After breakfast, Qian Yixiu took Zizhu to the front yard, Huang Tie, Pan Shoufu, Jack, and Sean were already waiting for her in the front yard, and several people went out of the courtyard together. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The beginning of winter in the north is also colder, and in the open countryside, the cold wind is much stronger than in the city.

A hundred meters in front of Meizhuang is a large field of fields, and you can faintly see the low houses in the distance. Pan Shoufu pointed there and said, "These fields belong to the county lord, and the village in front of them is called Dongshi Village, and many villagers are our tenants. ”

Now it is a slack farm, there are almost no people in the fields, and it seems to be vast and vast.

To the east and west of the village are woods, and although the leaves have fallen, they still obscure the view.

As he was talking, a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old walked over. This girl is very plump, not fat, but very fleshy where there should be meat. is also tall, about 1.75 meters, which is already quite tall among the women of the Great Qian Dynasty. Small eyes, a flat nose, thick lips, very dark skin, and a few freckles on the nose, some like an enlarged version of Li Acao, which is much more exaggerated than Li Acao.

Qian Yixiu guessed that it might be Pan Shoufu's daughter, Pan Ying. When she was in the capital, she had already heard that the daughter of Steward Pan was extremely ugly and tall. A few years ago, she was doing rough work in the Jonenburgh mansion, and no one wanted to marry her at all.

Last year, the original manager of the Plum Courtyard was old, and Pan Shoufu, who was the second steward of the Foreign Affairs Office of Rong Enbo Mansion, took the initiative to ask to go to the Plum Garden. The two of them just wanted to take their daughter to the countryside to see if they could find a more caring farmer. As a result, even the better families in the countryside were reluctant to marry her, and they were unwilling to marry their daughters to poor families to suffer. It's not high, it's low, I don't know if I've found someone now.

Pan Shoufu hurriedly bowed to Qian Yixiu and said, "Big girl, this is a little female warbler, she looks, uh- a little vulgar, which makes the big girl smile." The slave thought, the eldest girl Jin Gui, I am afraid that you will be frightened in the countryside, so let the little girl serve with you, which is convenient. ”

When he said "vulgar", Pan Ying probably guessed that her father wanted to say "ugly". She blushed and tugged at the hem of her shirt stiffly. I put my chest in more force, maybe I want to make my plump breasts/parts less conspicuous.

He thought about it quite thoughtfully, Qian Yixiu nodded and smiled, "Steward Pan is thoughtful......

Before he could finish speaking, a crisp whistle came from behind him, and then Jack's excited voice was heard, "Beautiful, oh my God, it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful!" ”

Jack was shocked when he saw Pan Ying just now, and he was stunned for a while before he reacted. He hurriedly squeezed over and leaned over to give Pan Ying a European-style salute, and spoke broken Chinese, "Girl, you are so beautiful, it is a great honor to meet you." ”

When Pan Ying heard this, she covered her face and cried, crying while crying, "I know I'm ugly, but you can't sarcastically mock me in front of these people." Hmmmm...... "After saying that, he ran away crying.

Pan Shoufu was also so angry that his face was flushed, this person not only mocked his daughter in public, but also teased her in public. He bent down and picked up a stone and was about to throw it at it, but thinking that the man was a guest of his master, he threw the stone again. Pointing at Jack and scolding, "You golden ghost, you look even uglier." Then he crouched down and held his head and got angry.

Jack, who didn't know that he was in trouble, was stunned and asked Qian Yixiu, "What do they mean?" ”

Qian Yixiu gave Lan Zhu a look, asked her to persuade Pan Ying, and said to Jack, "I told you a long time ago, the customs of Daqian are different from your country, and you are so enthusiastic that you scare other girls." ”

Huang Tie is familiar with Jack, and he often leads two foreigners around in Huaxi Village, and they are almost inseparable on the boat that comes to the capital. While learning a lot from them, I also taught them to speak a lot of dry language. "Girl, you are so beautiful" was taught to them by Huang Tie at their request. Huang Tie knew that Jack really thought that Pan Ying was beautiful, because these two people shook their heads when they saw the beautiful women, but on the contrary, they all gave their thumbs when they saw the ugly ones, saying that the parents were good-looking. It is even said that the flower lady is good-looking, and she must be a big beauty when she is young......

Huang Tie smiled and squatted down to persuade Pan Shoufu, "Steward Pan, don't be angry, I'm familiar with Jack, he is not a bad person, and he has no malice." He really thinks that Miss Yingzi is beautiful, because Fanren sees people differently than us. We think it's good-looking, they think it's ugly, we think it's not good-looking, but they think it's beautiful. Their customs and customs are not the same as ours, they are more exposed, and if they think it is good, they have to say it out loud. ”

Steward Pan stood up before hearing this, and still glared at Jack fiercely.

After a while, Pan Ying came down again accompanied by Lan Zhu.

When Jack saw Pan Ying coming, he quickly covered his mouth halfway through the whistle. I didn't dare to come forward again, and kept saying, "Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry......"

Pan Ying ignored him and followed Qian Yixiu and Lan Zhu into the ox cart with the carriage. The others were on foot, with Pan Shoufu and Huang Tie following on either side of the ox cart.

They walked to the back of the courtyard, Qian Yixiu lifted the curtains, and listened to Pan Shoufu and Huang Tie explain all the way.

There is a row of connected small courtyards behind the courtyard, this is the subordinate room, before only Huang Tie, Pan Shoufu and Su Siwu lived in the family of three, and there were two subordinates. Only when the master of the city comes, and the next man comes, will the courtyard behind be full.

After a further wood, I saw that there was dead grass everywhere, and about a hundred people were digging the ground in a scattered manner, some of them were digging trees and moving stones. Huang Tie said, "Big girl, please see, there are 320 acres of wasteland to the north and east here, and they have all been bought. Now it is the agricultural slack, just two days ago to find a good manpower, yesterday only started construction, wait until March next year, just in time to dig the pond well. ”

And he said where to pile up the earth, where to leave the road, and where to build the house later......

And Jack was not idle, he saw that there were no flowers in the wasteland, and there were not even leaves on the trees. After looking at it for a long time, he finally saw an evergreen tree in the distance, so he ran over and pinched a few branches with verdant leaves and tied them up with dead grass. He didn't dare to go to Pan Shoufu's side, ran to Huang Tie's side, handed a handful of "Ye Hua" into the carriage, and said lame nonsense, "Girl, give it to you, my heart." ”

Lan Zhu was sitting by this window, she smiled and stepped out of the way, and said to Pan Ying, who was sitting in the middle, "Look, it's for you." ”

Pan Ying rolled her eyes and turned her face to the other side.

Lan Zhu and Jack are already familiar with each other, and said with a smile, "People don't dare to ask for it, you scared people just now." ”

Jack shrugged his shoulders and said disappointedly, "I'm sorry." And he said, "Don't be afraid, I am not a ghost, but a man...... However, the hair is blonde and the nose is large...... I'll be nice to you, I swear......"

He spoke lame nonsense, mixed with words, and confessed while following the ox cart, and even used related words.

Pan Shoufu on the other side couldn't bear it anymore and picked up a branch and walked around. When Jack saw this, he was so frightened that he hurried to the front.

Qian Yixiu couldn't help but smile, thinking that this was really a good pair. She has been trying to find a way to keep the two foreigners for ten or twenty more years, and in addition to the glass workshop, she has more important things to do with them. If they find a daughter-in-law in Daqian, maybe they will be able to settle in Daqian permanently. She had asked the two before, Jack was twenty-two years old and not married. Sean is thirty years old, and his daughter-in-law died of illness two years ago.

Qian Yixiu has been in contact with two foreigners for so many months, and thinks they have good character. Jack is simple, cheerful, and good-hearted, and tears when he sees or hears people who are suffering. Sean is calmer, but very honest and knowledgeable. It can be said that they are more honest and trustworthy than many people in the big cadres.

If the glass factory is opened, the profit will be incalculable, and it will be impossible for him to treat the two of them badly. Pan Ying married Jack, she must be a young grandmother who came to reach out for food and open her mouth, she would never find a man who was so rich and admired her so much in Daqian. Let's see, after they have been in contact for a long time, they will naturally see the benefits of Jack. Maybe in the near future, there will be a wedding that combines Chinese and Western styles.

After walking more than half a mile to the west, I came to a courtyard outside. This courtyard is surrounded on three sides by the land they bought except for the front.

This is also a family's dowry for their daughter, who has married to Jiaodong, and her mother's family has also gone to other places to be officials. There are only two old couples in the Zhuangzi, who are in charge of more than 200 acres of land while looking at the house. Now, the master wants to sell both the field and the Zhuangzi.

They entered the Zhuangzi, which was not big, it was a three-entry house, with only six or seven acres of land. The house is nice and good after repairing and painting. Qian Yixiu asked Huang Tie to buy the yard, and then divide a few acres of land in the west to build a cross-courtyard. Later, ten acres of land will be divided, and a few acres will be used to dig a lake and a few acres to plant peach trees. In the future, this Zhuangzi will be called Taoyuan.

Walking further south, looking at the more than 200 acres of land to be sold, Qian Yixiu was also more satisfied. told Huang Tie that as long as the price is relatively fair, he will buy it.

After this field, I saw another village, called Xishi Village. According to Pan Shoufu, most of the more than 100 people they looked for were from Dongshi Village and Xishi Village.

The villages in the north are different from those in the south, where each house is close to each other, and some even have only a wall in between. Moreover, all the yards are hidden in the green trees and bamboos, the yards are not large, and many homes are made of Liba walls. The courtyards of the northern families are farther and larger, and the earthen walls are high and strong.

Pan Shoufu said that Xishi Village is close to the mountains, and sometimes wild animals are hungry, so they will enter the village to steal sheep or chickens to eat, and may even hurt people.

Huang Tie said again, "Big girl, my aunt and grandmother rented a small yard in Dongshi Village to live. ”

"Aunt Cousin?" Qian Yixiu was stunned.

Huang Tie smiled again, "It's the second master's daughter, Aunt Duo." Some time ago, I saw their family come to clean up the yard, and I don't know if his family has moved in now. ”

Qian Yixiu remembered that the Perak camp was more than ten miles away from here, and Li Shuzi was on an errand in the Perak camp, so it was possible to rent a yard here. She smiled, "Let's go, let's see." ”

As soon as the group entered Zhuangzi, they saw Li Shuzi, dressed in military uniform, riding a horse and walking outside the village. Huang Tie beckoned him, and he quickly dismounted and came to the ox cart. smiled in surprise, "It's Xiu'er, it's really a rare guest, please, please." ”

In front of a courtyard, Qian Yi embroidered the ox cart. Walking into the yard, Qian Manduo, Li Acai, and Li Acao were cleaning up the yard.

Qian Manduo and the others hurriedly invited Qian Yixiu and others into the hall, and Li Acao went to pour tea. He laughed quietly, "Sister Xiu'er, I'm so happy to see you." I haven't seen my relatives in a long time, and I miss you so much. ”

The eight-year-old little Acao has a much more cheerful personality than before.

Qian Yixiu smiled, "I miss you too." ”

I heard Li Shuzi and Qian Manduo say that the housing in the camp is for the family members to live temporarily, and they are embarrassed to live in it all the time. Li Shuzi was reluctant to let them go back to his hometown, the rent of the houses in the town was expensive, only the houses in the village were cheap, and such a large yard only cost three times a year.

“…… The child's mother and Ah Cao raised two pigs and dozens of chickens at home, and they could also make some money, and Ah Cai worked as a buddy, with a sweet mouth, and then went to the town to find a job to do, and the money was enough for the family's expenses. I keep all the money I earn, and when the time comes, I will save a dowry for Ah Cai's daughter-in-law, and then buy a yard in the town......" Li Shuzi talked about a better life in the future.

Qian Yixiu listened to Li Shuzi's words and sighed that war changed people. Not only can you change a cowardly person into an iron-blooded man, but you can also change a lazy person into a good man who takes care of his family.

She looked at Li Acai, a fourteen-year-old boy who was already very tall, thin, and had clear eyebrows. He looks like Qian Manduo and has a very outstanding talent. Dressed in a blue skit and covered in sweat, he seemed to be building a pigsty just now.

The arrogant and unreasonable kid from many years ago no longer has a shadow in him.

Qian Manduo is his aunt, and she is not as lazy and selfish as she used to be. Qian Yixiu thought that his family was short of people, and he should also pull them. Then he said, "Cousin Ah Cai, don't go to the town to find something to do, it's far away, and it's not easy to take care of the family." If you don't dislike it, let him follow Huang to take care of the matter of digging ponds now, and take charge of planting lotus roots in the future. After learning this, I will know what to do when I stand on my own. ”

Li Acai's family was overjoyed, they knew that Huang Tie was looking for someone, but they knew that their family had offended Sanfang a lot, so they were embarrassed to ask for it. Now seeing that Qian Yixiu took the initiative to bring it up, he still meant to be a little steward, and he said words of gratitude again and again. Li Acai also expressed his determination, "Don't worry, cousin, I will work hard." ”

The family left Qian Yixiu and others to eat at home, but Qian Yixiu did not agree, and insisted on getting up and leaving.

I went back to Meizhuang and went to the room to tell Qian Sangui. Qian Sangui was very surprised when he heard that Qian Manduo lived nearby, and asked him to pick them up here for a meal tomorrow. Qian Yixiu knew that he was homesick and wanted to listen to the local sound, so he nodded and said yes.

The evening of winter comes early, and the evening here comes earlier than the evening in Huaxi Village. At about the beginning of the unitary period, the sky was dark.

Two charcoal basins were burned in the landlord's house, and the kang was burned, and the house was as warm as spring. Su Siwu and Aunt Pan lifted the lacquer depiction kang on the kang a few times, and then lifted the carved kang with the dishes up. Dinner was a pot of mutton soup and warm.

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