Chapter 34: The matchmaker comes to the door
Zhao didn't think there was anything wrong with his ears.
Instead, I felt that there was something wrong with the brains of Qiduo and Liuju.
Digging ginseng?
Why don't you say digging for gold.
She thought so in her heart, but asked, "Where to dig?" ”
"Back Mountain." Seven answers.
"Who said that there are ginseng in the back mountain?" There was a sudden light in Zhao's eyes.
The value of ginseng came to mind.
If these two girls can really dig ginseng, they can sell some silver and come back.
Qiduo lowered her head and said in a low voice, "My father and mother won't let me say it." ”
Zhao's eyes immediately froze, and he said sharply, "Say!" ”
Liuju wanted to laugh a little.
Quickly hang your head and endure it.
"Grandma, don't be angry, I said yes." Qiduo pretended to be scared, waved his hand hurriedly, and said, "My father and mother won't let us say it because I'm afraid that you and grandpa will worry."
Rokuro is almost gone, but luckily he met a miracle doctor.
The divine doctor said that he had a way to cure Rokuro completely, but it would cost two hundred taels of silver.
From now on, Rokuro will eat one ginseng a month to replenish his body, and this disease will not happen again.
We have no choice but to beg our grandparents.
Let's go to the mountains to look for ginseng, if we can't find it, we will come and ask grandma to buy it, okay? ”
Liuju also said obediently on the side, "Grandma, Ming'er will embroider a few squares of handkerchiefs for you, and I just ask grandma to treat Liulang."
When Rokuro's illness is cured, he will earn money to honor you and grandpa. ”
"Yes, we will honor you and grandpa too." Seven flowers attached.
Zhao's face changed.
The strange light in his eyes was gone.
Instead, it was gloomy and cold.
It was like a fire burning in her heart, burning so much that her internal organs were aching.
Two hundred taels of silver!
One ginseng per month! The bottomless pit!
It's better to kill her directly.
A family loses money!
"Two hundred taels? One ginseng per month?
Ahh
Two dead girls, I don't know how thick the sky is, I want to be angry with me, are you doing death, see if I don't kill you. Zhao was so angry that his chest was stuffy and he scolded meanly.
She lifted the quilt and got out of bed, put on her shoes backwards, and picked up a broom and called at them.
Seven lifted the curtain and ran outside with Liuju.
happened to collide with the Yang family who came in.
"Ahh Yang shouted in mourning.
Seven and six oranges should not speak, and they ran out of the hall as if they were flying.
Zhao stomped his feet behind, "Alas, what kind of sin have I created, how can there be these unfilial children and grandchildren, this is to anger me alive." ”
began to shout for the sky and grab the ground, beating his chest and feet.
Yang hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and asked curiously, "Mother, why did Qiduo and Liuju make you angry?" ”
There was a smile in his eyes.
She just hopes that Seven Flowers will be unlucky!
Zhao patted his chest and breathed smoothly, and it took a while to come back to his senses.
"The two dead girls are really shameless, and they came to me and asked me for two hundred taels of silver to treat that little sick seedling.
This must be the Xu family's ghost idea, two hundred taels? Phew, I don't have to give a penny! Zhao said angrily.
A mocking smile appeared at the corner of Yang's mouth, "Big brother and sister-in-law, they are really joking, two hundred taels of silver for Liulang's treatment, then our family will drink the northwest wind." ”
"Ahh Zhao opened his mouth and rolled his eyes, furious.
"Mother, do you feel that Qiduo is a little weird, since he can speak, it seems to have changed, and his mouth is as unforgiving as the knife.
Talking nonsense all day long, I see, there are some problems. Yang's eyes rolled, and he lowered his voice and whispered to Zhao.
Zhao pursed his lips, "Let Deutsche Bank take a look." ”
Yang nodded happily.
Qiduo and Liuju quickly ran out of the Tan family's compound.
"Ahh Liuju patted his chest and stuck out his tongue exaggeratedly.
Qiduo shook his head, "We just said a few words, but we didn't expect to anger grandma." ”
Zhao's meanness was beyond her imagination.
Just a few words, and the anger became like this.
If it really costs two hundred taels of silver, wouldn't that be murder?
Now I don't want to face Zhao's indifferent face more and more.
A brightly dressed woman, with a square red handkerchief in her hand, twisted her waist and swung her hips.
"Yo, the two young ladies are really pretty." The woman shook off the handkerchief in her hand and smiled silently.
The voice was deliberately greasy.
Seven flowers smell a somewhat strong fragrance.
Glancing at the woman, her face was coated with a thick layer of grease.
With a smile, the powder fell straight down.
Qiduo pulled Liuju to raise his feet and hurried away.
"Don't go, two sisters, can Tan's second sister-in-law be at home?" The woman pointed to the gate of Tan's house and asked with a smile.
"Who are you?" Qiduo asked vigilantly.
This woman doesn't look like a good person, Tan's second sister-in-law, it should be the Yang family.
"Hehe, people call me Sister-in-law Liu, and she is a matchmaker who specializes in doing good things.
The two sisters are the girls of the Tan family, did they talk about their relatives?
My sister was born so handsome, Sister-in-law Liu, I will definitely ...... for you" The woman introduced herself with her eyebrows fluttering, and pulled the business.
The handkerchief in her hand almost shook Qiduo's face.
It turned out to be a matchmaker, how can she be like an old bustard.
Qiduo furrowed her eyebrows and hurriedly interrupted her, "My mother is at home." ”
Then he pulled the six oranges and ran away.
"Uh, Duo, that matchmaker is looking for Erniang." Liuju was a little strange and Qiduo replied.
Qiduo raised her eyebrows at her, "Do you want to tell her who we are, and let her find your in-laws for you, hehe." ”
"Dead girl, just talk nonsense, no face." Liuju blushed.
"Hee-hee." Qiduo smirked and asked curiously, "I don't know who the matchmaker is looking for Erniang for?" ”
Liuju also straightened his face and thought for a while, "It's either the third brother or the third peach, just the two of them are the right age."
However, it feels like it may be the third brother.
Didn't Sister Da Mei say that she would say goodbye to Sister Santao in the county, she has been saying this for two years, and there is no shadow until now, and I don't know if it will be successful. ”
When it comes to three peaches, Qiduo thinks of Erxia.
"The eldest sister is so good-looking and has a good personality, why haven't you settled on her family affairs until now?" Qiduo asked.
In the memory of the original owner, it seems that a matchmaker came to talk about Erxia's family.
Then it was gone.
She also didn't know why.
Liuju's face showed anger, and he said hatefully, "Speaking of this, I'm angry."
A few years ago, a matchmaker came to talk about a family affair, and I heard that the family was very kind, with only one son, and had land and land.
Daddy and mother were very happy and agreed.
Later, there was no letter, and one day my mother happened to meet the matchmaker, only to know that someone outside said bad things about the eldest sister.
said that in addition to being beautiful, the eldest sister couldn't do any work in the field and at home, and she was useless, and the family didn't dare to marry. ”
"Who is so lacking in morality, we didn't recruit him or provoke him, and he was slandered like this, it's really a brute." Qiduo also scolded angrily.
To know who Lu Dao is, he must go and lift the roof of his house.
She suspected an acquaintance.
The two did not go to the back mountain, but went to Shixi River to find Tan Dejin.
From a distance, I saw Tan Dejin alone with a homemade net fishing for snails.
"Why are you two here?" Tedkin asked his daughters.
Qiduo looked at the bamboo basket beside him, and there were already a lot of snails in it.
Daddy is really neat at work.
"Dad, my mother asked me to tell you something." Qiduo said.
was worried that Tan Dejin would not listen to him, so he deliberately moved out of the Xu family.
He seemed to care about Xu.
"What's the matter, tell me quickly?" Tan Dejin was really in a hurry.
Qiduo said, "Dad, if Grandma asks about Liulang's illness, she will say that we met a miracle doctor on the road and said that we can cure the root cause."
But it costs 200 taels of silver for medicine, and there is a ginseng every month to replenish the body. ”
I told them what I had discussed with the Xu family before.
"Why do you have to lie?" Tedjin frowned.
Qiduo pursed his lips secretly and said, "Dad, this is not a lie, this is to keep the silver of the mother's earrings, which is Liulang's life-saving silver."
Also, according to the words of Prince Ewen, Rokuro's illness will have to be taken for three years.
The cost of medicine for three years is not a small number.
Grandma might be kind enough to give the silver to Rokuro's treatment, but that's not right. ”
If it is said that in order to separate the family, Tan Dejin will definitely not cooperate.
Zhao's character is also clear to him, knowing that they have silver on them, and sooner or later they will find an excuse to go.
For the sake of Rokuro's life-saving money, he had to cooperate.
Tan Dejin hesitated, and sure enough, nodded.
Seven and six oranges breathe a sigh of relief.
"Dad, you're busy, my second sister and I went up the mountain to dig ginseng." Seven squinted and smiled.
Tan Dejin glared at her, "Don't mess around, where is there ginseng on the mountain, go home." ”
Liuju explained with a smile, "Dad, Qiduo is teasing you, we are looking for this excuse to go out, and we will go to the small bamboo forest to pick chicken heads." ”
"Be careful, then." Tan Dejin suddenly smiled.
"Dad, after that thing is done, put it in the old house of Aunt Shen's house, this is the key." Qiduo handed a key to Tan Dejin.
Tan Dejin shook his head, "Mrs. Shen's old house has not been lived in for a long time, and she suddenly went to put things away, which is eye-catching."
Dad has a good place to hide things, you wait for me in the small bamboo forest. ”
This time it was Qiduo's turn to be surprised.
Daddy is hiding it.
Qiduo and Liuju held hands and walked along the foot of Jigong Mountain to the small bamboo forest.
The two of them picked chicken heads as they walked.
Bracken head is also bracken, and there are many of them on the mountain.
The vegetables can be stir-fried and saladed, and can also be dried into dried vegetables, which are famous mountain treasures.
"Second sister, it's almost over, let's go to the small bamboo forest to dig bamboo shoots." Seeing that the basket was half full, Qiduo stopped and said to Liuju.
Liuju pouted, "Bamboo shoots?" What is it? ”
"Well, bamboo shoots are the sprouts that come out of bamboo." Qiduo was stunned for a moment and explained like this.
She only knew that no one ate bamboo shoots.
But I didn't expect that Liuju didn't even know what bamboo shoots were.
"You won't tell me that bamboo shoots can be eaten." Six oranges were surprised.
Qiduo nodded, "Of course." ”
Although Liuju was surprised that the bamboo shoots could be eaten, there were snails in front of him, so he didn't say much, and followed Qiduo to dig bamboo shoots.
When I arrived at the small bamboo forest, I looked at the brown bamboo shoots that had just emerged from the ground, and the seven flowers pursed their lips and were happy.
The people of Tanjiazhuang do not like to grow bamboo, and only a few small slender water bamboos are planted behind the houses of a few houses.
There are five or six trees in the corner of the Shen family's courtyard.
The small bamboo forest is a wild moso bamboo forest.
On weekdays, the villagers need to use bamboo, so they come and cut down a few trees with machetes.
It's a pity that they only know that the bamboo is useful.
But I didn't know that the little bamboo shoot was delicious.
The exposed part of the bamboo shoot is very short, some fingers are long, and some are only half a finger.
Qiduo clenched the small shovel in his hand and taught Liuju how to dig.
This is a simple job, and the six oranges will be able to see it at a glance.
The two sisters quickly picked up their shovels and dug up, using their hands and feet together.
After a while, the bamboo shoots were piled up like a hill.
Qiduo and Liuju were also tired enough.
"Second sister, take a break." Qiduo wiped the sweat from his forehead.
I was a little gasping when I spoke.
"Okay." The six oranges also gasped.
The two of them sat down by the pile of bamboo shoots.
Qiduo looked at the bamboo shoots.
It was as if she saw a pile of glittering copper plates smiling at her.
Liuju took a very thick bamboo shoot in his hand.
Look left.
Look to the right.
Shaking his head, "This thing is hairy, it doesn't look like it tastes good." ”
"Poof." Qiduo pursed her lips, pointed to the brown bamboo shoot clothes on the outside of the bamboo shoots and said, "Peel off this bamboo shoot first, and the inside is the fresh bamboo shoot."
Don't throw away the peeled bamboo shoots, blanch them and dry them, the dried bamboo shoots are equally delicious. ”
Liuju looked at the radiant Qiduo, and her beautiful eyes were full of envy.
Suddenly, he sighed softly, "Alas, Duo, you know a lot of things now."
If I had lost my voice at the beginning, I would be like you now. ”
Seven flowers laughed dumbly.
After laughing, it is sad.
Silly sister, where is there such a good thing.
Your seven sisters are gone, and now I'm a stranger.
Alas!
Antexa strode over.
Looking at the pile of bamboo shoots on the ground, he was also stunned, "Ju, Duo, what are you two doing digging that thing?" ”
Liuju hurriedly repeated Qiduo's words.
Tan Dejin really didn't say much, but just dug it up.
"Dad, did you touch the river clams?" Qiduo is more concerned about this issue.
"Well, it's about thirty or forty pounds, if it's not enough, I'll touch some more?" Tan Dejin looked up and asked.
Qiduo hurriedly shook his head, "That's enough, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”
Tan Dejin lightly bowed his head and fought with the bamboo shoots.
Seven bamboo shoots were dug up by Tan Dejin one by one, and secretly smacked their tongues.
Daddy alone can top her and Liuju.
The Zhao family picks thorns at him everywhere every day, it's really unreasonable, what a capable son.
In fact, the Tan family has lived in this step, and they also complain that Old Man Tan has no business mind.
As the saying goes, rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, and rely on the water to eat the water.
Tanjiazhuang has a good geographical environment, with mountains and rivers, and treasures everywhere.
Like now, there is not much work in the fields, and the whole family is idle at home, and they don't know how to come out to get some wild vegetables and mountain delicacies.
Even if you don't sell these things, you can keep them for your own food.
I only know that Lu Dao is stubbornly guarding dozens of acres of fields, and it is strange that he is not poor!
Seven flowers are digging while complaining.
There was a noise in the bushes on the hill next to the bamboo forest.
There was a faint sound of talking.