Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 15
Mrs. Zhao went to look for Mrs. Wu the next day, and Du Xiaoyu pestered them to go quickly. Mrs. Wu knew what they were coming for, so she said that Mrs. Zhu had indeed fallen in love with Du Huanghua at the market, and when she returned last night, she secretly Tell her that she found the woman Wen who gave birth to Du Huanghua back then, took her birthday horoscope, and went to calculate it, and it turned out that she was a good match with Mrs. Liu, and everything was good. Master come here.

And Mrs. Liu was unwilling at first, but unexpectedly, he fell in love with her at first sight, which made Zhu even more delighted.

Mrs. Zhao was devastated when she heard it. It seems that Mrs. Zhu had a strong desire to get married, but Du Xiaoyu secretly complained. It's tricky, after all, Mr. Liu has been effective in resisting his mother for so many years, but this time he also nodded, and Zhu's has cleared away a big obstacle.

"Sister, tell me, how could she count our Huang Hua's birthday in advance!" After thinking about it, Mrs. Zhao became annoyed. Before that, their family had no intention of marrying the Liu family at all. She didn't even think about it, this Zhu family was too exaggerated, she went to find a fortune teller privately when she got hot, where did they put the Du family?If others found out about this, they would think that the Du family also agreed.

Aunt Wu also shook her head, "This person is just impatient, I really didn't expect it to be like this, she and Mrs. Liu came here yesterday and I was shocked too, but I think Mrs. Liu taught your family Wenyuan, so I don't think so. I brought them here, hey, big sister, don’t worry, they will just check the wind, if you really want to get things done, you have to come here a few times.”

Mrs. Zhao is very dissatisfied with Mrs. Zhu now, and hurriedly said, "You still have a little friendship with their family, but you have to find a way to help me go back."

"I'll think of a way, but I have to visit my sister-in-law tomorrow. She is going to give birth in a few days, and I want to get over something. Let's talk about it when I come back. Their family won't be in a hurry. At any rate, Mrs. Liu is quite famous in the village, so if you really want to ask for a wife, you have to keep pace, right?" Aunt Wu patted her hand to reassure her.

Aunt Wu's family is in Zhongshun Village, two villages away from Beidong Village, and it takes three or four days to go back and forth, but her words are not without reason, and the Zhao family has nothing else to say.

Back home, Mrs. Zhao packed up her clothes and tools and went to work in the fields. Du Huanghua washed the bed sheets in the yard, almost once a month, and they were considered clean.

Seeing that her hands were getting wrinkled in the big wooden tub, Du Xiaoyu took a small stick and sat beside her, "Sister, rest, I'll talk to you."

Du Huanghua looked at her, "What are you talking about?"

"I went to Aunt Wu's with my mother just now." Seeing that she was still washing, Du Xiaoyu went back to the house and took a towel to wipe her hands, took out fried soybeans from his arms and put them in her palm, "Give it to Aunt Wu." , she fried it better than my mother, she said there was five-spice powder in it, and next time I asked my mother to put some, it was very fragrant!"

"Where is this in our house? Brother Lu got it." Du Huanghua took one and put it in his mouth. This younger sister has become more sensible recently, and she really knows how to love others.

Brother Lu is Aunt Wu's eldest son, a shopkeeper, and Du Xiaoyu said, "Then next time, I'll buy some from Brother Lu."

"I just like to eat." Du Huanghua looked at her happily, "It's better to marry a cook tomorrow, and cook for you in different ways every day."

Being teased by her, Du Xiaoyu curled her lips and said, "Sister can also find a cook, I also have delicious food."

"You ghost girl!" Du Huanghua blushed a little.

Du Xiaoyu laughed and said, "But I like my sister's cooking better, if only my sister became a cook!"

"It's not that easy, you have to be taught by the master." Du Huanghua glanced at her, clapped her hands to remove the broken soybean skin, and bent over to wash things again.

"Sister, just now what did Mother tell Mrs. Wu to return to Mrs. Liu?" Du Xiaoyu pretended not to understand, "Mother was very upset, she was so angry that her hands shook, and later Mrs. Wu said she would send something to my sister-in-law. It seems like it will take a few days, so please don't get angry, just tell me to come back." She said this to reassure Du Huanghua, Master Liu must not have liked Du Huanghua, so she didn't sleep well after tossing and turning last night.

Unexpectedly, Du Huanghua was stunned, and let out a sigh of relief, "But according to Mr. Liu, Xiaoyu, you may be able to study."

Pooh, even if she can be admitted as a scholar, a scholar, or a Jinshi, she wouldn't care. Du Xiaoyu shook her head hurriedly, "I don't want to study! I don't want to study!" After finishing speaking, she stood up angrily and left.

"This child." Du Huanghua cursed in a low voice, but the worry that had been lingering between her brows finally dissipated.

When Du Wenyuan came back in the evening, seeing Du Xiaoyu guarding the door of his study, he said with a smile, "So eager to learn!" He thought she was here to learn.

Du Xiaoyu walked into the room, pulled him and whispered, "Second brother, have you seen Zhang Zhuoyu recently?"

"Oh, so I was looking for news." Du Wenyuan put the small backpack on the table and looked at her sideways.

"Second brother, tell me quickly. How long has it been since there is no news? Didn't I tell you last time that Zhang Zhuoyu's eldest aunt knows how to embroider in Suzhou? He said he asked when he went back. Why didn't he hear back?" Du Xiaoyu was very anxious, and grabbed Du Wenyuan's sleeve, "You can ask him tomorrow, even if you don't want to teach, you have to tell him, you can't let people wait in vain."

"He hasn't come to study recently. His mother is seriously ill and has been taken to Feixian County to see a doctor." His tone was a little heavy.

"Ah," Du Xiaoyu let go of his hand, and said with concern, "Then his mother has recovered from her illness now?"

"I don't know." Du Wenyuan sat down, "I have no chance to go to the county either."

Du Xiaoyu frowned, it seemed that this matter would have to be delayed for a while, since his mother was sick, she couldn't still rush to ask about it, and she hoped she would recover soon.

Mrs. Zhao and Du Xian came back late today, but they both had smiles on their faces. When Du Xiaoyu rushed over to act like a baby, Du Xian hugged her and threw her in the air a few times, scaring her so much that her heart would fall out. , children like this, but she is a young man!Fortunately, Du Xian was tired from farming, so he didn't continue to play trapeze.

Mrs. Zhao steamed a few eggs for dinner, Du Huanghua could tell that she was in such a good mood, and asked, "Father, mother, who did you meet in the field, so happy?"

"Meet old Litou." Du Xian said with a smile. Lao Litou is over 50 years old. His wife died a long time ago. His daughter also married to another village. He has a hobby of playing chess. And Du Xian belonged to the landlord's family earlier, and he knew two moves in chess. Sometimes Old Li would ask him to play two moves, and he became familiar with it over time.

"Win the chess game?" Du Xiaoyu scratched his head and asked.

Mrs. Zhao sneered, "This silly girl, old Litou has a happy event. His daughter recently made some money at home and wants to take him over to enjoy the blessing." She said with a smile on her face, "Doesn't he have some Is the mu good land? I thought about selling it a few years ago, and I just happen to have some friendship with your father, so I’m done talking about it today, and I’ll sell it to us two mu after the autumn harvest!"

It's really a good thing, the corners of Du Xiaoyu's mouth also curled up.

"How much money does one mu of land sell for?" Du Wenyuan was more concerned about this.

"Four taels of silver is not a good thing!" Du Xian was beaming with joy, "His field is considered good in the whole village, and the harvest is [-]% higher than that of our reclaimed land!"

This price is indeed cheap, the general farmland is about three or four taels of silver, and since Lao Li's is good land, it can be sold for at least five taels of silver, it seems that he really sold their favor, no wonder he is so happy, Du Xiaoyu counted under the table with his fingers, but the family probably only saved four or five taels of silver. If he bought the two acres of land, it would probably be empty, and he would have to borrow some from Aunt Wu.

"Father, how much money do we need for the hill behind our field?" Du Xiaoyu grinned, "Then it is good, there are mushrooms and fruits, and strawberries in summer! If we buy it, it will be ours." , you can eat it every day in the future, you don’t need to compete with others, and you will be picked up later.”

Du Xian laughed, looked at Zhao Shi and said, "Why did you raise such a greedy little cat?"

"Isn't that right? It's like being thrown by a cat when you're healthy. You tell me what to eat all day long. Recently, you've been messing around with the stone mill and telling me to make some delicious food." Mrs. Zhao squeezed her face with her hands, "It's really fat."

Seeing that they ignored them, Du Xiaoyu puffed up and said, "If you really don't want to eat, you are in a hurry again, saying that I am useless to commit myself, hum!"

Now the whole table laughed, Du Huanghua scooped up a spoonful of custard and put it in her bowl, "Eat, eat, don't really put a wooden upper body, my ears will be too busy."

It means that she talks a lot on weekdays, so Du Xiaoyu ate her egg bitterly, and glanced at Du Wenyuan, "Second brother, how much is that hill?" Yes, who made the two of them more secretive?

"Do you have money to buy?" Who knew Du Wenyuan laughed at her, "It's greedy to buy a mountain."

It’s still not enough to ask, will you not be able to afford it in the future?Du Xiaoyu was so angry that he dropped his chopsticks and got off the stool and left.

There was still laughter coming from behind, "Our Xiaoyu has a big heart, thinking about this and that all day long..."

Du Xiaoyu twitched her mouth when she heard this, she had the foresight, okay, this mountain is wild now, anyone can go up the mountain to chop firewood and pick fruits, but it would cost a lot of money to buy it for private use. Thinking that the mountain is useless for farming is the kingly way. No one would think of going to the top of the mountain, but it may not be a good road!
When she has money, she can buy the entire mountain, plant some fruit trees or cultivate Ganoderma lucidum. Thinking about it, she gets excited and gears up. Now the most important thing is to make dried tofu and save some money.

Two or three days passed in a short while, but Mrs. Wu still didn't come back. Mrs. Zhao reckoned that it might be just in time for her sister-in-law to give birth, so she helped her there.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhu did not take any further actions, which made her feel relieved.

(End of this chapter)