Jin Tingjiao

Chapter 54

On the river bank and beside the field ridges, willows are fluttering in the wind, pink peach blossoms and white apricot blossoms are all over the small street, and the wind blowing in the face carries the gentle breath of new vegetation.

The tall and thin woman with a basket on the side of the road silently gave way to the carriage, maybe it was rare for outsiders to come into the village?

Hearing Shen Liang lying on the car window, excitedly calling the names of passing dogs, Shen Xi knew that he was approaching.

Sure enough, after crossing the small stone bridge at the entrance of the village, I followed the path lined with wild flowers and entered a village with a mountain of apricot blossoms on the back mountain.

On the open land surrounded by two mountains, there is a house with old apricot trees planted in front of the house and thick as two people hugging each other. Naturally, it is Shen's house.

Attached to the two sides of the main house in the middle, there are two cross-yards for the east and west, and there are separate doors for entry and exit.

The carriage entered through the main entrance, and after getting out of the carriage, Aunt Pei led Shen Liang to the East Side Courtyard, which was past the Moon Cave Gate in the east.

Shen Xi looked around a couple of times, and saw that this was a third courtyard, several long-term workers had already heard the news and came out to unload the carriage, and another pair of men and women in kudzu clothes greeted Shen Xin and the others, and then rushed up to greet them.

When he arrived, he bowed to her and saluted: "Just now Wang'er came back from the town and said that we saw the girl coming back. We didn't believe it, but now that we see it, he is not talking nonsense!"

The two were courteous and thoughtful in front of her, but they didn't feel awkward and alienated. On the contrary, they smiled until the crow's feet appeared on their faces, revealing the joy from the bottom of their hearts.

The original owner lived here for three years at least, and Shen Liang was able to play with the children of the tenant's family up and down the mountain and down the river, so she naturally knew the people around her well.

Her temperament may not be suitable for living in the inner house, but in such a place, it is very suitable.

Shen Xi guessed that they were Zhuangtou Qishun and his wife, Second Aunt Qi, and said, "Please worry about it. It doesn't matter to us, as long as we greet the other girls and young masters."

Second Aunt Qi was busy to say something, but Qi Shun stopped her and said: "Young lady told me, I know it in my heart. But please don't worry, Miss."

Shen Xi nodded, at this moment, the village women next to him waited until Shen Xin and the others had all entered the house, and they also swarmed up to ask questions.

She answered all of them, and asked Yuan Bei to take out the snacks that Lin Pei bought, and took some out to distribute to the long-term workers and the children of the tenants' families.

After exchanging greetings, I went into the courtyard. Unexpectedly, this small side courtyard was even more pleasing to the eye than the original Pear Fragrance Courtyard.

Leaving aside the material of the furniture, it is impossible to put expensive things here in the countryside.

It's just that even though it's rough, it's clean everywhere, and every damaged place on the floor has been repaired evenly.

The doors and windows are all freshly pasted, and outside the window is a canopy of winter jasmine flowers, which are blooming dazzlingly.

A big tabby cat was lying on the stone pier beside the flowers, squinting its eyes in the sunlight, and stretched lazily towards her.

Everything shows that the enthusiasm of the people in the village is not perfunctory. They left the town and the house is still managed.

There are only four rooms in the courtyard, Aunt Pei has already lived in the east side room as usual, Pearl Yuanbei has moved to the west side room, Shen Liang lives in the east side room, and the main room is naturally reserved for her.

They were accompanied by the family of Shi Rui, the lady in charge.

After resting here for a while, Shi Rui's family sent someone to send a message that they were going to the cemetery to pay homage.

Since Dazhou does not restrict the defense of men and women, naturally women can also go up the mountain to visit graves.

The cemetery is on the east mountain two miles away, and the entire [-]-acre hill is the Shen family's territory.

Under the arrangement of Shi Rui's family, everyone was present, except Lin Pei of course.Although he is also familiar with Shen Chongxin and his wife, but after all, is there any reason for people from other families to go up the mountain?
Because of Lin Pei's absence, Shen Xin didn't like everything.

Although Shen Yan didn't say anything, her attention was all on her beautiful dress - even if the tomb sweeper was particular about her clothes, she put on colorful clothes as if no one else was around. Managed.

Needless to say, Shen Qu stared at the girls in the village all the way, and never looked away.

As the eldest grandson, Shen Di is calmer after all, and knows how to look at Shen Liang and Shen Mao.And the young couple, Xu, were relatively quiet because they had just gotten married not long ago.

Shen Chongxin and his wife were buried together on the mountainside. Two ginkgo trees were planted in front of the grave, and the trees were full of young leaves.

Shen Xi privately felt that he should say something to them, but he didn't know where to start.

Some people may think that the two of them are stupid. In such a situation, they should protect their own lives first. In many cases, even Shen Xi might take care of himself first when encountering such a situation, but their " Stupid", in the face of the selfishness and indifference of the people of the Shen family, how precious it is.

Finally, she fell to the ground and kowtowed three times, then stood up.

Go down the mountain and go back to the house to look at the sky. It is not yet noon.

Shen Xi changed back to his daily clothes, then called Yuan Bei and said, "Go and ask Uncle Qi to come over."

Qi Shun was next door, upon hearing the news, he walked in: "Miss, do you have any orders?"

Shen Xi looked around, walked down the stone steps and said, "I want to get a car to go to Qingshi Town, but I don't want others to know."

As she spoke, she glanced towards the main courtyard.

Qi Shun paused, then immediately understood what she meant, and said, "If you don't dislike her, my little family happens to have a car, which is just right for Wang'er to take you there, but that car is not as comfortable as the car in the house—"

As the village head of Xing'ergou, the family is naturally not going anywhere.There are naturally carriage houses and so on.

"It doesn't matter if you are older, as long as you can walk." Shen Xi said.

Qi Shun responded, and immediately turned around to do it.

Here, Shen Xi told Yuan Bei to go to prepare, and then he found Aunt Pei and gave some instructions.

At this time, a young man in his early twenties, with a square face and wearing bunts, walked in. When he saw Shen Xi, he bowed and called her a girl. It turned out that it was Qi Shun's nephew Wang Er who had arrived in a carriage.

Yuan Bei went out first to see if there was anyone outside, and then chose a secluded side door to let Shen Xi get into the car, then boarded himself, and headed all the way to Qingshi Town.

Shen Xi had an impression of Qingshi Town.

Most of the southern suburbs are Bieye farms of wealthy families, and Qingshi Town is the largest town in the southern suburbs.

The town is not only comparable to some small counties outside Beijing, but also as prosperous as the city. The Xiao family had Bie Ye in the town at the beginning, and she used to come with her cousins ​​back then, but she thought it was too prosperous and rarely came here.

Before she came yesterday, she had already looked at the map. Heihe Town was only seven or eight miles away from Qingshi Town.

Wang'er drove the car very smoothly.

And the carriage is not as dilapidated as Qi Shun said.

Although the exterior is ordinary, the inside is specially covered with brand new cushions, as well as washed melons and fruits and plated pastries.

It can be seen that although the original owner has encountered obstacles everywhere in Shen's residence, in Xing'ergou, he is extremely popular.

　The author is self-willed ~ Today is also the fourth update ~

　　
　
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