When Hao Cheng came back, almost everyone in the village knew that Jiang Meng really had saved it.

When she walked all the way, she smiled at her when she met a villager, and asked after a few greetings: "Hao Cheng, I heard that you have a cousin who came to you, is it true?" ”

Hao Cheng frowned: "Aunt Wang, who are you listening to?" ”

"Who else could I listen to? I've gone to your house to see it. The other party squeezed his eyebrows at Hao Cheng, with an expression that you understand.

This small village is such a big place, and when a gossip news spreads, it is naturally like a spark on fire, and the whole village will know about it in a moment.

Hao Cheng felt regretful in her heart, she should have gotten up in the morning to pick up Meng Zhen and let people leave Xinghua Village early.

Hiding can't be hidden, Hao Cheng nodded: "There is such a cousin, but he will leave in a few days, and he won't stay for a few days." ”

"What are you doing letting people go, I see that your cousin looks good, and he is the same age as you, he looks like a serious person, or do you dislike people for being old."

Aunt Wang's face was narrow, she was originally respectful of Hao Cheng, but after this talented lady lost her father, she was a little more popular, and she dared to joke like this when she looked pleasing.

"If there is nothing to do, Aunt Wang, don't make fun of me." Too affinity also has the disadvantages of being too affinity, Hao Cheng said helplessly.

"Everyone is a woman, they all understand, what are you doing with this kind of thing, you are not young, of course you have to think about this kind of thing."

"That's it!" Hao Cheng's voice sank, "Daddy, they have only been gone for less than half a year, and Aunt Wang should not talk about this topic in front of me." Daqi's father and mother have no filial piety to keep for one year, and some scholars also have to keep it for three years according to the ancient law.

Not to mention that she has no intention of starting a family for the time being, she uses the body of a scholar, and she will always be able to fulfill this filial piety. Even if there is a favorite person during the period, you can't propose marriage and marriage, otherwise you will be scolded by someone poking your back.

She is still very able to bluff people when she puts on her face, and seeing that she is really a little angry, the other party is not hippie and smiling. It's really a joke, Aunt Wang looked stupid.

"I still have something to do at home, so I have to go back first." Hao Cheng didn't want to continue talking to the other party, so he changed the topic, gave the other party a step down, and left in a hurry.

Not everyone is as confused as Aunt Wang, most people still remember that her filial piety is not yet complete, and they only say two words of greeting, greetings, and do not joke about Hao Cheng at will.

By the time she went back, Jiang Mengzhen had already washed her clothes. He followed Hao Cheng's example and hung his clothes on the clothesline on the crooked-necked tree in the yard. I also went to Dong's house to learn how to make a fire from Dong's husband, as well as some simple work.

Xinghua Village is a remote place, and there is no semicolon, when he went to look for Hao Cheng yesterday, he bought more than ten carrier pigeons and released them. Presumably, someone came looking for him within half a month. Before those people came, he recuperated from his injuries as Meng Zhen.

After all, he didn't even have a usable person at hand, and Longyou Shoal was hit by shrimp, and he only had a weak scholar with nothing to rely on. Before the people worthy of his trust contacted him, Jiang Meng really didn't dare to act rashly.

At this time of year, there is a lot of crisp autumn weather. Hao Cheng was worried about having someone at home, and he didn't want to spend money on those expensive foods in the town, and when he came back, the sun was shining and the sky was just right.

She was tall, and the walls of the yard were quite short, Hao Cheng walked in place, and saw the washed clothes floating above her yard from a distance.

The clothes were hung on thick clotheslines at the same distance, from large to small, and from time to time a cool breeze blew from the plains, blowing the thin sheets and clothes into puffed sails, adding a sense of warmth and home to the small courtyard.

If it weren't for the mysterious origin of the man who called himself Meng Zhen, this feeling of having someone waiting for her at home was actually very good.

Hao Cheng's heart moved slightly, and his pace was a few steps faster. She opened the courtyard door and saw Jiang Mengzhen lying in the sun at a glance.

The young man was dressed in her cheap father's old clothes, the thin material of which was obviously not enough to keep warm, and the man lay on the bench, his body curled up in a ball, like a lazy cat, lazy and luxurious.

Because of the washing of clothes, the long and fat sleeves were rolled up by Jiang Mengzhen, revealing half of the slender wrist, he is a physique that is not easy to leave scars, the scratches from the fall from the mountain have scabs, the scars are already very shallow, unlike herself, the small wounds have been raised for ten days and half a month, and the traces are still very obvious.

The man's clothes were washed white, and there were several patches on them, but wearing them on this person's body still made him wear them a little luxuriously. The whitish material was worn on him, and it didn't feel like he had been washed too often and worn too old, but rather like it was deliberately worn.

She doesn't know what the other party's family does, but after all, she is an ordinary rich and noble family, so she can cultivate such a bearing.

Jiang Meng was really vigilant, obviously squinting his eyes and basking in the sun, looking like he was sleeping soundly, but when Hao Cheng walked into the courtyard lightly, he was immediately woken up.

When Jiang Mengzhen first woke up, his eyes were very sharp, and Hao Cheng was swept away by that look and even felt a little chilly, but it was just an instant, and the other party's eyes softened again, like a pool of spring water, gentle and delicate, without the slightest flattery, and it would not lead people to reverie.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes: "The benefactor has returned, and I am a little sleepy, so I fell asleep in the courtyard." ”

This action is very childish, it is really hard to imagine that it will be a twenty-eight-year-old man, but in Hao Cheng's opinion, this Meng Zhen looks very young, and looks about the same age as her, this action does not look pretentious at all, it will only make people feel very cute.

When this idea came up, Hao Cheng's body was shocked, probably because of the influence of the scholar's shell, and she actually felt that there was nothing wrong with using the word cute on men.

Jiang Mengzhen drank all the porridge left by Hao Cheng, and there was nothing to eat directly in the house, he had been exercising all morning, and his stomach was already hungry, so as not to beat the drum in his stomach, so he took the initiative to ask: "What are we going to cook today?" ”

"Stir-fry pork liver and lean broth, and stir-fry a few vegetarian dishes." Considering that Jiang Mengzhen still had injuries on her body, she chose some blood nourishing food.

Hao Cheng started to wash the vegetables, and Jiang Mengzhen also squeezed into the small kitchen: "I learned how to make a fire at Dong Jiafulang today, and the rice for cooking is also good, and the vegetables are also washed." ”

Sure enough, there were still green vegetables with water droplets in the wooden basin in the kitchen, and although the portion was a bit much, it was indeed clean. Moreover, these greens are all root-down, leaf-up, and are placed neatly one by one in order of size.

Dong Jiafulang is careless, and he cooks casually, and this kind of small green cabbage that can be called a work of art can only come from the hands of the suspected obsessive-compulsive person in front of him.

Hao Cheng believed his words, and didn't say anything, and when he was cooking, he supported this delicate and expensive young master and helped her light the fire and pull the bellows.

Usually she is just busy alone, this kind of stove is not better than the modern gas stove, the fire control zhì is not good enough, with Jiang Mengzhen to help the fire, although today's dishes are simple, they are more delicious than usual.

After eating, Hao Cheng went to wash the dishes, and Jiang Mengzhen, who had eaten a lot unconsciously, held his propped stomach and ate in the house. The water washed the plates, Hao Cheng lowered his head and said, "I just told someone that you will leave in a few days." If you want to stay in this house, you can sell it to you for a hundred taels of silver, and the courtyard will be sold to you along with the furniture in it. Originally, it was sold for eighty taels, and twenty taels was the money for your medicine and the food for the past few days. ”

This asking price is a stealer for the poor people, but for the son from such a big family, it is absolutely nothing. What's more, Hao Cheng also saved Jiang Mengzhen, so he worked so hard and didn't ask him for hard money.

Jiang Mengzhen counted out four golden leaves: "The medicine money and the food money for these two days." I don't want this house in the countryside, and you won't stay here for long. ”

He doesn't have identity documents around him, and he can't buy a house, so it's inconvenient to do many things, so he naturally has to follow the scholar.

Although this house is broken, Hao Cheng takes care of things properly and cooks good food, so he can't stay in such a broken house by himself.

Hao Cheng shook off the water on the dishes and chopsticks, and looked a little surprised: "Who said I won't stay in this place for a long time?" ”

"Didn't the benefactor want to settle down in the town? You pay half of the room money, and I pay the rest. I won't be waiting until my family comes looking for me. When I leave, the house will be all to my benefactor. ”

"Don't call me a benefactor, you can call me Hao Cheng." It's okay to listen to it once or twice, this person is called by a benefactor, and she sounds awkward.

Jiang Mengzhen actually doesn't like benefactors to call others, the little white rabbit "Meng Zhen" will be grateful, but he will not have too much gratitude to Hao Cheng, and immediately changed his words from kindness: "Then Hao Cheng, I won't delay you for too long, I have experience in buying a house, I can help if you need it." ”

He paused, and said in a very sincere tone: "If we move to the town, we can be called brother and sister, and I beg you to take me in for a while, and I will never cause you any other trouble." ”

Hao Cheng eats soft rather than hard, although Jiang Mengzhen is a big young master, he doesn't have the shelf of a big young master, and he still feels very comfortable getting along. And a lone man is always more difficult outside. Hao Cheng has a bit of sympathy for him.

However, sympathy is sympathy, and it is still a big question whether to continue to keep him: "You can stay here these days, and don't talk to the villagers about what you have or not." If you take in or not take in, you can let me think about it again. ”

Jiang Mengzhen nodded in response, did not force Hao Cheng to make a decision, and did not yell at Hao Cheng to accuse Hao Cheng of being cold-blooded, but just subtly imperceptibly blurred Hao Cheng's thoughts in the details, to make her feel how cruel it was to throw him out of such a little white rabbit.

The scholar is a soft-hearted and polite, he conquers step by step, and he is not worried that he will not be able to stay in the end.

There was someone in the house to help with the housework, and there was no field for her to take care of, so Hao Cheng ran to the town more often. She searched for several houses, and after several measurements, she finally settled on a house in the north of the city.

When the negotiation was settled, she had to pay for it, and the next day she brought a silver ticket with her. There was a moth on the side of the tooth shop—it was clear that it was good, but the seller temporarily repented, saying that the house had been sold at a high price, and if she wanted to buy it, she would have to pay two hundred taels of silver.

Two hundred taels, when her money is blown by a strong wind, it can't be. Hao Cheng was furious, and the business naturally couldn't be done. Yaxing persuaded her, so she introduced two more to her, but all failed, according to the rules of Yaxing, they introduced three, if it was negotiated, the result was not in the end, Hao Cheng paid the deposit from them is impossible to get back.

It's okay once or twice, but a few more times, if you can't detect the problem, Hao Cheng is really a fool. Seeing Hao Cheng tossing so much to buy a house that he wanted, there was still a good heart of the owner who sold the house, so he persuaded her in private: "You have offended people, but if you want to settle down here, you can't offend that tooth line." ”

Hao Cheng thought about it for a while, she didn't do anything in this town, this tooth shop relied on the commission to do business, and she couldn't do this for no reason. Thinking about it, the only person she can offend here is the miser uncle of the scholar.

She didn't bother with him, but the other party came to provoke her. It's really like she's a bun, and she can knead it casually!

It's a pity that she can't grasp the evidence, and what the Kou family has done is not a big thing that is angry and resentful, it is to block her, and by the way, let those traitors ruin her reputation and simply disgust her.

I am not very familiar with the law, although I am angry, I can't do anything about Kou and this tooth for a while, so I can only hold back my grievances and hold back the fire in my belly.

Because of sulking, Hao Cheng didn't eat much that day, and Jiang Meng couldn't hold it back, so he asked: "What's the matter, but what trouble did you encounter when you bought a house?" ”