The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 121

Boming urged: "Hurry up, how can you say such unlucky words, such things can't be imagined! If you leave me suddenly, I... I will..., anyway, I won't continue .”

Suddenly, Bo Ming said "Oh", "You are not using this to test whether I am wholehearted in you, are you? You are so stupid! Hurry up and get out!"

Yingniang had no choice but to listen to him, poohed a few times, then put her arms around him and laughed, "You really don't know how to continue?"

"No!" Boming replied resolutely, "You are not allowed to make such assumptions in the future."

He also reached out and hugged Yingniang tightly, as if she was really afraid that she would really leave him suddenly.But thinking of what Master said when he took the pulse today, he was relieved again, and slowly fell asleep with his arms around Yingniang.

The next day, Nian'er drove the carriage to Zhuang County.Yongzhen is in the northernmost part of Luan County, and Luan County is adjacent to Zhuang County, the distance is not too far, and it took a whole morning's carriage to arrive.

Gu Xing is just a meritorious service officer. He can only live in a small house next to the county magistrate's mansion. He usually does the laundry and cooking by himself.In order to win him over, the county magistrate had allocated a yamen servant to him to help him take care of his life, but Gu Xing refused.

He was born in a poor peasant family since he was a child, and he did all the work by himself, and he was not used to being served by others.What's more, the yamen servants have to do errands, how can they be called over by the current people?

The county magistrate thought that Gu Xing thought the yamen servant was a male, and later found a beautiful little girl from his own mansion, who could not only serve Gu Xing in his daily life, but also be a bed companion at night.Gu Xing even refused to ask for a servant, so why would he want a girl? Didn't the county magistrate slap him in the face?He directly made the little girl run back to the county magistrate's mansion crying.

From then on, the county magistrate hated him deeply, but Gu Xing happened to be extremely wise.With his dull head, the county magistrate not only failed to frame Gu Xing, but was often humiliated by Gu Xing.

Nian'er hadn't been here during the year he worked in Gu Xing, so when he and Qing'er jumped out of the carriage and were about to go to the county magistrate's mansion to look for Gu Xing, they suddenly saw a person running out of a small room next to him.

Nian'er and Qing'er were startled at the same time.

Gu Xing didn't dare to look at Qing'er, but stepped forward to meet Nian'er, "What kind of wind brought you here?"

Nian'er first glanced at Qing'er who was shy beside her, and then responded with a smile: "Of course it's my daughter's lovesickness."

Gu Xing felt a little stiff after hearing this, and secretly glanced at Qing'er secretly.Over the years, he has visited Nian'er's house countless times, except in the past two years, because Qing'er has grown into a big girl, they seldom talk face to face.In the past few years, they talked and laughed like friends.

For Qing'er, he wanted to love but didn't dare to love, but facing Qing'er's personal visit today, he was excited but worried.After all, it's still not right for him to be in the wrong family. He can take advantage of it, but Qing'er will be laughed at by others. He doesn't want others to point fingers at Qing'er, thinking that it is a blasphemy against Qing'er.
What's more, he was afraid that Qing'er would suffer with him.Suffering is not just talk, but a lifetime thing.

In order to let Qing'er quit, he planned to let Qing'er suffer a little bit today, let her know that following him will not be as easy as her own, and let her know how hard life will be if she marries him .

Thinking of this, Gu Xing suddenly became generous, and he came to Qing'er, "Qing'er, come into my room with your brother."

Seeing that Gu Xing invited her so generously, Qing'er was overjoyed. Could it be that Gu Xing was moved by her personally coming to the door?

As soon as she and Nian'er entered his room, they couldn't hold on on the spot.I saw a simple wooden bed in the room, and the bedding was washed white, which was nothing. What made Qing'er even more sad was that in such a small room, besides the bed, there was also a small stove and a desk. There is also a rickety bookshelf full of books.Maybe it was because there were too many books and they were too heavy. She felt that the bookshelf might fall down at any time.

Because the room was too crowded, only two small spring stools were placed. There were three of them in total, and there was no place to sit, so Gu Xing had to ask Qing'er to sit on the edge of the bed.

Gongcao is also an official at any rate, how can he live such a miserable life?Qing'er suddenly understood that he must have given all his salary to the family, and he only left a little money to fill his stomach.And the relationship between him and the county magistrate is not harmonious, so the county magistrate will not arrange for him to live in a bigger house, maybe he himself refuses to accept it.

Gu Xing coughed a few times, "Qing'er, can you make some tea for me and your brother?"

Qing'er was taken aback for a moment, Gu Xingzhi asked her to work?Thinking about it again, Gu Xing is willing to send her to work, which shows that he does not treat her as an outsider.

"Hey." She happily came to the stove to boil water.

Seeing that there was no firewood under the stove, she ran out of the house to collect firewood by the wall.Although her family has a lot of money now, there are no servants in her family to take care of them. Usually, her parents cook most of the meals at home, but she and Nian'er occasionally cook for them.So trivial things like boiling water are completely out of the question.

She rolled up her long skirt and tied it around her waist, revealing long trouser legs, and then went into the house with firewood in her arms.When putting down the firewood, the dress was accidentally caught by the firewood, and a big hole was pulled.She hastily tied the big hole, so that Gu Xing would not see it.

When she came to the stove and was about to light the fire, she realized that there was no water in the pot, nor in the jar.She saw that Gu Xing and her brother were talking, and they were quite interested.She came to the well with a bucket by herself, but this well was not like her own. You only need to shake the handle to get up. You have to tie the bucket to a rope, throw it into the well, and then pull it up.

Qing'er hadn't done this job before. After throwing the bucket into the well, the bucket couldn't sink because it was made of wood.She swung around and finally got half of the bucket of water, and was about to pull it up, only to find that it was too heavy, and she couldn't pull it up at all.An empty bucket alone weighs a few kilograms, and the half bucket of water weighs tens of kilograms.

Although she has done some housework at home, she has never done heavy work, not even her mother, and her family has no heavy work to do at all.

She struggled to pull the rope, which made her palms hurt, but she still gritted her teeth and persisted.

Because she was standing by the well, leaning forward to pull the bucket, and the bucket was heavy.She felt that her hands were struggling, and her body was pushed down by the gravity of the bucket. Seeing that she was about to fall into the well, she was so frightened that she yelled "ah".

Immediately afterwards, she stopped crying, because a big palm pulled her back, and she staggered back a few steps, and retreated into the arms of the person behind.

When she turned around, seeing that it was Gu Xing, she hurriedly jumped to the side.

Gu Xing looked at her distressedly, "Drawing water almost fell into the well, if you come to live here, wouldn't you even die if you are not careful?"

She didn't try to be brave, she just said: "Didn't I not fall into the well, because you have always been there, haven't you?"

Gu Xing choked.

Nian'er was watching, he already knew that Gu Xing was testing Qing'er, so he cooperated with him and kept silent.

Because the whole bucket fell into the well, and the rope fell into it.Gu Xing took out a long stick with a hook, first hooked up the rope, and then easily filled a bucket full of water.

Qing'er came over and exerted all her strength to carry the bucket into the room staggeringly. After a while, she was already sweating profusely from exhaustion.

She didn't care about these, she raised her sleeves to wipe the sweat off her forehead, she didn't look like her usual at all, if she was sweating normally, she wiped it slowly with a handkerchief.

Then she started to sit under the stove and start a fire, she didn't look at Gu Xing, she thought in her heart, can these tasks trouble me?You underestimate me too!Sure enough, she quickly boiled the water, poured it into the teapot, and poured tea for Gu Xing and her brother.

It was almost noon at this time, Gu Xing originally planned to take the two of them out to a small restaurant.But Qing'er went out with a small shopping basket, Gu Xing chased after her and asked why she was there.

She frowned, "Of course I went shopping."

Before Gu Xing could answer, Qing'er had already walked forward quickly.This place is very close to the place where vegetables are sold. Although Qing'er had never been here, she just asked a passing woman and went looking for it.

Soon, she bought a few cheap dishes and came back, not because she didn't have any money, but because she knew that Gu Xing was living a tight life, and it was not easy for her to buy big fish and meat.

Gu Xing saw that Qing'er not only cooked a few vegetables decently, but also ate with him with relish, without complaining at all.He felt sour in his heart, and he knew that this was Qing'er's sincerity towards him.

If he really married her, he would never let Qing'er suffer so much, let alone let her go to the well to fetch water. He would also buy good food and cook delicious food for Qing'er from time to time.

However, even so, it is not as good as Qing'er's own life.If she were to marry someone else, she could live a life where she opened her mouth for food and stretched out her hands for clothes, she could dress up very well every day, and then live a life of pampering.

During the meal, Gu Xing suddenly said: "Qing'er, you are already sixteen, and your parents will be anxious if you don't marry again. If you don't marry for a long time, you are not filial."

Qing'er buried her head in her meal without making a sound, thinking to herself, you know my parents are anxious, why don't you ask a matchmaker to come to my house to propose marriage?
Qing'er didn't answer, Nian'er answered for her, "My mother asked Qing'er to come to you because my parents were anxious. You once said that you wanted to treat my parents like your own parents. , that is, you are not filial."

Gu Xing thought that the brothers and sisters came here secretly, but unexpectedly, it was their aunt who asked them to come here.The blood in his whole body suddenly rushed to the top of his head, his head was buzzing, and tears almost flowed out from his cavity.

He couldn't help but wondered to himself in shame, what virtue and ability did he have to let the Xue family come around him to take care of his mood?

(End of this chapter)