Chapter 004: Probing in the Gossip
Aunt Niu said in disbelief: "Then, let's wait for my little calf to go to the school, I have to wait for my father-in-law to eat." β
Nie Shuyao said with a smile: "Okay, Aunt Niu rest assured, this pig will be fine in three or five days." If there is anything Aunt Niu, just do it, and I will stay here with Tianxi for a while. β
"Oh, yes, yes! Then I'll go boil some hot water first. I bothered Shu Yao early in the morning, I really didn't want to go. When Aunt Niu heard her say that she was still here, she seemed to have made up her mind, and she showed a smile for the first time today.
After saying that, he went into the kitchen in a hurry, and after a short time the smoke rose, but he heard a violent cough. Aunt Niu ran into the house again, looking a little hurried.
It will be seen that the lively people realize that they have to go home to do housework, and they disperse one after another.
The daughter-in-law of the Li family and Chunliu next door were left, and the two of them sat on the small bench in the courtyard like Nie Shuyao's sister and brother, pulling some homely things without being salty or light.
Although the daughter-in-law of the Li family is a bride, she has no in-laws and no children to wait, and the man has gone to repair the canal again. It's nothing to knock on the door.
But Chunliu is a big girl, her family lives next door to Aunt Niu, and it is a family with a very complicated relationship. I don't do anything all day, and when I see a beautiful big girl and little daughter-in-law, I come forward to learn from the experience, which is nothing more than how to dress up.
Nie Shuyao looked at her makeup today, and sneered in her heart, learning from others is not used for this.
At this time, the daughter-in-law of the Li family saw Aunt Niu running up and down, and finally couldn't sit still, "Shu Yao, I'll help Aunt Li see the fire." β
"Okay, thank you Aunt Li." She laughed.
Only the two of them and their brothers and sisters were left here, looking at Chunliu and Chunliu, who was twelve years old this year, and looked at Nie Tianxi with frequent winks. The disgusting siblings frowned.
Nie Tianxi is not an ordinary child, he is also eleven years old, with red teeth and white lips. If it weren't for the fact that he had just grown his head and his hairstyle was a little messy, he would still be a very handsome little guy. But this also made Chunliu unable to take his eyes off.
"Sister, let's go back. Do you still have to wait for them here? The gentleman of the elementary school can be delayed, and he will know when the calf returns. He gently tugged at Nie Shuyao's sleeve and bowed his head, and whispered.
Chunliu took the lead and said, "Sister Shuyao, you wait a little longer, the little cow will definitely come back soon." β
Nie Shuyao also wanted to stay here, it was better to solve this matter as soon as possible, if she guessed correctly, that old Lu Tou and Zheng Butcher were also on the canal.
After she lowered her head and whispered a few words to Nie Tianxi, she said, "You go and call Brother Da Niu back." Let's just say that I said it. β
Nie Tianxi understood, nodded, and ran away like a gust of wind.
"Heyβ" Chunliu's eyes also followed Nie Tianxi.
This look made Nie Shuyao feel a chill, how old a child is this, you know that the love between children has grown.
Still, think about it. In ancient times, she could get married at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and there were really not many people like her who were still showing up outside.
But what about your detective heart? The satisfaction of thinking of those bizarre cases solved one by one in the hands of nothing can be replaced.
"Sister Shuyao, I heard that Brother Tianxi is going to take the Tongsheng test in the second half of the year?" Chunliu said with bright eyes, and at the same time stirred a handkerchief in his hand to make a shy gesture.
Nie Shuyao was unhappy in her heart, her expression became not very good-looking, and she said in a deep voice: "Yes." His mother asked him to try it out this year, not expecting him to pass the exam or anything, just to practice. β
"Oh, that's right." Chunliu wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.
Although she was a little stupid, she still had the ability to look at people's faces, and she knew that Nie Shuyao was unhappy, so she didn't ask any more.
This action made Nie Shuyao feel even more uncomfortable, where did this girl learn this, this is more like the movements of a weak and dusty woman.
People are delicate flowers when they start to do this, but ...... she?
The thick inferior powder on the face can drop a lot with a smile. Fortunately, I didn't apply lipstick, but there was a lot of rouge, and the handkerchief was white and red, which made people unappetizing.
I only heard her say a word about some gossip in the town, as if she wanted to rekindle Nie Shuyao's interest in talking to her.
"I heard that the landlord Li in the town has a new concubine, and the landlord Li is almost fifty years old, and it is really an old cow eating tender grass. But this little concubine is very charming, and there is no one who has seen it who is not boastful. Especially her good embroidery work, even the embroidery girl in the embroidery workshop is better than it! β
"But you don't know, not long after this little concubine passed the door, the second aunt of Landlord Li's family suddenly died, and they all said that it was this little concubine. But Landlord Li still loves this little concubine like an eyeball....... β
Listening to her gushing about this and that, Nie Shuyao suddenly felt that asking her about something might be different.
She interrupted Chunliu's self-talk and said with a smile: "Chunliu, you are familiar with the people in the town, I want to ask you a few things, I don't know ......." β
Chunliu rarely heard Nie Shuyao take the initiative to talk to her, and said yes again and again, she was afraid that others would not ask, she knew a lot of gossip in the town.
Nie Shuyao nodded and asked, "Is the old Zheng butcher in our town sick?" I heard that his son had read the books of the sages, so how could he be willing to let him take over his class? β
When Chunliu heard this, he suddenly became confident, and said: "Speaking of this, I have to talk about the concubine of Landlord Li's family just now. I heard that this concubine and that Xiao Zheng butcher are childhood sweethearts, and they have reached the point of talking about marriage. It's a pity that their family's dowry is not as much as Landlord Li's, and the concubine's father is greedy for money, so he married her to Landlord Li. β
"Oh!" Nie Shuyao gave her an encouraging look and motioned for her to continue.
Sure enough, Chunliu smiled again: "That little Zheng butcher has been studying for a few years, but he didn't even pass the exam, not to mention spending money every year, and even the old Zheng butcher can't afford to see a doctor when he is sick." Coupled with this incident, he finally picked up the pig-killing knife as a sour scholar. It is said that he really killed the pig twice, and hit the blood with one knife. But some people also said that Xiao Zheng butcher was not killing pigs, but killing landlord Li! β
After speaking, Chunliu smiled and said: "My father is different, as long as I like someone, he will definitely let me marry, no matter whether they are too poor to open the pot." My father said that he had already prepared the dowry. β
Hearing this, Nie Shuyao hurriedly interrupted her reverie and asked: "I just heard from Aunt Niu that the old Lu Tou, who raises pigs in the south of the town, is also going to marry, and there are a lot of happy events in the town recently, and the matchmaker is busy." β
Chunliu immediately explained: "This seems to be true, but this matter is still related to the concubine's family." I heard that Lao Lu Tou was discussing marriage with the eldest sister of the concubine's family, and the dowry was given. The eldest sister of Landlord Li's concubine just became a ** a year ago, and his father accepted a dowry again, which seemed to be fifteen taels of silver. I really can't see that the usually inconspicuous old Lu Tou can come up with so much silver. β
"Oh-" Nie Shuyao knew it in her heart, but said: "That little concubine's father is really not a thing, isn't this selling his daughter." β
"Who's to say it isn't!" Chunliu also said hatefully, and added another sentence after speaking: "My father won't be open-minded like this." β
Nie Shuyao pursed her lips and smiled, and said in her heart: "Your father may not exchange you for silver, but your younger brothers and sisters who are not related by blood are not easy to say." β
At this time, the daughter-in-law of the Li family also boiled hot water, hugged a teapot over, and asked Chunliu to help move the table and put the tea set.
Nie Shuyao looked at the door and was silent, hoping that Xi'er and Da Niu could bring the two back together.
After a while, the table and tea sets were all set, but Nie Shuyao said, "Please trouble Aunt Li to bring a few more cups." β
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