I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 7 She Was Poisoned
Li Xiuju glanced at Zhou Baoyu, who was still out of the situation, and said with a smile, "Mom, I wanted our family to have a better life and arrange a marriage for you. But now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's a little late. There will be fewer boys of the right age in the neighborhood." , if you keep waiting, there will be no one left. Do you have someone you like?"

She just knew it was.

Zhou Chenyu twitched the corner of his mouth, calmly took a sip of porridge, and replied slowly: "I don't have anyone I like, and of course I don't want to get married!"

Li Xiuju was hurt by Zhou Chenyu's decisive words, "Why is this?"

Why?

Why else?

What's good about a woman getting married?
Not to mention accepting her parents' orders to be a matchmaker in this place, she had never thought about getting married before in modern times.

Giving birth is hard on the body. If you find a man, you have to take care of his family. If there is an argument one day, you have to endure the risk of domestic violence. What's worse, your life will be lost.

Being single is all happiness except having no one to take care of you in old age.

As for marriage, she had seen enough from the previous generation.

A wise man will not fall in love, and a bastard will not fall in love.

The widowed king acquires Ph.D. along the way, and we eventually become rich women.

Zhou Chenyu recited the words silently in his mind like a mantra, with a nonchalant look on his face, "I just don't like men, I can't look down on any of them."

Zhou Baoyu was eating his meal and stood there with his mouth open, "Sister, what about me? Am I not a man too? Do you hate me too?"

"Eat your food." Zhou Chenyu glared at him angrily.

Li Xiuju was a little anxious, "But how can a woman never get married and live with her parents?"

Zhou Chenyu saw the old lady's worried look and didn't want to break an old man's heart.

She clung to the old lady and said arrogantly: "I don't want to get married. I want to stay with you for the rest of my life. Isn't this good?"

This trick worked very well for Li Xiuju. She felt less anxious to get married, but she still couldn't help but say, "It's good for you to stay with me, but when I get old, who will take care of you?"

"I asked Baoyu's children to support me in my old age, and everything in my name will be given to him." Zhou Chenyu kicked Zhou Baoyu, but he didn't even start to threaten with a smile.

Zhou Baoyu answered very simply and without any ambiguity, "Mom, don't be afraid, I will take care of my sister from now on."

Zhou Chenyu was very pleased to hear this.

Li Xiuju only mentioned the matter of getting married that night and then let it go.

Taking advantage of the abundant bamboo shoots during the rainy season, Zhou Chenyu followed Zhou Baoyu to pick bamboo shoots for two more days.The boiled bamboo shoots could only be kept for two or three days after being soaked. After three days of soaking, there were many people on market day, so they decided to sell them on the street.

Early that morning, Zhou Baoyu went to Grandma Wang's house next door to borrow a cart. Before it got dark, Zhou Chenyu and Li Xiuju went through the bamboo shoots and put them neatly into sacks, then put them all on the cart.

The so-called going to the market has a very different meaning from going shopping.The difference is that the market day here does not take place every day, but in a cycle of three days. Vendors from surrounding villages and towns gather on the market streets in the center of the town to conduct equal exchanges.

Before going out on the street, Zhou Chenyu thought that the market day in Qingshui Town might be just like a street.

Unexpectedly, when we entered the market, the spring rains continued, and the streets were still crowded with all kinds of enthusiastic vendors selling food, clothing, medicinal materials, game, and other items. Pedestrians in the middle of the street were also coming and going in an endless stream. So lively.After getting to know more deeply, I realized that Qingshui Town is a suburban township around the provincial capital, just like the suburbs around first- and second-tier cities. Even if you are not rich, your family is not too poor to be able to take the blame.

It turns out that only their family is poor.

Zhou Chenyu shuttled among the crowd, looking at the weird toys and delicacies he had never seen before, with a long-lost smile on his face. He wanted to try everything, but he had no money in his pocket, so he could only look at it.

The only consolation is that everyone's living standards have improved. Those who are doing business and those who are planting can't bear to see the little money from selling bamboo shoots.

There were fewer competitors selling bamboo shoots, and coupled with Zhou Baoyu's flattering talk, not only did the bamboo shoots sell quickly, but the price doubled as expected, making him a full fifty cash.

Zhou Chenyu held this hard-earned money and smiled from ear to ear, "What can be more satisfying than getting an extra twenty yuan out of thin air."

"Sister, I'm hungry. Can I spend a penny to buy a pancake?" Zhou Baoyu looked at the busy stall diagonally opposite with greedy eyes and asked tentatively with a smile.

He didn't tell Zhou Chenyu that he also had plans to have a good meal. It was already past noon and he was already hungry.

She smiled and nodded, "Okay, you buy one, I'll buy one, and I'll buy another one for the old lady. It only costs three cents. It's money well spent."

Zhou Baoyu nodded sharply, and when he was pushing the cart to leave, he suddenly stopped holding his stomach, why: "Sister, I want to relieve myself, how about you wait for me here for a while?"

"Since you are the major contributor to earning this money, I'll give you some time. Hurry up. I won't wait for you if it's too late." Zhou Chenyu has always been impatient to wait for others, so he dropped harsh words. .

"Hey, I will definitely go back quickly!" Zhou Baoyu ran two steps, turned around and made a face, not believing it at all, and giggled: "Sister, I know you can't do it."

Zhou Chenyu looked at him who was obviously in a hurry to go to the toilet and was holding it in with his legs crossed. He lazily complained: "Do men always pee so much when they go out on the street?"

Zhou Baoyu walked into the alley behind him and went straight to the toilet.

Zhou Chenyu was squatting alone on the cart, watching the people passing by on the street. He got up too early this morning, and after staring for a while, he yawned and felt a little drowsy.

She crossed her arms across her chest and closed her eyes, intending to squint for a while, but as she closed her eyes, sleep came over her. When she was drowsy, her head dropped heavily, and she woke up instantly.

Zhou Chenyu squinted his eyes hard. Suddenly, there was a uniform sound of footsteps. Two rows of tall men in light blue uniforms slowly ran towards this side. There was also a man riding a horse in the middle of the team. Come.

Such a big battle?

Seeing that they were getting closer, Zhou Chenyu quickly dragged the small cart closer to the roadside.

After settling in, she looked up to see the excitement and saw the group of people stopped in front of the mansion opposite.

The leading man jumped off his horse and turned to face this way.

Zhou Chenyu rubbed his eyes. After his blurry vision cleared, he looked straight at the person opposite.

The man was about twenty years old, with a tall and muscular figure, a bun on his hair, wearing a navy blue robe with narrow sleeves, cold eyebrows and sharp eyes, tight thin lips, holding a long blade, standing in a neat line without saying a word. In front of his subordinates, his majesty from the inside out makes people fear him.

It looks a bit fierce.

But Zhou Chenyu stared at his face dumbfounded, as if he had been hit by Cupid's arrow. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but raised crazily, "So handsome..."

(End of this chapter)