Pastoral little master

Chapter 34 The Matchmaker Comes to the Door
Mrs. Zhao didn't think there was something wrong with her ears.

Instead, he felt that Qiduo and Liuju had something wrong with their brains.

Dig ginseng?
Why not talk about digging for gold.

She thought so in her heart, but she asked, "Where are you going to dig?"

"Houshan." Qiduo replied.

"Who said there is ginseng in the back mountain?" Zhao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Think of the value of ginseng.

If these two girls can really dig ginseng, they can sell some money back.

Qiduo lowered her head and said in a low voice, "My parents won't let me tell you."

Zhao's eyes immediately froze, and he said sharply, "Say!"

Liuju wanted to laugh a little.

Hurry up and bear with it.

"Grandma, don't be angry, I said yes." Qiduo pretended to be scared, waved her hands quickly, and said, "My parents didn't let us speak out because they were afraid that you and grandpa would be worried.

Liulang almost died today, but fortunately he met a miracle doctor.

The genius doctor said that he had a way to cure Liulang completely, but it cost 200 taels of silver.

From now on, Liulang will eat a piece of ginseng every month to replenish his body, so that the disease will not recur again.

We have no choice but to ask our grandparents for money.

Let's go to the mountains to look for ginseng. If we can't find it, we can ask grandma to buy it, okay? "

Liu Ju also said obediently from the side, "Grandma, I will embroider some square handkerchiefs for you tomorrow, and I just ask grandma to treat Liu Lang.

When Liu Lang recovers from his illness, he will earn money to honor you and grandpa. "

"Yes, we will honor you and grandpa too." Qi Duo agreed.

Zhao's face changed.

The strange light in his eyes disappeared.

Instead it was cold.

It was as if a fire was burning in her heart, and her internal organs were aching from the burning.

200 taels of silver!
One ginseng per month!Bottomless pit!

It would be better to kill her directly.

The whole family lost money!
"200 taels? One ginseng per month?
Ah bah, first we have to see if he is worth it.

The two dead girls don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth. They are trying to anger me. Are you playing dead? Let's see if I don't beat you to death. "Ms. Zhao was so angry that her chest felt tight, and she scolded harshly.

She threw off the quilt and got out of bed, put on her shoes backwards, picked up a broom and beat them.

Qiduo lifted the curtain, and ran outside with Liuju.

Just bumped into Yang Shi who came in.

"Ah, yo, what are you two doing, you almost hit me to death." Yang yelled sadly.

Qiduo and Liuju didn't answer, and ran out of the main room as if flying.

Mrs. Zhao stomped her feet in the back, "Oh, what a crime I have done, why do I have these unfilial sons and grandchildren, this is trying to piss me off."

He started shouting, beating his chest and stamping his feet.

Yang hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and asked curiously, "Mother, why did Qiduo and Liuju make you angry?"

There is a smile in the eyes.

She just hopes Qiduo is unlucky!

Mrs. Zhao patted her chest to breathe, and it took a while before she came back to her senses.

"The two dead girls are really shameless, they came here and asked me for 200 taels of silver to treat that little sick child.

This must be Xu's ghost idea, 200 taels?Bah, I don't have to give a penny! " Zhao said angrily.

There was a mocking smile on the corner of Yang's mouth, "Brother and sister-in-law are really good at joking, 200 taels of silver is used to treat Liu Lang's illness, so let's just drink northwest wind as a family."

"Ah, yo, I'm so mad. When your father comes back tonight, I will let him teach that shameless person a lesson." Mrs. Zhao opened her mouth and rolled her eyes, furious.

"Mother, do you feel that Qiduo is a little weird, since she can speak, she seems to have changed, her mouth is as unforgiving as that knife.

Talking nonsense all day long, I see, there are some problems. "Yang's eyes rolled, and he lowered his voice to whisper to Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao pursed her lips, "Let Deyin take a look."

Yang nodded happily.

Qiduo and Liuju quickly ran out of the Tan family compound.

"Oh, I was scared to death. If I ran slowly, I would be beaten by grandma." Liuju patted his chest and stuck out his tongue exaggeratedly.

Qiduo shook her head, "We just said a few words, but we didn't expect to anger grandma."

Mrs. Zhao's meanness was beyond her imagination.

Just a few words, so angry.

If it really needs 200 taels of silver, wouldn't that mean killing people?
Now I don't want to face Zhao's indifferent face more and more.

A brightly dressed woman walked over with a square red handkerchief twisting her waist and swinging her hips.

"Hey, the two young ladies are really pretty." The woman shook the handkerchief in her hand and smiled without saying a word.

The voice is a little greasy on purpose.

Qiduo smelled a strong fragrance.

Glancing at the woman, her face was covered with thick powder.

With a smile, the powder fell straight down.

Qiduo took Liuju and hurried away.

"You two sisters, don't leave. Is the second sister-in-law Tan at home?" The woman pointed to the gate of Tan's house and asked with a smile.

"Who are you?" Qiduo asked warily.

This woman doesn't look like a good person, Tan's second sister-in-law, it should be Yang's.

"Hehe, people call me Mrs. Liu, a matchmaker who specializes in doing good things.

Where are the two sisters from the Tan family? Have you talked about marriage?

Sister Liu is so handsome, I will definitely do it for you..." The woman introduced herself with joy, and pulled the deal.

The handkerchief in her hand almost flung Qiduo's face.

It turned out to be a matchmaker, why did she look like a bustard.

Qiduo twitched her eyebrows and interrupted her, "My mother is at home."

Then he dragged Liujufei and ran away as usual.

"Uh, Duo, the matchmaker was looking for Erniang." Liuju replied with some surprise to Qiduo.

Qiduo raised her eyebrows at her, "Don't tell me you want to tell her who we are, and let her find a wife for you, hehe."

"Damn girl, just talk nonsense, shameless." Liu Ju blushed and spat.

"Hee hee." Qi Duo smirked, and asked curiously, "I don't know who is the matchmaker looking for Er Niang for marriage?"

Liuju also straightened his face, thought for a while, "It's either the third brother or the elder sister Sandao, as long as they are the right age.

However, it feels like it might be the third brother.

Didn't Sister Damei say that she would propose marriage to Sister Sandao in the county? This has been said for two years, but there is no sign of it until now, and I don't know if it will be successful. "

When mentioning Sandao, Qiduo thinks of Erxia.

"Eldest sister is so good-looking and has a good personality, how come there is no marriage yet?" Qi Duo asked.

In the memory of the original owner, it seems that a matchmaker once came to talk about the marriage for Erxia.

Then nothing happened.

She didn't know the exact reason.

An angry look appeared on Liuju's face, and he said bitterly, "Speaking of this, I get angry.

Years ago, a matchmaker came to talk about a marriage. I heard that the family was very kind, with only one son, who had land and land.

Parents were very happy and agreed.

Later, there was no letter, and one day Niang happened to meet the matchmaker, and only then did she know that someone was speaking ill of the elder sister outside.

It is said that besides being beautiful, the eldest sister can't do the work in the field and is useless, so the family dare not marry her. "

"Who is so wicked? We didn't recruit him or provoke him, but he is so slanderous, what a beast." Qi Duo also scolded angrily.

If you want to know who it is, you must go and lift the roof of his house.

She suspected it was done by an acquaintance.

Instead of going to Houshan, the two went to Shixi River to find Tan Dejin.

From a distance, I saw Tan Dejin fishing for snails with a homemade net.

"Why are you two here?" Tan Dejin asked his daughters.

Qiduo looked at the bamboo basket beside him, and there were many snails in it.

Dad is really neat in his work.

"Father, mother asked us to come and talk to you." Qi Duo said.

Worried that Tan Dejin would not listen to him, he deliberately moved out of Xu's.

He seemed to care about Xu Shi very much.

"What's the matter, tell me quickly?" Tan Dejin really urged.

Qi Duo said, "Father, if grandma asks about Liu Lang's illness, she will say that we met a miracle doctor on the road and said that he can cure the root.

But it costs 200 taels of silver for medicine, and one piece of ginseng every month to nourish the body. "

He recounted the method discussed with Xu and the others before.

"Why are you lying again?" Tan Dejin frowned.

Qiduo curled her lips secretly, and said, "Father, this is not lying, it is to keep the silver that mother used as earrings, which is Liu Lang's life-saving silver.

Also, according to Mr. Wen's words, Liu Lang has to take medicine for three years for his illness.

The three-year medical fee is not a decimal.

Grandma might be very kind and willing to give Yinzi to see a doctor for Liulang, that would not be good. "

If it is for the sake of separating the family, Tan Dejin will definitely not cooperate.

He also knows Zhao's character in his heart, knowing that they have money on them, sooner or later they will find an excuse to ask for it.

For Liu Lang's life-saving money, he had to cooperate.

Tan Dejin hesitated, then nodded.

Qiduo and Liuju breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father, you are busy, my second sister and I are going to dig ginseng in the mountains." Qiduo squinted and smiled.

Tan Dejin glared at her, "Don't mess around, where is there ginseng on the mountain, go home."

Liuju explained with a smile, "Father, Qiduo is teasing you. We made this excuse to go out. We went to pick chicken heads in the small bamboo forest."

"Then be careful." Tan Dejin suddenly smiled.

"Father, after finishing that thing, put it in Aunt Shen's old house. This is the key." Qiduo handed a key to Tan Dejin.

Tan Dejin shook his head, "The old house of Mrs. Shen's house has not been lived in for a long time, and she suddenly put things there, which is eye-catching.

Dad has a good place to hide things, you wait for me in the small bamboo forest. "

Now it was Qiduo's turn to be surprised.

Dad is hiding something.

Qiduo and Liuju held hands and walked towards the small bamboo forest along the foot of Jigong Mountain.

The two picked Jue chicken heads while walking.

Fern chicken head is bracken, and there are many on the mountain.

Juicai can be stir-fried cold, or dried in the sun. It is a famous mountain delicacy.

"Second Sister, it's almost done, let's go to the small bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots." Seeing that the basket was half filled, Qiduo stopped and said to Liuju.

Liuju pouted, "Bamboo shoots? What are they?"

"Uh, bamboo shoots are the buds from bamboo." Qiduo explained after being stunned for a while.

All she knows is that no one eats bamboo shoots.

But I didn't expect that Liuju didn't even know what bamboo shoots were.

"You won't tell me that bamboo shoots can be eaten too." Liuju was surprised.

Qiduo nodded, "Of course."

Although Liuju was surprised that the bamboo shoots could be eaten, but with the snails in front of her, she didn't say much, and followed Qiduo to dig bamboo shoots.

Arriving at the small bamboo grove, Qiduo pursed her lips in joy as she saw the brown shoot tips that had just emerged from the ground.

People in Tanjiazhuang don't like to grow bamboo. There are only a few slender small water bamboos planted behind their houses.

There are five or six trees in the corner of Shen's courtyard.

Small bamboo forest is a wild moso bamboo forest.

On weekdays, when the villagers need bamboo, they come here with a machete to chop a few.

Unfortunately, they only know that bamboo is useful.

But I don't know that the little bamboo shoots are delicious.

The part of the ground where the bamboo shoots are exposed is very short, some are as long as a finger, and some are only half a finger.

Qiduo clenched the small shovel in her hand and taught Liuju how to dig.

This is a simple job, and Liuju knows it at a glance.

The two sisters quickly picked up the shovel and dug up, using both hands and feet.

After a while, the bamboo shoots piled up like a hill.

Qiduo and Liuju were also exhausted.

"Second Sister, take a break." Qiduo wiped the sweat from her forehead.

I was a little out of breath when speaking.

"Okay." Liuju also panted.

The two sat down beside the pile of bamboo shoots.

Qiduo looked at the bamboo shoots happily.

It was as if he saw a pile of golden copper plates smiling at her.

Liuju held a very thick bamboo shoot in his hand.

Look left.

Look right.

Shaking his head, "This thing is hairy, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look delicious."

"Pfft." Qiduo pursed her lips happily, pointing to the brown bamboo shoots outside and said, "Peel off this layer of bamboo shoots first, the fresh and tender bamboo shoots are inside.

Don't throw away the peeled bamboo shoots, blanch them and dry them in the sun. Dried bamboo shoots are equally delicious. "

Liuju looked at Qiduo who was in high spirits, her beautiful eyes were full of envy.

Suddenly he sighed softly, "Oh, Duo, you know so much now.

If only I had lost my voice, then I can be like you now. "

Qiduo laughed dumbfoundedly.

Sadness after laughing.

Silly sister, where is such a good thing.

Your Qiduo sister is gone, and now I am a stranger.

Ugh!
Tan Dejin walked over with big strides.

Looking at the pile of bamboo shoots on the ground, he was also in a daze, "Ju, Duo, what are you two doing digging up those things?"

Liuju rushed to repeat Qiduo's words.

Sure enough, Tan Dejin didn't say much, but just followed suit.

"Father, have you touched the clam?" Qiduo was more concerned about this issue.

"Well, it's about thirty or forty catties. If it's not enough, I'll touch some more?" Tan Dejin raised his head and asked.

Qiduo hurriedly shook her head, "That's enough, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Tan Dejin nodded lightly, lowered his head and fought with the bamboo shoots.

Seeing the bamboo shoots being picked up one by one by Tan Dejin, Qiduo secretly clicked her tongue.

Dad alone can stand up to her and Liuju.

It's really unreasonable for Mrs. Zhao to criticize him every day, what a capable son.

In fact, the Tan family has made it to this level, and they also blame Mr. Tan for not having any business sense.

As the saying goes, rely on mountains to eat mountains, rely on water to eat water.

Tanjiazhuang has a good geographical environment, with mountains and rivers, and treasures everywhere.

In this season like now, there is not much work in the fields, and the whole family is idle at home, and they don't know how to get some wild vegetables and delicacies.

Even if you don't sell these things, it's better to keep them at home.

I only know that if I stick to dozens of acres of land, it's no wonder that I'm not poor!
Qiduo dug while complaining.

There was a sound in the bushes on the hill next to the bamboo forest.

Faint voices could be heard.

(End of this chapter)