Reborn farmhouse busy farming

Chapter 114 Farewell
After the paddy fields are planted, the rapeseed and potatoes planted in the previous year are harvested, and coarse grains such as corn and sorghum are replanted, and the day has come to the Dragon Boat Festival.

Luo Baisu specially asked for leave, and came back to spend the Dragon Boat Festival with his family. By the way, he also wanted to tell old man Luo about going to Beijing.

For this reason, Fang went to the butcher shop to weigh a catty of meat, filled a small jar with freshly harvested Sophora japonica honey, picked up a few rice dumplings made by himself, and the family went to Luo's old house.

When he entered the door, he happened to meet Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Ma arguing.

Yao said: "Good old beggar, I'll treat you with good food and drink, you try to fool me with some crooked melons and dates, my family, Ningning, is only 15 years old, a big girl with yellow flowers, look at what you give What are those things I'm talking about? Either the family is too poor to drink porridge, or the old man who is so old can be her father. What kind of heart are you? Get out of here early, those teas will kill me Just feed it into the dog's belly!"

Ma Sanpo was also a little angry when she was scolded: "You still think your family is a good family! Who doesn't know that you, Yao Jinhua, are harsh on the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law's family, kicked him out of the house penniless, and sued him at the yamen A wicked woman like you, no one in a serious family would dare to marry you! Only the old girl of the Qi family, who is too aggressive and unmarried, is willing to be your daughter-in-law. Oh, I can’t say no now Well, in the end, who will be the daughter-in-law in whose house, the little scholar of your family has lived in the father-in-law's house, and has become the son-in-law of Ren Qi's family, and you are still acting like a scholar! Pooh!"

A matchmaker relies on one mouth to eat. Ma Sanpo's mouth is not only good at fooling people, she is also very powerful in scolding. She said a series of cruel words without dirty words, and she stabbed Yao Shi's heart, so angry Mrs. Yao picked up the big bamboo broom in the yard, and slapped Ma Sanpo across the head and face: "Get out of here!"

Ma Sanpo dodged left and right, but was still hit by Yao Shi several times. After leaving the courtyard, she cursed at the gate of the Luo family: "Yao Jinhua, you don't have to be complacent, all the matchmakers in the ten miles and eight villages know you What kind of bastard is it? The new daughter-in-law just walked through the door and wanted to get her dowry. Fortunately, your daughter-in-law is also a rascal, so she didn't let you take advantage of it. You went to Wan Yapo to make a noise. Me, which matchmaker dares to step into the door of your house. Girl of your family, you can stay at home and take care of yourself!"

After finishing speaking, he gave another "bah" towards the gate of Luo's house, and then walked away.

Old man Luo happened to come back from the field, and when he heard Yao Shi and Mrs. Ma's yelling and cursing, he couldn't help turning black, and went in and said to Yao Shi: "You woman, you feel uncomfortable if you don't have anything to do all day long. Bar?!"

Yao Shi also had an expression of anger: "That old beggar begs for scolding by herself, I asked her to marry Ning Ning, and she will try to find me a shabby residence. I scolded her lightly today, but if she dares to Pass by my house again, and I’ll hit you once I see you.”

The old man Luo saw that she was getting more and more disrespectful, so he raised his voice: "Enough, don't you feel ashamed enough? Go into the house!"

After Mrs. Yao entered the room, old man Luo greeted Luo Baisu and his wife and said, "Da Lang is back today?"

Fang said: "I arrived last night, but I didn't come because it was too late. No, today is the holiday, so we will come to see you two elders."

Old man Luo said happily: "Go to the house first."

Luo Tiandu followed old man Luo into the main room, Yao Shi was still sitting on the stool sullenly, there was a shaukei next to it, which contained soaked glutinous rice, and a few handfuls of zongzi leaves beside it, I think Yao Shi was with him just now. Ma Sanpo is making zongzi.

It was rare for Luo Baining to sit on the side in a well-behaved manner.

Yao Shi had a quarrel with someone just now, and Luo Tian didn't want to make her suffer, so he called "Grandma" and didn't say anything more.

Yao shi raised his eyes and gave a cold "hmm" to show that he understood.

Luo Tian didn't even take it seriously, Yao shi was used to being cold towards them, if one day Yao shi's attitude suddenly warmed up, she probably wouldn't be used to it.

It was Luo Baining who stared at the meat and honey pot in Luo Baisu's hands without blinking.

Old man Luo was very happy when he saw Luo Baisu who seldom came home, so he said to Yao: "Don't make rice dumplings, we are the only ones at home, we can't eat so much, you go cook first, sir Lang is eating at our side today."

Fang put the meat and honey in his hands on the table, and said, "No need, Dad, the family has already cooked rice, we can eat it when we go back."

Mrs. Yao felt that Luo Baisu and Mrs. Fang were showing him that their family was well-off and that they could afford servants, so they said in a strange way: "That's right, there are only four servants in their family now. You don't even have a piece of meat skin in your house, so you're too embarrassed to keep someone for dinner."

Old man Luo turned a deaf ear to Yao's words, probably because he thought that Luo Baisu's family now has four more people, and life can no longer be the same as before, so he didn't try to persuade him, but said: "That's fine, the family made zongzi, you guys Take a few back with you when you leave."

Luo Tiandu looked at Yao's frowning expression, and hurriedly said, "Grandpa, we made a lot of zongzi as well, and thought that if you didn't make zongzi, I would send you some." And her zongzi is not only made of glutinous rice, There are also red bean stuffing, and even a few meat dumplings, so there is no need to be greedy for Yao's white rice dumplings.

Old man Luo was very happy, Luo Baisu was his son, the better his life was, the happier he would be.

Seeing that old man Luo was happy, Luo Baisu said, "Father, I'm here this time because I have something to say."

Old man Luo was a little surprised: "Dalang, what's the matter with you?"

"I have discussed it with the child's mother. I plan to go to Beijing to study after the errands in hand are handed over. I can't come back for several years, and I will be filial to my parents."

The old man Luo was startled, then came back to his senses, and said happily: "Study is good! Studying in Shangjing is much better than at home. Are you ready? What about the money? From Qiushui Town, you have to ask for money. A lot, right?"

After finishing speaking, he said to Yao Shi: "It's sunny these days, you take out the food at home to dry in the sun, save some for your own use, sell the rest, and give it to Da Lang as money."

Luo Baisu hurriedly said: "No need, father, although the family is not well-off now, the money from Shangjing is enough."

Hearing what he said, Mrs. Yao's face turned even darker, and said with a "hum", "Boss is out now, and he has money in his hands. I heard that Xiaodu has sold dozens of honey just this year." , that is really a good thing, a few hundred coins a catty, how can you value your little money."

It was funny to Luo Tian, ​​she just wanted Luo Baisu to really agree at this time, to accept old man Luo's kindness, she wondered what kind of face Yao would have.After thinking about it, I think it is better not to commit such a crime.

The old man Luo ignored her, and said again: "Even if the family has saved enough money for you, what do you eat and drink in Shangjing? It's no more expensive than our small place of Qiushui Town. Everything is more expensive when you are away from home. I have to buy everything. And where to live? Do I live with a house or what should I do?"

The old man thinks more realistically. The first thing he thinks about is what to do with the expenses for food and accommodation after he travels thousands of miles to another place?It goes without saying if it is a wealthy family, but several generations of their family have been dedicated farmers who have worked hard in the soil, and Luo Baisu's life has just improved in the past two years, so he can't afford to go alone Study in Beijing.

Luo Baisu said: "The chief examiner of the rural examination last time was an old man of the Gu family. This time, he also wrote a letter to invite me to study in Beijing. Someone will help arrange it when I arrive in Beijing."

Old man Luo opened his mouth wide when he heard this, and asked him, "Examiner? How old is that?" To preside over the Juren examination, the official should be pretty big.

Luo Baisu said: "Minister of the Ministry of Rites and a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy."

Old man Luo didn't quite understand these things, so he just asked, "How old is an official?"

"Second grade."

The old man Luo was stunned for a moment, his jaw couldn't close together: "Second, second grade? Dalang, you remember correctly, right?"

The biggest official he has ever seen in his life is the county magistrate, but he is only seventh rank, which already makes him very awed.Second product?He felt that he couldn't even imagine how big an official would be.

"Good! Good! Good! Dalang, you hurry up and finish the errands at hand, and pack up and go to Beijing." Old man Luo, who came back to his senses, was so excited that he could hardly speak, just grabbed Luo Baisu kept saying yes.

Second rank officer!In old man Luo's eyes, such a high official is no different from a god.With the support of such a high official, Luo Baisu will have a good future in whatever he says in the future.This is because the ancestors of the Luo family burned high incense, so such a great thing happened!Old man Luo thought about going to buy incense sticks tomorrow to pay homage to his ancestors.

At first hearing that Luo Baisu had climbed up to such a high-ranking official, Yao Shi and Old Man Luo had the same expressions of surprise, but Old Man Luo was surprised with joy, and Yao Shi was surprised with jealousy.However, after a short period of surprise, this ignorant country old woman immediately realized that this news was a great thing for herself, so she quickly put aside the idea of ​​jealousy in her heart, and began to figure out how to get something out of it. Good thing.

Of course Yao Shi thinks about Luo Baihan the most, even though Luo Baihan is now living in the town with Qi Shi, she is a little discouraged by ignoring her and old man Luo, but this still cannot fundamentally extinguish her desire to make him famous. Determination.Once there is a chance to make Luo Baihan fly to the top, she will completely forget all kinds of bad things about Luo Baihan, and start planning for his future with all her heart.

She thought very simply, now that Luo Baihan is being controlled by this vicious woman of the Qi family, she doesn't care about her and old man Luo, as long as Luo Baihan can be successful in the future, no matter what kind of petty official he is, he may not be able to cure him at that time Shi this wicked woman?

Thinking of this, Yao raised his head and asked Luo Baisu: "When you go to Beijing, bring Bai Han with you, the two of you brothers can just be your companions."

(End of this chapter)