Flowers are expensive

Chapter 63 Who Carries the Golden Bell 2
The laughter of other villagers came from the side, and Jin Ling'er was very embarrassed and frustrated.The good guy Dongping came over and teased, "Brother Man Sheng, are your legs shaking? Can you do that? Can you carry your sister-in-law down the mountain?"

"Go away! You will know once you recite it in the future!" Man Sheng's face was also red, after all, it would be embarrassing to fall on his own wife's back!But his legs were really sore, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only use half of his strength.On weekdays, he is a sneaky and sneaky one.The work that was too heavy was left to the other brothers, and they only picked light ones, so their physical strength was the worst among the brothers, and it was not as good as Man Xiang, the youngest.

When Mrs. Xie ran over quickly, Mrs. Guo also hurried over.Together they helped Jin Ling'er up and sat on the stone beside her.Guo Shi asked Man Sheng in a bad tone: "Are you tired, my uncle? You almost threw our Jin Ling'er to pieces!"

Man Sheng blushed even more, scratched the back of his head and said, "It's not that I'm bored, it's that I stepped on a rock and couldn't stand firmly." Mrs. Guo glanced at Mrs. Xie, and said with a half-smile: "It's nothing, you put She is tired enough to carry it up the mountain, you are not strong enough, you should rest. I will ask her brother to carry it!"

The phrase "poor physical strength" stabbed Aunt Xie's body like a needle, and her expression changed instantly.To say that men are not physically strong is to say that women have no waist strength.Those who have been married understand the meaning of Guo Shi's words, why can't Mrs. Xie hear it?She hurriedly stopped Guo Shi and said: "Mother-in-law, there is no need, Man Sheng can recite it after taking a breath."

"Oh, my mother-in-law, I'm not hypocritical. This descent is worse than going up the mountain. It's not a joke when you fall down. Both of you will fall with bloody heads. Ask Man Sheng, can he carry it down? If the golden bell is thrown back again, where should I cry? It’s all right, I called her brother to come, be on the safe side!”

Aunt Xie turned her head and looked at Man Sheng's embarrassed expression, she knew that Man Sheng had no strength to carry Jin Ling'er down the mountain.Is the son she gave birth to still unclear?She glared at Man Sheng with hateful eyes, and then said to Mrs. Guo with a pleasant face: "Man Sheng must have been too tired from work recently, and he is tired! It's okay, Man Sheng can't recite, there are other people in my family It's here! You have called Man Ting to carry it, so you can rest assured, right?"

Jin Ling'er was overjoyed and almost burst out laughing.But Mrs. Guo refused, shaking her head and said: "What is this? Ask Man Ting to carry the golden bell. Do you want the reputation of Jin Ling'er? You can't thank your family for doing things like this."

"Don't worry! I don't know about this taboo yet? It's specified that he should not be asked to carry it close to his body. Just now we still had the small bamboo back for carrying the earthen pots, so let Jin Ling'er sit on the bamboo back and carry it all the way down the mountain, what? I can't stand it. Besides, there are us by the side, who can gossip?"

Just as Mrs. Guo was about to speak, Jin Ling'er couldn't wait to say: "Mother, you can go first, my mother-in-law and the others know that they sent me down the mountain." thought!
Aunt Xie saw that Mrs. Guo was silent, she hurriedly turned her head and shouted to the whole court: "Come on, fourth child, carry your sister-in-law down the mountain on a bamboo back! Mother and third child will help you!"

Jin Ling'er glanced at Man Ting, full of anticipation.But he didn't move, and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Lihua, put it on his back, and carried it neatly.Aunt Xie and the others were stunned, and Jin Ling'er was so angry that she almost vomited blood, her long pinky nails were pinched into her palm.

"Hey, fourth child," Aunt Xie asked in surprise, "Is Lihua also sprained her ankle? Is it necessary for you to carry it down the mountain?"

"En." Man Ting responded lightly, walked past them with Li Hua on his back, and went down the mountain first.

Mrs. Xie doesn't know if it's true or not, so she can't shout all over the court anymore.Jin Ling'er was so angry that her complexion changed, she bit her lower lip, and stared at her feet.Seemingly relieved, Mrs. Guo pinched Jin Ling'er's arm secretly, and said to Aunt Xie, "I think it's her brother who will do it! The whole family wants to carry their own daughter-in-law, so how can they have time to carry their sister-in-law? "That won't work, Jin Ling'er is our Xie family's daughter-in-law, and our Xie family will take care of her, so you don't need your natal family to worry about it!"

Aunt Xie naturally wouldn't lose face on this matter, if she wanted to spread the word, she thought her family was empty!She immediately ran to pull Manxing over, and let Manxing carry Jinling'er down the mountain on a small bamboo back.

Man Xing was originally a straightforward man, so he would not care about doing a little favor for his brother.But Zhuang's is different.She watched her man walking in front with Jin Ling'er on his back, and she didn't want to mention what it was like.After marrying into Xie's family for so long, Man Xing had never carried her on her back like this, but Jin Ling'er took the lead, and she would be dissatisfied with anyone else!
Along the way, Mrs. Zhuang glanced at the golden bell on the bamboo back from time to time, with a bit of jealousy in her eyes.Jin Ling'er was also uncomfortably carried by Man Xing, and when she thought that Man Ting would rather carry Qin Lihua than her, she gritted her teeth.Who let him stand on such a useless man as Xie Mansheng?
Mrs. Guo, who was walking at the end, glanced at Man Sheng, and finally couldn't help but said to Aunt Xie: "Mother-in-law, let me tell you something, don't take offense! Speaking of it, I am also for the good of Xie's family."

"Tell me!" Aunt Xie expected that she would have nothing good to say.

"My natal family shouldn't have brought this matter up, but you can see that our Jin Ling'er has been married to Xie's family for several months, and her stomach is still flat, and everyone in the village is gossiping! Our family, Jin Hui, is always scolding Me, I said I didn’t explain clearly to Jin Ling’er, hey, I’m really wronged and I have nothing to say! How is Jin Ling’er’s health in our family, don’t I, a mother, not know? I wondered, how to live It has been several months, and there is no movement at all?" When she said this, she glanced at Mrs. Xie from time to time.

Aunt Xie understood immediately, first surprised, then anxious, and finally a little annoyed.Doesn't this mean that her family can't win?She glanced coldly at Mrs. Guo and said: "Then you can't rush to have a child, maybe the fate has not arrived!"

"Hehehe..." Mrs. Guo covered her mouth and laughed a few times, "Oh, maybe the fate is not here! You see, I am really in a hurry. You are not in a hurry as a mother-in-law, but I am still in a hurry. I'm really meddling in my own business! By the way, I happened to meet you to ask for favors. Recently, we Jinxiu was bored at home alone, and Jin Linger said that he wanted to come back to accompany his sister. Don't worry too much, Jinxiu Ling'er loves to talk, and Man Sheng has always gone to see Duke Zhou as soon as she got into bed, and she has no one to talk to, so she just wants to come back to be with her younger sister, which is considered a sisterhood. Do you think so?"

Is Mrs. Xie an idiot?No matter how stupid you are, listen to it!She was so angry and ashamed that she really wanted to slap Guo twice on the spot!But who can blame this?I'm afraid Jin Ling'er told Guo Shi about those things, so there must be more truth than falsehood, so who is to blame?You can only blame your own son!If you make a big fuss, you will be the one who will lose face!
Aunt Xie clenched her fists, suppressed her anger, and said, "Okay, I'll ask Jin Ling'er later!"

"Thank you very much!" Mrs. Guo said quite proudly, and rushed to the front to greet Jin Ling'er.

Aunt Xie took two quick steps and punched Mansheng on the back.Man Sheng was startled, turned his head and asked, "Mother, why are you crazy?"

"Hmph! I'll tell you when I get back. From tomorrow onwards, you will pick out the manure in the field and the pig manure in your house!" Man Sheng was puzzled by the second monk, and asked strangely, "Why? Where did I recruit you?" Aunt Xie glared at him and walked forward.

The place for lunch is in the largest dam in the village. Because it is circular, it is called Yuanba.When Man Xing arrived there with Jin Ling'er on his back, rows of small square tables had already been set up in the dam, with a bunch of straw mats on both sides of the square tables, which were used as stools.

After putting down the golden bell, Man Xing went to other places to join in the fun.Aunt Xie helped Jin Ling'er to sit down on the straw mat, and then called to Mrs. Zhuang, "Bring Jin Ling'er a bowl of water."

"Mother, ask Man Sheng to get it! You don't have to run hundreds of miles to get a bowl of water. If you don't get tired, I'm in a hurry to go to the latrine!" After saying this, Mrs. Zhuang left with Run Hu.Seeing this, Zhen also quietly avoided, so as not to order her again.She didn't want to offend Mrs. Zhuang because of Jin Ling'er.

Mrs. Zhuang seldom gets angry, and she always greets her with a smile on weekdays, especially to Aunt Xie, she is almost obedient and never blushes.Getting angry today made Mrs. Xie so stunned that she didn't know what to say. She patted her legs and muttered, "What a temper? How dare you get angry at me! I'll settle the score with you later! Jin Ling'er, you first Sit down, and my mother will fetch it for you. A group of useless things, the first one can't be counted on, and they all ran to play."

After Mrs. Xie walked away, Jin Ling'er rested her chin on the wooden table with her hand, watching the busy women boredly.

Setting tables and dishes has always been the work of the women in the village. Twenty or thirty women shuttle between the square tables carrying bowls, and they are very busy.When she was feeling bored, a burst of laughter next to her attracted her.She turned her head and saw that it was Lihua Hongling, Moxiang Qiaozhen and the others sitting on the weeds beside the round dam, playing with straw weaving.

Under the spring sunshine, several young girls and daughters-in-law were weaving various animals with great interest.Li Hua is a novice, and is sitting next to Mo Xiang asking for advice on knitting.While teaching Li Hua, Mo Xiang was busy with the straw weaving methodically, like a master.Several people let out a burst of light laughter from time to time.

Jin Ling'er glanced at Lihua in disgust, and when she looked away, she suddenly caught a strange look, and this slightly condensed look was directed at Moxiang.What she never expected was that the person looking at Mo Xiang would be Tian Yisheng!

Tian Yisheng quickly withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked towards Old Man Tian and his wife.This discovery surprised Jin Ling'er.In her impression, Tian Yisheng was a high-minded person since he was a child, he was not easy to get along with, and he seldom took the initiative to contact girls.Especially in the past few years, Tian Yisheng has grown older, he speaks less, and his eyes are more indifferent.His younger sister Jin Xiu is obsessed with Tian Yisheng like a nympho, but what happened?It's just a hot face with a cold butt!

Jin Ling'er took a deep breath, shook her head and said to herself, "No way! Even if Tian Yisheng looked down on my sister, he wouldn't be looking at that careless girl like Moxiang, right? Such bad eyesight? Or maybe Because Moxiang offended him today, so he took a second look, right?"

"Sister!" Jin Xiu rushed to the table suddenly, and called out to her with a smile, "What are you looking at? Are you looking at your Brother Man Ting?"

"What nonsense?" Jin Ling'er patted her face and said, "Brother Man Ting is not here, where should I look?"

"Hey, sister, you said you didn't look at Brother Manting? You can know whether he is here or not. He must have looked at him once, right?" Jin Xiu laughed.

"You're talking nonsense! Why don't you follow mother, what are you doing here?"

"Looking at you sitting here alone, it's so pitiful, come and accompany you!"

"You're in a good mood. What's the matter?" Jin Xiu naturally showed a shy expression, lowered her head and pursed her lips and smiled.Jin Ling'er asked: "Let's listen to it, what good thing is it? Could it be that your marriage is settled?"

"Mother told me..." Jin Xiu leaned close to Jin Ling'er and whispered a few words in Jin Ling'er's ear, then covered her mouth and giggled, smiling brightly.But after Jin Ling'er heard it, her complexion was a little bad, and she asked solemnly, "Father is really going to mention this to Tian Yisheng?"

"Dad told Mother himself. Is there a lie? Does Mother dare to tell you what Daddy said? It's almost as good as a fight!"

(End of this chapter)