While relaxing, new worries surfaced in Xie's heart: "Brother Yuan, in this situation of our family, I'm afraid it is not easy to talk about this marriage, after all, we still owe debts, and the debt collectors have chased them to the market, and they just happened to be seen by the Du family." ”

Xu Chengyuan came back all the way, his mind was full of Du Fangfei's shadow, and he didn't have time to think about it. Now it's really a scoop of cold water poured from head to toe, and my whole body is cold.

He opened his mouth to speak, but his throat seemed to be choked by something, and he couldn't speak.

He lowered his head and took a mouthful of food into his mouth in disguise, for a long time, and said, "Well, mother, I know." ”

Seeing his son like this, Xie sighed in his heart, and decided to ask the Du family sisters about the situation of the Du family when they set up a stall tomorrow.

Listening to what my son just said, the eldest sister of the Du family is also fifteen or sixteen years old, and it is inevitable that she is not engaged. If you are engaged, it just makes your son die; But if there is no engagement, she will also find a way to ask the Du family what they mean. After all, the son is capable, and the difficulties in the family are only temporary. When Xu Chengyuan was admitted to Xiucai, her eyes were better, she could do embroidery, pay off her debts, and her days were slowly going to go on again.

The next day, Xie went to the market to sell again. She could not see clearly now, and could not do embroidery; My health is not good, so I can't do physical work, so I can only grind two plates of tofu and collect some dry goods to sell. Even if he was embarrassed by being collected for debts yesterday, he still has to live his life how he should live. Poor people really can't save face.

She arrived early, and the Du sisters hadn't come yet. Worried that the adjacent position would be occupied, Xie also took something to help occupy the position.

After waiting for a while, before she saw the Du family sisters, her heart was raised, for fear that they would not come again. If she doesn't come, where will she go to inquire about the situation of the Du family? Asking about Zhuangzi is not good after all. People in their hometowns, as soon as she inquires like this, someone will definitely spread the word to the ears of the Du family. If it causes a misunderstanding, it will be a big deal.

Fortunately, she didn't have to wait long, and just after the hour, Du Fangling and Du Fanghui came.

"Here, here, Sister Du, come here." Xie Shi hurriedly greeted warmly.

The Du sisters were not surprised by the excitement of the Xie family. Xu Chengyuan is Du Jinning's classmate, and he went to Du's house yesterday to ask for advice, and it is normal for the Xie family to be good to them today.

The two sisters put their things down, and Xie asked with concern, "Why are you here so late today?" ”

Du Fangling said with a smile: "I have to cut the grass and feed the sheep in the morning, so I came late." ”

"Do you still raise sheep? The family doesn't help to do it? ”

"My mother and my sister went down to the ground. My brother is going to the academy, so we have to do it alone. ”

"How many people do you have? Where's your dad? ”

……

Du Fangling and Du Fanghui are not very old, and they grew up in the countryside. Although life is hard, with the protection of the Chen family, I have not experienced any complicated things. just chatted like this, and after a while, Xie found out the family background.

Hearing that the Du family was poor and white, the house was still on the Zhuangzi, and the fields were also tenants, Xie had a bottom in his heart, and asked Du Fangling: "I think you are also thirteen years old, right?" Engaged? ”

Du Fangling's face turned red, shook her head, and was embarrassed to speak again.

Xie Shi didn't let her go, and said, "Why don't I tell you one?" Our neighbor has a boy, very capable, and honest, working as a guy in the hotel, more than a year older than you, and his mother asked me to find a daughter-in-law for him. ”

"No, no, no." Du Fangling blushed and shook her head violently.

"Don't you rush to refuse? See what? Anyway, it's not right away. Why don't you go back and tell your mother? ”

Du Fangling was so helpless by her that she had to find an excuse to shirk: "My eldest sister hasn't been engaged yet, I'm still early, don't worry." ”

Xie finally got the information he wanted, and was satisfied, so he stopped talking about the topic.

Du Fangling breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that people had come to buy vegetables one after another, she hurriedly opened the package of dried tofu that had been cut into small pieces at home, and shouted like Du Jinning did yesterday: "Dried tofu, fragrant dried tofu, cheap and delicious, you can eat and give gifts." ”

With yesterday's reputation, some people have deliberately come to buy it; The new customers tasted it and were willing to pay a few pennies to buy some. That's it, the dried tofu that couldn't be sold for a long time yesterday was sold out in less than an hour today.

Seeing this, Xie Shi was very envious, and when she saw Du Fangling and Du Fanghui packing up their things and leaving, she hurriedly pulled Du Fangling over and asked quietly, "Sister Ling, let me ask you something." ”

"Aunt Xie, you say." chatted for a while, and borrowed Xie's name, under Xie's intentional friendship, Du Fangling was very affectionate to Xie.

"Can you make more of your dried tofu every day? I would like to give you a little pi fā. Don't worry, I'm not selling in this bazaar, I'm going to sell in the west of the city. Xie said.

Her dried shiitake mushrooms and dried fungus are also sold in batches from others. But this thing is available in grocery stores, and it is not unusual, she does not sell well. Now that she saw that the Du family's dried tofu was selling so well, she moved her mind.

"This ......" Du Fangling didn't have any idea about this, and thought about it, "Our sister and son can't get an idea about this, so we have to go back and ask my mother." In fact, she asked Du Jinning, but she didn't say much, after all, Du Jinning was young, "I'll go back and discuss it with my mother, and then reply to you?" ”

"Yes, you can." Xie Shi smiled, "Ming'er, I'm still here, come and tell me after you ask." ”

"Okay." Du Fangling saw that Du Fanghui had packed up her things, so she said goodbye and left.

When the two returned home, the Chen family was still working in the fields, and Du Jinning had also gone to the academy and had not returned. Today's business is good, the sisters are full of energy, and they don't stop to take a breath, so they are grinding beans in full swing, planning to make more dried tofu and sell more tomorrow.

……

In the academy, Du Jinning had just finished today's study and was about to say goodbye to Guan Lehe, when Yuan Xiuzhu came in and smiled at Du Jinning: "Du boy, the white // powdery mildew on my strawberries has been cured, and your method is very effective." ”

Guan Lehe looked at Du Jinning in surprise: "You really know how to treat plants and trees?" When Du Jinning said that day, he thought it was a child who didn't know the height of the sky and bragged nonsense.

"Hey, this kid is amazing." Yuan Xiuzhu was also impressed by Du Jinning.

Invited Du Jinning to go that day, used his method to spray garlic oil on strawberries, and paid twenty taels of silver, but he wanted to find a reason to help this child, he actually didn't have much confidence in Du Jinning - so many famous flower and carpenter can't cure the disease, what can Du Jinning do as a child? But he didn't expect him to really cure the strawberry's disease.

"Tell me, how did you cure it?" Guan Lehe is happy.

Du Jinning told the events of that day.

"I see." Hearing that Du Jinning used the treatment method used on eggplant and other vegetables on strawberries, Guan Lehe was a little disappointed, thinking that she was just a coincidence, just like the ignorant peasant woman in the countryside who used the method of treating pigs and cows to cure the disease of the helpless person in Langzhong.

Yuan Xiuzhu had a great increase in confidence in Du Jinning, and said to her: "I came here today, first, to ask you, when will you get the two strawberry seedlings you want; The second is to ask you, a flower and tree boy, to go to my garden again and help me see the problems of the trees. ”

When it comes to this bank, Du Jinning was very excited, nodded and said, "Okay, when will you go?" As for the strawberry seedlings, don't worry, wait until the spring weather is warmer. ”

In fact, in the south, where the weather is warm, strawberries can be transplanted in all seasons. But Yuan Xiuzhu's strawberries are planted on the hot spring village, and if they suddenly move to a cold place, it will be difficult to survive. I can only wait for the spring flowers to bloom before transplanting.

It would be nice to build a greenhouse at this time, but unfortunately there is no such thing as plastic film. Du Jinning sighed in his heart.

Yuan Xiuzhu also thought that spring transplantation was the best, so he put aside the topic and said to Du Jinning: "Are you free for this time?" If you have time, leave now. ”

Du Jinning turned his head to Guan Lehe and asked, "Sir, is there anything else?" I'll go if it's okay. ”

As a mountain chief, Guan Lehe rarely teaches students in person; The specific affairs of the academy are also in charge, and if he really wants to let go, he is very idle. He was fine at this time, so he said, "Okay, go, I'll go with you." ”