Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 86 Preoccupied
Zhong Daquan is a very efficient person, and he came to dig the pond the next day, but the project was really huge, and it would take about a month to level the sides of the pond and then tamp the slope and dam foot of the pond.

During this time, Du Xiaoyu was thinking about what to raise when he had nothing to do. In the afternoon, he stood in front of the window and saw the back of Zhong Daquan working hard. He nodded and said, "When the pond is dug, I will pay Uncle Quan more."

"Don't be too obvious, as much as you want, Uncle Quan is honest, always give him more and treat him as if we look down on him." Du Huanghua advised, "Why don't you buy something for Xiaopeng."

Du Xiaoyu looked at her with a smile, "Sister is very thoughtful." She climbed onto the kang next to Du Huanghua, "Sister, would you like to raise perch? eat."
"Bass?" Du Huanghua nodded, "It's delicious. The house occasionally makes it. Master likes it very much."

It was only then that Du Xiaoyu realized that this older sister was different from the past. After all, she had stayed in a wealthy businessman, and she had eaten all kinds of sea bass. She had never seen it once when she came here.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Du Huanghua just pretended to be greedy, and said with a smile, "Why don't we ask Wen Yuan to bring one back next time, there are some in the market anyway, and the money I get every month is enough to buy several."

"No, I want to eat some of them when I raise them myself."

Hearing her loud tone, Du Huanghua laughed straight, "Okay, then you should work hard and ask Uncle Quan for advice." He took out a purse from his bosom, opened it, and saw a folded handkerchief in it, Some coins.

Du Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat, isn't this handkerchief the one with the lotus pattern embroidered at home that day?Just as he was thinking about it, Du Huanghua handed over a few strings of copper coins, "You keep this, and I'll give the big one to my parents."

"What are you doing?" Du Xiaoyu was stunned.

"You don't need money for this and that all day long, I'm afraid you don't have enough." Du Huanghua put the money in her hand, "Anyway, I can't spend money in Wanjia, and it's very burdensome to keep around."

"No, no need," Du Xiaoyu quickly waved his hands, "I have dozens of taels of silver, don't you know, sister? The lady who sells tiger meat for silver refuses to take it, so I put it here, you should take it back, Buy whatever you want, live in Wanjia, don't be too shabby in your outfit, so as not to be bullied."

Du Huanghua had no choice but to give up, raised her hand to rub her hair, looked at her distressedly for a while and said, "Did you let mother hurt you last time? I let you bear it alone. Yesterday mother told me, and father knows now, she Say that you don’t blame me anymore, since you signed the contract, you should study hard at the master’s side.”

She didn't know about this, so Du Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's better for me to be beaten alone than two together. Since mother also forgives you, that's even better."

"I also told my mother something, and my mother agreed." Du Huanghua was extremely happy, "Guess what it is?"

How could Du Xiaoyu guess it, he just shook his head.

"You can go to school in the future! A master named Fang in the village teaches girls. I heard that he has accepted several students and even teaches painting. He is considered talented..."

She was talking alone, but Du Xiaoyu was not interested, and interrupted, "Sister, I won't go. I can read any book now, and I don't need to learn anything. Sister, don't worry about it. If I don't I understand, I will ask the second brother, the second brother is also a scholar, can't he compare with those masters?"

Du Huanghua's good intentions were let down, and she couldn't help but feel disappointed. She stared at her and asked, "You really don't want to learn?"

"I really don't want to learn." Du Xiaoyu took out a few agricultural books from the top of the kang, "Sister, look, the second elder brother taught me carefully. If you want to read other books, you can go to Wanfu to borrow them. Our girl's home is not good at studying. For fame and fame, apart from being able to read and break characters, you only need to understand a word of reasoning." She paused, "Everything in the world, if you understand the truth, that's enough, isn't it?"

Du Huanghua stared at it for a moment and could only sigh. If this younger sister was being coquettish and joking, she might be able to say some harsh words to persuade her, but she expressed her thoughts seriously, which shows that she had made this decision long ago. The head of the shaving pick is hot.

"But I know Eldest Sister is my friend." Du Xiaoyu caught the opportunity and hugged her again to act like a spoiled child.

Du Huanghua will go to Wanjia in three days, so the two sisters are basically together these days, eating snacks and joking in the room again, Du Wenyuan knocked on the door and said that Bai Shiying and his wife had come.

The two families have been getting closer recently, so they were going to go out, Du Xiaoyu put on his shoes, and went out first with Du Huanghua, unexpectedly, when he first arrived at the main room, he saw someone she never expected.

Bai Yushi actually came too!

She stopped suddenly and almost bumped into Du Huanghua behind her.

"Why don't you leave?" Du Huanghua wondered, she looked forward and was instantly surprised.

Seeing them rushing up immediately, Bai Lianhua took Du Huanghua's hand enthusiastically, "Sister Huanghua, look at my elder brother, he is in much better health now."

Regarding Bai Yushi's situation, no one in the family told Du Huanghua about it. Mrs. Zhao and Du Xiaoyu had similar thoughts. Du Xian felt that the two had nothing to do with each other so he didn't mention it, and Du Wenyuan never cared about it.

Hearing the movement behind, Bai Yushi also turned his head, but met Du Huanghua's gaze.

He smiled slightly, "Long time no see."

Perhaps because of the improvement of his condition, his eyes were shining brightly, not as gray as they were when he first saw him, but his cheeks were rosy, and he looked more energetic than ordinary people.

Du Xiaoyu stared at him, and couldn't help feeling that the world was unpredictable. He thought that this person would not live long, but he suddenly recovered completely, which is really unimaginable.

"Brother Bai..." Du Huanghua murmured, feeling like she was in a dream.

"What are you doing standing there?" Mrs. Zhao said at the moment, "Come on, sit down, Huang Hua, go and pour some tea."

Du Huanghua regained his senses and turned to the kitchen.

Mrs. Zhao also looked at Bai Yushi with eyes, thinking that this time she looked better than last time, could it really be that she will recover?
"Our family Yu Shiwai will go to the Fucheng Examination Institute next year." Cui said with a smile, "I've been studying seriously recently, I told him not to be impatient, it will be a little better after all."

Bai Yushi had already been a child student before, but because the capital city was too far away, he couldn't take the exam all the time. Zhao said with a smile, "Then he will definitely pass the exam. I heard that the teacher who taught him was very sorry. Well, this is great, your family has another scholar, and it will be a great thing to take the exam with Wen Yuan in the future."

Both of them were smiling.

Du Huanghua brought tea, and Cui took a cup in her hand, looked at her and said, "Your family's Huanghua is about to learn it? It looks so handsome, it's really flattering, and the threshold of your family is about to be robbed." It broke."

A hint of helplessness flashed across Zhao's face, "I still have to learn for two more years. Su embroidery is not so easy to master. I signed the contract early in the morning, and Huang Hua came out of Wanjia to be eighteen."

"What?" Cui Shi exclaimed, and the tea in her hand spilled out, which wet her skirt, and then she jumped up again from the heat.

Everyone in the room was taken aback, Bai Shiying said, "Why did you spill the tea?"

Mrs. Cui stood there with a sad expression on her face, but then she laughed at herself, "I didn't hold it well for a while, and I played horse hanging with my cousin and the others all day yesterday."

Several people laughed.

Du Xiaoyu joked, "Auntie won a lot of money?"

At this time, Du Huanghua took a towel to wipe her water, and Cui held her hand, "You silly child, you are willing to delay for so many years just to learn Su embroidery! Mrs. Wan, isn't she afraid of delaying your marriage?"

There was a hint of reproach in her tone, and Du Xiaoyu frowned.

Bai Lianhua was in a good mood, and said sideways, "Two years is nothing, only the girls in our village say goodbye so early, many of them in the county are over [-] years old, and quite a few get married at the age of [-] or [-]. "Looking at Bai Yushi again, "Brother, in two years' time, he should be in good health."

These words were a little blunt, and Bai Shiying coughed. Although he also wanted to marry Du Xian's family, he was not as stalking as their mother and daughter. He didn't listen, and after receiving a group of relatives and friends after the year, he dragged him here.

"Brother Du, do you want to go fishing this afternoon?" He changed the subject, "I got a good pair of poles, which can catch more than [-] catties of big fish!"

"Oh?" Du Xian is close to Zhu Zhechi, and he has gradually fallen in love with this leisure activity recently, "Okay, it's just an eye-opener."

The two talked speculatively, so they went outside to chat about fishing experience.

Cui Shi winked at Bai Lianhua, pulled Zhao Shi to talk to her about something, and went into the back room.

Seeing this situation, Du Xiaoyu was hesitant for a while. At first, she stopped Du Huanghua because of Bai Yushi's poor health, but seeing that there was a turning point, why did she have to stop it?If Du Huanghua really likes him, the most important thing her sister should do is to fulfill him, right?So Bai Lianhua wanted to ask Du Wenyuan for advice with her, so she followed.

When the Bai family was leaving, Du Xiaoyu saw Du Huanghua's eyes flicker, but she was still calm.

As for Bai Yushi, he is a restrained and quiet person, so naturally he can't see anything.

On the contrary, Cui Shi's eyes were a little wet when she went out, and she had the strangest reaction during the whole day. Du Xiaoyu couldn't figure it out, because even Bai Lianhua changed because of Bai Yushi's improvement. But it is clear, I don't know why Cui, as a mother, is still preoccupied?
"Look, you really like our yellow flowers." Mrs. Zhao and Du Xian whispered in the room.

Du Xian said, "That's a good thing. I think that Bai Yushi is not bad, and he has a bright future when he is admitted to be a scholar."

"But Mrs. Cui won't be able to sit still when she hears about waiting for another two years," Mrs. Zhao curled her lips, "I'm afraid she won't wait for us Huang Hua." She waved her hand again, "Forget it, I wasn't very willing at first."

"Our yellow flowers are so good, there is always something to choose." Du Xian laughed, "But now we have to start saving some flowers, and save them for the yellow flowers as a dowry."

The two smiled and opened the door again.

(End of this chapter)