Chapter 12: A Chance Encounter in the Town
Lin Mei walked to the town, first went to the bookstore to buy Shanzi's pen, ink, paper and inkstone, not to mention, this reading is expensive, there are several kinds of pens, and the price ranges from one or two to dozens of cents. Thinking of durability and affordability, I bought two sheep's hair pens, the price was fair forty wen, and I bought some cheap ink and inkstone; Hemp paper is the cheapest, Lin Mei bought two knives of hemp paper, thinking that she and Peaches also had to practice calligraphy, so she bought more. After bargaining with the boss, he was 20 wen cheaper, and he also gave an inkstone with a missing corner.
"But the Lin family girl ......"
Lin Mei finished buying things and was about to leave, only to hear a scholar standing in front of her greet her, Lin Mei looked up and took a closer look, yo, isn't this the little fresh meat Xiao Gongzi that her father saved. "Xiao Gongzi is so ......," Lin Meiyin nodded because it was inconvenient to salute with her things.
"I don't know if Senior Lin is doing well recently, and there are people in Miss Lin's family who are study......ing," Xiao Qiming said when he saw that Miss Lin had bought a large bag of things in the bookstore.
"My father's health is fine, he has to worry about work, and his brother is also studying now, so he bought it."
"Senior Lin is wise, it's good to send Brother Lin Xian to study, as the so-called standing is based on learning, and learning is based on reading." Xiao Qiming agreed with the Lin family's move.
Damn, Xiao Gongzi, are you sure you are talking to the village girl, and you are also dragging the literary text with your sister, Lin Mei said in her heart, and she had the intention to tease him: "Please don't make fun of me, I am a village girl, I don't understand your crepe words." ”
After listening to Lin Mei's words, Xiao Qiming's face turned red as soon as he brushed it, and he stammered and explained, "Lin ...... Miss Lin, what I just said means that a person's moral cultivation and life are based on learning, that is, learning, and the fundamental method of learning is to study. Does Miss Lin understand now? ”
Lin Mei didn't expect him to be so shy, so she didn't tease him, and said seriously: "I can't say anything about the big truth, I just hope that my younger brother can read more when he is young, learn more from the experience of his predecessors, learn from his strengths, avoid detours, and it is best to learn a skill to support his family." ”
"Broad-minded and about to take, thick and thin, look at me, and forget, Miss Lin is so reasonable, Xiaosheng admires." Xiao Qiming slapped his forehead as he spoke.
Lin Mei didn't want to waste time dragging words with him, so she said goodbye to Xiao Gongzi: "Presumably Xiao Gongzi still has something to do, I still have to take a step in advance, so I won't disturb Xiao Gongzi." ”
"Miss Lin, please, Xiaosheng will come to visit Senior Lin another day." After Xiao Qiming finished speaking, he leaned sideways to make a way.
Lin Mei probably didn't expect that this scene in the bookstore was seen by three women from the same village.
"This shameless little bitch, no wonder I don't look down on my tiger, it turns out that I have a good relationship for a long time." Fang said.
"I can't say that, the plum was originally ordered to your family Dawu, and Dawu repented of the marriage first, so it was your family's fault." Tian from the same village said.
"What do you know, what I told Huzi and his father at the beginning was for Huzi, and I said it was for Dawu, and she was also worthy? If it weren't for the old immortal in my family who drank two taels of horse urine, she wouldn't know the southeast and northwest, and she would have confused things, and my family Dawu would not have carried this black pot. Fang's clever tongue was like a spring, and he said that the regret of marriage was another hidden secret, which successfully aroused the gossip of his peers.
"What the hell is going on, Dawu Niang quickly tell us." Zhang Lotus Road.
"I'm afraid you don't know, Lin Xiao and his family fell in love with my family Dawu at the beginning, and often called to help his family work, at that time my family Dawu was only ten years old, who doesn't know my family Dawu, that he is diligent when he is young, Mei Ziniang praises my family Dawu for being honest and capable every time she sees me, and she likes Dawu very much. Tell me, this isn't what I like about my family's martial arts. After Fang finished speaking, he also pulled Tian Shi and asked.
"Dawu was really diligent and liked when he was a child, and I don't blame the Wu family for liking it, I also like your Dawu very much." Tian said.
"Yo, so the two of you were talking about marriage at that time?" Zhang Lotus asked rhetorically.
"How can it, I don't want to think about it, the Wu family married in outside, and I heard that her mother's family was very poor, so she was married so far. What kind of girl can the Wu family teach, do you remember, at that time, Lin Mei ran to the mountains with his father every once in a while, like a tomboy, how could I see her as my daughter-in-law. Seeing that the two agreed, Fang continued: "If you want to say it to Dawu, it will definitely not work, but if you say it to Huzi, I still reluctantly agree, and I also hinted to the Wu family, and the Wu family also asked Huzi to go to the Lin family with Dawu to work." ”
"So, Wu agreed to tell the plum to Huzi?" Zhang couldn't help but gossip.
In fact, this is not the case at all, but who knows, anyway, the Wu family is dead, can you still open your mouth to tell the truth, Fang thought in his heart, rolled his eyes and continued: "Anyway, the Wu family has no objection, you also know that my family has a lot of children, I wanted to wait for the Wu family to give birth to a child, and then ask the matchmaker to come to the door to book the marriage of the tiger son, but the Wu family is short-lived, this child is a family matter, who is not in a hurry, but I can't go to Lin Xiaoti as a woman, I discussed with my family to let him go to find out Lin Xiao's tone, and if Lin Xiao agreed, I asked the matchmaker to come to the door, and the result was ...... The old immortal didn't make it clear after drinking some horse urine, and by the time I knew it was too late. ”
"Then why didn't you go to the Lin family to explain things clearly, if you made it clear, there would be no future." Tian was skeptical.
"This matter was originally wanted to be made clear, but this matter made the whole village talk about it, I was embarrassed to go out, I thought that this matter must be written a marriage book, so I pondered for a while, everyone faded down on this matter, waiting for Lin Xiao to come to write the marriage book, and then explain this matter to Lin Xiao clearly, as a result, Lin Xiao has not come to the door for so many years, I wonder if the Lin family will not take the words on the wine table seriously." Fang's clever words.
Tian and Zhang Hehua sighed when they heard this, and Tian said: "If this matter had been made clear at the time, maybe the marriage between your Huzi and Meizi would have been able to come true now." ”
"What is it to become, because of a misunderstanding, my family Dawu is now being pointed at, my family Dawu is a dumb person who eats Coptis chinensis and can't say it, back then, I told him about it, his father was mistaken, Meizi was said to Huzi, so in order to avoid suspicion, Dawu went to the Luo family to be a subordinate for five years, my son, that is the most wronged ......" Fang Shi finished speaking, and wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief.
"In this way, this matter really wronged Dawu, when Dawu came back, the Lin family came to the door, why don't you explain it well, I heard that Meizi jumped into the river because of this." It's just because the elders made the wrong object, and things are like this, and Tian doesn't know how to comfort them.
"Explain, why didn't I explain, I told the Lin family's father and daughter that I made a mistake at the beginning, I originally told Huzi, but I didn't expect that the dead girl's temper was too strong, and before I could finish explaining, she rushed out and jumped into the river. You say you can rely on me for this. "Fang is eloquent and tries to shirk responsibility.
"I don't think so, maybe I didn't like Huzi, the bitter trick staged by the father and daughter of the Lin family." Zhang Hehua has always been unpleasant to Lin Xiao's family because of what happened back then, so she guessed.