Chapter 19: Who's Better Looking
"Repair the roof, in the rainy season in a few days, I'm afraid that the roof will leak, now hurry up and make up for it, and save it from mold when the time comes." He Mai smiled and said softly.
In front of these mothers-in-law, no matter what He Mai thinks in her heart, she will always look like a well-behaved and weak daughter on her face.
These mothers-in-law love to talk about the words and deeds of the big girls and little daughters-in-law in the village behind their backs, and if they are not careful, they will become the prey of their mouths.
"Ah, so many strong laborers, yo, this is not from our village." Aunt Fang looked at the people on the roof, glanced at them a few times, and came to a conclusion.
He Mai was silent, not thinking about how to answer.
"Hey, he's hired from outside! The old lady is really pitiful, she gave birth to two sons, one is gone so early, and the other is so unfilial! Kick out the old lady to live in such a house, only the beast can do it! If you don't do such a thing as repairing the roof, shouldn't your son do it? "It was Aunt Biao'er who spoke.
Aunt Fang listened to Biao'er's angry voice, was puzzled, and then listened to Mrs. Dong say: "Hemai, it's a lot of silver to repair the roof!" Just a few taels of stone! If you can make do with it, you can make do with it, and make up for the roof! ”
He Mai smiled warmly, "I don't have anything, grandma is old, I'm afraid she can't stand the moisture, if she is sick, it can't be bought for a few taels of silver." ”
Aunt Fang lifted her spirit and said, "Your second uncle doesn't care about you, but you are diligent!" You'll get married next month, what are you doing with all this extra money? If you want me to say, the old lady is so old, she is sick anyway, why do you live there, what are you spending this money for! ”
Hemai's smiling face suddenly cooled down, this Aunt Fang spoke, and it made people feel embarrassed!
Biao'er is very good at breaking the siege, and said: "Hemai is not like Lin Changxi's eight lambs, Hemai has filial piety!" It's a pity that it's a girl. ......"
"What's the use of filial piety, it's not the Lin family soon, tsk, marry such a man, hey, there are bitterness and tears to swallow yourself!" Aunt Fang said loudly with regret.
The old lady was busy handing out water in the courtyard, and when she heard the sound outside the courtyard, she turned her head and squinted at it, "Yo, his aunt is here." ”
"Huh, old lady!" Aunt Fang held a flower handkerchief and beckoned to the old lady.
She was still full of contempt for the old lady just now, and now she bared her teeth and pretended to be intimate, so that people really don't know what she was calculating in her heart.
Qin Shi looked at the three mothers-in-law, and said with a smile: "Why do you all have the strength to come here today, this house is being repaired, and there is no place to sit, isn't it a coincidence." ”
Mrs. Dong said: "I just met the girl of the Lu family, and the girl said that your courtyard is repairing the roof today, and a few of us are thinking that there is nothing to do, come and see if there is anything that can help." ”
He Mai couldn't help but scold, where could Mrs. Dong be so kind? On weekdays, the lord who up his ears and hears where there are rice particles falling and drilling, why will he come to the small hut to go around?
I think I heard that the mountain grass said that the roof is repaired here, and it is for nothing to come here to pick up two bricks!
Aunt Fang followed: "Yes, yes! A few of our sisters came to see if there was anything we could help with, old lady, why did you suddenly remember to repair the roof? Where did all these people get them? ”
The old lady was about to speak, but was preempted by He Mai's words.
He Mai's words were full of surprise and curiosity, and her tone was very sincere and sincere, "Aunt Fang, your face is so good today, I look at Aunt Fang, you look much better than the last time I saw you!" ”
"Really?!" Aunt Fang touched her face flattered, and a hint of pride flashed on her face.
This rouge was bought from the Yanyu Building in the town, and it was a box of 100 copper coins! I can't see it, this girl is quite knowledgeable!
Now she has walked around the village for such a day, only this girl said that she was good-looking!
However, this girl's mouth has always been so sweet, every time she comes to this girl, she has to praise her like this.
Tsk, this girl brought back from the town is different from the one who has no knowledge in the village, regardless of whether she has a father or not, this upbringing can make people like it!
Thinking of this, Aunt Fang became a little fluttering, "I changed to a new rouge, it should be because of this." ”
Hearing this, He Mai stared at Aunt Fang'er's cheek carefully, and Mrs. Dong and Aunt Biao'er on the side also looked at Aunt Fang'er's face, but they felt puzzled in their hearts: Isn't this girl Hemai crooked? This thick face of fat powder is very ugly, where can you see the word good-looking?
"Aunt Fang, where did you buy this rouge?" He Mai asked enviously, "I don't see you out of the village on weekdays, where did you get those good rouges?" It looks better every time! ”
As soon as she asked this, Aunt Fang'er, who was still complacent, choked up, and in the face of He Mai's inquiry, she stammered a little.
"From, bought from the town! I don't have time to go on weekdays, and I don't really like to go to town, so I ...... I asked someone to buy it! Aunt Fang explained awkwardly.
Such an explanation is tantamount to the fact that there are no three hundred taels of silver here.
Who doesn't know that this Aunt Fang loves those lively places the most, where are there many people crowded there, she doesn't like to go to the town? I'm afraid that the town is haunted, and she has to squeeze her head to take a look!
She wanders around the village on weekdays, and when she doesn't have it? I don't go to the town, I'm afraid I don't want to pay for the ox cart to go to Qinghe Town!
Mrs. Dong muttered, "I'm afraid who bought it for you?" How much is this thing worth? It's better to change it to a bucket of rice and eat it comfortably! ”
Aunt Biao'er smiled: "Do you think everyone is like you and spend a night in the river for a penny?" When you meet someone who loves beauty and dresses up, I'm afraid that even if you're hungry, you have to pull two feet of floral cloth to make new clothes! ”
"That's a lot of money to burn!" Mrs. Dong said angrily, "I can't eat enough, and I still go to tear cloth to make clothes, there is a hole in my brain?" ”
He Mai Rourou smiled: "My second aunt often buys rouge gouache or something in the town, and it costs a lot of silver every time, and my second uncle doesn't talk much about her." However, this is all rouge gouache, and when it is applied to Aunt Fang'er's face, I don't know how much stronger it is than the second aunt. ”
Aunt Fang was happy in her heart, but she didn't dare to show too much pride on her face.
It's all the same rouge, this girl can see that she is better looking than Zhao's paint, hum, Changxi said so about the dead ghost, and his niece also said so, thinking that she really likes the Lao Lin family, and the old and young look at her right eyes!
Mrs. Dong and Biao'er looked at each other, they really didn't see which of Aunt Fang and Zhao was better looking, it was a cucumber fried loofah, the same color!
The three mothers-in-law chatted with the ancestors and grandchildren of the Qin family for a while, and Aunt Fang was afraid that she would be found out more clues if she talked too much, so she proposed to go back to the village after a while.