Chapter 67
It is very convenient to buy an ox cart, you only need to go to the special store in the town, pick an ox cart, and try to put the green ox on and walk twice, Tian Lao Sanle is not eyebrows, if Jiang Wanbai called him, he is reluctant to put down the reins in his hand.
"Since this is good, then ask for this!" After Jiang Wanbai finished speaking, she went to settle the bill with the guy.
When she came out of the shop again, her pocket was cleaner than washing, and the money she brought out today, plus the money from Tian Laoer's beef sauce, was spent nothing, which was good, and the province was worried about meeting a robber on the road.
"Let's go, go home." Jiang Wanbai pursed her teeth and decided that it was better to go back quickly.
"Okay, mother, you sit in the car, I'll give you a cow." Tian Laosan said eagerly, at this time, his body was still a little fluttering, this is a cow, their own cow, a cow that they couldn't think of before, it's really like a dream.
Jiang Wanbai nodded, and then sat in the car. Tian Laosan saw that Jiang Wanbai was done, shouted, and drove the ox cart forward.
"You don't get in the car?" The ox carts all started to go, but none of Tian Lao Er and the others took the car, they all walked alongside, just like guards, which made Jiang Wanbai a little strange.
"Mother, this cow hasn't grown up yet, let's all sit on it, what if it's tired! Mother, you don't have to worry about us, it's just a few miles, it's here in a blink of an eye, you have to sit down by yourself, be careful not to touch it. Tian Lao Er said with a smile.
When he said this, not only did no one refute it, but even Tian Yinfeng agreed, she was not a person who had never lived a hard life, and she understood this truth.
"You ...... Buying a cow is like buying an uncle. Jiang Wanbai pretended to be angry.
"We are willing, but other people want to buy it, but they can't afford it." Tian Lao Er said with a smile, as soon as he said this, the Tian family laughed, and Jiang Wanbai smiled and bent the corners of her lips.
What is happiness, now it is probably like this!
The ox cart shook all the way, and when he saw that he had arrived at Tianjia Village, Jiang Wanbai suddenly said: "You go home first in a while, and I will go to the third uncle and ancestor." โ
Along the way, Jiang Wanbai had been thinking about the robber, which made her uneasy, so she wanted to talk to the third uncle. Of course, she promised Zhong Laohan that she wouldn't talk about it outside, so naturally she wouldn't say it, but it was good to knock on the side and let the third uncle take precautions.
"Mother, I'll go with you." Tian Lao Er guessed Jiang Wanbai's thoughts, so he took the initiative to ask Ying.
"It's fine." Jiang Wanbai nodded.
"Then mother, I'll go back and build a wooden shed for this cow." Tian Laosan said excitedly.
"Okay."
When she arrived at the door of the house, Jiang Wanbai asked Tian Laosan to lead the ox cart in, and she took Tian Laoer to the third uncle's ancestor's house.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw the third uncle and a little girl sitting in the courtyard talking about something, Jiang Wanbai smiled and said, "Third uncle, are you not busy?" โ
When the third uncle saw that it was Jiang Wanbai, he hurriedly said to the little girl, "Min'er, go and move a bench for your aunt." โ
When the little girl heard this, she quickly got up and entered the house, and after a while, she took out two small benches from the house, handed them to Jiang Wanbai and Tian Laoer, and said sweetly: "Good aunt, good second brother." โ
This is Tian Min who is going to enter the city with Tian Miao, Jiang Wanbai looked at her carefully, and found that she was very white, with a pair of big eyes as if she could speak, revealing such a clever energy, Tian Miao compared with her, it was really not enough to see.
It is estimated that Tian Miao will definitely be out of action when she goes to Beijing to find work, Jiang Wanbai decided to go back and enlighten Tian Miao first, if she loses the election, it will not be good if she does something stupid.
While stretching out her hand to take over the small bench, Jiang Wanbai praised Tian Min, "It is said that the eighteenth change of the female university, this is really true, Min'er has become beautiful again." โ
Tian Min showed a bright smile, "Auntie, you sit, I'll pour you water." With that, she trotted into the house.
"This kid is so sensible." Jiang Wanbai said heartily.
"A little kid, what do you know." The third uncle pretended not to care, but the smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be hidden, "By the way, why do you have time to come to me today?" โ
Jiang Wanbai thought for a while and said, "The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the family just bought a cow, so the space is a little insufficient."
Third uncle, you also know, there is a piece of land outside my yard, and in the past two days, I have been wondering if I can put the grain in the field first, and let the second child take turns guarding it, but I am afraid that it will not be safe, so I came to ask the third uncle. โ
When the third uncle heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't, isn't there a threshing floor in our village, after you collect it, put it there." You grow sorghum at home, which is different from everyone, but you don't have to worry about grinding it with everyone. โ
Most of the villagers have a variety of wheat, and the method of threshing wheat is very different from sorghum, wheat is rolled back with a stone mill, after the wheat grains are rolled out, and then against the wind to remove the wheat husk, as for the sorghum, it only needs a sharp hoe, the sorghum ears to the hoe to wipe the sorghum grains, the sorghum grains will fall, so the third uncle ancestor said.
At this time, Tian Min poured water and came back, and also sat on the bench on the side and listened.
"Didn't I think it would be easier to put it outside the yard! What, third uncle, isn't that safe? Is it that another robber has come recently? Jiang Wanbai went around and around, and finally got to the point.
"The robbers don't come any year. Those homeless people, as well as those who specialize in stealing and robbing to make a living, see that other people's families have collected food, how can they not be moved.
Moreover, our Zhuang family, the most abundant at this time of the year, they don't come at this time, when will they come.
But as soon as you say this, I would like to tell you two words, although I have not heard of anyone in any village being robbed, but it is better to be careful, especially since your family still lives in the village, I advise you to dispel this idea as soon as possible.
By the way, you must take care of the children at home recently, don't let them run around, the autumn harvest is busy, and this busyness is easy to have accidents.
Also, if a stranger comes in to ask for water or directions, you have to be careful, they may be robbers stepping on the spot. "As soon as the third uncle talked about this incident, he really hated it and was cautious, when he encountered a group of robbers, he would lose his wealth at least and lose his life at worst, this is not a joke.
"Then we don't have a way to deal with it except to be careful? If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, and if you are not careful, wouldn't it be bad? Jiang Wanbai asked, she always felt that if she was so guarded, everything might not be fine.
"This ......" the third uncle and ancestor groaned, as if thinking about this matter.
"Otherwise, we will set up a team to patrol and immediately come forward to inquire when we see suspicious people, so that those gangsters will have no chance to take advantage of them." Well, Jiang Wanbai admitted that she was too deeply affected by the TV series, and she was the first to think of this method.
"It's the autumn harvest, I'm afraid everyone is reluctant to leave." The third uncle ancestor was a little embarrassed.
Jiang Wanbai also knew that this matter was easier said than done, so she didn't force the third uncle, but said: "What is more important than safety, if the third uncle really does this, our family will definitely be out." โ
Tian Lao Er was on the side, and after listening to Jiang Wanbai's words, he hurriedly said: "My mother is right, third uncle, if you are short of people, come and call me, I promise to be the first to arrive." "The Tian family doesn't have much land, plus I bought cattle, this autumn harvest is really not a problem.
The third uncle was encouraged, "Okay, let me think about it again, and when I think about it, I'll be the first to inform you." โ
"Okay." After Jiang Wanbai finished speaking, she chatted with the third uncle for a few more words, and then got up to leave.
On the way home, Jiang Wanbai said, "Second brother, do you have any ways to prevent robbers?" โ
Tian Lao Er thought for a while, "Go back and ask Wen Liang to help us train the black beans, so that in addition to eating the food we give, don't eat indiscriminately, so that with black beans, we are at least much safer." โ
"Eating around?" Jiang Wanbai frowned.
"Well, when the robbers find out that there are dogs in the house, they will throw in the rats or rabbits that have eaten โกโก, and if the dogs eat them, they will die in a few moments, and then they can climb the wall and come in." Tian Lao Er explained.
Those robbers are really vicious, "You have to hurry up on this matter, and you will go to find Tian Wenliang when you go back in a while." By the way, I asked for black beans from their house last time, and I haven't thanked them yet, so you go this time and bring them two cans of beef sauce. Jiang Wanbai said.
Tian Lao Er nodded, "It's better for me to take the black beans directly to their house, it's more convenient." And they have several dogs at home, all of which are hunting dogs, and if Black Bean goes, he can also learn some skills. โ
"Okay, that's it. By the way, if you go to their house, maybe you will have to eat their food when you train, and you can bring them an extra jar of shrimp paste, so as not to let people think that we are taking advantage. โ
Tian Lao Er hurriedly agreed, and after agreeing, he saw that Jiang Wanbai still looked worried, and couldn't help but feel a little secretly annoyed, his mother was always thinking about his family, but he couldn't help at all, it was really unfilial.
Thinking about it, my brain is about to explode, not to mention, the hard work pays off, Tian Lao Er really thought of a good way, "Mother, I asked the fourth child to cut some black locust and put it on the wall, so that I am not afraid of someone climbing the wall." โ
"Black locust?" Jiang Wanbai's eyes lit up, "Cut more, put some under the wall, I let them climb up the wall, but they can't jump down, even if they jump down, they will stab them all over the body." โ
Thinking of that kind of scene, Jiang Wanbai couldn't help but shudder, so don't be evil, otherwise, there may be something waiting for you in front of you.
Tian Lao Er nodded in agreement.
After a while, the two arrived home and told Tian Laosi about the matter, Tian Laosi immediately took an axe and pushed the wheelbarrow out, the family had just bought a cow, and he didn't allow anyone to beat their family's idea.
Tian Lao Si left, Tian Lao Er took the beef sauce and shrimp paste, said goodbye to Jiang Wanbai, and led the black beans out of the door, the target, Tian Wenliang's house.
Jiang Wanbai was actually quite curious about how Tian Wenliang trained the dog, whether it was a slap or a snack like in modern times, but she tossed all morning, and now she is indeed a little tired, so she doesn't want to join in the fun at this time, but she has a chance in the future, and she still has to go and see it.
Sitting in the hall, Jiang Wanbai drank water and looked out.
At this time, Tian Chengyu walked in from outside, still holding a cloth bag in his hand, the cloth bag seemed to contain a lot of things, but it was very strange that it seemed to be as light as no weight, swaying back and forth with Tian Chengyu's actions.
Jiang Wanbai's heart moved, Tian Chengyun is now working with Tian Laosan all day long, Tian Chengbao went to the town, Tian Chengan is too young, he follows the Zhang family all day long, Tian Miao and Tian Liu'er are bored in the house all day long, and now it is Tian Chengyu who runs out every day, but he has to tell him well, don't have anything else.
"Chengyu, it's not been peaceful outside lately, just stay at home if you're fine, don't run outside." Jiang Wanbai said.
Tian Chengyu thought that Jiang Wanbai was angry, and stood there a little at a loss.
"I'm not blaming you, I'm worried about your safety." Jiang Wanbai looked at his little face slightly pale and his brows furrowed, and suddenly felt a deep sense of guilt, so he quickly explained.
After explaining, she laughed at herself again, coming from the world of looking at faces, she was really hopeless!
When Tian Chengyu heard that Jiang Wanbai was not angry with him, but worried about him, the expression on his face immediately became vivid, "Then I won't go out for a few days, and I'll be with you at home." โ
As he spoke, he leaned next to Jiang Wanbai, "Milk, why have you been so busy lately, I can't find you even if I want to look for you, and you haven't finished telling the story of Journey to the West yet." โ
Jiang Wanbai's heart was said to be soft, and her face was full of smiles, but when Tian Chengyu talked about Journey to the West, Jiang Wanbai remembered someone, that was Ouyang Jun, I didn't know how he was doing now after saying goodbye last time, but since there was no news from the town, then he should be fine.
"Milk, what are you thinking?" Tian Chengyu waited for a long time, but he didn't get Jiang Wanbai's reply, so he couldn't help asking.
"I'm thinking about you, I'm thinking about what you just went out for." Jiang Wanbai smiled and said, "Also, what are you holding in your hand?" โ
When Tian Chengyu heard this, he immediately became happy, and opened the cloth bag in his hand to Jiang Wanbai to see, "I went to pick up the shell in the morning, milk, look, I picked up so much." โ
Got the shell? Jiang Wanbai took a look at the bag and immediately recognized this thing, this thing is actually called cicada molt, it is a kind of medicinal herb, which can dispel wind and dissipate heat and throat, and Tian Chengyu's purpose in picking it up is self-evident, in order to make money.
"I've picked up so many, Chengyu is amazing!" Jiang Wanbai's words are not comfortable, let children make money for life, this has to be said to be a failure of adults.
Tian Chengyu was complimented, and his cheeks were a little red.
"After the autumn harvest, I will take you to catch cicada chrysalis and cook you a good dish." Thinking of the cicada chrysalis, Jiang Wanbai took a sip of saliva, how could she forget that there was such a pure green thing in ancient times, and it didn't cost money.
In modern times, cicada chrysalis have been fried to one or two hundred, and they may not be able to buy it, and she is now close to the water, so it would be a pity not to use it.
"Can that thing be eaten?" Tian Chengyu was a little incredulous.
"Of course, it's not only delicious, but also very nourishing for the body, you are so thin, you should eat more." Jiang Wanbai said with a smile.
Tian Chengyu was a little entangled, he really couldn't think of how the cicada chrysalis could be delicious, but he trusted Jiang Wanbai very much, so he didn't know how to say it.
"You'll know when you eat, let's go play, by the way, it's better not to go out."
"I'm going to put these in the shell." Tian Chengyu said, carrying the bag and going out.
Jiang Wanbai looked at his back and smiled, bowing his head to drink water.
After two sips, when she looked up again, she saw a woman in her thirties coming in from outside, the woman was wearing a light blue satin dress, a silver hairpin, and a little powder on her face, and she was dressed very neatly, and she was not a person who could come out of a peasant family.
Who's this? What are you doing here? Could it be a spy sent by the robbers, Jiang Wanbai's heart moved, she held the teapot on the table, and decided that if something was wrong, she would give her a look first, and let her see how powerful she was.
The woman also saw Jiang Wanbai at this time, and went directly into the hall, and said with a smile: "Auntie is at home, it just so happens that I have something to tell you, a good thing, a great thing." โ
"You are?"
"I, I'm the official media in the county, my surname is Wu, you can call me Wu matchmaker." The woman laughed.
Matchmaker, or official media, Jiang Wanbai retracted the hand holding the teapot in a daze, and secretly sighed that she was a little too grassy, so she quickly asked Mrs. Wu to sit down, and Jiang Wanbai reached out to pour water for her.
Mrs. Wu hurriedly snatched the teapot, first filled Jiang Wanbai's quilt, then poured herself a cup, put the teapot on the table, and said with a smile: "How dare you bother my aunt to pour water for me, isn't this to torture me." โ
She was so polite, and she looked like that, Jiang Wanbai had a good impression of her, "Who are you here this time?" โ
"Good thing. Dare to ask if this is the Tian family, your surname is Jiang, and you have a daughter named Tian Yinfeng, right? The woman took a sip of water and asked.
Tell Yinfeng the matchmaker, who is this, such a quick news! Jiang Wanbai wondered and said, "Yes." โ
"That's right, I'm here to propose marriage to the Tang envoy, do you know the Tang envoy? It's the one in our county who specializes in salt. โ
Tang Shaozheng, it turned out to be him, Jiang Wanbai felt a little incredible, she could see that he liked Yinfeng a little, but Yinfeng had married someone and been a concubine, but he was the one who held the power in his hands, how do these two people think that the door is not right and the household is wrong!
Unless, Jiang Wanbai thought of a possibility, and in an instant, her face sank, "Does the Tang envoy want Yinfeng to be his wife or a concubine?" โ
After speaking, she raised her hand into the air, if this matchmaker really came to make Tian Yinfeng a concubine, she couldn't say it, she had to beat her out, so that she would know how powerful she was.
Mrs. Wu also noticed Jiang Wanbai's displeasure, and hurriedly said: "It's a wife, a wife, how can you be a concubine." โ
As a wife, Jiang Wanbai's mood was a little better, but soon, she thought again that this matchmaker would not lie to her like Boss Tian deceived Mrs. Jiang!
With an undeniable smile, Jiang Wanbai said lightly, "As a wife, I'm afraid that my family's Yinfeng will not be able to climb the Tang Mission." โ
Mrs. Wu smiled awkwardly, didn't she know that these two people were not worthy, but Tang Cha Envoy must be like this, she has no reason not to make money, "Where did the aunt say, Tang Cha Envoy said, before, he was disrespectful to Yinfeng Girl, but after he knew what kind of person she was, he respected her character very much."
As for the rest, he doesn't care, he just needs the silver phoenix girl, and he said that he will definitely let the silver phoenix girl marry him in a beautiful way, and in the future, although he doesn't dare to guarantee that he will be rich and rich, he will definitely be good to the silver phoenix girl. โ
After Mrs. Wu finished speaking, she was moved by Tang Shaozheng, how could she not meet such a good man!
Jiang Wanbai was also quite surprised, how this bridge is true to what is written in the play, but after thinking about it, I feel that it is not so difficult to understand.
Tang Shaozheng has a good background, and he has read books, it is really possible to judge people by a person's character, unlike ordinary laypeople, looking at this person's background and experience, and there is an important prerequisite, that is, he originally liked Tian Yinfeng a little.
He was the kind of reward for Tian Yinfeng before, he just wanted to kiss Fangze, but now he wants to move home and enjoy it alone, and accompany him for a lifetime, the things of the world are so wonderful, yesterday's incident almost killed Tian Yinfeng, and also achieved Tian Yinfeng.
From this point of view, this is not a good family business, Jiang Wanbai thought about it for a while, and asked Mrs. Wu, "I don't know what this Tang errand does at home, and who else is there." โ
Wu matchmaker was not surprised by Jiang Wanbai's compromise, this kind of good thing, it would be a fool not to agree, but as a professional matchmaker, she didn't show her feelings at all.
"This Tang errand lives in the capital, there are parents in the family, and there are three brothers, but don't worry about the aunt, it doesn't matter, the Tang errand has already opened a family with the family, and he has been away for a long time, and he doesn't return home once a year.
As for the rest of the family, there is none. โ
"If I'm not mistaken, he's thirty-two years old this year, hasn't he ever had a wife or children before, or does he have any concubines or something?" Jiang Wanbai asked.
"This ......" Mrs. Wu was a little embarrassed, and finally, she gritted her teeth and said: "If you want to say that you have never married a wife, it is fake, and even the children have had them, but they all died later." As for the concubines, there really aren't. โ
"Dead, how?" Jiang Wanbai felt very strange.
"How do I know this, isn't it embarrassing for me for my aunt to ask like this." Mrs. Wu said with a smile.
His wife and children are dead, and there are parents and brothers at home, he separated from his family at a young age, forgive Jiang Wanbai, she instantly thought of a bunch of bloody plots, but she didn't know which one belonged to Tang Shaozheng.
"Please wait here for a while, I'll ask Yinfeng what he thinks." Jiang Wanbai asked nothing to ask, and decided to ask the person concerned's idea.
"It should be, it should be." Mrs. Wu was polite.
Jiang Wanbai walked out of the hall and went to the Zhang family's house, recently the women of the Tian family have been making clothes for Tian Miao, if nothing else, Tian Yinfeng should be there.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw Tian Yinfeng sewing clothes with Zhang's laughter.
"Mother, what's the matter?" Tian Yinfeng also saw Jiang Wanbai and hurriedly asked.
"Well, you come out, I have something to ask you."
Tian Yinfeng saw Jiang Wanbai's solemn words, his expression also became solemn, and he got up and followed Jiang Wanbai outside.
The two stood still, Jiang Wanbai told Tian Yinfeng what had just happened from beginning to end, and finally asked, "What do you mean?" โ
Tian Yinfeng's face was pale, in her thirties, she lost her wife, and then said that she wanted to marry her, what a familiar scene, but she was a little girl at the time, and now she is an abandoned woman.
With a "poof", Tian Yinfeng knelt down, "Mother, I won't marry." I'm guarding you at home, I've been guarding you, if a hundred years later, I'm one step ahead of you, that's my blessing, in case you're one step ahead of me, then I'll go to the ancestral hall to guard you. โ
Saying that, Tian Yinfeng's tears rained down, she didn't have so much time to spend anymore, and she didn't want to live that kind of life when she was looked down upon, she was not afraid of poverty, she was not afraid of hardship, she was only afraid of being lonely, no one even knew about her death, and no one shed a tear for her.
"What are you doing here, I didn't force you to agree, I just asked for your opinion." Jiang Wanbai said, reaching out to help Tian Yinfeng.