pastoral wedding

Chapter 2 Provocation
After breakfast, Liu Shi went out with her two daughters, Su Shuo was left at home to study her homework, although he was extremely unwilling.

For the Su family who had never been a scholar, Su Shuo's schoolwork was regarded as very important, and Mrs. Liu could not say anything about it, because she also hoped that her youngest son would one day be a butcher for an official. Earn a fortune for yourself.

At this time, Qingshi Town was much more lively than in the early morning. Although it was still snowing, there were more people coming and going on the street.

Holding an oil-paper umbrella, Mrs. Liu took her two daughters directly to the cloth shop of the Zhang family. This cloth shop is considered big in Qingshi Town, and its business has always been good. There are not only expensive silks and satins that rich people can afford. There are also cotton and coarse cloths that ordinary people can afford. Although the store is big, it never deceives customers, so Liu's often comes here.

When the mother and daughter entered the cloth shop, a clever young man welcomed them in to choose the cloth.Mrs. Liu is also very familiar with picking out suitable fabrics. The two daughters are following behind, discussing which piece of fabric to buy for Su Shuo to make a padded gown for Su Shuo to wear in school. Laughter came, and then someone shouted: "Sister Liu?"

Mrs. Liu turned around in surprise, only to see Mrs. Ding, the wife of the Li family selling meat on the same street. This Mrs. Ding is the most condescending person. Because of the bun shop at home, Mrs. Liu often buys meat, but she refuses to go to Li's house easily. She thinks that she is already picky enough, but who would have thought that Mrs. Ding is even more picky than her.

"It's you?" Liu Shi glanced at her broad body, "What a coincidence."

"It's not a coincidence," Ding walked forward with a smile, pointed lightly at a young woman with a puffy belly beside her, and said, "You said that this girl came back to see that we brought a lot of things, that's all. It's almost the Chinese New Year, and I want to bring some fabrics for our old couple to make new clothes. You said that people like us can often make new clothes to wear, and they don't dress up like you, sister Liu. I don't know how many men's eyes have been caught by the way I dress up."

This was a blatant provocation, Liu and her two daughters both raised their brows when they heard the words, Liu was even angrier, but when he rolled his eyes, he laughed, "Yeah, I don't want to do that. , but who said that this appearance is natural, unlike you, sister Ding, tsk tsk, your daughter must be five or six months pregnant, I see that your belly is bigger than hers, my sister kindly advises you , let's eat less, don't rely on the fact that the family sells meat, just treat the meat as if it has grown on your body, if this continues, I'm afraid Brother Li will have those little thoughts again." After saying that, he covered his mouth Hehe laughed.

Liu Shi's words are very vulgar, but women on the street are not as gentle as ladies when they quarrel, so let's just say something if it's not ugly.

But what she said was not just ugly, it also directly exposed Ding Shi's sad thing, that is, the guy in her family couldn't turn his face away when he saw Liu Shi, and the eyeballs seemed to fall off. When I woke up, I felt uncomfortable like ants drilling.

Li Xiuniang next to her saw that her own mother had eaten and hung up, so she was naturally angry. Pointing at Mrs. Liu, she cursed: "You shrew, you dare to bully people like this in my shop now! See if I won't let someone beat you out!" After all, I really called a few servants to come over to make a move, but the servant who led Liu Shi in before hurriedly stepped forward with a smile on his face to dissuade him: "Madam calm down, this Aunt Liu is a regular customer in our store, They are all frequented by the neighbors in the neighborhood, but it is just a misunderstanding in the quarrel, so let’s not be like this.”

That Li Xiuniang was still arrogant even though her belly was straight, and she pushed the boy back, "Why, you can't listen to what I said, and I won't let your shopkeeper kick you out in the future! If you want to continue working in this cloth shop, you must obey me honestly!"

"From what I heard, why do I think this cloth village belongs to your family? Is it Li or Zhang? Or is it Ding?" Su Jin smiled and took a step forward, looking Li Xiuniang up and down. Her figure and appearance are somewhat similar to her mother's, but it may also have something to do with her pregnancy, otherwise how could she marry into Zhang's family with this appearance.

Hearing this, the faces of Li Xiuniang and Ding's both changed. Just as they were about to say something, they saw a man coming down from the second floor. It was a young man in a blue brocade cotton shirt, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with hair tied high by a jade belt. It stands tall, and there is a piece of jade pendant on the waist, which looks like a first-class jade pendant.Just behind him followed a middle-aged man with a general belly, with shrewd calculations in his eyes.

As soon as he saw this person, the servant who spoke for Liu's mother and daughter greeted him first, "Young Master, the shopkeeper."

"What's the matter?" Seeing these people downstairs, the young man asked, but the words fell, and he saw Liu Shi and others in a blink of an eye, and immediately greeted them with a changed smile, "Why is Aunt Liu here?" This? They are here to buy cloth, this cloth shop belongs to my family, if Aunt Liu and the two younger sisters are interested in it, just take it away."

Liu Shi and others also laughed when they saw the young man, and Su Jin stepped forward with a smile and called, "Brother Chen, what a coincidence?"

"Yes, Dad asked me to check the accounts for him." Han Chen, the young master of the Han family, touched Su Guo's bun and replied with a smile.

Here, Mrs. Liu secretly pinched the elder daughter's waist and pushed her forward, just in front of Han Chen. Su Tang had no choice but to bend down and salute, "Master."

Han Chen's eyes fell on Su Tang and immediately became softer, "Sister Tang is here too, why didn't Sister Shuang and Brother Shuo come together?"

Mrs. Liu hastily smiled and squeezed forward and said: "You know Miss Shuang's temperament, young master, she doesn't like to go out to hang out, brother Shuo is studying at home, it's good that he had a cold a few days ago, today it's so cold, But I dare not let him out again."

Han Chen nodded, and said that these days are approaching the end of the new year, he is a bit busy, and when the new year is approaching, he must pay a visit and so on.

This interaction and the intimacy made Ding dumbfounded and panicked. Originally, they just wanted to show off to Liu Shi and make her jealous that their daughter married a rich man. Who would want to make this happen, so Quietly took Li Xiuniang's hand and was about to go out.

Who would have thought that since Li Xiuniang married this shopkeeper, she has lived a very comfortable life, because shopkeeper Zhang is older than ten years, and seeing her young and beautiful, she loves her in every possible way, and has never been willing to let her She has been wronged a little, so she can't just let it go at this moment, she immediately broke away from her mother's hand, and snuggled into the arms of shopkeeper Zhang, "Master, I have been wronged to death today, you want to replace my family Make the decision with your mother!"

Shopkeeper Zhang's face froze, the young master is still here, this woman really doesn't know how to read the situation, so she hastily pushed her, "The young master is here, let's go home and talk about things."

"The young master of the Dong family is here just in time to uphold justice for my mother and me. Master, you don't know how arrogant this Liu family and her two daughters are. They..." Before Li Xiuniang finished speaking, she was covered by shopkeeper Zhang. He opened his mouth, "Eldest young master, I will send my ignorant mother-in-law home first, and then I will come to the door to reconcile the account with you in person later?"

When Han Chen saw this, he knew that Li Xiuniang had nothing good to say, so he nodded and let them leave, then turned his head and asked the little boy which fabrics Mrs. Liu liked, and the little boy pointed at each of them neatly. Han Chen asked everyone to wrap it up, and said to Liu Shi with a smile: "Auntie will buy cloth in the future and just come and get it, you're welcome." He also said, "Auntie and the two younger sisters are going home now or will they go home again?" Go shopping elsewhere? I'll ask the guy to deliver it directly to my home?"

Mrs. Liu still wanted to take the two sisters to buy some sweets and snacks for Brother Shuo, so she agreed in every possible way. When she went out, she sighed again, turned her head and only talked to Su Tang, "See, there is something wrong with that." Money is good, if we hadn't met this Young Master Han, we would have to spend money and work hard, how good it is now, the three of us are also happy and relaxed."

Both Su Tang and Su Jin frowned, and Su Jin persuaded: "Mother, we shouldn't take the fabrics from brother Chen's house for nothing, those fabrics were not brought by the strong wind, and they still need capital, it's not like we didn't bring them If the money comes out, why bother to take advantage of others." Su Tang followed behind and nodded vigorously.

Mrs. Liu rolled their eyes at them, held up the oil-paper umbrella in her hand, and said angrily: "We don't want the things from his house, why don't we send them to the two women in Liushu Village for cheap? Tell me, we give gifts every New Year's Eve , Those fabric snacks, we have caught them? Besides, although we brought money, it was saved by me and your father, so if we can save, we must save some."

This... also, with grandmother and second aunt here, mother has indeed suffered a lot of grievances for father these years, forget it, since mother is happy, let this matter be like this, Su Tang and Su Jin looked at each other, both No more talking.

When the mother and daughter returned home, they saw Su Wenshan sitting in the main room waiting for them, with the cloths on the table in front of him.Mrs. Liu glanced at him and asked, "Who is looking at the shop in front?"

"Shuang girl is here." Su Wenshan replied, then glanced at the two daughters, pointed to the cloth in front of him and asked, "Is this a gift from the young master of the Han family?"

In fact, his question was a waste of time, and he had already guessed it. According to Liu's strength, even if he went to buy cloth, he would not be willing to buy so much and such a good one, and it was only for him, Tang girl and Shuo. According to her, Miss Shuang and Girl Jin are still young, so they can pick up the clothes of the sisters and wear them well, otherwise it would be a waste.

Su Jin secretly nodded at her father, didn't dare to say anything, and took her elder sister back to her room.Here, Su Wenshan sighed and said to Liu Shi: "Give me some silver, and I will return it."

Mrs. Liu pinched her waist and scolded: "What do you pay for? These were given by the young master of the Han family. What do you mean by giving away? Your elm head is not open!"

Su Wenshan was not annoyed by being scolded, and continued to persuade: "Qing Cui, don't worry, I just think it's not good for us to take other people's things for no reason, and everyone's things are not blown by strong winds, they are exchanged for silver. , what are we doing to take advantage of others for nothing.”

"What do you mean by virtue?" Liu Shi refused, "If your father hadn't risked his life to save the old man of the Han family, where would they be today? What's wrong with giving something to our family for their kindness?"

"It's not a bad thing, but there are many gifts for us during the festivals. When did our family not get one?" Su Wenshan comforted him patiently.

(End of this chapter)