Portable Space: Traveling through Nongmen

Chapter 237 An Unexpected Meeting Ceremony?
Once the rear compartment was removed, the mule was really light-packed when running. Xiangyun ran several times faster than before. It took more than half an hour to return to the village before, but now it only takes more than ten minutes.

Shen Yingshu went back to the village by the path as before, and took the mule back to her small courtyard. She didn't go home for several days, and when she returned home, Shen Yingshu liked everything.

"Haruyuki, do you miss me? Seriously, I've been so busy these days that I haven't had time to take you out to play."

When she brought Xiangyun in, Shen Yingshu saw Chun Xue in the room looking at her with surprised and resentful eyes, as if complaining about why she took so long to come back to look at it.

Shen Yingshu softly comforted Haruyuki, and Haruyuki gradually returned to his previous docileness, gently rubbing his head back against Shen Yingshu's palm as if responding to her.

Fortunately, Shen Yingshu left enough food and grass when he left, not to mention these two days, even if it comes another three to five days, he is not afraid.

"When the business in the town stabilizes in these two days, I'll come back and take you for a walk."

Time is urgent, and Shen Yingshu can't waste any more time here.

Anyway, I’m going back to the village. I’ll ask the three families later to see if there’s enough time left. If it’s enough, I’ll take Haruyuki for a walk in the mountains and take it out to relax.

Shen Yingshu walked towards the village with big strides, and first went to the young girl who Zhou Yurong said had a harmonious family, capable and happy.

Their home is relatively close to the road into the village, Shen Yingshu only needs to go straight and turn a corner to get there.

It's not even two o'clock yet, and there's not much farm work to do in this season, so most of them are at home taking a nap or chatting, doing work, and so on.

Of course, except for the old man who stayed under the big tree at the entrance of the village all day and chatted with the stones in the village——

Fortunately, to go to the little girl's house, she didn't need to pass by the village entrance.

According to the route in memory, the door of the girl's house was open. Before entering the house, Shen Yingshu saw her aunt who was sitting at the door peeling peanuts.

"Hey, isn't this Yingshu? Why are you here? Did you come to find someone, or did you come to find your aunt?"

According to the memory of the original book, this aunt should be the little girl's mother.

Shen Yingshu immediately showed a gentle and friendly smile, "Hello, sister-in-law Qiuju, I have something to talk about this time. Is Xintong in the room?"

"You're looking for Xintong. She's here. She's supposed to be embroidering in the room at this point in time. Why are you looking for her?" Sister-in-law Qiu Ju asked.

Mrs. Qiu Ju is also a warm-hearted person. He is upright and doesn't like to mix with those gossips in the village.

But she had also heard some rumors about Shen Yingshu before, and he didn't believe it at the time, after all, she had seen this little girl Shen Yingshu before, she was very well-behaved, and Ding Jing was very capable.

But she didn't expect that she really gave birth to a son as she told the eight women in the village, which made her disgusted and disgusted at the time.

But then as time went by.She also heard about what happened between Shen Yingshu, grandma and second aunt, and thinking about how Shen Yingshu, a young girl, can support her life with her doll, it is quite amazing, maybe something really happened in the middle thing.

Thinking about it, the disgust in her heart turned into pity. She didn't know the Shen family very well, so at most she just thought about it in her heart, and when she remembered it, she would say something nice for Shen Yingshu, and then Forget it.

"I have something to say to Xintong, sister-in-law Qiuju, can I go in?"

"Of course, you don't know which room Xintong lives in, so I'll take you there." Qiu Ju nodded, put aside the peanut in her hand, and took the initiative to lead the way for Shen Yingshu.

Qiuju’s sister-in-law’s family had separated two years ago, and now they don’t live with the old man or the old lady. Qiuju’s sister-in-law and her husband are both capable, so they paid for the house soon after the increase.

There are not many people in her family, one son, two daughters, the eldest is a boy, and the remaining two are girls.Now the little girl Shen Yingshu wants to go to look for is the second child, her name is Shen Xintong, she has the same surname as Shen, and she is the eldest daughter of Qiu Ju's sister-in-law in front of her.

As for Qiu Ju's sister-in-law's little girl, she is only seven or eight years old this year and has a child, so she is not in Shen Yingshu's choice.

Maybe the family has spare money, the house that Qiu Ju's sister-in-law and her husband built is not small, a total of six big houses.

The whole family can't even live in one room.

Even so, Qiu Ju's sister-in-law felt that it was still a little too much.

Her eldest son is 17 years old this year, and he was already engaged last year. According to the age of the little girl who was engaged, a wedding should be held next year at the latest.

It is precisely because of this that she built a few more houses, thinking that her son and daughter-in-law will get married in the future, and they will have a place to live after giving birth.

If the two daughters get married in the future, they will have a place to sleep when they return to their mother's house.

This time, Shen Xian began to embroider in her room here, walked through the long yard, bumped into a circle with Mrs. Qiu Ju, and arrived at the place.

"Xintong, are you up?"

"I'm up, mother wants you to come in directly."

Qiu Ju's sister-in-law looked at the closed door, and instead of pushing it open, she patted the door until she heard her daughter's answer, and then pushed the door in.

Just such a small gesture made Shen Yingshu feel good about her. It is rare for a small mountain village like them to respect their daughters so much.

All of them are very rough, let alone knock on the door when entering the house, and rush in immediately. This is not because they are not well-bred, but also because they are all rural people.Generations have been used to this.

But it's really rare for Qiu Ju's sister-in-law to enter a child's door and even ask.

This little incident proves that sister-in-law Qiuju has a good character. The three children she educated have good personalities and are very popular in the village. It also proves that she is good at educating children. .

It seemed that she could see Shen Yingshu's doubts,

Qiuju's sister-in-law took the initiative to speak, "Xintong is not too young, she is a big girl, how can this girl's house be entered casually, so, every time our family enters the house, we will first knock on the door and ask."

Shen Yingshu nodded and said appreciatively, "Sister-in-law Qiuju really loves her daughter, you can imagine that."

"That's my own child, I don't love anyone else."

When Qiu Ju's sister-in-law heard Shen Yingshu's praise, a smug smile appeared on her face, and her affection for Shen Yingshu increased in her heart.

She has a good personality and has a good reputation in the village. Occasionally, people will come to her house to chat.

Every time they saw themselves entering the room and knocking on the door, the way they looked at themselves felt...as if she was unnecessary, and some just said it directly.

Why do you have to knock on the door when you enter your daughter's (son's) house? That child is a piece of flesh that fell from her body. Her (his) whole body belongs to them. There's nothing wrong with that.

In fact, there is some truth to what they said. After all, this method has been used by generations of ancestors for so many years, but sister-in-law Qiu Ju thinks that if she knocks on the door every day, it can make her sons (daughters) feel better. Why not do it.

She's a big bastard, and it's enough for the children to be happy anyway.

It's just a knock on the door, and the kids are grown up, not kids anymore, and they all have their own privacy.

As long as it's not something outrageous, it doesn't matter if you hide it from her.

"Let's go in."

Qiuju's sister-in-law opened the door.

Shen Yingshu followed her into the room.

This time, Shen Xintong was just as Qiu Ju's sister-in-law said, sitting by the window and embroidering under the sunlight from the window.

This girl is good-looking, just like what Zhou Yurong described, she is likable, if she had to use one word to describe her, she would be sunny and clean.

The big eyes are very clear, the round nose, the mouth is not too big or small, especially when smiling, it is very pleasing and attractive,
Seemingly realizing that there was a person following her mother, Shen Xintong put down the unfinished handkerchief, immediately stood up from the chair she was sitting on, and looked over curiously.

Seeing that it was a woman he had never seen before, he looked at his mother curiously, "Mother, who is this?"

"Oh, this is Yingshu from your Aunt Yurong's family. According to her seniority, you should call her aunt." Sister-in-law Qiuju introduced
"Welcome Aunt Shu."

Shen Xintong blinked her eyes, let out a sweet cry, and then showed a sunny smile,
"That's it, it's a pity that I came here in a hurry today and didn't bring a meeting gift."

Shen Yingshu smiled and touched her whole body, finally took out the 20 Wen copper plate that she had prepared earlier, and stuffed it directly into Shen Xintong's hand.

It doesn't matter whether Shen Xintong will come to work in the store in the future, but now she calls herself aunt, and this little girl is cute, so she is willing to get along with her.This companion gave her a meeting gift, and she was also willing.

And Shen Xintong felt very confused about the extra money bag in his hand in the blink of an eye, the weight in his hand was not small, it must have more than a dozen copper coins.

This is not a small sum, and she cannot accept it.

"It's okay, I should call you aunt, I don't have the nerve to take your money." Shen Xintong said while frantically trying to stuff it back.

Seeing this scene, Aunt Qiu Ju was also stunned for a moment, although they and Shen Yingshu's family belonged to the same Shen family.But the blood relationship between them can be said to be strangers.

The relationship between the two of them can only be called appearance, and there is no need to pay money.

The relationship between the two of them is not close, and the relationship with Shen Yingshu is naturally not the prospect. I haven't met in the village usually, that is, nodding friendship.

This sudden gift of meeting, this is probably another plan, right?Let's think about Shen Yingshu's inexplicable coming this time, and also coming to see Xintong.

Originally, she thought that Xintong knew Shen Yingshu, but judging from the two sentences just now, Xintong didn't know Shen Yingshu at all, so why did she come here this time?
There is nothing in my family that Shen Yingshu can paint, and thinking about it, Xintong will soon be fourteen, Shen Yingshu is probably here to say hello to Xintong, right?
But which careless person in the village would choose Shen Yingshu as a kiss?
It's not that she looks down on Shen Yingshu, it's that Shen Yingshu's reputation in the village is really not good.

Anyway, no matter what, to use the sentence that my eldest son often chanted, offering courtesy for nothing is either rape or stealing, and if you don't accept gifts, you will be light-hearted.

"Yes, Yingshu, you can take the money back. You and Xintong are not much different in age. Besides, I didn't even give you a meeting gift. How can Xintong accept you?"

Seeing the two people who hurriedly returned the money in front of her, Shen Yingshu put her hands behind her back, "Auntie and Xintong, you can accept this money, the main reason for giving these copper coins is because I see Xintong is pleasing to the eye , besides, it’s not too much, you just take it, it’s also my heart.”

"Where to go."

Qiu Ju's sister-in-law quickly shook her head, if they had a good relationship with the Shen family, Shen Yingshu would give it as soon as she gave it, but how could they accept other people's things if they were nodding acquaintances?

Anyway, despite Shen Yingshu's rambunctious talk, Qiu Ju's sister-in-law and Shen Xintong both insisted on returning the money.

During this tugging and tugging, time wasted for a long time, and Shen Yingshu was a little annoyed, anyway, with both of them here, she simply stopped being tactful and went straight to the point.

"Actually, I want to talk to Xintong about some things this time. After I finish talking about this matter, you are deciding whether to accept the money."

Sure enough, there is another purpose.

Although Qiuju's sister-in-law was reluctant and her impression of Shen Yingshu had dropped a bit, she still stretched out her hand not to slap the smiling face, and she still asked with a smile, "If you have anything to do, just tell me, if there is anything Xintong can help Wherever there is, we are bound to define it.”

Shen Yingshu also knew that Qiu Ju's sister-in-law had misunderstood, thinking that she gave Shen Xintong a meeting gift for something else.

But she was not afraid to explain, after all, she came here for Shen Xintong at the beginning, "Actually, this matter is not a big deal, I just said it. I opened a shop in the town, and the business was pretty good. People are too tired all day long. In addition, there is still a small child at home, and I can’t help in the shop all the time, so I want to recruit a few more people to work, but this work is not free, and they are paid every day.”

"...Then you just looked at our family Xintong, and you want my family Xintong to work there?"

When Shen Yingshu said that he opened a shop in the town, sister-in-law Qiu Ju was a little surprised.

After all, she had heard people in the village gossip about Shen Yingshu before, saying that Shen Yingshu was an unmarried woman with a child alone, and had to rely on her mother's family to subsidize her food and clothes all day long, and she couldn't even get enough to eat.

But he didn't expect it to be so long, and he heard from Shen Yingshu himself that he opened a shop in the town.

She is not a child, of course she knows how expensive the rent of a shop in the town is, and it costs a few taels of silver to afford it.

If this is Zhou Yurong's money, then it is unlikely.

(End of this chapter)