The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 71 The new way to eat lotus root (1)
"Master, I didn't like Zhu Guang. Zhu Guang likes Ah Yi, but I like other people." Lei Kui defended, fearing that it would cause misunderstanding.

"Zhu Guang likes Ah Yi?" Shen Xuan repeated in surprise, is it because of her young age? Why didn't she find out that the people around her liked someone?

"Yes, master, Zhu Guang went to the town to give Ah Yi a purse a few days ago and we happened to see it." Bai Ming added evidence beside him.

"Uh, who does Uncle Lei want to marry?" Shen Xuan recalled the women around her but couldn't guess that person.

"Master, hey, Brother Lei likes Widow Liu in the village." Seeing Lei Kui standing there silently, Bai Ming told the truth he knew.

"What? Uncle Lei, have you thought about it clearly?" Shen Xuan didn't expect to hear this name, and Uncle Lei hadn't met him a few times, how could he fall in love with him.

"Hmm." Lei Kui replied happily when he heard Shen Xuan's words, which made Bai Ming sigh. He couldn't understand why Brother Lei fell in love with a widow. Those firm eyes knew that it was impossible for the other party to change his mind.

"Well, I can't decide this matter, why don't you go and tell my mother, I'm a child." Shen Xuan kindly reminded the two of them.

"Then I'll go find my wife." Lei Kui left after finishing speaking. Bai Ming only thought of the age of his master and hurriedly followed Lei Kui.

Shen Xuan didn't know what Lei Kui told Mrs. Zhou. She only knew that Mrs. Zhou went to Widow Liu's house that afternoon and returned home about two hours later.After harvesting the first crop of watermelons, two happy events came out from the Shen family: Bai Ming and Bao Qi.Ah Yi and Zhu Guang are engaged, and the wedding date is scheduled for October 10 after autumn.None of the four had family members, so they recognized Aunt Xu as a godmother, who should have been a godmother, but Bai Ming's age was not suitable.

Shen Xuan never thought that Bao Qi would fall in love with Bai Ming, who was ten years older than her. As for Lei Kui and Widow Liu, she didn't hear anything, and at the same time, she also knew the reason for their acquaintance, which is a typical story of a hero saving the beauty.It turns out that when Widow Liu went to the town to buy embroidery, she met a hooligan and was rescued by Lei Kui in a critical moment. Afterwards, the hero fell in love with the beautiful woman.But the beauty did not fall in love with the hero.Besides, I don't know how many troubles the widow will cause if she remarries again. Lei Kui's chance of marrying the widow Liu is too small.

In a blink of an eye, it's July, the hot summer.The hot weather could not reduce the enthusiasm and excitement of the people in Shatu Village.The first crop of watermelons has been sold, and each family has received at least 100 taels of silver. The happy villagers go to the fields every day to see, hoping that the second crop of watermelons will ripen soon.sell.

Several surrounding villages also know that the watermelon was grown in Shatu Village, and those who are related to the villagers all come to the village to have a look.Asked if they can grow watermelons next year; traders who saw the profits also came to the village to ask if they could buy or sell them. You Fuyuan Restaurant dared not say anything against the vendors there. Who made the background of this restaurant so big? You can't afford it.It's just that some people's vision is narrow, and they got into a fight with the villagers because of their relationship with the county government.

The weather is so hot that almost everyone stays at home at noon and some people enjoy the shade under the big tree at the entrance of the village.In addition, the newly added Liangpi and cold noodles in this snack bar are completely popular, and even the number of people who specialize in making Liangpi has increased. Of course, the money has also doubled!In Shen Xuan's heart, she wanted to drink honey, it was as sweet as honey, and if she had money, she was rich!
"Everyone, come out, that Mao is here again."

"Come out, there are many outsiders in the village wanting to buy watermelons."

Shen Xuan was sleeping on the bed when she was woken up by shouts like this, and when she heard this Mao, she felt angry.It turned out that the man surnamed Mao was the brother-in-law of the county government official, and because of this relationship, he became the "toubore king" in the nearby villages and towns. One of the neighbors is blackmailing merchants, and Bibi knows who is higher and who is lower.

"Mother, did dad go out too?" Shen Xuan asked when she came into Zhou's house and didn't see her dad.

"Well, you heard all the shouts in the village just now, your father go and have a look." Mrs. Zhou hugged the little Xingxing and patted it carefully.Coaxed to sleep.

"What about pearls and treasures?"

"Mother asked them to embroider wedding dresses in their own room, and they don't need to serve them at noon."

"Can't I buy it? I have to embroider it myself. It's so hot, who will bear it?"

"You girl, who didn't embroider the wedding dress by yourself? You should learn to embroider when you are six years old. I will teach you when my mother is free."

"Mother, Dad hasn't come back yet, so I went out to have a look." After Shen Xuan finished speaking, she ran out of the courtyard, leaving Zhou Shi to sigh at the back of the man who had run away. The girl would find an excuse to avoid it whenever embroidery was mentioned. , Shen Xuan murmured in her heart, can you not avoid the joke? Can you imagine holding a needle and pricking your own hand.Are the ten fingers connected to the heart all ten fingers with the eye of a needle?Of course, this is all Shen Xuan's guess, who made this guy a sewing idiot.If you can't do the job, you can buy modern clothes, and anyone who embroiders clothes with a needle is looking for abuse.

When Shen Xuan found Shen's father and the others, he saw such a scene: the villagers and outsiders fought in the melon field. They were both men, and they had great strength. opened.The red flesh and green rind of the melon lay on the ground; both sides beat and scolded.

"Mao, I want you to bring people to the village to make trouble." Several villagers chased and beat the man surnamed Mao. Judging by the force of the punch, he knew that the injury was serious.

"I'll kill you troublemakers, and if you don't buy this watermelon, you don't buy it."

"If you don't do good personnel, you have to come to the village to find something. Isn't it just because of that relationship? Tomorrow we will go to the county to file a complaint."

"Li Er, beat them hard."

"Hit. Hit them in the stomach."

"Kick their asses."

The villagers who stood there without making a move were very happy to see the scene of the other party being beaten, and shouted and demonstrated excitedly there. Who made these people come to the village every day to find trouble.Before, I said that if I didn’t buy watermelon for them, I would pull up the melon seedlings, so that everyone couldn’t sleep well at night, so I was worried that these people would really do it to make the family lose their money-making things.

The scuffle ended after half an hour, and the people surnamed Mao were all bruised and swollen.The injury was not serious, and before leaving, he said a few harsh words and left cursing.

Everyone was speechless when they saw the scene of Guadai. They couldn't be so guarded against each other every day. They discussed asking Grandpa Shen to hold a village meeting to see what everyone thought.

Father Shen asked Shen Xuan to go home and talk to Mrs. Zhou. It is estimated that it is still early to go home, so he has to go to the old house to have a look.In the afternoon Shen's father came home, Zhou asked about the result of their discussion, and finally asked Shen's father to go to the town restaurant tomorrow to talk with shopkeeper Bai.It doesn't work if you really want to sue. Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials.Who knows if the county magistrate is partial to the other party, after all, there is still a relationship with the master.

(End of this chapter)