Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 51 Sisters
Being bored while waiting, Du Xiaoyu thought about growing watermelons, so he asked Zhang Zhuoyu, "Does your family eat cold melons in summer?"

"Wild melon?" Zhang Zhuoyu murmured, "My uncle's family buys it occasionally."

"Is it expensive?"

Zhang Zhuoyu nodded, "The older ones cost sixty Wen."

Sure enough, it is very expensive, equal to three catties of meat!Du Xiaoyu's eyes lit up all of a sudden, thinking in his heart, if one mu of land can grow a hundred large watermelons, wouldn't that be equivalent to having six taels of silver?This is equivalent to a year's income from growing rice...

But how to convince the mother?That day, I discussed with Du Wenyuan in the room for a long time but didn't come up with any ideas. She had a good idea, but there is no plastic film in ancient times and she can't build a greenhouse, otherwise why should I be afraid that it won't rain?But then again, even if there is a plastic film, I'm afraid their family can't afford it at this price.

She couldn't help but sigh slightly.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Zhuoyu noticed and asked with concern.

"Hey, my mother doesn't grow cold melons." She poured out bitter water, "She said she was afraid that the seedlings would rot in rainy days."

Zhang Zhuoyu didn't know much about farming, so he smiled and said, "Then don't plant it, maybe it's really not easy to plant, otherwise it wouldn't be so expensive."

That's what she said, but it's always wrong to be afraid of everything, but she didn't talk about it any further.

The two wandered around, and the time didn't pass long. Zhang Zhuoyu thought that he might have to wait a while, so he asked his servants to set up some food in the pavilion, and the two of them ate while talking.

After about half an hour, a maid finally came to pass the word, saying that the embroidery had been finished.

When Du Xiaoyu went to the main room, he saw Mrs. Wan was looking at the embroidered picture. Although it was different from the original one, the Chunlan was clean and tidy, with a simple and simple look, and she saw that Sister Rong, who was standing beside her, had an ugly face. , she thought it should be done.

Sure enough, Mrs. Wan praised Du Huanghua's embroidery skills and said that she decided to accept her as an apprentice.

The two sisters were extremely happy, Du Xiaoyu went up to hug Du Huanghua and said, "Sister, you have achieved your wish, congratulations, big sister!"

Du Huanghua was so excited that she couldn't speak, she knelt down and kowtowed three times to Mrs. Wan firmly.

"What a sincere girl." Mrs. Wan said with a smile, "I didn't even lay out a mat, aren't you afraid of knee pain?" She turned her head to call for Sister Rong, "Hurry up and help her up, I will be your junior sister in the future."

Sister Rong was 1 unwilling, but she still had to show a smile and stretch out her hand to help, "Little junior sister is dexterous, but I have to remember Master's great kindness, and I will serve you well by my side in the future." He asked Mrs. Wan, "Master, is it true?" Didn't you just sign the contract today? I think you like this apprentice very much."

"Contract?" Du Huanghua was surprised. She only knew that Du Xiaoyu had arranged for Mrs. Wan to see the handkerchief, but she didn't know there was such a thing as a contract.

"You must be single-minded as a disciple of Master. Su embroidery cannot be learned casually." Sister Rong glanced at her, "Otherwise, Master's painstaking efforts will be wasted. Can you bear this responsibility?"

Mrs. Wan raised her hand, and Sister Rong stopped talking. Mrs. Wan said, "It takes three years to study here. If you can't learn it in these three years, I will let you go back. You have to think about it. If I don’t want to, of course I won’t force it.”

Three years is a long time, Du Huanghua will definitely not agree easily, she is especially worried about her mother, if Mrs. Zhao knew about the three-year contract, she would definitely not let go.

"Mrs. Wan, I want to think about it for a while, is it okay?" Du Huanghua hesitated for a while and said, "Besides, it's just spring, and the family is busy..."

Before she finished speaking, Sister Rong interrupted her, "Are you still unwilling? It's really unreasonable. It's your blessing that Master can accept you as an apprentice!" She said and stared at her, "Oh, I was so flattered just now. It looks like it's just a show, and he shirks it when he hears that he is busy signing the contract. How can this be an attitude of sincerely wanting to learn something? I'm afraid he's here to play tricks?"

Du Huanghua was speechless at what she said, she just shook her head in denial.

In front of outsiders, this sister can always bear it, unless it hurts her family. Du Xiaoyu sighed secretly and said, "Mrs. Wan, my sister is just afraid that my mother will disagree. Is this unbearable? Is there something wrong with filial piety? My eldest sister has always respected Mrs. Wan, and she even dreamed of learning Suzhou embroidery. She has practiced every day for these years, and she has such skills. Isn’t this sincere and sincere? You have to disobey my mother and be unfilial. Is it true?"

Now it was Sister Rong's turn to be unable to refute.

After hearing this, Mrs. Wan smiled, "Huang Hua, you are self-taught without a teacher. This understanding is really rare. It would be a pity if you don't learn it. Well, go back and think about it. You need to know that Suzhou embroidery is also a practice. The year is just a test, if the family is in trouble, I will help myself."

Du Huanghua nodded, "Thank you Mrs. Wan for your understanding."

Zhang Zhuoyu wanted to send the two of them back, but Du Xiaoyu declined, "I still have something to say to my sister."

"Well, if you need anything, just come to me."

Du Xiaoyu thanked him and left Wanfu with Du Huanghua.

Before she could speak first, Du Huanghua said, "You knew early on that you were going to sign a three-year contract?"

"Yes."

"Does that mother know?" Du Huanghua asked.

Du Xiaoyu pursed her lips before answering, "Mother thought it was a one-year contract."

"You!" Du Huanghua stared at her, feeling a chill in her heart. It seemed that her mother was unwilling, "What's the use of you lying to her like this, you will always be exposed!"

"Sister, since you want to learn Suzhou embroidery, why are you worrying about it?" Du Xiaoyu said angrily, "So what if you didn't study for three years? Even if you didn't study for five years! Do you resent your mother? Could it be that you have to resent your mother again because of Su Xiu?" She held her arm tightly, "Sister, listen to me, the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge, so what if it's just a year? Mother can't do anything with you, besides, I believe that sister can learn it in one year!"

Those words hit Du Huanghua's heart like a solid object, she stared at Du Xiaoyu in a daze, and then sighed after a while, "Xiaoyu, if only I had your courage."

"It's okay, sister, I'll lend it to you." Du Xiaoyu leaned on her, "Take it, sister, even if it takes my life, I won't let mother stop you if I kill you anyway."

This girl, Du Huanghua felt her nose sour, "But what about the fields at home?"

"Please farmer, I told Aunt Qin." She said for a while, "Is it because my sister is also worried that she will not be able to get married when she gets older, if it is because of this, I will not persuade my sister again." Although I don't want my eldest sister She got married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but she couldn't afford the big things in her life.

Du Huanghua blushed slightly, "How could I think about this," she lightly patted Du Xiaoyu's head, "You are really thoughtful, but I still want to wait until spring is over..." She paused, "Xiaoyu , are you still thinking about planting cold melons?"

Speaking of this Du Xiaoyu sighed, "Yeah, I want to break my head, even if I have an acre of land to experiment."

"I'll go and talk to my mother," Du Huanghua said.

"Ah?" Du Xiaoyu was stunned. Didn't he get angry because of this last time?
"Since you believe that I can succeed in my studies, I should also believe in you." Du Huanghua said with a smile, "I want to try it when the time comes when the cold melon is planted."

"Sister!" Du Xiaoyu threw herself into her arms, full of sweetness, "Sister, you are so kind!"

Seeing her twisting like a twist, Du Huanghua said angrily, "On the road, she looks good."

Du Xiaoyu giggled, and the two were so affectionate that they went home.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Du Wenyuan waiting there. Knowing that he was impatient, Du Xiaoyu deliberately pretended to be dejected, but he was hit on the head with a chestnut.

Du Xiaoyu was speechless, and glared at him, "Then you still ask."

"Oh, it seems to be true." Du Wenyuan smiled, "Congratulations, sister, I'll tell my parents, they've been out of their minds for a long time, and they're very nervous."

Will it still be like this?Isn't mother very reluctant?Du Xiaoyu hurriedly followed in, and saw that Du Xian was overjoyed when he heard the good news, and hurriedly pulled Zhao Shi to say, "Look, I said that yellow flowers are good? Who in our village doesn't say that the things she embroiders are beautiful, Tsk tsk, it's all right now, I can be an apprentice, this Suzhou embroidery is very rare here! Hey, this kid is promising!"

Although Mrs. Zhao has a sullen face, she can still see that she is gratified. It is her pride that Du Huanghua is favored by Mrs. Wan. Others can't learn by sending money!
"Huang Hua, when are you going to learn?" Du Xian asked concerned, "I have to live in the town, right? Let your mother clean up later."

"Don't worry, I told Mrs. Wan to go after spring." Du Huanghua said, "Second brother also has to go to Fucheng Examination Institute, I'd better leave after this period."

"That's fine." Du Xian nodded his head and said, "Fucheng is also far away, so I'll go to deliver it anyway. If there are only your mother and Xiaoyu at home, I'm afraid there won't be enough manpower."

When Du Xiaoyu heard this, he really didn't intend to take her to Fucheng, and it seems that he will have to spend a lot of time talking!
"His mother, dinner isn't ready yet," Du Xian said with a smile, "Huang Hua, your mother has cooked your favorite dish, come here, Xiaoyu is also sitting, are you hungry after half a day?"

Really hungry, Du Xiaoyu looked at the dishes on the table and couldn't help swallowing, feeling warm in his heart.

The whole family chatted, laughed and ate a meal, and saw Du Huanghua go to Mrs. Zhao's house after the meal.

Du Xiaoyu was very nervous. Of course she knew what Du Huanghua was going to do, but she didn't know whether Mrs. Zhao would agree.

It took a long time for Du Huanghua to come out.

"Sister, did mother blame you?" Du Xiaoyu didn't hold out much hope.

Du Huanghua laughed, "Fortunately, I have my father to help persuade me, and my second brother also persuaded me before." She patted her head, "I'll go buy seeds from my father tomorrow, and my mother will delay the time if she says it's late. "

"Ah!" Du Xiaoyu exclaimed happily, "Finally we can grow cold melons!" She laughed for a while and asked again, "How many acres of land?"

"One acre, how many acres are there?" Du Huanghua shook his head and said, "You greedy."

One acre is one acre, Du Xiaoyu is also satisfied, holding the agricultural books all afternoon, since he has to plant well, he must not let his family down, and if it doesn't work this time, if there is something in the future, I'm afraid Her mother will never agree easily again, so she must succeed!

Thank you for your stupid reward, the pink ticket of xiaojiu children's shoes~
(End of this chapter)