Chapter 15: A Midsummer Night
Seeing that Xu Shuixian and Yang Ming were so intimate, Xiao Yuan felt a little blocked in her heart, so she had to retreat out in a huff.
Just as Gu Xiaoyuan was about to turn around and leave, Yun Die walked out with a basket of clothes at this time: "Miss Du, are you coming to my young master again?" ”
"Well, but your young master seems to be quite busy, so I didn't bother him", Du Xiaoyuan nodded, looking a little lost, but then forcibly covered it up.
Yun Die glared at Xu Shuixian in the room: "Hmph, it's not that Xu Shuixian, what's wrong with the tulou, I just found a chance to be with my young master again."
Saying that, Yun Die sighed again: "Forget it, don't talk about her; However, Miss Du, my young master has been looking for you several times, why are you not at home? ”
"Your young master came to me?" Du Xiaoyuan didn't expect Yang Ming to come to her, and she was a little excited and curious: "Why did he come to me?" ”
"Our young master said that you are the most knowledgeable girl in the village, and you are beautiful, you are a lady and a talented woman, in the future, whoever marries you is a blessing that that person has cultivated for eight lifetimes", Yun Die pretended to be serious, but Du Xiaoyuan lowered her head shyly: "Don't say it." ”
"Miss Block, your face is red", Yun Die smiled and said: "Miss Block, I won't talk to you first, I still have to go to wash our young master's clothes, you see this basket of clothes is his, and they are all stained with mud and mortar, I have to wash them before the feast, otherwise my young master will have no clothes to wear tomorrow." ”
"I'm fine anyway, and you're tired of washing so much by yourself, I'll help you", said, Du Xiaoyuan came out of the basket half of it, and suddenly a smell of sweat came to her nose, she couldn't help but wave her hand and fan, Qiong's nose twitched slightly: "It's so stinky!" ”
"Haha, if my young master knew that you said that his clothes stink, he might not know what his blushing would be", Yun Die said with a smile and then came to the stone slab by the river with Xiao Yuan.
As the daughter of the prefect's family, Du Xiaoyuan has never touched the spring water with her fingers, let alone washing clothes, where can the old grandmothers use her for rough work.
Therefore, it is very difficult for her to wash Yang Ming's clothes now, and Yang Ming's clothes are full of mud, and it took her a lot of effort to scrub them clean, but she did not feel tired at all, and she laughed with Yun Die happily.
Yun Die saw that Xiao Yuan rolled up her sleeves, pounded her clothes with a wooden board with one hand, and rubbed her clothes vigorously with the other, so she smiled and said, "Miss Du, you have washed my young master's clothes, why don't you give my young master a wife." ”
Plug Xiaoyuan didn't react at first, and then stood up shy and anxious, and said angrily: "You little girl, you actually made fun of me, I won't help you wash it", saying, Plug Xiaoyuan turned around in a panic, but after a while, she unconsciously squatted down and continued to wash Yang Ming's clothes.
However, Du Xiaoyuan unconsciously laughed while washing, and Yun Die also laughed, and for a while, the laughter of the two of them sounded like silver bells by the entire river.
When Yundie and Du Xiaoyuan came back from washing, the feast also began.
Yang Ming naturally sat in the first place, on the left were Yun Die, Du Xiaoyuan, Xu Shuixian, etc., and on the right were Doctor Lan, Zhang Yuanwai, Liu Blacksmith, etc., the entire courtyard was filled with thousands of people, and hundreds of tables were set up on the table.
Not only that, this feast is much richer than the last time, not only with chickens, ducks, fish and geese but also with wine, with newly fired bacon sausages, because Hanjia Village came to many people outside Sichuan and Shaanxi, so the dishes are rich, and the eight major cuisines of China are reflected in this feast.
After everyone was seated, Yang Ming stood up, holding the earthen bowl that had been fired a few days ago, holding the newly opened sweet rice wine, and shouted: "Fellow villagers, today is the 100th day of our new home, and just today, we have harvested a total of more than 700 stones of summer wheat, which can be said to be the first bumper harvest since the construction of our Hanjia Village!" ”
"Therefore, Zhang Yuanwai and I decided to have a big feast tonight to celebrate this bumper harvest, and everyone picked up the wine bowl in their hands and did it!" After Yang Ming finished speaking, he let out a loud sigh and drank it all.
And the villagers also raised the wine bowl and drank it, even a gentle lady like Du Xiaoyuan couldn't hold back, and hid her face and took a big sip.
"So far, our three granaries are full of grain, and it can be said that even if we don't farm and farm, we can eat him for forty or fifty days even if we lie down on our stomachs," Yang Ming said, and laughed out loud below, the enthusiasm of the villagers was completely ignited, and some of them were already dancing.
"Therefore, I decided that every year today, that is, the fifth day of the fifth month of May, is set as the anniversary of the construction of a new home in our Hanjia Village. Yang Ming asked loudly.
"Agreed!" Below, all the people shouted.
"Okay, you don't have to be restrained tonight, the boys and girls go to talk and talk about love, the aunts and uncles also play as much as they want, the children are crazy for me, and the old people don't have to be idle, do whatever you want!"
As soon as Yang Ming said this, all the villagers cheered, and some of them dared to directly pull their favorite woman into the bamboo forest.
Taking advantage of the lively moment of the carnival, Zhang Yuanwai also quietly got into Aunt Lin's house, and even Dr. Lan was not willing to be lonely and took four or five widowed aunts to laugh in the field, and a group of children ran into the vegetable field for a while, and ran into the melon shed for a while, driving out a pair of wild mandarin ducks. The evening breeze was blowing, the frogs in the fields were croaking, and the laughter of the people around the campfire did not stop.
Only Yang Ming walked to the riverbank alone, picked up a flat stone and threw it out, and then brought more than ten waves.
"Young Master Yang", at this time, Du Xiaoyuan walked over from the side, stroked the long hair in front of her forehead, and smiled.
"I didn't expect Miss Plug to be here", Yang Ming boasted that he had read countless beauties before, but in front of Plug Xiaoyuan, he was still as shy and out of shape as a teenager who had just fallen in love, and when he saw that it was Block Xiaoyuan coming, he smiled a little unnaturally, and then stood there silently, not knowing how to break the deadlock, or say something.
Du Xiaoyuan also unconsciously increased her heartbeat, her face flushed, if it weren't for the darkness of the night, she would have run in a panic, and now she has a rare opportunity to talk to Yang Ming face to face, although she is shy, she is not willing to miss it.
"I've gone to look for Yang Gongzi several times, Yang Gongzi, you're not at home, but I heard Yun Die say, Yang Gongzi, you also have something to look for me, but every time you come to look for me, you can't find me, is that so?" After asking softly, Du Xiaoyuan desperately dodged Yang Ming's gaze, and lowered his head with a smile.
"Yes!" Yang Ming felt that he had countless words to say, but somehow he spit out this one word. Yang Ming was very disdainful of his cowardice for no reason now, gritted his teeth and turned around, holding Du Xiaoyuan's fragrant shoulders directly with both hands, so that Du Xiaoyuan's gaze had nowhere to hide: "Miss Du, I." ”
Du Xiaoyuan still didn't dare to look directly at Yang Ming's gaze, desperately dodged, and did not resist, just buried his head in the mantis, and whispered softly: "Young Master Yang, say whatever you want." ”