Farmer's Head: Busy farming

Chapter 34
Chapter 34

The wine balls are boiled in a pot before dawn. The soup becomes thicker and the aroma of the wine becomes more mellow.

The old lady brought over two bowls of wine balls filled with a large iron spoon from the steaming pot, and the top was sprinkled with yellowish osmanthus and a small spoonful of brown sugar, which looked very attractive.

"Tsk, it's so fragrant." Xi'er looked at the bowl in front of her, and couldn't help admiring. She scooped it up with a spoon and sent it to her mouth. It is delicious and the size is right, which made her exclaim a little, "This wine ball is really delicious."

In the hot summer weather of August, it takes a lot of courage to eat such a steaming bowl of wine balls. The old woman couldn't help but smiled gratifiedly as she watched Xi'er put them into her mouth one by one. But business is not very good.

"Girl, are you still satisfied with the food?" Seeing Xi'er eating so happily, the old woman hesitated for a while, then walked in front of Xi'er, bent over and asked with a smile.

Xi'er swallowed the rice balls in her mouth, wiped the thin sweat from her forehead, then smiled at the old woman, and said, "Grandma, your wine balls are the best I've ever had."

Hearing Xi'er's affirmative answer, the old woman looked very satisfied, she nodded and said, "It's good to eat, then you should eat more."

"Okay, thank you mother-in-law." Xi'er said obediently, and gave another mouthful of garden seeds to her mouth.

Meng Yuan'er was eating slowly at the side, listening to the conversation between her mother-in-law and Xi'er, a slight curve appeared on her lips.

After the two ate, Xi'er touched her somewhat swollen belly, and dragged Meng Yuaner away contentedly.

The two wandered on the street for a while, Xi'er thought about it, maybe it's not easy to spend the entire one tael of silver, so it's better to go to the bank to change it.

"Second Sister, let's go to the bank." Xi'er weighed the one tael of silver in her purse, always feeling as heavy as a thousand catties.

Meng Yuan'er was a little puzzled, and looked at Xi'er, "Why are you going to the bank? Could it be that you want to borrow money?"

"Hey, why don't you want to order something good? I'll go change the money, let's go." Xi'er didn't want to explain too much, so she dragged Meng Yuaner to the only bank in Lian Town.

Gold Bank, look at the store, you will know that it is worthy of the name. It is opened on the most prosperous street in Lianzhen, and the decoration is not ordinary luxury. There is such a bank in such a down-and-out town, which shows that the family has strong financial resources.

"Xi'er, let's not go." Meng Yuan'er stood at the door, her legs trembling a little. She grew up so big, and she had never been to this place before. The strangeness made people a little scared.

Xi'er didn't force her, she just let go of Meng Yuan'er's hand, and then said with a smile, "Then just wait for me, I'll come out right away."

Before Meng Yuan'er could say anything, Xi'er turned around and walked in.

Coincidentally, at this time, a person also came out from inside with a sad face.

"Brother Xu?" Meng Yuan'er spoke first, watching Xu Qing almost pass her by.

Hearing someone calling her surname, the voice sounded familiar, Xu Qing raised her head and met Meng Yuaner's eyes, and said with a surprised smile, "Why are you?"

"Ah? I came with Xi'er, I didn't expect to meet Brother Xu here." Meng Yuaner's face was slightly red at the moment, revealing the shyness of her little daughter, looking at Xu Qing, she became coy instead.

Xu Qing nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Did you just come? When will you go back?"

"I don't know either. I'm afraid it will take some time to buy some food for the family later." Hearing Xu Qing's question, Meng Yuan'er was a little anxious, obviously afraid that Xu Qing would leave at this moment.

Xu Qing paused, and then said, "Then come with me, I happened to be driving a car, if you don't mind, I can just put food in, and it will save some of your burden."

"I don't dislike it! I don't dislike it!" As soon as Xu Qing said the first half of the sentence, Meng Yuaner's heart blossomed.

She likes Xu Qing not only because he is literate, elegant, and handsome, but also because although Xu Qing is a scholar, he has never forgotten his roots, and he doesn't think it is a shame to be born in a poor peasant.

There was also a scholar in Baimiao Village before, but that person disliked his own background, hated his parents for dragging down his reputation, changed his name and surname, and betrayed his family tree. I don't like this scholar anymore, with a human face and a beast's heart, so what if I am a champion if I don't know how to repay him?
The two looked at each other and smiled, and then exchanged greetings.

Satisfied, Xi'er exchanged a thousand coins, which was not enough for a single purse, so the shopkeeper kindly strung it up with a rope for her, and it jingled non-stop when she held it in his hand.

"Second Sister, let's go shopping!" Xi'er walked out the door with a string of copper coins in her hand, and excitedly shook Meng Yuaner, not paying attention to Xu Qing beside Meng Yuaner at all.

But Xu Qing's eyes fell on her, Meng Xier?He had vaguely seen it a few times before, but it was the first time he saw such a radiant appearance today, and he was somewhat surprised.

Meng Yuan'er smiled slightly, reached out to hold Xi'er's hand, and then introduced to her, "This is the eldest brother of the Xu family, you should remember it!"

All her heart was on Xu Qing, and she forgot to ask Xi'er why she had so much money.

Xi'er froze for a moment, then looked in Xu Qing's direction, seeing him sizing her up, she felt a little displeased, the probing eyes made her feel uncomfortable, she just smiled stiffly, then said , "Brother Xu is good."

"Well, there's no need to be so polite." Xu Qing seemed to have noticed her displeasure, and immediately withdrew his gaze, and said.

Meng Yuan'er took Xi'er's hand, and only now noticed the two strings of copper coins, a total of five hundred Wen, and she couldn't help but click her tongue, "My God, Xi'er, where did you get so much money?"

"I picked up a small piece of silver on the road, do you believe it? Second sister?" Xi'er's expression was very sincere, but she wasn't actually lying. picked it up.

Meng Yuan'er was stunned for a moment, then nodded foolishly, Xi'er can come back from the dead, what else is impossible?

Xi'er never expected that the second sister would believe this, she swallowed, pretending to be calm, "Just trust me, let's go shopping."

Xu Qing really shook his head in disapproval, and stopped, "Miss Meng, haven't you heard of 'Road does not pick up lost things'?"

"I've never heard of it!" Xi'er couldn't help but rolled her eyes, this Xu Qing is probably a pedantic nerd!
(End of this chapter)