Chapter 64: Marry Her as a Concubine?
Qiao Le came over to help Hua Banxia pick up the durian, "Ho, ho, this thing is very prickly", Qiao Le shook his pricked hand and grinned.
"You take it directly with your hands, and you don't take the stalk, of course you will get it in your hand", Hua Banxia patted Qiao Le's injured hand mischievously and said, and then carefully pulled the durian up with his skirt.
This one is really big, it is estimated to weigh about twenty pounds, no wonder Qiao Zheng and Qiao San were so worried when it fell just now.
"Where's my scythe?" Hua Banxia was about to open the durian and found that there was no sickle in his hand, so he remembered that the sickle had just been used.
Hua Qingqing picked up Hua Banxia's sickle and handed it to her, and curiously approached her to look at it.
She took a closer look at the durian, found the right position and began to cut the knife, because it was ripe, the skin was not so hard, and it was opened with a knife.
"Hmm......", Qiao Zheng and the others took a step back when they smelled the smell of the hard shell after it was opened, covering their noses and not daring to breathe.
But Hua Banxia was very obsessed with this taste, and when she saw the plump pink and white yellow meat inside, she was so surprised, "Great!" It's good that it's not bad."
Although it was ripe and fell off on its own, the flesh was not affected at all, and the plump flesh was still covered with white powder, which was the time when the taste was at its best.
Hua Banxia carefully dug out the flesh, put it in front of him and sniffed it fiercely, his eyes lit up, and he handed it to Hua Qingqing, who didn't go away, "Come, Qingqing eat."
Hua Qingqing took it, looked at it curiously, and bit it down.
"Hey......", Qiao Le and the others looked intently at the yellow flesh on Hua Qingqing's hand, and when they saw her bite down, they couldn't help but open their mouths to stop it.
When Hua Banxia heard it, she thought they were going to try it too, and opened a few more rooms of pulp, "Oh, they all have it, try it quickly", Hua Banxia was anxious to share good things with them.
But Qiao Zheng and they all frowned, their faces were about to be distorted, Qiao Yi even tightened his nose and waved his hand at Hua Banxia, "No, no, what kind of thing is this, can you really eat it if it stinks?" ”
Several people didn't accept the love of Banxia, only Qiao Yu and Qiao San took it, but they never spoke.
Hua Banxia made an incredible expression, "You don't eat such a good thing!" "Tyrannical things, how expensive this thing is, King of Fruits!
Shaking his head with pity, Hua Banxia picked up a room of pulp, took a big gulp, and ate happily, "Hmm...... It's so delicious, and it's really touching to be able to eat it here."
Several people watched Hua Banxia and Hua Qingqing sisters eating with a look of enjoyment, Hua Qingqing This is already the second room, and the mouth is full of white powder.
"Qingqing, is it delicious?" Qiao Le asked Hua Qingqing carefully, looking at her with a look of enjoyment, he really couldn't imagine that such a stinky thing could be eaten?
Hua Qingqing couldn't stop eating in her mouth, and she didn't have time to answer Qiao Le's question, she just nodded violently, her eyes full of surprise.
"Really?" Qiao Le was skeptical.
"The second brother still believes in me the most", Hua Banxia said happily when she saw that Qiao Yu had already started eating.
Qiao Le hesitantly stretched out his hand, picked up the durian on the ground and put it to his nose and smelled it, the smell rushed him and he turned his head, "No, no, this smell is too big."
Hua Banxia smiled, it is true that some people can't stand this taste, "It's a pity, this is the king of fruits, it's good for your body to eat it."
"Really?" Qiao Zheng and the others hadn't eaten yet, and they didn't dare to say anything when they saw Qiao Le like that, but when they heard Hua Banxia say that eating it was good for their health, they moved their minds again.
"Really, you guys try it", Hua Banxia lured them and said, "We peasant children, we have eaten wild vegetables, and we are afraid of this thing, if we really can't eat it after trying it, we just don't eat it."
"That's right", Qiao Zheng nodded, they haven't eaten anything, they have to eat mud when they are hungry, what are you afraid of now, "Eat it!" ”
Qiao Zheng picked up the flesh of the durian, held his breath and closed his eyes, and took a big bite. As soon as the lips and teeth touched the flesh, the sweet and glutinous taste melted in the mouth, and the taste was indescribable.
"Delicious, delicious!" Qiao Zheng excitedly pointed to the durian and said, "This thing is just like the stinky tofu on the street, smelling and eating fragrant."
With Qiao Zheng's unhesitation, Qiao Zheng and a few people also ate it, except for Qiao Le who didn't eat it after tasting it, the others were stunned to eat the twenty-pound durian.
After eating, Hua Banxia proposed to go to the tree to pick a few and go home, but Qiao Le, who was standing far away, was not happy, they were surprised and smelly enough on the mountain, how could they stay when they took it home.
But after all, he was only one person, and several people ignored his objections, climbed the tree like monkeys, cut them with sickles, and one by one large and heavy durians fell down and smashed into the mud.
Because they had to continue walking into the mountains, they picked up the durian and put it in the grass to collect it, and then took it again when they came back.
Hua Banxia was in a good mood all the way, and Qiao Zheng and a few people also let her go, no matter where she was going or what she was going to do, she didn't say a word.
No, the flowers that have been scattered in Banxia, the knife technique is like a god, and the mountain pheasants alone have killed several of them, so that Qiao Le and they are tired of picking them up in the back.
The hares and pheasants are there, it is estimated that a lot of vegetables can be added tonight, in order to cooperate, Hua Banxia also picked a lot of forage that can be fished on the mountain, and went back to stew together.
In addition to durian, Hua Banxia really didn't find anything, maybe because it was October, maybe because the range they walked was too small, this mountain is very big, very deep, and the depths can't be entered, it's a pity.
Because Qiao Le was very resistant to the taste of durian, everyone let him carry all the pheasants and hares, full of back baskets, and still carried them in his hands, those who were accidentally beaten by Hua Banxia and bled all the time, staining Qiao Le's back basket red.
Several other people were carrying durians, because they were too heavy, they didn't dare to carry them full, and this trip was a full harvest.
"Banxia, why do you open a hard shell...... Uh, durian", Qiao Le was puzzled, knowing that he didn't like the taste very much, Hua Banxia deliberately opened a durian.
"The smell of blood on your body is too strong, don't be afraid of attracting wild boars and tigers in the mountains, open one to cover the smell a little, let's be safer", Hua Banxia opened his eyes and said nonsense, if there are really tigers and wild boars, the smell of blood is unique to them, where can they cover it casually.
It's just that Hua Banxia wants Qiao Le to get used to this taste, after all, what they found on the mountain is not just a durian tree, and she has to rely on these durians to make another profit, at that time, Qiao Le can't always avoid it.
A few people went back the way they came, and when they were about to get home, they also met one or two villagers, but because the smell of their bodies was so stinky, no one dared to come over.
Back at home, the group left their things far away from the original courtyard gate, which was also the place where they set up their tents. Because the scale of the building is relatively large, there is only such a corner for them to sleep and eat.
Even the workers who were invited to do the work were brought by themselves to bring dry food, not because the Qiao family was unwilling to cook, but because they asked for the food money to be exchanged for silver. Maybe, I still dislike their family.
However, it also ended up with Chen Jiahua and Tian Fuzhen, the two aunts, who only needed to give a bowl of soup to eat when they were eating every day.
Hua Banxia put down his things, went to the open-air kitchen, scooped a scoop of water and prepared to wash his face. Tian Fuzhen and Chen Jiahua, who had been sitting in front of the stove, looked at her with complicated eyes as soon as they came over for a long time, and sighed while watching.
It's strange to spend half a summer, what's going on? Although they haven't been in a good mood these days, they seem to be particularly depressed today.
"Auntie, auntie, what's wrong with you?" Hua Banxia couldn't help it and asked.
"This ......" Chen Jiahua stopped talking and looked at Tian Fuzhen, Tian Fuzhen also looked like he didn't know how to speak, and the two couldn't say anything for a long time.
"Is there another matchmaker coming to the door today? Are they putting forward some excessive conditions? Hua Banxia guessed.
Maybe Hua Banxia said it, Chen Jiahua lowered her head and nodded lightly, and shook her head after a while. Hua Banxia can't understand it, what is the situation?
"Oh, sister-in-law, Banxia will know after all, don't you say it!" Tian Fu really couldn't hold back, when could this be hidden, didn't people say that they would get the news three days later.
Hua Banxia casually found a stool and sat down, looking at Tian Fuzhen without speaking, indicating that she was listening.
"Banxia, you will be in time for June next year", Tian Fu really said tentatively as if he was looking for a breakthrough.
"Yes, next June", Hua Banxia answered her obediently, thinking to herself, could it be that she was in a hurry to marry her?
"This, today, when you were away, someone came from the city, saying that someone proposed to you......", Tian Fuzhen said carefully, while observing Hua Banxia's reaction.
"What? Propose to me! ”
Hua Banxia did have a reaction, and the reaction was very big, which attracted Qiao Zheng and several people at once.
Originally, Hua Banxia thought that the Qiao family thought that she was old enough to marry, so the two uncles moved their minds to find a husband for Hua Banxia and marry her out as soon as possible, so that the Qiao family's brothers and brothers could also suffer less rumors.
If this was the case, Hua Banxia would not blame them, after all, it was she who caused Qiao to fight for them. Although she may not agree, she will take this opportunity to leave the Qiao family and make their family feel better.
Unexpectedly, it wasn't the Chen family who took the initiative to find Hua Banxia's in-laws at all, but someone else took the initiative to kiss! This made Hua Banxia even more blind, who the hell is, he doesn't know her current situation.
"Auntie, who is here?" Hua Banxia was very curious, she didn't know many people here, and she couldn't think of who would want to marry her.
"It's from Cheng Mansion," Chen Jiahua said.
"What! Is it Cheng Ze? ”
"No, no, no, it's not Young Master Cheng, it's Master Cheng!" Chen Jiahua corrected, which is why it is so difficult for her to speak, "It's Master Cheng who wants to marry you as a concubine."
This time it was Hua Banxia's turn to be speechless, she patted her head speechlessly, "Auntie, are you sure you heard it right?" Is it really Cheng Ming and not Cheng Ze? ”