Chapter 34: Imagination Runs Wild
The Mai sisters did forget Qu Hao's original promise, and it wasn't until Tang Yujun reminded her that Mai Xiaohuan remembered that she still had a godbrother!
That's not right! I have already called my brother, and he agreed, why did he come back! It just so happened that the things were almost bought, and the group loaded the things into the car and prepared to go home.
"You two take the carriage, and my uncle and I will ride the ox cart." Tang Yujun ordered the coachman to bring a bench for the sisters, and he climbed into the ox cart. He's never been on an ox cart before! It's a rare opportunity today, so you must try it, and it would be better if you could catch the ox cart.
The carriage is more comfortable than the ox cart, Mai Xiaofang picked up a piece of dim sum and bit it herself, and gave it to her sister to her mouth.
After half an hour's effort, Mai Xiaohuan and the others returned to the village, and as soon as they opened the curtain of the carriage, Mai Xiaofang was so frightened that they closed it again.
Why don't you go out yet? Mai Xiaohuan sat up straight and prepared to get up: "Don't go out, it's full of people outside." ”
You can't stay in the carriage forever! While they were worried, someone opened the gate, and the carriage and ox cart went straight into the yard, and the sisters jumped out of the carriage one after the other.
"Why didn't you come to say hello when you saw Brother Qu!" Qu Hao beckoned to Mai Xiaohuan, if he hadn't had something to do after he went back, he would have come over a long time ago, his father and mother had never interfered with his decision, and this time he was even more curious about what kind of little girl Mai Xiaohuan was, and wanted to let him bring people back to show them!
Mai Xiaohuan walked over and saluted, and shouted crisply: "Brother Qu".
"Come and see what I have brought you."
Several new books were placed on the table, and Qu Hao said that as his brother, he wanted to give Mai Xiaohuan a special gift.
Shan Cuihua and Mai Xiaofang were busy with Zhang Luo's meals, Qu Hao and Mai Xiaohuan squatted on the edge of the flat sandy land, practicing calligraphy with branches, and Qu Hao first taught the three words "Mai Xiaohuan".
Most of the people who watched the excitement stood for a while and then dispersed, only Wu leaned against the door, his neck about to be broken. Qiao's family hid behind the tree and looked at the courtyard in front of him, the second family was really lucky, these two young masters from a rich family at first glance, and thought that they would never set foot in Shaxi Village again after leaving this life! As a result, it has only been more than a month, and here it is again.
Come on, come on! Look at the things he brought to the second child's family, the thick and soft new quilt, the silk that is brighter than the one Mai Xiaoyuan brought back, and the boxes of food, just looking at the boxes are worth a lot of money! There are also whole bags of rice noodles...... Wu really wants to go over and grab some to go home, how nice it would be if this was given to his own family!
Yu Shi looked at it for a while and walked away silently, she knew that her family and Shan Cuihua were now in a falling out, if only Mai Wan was injured and she could come to visit as soon as possible, who could know that he would be so soon! I thought I was ...... It seems that we have to find a way to make up for the relationship between the two families. Don't wait any longer, find out what these two young masters from rich families are doing, and it's not too late to make a decision.
These two people who love to eat are here, of course Mai Xiaohuan has to cook it herself, she selected a piece of meat with three layers of flowers and three layers from the meat brought by Qu Hao, cut it into thin and uniform slices, took out the wild vegetables that she dried, and imitated the plum cabbage button meat to make the wild vegetable button meat.
Since you bought sucrose, let's make a sweet potato, Shan Cuihua killed a chicken, Mai Xiaofang soaked half a pot of mushrooms, Mai Xiaohuan picked up twenty eggs, soaked them in the seasoned ingredients and boiled a pot of braised eggs.
Tang Yujun grabbed a handful of dried sweet potatoes in his left hand, held a piece of purple potato cake in his right hand, and said indistinctly: "Auntie, when I leave...... What are you doing with this...... And mushrooms...... The fruits...... By the way, there are also sweet potatoes for me! ”
"Okay, as long as you don't dislike it, you can take whatever you want." Shan Cuihua was not so nervous when she saw Tang Yujun for the first time, he said that he had so many things at home, and he just wanted to take them.
The second family actually has so much food, and they are too unfilial, and they don't take out some to give to their mother-in-law, isn't this the best reason to make trouble! Wu shook her clothes and strode out of the gate, in her heart, those delicious and good fabrics were already her own home, cough, at least half of them should be her own home.
On this day, Qu Hao didn't mention the matter of worshipping his brothers and sisters, Mai Xiaohuan didn't ask, and the rest of the Mai family didn't care about this matter, in their eyes, it was good to just treat Qu Hao as a distinguished guest. Tang Yujun pestered Shan Cuihua to learn how to make dried sweet potatoes by himself, and after doing it for a while, he went to pester Mai Yonghe to go up the mountain to hunt, how dare the Mai family take him on an adventure, Mai Yonghe had to lead him to walk the rabbit and set up a fishing net.
The opportunity is rare, Mai Xiaohuan seized the opportunity to learn to read with Qu Hao, her literacy speed surprised even Qu Hao, this is too fast!
Can it not be fast? I have the foundation of my previous life, and because I missed this opportunity, I don't know when I will be able to learn to write next time, so I can't do it if I don't speed it up!
So the dinner was jointly produced by Shan Cuihua and Mai Xiaofang, Tang Yujun only tasted one bite, and began to express his opinion: "Auntie, I have a sentence that you don't have to be angry!" ”
Shan Cuihua smiled and said in his place: "You want to say that the food I cook is not as delicious as Xiao Huan's!" ”
Tang Yujun nodded, and what he wanted to express was also what he meant. Mai Xiaofang quit, he worked hard all night, why did he dislike him. If he has the ability, he can do it himself, or simply don't eat it.
"However, Xiaofang also has advantages, she climbs trees quickly, has a loud voice, and is quite accurate in picking up stones."
Hearing such an evaluation, the people at the table burst into laughter, only Mai Xiaofang grinded her teeth and looked at Tang Yujun who was grimacing at herself, but what she thought in her heart was that she would whip him with a stick for a while! Or hit him on the head with a stone!
Mai Xiaohuan didn't want to hear others say that her mother and second sister were not good, she pointed to the stove and told Tang Yujun to either eat honestly or make a fire to burn sweet potatoes and eat them.
How can you make a fire yourself! Tang Yujun had no choice but to shut up and eat obediently, after the meal, when he sat down to chat, Qu Hao said the purpose of the trip, he was going to hold a swearing ceremony with Mai Xiaohuan tomorrow in front of the whole village, and then take Mai Xiaohuan to Qingcheng County for a few days to meet the people in his family.
No need for it! Mai Xiaohuan is not against multiple brothers, but if she wants to have more than a dozen or even dozens of relatives at once, she is not ready for that.
"Xiao Huan don't worry, my father is busy with business all day long, he is not at home at all, my mother worships Buddha all day long, the two sisters in the family have been married, and there is only one younger brother, who is studying in the academy in the capital, and he will not come back until the end of the year!"
Mai Xiaohuan asked suspiciously: "Brother Qu, you read your books so well, why don't you stay in the capital!" ”
Qu Hao explained with a smile that he only came here this summer, and he used to study in the capital, and he also needs to increase his knowledge while studying now, so he will walk around when he has nothing to do.
"It's better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, right?" Mai Xiaohuan said a sentence smoothly, and Qu Hao was surprised and quickly asked his subordinates to bring a pen and paper and write down this sentence.
"That's great, Xiao Huan, where did you learn it?"
The people around me are very good, but this root cause is too annoying, and I lie and lie again and again, and I feel that I am about to become a liar.
Mai Xiaohuan had to say that he also heard it occasionally, and he didn't remember who said it for a long time. Qu Hao felt more and more sorry for Mai Xiaohuan, such a smart and sensible little girl was too buried in the village, she had to find a way to help her, she should live a better life.
The next day, Mai Xiaohuan got up early to make breakfast for the two young masters, and Shan Cuihua saw that Qu Hao hadn't gotten up yet, so she came to Mai Xiaohuan and asked her about her plans.
I really don't have any plans, it's no problem to recognize my brother, and it's best to avoid seeing the Qu family. Shan Cuihua leaned on Mai Xiaohuan's ear and whispered: "Mother is not at ease, what if he is not the son of the county guard, but a liar who abducts children, if you follow him, you may never come back." ”
Belch! It's unlikely! Although he is not ugly, this small body has not yet reached the point of overthrowing the country and the city, and it is not worth taking such a big risk. Besides, it depends on what Qu Hao and Tang Yujun brought, which is enough to buy several maids like themselves, why did people come from Qingcheng County to deceive themselves!
Moreover, Mai Xiaohuan believed Qu Hao's words, and he never doubted his conduct.
"You can do it yourself! Your father and I disagreed with you following him. ”
"I know, mother, don't worry! Pretending to be an official's family member will go to jail, and if he lends him courage, he will not dare to fabricate his identity. ”
That's good, that's good, Shan Cuihua is much more relieved to hear her daughter's assurance, she is looking at goat's milk for Mai Xiaohuan!
Just after the hour, another carriage came to Shaxi Village, and the villagers who had opened their eyes a few times now found that the carriage of Dou Caizhu's family was neither the most luxurious nor the most spacious, and it was not of the same grade as Qu Hao, Tang Yujun, and the carriage that had just appeared.
The village chief, who was notified early, took the villagers' representatives to the village to greet the distinguished guests, because it was none other than Huo Dong, the parent official of Pingliang County and the county magistrate.
"Where is the McWann family, you take us there." A man dressed as a servant pointed to the village chief and said.
"Yes, yes." Pan Mingqiu didn't even dare to ask a reason, walked beside the carriage and led the way, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart, he didn't know what happened to Mai Wang's family, he was able to alarm the county magistrate to come to the door in person, I hope it's not a bad thing, if Shaxi Village is implicated, he will be the village head.
Villagers who heard the news flocked to Mai Wang's house from all directions, some watched the excitement, some used their imagination to guess what was going on, and some such as Wu kept spreading rumors.
She fabricated that Qu Hao was a liar, committed a crime in the county seat, and came to Mai Wang's house to avoid the disaster, but was blocked by the county magistrate who got the news. Is the second family finally going to be unlucky? I must take advantage of the chaos to bring some good things home, and fabrics, grains and oils are indispensable.