Chapter 19: Tricks
"Listen to Meow Meow, Sister An Ning is from the south, tell me interesting things about the south, I don't have a chance to go far when I'm so old."
Test my peaceful reality, the daughter of a merchant, who has never been far away? Even if you haven't been out before, I've heard a lot.
"The leaves of our house are green all year round, and I heard that the leaves turn yellow in autumn here? In winter, the leaves fall off, leaving only bare branches, right? I haven't seen it yet. And this house is different, our big family doesn't have such thick walls. ”
"Let me tell you what I saw on the road, a place we passed by, where people can eat noodles and cakes while walking, wrapped in lotus leaves as bowls. There is also a place where the steamed buns are so big, and the green onions are so thick and so tall. You're so rich, you really should go out and see, it's interesting. An Ning said that she was dancing, and she had a poor second aunt who had never seen the world.
The second aunt nodded frequently as a good audience, revealing all kinds of surprises and yearnings.
"Little sister Anning, have you ever read a book?"
"I read it, my mother asked me to read women's precepts and women's training, well... There is also a biography of the daughters, it is so difficult to read and write, my handwriting can't move, and my mother also said that I can't write well. ”
"Did your mother come to Fancheng too?"
"No, my father and mother passed away, just our brother and sister, we had a drought, many people starved to death, and someone on the road changed their children to others to eat, if it weren't for Brother Sijiu, we would have almost been eaten." An Ning said that the circles in his eyes began to redden, and his mouth was flattened, as if he remembered something frightened and scared.
The second aunt got up at the right time and hugged the poor Anning little man, "pitiful".
An Ning couldn't control it, and threw herself into the arms of the second aunt, "Second aunt~ woo..."
The second aunt hugged An Ning, felt An Ning's soft body, smooth cheeks, and felt An Ning's delicate fingers after holding hands a few times, and when An Ning's mood stabilized, she asked, "Who else are there in the family?" ”
"There's no one left, just me and my brother."
"Can anyone take care of the family's house and land?"
"There is no land, just a yard and two houses. My father is a scholar who can't farm, and neither can my mother. "Daddy is too literate, okay? He is sympathetic to the suffering of the people, does not take money from the poor, and is high-minded, and refuses to charge a penny more from the rich.
"What about the family's livelihood." The second aunt didn't mind sprinkling salt back and forth on the wounds of Anning's father and mother. The purpose is to ask about the background of the family, and see that An Ning is pampered, and there is no land, how to raise it.
"My mother does some laundry and sewing to support us. Let my brother study with my father. My mother has worked hard, and my hands have become thicker. ”
It seems that he thinks that if his son succeeds in his studies, he can be crowned an official and worship the prime minister, and his daughter is pampered, looking forward to getting a high marriage.
Sure enough, the scholar is high, no matter how poor he is, he doesn't do farming, he doesn't do business, such a person is good. The second aunt made up for it on her own.
I took the snack fruit to Anning, which had to be comforted, otherwise Meow Meow would blame her.
A child is a child, and a piece of dim sum is lively again.
"Second aunt, your clothes are really beautiful, the embroidery is also exquisite, and it is soft and slippery on your face."
"Do you like it? Oh, great, Mother Wu, bring over the few pieces of material I got recently and pick them for my little sister. "A stack of shouts for the mother at the door to take things, take embroidery." I'm just a female dependent, no one gives me a counselor in what I dress, and in the eyes of my husband, the woman we are married to is the same as everything, anyway, there is no little girl outside. It just so happened that my little sister helped me see which one looked good, and what the little girls were wearing now. ”
As he spoke, a maid came in with a tray and stood beside her.
It's really better than An Ning's maidservants.
Sijiu Anning only wants to wear clean clothes, and has no spare money to buy these things for the time being.
As for the clothes given by the pearl girl, Sijiu did not have clothes to match them. And An Ning wants to be stupid and sweet, so he won't wear that to go out.
"Oh, it's so good-looking, the second aunt is not inferior to a little girl, you must look good in this pink." An Ning spared no effort to pat the second aunt's ass.
"My little sister, her mouth is so sweet, the second aunt has long passed the age of wearing this color, it suits you, you look good in anything when you are young." The second aunt said that the trays of fabric were compared to An Ning's body, "If you like it, give it to you, Mother Wu, wrap it for Miss An Ning......"
"I can't help it, I can't help it, Brother Sijiu will talk about me." An Ning looked reluctant and entangled, "Then I'll take one, I want this pink one." ”
The second aunt's eyes have been following An Ning, An Ning didn't even look at the elegant but well-made fabric, and thought, sure enough, she is a little girl in the countryside, she doesn't know so much, she only knows how to look good.
Then they discussed the embroidery patterns, and An Ning accepted two lively and lovely, brightly colored handkerchiefs by the way.
The female red is barely passable, it is rare for such a family to practice such a female red, the second aunt observed and probed, and got a general impression, and she was very satisfied.
It's about the same time, the second uncle is back, and the children who have gone to school are also back.
"The second aunt is so blessed, she has both children and daughters."
"It's all ignorant, naughty and tight, come and come, sit next to me peacefully, I specially called the cook in the south, I don't know if it suits the taste of the two of you."
"Let the second aunt break the bank." Sijiu said politely.
"Don't break the bank, you are Meow Meow's friends, Meow Meow is simple, I'm also worried that something will happen to him to do the same thing before, and I hope you brothers and sisters don't blame me. Meow Meow has few children, you have to come and go often, Anning is a likable, or you two will live with me tonight. ”
"It's rare for Madame to like a girl, stay at home with your second aunt, and let Mama Wu clean up the guest room." The second uncle is a decent middle-aged man, who looks a little scholarly and elegant, and has a bit of businessman's shrewdness in his eyes.
"No, there is still a patient at home, don't worry." An Ning declined.
"Then you have to come and talk to the second aunt often."
At the dinner table, the second aunt tried Sijiu again, as if checking the confessions of the two. Then he arranged for someone to pretend to fall on Sijiu's side, Sijiu deliberately supported him, but he didn't hold it, which was a little embarrassing.
doesn't know kung fu, the second aunt is very satisfied.
An Ning's words are all true, but there are some things that are not said. Sijiu wouldn't say that his father was killed, and no one would avenge him, would they? In this way, the two basically have the same tone.
After eating, there were still a lot of dishes left, An Ning asked the second aunt: "What should I do if there are so many dishes left?" ”
The second aunt said: "Pour it out, the girls in our family have other stoves, and they don't eat in the same courtyard." ”
"It was a waste." An Ning said pitifully, crossed the table and whispered to Sijiu, "Can we take it back?" "No matter how whispered this is across the table, the whole table can hear it, okay!
Sijiu's jaw dropped again, can't he eat and walk around? That look seemed to say don't be so unproductive.