Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 23 Rumors
Seeing that he was discovered, Luo Baining didn't feel ashamed, instead he walked over confidently and stretched out his hand to Luo Mingdu: "Bring it!"

Luo Tiandu really doesn't have much interest in visiting Jinyong County. She is the kind of person who doesn't want to go shopping if she has no money in her hand. She goes shopping empty-handed. If she comes across something she likes but has no money to buy it, that would be a shame. .

Fang asked for Luo Mingdu's opinion again, and finally the three of them unanimously decided to go back early in the morning.

When she went back, she still rode in the county government's carriage, and Luo Tiandu was still in a mess. She thought that she would never get used to this "luxury" way of going out in her life.The only thing that gave her a little comfort was the box in her hand, which was so heavy that she couldn't even hold it. Qingmei didn't say it clearly yesterday, and she also knew that besides pens, ink, paper and inkstones, there must be money in this box. Although she didn't know the exact amount, just this You know there are a lot of weight.

"Mother, we won't starve to death this year." She was happy in her heart, even the bumpy ride in the carriage eased a bit.

Fang Shi was also full of joy, hugged her by her side, and said: "You are mother's heart and soul, as long as mother is alive, she will never let you starve to death."

"What about eldest sister?" Luo Tiandu raised his face and asked Fang.

Fang was overjoyed, and hugged Luo Mingdu on the other side, saying: "This is also my heart."

Luo Tiandu laughed, his eyes sparkling.

Probably because of his good mood, the carriage on the return journey seemed to be very fast. Luo Tian fell asleep on Fang's lap, and when he woke up, he was about to enter the village.

Few people in the village saw this kind of high-end carriage. As soon as Fang's mother and daughter entered the village, the villagers stopped to watch and talked a lot, secretly guessing who came and what rich relatives.

There are many children in the village, all of them are as wild as monkeys, swarming after the carriage, when they see the carriage stopped, they hula all around, looking at it as if they are looking at something strange and weird.

This time the driver was an old coachman from the county yamen, he was in a hurry to go back to work, Fang couldn't keep him any longer, so he took five Wen and handed it to the coachman as a reward, and she didn't have any more.

The coachman thanked him, helped Fang take the things off the carriage, and drove the carriage back.

Only then did Fang enter the door, rolled up the blue cloth and locked it in the box, and then sat back on the kang.

Luo Tian was cautious, and went to close the doors and windows on purpose, and then asked Fang to open the wooden box.

The wooden box is divided into two layers. The first layer is an exquisitely crafted gift box, which contains an inkstone, two lake brushes, a piece of ink, a pen holder, and two paperweights.

Don't think it's Luo Baisu's, Fang also locked the gift box in the box, and the next thing is the three favorite things of my mother.

Fang opened the middle compartment, and inside was a letter of 15 taels of silver, and three hanging coins, which were tied with red string and neatly stacked in the box.

Three hanging coins weighed more than ten or twenty catties, no wonder she couldn't move them.

These days, only official silver, annual tribute, and military pay use real gold and silver. Most of the circulation in the market is still copper coins. I think the Tang family saw the three girls and specially exchanged copper coins for silver taels for easy carrying. It is more than 100 kilograms, and it takes a big box to hold it.

Fang still couldn't believe it. A few days ago, their family was still worried about the rations for the winter, but suddenly there was an extra [-] dongs, as if in a dream.

Luo Tian quite understood Fang's mood, touched the money box in her hand, and secretly sighed, no matter what age, it is easier to support a family with a craft.

It's just a very common rice noodle method, and it makes them earn [-] yuan for nothing, which is more profitable than doing anything else.

The three of them closed the door and were happily counting the money. Unexpectedly, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard. Fang hurriedly put the money box away, put it in the box and locked it. Then he opened the door and looked in the yard. I don't know when five or six daughters-in-law and aunts came.It turned out that Fang's steamed rice noodles were appreciated by the county grandpa's family, and he was also specially received by the county to teach people how to steam rice noodles. As soon as Shi got off the carriage, several familiar daughter-in-laws came to visit.

Changhui Niang walked closest to their family, and her tone was the most familiar, she joked with a smile: "Sister-in-law Wu, you closed the door as soon as you came back, what treasure are you secretly hiding!"

"What kind of baby is our family? I just changed my clothes and prepared to cook. Come in and sit down."

A group of daughters-in-law came in laughing and laughing. They all lived in the same village, and they didn't see anyone else. They took off their shoes and found a place to sit on the kang, asking about Fang's experience in the county.

"Fifth sister-in-law, you are well-off now, and when you come back, you can sit in such a good car. Even the third master has never been in such a high-end car when he went out." The third master is the father of old man Luo and the grandfather of Luo Baisu.

"It's a county car. I was lucky enough to ride it once. In the past, I couldn't even ride an ox cart twice."

"Fifth sister-in-law, what do you think the county government looks like? Is it very majestic? Are you afraid when you enter the government office?"

Fang thought for a while, nodded and said: "I can't say it, but the room is big, and the courtyard is entered again and again. I don't know how many doors I entered. You don't know, there is an aisle, and you have to go in." Body searched." Of course, because Qingmei led them in, they just let the door know and went in, without any difficulty.

The daughters-in-law were amazed as if they were listening to a story, and they only said that the government is an important place, and it is really strict.

Luo Tian knew that Fang was referring to the gate of the house, so he said, "Mother, that's the place where the magistrate meets guests and works, even the magistrate and the master are here, so it's naturally important."

As soon as she opened her mouth, a young daughter-in-law sitting next to her turned her head and glanced at her, and moved to the other side uncomfortably, with a strange expression on her face.

Luo Tiandu raised his eyebrows, and Luo Ming went out to light a fire to boil water, leaving Fang Shi in the room to accompany the guests.

After a while, the water boiled, Luo Tiandu washed the cup, poured boiling water into the cup, and carried it in with a plate.

When she was passing the tea to the young daughter-in-law, she was not surprised to see that the daughter-in-law was almost stiff and took the teacup.

She was puzzled, so she put away the tray and went outside to help Luo Mingdu cook. Halfway through, she deliberately found a reason and entered the house twice. Sure enough, as soon as she entered the house, the wives who had been discussing happily at first immediately disappeared. He just stopped talking and looked at her with strange eyes. When she turned around and went out, she pretended to be okay again.

After repeating this twice, even Fang could see that something was wrong.

"What's the matter with you guys? Why did you see Xiao Du come in and didn't speak anymore, with such a strange expression on his face."

"It's okay, we just envy Fifth Sister-in-law." A young daughter-in-law who was usually very clever took the opportunity to change the subject, "Fifth Sister-in-law went to the county government office, and the grandpa's wife rewarded some good things, and Fifth Sister-in-law also brought it out. Let's open our eyes."

Fang didn't want to show it off at first, but they couldn't help asking again and again, so he had to open the box and took out the set of pen, ink, paper, inkstone and cloth.Pens, inks, papers and inkstones are used by scholars. They don't understand them, they only know that they are expensive, but they touched and touched the fabric and praised it.

"After all, it's something from the county magistrate's family. Even the fabric is different. Look at the fabric, the plain weave, the slanted grid, so fine and dense that even the wind can't pass through it."

Not long after, Luo Ming finished the lunch, everyone couldn't stay longer, they dispersed, leaving only Chang Hui Niang, who was still sitting on the kang, with an unhappy expression on her face.

"What's wrong with you? Who messed with you?" The two families lived close together, and Fang's relationship with her was closer than others, so he asked casually.

Changhui Niang was sullen for a while, and felt that she couldn't hide it, so she told the truth: "You don't know, it's your family, who has been talking bad things to people outside these two days." She raised her chin in the direction of the Luo family's main room, and Fang knew that this was referring to Yao.

"What's wrong with talking about Xiaodu?" She asked nonchalantly. In her eyes, her own child is very good. There is no gossip for anyone to talk about.

"Speaking of being angry and disrespectful to elders." In fact, Yao's words were much harsher than this, and Changhui Niang still said in a dark way, "Those daughters-in-law are all close to the one in your house, don't look at them." They talk about being intimate, but they are actually here to watch the fun.”

"Although Xiaodu is still young, the rumors can't hurt her now, but if this reputation spreads, it will be difficult to talk about marriage in the future. Don't be careless, so as not to delay the child in time."

After Luo Tian heard this, he understood in his heart that Yao must have spread the news about her blocking the door with an ax that day. No wonder the wives just looked at her so strangely.

Fang Shi in the room became more and more annoyed as she listened to it, no matter how Yao Shi arranged her, she didn't care, anyway, she had been like this all her life, but these two children were only so young, Yao Shi was a grandma, if she didn't love her, she would be fine. Forget it, how can she deliberately tarnish the child's reputation like this, and what benefits can she get by doing so?Even a child as young as Luo Tian knew that he had to protect Luo Baihan's face in front of outsiders. How could she, a grandmother, be so cruel, wishing to trample the child into the mud?
The more Fang thought about it, the more she didn't understand. As soon as she got angry, she wanted to ask Yao to understand.

Before he could step out of the door, Luo Tiandu grabbed him.

"Mother, the meal is ready, if you don't eat, where are you going?"

"I have something to ask your grandma, you can eat first."

"Mother, the mouth grows on other people, how can we control what they say?" Besides, this time Yao is not fabricating, but exaggerating some facts, Luo Tian didn't care much and said: "Let's Let's eat first."

It's not good for Changhui Niang to stay any longer at this time, otherwise she will become a waste of money.

She got down from the kang and said to Fang: "You mothers, eat, I'll go back first."

In the afternoon, a rare visitor came to the Luo family. The married eldest daughter Luo Baiqiu returned to her mother's house.

Luo Baiqiu looks very similar to Yao Shi, it's almost printed in the same mold, with the same thin eyebrows and narrow eyes, dark skin, and looks shrewd.Luo Baiqiu married to Qingquan Township in the year when Luo Baihan finally took the exam for a scholar. Her husband's family had a small family property, and it is said that they lived a pretty good life.

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