Chapter 4: The Old Carpenter
"Spring Peach!" Chun Tao had just returned from selling medicinal herbs in the county town when she was stopped by her nephew, Goudan.
Chun Tao looked at him with a frown and didn't speak. "Dare to stare at me? After marrying you to the old carpenter, see if you dare to glare at me. After speaking, he raised his little face.
Goudan is not very old, only about seven years old, but he has learned eight or nine points from Chuntao's sister-in-law Zhao Yang's scathing appearance.
"What did your mother say?" A large part of the reason why Zhao Yang dared to torture Chun Tao like this was because he gave birth to a dog egg and continued the incense for the Zhao family.
"I don't believe it." Chun Tao snorted coldly, with a look of disdain, and really annoyed the dog.
"My mother is now talking to the old carpenter's sister in the house! Don't believe it, listen to it yourself. The dog's little hand was on his waist, and the volume suddenly increased.
It seems to be true. Chun Tao ignored the dog's behavior, simply stopped entering the door, and turned to Lamei to ask about the old carpenter's situation.
When I was about to arrive at Lamei's house, I saw Aunt Zhou, who was not from this village, but settled in Zhaojia Village about ten years ago, and treated people very kindly.
"Big... Auntie, something... Dropped. Aunt Zhou was carrying a loose burden, thinking that it was not fastened, so she dropped out one or two handkerchiefs, and Chun Tao picked it up and stopped her.
"Ouch! Thank you for the spring peaches, otherwise they would have all fallen off. Aunt Zhou took the handkerchief handed by Chun Tao, patted the dust on it anxiously, and looked at it carefully before putting it back in the bag.
"You... Direct... Tie it up, take... Take it, lest ... Dropped again. Chun Tao saw that Aunt Zhou put the handkerchief into the loose burden again, and it was rare to say a few more words and give her an idea.
"Hey! Good. Aunt Zhou looked at her with a smile and tied up the four corners of the burden.
"I... I'll go first. Chun Tao saw that Aunt Zhou didn't need help, so she was ready to leave.
"Okay, thank you Chun Tao."
shook his head, said goodbye to Aunt Zhou, and continued to walk towards Lamei's house.
"Lamei!" Chun Tao slapped the door hard, then pushed it open and shouted inside.
"Who! Come on in! Lamei's voice immediately rang out.
"Spring peach." Chun Tao responded and walked towards the house.
"Why are you here?" Lamei lifted the curtain and came out of her house, just in time to see Chun Tao enter the door.
"Something." Chun Tao looked at Grandma Lamei who was enjoying the shade in the courtyard, and Lamei immediately said, "Come to my house!" ”
"What's the matter? The mystery is mysterious, and I don't want my grandma to know. ”
"Something unsightly." As soon as Chun Tao arrived in front of March and Lamei, he spoke smoothly.
"What's the matter?" Lamei looked at Chun Tao suspiciously.
Chun Tao pursed her lips, her eyes blinked slightly, and she said slowly: "I want to ask you about the old carpenter in the village." ”
"Okay, what does this old carpenter do?" Lamei embroidered a handkerchief and only glanced up at her.
"Don't tell anyone else." Ancient women had a lot of time to talk about gossip, and Chun Tao didn't want to be the center of gossip.
"I don't say anything but March. Okay? After a pause, Lamei added: "My grandma doesn't say anything." ”
"Hmmm! My sister-in-law was going to marry me off to him. Chun Tao nodded, and said lightly, but Lamei was excited.
"What? She almost froze to death the last time she caused you to fall into the water, and now she's going to push you into the fire pit again. Lamei threw the handkerchief in her hand into the sewing basket and said angrily: "Is she still a person? Do you know how old the old carpenter is? ”
"I don't know." Lamei saw that Chun Tao was so calm, and her tone became even more excited.
"The carpenter is thirty-seven or eight years old, and has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son is five years older than you, and he has children. Your sister-in-law is really not a thing. "Lamei has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a small round face, gentle and lovely. Unlike Chun Tao, he is dry and thin, with dry hair, blue face, and a malnourished appearance. So when Lamei scolded Zhao Yang with a fierce look, she only felt cute.
"Looks like he has a lot of family." Obviously, Chun Tao paid attention to the wrong focus, and Lamei hated iron and steel.
"Could it be that you are quite satisfied? I'm just talking about one of them. ”
"Not either." Anyway, she was almost twenty-nine years old in modern times, so the carpenter was not much older than her, and the carpenter had children and daughters, so she didn't need to think about childbearing, but she couldn't talk about it. "What else?"
"The worst thing is that the carpenter has a younger sister, who was a spicy person before she got married, and when she got married, her mother-in-law was angry. After harming my mother-in-law's family, I went back to my mother's house. Not only did I bring all the good things from my mother's house back to my own house, but..."
Lamei approached Chun Tao, lowered her voice and continued: "I heard Grandma say that the carpenter's previous marriage was pushed into the well by his sister and drowned. ”
"Then why did this carpenter's sister come to the matchmaker herself?" Regardless of whether this harmful statement is true or not, Chun Tao feels that this old carpenter's house is not only a fire pit, but also a fire pit that constantly adds oil and materials.
"It must have been a good thing for your sister-in-law to do. You're fifteen years old this year, and she definitely wants to marry you off and get some dowry. After a pause, Lamei continued: "Such a family, as long as it is a person, will not let you marry." ”
"Marrying someone might be a good way to get rid of my sister-in-law." Chun Tao understands that in this ancient world where men were respected, women wanted to cut off ties with the family, and marrying someone was the best way at present.
"You're not really going to marry an old carpenter, are you? Chun Tao, you..."Lamei wanted to persuade Chun Tao, but found that she couldn't say anything.
"No, if I want to marry, I will marry a family that does not have so many rights and wrongs, and I don't need to be rich." Chun Tao's face did not change, as if she was talking about other people's marriages, and she did not look shy about her daughter's family at all.
"It's not hard to say, but it's really hard to find! Which one doesn't bother. When Lamei heard what Chun Tao said, she was a little emotional, and she didn't notice Chun Tao's abnormal reaction.
"Someone who is close to you in age and has few things to do at home. It doesn't seem to be in the village, and even if there is, I'll be scared away when I hear your sister-in-law's name. Lamei furrowed her brows, constantly searching in her mind.
"Yes, it's okay when you're older." Chun Tao added another sentence. There is a place to go as soon as possible, and leave this smoky miasma home as soon as possible.
"I thought about it, there is a family that has no relatives at home, so naturally there is nothing wrong with it. The son of the family is twenty-two years old this year and has not yet married a wife, but he is a little poor. ”
"Twenty-two?" In ancient times, if you haven't married a wife at this age, you won't have any hidden diseases! Chun Tao's eyes blinked slightly, and Lamei seemed to see Chun Tao's thoughts, and then said: "Except for the fact that he is older, there is nothing wrong with the rest." The reason why I haven't married a wife so late is because I can't give a dowry. When you get married, you don't have anything else except for the poor. ”
"Which one?"