farmer's little girl

Chapter 9
In the evening, after washing up, the couple in the second bedroom lay down on the kang.

Mei finally took the time to tell her husband what happened during the day.

Lu Minghai fell into deep thought after listening.

After a while, he said: "In other words, the Mo family in Niujiao Village has also taken a fancy to that kid from the Du family? Isn't the Mo family looking for a son-in-law?"

Mei said: "I heard from my sister-in-law that the Mo family said that they don't want a boy from the Du family to be their son-in-law. As long as they get married, the first son of the two children will have the surname Mo."

This is a good way, after all, compared with the son-in-law who came to the door, it is nothing more than letting the first male Ding be surnamed Mo.

"Then what does the Du family mean?"

"I heard from my sister-in-law that the Du family is still waiting for us. After all, the two families are relatives, and they both know everything."

Lu Minghai nodded: "This Du family has kept its promise, and has not been dazzled by money."

Mrs. Mei also nodded, and said: "So this marriage is done! How about it, the left and right have been decided, I will find time to go back to my mother's house tomorrow."

Lu Minghai was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses and apologized: "It's hard for you, it's because I'm not capable."

Mei said indifferently: "What are you talking about, we just didn't get together for a while, and it's not that we didn't pay back."

Lu Minghai was not hypocritical, so he said: "You explain it to our father and mother, and we will return the money as soon as we have it."

Mrs. Mei gave him an angry look: "It's up to you to say."

After talking for a while, the two turned off the lights and took a rest.

In the early morning of the next day, Lu Minghai picked up the tofu and went out to sell tofu.

After breakfast, Mei Shi and her mother-in-law Cui Shi talked about going back to her mother's house.Cui Shi didn't say anything, but Qiao Shi, who had been listening to her ear, pursed her lips and said, "Second sister-in-law is really busy returning to her mother's house."

Mrs. Mei ignored her, Mrs. Qiao has this kind of temperament, if she cares about her, she will die of anger.Mrs. Cui also ignored Mrs. Qiao, but only told Mrs. Mei to return earlier so as not to miss the ox cart back to the village.

While listening to Lu Jiaoyue at the side, she fell into deep thought, and then she didn't know what she thought of, and proposed to go to Grandpa's house with Mrs. Mei.

The daughter hasn't been to her mother's house for a while, but Mrs. Mei didn't refuse.Her parents have always loved Jiaoyue, so they took their daughter back to visit the two elders.

After returning to the house, Mrs. Mei explained to her second son Lu Guangzhi and youngest son Wu Lang, and then took her daughter out.

Wu Lang was going to go with her at first, but Mrs. Mei had something to do when she went back to her mother's house today, so she didn't take him with her.It was Lu Jiaoyue who promised to bring him glutinous rice candy to eat when he came back, and Lu Guangzhi said that he would take him up the mountain to play together later, so he agreed with a listless demeanor.

Mei's house is located in Lihualing, about ten or twenty miles away from Daxi Village, and it takes more than half an hour to ride a bullock cart.There is an ox cart in Daxi Village to Lihualing, and it costs two yuan for a ride.Both Mei Shi and Lu Jiaoyue often went to Lihualing. They left the house and stopped at the side of the road after walking for a while. But after a while, an ox cart came slowly at the end of the road.

"Second sister-in-law of the Lu family, are you going back to your mother's house?"

Niu Da slapped his whip, and the cart stopped by the side of the road.There are not many people in the bullock cart today, and there are only two people in the cart.

Mrs. Mei nodded with a smile, exchanged some greetings with Niu Da, and then pulled her daughter into the ox cart.

Mei didn't know the two people sitting in the bullock cart, so she didn't speak after getting into the cart.Lu Jiaoyue's mind was flustered at the moment, she pretended to be a little sleepy after getting into the car, and dozed off on Mei Shi's body, but she was actually thinking about her own thoughts.

Yes, she knew why her mother suddenly returned to her mother's house.

She remembered that in her previous life, her eldest brother should have married first, and her mother had already prepared to hire her at her sister-in-law's family.But for some unknown reason, it was delayed for another year. On the contrary, it was her younger sister who got married before her elder brother.

At this time, Lu Jiaoyue had a clear understanding. It seems that the two acres of land must have made her parents feel embarrassed. The family has not yet separated, and all the money they earn will be handed over to the public. The two acres of high-quality fertile land are needed. It's not a decimal, at least 20 taels of silver is needed to do it.Presumably, the reason why the eldest brother was delayed for a year must be because all the money was spent on her.

But looking at it now, her mother is probably reluctant to wrong her elder brother. After all, the elder brother's marriage has been arranged long ago, and the sister-in-law has delayed it for a year, but this year it cannot be delayed any longer.Mother is planning to go back to her mother's house to find a way to borrow money from her grandfather, to see if she can have both.

Trying to recall the memories of her previous life, Lu Jiaoyue vaguely remembered that her mother went back to her mother's house once before she got engaged in her previous life, but it seemed that she didn't borrow any money, otherwise her elder brother would not be delayed.

Could it be that my mother never borrowed money from my grandfather's house in my previous life?

What happened?
Grandpa, grandma, and several uncles love mother so much, it is impossible for mother to be unable to borrow money, so something must have happened in the middle.

Lu Jiaoyue thought for a while and didn't come up with a reason, but she also realized that this was a good opportunity.

Mother does love her, but she loves elder brother no less than she does, and she definitely doesn't want to delay elder brother.If she couldn't borrow the money due to an accident this time, maybe she would be able to get the family to reject the Du family's marriage by beating from the sidelines.

Also, she can find her little uncle, who is so smart and will definitely help her.

Thinking of this, Lu Jiaoyue fell into a dreamland in a daze.

In a daze, she felt that the ox cart was going forward bumps and bumps. During the period, someone seemed to be on the cart again, and her mother seemed to be talking to someone.I don't know how long it took, but the ox cart stopped suddenly.

When Lu Jiaoyue opened her eyes, she still couldn't react, but she soon felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

She turned her head to look at Mrs. Mei who was sitting next to her, and saw that her mother was very serious, holding her arm in her hand, as if she was a little cautious.Looking aside again, I don't know when there were already many people sitting on the bullock cart, including men and women, old and young.There are two other people from their Daxi village, one is called Sister-in-law Osmanthus, and the other is from Liu Er's family.

The expressions of the people in the car were very strange, they seemed to be a little nervous, and the slightly lowered corners of their eyes were full of fear, jealousy, disgust and fear of avoiding them.

Lu Jiaoyue followed the corners of everyone's eyes and saw the person standing in front of the car.

The man couldn't tell how old he was from his appearance, but it could be seen that he was no more than thirty.The figure is very tall, the stature of the men in the north is not low, but he seems to be half a head taller.Dark skin, slender single eyelids, high nose bridge, thin lips.A whole body of tendons, through the thin clothes, you can see the bulging muscles underneath.

This is a man who is not handsome, but by no means ugly.What is even more frightening is his imposing manner and the oppressive feeling of his tall and strong physique, like a hill.

He looked cold, and he looked like a very difficult person to talk to.

Lu Jiaoyue blinked curiously, could it be that this person caused the abnormality of the people in the car?

Who is he?
Thinking of this, she seemed to realize that it was wrong to stare at people, especially a man.Hastily lowered his eyes, and snuggled up to Mrs. Mei.Mei Shi also felt her daughter's restraint, subconsciously blocked her daughter, and patted her hand to comfort her.

The car was very quiet, except that Niu Da seemed to have known this person for a long time, so he didn't appear restrained.

"Jinzi, are you going to town?"

The man nodded and got into the car without saying a word.

The bullock cart is not big, and the cart behind it is specially lengthened, but it can only accommodate a dozen people.There were already many people sitting there, and there were only two empty seats left. As soon as this person sat in the car, the area around him was suddenly empty.

Everyone looked like they didn't want to get too close to that person even if they were crowded together.

Lu Jiaoyue felt a little crowded, she didn't like to get too close to people she didn't know very well, at this moment, smelling the faint sweaty smell coming from the Liu Er's family beside her, she suddenly had an urge to cover her nose.

However, her nature is pure and kind. Even if she lived a new life and experienced so many things in her previous life, her nature was not erased, so she couldn't make such inappropriate movements, she just turned her face slightly, He pretended to be afraid and buried his face on his mother's shoulder.

Han Jin couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

He saw her in the car, so he wanted to drop by the car, but he never thought that it would be self-defeating and frighten her.

Is she that afraid of him?
Thinking of this, Han Jin's face couldn't help but become colder, and he looked closer at the face with some fine scars, it was tense, and there was a bit of hostility on his body.The people who sat next to him couldn't help wondering if they had offended him, and they also moved away a little more.

"parking."

Niu Da was taken aback, subconsciously waved his whip, and the bullock cart stopped.

I saw a figure jumping down from the bullock cart, throwing two copper coins in his hands.

"Jinzi, are you not sitting?" Niu Da asked in surprise.

No one answered him, and the tall and strong figure quickly disappeared into the distance.Niu Da turned around to look at the people in the car, and sighed clearly.

"Actually, Jinzi is not a bad person."

It's a pity that his voice was too low. When the people in the car saw the plague god got out of the car, they began to discuss aloud.The noise of people drowned out Niu Da's voice, only Lu Jiaoyue who was sitting in the front of the car seemed to hear something, but unfortunately she couldn't hear clearly, soon her attention was also attracted by the discussion.

What people in the car were talking about was the 'Jinzi' that Niu Dakou was talking about, that is, that person just now.

This person's surname is Han, his first name is Jin, and he is from the Han family village.

This Han Jin is well-known in ten miles and eight villages. Of course, this fame is not a good name, but a bad one.

It is said that Han Jin is not a good person since he was a child. He was famous in the Han family village for being sneaky when he was a child.

In the countryside, it is an extremely serious remark to say that a person is not doing his job properly.

It is not easy for farmers to make a living. They earn their lives from the sky, rely on the sky to eat, and rely on the income from the fields for daily food, clothing, and housing.Not doing business properly does not only mean that this person is lazy, but also that this person is not down-to-earth, does not do business, and is an untrustworthy person.

A person who can't be trusted, in a place like the countryside, no one has to deal with him.

It is said that this Han Jin works in the gambling house in the county.Where is the casino?That's a place no decent person would go to.For the peasant households, any mention of a gambling house means that the family is ruined, the land is sold, the house is sold, and some even sell children and daughters. All in all, it is not good.

And this Han Jin is a person who works for the gambling house, so he is naturally not a good person.

In particular, it is said that not only has he seen a lot of blood, but he has also been killed. It is only because the boss of the gambling shop has a big backer that he is safe and sound. Otherwise, he would have killed him a hundred times.

There are many rumors about these rumors, and because of this, the name of Han Jin has the effect of stopping children from crying at night in ten miles and eight towns.Lu Jiaoyue had heard of this person's name in her previous life, but she had never seen this person before. She never expected that Han Jin would look like this.

For some reason, Lu Jiaoyue always felt that what the people in the car said was a bit untrue.

Sneaky?

Would such a person be a sneaky person?

Can't imagine how!
(End of this chapter)