Chapter 54 Gossip
The Wang family's house looks the same every day. The advantage of having more people is that it is faster, but the disadvantage of more people is that there is more food. Both Zhang and Old Lei Gong knew that Wang Shuyan went to the town to buy food, but they did not expect that the food would be delivered home by carriage. She did not expect that as soon as the grain cart arrived, she would get off the cart with a foreigner, Shen Xiucai.

The rain in summer is just pretentious and not pleasant at all. It stops again next time, as if a storm is brewing, which is unpredictable.

Mrs. Zhang's eyebrows jumped as soon as she saw Shen Xiucai, and the expression on her face was so complicated that her eyebrows were knotted: Why does Shen Xiucai always like to stick to his daughter? It's so sad!

Shen Que first greeted Madam Zhang graciously: "Aunt Zhang."

She was already picturesque and polite, which made her even more popular among the elders. At least when he called her, Mrs. Zhang forgot her previous dislike of him and smiled back at him: "Shen Xiucai is here too."

When Shen Xiucai politely called him 'Uncle Lei', Old Lei Gong followed Zhang and laughed back: "Uh... Shen Xiucai is here too?" Otherwise, he wouldn't know what to say.

The others looked at each other, gossiping and watching the show while working.

Wang Shuyan directed the men to carry the grain to a small corner of the bamboo house. Shen Que also took the initiative to help. The second and third parties wanted to help but Wang Shuyan refused. Yuan Zheng felt that his feet had healed and wanted to help, but Wang Shuyan said so. He said "Lie back" and then retracted obediently in seconds.

As soon as the grain truck left, Shen Que picked up the 25 kilograms of yellow rice that had been distributed in advance by the grain store and prepared to leave. He said to Wang Shuyan, "Sister Yan, I'll come back tomorrow to get the yams."

Wang Shuyan nodded: "Okay, you can come at this time tomorrow."

Shen Que nodded, and before leaving, he turned back and asked, "By the way, how about the pen, ink, paper and inkstone I bought for you last time? Have you written on it?"

Since the last time he signed the contract, he knew that Sister Yan was literate and that she was once the daughter of a wealthy family.

Wang Shuyan was startled, not expecting him to ask suddenly, and his eyes flickered: "It's too...hard, not soft enough."

Thinking of the rice paper as hard as iron sheet, she felt dizzy. Sure enough, it was cheap but not good, and it would be a pain in the ass to think of it as 'toilet paper'.

Shen Que was shocked: "That's mulberry leaf paper. It's better to be hard. Why should it be so soft?"

And it took him a long time to get that price down.

Wang Shuyan suddenly didn't want to discuss it with him anymore. Human beings' needs were not the same. Talking about them was useless and only made people angry.

Seeing the disgust on her face, Shen Que tried to save her, "I'll help you buy a few of each kind later and you can choose yourself. It's just that if you buy less, it will be more expensive."

Wang Shuyan's eyes immediately brightened and he smiled: "Then I will thank Shen Xiucai."

Shen Que: "..." His face changed so quickly.

……

That day, when Shen Que was carrying grain home from Wang's house, Uncle Chun's oxcart also arrived at Fangzikou Village. Rumors immediately spread like bees throughout the village, becoming more and more unpleasant as they spread.

Neighbors love gossiping the most. Only in this way can the boring farm work every day become interesting. They don't care about the truth at all and are only willing to listen to everyone's speculations.

Aunt Su naturally heard it too. Although she didn't join in the fun, she couldn't help but have the gossip poured into her ears.

"Aunt Fu, that sister Yan is so shameless. How can she ride in a carriage with a foreigner?"

"Also, I heard that she was the one who took the initiative to provoke Shen Xiucai."

"You are close to their family, so you still have to advise Mrs. Zhang's daughter to abide by the rules."

"I think there must be other reasons why Mrs. Zhang was beaten by Wang Fu. Who can guarantee that she will be honest when she comes to the village? Look at how charming she looks..."

"The daughter I gave birth to is ugly, not to mention very weird in temperament, but she likes to offend Shen Xiucai. Moreover, Li Zheng often goes to Wang's house. Several times I saw Zhang deliberately getting very close to Li Zheng. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it really is. You are a coquettish woman." "Don't you know yet? When Old Lei Gong went to build a house, Li Zheng was the one who made the most of it. You don't know, right? A few days ago, I saw Mrs. Zhang going to Li Zheng's house and the two of them were riding together. I'm afraid these two people have long been confused about the carriage. There must be a reason why Wang Fu still refuses to go home..."

Aunt Su had a smile on her face at first, but at the end she started scolding: "Have you seen it? Mrs. Zhang and her daughter are all talkative women who don't like to talk about things. They are so good at it." Why don't you go to the teahouse and tell stories..."

The village woman who was scolded suddenly felt that she had no face, and she scolded, unwilling to be outdone: "Aunt Fu, why are you scolding people all of a sudden? What benefits did Madam Zhang give you to help others? Aunt Fu, please be more careful and don't be taken advantage of. .”

Aunt Su picked up the sweeping broom and rolled up the dust in the yard, and cursed: "Am I being used by others? You just can't see Madam Zhang getting better and better now. Didn't you scold Madam Zhang vigorously at the beginning? Why did you turn around and scold Madam Zhang again? Now you are actually speaking for the gambler. You should be more considerate and don’t become the Liu family’s gun and stick. If your brain grows rough, just ask someone to pull it out with a hoe. Don’t let it grow bad..."

The village women had their faces covered in dust, and they couldn't stop noisy, so they left angrily.

……

For several days in a row, the food ordered by Wang Shuyan from Wuli Town was delivered. Shen Xiucai also came twice during this period, and was even rumored by the villagers to have a nose and eyes.

Naturally, the men brought by Lao Leitou also heard about it, and one or two of them were his wives. They were all covering their faces for fear that Wang Shuyan would find out, but there was always a hint of guilt in their eyes.

Wang Shuyan felt strange, but didn't worry about it. Although Zhang was confused every time he saw Aunt Su hesitate to speak, it was hard to ask when she didn't take the initiative to speak.

The family of four looked at the house, which was getting more and more beautiful day by day, with joy and anticipation.

Erlang asked excitedly: "Sister, how many days will it take for our house to be built?"

San Lang pulled Zhang's sleeve and asked, "Mom, can't we move in first?"

This made Mrs. Zhang laugh helplessly: "How can we live in a house that has not been built yet? We have to choose a good time."

Wang Shuyan touched Erlang's little head and said, "Just wait patiently. It will be faster as soon as the tiles are put up."

Because Old Lei Gong warned Hui that everything was going well, Wang Shuyan prepared to go into the mountains to catch snakes for Mr. Li. Before setting off, he found a pair of broken shoes at the door of his house, and they were a pair of particularly bad straw sandals.

what's going on?Wang Shuyan raised his eyebrows blankly. The size didn't look like it was accidentally dropped by a man who came to work every day. It looked a bit like the straw sandals worn by women.

She didn't take it seriously and put the tattered straw sandals aside so that no one would come looking for them. She also put up a sign saying "There are shoes here, those who lose them will take it." She completely ignored the fact that most people in the village didn't care. Literate.

After doing this, she picked up the sickle and threw it into the bamboo basket containing the snakes and the bamboo arrows and bamboo silk she had brought with her, and then went into the forest. There must be Codonopsis pilosula in the snake barrier. Today, in addition to catching snakes, she also had to dig Codonopsis pilosula.

She went there with high expectations but had bad luck. It rained heavily on the way, and she regretted not taking out the raincoat Zhang Jiulin had given her.

In the end, I had to carry the five venomous snakes and call it a day and head to Dr. Li's hospital.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and even the air was hot and dry. As soon as Dr. Li heard Wang Shuyan calling for someone, he hurriedly held an umbrella to welcome her in: "Oh, why didn't you bring an umbrella?"

Wang Shuyan entered the room and took out a gray handkerchief to wipe away the wet black hair: "I find it troublesome."

Doctor Li glanced at her, looked at the five venomous snakes that were skewered in the bamboo basket, and gave her one or two or five coins with satisfaction.

Wang Shuyan stretched out his hand to take it. He glanced at the silver needle cloth bag on the table and felt guilty for a moment. He teased, "Father, why do you keep putting this cloth bag around? Didn't you find it just now?"

Doctor Li: "I'm used to it, won't I get it back?" He picked up a file, opened it, looked at it, and then said: "This is a cold syndrome. It shouldn't be useless even after taking medicine."

Wang Shuyan listened to his muttering and looked at the leaflet in his hand. It was the list of hanging doctors that Zhao Qian posted a few days ago. They were all posted in Fangzikou Village yesterday. She didn't expect that Father Li would go to expose the medical list. He asked, "Are you planning to go to the exile village for medical treatment?"

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