Flowers are expensive

Chapter 41

"Okay, Qin Lihua!" Ma Liu's face turned from livid to dark green, "Stop showing off your sharp mouth!"

"Then do you care about it or not?"

"I..." Ma Liu glanced at Aunt Ding, thought for a while and said, "Mother, you go back! Your son's beating is the village's business, I will give him an explanation, so you don't meddle in it!"

"Hey, Ma Liu, that's not what you said!" Aunt Ding said anxiously, "I grew up watching you grow up. Liang Bai is now your younger brother. You can't be so kind to him! He suffered a lot. Can you not feel sorry for beating us as parents? You told me to leave it alone, so how can I do it?"

"That's right," Li Hua added with a smile, "You are all from the same village, and you help each other out on weekdays. Maliu, your father's coffin boards were all made by your mother-in-law. Oh, how much do you spend on these human relationships? Is it enough to finish it off?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Ma Liu's face turned from dark green to black again.Mrs. Cao knew that Ma Liu was not happy in her heart, so she quickly drank the pear blossom and said, "It's none of your business? I want you to talk too much here!"

"Housekeeper, why are you angry at me? Your mother said it herself, and no one forced her to say it with a knife. If you have the ability, go back and get angry at your mother!" Lihua said to Mrs. Ding after finishing speaking, " Auntie, go back and ask your unweaned son who asked his parents to wipe his ass in an accident, why I beat him last night. If he refuses to recognize Huang Ying, you also refuse to recognize Huang Ying. It's really nothing to do! Don't treat your own It’s too expensive to see, we don’t take it too seriously! Think about it, the master spent at most a dozen taels of silver to buy Liang Bai, but do you know how much the master spent to buy the yellow warbler? 200 taels of silver! Who is more expensive on the market? Who is cheap, you can weigh it yourself!"

After Lihua finished speaking, she graciously bypassed Mrs. Cao and Mrs. Ding, pulled Hongling up, winked at Huang Ying, and went to the backyard.Hongling asked Lihua worriedly: "What if Mrs. Ding keeps making trouble?"

"Ma Liu won't let her make trouble again. Ma Liu is not a fool. Doesn't he know how much money he can make every year by being a manager? Without this manager job, where will he get money?"

Hong Ling smiled and said: "Pear Blossom's brain is still turning fast, just now my heart was so scared that it rose to my throat! I thought that today I would have to fight for my life with Mrs. Ding!" Li Blossom smiled and said: "Follow them In hand-to-hand combat, we are guaranteed to lose! So, we can only outsmart, not match.” Sure enough, after the three of Li Hua left, Aunt Ding looked at Ma Liu angrily and blankly and asked, “Hey, Ma Liu, what about this matter? Even if it's over? My son was beaten for nothing?"

Ma Liu frowned and asked: "Then what do you want, old man? Really drag Qin Lihua out and beat them up? Last night, it started when Liang Bai beat Huang Ying. He is a big man who has nothing to do with beating his wife." Let’s play, does it sound good to spread the word?”

"Hey, I've learned so much! My son can't beat his wife? Besides, what kind of thing is that wife..."

"Ms. Ding, you have to be reluctant to part with your son. In other words, you can redeem his body with money, and I will return the deed of sale to you now. Take your son back and live a good life. You can marry him whoever you like."

"What do you mean, Ma Liu? Have you turned your back on anyone? Don't forget that we are still in the same village, and you and Liang Bai grew up together!" Aunt Ding's anger turned to Ma Liu in an instant.

"Auntie, I also want to talk about affection and politeness with you, but you heard it just now, and there are a bunch of masters over me! Your son is sold to the old master's manor, and he is the master's man by name. It’s just that the blood relationship is still connected with you. Am I wrong? If you’re fine, go home and collect money. I’ll be there at any time. But if you want to continue to make trouble here, then don’t worry about it. I’m sorry for you! After Ma Liu said this, he went back to the backyard confidently with his hands behind his back.

Aunt Ding was so angry that she rolled her eyes and slapped her legs and howled, but Ma Liu ignored her at all.Mrs. Cao and Duan Qigu persuaded her for a long time before sending her out of Zhuangzi.

At lunch, all the men came back, but Manting was not there.Lihua looked curiously at the group of men, wanted to ask but dared not.It wasn't until the dishes and rice were put on the table and everyone sat down that Mrs. Cao asked, "Where did Xie Manting go?"

Haitang said: "When we came back from work, Aunt Xie rushed over and called back, saying that Grandma Xie was not in good health, and told him to go back and take a look."

"Really?" Cao raised her eyelids on purpose, glanced at Lihua and asked, "Qin Lihua, Manting didn't ask you to go back and take a look? He loves you so much, why did he take you back to take a look at Grandma Xie? I am I heard Man Ting likes his grandma the most."

"Housekeeper, which pot are you not opening and which pot are you talking about? Lihua must feel uncomfortable!" Sister Xiao took the words without losing the opportunity and continued to sneer, "No matter how much the whole court feels sorry, it's just in the village. , still dare to take it back to show Grandma Xie? Why don’t you be mad at Grandma Xie?”

"Is it okay to accumulate some morals?" Li Hua said to Xiao's sister-in-law while grilling the rice, "I'm thanking grandma for nothing, and you're just talking about death? What do you mean, Xiao's sister-in-law? I don't want to see it That’s all for me, and I even dragged someone to thank grandma? I heard that she is the only medicine woman in the neighborhood, so I’m afraid she has treated you a lot, right? You have to have a conscience!”

"you……"

"Shut up! Eat your meal!" Dongxiang shouted at that table, "Why do you care so much about other people's family affairs?" Mrs. Xiao gave Lihua a dissatisfied look, and bowed her head to eat her own meal.

Seeing that Lihua had gained the upper hand again, Mrs. Cao turned her head and said to Haitang: "It's about this point, I have to remind you, don't take idle people with you during the spring festival. If you don't want to make your mother mad, you should do it yourself. Know how to measure, don't blame me, a sister, for not helping you when the time comes!"

Haitang tapped the edge of his bowl with chopsticks and said, "Sister, all I bring are my own people, no one else, don't worry!"

"If you want to disturb the family, you can just take it back!" Cao Shi said, slashing Hongling's eyes with her eyes.Hong Ling lowered her head, pretending she didn't hear anything.Li Hua continued: "Housekeeper, are you tired? You can't do anything after eating, you can't digest your stomach and intestines, you're prone to spots, acne, loose skin, and aging! Really, I don't want to coax you, so you should calm down and eat yours!" "Qin Lihua!"

"It's easier for a woman to get old when she gets angry. Look, you have wrinkles on your forehead. What can you do? Hurry up and put the fire away!"

"Huh!" Cao Shi snorted and didn't speak any more.The other women couldn't help laughing while holding their bowls.

Although Lihua had the upper hand in her mouth, she was panicked in her heart.The whole afternoon, Manting didn't come back.When it was time for dinner, Man Sheng came to say that Man Ting would not be coming back tonight.

Hearing these words, Lihua suddenly felt a slight pain in her heart, feeling an indescribable soreness.During the meal, those few good people couldn't help but be harsh on her, but she was in no mood to refute, and was too lazy to argue with them, so she went back to the room and lay down after eating.

But the night was long, and the more she lay down, the more flustered she felt.Eyes always fall on the door, how much I wish Xie Manting could open the door and come in at this moment and ask her: "Why are you going to sleep again?"

But tonight, she seemed destined to be disappointed.The sound of Hai Tang and the others returning to the house after chatting in the front yard came from outside, but Man Ting still didn't come back, it seems that Xie Mansheng's words were true.

She tossed and turned on the floor, unable to fall asleep, and suddenly felt that the room was so quiet that it was maddening.Usually before going to bed, I would always argue with Xie Manting, and then sleep peacefully.But tonight, no one is with her.

She clutched the pillow pitifully, and said to herself: "Xie Manting, you are so cruel, you left me alone here to go home to see your grandma! What did you say to protect me from letting anyone touch a single strand of my hair? In case I beat Liang Bai again, will you come and protect me in time? You don’t even know I’m beaten into a beautiful panda! A liar! A big liar! A good-looking and nice-talking big liar!” She spoke with two Poking the pillow with a finger, it was Xie Manting's eyes.

After poking for a while, she was tired of herself and didn't want to stay in this empty and quiet room.She got up and went out of the room, went to the front yard, opened the gate of the courtyard secretly, and then sat down on the laundry slate under the bamboo forest.

The stone slab is right next to the weir pond, and the weir pond is quietly bearing the silver light of the moonlight, trying to restore the clearest moon.A gust of night wind blew by, and the bamboo leaves above my head rustled like silkworms eating mulberry leaves.Lihua hugged her knees and put her chin on it, listening to the rustling sound, she didn't feel so lonely and boring.

"Sing a song, anyway, no one is listening right now, even the ducks have gone back to sleep, hehe..." Lihua said to herself.Then she broke off a bamboo branch, used it as a baton, and sang in an orderly manner: "Hey, the bamboo is blooming! Lie in my mother's arms and count the stars/The stars are so beautiful/Where is tomorrow's breakfast..."

When she was done, she clapped herself, rather narcissistically, self-numbingly.Just when she was about to change the song and continue to be intoxicated, a very familiar voice suddenly came from behind: "What are you doing outside so late?"

"Ah!" Even though it was familiar enough, Li Hua suddenly appeared from behind in the middle of the night, she was still startled, she threw away the bamboo branch in her hand, and turned her head to look in horror, it really was Xie Manting!

"Am I a ghost? Did I scare you?" Man Ting approached the slate and asked.

Seeing Xie Manting suddenly, Lihua really wanted to scold him severely, and then pounce on him and pinch him until tears flowed down her face.But at the moment, there seemed to be a lot of indescribable tastes in her heart: sweet, sour, spicy, bitter, all mixed into a hodgepodge, which made her speechless.

"Scared?" Man Ting asked with a smile, "Didn't you sing so hard just now?"

"You...Aren't you coming back?" Her voice trembled slightly, as if she had been bullied by Man Ting.

"Are you waiting here for my return?"

"No! How can there be!" Lihua replied quickly, very guilty.

"Forget it, come down and go in."

"No!"

"You still want to sing here? It's so late, and there will be noises from bugs and fish in the weir pond."

"Did I sing badly?" Lihua asked with her mouth raised.

"It's not bad. Although I don't understand your tune, it's quite nice."

"How long have you been standing behind me?"

"I've been standing here since you started singing, you just didn't notice me."

"What? Xie Manting, you actually eavesdropped on my super luxurious private concert, and even occupied the VIP seat without saying a word? That's what I left for our family Xiaoqiang! By the way, you haven't paid for the ticket yet! Bring it here Here, you can't evade the fare!" Li Hua stretched out her hand and asked Man Ting for the ticket money.

Man Ting smiled, took her hand and pulled her gently towards her side, then wrapped her waist with the other hand, and gently carried her off the washboard.When she landed, her heart tightened, she suddenly felt a sense of fear, she quickly stretched out her arms to wrap around Manting's waist, and pressed her face tightly against Manting's firm chest.

(End of this chapter)