Flowers are expensive

Chapter 30 Private Rules

Ma Liu waved his hand and said: "Okay, I think you are a first offender, so I will forgive you once, and don't run around without saying hello, you know?" He raised his hand and patted him half taller. The tall Manting smiled and said: "I didn't see it, this is still a talent who can speak and argue! Did he hide his ability all the time, or did he hold it back to save his wife?"

Everyone in the yard laughed.Man Ting smiled lightly and said, "You're flattering the prize. It's all because of a rush, so there's no talent to talk about." He took Li Hua's hand and went back to the backyard calmly.

Ma Liu pointed to Manting's back and said to Dongping and the others: "See? This is what loves my wife. You all learn a little bit. Who can be as magnanimous as Manting? He knows what kind of thing Lihua used to be. , and you don’t dislike it at all, can you guys do it?”

"Brother Hai Tang doesn't dislike it either," Dong Ping said, "I just saw Hong Ling's sister-in-law look like that, and I almost beat Mei Xiang up!"

"Humph!" Ma Liu smiled coldly, and said with his hands behind his back, "It's easy for me not to dislike it, but it's difficult for my family not to dislike it. If I really don't dislike it, why didn't I take it back to recognize my relatives today? After all, I’m still afraid of my family!” He walked away with a displeased expression.Dongping glanced at his back, scratched Shunnian's heart next to him, and whispered, "Guanshi Ma feels uncomfortable here!"

Shun Nian disdainfully said: "Can he be comfortable? Cao Meixiang will definitely go back and cry after what happened today. Is Gao Sangu (Cao's mother) a fuel-efficient old lamp? Just a little oil can light a piece of bamboo! He doesn't have to worry about it." The mother-in-law is asking him to settle accounts?"

"Hmph, that's what she deserves. Whoever told the housekeeper to take her natal family's work to the manor when she has nothing to do, really pretends that everyone in the manor is her servant girl of Cao's family! This time Man Ting made a fuss , see if she still has the face to order us around in vain in the future!"

Besides, after Li Hua returned to her room, she took off her shoes and said to Man Ting: "Xie Man Ting, you are really talented! Don't talk about stewardship, I sleep with you every day and I didn't realize that you still have something in your stomach! "

"Where did you go this morning?" Man Ting sat opposite Li Hua and asked.

"Why do you ask this?"

"Just want to know, where did you go this morning? Where did the fish come from?"

"Xie Manting, are you interrogating the prisoner? As I said just now, I got the fish in exchange for my work."

"Since it's the right time, why can't you say it?"

"There's no need to say it, it's enough to have fish soup at noon...wait a minute!" Li Hua suddenly raised her head and looked at Man Ting and asked, "What do you mean it came properly? Do you think the fish came improperly? Xie Man Ting, What's going on in your head? Oh, I see, you must think I'm a sparrow, selling myself for two sips of fish soup, don't you? Really! Your thoughts are really evil! Even if I want to , is there anyone in this village who can offer a good price..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Hua's chin was clamped by Man Ting, pinching her small mouth into a small O shape.She blinked her eyes and asked, "What... what's wrong? Do you want to kill people to silence them?"

"If you want to say the word selling again, I will really throw you outside the Yantang next time." Man Ting said with a serious face.

"Oh... I was just joking, even if I starved to death, I wouldn't do that kind of thing! You doubted me, so I just said it out of the blue... Does it hurt if you pinch me? Don't you let go?"

Only then did Man Ting let go, and said, "I'm just worried that you will go to Haizi Bridge. This season, only Haizi River will have such big fish."

"I didn't go there, and I couldn't find the way! But, what's the matter with going there?"

"There is a river ditch under the bridge, called Haizigou. The water flow has been very fast. It is no joke to fall. You like to play so much. If you fall, who will rescue you? Count on the temple in the temple beside the bridge. ? He is greedy for life and afraid of death, will he come to save you?"

"You...are you worried about this?" Lihua's heart suddenly warmed up, and the phrase "You like to play so much" slipped through her heart like warm wine, which made her feel a little sad.Is this man being too kind to her?
"Nothing else, so you can always tell me where the fish come from?"

"I traded it with someone else."

"What do you want in exchange?"

"When I went back to the village, I met an old man. His grandson's book was wet by him, and some words were blurred. He planned to take the four fish to ask the village chief to copy it for him, but the village chief didn't Kong helped him, and he was about to cry. I thought it was a Tang poem, and I still remembered the vague words and annotations in it, so I transcribed it for him and returned with four fish. That’s it, the explanation is over,” Li Hua He looked at Man Ting innocently and said. "Is there anything else you want to ask, Xie Manting?"

"Then grandpa's surname is Tian?"

"Yeah!" Lihua nodded and said, "How do you know?"

"How many scholars are there in this village? After all, the grandson of the Tian family is a scholar. Who else can be so nervous when a book gets wet? It must be Grandpa Tian."

"Really? Just a scholar?"

"Well," Man Ting said, he got up and took out dozens of copper plates from the box by the wall and put them on the table. "Go to Tian's house again in the afternoon and give him the copper plates."

"Why? I exchanged the fish for the equivalent value."

"The life of the Tian family is not easy. Grandpa Tian and the old couple are already struggling to provide for their grandson to study. He must have caught those four fish in the Haizi River, dried them, sold them in the town, and given them to his grandson. Change some pen and paper money. In short, you just take the copper coin and give it to him."

Lihua stopped talking, pouted and looked at the whole courtyard.Manting asked: "What's the matter? Don't you want to?" "Xie Manting, are you doing well?"

"So are you hungry?"

"No."

"Is it freezing?"

"No."

"Is there no place to cover your head?"

"Not at all."

"That's all right?" Manting said with a faint smile at Lihua, "People in the village don't have much freedom, but they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and no place to sleep. But Tian's family is different. For Grandpa Tian, ​​those four fish are nothing. Maybe it's a book from his grandson. Take it, remember to give it to him... What's wrong? Are you going to cry?" When he raised his eyes to look at Ewha again, he found that Ewha's eyes were shining with water, "My heart hurts Are you reluctant?"

"It's nothing," Lihua blinked, held back her tears and said, "This is your private money, why am I reluctant? I just think you are a little too nice? You don't even do it for yourself. Are you planning to do it later?"

"Can't I wait until you're gone?"

"What... what do you mean?"

"After you leave, I still have to find a wife, but when I will find it and when I will get married is anyone's guess."

"You are such a nice person. You have appointed many girls to like you. After I leave, you will be able to get married soon."

"Will I marry anyone?" Man Ting said this sentence lightly, looking at Li Hua with clear and profound eyes, as if hiding all the remaining meaning behind this sentence in his eyes.

Lihua was slightly stunned, her eyes suddenly fell into the eyes of Man Ting, and she couldn't pull them out for a long time.She felt more and more that this gaze could give herself a sense of solidity and peace of mind, or in other words, she was reluctant to part with it.

Outside the door suddenly remembered the laughter of Dongping and the others, as if they were looking for Manting.Only then did Li Hua hurriedly withdraw her gaze, stood up and said, "I'm going to help in the kitchen..." But Man Ting reached out and grabbed her arm and said, "Why are you panicking? You haven't worn your shoes." She looked down, and she really had Embarrassed and funny with only one shoe on, he quickly put on his shoes and ran out.

When they arrived at the kitchen, Duan Qigu and the others were busy raising Luo Nayu.Lihua walked up to Mrs. Gong, glanced at her hand, and said with a smile, "This is really good workmanship! I can't even handle this iron thing with my hands, but you can still slice such thin fish with it." Film, it's amazing!"

"Cough! What is this? If you do a lot of work, you will become proficient. But you and Man Ting have given us some relief today and relieved us of a heavy workload!" Gong said with a smile.

"That's true!" Aunt Duan glanced at the kitchens, and then said, "I have to say something while that sycophant isn't here. Seeing Cao Meixiang look like that today, I feel very relieved! "

"Hahaha..." Everyone in the kitchen burst out laughing.Aunt Dong hurriedly waved her hand and said, "Keep your voice down! No matter how happy you are, you have to keep your voice down, so as not to stir up the housekeeper's fire again, it's unlucky for Lihua! But this matter is really happy, if you don't make a fuss today, it's a good time." I'll have to stay up late for a few days to make dowry for Cao Meixiang!" "Isn't it?" Gong Shi curled her lips and said, "Then Cao Meixiang has always been lazy, who doesn't know that in the village? Say, you can't get your dowry out by yourself , please ask my sisters or cousins ​​to help, then there is still something to reason about. She is fine, and she came to us in a big way, is it ashamed or not?"

"What shame does she know?" Duan Qigu answered, "She only knows one thing, her elder sister is the housekeeper here, so she can come here to play the lady's temper. Huh, it's better for Lihua to say, Is there Cao Meizhi’s name on the roster of the Wang Mansion? What’s there to be proud of? To put it bluntly, if Ma Liu wants to change his wife, will the housekeeper still be Cao Meizhi? Stay against the wall!”

"Where did you hear the news? Ma Liu is going to change his wife?" Gong asked with a smile.

"I'm just saying that casually. How would I know if Ma Liu will change his wife or not? If there is such a thing, Grandma Yun will definitely hear the wind first!" Duan Qigu said with a smile to Grandma Yun who was lighting the fire in front of the stove, " Right, Granny Yun?"

Grandma Yun stuffed firewood into the stove slowly, coughed twice and said, "I didn't hear the news. However, today's matter is not over yet, so what are you happy about? There must be another one tomorrow, see." Let's go!"

"Yo, Grandma Yun is right," Third Aunt Dong repeatedly nodded and said to them in a low voice, "Cao Meixiang went back crying like this, can Gao Sangu not get angry? That's her baby bump! Maybe Tomorrow they can come and make trouble, I said Lihua, Hongling, you better not come out tomorrow, hide away, so as not to cause trouble for yourself."

Lihua said: "If you can hide from the first day of the junior high school, can you still hide from the fifteenth day? After all, we have to meet. I'll just let it go, Hong Ling is her daughter-in-law anyway, so we can't see her?"

"Alas..." Duan Qigu sighed, "This is the end of the story anyway, if I don't remind you again, it would be rude. Let's tell you the truth, the three families have nothing to do with each other. I haven't acknowledged you, where did the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law come from?"

Hong Ling hurriedly asked: "What do you mean by this? Qigu, can you explain clearly?" Mrs. Gong put down the kitchen knife in her hand, wiped her hands on the apron twice and said, "Let me tell, I originally Not from this village, but from Mijiaba in the past Haiziqiao. I only found out when I married this village. Although we men have a contract, the old man has the grace to set a rule. Every year when we are a wife You can go back to your in-laws’ house for two months, and do housework and other things for your husband.”

Lihua asked curiously: "Then have you ever been to your in-law's house?" Mrs. Gong nodded and said: "According to the rules of the village, a new girl has to return home on the third day after she marries into the village, and on the fourth day, she will be directly handed over by the man." I took her back to my in-law's house to live for two months. After entering the door, I served tea to my in-laws and elders, and then I officially entered the door. But you...you should understand what I said here, right?"

(End of this chapter)