Chapter 22: Good Men
"Uncle Shugen, my name is Tao Li'er."
Tao Li'er saw that Li Shugen really couldn't remember his name, so she kindly prompted, Li Shugen reacted, nodded, and then asked, "Li'er, aren't you afraid of me?" ”
Tao Li'er shook her head and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, why be afraid, Uncle Shugen is just fierce in appearance, but I can feel that Uncle Shugen is a very gentle person." ”
Zhang listened to Tao Li'er's words, just thinking that she was a sycophant, everyone in the village knew that she was married to a cold-faced Hades, not to mention children, even the adults in the village were afraid of him Li Shugen.
When I first knew him, I thought he was a bandit and wanted to kidnap him, but I didn't expect to find out later that he was actually reminding himself that he was about to be picked up by pickpockets, and what he was carrying at that time was his father's medicinal money.
That can't be lost, fortunately, Li Shugen appeared in time and helped, she was also afraid of Li Shugen at first, it was really too scary.
It's just that in order to repay Li Shugen's kindness, Zhang invited him to eat a bowl of noodles in the town, and he also knew that this was a man with a scary appearance, but in fact, a kind personality.
But how did Tao Li'er see it, I can only say that Tao Li'er is just patting her ass.
Tao Li'er looked at Zhang's suspicious eyes, and a trace of cunning and ambiguity suddenly flashed in her eyes, but she quickly covered it up, and when she looked up, she looked innocent.
"I saw it from Aunt Zhang, you see that your happiness is written on your face, and then look at the widow Qin in our village, with a declining face, you are so different, it must be because Uncle Shugen spoils you, you are ...... Hmm"
Tao Li'er said, but was suddenly covered by Zhang's mouth, Zhang didn't expect Tao Li'er to dare to say so much, how can a child talk casually.
Zhang's waist was suddenly supported by a hot palm, and Zhang didn't need to look back to know who the owner of this palm was, and two red clouds appeared on his face.
Li Shugen was in a good mood after listening to Tao Li'er's words, wasn't he spoiled, but the people in the village couldn't see it, but they didn't expect to be seen by this little girl today, Li Shugen's expression softened a little more when he looked at Tao Li'er.
Zhang pinched Tao Li'er's face, a little embarrassed.
"You little girl, how dare you say anything? I don't know if girls should be a little reserved, they actually talk like this, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to get married. ”
Tao Li'er shrugged her shoulders, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: In this world, if you tell the truth, you have to bear the shameful anger of this party, and life is not easy.
But this time it's really not Tao Li'er's sycophancy, maybe the Zhang family is used to it, maybe they haven't noticed it at all, the other women in the village, except for the Wang family, look at the Zhang family's eyes, the naked jealousy in it is not too obvious, okay?
Especially when Tao Li'er once went to the only well in the village to fetch water, Li Shugen was carrying a bucket to fetch water.
Others asked him why he didn't let Zhang's come to fetch water, and Li Shugen replied quite domineeringly: "Of course, men have to do this kind of work, and Lan Xin just cooks at home." ”
Looking at this show of affection, Tao Li'er could say with certainty that all the women present had green faces. Because their husbands never touch housework, Tao Li'er can make up the scene when he comes home.
After washing his hands, he didn't do anything, just waiting to go to the table to eat, the boy was even more comfortable, he ran out to go around after eating all day, and when he was tired, he came back to the house and the woman at home served this little ancestor.
The girl can only learn to work at home with her mother, plant beans in the field with her grandmother, or wash clothes with her grandmother, and spend her days either in the kitchen or in the field by the river.
Anyway, these women are jealous of Zhang's man who loves women, and even Zhang's daughter Bao'er is spoiled like a boy on weekdays, or better than a boy.
A man treats a woman like this, what else does he have to love her, Tao Li'er thought, in this era, Zhang's marriage to Li Shugen is simply a treasure, and even Tao Li'er herself is a little envious.
What if she gets married in the future, after all, Li Shugen is like this, it's hard to find a lantern.
The ox cart went slowly, but it was better than walking by oneself, and then there were some other villages rushing to get on the car, this ox cart was not big, and when there were more people, the men consciously got off the car, and let the women, the elderly, and the children sit.
The man followed below, and when he got to the town, he gave the coachman some copper plates.
"Do you still take the ox cart when you go back?"
Tao Li'er felt that her whole body was about to collapse after getting out of the car, this ox cart is to save effort, but this road is not easy to walk, if the car wheel is pressed on the stone and falls into the pit, and then it will give you three bumps.
And this time is too long, they set out before dawn, and it is noon before they arrive in the town, and if they go back, I am afraid they will have to walk at night.
Tao Li'er was still worried about the safety of the night road, and Zhang, who heard Tao Li'er's words, laughed.
"Li'er, do you still want to take the ox cart back, my aunt told you, this ox cart is not something you can sit on every day, this ox cart only runs once every five days, every day, this ox must not be tired to death, and this ox cart is also expensive, a copper plate for a person, if we don't bring a lot of things this time, I won't take the ox cart, it's expensive."
Tao Li'er heard Zhang's say that this ox cart would cost a copper plate, and then she happened to see Li Shugen giving the coachman three copper plates, thinking that her fare must have been paid by Li Shugen, and Zhang also saw it, but she didn't care.
Tao Li'er was a little reluctant to go, she came with her, but she didn't expect to ask the two of them to spend money on themselves, she was really embarrassed.
But after getting along, she also knew that Li Shugen and Zhang were not stingy people, and if she really gave them a copper plate, maybe they would think that they had lost their face.
Thinking of this, Tao Li'er thought about what she should do later, should she buy them something to eat? This is more realistic, but Tao Li'er doesn't know the price here, and her thinking is still in modern times, so she only treats this copper plate as a dollar.
What can you buy for five yuan in modern times, it may not be enough to eat noodles, tsk, in the end, it is still poor, Tao Li'er can't wait to find a job quickly, but now the top priority is to sell the furs brought by the Zhang family and the eggs that can't be eaten at home, and there is nothing else to sell, some small dishes or something, you can't make any money and you have to work hard to bring them from home, it's not cost-effective.
After paying the fare, Li Shugen came over to meet the two, and then carried a roll of processed fur in one hand and various meats in the other, and went from block to block.