Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 88 Being a Concubine
Du Xian is a very industrious person. Since raising cattle, he has never thrown away the cow dung. He packed it up carefully, some of it was used to irrigate the fields and fertilized, and some was crushed and dried in the sun before being stored away. Now there are five large piles of dried cow dung, and they are all placed under the eaves of the newly built shed behind the courtyard.

The small shed was used to house the rabbits, and it was a bit crude, but it was already spring, and the cracks were covered with wooden boards, so it wasn't cold, and the little rabbits were growing up healthily. have to leave their mother's arms.

That night, Du Xian brought a pile of cow dung and made it into more than a dozen piles to ensure that it could burn for a long time, and then placed them around the seedbed, with each pile separated by a certain distance.

Du Xiaoyu was watching from the side, and couldn't help but ask, "Will it be too hot for seedlings?"

"No, it's not hot at such a distance," Du Xian looked at her, a little reproached, "You child, I usually ask you to come to see this warming fire, but you don't come here, and now you don't know if it's hot or not. ?”

Du Xiaoyu giggled, she couldn't stand sitting next to cow dung.

"But you can't escape this time." Du Xian laughed again, went back to the kitchen to get firewood from the stove, and lit the cow dung one by one.

The cow dung immediately glowed dark red. It didn't have a big flame like firewood, but it was hidden inside.

"It doesn't stink at all, does it? Let me tell you, this cow dung is a good thing." Du expressed satisfaction, "It's a good thing we didn't use all of it to make fat, otherwise there is really no way."

Du Xiaoyu wrinkled his nose, smelled it, and it really didn't stink, so he said, "It looks so big, it's scary, but I didn't expect it to be as smelly as rabbit dung! It's really strange, and, how can I bring it here?" Burnt? Like pig manure, it won’t work.”

"Cows eat grass. Cow dung contains grass that can't be digested. Of course it can be used as a fire." Du Xian laughed.

"Of course, Dad eats more salt than I eat, how can my daughter compare to you!"

Du Xian laughed straight, went up and put his arms around her shoulders and walked into the house, "It's cold outside, you better go to bed, take care of it, don't worry."

"En." Du Xiaoyu nodded and entered her room.

On the second day, I saw that the cow dung had been burned, and there were ashes all around.

After eight days like this, Du Xiaoyu was still sleeping in the morning, when he heard Du Xian shouting outside, "Xiaoyu, the seedlings have grown, the seedlings have grown, get up and watch!"

Mrs. Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she shook her head and said, "How old are you, why are you so happy for a bud?"

"Let Xiaoyu be happy." Du Xian blinked, "This child works hard every day. I think she is more sensible than Huang Hua when she was a child. Our life is getting better and better. Is it due to her? I What can a father do, he can't teach her to read and write, and it's not like you can make her a few pairs of shoes," he said, suddenly feeling sad, and sighed, "Lady, I'm not only sorry for the children, I'm sorry for you, you followed me, hey, if I don't go to Nandong Village to collect the money then..."

Mrs. Zhao interrupted him, looking at the face in front of her who was older than her actual age, her eyes slowly turned red, "What are you talking about so early in the morning, without you, the children and I would have starved to death long ago! Go and go Go, if you really feel sorry for me, bake a pancake for me now."

Du Xian went there in a hurry.

When Du Xiaoyu was ready to eat breakfast, he saw a plate of scattered and ugly egg pancakes on the table, and immediately laughed, "What's the matter, Dad, you even made pancakes?"

"Your father wants to celebrate the growth of the bitter gourd seedlings." Mrs. Zhao covered her mouth and smiled.

Du Xiaoyu was also very happy, the cold melon seedlings came out, it seems that this method really works, next year it will grow a few acres!
In the blink of an eye, it was February, and Lin Song finally came from his hometown, full of travel and dust.

As soon as he arrived, he went to Du Xian's house, and gave them big and small bags, saying that he was thankful for eating at their house these days. His expression was very complicated, and he was a little bit weird.

But Du Xiaoyu promised Du Wenyuan not to test it, so he could only bury it in his heart.

But other people are out of her control. Du Xian is now concerned about his idol's private affairs, "Brother Lin, you've been away for so long, but what's going on at home? The villagers are afraid that you won't come. A few days ago There are still a few families who come to ask." They all paid the tuition fees, so it's normal if he doesn't come.

Lin Song frowned slightly, but shook his head and said, "I've been away for many years, I just want to spend more time with my parents."

"In that case, why don't you bring your family over?"

Lin Song didn't know how to answer, he was a little upset, and said half aloud, "Beidong Village is nice, but I want to find a better village to house them, preferably closer." He looked at Mrs. Zhao, " The eldest sister is from Nandong Village, right? I heard that there are several hot springs there, and the scenery is also beautiful. I don’t know if there is a free courtyard.”

Before Mrs. Zhao could answer, Du Xian said first, "It's better over there than ours. There is a big hot spring in the east of the village, but unfortunately it was already occupied by someone. A rich man surnamed Lin built another courtyard on it. It’s hard for other people to see and see, unless they are officials, and they will stay at their house when they pass by occasionally.”

Over there, Mrs. Zhao's face turned pale suddenly, and her fingers tightly grasped the hanging sleeves.

Lin Song's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "The surname is Lin? It has the same surname as mine."

"But that house is also unlucky." Du Xian shook his head, "For some reason, it caught fire. I heard that it burned for three days and three nights, and burned down the other courtyard." He thought for a while, then remembered, "Yes, Wen Yuan was born that year, ah, it’s hard for my wife, a few villages in front flooded the road, and I couldn’t go to my mother-in-law to take care of my wife.”

It was the first time for Du Xiaoyu to hear about this. It turned out that Du Wenyuan was not born in Beidong Village, but in Nandong Village.

"It turns out that Brother Du didn't see Wen Yuan's birth!" Lin Song said meaningfully, and looked at Mrs. Zhao at the same time.

Mrs. Zhao couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and forced a smile, "I'll go in and boil some hot water."

It's also weird, Du Xiaoyu couldn't figure it out, Lin Song's strangeness is understandable, but why does her mother look the same?
Lin Song talked for a while and went to open the door of the martial arts hall. There are still disciples waiting to learn Kung Fu.

Mrs. Zhao was in a trance all day long, choked on smoke while burning the fire, and broke two bowls while washing dishes, which startled Du Xian and hurriedly let her go in to rest, thinking she was exhausted.

In the evening, Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Qin came to visit, and Mrs. Zhao came out again, feeling a little better than during the day.

"Don't be sick?" Aunt Wu asked concerned, "Look at your pale face."

"It's okay, it will be fine in a few days." Zhao smiled, "Why are you here now?"

They just thought it was a woman who came and stopped asking, Aunt Wu said, "Today I just decided on a name for our family, Tuwang, and it was chosen by my father. I don't know which scholar asked for it. Xian Qi, can you listen to me?"

Du Xiaoyu was eating mung bean cake and almost choked, thinking that luckily his surname is not Ren, otherwise it would be really awkward.

Although Mrs. Zhao could read a few characters, but she didn't know if the name was good or not, so she nodded in agreement, and Du Xiaoyu interjected, "It's from the Analects of Confucius. When you see a virtuous person, you think about it, and when you see a bad person, you should reflect on yourself."

The three women were stunned, and Qin Shi was the first to react, clapping his hands and saying, "Oh, I learned a few words from your second brother, and I can drop my book bag. Well, it's promising."

"So it came from a book, so it should be good." Aunt Wu also nodded, very satisfied.

Some friends chatted, and Zhao's mood gradually improved.

Qin first mentioned the matter of almond tea, saying that the business has been going well in the past few days, and praised that Pang Cheng has become more and more proficient. People who bought it said it was delicious. This is a happy event, and the others naturally congratulated it.

"I also heard one thing in the county, that Mrs. Hong is really vicious." She went on to gossip again.

Hearing Mrs. Hong, Du Xiaoyu immediately pricked up his ears.

"Hey, you don't know, Mrs. Hong actually wants to marry her own daughter to someone else's family as a concubine!"

"What?" Mrs. Zhao opened her mouth wide, "Are you going to be a concubine?"

Aunt Wu didn't take it seriously, "I'm afraid it's a rich family. She doesn't know how much she loves her son. The first two maids in the family are not raised as human beings. The Tian family who lives next door to her said that she often heard her daughter being beaten. It's too miserable. Who would devote himself to it?" Her daughter really did something wrong in her previous life!"

Mrs. Qin clicked her tongue twice, then shook her head again, "It's not like you're rich, but you just opened a spice shop, and the yard of that shop is right in front of us. It’s not long, two of them have already died, and now they’re married to the third one, they want to keep the mistress and get a concubine to protect them from the disaster!” Then he added, “I’ll just say, that Zhou Daya wasn’t How good-looking, if a rich family wants to marry a concubine, it's not about being beautiful, but now it's just to prevent disasters, who cares about the appearance!"

She was also extremely mean when she spoke, and the other two didn't answer for a moment.

Du Xiaoyu sighed secretly, no wonder Zhou Daya had been hurt for several months, she probably knew about it, so she didn't want to go.Although this person is also hated, it can be seen that her fate is miserable, but she is not so disgusted.

Aunt Wu sighed at this moment, "Do evil, do evil, a good daughter will be sent to others to suffer, how much money can I exchange for it? This Mrs. Hong is not afraid of being pointed at and scolded. It is said that a tiger does not eat its own child. Their family It’s not that you are too poor to eat, why bother!”

"Yeah, it's really rare." Mrs. Zhao also couldn't figure it out, "I only know that she is arrogant, but I didn't expect her to be so heartless. My daughter is also a child born in October!"

"You guys, do you really think other people are like us? People who want to make a fortune are everywhere. Although this Hong lady is not poor, she is not rich either. If you want to do this, look," Qin gesticulated with five fingers He said, "How many years do they have to earn? Her husband only works in the county for eight or nine taels of silver a year."

50 taels of silver?

Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Wu stared wide-eyed, and at the same time thought in their hearts, even if it was 100 taels, they would not be able to do such a thing if they were killed.

Du Xiaoyu just listened in a daze. In this world, 50 taels of silver can change your life!

Miss Hong, it's even worse than she imagined!
(End of this chapter)