The mulberry life of a small peasant girl

Chapter 22

Zhong Caixin walked up to Xiaofu with small steps, and squatted slightly, "Xiaofu, can we help the little boy take a bath? Look, the dog's body is covered in dust, and Xiaofu's new clothes are also dirty."

Xiaofu looked at his clothes, "Auntie, does Xiaofu want to take a bath too?"

"Auntie washes Xiaofu. After washing, she puts her hair into a braid!" After speaking, she touched Xiaofu's messy bun.

Xiaofu clapped his hands, "Okay! I asked my sister to help me, but she wouldn't even know how to do it. Auntie, please be my aunt, Xiaofu likes you. From now on, you will also bathe Xiaofu and braid her hair..."

Zhang De glared at Xiao Fu who was still talking non-stop, but unfortunately Xiao Fu only had eyes for the beautiful aunt in front of him, and didn't notice the little uncle's dissatisfaction at all.

Zhang De made fun of himself, turned to the three passers-by, asked what was going on, told Nuan Bao to look after the house, and he picked up the hoe and went to the ground again.

Zhong Caixin watched Zhang De walk faster and faster, knowing that he was avoiding her, but she could wait for so many years and didn't care about such a moment.Ade pays attention to children. She knows that the first step must be to please the children. While he is away, she must hurry up to get along with the children and win their favor.Although she does all this purposefully, she is over [-] years old and does not have a child under her knees, and she is really happy to be with her children.As for having children in the future, that doesn't stop me from liking these two dolls, not to mention that they were only adopted by Zhang De, even if they were children left by Zhang De's ex-wife, she would be happy to raise them, as long as they are not some messy concubines , Tongfang's child will be fine.

She recalled the days before, and everyone thought it was her luck that a merchant girl could marry a scholarly family.But no one knows how many times she gritted her teeth and swallowed bitter tears inside.After being married for a year, the mother-in-law forced her husband to study hard day and night in the study, but she blamed her for not being able to give birth to a child, and then decided to buy a little maid to add fragrance to her husband's red sleeves. The maid became pregnant in less than two months and was promoted by her mother-in-law as an aunt. She is a housewife and takes care of her pregnant aunt.Zhong Caixin knew that her mother-in-law looked down on her family background and married her only for money, and the maid's deed of prostitution was also in the hands of her mother-in-law. How could such a strong mother tolerate her son being divided by other women.Later, Xianggong was selected as a scholar, and more and more maids appeared. In order to conceive an heir, the maids continued to lure Xianggong to fool around. Under the hard work of studying and the oppression of women, Xianggong passed away in less than three years.

After the husband died, Zhong Caixin told her parents and asked them to take her home.The mother-in-law didn't want such a money-making tool to run away, but she couldn't resist the gossip from the neighbors and demanded a large sum of money from her parents.She knew that she would be gossiped by the neighbors when she returned home, so in order to prevent her parents, brother and sister-in-law from being affected by her, she sold her dowry and opened a grocery store in Longqing City.

The grocery store has to buy and unload goods every day, and it definitely needs a strong man. As a widow, she will inevitably be talked about by others, and she is also afraid of being climbed over the wall by hooligans at night, and her life is frightening.The appearance of Zhang De completely solved her problem.Honest and honest, he would never touch her, and put his head down to move the goods every day, and the ruffians didn't dare to act wild when they saw his powerful and powerful body.

As the days went by, the sullen Zhang De completely occupied her heart.

It's a pity that the falling flowers are intentional, but the flowing water is ruthless.If she hadn't happened to know that he was going to marry a wife this time, she wouldn't have confessed boldly.Since she likes it, she must take the initiative to fight for it. The scheming that she disdained in the past has now become the key to whether she can win her lover.

Zhong Caixin asked Nuan Bao to put the wooden bucket for bathing in the stove, where hot water was always burning, which was much warmer than the room.

Looking back, she found that the three passers-by had left without knowing when, she didn't care, closed the door, picked up Xiaofu and walked towards the kitchen.

After washing, he dried Xiaofu's tender hair, tied a bun on both ends of his head, and tied a thick braid on both sides of the hair in the lower half behind the ears.Wearing her new clothes, Xiaofu ran, watching the braids on both sides fly up with her running, she happily ran around the yard, and bumped into Zhong Caixin's arms.The face flushed from running was tender, like a small peach, Zhong Caixin hugged Xiaofu and couldn't help kissing her on the face, and Xiaofu also followed her aunt's action, kissing her back with a "bat" .The two had a great time playing in the yard.

Tired of playing, Xiaofu rubbed her eyes, Zhong Caixin carried her back to sleep, patted her back, and murmured.It didn't take long for Xiaofu to fall asleep.Zhong Caixin saw the child fell asleep, so she went out to clean the house.

Nuan Bao is practicing in the main room with a needle and thread. She is very inflexible about the color matching of embroidery threads. It may be that when she was doing woodcarving, she paid attention to natural beauty and never deliberately painted wood, so now her overall embroidery is not bad. But the color is a little lacking.

Zhong Caixin looked at the serious look of the little man, and without interrupting her handicraft, went straight to the kitchen to clean.If you want to see if a married woman can manage her housework well, the first thing is to check the kitchen.If the kitchen is clean and the things are neatly arranged, then this woman is still a good woman even if her morals are bad. At least she allows her family to eat well and stay clean without getting sick.

Cleaned up the stove, washed the dirty clothes that Xiaofu had replaced, scrubbed the empty chicken coop to remove the dirty chicken feces, washed Xiaoguai's rice bowl, cleaned it inside and out, the sun has already set up.Estimated that Zhang De would be going home soon, Zhong Caixin rummaged through the kitchen to find the radishes stored for the winter and the bacon hanging from the beams to make radish stew, and one roasted potato would be enough for four people.

It took Zhang De a lot of effort to dig three acres of land by himself, but he was very happy despite being tired.Thinking of the harvest in July and August, he grinned even more.As the sun was setting, he looked at the smoke from other houses on the way home, feeling envious.

Zhong Caixin heated the food on the pot, and stood in front of the door waiting for Zhang De to return home.

The passing villagers pointed out one after another, when did a young and beautiful woman come to Zhang De's house?

This is what Zhong Caixin wanted. I believe there will be rumors in the village on the second day. She is trying her best to fight, and if she loses, she will ruin her reputation for the rest of her life. Can this bet be exchanged for Zhang De's promise?

From afar, Zhang De saw Mrs. Zhong standing at the door, her graceful figure against the setting sun behind her, really like a wife waiting for her husband who came home late.He couldn't help being frightened by his own thoughts, shaking his head trying to get rid of this absurd conjecture.Mrs. Zhong's family is rich, she is kind, and she is beautiful. Many wealthy businessmen are willing to marry her to fill their houses.Although she was married for the first time, her family was poor and she had two children. In the future, she could only be wronged to be a peasant woman in the countryside. No matter how you looked at it, it was not a good marriage.

Zhong Caixin watched Zhang De walk and shook his head, what an idiot!She is often amused by his blank appearance, "Ade"

Hearing Mrs. Zhong's soft voice, Zhang De unconsciously stepped forward, "Ms. Zhong, why are you still here?"

Zhong Caixin pretended to be angry and said: "It turns out that I am so unpopular, so I can leave now..."

"No, no, no! I mean, it's so late and I don't have an ox cart to go back to Longqing. How about I borrow a car to take you back?"

"Did I go back, and you are going to get married the next day?" Zhong Caixin saw that Zhang De was silent, "You think I'm shameless, don't you?"

"No way, why does Mrs. Zhong think so..." Zhang De quickly waved his hand.

"Today, all the nearby villagers know that I cleaned your house for a day. If you don't marry me in the future, I won't be able to stay in Longqing anymore. You will be happy when I leave."

Zhang De didn't expect this to be the result, and looked at Zhong Caixin in astonishment. "You said, the villagers have seen it today?"

"Yes! Will you be responsible?" Zhong Caixin paused for a while, "If you are not responsible, I don't blame you, it's my fault."

"You know my family's situation. Why do you insist on marrying me? There are no more silks and satins after marrying me. You have to wash your hands and make soup clothes from now on. You can't bear this pain." Zhang De sighed.

"I just ask if you are willing to take responsibility?"

How could Zhang De be that despicable villain, he nodded in agreement.

Zhong Caixin pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I will never regret what I do. When will you come to my house to apply for a job?"

Zhang De blushed after hearing this, "I'll take you back tonight, and I'll invite a matchmaker to come tomorrow."

Zhong Caixin received the letter, and happily brought the hot food in the pot to the table, and the four of them ate dinner warmly.

Qin Niang walked out of Zhang De's house in silence, and the three of them were speechless all the way, until the aunt came out of the village and said bitterly: "I didn't expect that man to have a woman, this is a fraudulent marriage!"

Mommy frowned, "Is there some misunderstanding? If there is such a matchmaker, wouldn't it be self-destructing?"

Qinniang thought of her own daughter, Ni'er clearly had a heart for this man, although she had never seen his face, but when she heard the matchmaker say that he was honest and good-looking, she was very motivated to marry him on shore.If it doesn't work out this time, I really don't know if she is still willing to marry.

Matchmaker Tian received a message from Cai's family the next day, and was asked why she panicked when she cheated on the marriage. The good name she has always maintained cannot be ruined by this matter.So she closed the door and found Aunt Zhang impatiently. As soon as Aunt Zhang heard it, she knew it was about the widow yesterday. The matchmaker knocked on Zhang De's door.

Zhang De sent Mrs. Zhong back to the city overnight, and then drove home overnight. When he came back, he was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open, and fell asleep until dawn.

Nuanbao cooked the meal and waited for the little uncle to get up and eat.Hearing a knock on the door outside, after opening the door, it was Aunt Zhang and Matchmaker Tian who looked anxious.

When Aunt Zhang saw Nuan Bao, she pulled her and asked, "Where's your uncle?"

"Uncle is sleeping, what's the matter, auntie?"

"Quick, let's talk inside." Aunt Zhang closed the door for Nuan Bao, and walked into the main room with Matchmaker Tian on her arm.

Hearing the noise outside, Zhang De got up and walked out of the main room, saw that it was Aunt Zhang, and remembered what Zhong Caixin said when he parted last night, "If the matchmaker doesn't come to the door before the day after tomorrow, then I will understand what you mean, I won't force you, When the time comes, it will disappear in front of your eyes." Scared by these words, Zhang De thought that Zhong Caixin would commit suicide because he had let him down, so he repeatedly promised to invite a matchmaker to come to the door by tomorrow at the latest.

"Auntie, by the way, didn't you tell me last time that a matchmaker introduced the marriage? I happen to have someone to choose, and I want to ask Aunt Zhang to help me propose a marriage."

"Ah De, don't you like that daughter of the Cai family?" Aunt Zhang thought that nothing bad would happen.

Sure enough, "Forget about that. Now I want to ask my aunt to help me."

Matchmaker Tian felt embarrassed. Although the two parties were still in the deliberation stage and hadn't agreed yet, the man wanted to be in the front and the woman was behind. They both secretly saw each other. How could such a foreign woman suddenly come out?
Zhang De took out half a penny from his bosom, "Let's go to the matchmaker to propose marriage first, and get it done as soon as possible within today."

Tian Matchmaker saw the half hanging money, since the man is not willing to marry the daughter of the Cai family, she can't force it not to be. Fortunately, she didn't break the engagement, she still knows how to deal with it.

(End of this chapter)