Chapter 72 Croppers (Asking for Support, Collection, Tickets, Subscriptions)
"Two girls, if you don't dislike it, please come in and have a cup of hot water."
The uncle's wife saw that her son was so infatuated and wanted to give her son a chance, and the mother was that kind of loving heart.
"Auntie, don't need it, we've drunk water, and when the car comes, we have to hurry up to Annai County, thank you!"
Ding Ningmo's polite language made him feel that the longer he stayed, the more troublesome it became, especially in this kind of poor place.
The maid beside her, raising her head proudly, talked to the peasant woman.
The eldest lady felt the maid's expression, and saw Ding Ningmo's kind expression, this young lady-like character is more virtuous than the maid.
It's a pity that her son doesn't have this blessing, and he can't afford to climb such a figure.
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The uncle went to the house of a family that specialized in driving ox carts, and all of them had the same surname, and everyone was close to each other.
"Third brother, you're eating."
The family that is eating is all croppers, and the yard is not closed, and the big guy knows the roots.
But they must be closed at night, there are bandits nearby, and the thieves come to steal at night, and they rarely come in the daytime, and they will go to rob on the road.
"Hehe, I'm coming back from the market, it's almost the end of the year, everyone is not in a hurry to catch up with the market, I just come and go twice a day, it's cold, and I don't make any money, alas, it's hard to ......."
"Third brother, you are already eating, my little brother is still hungry, today I came to help find business!"
"Oh, are you kid going to the market? Didn't you just meet a big thing from the mountain? ”
"Aha, a hunter like me, can only catch one or two rabbits, and no big thing can be my turn, just now I met two women on the mountain, they said that they wanted to take an ox cart to Annai County, and the younger brother helped to ask for a car."
"You can also meet women on the mountain, you kid is always lucky! Hehe, two women, my nephew has not yet married a wife, and your father and son are blessed. ”
The third brother made sneer jokes, drove the ox cart every day, and the people sitting in the cart chatted with gossip and cold jokes, and he was used to this tune.
When the people in his family heard the joke told by her head of the house, they laughed too.
The third brother has two sons, and his two daughters are married, maybe the economy is better with an ox cart, and both of his sons are married and have children.
"Third brother, don't be joking, others are girls from serious families, and they don't look like ordinary women, and we farmers can't afford to climb high."
The uncle is an upright and loyal person, with a wife and children at home, how dare he have that thought, and he was so blushing with laughter by this third brother.
"Oh, everyone, Miss Coming to the Mountain? I really want to see what kind of lady you are, let's go when I'm full, as long as she can give money, it's no problem to send a trip. ”
"Oh, trouble the third brother, that girl gave a silver hairpin, just this one, if you think you can, third brother, go back a little more, look at the two girls are also in trouble"
"Oh, there's such a thing? Brother, I'm not a money-greedy person, let's go and have a look. ”
The uncle who drove the ox cart put the cow grazing in his yard into the cart, walked with the ox, and walked with his cousin to his cousin's house.
The uncle's third brother and cousin pulled the cow and came to the door of the cousin's house, and sure enough, they saw two women dressed extraordinarily, and their temperament was really not that of their peasant family.
This third brother is not good at joking anymore, they are farmers, and they can't offend nobles because of their language.
The uncle said with a smile on his face:
"Hehe, girl, the ox cart has been brought to you."
"Well, thank you" Ding Ningmo bent down gently, in this strange place, it was really her blessing to meet a kind person.
"This girl, the small car is very simple, and it's cold, so the ladies should wear more clothes when they take the car!"
The third brother's ox cart usually carries people, and he is afraid of encountering wind and rain, or the sun is too big, so he made a carriage, of course, it will not have the luxury of a carriage.
"Thanks, no need, we've already dressed a lot."
Ding Ningmo smiled bitterly, it was cold all night last night, and it was good to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain at this moment.
"This young lady, ask for the money for the car."
The third brother heard from his cousin that these two women were rich, but he didn't see that they had to collect money before doing business.
"Uncle, is this silver hairpin enough?"
Ding Ningmo kept holding the hairpin in his hand, handed the hairpin to the maid, and asked the maid to give it to the uncle.
The maid took the hairpin in her hand, thinking that the car was heavier and more beautiful than the hairpin on her head, and was about to change the hairpin.
"Ahem"
Ding Ningmo was cold all night yesterday, and he was a little dizzy and coughing at the moment.
The maid had just taken two steps forward, and when she heard the boy's cough, she thought that the young lady had reminded her not to make any extraneous branches, and she was reluctant to give the hairpin to the one who drove the car.
"Girl, this hairpin is very good, and the little one is not greedy for you, so I will find you 100 yuan."
The third brother is in business, and he has seen the appearance of everyone's young lady, and he really said what his cousin said.
The two girls in front of them should be the young lady and maid of a big family.
He didn't dare to be greedy, just like his cousin, who was poor, they all begged him to take a little less.
"Hmm" The maid took 100 yuan, she didn't put such copper coins in her pocket before, and she didn't even use a penny at the moment, this 100 yuan is very important, it may be their money for food and accommodation.
No matter how ignorant she is, she also knows that the safety of eating, drinking, and accommodation comes first.
The maid returned to Ding Ningmo's side and said:
"Miss, let's go!"
"Hmm"
Ding Ningmo walked a few steps lightly, and bent over to the uncle who helped him find the car:
"Thank you Uncle for your help."
"Hehe, uncle, I didn't help anything, no thanks, no thanks, no thanks."
The upright uncle, seeing the girl so polite, smiled happily.
His wife, Bai Fujun, glanced at him, sighed and married this honest man, and he didn't think about his son.
The uncle didn't see the lady's eyes, but he was still smiling like that.
The boy who has been standing at the door and watching the stunned, seeing this situation, the fairy is leaving, maybe he will never see him again.
So he ran into the yard, took the rabbit that was grazing in his hand, ran to the third uncle, who was driving the ox cart, and followed the cart.
"Son, where are you going? You haven't had lunch yet? ”
"Mother, I'm going to sell the rabbit."
"Did you follow the third uncle and them to Annai County? There are bandits there. ”
His mother was so anxious that she wanted to cry.
"Hehe, brother and sister, don't worry, I heard about it when I was in the market today, an official sent up the mountain and filled up the cottage, I heard about it yesterday, I caught a lot of thieves yesterday, and you are not well-informed."
The uncle who was driving the car smiled and comforted his younger siblings.
"Uncle, the kid is following you, you have to watch him, but you have to send him back safely."
"Don't worry! It's a boy, it's not a girl, it's not rich, no one robs your son, if someone robs it, your son can just be your daughter-in-law. ”
The third uncle also made a joke.
"Third brother, then please, my kid is not sensible, and he has caused trouble for our brother."
The uncle sighed, and could feel that his son was not selling rabbits, but reluctant to let the girl go.
(End of chapter)