many acres of land are you talking about?"

Seeing that Diao Gui was cowardly, Hou Zhang coughed and said, "Ah, two acres, I won't give you any more!"

"Oh?! Fuck, this is too cruel! (Bullying people)" Diao Gui drank another cup, "Oh, no, two and a half acres!"

"Oh, two acres is two acres! This is no longer old or young." Looking at Diaogui's bear-like appearance, Hou Zhang deliberately pretended to be compassionate and said, "It's not easy for you to raise the child so big, I will add two to you." Ten catties of millet! Besides, we are not doing business here, and we will have a long life in the future. When you get old, you will be in the same camp, and you will not be the same as a door-to-door son-in-law! You will be recruited as a pensioner!"

When Diao Gui heard this, his hands trembled, and he took a sip of wine: "Hey! It's a loss-making business to support a daughter! Now the whole tree is wasted! Hit! Let's just do it!"

"Ang, this is terrible! Have fun! Come on, do it! Do it!" Hou Zhang filled up the wine for Diao Gui.

Small pharmacy from home compound.

Bao Yixian finished cleaning the room and arranged some prescriptions on the table.

She suddenly became interested in a prescription, so she read it with the prescription.

The Four Emperors came in from the outside and saw that Bao Yixian was looking at the prescription, so he asked by the way: "Ang, are you literate?"

Seeing him coming in, Bao Yixian quickly put down the prescription, smiled and nodded.

"Oh?! It's unusual, it seems——you came from a rich family?" His Majesty the Fourth Emperor couldn't believe it.I thought, how many women who have read the book are there in this valley!Does this woman have some background?

Bao Yixian shook his head, found a pen on the table, and wrote a line: "I used to work as a maid for a lady from a rich family. Miss likes to read, so I will learn from it."

"Oh? Can you still write?" Seeing Bao Yixian writing, the four emperors were taken aback.

It's too unexpected for a woman who can write.

Bao Yixian shook his head shyly, which meant he was making a fool of himself.

"Ang, the handwriting is not bad!" Nodding from the Fourth Emperor.

He went to the chair and sat down.

Bao Yixian planned to turn around and go out.

"Ang, wait, you sit here." The Fourth Emperor called to stop her and motioned her to sit on the kang.

When Bao Yixian came back, he half sat on Kang Yan'er.

"Uh, what are your plans after the injury is healed?" asked the Fourth Emperor.

Bao Yixian said "Oh" and pointed to his mouth, implying that he couldn't speak.

(End of this chapter)