idle mistress

Chapter 42
When it was time for dinner at night, Xu Weiqiu was worried, opened the door and went outside to probe.

The silly elder sister still stood where she was, and when she saw her coming out, she grinned at her, like a child, very innocent.

With that smile, Xu Weiqiu's heart softened immediately. She went out and waved at the silly elder sister: "Come in, come in and have a meal."

Seeing this, the silly elder sister ran over grinning.

"This... this... Qiu'er, why did you bring someone in?" Erniang was shocked when she saw her leading him into the house.

"It's so cold, let her come in and stay overnight." Xu Weiqiu prepared a washcloth for the woman and asked her to wash her face and hands.

The woman also cooperated quite well, Erniang was a little wary of this unconscious woman at first, and now she would do whatever she was asked to do, very well-behaved, and gradually let go of her hanging heart.

After the woman washed briefly, although her hair and clothes were still dirty, her face was finally clean.

The woman looks ordinary, and her facial features are fairly straight, except that the bridge of her nose is a bit slumped, her face is washed clean, and she looks much younger. She looks only in her early twenties, not a few years older than Xu Weiqiu.

Seeing this, Er Niang became curious and asked her her name and where she lived.

The woman just kept smirking at the two of them, and didn't answer. Seeing that she didn't know what to ask, Erniang didn't bother to ask any more questions.After serving her dinner, Erniang went back to Xu's house, and Xu Weiqiu simply found a place where the silly elder sister could sleep and let her spend the night in the earthen hut.

The next day, before dawn, Xu Weiqiu got up and saw that the person on the small bed had disappeared, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, at night, when she undressed and was about to go to bed to rest, the silly elder sister came again.Judging by her appearance, she probably didn't eat outside. In desperation, Xu Weiqiu had no choice but to put on his clothes, heat up the leftover food, and made her a vegetable soup to finish the meal.

Since then, this silly elder sister has been lazy in the earthen house and never left. Xu Weiqiu couldn't bear the smell of her body, so he boiled hot water and washed her from the beginning to the end, and asked her to change into her own clothes. He looks like a human being.

During the day, when Xu Weiqiu went to sell the stall, the silly elder sister wandered around the nearby villages, and stayed in the earthen house at night.

She also loves beauty very much. Every time she comes back, she puts a big red wild flower on her head.Don't know where it was taken from.Sometimes she would help Xu Weiqiu with work. Although this person's brain is not flexible, his hands and feet are very diligent, his strength is not weak, and he does his work with discipline.

When Xu Weiqiu went to wash sand in the river, she helped push the cart; when Xu Weiqiu made mud balls, she helped to stir them; when Xu Weiqiu made bamboo fences, she helped to insert bamboo.

Seeing that she could help Xu Weiqiu, Erniang liked this silly elder sister quite a bit in her heart, saying that she was picked up from the mountains, so she named her Shanniu.

Silly Elder Sister quite liked this name, Xu Weiqiu called her Eldest Sister she shouldn't, and later called her Shan Niu, she responded very quickly.

Gradually, Xu Weiqiu found that Shan Niu talked a lot. Although sometimes she spoke nonsense, she was able to communicate. This is a good sign...

Although it is tiring to renovate the house, it is very fulfilling to watch the dilapidated house change slowly; the villagers who went to the well platform to fetch water passed the fork, and they were secretly surprised when they heard laughter from the banana forest from time to time .

After unremitting efforts, in the twelfth lunar month, the earthen house has been repaired and is very livable. Xu Weiqiu also transplanted a few climbing vines from the mountain and planted them under the bamboo fence, but due to the bad weather, the seedlings are always dying. Can't grow up.

When the Chinese New Year was approaching, Mr. Xu came to visit once. He was surprised to see the big change in the house and gave her a thumbs up.

In the spring of the next year, those climbing plants came back to life. Seeing this, Xu Weiqiu fertilized them to ensure the daily water and sufficient sunshine. The whole bamboo fence is covered, and the appearance is very gratifying.

On this day, Xu Weiqiu pushed a cart to set up a stall in Lanyang County as usual. Unexpectedly, she encountered a big man who went on a tour, and the official road was blocked, which caused her to go a lot of wrong ways. Markets were also closed.

A high-ranking official went out to make such a big show, which brought a lot of inconvenience to the people, so that the people complained a lot, but unfortunately the people in power couldn't hear it at all.

As a last resort, some small vendors pushed their carts to carry their burdens and walked through the streets to sell.

Xu Weiqiu came to set up a stall on the road not far from the market, but she was not the only one who had this idea. After a while, the road was full of business stalls. Fortunately, she came early and occupied a relatively Favorable location.

This folk road is different from the bazaar, the location is relatively remote, and it is relatively narrow, but the official road is not allowed to go, and the people all come here in unison.

The narrow road was crowded with people, and some vendors even fought for a stall.

Changing to a different place to set up a stall, Xu Weiqiu thought it would be difficult to do business today, but unexpectedly there are still many regular customers who can find her, and she has already sold several fish without much effort.

Just as he was carrying a fish on the scale, he saw a grey-haired, hunchbacked old man wandering nearby carrying a burden.

After hanging around in the market for a long time, Xu Weiqiu recognizes many small vendors. It is not easy for this old man to do business. He lives in the mountains, and every time he travels back and forth, he travels more than twice as far as her.

It is estimated that the old man came out late today, and he couldn't find a place to set up a stall on this folk road.

"Uncle Huang..." She yelled at the top of her throat, and took advantage of the opportunity to stack up the wooden basins she used to hold the fish to free up a large area.

Seeing that the other party didn't respond, she called out again: "Uncle Huang from Shiliwu."

Only then did the old man realize that it was him who called him, and when he turned around, he saw the little girl waving at him. The old man was overjoyed, and hurried over with the burden.

"Uncle Huang, just put it here."

"Miss Xu, thank you so much." After thanking her, the old man hurriedly set up the stall. While carefully placing the pottery bowls on the burden, he said to Xu Weiqiu:
"I don't know why the bazaar is not allowed to enter today. It makes me anxious."

"I heard that a nobleman went out, so it's sealed."

"That's right, the official road is also closed, and I have taken a lot of detours."

The two chatted for a while, when someone came over and pointed to a fish in the water basin in front of her and asked, "How do you sell this grass carp?"

Seeing that there was business, Xu Weiqiu didn't bother to chat anymore, and started doing business with her head down. The customers came and went, and her business was going well.

Uncle Huang at the side cast envious eyes at her from time to time.

(End of this chapter)