Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 328 Big talk is not afraid of flashing the tongue (two in one)

"Rou'er, this key is good. Auntie gave me not only a key, but my cousin's status in our old Liang family from now on!" No matter how much Jin Rou could understand, Jin Xi said, Jinrou nodded her head half-understood, and stopped making a sound.

Over there, a couple of newlyweds offered tea to Liang Yulin, Liang Yuzhong, and Liang Yuzhou.These uncles and aunts all gave the couple a meeting gift.Next, a couple of newlyweds were escorted into the bridal chamber, and the relatives who came to congratulate were invited to sit in the main room of the neighbors on both sides, waiting for the banquet to start.

Liang Lisheng and Taozhi's new house had already been filled to the brim with all kinds of red and colorful furniture.Tao Zhi was shy and timid and was carried into the new house with the support of the woman in full frame, and she sat on the edge of the bed.A bunch of women and children surrounded the room.

Taozhi was busy distributing Xi cakes to these people.

Jin Xi and Jin Rou sat with her in the new room for a while, and Jin Rou's eyes kept sweeping over Tao Zhi's bun.The oiled hair was neatly combed, and there was a round bun on the back of the head, and the side was covered with red velvet flowers.

"Rou'er, Auntie has left you two pairs of the most beautiful velvet flowers, and I'll bring them to you when I get back, ah!" Tao Zhi took a moment to whisper to Jin Rou.Jinrou finally smiled in relief. The flowers on the bride's head have always been what she misses the most!

This banquet, because of everyone's concerted efforts, was organized smoothly and decently from the beginning to the end, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.Liang Lisheng, who had never been addicted to alcohol, was overjoyed today, and was actually drunk by everyone.

Those young people who were together joked that he couldn't have a bridal chamber tonight, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.Of course, only Taozhi knows whether Liang Lisheng can bridal tonight.

However, from the watery eyes of Taozhi the next day, the pink cheeks, Liang Lisheng's radiance like a spring breeze all over his body, and the intersection of the two eyebrows and eyes, the inexplicable but unknown It has the meaning of flowing tenderness.It's not hard to guess, last night, the two of them must have accomplished something good!

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Yang Feng finally passed the examination as a scholar, and the good news came back to Jinjishan Village, and the whole village was elated.The villagers sent congratulations to the Yang family one after another. Liang Yulin and the Yang family of three, since the news that Yang Feng had passed the examination as a scholar was confirmed, they abandoned the Jin family and stayed at the old Yang's family at the west end of the village all day long. side.

Liang Jinlan was immersed in the halo of the scholar's wife, and was immersed in the compliments of the village women every day, making her feel ecstatic.

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After the first snow particles fell this winter, in Jinxi's family's field of more than ten acres, the rapeseed grew as high as a calf, and the leaves were green.The winter wheat has also been planted long ago, and the farm work in the fields has entered a relatively slack period.

Cai Jinshan led the four long-term workers, and he was not idle. He began to tie ropes made of straw to the fruit trees in the yard of his house, and protected the trunks in circles to resist the coming winter and rain and snow.

Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Dong are busy looking after their vegetable garden.In the vegetable garden, the Chinese cabbage is growing well, the leeks are growing, and the white radish is also showing a white ring from the cold, hard and dry ground.

Jin Xi likes to eat spinach, and Mrs. Sun even split up two vegetable plots specially for growing spinach.Because spinach is relatively delicate and cannot withstand freezing, Liang Yuzhong specially cut a few bamboo bows and inserted them on both sides of the spinach bed, and put light and breathable twine bags on them to keep warm and keep out the cold.

As the twelfth lunar month was approaching, the business in the shop became more and more busy.Liang Yuzhong and Jin Xi had to get up before dawn every morning and rush to the town.In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, so I rushed back in the afternoon, and it got dark after a while.

On this day, the sun has not risen since the morning, the sky has been gray and gloomy, the wind is whistling, and a snowfall is imminent.

Jinxi finishes the last account at Qianlixiang in the town, closes the account book, Cui Xique brings a pot of hot chicken soup to the front from the kitchen at the back, puts it on the fire to warm, and talks to Jinxi at the same time talking.

According to what was agreed when the family was separated, Lao Liang lived with the fourth bedroom in August.So in early August, Liang Yuzhou resigned from his errand at the Qianlixiang shop in the town, and moved the bedding back to the west wing in the backyard of the old Liang's house.The rented fields were taken back, rapeseed and wheat were planted, and the farmers returned to their lives.

Cui Xique, on the other hand, continued to stay in the town, only going back every now and then to check and wash Lao Liangtou's clothes, but he could take care of it.

"Yang Feng has been selected as a scholar, and now your Lan'er sister is a scholar woman, and their old Yang family is rich. Now, your Lan'er sister is not as strong as her in the village. In the past, those villages who talked behind their backs about her being pregnant before marriage Wife, now all of them are posted like pugs. Among them, there are those two from the Liu family and those from the Wang family with shallow eyelids!" Cui Xique said angrily while stirring the hot chicken soup in the pot. .

Jin Xi closes the account book and diverts her mind.The two women from the Liu family and the Wang family, after Jin Xi's family opened three shops and built a big house, they suddenly warmed up to Jin Xi's family, young and old.Because of their enthusiasm, the two women went back to Jinxi's house and talked to Mrs. Sun, all of which revolved around Mrs. Yang and Liang Jinlan, blaming Yang and Liang Jinlan behind their backs.

In fact, Mrs. Sun doesn't like the kind of women who talk about other people's merits behind their backs the most. Those who say right and wrong are right and wrong.Once or twice, Mrs. Sun dismissed the two women with perfunctory excuses.

Jin Xi smiled faintly at Cui Xique, and said, "It's not unusual for people to go to high places and water to flow to low places!"

"Yesterday, my family went to wash your grandfather's winter clothes and trousers. I happened to meet Lan Yatou who sent a wet nurse called Ganoderma lucidum. I don't know what kind of food it was for, but the package looked like food that couldn't be bought in this town. But it’s rare to give your father away! Those of us who serve three meals a day can’t compare to her impromptu gift!" Cui Xique shook his head and said, while tending the fire next to him.

Jin Xi smiled and shook her head, Liang Jinlan was not filial, but showing off.Jin Xi started to tidy up the account books on the table, the sky outside gradually darkened, it seemed that the snow was going to fall tonight.

"Girl Xi, you can go home and bring me something later." Cui Xique said again, stomping to the kitchen in the backyard to fetch half a catty of pork liver, and handing it to Jin Xi.

"Your grandfather has been yelling about his back ache for the past few days, saying that he was suffering from it and that he must be contaminated with fishy meat. You can bring this pork liver to your fourth uncle, and ask him to make soup for your grandfather!"

"Fourth aunt, you really have a sharp mouth and a bean curd heart, and you really care about your master!" Jin Xi took it with a smile.

"Hey, I can't help it, who told her to be your fourth uncle's father!" Cui Xique curled her lips and leaned closer to Jin Xi and said, "I won't hide it from you, your grandfather's waist is sore and his legs are hurting, it's not from suffering." .Which day won’t he go to sit by your grandma’s grave in the back hill for a while? It’s because of twisting on the mountain road!”

Jin Xi was surprised, she was so busy with the shops in the town and the county that she hardly had time to go to the village, she really didn't know.

"Since your grandma passed away, your grandfather has developed this habit. Every day after breakfast, he has to go to the grave of your grandma in the back mountain to sit for a while. Someone in the village is plucking hair there. I saw it several times. Everyone said Your father values ​​affection and never forgets your grandma! Sigh, because of this rare friendship with the old man, your fourth uncle and I are willing to buy meat to honor him!"

In the afternoon of that day, when Jin Xi and Liang Yuzhong's carriage was still driving on the official road, snow particles fell down with a clanging sound.

Jin Xi sits in the back carriage with her arms folded, and Liang Yuzhong and Ah Cai sit side by side driving the carriage in front.Suddenly, the carriage that had been moving steadily slowed down suddenly, and then came to a complete stop.Jin Xi heard Liang Yuzhong's voice outside the carriage, but it was not talking to her.

"Second brother, it's getting dark today, where are you going in such a hurry?" Liang Yuzhong asked.

The small windows on both sides of the carriage had already been covered by thick blue cloth. Jin Xi lifted the cloth cover in front of the carriage, and at a glance saw a carriage coming towards him. Sitting in front of the carriage were Liang Yulin and a face. Health boy.

"Hey, it's the third child, is it time to call it a day?" Liang Yulin was wearing a thick new winter coat, hand masks on his hands, and a snow cap that could cover his ears.

"No, my Lan girl and uncle Xiucai told me that they want to buy a house for me and Lan Erniang in the town. It is best to choose a house close to the school. After the Spring Festival is over, I will send Boy Bai to him. Enrollment, why don’t you hurry over and have a look! Tonight I’ll rest at Yangji Buzhuang’s house!” Liang Yulin laughed and talked to Liang Yuzhong, the cloth cover behind him was also beaten up, Yang and Liang Jinlan Show your face from inside.

"Enrollment is good! Hey, where's Boy Bai? Why didn't you come with you?" Liang Yuzhong asked in surprise.

"Let's rush to the town to look at the house. That kid is really worried, so I brought him to cause trouble, so I left it with his Ga Gong." Liang Yulin said.

Seeing Jin Xi, Yang groaned, folded her arms and leaned against the carriage like a lady, silent.Instead, Liang Jinlan poked her head out and greeted Liang Yuzhong with a smile.

"Sister Xi'er, it's so cold and you're still running outside. It's really hard work!" Liang Jinlan said with a smile, with the expression on her face like a good sister who loves her sister.

"Lan'er, do you think anyone has a life as good as yours? Your sister is not the wife of a scholar. She doesn't work hard, so where can she get food and clothing? Sigh, the same people have different fates. What can I do!" Liang Yulin turned his head and asked. Liang Jinlan said.

Liang Yuzhong's complexion changed, and Liang Yulin continued to say to Liang Yuzhong: "Young three, don't be too discouraged, now that your niece and son-in-law have been selected as a scholar, and within two years, they will have to continue to climb up to be a high-ranking official." When the time comes, I will give our family Lan'er an imperial order, and my wife will come to your family's Xi girl and Rou girl, let Lan girl take care of them, good days are waiting for you!"

When Liang Yuzhong heard this, his expression became even uglier.The second elder brother, father and daughter, said words of distress and caring on the surface, but in their ears, why did they sound like sarcasm?
Jin Xi in the back compartment gave a chuckle, opened the curtain and got out of the compartment with her upper body, and asked with a smile: "The road ahead is boundless, and my cousin-in-law has just taken the first step in his journey of thousands of miles. Second uncle and My cousin dares to boast like this. Should I admire your strong confidence? Or should I say that you are not afraid of the wind and your tongue will flash when you speak?"

"Girl Xi, what do you mean by that? Are you cursing my family, Yang Feng, for not being able to get higher grades? What kind of vicious thoughts do you have, you?" Mrs. Yang poked her head out from inside, and pulled her horse's face towards Jin. Xi glared.

Jin Xi cast a cold glance at Mrs. Yang, and said: "Whether he can make further progress depends on his own efforts, not on the words of others. After the glory, there is bleakness. It's brilliant, you should keep that high profile and show it off later!"

"Tsk tsk, it's called sour grapes when you can't eat grapes!" Yang spat angrily, and retreated into the carriage.

Brothers Liang Yulin and Liang Yuzhong both chose to remain silent. Liang Jinlan did not show the anger Jinxi had expected, but slowly smiled at Jinxi, then parted her red lips lightly, biting a word on her lips, and quickly shrank back. After entering the compartment, the cloth cover of the compartment fell down immediately, blocking the view from the outside.

Liang Yulin and Liang Yuzhong smiled, and urged the young man to go on the road with his whip, and the carriage carrying Yang Shi and Liang Jinlan roared past Jinxi's carriage.

Jin Xi understood her lips: The best is yet to come!
"Xi'er, sit in, the snow particles are getting bigger and bigger!" Liang Yuzhong was silent for a while, then turned his head and said to Jin Xi who was behind him.The wind blew on the face like ice knives, and the girl's delicate and fair face was frozen red.Coupled with the busy work during this period, the daughter's face became thinner again, with a faint blue shadow under her eyes, making her look whiter and haggard.

Liang Yuzhong's dark face was full of distress and guilt.

After returning to the warm home, after dinner, Jin Xi went back to her own room and sat under the covers to read a book.The books she reads are all from the bookstore in the county town. They are not books about wit and beauty, nor are they acrobatics and unofficial history, nor are they orthodox texts on scientific research, but some more practical books about farming and breeding. .

In the east wing, Liang Yuzhong and Mrs. Sun were also lying side by side on the bed, discussing something in a low voice, and the candles were lit until midnight.

Outside the house, the wind gradually weakened, and the clinking of snow particles also gradually faded away. Between the sky and the earth, fine snowflakes began to float and melt when they landed.

The next morning, Jin Xi pushed open the door, and what came into view was a piece of pure white.On the roof of the west wing opposite, blue tiles were covered with thick snow quilts.The stone tables and benches in the yard were covered with snow.In the sky, profuse snowflakes fluttered down like goose feathers.

"There's a lot of snow in a good year, pearls are like earth and gold is like iron!" Jin Xi rubbed her hands, stood under the eaves and looked up at the snow, subconsciously muttering a phrase from "Dream of Red Mansions".

"What does it look like to be rich? I'm afraid the emperor's family can't do that?" Sun's loving voice sounded from one end, and then people came over.

"Mother." Jin Xi turned her head and called out to Mrs. Sun who was walking under the eaves. Mrs. Sun was wearing a thick-bottomed blue flowered winter coat, with a cloak inlaid with rabbit fur in her arms.

"It's snowing today, and it's inconvenient for traffic on the official road. Before your father went out this morning for a while, the wheels of the car got stuck, and it took a lot of effort to get it out. Today, I'm afraid you won't be able to go to the shop!" Sun Shi came over and said to Jinxi, raised her hand to tie the rabbit fur cloak in her arms around Jinxi's neck, and smoothed the folds of Jinxi's shoulders.

"Well, then rest at home. Where's my father?" Jin Xi asked.

"I went to visit your grandfather in the village." Sun said.

Jinrou was wearing a cloak, a snow hat, a shovel in her bare hands, and Wenyun Wen'an came from the outer courtyard, her shoes creaked as they stepped on the snow.Snow was falling on their heads, and the faces of several people were flushed, their eyes were bright, and they looked excited.

"Hey, my little ancestor, went to build a snowman without eating breakfast? Hurry up, come over and take a picture under the eaves, look at the snow all over!" Sun stretched out his hand towards Jinrou, Jinrou smiled Come over, let Mrs. Sun pat the snow on her body, and asked loudly: "Mother, it's snowing today, what can I do for lunch?"

Sun smiled and scratched Jinrou's nose, and said, "What do you want to eat?"

Jinrou thought for a while, and casually reported several things, Sun smiled and nodded one by one.He then asked Jin Xi who was standing beside him, "What about you?"

"Rice noodle cake with sweet chestnuts, stewed beef with spicy white radish." Jin Xi said.

Mrs. Sun nodded bluntly, "Sure, I'm going to prepare right now. It's rare for everyone to gather together today. Put a warm pot of rice wine on the stove and call your cousin Taozhi and second cousin over. The chestnut rice noodles made by Taozhi Ba is the most authentic."

"Mother, then I'll go into the village and call my aunt over!" Jin Xi volunteered, Sun nodded, straightened her snow cap, and told her to walk slowly on the road, so as not to slip.

How could Jinxi slip, because she brought Ah Cai!

The ponds at the entrance of the village were all frozen over, and there were women squatting by the dams to wash their laundry by the holes dug into the water, and the north wind was whistling with snowflakes.Jin Xi pulled her snow cap tight, entered the village, and went straight to Lao Liang's house.

In the main room of the big room in front, the tables and chairs are neatly arranged, the floor is swept clean, and the whole room is neatly tidied up. Undoubtedly, this is Taozhi's handwriting.

There is a charcoal fire basin and a warm bucket in the main room.Chen Yizheng, who was determined to spend the New Year here before leaving for Yunzhou, was sitting in a warm bucket with a large volume of medical books and paintings on his lap.

Lingbao and Liang Liqing were surrounding him, one on the left and the other on the right, listening to him explain the diagram of the eight meridians in his hand.Liang Liqing listened with rare seriousness, he didn't even lift his head when Jin Xi entered the door.

Liang Lisheng was fiddling with two shovels for shoveling snow. The door of the new house on one side was open. Jin stood there with his arms outstretched. shape.On the table next to them, there is a roll of plush clothing material.

What a warm and harmonious family. Compared with the past, it has really changed drastically.

Jin Xi enters Tao Zhi's room and tells her why she's here.Taozhi smiled and took back the measuring ribbon, and made a mark on the plush fabric beside her, then raised her eyes and said to Jin Xi: "Sure, I'll pack up and go with you, but I can't stay at your house at noon time to eat."

She glanced at the other side of the main room, and Jin Xi immediately understood what she meant, there were a large family of grandpa, mother-in-law and brother-in-law at home, as a housewife, she couldn't leave them alone and go out to eat by herself.

Jin Xi understood and smiled. Today is also a family gathering for a toothbrush ceremony in her home, and she has no intention of inviting other people.

"Success, then cousin, hurry up and go there!" Jin Xi urged with a smile.

"You, you are such a greedy cat. Alas, I want my craftsmanship because of you. Auntie, I have to go this way no matter what!" Taozhi laughed angrily. After explaining, Liang Lisheng nodded with a smile, and said, "I'll change a pair of shoes and send you there!"

When I came back, the snow outside was gradually shrinking.When Jin Xi, Liang Lisheng, Taozhi and his wife, and Ah Cai passed by the big pond at the entrance of the village, they saw many half-grown children in the village playing by the pond against the wind and snow.

"Is it really possible to catch fish in the water hole?" Taozhi stopped on the pond for a while and watched for a while, and when he saw the half-grown children at the bottom, there was a burst of cheers, everyone caught a big fish again.Taozhi couldn't help but ask the other people around her.The temperature was too low, and when the words were spoken, only white air was lingering.

"Yes, the water surface was frozen in winter, so we dug ice holes to fish in the same way. Sometimes we were lucky, and we could even catch big carp!" Liang Lisheng eagerly said.

"The surface of the water has been frozen for too long, the fish have been under the ice for a long time, and they are dizzy. There is a hole in the ice that allows them to breathe, so they all swarm here." Jin Xi thought for a while, then explained.

Tao Zhi seemed to understand, but did not break the casserole to ask the end, Liang Lisheng said: "Sister Xi'er may be right, no wonder the fish I caught from the ice hole before were not fished out of the usual water. The fish are jumping and jumping, each of them is dumbfounded, acting stupid!"

Tao Zhi covered her mouth and smiled, the meaning was obvious, Liang Lisheng was the most stupid.Liang Lisheng rubbed his head and smiled, Jin Xi saw the little movements between the two people's eyebrows in his eyes, and he was also secretly happy in his heart.

The young couple have a good relationship, and the honey is mixed with oil!

"Hey, isn't that boy Bai? Didn't he leave home with his second uncle and aunt?" Taozhi pointed to a boy who was mingling among a group of half-sized boys at the bottom of the pond, and pushed Xialiang Lisheng, road.

Both Jin Xi and Liang Lisheng looked over there, the one in the middle of a circle of half-sized men, with the clothes on his body, the hat on his head, the mug on his hand...

At first glance, he must be very rich, isn't he Liang Libai?He followed the other children, staring at the hole in the ice, laughing and joking as you pushed and shoved each other, making a fuss.

"Boy boy, what are you doing? The ice hole is not tight, you hurry to the side!" Liang Lisheng stood on the pond, waved his hands towards Liang Libai and shouted loudly.

Liang Libai raised his head following the sound, and saw a few people standing on the pond, rolled his eyes, and went on to what he was concerned about.

"Hey, you brat, where are your parents? Let me tell you, be careful where you step, don't step on the ice cave, and go home in a while, do you hear me?" Liang Lisheng was still a little worried Liang Libai , then yelled at him a few more times, and this time, Liang Libai rolled his eyes even bigger.

(End of this chapter)