farmer's little girl

Chapter 50
Mei's words were full of sarcasm.

Hu's face froze completely, this was the first time that the second bedroom couple did not save face for themselves in front of others, and she couldn't accept it for a while.

In fact, it is also conceivable that if others don't care about you, it is because they are tolerant and generous, and they are saving face for each other, but you are shameless yourself, why do others give you back your face, you really think they are all fools.

Hu's is Hu's after all, and he can laugh in this situation, but the smile is a little embarrassing.

"His second uncle and second aunt, what are you talking about, I don't understand this matter, I just heard what my elder sister said."

Mei sneered: "Sister-in-law really doesn't understand or is she pretending not to understand, I think what you said is quite plausible."

"Don't say a few words if you don't understand!" Lu Mingchuan pulled Mrs. Hu, reprimanded him loudly, and went to persuade Lu Guifang: "Eldest sister, don't embarrass the second child, this matter is obviously impossible. Don't say it." That's a friend of his second aunt's brother, not someone from our family, who also works for the gambling house, how can I get rid of this debt."

The old man Lu and his wife couldn't help but look at Lu Guifang. Lu Guifang's crying face looked very stiff, with a hint of bewilderment.

"No? Then what should I do with my family? That's more than 100 taels, and the house at home is sold and there is not enough to fill it..."

This time, Lu Guifang really cried, not with a hint of drama like before.

But you yourself know that more than 100 taels is not a small amount, and where did you think that as long as Mei Zhuangyi said hello, it would be avoided.Maybe she also knew it in her heart, but she really had no other way, so she put all her hopes on it.Seeing that everyone is not optimistic about this approach, she is completely dumbfounded and completely helpless.

"What should I do? What should I do? Dad, Mom, you can't leave me alone, help me find a way...Three days, others only gave three days, if the money is not paid after three days, they will ask Guodong two hands..."

Lu Guifang like this looks both hateful and pitiful.

The old man Lu was also heartbroken: "I told you a long time ago that although the child is in the county, let the two of you care about it. You always said that Guodong is sensible and nothing will go wrong. What about now?"

"I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that he would go to gamble... Both are Guodong's daughter-in-law, and she is useless. The man gambled with the family's money, and she didn't know to stop..."

The Lu family disagreed with this statement. Who didn't know that Zhao Guodong's daughter-in-law was specially selected by Lu Guifang at the beginning. Lu Guifang had a strong personality, and she was afraid that marrying a daughter-in-law who was as strong as herself would cause trouble for herself, so she deliberately picked a soft-tempered one.That's because Zhao Guodong said that she didn't dare to go to the right when she said to go to the left, but now she is blaming her daughter-in-law.

Mei Shi was already a little annoyed by the disturbance, so she couldn't help but bumped Lu Minghai quietly with her elbow.

Lu Minghai stood up and said, "Eldest sister, I really can't do anything about this matter, you'd better go home and find a solution."

Cui couldn't help saying: "Second brother, you see that your eldest sister is sad enough, why are you still chasing her?"

Lu Minghai breathed out patiently: "Eldest sister herself said that people only gave her three days, if she doesn't go back and find a way now, is she really waiting for her to come to the door in three days and make things worse?"

The old man Lu thought for a while, and said to Lu Minghai: "Second brother, if not, why don't you go and talk to others and give your elder sister's family a little more time? These three days are really not enough to make up the money."

"Father, didn't I tell you earlier, my brother-in-law is not at home now, where do you want me to go and talk to him?"

The old man Lu's face was a little embarrassed, but he still said: "Anyway, Zhuang Yi is familiar with him, so you can use Zhuang Yi's name to get close to him, maybe you can get it. Look at your eldest sister, the Zhao family is not so good. Wealthy people go there to get so much money at once."

"Without money, don't you have a house and land?" Mrs. Mei couldn't help but ask.

Although the old man Lu was a little annoyed, he still wanted his daughter-in-law after knowing this, so he suppressed his temper and said: "The house and land are sold, where do you let your eldest sister's family live and how do you live? Second, your eldest sister usually Although Li's temper is a bit hard, I have nothing to say to you after all, so you can help me."

He didn't dare to mention Mrs. Mei, because he knew very well that Mrs. Mei and his eldest daughter were at odds.

Lu Minghai fell silent, and after a while, he said: "I'll try it, but I don't know if it will work. Also, stop trying to get others to forgive their debts. I don't have that face. Even if my brother-in-law is at home, he doesn't have that." You must know that this money is owed to the gambling house, not to Han Jin."

"All right, all right, tell them to give it a little more time, so that your eldest sister's family can collect money." Old man Lu nodded repeatedly.

Lu Guifang wanted to say something, but the old man Lu motioned for his wife to drag her away.

All the people left, leaving Lu Minghai very worried. Where would he go to find Han to go in? He also came to the house by himself last time.

Mei rolled her eyelids, "If you want to talk about this matter, you can talk about it. You don't think it's embarrassing, but I also think it's embarrassing. A farmer's family turned out to be a bad gambler."

Lu Minghai knew that his daughter-in-law was not willing to take over the matter by herself, but after all, it was his elder sister. Although the two families were somewhat discordant, there was no reason to ignore it.You Qi was just helping to intercede and give him some grace, if he didn't agree, it would be a bit too cold-blooded.

Mei also understands this truth, but she is a little hard to calm down.

Afraid that her parents would quarrel, Lu Jiaoyue hurriedly said: "I want to find Uncle Jin, I'll let my second brother go, he was the one who looked for what happened to Gui Ya last time."

When Lu Guangzhi came back in the evening, he told him about it, but he didn't refuse, but readily agreed.

Mei Shi suddenly reacted and asked him how he knew where to find Han Jin.

Lu Jiaoyue's sister and brother froze immediately, and found an excuse that they had heard the little uncle say something about Jin Zishu's work in the Guangji gambling house.The couple in the second room also realized at this time, didn't Lu Guifang say that Zhao Guodong lost money in the Guangji Casino, they forgot about it for a while.

After pressing the button, Han Jin came to Erfang's house the next day.

Ever since Han Jin entered the door, Lu Jiaoyue began to avoid him, not daring to show her face in front of him.

Since Gui Ya's incident, she has never met Han Jin again, and he also made an appointment with him through his second brother, but unfortunately she did not agree.

It's not that she didn't want to see him, but after what happened that day, she was always a little afraid to see him again.

It's a pity that this matter is not something you can hide. If Han Jin wants to do something, he can always get his wish.

Lu Jiaoyue was squatting in the yard washing vegetables when she saw Han Jin walking towards her as if nothing had happened.She wanted to walk away after holding the basin, but she was afraid of being discovered by her family, so she could only continue to squat there with a stiff back.

Han Jin pretended to be breathing in the yard, and stood three steps away from Lu Jiaoyue.The couple in the second bedroom asked him to eat, so he naturally agreed.Because Han Jin readily agreed to give him a grace period of one month, Lu Minghai went to Shangfang to report the letter, while Mei was cooking in the kitchen.

"You are quite proficient in this job of unloading and killing donkeys." Han Jin's tone could not hear any emotion.

Lu Jiaoyue was so stiff that she held it in for a long time before she made a small sound.

"Uncle Jinzi, I didn't..."

"Then I asked Lu Guangzhi to send you a message to let you come out, why didn't you come out?"

"I……"

"Aren't you killing a donkey? When you need me, you come, and when you don't need me, you refuse to meet."

"I do not have."

"You have!"

"I really don't!"

"Your actions show that you are like this. I was so happy at the time that you accepted my intentions. It turned out that you were playing tricks on me."

Lu Jiaoyue couldn't help raising her head, she wanted to say something, but she suddenly met his eyes that were smiling secretly.

"You did it on purpose." This is not a question, but an affirmative sentence.

Han Jin smiled and said, "Isn't that what I said?"

Lu Jiaoyue couldn't help picking her fingers, and said, "No." Suddenly thinking of something, her tone hardened, "Who told you to treat me like that!"

"What did I do to you?"

"you……"

Lu Jiaoyue realized that he was teasing herself again, she hung her head angrily.

"Jiaoyue, do you know that I miss you very much these days." A small voice suddenly came to my ears.

Lu Jiaoyue blushed a bit, and after a while, she whispered: "Then don't do that in the future."

"What about me?" Just as Lu Jiaoyue was about to turn into a rage, Han Jin said again: "Okay, okay, I will never do that again, so will you still see me in the future?"

Lu Jiaoyue thought for a while, looked at the ripples floating in the water basin, blushed and nodded.

"Then it's settled. I'll wait for you outside your village at Sishi tomorrow."

After speaking, Han Jin walked away.

Leaving Lu Jiaoyue there in a daze for a long time.

Because Han Jin has helped their family a lot, the couple in the second room are very grateful to him. When they eat at noon, they always add vegetables to his bowl.Han Jin told them not to be so polite, but the turnip dish was put into the bowl again.

After a meal, the host and guest were happy, Han Jin didn't stay any longer, and left soon.

On the other hand, the couple in the second bedroom felt very sorry. They obviously didn't know each other very well, but every time they came, they came to help their family.

Lu Minghai said that after Mei Zhuangyi came back, he would invite Han Jin to dinner and thank him very much.Mrs. Mei nodded in agreement, counting with her fingers, the day when Mei Zhuangyi said she would come back was very close.

As soon as October entered, the sky became colder day by day. When I opened the door every day, I could always clearly feel that it was colder than yesterday.

Early in the morning, Lu Jiaoyue pushed open the door, and saw that the outside was misty and the sky was gloomy, as if it was going to snow.

Lu Minghai got up early to make tofu, and after Mrs. Mei prepared breakfast in the kitchen, he ate some casually, and was about to go out with picks, but was stopped by Lu Guangyi.

"Father, there's nothing to do at home anyway, I'll go today, you can rest at home."

Lu Minghai did not refuse. He broke his leg in his early years, and when it was going to be windy and rainy, he would feel a dull pain.Lu Guangyi also knew about this, so he offered to sell tofu for him.Usually at this time, Lu Guangyi usually works outside, but this year the family is divided, and there is no pressure to raise money to get married, so this year he does not plan to go out to work, and stays at home to help his father share the household work.

"Bring your coir raincoat and be careful on the road. If it snows, hurry home and don't delay outside." According to the degree of pain in his leg, Lu Minghai probably knew that it would snow if he knew it was going to snow today. Tell your son like this.

Lu Guangyi nodded and went out.

When eating in the morning, Lu Jiaoyue didn't see Lu Guangzhi, and asked Wu Lang to find out that Lu Guangzhi had been sleeping in the room.After clearing away the dishes, Lu Jiaoyue couldn't help but went to the East Room to wake up the sleeping Lu Guangzhi.After asking, I found out that Han Jin told Lu Guangzhi yesterday that he couldn't pick him up today because he had something to do, so that he didn't have to go to the casino today.

When Lu Jiaoyue heard this, her face turned red immediately, and she spat in her heart, what's the matter, it's just that she's not doing business.

Lu Minghai's prediction was not wrong. Not long after Lu Guangyi left, it began to snow.

At first, it was just densely packed small snow particles, but it became heavy snow as it fell.After Wulang had breakfast, he ran out to play with his friends. Seeing that Xue was getting bigger, Mrs. Mei went out to find him.

Lu Jiaoyue sat in the room, a little restless.

Seeing that it is almost time.

She opened the door of the cupboard, changed into a jacket and a thick skirt, and hurried out of the room.When he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he suddenly ran into Mrs. Mei who was pulling Goro back.

Mei asked, "Yue'er, where are you going?"

Lu Jiaoyue had already thought of the reason, and said, "I'll go to Gui Ya's house to see."

Mrs. Mei frowned, her eyes were hard to open due to the snow, "Why are you going to Gui Ya's place under such a heavy snowfall? It's such a cold day, hurry up and stay indoors."

Lu Jiaoyue had no choice but to go back to the house with Mrs. Mei.

In winter in the north, people in the countryside rely entirely on kangs and braziers for heating.Lu Minghai and Lu Guangyi were diligent and cleaned out the kang holes in several houses early on, and burned the kang as soon as it snowed.Seeing that it was snowing outside just now, Lu Minghai set fire to the kang in the main room, and also lit a brazier. The charcoal burned in the brazier was the charcoal left over from cooking on weekdays.

Goro was restrained by Mrs. Mei and was not allowed to go out. He was really bored, so he went to the kitchen to find some sweet potatoes, and put the sweet potatoes on the brazier and roasted them on an iron rack.In winter, eating a hot roasted sweet potato can keep you warm and satisfy your cravings.

Lu Jiaoyue's heart was on fire, but she couldn't go out.Looking at the heavy snow outside, he wondered if he was still waiting for her at the end of the village.She thought in her heart that he probably wouldn't, but she also knew that with his personality, he would probably wait.I can't help but worry that he will catch a cold, but thinking that he will drive a carriage every time he comes, this anxiety is a little lighter.

The sweet potatoes were soon cooked, but the snow outside was still not small.

Goro picked up a sweet potato, peeled the skin and ate it, and was so scalded that he sucked in his mouth.Lu Jiaoyue stared at the roasted sweet potatoes in the brazier, and on a whim, she found a piece of rag, wrapped two roasted sweet potatoes from the shelf, and said to Mei: "Mother, I'd better go to Guiya's house and give them Send some sweet potatoes over there." Fearing that Mrs. Mei won't allow it, she said again: "I'll take the oil-paper umbrella and put on a thick jacket, don't worry about me catching cold."

This time, Mrs. Mei didn't stop her, she knew that Guiya's family didn't have much food, and now that it was snowing again, she might not have the next meal.Then he took two more baked sweet potatoes, wrapped them for his daughter, and asked her to take them with him.

"Come back early, don't delay too long. If Gui Ya's family has no food, you can go home and say, when your brother comes back, I will ask him to send some over there. It's really pitiful. I'm afraid it's hard to live in this weather. The people of the Chen family What a crime."

Lu Jiaoyue nodded, forced her footsteps not to appear hurried, and left the main room with a warm sweet potato in her pocket.

She went back to her room first, took a thick padded jacket and put it on, and then went out with an oil umbrella.

Along the way, it was very windy and snowy. Even though Lu Jiaoyue was holding an umbrella, she was so beaten by the wind and snow that she couldn't see the road ahead clearly.After finally arriving at the end of the village, she didn't see the familiar carriage, and she felt relieved, thinking that he probably went back.

Just as she was about to turn around and go back, she was suddenly hugged by a white shadow from behind.

"I thought you weren't coming."

The figure was cold all over, and the clothes were not thick, and the snow on his body would fall when he moved.It was only then that Lu Jiaoyue realized that this was not a white figure, it was obvious that he had been standing here for a long time, and a thick layer of snow had fallen on his body.

"Why didn't you drive here? You're stupid, you're just standing here when it's snowing so much." Lu Jiaoyue said anxiously.

"Didn't I wait for you?"

Covered by an umbrella, Han Jin waved the snow off his face and patted the snow on his body, fearing that it would freeze her, but he still wrapped his arms around her waist domineeringly.

"My car was borrowed by others, so I didn't drive here today." He wrote lightly.

Lu Jiaoyue raised her eyes to look at him, and saw that his face was a little red from the cold, but his lips were white, and there was a funny amount of snow foam on his eyebrows and head.Immediately, her eyes were hot, and she didn't care about his hand on her waist. She pounded his chest twice with her fist, "You idiot, you're sick from the cold, let's see what you do!"

"Are you feeling sorry for me?"

"I, I don't have it. Who cares about you." She lowered her eyelids and said a little uncomfortable.

Han Jin smiled smugly, and suddenly realized that it was a wise choice for him to borrow the car today.He was standing here alone in the ice and snow just now, and he kept regretting that he had lent out the car, but he was really unlucky to encounter heavy snow.

"You don't have to deny it, I know you love me. Don't worry, I'm strong."

Lu Jiaoyue didn't bother to pay attention to him, and seeing that the snow showed no signs of getting smaller, she couldn't help but said anxiously: "What should I do, the snow is getting bigger and bigger, you should go home quickly." Well, with such a heavy snow, he walked back on foot, and he didn't know what it would look like.

Especially since he was dressed so thinly.

She couldn't help but angrily said, "Didn't you say you were wearing thick clothes?"

Han Jinhun said indifferently, "I didn't expect it to snow today."

That's right, she didn't expect it to snow today, including his father, who only guessed that it would snow heavily either today or tomorrow.

"If not, you go to my house to hide?"

Han Jin raised his eyebrows, "Then how do you explain that you are with me?"

This is a problem, Lu Jiaoyue was stumped.

Just when Han Jin couldn't bear to embarrass her so much and was about to agree to go to her house, he had a lot of excuses anyway, that is, this silly girl would be troubled by such a trivial matter.Lu Jiaoyue finally thought of a way. She took Han Jin's hand and said, "Go, come with me."

This was the first time that Lu Jiaoyue took the initiative to hold Han Jin's hand, but given him to the United States, even if Lu Jiaoyue pulled him to sell, he didn't care, so he followed her.

Lu Jiaoyue didn't go too far into the village, she just took Han Jin around, and arrived in front of a dilapidated courtyard.

The abandoned yard where Guiya's family lived was very close to the end of the village, and it was gradually abandoned because it was far away from the village.Lu Jiaoyue really had no other choice, remembering that Guiya said yesterday that her mother planned to take the three of their sisters back to her mother's house today, so she dared to bring Han Jin.

During this time, Lu Jiaoyue always came to help Guiya's family, so she was very aware of the situation inside the house.

It seems that there is a door in front of the courtyard, but half of the courtyard wall has collapsed, so it is easy to enter from the side.The main room was cleaned up by the lady Gui and his wife, and they lived by themselves, but the east wing was empty.The house was not cleaned up, but now it is always good to have a place to shelter from the wind and snow.

The two patted the snow off their bodies and walked into the East Chamber.

This place is usually used by Gui Ya and the others as a place to store sundries, and there are few complete things in it.There is a wooden shelf in the middle, with a few dustpans on it, which looks old.This is an old thing given by the villagers, and it probably didn't take into account the current situation of Yi Guiya's family, there is nothing to show at all.But if you don't need it this year, you can use it next year. You can't live without this kind of thing.

There were several large bundles of firewood and a pile of wheat straw for lighting the fire near the corner of the wall. Lu Jiaoyue recognized that the eldest brother had picked them up for Gui Ya's household.There are also some bits and pieces, all dilapidated.

Han Jin took a look around, there was no stool to sit on in this room, his eyes glanced at the pile of straw in the corner, his eyes lit up, he pulled Lu Jiaoyue closer, and let her sit on the pile of straw.

He himself kicked the dead grass scattered on the ground in front of him to make a space, and took some firewood and a handful of wheat straw from the pile of firewood beside him.He set up the firewood into a cone shape, then took out a fire pocket from his arms, lit the wheat straw as a fire starter, and threw it under the firewood pile.

The whole process is smooth and smooth, and it can be seen that it is a habit.

The fire was lit quickly, and there was some smoke, but in this weather, it didn't feel choking, but it made people greedy for this kind of warmth.Han Jin threw a few more sticks of firewood into the fire, and did not stop until the fire roared up.

"Your shoes are wet, hurry up and bake them."

Only then did Lu Jiaoyue realize that her feet were a bit cold, she had forgotten to wear clogs to come out.

"I'm not cold." She moved her feet uneasily.

Han Jin didn't speak, and just sat beside her. He was tall and bulky. Sitting here, Lu Jiaoyue looked petite and exquisite.Seeing him rubbing his hands on the clothes, he bent down and picked up Lu Jiaoyue's calf, trying to help her take off her shoes.

"I'm really not cold." Lu Jiaoyue kicked her feet and pushed him with her hands, but it's a pity that Han Jin's strength is so strong that she can't stop him at all.

The shoe on the left foot was taken off, and the right foot did not escape the bad luck. In the blink of an eye, there were only two socks stuck to the feet pitifully on Lu Jiaoyue's feet.Han Jin scooped again with his big palm, pulled off the socks on her feet, and then put her feet on his lap without any hassle.

This angle is neither close nor far from the fire, even if it can make Lu Jiaoyue feel warm, it will not be too close to the fire.

Afterwards, he didn't give up on it either, he took Lu Jiaoyue's shoes and put them by the fire, and then picked up her socks and roasted them.

Lu Jiaoyue was so ashamed that she could hardly lift her head. Han Jin glanced at her and said, "Don't be afraid that I'll see your feet, anyway, you will marry me in the future."

The embarrassment of being seen by others has already offset any reaction of Lu Jiaoyue, and the whole person is dumbfounded.It took a while before I realized: "Give me back my socks."

"not return!"

Lu Jiaoyue kicked her feet and wanted to take her calf off his leg, but Han Jin held her down with one hand.

"Okay, okay, it'll be fine in a while, but you've already been seen by me, so it doesn't matter if it's more or less." He coaxed.

This is a rascal's theory, but it is very reasonable, anyway, Lu Jiaoyue can't find any words to refute it.Seeing that he was so determined, he could only put his calf on his lap stiffly.

The snow outside was rustling, and the room was leaking everywhere, but Han Jin knew how to choose the location, and with the fire, it was extremely warm.

The orange firelight is warm and comfortable.

Some snow foam on Han Jin's hair was not patted off in time, and it turned into snow water and dripped down.

One drop, two drops.

Lu Jiaoyue looked at him in a slightly embarrassed state, her eyes were a little hot.

She is not a little girl who doesn't know anything. On the contrary, she has lived two lives and married.Therefore, Lu Jiaoyue is very clear about the way men and women get along with each other nowadays, the man dominates the outside and the woman dominates the inside, the husband guides the wife, and a wife must know how to obey.Even in the sweetest time between her and Du Lian in her previous life, she was always the one who brought water to wash Du Lian's feet, but he never did it for himself.

Women's feet are not so much invisible to people as they are caused by women's inherent humbleness.

But he didn't seem to have that kind of scruples, he was very calm and casual, as if he did this for himself, and it wasn't worth making a fuss about, but it should have been like this.

A drop of snow dripped down Han Jin's thick eyebrows, and Lu Jiaoyue couldn't help but reach out to wipe it off, only then did she realize what she had done.But she didn't take back her hand, but wiped off the drop of snow with her fingertips tremblingly.

Her heart was beating fast, and she felt that her behavior was too menglang. She was about to take back her hand, but Han Jin grabbed it.

The big palm held on her wrist was warm and dry. Before Lu Jiaoyue could react, she suddenly felt the world turned upside down, and she fell into the other's arms.

(End of this chapter)