pungent peasant girl

Chapter 9
The town is much more lively than Lihua Village, with pedestrians coming and going, and shops everywhere, which made Meng Qianyan more and more happy the more he looked at it.

She couldn't help being playful, and instead of going to Meng Quan and Meng Qiantao first, she wandered around alone, bought fried cakes and buns, and happily walked from east to west.

She didn't stop until she heard the sound of hammering iron, "Oh, it's a blacksmith's shop. That's right, this is the blacksmith's shop I'm looking for!"

"Little girl, stay away, it's dangerous here!" The sweaty blacksmith saw Meng Qianyan approaching, and hurriedly scolded her.

"Ah, uncle, I have something to ask for you!" Meng Qianyan hurriedly took two steps back, and then explained.

The blacksmith threw away the hammer after hearing the sound, and looked up at Meng Qianyan, "Huh? What do you want? Did your parents ask you to buy farm tools? Go to the shop and have a look, there are hoes and sickles."

"No, uncle, I'm not buying farm tools, I want a curved bow and some iron arrowheads."

Hearing this, the blacksmith frowned, "Bows and arrows? I heard that right, what are you, a country girl, buying these for?"

"I, if someone in my family hunts in the mountains, I need to buy it." Meng Qianyan didn't want to explain, so he just talked nonsense.

The blacksmith thought for a while, "Oh, it's fine, but I don't have a ready-made bow here, so I have to make it now. If you want to, you can pay the silver first, and wait here for an afternoon!"

"Okay, no problem! Uncle, tell me how much it is!" Meng Qianyan was heartbroken, and directly took out the money bag.

"Not much, calculated according to the weight of iron, it's only twenty Wen."

"Okay!" Meng Qianyan counted twenty copper coins, clattered them into the blacksmith's palm, and then said with a smile: "Then uncle, I will wait for you in the town, and I will come back later. How about you?" Remember, the arrow must be as sharp as possible."

"Okay, I'll go fight now!"

Meng Qianyan greeted the blacksmith, turned around and ran to play elsewhere.The blacksmith was astonished while tempering the fire: "Hey, this girl seems to be quite knowledgeable."

Meng Qianyan didn't care what the blacksmith thought of her, as long as the bow and arrow were made properly anyway.

She bought another bag of fried cakes on the side of the road, and followed the road she came yesterday to find the rich family where Mengquan and his daughter lived.

She heard from her memory that this rich family was surnamed Shen, who seemed to be a relative of a certain big businessman surnamed Luo in the county. Because they did some timber business in the town, they settled their family here.

Now, Meng Quan is the doorkeeper at Shen's house, while Meng Qiantao is the maid who helps cut and serve the dishes in the back kitchen.When doing things for others, it always depends on the face of the person. Meng Qianyan thought that when he earned enough money, he must let his father and sister go home and stay relaxed.

While thinking this way, he also arrived outside the gate of the Shen family.

Meng Quan is the gatekeeper, so Meng Qianyan saw him as soon as he saw it. He hurriedly smiled and ran to Meng Qianyan's side, his eyes were full of joy, "Qianyan! Why are you here?"

"Hey, Dad, my mother asked me to come and see you. By the way, let me tell you that the marriage has been resigned, and everything is fine at home, so you can rest assured."

"Hey! It's fine if it's okay, so dad can rest assured! Your mother also has money now, if you want to eat anything, just tell your mother. As for the marriage—" Meng Quan hesitated, "we will Say more."

"Hey, dad, I'm not in a hurry. Isn't my sister not married? By the way, this is the fried cake I bought for my sister. You can bring this to her later!"

Meng Quan took it and smiled happily. The two daughters of hers are too sensible, "Okay, I will send it to your sister as soon as Dad changes shifts."

"Father, I'm done with my sister today, why don't you go home and have a look? Mother made delicious food, and I want you to go back and eat together!"

"Okay, your sister also said that she is worried about the family affairs and wants to go back and have a look."

"That's fine, then I'll go back first, and you and my sister should go home early." After bidding farewell to Meng Quan, Meng Qianyan ran away again, and Lian Mengquan shook his head helplessly, "Hehe, when did this girl become so hot-tempered?" , Run away as soon as you say."

Of course Meng Qianyan was in a hurry, she had to go back and urge the blacksmith to quickly make the bow and arrow, improve the food at home in the evening, and give Meng Quan and Meng Qiantao a surprise.

"Uncle, are you all right?"

After being urged by Meng Qianyan for the third time, the blacksmith threw a brand new curved bow in front of her, "Girl, hurry up, isn't it ready? Take a look, it's okay!"

As he said that, he threw ten iron sharp arrows over.

Meng Qianyan quickly picked it up, and pulled the string on the bow, eh!Good strength!After rubbing the tip of the arrow, it is also very sharp!
Meng Qianyan was very satisfied, and showed a big smile to the blacksmith uncle, "Thank you, uncle!"

"You're welcome, hurry up and take it back to your parents!"

"Hey, see you later, uncle!"

Meng Qianyan took the curved bow, her heart was excited, and her hands were itchy. You know, she hasn't touched a bow and arrow for many days, and she really misses it.

She went all the way out of the town, came to the forest outside the town, aimed at the fluttering bird in the sky, and shot an arrow.

The arrow pierced through the air, and with a pounce, it pierced straight into the bird's chest. In the blink of an eye, the bird fell to the ground in a straight line.

Meng Qianyan trotted over and picked up the bird, "Oh, poor bird, if you want to blame it, you are too fat, if you don't eat it, who will eat it!"

Wrapped a rope with grass stems from the forest, tied the bird up and hung it on his body, then Meng Qianyan walked like flying, his eyes scanning the surrounding environment sharply.

And hares!it is good!Don't blame me if it's delivered to your door!Whoosh!It was another arrow, and the fat rabbit was also hung on the waist.

But in just a short time of drinking a cup of tea, Meng Qianyan already had three fat birds and two hares hanging on his body, which weighed about twenty catties.She reckoned that these were enough to eat, so she put away her bow and arrows and headed back towards Lihua Village.

At this time, it was almost dark, and people who were doing farm work from the fields also walked home with hoes on their shoulders.

"Look, it's the second girl of the Meng family!" I don't know which child yelled first, and Meng Qianyan felt that several eyes fell on her.

"Wow, what a fat rabbit!"

"Yes, there is also a bird, I don't know what kind of bird it is, but that bird flies so high!"

"Hey, second girl! Wait a minute, don't go, where did you hares and birds come from!"

The respected and respected old man Feng in Lihua Village stopped Meng Qianyan, she had to stop and let a group of neighbors quickly surround her.

(End of this chapter)