Ran Er saw Grandpa Li chatting with them, so she came to the kitchen of Li Shun's house with a basket. Sure enough, Aunt Shun and Aunt Cheng were busy cooking. Ran Er took out the eggs in the basket and said to the two aunts:

"Use as many eggs as you can, if there's anything missing, I'll buy them at the shop."

"Ran'er is really, your grandfather didn't bring people to you, he just didn't want your sisters to break the bank, why did you take so many eggs?"

"Auntie, there aren't many, it's all under your own chickens, and it doesn't cost money."

Ran Er helped in the kitchen, and quietly asked Qinglian to carry the five hundred yuan in the basket to the shop to buy two jars of good wine. The so-called good wine is only relatively speaking, and it is only a hundred and ten dollars a jar. As well as five boxes of snacks and five catties of sugar.

Ran Er gave it to Grandpa Li's family, the village chief's family, Uncle Zhao's family, as well as Aunt Cheng, Aunt Shun and Aunt Wu, each with a box of snacks and a pound of sugar, to thank everyone for their help.

Three acres of paddy field, after Uncle Zhao finished harvesting the rice, it was owned by Ran'er and Qinglian. With the help of Grandpa Li and his three uncles, he applied fertilizer, ploughed the land, and cleaned up five acres of land in one day, just waiting for the seeds to be sown early the next morning. The next morning, Qinglian was cooking at home, and Ran'er, Grandpa Li, and Uncle Shun came to the field, and when they were about to sow seeds, Wang Rui came.

first greeted the Li family, and then whispered to Ran'er:

"I didn't know what happened last time, but after I found out later, I already told my father and mother that I wouldn't bother people in the future."

After saying that, he went to help in the field, and he didn't care if he agreed or not. Ran Er knew that what Wang Rui said last time naturally referred to Aunt Zhang's marriage, and seeing that Wang Rui had already gone to work in the field, it was not easy to drive him away. Besides, Wang Rui's words are obviously to apologize, so let him be. Five acres of land is nothing for Grandpa Li, Li Shun and Wang Rui, and the seeds will be sown before noon. Because of Wang Rui's arrival, Ran'er had nothing to do. I said to Grandpa Li:

"Grandpa, when you're done working in a while, I'll go to the house for dinner, and I'll go back to help Lian'er."

When Ran'er returned home, she saw that Qinglian was busy with her work, so she said to Qinglian:

"If you want to prepare one more person's meal, Wang Rui also came to help."

"What is he here for? Don't invite him to dinner. ”

Wang Rui said to his sister that he didn't know about the last incident in advance, and afterwards Wang Rui complained about his father, and he came to apologize today. When people come to help, how can there be any reason to drive them away? ”

Hearing Ran'er say this, Qinglian was silent.

At the beginning of noon, the three of them came back from the field with farm tools, Wang Rui put down the rake on his shoulder, turned around and left, no matter Ran'er, or Grandpa Li and Uncle Shun, it was useless to persuade him, and he didn't stay to eat in the end.

During the meal, Grandpa Li asked Ran'er:

"Ran'er, why is Wang Rui here today? Is there something wrong? ”

"Grandpa, that's right."

Ran Er told Grandpa Li and his son about the fact that Aunt Zhang was entrusted by Wang Rui's father and mother to come to propose marriage in the summer. Qinglian interjected:

"I really don't know what Wang Rui's father and mother think? Let's not talk about whether it is a good match or not, just grabbing bamboo shoots with us, and stealing sour bamboo shoots in the middle of the night, changing people's homes, how embarrassed to come to propose? ”

"Wang Rui's father and mother are also a pair of people who don't distinguish between four and six, but they have suffered a few times for Wang Rui. Wang Rui, this kid, is usually bad and sensible. ”

"Sensible and still stealing sour bamboo shoots."

Qinglian muttered, and Ran'er hurriedly stopped Qinglian with her eyes.

"I came here that night, and I was afraid that my father and mother couldn't grind me, so I came."

Ran Er explained for Wang Rui. Immediately, Grandpa Li told Li Shundao:

"After I go back, don't mention these words, if they are passed out, it will not be good for Ran'er, nor will it be good for Wang Rui."

Ten days after the autumn equinox, winter wheat is planted, and within a few days after the wheat is planted, it is the cold dew solar term. Fifteen days later, the frost will fall. After the frost falls, the weather gradually turns colder. The two sisters have nothing to do, and when they are reading and writing, they either teach Qinglian to learn from female popularity, or simply sit and chat. Every year, the sisters plant more than a dozen sunflowers around the small building of the rain pavilion, cut them before the frost falls, and dry them well. At this time, it just happened to be eaten as a snack. Now the conditions of the sisters are getting better and better, in order to entertain guests, they also buy tea, and occasionally the sisters will make a pot of tea, eat melon seeds, drink tea and chat, which is quite comfortable.

A month ago, Ran Er and Qinglian went to Yangzhuang's Zhou Ji Wine Shop to deliver eggs, remembering that this year's spring water was going to participate in the autumn festival, and they also asked Zhou's shopkeeper about it. Shopkeeper Zhou said that there was no news yet. Ran Er and Qinglian thought about whether it was time to send eggs to the past, whether it was the same as last time, and prepare the congratulatory gift first. Just as the two sisters were discussing how many congratulatory gifts to prepare, Rhubarb and Xiao Hei in the courtyard suddenly barked, and listening to the voice, it was obvious that a stranger was coming.

Ran Er in front, Qinglian in the back, the two came to the courtyard one after another, a young man in his twenties, standing outside the fence door, after seeing Ran Er and the two sisters come out, asked in a loud voice:

"May I ask you, but Ran'er and Sister Qinglian?"

"Exactly, who is not only the childe, what is the matter here?"

"I am Wang Wen from Linxian County, and Zhou Chunshui from Yangzhuang is a classmate, this time I came to Yangzhuang to do business, and Chunshui asked me to send two letters to my family, one for Uncle Zhou, and one for Sister Ran'er."

As she spoke, Ran Er had already opened the fence door and invited Wang Wen into the house. Qinglian also made tea and handed it to Wang Wen. Wang Wen took a sip of tea before untying the burden that was straddled on his shoulders, took out a letter from it and handed it to Ran'er. Ran Er took it and saw that the cover was written "Ran Er Xian Mei personally opened", so he casually put it on the table. Accompanied Wang Wen to talk and asked about the situation of Chunshui.

"Because I had an urgent matter at home, I didn't have time to wait for Zhang Bang after the autumn festival, so I hurried back. It is still unclear whether Brother Chunshui is proud of high school. ”

After chatting a few words, he said goodbye and left, saying that he still had something to do in Yangzhuang, and by the way, he handed over a letter to the shopkeeper Zhou.

As soon as Wang Wen was sent to the house, Qinglian grabbed the letter from Chunshui on the table in her hand, she didn't care if Ran'er on it opened in person or not, she directly tore open the seal, took out the letter paper and read it.

"Ran'er is like a good sister. Don't rush for months in the summer, I don't know if the virtuous sister has always been good? I'm very worried. Three autumn scenes, the spring water feels acceptable, but Brother Wang returned to his hometown in a hurry, and failed to wait for the day of the opening of the list, so he first asked Brother Wang to send a few hasty words, and wait for the day of the list, if he can get his wish, the spring water will return to Yangzhuang in person, and report the good news from Dengran'er Xianju. ……”

Seeing that there were still a few words of gossip behind, Qinglian handed the letter to Ran'er, and muttered in her mouth:

"Still very worried, do you need to be worried? is still immortal, and he also comes to the door to report the good news, as if he is something. ”

Ran Er hurriedly skimmed through it, put the letter back in the envelope, and said to Qinglian, who was muttering:

"Brother Chunshui has always taken good care of our sisters, and we can't be rude to them, right? Reading the meaning of the letter, Brother Chunshui is still a little confident in his heart, let's discuss the matter of congratulatory gifts. ”

"Last time, it was 400 Wen, or double it this time, it will be 800 Wen. It's not that we can't take it out, it's just that we are too close to the Zhou family. ”

For Qinglian's construction, Ran'er felt that it made sense, so she said:

"Lian'er said eight hundred, then eight hundred."

"Eight hundred Wen, can you buy two stones of rice."

Qinglian pretended to be very distressed and said.

"Little money fans."

"Sister, how much money do we have?"

"There are less than five taels of silver."

"What about the ten taels left by my mother?"

"It's still there."

"If you can think of a way to make money, and make your mother's ten taels as a book, you will definitely be able to make a lot of money back."

"What if you lose it?"

"So think about it."

Qinglian's idea of using the ten taels of silver left by her mother to make money is no longer a day and a half, but she has never thought of a good way.

"Sister, as the saying goes, we rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and we rely on the water to eat the water, we have already made money from the bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, how should we use the water of the stream in front of the door?"

"My sister is not as smart as Lian'er, if Lian'er thinks of any good ideas, my sister will help."

In the following days, Qinglian walked around the stream every day. He was always muttering in his mouth, but he couldn't hear what was said, and he didn't ask.

The next day it was time to send eggs to the shopkeeper Zhou, and the sisters chose Yangzhuang to come to Yangzhuang on this day. First go to Zhouji Wine Store to deliver eggs and chat with Zhou's shopkeeper. I asked about the spring water and autumn again:

"Uncle, it should be on the list, is there no news yet?"

"Counting the day, it should be today's list, if you report the news quickly, you won't be able to arrive until dark. It is estimated that it will be tomorrow morning at the earliest. ”

"A few days ago, I read Brother Chunshui's letter, and I was very confident between the lines, and I think I must be able to hit it."

Ran Er knew that Wang Wen would definitely tell the shopkeeper of Zhou about Chunshui's letter to him, so he would not hide it.

"Hehe, last time I borrowed Lian'er's auspicious words, and this time I'm going to borrow Ran'er's auspicious words."

After sitting down for a while, the two sisters came to the bazaar, not knowing whether they should leave the congratulatory gift first. When I came to the vegetable market, Ran'er saw that there was a fresh lotus root for sale, so she bought one for ten yuan. Qinglian stretched out her hand to take it and held it in her hand. Suddenly, Qinglian shouted:

"Sister, I have an idea."

Qinglian's voice was a little loud, and it immediately attracted a lot of attention. Ran Er was also taken aback by Qinglian, and hurriedly asked:

"What idea did Lian'er come up with?"

"Lotus root, creek, hehe."

Qinglian shook the lotus root in her hand, and said a few seemingly unrelated words to Ran'er. As soon as Ran Er heard it, she understood that Qinglian wanted to use the creek to grow lotus roots. knew that Qinglian was afraid of being heard, so she deliberately said this. Ran Er thought about it in her heart, and it might not be a good idea. The section of the stream near the head of the mother's grave made a big turn along the terrain, leaving a large area of river sand clearing. If you dig a pond there and plant lotus roots, not only will there be lotus flowers to see every year, but the lotus roots can also be sold for money, which is indeed a good idea. couldn't help but reach out and touch Qinglian's hair, and nodded happily at Qinglian, indicating that he understood and agreed with this idea.