Chapter 130: Harvesting Vegetables
talked to Hua Qingyan for a while, nothing more than complaining about how unkind the Dong family was and how vicious the things they did, in short, every sentence was an accusation. As if a pool that was about to fill up suddenly had an outlet, Li Xiu said all the dissatisfaction and resentment in his heart.
Hua Qingyan was amazed to hear it on the side, it was the first time she had heard of such a mother-in-law, although she understood that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was a historical problem and difficult to reconcile. Although I have seen some mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law have a very stiff quarrel, there has never been a family like Pi and Li Xiu, who completely treat each other as class enemies, and Pi's mother is also ...... to her eldest son It's hard to put into words.
The strange expression on Hua Qingyan's face was looked at by the woman who had been silent, and the woman sneered: "What's so strange, there are some people in this world who have never looked at blood kinship in their eyes, and for them, the most important thing is that they are well." ”
After being silent for a few seconds, Hua Qingyan smiled: "That's right, there are too many selfish people in this world." We can't always look at others with our own moral standards. ”
Li Xiu stopped talking at this time, looked at Hua Qingyan and then at the woman, and suddenly seemed to remember something, patted his forehead and said, "Hey, look at my memory, I haven't introduced you to Qingyan yet!" This is Yu Niang, who lives next door to me. ”
Hua Qingyan remembered that Hu Baizhi once told her that there was another family in the north of the village, and the head of the household was a widow surnamed Wang, with no children and no daughters, and no parents-in-law. Presumably this jade lady is the Wang family. There is more than one widow in the Wang family in the mountain village, but she is the only one who has no one else in the family like her, so most of the villagers feel that this Wang family is a lone star and do not want to see her.
Hua Qingyan does not agree with the superstitious statement of Tiansha Lone Star, there are always many natural disasters in this world** are inevitable, only people who can't see it and can't let it go will blame it all on an innocent woman.
"Qingyan, Yu Niang's embroidery work is good, she is done by the female red in our village."
Looking at Li Xiu's proud appearance, Hua Qingyan chuckled, "Well, I know." ”
From the moment she stepped into this courtyard, she noticed that this Wang family was making a dress, and the stitches were all the same as those sewn by the sewing machine in her previous life. She sighed in her heart at that time, this woman's handiwork was simply perfect. I thought that although I could do some manual work, it was far from this one.
Li Xiu took the clothes that Yu Niang put aside, shook them open, and raised them, "What's the matter?" This embroidery is also painted by Yu Niang herself, and they all say that the female red of Huaxi is outstanding, I see, it is not as good as Yu Niang! Hey! I have several clothes that Yu Niang helped me make, isn't Qingyan going to make clothes? You can ask Jade Niang to help! ”
The one that Yu Niang is making is a winter dress, which should be for men, so it is a heavy navy blue. The appearance is similar, but the jade lady embroidered a circle of silver auspicious cloud patterns on the collar and cuffs, although it is a common embroidery pattern, but the arrangement is not rigid, and there is a bit of floating cloud agility. There is indeed no exaggeration in Li Xiu's words, and the embroidery of this jade girl is indeed amazing.
Hua Qingyan noticed that the expression on her face, which had always been praised by Li Xiu, had not changed from beginning to end. She lowered her eyes and looked intently at the embroidery thread in her hand, as if the person Li Xiu praised was not her. Hua Qingyan felt that this Yu Niang's indifferent temperament was also the reason why the people in the village were alienated from her, but she didn't feel that Yu Niang was difficult to get along with, but felt comfortable chatting with this kind of person.
And Li Xiu's proposal also made her very tempted!
"That's a good feeling, it just so happens that I can't hold a needle and thread in my hand, if Yu Niang can help me, then it's the best."
Hearing Hua Qingyan say this, Yu Niang raised her head and glanced at her, her eyes were also calm, and she couldn't see any superfluous emotions: "Don't worry, the girl will naturally be satisfied." ”
Hua Qingyan looked at the style of the clothes in her hand, and then looked at the style of the clothes on her own body, and felt not very satisfied. The clothes made by Yu Niang should be the simplest nowadays, with a blouse on the outside, without any sense of design. Even if Hua Qingyan has been reborn once, she is still a girl's family, and she is not very old in her two lifetimes, so she naturally loves beauty. In her previous life, she liked the clothing culture of the Great Celestial Dynasty for thousands of years, and the clothes of various dynasties in ancient times were so beautiful that Hua Qingyan couldn't wait to get them all home. Now that she has this condition, how can she let go of this great opportunity!
Hua Qingyan thought for a while and said, "I have some requirements for the style of clothes, I'll find a time to talk to Yu Niang." If Yu Niang can do it, it is the best, and the salary will definitely not be less. ”
Yu Niang nodded, and didn't say that she didn't want to be paid so politely, but it made Hua Qingyan feel that this person was sincere.
The three chatted for a while, Hua Qingyan was just about to go back to see the children, but Dong Qingqing ran back, and before she entered the courtyard gate, she stood at the door and shouted: "Auntie, there are many people outside your house!" ”
"Who's coming?" Hua Qingyan was startled and hurriedly walked out, she felt that she was really careless at the moment, obviously there were only two children at home, and she didn't go back for a long time! If something happened to the children, she couldn't forgive herself!
"Auntie, is it an aunt and uncle in the village?" Dong Qingqing grabbed the corner of Hua Qingyan's clothes with one hand, and pointed to the door of Hua Qingyan's house with the other.
At this time, as Dong Qingqing said, there were many people standing at the door of Hua Qingyan's house. Although the courtyard door was open, the people were standing outside, obviously not intending to step in. Hua Qingyan saw that Wuwu was pulling Xi'er to block the gate of the courtyard, and looked at this side from time to time.
"What are they doing? Why did you gather at the door of Qingyan's house again? Li Xiu also walked over and asked suspiciously.
Soon, someone saw Hua Qingyan and asked her in a loud voice: "Miss Qingyan, you said before that you received this cauliflower, does this still count?" ”
The one who asked was Wang Laosan, who had helped Hua Qingyan before, and he smiled, as if he didn't take what he asked to heart at all. However, when he asked this, many people echoed him.
"That's right, Hua Qingyan, you said a few days ago that you want to collect this cauliflower from us, don't talk about it!"
"We all bought these vegetable seedlings from you, you can't tell us to plant these things for nothing!"
"That's it, Hua Qingyan hasn't been for a long time, I haven't seen you accept this dish, you won't be a pit for us! I can tell you Hua Qingyan, the villagers of our backing village are not easy to fool! ”
This person raised suspicions, and many people also doubted in their hearts, looking at Hua Qingyan's eyes with a little unkindness, and a few women even looked as if as long as Hua Qingyan really fooled them, they would step forward to fight with Hua Qingyan.
Looking at the baskets full of cauliflower at the feet of many villagers, Hua Qingyan remembered that there was really such a thing! Hua Qingyan couldn't help but help her forehead, there have been a lot of things recently, and she would forget such an important thing. She glanced at the vegetable patch in Li Xiu's yard, isn't the cauliflower ripe and ready to be picked!
"Oops!" Li Xiu clapped her hands, obviously remembering, "I just said that I forgot something, it turned out to be this stubble." Qingyan, I was thinking about reminding you a few days ago, but I forgot about it by Pi's trouble! ”
"I'm to blame for this, I forgot about it." Hua Qingyan shook her head and said loudly, "Folks, I didn't lie to you, it's just that I've been a little busy recently, so I haven't come back to my senses." Since everyone is here today, then I will simply weigh the number for you and count the money for you. I'm really sorry that I've been worried about everyone for so long. ”
Wang Laosan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, as long as you still harvest, time is not a problem, but we are too anxious." ”
Hua Qingyan returned to her house, moved out the table of eight immortals in the hall, took a pen and paper to keep accounts, and borrowed Wang Laosan's scale, and after a while, the stall for collecting vegetables was set up, and Li Xiu naturally came over to help. However, this cauliflower was already heavy, and it was put in a pile in a basket, and it was really difficult for the two girls to weigh them, so Wang Laosan volunteered to stay and help.
The news that Hua Qingyan began to harvest cauliflower spread in the backing village in an instant, and the desolate north of the village instantly became lively, and many villagers carried what they had already prepared. The basket full of cauliflower rushed to Huaqing Yan's house in the north of the village, and after a while, Huaqing Yan's family lined up in a long line.
Li Xiu looked out, but he didn't see the tail of the team, and couldn't help but sigh: "There are so many people, I remember that there were still many people who didn't believe in you!" Li Xiu snorted coldly as she spoke, obviously seeing the person who swore that she would never believe that Hua Qingyan would accept these cauliflowers.
"What do you do with these, whether you can eat these dishes, you will know today." Hua Qingyan smiled indifferently, not taking those people to heart at all. If it had been placed before, she might not have really had the confidence to eat these cauliflowers, but now, she has silver in her space!
Wang Laosan was the first, and he weighed himself that there were five hundred catties of cauliflower in two large baskets, and according to the purchase price set by Hua Qingyan, thirty wen a catty. Hua Qingyan wrote Wang Laosan's name on the paper, and then wrote down the weight and silver coin, "Five hundred catties, embroidery, fifteen taels." ”
Li Xiu weighed out fifteen taels from the small box in Hua Qingyan's hand and handed it to Wang Laosan, while shouting loudly: "Uncle Wang, five hundred catties of cauliflower, a total of fifteen taels, two clear of money and goods!" ”
"Fifteen taels!"
"There are fifteen taels!"
"It's not a lie to us, how can there be so many! My man can't earn fifteen taels a year when he works outside! ”
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In an instant, the crowd exploded, and people were talking, some in disbelief, some secretly happy, and some still skeptical. However, the villagers who were in the front, watching Li Xiu hand over fifteen taels of silver to Wang Laosan, widened their eyes one by one, and their eyes were shining at Hua Qingyan, and they couldn't wait to rush over immediately and exchange the cauliflower in their hands for silver!