farmer's wife

Chapter 39
Don't you have to spend money to buy cloth?
After the family of the girl who showed Xiao Dabao agreed, it would cost a lot of money to get married.

The money obtained after the separation of the family has almost been spent in recent years. The man in the family just squats in the ground without any other income. Cui Xinghua's head is going bald recently!

Thinking that Fu Yan bought new cloth when she returned to the village on the day she returned home, and this time she got cloth again, how many new clothes would she have to make?
The whole family has no luck, and they are not afraid to wear their rough skin to pieces, what a prodigal mother!
Cui Xinghua cursed in her heart.

Seeing that her mother didn't speak, and was going back to feed the chicken, Xiao Tian refused, and pulled Cui Xinghua's arm violently.

"Mom! Did you hear me? I want new clothes too!"

The eldest girl loves to be pretty, and the spring clothes on her body were made last year.Today Xiaohong's little girl is still showing off to her, saying that her mother will make new clothes for her when she sees that she has grown taller.

Cui Xinghua shook her hand, and the chicken feed in the gourd was scattered all over the floor, and the three chickens in the cage rushed up, thumping the soles of Cui Xinghua's feet.

"What new clothes are you going to make? The one on your body is not damaged. I will find out the ones I made a few years ago and wash them later. You haven't grown much in the past two years, so you can wear them differently." Cui Xinghua stepped out of the cock cage, and casually returned to her daughter.

When Xiao Tian heard what her mother said, it was like a bolt from the blue.

"Mother? You said before that you would make new clothes for me! The previous clothes were too small, and the colors made last year were also old." Xiao Tian grabbed the corner of her coat in disbelief and showed it to her mother. The tender pink ones are a little whitish after washing.

Cui Xinghua impatiently pushed Xiao Tian away who stood in front of her: "It's fine if you can wear it or not, the family wants to marry your brother, how can I buy fancy new cloth if I have the money."

"My brother's marriage, what does it matter to me? I don't care, I'm going to buy new clothes!" Xiao Tian stamped her feet, pestering her mother.

"No money! Why are you so ignorant, a child?"

"Our family doesn't have one, that white-eyed wolf...he..." Xiao Tian wanted to persuade her mother to go to Xiao Lie's family again, but as she grew older, she also understood that the two families had already separated.

She is a girl, and she is going to see her soon, and she knows the importance of fame, so she can't ask Cui Xinghua to take care of Xiao Lie for a while.

Xiao Tian faltered, but only indicated the direction of Xiao Lie's house with her eyes.

This is her daughter, could Cui Xinghua not understand what she meant, it's just that a few days ago when she went to Xiao Lie's house and was frightened by that bastard Sun Changming, she still feels weak when she thinks about it now.

Cui Xinghua pretended not to see Xiao Tian's eyes: "Okay, if you don't have it, you don't. It's getting late, and your father and brother are coming back soon. You go and cook the porridge first."

"Don't go!" Seeing her mother's determination, Xiao Tian was finally overwhelmed, and ran back to her room crying.

"Hey! You child, you're so used to it, you're out of shape!"

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Xiao Qiang's family was crying and making noise all night, but Xiao Lie's side was as usual, and they ate dinner comfortably.

In the quiet small courtyard of the farmhouse, the dim light of the candle flickered.

Xiao Lie took the rice paper on which Xiao Jian practiced calligraphy during the day, and continued to copy the copybook in the remaining blank space.

Fu Yan also said, let him get new paper.Xiao Lie agreed with his lips, and he still did not delay him to use up all these old papers first.

Today Xiao Lie was also practicing calligraphy stroke by stroke, but Fu Yan's soft counting sound that implied joy could be heard from time to time.

"One tael, two taels, ten taels... 52 taels!"

Count it again, do it again...

Xiao Lie suppressed his smile, and finally finished practicing today's big characters amidst the cyclical sound of counting money.

After he packed up his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Fu Yan showed him the box, where the silver pieces were neatly arranged.

"Brother Alie! Our family already has more than 50 taels. When my screen is finished, the cost of opening the shop will be there!"

Fu Yan's eyes were sparkling, more beautiful than the stars in the night outside the courtyard, full of expectations for their future life.

How could Xiao Lie not like this? !

"Our Yan is really amazing!"

"Hey, it's thanks to Master Du for teaching me this craft." Fu Yan raised her chin proudly, mentioned Master Du, thinking that she didn't know where she was after she left the Zhao Mansion, and never heard of it. With just a few words, Fu Yan couldn't help but feel a little down.

Xiao Lie noticed the change in her mood, not only because he loves to spoil her cute and cute appearance just now, but also feels sorry for her and wants to divert her mind, so he hugged Fu Yan horizontally and walked towards the Babu bed.

Fu Yan was caught off guard, and quickly wrapped her arms around Xiao Lie's neck to stabilize her body: "Hey! What are you doing? The money is still on the table!"

"Don't worry about the money, Yanyan, just take care of me!"

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The next day, Fu Yan got up late again...

After eating the breakfast that Xiao Lie brought into the room, her back was sore and her legs were weak, Fu Yan resentfully beat the instigator, fell down and went back to sleep.

By the time she woke up again, it was already afternoon.

After Fu Yan got up to wash up, she saw Xiao Lie put the silver wooden box from last night back into the cabinet, and left a note stating that he went up the mountain today.

Because Fu Yan was still asleep when he left in the morning, he took Xiao Jian to the mountain to see his master, and he would go down the mountain early in the afternoon to go home.

She was the only one at home, and it was getting late, so Fu Yan simply ordered a bowl of noodles for herself, and then took out the leftover fabric, intending to make a double-sided embroidered purse for Xiao Lie.

Fu Yan sat in the courtyard, embroidering the purse to find the texture, and conceiving the pattern of the birthday screen.

The elderly are more conservative and may not accept the new style of comics.

Fu Yan decided to follow the current ink-and-wash style layout popular in the Li Dynasty, embroidering landscapes, boys and peach trees, implying the auspicious words of "blessing is like the East China Sea, longevity is longer than Nanshan" and "boys offer peaches".At the same time, fifty small "Shou" characters are embroidered to form the shape of Nanshan, and fifty small "Fu" characters are embroidered to form the water flow of the East China Sea.

Tradition is mixed with a little ingenuity.

After conceiving the embroidery pattern, Fu Yan concentrated on finishing the small purse in her hand first.

A man with a comic style is holding a big bow and shooting an eagle.

The man's appearance is the epitome of Xiao Lie.

While Fu Yan was thinking about him while embroidering, she didn't even notice the sweet smile on her face.

"Boom boom boom——"

"Is Alie and Ayan at home? I'm your Aunt Zhang!"

Hearing Aunt Zhang's knock on the door, Fu Yan put down her embroidery work and opened the courtyard door.

Aunt Zhang led her second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang, in.

Fu Yan was going to take her into the main room to sit down and drink tea. Aunt Zhang saw the embroidery basket under the tree in her yard and waved her hand: "Don't worry about it, we'll just sit under that tree and just do some work and chat."

Fu Yan was no longer polite, and moved three stools under the tree, and grabbed a plate of tea, candies, melon seeds, peanuts, etc. from home and brought them out.

Aunt Zhang took out the soles from the basket in the hands of her daughter-in-law and continued to sew. At the same time, she chatted with Fu Yan about the recent gossip in the village.

Fu Yan was also interested in listening to her, and happened to be familiar with the people and things in the village.

(End of this chapter)