Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 32 Private life
Qi Xing reported to him after returning from the riverside again: "Second master, that girl named Chen Xianglai really planted rice, and judging by the growth, it is even better than ours."

This is the fourth time he has gone to Yanjiang Tun to inquire about news. The first time he found Yanjiang Tun following the trail of Chen Xianglai and Dachang. Taking a look, this time, he pretended to be a curious passer-by and went to the edge of the field to have a look.

Yu Zixi has always been very interested in Chen Xianglai. Through the information Qi Xing brought back, he knew that Chen Xianglai was a native of Yanjiang Tun. It was even the first time she went out to Songning City last time, but she knew something that she shouldn't know. It was really hard for him to understand, and it was precisely because of these that he asked Qi Xing to inquire again and again.

After listening to Qi Xing's words, he still couldn't explain his doubts about Chen Xianglai. He frowned and pondered for a while, then said: "It's certain that this girl is weird, but it doesn't seem to have much to do with us, so her business is still a matter of course." Put it aside for the time being, and go all out to find the whereabouts of Chief Cui."

Qi Xing said: "Chen Xianglai's house is not far from the gold mine. We have been looking for Chief Cui while we are investigating her, but the people in the gold mine are strictly guarded, and we have never been able to get close. Now we don't even know if Chief Cui is dead or alive. .”

Yu Zixi sighed after hearing the words: "This old guy is not one of us after all, if he does not work for us sincerely, it will be difficult to run away secretly or reveal the secret."

Qi Xing said: "No way, his son is in our hands, no matter what he will not want his son's life."

Yu Zixi frowned and said in thought: "Well, so I guess most likely something happened to him, otherwise there won't be no news for several months."

Then he raised his eyes and looked at Qi Xing again: "You find a way to get someone to go into the gold mine to have a look, if there is still no news about Chief Cui...then look around to see if there is his body."

"Yes." Qi Xing agreed, turned around and went out again.

Chen Xianglai and Second Auntie picked vegetables for more than ten days in a row, and Xianglainiang dried a lot of wild vegetables at home.But although there were several prey caught, only three or two were brought back.It is too hot in summer, if the trapped prey is not found in time, it will rot soon, and it is impossible to take it home to eat meat, so Xianglai stopped trapping after bringing home a few rabbits.

That night, she and her second aunt had just returned home. After eating, Tianlai went to the back of the house to look at the rice fields, and Xianglai, her mother and second aunt were drying vegetables in the yard.

The three of them were busy with their work, but they saw Gui Fang open the small gate at the fence and walk over.

Since the courtyard was separated, Mother and Second Aunt often took Tianlai to see the uncle. Xianglai seldom went to the east courtyard when he had nothing to do. As for the few people in the east courtyard, Mrs. Zhang had to take care of Shen Wanjin and had no time to leave. Dachang was somewhat influenced by Wu Zhaodi, and besides, he was a man's family, so there was nothing to say about coming here, and he never came here.The only thing left is Guifang, although she would come and walk occasionally, but Xianglai was so busy every day, no one would play with her when she came, and she gradually stopped coming.

When Xianglai saw her coming, she instinctively did some mental calculations, and felt that the two hadn't seen each other for more than a month, so she said, "Sister Guifang, if I don't go to your house, why don't you come to see me?" Play, I have only seen this side of you for more than a month..."

Before she could speak, she saw that Gui Fang's expression didn't seem quite right. Before she finished speaking, Gui Fang stepped forward to hug her and burst into tears, sobbing and saying: "Xiang Lai, help me, you If you don’t help me, I’m going to be someone’s concubine!”

Her words made Xianglai stunned for a while. With the soul of a modern person, she always felt that "little concubine" was a very distant word. Even if she lived with the second aunt every day, but because the second aunt and mother treated each other as equals, plus In fact, I have always referred to her as "Second Aunt", which made her feel that she is no different from her real aunt. She has never had the awareness that her mother is the main wife and the second aunt is a concubine. It really feels like a farce.

She patted Guifang on the back and said, "Sister Guifang, don't cry, what's wrong?"

Guifang slowly let go of her, and said with sobs, "I, my mother asked me to marry Li Wangcai of Dongtun. I heard that the man was four years older than my elder brother. He had two wives and five children. His wife was very strong. Like a cow, I get into a ball with the side room every day, and if I go to his house again, they will definitely not give me a good life!"

Xianglai watched her tears fall one after another, and gradually returned to reality, knowing that this was not a joke, maybe the 15-year-old Guifang in front of her was really going to marry a married man ten years older than her up.

She was in a daze here, but Xiang Lai Niang's thoughts turned quickly, she glanced at the east courtyard, and said in a low voice: "Okay, don't just stand here and talk, go to the room and talk."

The second aunt also came to her senses and pulled Xianglai and Guifang into the house.

Xiang Lai asked confusedly: "What's going on?"

Xianglai Niang still whispered: "I saw that Wu Dequan came at noon, maybe it was for this matter."

The speaking room was already in the room, and Second Aunt deliberately closed the wide open window.

Guifang wept and nodded, and said: "Well, he was the matchmaker. Li Wangcai is the son of Li Yongfa. Wu Dequan wanted to curry favor with him, and made a lot of hype about the Li family, and how much gift money he would give. My sister-in-law also helped to speak. , my mother agreed at that time!"

Last year, Xianglai deliberately inquired about this Li Yongfa after he left Dachang as a part-time worker. He knew that this person was an idler in the early days. Tian Zhuang opened up a few pieces of land on the east side of Yanjiang Tun, and let him take care of them. In a few years, it was launched, and a large house was built in Dongtun. House wife.

In the past, Xianglai thought that it was just a matter of getting to know this person and that there would be no intersections, but she didn't expect that it would involve Guifang.

She asked strangely: "Sister Guifang, have you met that Li Wangcai? How did he fall in love with you?"

Guifang said: "I didn't know him before. A few days ago, he was standing outside the gate of my house looking at your rice fields. I happened to be pulling weeds in the back garden, and I threw a bunch of grass out and hit him on the head. He stared at me for a long time without saying a word, I thought this person had a good temper, but I didn't expect that he had such an idea."

Xianglai blinked after hearing what she said, and thought that she met her because of her rice field. It seems that this matter really needs to be taken care of, otherwise wouldn't it indirectly harm Guifang?But if you want to manage it, how should you manage it?No need to think about it, Zhang must be interested in the Li family's money, and wants to buy Guifang to others!

Mrs. Zhang has always been the same since she married into the Shen family, what's more, now that her uncle is so ill, he doesn't care about his eyes and ears, and he doesn't even have anyone to stop him, otherwise Guifang wouldn't have come here.

(End of this chapter)