Chapter Twenty-Seven: Cold and Warm
There were already three people sitting on the ox cart, all of them were members of the Li family, a young couple was Li Deguang's sister and brother-in-law, Lin was talking to Li Dexiu in a low voice, and his attitude was a little suspicious, and the son-in-law Zhao Baoliang's eyes flashed, and he grinned at Li Niang, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth.
Li Dexiu suddenly slapped Zhao Baoliang on the shoulder, this crisp applause was particularly loud in the silent countryside, and at the same time, Li Dexiu glared at Li Niang coldly.
This is called the disaster of innocence, Li Niang was angry in her heart, and she couldn't have a seizure, so she pursed her lips and hid behind her brother.
Shubai was greeting Li Deguang to pay for the car, and he didn't notice the small movements of Zhao Baoliang and his wife, but when Li Niang was shy, he asked her to sit in the back of the car with Qingyuan in his arms, which was the farthest position from Zhao Baoliang.
Lin is a blind one, seeing that Li Niang is wearing earrings, and the three babies of the Mo family are all dressed in new clothes, although they are all plain and wrapped with white edges that symbolize filial piety, but this does not hinder her desire to gossip, "Yo, it's rare today, Li Niang is dressed up so beautifully, where is this." ”
Li Niang sat with her back to the front of the car, and replied in a low voice, "Go to the town to deliver fish." ”
The two heavy buckets got into the car, Lin Shi didn't know if it was to deliver fish, but this was not enough, she moved her eyes to Shubai, "Mo Xiaoxiu is also very neat today, and he has put on his straight clothes, it seems that the people in the village said that you made a fortune selling fish, is it true?" ”
Shubai didn't have the habit of chatting with women, so he directly ignored Lin's stubble, he put down the flat shoulder and walked to the front of the car to sit, Li Deguang saw that he was unhappy with his tense face, and he was also annoyed by Lin's heart, and shouted: "I said what is going on with your mother-in-law, you chatter endlessly, no one will treat you as a mute if you don't speak, sit down!" Let's go! ”
"What's going on, this car isn't full yet." The Lin family whispered dissatisfaction, but he didn't dare to disobey Li Deguang, and only asked his sister-in-law for help, "Sister, look at him, he always does things like this." ”
Usually Li Deguang runs in the town and in the city, but today he is on the order of his village elder and father to run a short distance to facilitate the villagers, how can he pull a few more people to earn a few more copper plates, otherwise it will be a big loss.
Li Dexiu smiled at the Lin family, "Okay, there are few people to sit comfortably, and when you and your brother-in-law are sent to the ground, I don't care how many people you pile up." ”
Lin lowered his head in shame and was silent, yes, this trip was originally intended to send the eldest sister-in-law and his wife, and it was her greed that asked Li Deguang to wait for a few more people.
Lin didn't dare to speak to annoy, Li Dexiu and Zhao Baoliang were awkward and didn't say anything, Li Deguang and Shubai chatted in front, the annual exam is a big deal, and it must be discussed, Li Deguang asked again and again, Shubai told him that he had won the first place in the exam, and the reason why he had to dress up solemnly and neatly was to go to the Dragon Boat Festival banquet of the county lord.
The people of Xiaowan Village took the first place in the exam, which is a great event, Lin couldn't help but let out a low breath, Li Dexiu and his wife somehow looked back at Li Niang, and then the couple looked at each other, as if exchanging some unknown information.
"Second Uncle Mo and He Liansheng should also go to the exam, and I don't know if they have passed." Li Deguang asked, he doesn't like to read, the old Li family came to his generation is a county order in Dr. Li's house, and he is very energetic when it comes to the gossip of readers.
"There are only three people in our village who have taken the annual exam, and they have all passed." Shubai satisfied Li Deguang's thirst for knowledge, and this was also to tell the village chief through Li Deguang's mouth that as the head of a village, he attaches great importance to this aspect, which is related to the reputation of the village.
As he spoke, he arrived at the entrance of the town, and there were so many people that his scalp was numb.
Shubai carried the bucket, Li Niang hugged Qingyuan and followed, followed the flow of people into the town slowly, and it took twice as much effort as usual to reach the back door of Fuyuan Building.
Uncle Cheng waited here early in the morning, and when he saw two buckets, he couldn't hold anything else in his eyes, until dozens of big and lively fat fish were loaded into his big water tank, and he greeted people happily.
"Oh, I remember it's Liniang's birthday, right? Come, this is what your aunt bought for you. "Uncle Cheng's gift was a pair of silver bracelets, as thick as chopsticks, and there were exquisite patterns carved on them.
"It's too precious Uncle Cheng, Li Niang can't ask for it."
"Things are not valuable, but I don't like you enough to Uncle Cheng and Aunt Cheng?"
"No, Uncle Cheng......"
"If you don't, just take it! Come, put it on and show it to your uncle...... Ouch, my Li Niang is so good-looking. ”
Li Niang touched the cold bracelet, her heart was warm, there are so many classmates of her father, some have a bright future and become officials, and some have made a fortune in farming and business, but the only one who has really kept their brothers and sisters in their hearts is Cheng Anyang in front of them.
Knowing that Shu Bai was the first in the exam and was going to the county government for a banquet, Uncle Cheng smiled from ear to ear, as happy as his son was lifted.
"The book is good! In this way, the county lord's banquet is booked with our Fuyuan Building, and the name is going to eat Fuyuan fish, and after a while, the dishes will be ready, and the two of us will go over together, Li Niang and Qingyuan, you can rest assured that they will be here, Xiaoyang and Bizhen will also come over, and a few little babies will watch the dragon boat race upstairs, so they will be fine. ”
Cheng Xiaoyang and Cheng Xiaozhen, are a pair of children of Cheng Anyang, the boy is thirteen years old this year, the girl is nine years old, Li Niang was still four years old when she came out with her father to see the lanterns, and six years have passed in a blink of an eye.
When Li Niang saw the boy in the wind in the jade tree, she couldn't believe her eyes, is this still the naughty ghost back then? Bright eyes, now.
Cheng Song is an elegant and beautiful woman, all the clothes she wears are boutiques, and she is not worse than the official wife, she took Li Niang's little hand and looked at it happily, "Look at this little appearance, it is the sister Ji back then, she looks really good, but she is too thin, the head of the house, I will ask the kitchen to stew an old hen for us, and make up for the girls." ”
Cheng Xiaoyang glanced at Li Niang twice, smiled and nodded, and chatted with Shubai, Cheng Xiaozhen is a small round face, delicate and sweet, shook Li Niang's other hand and called Sister affectionately, the enthusiasm of this family moved Li Niang, she was happy from the bottom of her heart, and soon talked to Cheng Xiaozhen.
The topic of the little ladies is nothing more than dressing up, Li Niang has been out of touch with the outside world for a long time, so basically she is listening, Cheng Xiaozhen is talking, but the atmosphere is very harmonious, just like the usual feeling with Li Duoer, this is probably a close eye.
Before the sumptuous lunch was put on the table, Cheng Xiaoyang went out, and I don't know if it was to avoid suspicion or for some other reason, the Song family didn't ask the maid to look for him, and he didn't appear again until the dragon boat race was about to start, Uncle Cheng and Shubai went to the banquet, and they didn't return until the end of the dragon boat race.