Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 173 Beloved?fabric?
(I wish all my friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Because Red Wine is too far away from home, I can’t go back to spend the holiday with my parents. It’s a pity. I hope all my friends are at home at the moment, accompanied by family members. I wish all parents good health and happiness!!!)

Mu Ai chatted with grandma for a while, and suddenly remembered something, so she said, "Grandma, Wang Shusheng is a young man after all, and it will not be convenient for me and Shuan Shuan to come over to say hello often in the future, so as not to be provoked by interested people. Gossip. In a few days, I will have someone come pick you up, sit with me for a while, try your granddaughter’s handicrafts, or stay for a few days, grandma said, would you like it?"

The old lady frowned and sighed, "Well, after all, you have gained wisdom through experience. You are much more considerate than grandma now. It is indeed inconvenient for you to come here. Don't worry, grandma is in good health and has strong legs. I just entered your yard, so you don’t have to think about it. However, our own family knows how to avoid suspicion, but the villagers don’t know, and I’m afraid there will be gossip..."

Mu Ai smiled and said, "Grandma, I thought of an idea, how about listening to grandma? Now that you are getting older, you have two more uncles and Huzi in your family, and you only have Xiaohua and a little girl to serve you. Taking this opportunity, how about finding a safe person in the village to help me? It's best to be of a certain age without too many entanglements."

The old lady pondered for a while, and said, "That's a good idea, but I can't find such a person for a while, why don't I wait for Lian Fu's mother to gossip again someday, and I'll ask her."

"Well, it's still Grandma who is thoughtful. If it is Grandma Li who is looking for someone, then it would be the best." Mu Ai smiled and praised the old lady, coaxing the old lady to smile, and the grandfather and grandson talked again. After a few gossips, Mu Ai returned to her yard.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she ran into Shuan Shuan who was walking with Ruyi, Mu Ai paused and said with a smile, "Shuan Shuan misses her sister?"

Shuan Shuan didn't expect to meet his sister head-on, his little face was a little shy and flustered, and he said after a long while, "Why did my sister go to grandma's first, and didn't come back to ask Shuan Shuan to go with her. I'm just... going to say hello to grandma .”

Mu Ai sighed inwardly, how could she not guess what the little girl was thinking, after seeing Wang Shusheng's mother today, she made up her mind and decided not to allow Shuan Shuan to have any more thoughts.So, with a smile, he stepped forward and pulled her to the main room, "Grandma was too busy talking just now, and she has stopped again. Let's go tomorrow. My sister bought you some excellent embroidery threads in the city. Let's go." , go and see with my sister first."

Shuan Shuan was anxious, but he couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he had to be led back by his sister.

Ke Xin got out of the car and started to eat in the small kitchen, so when Mu Ai entered the hall, several children were already waiting for her to have lunch together.

Mu Ai looked at the bone soup and small pies in the bowl, and asked, "Remember to prepare more and send them to Mr. Wang and his mother. They probably didn't eat anything along the way."

The vernal equinox is coming, and I laughed secretly in my heart, I am afraid that I will be covered in black and blue all the way, how can I have time to eat snacks to pad my stomach?
The children never left their hands with snacks, sweets, slices and fruits, so they were not very hungry. After hastily drank half a bowl of soup and a pie, Tao'er took Dayu to leave and went back to the room to continue tutoring the lessons that had been set for the past few days. Cheng'er Xing'er and Simba also happily ran out to tell stories to the servant girls who stayed at home.For a while, Mu Ai and Shuan Shuan were left behind for lunch.

Kexin and Xiaoan left the dinner table, and Guo Huai came in to report some chores in the mansion these days, and congratulated the mistress for her new property in the city.

Mu Ai smiled and said, "If Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo didn't take care of them wholeheartedly in the mansion, I wouldn't have the heart to open a shop in the city and live there for several days. Uncle Guo and Aunt Guo have worked hard."

Guo Huai hurriedly got up and saluted, "Ma'am, you've spoiled us, this is our duty as a husband and wife."

Mu Ai waved his hand to signal him to sit down, and then said, "Uncle Guo, in the medical clinic that our family opened in the city this time, the medicinal materials are going to be half sold, so maybe not only won't make money, but every time in the future There will be some more posted in the month.”

Guo Huai pondered for a while, and said seriously, "Madam, to be honest, because our family grows fresh vegetables in the fields year after year, and we have the help of Uncle Xiao's restaurant, so the money is getting innumerable. According to the old saying, It's just that the money is too rich. Moreover, money touches people's hearts. I'm afraid there will be people coveting what happened a few days ago. If our family opens a medical clinic and does more good deeds to accumulate virtue and good reputation, those people will be somewhat scrupulous. "

Mu Ai nodded, "Uncle Guo's concerns are the same as mine. There are four new things to be planted in the field this year. Two of them are for snacks, and the other is to add to Uncle Xiao's restaurant after autumn. There is one more thing for the new dishes, I have a lot of use for it. The field can be tidied up normally, there is no special arrangement."

"Yes, ma'am." Guo Huai responded, and Mu Ai remembered the matter of being a doctor in the clinic again, so she asked, "I have seen Mr. Wang next door recently, and I plan to invite him to sit in the clinic in the future. I still need to prepare some gifts tomorrow." Come and visit."

Guo Huai thought for a while, then shook his head, "I really haven't seen Mr. Wang recently, maybe he's developing some kind of medicine at home, I'll send someone to ask about it immediately."

"No need, I'll send the vernal equinox at that time. Well, there's nothing else to do, so Uncle Guo can go and get busy." Mu Ai sent Guo Huai to get busy, so he could finally lie down on the soft couch and rest for a while. Thinking of it, I fell asleep in a daze.

Chun Equinox gently covered his wife with a thin blanket, and retreated with Xiao An and the others.

After sleeping until dinner, Mu Ai woke up feeling refreshed and exhausted all the way, so she wore an apron to cook and made some meat dishes for the children, which made the children taste delicious.

After they all went back to their room to sleep, Mu Ai waited for another quarter of an hour before going to the Dongkua courtyard. Sure enough, Shuan Shuan was not asleep yet, two candles were lit on the table, and the little girl was just going out with a purse in a daze. Confused, she didn't wake up until Ruyi opened the door and coughed, then she got up and saluted her sister.

Mu Ai waved away the girls in the room, took Shuan Shuan's hand, sat down at the table, sighed softly, looked straight into the eyes of the little girl, and said warmly, "Shuan Shuan , What were you thinking just now, and my sister didn't notice when she came in?"

The little girl lowered her head, avoiding her sister's eyes, and spit out after a while, "Shuan Shuan wants to cut a new dress for Xing'er, just now I was thinking about what pattern to embroider."

Mu Ai patted her head and said with a smile, "Shuan Shuan has grown up, and has learned to hide his thoughts from her sister. Don't you have someone in your heart, little girl, and you are still a young scholar?"

Shuan Shuan raised his head abruptly, and looked at his sister in panic, as if he didn't know where he had exposed his flaws, and let his sister see the clue.

Mu Ai smiled slightly, and raised her hand to scratch her delicate little nose, "It's not a big deal to see what my sister is doing, and I'm afraid that my sister will hurt you if she finds out?"

"No...I..." Shuan Shuan saw that his sister was not angry, and felt relieved. Thinking of his reaction just now, he admitted that he had someone in his heart, and immediately his cheeks turned red as if on fire.He lowered his head stubbornly, wishing he could hide his face under the table.

Mu Ai hugged her in his arms with a funny face, and patted her on the back, "Little girl, what's so shy, which daughter didn't like anyone when she was young. It's just the beginning of love, and I still have to look for it in the future. An honest and reliable man to live."

The little girl froze when she heard this, and looked up at her sister with doubts in her eyes. Could it be that she is attracted to someone and wants to marry someone?

Mu Ai hit her hard, "You silly girl, don't tell me, you want to marry that scholar?"

The little girl was completely dumbfounded, and forgot to be shy, and asked, "Why can't you marry?"

Mu Ai helped her to sit opposite, poured her a cup of warm tea, then took a cup for herself, took a sip slowly, moistened her throat, and said, "Shuan Shuan, let's go to the cloth shop to pick out fabrics. There are so many beautiful and delicate brocades, you like every one of them, do you want to buy them all?"

Shuan Shuan thought for a while, then said, "But sister, is it different?"

"What's the difference. Are you trying to say that choosing a lover for a lifetime is different from choosing fabrics? Then my sister wants to ask you, should we first know what we are going to do when we choose fabrics?"

"Yes." The little girl nodded.

Mu Ai raised her eyebrows, "Then tell me, can you use the same material for the inner garments you wear next to your body and the dresses for meeting customers?"

"No."

"That's right, we choose soft and warm muslin for our inner garments, and we choose gorgeous silk brocades for our gowns. That's the reason for choosing a husband who will grow old with you. Before you choose the lover of your life, you have to think about what you want to do, what kind of person you want, and what kind of life you want to live?"

The little girl blinked, a little dazed.Mu Ai continued to work hard, and said, "Let's put it this way, you want to find a husband who will live with you every day, who is hardworking and down-to-earth, who knows how to care for you and loves you. Or you want to find a high-ranking official who is busy outside all day, From time to time, husbands who add two concubines to the family. The former may not have many silver shops and no fame, but he is a good husband and a good father. The latter may make you an official wife, wearing jewelry all day long. When going to banquets in various mansions, people will kneel when they see you, but you will not see him for a few days or even months, and you will have to endure him sleeping in other women's rooms every night, and you will have to endure him sleeping with other women. Give birth to more than a dozen children. Tell me, which of these two people do you want to choose?"

"I, I...he's not that kind of person." Shuan Shuan finally realized that her sister was trying to persuade her not to think about marrying Wang Scholar, so she paused and paused before rebutting.

Mu Ai smiled, "Silly sister, you are too young, how can you understand that the most fickle thing in the world is the human heart, especially the heart of a man. My sister knows that you want to live the first kind of life, but you can't let go of Wang Shusheng, Think he's not the one to break your heart."

Shuan Shuan lowered his head, neither admitting nor denying, but pulled the veil tightly.Mu Ai rubbed the center of her eyebrows, secretly thinking about how to persuade her to go on.

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