Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 157
After being read by Mrs. Zuo, Fang took a rare chance to take care of Luo Tiandu's affairs, and entrusted someone to invite a female teacher in Beijing to teach Luo Tiandu poetry, etiquette and etiquette in the coming year.Luo Tian was not happy in her heart, she felt that those elegant things were the stuff of rich people, they just left the ranks of the common people, they were not much better than ordinary people, they really didn't need them, they had the time and energy to learn those fancy things It's better to ask her to make a few more decks of cards if it's something that's not real, at least it can be exchanged for dozens of taels of silver.

Fang's attitude was extremely tough this time, and she was determined to discipline Luo Tiandu. No matter how much she objected, the matter of hiring a wife had already been decided.

Luo Tian didn't want to disobey her kindness, so he reluctantly agreed in the end. Anyway, he won't start learning until the end of the new year. Luo Ming has already decided to get married in the autumn of the next year. After the new year, it's time to prepare her dowry. Going back to Qiushui Town to arrange the wedding in advance, even if she is asked to learn, it won't take long.

Speaking of Luo Mingdu's marriage, Luo Tiandu sighed deeply. Luo Mingdu is 17 years old this year, and will be eighteen after the new year. If he stays at home and follows the customs of this dynasty, he should not get married. After going out, it makes people feel unhappy to think about it.

well!Eighteen is eighteen, no matter how you say it is considered an adult, you can vote in elections.She is still working hard to make money now, saving more dowry and private house for Luo Mingdu, so that she can live a better life in her husband's house in the future.

After returning from Zuo’s house, with Zuo Junya’s blessing, many female family members went to Luo Tiandu to buy cards. They had money at hand, and spent tens of dollars to buy a pair of cards. It's good for the sisters-in-law to pass the time together. It is said that there are many families in Beijing where the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are at odds, because they have played cards together for a long time, and the relationship has eased a lot, which can be regarded as a surprise.

As early as last month, Luo Tiandu had entrusted a carpenter to make hundreds of wooden plaques. At this time, she thought they were finished, so she told Mrs. Fang that she would go to the wooden workshop to get the wooden plaques.Fang Shi didn't want to let her go out at first, at this time of year, there are so many people buying new year's goods on the street, Fang Shi was afraid that it would be unsafe, especially since the wooden workshop that Luo Tian was going to go to was still in the outer city, Fang Shi was even more worried.

This was about the last time he went out years ago, and Luo Tian refused to give up on this opportunity. After pestering Fang for a long time, he finally annoyed Fang, so he waved and said, "Let's go, let's go."

Luo Tian had already prepared all the outfits for going out, just waiting for Fang's nod, now with Fang's approval, he cheered, called Cheng Qing and ran out.

Fang was worried, and asked Xiqiao to follow, and chased to the gate, saying: "Go early and return early, don't stay outside."

"Understood." Luo Tiandu responded crisply, turned around and left.

Seeing that little figure bouncing away, step by step out of her sight, Fang felt inexplicably melancholy.Time really flies. The little girl who was just born before, she was even a little worried that she would not be able to support her, has grown so big in the blink of an eye. In two years, she will have to leave this house.At that time, there are only her and Luo Baisu left in the house, so it's really a bit lonely!
For some reason, Fang suddenly remembered what Jian said the last time when she came back from Zuo's house, it was very effective for Fahua Temple to send Guanyin to her son.

She touched her stomach quietly, thinking, why don't she go to Fahua nunnery after the new year?

Fang's side was very melancholy, but Luo Tiandu was like a bird released from a cage, feeling extremely happy.Ever since she came back from Zuo's house, she has been detained at home by Fang Shi, and she hasn't even left the second door. Even if she doesn't like lively things, she still feels a little bored.

It was already mid-winter at this time, and the weather in Shangjing was very fast, and it was cold early. It had just snowed a few days ago, and it was the cold weather these few days.Luo Tian was sitting in the mule cart, with a charcoal basin burning at his feet, still feeling a little unbearable, with his hands covered in his sleeves, and the windows on both sides were tightly closed, even so, it could not block the street The liveliness of the road came in through the thin mule carriage.

Xiqiao grew up in Shangjing, and is used to such cold weather. Seeing that Luo Tian's teeth were chattering from the cold, he couldn't help saying: "Little lady is afraid of the cold, or stay in the mansion, and the wooden sign will be given to you." Maid, let's go."

Luo Tian put up a small mattress on his legs, covering his knees, ankles and other joints, and then said: "Don't talk about such disappointing things, it's hard for you to come out, and after the New Year, there will be a wife It is even more difficult to come out to teach the rules.”

Xiqiao still can't understand, what's wrong with staying in the mansion in this winter?There is hot food to eat when hungry, hot tea to drink when thirsty, and the warmth in the room is not better than being exposed to the wind and freezing outside?
Luo Tian couldn't explain it clearly to this child, the kind of modern people's deep love and longing for freedom is definitely not something that can be completely obliterated by an exquisite mansion.She couldn't explain clearly, so she simply didn't speak, squinting her eyes and leaning against the soft cushion to take a nap.

The mules and horses left the inner city and walked more and more slowly.Various sounds from outside the car came through the thin compartment, and various sweet and sour aromas could be smelled through the cold air.

Luo Tiandu huddled in the mule cart for a while, and finally couldn't help picking up the curtain on one side, and looked out through the small window. Carrying burdens and hawking along the street, the young ladies shyly bargained with the customers, it seemed like a prosperous scene.

The more people walked towards the market, the more people flowed, and the Luo family's mule cart was squeezed in the middle of the road, making it very difficult to walk.

Cheng Qing, who was driving outside, turned his head and said to Luo Tiandu: "The road is blocked, driving a mule cart is better than walking, there is a stable in front, why don't we leave the mule cart there and walk to pick it up?" Wooden sign, let’s go back by mule cart.”

Luo Tiandu felt that the mule cart was restless, so he said, "Okay, Brother Cheng Qing, just make up your mind."

The horse gallery is only tens of meters away, and Luo Tiandu just arrived when he was blocked by a stick of incense in the mule cart.

After getting off the car, Cheng Qing went to store the car by himself, Luo Tiandu bought a pack of fried chestnuts, and stood with Xiqiao on the side of the road while eating fried chestnuts, waiting for him.After a while, Cheng Qing sent the vehicle and hurried out.The three of them walked down the street, and the carpenter's shop was in a deep alley after the street turned right.

After walking a few steps, a little girl suddenly ran out from a nearby shop, Luo Tian was walking inside protected by Cheng Qing and Xiqiao, when she happened to be bumped into by that person, the things in their hands were scattered one place.Luo Tiandu's first reaction at that time was to touch the money bag, but fortunately, the money bag was still there.

The person who bumped into someone hurriedly bent down and started to pick up something, Luo Tian was a little angry, why is this person so rude, he didn't want to apologize first after bumping into someone, but went to pick up things instead.She lowered her head to look, and realized immediately.

Apart from the bag of fried chestnuts she bought when she got off the car, there was also a pile of broken silver and copper coins on the ground.The dissatisfaction in her heart subsided a little bit. If she was hit and lost all the money, she must have picked up the money in the first place.

The man picked up the money, stood up and saw that it was Luo Tiandu, he was taken aback for a moment, then hurriedly covered his face with his sleeve, turned around and ran away.

Luo Tian felt that she looked a little familiar, and after thinking for a long time, he realized that she was actually the maid Liu Jinxiu brought with him when the Zuo Mansion celebrated his birthday that day. Luo Tian had specially observed her and Liu Jinxiu's dress that day. They were all stained, so they were particularly impressive.

What was the maid of the Liu family doing on the street with a bag of broken silver and copper?Luo Tiandu raised his head and looked at the shop she came out of just now. There was a big red lantern hanging by the door, with a huge Chinese character "Dang" written on it.

It turned out to be a pawn shop, and there were quite a few people in it. I thought it was the New Year's Eve, and some families couldn't make it through, so they had to pawn some things and scrape together some money to get through the New Year at least.That pawnshop is a cannibal. Everyone who goes in with a sad face still has a dejected expression when they come out. Some people are still wearing thin sackcloth in winter, which looks a little pitiful.

She can still understand these people entering the pawn shop. If a maid is short of money and wants to sell two things she has accumulated, she can also understand, but the bag that the girl held in her hand just now is worth hundreds of taels at least. Well, even if a maid wants to please her master again, it will be difficult for her to accumulate hundreds of taels of silver throughout the year.For such a large amount of silver exchange, either she stole valuables from the Liu family and sold them at the pawnshop, or someone in the Liu family was in urgent need of money, so she took something and asked her to secretly exchange it at the pawnshop.

Luo Tian felt that the second reason was obviously more plausible. He just wanted to exchange money. There were pawn shops in the inner city, so why bother to go to this remote shop in the outer city to exchange money, unless it was to avoid people's eyes and ears.After thinking about it, she couldn't think of anyone in the Liu family who was in a hurry to use money to go to this outer city to pawn things.She thought for a while and couldn't figure it out, so she gave up, it had nothing to do with her anyway.

When we arrived at the carpenter's shop, the masters in the shop had gone home for the New Year, and there were only two young men who were looking at the shop. They were familiar faces. When they saw Luo Tian coming in, they hurriedly came out to say hello: "Young lady, I came here by myself today." The one who took the wooden sign?”

Luo Tiandu said: "Exactly, it's very lively at this time, so I just take this opportunity to go out for a stroll, or I won't have the chance to come out until the Chinese New Year is over."

The guy said: "there are many people on the street these days, it's crowded and the clothes are all torn, so it's not interesting. It's better to wait until the twelfth lunar month to go out for shopping. At that time, there are no people on the street, so you can go shopping freely. "

Luo Tiandu said: "At that time, the shops were closed, so where should I go?"

The guy laughed sheepishly.The two chatted and laughed for a while, and finally the two guys helped push the things to the porch, and carried them into the Luo family's carriage, without Cheng Qing's help.

Luo Tian was very happy in his heart. When paying the bill, each person gave a few dozen extra coins. It was a good idea to celebrate the New Year.

The two smiled and narrowed their eyes, and kept talking about what work they would have in the future, just tell them.

Luo Tian was also very satisfied. When he got in the car, he touched the cards in these two boxes and thought about how much they could be exchanged for. He couldn't help but squinted his eyes happily and hummed a song.

(End of this chapter)