Chapter 21

Lin Jiao didn't know if she was shy, but looking at the uncle opposite, she seemed really a little shy.Seeing that he opened his mouth, his face was full of embarrassment, and he immediately rushed to say to the two children: "The younger brother is Ermao, so the older brother is called Da Mao?" Seeing the two brothers nodding, they smiled again: "Da Mao and Er Mao guessed wrong, I It's not your aunt. But as for the meeting gift, not only aunts can give it, but sister can also give it. Call me Sister Sheng, and next time I will bring it to your brothers. What do you want?"

Da Mao and Er Mao looked at each other, and immediately called "Sister" neatly and loudly, then twisted off Yang Jingxuan's arm, and ran to Lin Jiao, one said: "I want something delicious!" The other said: "I want something delicious!" Fun!"

Lin Jiao glanced at Yang Jingxuan, seeing that he seemed to be relieved, she pursed her lips slightly and smiled, looked away, stroked the round heads of the two brothers, took one of the two brothers and said, "It's delicious and fun. Okay, remember. Now Come with me to the kitchen, my sister is afraid of the dark, and walking alone is a bit scary!"

The two brothers laughed happily and scrambled to lead the way.

Yang Jingxuan watched the peach-red back disappear at the corner of the corridor following the dim yellow halo of the oil lamp. The short-term amazement and unexpected embarrassment that happened in this narrow space just now finally disappeared, and the whole person slowly relaxed. A moment ago, after she made a statement to save the siege, the half-smile look in her eyes when she looked at her in the shadow of the lamp emerged, and a part of her chest suddenly felt stuffy.

Lin Jiao followed Da Mao and Er Mao into the stove, and saw that dishes had been set on the table, and the nimble hostess was busy in front of the fragrant stove, seeing Lin Jiao coming in and asking for help, she was frying the pot. dish, and hurriedly said: "Oh, no, no, this room is small, and there are so many people that it can't be turned around. I can do it myself. Besides, you are a guest, so how can you let the guests go into the stove? Big bastard, don't just patronize Sapo , lead the guests outside to rest."

Da Mao grabbed his mother's trouser legs and looked up, "I was going to call her aunt, but she asked me to call her sister, and said that there is a greeting ceremony if you don't call her aunt, so Er Mao and I will call her sister!"

Lin Jiao really felt embarrassed now, and was about to explain, but after Yang was startled, she burst out laughing, looked at Lin Jiao and said, "Don't blame me. It's all because I read too much a few days ago. A few words about finding an aunt for the two of them, and they will firmly remember them, and they screamed when they saw you." Then he raised the spatula to chase the two sons away, and urged Lin Jiao to go out too.

Lin Jiao saw that she had smoothed things out for her, so she smiled and said: "I will call you an aunt according to my seniority in the village. I also work in the fields at home. I was bothering you tonight, so why not?" Are you ashamed to be a passer-by? It’s true that I can’t cook well, but it’s okay to start a fire and beat others.”

Mrs. Yang blasted away the two tired sons, and said with a smile: "Seeing that you are also a cheerful person, I will not be polite to you. Help me pick off the fungus and yellow flowers. I sent them yesterday and there are still leftovers, which can be fried." One dish." Lin Jiao responded, and when she was picking vegetables, she suddenly saw two children running in panting again.

Da Mao said: "Mother, uncle asked me to come over and tell you, he suddenly remembered something urgent!"

Ermao went on to say, "Let's go!"

Yang Shi was startled: "Have you left yet?"

Da Mao said, "I didn't let him go!"

Ermao said, "I hugged his leg!"

"Okay, I got it!" Yang said, "That's right, the two boys finally know what to do. Don't make trouble here, go play with your uncle, and you can eat later!"

"But..." The two children looked at each other and said in unison, "Uncle finally left!"

Ouch, Yang cursed, "I've never seen such a naughty baby, she's tongue-licking when she speaks in one breath", she threw away the spatula in her hand, and didn't have time to untie her bib, so she hurried out to stop people.Seeing the aggrieved faces of the two babies, Lin Jiao held back a smile and touched the braids on top of their heads, hesitated, and followed to the backyard.I saw that the horse tied under the rain eaves in the yard had disappeared.Yang didn't even have time to get his rain gear, so he opened the back door and was about to chase him out.Lin Jiao hurriedly grabbed an umbrella against the wall and handed it to her. Seeing her chasing a few steps, she slowed down, turned her head and complained to Lin Jiao: "Look, how can there be someone like him? Brother, just leave as soon as you say, what is the big thing so urgent, you don’t even eat food and you want to leave in the rain! Come back next time and see if I can open the door for him!"

Lin Jiao looked down the alley by the back door, and saw that the rain was still rushing down in the dark night, where was there any trace of that person and horse?A slight sense of disappointment flashed in my heart, and I quickly smiled at Yang Shi: "Maybe there is something urgent!"

"Forget it! My brother has such a temper. If he wants to leave, he won't be able to catch up," Yang said after closing the door, "Let's go back to eat by ourselves!"

Mrs. Yang is very hospitable, and Lin Jiao was forced to fill an extra bowl when she was eating.After dinner, the two little brothers went back to play in the house. When Lin Jiao accompanied Yang Shi to wash, Yang Shi glanced at her and asked with a smile: "My brother told me earlier that you are the daughter-in-law of the old Yang's family at the entrance of the village. I thought about it." It took me a long time to remember it. When I got married, you were still a yellow-haired girl, but I didn’t expect you to look like this now!” After taking another look at Lin Jiao, she sighed and said, “You’re still old. The way you look reminds me of when I was a girl myself."

Lin Jiao hurriedly said a few words of politeness and compliments to her, Yang waved her hand, and suddenly said: "A-Jiao, I have a straight temper, and I can't hide what I have to say, I have something to ask you, if the question is not good , don't blame me."

Lin Jiao's heart skipped a beat, asking her to ask at ease.

Yang said: "The first time I saw my brother bring you here, I was really shocked. It was the first time I saw a woman next to him in all these years. Later, I heard from him that you were Chunjiao from the old Yang family. , I just found out..." Glancing at her, he smiled and said, "A-Jiao, you and my brother are usually close?"

Lin Jiao hurriedly said: "Guy, Uncle Jingxuan and I have met in the village a few times before. He is a good person, and I have to take care of my uncle Nengwu. Today is also a coincidence. I entered the county town and returned late, and it was raining again. While waiting for the bus, I happened to meet Uncle Jingxuan, he probably saw that it was inconvenient for me to be a woman, so he led me to my aunt's place. There is nothing else."

Yang uttered an oh.The expression on his face seemed to be relieved, but also a little disappointed.He smiled and stopped talking.

The rain gradually stopped.Lin Jiao lay on the kang paved by Yang's family, listening to the ticking sound of the small puddle on the ground from the eaves outside, wondering whether Nengwu would be anxious to wait for her to go back, and thinking about Yang Jingxuan hugging his two nephews for a while The look in his eyes when he bumped into himself when he came out of the house, he thought about his last hasty departure for a while, and he fell asleep until late at night.Woke up early the next morning, changed back to the clothes I had dried, and was retained by Mrs. Yang for breakfast. When I was about to leave, I saw her handing over a package and said: "A-Jiao, it's okay for you to stay at my house overnight." Fate, I see that you are quite suitable for my eyes, I wrapped a few clothes, the clothes you wore last night are also inside, they are old, but you just didn't wear them hard, don't be disgusted."

Lin Jiao hurriedly thanked her sincerely, took it over, and saw the two brothers standing behind the door frame, one on the left and one on the right, staring at her eagerly, with delicious food written in one look, and fun in the other, holding back Stopped laughing and came to the two of them, and whispered a few words in the ear, the two children clapped their hands and said with a smile: "Sister, come early!"

When Lin Jiao returned to Peach Blossom Village, it was already past noon, and she saw Neng Wu waiting outside the courtyard with an anxious expression on her face. When she heard her voice, she smiled, and her eye circles turned red. After explaining, he sighed secretly.I didn't reply in time yesterday, I just wanted to explain the misunderstanding to Yang Jingxuan, but I didn't expect that the misunderstanding was not explained, and instead made Nengwu worry all night out of thin air.It was really a mistake again.

For a period of time after that, Lin Jiao never saw Yang Jingxuan again.Whether it is in the village or when I go to the Yamen to collect money in the next month.But it doesn't matter anymore, and now she lives every day, only the words "enriched" and "busy" can be summed up.The wheat in the field has come to harvest time one after another. Those who planted on the sloping land are the first to ripen their acres due to lack of water. They have already started harvesting. On the village roads, there are wooden carts with wooden wheels that creak everywhere.Because this spring is fairly smooth, the joy of harvest hangs on everyone's face.Lin Jiao invited Widow Shi to walk around her field, and Widow Shi said, "The wheat needs to be harvested when it's [-]% ripe. The land in your house can be done in two days. Aunt's house will be a few days later. Help you cut it! This year is God’s eye opening, the harvest is good! New wheat flour is used to make pancakes, it’s delicious!"

Wheat was planted in the ground last fall, experienced winter growth, spring growth, and is only harvested now.Although Lin Jiao only got in halfway through such a long process of hard work, and she often complained in her heart about the hard work of farming, she wished she could jump out of the mud and live a comfortable life right away, but now standing on the ridge of the field, Holding the heavy ears of wheat in his hands, looking at the green and yellow wheat fields, he still felt a kind of real satisfaction in his heart, as if he had worked so hard to raise his son and finally won the first prize in the exam.

In addition to the upcoming harvest, Lin Jiao is looking forward to the harvest of the ten taels of silver released.More than a month has passed in a flash. As long as it goes well, she will probably get the first speculative return in her life in a short time.Once a few days ago, she noticed that Chun Xing had gone to the county town, and when she came back, she looked a little sullen. She knew that she was probably worried about Luo Hu, and she didn't see anyone when she went to the city, so she returned disappointed.In my heart, I planned to wait until the wheat was harvested, and then I went to the city to have a look at the city god.In the past few nights, she has already started to think about the plan after collecting the money.

Luo Hu said at the time that if everything goes well, there will be about ten times the interest. She is more conservative, even if it is seven or eight times, then there will be seven or eighty taels in the account, and the ten taels will be repaid to Yang Jingxuan, and half of the remaining money will be sent to Neng Wu to see his eyes , there is still half of it, naturally I will keep it as a book, and see what Luo Hu means, how much I can earn on the second trip.Of course, in the justifiable contact opportunity of repaying the money, she would try her best to get some information from Yang Jingxuan that would allow her to gain a foothold in this speculation.Of course, she wouldn't be so stupid as to arouse his vigilance because of her questioning, but she can also analyze clues by making indirect remarks.

It's just... I don't know what this person is busy with right now?It's been so long since I haven't returned to Taohua Village.

Lin Jiao fell asleep amidst all kinds of calculations mixed with excitement, anticipation, uneasiness, and frustration, and woke up energetically the next day. At about eight or nine o'clock, she suddenly heard the sound of a gong on the village road outside. Someone was yelling: "Everyone go to the ancestral hall! I have something to talk about!"

(End of this chapter)

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