Flowers are expensive

Chapter 22
"Either you promise me first, or you eat by yourself."

"Isn't it? So dragging? Xie Manting, you... well, if you don't eat it, I will eat it—" When Lihua took it to her mouth and was about to bite, she thought for a while and then stretched out her hand and said, "I'm afraid of you, I don't Go to her and ask for it, is this the head office? Take it!"

Man Ting took the egg with a half-smile, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it in two or three strokes.Li Hua glanced at him several times with curious eyes while cooking rice with chicken soup, and he lowered his eyes and asked, "What are you looking at me for?"

"How do you know I'm looking at you?"

"I know it."

"If you don't look at me, how do you know I'm looking at you? Are you looking at me too?"

"Don't talk while eating." Man Ting said lightly and emphatically.

"You don't go to kindergarten, why can't you talk when you eat? Xie Manting, you really have a lot of eccentricities! Is it because of this that you haven't married a wife at this age? I heard that men in your era are better than men in our era. It’s still hard! You have to get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and become a father to support the family at the age of seventeen or eighteen. The lucky ones die at the age of four or fifty, and the bad ones go to see Lord Hades early at the age of 50 or 28. Most of them are overworked. Die. But you seem to be in your 30s, why haven't you married a wife yet? Listen to me, I'm very strict, and when I leave in the future, there is no place to leak your secrets."

Manting stopped his chopsticks, looked at her helplessly and asked, "Do you like talking so much when you eat?"

"Eat time is a good time to chat and communicate!" Lihua blinked her big innocent eyes and said, "The whole family doesn't talk when they eat, and they just bury their heads and break up after eating. Is there any difference between eating at a table? Chatting while eating is fun!"

"Are you and I family?"

"Although they are fake couples, they have gone through it according to the charter of getting married anyway. Hey, you don't want to abandon the mess so soon? Even if I leave later, if you marry another one, it will be regarded as an inheritance at most. As for me, I will always occupy the title of the main room, right? Isn’t that the rule here?”

The laughter in the room almost overflowed his throat, but he never liked to laugh, let alone in front of a girl whom he had only known for a few days.He decided not to talk to Pear Blossom, and let Pear Blossom do the talking, but this didn't affect Pear Blossom's interest in chatting with him at all.

During this meal, he almost choked rice grains down his throat three times, once almost sprayed the soup on Lihua's face, and once again, he really wanted to stuff a piece of Lihua chicken to cover his mouth.

After finally finishing their meal, Man Ting could finally lie on the bed quietly and rest for a while.Lihua packed her things and left the room. In the kitchen, she ran into Hongling and asked, "Does the injury still hurt?"

"It's not a serious problem, and it will disappear in a few days."

"There is no medicinal oil to rub, how can it heal so quickly? I don't know if there is a doctor in this village, it's always good to go and have a look." Mrs. Gong happened to come in holding the bowl and chopsticks, and said: "This village Where did the doctor come from? The doctor must starve to death here."

"Then what should you do if you are sick?" Lihua asked.

"Ask the pharmacist to bring some herbal medicine and decoct it, and it will be fine."

"Yao Po?" Li Hua thought to herself, could it be the Yao Po from the Three Gus and Six Wives?There really is such a profession.

Mrs. Gong said again: "If Hongling really feels pain, go to your mother-in-law's house in Lihua and get some herbal medicine and apply it to her!" "My mother-in-law? You mean Xie Manting's mother?"

Mrs. Gong smiled: "Isn't Brother Man Ting's mother, is it someone else's mother? How many mother-in-laws do you have?"

"Is she still a medicine woman?"

"She's not, she's a stable woman, but Brother Man Ting's grandma is the only drug woman in this village, she's amazing! But—" Mrs. Gong glanced at Li Hua and said, "You haven't gone back to visit them, haven't Man Ting Brother Ting takes it with you, so you can't go back."

"Then there's no need for it," Hong Ling has always disliked causing trouble to others, so she hurriedly said, "It doesn't hurt much anyway, and there's no need for herbal medicine. Maybe, nothing will happen when I wake up tomorrow morning."

But that night, Hongling was in so much pain that she couldn't sleep, especially those red streaks on her arms, which were burning hot.She endured it as much as she could, but still disturbed Cao's younger brother Cao Haitang who was sleeping beside her.

Haitang turned over and asked, "What's wrong with you? You've been moving around, are you feeling unwell?"

"It's nothing," Hong Ling said hastily, "I just can't sleep."

Hearing that Hongling's voice was wrong, Haitang lit the oil lamp and saw that Hongling had already endured the hot sweat on his forehead, and the scar on his right arm was red, it made people feel distressed just looking at it.He was taken aback, and asked Hongling: "My sister is so cruel today? Why didn't you tell me?" Hongling covered her arms with the quilt and said, "It's okay, it will be fine tomorrow."

"You wait."

"Where have you been?" Hong Ling asked in a low voice.

Haitang didn't answer, just put on some clothes indiscriminately, and hurried out of the room.Not long after, he came back with two more eggs and a clay bowl in his hand.Hong Ling was taken aback, and asked, "Where did you get the eggs?" Haitang cracked the eggs while laughing, "You don't have to worry about that. When I was young, my father got scars, and my mother took this Apply egg whites to me, it works very well.”

"In case the housekeeper finds out..."

"Even if you find out, I'm her own brother, can she give me a confession? Besides, she beat you like this, shouldn't she put two eggs on you? Anyway, don't worry about it. It’s up to me. Lie down, I’ll apply it to you, and you won’t be so hurt.”

Hong Ling took off the thin cloth shirt outside, and lay down sideways.Haitang dipped his finger in the egg white and applied it to her little by little, and the wound soon became less painful.She suddenly felt a heat in her heart, and tears rolled out of the corners of her eyes, soaking on the pillow.She had originally planned for the worst, thinking that she would meet a rude and unreasonable man, but she didn't expect Cao Shi to look fierce, but Cao Shi's younger brother, Cao Haitang, had a different temperament.She felt that God treated her well.

When she woke up the next morning, Hong Ling saw that the marks on her arm had indeed faded from the redness and swelling.Haitang smiled at her while putting on clothes and getting up, "I saved one, and I will put it on you when you sleep at night, and it will be all over in two days." She showed a gentle smile and said, "Thank you ..."

"Here we go again. Are you people in the city so polite? Thank you for coming, thank you for going?"

"Actually..." Hong Ling lowered her head and said, "I'm not from the city. I grew up in the countryside when I was a child, and I was sold to the city later."

"Why did you sell you? Is there no food at home?"

"Anyway, I can't support them anymore. If I don't sell two, the whole family will starve to death..." Hong Ling's eyes were a little moist when she said this.Haitang hurriedly said: "Okay, I was curious to ask for a while, and I won't ask anymore. You should get up quickly, so that my sister won't yell at you again. If she wants to hit you again, you have to tell me, you know?"

Hong Ling nodded gratefully, got out of bed and walked in front of Hai Tang, and tied his belt for him naturally, just like serving Master Wang back then.But he wasn't used to it, so he took a step back, pushed Hong Ling's hand away and said, "It's not a child, how can you tie it for me as an adult!"

Hong Ling was suddenly a little embarrassed, and withdrew her hand like an electric shock.At this moment, Haitang seemed to realize something suddenly, and hurriedly said, "Uh...that's not what I meant, I'm used to tying it by myself..."

Someone outside the house suddenly called Haitang, and he hurried out while responding.The person who called him was also a boy from the village, named Dongping.Dongping saw him, and asked with a smile: "Brother Haitang, are you still reluctant to come out? Why didn't you hear anything last night?"

"What do you want to hear? If you want to listen to the sound, go figure it out yourself!" Haitang laughed.

"I'd like to! Sigh... I don't even have a daughter-in-law, where do I go to make trouble? Holding a wooden stake to touch the skin? Hey," Dongping raised his eyebrows at Haitang, and asked in a low voice, "Is the daughter-in-law okay? Is it really moved like my mother and the others said?"

Hai Tang raised his hand and gave Dong Ping a head: "You can save this matter and ask your future wife! Nosy matters are taken care of by other people's waistbands. You are really no different from your old lady. Be careful what comes out of your mouth." out!"

"Take it easy, I'm just asking."

"How grown up, do you know what to ask and what not to ask? Let me tell you, you will die on your mouth sooner or later!"

"It's early in the morning, can you say something pleasant, okay?" The two were talking, Cao Shi walked up to Haitang, and said with a hand: "Wait a minute, I have something to ask you."

Dongping left first, and Haitang asked, "Sister, what did you want me for this morning?" Mrs. Cao pinched his arm and asked, "You woodchuck, did you steal my eggs last night? The eggs are all counted, why did I miss two when I woke up to boil the eggs for Xiang'er this morning? I alone have the key to the warehouse, and I can't think of anyone else except you!" Haitang said with a chuckle: "Yes, it's me I took it. I was so hungry last night that I wanted to eat eggs."

"You just eat raw?"

"It's raw, and the fishy smell is fishy, ​​but it's enjoyable!"

"You..." Cao raised her hand and wanted to hit Haitang, but she didn't. "What a groundhog! You got hungry in the middle of the night and stole raw eggs to eat? Are you growing up now? After that I'm getting old! Let me tell you, don't hang out with that sparrow at night. It's not clean. If your heart hurts your own body, what kind of disease will you get? Your brother-in-law told me, anyway, survive these two years , when the time comes to kick her with a divorce letter, my sister will marry another innocent man for you, understand?"

Haitang was a little displeased, and said: "Sister, are you thinking too far? Besides, I know this matter well, and I'm not a child."

"Stubborn? Don't kids get up in the middle of the night to steal eggs to eat? Next time, you won't be allowed to eat raw ones, and you won't change from wild monkeys. If you're hungry, I'll bake you two pancakes and put them next to your pillow. Do you hear me?" ?”

"That's all right, all right, I'm still going to the fields, I won't tell you anymore." Haitang hastily dealt with Mrs. Cao, and went out to have breakfast.

When Cao was about to turn around, she suddenly saw Lihua walking out, yawning sleepily.She asked in a disdainful tone: "Qin Lihua, haven't you woken up yet? What did you do last night? Are you so tired? Your family seems to be still hurt, right?"

Lihua walked up to Mrs. Cao, yawned again and said, "Housekeeper, you don't know, I was scolding that thief who stole eggs all night last night! You said that there are so many people in this farm under your management?" Taiping, where is a thief with three hands, a black heart, and a shameless thief? Isn't this discrediting your face? But don't worry, I cursed her from head to toe last night, even her little toe I didn’t let it go, I wish her to go out into the water, ride the car over the cliff, and climb to the bliss early! Oh, I won’t talk to you, I went to serve breakfast for our family.” After she finished speaking, she shook her eyebrows that were about to fly, He walked away with a smile.

"What? Say I'm a black-hearted, three-handed thief?" Cao's mouth was twisted in anger, and she stomped her foot on the spot and cursed, "Qin Lihua, you shameless sparrow, your skin is thicker than a city wall I want you to be proud, to show off, and I won’t let you taste the power of my old lady. You thought my old lady was a crab who couldn’t walk!”

(End of this chapter)