Farmer's Head: Busy farming

Chapter 35
Chapter 35

Xu Qing was a little annoyed by her words.

Meng Yuan'er also felt the embarrassment of the scene, reached out and pulled La Xi'er's arm, then turned to Xu Qing and said, "Brother Xu, I'm sorry, our Xi'er didn't do it on purpose."

"I don't understand those big principles. I only know that the things I saw in our field belonged to me, and I didn't take them from other people's fields!" Xi'er refused to admit this mistake. Just tell a lie.

On the contrary, Xu Qing took it seriously, and said, "You said just now that you picked it up by the side of the road?"

"That's right, don't the roadsides beside our fields count as ours?" Xi'er was not insistent, but refused to back down.

Xu Qing shook her head helplessly, and sighed, "Women and"

"Brother Xu, don't swear." Xi'er heard the first half of his sentence, and immediately interrupted, although Xu Qing's voice was very low.

Xu Qing's expression was a little uneasy, she just hummed softly, and walked beside Meng Yuan'er silently, without saying a word.

Meng Yuan'er was very embarrassed. On the one hand, she was her beloved sister, and on the other hand, she was her sweetheart. It was really hard to speak for anyone.

Xi'er had a big heart, so she forgot what she had said, and just dragged Meng Yuaner around the streets. After all this, the five hundred Wen was spent cleanly. Not to mention the meat, vegetables and food, some spices were added, and I bought some cloth, cotton and snacks, and gave Mrs. Liu some traditional Chinese medicine for wind and cold.

Xu Qing followed behind them, seeing Xi'er spending so much money, she felt even more contemptuous in her heart, how can a frugal woman manage a house!

Although Meng Yuan'er also felt that Xi'er spent too much money, but seeing that they were all daily necessities needed by the family, she swallowed the words abruptly. There was a little trouble at home.

When Xi'er bought all the things, they were all loaded into Xu Qing's ox cart, which took up more than half of the space. Finally, Xi'er remembered that she still had to paste the windows, so she went to the bookstore again to buy high-quality goods. Oil paper, the poor usually use hemp paper to paste the windows, which is particularly easy to break, and the poorer directly block the window openings with thatch.

The current window paper at home is a bit torn, which is okay in summer. When it gets cold, the swishing cold wind pours in, and it feels cold even thinking about it.

Xi'er returned home with a full load today, and attracted many people to watch the excitement along the way. The two Meng sisters were riding in Xu Jialang's ox cart, which was full of things, which cannot be bought without a few hundred coins!
"Ouch, have you heard that the girl from the Meng family got involved with the son from the Xu family?"

"Isn't it? I heard that Xu Jialang is going to have people come to his house to say kiss."

"Hey, why did I hear that both daughters are going to marry?"

"What? This Xu Qing married two at a time?"

Those idle women in the village just added oil and vinegar, and they just turned into the story of the second daughter of the Meng family who seized her husband.

But this is all for later, Xu Qing's ox cart was parked in front of the gate of Meng's house, Xi'er opened the door, and moved things into the yard, and ran several times with Meng Yuan'er, before they finally got all the things out. moved back home.

Meng Yuan'er stood at the door, chatted with Xu Qing, and was called back to the yard by Xi'er.

"Brother Xu, please slow down, thank you very much for today." Meng Yuan'er looked at Xu Qing at this moment, and she was about to feel affectionate again.

Xu Qing was calm, nodded and smiled, "You're welcome, then I'll go first."

Watching Xu Qing drive away in the ox cart, Meng Yuaner watched the figure disappear without taking her eyes off, and then turned around happily and went into the house.

Mrs. Zhang heard rustling noises outside, and she was afraid that her two sister-in-laws had returned, so she hurriedly opened the door to take a look, and saw a lot of things piled up in the yard, she was extremely surprised .

"Oh, the second sister and the third sister are back." Mrs. Zhang twisted her waist and stepped out of the door of the east room. Seeing the two people looking at her, she quickly smiled and continued, "I will make it for my mother at noon. Mother ate a big bowl of noodles."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Meng Yuan'er was relieved after hearing this.

Xi'er didn't say anything, and continued to count the things on the ground, looked at the bag of dim sum in front of her, stood up with it in her hand, walked up to Mrs. Zhang, and handed it to her, "Sister-in-law, this is a snack for you. Eat it while it's fresh."

It was a heavy bag of snacks, and Mrs. Zhang stretched out her hand to hold the snacks. The amount was not light, and she immediately burst into joy, "Oh, you are very polite, we are all a family."

Xi'er also smiled, and then said meaningfully, "It is precisely because we are a family that I gave it to my sister-in-law."

Mrs. Zhang didn't understand what it meant for a while, but she didn't respond to the conversation, and asked politely, "How about I help you move things?"

"Don't bother me, I'll finish this little thing in a while, please come and have dinner with us tonight." Xi'er's attitude can be described as a 180-degree change, and she even invited Mrs. Zhang to have dinner together.

Meng Yuaner, who was on the side, was dumbfounded.

Mrs. Zhang was even more stunned. The two sisters-in-law of hers had always been at odds with her. Why did they send snacks and call for food today? "Success! Then you guys are busy!"

After saying this, he took the bag of snacks and went back to the house contentedly.

Meng Yuan'er saw Zhang's closing the door with a "bang", so she pulled Xi'er aside, and asked in a low voice, "Xi'er, what do you think? You gave her some snacks and asked her to eat!",

"Second sister, we bought so many things. If we don't give sister-in-law a little sweetness, she won't give up. She will definitely come to share things. Now that I'm giving her benefits, I won't be thinking about this matter. A pack of snacks How much can I charge for a meal?" Xi'er's expression was very calm, but these words were full of calculations.

When Meng Yuan'er heard it, she suddenly realized, isn't it? My sister-in-law has such a temper. If she doesn't share the things she bought today, she will definitely make a big fuss. The last time I went to the market, I didn't make much money at all, and my sister-in-law took a piece for nothing. What about sugar glutinous rice cakes?

Xi'er was so smart that Meng Yuan'er couldn't help but raised her fingers and praised, "Xi'er really has you, you are so smart."

Xi'er shook her head helplessly. In fact, she didn't want to be scheming like this, but she was too difficult to deal with as a sister-in-law. If she wanted to influence her, it would be impossible, but getting along well could still be fought for. , like today?

Xi'er and Meng Yuaner took food and other things to the kitchen first, and then took the newly bought cloth and cotton to their rooms.

Although Meng Yuan'er didn't know what Xi'er was buying cotton for, she didn't ask further.

Buy things out of season, but when it is the cheapest, ancient times are no exception.

(End of this chapter)