farmer's little girl

Chapter 37 You drink tea

Lu Minghai didn't want to use her daughter's money, but Lu Jiaoyue said that she couldn't wait for the matter of the courtyard wall, maybe when Du Lian would come to Lu's house again.Lu Jiaoyue was actually not afraid of Du Lian's coming, she said this to make her father agree to use her money.

Lu Minghai thought about it too, if this kind of thing happens again, I am afraid that his daughter will not have to marry in the future, so he agreed.

After setting the rules, things will be easy to handle. The father and daughter first talked about this matter with other members of the family, and at the same time expressed their concerns, which was unanimously approved by others.

Then Lu Minghai took the money given by his daughter and went to buy bricks with his eldest son.

When the two of them came back, three bullock carts came with them. Today was the first batch of bricks, and there will be more bricks coming later.

Daxi Village is such a big place, so if there is any movement in the village, it is natural that it cannot be hidden from others.Seeing that the second son of the Lu family had brought back so many bricks, they all thought he was going to build a house, and they all ran to watch the excitement.

Naturally, they also saw movement in the upper room. Old man Lu and others stood in the crowd, listening to Lu Minghai greeting the villagers who came to see the excitement.

Hearing that Lu Minghai said that the bricks were used to build courtyard walls, the bystanders didn't understand the meaning for a while, and they were all distracted by such a big deal.You must know that in the village, the courtyard walls of ordinary people are made of earthen walls, and the Lizheng family is the only one who uses blue bricks to build the courtyard walls.Now the second son of the Lu family also uses the courtyard wall made of green bricks, which is not a big deal.

Lu Minghai could only explain with a wry smile, saying that it was too late to make adobe, so he used green bricks.

Others naturally didn't believe it, but it was hard to continue asking, so they could only smack their lips in envy.Only the people in the upper room understood what was going on, and the complicated emotions in their hearts were beyond words.

The second child wanted to separate from the family, and in order to separate as soon as possible, he didn't hesitate to spend a lot of money.

Mrs. Qiao is very envious, but now she is envious of the second-bedroom house. The second-bedroom house is in a separate place, and it can be separated from the upper room by building a courtyard wall, but they cannot.

But Mrs. Hu thinks more. There are not a few bricks used to build the wall, and naturally it costs a lot of money.Where did the second room get the money from?She used her eyes to roughly estimate the scope of the second room to build walls, and it would cost about ten taels of silver to do it.Back then, the second room told the Du family to wait for a year when they said they had no money, but she didn't believe it at the time.From the looks of it now, the second room didn't want to marry the Du family, it wasn't a question of money.

But why?
No matter where you look at it, the Du family is a good marriage.

Hu had too many thoughts in his mind, so that he didn't sleep all night, and at the same time, a trace of jealousy inevitably arose.

The next day, she casually mentioned it in front of Mrs. Cui, saying that when the family was separated, the reason for the trouble was because the second room said that all the money in the family had been emptied, and even the money for the eldest Lu Guangyi to marry a wife was gone. , now it seems that there is no money.

Cui's complexion was ugly at the time, but she didn't say anything. As for whether she told old man Lu about it, it could be seen from the courtyard wall of the second room that old man Lu didn't show his face once.

Of course, this is also a matter of the latter.

The family was busy building the courtyard wall, and Lu Guangzhi couldn't stay home all day, so he could only go to the gambling house every day.

Fortunately, Han Jin was there to support him, but no one said anything.

On this day, Lu Guangzhi came back and sent a message to Lu Jiaoyue, saying that Han Jin had heard some news and wanted to ask her to meet.

Lu Jiaoyue was stunned at that moment.

With what happened a few days ago, she couldn't believe that Han Jin asked her to meet because of her uncle's business, but if she really didn't want to go, she hesitated.

Lu Jiaoyue couldn't figure out why she was hesitating in her heart, she blamed it on the fact that she was really worried about her little uncle.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Jiaoyue still agreed.

Uncle Jin asked his elder sister to meet twice in a row, both of which were about his uncle's business matters, so Lu Guangzhi couldn't help being a little curious.

"Sister, why do you and Uncle Jinzi keep getting together to talk about my little uncle? What happened to my little uncle's business?"

Lu Jiaoyue was inexplicably guilty, and said perfunctorily to her younger brother: "Children, why do you care about this?" Maybe it was because Mei Shi was used to speaking in this tone, so she couldn't help using this tone to prevaricate her younger brother.

Lu Guangzhi showed a puzzled look.

Only then did Lu Jiaoyue explain: "You also know that my little uncle took away all the family's money this time in order to do business. I was a little worried about him. Uncle Jin joined him in a partnership, so I asked him about some things. You also know little uncle's temperament, he is used to it, and grandpa and grandma are getting old, we have to check for him."

Lu Guangzhi knew that the elder sister and the younger uncle were fine as children, so he didn't doubt it.

On the next day, Lu Jiaoyue walked towards the end of the village with anxiety.

Sure enough, seeing Han Jin's carriage again at the old place, and seeing the person in the carriage from afar, Lu Jiaoyue's heartbeat started to speed up.

"Uncle Jin." She didn't dare to raise her head when she approached.

Han Jin glanced at her and said, "Get in the car."

Lu Jiaoyue also knew that this was not a place to talk, so she got into the carriage, and the carriage quickly left here and ran away.

It was still that quiet and deserted hillside. The first two times when Lu Jiaoyue and Han Jin met here, they didn't think anything was wrong.But this time, she felt inexplicably flustered.

She didn't even get out of the car, and when she saw Han Jin stopped the car, she hurriedly asked, "Uncle Jin, what news did you hear?"

"Are you in a hurry?" Han Jin turned around and asked.

She was naturally in a hurry, but she definitely couldn't tell him clearly.Lu Jiaoyue could only cover up her smile and said, "There are still things at home."

Han Jin nodded knowingly, but just looked at Lu Jiaoyue without speaking.

Lu Jiaoyue felt as if she was sitting on pins and needles, and she wanted to yell at her, but she couldn't say it, and she felt that the other party was too aggressive.

Just when Lu Jiaoyue was about to burst into tears, Han Jin suddenly said, "I heard that Du Lian pestered you?"

I heard, who did you listen to?Naturally it goes without saying.

Lu Jiaoyue wanted to beat Lu Guangzhi right now, why didn't she shut the door at all and said everything outside.But she also understood that her brother didn't do this on purpose, so she could only say that the person in front of her was too bad.

yes, bad.

Lu Jiaoyue used to think that Han Jin was a good person, but now she puts this hat on him.

Her heart was in a mess, and she didn't know how to answer the other party, so she could only hang her head in silence.

It was very quiet around, not even a breath of wind, and it was hot and stuffy.

Neither of them spoke, and Lu Jiaoyue could even hear each other's breathing.

She was a little anxious in her heart, she backed away, she still didn't dare to look at the other party without opening her eyes, and whispered in a crying voice: "Uncle Jin, if there is nothing else, I want to go back first." She really shouldn't If you believe him, you shouldn't come here!

Suddenly, a sigh sounded.

Han Jin looked at her with dark eyes, "I thought you understood my thoughts..." After a pause, he continued: "I like you very much, Jiaoyue, for a long time."

Lu Jiaoyue's mind suddenly went blank, as if something had exploded inside.

How can he do this?How can you say that?Only disciples would act like this.

"I don't understand what you said..." She stammered, "I want to go back, send me back quickly..." Seeing that the other party didn't speak or move, but just stared at her, she was so anxious She was about to cry, and shouted: "Do you know that you treat my little uncle like this? He must not know. If he knows, he won't forgive you..."

Han Jin still didn't speak.

Lu Jiaoyue became even more anxious, and murmured: "Send me back quickly, and I will pretend that this has never happened, so that it won't damage your friendship with little uncle..."

Although Han was prepared to challenge her before he came in, it was the first time he had shown his love for a woman, and he was actually quite nervous. Who would have thought that she would react like this, and he couldn't help but let his mouth drop. There is a bit of bitter taste in it, and a little laugh.Does she know that when she threatens people, she is not scary at all, but rather stern, making people feel like laughing and pity.

Seeing her flustered like that, Han Jin naturally couldn't continue what he said, and couldn't bear to scare her anymore, so he comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I'll take you back."

He shouldn't have pushed her into a hurry.

The carriage arrived at Daxi Village, before the carriage stopped, Lu Jiaoyue jumped off the carriage.If it wasn't for Han Jin's sharp eyesight and quick hands to give her a hand, he would definitely fall and hurt her.

Lu Jiaoyue flinched as if she had been scalded, she shook off Han Jin's big palm supporting her elbow, and then ran away without knowing anything.

Han Jin behind him sighed silently, it seems that he still has to work harder.

All the way back to the casino, Han Jin parked the carriage and walked in through the back door.

At this time, the casino was no different from before, it was still so smoky, crowded and noisy.A large group of people gathered around each gaming table, shouting "big, big, small, small" hysterically, as if they were possessed by a demon.

Han Jin stood there watching for a while, then went up to the second floor.

As soon as he went upstairs, he was stopped by Hu San.

"Brother Jin, it's a coincidence that you said this." He smiled and walked over, gesturing for Han Jin to follow him.

Han Jin made a questioning look.

Hu San took Han Jin to a room. The location of this room is very good, and you can have a bird's-eye view of the entire first floor from top to bottom.

He pointed to one of the gambling tables on the first floor. The man who was almost half lying on the table, with red eyes, staring at the dice cup, yelling loudly, and slapping the table vigorously, said with a smile: "That person's surname is Zhao, and his name is Zhao Guodong. Did you say it was a coincidence?"

The target was too obvious, Han Jin saw it at a glance, he was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, "It's really a coincidence, this saves a lot of trouble." Isn't it a coincidence?He was looking for trouble from the Zhao family, but he was right at the door.

"That kid Lu Guangzhi discovered it. I asked Lao He and the others, and they said that Zhao Guodong has been here to gamble with us for a while, and he comes here once in a while, that is, he comes more often recently. He always loses more and wins less. Every time he comes Almost have to lose a few taels of silver?"

"Old He and the others cheated?" Han Jin asked.

Lao He is the "pressor" in the gambling house, also known as the "banker", and he is a person in the gambling house.All of these pressing workshops have their own skills, and if they let you win, they will win, and if they let you lose, they will lose. At least no one can win in their hands.In fact, it is also conceivable. If gamblers are allowed to win one by one, what will the gambling shop eat?
Hu San shook his head, and said with some disdain: "There's no need for Lao He and the others to take action on such a small shrimp."

Han Jin nodded knowingly, this is true, there is too little oil and water.

"How about it? Shall I tell Lao He and the others to set him a trap?"

Han Jin glanced at the man below again, and nodded: "Tell Lao He, the matter is done, and I will buy him a drink."

Hu San made a clear gesture, and asked again: "What kind of standard should be used?"

Han Jin thought for a while: "Let's do what we can."

As the saying goes, ten bets and nine cheats. Gamblers have their own set of rules, so some people win and some people lose.And wins are usually small bosses, but if they lose, they are likely to go bankrupt.

Of course, if they meet a suitable partner, the gambling shop doesn't mind making a fortune in the next trick, but it is usually aimed at the kind of "foreign sheep", or they have no background.First let you win a little, and then let you lose two. After going back and forth a few times, the average gambler will be red-eyed. At this time, there is no sense at all. The loan sharks moved forward, and they dared to do things that they didn't usually dare to do now.

When he came back to his senses, he had already borrowed a large amount of money, and there would naturally be debt collectors coming to his door.

And the so-called doing according to one's ability is the jargon used by the people in the gambling house.Generally, it is aimed at locals who know the background of the other party. It will hurt your muscles and bones, but it will not ruin your family.

All in all, in a word, the person below will not fall well.

Hu San nodded and went down to make arrangements.

The second bedroom and the whole family have been very busy recently.

Lu Minghai and his son alone could not complete such a large project of building a courtyard wall. Lu Mingshan has always been a lazy character, and Lu Minghai did not expect him to help his family.On the other side of the room was Lu Mingchuan. In order not to delay the harvest of grain later, Lu Minghai invited a few villagers who had good friends with him to help.

The folks in the village help with the work, and they rarely receive wages. They usually take care of the food, as long as the food is full.Therefore, Mei Shi and Lu Jiaoyue are also very busy recently, they have to be busy cooking.It is not an easy job to cook a meal for a dozen people.

"Brother Haizi, your wall is strong enough!" A man in a coarse coat wiped the sweat from his brow and patted the wall behind him.

"It's all the same, using bricks is just to save trouble." Lu Minghai said.

To save trouble is to save trouble, but to spend money. Recently, many people have come to watch the courtyard wall of the second room of Lu's house, and they are all speechless.Naturally, some people jokingly asked how the wall was properly built. Lu Minghai's excuse was that the family separated, and in the future the family would have to raise some chickens and ducks. It is always cheaper to have a wall around them.

There are those who believe it, and those who don't. Of course, most people don't believe it, so there are many people talking about the silent separation of the Lu family in private.

Looking at it now, something must have happened to the Lu family, otherwise the second child of the Lu family would not have been like this.In addition, there was a woman in the old man Lu's third brother's house who didn't keep her mouth shut and told some of what she saw in the second room that day, so there have been a lot of gossip about the Lu family recently.

It’s just that the aunt and nephew robbed a man, this kind of thing is always shocking, and the old man Lu and his wife have always had a good reputation in the village, and they are not the kind of people who can’t figure it out, so there are not many people who believe this rumor .

After all, people have bad tastes, even if they don't believe it, it doesn't prevent people from saying it in private, so rumors about the various versions of the Lu family spread in the village.It's just that no one dared to mention it in person, and the second roomer was busy all the time, so naturally they didn't know.

"When the wall is built, you don't have to worry about it for the last 20 years."

Most rural households use adobe walls, which are easy to build and can be built by themselves.But the only bad thing is the fear of water. Whenever it rains, muddy water will flow down the wall, and it will be repaired again after a year or so to prevent it from collapsing. The lifespan of ordinary earth walls is only In two or three years, it needs to be done again.But the brick wall does not have this problem, which is why the other party said this.

Lu Minghai nodded again and again. Although he felt sorry for the money spent, he was also very happy when he saw the neat and smooth wall.

Over there, Mrs. Mei is calling for dinner.

When Lu Minghai heard the shouts, he shouted loudly: "Everyone take a break first, let's talk after eating."

Immediately, several men dropped their work and went to scoop up water from a nearby water tank to wash their hands and faces.Some of them were tough, and even poured a bucket on themselves, and then wiped them casually with a cloth handkerchief placed aside, before walking to the dining table.

On the dining table, there were several pots of vegetables, including meat and vegetables, vegetables such as water spinach and cabbage grown by ourselves, and meat dishes including pork belly with roasted beans and a pot of scrambled eggs with loofah.The staple food is Erhe steamed buns kneaded from cornmeal and white flour. One is as big as a man's fist, and there is a whole basin full of it.

"My sister-in-law Hai cooks deliciously, and my niece Yue is also a good cooker." The speaker was Liu Dagui, who had a good relationship with Lu Minghai, and the two families were relatively close, so they spoke more casually.

Several men on the side agreed one after another. They have been helping with the work in the second bedroom of Lu's family these days, so they naturally know that Lu Minghai's mother-in-law Mei and his daughter Lu Jiaoyue cook the meals every day.

Not to mention, the same dishes are delicious when they cook them.When I go back, I naturally have to complain to my mother-in-law, but my mother-in-law just scolds me all the time, saying that Ming Hai's family is willing to put oil in it, and if your food is willing to put oil in it, it will be so delicious.

The talk has come to this point, so naturally I can't go on. Besides, it should be related to people's ability to make money, so the women in the family have loose hands. If you have the ability, the old lady won't be so picky, such as this if.

Mei Shi, who was praised by everyone, was not shy, but smiled heartily and said, "Eat more if it tastes good."

Naturally, it attracted a lot of support, and everyone picked up chopsticks and steamed buns, and stood around the table to eat.

Lu Jiaoyue hid in the house long ago, Mei Shi also returned to the house after greeting her.The men of the family eat outside with the men who work, and the mother and daughter are alone.

"Mom, come and eat."

Lu Jiaoyue chilled a bowl of soup for Mei Shi long ago, and waited for her to drink it when she came back.Both of them had been busy all morning, especially Mei Shi, who almost finished the task of cooking by himself, so he was naturally extremely tired.Lu Jiaoyue was also tired, but her job was much easier than Mei's, and she just helped out.But she can feel tired, let alone her mother.

"I'll clean up the tables outside later, mother, you go and rest."

"Go to sleep, mother is not tired."

Lu Jiaoyue naturally disagreed, but she didn't say anything, she was just going to take a nap after finishing her work with her mother.But I can only sleep for less than half an hour, and I have to get up again to prepare dinner for the evening. Cooking seems simple, but cooking for a large group of people is not easy.

"I heard from your father that the work will be finished in two days, and then we can take a rest." Mei looked at her daughter who had been a little depressed recently with some distress.My daughter has been spoiled and spoiled since she was a child, and she has been exhausted in the past few days.

"Mom, I'm not tired."

After eating, Lu Jiaoyue stood up and cleared the Kang table, and when she and Mei Shi took out the dishes, the people outside could eat too.The sun was so hot at noon that all the people who came to work went home to rest. After staying in the sun for a while, they came back to continue.

Lu Minghai and his son helped Mei's mother and daughter clean up the table, Mei was wiping the table, while Lu Jiaoyue and Lu Guangzhi put the dishes into a basin and carried them aside to wash.

"Are you alright if you don't go there for a few days?" That place refers to the gambling house, and Lu Jiaoyue saw that her younger brother hadn't gone there for several days.In the past few days, he always showed up every one or two days, and he always wanted to be worthy of the one or two wages given by others.

Lu Guangzhi didn't expect his sister to ask this, and he paused while scooping up water, "It's okay, with Uncle Jinzi helping to speak, no one will say anything."

As soon as Han Jin was mentioned, Lu Jiaoyue became a little silent, and naturally did not continue to ask.

After everything was done, everyone went back to their houses to rest.

After another two days, the courtyard wall of the second room was finally finished.

The courtyard wall as high as one person is in the shape of an arc, enclosing the second-bedroom house in the middle, including the vegetable field behind it.The reason why the vegetable field is also included is also out of consideration for the future.As time goes by, the number of people in the family will definitely increase, and it will be natural to build a house by then.The homestead of the second bedroom is limited, and I am afraid that the vegetable plot may also be used by then.

By the way, another door was opened on the side. Some time ago, people in the second room used the simple door in the vegetable field, and the road was not even leveled.Since the courtyard wall was going to be built this time, the door was naturally opened together.A log-colored door was installed on the door frame, and since then it has become a family of its own.

Looking from the outside of the courtyard, the blue courtyard wall and the strong gate look like a rich family.

On this day, someone came to Erfang's house.

Lu Jiaoyue was taken aback when she saw the person coming.

At the same time, Lu Guangzhi was also a little dazed.

"Brother Jin, why are you here now, but what's the matter? Come and sit down first." Mei said hello to Han Jin, and at the same time called Lu Minghai: "Master, there are guests at home, you can help us first. Bring the cart in, lest any naughty brat outside disturb the horse."

"Sister, let me do it myself." Han Jin said.

"No, no, you come in and sit. I wanted to keep you for dinner last time. Unfortunately, there is no man at home, which is a little inconvenient. The head of our family is here today, so stay for lunch at noon." Mei said enthusiastically.

"What's so funny about that?"

"What's the matter with embarrassment, thanks to your help to bring us back last time."

"I'm also here to deliver a message this time, and Zhuang Yi has returned with a message."

"Really?" Mei was very happy, and led Han Jin into the house, "What did he say, did he say when he will come back, please tell me quickly."

Soon the two entered the main room, leaving Lu Jiaoyue and Lu Guangzhi looking at each other, still unable to react.

Lu Guangzhi breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought Uncle Jinzi came to look for me."

Lu Jiaoyue glanced at her younger brother, but said nothing.

When she met Han Jin just now, she also subconsciously had this idea.At this time, it seems that it is not.

While Lu Jiaoyue breathed a sigh of relief, she was also faintly worried.After that time, he asked his brother to send her two messages, but she didn't go out.What is he doing here today? Is there really news about my little uncle, or is it for something else?

Lu Jiaoyue was still hesitating, when Mei's voice came from the room telling her to pour water, she didn't have time to think about it, so she turned and went into the kitchen.

Every summer, Erfang people would drink a kind of herbal tea brewed from the leaves of sago, put it in an earthen teapot, let it cool down and drink it, which is very refreshing.

Lu Jiaoyue took a rough pottery bowl used by her family, thought for a while, and then replaced it with a white porcelain bowl used when the family had visitors, poured a bowl of herbal tea, and brought it to the main room.

When he entered, Han Jin was talking to Mrs. Mei.

Seeing her daughter bringing tea, Mrs. Mei hurriedly greeted Han Jin: "Brother Jin, come and drink tea. This is our own rough herbal tea. Don't dislike it."

Han Jin said indifferently: "Sister, I am also from the countryside, so it will be strange for you to say that."

Mrs. Mei was taken aback, but that was not the case, this Han Jin was also from the countryside, but his name was outside, very few people would think of this.In addition, every time Mei Shi saw him, he came and went in a hurry, walking and driving a carriage, so he didn't regard him as those mud-footed men in the village.

"It's because I'm too polite. If you drink tea, if it's not enough, I'll ask your eldest niece to bring you more."

(End of this chapter)