Speaking of this topic, Zhang Huai immediately frowned, and his tenderness also disappeared, and while unconsciously pulling the grass on the grass beside him with his hand, he said worriedly: "Changyu asked someone to bring a letter, saying that he was afraid that this new Li County Commander would not be easy to deal with - he often did things of apportionment and extortion in the north, as if there were backers in the imperial court." ”

Chrysanthemum listened to it and chuckled in her heart.

It is said that these villagers in Xiatangji are not worth this kind of people's concern, it is nothing more than adding some taxes, but now Qingnan Village is not as good as ordinary villages, if they are targeted, then the next three years will be difficult, and I don't know what will happen.

The twilight was already very thick, and Huaizi couldn't see the chrysanthemum's eyes clearly, but seeing that she had been silent after listening to her words, thinking that she was as worried as herself, she comforted softly: "You are worried, there are things outside with me and your brother."

Changyu said that he would come back in May, and everyone would discuss it at that time, so they could take precautions. I'll go with your brother Ming'er to visit the shopkeeper Song of the Fang family's farm tool workshop first. People like them know a lot about officialdom and have a lot of experience, if he is willing to give us a few words, then we also have a number in our hearts. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, let's wait and see. To be honest, ordinary people at the bottom like them have very little resistance to those in power, and even if someone in the court is an official, they dare not guarantee that they can protect their families - that level of competition and struggle is far more cruel than the oppression and exploitation at the bottom.

Such as thousands of miles of clear sky suddenly shrouded in a layer of faint haze, just felt that this pastoral life is too bland, such as the water of the Xiaoqing River, has been flowing so quietly, in the bottom of my heart I hope that it can rise the tide once, so that I can see the magnificent scene of the river water and the vast soup, the endless flow, and so on the real spring flood comes, to flood the spring of the sweeping earth, then miss the benefits of the wind and drizzle.

She got up and called out into the river, "Duck ho... Duck ······" The ducks staggered up the river bank and divided into three groups, one went to Meizi's house, the other went to Zhang Huai's house, and the rest of the "let's go" went to Chrysanthemum's house.

Huaizi and Chrysanthemum walked slowly home side by side.

Even if you are worried, you can't always take it to heart, and besides, laughter in life can easily make people forget those troubles.

After eating, Chrysanthemum and Liu Yunlan cleaned up together, and the two mixed some honey and egg whites, and nested in their brother and sister-in-law's room to let Aoki help them make facial masks. Because I wasn't sure when Sophora would come, I stayed in the room when Chrysanthemum made the mask.

Aoki held the bowl in his hand and looked at the two faces under the light with a smile, which was also full of interest. He really likes to help his daughter-in-law and sister make facial masks, and he thinks it is very warm and intoxicating at this time.

Liu Yunlan happily lay on the wooden recliner, waiting for Aoki to help her apply the mask, waited for a while and felt that there was no movement, and when she looked up and saw Aoki looking at Chrysanthemum's face, she asked in surprise, "Look?" Why don't you put it on? ”

Aoki said to Liu Yunlan with some uncertainty: "Lanlan, look at the scar on Chrysanthemum's face, it seems that it is almost gone." It doesn't look obvious at all.,It's just that there are some red marks during the day.,But it's also very faint.。 ”

Liu Yunlan got up and approached the chrysanthemum when she heard this, Aoki hurriedly helped her, she also looked at it carefully for a while, and asked the brother and sister in wonder: "Isn't this what it looks like?" When I first saw it, I didn't think it was obvious. I can't figure out why my sister doesn't dare to see people. ”

Chrysanthemum listened, looked at her brother first, thought about it and asked her sister-in-law: "Sister Yunlan, you mean, when you first saw me, you didn't think this scar was obvious?" She decided to ask carefully, because people who saw it for the first time would be more accurate, like Aoki and his parents were used to it, and they couldn't see any changes.

Liu Yunlan nodded and said, "Yes." There was only a few marks left, and I thought it would be gone in a few days. Chrysanthemum, take this towel down, this face is very good-looking, what a pity to block it. ”

Chrysanthemum suddenly rejoiced and smiled at Aoki, "Brother is really, and he is too careless." Help me apply a mask every day, even if you can't see the change, you should think about what the face looked like when the shell just fell, and then look at what it looks like now. I thought it wouldn't get any better! ”

Aoki smiled apologetically, "I don't think about it every day." When you say that, I think the scar has really faded for a lot of miles, and I don't know how much better it was when the clip first came off. Your sister-in-law is right, in a few days, the rest of the marks should not be visible. Speaking of which, my mother has been talking about it a lot, but we are used to listening to it, and no one pays attention to her. ”

Chrysanthemum thinks about it, Yang keeps saying that it's much better, it's almost better, and so on, she always feels that this is a mother's extravagance, because she has kept saying this since Chrysanthemum finished the mask for the first time, but it covered up the truth.

As she spoke, Aoki hurriedly started to help her apply the mask, and said with a smile, this mask really works, and when the cucumber is on the market in the summer, after making the mask and then pasting a layer of cucumber slices, the face will be even more hydrated.

Liu Yunlan asked happily: "Is that my sister no longer need to wear this face towel in the future?" ”

Aoki glanced at her with a smile, but didn't speak, and said in his heart, my sister is afraid that if she doesn't enter the cave room, she won't take this towel off.

Chrysanthemum wanted to answer, but Aoki kept smearing it on her face with a bamboo skewer tied with cotton cloth, so she couldn't speak, and waited for him to finish it before she pouted and explained to Liu Yunlan: "I don't want to take off the face towel, not because I'm afraid of scars and don't dare to see people, but because I'm afraid that people will pull me all day long." Sister, do you think, if I suddenly get better after so many years of leprosy, can't I be treated as a miracle? If it is passed around, it may cause me trouble, so I have been wearing this scarf, anyway, we know it from our family, and what do we say. ”

Liu Yunlan suddenly realized when she heard this, and couldn't help nodding her head again and again.

She is deeply aware of it, when she was famous, she came to the door to ask for marriage, and there were a lot of troubles during this period, but fortunately, in the end, she successfully married the person she liked, and nothing happened; Chrysanthemum's appearance is no worse than her, if it is known, the skin fades and becomes like this, people's curiosity will be more prevalent, and the appearance of five points can be passed on to ten points, which is not a good thing.

So she said, "Then you can wear it." We'll keep it all out for you. When you're older, you'll be fine if you take it down again. ”

Chrysanthemum nodded, thinking that the scar on her face was really going to fade, she couldn't help but rejoice in her heart, so she nagged to Aoki: "It's finally good." The most important thing is that it doesn't cost money. If Brother Huaizi saw it, I am afraid that he would be even more surprised than the last time he pulled the face towel. Alas! It's really cheap for him, even if it's compensation for testing him last time. ”

Aoki was helping Liu Yunlan apply a mask, and when he heard the words, he glanced at his sister funny, but he was happy for Zhang Huai in his heart; Liu Yunlan also sneered.

When Aoki was done, he brought two more basins of water so that they could be cleaned later, and then he touched the book, sat on the side and watched, and glanced at the aunt and sister-in-law from time to time, with a leisurely smile.

When the hour was almost up, the two washed off the egg whites, and Aoki asked on the side, "Lanlan, do you want to eat some more?" ”

Chrysanthemum said angrily: "Brother, didn't you just eat?" You and your mother let Sister Yunlan make up for it like this, it's not good to eat too well. I thought, if that baby grows too big, wouldn't it be easy to give birth? Even if you earn it, you will suffer as a mother. Isn't that the reason, you say? I think you have to eat everything, and you can't eat too well, and you can't eat badly. ”

She saw her brother and sister-in-law staring at her with wide eyes, and she didn't care so much, and she was determined to convince them - this is her own family, of course, she must pay attention to it, no better than Li Changming's family, she can't plug in at all

She said to Aoki, "You have studied, and everything has its own reason. Even if it is a crop, you can't fertilize it too much, otherwise you can burn it to death; Watering too, more is not good, less is not good. If a poor family raises a baby and has nothing to eat, the baby will definitely not be fruitful; But why is it not easy for rich families to raise good babies? That's how carefully they went too far. Look at Aunt Zhao and Sister-in-law Guizhi, they are pregnant and have a lot to eat, but they are not too pampered, and they will give birth to babies faster. Well, the plums are not bad either. ”

Aoki listened and thought about it seriously, he didn't think that his sister, a girl who had not been out of the cabinet, would definitely not make sense to say this-my sister is a brain-loving person, and everything is reasonable, and she said this after careful consideration.

Liu Yunlan blinked at the brother and sister with wide eyes, and did not speak, waiting for Aoki to express his opinion

It's funny to say, she has always been the one who makes up her mind at home, but after arriving at the Zheng family, in front of Aoki and Chrysanthemum, she doesn't have to bother at all.

No matter what, before she could think about it, the two of them made up their minds in a few words, and then asked her what she thought. As soon as she thought about it, they were all done, and she didn't come up with it as much as they did.

Aoki is just that, the two are very affectionate, she pours her heart and obeys his reason, she has her own ideas and is used to asking him first, and following him; This sister-in-law is also very assertive, obviously younger than her, but in front of her, she was stunned like her sister, and the funny thing is that when she said something, she kept calling "Sister Yunlan", and she was not called sister-in-law.

There is only one circumstance in which Chrysanthemum will beg her like a little sister - and that is when she asks her sister-in-law to help her with needlework. Therefore, she likes to help chrysanthemums do some embroidery work, such as embroidering a beautiful pillow or pillow, embroidering some flowers and plants on the curtains, etc., to dress up her boudoir more femininely. Whenever this happens, Chrysanthemum is happy, and she also has a special sense of accomplishment, feeling that she has a little bit of a sister.

After a few months, she got used to listening to the opinions of the two of them on everything.