Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 41 Bai Family
After hearing what she said, Mrs. Qin beamed, "That's a good idea. You're a good guy for business. How about you come to my shop in the future? I'm sure you won't lose your wages." Her natal cousin My brother has a clumsy mouth, if it wasn't for her mother's eloquence, she wouldn't just use it, and when she opens a second shop in the future, she must use someone who can speak well.

Before Du Xiaoyu could answer, Du Huanghua interjected, "That's not okay, my sister still has to study in the future."

Qin was taken aback, thinking that her daughter's family was still studying, but the Du family was willing to throw money into the water tank. Fortunately, they used to come to the house to borrow this and that, and their feelings were not so poor!

The three of them were talking when they heard a few people coming into the shop to buy things.

"Show me this piece of cloth." It was an old woman with a rather hoarse voice.

Immediately someone nearby laughed and said, "Sister Jiang, it's time for you to wear new clothes. I heard that your family bought [-] acres of land at once. No other family has such a large amount of money. The next year's harvest will not earn a lot of money."

"What a waste!" the old woman said angrily, "that prodigal in our family knows how to waste money. Do you know how much money was spent on fifteen acres of land? It cost more than 100 taels! It's just relying on these lands to make money." I can’t earn it back for several years, oh, I’m so pissed off! If I had known at that time, I wouldn’t have been able to ask her to be my daughter-in-law, hey, what a bad woman! Hey, it’s not enough to bully my son all day long, and I want to ruin my family Finished!"

Du Xiaoyu almost laughed out loud, it turned out to be Qiu Shi's mother-in-law, Jiang Shi, who was outside, and it sounded like she was extremely dissatisfied with Qiu Shi.

The woman next to her immediately responded with sympathy, "Your daughter-in-law is really outrageous, why don't you let your son divorce her?"

The old woman couldn't come back, and with the support of the village chief, it's no wonder her wimpy son dared to divorce his wife, so he could only curse Qiu's non-stop and live off his addiction.

And the other women were also idle, and they echoed each other and talked about their own dirty things. When they got angry, they were full of dirty words, and there was nothing they couldn't say.Du Xiaoyu really couldn't listen to it anymore, anyway, the matter of distributing flowers had been made clear, so she said goodbye to Qin Shi and went back with Du Huanghua.

On the second day, people from the Bai family really came, but apart from the talented cousin Bai Shihong, there were three people from the Bai family, the head of the family Bai Shiying, his wife Cui Shi, and their youngest daughter Bai Lianhua.

Du Xian had been waiting outside for a long time, when he saw someone coming, he hurriedly called Mrs. Zhao to come over to greet him, and served tea and water, very enthusiastically.

"This time I'm going to trouble Brother Bai." Du Xian cupped his hands at him.

Bai Shihong was neither tall nor short, he was very thin, with gray hair, but he looked very energetic, and he brushed off his short beard as soon as he heard it, "Brother Du, you are welcome, you are all from the village. What's the trouble? The youngest boy in our village, it is my wish to be a guarantee for him! In the future, I will be admitted to Juren, so I will be considered as a half-teacher."

Du Xiaoyu frowned when he heard this, these words are really straightforward, as a guarantee, he wants to be a teacher, in the future, if the second brother gets a good name in the exam, can he not come back to thank his teacher?It's not wrong to run this trip!

"Oh, I don't dare to say that." Mrs. Zhao answered, "I don't know if I can succeed in the exam for a scholar now. Juren, we don't even dare to think about it!" The conversation was easily diverted.

Bai Shihong was not annoyed, and took a sip of tea.

Cui smiled and said, "I've heard that your son is smart, is he still studying?" She turned her head and patted Bai Lianhua's head, "My daughter can't stay at home all day long. I wanted to send someone out to learn Suzhou embroidery, but I ran back after two days of learning. Hey, I’m so angry that I can’t eat. I’m going to learn from your son. He’s just one year older than my Lianhua. Not a good brother."

Bai Lianhua looks like her mother, short, petite and exquisite, with a pretty good face, with a dimple when she smiles.

Du Xiaoyu didn't dislike her, but this time he hired someone as a guarantor, so it was a bit strange to bring his own daughter here.

Mrs. Zhao curled her lips secretly, saying that she learned Su embroidery and ran back. She was clearly driven away because of her poor craftsmanship. Mrs. Cui really didn't blush when she told a lie, but this trivial matter was nothing. She smiled, "The lotus is so beautiful, Xiaoyu, don't you always say that there is no one to play with, and I will show Sister Lianhua to look around later, she also has rabbits, go and have a look." She explained again. , "The hospital exam is going to take place in February. My son doesn't go out of the house very much. Now he's off to get a drink and he'll be back soon."

"Study is also hard." Cui Shi also sighed, expressing her understanding.

Mrs. Zhao asked Du Xian to accompany them to talk, and she called Du Huanghua to prepare lunch.

Du Xiaoyu took the white lotus to see the rabbit.

"How did you catch this wild rabbit?" Bai Lianhua was very curious, the wild rabbits she had seen before were all dead, and this was the first time she saw a live wild rabbit.

"I caught it on a snowy day. My father killed the female rabbit, and the cub was brought back." Du Xiaoyu caught the rabbit out and cleaned the ground by the way. Fortunately, the poop is a small sphere that is easy to clean up. If it is a pheasant, it cannot be kept in the house.

Bai Lianhua tilted her head and patted them, "The rabbits I saw in the town are prettier than them, they are white and have red eyes, not like this gray one."

Du Xiaoyu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Where did you see it in the town?"

"In the market, sometimes people come to sell them. They are all sold to their wives. They are clean, and they are nice to hold." She said with a pursed mouth, "But it is quite expensive, it costs two hundred One for Wen! I asked my mother to buy one for me, but she refused."

It's really expensive, but the big white rabbit is not owned by China, but imported from foreign countries. Compared with wild rabbits, it grows faster and is easier to raise. It is definitely a more economical choice. She got it from the mouth of the white lotus. After asking some details, I thought that when I went to the market in the future, I must pay attention to it. Farming alone is not enough for their family. After the busy season of farming, it is basically a waste of time, so we must find something to fill.

Bai Lianhua became bored after watching it for a while, raised her head and asked, "Where does your second brother live? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

"My second brother lives in the easternmost room." Du Xiaoyu replied, "Maybe he met someone on the road, anyway, he will definitely see it."

"Oh, I didn't want to see it either, it's because my mother always annoys me before going out, saying that your second brother is good at studying, and that your uncle said that he will definitely be admitted to Juren and will be promising in the future, so let me meet your brother. "Bai Lianhua smiled innocently, "No matter how good it is, it still has two eyes and one nose, and it's nothing to look at."

Du Xiaoyu touched his chin. The Bai family seemed to have a purpose, but isn't their youngest daughter too simple?Even what her mother said in private can be said casually to others?She smiled and echoed, "That's right, my second brother is just an ordinary person, nothing to look at."

Du Wenyuan came back after a while, put the wine in the kitchen and went out to greet the elders of the Bai family.

"You are so handsome, this kid." Cui looked him up and down, "You can study again, sister, you are so lucky, you are not enviable!"

Du Xiaoyu also came in with a white lotus, only to hear Mrs. Zhao say with a smile, "Your son is not bad, and your daughter is cute, so how can you envy me?"

A trace of sadness flashed across Cui's face. The eldest son of their family was also smart, but unfortunately he was weak and fell ill for three days. Who in the village knew who was willing to marry his daughter? This has become her heart disease!She wanted to look up at Huang Hua, this girl was also pretty, and she was also a top worker, no wonder the Qiu family wanted to get her to be her daughter-in-law.

"I heard that your yellow flower embroidery is very good. How about coming to my family to teach lotus flowers some other day?" Mrs. Cui waved at Bai Lianhua, "You are not young anymore, you have to calm down and learn something, and you will even come to your in-law's house tomorrow." I can't find it, and now I have Sister Huanghua teaching me, so I can't be lazy."

Bai Lianhua was stared at by her mother, so she had no choice but to respond.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhao couldn't say anything. She used to have nothing to do with the Bai family's well water, but now she hired Bai Shihong as a guarantor. She wanted to save face, so she said to Du Huanghua, "It's good to teach the lotus once in a while. Take Xiaoyu with you, talk to the little sisters more, it's always bad for you two to stay at home."

Du Xian said at this time, "Stop talking too much, his mother, it's getting late, so hurry up and serve the food, you can't starve the guests!"

After hearing this, Du Xiaoyu also helped to set up the meal and serve the dishes.

Today's dishes are very rich. I slaughtered a fat hen and stewed soup, cut bacon and fried garlic, leek eggs, fried chicken offal with green peppers, Chinese cabbage and taro, etc. The table was full.

The two men in the Bai family were able to drink, so they toasted Du Xian if they had nothing to do, but Du Xian passed out before the meal was finished, and vomited in the yard.The two men of the Bai family obviously also started to get drunk, and then they did not let Du Wenyuan go. Bai Shiying said that a man should be able to drink some wine before he can do things. Cui couldn't persuade him to drink unless he was forced, so Du Wenyuan had to drink down the wine , in short, the meal was noisy.

After sending the Bai family away, Mrs. Zhao said angrily, "If I had known, I wouldn't have let your second brother buy wine. Look at how well you drink. Your father is still moaning, saying he has a headache."

Du Huanghua was picking up the leftovers, and when she heard this, she glanced at Du Wenyuan, "Seeing my second brother blushing like this, I guess it's not a good feeling."

Du Xiaoyu went into the kitchen and brewed two bowls of strong tea and brought them over, "The book says this can cure hangovers, mother, give it to dad soon." He gave Du Wenyuan another bowl of tea, pushed him and said, " Second brother, just drink it."

Du Wenyuan had a splitting headache. It was the first time in his life that he drank alcohol. Before, the Zhao family would never let him, but this time he couldn't stop the Bai family. After a few sips of strong tea, I poured it down.

Seeing him stumbling back to the house to sleep, Du Xiaoyu laughed, the men in their family can't even drink alcohol, I'm afraid it will be difficult to resist when they meet people who drink too much, but many people at the dinner table like this.

(End of this chapter)