Chapter Twenty-Eight: The First Feelings Emerge
Autumn is in full swing, ginkgo biloba leaves will also fall, a touch of bright color in autumn is about to fade, and the buds hanging on the eaves add some color to the lonely autumn, so that the end of autumn will not be too sluggish.
As night fell, candles were lit in every room, and the candlelight came through the doors and windows, looking like a lantern from a distance.
The tea on the table was already cold, and Xi Duyun was still sitting motionless, staring at the table with empty eyes, as if she had lost her soul.
"My sister has been sitting for half an hour, and your face has been red since you left your brother, but when did your sister get married?" Xi Duiyu was playing happily with the puppet given by Qi Lichen, and called Xi Duyun several times but did not respond.
Hearing this, Xi Duyun's red face turned even redder, and smoke was about to come out like a red-hot cannon: "What nonsense! Don't think that my sister doesn't know that you, this girl, are doing bad, when will you learn to cheat your sister! ”
Xi Duyun said that she was going to tickle Xi Duiyu, Xi Duiyu thought that she would have this move, avoiding Xi Duyun and sneaking behind Xi Duiyun, and the two of you chased me for half an hour before stopping.
The South Village is not large, with more than 60 families living there, and Xi Duyun found all the carpenters in the village and asked them to make more than 60 pieces of Quyuan ploughs according to the appearance of the Quyuan plow.
The carpenters in the village are all ruthless and don't talk much, and when they are given money, they will work hard and make what you want as quickly as possible.
The six blacksmiths took five days to make all the curved plows, and as soon as the things were ready, Xi Duyun moved all the curved plows to the edge of the field, and then called all the houses in the village.
"What's wrong with Miss Xi, what is calling us all here, my child's meal hasn't been cooked yet."
The woman coaxed the child in her arms, her tone impatient and dissatisfied. Xi Muyun went directly to the village chief to ask him to find everyone, and the villagers were forced to put down what they were doing and come over, just treating Xi Muyun, the girl, to mess around.
"Yes, my chickens are halfway fed, and the bud rice will be put into the cellar today, so hurry up and say something."
The dissatisfied voice can always be echoed, and before Xi Muyun could speak, the crowd began to be restless, complaining.
A touch of coldness flashed in Qi Lichen's eyes, rolled up his sleeves, and nodded to Xi Muyun: "Let's start." ”
"I called you here today for nothing else, but to give you something, it is a ploughing tool made by my father before his death, and Qi Gongzi will teach you how to use it, I don't know who wants to give it a try? If you wish, I will give you five copper coins. ”
The whole village knew that Qi Lichen and Xi Muyun were breathing out from the same nostrils, and it had no effect to just let Qi Lichen go to the ground.
If you don't let them try it for themselves, there will always be people who will complain. As soon as it was said that there was money, people who were impatient were all vying to give it a try.
Aunt Liu's son had been patiently watching from the side, and Xi Muyun's gaze swept over him and he had an idea in his heart.
"Brother Ning, you are the most powerful in your work, come on."
Li Ning is low-key, not good-looking, he is an invisible person when he is lost in the crowd, it is common to be forgotten and ignored, and he doesn't want Xi Duyun to mention himself, so he pointed at himself in disbelief.
Sure that Xi Duyun said that he was overjoyed, he thanked Xi Duyun, and followed Qi Lichen to help Qu Yuan plow down the field.
Everyone was originally careless, but they were all interested in Xi Duyun's mention, and they all wanted to see what Xi Duiyun wanted to make a name for themselves.
Li Ning operated the Quyuan plough according to Qi Lichen's instructions, and after walking a few steps, his face showed a different color, and it was even more unbelievable when he got to the back.
Because of the backwardness of farming tools, plowing the field is the most laborious task, and I don't know how long it takes to turn the soil.
But Li Ning and Qi Lichen were indeed very relaxed in plowing the fields, and they finished in less than a lap of tea. Everyone stretched their necks when they saw Li Ning like this, seeing what kind of rare thing Xi Duyun took out, and some people rolled up their sleeves and were eager to try.
As soon as Li Ning and the others came ashore, the villagers who were watching on the ridge of the field stopped them and asked them this and that, and there were also people on Xi Duyun's side.
"It's really incredible, Miss Xi, what kind of farm tool is this, how come we have never seen it, where did your father get it?"
The woman holding the child changed her face in a blink of an eye, her eyes were about to burst into stars, and her tone was a little cautious.
"This thing is called Quyuan plow, my father got an ancient book by chance, according to the drawings in the ancient book, the ancient book has been lost, but the Quyuan plough made by my father remained, and my father was kind and kind during his lifetime......"
Xi Duyun made a bunch of explanations, just to emphasize one theme, that is, this thing was made by the deceased father, and I don't have any other utensils you want, so don't fight the idea of that "ancient book".
Quyuan plough is light and labor-saving, once it was launched, it was sought after by the people, and it was promoted to all parts of the village and town in less than half a month, and the villagers came to thank Xi Duyun and Qi Lichen.
However, Qi Lichen entered Beijing to run errands within two days, and the villagers moved to Xi Duyun, and the threshold of the broken courtyard was almost broken. Xi Duyu was afraid of life, as long as someone came, she hid in the house, and she was stunned for a few days.
Let Xi Duyun not have a headache, so that they can all go back to their respective homes. When there are many people, it is annoying, but when everyone is gone, people go to the empty building and feel empty.
"Xiaoyu, wash your hands and eat."
Xi Duyun put the steamed taro into a bowl, and was blocked at home by the people who came to visit all day today, and he didn't go to the market to buy anything at all, so he had to steam a few taro with shredded sweet potatoes and white rice to cope.
"It's coming!" Xi Duyu washed her hands and ran over, sat down at the table obediently, Xi Duyun gave her the taro, and the purse tied around her waist brushed the back of Xi Duyu's hand, Xi Duyu glanced at it, and suddenly remembered something.
"Sister, there is no one at home from my brother, and the Xiucai who usually goes to Beijing to take the exam has to make a peace charm at home in order to be safe in high school, isn't my sister doing a good job, why don't you send it?"
Xi Duyu was small, holding the taro in both hands and gnawing on it, and the taro in her hand looked bigger than her face.
Xi Duyun shook his hand at the corn, and fragments flashed through his mind, and when he was about to see them, they were all gone.
"I made this thing too?" Xi Duyun took a bite of the corn cob in his hand, and said that in ancient times, when men and women wanted to express their hearts to their favorite people, they would give them sachets, except for relatives, of course.
This reminded Xi Duyun of meeting Qi Lichen for the first time, no wonder Qi Lichen would have that face when he said that he would withdraw from the marriage, it seems that the original owner of Qi Lichen was not unintentional.
"Well, my sister used to go to work in the fields during the day, and she came back to embroider candles at night." Xi Duyu finished the last bite of the taro, took another bite of the corn cob in Xi Duyun's hand, wiped his hands and jumped into the house.
After a while, she came out with a small bamboo basket, she was not tall enough to be half a height of the bamboo basket, and she walked staggeringly.
Xi Duyun silently put down the corn cob that had been bitten by Xi Duyu, took the bamboo basket, and looked at it, there were many needles and threads in the bamboo basket, as well as a sachet that was pressed at the bottom.
The sachet is embroidered with a peony flower, the stitches are fine, and the color is pleasing to the eye, which shows that the person who made this thing has put a lot of thought into it.
Xi Duyun's fingertips rubbed the texture of the needle and thread, and a trace of sadness suddenly appeared in her heart, and the carefully prepared gift died before she could give it to her sweetheart.
"Sister, you're crying." Xi Duyu blinked at Xi Duyun with big watery eyes, wondering why her sister was crying.
Tears dripped down her cheeks and fell on the back of her hand, and Xi Duyun raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, stunned in her heart, this tear was not her. This body still roughly retains the emotions of the original owner, and it just touches the scene.
"It's okay, is Yu'er full, if you're full, accompany your sister to the river to wash her clothes." Xi Duyun cleaned up her mood.
"Okay." The girl's raised voice matched the chirping of the orioles in the treetops, and Twilight rubbed her face and put the sachet back into the bamboo basket.
Late at night, the lights were turned off in each house, and Xi Duyun had been lying on the bed tossing and turning for an hour, and she had not yet fallen asleep.
Xi Duiyu, who was sleeping on his side, was sleeping soundly, looking at Xi Duyu's smiling face, Xi Duyun's uneasy mood gradually calmed down.
If you want to be irritable, the villagers didn't feel so impetuous when they came to thank her, and her heart couldn't calm down since she picked up the peace charm.
"It's terrible."