Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 55 The Night of the Waking of Insects
Qin Xiang wrote a deed of selling herself and read it out in front of Liu Xi and Liu Xiniang, selling herself for ten taels of silver.

Aunt Six burst into tears, but failed to stop Liu Xi. After seeing Liu Xi decisively pressing her fingerprints, she knew that things were not going to change, so she stopped crying.Liu Xi gave all the ten taels of silver given by Qin Xiang and the ten taels of silver he got from Yanzi's family to the sixth aunt, and the sixth aunt left crying while holding the silver in her hands.

Liu Xi sat in the hall and stared at the door for a long time, unable to regain his senses. If his mother resolutely stopped him from selling himself, he would feel better.

Qin Xi took the deed of betrayal and handed it to Liu Xi: "Here you go."

Liu Xi was stunned: "I'd better leave it with my sister-in-law first, and then I can exchange it for this piece of paper when I save ten taels of silver."

He sighed dejectedly. Although it was to get rid of the Xiao family's temporary idea, he also knew that Qin Xiang would not go to the government to register, but it was still very uncomfortable to actually sign the deed of sale, especially his mother's attitude. My heart is as cold as falling into an ice cellar.

Qin Xi smiled calmly: "My mother suffered deeply from the contract of betrayal, and you call us husband and wife, brother and sister-in-law. How could I ask you to sell yourself to me?"

"Ah?" Liu Xi didn't understand what Qin Xiang meant and looked at her blankly.

"If you learn these words within a month, I will help you arrange a good job." Qin Xi put the "Deed of Sale" on the table and said: "You are blind if you are illiterate. Look, you don’t even know what’s written in the deed of sale, but you dare to press your fingerprints casually, and you’re not afraid that it will cost you your life?”

Liu Xi blushed and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment: "Sister-in-law is a good person, so naturally she won't harm me."

Qin Xi stood up and walked towards the backyard: "I am not a good person, and you should not expect to rely on the kindness of others. Mountains will fall, water will flow, and relying on yourself is the foundation for a foothold."

When the people walked away, Liu Xicai stood up slowly, walked over and took the deed of betrayal to read. The handwriting on it was very beautiful and neat. Liu Xi was illiterate, but he thought these words were very beautiful.

After a while, he folded the paper carefully, turned around and ran towards Xuanmiao Temple.

When I found a literate Taoist priest, I took it out and asked for advice. The Taoist priest said inexplicably that it was a thousand-character text for children's enlightenment.

"Thousand-Character Essay?" Liu Xi was stunned for a long time. Before this, he had never felt that there was anything wrong with being illiterate, and he had never even thought about how to live a better life in the future.

He stayed here for a few days, and the bottles and jars in the house contained many spices and incense.He knew these were valuable things, and Qin Xiang asked him to keep an eye on them. He didn't dare to be careless, and he didn't even dare to fall asleep. He just wanted to keep an eye on them.

But he had never thought of touching it to understand what it was?
Xiao Chenyu once tried to teach him how to read and write, but he refused. Xiao Chenyu once asked him to plan his future, but he only said that it would be good to get married in the future and have a piece of land to farm.

He didn't know what the use of reading was, but now Qin Xiang said that he could arrange things for him to do, which gave him motivation and hope.

At this time, Liu Xi's heart was filled with admiration and gratitude for Qin Xi.It wasn't for the purpose of selling himself into a thousand-character document, or for that unknown good job, but because he seemed to see the road ahead.

I happily left the Taoist temple and saw many people gathered in front of the wishing pool.Liu Xi went over to watch the fun and found that a woman had fallen into the wishing pool. However, no one in the circle of people watching the fun went to save her. Only the girl was left jumping and calling for help.

After listening for a while, Liu Xi finally understood.It turns out that since Qin Xiang fell into the water and was rescued by Xiao Chenyu, which resulted in a good marriage, three women have fallen into the water in the past few days, and the first two were rescued in time, but the follow-up has not been known yet.

Liu Xi asked the person next to him: "In that case, why didn't anyone go to save her?"

The man touched his chin and said, "Hey, if the one down there is a prettier one, a bunch of men would probably jump down. I'm afraid you and I won't even be able to get to each other."

Liu Xi glanced at the super fat woman below and nodded in agreement.Such a woman must be very good at eating. If she is rescued, she will marry her home. Who can afford to support an ordinary family?And why do families with better conditions need to rely on this method to marry a wife?

After watching the excitement for a while, the Taoist priest from Xuanmiao Temple came out and lowered the ladder, allowing the woman to climb up the stairs by herself.In the first month of the lunar month, there are stings, and words are stung.Everything comes out of shock, and the shock becomes thunder, so it is called Jingzhe.The sting caused insects and snakes to come out, and the withered grass and trees bloomed.

Jingzhe is a very important day.Is the sun shining brightly on this day?Whether the first spring thunder rings across the earth on this day is directly related to this year's harvest and whether everyone can have enough to eat and clothing to wear?

On the Day of Waking of Insects, people will hold scented incense and mugwort to smoke the four corners of their homes to drive away snakes, insects, rats, ants and musty smells.Over time, it gradually evolved into the habit of slapping those who are unhappy and slapping away bad luck, which is the predecessor of "beating the villain"; it means to drive away the villains around you, vent your anger, and pray for everything to go well in the new year.

Xiao Chenyu returned home on Jingzhe Day and brought Su and Aunt Sang back.

Su wore a curtain hat on her head, and no one saw her the whole time she was sitting in the car.

Mrs. Su, who had been away from home for a long time, returned home and felt comfortable all over. She only wore a curtain and hat at home, otherwise she hid in the house and did not come out to see anyone.

Xiao Chenyu and Qin Xiang smoked the front and back yards of their home together, and even lit an incense burner in the cellar and burned it slowly.

Then I went to Xuanmiao Temple and saw that Liu Xi had carefully smoked the corners and sprinkled lime.

Xiao Chenyu was a little surprised when he saw the dog-like characters on the table. He asked Liu Xi why he suddenly started to learn to write. Liu Xitong blushed and hesitated without saying much. Qin Xi told Xiao Chenyu the cause of the incident in a few words. Xiao Chenyu looked at it. Xiang Liu Xi's gaze became speechless.

"I've tried to persuade you to learn how to read many times, but you haven't listened. Now you've suddenly started to take it seriously. But it's not too late. I'll write a copy post for you. Just follow it. Don't make a word as big as an ox. One but as small as a ball of ink.”

Liu Xi learned how to read from the Taoist priest, and practiced drawing by himself when he came back. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone were given by Qin Xiang. Although they were cheap pen, ink, paper and inkstone for children's enlightenment, Liu Xi cherished them very much and wrote on the front and back. Every corner is filled in, so it looks like a mess.

Now that Xiao Chenyu and Su Shi are back, Liu Xi also closed the door and went over to enjoy the festival together.

Mrs. Su and Aunt Sang were very moved. The family had not been so lively for a long time.

That night, thunder shook the sky, and everyone put on their clothes and went to the window to look, with joy on their faces. Even if the people in the town had no fields, they still looked forward to good weather, otherwise everyone would suffer from the increase in food prices.

Xiao Chenyu and Qin Xiang did not get up. The couple, who had not seen each other for many days, were busy being affectionate. When they heard the thunder, they became even more interested.

In the middle of the night, noisy voices came from outside. The town said it was not big or small. It was fine during the day, but if there was some movement at night, the whole town would soon be aware of the noise.

Qin Xiang heard the noise in a daze. As soon as she moved, Xiao Chenyu hugged her tighter and patted her back gently to let her continue sleeping. Soon, the two of them fell asleep.

Mrs. Su also heard it and pushed her sleeping Aunt Sang awake. After hearing the noise, Aunt Sang put on her clothes and went out to take a look in the yard. She found that the noise was far away from home, so she was not interested in asking about it and was ready to go back to sleep.

Xiao Chenyu coaxed Qin Xiang to sleep, quietly put on his clothes and came out. He happened to meet Aunt Sang and whispered: "Aunt Sang, please help guard the door. I'll go and see what happened?"

When he opened the door and came out, Xiao Hanyang happened to also open the door and came out. When he saw Xiao Chenyu, he shouted hurriedly: "Uncle, what are you going to see? I'm going too. It just so happens that we can keep company."

Xiao Chenyu ignored him and hurried forward, leaving only one sentence: "Why are you joining in the fun?"

(End of this chapter)