Chapter 016 begging for a drink
"Yes, they don't grow rice in their villages, most of them just grow hemp stalks and cotton on the hillsides, and some crops that don't need a lot of water, such as corn and sorghum. Just like we don't have many rice fields in our village, they are all mountain goods. Luo Gensheng introduced.
"Oh, I see. Brother Gensheng, it seems that the world outside my yard is really different, and I will follow you more in the future. Luo Lihua looked at Luo Gensheng with a smile and said.
"Of course, more can see the world. I think Xiumei is very good, I heard that I am going to study in a private school this year, why don't you go? Luo Gensheng asked.
"This, my mother said that I am 15 years old, and I will go to my mother-in-law's house sooner or later when I grow up, what kind of books do I read, Xiumei is only 12 years old, and she is still young, so her parents want her to go to a private school to read some books!" Luo Lihua said.
"Hey, yes, the girl always has to get married, have you thought about what kind of person you want to marry?" Luo Gensheng suddenly asked.
"I, I haven't thought about it......"
"Yo, the young master is here?" Luo Lihua was talking when she heard a young man standing on the bridge say.
"Yes, Ah Liang, I'll take my eldest aunt. Go to her house to beg for a drink, are you standing on the bridge today? Luo Gensheng smiled and looked at the man named Ah Liang and said.
"Yes, young master, it's my turn to stand on the bridge today, you guys, the owner of the village is at home." Ah Liang said with a smile, pulling open the wooden fence blocking the side of the bridge.
"Yo, I didn't expect there to be people standing on the bridge in Moon Village, who are like guards." Luo Lihua looked back at Ah Liang, who was tidying up the fence on the bridge, and said.
"Of course, which village is not standing guard, the world is not very peaceful now, and it is inevitable that thieves will come to the door!" Luo Gensheng said with a smile.
"I don't go out often, I really don't know! Then wait a minute, let's go back to Shizhai early, I'm scared of the thieves you said. Luo Lihua looked at Luo Gensheng and said.
"I know, don't worry, I will definitely send you home, and I will protect you if there are thieves." Luo Gensheng smiled, and as he spoke, they came to a large courtyard in the middle of the stockade, and there were two women standing at the door, and they also wore turbans on their heads.
"Yo, the young master is here, come in, who is this girl?" One of the women asked when she saw Luo Gensheng.
"Aunt Lian, she is my sister-in-law Pear Blossom. I took her to my aunt's house to beg for a drink. Luo Gensheng got off the horse and hugged Luo Lihua as well, and even Aunt Luo Gensheng took Luo Gensheng's horse to the side to feed the grass and water.
"Auntie, we're here!" Luo Gensheng led Luo Lihua into the door and shouted loudly.
"Big cousin, you're here!" Wu Xiuqing's girl, Aunt Lian, greeted Luo Gensheng warmly when she saw it, then looked at Luo Lihua and asked, "Big cousin, which girl is this?" ”
"Aunt Lian, she's my sister-in-law Lihua, where is your mother?" Luo Gensheng looked at Aunt Lian and asked.
"My mother is teaching embroidery at the back of the yard, I'll call you." Saying that, Aunt Lian went to the backyard, and after a while, Wu Xiuqing followed Aunt Lian over, and Luo Gensheng walked up to her and called affectionately: "Auntie, how are you doing lately?" ”
"Yo, it turned out that the old boy is here! Okay, okay, I've always been fine, but I haven't seen you sisters for a long time, this girl is your old cousin? Wu Xiuqing speaks crisply and neatly, and at first glance he is a straightforward person, who looks very similar to Luo Gensheng's mother, and is also of medium stature and fair-skinned.
"Haha, auntie, you're joking, this is not my old watch, she is my sister-in-law Pear Blossom. Rika is my aunt. Luo Gensheng introduced the two of them.
"Hello auntie, you really look like my uncle." Luo Lihua looked at the straightforward Wu Xiuqing, and her speech became generous.
"Haha! They say I'm like her. Come, hurry up and sit down and rest, the weather is going to get hot, Aunt Lian will bring your cousin some water to drink. Wu Xiuqing instructed Aunt Lian, and when she left, she turned around and went out to carry water.
"Nesheng, is there something you are here for today?" Wu Xiuqing looked at Luo Gensheng and asked.
"There's nothing to do, it's just the big aunt who came to beg for a drink." Luo Gensheng said.
"Haha! Okay, you can still think of coming to me for a drink. Your father and mother are all right, I haven't seen them for a long time since the Dragon Boat Festival. Wu Xiuqing looked at Luo Gensheng and asked.
"Okay, it's all right! A few days ago, our village also just went to the stone village to worship the ancestors, I took the pear blossom to the forest farm to play for two days, and today I was about to send her back, thinking of passing by your house and coming in to beg for saliva to drink. Luo Gensheng looked at Wu Xiuqing with a smile and said that he often followed his mother to Moon Village, and he was also close to Wu Xiuqing.
And Wu Xiuqing only has two children, and she likes the children of her sister's family very much.
"The pear blossom girl looks beautiful and gentle, do you have a mother-in-law?" Wu Xiuqing looked at Luo Lihua and asked.
"Ah, auntie, I don't have a mother-in-law yet." Luo Lihua blushed when she said that, ordinary girls will be shy when they hear others talk about their in-laws, and Luo Lihua is no exception.
"Haha, I'm still shy, do you think our Moon Village is okay? I like to tell you an in-law. Wu Xiu smiled heartily.
"Auntie, you're really enthusiastic, Pear Blossom girl hasn't thought about finding her in-laws yet. Why hasn't the water been brought yet, I'm dying of thirst. Luo Gensheng immediately diverted Wu Xiuqing's words.
"Oh, Aunt Lian, Aunt Lian, what are you rubbing, your eldest cousin, they are all dying of thirst." Wu Xiuqing also walked to the door happily to urge.
"It's coming, it's coming, I'm not thinking about hanging some well water for them to be cooler, here!" Aunt Lian came in with a clay jar as she spoke, opened four earthen bowls and poured four bowls of water.
"Big cousin, you drink water, the well water I just hung up must be very cool, Mom, do you want to drink it?" Aunt Lian looked at Wu Xiuqing and asked.
"I'll also drink some and teach embroidery to those girls, and my saliva will be dry." Saying that, Wu Xiuqing also picked up a bowl of water and drank it.
"Wow, it's so cool, auntie, it's still your well water delicious! Pear blossom, what do you say, this water is delicious, right? Luo Gensheng drank and poured and poured bowls, and drank them all.
"It's delicious, it turns out that the well water is so delicious!" Luo Lihua drank a bowl and sighed.
"Yo, it seems that this pear blossom girl has never drunk well water, don't you have a well in your stone village?" Wu Xiuqing looked at Luo Lihua strangely.
"Haha, auntie, they have a well in the stone village, but Sister Lihua hasn't drunk the well water. Now that the water is good and the water is drunk, it's time for me to take the pear blossoms with me, so it's a long way off. Luo Gensheng put down the bowl and looked at Wu Xiuqing and said.
"Yo, here, I'll leave without even eating, if your mother knows, I'll be stingy! After lunch, I left, and the stone village was not far away, so it was in time. Aunt Lian, go to the back hillside and ask your brother to come back to accompany your cousin and them, and I will go to the stove room to cook some food. Wu Xiuqing kept Luo Gensheng and Luo Lihua.