Chapter 30 The Most Important Thing to Inquire about the News
Sometimes Xi Hongdou really thinks that Aunt Ding's ability to speak but the brain is definitely due to Uncle Ding's temper being too good, why do you have to open which pot to mention?
Aunt Ding was "warm", and came in directly and said, "I'm afraid it's not that the man's family is not blessed, right?" "The Xiao family is also famous in Yunzhou City, it shouldn't be so unlucky, right?
Grandpa Ding's face was not good, so he said, "You are talking nonsense again, you have finished picking all the beans you picked?" "I'm going to take Aunt Ding away.
Aunt Ding nodded: "I'm done." Then he turned his head and continued to say to Xi Hongdou: "Didn't you say how long you went?" What if I don't come back? ”
Grandpa Ding is really about to be angry with this stupid daughter-in-law, why can't he see the height of his eyebrows?
Xi Hongdou smiled bitterly: "No, I said that I would be able to come back in a month." ”
Aunt Ding sighed, and said: "I heard that the sons of those rich families have several wives, and the young master has to put two maids to serve him if he doesn't marry a wife or take a concubine, so you have to watch it more closely in the future!" ”
Xi Hongdou was speechless, Aunt Ding was quite good at worrying about her, didn't she add to the blockage when she said this?
Grandpa Ding couldn't stand it anymore, so he went out to find his son, and finally asked Uncle Ding to pull people away to be quiet.
"Don't take your aunt's words to heart, she doesn't have any bad intentions, but sometimes she lacks heart." Grandpa Ding said very bluntly.
Xi Hongdou smiled and said, "It's okay." ”
After sending the things, Xi Hongdou should also leave, and Uncle Ding said at this time: "I haven't been to your house to see your father and mother for a long time, I'll go with you." So saying, he went to the back kitchen and got a small jar of good wine.
As soon as Aunt Ding saw that she had taken the things, she said, "Don't go, you have to go to the ground in a while, I'll just go, and I won't delay your work." As he spoke, he went to the back kitchen to get some dried vegetables, and said, "The eldest sister and brother-in-law don't like to drink either, so you can take them back quickly." ”
Uncle Ding rolled his eyes, his daughter-in-law was so picky and searching, she couldn't even give up some wine.
In the end, Aunt Ding followed Xi Hongdou out of the door, Xi Hongdou didn't speak on the way, Aunt Ding didn't have an idle mouth, what is the daughter-in-law in the village who is not filial, what did the daughter-in-law marry to her mother-in-law's house, chattered all the way, and when she arrived at Xi's house, Xi Hongdou felt that her ears could finally rest for a while.
When Aunt Xi saw that her brother-in-law was coming, her face was as if she had eaten a fly, but she still smiled reluctantly. Acquaintances know that Aunt Ding is a brain-deficient, and no one can worry about Aunt Ding, but every time Aunt Ding is so angry that her brain is blown up, no one wants to be stimulated like this.
Aunt Ding stepped forward happily and said, "Eldest sister, come and see you and your brother-in-law, I specially brought something!" Then he took out his own dried vegetables.
When Aunt Xi saw it, she accepted it with a wry smile, it is better not to send this dried vegetable if she sends it, and she doesn't know if she is tired when she takes it.
"Have you eaten it?" Aunt Xi asked, "It's almost time to eat in a while, so you can stay and have a meal." ”
Aunt Ding shook her head: "Don't you dare, my father should say it when I go back, and I will come to drink the wedding wine when the red bean gets married!" ”
Aunt Xi felt a sigh in her heart, as soon as Aunt Ding mentioned marriage, she twitched in her heart, and Xi Hongdou really couldn't get married for a while......
"Look at me, don't talk about that, talk about something else!" Aunt Ding sat down and began to talk about her daughter-in-law, and everything at home was shaken off over and over again, which made Aunt Xi's brain hurt.
Seeing that Tianyang was about to set, Aunt Ding couldn't stay for a long time, just in time for the Xi family to come back from the field, Xi Mu and Xi Lin came back with a basket of crabs, and a new wave of them could be sold.
When Aunt Ding saw the fat crab, she was speechless: "Hey, just saying that your family makes money, such a good thing will be sold out before it can be sold out in the market!" ”
As soon as Aunt Xi heard this, she quickly understood, and said, "Boss and second, hurry up, pretend to be more for your aunt to take away!" "The last thing I need at home is these crabs, and it doesn't matter if I eat something.
Aunt Ding giggled: "Sister-in-law, I didn't mean that!" After that, he didn't refuse, and watched Xi Mu take the net pocket and fill it with a full bag, and then happily carried the crab and went home first.
Aunt Xi watched her brother-in-law leave, and couldn't stop smiling bitterly: "This living creditor is a helpless person!" "But in the end, it's her own family, even if Aunt Ding doesn't say those words, she has to let someone send her over.
Because Xiao Zhi returned to Kyoto City, everyone in the village began to talk about it again, speculating that Xiao Zhi was going back to Kyoto City to marry a daughter-in-law, and Xi Hongdou was finally going to marry into a big family as a young grandmother. But a month has passed, but Xiao Zhi still hasn't come back, Xi Hongdou didn't pay much attention to it at first, thinking that it was just that Xiao Zhi's family had a lot of things to do, and it was just a matter of delaying for a few days. And Xiao Zhi doesn't have anything important to do in Yunzhou City, so it doesn't matter if he comes back early or late.
But two months have passed, and Xiao Zhi still hasn't come back, the key is that he hasn't even had a letter to report his safety, which is a bit strange. Although Xiao Zhi is in a hurry, he is not an unreliable person, and he will not even send a letter.
Aunt Xi was a little worried, so she said, "This Xiao family won't regret it, right?" "Now this is a man who has run away?
Xi Hongdou shook his head: "It shouldn't be." The time she got along with Xiao Zhi in those days made her feel that Xiao Zhi was not a person who would leave without even an explanation.
Aunt Xi is really afraid, this is the third time that her daughter has said goodbye, if there is any stubble, I am afraid that there is really no way to live.
Xi Hongdou thought about it, then left for the county seat, and first went to Xiao's house to inquire about the situation.
When Xi Hongdou went to find someone, it was the gatekeeper who opened the door, and the steward Wu followed Xiao Zhi back to Kyoto City, and now there is no master in Xiao's house.
Seeing that it was Xi Hongdou who came to look for him, the porter said: "When the young master left, he also said that he would come back in a month, and now we don't know what's going on if he doesn't come back." ”
"Didn't you hear from it?" Xi Hongdou asked.
The porter smiled bitterly: "No, and the masters of the people won't greet the people in our courtyard if they have anything, right?" This tone is a bit picky.
There were also maids and mothers-in-law in the door, all standing and looking at Xi Hongdou outside the door, with mockery on their faces.
"I'm afraid that the young master regrets it and doesn't want to marry her, I also said it earlier, these country girls are not as good as us who are maids, where can the young master see it?!" A little maid said, her tone was not good, and her eyes were not good.
Xi Hongdou listened to the words inside, turned his head and left, and after a few steps, Xiao Liuzi chased out.
"Young Grandma!" Xiao Liuzi shouted in a hurry.
Xi Hongdou smiled bitterly: "I haven't passed the door, looking at those girls in your house, I feel that I won't be able to pass through the door in the future." ”
Xiao Liuzi hurriedly said: "Don't listen to them, they are just a bunch of, the young master doesn't come back, it seems that something happened to the family in Kyoto City, and I don't know much about the others, it shouldn't be that I didn't come back on purpose." Before leaving, he specially asked him to deliver a letter, and he could see that Xiao Zhi was not a person who gave up from the beginning.
Xi Hongdou hurriedly asked, "Something happened?" What's wrong? ”
Xiao Liuzi shook his head and said that he didn't know, but he still said: "You can ask the people from the Chamber of Commerce in the city to inquire, many people will go to Kyoto City to do business, and they should be able to know about the affairs of Kyoto City." ”
Xi Hongdou nodded, Yunzhou City has a waterway wharf, and there are a lot of merchant fleets, and she can also know what happened to Xiao Zhi after asking someone to go to Kyoto City to inquire about the news.
Separated from Xiao Liuzi, Xi Hongdou went directly to the Chamber of Commerce, and many freight carriages and horses were ready, and many caravans passed by here every day.
Xi Hongdou casually found someone and asked, "Big brother, is your caravan going to Kyoto City?" ”
The man shook his head, but pointed to Xi Hongdou to the caravan that was going to Kyoto City, and Xi Hongdou hurried over after thanking him.
"Big brother, may I ask if your caravan is going to Kyoto City?" Xi Hongdou asked.
The young man who was bundling the goods saw that it was a little girl and asked, so he said, "Yes, you have something?" ”
Xi Hongdou hurriedly said: "I want my eldest brother to help me inquire about the news after he arrives in Kyoto City." After saying that, he took out the money he was carrying.
When the man saw Xi Hongdou pay the money, he asked with a smile: "You're not afraid that I will run away after taking the money, you won't know where to find someone when the time comes!" ”
"That's not possible, the most important thing for businessmen is integrity, if you take my money, you will definitely be able to help me!" Xi Hongdou said, and then said: "This matter shouldn't be difficult, just help me inquire about the news, the eldest brother shouldn't lose anything, if you don't take it, how can the eldest brother be embarrassed to do business?" ”
The man laughed, but took the money very happily: "Who is inquiring?" ”
Xi Hongdou told everything he knew about Xiao Zhi, and said, "I want to know what happened to his family, so it's good for my eldest brother to help me inquire carefully." ”
"Cheng, the caravan will come here to unload the goods on the eighth day of April, you can just come over then, and when you arrive, you will say recruit Yao San!" Yao San said.
Xi Hongdou nodded, and hurriedly said, "There is Third Brother Lao Yao." ”
Yao San waved his hand, then shouted, and the convoy began to move.
Watching the convoy leave, Xi Hongdou didn't feel much relieved, Xiao Zhi didn't even write a letter back, she always felt that what happened would not be a trivial matter. There is still half a month left before the eighth day of April, and she can only wait slowly.
When she got home, Aunt Xi asked, "How is it?" ”
Xi Hongdou shook her head, she didn't hear any news that relieved her when she went to the county seat this time.
The Xi family suddenly became gloomy because of this matter, and when people in the village talked about how good Xi Hongdou said, Aunt Xi only smiled reluctantly, completely losing her previous spirit.
And Xi Hongdou only hopes that Xiao Zhi just forgot to write a letter unreliable, and he doesn't want him to really have an accident.