Flowers are expensive

Chapter 75

Aunt Xie smiled at her, turned around and entered the hall.At this time, Mrs. Zhen was in Mrs. Zhuang's room, and the two of them naturally heard Mrs. Xie's words.Mrs. Zhuang covered her mouth and snickered: "Listen, mother is still not convinced. No matter how much Jin Ling'er is her heart, mother can clearly distinguish some things! The Jin family recruited Tian Yisheng like this, how many people in the village can be convinced Mother is the first one!"

Zhen's sighed: "It's useless to say such a few words! I don't care if Tian Yisheng is Tian Yisheng or not, as long as Moxiang can marry well."

"Let's see what Lihua and Moxiang can come up with in the past two months!" Besides, Lihua and Manting Moxiang went out together before.When they reached the fork in the road, Manting separated from them and went back to the village.When the two arrived at the gate of Tian's house, the door was ajar.Lihua gently pushed it away, put her head in and saw that Grandpa Tian and the old couple were sitting at the stone table in the yard, and they called out, "Grandpa Tian, ​​can you come in?"

"It's Pear Blossom, come in, you're welcome." Grandpa Tian immediately got up and smiled at the two of them.Granny Lin also lowered her head and stood up slowly.Lihua glanced at her and found that her eyes were red, as if she had cried.

"Did Tian Yisheng tell you about the stone mill?" Lihua asked with a smile. "After talking about it, fortunately, there was a small stone mill that was not finished at home before. After a few more tinkering, it will be finished with wooden handles. It can be finished today."

"Really? That's great! Wait!" Lihua suddenly remembered something, pointed to the backyard and asked Grandpa Tian, ​​"There is the sound of a chisel over there, it's not you doing it, who is that? Could it be... Tian Yisheng? "

Grandpa Tian laughed and said, "Yi Sheng is doing it. In fact, after my eyesight got bad, he made all the small stone mills for the village. You are welcome, go to the backyard to see if the stone mill is suitable or not?"

With the excitement of digging up newspaper headlines, Lihua dragged Moxiang to the backyard.At the corner of the backyard, Tian Yisheng was wearing a light blue dress, rolled up his sleeves, exposing arms that were almost as fair as a girl's, and his nose was slightly sweating. He was sitting in front of a small unfinished stone mill, skillfully holding the Beat with a chisel and hammer.

At that moment, Li Hua had only one feeling, that this little boy was a waste of money for Jin Xiu!No reason!Then squinted at Mo Xiang next to her, the girl was completely dumbfounded, her mouth was opened into a small O shape, and she couldn't close it for a long time.

This can't be blamed on Mo Xiang, she probably never dreamed that Tian Yisheng could hold these two slightly vulgar things besides a pen, and he was so proficient in using them in his hands!Her head was tilted to the left and then to the right, and a sentence was clearly written on her face: Am I blind?
At this time, Tian Yisheng turned his head and raised his eyelids, and glanced at Mo Xiang, as if he was a little disgusted with Mo Xiang's exaggerated expression at this time.Li Hua touched Mo Xiang with her elbow, and whispered, "What are you doing with your mouth closed and open like a frog? Have you never seen a handsome guy?"

"Ah?" Mo Xiang finally came to his senses, looked at Li Hua blankly and asked, "Fourth Aunt, what is a handsome guy?"

Lihua pointed to Tian Yisheng and said, "There is a specimen of a handsome guy right in front of you. When you look at him from behind, it's like seeing a handsome guy!" Mo Xiang followed Lihua's guidance, looked at Tian Yisheng seriously and asked Said: "Fourth aunt, is a scholar who can do rough work a handsome guy?"

Li Hua's eyes were empty when she looked at Mo Xiang, forget it, she lost to this girl!She pouted at Tian Yisheng and said, "Hey, go talk to him about the price of the stone mill." "Why don't you go?" "This business was negotiated by the two of you, so you must continue the discussion! You still say I want to earn money to support your parents in the future, but now I should learn how to negotiate business with people!"

"But I can't say no to Tian Yisheng..." Mo Xiang reluctantly said this.

"I'm not asking you to quarrel with him, little aunt! Be more polite, smile more, and speak carefully, just like reasoning. Didn't you reason with him very smoothly before? He also promised to help We've already made a stone mill!" Lihua really felt sorry for Tian Yisheng, did the two just quarrel when they met?But it should be expected from the appearance of offering sacrifices to the mountain god that day.

"Is that reasonable before?" Mo Xiang's eyes were full of doubts.

"Forget it! Let's go!" Lihua didn't want to entangle Moxiang with this issue anymore, so she answered decisively, and then drove her towards Tian Yisheng.She walked over generously, and really chatted with Tian Yisheng about the price of the stone mill.

However, after listening to them talking about the price, Lihua felt that Tian Yisheng deserved a beating!why?Because Mo Xiang walked over and asked, "Tian Yisheng, how much does the stone mill cost?"

Without raising his head, Tian Yisheng said flatly, "Ask my grandpa."

"Oh." The conversation between the two ended.Then Moxiang turned her head and looked at Lihua with a look that was nothing if she asked.Lihua almost snatched the chisel and knocked Tian Yisheng on the head, what a shame!

However, Lihua reacted quickly, and hurriedly shouted to Mo Xiang: "Then I'll ask Grandpa Tian, ​​you are here to help Tian Yisheng, I'll be back soon!"

"Fourth aunt..."

"Didn't you promise to be a helper? How can you not count your words?"

"Okay then." Mo Xiang agreed with a bit of reluctance, which made Tian Yisheng beside him half-dark.Lihua held back her laughter, turned around and ran to the front yard.

Grandpa Tian and Grandma Lin were still sitting at the stone table in a daze, looking as if something bad had happened.Lihua walked over and asked, "Grandpa Tian, ​​what is the labor cost of the stone mill?" Grandpa Tian laughed hurriedly and said, "Isn't it just a small stone mill? It's useless at home, you can just take it. The labor cost It's free."

"That's not good. Our whole family will say that I'm not kind." Lihua laughed.

"Usually, Manting has done a lot of work for our family. It would be unkind of us to charge you for wages. Last time I gave you the four fish, you insisted on giving us copper coins, which made us feel embarrassed. Forget it." Grandma Lin forced a smile out of her sad expression.

"What's the matter at home?" Lihua couldn't help asking.

"Alas..." These words immediately elicited a long sigh from Grandma Lin, her eyes seemed to be much redder again.Lihua quickly waved her hands and said, "I'm just asking casually, don't take it to heart, if you don't want to say it, just pretend I didn't ask."

Grandma Lin sighed again with a sad face and said: "There is nothing wrong with it. I don't treat Man Ting as an outsider, and naturally I don't treat you as an outsider. I just told the old man, or I can invite Man Ting to come over." Advise Yi Sheng!"

"What do you want to persuade him to do?" Lihua asked curiously.

"What else can I do?" Grandpa Tian also shook his head and sighed, "Isn't it just because of the engagement with the Jin family?"

"Will Tian Yisheng agree?" "If he doesn't agree, we don't have to worry about it here!" Grandpa Tian said anxiously, patting his knee.

"Ah? What's going on?" Lihua asked in bewilderment.

"Let me tell you the truth, Lihua, the engagement with the Jin family is Yi Sheng's own decision. People in the village probably think that his grandma and I chose the Jin family, but no matter how confused we are, we won't fall for Jin Xiu." That little girl! Are there no other girls in the village? Just pick one, and she has a better temper than Jinxiu! Tell me, don’t you?” Grandpa Tian said helplessly and angrily.

"He made his own decisions?" Lihua was really surprised.

"Isn't it?" Grandma Lin said sadly, "He has his own ideas since he was a child. Don't look like he is a gentle scholar. If he is stubborn, he won't be able to pull back ten cows! Alas! We have persuaded and persuaded, and cried and cried. , but he refused to change his mind! Today Matchmaker Wu brought all the postings of He Ba Zi, saying that it is a good match! You know how much you will be bullied by that Jinxiu! That girl is just like her mother, a little shrew with no rules at all!"

"Is that date fixed?"

"No, Matchmaker Wu is urging us to set a date today. I told her that Yi Sheng had no parents since he was a child, and we had to go to his parents' graves to talk about this before sending her away. Let's go. But it can be delayed for a while, but not for a lifetime! She will come to ask about the date tomorrow, what should I do? I also understand that Yi Sheng doesn't intend to drag us down anymore, but seeing him marry into someone else's house, I don't know how much I will be angry with the Jin family in the future, but in my heart..." Grandma Lin lowered her head and wiped her tears as she said, the corners of her eyes were wet.

Lihua nodded and said: "Speaking of which, he is also filial, and I don't want you to worry about his examination for fame anymore. I would rather have a bad life than watch you go fishing in the river when you are old, and do it for him. That bit of pen and ink and running around. His book is not in vain, but his brain is a bit dead, is this the only way?"

Grandpa Tian took over the conversation and said: "This fall, he should go to the state capital to take the exam. We don't know how much trouble we will have to spend on the way. We have never been to a place far away from the state capital in this life. I asked Yi Sheng, he He also refused to say anything. During the Spring Festival a few days ago, Jin Hui came to tell him about getting married, and he agreed. I understand his thoughts, and we don’t need to worry about things like that if we get married into the Jin family. But It's not that I, as a grandfather, look down on my grandson, if he doesn't pass the exam, how much should the Jin family give him? What kind of face does their family have, they are the most bullying and afraid of evil!"

As soon as the words were finished, Matchmaker Wu's magpie chirping sounded from the courtyard door.The faces of Grandpa Tian and his wife changed drastically, they looked at each other, and asked in unison: "What should I do?" Lihua rolled her eyes and said, "You guys hide inside, I'll tell her. I've never seen such a rush to get married." , three times a day urging the husband's family to set a date, how annoying!"

The old couple couldn't think of any other way for the time being, so they hurriedly hid in the house.As soon as the door was closed, Matchmaker Wu pushed the door open and came in, smiling and shouting: "Old lady, old lady..."

"Here you go again, Wu matchmaker?" Lihua sat at the stone table and waved her hand in a friendly way, "How much did the Jin family pay you for running errands? Are you afraid of breaking your legs?"

Matchmaker Wu heard that Lihua was mocking her, but she had already seen how powerful this girl was last time, so she couldn't confront her head-on, so she walked over with a smile and said, "You just think I want to run away? The matchmaker just pointed at this mouth." Eat with these two legs, but what can I do?"

"I thought the matchmaker was eating with her conscience!"

Matchmaker Wu's face darkened instantly, she glanced at Li Hua coldly and said, "Li Hua, what do you mean by that?" Li Hua blinked her eyes pretending to be innocent, and asked back: "Praise you! Don't you Don't you act as a matchmaker based on your conscience? Matchmaker Wu, you're so thoughtful, why do you just think I'm scolding you?"

Matchmaker Wu didn't scold or laugh, so she quickly changed the subject and asked, "Why are you here too? Where are the people from the Tian family?" The grave will come back after crying for an hour or two."

"Just went?"

"Yes! If you are not in a hurry, just sit here and wait." Li Hua hummed in her heart and said, "Wait slowly, you can't wait until the sun goes down!"Sister, I always have something to say to you!
"What about Yi Sheng?" Matchmaker Wu asked unwillingly. "Are you looking for Tian Yisheng to come out and set a date?" Lihua rested her chin and looked at the walnut tree in the yard and sighed, "Oh, I've learned so much, I've been urging my husband's family to set a date twice a day, oh, Wu Matchmaker, is this the privilege of the village chief's family?"

(End of this chapter)