peasant girl

Chapter 217, Heart-to-heart (4 more)

After dinner, Lan Zhen went back to the house to prepare things.

She does have a lot of fabrics.

She is reluctant to use the good ones, and the bad ones.

There is nothing wrong with her hands.

It's muslin at worst, not to mention better satins, silk satins, and brocades.

He took a few pieces of muslin cloth, the colors of which she didn't like, wrapped them up and waited for Zhu Fugui.

Zhu Fugui first went to the vegetable field to pick vegetables, then pulled some radishes and put them in a basket.

"Is everything packed?" Zhu Fugui asked.

"All right!"

Lan Zhen took the burden.

Zhu Fugui glanced at her without asking her what was inside, and took Lan Zhen to Zhu Xiao's house in the carriage.

Arrived at the door of Zhu Xiao's house.

The door was closed tightly, and there was a burst of fragrance coming from inside.

"Daughter-in-law, you are in the carriage first, I'll knock on the door!"

"En!" Lan Zhen responded and took a deep breath.

Zhu Fugui went up to knock on the door, just as Zhu Xiao came from the backyard, he went to open the door, and when he saw Zhu Fugui, he shouted, "Uncle Fugui!"

"Xiao Xiao, I'll bring your aunt over!" Zhu Fugui said, and smiled again, "Your aunt is in the carriage, I'll call her!"

Zhu Fugui turned around and walked to the carriage, and gently and carefully helped Lan Zhen down.

Today's Lan Zhen obviously dressed up deliberately, wearing jade pendant earrings on her ears, jade bracelets on her wrists, even a jade hairpin on her head, and a gold hairpin that is very valuable just by looking at it.

"..."

Zhu Xiao pursed her lips.

"Auntie!"

Lan Zhen smiled, "Let's go, don't stand outside, it's so cold!"

"it is good!"

Zhu Xiao greeted them into the main room.

Zhu Fugui said, "I brought you some radishes, green vegetables, and this chicken. I've killed it and cleaned it up. I've stewed it for your father!"

"Uncle Fugui!" Zhu Xiao called softly.

He took a deep breath and said, "Actually, it doesn't have to be like this. If you really want to do something for us, teach me how to drive a carriage!"

"..."

"..."

Not to mention Zhu Fugui was surprised by this, even Lan Zhen was also a little surprised.

A girl learns to drive a carriage.

This is the first time.

"I'm serious!" Zhu Xiao said.

I looked at the things they brought again, "I'll accept the vegetables and chicken, and you can take the rest back!"

"Little..." Zhu Fugui whispered.

"Uncle Fugui, you don't need to bring things over tomorrow. My father is already much better and will be able to walk around soon. If it's convenient for you tomorrow, how about sending us to the town to buy some things in the morning?"

"Okay!" Zhu Fugui agreed immediately.

Lan Zhen looked at the main room, and it was indeed well built, spacious and bright.

But it gave her an indescribable depression.

Zhu Fugui thought that he had nothing to do in the afternoon, so he said to Lan Zhen, "Daughter-in-law, I will take you back and teach Xiaoxiao how to drive a carriage!"

"..."

Lan Zhen is angry.

She has not spoken to Zhu Xiao until now.

But thinking about the future is long.

"Okay!" Looking at Zhu Xiao again, "There are a few feet of fabric inside, you can save it to make some clothes!"

"Auntie, take the fabric back, my father's matter is over!"

"How can this be done? Since I brought it to you, how can I take it back? Okay, okay, let your rich uncle teach you how to drive a carriage. I'll go back first!" He said to Zhu Fugui, "It's easy to go back here. A few steps, you don’t need to see me off, you hurry up and teach Xiaoxiao how to drive a carriage!”

Lan Zhen smiled and got up first to leave.

Zhu Fugui quickly followed and whispered beside her, obviously worried that she would go back alone.

"You should have come back earlier!" Lan Zhen said.

Insist on going back by yourself.

Zhu Fugui had no choice but to watch her walk home slowly from the door.

Only then did he start teaching Zhu Xiao how to drive a carriage.

It's not difficult to drive a carriage, as long as the horse is tame, the reins are pulled, and the whip is whipped, the carriage will generally not overturn.

But this is just beginners. To drive the carriage well and let the horse run smoothly, it also takes hard work to learn.

However, as a girl, Zhu Xiao was bold and cautious. After Zhu Fugui explained the essentials and taught her for a while, she was able to drive the carriage by herself.

Just like driving, it's not that difficult.

Much easier than riding a horse.

Zhu Xiao drove the carriage around the village for a few laps. Zhu Fugui sat next to him. He was a little scared at first, but he gradually relaxed. Everyone in the village knew that Zhu Fugui taught Zhu Xiao how to drive a carriage.

Some people think it's good, and some people think that this man and woman can't get along well. Fortunately, Zhu Xiaocai is 12 years old. If he is like Zhu Zhaodi, it's not good.

Zhu Xiao didn't know about these discussions, but she also knew that learning to drive a carriage with Zhu Fugui would definitely be discussed by others, even though Zhu Fugui was a very defensive person, he covered up the whole process, and the two had no limbs. have come into contact with.

"Thank you, Uncle Fugui!"

"You're welcome, I'll pick you up tomorrow morning!"

"it is good!"

Watching Zhu Fugui leave, Zhu Xiaocai turned and went back home.

Looking at the things they sent, Zhu Xiao let out a deep breath.

Zhu Fugui is a kind person.

His wife...

Zhu Xiao didn't like it the first time she saw her.

As for the things she sent, Zhu Xiao didn't intend to see what was inside, so she took them and put them in the room next to the hall.

Only then went to the kitchen to look at the meat and pig intestines in the pot, Qi Hao and Qi An went to make horse head orchids.

After the soy milk is ground, the meat in her pot is almost ready.

First get it in a clay pot, put it on a small stove and simmer it full, wash the pot clean, without leaving any oily stars, then pour out the pulp that was ground together with red beans and soybeans, boil it, and wipe it with gauze Remove all the dregs, just boil the pulp, burn it in the pot again, put sugar in the bowl, and scoop the soy milk in the bowl.

"It smells so good!" Lai Fu couldn't help but said.

It is really delicious.

He seldom eats these things, and he feels a little greedy when he smells them today.

"You eat first!"

Take the bowl to Xun Muyang.

On Zhu Erlang's side, Zhu Zhaodi will take good care of her, and she doesn't need to worry about it at all, even if she wants to do something, it's useless, Zhu Zhaodi did it very properly.

When Zhu Xiao entered the room, Xun Muyang seemed to be in a daze.

"Uncle Ayang?"

Xun Muyang looked up at Zhu Xiao.

"I cooked soy milk, which was ground by Lai Fu and my sister. Try it and see how it tastes!"

"Ok!"

Xun Muyang reached out to take it, and took a light sip.

Lightly sweet, very rich, very good taste.

"How about it?"

"very good!"

Zhu Xiao smiled and sat on the side, "If you like to drink, I will try to do it every day in the future, and do it in different ways!"

"Yeah!" Xun Muyang nodded, wanting to ask Zhu Xiao several times, can he drive a carriage?

But he couldn't ask the words out of his mouth.

Zhu Xiao didn't know the twists and turns in Xun Muyang's heart, "Just now your sister and brother-in-law came, it was Uncle Fugui and his wife, and I begged Uncle Fugui to teach me how to drive a carriage!"

"..."

Xun Muyang was taken aback, and asked softly, "Have you learned it yet?"

"Understood, when I buy a horse and a carriage some other day, I can take you out to play!" Zhu Xiao smiled, his eyes were full of bright light, and he moved closer to Xun Muyang, "Uncle Ayang, you Looking forward to it?"

"Well, look forward to it!"

"I'm looking forward to it too!" Zhu Xiao said with a smile.

She knew that she was a little cautious and a little shy, but such a high-quality man made her hesitate.

When she didn't have such thoughts, she could be very frank, but after having those thoughts, she became more and more worried.

She wants to do better and work harder.

If she didn't say anything about many things, she wouldn't just deny them, just like when she was not tempted at the beginning, if Xun Muyang was really naive and needed someone to accompany him, so that people would not attack him personally, she was willing to bear the burden of not being able to. Birth, let all gossip about her.

The more she used her sincerity, the more entangled she became.

"Uncle Ayang!"

"Ok?"

"Maybe I'm a particularly difficult woman to get along with!"

Xun Muyang didn't answer first, but drank the soy milk first, put down the bowl, wiped the corners of his mouth gracefully with a handkerchief, and then said softly, "The first time we met was at the gate of the temple outside the village. Kowtow, I came to hide from the rain, and then you ran out, fell down, thought it hurt badly, but still got up tenaciously, and limped away, at that time, I felt that this little village girl was quite strong!"

"After knowing what happened to you, I could taste the food you cooked, so I thought about leaving you in the mountains to cook for me. Maybe I used some tricks!"

Xun Muyang smiled and looked at Zhu Xiao, "Xiao Xiao, this world is very chaotic, even if you are full of passion and without a strong backing, you will be unable to move forward, do you understand?"

Zhu Xiao was silent.

After a while, he nodded slightly.

(End of this chapter)