The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 63

When Xie Yujiao and Mrs. Xu returned home, they saw the family servants carrying frames of reed leaves inside. It turned out that the Dragon Boat Festival would be in a few days.During the Dragon Boat Festival last year, Xie's family was still watching the hot filial piety, so there was no preparation at home. This year's Dragon Boat Festival is different. Mr. Xie didn't have any special hobbies before him. He only liked watching dragon boat races. A dragon boat race will be held on Nanshan Lake.

This year, Tao Laixi asked Xie Yujiao specifically if he wanted to hold another dragon boat race. After Xie Yujiao asked about the rules of the competition, he decided to continue the competition.It turned out that Master Xie did not have any real rewards for organizing this competition. Each village or several villages jointly organized a dragon boat team. For example, Xie Yujiao didn't want to break this rule. The land rent on the first floor was really nothing to the Xie family, but to those poor families, it was a huge sum of money.

However, the dragon boat races in previous years were won by Xiejiazhai, because Xiejiazhai has a large village, a large population, and many strong men, and there are some other villages that are not as good as them.Moreover, the tenants of the Xie family were not the only ones who participated in the dragon boat race. The tenants of several big landlords from far and near also participated. It would be honorable for anyone to win, which meant that the fields had a good harvest and the villagers had enough to eat and wear warmly.

Xie Yujiao has always felt that these activities seem to be more meaningful than those modern sports games.Of course, the most rare thing is that she heard that many girls will go out during the Dragon Boat Festival. If they fall in love with the young man rowing a boat, they will be able to make a good marriage!The girls in this village are much happier than girls like her who spend all day in the mansion.

"Ma'am, this year's reed leaves are very good. We picked a few boxes by the lake, they are tender." Several working women saw Mrs. Xu, and they only spoke respectfully.Mrs. Xu smiled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, let's hug some more this year, and give some to the uncles and brothers in the family. The rice dumplings given away are salted egg yolk meat, and the red bean rice dumplings are kept for home. "

Mrs. Xu knew that although the uncles in the clan did not necessarily live in poverty, it would be impossible for them to eat meat every day, so she prepared some meat dumplings for them, and Xie Yujiao and herself didn't like meat very much. , on the contrary, I like to eat lighter red bean dumplings, dipped in a little sugar, it is really delicious!

Xie Yujiao waited for Xu's orders to be finished, and said again: "There are also uncle's family and two aunts' families who have to send some over. The uncle's family is small, so let's send less meanings. The two aunts' families will send three per person. indivual."

When the old woman heard the words, she hurriedly responded, and several people carried the frame and went inside.

When Mrs. Xu entered the main room, she saw her eldest aunt walking outside with Xie Chaozong in her arms. When she saw Mrs. Xu came back, she greeted her with a smile and said, "Chaozong, let's see who is back... Hurry up and bow to your mother and sister." .”

When Mrs. Xu saw her, she hurriedly said: "We went to the patient's house, and we haven't changed our clothes yet, so we won't hug him." After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, she turned to Xie Yujiao and said, "Go back and wash and change your clothes. Don't bring sickness home with you."

Although Xie Yujiao knew that this was an old superstition, she couldn't bear to refute Mrs. Xu, so she just smiled and said: "Then I'll go back and wash it first, and I just called my cousin to come over for lunch."

"Go." Mrs. Xu watched Xie Yujiao leave with a smile. Although she didn't see Mrs. Kang, she refused to hug Xie Chaozong. The aunt took Xie Chaozong from her hand, and asked with a smile: "My dear, are you full? Mother asked the kitchen to steam an egg custard for you today."

The aunt only smiled and said: "Chaozong has teeth, so he can eat egg custard. My Baozhen was eager to eat when she was four months old! She cried when she saw our adults on the table. Later, I made The egg custard was given to her, and she actually ate half of it in one sitting. Now that Chaozong is still a little older, he must die of hunger."

As the aunt said, she tapped Xie Chaozong's mouth with her finger. Xie Chaozong thought that something delicious was coming, so he hurriedly turned his head to meet it, his eyes were still looking for something, which made Xu Zhile said happily: "It's not that I want to eat, oh my little darling, I'm going to spoil you!"

After Xie Yujiao took a bath, it happened to be lunch time, so she took Xu Huiru to Xu's side for lunch.Mrs. Xu only left her aunt and grandma to come down for dinner, and the two were talking about making zongzi.Mrs. Xu is a lady of the Duke's mansion, so naturally she doesn't know these things, but the eldest aunt knows everything, she just smiled and said: "When I was young, I saw women making rice dumplings, and I was very envious, so I also learned a few things, such as triangular brown, There are cone rice dumplings, as well as chicken feet rice dumplings and square rice dumplings, and those women are very dexterous, and each person can make about ten kinds of rice dumplings, and I have learned these four in total.”

"Auntie, it's great that you can know four kinds, it's better than us who only know how to eat!" Xu Huiru is now familiar with the eldest aunt, and she also calls aunt with Xie Yujiao. The eldest aunt was shy before, but now she is used to it He smiled and said: "If you want to eat, just give an order, and the kitchen will be ready and delivered. There is no need to do it yourself. I was stubborn when I was young, and I had to do everything by myself, so I went to learn it. Do you know how much rice was wasted!"

Xie Yujiao was also very envious when she heard it. My aunt must have been loved a lot when she was a child, but it was only after marrying into such a family that she suffered so much. Fortunately, everything is better now.

"That's fun too, cousin, why don't we go to the kitchen tomorrow and have a look, so we can learn too?" Xie Yujiao suggested.

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu yelled to stop, and said with a smile: "You two can only make trouble when you go to the kitchen. If you really want to learn, let the women bring some reed leaves and glutinous rice, and let your aunt Just teach you, anyway, if you can learn one, I am thankful!"

Xu Huiru's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she began to look forward to it happily. Xu Shi finally understood that no matter how quiet and skillful they were usually, they were still children at heart.

After lunch, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Xie Yujiao just talked with Mrs. Xu in the room, and then thought of Xu Huiru's matter.

"Recently when my uncle came over, my mother asked him what he meant. Last time I heard from my cousin that the cousin of her grandfather's family seemed to be eighteen this year! My cousin is now fourteen, and she can leave the cabinet next year." .”

"Why didn't I mention this matter, it's just that your uncle still feels a little bit uneasy. He said that the child seems to be a bit frivolous and likes to hang out with little maids. Of course, this is the first level, and there is another level. It means that your uncle is also reluctant to let your cousin marry so far away, and there is no peace in the north at the moment, and this battle has never stopped, if there is something wrong, there will be no one to take care of it."

Xie Yujiao saw that what Xu said made sense, after all, she didn't know what to say. In this world, if Xu Huiru were to marry the capital alone, Xu Yuxing would be absolutely reluctant.

"According to uncle's opinion, is the cousin's marriage to be found locally?" Xie Yujiao was a little worried now. It wasn't that she underestimated the local people. A camel is bigger than a horse. What good things can there be in this place?If I want to meet another toad like He Wenhai, I'm really heartbroken.

"That's not true. After I mentioned this to your uncle last time, he also said that he would send someone to find out if his nephew is married. I think he would probably care about your cousin's thoughts. If she If you like that child, this should be possible.”

Xie Yujiao really doesn't have much experience in this kind of marriage, so she just sighed and didn't say anything. She just lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and asked Xu: "A few days ago I saw a woman surnamed Wu from our Xie family house come looking for you, Xie Que said that the woman came here to be a matchmaker, what did she do with you? Does anyone in our family need a matchmaker?"

Mrs. Xu remembered when Xie Yujiao mentioned it, and said with a smile: "That woman came to propose marriage to the boss of the Bian family in Dongshan Town, and the person she was talking about was your aunt. The Bian family used to be a scholarly family. Gradually declined, that Boss Bian, in his early thirties, was only a scholar. He failed in every local examination, and kept taking the exams, emptying out the whole family. Now he is thinking about your aunt. declined."

Although Mrs. Xu has soft ears sometimes, she can still tell the difference between good and bad. This Boss Bian is not good at first glance. He is not a man at such a young age. Not to mention supporting the family, he is also a burden to the whole family. Life is over, and now you still want to pick up the leak?Let his daydreams go!

Xie Yujiao heard what Xu said, and knew that she also felt sorry for her sister-in-law, so she thought of the matter between her aunt and Xu Yuxing, and only insinuated: "Actually, this matter is not so difficult. Mother thinks... Uncle and aunt Is it a good match?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu couldn't describe the expression on her face for a while. Seeing that there was no one else in the room, she said: "Jiaojiao, I thought about this matter earlier, but the doctor also said it last time, your aunt That miscarriage hurt the whole family, and I don't know if I will be able to conceive a child in the future, your uncle has only one daughter, your cousin, and I still expect him to marry an aunt who can give birth to the family, so that he can flourish for the Xu family!"

Xie Yujiao just laughed and said: "Mother is really worrying too much. I see that my aunt is doing well now! Last time the doctor didn't say that I couldn't conceive, but let me take good care of her. Ever since my aunt was ill, I The donkey-hide gelatin that was called to Ren'an Hall in the account room weighed a few catties. Last time the doctor looked at it and said it was all right. What else is mother worried about? It is not impossible for my aunt to give birth. Besides, my mother did not notice that my cousin likes my aunt very much. ?"

Xu curled her lips and thought for a while, then said: "I thought your cousin lost her mother since she was a child, and she is so close to everyone!"

(End of this chapter)