peasant young lady

Chapter 23 Someone Came to Steal Candy
Besides, she herself owed the Yang family 50 taels, how would she pay it off if she didn't earn enough money?It is impossible for her to put every penny she earns into other people's pockets.

Lin Xiu looked at Cheng Xia anxiously, "Sister-in-law, you don't need to buy so much just because you need it, you can't eat it."

"Who said I want to eat it?" Cheng Xia didn't want to explain in front of so many people, and patted Lin Xiu's hand reassuringly, "Don't worry, I have my own measure."

After paying the money, he carried two packs of brown sugar and two packs of white sugar totaling [-] catties, and put the sugar in Lin Xiu's basket, and covered it with some weeds to save others from gossiping.

When they arrived at the agreed meeting place, Cheng Xia saw that there were still people who hadn't arrived, so he and Lin Xiu Dahua got into the car first and waited.

When Tian Dazhi saw Cheng Xia coming, he rubbed his hands nervously and looked at her. Cheng Xia just pretended that he was blind and didn't see it.

When everyone arrived, the ox cart drove back with a wobble. Cheng Qiu looked at Cheng Xia's empty hand, and then touched the silver hairpin on his head, feeling very proud, "Little sister, this is I didn’t buy anything. Tell my cousin earlier. She will take you to buy something to eat. It’s so shabby to save you a trip. I heard that your sister-in-law is stingy, little sister. I haven't had a good life in the Yang family either."

Cheng Xia gave her a cool look, and gave her a look to continue talking, self-directed and acted for self-entertainment, continue to deceive yourself and others.

"Cheng Qiu, why didn't I think you talked so much before, do you have twenty catties of candy that my little sister bought?"

Seeing that Dahua was blunt, Cheng Xia couldn't help but lamented that it was bad. If Cheng Qiu knew, then her mother Zhang would not be far away from knowing.If her mother knew that she could buy so much candy, she would have to come to her for trouble.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Cheng Qiu snatched the pannier from Lin Xiu's hand, opened the layer of broken grass and saw that there were really four bags of high-quality brown sugar and white sugar, and Cheng Qiu's eyes immediately changed. "You can actually buy so much candy. Where did you get the money? Did you steal it?"

Before Cheng Xia could answer, Cheng Qiu yelled again, "Okay, everyone, look, this Cheng Xia stole money to buy candy, this is simply treason."

The aunt in the bullock cart looked over and saw that it was really good candy, and she couldn't help but envy and curiosity in her eyes.

Cheng Xia didn't bother to talk to Cheng Qiu, Cheng Qiu was like a shrew, arguing with her just lowered his worth.

Cheng Xia took the pannier she was holding and put it in her arms, leaned slightly on it and closed her eyes to rest.

"Why don't you talk anymore! You just stole the money, whether it was from your husband's family or your mother's family. Wait for me to go back and tell my aunt to see if my aunt will beat you to death."

Yun Dahua realized that she had said the wrong thing just now, and quickly gave Cheng Qiu a look, "The money that my little sister catches for herself is stolen?"

"Sister-in-law," Cheng Xia generously leaned on Yun Dahua's generous shoulder, "don't talk to her, we don't need to explain to the idlers what we do, who is she?"

"You you you!" Cheng Qiu said angrily with chest pain, "Wait and see I let my aunt beat you to death."

"It's over!" Tian Dazhi, who was driving ahead, yelled without turning his head, and Cheng Qiu fell silent.

Cheng Xia watched Cheng Qiu's face turn pale with amused smile, it turned out that she was afraid that her sweetheart would get angry.

The carriage entered the village and stopped at the gate of Yang's house first. Cheng Xia said goodbye to Yun Dahua, thanked Tian Dazhi, and took Lin Xiu back home, regardless of Tian Dazhi's affection, Cheng Qiu was filled with resentment, and went straight into the courtyard.

Never mind them, whatever they like.

Yang Lihua had been waiting at the door for a long time, and now seeing the two of them coming back, she hurried up to meet them.She stretched out her hands towards Lin Xiu, and Lin Xiu took out the five cents that hadn't been warmed from her bosom with some disappointment.

"Useless things, that's all." Yang Lihua gave a disgusted look, then turned around and reached out to Cheng Xia.

Cheng Xia sneered, bypassing her and entering her room.

"Hey you," Yang Lihua died of anger immediately, "What about the money you earned today, mother told me to keep it for you."

Yang Lihua chased Cheng Xia to the door, and stepped forward to block her door to prevent her from entering. Cheng Xia rolled her eyes at the sky, looked at Chen Shi who had just walked out of the door, and then at the domineering Yang Lihua, directly Walking towards Mrs. Chen, "Mother, you want me to give the money to my sister?"

"You bastard," Mrs. Chen became anxious when she saw the five cents in Yang Lihua's hand, "You bring me the money. Your second brother just came back and said that he was short of money. Five cents is also money. Mother saves it by herself." on."

"Mom!" Yang Lihua was about to cry angrily, "Then do you want my dowry? What's the matter, I won't give it."

"Stinky girl," Chen slapped Yang Lihua on the head, "How many times have I told you that your second brother will make money for your dowry, if you don't listen to your second brother, who else can you listen to?"

Lin Xiu hurried over to stop her, but was pushed away by Yang Lihua, "Don't be hypocritical here, it's because you persuaded my second brother to go out to gamble, and lost all the family savings and all the land, second brother Qian Qian No, no, no, I just married you, an unlucky woman." Yang Lihua wanted to scratch Lin Xiu as she said that, and she had to pay back all the sins she suffered from Mrs. Chen from others.

Cheng Xia watched the three women get entangled together, and immediately yelled, "It's not over yet, don't you see the neighbors watching?" Seeing that the three men really stopped their movements, they stepped forward and moved They tore away the hands that pulled their hair and pinched their ears, "I don't have any money, and I can't give it to you if I have any."

Seeing Yang Lihua and Chen's eyes widen suddenly, Cheng Xia took out a few packs of candy from the basket, "I used the money to buy candy, and the candy is not for eating. If you want me to return it Clear 50 taels of silver, so don't get your mind off of me."

Cheng Xia looked at Yang Lihua and Chen Shi with a cold face, "Why does my second brother insist on asking me to pay off the 50 taels in three months? You don't have to think about it, you know he must be in debt, and you, Yang Lihua, don't you want money so much?" Do you just want to save a dowry for yourself? Since you want money, don’t be so short-sighted. You only have a few pennies in your eyes. No matter what I buy, I just want to make more money, so don’t start with me. I earned the money myself , no one can take it away."

Yang Lihua was so annoyed by Cheng Xia that she couldn't speak, she slammed the bowls and chopsticks during lunch, which provoked another round of trouble from Chen.

After lunch, Cheng Xia asked Xiaolong, who was eager to try, to take care of the four packs of sugar, while he and Lin Xiu took out two smaller winter melons from the cellar, each about sixteen or seven catties, with ten catties of sugar. That's the best ratio.

Cheng Xia and Lin Xiu were in the kitchen peeling and removing the flesh of the winter melon, when they heard Xiaolong's exclamation from outside the kitchen, "Ma'am, Ma'am is not well, someone is here to steal the candy."

Cheng Xia hurriedly ran out, and saw Xiaolong circling anxiously at the door, following the direction Xiaolong pointed, Cheng Xia saw a woman hurriedly running towards the east with something in her arms .

Her mother Zhang really came.

Cheng Xia wiped her hands on the apron, untied the apron and handed it to Lin Xiu who came out with her, seeing Xiaolong clutching the hem of his worn little clothes guiltily and nervously, Cheng Xia's heart softened inexplicably .

Cheng Xia leaned over and pinched Xiaolong's slender face, and smiled gently, "Don't worry, Xiaolong, Madam will bring you the candy later."

"Really?" The little guy suddenly raised his eyes to look at Cheng Xia, there seemed to be stars in his big bright eyes.

"Cut!" Before Cheng Xia could answer, a cold snort exploded above his head again, Cheng Xia didn't even have the desire to take a second look at this little girl who was everywhere.

"Your mother really has the virtue of a broken household. In Qingxian Village, we don't pick up things on the road and don't close our doors at night. We can do this kind of sneaky thing. It's really shameless."

Cheng Xia stood up and looked at Yang Lihua who was leaning on the door frame of the main room. No matter how much she despised Zhang's deeds, she could not let Yang Lihua slander her at Yang's house. She mocked her mother like this, and it was her who was ironic in the subtext.

Cheng Xia sneered, "I warn you to keep your mouth clean! I bought this candy, and it doesn't cost you a penny. Even if I want to send it all to my mother's house, you don't have to worry about it. Don't forget, you said it yourself, I It's not your elder brother's daughter-in-law, but it's just to pay off your 50 taels of silver and live here temporarily, so don't always think about looking for me." Cheng Xia said, stroked Xiaolong's head and went down the steps, and walked to the gate of the fence courtyard Then she suddenly turned her head and looked at Yang Lihua, "You'd better not touch the remaining two packets of candy. If there is a little less, I will chop off your paws."

All the way from the west end to the east end, there were not many people walking on the road. Cheng Xia looked towards the high and low hillsides in the distance, and many farmers were farming with their faces facing the loess and their backs facing the sky.

The fields here are very different from the crop fields in Cheng Xia’s hometown and the land in the suburbs of Beijing. This is a characteristic of the mountains in the south. The terraced fields in front of him are common slope terraced fields, and Cheng Xia’s other horizontal terraced fields and compound terraced fields I have seen it in modern times. Cheng Xia had the honor to visit the famous Longji terraced fields in Guilin, Guangxi, and the Harlem terraced fields in Yuanyang, Yunnan.

At that time, I watched the farmers driving buffaloes to cultivate in a high terraced field. The scene was like a beautiful pastoral landscape painting, with the embellishment of the setting sun and dusk, and the dim halo spread across the entire mountain forest. That kind of tranquility The harmony and sporadic birdsong add radiance to each other, making people's mind seem to be purified and sublimated instantly.

Glancing at the tall terraced fields, Cheng Xia shrugged her shoulders and came back to her senses. Fortunately, the Yang family has no fields now, so she doesn't need to work in the fields. Otherwise, with the current busy farming season, where would she have time? To make money and pay off debts.

Hurrying to Cheng's house, as soon as he entered the fenced yard, he heard Mrs. Zhang's deliberately lowered voice, "Hurry up and put it away, you can bring the candies back to Jingzhong to eat tomorrow." He suddenly smiled and said, "Thanks Qiu girl, otherwise my mother would not know that that stinky girl Cheng Xia has money to buy candy, damn it, she doesn’t know how to honor her old mother, and bought all the money for this stuff.”

(End of this chapter)