Chapter 191: Xianghe Grange, a paradise

One of the beautiful scenery dowry, located in this grange in Xianghe Ning Village, is when she was still in infancy, the eldest princess will buy it for it, not to mention that the beautiful scenery has never been, the eldest princess is also the first time to come to "inspect", it is said that this manor, is the former dynasty of the East Ming Dynasty a family of cultivation and reading Wang clan industry, the house was built for the leisure time "pleasant stay", the original layout was exquisite and elegant, which has both carved building incense pavilion, small bridge flowing water, planted with fruit trees and strange flowers, and the natural features of the countryside, by the mountains and rivers, ten miles of rice fragrance, the scenery is picturesque.

Wan Bo and his wife, who manage Zhuangzi, are the companions of Yijing's biological mother, Wan Niang, and are the most loyal and reliable, although the master has not been here, after ten years, the house has been maintained as new.

Surrounded by the house of the two entrances, there are nearly 1,000 acres of fertile land, and the green seedlings are lush in July, and the melons and fruits are full of fruit, and you can see vitality everywhere.

Far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, the three little ladies stepped on the countryside every day, and the first few days were extraordinarily leisurely and enjoyable.

Even Qi Niang felt puzzled: "Usually I was naughty, my mother always threatened to punish me to go to Zhuangzi to think, and I thought that Zhuangzi was a Shura hell, how do you know that the blue sky and white clouds here, the natural scenery is beautiful, but it is much more interesting than at home, and I am no longer afraid of my mother's threats in the future." ”

Aunt Wan laughed when she said it: "Qi Niang only looks at this place, how do you know that this place was originally selected by Mrs. Tai, and it has always been a place for large families to live happily, natural and exquisite, not as simple as other farms, and the little ladies come to cool off, still ten fingers do not touch the spring water, and there are slaves and maids to serve in all trivial matters, I don't know the hardships of the peasants, and looking at the ten miles of rice fragrance, I don't know how much sweat and hard work to cultivate, or once the slaves and maids in the house make a mistake, are afraid of being sent to Zhuangzi, that is, they are afraid of the hardships of the countryside, and they are not as pampered as they are in the Guogong Mansion. ”

Qi Niang still didn't care: "With these beautiful scenery of Tianyuan, even if I live in a bamboo house, I am comfortable, what is it if I am simple, I still want to let my grandmother teach me to farm, but my grandmother does not allow it." ”

"Qi Niang is an open-minded person." Aunt Wan bowed slightly.

After playing in her own village for a few days, the three golden flowers gradually became dissatisfied, and wanted to wander around the village outside, and the eldest princess did not restrain them, but only let the guards guard carefully, so as not to be offended by others.

The little ladies rode horses in front, followed by a green paint car, the maid prepared refreshments on the carriage, when the little master was tired, to sit down and rest, then took the reed mat brocade mat forward, first spread in the shade, served a few to sit down, and then lifted down the low table, served sweet and delicious pastries, and half-warm tea.

Yijing, Siniang, and Qiniang looked at the girls sitting on the ground by the stream without any scruples, and the barefoot girls pulled up their pants to play in the water, all of them were full of curiosity, and they only felt that this was unrestrained.

Several girls also looked curiously at the brocade embroidered skirts of the noble girls, with hairpin rings in their hair, and their eyes were full of envy and friendliness.

Originally, the tenants in the Zhuangzi also had children at home, but they had already been advised, and they didn't dare to offend the nobles, and they were very restrained.

Qi Niang saw that a few girls were really interesting, so she simply waved at them.

The girls were not afraid of life, so they lifted their feet from the stream, wiped the water stains from the grass on the shore, stepped barefoot in coarse cloth shoes, and ran hand in hand.

Yijing saw that they were staring at the refreshments on the desk, pursing the corners of their lips and smiling, as if they were curious, and seemed to be greedy, so they poured tea and handed it to them, and the girls did not see it, took the teacup, but they were not in a hurry to drink, only looked at the delicate utensils that they had never seen before, and their eyes were shining, until they had enough appreciation, they took a sip of tea, but they all frowned and said "bah" without concealment.

The sisters laughed and let them taste the pastries.

"This is delicious, and the tea is bitter." One girl laughed.

The shortest girl, with the roundest face, turned around and ran away, and when she came back, she already had a few verdant cucumbers in her pocket, apparently washed in the stream, and soaked into the cloth with water stains.

The girl simply broke off the cucumber tail, threw it aside, and handed it to Yijing: "This thirst quenching is the sweetest." ”

Yijing took it, and saw that the cucumber was not peeled, and there were small protruding thorns on the surface, so she couldn't eat it for a while, but Qi Niang had already taken one from the girl's hand, broke it in half, and tasted it. ”

"But it tastes better than the tea." One girl laughed.

Several girls are of similar age, although their identities are different, they only get close in a few words, and Yijing asks them to know that they are all from the village, not sisters, but neighbors, because the adults are busy in the fields, they often come to the stream to fish and pick wild vegetables.

I also heard that in the evening, the villagers are often invited to come to the stream to sing and enjoy the coolness, which is lively and interesting, and they are all full of interest, and they discuss that they must come to watch it when the time comes.

The most curious is Qi Niang, who asked who had the best singing voice.

"Of course it's the eldest man of the Sun family, he is literate."

"No, no, we can't understand what he sings, and he doesn't like to talk to us, he only knows how to please the sisters of the Li family."

"I think Ah Fu sings the best, his voice is loud, and he dances well."

A few of the girls got into an argument.

Aunt Wan also explained: "There are several villages around, the farmers are busy during the day, and when they are free in the evening, they like to come to Qiaotou to sing and have fun, and there are also a few rich families, and the Langjun ladies will also come to have fun. ”

While talking and laughing, he suddenly heard a woman shouting sharply-

Yi Jing followed the sound, but saw a woman with a flower cloth wrapped in her hair and a green dress chasing a tall and strong man, running all the way from Tian Long, and shouting while chasing-

"Ah Quan, you stop for me, you have to give me an explanation today."

But when he saw that the man named "Ah Quan" was rushing forward more and more like a calf, he plunged into the stream, and swam over in twos and threes, until he came ashore and stood still, and when he saw the woman stomping her feet on the other bank in frustration, he grinned innocently.

Suddenly, many peasants stood out from the fields, including old men with gray hair, posterity in the prime of life, and even peasant women with beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyebrows.

Someone high-fived and quipped: "Sister-in-law of the Zhu family, you are pressing step by step, so scared that Ah Quan hid in Jinyangjing some time ago, and finally came back, are you not afraid of scaring people away again?" ”

Yijing looked at the "sister-in-law Zhu", about 20 years old, because of her dark complexion, she really couldn't see her detailed age, black eyebrows and big eyes, straight nose and plump lips, her facial features were very "heroic", slightly lost in femininity, but her waist was extremely graceful, and she was looking at Ah Quan with tears in her eyes, but her eyes were extremely hot.

Such a spicy and obvious female chaser really stunned the daughters of the boudoir.

I heard that there was a future schadenfreude over there: "Ah Quan, you are a fool, just follow the sister-in-law of the Zhu family, do you understand this Yanfu?" ”

There was a burst of laughter.

Ah Quan didn't mind, and he didn't talk to him, so he found a place to sit on his knees in the shade of a tree, and actually took a nap against the tree pole.

Siniang was surprised: "Look at that woman, she should be married, right?" ”

Aunt Wan smiled and decomposed: "Zhu Niang is the child daughter-in-law of the farmer in the village, and she is also a hard-working girl, her husband has been sick since he was a child, and he died at the age of fifteen, Zhu Niang is very filial to her in-laws, and the family only regards her as her own daughter, after her son died, she wanted to find another honest man for her, Zhu Niang herself fell in love with Ah Quan, who knew that Ah Quan did not appreciate it, and ran fast when she saw her. ”

Yijing noticed that Zhu Niang was annoyed for a while, but she was still unwilling, and wanted to go around a stone bridge a hundred steps away, wanting to come from there.

Another person reminded loudly: "Ah Quan Ah Quan, the sister-in-law of the Zhu family is here, are you still napping there?" ”

Ah Quan woke up when he was on the ground, looked straight at his neck, and saw that Zhu Niangzi was really running towards the stone bridge, and he was so frightened that a carp stiffened, and he ran away without seeing anyone after a while.

Aunt Wan saw that the little ladies were enjoying it, so she talked about this Ah Quan again: "His surname is Sun, and he is still the uncle of the Sun family eldest man mentioned by these girls just now, and his family background is also solid here, but unfortunately he is a bitter one." ”

aroused the curiosity of the Yijing sisters, and Aunt Wan continued: "Ah Quan's father somehow became obsessed with a prostitute back then, regardless of his wife and children, he sold his family property regardless of his family, and ransomed for the prostitute, the two of them didn't know where they went, Ah Quan was just born that year, his mother was sad and complaining, and he didn't get better when he was sick, and he died when Ah Quan was three years old, and Ah Quan's uncles were also ruthless, bullying him when he was young and lonely, and dominating his house property, if it weren't for the old clan in the village, he wouldn't even give him the land. ”

"I heard that Ah Quan is eating hundreds of rice, and now he has passed and stands, or alone, that is, he is honest and honest, he does not understand the amorous feelings, and he avoids Zhu Niang, some time ago, Zhu Niang's in-laws invited a matchmaker to propose marriage, and he was so scared that he left his farm work and ran to Jinyangjing, relying on odd jobs and selling coolies to make a living, maybe he couldn't get along, so he came back." Aunt Wan said: "Back then, the Sun family gave him a few acres of thin fields, and he was still a three-year-old child, so where he had the ability to farm, he was helped by his neighbors, so that he would not starve to death." Over the years, when we are busy with the harvest in Zhuangzi, we will also ask the laborers in the village to help, Ah Quan is the most hard-working, we pity him, and want to hire him as a long-term worker, but he is unwilling, happy to be free and easy, he also ignores the people of the Sun family, just like a stranger, sometimes the harvest is not good, he relies on those few acres of thin fields, and even pays taxes that are not enough to make a living, so he has to follow a few descendants to work in other rich families, all say that he is miserable, but he is happy, he is really a fool. ”

And in the evening, the three sisters of Yijing really asked for permission from the eldest prince, and came to the side of the bridge to see the villagers singing for fun, only to know that the original stone bridge across the Qingxi is not good-looking, it is called the Magpie Bridge by the locals, and the surrounding villages but all the wedding events, the newcomers have to pass by the bridge, accept the neighbors' singing as blessings, there are poets and calligraphers in the village, mention the pen for the stone bridge named "Liangyuan Bridge", and chisel on it, and the embankment on both sides of the Liangyuan Bridge, it has become a place for rural villagers to gather and have fun, when the sun sinks, The sunset is gorgeous, and this place has become the most lively place.