Chapter 33: Cheeky
Zhou Mei was a cheeky person, she was pulled by her mother and didn't get up, licked her face and said to Qu Xiaomo: "Mother, I like Sister Jin, you just let me stay here and chat with her." ”
Qu Xiaomo refused: "Sister, you are going to get engaged in a few days, there must be a lot of things to do, there will be time to chat in the future, you and your sister-in-law will be busy first, I will have to decoct my husband in a while." ”
Zhou Mei was stunned because she didn't hear the meaning of her words, or she didn't hear it, she pouted a little coquettishly, and said: "This marriage was set by my mother and father, I didn't agree, let them go and get busy, I'll help my sister decoct medicine here." ”
Qu Xiaomo: "...."
Aunt Fang on the side interjected: "Xiao Mo! If you call Mei'er sister, then you are called wrong, she is seventeen years old, you are only fifteen, you should be called sister. ”
"Oh? Is it like this? That's not mine, I originally thought that I was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but I was preconceived and confused, Sister Zhou is not strange. ”
In this era, fourteen and fifteen can be married, and people in the village can be married at fourteen, this girl is already an old girl when she is seventeen, how many people are laughing behind her back.
was uncovered by the scar of being unmarried for seventeen, the smile on Zhou Mei's face froze, and Zhou's sister-in-law on the side also forced a smile and said: "It's that I want to keep her for a few more years, otherwise I will marry early." ”
Saying that, he pulled Zhou Mei and said, "Let's go, I still have to be busy at home." ”
This time, Zhou Mei didn't stay anymore, got up and said goodbye to them and followed her mother back, Aunt Fang looked at the backs of the two, snorted, and scolded: "If you have a mother, you must have a daughter, and a family is not a good thing." ”
When the person left, Qu Xiaomo's hand was also tired, so he sat on the chair where Sister-in-law Zhou had sat and said with a smile: "These two people are a little interesting." ”
"Isn't it?" Aunt Fang said with a look of contempt: "Don't look at the village chief's daughter-in-law who looks like she is good at talking, in fact, she is very tricky, whenever someone asks the village chief to do something, don't think about agreeing without courtesy, the village chief is also afraid of his daughter-in-law, is this a family that does not enter the door." ”
"At the beginning, the reputation of the village chief's daughter-in-law was not very good, and the village chief when he was young was fascinated by that appearance, otherwise he would not be able to marry Fenglai Village, and now his daughter has learned ten out of ten, phew! Shameless. ”
Qu Xiaomo laughed out loud when she looked at Aunt Fang's disgusted appearance, and said, "Aunt Mo Li will do it, let them make trouble, anyway, it won't hinder us, and it has nothing to do with us." ”
"That's what I thought, too." Aunt Fang said with a smile
After talking for a while, Qu Xiaomo went in to decoct the golden sting, and Aunt Fang also went out with a basket to pick up the dishes for dinner.
The mother and daughter of the Zhou family who were walking on the way home were full of resentment, Zhou Mei shook the handkerchief and followed her mother, and said reluctantly: "Mother, I want to consider this family business." ”
Sister-in-law Zhou's face sank when she heard this, and she raised her hand and grabbed her arm, twisted it hard, and scolded: "Are you still thinking about it?" Thinking about it, it's going to be eighteen, and the old girl who can't get married, how many people do you have to let poke your father and my backbone in the back? I tell you, if you don't marry, you have to marry, don't force me to let your father tie you to a sedan chair. ”
After saying that, he twisted it hard before letting go, Zhou Mei was screwed into tears, covered the sore spot and said: "Mother, you have also seen it, that golden boy, with a rich and noble style, looks like an immortal, if I marry him, I am afraid that I can't wear gold and silver?" ”
"Hmph, didn't you see that people didn't even look at you? If you marry in the past, look at yourself, you can't even compare to the woman next to him, let alone marrying the past, no one will want you to be a country girl as a concubine, don't daydream all day long, shame. Sister-in-law Zhou pulled her towards home with a disgusted expression.
But Zhou Mei didn't think so, she was dragged away by her own mother, but she said: "Mother, didn't you pay attention just now, although the Jin family is wearing silk clothes, he only wears a hairpin between his hair, and he doesn't have any gold bracelets and jade bracelets on his hands. ”
"What does that have to do with you?" Sister-in-law Zhou stopped again, turned around and pointed at her daughter who still wanted to get into trouble, and warned: "Don't give me any more crooked thoughts, if there are any rumors, this family business is blowing for you, you just wait for me to beat you." ”
After speaking, she glared at Zhou Mei viciously, pulled people and left, and it was not obvious that it was faster than Fang Cai, but although Zhou Mei was afraid of her mother, the thoughts in her heart sprouted, and she was not stifled by this scolding and frightened words, but grew more and more quietly.
Three days later, Zhou Mei's engagement banquet began, even though her reputation in the village was not very good, but the people in the village were still very simple and kind, and everyone who called them came to help, Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang also went, and Qu Xiaomo and Jin Yu were left at home.
Others have meat to eat, so naturally they can't eat pickled vegetables and steamed buns at home, Qu Xiaomo went to the county seat the day before and bought meat and bones, and now Jin Yu doesn't need to eat porridge, he can eat white rice, so the bones are warmed and a little Uncle Fang went up the mountain to pick the dried mushroom fungus stew, and also bought a live chicken and some warm medicinal materials, ready to kill him and give him a soup to drink.
Eating and drinking as usual, after eating and resting for a while, I heard the sound of firecrackers in the village, thinking that the man had entered the village with a dowry, Jin Yu was woken up by this sound, his brows were furrowed, and he was waited by Qu Xiaomo to come out of the yard and sit in the courtyard without seeing half a cent.
There was a lot of noise in the village, there were women's jokes, men's shouts, and children's laughter running. Was our engagement party so lively at that time? ”
Jin Yu turned his head and glared at him, and said coldly: "Your brain is caught by the door?" ”
Qu Xiaomo was so angry that he picked up the pu fan and slapped him, and scolded: "I'm kidding you, why are you so serious." "What an ice cube.
Jin Yu looked at her fan, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "I can't see that you have been wearing women's clothes for a few days, and even your movements have become feminine." ”
As soon as these words came out, Qu Xiaomo's heart was alarmed, and he hurriedly said: "What should I do if I don't pretend to be this point for others to see, don't say that I am said to be a pervert when the time comes, even the big shopkeeper will be said to be a dead sleeve." ”
Jin Zhen glanced at him, not talking to him much, the words that came out of this person's mouth were used to being angry, and he was too lazy to bother with her.
Seeing that Jin Yu didn't continue to talk about this matter, Qu Xiaomo hurriedly got up and went to the fence of the yard to look at the village chief's house to see the excitement, regardless of the excitement in the house, she couldn't see it, she could only see the people coming and going, and there were smiles on all faces, which showed that although the people in the village had bumps and bumps on weekdays, they still did their best when they encountered red and white happy events.
After standing for a while, he didn't see a novelty, so he sat back again, and after being silent for a long time, he turned his head and asked Jin Zhen: "The big shopkeeper, when are we leaving?" ”
Jin Yu opened his eyes and said, "How to go, I can't move yet." ”
"Then do you want to contact Jin Thirteen and them?" Qu Xiaomo said cautiously: "I'm afraid that someone will really find out here at that time, I can't be a little guy who can't fight with fists and feet, and I can't protect you with a sword in my hand!" ”
Jin Zhen glanced at her, his eyes were full of contempt, and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to protect me." ”
"How to speak." Qu Xiaomo exclaimed very dissatisfied: "At the beginning, I finally carried you here to save your life, how can I say that it can be regarded as a life-saving grace." ”
"Then you fell from mid-air when you pushed me away, but I desperately protected you to be safe and sound." Jin Zhen didn't admit defeat either, and he was in a rare good mood.
"Then what do you say about the poisonous arrow, if I don't push you away, you will be in the middle of the mouth, and you are still here to grab credit from me." Qu Xiaomo was not convinced
Jin Yu asked indifferently: "If I don't take you with this burden, I can be hit by an arrow with my strength?" ”
Qu Xiaomo: "...."She was speechless!
"You didn't ask for it, you had to take me out." After thinking about it for a long time, he finally remembered to go out without her consent.
"You're my little girl, who don't you take?" Golden Sting
She doesn't want to be his little servant! But I didn't dare to say this to him directly, after all, I couldn't say it to others, Qu Xiaomo simply went in and took the snacks and squeaked and ate them, turning grief and anger into appetite, and secretly raised her eyes and pulled the golden sting while eating, but now she found that this ice cube seemed to have put away the cold face that refused to be thousands of miles away, although she didn't often smile at people, but she was really kind to her, and she also had the leisure to talk to her, hum!
Dinner is still eaten by two people, the summer meal is fast, and the genius is about to be blackened after eating, the two of them sat in the yard to blow the wind, and Aunt Fang and Uncle Fang, who went to help after a while, also came back, and Qu Xiaomo, who was idle, got up and asked, "Have you eaten with Aunt and Uncle?" I didn't use it, so I went cook some. ”
"I used it, and I came back after using it at the village chief's house." Saying that, he went into the house and took two chairs out, gave one to Uncle Fang, and the four of them sat in rows, talking about the engagement banquet of the village chief's family today.
"Today's banquet is quite lively, there are a lot of people on the man's side, the young man who kissed Zhou Mei looks pretty good, looking at a very honest person, the bride price brought is six, two, six, and the village chief's family is so happy." Aunt Fang smiled: "It's just that Zhou Mei didn't look too happy." ”
Qu Xiaomo said with a smile: "I saw the big shopkeeper a few days ago, maybe my heart is unbalanced at this time." ”
"Not really." Aunt Fang glanced at her lips and said, "Today in the room, I was busy setting the table outside, and she also sent someone out to look for me and asked if you and the golden shopkeeper had come." ”
"And what's going on?" Qu Xiaomo showed two points of surprise on his face, this week Mei is not a tenacious person, he looked at Jin Zhen who closed his eyes and listened to them quietly, not to mention that although the two of them are pretending to be husband and wife now, men have physical needs, maybe they can really hook her up.
But looking at the frigidity of Jin Zhen's face, the probability is only ten percent! I'll have to see what Mei is capable of this week.