Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 10
After being made such a fuss by Mrs. Yang, the news that the Li family and the Yang family were facing each other became a firm fact.Li Xin didn't bother to explain. Anyway, what she said to Mrs. Yang didn't offend the Yang family. She made it very clear that she didn't have that kind of luck and couldn't afford it. Let's see what kind of moths come out of his Yang family to disgust people.

Yang Meishi said that after walking around with her for a long time, he wanted to take her in and clean her up?It's really a wishful thinking.She is so confident that she really thinks that Li Xin will agree?

Although most of the last married people who come out of the brothel can't escape the word concubine, but if she doesn't like it, who can force her?How can a cow press its head forcibly if it doesn't drink water? Parents and brothers love her, and they won't force her to do things she doesn't want to do. Besides, what kind of character is the Yang family?Parents will not push her into the fire pit.Li Xin still has this bit of confidence.

Everyone dispersed, and the Li family also returned to the house.Erlang still has red eyes, and it is not so easy to get rid of his temper.Mrs. Jiang poured tea for the two brothers, while Mrs. Liu sat on the bench and wiped away tears.

"My good daughter can be bullied like this! To be a concubine? Fortunately, she can speak..."

Li Dalang drank water in silence, Mrs. Zhang hugged Xiaodou who had woken up from the east room, and Shanzi got tired to Li Xin's legs.Xiaodou rubbed his eyes, yawned delicately, and called Mammy and Aunt vaguely.

Li Xin picked up Shanzi and caressed his thin back, thought for a while and said, "Mother, go find Aunt Li."

Liu's crying stopped, "Xin'er, you... what are you talking about?"

"I said, let mother go find Aunt Li and talk about my marriage."

Liu's name for Li Xin is always "Xin'er" and "Xin'er". The two characters are combined into one word, which has become the sound of Er, which sounds very kind and has a strong taste of pampering.Li Xin likes to hear her call herself this from Liu's mouth. This is the only name a mother calls her daughter.

Calling Aunt Li has no other meaning, it was Li Xin who decided to marry herself off.

Aunt Li is Li Taozi, the best-known matchmaker in the village, and she is also a relative of their family.Although the relatives are a little far away, they are close relatives if they walk around a lot.The marriage of Li Dalang and Li Erlang was all told by Aunt Li, and the relationship between Mrs. Liu and Aunt Li is very good.If you want to find a matchmaker to talk about marriage, Li Xin is willing to ask Aunt Li to help - at least Aunt Li is telling the truth and won't cheat her.

Liu Shi hesitated.It's a good thing that Li Xin is willing to think about her life's major events, but the villagers haven't completely let go of their prejudice against her yet.Coupled with the two fights with the Yang family, would outsiders think that Xiner's temper is as aggressive as hers?God is sorry, her daughter is the most sensible...

"Mother, it's not about marriage right away, but I just ask Aunt Li to help me find out if there is a suitable family for me. This is not something that can be found in a short while, so take your time." Li Xin sighed, "I'm afraid, Will there be any back tricks from the Yang family, that woman from the Yang family is not a good person, I am worried that she will do some harm to disgust us."

"Hey, hey, okay, I'll go now, I'll go now."

Liu quickly agreed.The last time she told her daughter about getting married, she even said that no one wanted to marry her.It's a good thing that she wants to find a family now. According to Aunt Li's vision, she will definitely find a good family for Xiner!There will definitely be that kind of pure and kind people who don't care about Xiner's past!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu packed a few eggs and put them in a basket. She also brought bundles of fresh vegetable leaves and a pack of her own fried oil fruits, and excitedly went to Aunt Li's house to find someone.

Li Xin stayed in the room like a normal person and finished the two small clothes. The stitches were densely sewn, not to mention the firmness, but they looked nice and tight.Shan Zi obediently sat beside her, keeping his eyes on the clothes in her hand.

Peasant children can only wear new clothes during festivals, and most of them are worn by adults who have changed their old clothes.Generally speaking, after the eldest son wears it, it is given to the next younger brother or sister, and then to the next younger brother or sister, so that it is passed on one by one.Compared with Xiaodou, Shanzi wore more new clothes, but most of them were worn out by his parents or changed for him.Clothes made just for him like this have never been worn.

Li Xin tugged at the thread, picked up the scissors and cut off the last piece of thread with a "click", "Okay, come to Shanzi, let's try."

Shan Zi hurriedly stood up and stretched out his hand.Li Xin took off his long-sleeved clothes and trousers, revealing his round belly.Li Xin chuckled, and put on the clothes and short pants for him.It's a pity that people here don't wear underwear, children are fine, a pair of pants is still open, it doesn't matter, if adults wear shorts, it is not suitable.

His thoughts flew a little far, and when Li Xin came back to his senses, Shan Zi had already cheered and ran out.Children like to show off when they have something, Shanzi jumped up and down in front of her mother to show off, "Mother, mother! Look, the new clothes my aunt made for me!"

Mrs. Zhang looked at Xia Shanzi, "Hey, our Shanzi is wearing new clothes!"

"Yeah, my aunt made it for me!"

Shan Zi touched his clothes here, and then touched his trousers. It was like something precious, which made Zhang's pocket full, "I want it too! I want it too!"

Mrs. Zhang was about to reprimand, but Li Xin had already brought out another small dress, "Both brothers have them, aunt doesn't favor one over the other. Come to Xiaodou, let your mother change it for you."

Mrs. Zhang said helplessly: "His aunt, there is no one who spoils a baby like this."

"It's okay, it's just a piece of clothing, the fabric isn't too good, it doesn't have sleeves and there are not many trouser legs, it doesn't take much fabric." Li Xin touched the heads of the two little guys, "They are learning to recite the Three Character Classic during this time Well, I can still count, the clothes are rewarded to them, and they are not given in vain.”

Then he leaned down and said to the two children: "Remember, you will only be rewarded if you make achievements. You can't get anything for free. You have to work hard on your own, understand?"

"Ok!"

"Yes, Auntie!"

Children's minds are very simple, so take the opportunity to educate them to instill in them that there is no such thing as getting something for nothing. If things go on like this, children will have the cognition that "work hard to get what they want", and they will naturally work hard.When they are sensible, this attitude has already penetrated into their habits. Even if there is no "thing they want" at that time, hard work has become a lingering habit for them.

Mrs. Zhang said with emotion: "Her aunt said that there is a set of truths in teaching children."

"No way."

Li Xin was a little embarrassed. Looking at the two brothers who had put on new clothes, their arms and legs were exposed like lotus root joints. No matter how they looked at them, they were so cute, it made her want to pounce on them and take a bite.Suppressing his "beast nature", Li Xin asked the two children to go out to play, and in the afternoon, he would mix pig food with the pigs, and clean up the things his father made some time ago to weave bamboo strips and bamboo residues, and spread them out in the sun to dry. Good as firewood for the stove.Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Jiang still need to do needlework to subsidize their family, and Mrs. Liu is out of the house again.

Li Houzhong came back at noon and brought back an iron plow.Mrs. Zhang was taken aback, "Father, why did you think of buying this? How much does it cost?"

"It's okay, your third uncle runs a blacksmith's shop, and the price is fair."

Li Houzhong happily said that with the iron plow, the whole family would tighten their belts and save some money to buy a cow, so Dalang Erlang would not have to work so hard on the field.The only mule in the family is getting old, so take advantage of the low price of iron plows to buy one quickly, and when the Chinese New Year comes, the pigs will be killed and the money will be enough to buy a half-sized calf.

It cost more than one or two taels of silver to buy an iron plow!It was still taken from the money given by Sister Xin.Now I can use that money to buy cattle, but I am afraid that the old woman will not agree, so let's bear with it.Anyway, there are still some days before spring.

In the evening, Mrs. Liu came back with a smile on her face, but when she heard that Li Houzhong had bought an iron plow for more than a tael of silver, her face immediately turned dark.

(End of this chapter)