Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 326 (Two in One)

How can these young people wandering around the market compete with these professionally trained guards of big restaurants?Of course, if the guards of these big restaurants meet real masters like Ah Cai and the others, they will have to burp.

Because of Ah Cai's shot, Tang Er and the people he brought over were all thrown out of the restaurant door within a short while, and none of them could stand up, and they all rolled dumplings on the ground.

"The sky is bright and the sky is full of hustle and bustle. Those who want to come to Mingshan Pavilion to eat the overlord's meal will end up like this!" Jin Xi followed closely behind the gate of the restaurant, watching the ground rolling all over the place, especially when A Gui stepped on her face and couldn't get up Tang Er, raised his voice and said coldly.

Tang Er was trampled so that his face was pressed to the ground, his shape was changed, and in his eyes squeezed into a slit, he could only see a corner of the girl's blue skirt a few steps away.

The ground under his face was cold and hard, and the girl's voice was covered from the top of his head, which made Tang Er feel a gust of cold wind blowing against his back.

I really answered that sentence, there are people outside the mountains, and I thought that the rich were afraid of being arrogant, but I didn't expect to meet a person who was even more arrogant than myself this time, and I fell!
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Jin Xi didn't dare to stay longer in the county this time, because there were three days before Tao Zhi's big day to visit Lao Liang's house, and her family's dual status as a relative naturally had to be present.

Secondly, she came to the county in a hurry, Sun and Liang Yuzhong at home were still thinking about it, not knowing what happened, the county magistrate wanted to urge Jin Xi to go to the yamen.So, the next day, Jin Xi set off for Jinjishan Village early in the morning.

As if she had a premonition, Mrs. Sun was already waiting on the side of the official road at the gate of the courtyard. When Jin Xi's ox cart came, she saw her looking around from afar, followed by Dong Ma.

"Ma'am, it's Missy, Missy is back." Mother Dong said happily to Mrs. Sun.

Mrs. Sun had already picked it up from the bullock cart, with a smile on her face.

"Mother, how do you know that I'm coming home today? It's like a calculation, so sure!" Jin Xi supported Sun's hand, quickly got off the bullock cart, and said with a smile.

"Okay, okay." Mrs. Sun looked Jinxi up, down, left, and right, and nodded her head.

And no matter what the trip to the county government was for, as long as she saw that Jin Xi was in good health, Sun's heart that had been suspended for two days would be relieved.

Jin Xi was a little surprised by Sun's reaction, and quietly cast a questioning look at Dong Ma,

"Miss, madam didn't count, but for the past two days, apart from eating and sleeping, she just stood by the side of the road and watched! I kept nagging you, so worried!" Dong Ma said with a smile.

"Mom, what are you doing? It's going to be winter now, and the wind is chilly after standing for a long time, what to do if you catch a cold later! Go home!" Jin Xi angrily said, taking Sun's arm and facing Go to the gate of the big courtyard below the official road.

But my heart was warm and soft, there is a saying that mothers are worried when a child travels thousands of miles, this trip to the county town is far from a thousand miles away, not to mention that Jinxi's going to the county town is already a familiar thing, but Sun is still worried, Wait here.

This is the advantage of having a mother. No matter how smart and capable you are outside, when you return to your mother, you will always be a child who can't grow up and needs to be cared for.

During dinner, Jin Xi naturally explained to Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun about the 200 taels of silver rewarded by Yunzhou. The reason why he donated to the Wanghai county government was also explained in detail.

There is really no paper that can hold fire in this world. As soon as the matter of the 200 taels of silver was mentioned, Jin Xi used her body as a bait to lure Mao Shiba and the others out of the cave, and finally she couldn't hide it from Liang Yuzhong and Sun. .

The couple were astonished and horrified, and Sun's face turned pale with fear. He put his hand on Jin Xi's ankle and said, "Is that the damage to your ankle?"

Jin Xi nodded and smiled, the accusation on Sun's face was quickly covered by heartache, and her eyes turned red when she saw it.

"Miss is really a hero among women, such bravery, this is how women do not give up to men as sung in the drama!" Dong Ma praised the words in the drama that she had heard.

Mrs. Sun shook her head and smiled wryly, not even the slightest bit happy because of this heroine's bravery.Bending down and lightly pinching Jinxi's feet, she murmured: "You silly girl, reckless, you can't hide such a big matter, what can my mother say about you..."

Liang Yuzhong helped Mrs. Sun to sit down, and comforted her: "Mama Dong is right, although Xi'er in our family is a daughter, she is far better than those sons who are raised but not taught!" Jinxi on this side deliberately lowered her face, acting like a father scolding a daughter, and said: "You too, you should inform me and your mother about such a big matter, so that we don't know everything , foolishly having fun in the dark!"

Jin Xi nodded repeatedly and made a promise, and Sun stopped wiping her tears.Jin Xi continued the topic of the 200 taels of silver.

"The county magistrate's wife, there is something in her words. I see that the jewels on her body and the jade bracelet on her wrist are not enough for the county magistrate's salary." Jin Xi recalled .

"There are really too few officials who have a breeze in their sleeves! No one who is an official can feed the whole family without hunger. Officials also have to support their families!" Sun sighed.

"I think Xi'er did the right thing about donating the silver. The county magistrate who broke the family, the governor who destroyed the family, our family is also a farmer and a businessman, so we can't form a relationship with the parents and officials. Otherwise, we will give you money in the future." If our shop tripped me up, the loss would be far more than 200 taels of silver!" Liang Yuzhong pondered for a while, then said in a deep voice.

Jin Xi nodded.

"I thought at the time that when the Wanghai county government reported the arrest of Mao Shiba and the others to the higher authorities, it definitely passed me. The Yunzhou side suddenly allocated a reward, and it was clear that this matter Someone reported my participation to the old prince of Yunzhou in detail." Jin Xi said.

"Could it be that Doctor Chen and Lord Yun are asking for credit for our Xi'er? They have a correspondence." Mama Dong guessed from the side.

"Xi'er's father and I just found out about her participation, and never mentioned it to Chen Yizheng. How could he know? It's definitely not him." Sun immediately denied Dong Ma's guess.

"Could it be that butcher Zhang came to visit and told Doctor Chen about this?" Liang Yuzhong thought for a while, then asked.

Jin Xi shook her head. On the way home from the county seat, Jin Xi had been guessing who this person was reporting to Lord Yun. Butcher Zhang also thought of it, but he was quickly ruled out.

Because, butcher Zhang only knew about the previous events, and the latter was used as bait to lure snakes out of the cave. Except for Jin Xi and Qian Lixiang's Sun Yuxia and the others, only Liang Lihui in the village and the old Liang's family knew about it!

"Then who could be so kind? To ask for such credit for us Xi'er? Although we can't accept the 200 taels of silver, we must remember his great kindness." Sun looked at the person in front of her in puzzlement. Husband and daughter, the whole family can't guess, so they can only sigh.

Liang Yuzhong nodded firmly.These two couples have always adhered to one sentence, whether they are acting on their own or educating their children to behave in the world: the kindness of a drop of water will be repaid by the spring.

200 taels of silver is not dripping water.Before finding this benefactor who asked for credit, this kindness will be the most important event that Liang Yuzhong and the Sun family will always engrave in their hearts.

However, Jin Xi doesn't think so.

"Father, mother, don't rush to remember gratitude first. There is no free lunch in this world, and the sky will not lose money for nothing. Sooner or later, the person who asked for credit will stand up on his own."

**Do not leave your name for good deeds, but people have recorded all the trivial things like picking up a screw in the diary!
"Xi'er, how can you be suspicious of others like this? This is clearly the one who asked for credit, and he has done a great favor to our family!" As for Sun, who has always been grateful for her own responsibility, she was puzzled by Jinxi's statement , also a little dissatisfied.

"Xi'er, did you think of something?" Liang Yuzhong asked.

"Just asking for credit from that person is clearly a favor for us, but secretly it will undoubtedly push us to the forefront!" Jin Xi said.

Liang Yuzhong showed a pondering look, Sun and Dong Ma looked at each other with puzzled faces, Jin Xi sighed lightly, and spoke more clearly.

"If the 200 taels of silver was reported by the Wanghai County Government, then we can accept the 200 taels of silver with peace of mind. However, the lobby brother has already revealed it to me in private... ...In this way, that person's request for credit is actually to put us in an embarrassing situation, and I can't afford the [-] taels of silver!"

Jin Xi doesn't have the habit or habit of thinking bad things about people's hearts, but she absolutely believes that there must be a reason for this person who asks for credit.Causality and the cycle of events are the law of development of everything.

After all, neither Mrs. Sun nor Mrs. Dong are the kind of people who are ignorant of world affairs. How can they not understand what Jin Xi said?

"It's unpredictable, this is!" Liang Yuzhong muttered as he sat there frowning.

Mrs. Sun rested her chin with her hand, the previous excitement and joy were instantly covered with a faint shadow and faint worry.

"Father, mother, before the matter is clarified, we don't have to worry about it. The soldiers come to cover up the water and the soil. We do things according to our conscience. We should do whatever we want, don't be afraid!"

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The days passed quickly, and the 'benefactor' who asked for credit never appeared.

The weather is getting colder and the days are getting shorter, the swallow's nests built under the eaves of Jin Xi's house are already empty.

The leaves of the big pagoda tree in the yard had almost fallen, and only some yellowed and withered leaves were left hanging on the treetops, rustling in the cold wind of early winter.

In the morning, Mama Dong was sweeping the yard, and there was a thin layer of frost on the ground and around the flower beds.The sun came up late from the east, and when the sun shone, the frost flowers showed a thin layer of colorful brilliance before disappearing.

There seemed to be a touch of festiveness in the air.

Energetic, Jin Xi opened the door and walked out. She put on the winter clothes that Mrs. Sun had cut out by herself, a skirt and jacket with silver and red flowers on a green background, and gray-brown rabbit fur sewn around the neckline.

The one who came out right behind her was the same new Jinrou.Before going to bed last night, Jin Rou suddenly came to Jin Xi's room with her pillows in her arms, the two sisters huddled together in a warm bed, and whispered for a while.

After the new year is over, Jin Xi will be 13 years old, and Jin Rou will be nine years old.The nine-year-old country girl is gradually developing her own thoughts.

The third and fourth children became more and more mischievous, and Sun was busy taking care of her, so it was inevitable that she would be a little negligent to Jinrou.If it was in someone else's house, the girl caught in the middle would definitely feel a little bit unfair, but Jin Rou didn't think so.

On the contrary, Jin Rou prefers to confide her thoughts to the powerful and capable eldest sister Na Na, compared to her gentle and modest mother, Sun Shi, who never competes with others.

And Jin Xi, no matter how busy she is in the shop during the day, when she comes home at night, she will take some time out of her reading time as usual, and be a good listener to her sister.

The winter clothes on Jinrou's body today look more festive than Jinxi's, and Jinxi also helped Jinrou comb her hair with cute and playful buns.

Jian Shi watched the pair of sisters come out of the house, and the warm winter sun shone from the east, covering their bodies.Those two festive winter clothes seemed to be plated with a thin layer of golden piping.

Of the two sisters, one has already grown up, standing there with a graceful figure, with delicate and quiet brows and eyes, but his eyes are clear and vivid.In describing his demeanor, he seemed to exude a calm atmosphere.

The other one is pretty and lovely, standing beside her sister, with a simple and charming smile on her honey-colored face with baby fat.

Jin Xi briefly explained to Jian Shi and was about to go out.

"Eldest Miss, the second miss is in the pot in the kitchen. Breakfast is put in the pot. There is sweet potato porridge that the eldest miss likes to eat, and there are also mochi and glutinous rice balls that the second miss likes to eat. You two should drink a little. I'm afraid it will be lunch later. It will take a long time." Jane put down her broom and said.

"Today I was late in bed, I'm afraid the Zheng family will arrive soon, I have to go there quickly. Rou'er, why don't you go and eat something, so you can rest your stomach?" Jin Xi said.

"Sister, I'm not hungry either. I want to go there with you. The bride will be here soon. There are cakes to eat!" Jin Rou said with a smile.

That's right, today is the sixth day of November, and it's a great day for Taozhi to marry into Lao Liang's house!
"Sure, then let's go there together." Jin Xi smiled, and the two sisters bid farewell to Jane's, walked out of the yard arm in arm, and entered the village.

On the bluestone road in front of Lao Liang's house, there are many half-grown children from the village, as well as some old women and women.

The half-grown children looked like they were gearing up, and they seemed to be warming up for the rice cake and candy slots that the bride would enter the door next.

On both sides of the main entrance of the big house, the white couplets that were pasted up when Mrs. Tan passed away have now been covered by fiery red wedding couplets.On the lintel, hung two red lanterns, which Liang Lisheng specially borrowed from Jin Xi's house.

Even though it was daytime and it was not yet night, Liang Lisheng had already lit the lanterns to add joy.

Cai Jinshan and Lao Jiangtou were standing under the big red lantern, talking loudly.Seeing Sister Jinxi and Jinrou approaching, Cai Jinshan hurried over to say hello, and by the way informed Liang Yuzhong and Sun's current movements.

Jin Xi nodded to show that she knew, and said hello to Old Jiangtou, "I'll take a look first."

Jin Xi dragged Jin Rou into the main room, and all other things in the main room had been removed and rearranged.

In the middle of the main room hangs a brand-new middle hall of wintersweet to herald the spring, and below it is a long and tall table, extending from one end of the wall to the other.

On the high table, there is a memorial tablet of the ancestors of the old Liang family, below are various offerings, and there are brightly lit candles dancing with candles.

Below the high table is a table of eight immortals, on which there are roasted seeds and nuts such as melon seeds, peanuts, broad beans, longan and so on.

To the left and right of the table stood a chair with a large back.On the ground five steps in front of the table, there are two futons made of straw.

On both sides of the main room, there are three wing rooms, and one is divided into two sections, one section is for the Jin family, and the other section is used as a kitchen.

"Sister, it's strange, why is there no one in this room?" Jin Rou followed behind Jin Xi, and asked in amazement after looking around the room.

Jin Xi pursed her lips into a smile, and said, "Father, Uncle and the boys went to Zhengjia'ao to greet their relatives in the morning, and Mother and other aunts who invited to help are busy in the big kitchen in the backyard."

"Let's go to the second brother's new house to take a look, and then go to the kitchen at the back to find our mother!" Jin Xi said, pulling Jin Rou to the door with the big red Double Happiness lettering on it, and the door opened with a light push Yes, it turned out to be a lie.

"Wow, Second Brother's room has really changed its look!" Jinrou stood at the door, looking at the walls, the ground, and the things hanging under the beams inside the house, her surprised eyes lit up.

Jin Xi couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips, and finally understood why Liang Lisheng didn't live in her own room a while ago, but went to share a room with Liang Liqing. It turned out that he was messing with these things.

He painted a layer of white lime powder on the originally mottled stone walls. Because of the whiteness, the light in the whole room seemed to be much brighter than before.

The original Tuba ground was also paved with a layer of blue bricks.The bricks were polished neatly, without any obvious unevenness.

"Second brother is worthy of being a bricklayer, these jobs are really good!" Jin Xi glanced at every place in the room, and couldn't help but sincerely sigh Liang Lisheng's hard work.Two wedding belts twisted with red cloth run through the bottom of the roof beams in an X shape, with big red wedding balls tied between them.

At first glance, it is festive and bright.

The bed was newly made, and Liang Yuzhong helped to make it. Because of the limited time, there was no time to make that kind of carved bed, so a simple wooden bed with large width was made.

The four corners of the bed stand on polished wooden posts, which are convenient for hanging the curtains.There are hollow guardrails of appropriate height on three sides of the bed. Jin Xi guessed that when Liang Yuzhong built this guardrail, he must have planned for his future baby.

Such a wooden bed with guardrails on three sides is not easy for a baby to fall off when sleeping on it, so it is safe and cautious.

"Sister, Second Brother really put a lot of thought into it. The layout of the room is nice and grand. Beds, wardrobes, tables and chairs, everything you need! Biao Aunt Taozhi is such a lucky person!" Jinrou clicked her tongue Praise.

Jin Xi squinted her eyes, nodded sincerely, and said, "The layout of this room does not neglect my cousin at all!"

Not only is she not negligent, let alone Taozhi passed by a few houses in front of her, even if it is her first wedding, with such an arrangement, she is considered high-end in the village.More importantly, these arrangements were all arranged by Liang Lisheng relying on his own financial resources and intelligence.

As Ga Gong, Chen Yizheng wanted to give financial support, but Liang Lisheng would not accept it.

"I heard that the big red flower ball under the beam was cut by the aunt! When the aunts and sisters-in-law in the village were washing clothes in the pond, they said that Biao Aunt Taozhi is a lucky person, who can be cut by the future mother-in-law. Flower ball!" Jin Rou told Jin Xi what she heard from outside.

Jin Xi listened with a smile, in this area, mother-in-laws generally don't arrange the happy events when the daughter-in-law enters the house.

Even if it is to help peel a clove of garlic, many mother-in-laws are unwilling.Because it means breaking the flames, how can the mother-in-law's flames be broken for the new daughter-in-law!
"Wrong, it's their mutual blessing that the two of them met each other." Jin Xi corrected Jin Rou's words with a smile.

In order to marry Taozhi, Liang Lisheng ignored the eyes of the villagers and the disguised resistance of the old Liangtou, and tried his best to give Taozhi the most formal ceremony.

As for Taozhi, why is that the case?In her box and cage, those embroidery work, one set, each pair, each stitch, each thread, and every night when everything is silent, the thin silhouette projected on the window in the west wing but immersed in needlework... …

Jin Rou seemed to understand what Jin Xi said, but before she had time to ask, there was a commotion outside the house.Immediately, there were children waiting to snatch rice cakes and candy corners running and shouting loudly: "The bride has left the official road and is almost at the entrance of the village..."

"Sister, here we come, the bride is here..." Jin Rou instantly jumped up excitedly, grabbed Jin Xi who was also beaming, and ran out of the main room.

On the bluestone pavement outside, a lot of people popped up from all directions in an instant, men and women, old and young.

Cai Jinshan and a group of men waiting to respond had already stood outside the door holding the penny, and the red firecrackers on the penny were wrapped around it like a dragon.Soon, cheerful horns and suonas sounded from the entrance of the village, and then Liang Yuzhou was seen running towards this side, excitedly reporting the itinerary of the welcoming team to Cai Jinshan.

When everyone heard that they had reached the corner ahead, they became excited.In Cai Jinshan's hand, he held a torch, ready to light it at any time.On the other side of Old Jiang's head, he was already surrounded by a group of half-sized people. Fortunately, Old Jiang's head was tall, and he lifted the dustpan in his hand above his head with a smile. He didn't need to guess. Will want to spread the joy of food.

"Xi'er, Rou'er, come here quickly!" Cui Xique's resonant voice came from the din, Jin Xi looked up and saw the entrance of Xijia Alley, Sun and the others who were hosting the banquet The women are also crowded there.

Surrounded by Jin Shi, Yang Shi and the two nurses stood at the front, and Yang Shi grinned.

Cui Xique was standing on tiptoe and waving vigorously towards Jinxi. Beside her stood the happy-looking Sun family, Dong Ma, as well as those from Daniu's family, Chunzhu's family, Lao Jiang's family and Lao Jiang's family. The neat daughters-in-law of the Chen family.

(End of this chapter)