Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 92
When he arrived in the county, he was already very hungry. Du Xiaoyu took Mrs. Zhao to look for Pang Cheng. Seeing that he was indeed selling almond tea at the entrance of the market, he immediately ordered a few bowls.

It was past noon, so there were not many people there, and the few benches in front of the cart were empty. The four of them sat down to drink slowly, and Pang Cheng brought them two large plates of pancakes of various colors.

"It's even more delicious than Xiaoyu's." Mrs. Zhao boasted.

Pang Cheng just smiled naively.

Practice makes perfect, the more it is cooked, the better it tastes. Du Xiaoyu drank two big bowls, and his stomach was full.

Before leaving, Mrs. Zhao wanted to pay, but Pang Cheng refused to accept it anyway, so he had to give up, and the four of them went to the paper horse shop again.

Speaking of paper horse shops, there used to be two or three in Feixian County, but since the opening of the Wang family's paper horse shops, the business of other shops has plummeted, and they are the only one left in a few years, but this business is unlucky after all. After the pot was full, he gave the shop to the Lin family, who is Aunt Wu's in-laws, and now the eldest son Lin Qingzhen is taking care of it.

"The Wang family heard that they no longer do it?" Zhao asked.

Cui smiled and said, "Yes, they have all moved to Fucheng, but this Lin family Zhima is still the only family in the county, but it is even more powerful than the previous Wang family!"

"The Lin family?" The only thing Zhao thought about was thinking of Lin Meizhen's elder brother, and he shook his head feeling a little regretful.

While speaking, he had already walked to the door of the shop. The location of this shop is relatively remote. When you come out of the market, turn right and go to the innermost part. But at this moment, it is full of people, and people come and go. It can be seen that the business is extremely prosperous.

There are three things that are particularly eye-catching at the door, all of which are made of paper. One is a pavilion more than two feet high, the second is a golden horse with a tall head, and the third is a pair of golden boys and girls.

Du Xiaoyu was dumbfounded. He had seen these things before at other people's funerals, but nothing was as exquisite as these. Not to mention the gorgeous exterior of the pavilion, there were wing rooms, tables and chairs inside, and the horse seemed to fly away. Lifelike, the golden boy and the jade girl have detailed facial features, natural movements, and no flaws.

This person's kung fu is really good, no wonder so many people come to buy it!
"Ah, it's Xiaoyu!" Someone came out to see her off.

Du Xiaoyu looked up and saw that it wasn't Mrs. Wu's son Lu Dechang, so she called out, "Brother Lu!" and asked, "Brother Lu is here to help your brother-in-law?"

"Yeah, it's Qingming, how can he do it alone, your mother? Has he entered the shop?" Lu Dechang laughed, "I can buy something cheaper if your mother wants to buy something." He said and went in to look for it.

Du Xiaoyu also walked into the shop, and saw that there were many customers inside, one wanted to buy ingots, the other wanted to buy paper money, and there was a lot of noise.

"Little fish, come here." Mrs. Zhao found her, "When I turned around just now, no one was there, it scared my boss, don't run around, there are many people in Qingming."

"I'm looking at those sacrifices outside, they are so beautiful!"

"That's right, this man's craftsmanship is really good." Bai Lianhua looked at the various sacrifices in the shop, and suddenly pointed with her finger, "Did he make them all?"

There was a boy sitting by the side door, he took a trowel to cut the bamboo strips, his fingers were slender and slender, he passed the bamboo strips left and right in his hands a few times, and it turned out to be a simple little wicker chair without too much complexity.

Very mini, just right for that little pavilion.

Bai Lianhua opened her mouth wide, and seeing the boy's straight nose and smiling lips, she was momentarily dazed.

Du Xiaoyu took two steps forward, knelt down and watched him make things attentively, she had already recognized who the boy was, it was Lin Meizhen's eldest brother Lin Qingzhen, her mother had taken a fancy to him back then.

Lin Qingzhen didn't care, and continued to make things, and only made a small bed and a screen after a while.

Over there, Mrs. Cui has already selected the things, and Mrs. Li also found some paper money and ingots for Du Xianming to pay homage to the ancestors.

Lu Dechang came over at this time and said, "Brother-in-law, these two aunts are from our same village, I sold them cheap, do you have any objections?"

Lin Qingzhen smiled and said, "It's up to you to decide."

Lu Dechang chuckled, stretched out his hand and patted Du Xiaoyu's head, "Is it so beautiful? Brother-in-law, you can make up something for Xiaoyu to play with." After speaking, he led Cui and the others to settle the score.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingzhen handed her the little wicker chair that he had made before, and asked, "Do you like something else?"

His voice was extremely gentle, with a very special kind of deep, Du Xiaoyu blushed, shook his head and said, "That's it, this is good."

He just smiled, lowered his head and continued to cut bamboo sticks.

So focused, as if he had no other distractions, even if people came and went in the shop, he was not affected in any way.

Like an artist, Du Xiaoyu made an evaluation of him.

When she left the shop, she realized that Cui Shi was willing to spend money to buy so many sacrifices, including a golden bed, a big white horse, a maidservant, and many, many ingots.

It's eye-catching on the road.

Mrs. Zhao also felt that it was exaggerating, but she didn't show it on her face, and reached out to help her carry it together.

Du Xiaoyu was playing with a small wicker chair beside him, the more delicate it looked, the more delicate it looked, and it could even swing from side to side in the palm of his hand!

"Give me a look too." Bai Lianhua stretched out her hand, took it, looked around, with a faint blush on her face, and said suddenly, "Can you give this to me?"

"Ah?" Du Xiaoyu was speechless, grabbing all the children's things!
Seeing her unwillingness, Bai Lianhua secretly plucked a light red bead flower from her head, "Can I exchange this with you?"

Just now someone snatched a hairpin and talked about it for a long time, but she was willing to exchange pearl flowers for a wicker chair. Du Xiaoyu couldn't help but stare at her. No matter how nice this little wicker chair is, it's not as attractive to girls as jewelry. what.

"Forget it, I'll give it to you if you want it." Du Xiaoyu waved his hand and twitched his mouth slightly.

"Really!" Bai Lianhua was so happy that she wanted to come up and hug her, and carefully put the small wicker chair in her purse.

It was evening when we reached the village.

Du Xian was picking up vegetables in the yard. There was half a basket of wild bamboo shoots in the bamboo basket, and some potatoes on the ground that hadn't been peeled. The sheep in the cowshed were bleating, and the little wolf lay lazily beside him.

There was cooking smoke rising in the air, Du Xiaoyu walked a few steps quickly, and said with a smile, "Father, we are back." Looking at the bamboo basket again, "Dad, did you go to the mountains today?"

Du Xian raised his head, "Oh, I'm back. The bamboo shoots were sent by Er Ya. You happened to be away. She said she picked too many and gave us some to try. What a warm-hearted girl!"

Mrs. Hong must have asked her to dig it. This girl sneaked here and happened to miss her. Hey, Du Xiaoyu sighed.

Mrs. Zhao also came in at this moment, Du Xian asked, "Mother, why is there an extra rooster in the chicken coop? Which family brought it?"

"Sister Cui sent it." Mrs. Zhao put the paper money in the main room, walked over to draw buckets of water from the well into the big basin, and sighed, "I don't want it. She just put it in the shed. Next time, when the cotton is harvested, I will pop it." Thick quilts are sent over, and their family does not grow cotton."

"Alright, I can't ask for their things for nothing." Du Xian stopped for a moment, and said strangely, "Don't you think that we Huanghua still have to study for two years? Why do you want to send a rooster and drag you to Tianxing Temple? Oh, Their family's lotus is also growing up, so they don't want to be with us Wen Yuan...the child, there is no rush, our family Wen Yuan still has to take the provincial exam!"

Mrs. Zhao looked at Du Xiaoyu, who was eavesdropping, at first she wanted to avoid her, but after thinking about it, anyway, this child is mature, and he must know it from other places, so she said, "It's not Wen Yuan's business, I asked for a lottery in the temple today, and they were all signed, so the person who unwrapped the lottery will show it to Sister Cui first, so it's very accurate."

"What did you say?"

"She was asking for their family's time. She said it would be very happy! She also said that good things are coming soon, and the husband and wife will be harmonious in the future, and everything will go well. The eldest sister then asked the lottery to advise when is the best time to get married. It turns out that it is within this year. Inside is good."

Du Xian said, "Within a year? Is it too urgent?"

Mrs. Zhao also meant the same thing, "Yeah, I also feel a little anxious, her son is only a little better, who knows..." She paused, feeling that it was inappropriate to say this, and said, "I also gave Huang Hua After asking for a lottery, hey, it really put me in a difficult situation, saying that there is a happy relationship in front of me, isn't that referring to the Bai family?"

"If there is such a thing, what does the signed document say?" Du Xian hurriedly said, "Read it for us Xiaoyu, she is learned now and can understand everything, Wen Yuan also told me last time, if there is a If you want to read something, call her."

"I don't remember, but someone copied it down. Although the person who interpreted the lottery said that it was accurate, I always felt uncomfortable when I looked at the mischievous eyebrows. I was afraid that Sister Cui would be unhappy, so I didn't say anything to my face. I still waited until she was away. I just asked a young master who was painting to copy it for me." Mrs. Zhao took out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to Du Xiaoyu.

The signature is as follows, Yumen jumps over the waves, the fish changes into a dragon, and if the mind is the king, Fang Weiji figured it out.

At first glance, it was a lottery, no matter whether it is asking about the house, business, asking for money, or marriage, Du Xiaoyu thought in his heart, if he really wants to get this one, he is not fooling people, it is indeed good luck, but the lottery The way she didn't believe it.

"What do you say, Xiaoyu?" Du Xian asked.

"It's really a good lottery." Du Xiaoyu replied reluctantly. She dared not say that she questioned the gods and Buddhas. If she said that drawing lots was completely boring, she would definitely be scolded.

"That's a good thing!" Du Xian was very happy, but then he thought again, "But we can't be sure it's the Bai family, right? Maybe Huang Hua has another good marriage."

Mrs. Zhao was a little annoyed, "Yes, but I think Elder Sister Cui wants to finish this matter. In fact, if their son is in good health, it would be good." The implication is that he is still worried that he will not recover.

Du Xiaoyu was also worried about this, and thought for a while, "Even if mother agrees, there's nothing I can do. Isn't my sister still studying for two years? It's not like the Bai family doesn't know, so why are you so anxious to get married right now?"

"That's right, their family already knew that Huang Hua signed the contract." Although Du Xian liked Bai Yushi quite a lot, his daughter was a treasure, so how could he dare to take any chances, "If she is in such a hurry next time, If you just answer like this, can you still go to Wanjia to make a fuss?"

"That's the only way, and I don't want to make trouble with their family." Mrs. Zhao washed the wild bamboo shoots in the basket and took them to the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)