Chapter 2 Neighborhoods

In the morning, the sky was just dawning.

In the market, hawkers have begun to enter the city one after another, and on the long street, the merchants have begun a busy day, and the people are noisy.

Compared to the noise of the market, the house is quiet.

The morning light illuminated the window paper, making the room even more white and tidy, and Chen Siyu was still lying in bed under the covers.

It was only at this time that she recovered her daughter's body, and it turned out that she had been dressed as a woman and a man outside.

The long black hair like a waterfall is scattered outside the quilt, and the quiet and delicate melon seed face is bathed by the first rays of sunlight in the morning, almost greasy and translucent.

The sun swirled and jumped on her tiny nose, and her big eyes fluttered, fluttered, and thoughtfully.

She was still thinking about yesterday, she had never encountered such a good thing, and she actually sold it for fifteen taels of silver before and after.

And usually selling it for at most two dollars can make her happy all day.

After ecstasy, she fell into deep thought.

She always felt that there was something strange about it, but she couldn't say what was wrong.

Of course, the fat man yesterday was dressed very luxuriously, but his long shirt with a good lake silk texture was too new, and the new one seemed to be the first time he wore it.

That's it, and it wasn't until then that she reacted, and the fat scholar didn't seem to have spoken much from beginning to end.

The man came in through the door, and seemed to come at her, and as soon as he came, he bought all his books.

You must know that in order to cater to the bad taste of those scholars, these books written by herself have added a lot of material to the books.

Thinking of this, I am only in the prime of my life, but I describe the love between men and women in the book, and I can't help but have red clouds on my face.

No one told her that she looked too amazing at this time.

It's a pity that as soon as she goes out, she disguises herself as a man, and the people in the academy see her face too handsome at most, thinking that she is a handsome scholar.

It's a pity that she has a shocking appearance, and no one knows her in the boudoir.

cough, cough, cough, cough......

Several heart-wrenching coughs came from outside the house, and it was the sound of my mother's cough.

My mother's lung disease is worse every day, but fortunately, I earned this fifteen taels of silver yesterday, which is enough to take medicine for a while.

"Mom, why don't you sleep more?"

"I woke up coughing in the middle of the night, for fear of alarming your sisters and brothers, I hid in the kitchen and coughed for a while, and only came back to take a nap when it was almost dawn!"

When Chen Siyu heard this, he felt very uncomfortable, and hurriedly comforted: "Mother, today, let's go to the city to grab medicine, this silver is enough to grab three courses of medicine!"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......" There was another suffocating cough, and it took a long time to ease up.

Her whole body was lying on the ground, her gray hair, her old face, and her cheeks flushed.

It was a sickly crimson.

Although she is already old, she can vaguely see the graceful appearance of the year.

"Forget it, it's no better, no matter how much medicine you take, it's better to pull a good cloth for you, dress up well, marry a good family, and don't go to that academy again!"

"Mother, how can this be?"

Siyu was a little anxious, hurriedly stood up, and took a few steps over to pick her up, "My brother also wants to go to school, Doctor Cai didn't say it, take a few more doses of his medicine, and keep it better!" ”

"My illness, I know, don't bother with that!"

After she said this, she coughed violently again,

"Last winter and this spring, I felt worse and worse, and I have dragged you down over the years......"

When she said this, she saw her daughter's eyes red, and tears had unconsciously slipped down her white jade cheeks.

Seeing her daughter like this, she already regretted saying such frustrating words in her heart, which made her sad.

"Alright, alright!" She couldn't bear to be sad for her daughter, "In that case, fifteen taels of silver is enough to grab medicine, pull a few feet of new cloth for you and your brother, your long shirt is very old, and your brother will also wear it, besides, make you a Luo skirt, there must be a few daughter's clothes that can be worn, don't keep pretending to be men." ”

Thinking of his daughter, working hard for this family every day, a daughter's family, every day, women disguise themselves as men, show up, and fight in a group of men, and my heart is extremely uncomfortable.

Siyu burst into tears and laughed, she sighed, her daughter's stubbornness reminded her of her father.

Originally, he only needed to take a step back, and if he took a step back, he would not bring endless disasters to his family.

Take a step back, how difficult it is, just refuse, maybe this is inherent in the blood of the family.

Siyu in front of him, although he was born with the body of a daughter, the strength in his bones is very much like his father.

She caressed her daughter's face and looked at the face that was enough to be called a disaster, such a beautiful woman, but she pretended to be a scholar every day, and the pain made her heart like a knife as a mother.

Siyu only thought of his younger brother at this time.

In her cognition, her younger brother can stand up to the door, and after all, the world is still a man's final say.

She was full of expectations for him.

She sometimes thinks that her brother is the hope of the family, although he sometimes loves to gamble.

But that's harmless, isn't there an old saying called small gambling pleasure, not to mention that his younger brother has changed.

It just so happened that at this time, Chen's mother was about to ask where her son went, "Siyu, Yun Zhi didn't come back yesterday?" ”

"Mother, you forgot again, didn't he tell us to visit Mr. in the city!"

Obviously, Siyu's explanation is a bit pale.

Chen's mother looked suspicious and looked at her daughter, "Then, it won't stay at someone's house!" ”

Hearing her mother say this, Siyu also felt strange, but she thought about it, rolled her big eyes, and said to her mother: "Oh, this is not about to be spring, this test is good!"

"Yes!"

Chen's mother nodded hurriedly, thinking that her son's mentor actually cared so much about his studies, and hurriedly said to her daughter, "Siyu, this Mr. Fan, we should really thank others for taking too good care of your brother!" ”

"Uh-huh!"

Siyu readily agreed.

In the twilight of spring, it is slightly cold, and it is almost noon, but the sun is also hot.

At this time, people come and go in the market, and the merchants are cheering one after another, and people are buying things in the market and bargaining with the merchants.

But when this mother and daughter went out, they attracted everyone's attention.

No one stopped for Chen Siyu's appearance and turned around.

Her unparalleled beauty seemed to bring a touch of coolness to this sultry title.

Although she was wearing a coarse cloth dress, she could not hide her natural beauty, like a fairy lost in the world, falling into the red dust.

At this time, the Zhang butcher of the next door had already come out of the stall, with a big oily and blackened waist tied to his body, and he was holding a meat cleaver in his hand, looking fierce.

But when the meaty-faced Zhang butcher saw her mother and daughter going out, he also showed a gentle smile, and hurriedly greeted: "Siyu, I will leave you half a catty of loin to make up for your mother's body!"

"Oh, that's embarrassing, you have to collect money this time!"

Siyu's mother waved her hand again and again, but she couldn't resist him, and stuffed the wrapped meat into Chen's mother's hand.

How could she ask for this?

Zhang Butcher hurriedly waved his hand, saying that he resolutely did not want to, "Your family Siyu helped me recover the debt, I thank you too late!" ”

Chen's mother had no choice but to accept it.

The plum cabbage head on the opposite side has a round brain melon seed, which is shaved so that the scalp is shiny, and the sun shines on it, and it can blind people from afar.

There was an aurora above his head, and his clothes were dirty and black.

He has a big belly, looks bulky and silly, but his eyes are extremely sharp, as soon as he saw the two of them, he suddenly rushed over and threw two new leeks to Chen's mother, but he also refused to ask for money.

How could she ask for this?

was about to pay for it, but Li Caitou had already run away: "Your Siyu helped me write a letter to my son who was a soldier in the distance last time, and I have nothing to repay you, this is a newly picked young leek, don't shirk it!"

When people talk about this, they run away, and Siyu's mother and daughter have no choice but to accept it.

But they had just walked a few steps, and the little foot king Grandma, who sold peanuts, hurriedly caught up, carrying a basket full of peanuts in her hand, and trotted all the way.

Siyu's mother and daughter saw that her peanuts were spilled all the way, and they hurriedly helped her pick them up, "Grandma, you are slow, they all fell to the ground!" ”

"Not busy, not busy!" Grandma Wang wiped the sweat from her head, but beads of sweat continued to flow down her bronzed face, as if a layer of pulp had been sunburned.

"On the day of your Siyu, Shengsheng stopped two officials who robbed me of a basket of peanuts and didn't give money, I was so scared at the time, I didn't expect her to be able to get the basket of peanuts back, I was that heart......

At this point, she was crying uncontrollably, tears pouring out of a pair of old eyes, and she couldn't cry.

Siyu's mother hurriedly dissuaded: "Alas, we are all old neighbors on the same street, and you have also watched her grow up since childhood, how can she not care when she sees you aggrieved!"

Grandma Wang hurriedly wiped her face, immediately stopped crying, pulled the basket, grabbed handfuls of peanuts and put them in Siyu's pocket.

How could she ask for this?

Chen's mother was about to pay for it, but she was also stopped by Grandma Wang, and Siyu's mother and daughter had to accept it.

Walking less than half a mile, the long street has not yet come out, Siyu holds five taels of fresh meat in his left hand, two handfuls of tender yellow new leeks in his right hand, and his pocket is also full of peanuts.

Where is this to go to the city to catch the market, it is clearly to visit relatives and friends.

When Grandma Wang saw her mother and daughter packing up, she asked Chen's mother, "If you go far away?"

Mother Chen coughed a few times, relieved herself, glanced at the well-behaved Siyu, her expression was full of motherly tenderness, and replied: "My Siyu has grown up, and I want to make her a wedding dress as a mother!"

"Mother, didn't you say that you would catch the medicine first!"

Mother Chen saw her daughter pouting again, she was very dissatisfied, and hurriedly followed her, "Yes, yes, grab the medicine first!" ”

When Grandma Wang heard this, she asked, "Then you are going to Changshan City!"

Mother Chen nodded slightly, and Grandma Wang smiled, "It just so happens that my eldest son is about to catch a big car into Changshan City, so let him take you into the city!" ”

"That couldn't be better!"

Siyu is extremely happy, when he thinks of the extremely honest Wang Erniu, who is stupid, he opens his mouth when he meets people, and he smiles at anyone, hahaha.

Chen's mother agreed, and the mother and daughter took a hitchhiker to Changshan.