The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 48

When Bo Ming came to Qian's Village, he didn't need to look hard to know which one was Qian Xiucai's home.Because as soon as he entered the village, he saw a plaque hanging on the door of a courtyard, "Scholar's Mansion".Undoubtedly, this is the home of Qian Xiucai, because there was only one scholar in Qianjia Village.

Although this courtyard is a little richer than the average peasant family, it is similar to the rich peasants in the village. It is enough to see Qian Xiucai's ambition that he dared to name it a mansion.It's just that I heard that he is in his late forties, and he probably won't be able to get any more fame. I'm afraid this ambition will not be realized, so he can only name him as a mansion for his own entertainment.

The door was open, and Bo Ming didn't dare to rush in knowing the courtesy, but knocked on the door frame, and it took a long time before he heard an impatient voice from inside, "Who is it?"

Boming said very respectfully: "I'm Xue Boming from Xuejia Village. I'm here to talk to Uncle Qian about something important. I wonder if I can go to the courtyard to talk?"

Qian Xiucai was drinking wine and eating peanuts alone in the main room.His mother-in-law and youngest daughter Yinyue went to Nanshan to dig a reservoir. He has a son who is the second eldest in the family and also works as a guardian at Landlord Ge's house.Since his eldest daughter is the concubine of the eldest son of the Ge family, it is not difficult to find a job as a guardian for his younger brother.

He was the only one left at home, and he didn't work. The whole family went to work after breakfast early in the morning. He stayed at home and drank a little wine if he had nothing to do, but he would enjoy it.

He had heard of Birming's name recently, and the news that Birming had made money from growing soybeans spread throughout Yongzhen.He looked down on people like Birming who made money by growing crops. It can be said that he didn't want to look straight at mud-legged people.

It was impossible for him to get up and come out to meet Birming, so he just said lazily, "Come in."

After Birming came in, he put down a few bundles of gifts.Qian Xiucai just glanced at it, unwilling to look further, then gave Bo Ming a cold look and told him to sit down.

Birming was also polite and sat down.Qian Xiucai was still eating peanuts, and said as he ate, "Why do you come to my house? Our two families have never had any contact, and I have never met you. I heard that you used to be in Buddhism. Become a monk in Yun Temple?"

Boming nodded, "I have been a Buddhist for ten years, and now I have returned to the secular world. I have married a wife and started a family. I came to your house today because of my third brother and Yinyue."

The chopsticks in Qian Xiucai's hands trembled, and the peanuts rolled onto the table and then onto the ground.He threw the chopsticks on the table, "What are you talking about? What can my Yinyue have with your third brother? Don't open your mouth and talk nonsense. It will ruin my daughter's reputation. I won't spare you!"

It is said that Qian Xiucai is a difficult person, and it is true.Hearing this, Boming knew that this matter would be difficult. Even so, he had to tell the truth, "Your Yinyue and my third younger brother were both digging reservoirs in Nanshan, so we met and fell in love with each other. Didn't Yinyue follow you?" Are you saying that she doesn't want to be a concubine for the Zhen family?"

Qian Xiucai was so angry that his face turned blue, "What kind of coincidence? It must be your third brother who is pestering my family Yinyue! No wonder Yinyue is crying all day and saying not to go to Zhen's house. It turns out that your third brother is doing trouble! I am now Just to talk to you, it is impossible for my daughter to enter a small family like yours. She has to go if she doesn't go to the Zhen's house, and she can't be fooled! Any gift money from the Zhen's family will be earned by your family all her life. If you don’t come, you still dare to come to the door and say something important, and you really think of yourself as someone? Hmph!”

Seeing that he was so arrogant, Bo Ming said bluntly: "If the Zhen family finds out about Yinyue and my third brother, not only will the Zhen family not want Yinyue, but they may even vent their anger on your family. , Said that you sent your daughter to the Zhen family knowing that your daughter has a lover, this is deliberate deception!"

Qian Xiucai reached out and slapped the table, "You are bold! Are you threatening me?"

Boming was neither humble nor overbearing, "I'm stating the truth, I hope you can weigh it carefully, don't offend the Zhen family, and delay your daughter's life. If you are willing to agree to the marriage between Yinyue and my third brother, you will treat my parents next year." When the anniversary of the death expires, I will propose a marriage for my third younger brother and give a bride price. My third younger brother is honest, hardworking, and sincere, so he will definitely not let Yinyue down."

Qian Xiucai spat: "You are dreaming! You want to marry my Qian family, but you don't look at your family's family background. Don't think that you are great if you earn a little money. You are only a rich peasant. Maybe live like the Zhen family!"

Bo Ming knew that it would be useless to talk to him, so he stood up, "I hope Uncle Qian thinks twice. My third brother is not worried about not being able to marry, and there are quite a few girls who want to marry my third brother recently. If it wasn't for my third brother, Yi Yin Yue, it is impossible for me to come to this muddy water, but I just hope that the two of them can get what they want and nothing will happen."

Seeing Qian Xiucai blowing his beard and staring at him, Bo Ming bowed to him, said goodbye, turned and left.

Qian Xiucai sat there in a daze and thought about Yinyue's situation. If the news got out, the Zhen family would no longer want her, and the Xue family would also be angry and would no longer want her. Wouldn't it mean that she would no longer be worthy of a good man?

He was so angry that he smashed the wine bottle on the ground, "Damn it, what the hell, how did Yinyue mess with the Xue family boy, when she comes back, it will be strange if I don't deal with her!"

After Boming returned home, he saw Shuchang chopping pig grass at home.In order to prevent Shuchang from meeting Yinyue, Zhongping has already stopped him from digging the reservoir, so Zhongping went with Jiwang himself.

Seeing that Boming's expression was not good, Shuchang didn't dare to ask questions. He knew without asking that Qian Xiucai definitely didn't treat his elder brother well.

Zhaodi was sitting next to her making hair flowers. She really wanted to know the situation, so she asked after a pause, "Brother, what did Yinyue's father say?"

Boming was afraid that Shuchang would be overwhelmed by what he heard, so he pretended to be relaxed and said, "Qian Xiucai said he would consider it. He just found out about it, so it is impossible for him to agree immediately. Although he was very angry when he heard it, in fact he I also know that this is a dilemma, and I should consider it carefully."

Boming didn't want them to be troubled by this matter, so he said: "I want to plow the land these few days, because winter wheat will be planted in a while, and our cow's belly has grown too, can we still work? "

Zhaodi felt sorry for the cow and was reluctant to let it go to the field. "Brother, I think it's better not to let it work. Those fields can be plowed in two days. Can you borrow another cow?"

At this time, Shuchang packed up the chopped pig grass and got up, "I'll ask my uncle's house to borrow a cow, just to graze cattle for a few days, and my uncle will definitely agree, anyway, it's only four miles away from my uncle's house." Land. Ask the people in our village to borrow it, I’m afraid they won’t be able to borrow it, and they all hope that our family can’t grow wheat.”

When Shuchang went to borrow cattle, Boming went to the vegetable field with a hoe on his shoulders. He hadn't tended the vegetable field for a long time, and a lot of grass had grown.Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the vegetable field, Bo Ming met Zhang Matchmaker again.

This matchmaker Zhang is a well-informed person. When she saw Bo Ming, she put on a mocking face, "Oh, let me tell you why you didn't pay attention to my marriage for Shuchang last time. It turns out that Uncle Chang fell in love with the daughter of Qian Xiucai's family, and even secretly went up the mountain to do shameful things. If you want me to say, you have to abide by your duty, don't just think about climbing high, isn't it afraid of causing trouble for the family? But from what I've seen, I don't even look down on people like yours."

Matchmaker Zhang left after saying these words, and Boming was very upset. Even Matchmaker Zhang knew about this matter, and the Zhen family might find out in a few days.

After Boming came back from hoeing, he went to plow the land. Shuchang wanted to go with him, but he refused to let him go out. "Don't go out these days. You have to lock the courtyard door on weekdays. Maybe the Zhen family will know about it in the past few days. Don't call the door. You should hide as soon as you hear the sound. If you are really beaten Three long and two short, do you want to live in the days to come?"

But Shuchang stiffened his neck, and said stubbornly: "I'm not afraid, at worst, I will fight to the death!"

Bo Ming gave him a hard look, "There are dozens of servants in the Zhen family, and the four of us are their opponents? Do you really think that you have three heads and six arms, and one is worth ten?"

Shuchang was speechless by Boming's training, so he could only sit in the yard with his cheeks puffed out.

When Zhaodi saw that Boming had gone out, she hurriedly closed the courtyard door.Zhaodi is a timid person, thinking that the Zhen family might come to the house to make trouble, she is terrified.

When Yingniang came home from work in the evening, she saw that the courtyard door was closed tightly, so she knew that the family was guarding against the Zhen family who would come and make trouble.

These past two days, the whole family has indeed lived in a very uneasy way. Generally speaking, small farmers are most afraid of angering the big family. Even if someone is beaten to death, the beating is in vain.

Another day later, Yingniang had a day off, and she planned to meet Yinyue for a while.On this day, when Nanshan finished work, Yingniang stopped at the intersection and asked a few people to confirm that the person in red clothes in the distance was Yinyue.

Yingniang saw that Yinyue was carrying a shovel, her mother had already walked a long way, Yinyue didn't follow, but looked around, maybe hoping that Shuchang would appear.

Yingniang stepped forward and called out: "Yinyue."

Curious, Yinyue stopped and stared at Yingniang for a while, "Who are you, do you recognize me?"

Yingniang was embarrassed to stare at Yinyue closely, but she just took a few casual glances, and she was almost done.Yinyue is very delicate, with a duck egg face and big watery eyes, which is very in line with the aesthetics of the local people, but she is smaller than Yingniang.Yingniang has grown much more white and tender in the past few months, plus her facial features are good, in fact, compared with Yinyue, she is no less than Yinyue, although Yingniang herself doesn't think so.

Yingniang felt that Yinyue was indeed more outstanding than ordinary peasant girls, but what surprised her was that Yen Zicha never looked down on peasant girls.His wives and concubines were all found by his family when they were still in the capital. They were all beautiful and graceful, and only Aunt Yao could compete with them.Dressed in a rustic peasant style like Yinyue, without any charm or elegant manners, Zhen Zicha was really surprised that she was able to like her.

So Yingniang thought, Zhen Zicha was willing to accept Yinyue as his concubine, since Yinyue's appearance could catch his eyes, and it might be because Qian Xiucai had this intention in front of the Zhen family, so the Zhen family also accepted it with a smile Yes, don't be in vain.If this is the case, Yen Zicha shouldn't care much about Yinyue, as long as he doesn't care too much, then even if he knows the truth, he shouldn't be too cruel to Shuchang.

Thinking of this, Yingniang felt more at ease.With a slight smile, she said to Yinyue kindly like a big sister to a little sister: "I am Shuchang's sister-in-law, and I came to see you specially."

"Shuchang...why hasn't he come for several days?" Yinyue held the shovel in one hand and clutched the corner of her clothes awkwardly with the other hand.Although Yinyue had met Bo Ming before, she was still a little dazed when she saw the young Yingniang in front of her.

She thought to herself, Shu Chang usually praised his sister-in-law for how capable, caring and respectable she was, every time she couldn't help thinking of those thick-looking women who went to work in the fields.

But the sister-in-law in front of her doesn't seem to be as old as Shuchang, and she looks very delicate.Yinyue herself is 14 and a half years old, she thinks that Yingniang should be one or two years older than herself.Thinking that Shuchang had to face such a young and beautiful sister-in-law every day, she still felt a little jealous in her heart.

At this time, everyone quit work and left, only Yingniang and Yinyue were left.Yingniang sat down on the ground stalk by the roadside, "Yinyue, you can sit too. Shuchang is tired from work these days, and his second brother just takes care of him for a few days, so he didn't come. You are fine, you Don't worry about it."

Yinyue sat down a few feet away from Yingniang, "Sister-in-law, you won't object to my...and Shuchang's matter?"

Yingniang admired Yinyue's straightforward and bold questioning.Yingniang smiled and said with crooked eyebrows: "Why would I object? As long as Shuchang likes you, his elder brother and I will find a way to help you. It's just that the Zhen family is not easy to deal with. In order for Shuchang not to have any accidents, recently He can't go out on that day. Don't worry, although you won't see him, he will miss you in his heart."

Yinyue bit her lip, and said with a bitter face: "If the Zhen family doesn't let go, will Shuchang not come to see me for a day?"

Yingniang knew that she was in a hurry, "It won't be too long, the Zhen family should know about your affairs in a short time. It will depend on what his family wants to make trouble at that time, I reckon that even if the Zhen family doesn't care about it He will not let my family and yours go lightly. After your father found out about you and Shuchang, did he do anything to you?"

Yinyue rolled up her sleeves, revealing her two red and swollen arms, "Look, how can I be all right, my arm was almost broken by my father. And there are several blood marks on my back! Even if my father really wants to Even if you kill me, I won't go to Zhen's house to be a child. To snatch an old man with so many goblin-like women, I'm pissed!"

Hearing what she said, Yingniang immediately felt that Shuchang said that she had a bit of a spicy taste.Yingniang couldn't help laughing, and asked again: "Then why did you fall in love with Shuchang?"

Yinyue blushed a little when she was asked, but in fact, in order not to be the concubine of the Zhen family, she wanted to find someone from a better family, who seemed to be honest, as long as this man seemed to be able to listen to her for the rest of her life.She was not at all afraid of being told which man she was having a tryst with, what she wanted was to let others know, so that the Zhen family would take the initiative to say no to her.

But when she met Shuchang, she was very satisfied, so she took the initiative to talk to Shuchang.Because Shuchang has been working hard since he arrived in Nanshan, he looks like a down-to-earth man with a good appearance.In addition, she also knew that the life of the Xue family was prosperous, and many girls were interested in Shuchang.She thought, if she followed Shuchang, she wouldn't suffer too much. As long as Shuchang could fancy her, he would definitely not bully her with his temperament.

It was not easy for Yinyue to explain to Yingniang like this, so she said: "I just looked at Shuchang pleasingly, and I took the initiative to talk to him, but I didn't expect that we would talk together, our temperaments are very compatible. As long as Uncle Chang only wants to marry me for the rest of his life, and if he treats me forever, I will follow him steadfastly."

Who doesn't want to find a man who will treat him as before for the rest of his life?Yingniang really admires Yinyue for having such courage to fight for her for the rest of her life.

Although Yinyue's personality seems a bit strong, Yingniang didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Shuchang liked her, and she wanted to follow Shuchang wholeheartedly.

Yingniang asked her about her family situation and her birthday and said goodbye to her.Yingniang knew that matching the date of birth was very important here, and when the time came to propose marriage, she would have to make a calculation for the two of them, and put it in a red sticker and send it to the woman's home.

After the meeting between Yingniang and Yinyue, the situation has been calm for a month, the Zhen family has not reacted at all, and Qian Xiucai is only worried about this matter every day, and has not taken any strong measures.After all, Shuchang has never left the house and never met Yinyue, so Qian Xiucai can't do anything to Shuchang.

During this month, Birming planted wheat and cut two large piles of firewood.Yingniang and Zhaodi knitted the sweaters together, especially the purple phoenix-tailed sweater on Yingniang's body, which fit and looked good on her body.

The four brothers of Birming also wear hemp pattern or wavy linen clothes. Every time they take off their outer clothes when they are tired from work, a group of people will come up to watch, wondering how the linen clothes are woven. .Bo Ming naturally said that Yingniang learned it from Wuzhou, because that's what he thought.

After being so quiet for a month, Yingniang felt a little abnormal.At the end of the day, when she was wondering about this matter, Zhen Zicha came to trouble her.

Zhen Zicha aggressively called Yingniang into the Zhen family compound.

He seemed really angry, with blue veins popping up on his forehead, "Lin Yingniang, how dare you lie to me, you are impatient, right? You said that Yao Yuzhen went to the capital, which cost me several hundred taels of silver I sent someone to look for her, but I didn't even find her. This morning, a family member came back from work in Wuzhou and said that he met Yao Yuzhen in Wuzhou. What kind of tricks are you playing with me? Don't you want to be weaving? What did Fang do?"

Yingniang's heart skipped a beat, Aunt Yao was found out, what should I do?She quickly argued: "The servant must be dazzled, and he recognized the wrong person. How could Aunt Yao go to Wuzhou? She told me that she would..."

"Hahaha...!" Yen Zicha saw that Yingniang was red-faced and anxious to argue, and before she finished arguing, he swayed from laughter, laughed angrily, his eyes widened, and said loudly: "Lin Yingniang , you are really stupid for being my young master! I have been in the capital for many years. Haven’t I seen any intrigues? The servant has quietly followed Yao Yuzhen and knows where she lives in the Li Mansion. I heard that she is now married Now, you should have known it a long time ago, right? She is married, hahaha, I really thought she was so pure and pure that no man could touch her at all?"

Yingniang gritted her teeth, "She's already married, what else do you want?"

Yen Zicha seemed sad and said venomously: "If someone touches it, it will naturally lose its price. But, I want to play with it too! Also, I'm afraid you don't have time to worry about Yao Yuzhen here. , your third younger brother dared to snatch a girl named Yinyue from me. I wanted to discipline him a month ago, but because I cared about Yao Yuzhen, I didn't bother to talk to him. Today I learned that you dare to fool me like this , I'm not so easy to bully, there are already more than a dozen family members who have gone to your house, I can't say whether your third brother is alive now."

Yingniang was shocked when she heard this, and ran home.Yen Zicha also shouted at her back, "There is one more thing I forgot to tell you, you don't need to come to the weaving workshop tomorrow, this is punishment for daring to fool me!"

How could Yingniang care about whether she could come to the weaving workshop to work again, she ran all the way home.Although she knew that the family had found a good hiding place for Shuchang, Bo Ming, Zhongping, and Ji Wang must have all returned home at this time. Would the servants take revenge on the three of them for failing to find Shuchang?And Zhaodi has a big belly, so don't go forward to pull it.

(End of this chapter)