The fisherman girl in the jingchai cloth skirt wiped the tables and chairs with her hands and feet, a blue indigo cloth skirt was cleanly washed, black hair was like a cloud, the skin was like congealed fat, and a pair of big eyes on the goose egg face flickered like stars in the night sky.

The three of them looked at the fisherwoman, their expressions were different, Liu Ziguang had never seen any beauties except for the Peng sisters since he came to this world, and now he suddenly saw such an outstanding beauty, he couldn't help but stare at the fisherwoman's graceful figure unscrupulously, until the eldest lady glanced at him fiercely before he was restrained.

Although Peng Jingrong has been to many places, she has seen a lot of beautiful ladies, and there are a lot of small jasper, but such a fresh and refined girl is also the first time to see it, if she changes into palace clothes, I am afraid that it is not much worse than the royal princess of golden branches and jade leaves, the county lord, this blue indigo cloth skirt and the scenery by the Yanyu Lake are combined, but it is also full of charm, the people and scenery are blended, and it looks like the person in the painting.

Peng Jingwei was still more straightforward, seeing that the girl was about the same age as herself, she asked: "Little sister, what is your name, do you have a lot of snails here?" As soon as the eldest lady heard this, she knew that this girl was talking nonsense, and the next sentence would definitely ask if the snail had become.

The fisherman girl smiled slightly, and replied generously: "My name is Zeng Cheng, and I have heard the story of the snail girl, but I am not as diligent as the snail girl." The voice is as crisp and pleasant as a yellow warbler, and it is a pure official dialect.

What a generous and smart girl, everyone thought to themselves.

A middle-aged woman's voice came from the thatched house: "Orange, come and help my mother pull the bellows." The girl said "hey", smiled at the three of them, and turned around and walked into the thatched house.

Peng Jingwei stretched out her little hand and shook it in front of Liu Ziguang's eyes a few times, and asked, "What's the matter, look stupid?" The people are gone. Liu Ziguang was a little embarrassed, and quickly looked away from the door of the thatched house. Just as the captain came out of the hut to relieve him, everyone asked the captain to tell him about the mother and daughter.

While waiting for the meal, the captain told everyone about the origin of the mother and daughter, it turned out that the little girl's mother was the concubine of a big family in Beijing earlier, after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the northern clans moved south, and the soldiers were scattered to the shore of Hongze Lake, the little daughter was a concubine, so she took it with her, the orphan and widow were taken in by an elderly fisherman couple, and taught the woman the craft of the small fish pot collapse, and then the fisherman and his wife died, leaving them a grass hut and a small boat. On weekdays, the mother and daughter make a living by fishing and picking lotus, and occasionally make a small fish pot for passing boatmen, but they never charge money, only willing to collect some rice grain. Because of the beauty of her daughter's birth, the nearby disciples often come to tease when they have nothing to do, but fortunately, the nearby boatmen get along very well with the mother and daughter on weekdays, and they will always help when they encounter difficulties. Recently this woman had a serious illness and almost died, and I don't know which kind man borrowed a few taels of silver to give them medicine to come back to life. Speaking of this, the captain sighed, "It's not easy for orphans and widows, and it's even more difficult for orphans and widows with a bit of beauty." ”

It turned out that she was born in a big family in the north, no wonder this girl's temperament is so outstanding, she must have learned it from her mother since she was a child. Everyone seems to understand a little.

Liu Ziguang said: "Then why don't they open a restaurant and sell small fish pots?" According to his thinking, local specialties should be very promising.

"General Liu, don't you know, although there are some passing cargo ships here, but most of the boaters eat on the boat, and there are not many people like us who come to eat small fish pots, and the dignitaries will naturally not deign to eat such rural vegetables, even if they open a restaurant, there will be no business, not to mention that this mother and daughter are unwilling to swagger, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible to do."

"Then we'll give them some more silver later." The second lady said.

"I'm afraid they won't want it, don't look at the poor, the integrity of this mother and daughter is still very admirable, it is said that in the early years, there were rich families in the village who wanted to take this as a mother's wife, it stands to reason that this is not a loss of moderation, who is not familiar with life knows you, but this woman is not obedient, and would rather live a life of coming and going in the waves, rather than being an aunt's wife and a worry-free life. Let's just say recently, the son of the big family in the city took a fancy to this daughter, and offered a dowry of five hundred taels of silver to marry her as a child, but five hundred taels of silver, the people on the lake have never seen so much money in their lives, and this woman is still sick and in urgent need of money, but guess what they say, they just say that they don't have this blessing, they don't dare to climb high, and the small family is quite good at talking, it is said that the son of the Ma family marries a fisherman's daughter, that is to look up to them, but people would rather die of illness than marry into the Ma family. It's as if he has a grudge against money. ”

The captain shook his head and slurred, indicating how incredible things were. Peng Jingrong said: "That is called not to be eaten, of course you can't ask for the silver that others give, it seems that this woman has also read poetry and books, as for not wanting to marry a daughter, it is even more understandable, what is the difference between that and selling your daughter." ”

Liu Ziguang was very surprised and said: "You ancient people......I mean that we Ming people, don't we pay attention to filial piety first?" In order to cure his mother's illness, marrying that young master and son seems to be approved by everyone. ”

"This is a bad statement, if you go against your mother's will and marry someone else for the silver, then it is the real unfilial piety." Peng Jingrong pouted and replied.

"That's it, the young master who wants to marry her, marrying so many wives, must not be a good person, if he marries and makes her mother angry to death, it is better to die of illness." Peng Jingwei also coaxed.

While a few people were talking, the small fish pot collapsed and was ready, and it was served out directly in the iron pot, the white fish soup was as thick as milk, and more than a dozen small cakes were pasted around the edge of the pot, and the fresh fragrance came to the nose. Zeng Cheng, a fisherman, put the pot on the table, and placed a small celadon plate, a pair of bamboo chopsticks, and a small porcelain spoon in front of everyone, and said with a smile: "Miss Childe, please use it slowly." Then he went to the side and went about his own business, and did not serve them in the meal.

There was a difference between master and servant, and the captain did not dare to eat with the eldest lady and them, so he reluctantly sat down at the bottom after a long time, and the four of them began to taste the legendary small fish pot. Use chopsticks to gently pick a little fish meat and put it in your mouth, it is tender and refreshing, it melts in your mouth, and then take a spoon and scoop a spoonful of milky white soup, taste it carefully, and it is an endless aftertaste. Leaves a fragrance on the cheeks. Peel off a small cake and chew it, the upper part of the pot is as thin as cicada wings, and the feeling of chewing in the mouth is crispy, fresh, crispy, and the lower part is soaked in fish soup, and there is another flavor.

The four of them sat around the steaming small dining table and enjoyed the small fish pot collapse of the beautiful wheel. The so-called fish is only the size of a thumb, and such a small fish is not worth a few pennies, but it is cooked so deliciously, and the heat is so well mastered, it is really breathtaking, and the four of them are full of praise while eating.

After a while, a pot of small fish pot collapsed and was eaten by four people, the two girls didn't eat much, although the captain was a strong man, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of the young lady, but only symbolically ate some, so most of this pot of delicious food was eaten by Liu Ziguang.

At this time, the rain also stopped, the sky showed a bright blue, and the trees and weeds washed by the drizzle looked green, Liu Ziguang took out his purse and wanted to take out some broken silver and put it on the table, but was dissuaded by the captain again.

"They really don't take money, they are only willing to accept some rice, flour, oil and salt, if the general has to give silver, I'm afraid their mother and daughter will be unhappy. Besides, the villain has already given a bag of flour and a cage of fish, and it is enough to talk about the meal, so he will not spend the money on the general. The captain persuaded.

"It's really a grudge against silver, so let's send a few bags of rice and two jars of Huai salt over to show our gratitude." Liu Ziguang put away his purse and said, he wondered very much, looked at Zeng Cheng, who was washing clothes not far away, and said in his heart: Does receiving money mean something that makes them uncomfortable?

The Peng sisters are also full of strangeness, there are really people in this world who can't get along with silver? Peng Jingwei smiled mysteriously and said secretly: This girl doesn't believe it......

At this time, the sky was clear, the bright azure was revealed in the cracks of the clouds, the trees and weeds washed by the drizzle were verdant, and the scenery by the lake was also pleasant. The woman did not come out to see her off, but answered, "Slow down, guest." ”

Heard the four people leaving. Zeng Cheng put down his clothes and came over to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and politely said: "Guests walk slowly, be careful that the road is slippery after the rain, and the little woman will not send it." ”

The four of them returned the salute and turned to go.

Before he had taken twenty steps, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps behind him and a crisp shout like a yellow warbler: "Guest, you have dropped something." Looking back, it turned out that Zeng Cheng chased after him.

Everyone stopped, Zeng Cheng chased after him, holding a small gold ingot in his hand, and said directly to Peng Jingwei: "This young lady, this is what I picked up in your seat, please put away such a valuable thing." ”

Under the gaze of everyone, Peng Jingwei, who had seen through the little tricks, put away the small gold ingot and said thank you.

Seeing Zeng Cheng leave, Liu Ziguang sighed with emotion: "I really regard money as dung, a gold ingot may be exchanged for dozens of taels of silver, the gentleman does not deceive the dark room, this little girl is very honest, not bad." ”

"Well, this time I believe it, this girl, if she doesn't wear good clothes and don't dress up, she looks better than her sister, and she's only a little worse than me. The character is still so good, I gave them two more bags of rice when I went back, which was given by me. ”

Everyone was talking and walking, and several horses ran in front of them, although they were small Sichuan horses. But the rider on the horse was very imposing, with a red pompom on his soft hat and a black suit, and he beat the horse like a fly past the four men, and the mud from the horse's hooves splashed them.

The second young lady was furious and scolded at the rider's back: "Plagued minions, rush to reincarnate!" The captain looked at the horses and said, "Hey, this seems to be the family of the rich man of the Ma family." It must have been for the Zeng family's mother and daughter. ”

Liu Ziguang was splashed with mud spots and hated the nest fire, and then I heard that it was a slave of the Ma family who wanted to marry a people's daughter, and it was even more nameless. Beckoning to everyone: "Let's go, go back and have a look." ”