The two of them, who were chatting hotly just now, suddenly wilted, stepped aside and called the boss, not daring to talk again.

Subsequently, the owner of the garment shop walked up to Ji Liu, with a kind and gentle smile on his face, just right, and said softly: "The girl has bought the ready-to-wear, let's go back early, the weather outside is not good, and I don't know when there will be another heavy snowfall." ”

Gentle and soft, but there is a taste that cannot be refused, Ji Liu was just a whim, even if someone stopped him, he didn't bother to continue to inquire, reached out and handed the money to Xiao Er, who was bowing his head in front of the stage, walked out of the shop after settling the account, and hurried back.

The road during the day was much better, and Ji Liu sold the yam, and his body was also brisk, and he soon returned to Lotus Village.

Just pushed open the wooden door, Ji Liu breathed a sigh of relief, and her temperament was much more lively than in the county, and she shouted loudly: "Grandpa, I'm back." Before entering the house, Ji Liu's voice reached Ji Mou's ears, he shook his head with a smile, and continued to light a fire.

Ji Liu didn't hear Ji Mou's response, only saw smoke in the kitchen, and guessed that Ji Mou was hungry and cooked his own food.

She put the newly bought jacket in Ji's house, and then entered the kitchen, the fire in the stove had been lit by Ji, and there were loofahs and wild eggs on the table, and she said that she would come back soon.

"Grandpa, I'll cook, I bought some minced meat, you can chew it." This looks like she wants to eat loofah scrambled eggs and loofah egg soup, and she doesn't want to eat two things.

It just so happened that Ji didn't want to cook, he specialized in art, and the gentleman was far away from cooking, so he stood up with his crutches and made room for Ji Liu, and didn't forget to ask: "Why did you come back so late?" ”

Ji Liu's hands were stunned, and Li Yu's red eyes flashed in his mind, and he was worried. She wanted to find an opportunity to go to the county seat again to see what kind of life Li Yu was living and if she could help.

"I met Sister Yu in the county seat, she is not as good as Aunt Li said." Ji Liu replied as he added a handful of firewood.

When Ji heard her say Li Yu, he knew in his heart that the group of people in the Li family next door were big and mean and lazy, and Li Yu was a good girl, so he comforted Ji Liu and said: "Don't worry too much, good people will be rewarded." ”

Is it?

"I hope so." Ji Liu's subordinates didn't stop, and it didn't take long for the dishes to be served. A bowl of scrambled eggs with minced meat, a bowl of loofah soup, and the grandfather and grandson served some white rice and ate it.

Ji Liu couldn't wait to swallow the rice in her mouth, so she thought of the newly bought jacket, she turned her head and smiled: "Grandpa, I bought a jacket for you, try it after eating." ”

"It's not that you don't have clothes to wear, and you waste money on what to do. What about yourself? When Ji heard that Ji Liu had bought him a dress, he smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't say anything good in his mouth. Remembering Liu Cheng's coarse linen clothes every day, she asked her to buy a new one, but she always refused, and I guess this time too.

Ji Liu was afraid that Ji would care, so he took out the usual reason and said: "I climb the mountain and go down to the field all day long, and it is wasted to buy it, and I can still wear old clothes if I change them." ”

"You just bought minced meat, huh? The head is full of meat. Ji secretly rolled his eyes, and couldn't help but think of when Ji Liu was a child, she could smell any stew in the village, and as soon as people came to the table, she could knock on the door. Eating and drinking, I didn't dare to go out during meal time.

Ji Liu smirked, if it weren't for Ji Mou who had been a vegetarian, she wouldn't have been able to practice as a dog's nose, except for the goat milk she drank before the age of eight, she ate vegetarian food, and Ji Liu sometimes saw that she was green.

"Oh, by the way, grandpa gave me, and today it's an extra six taels and two dollars. Fortunately, I heard them chatting that someone in the county bought yams at a high price, otherwise they would lose a lot of money. Ji Liu took out the money left over from buying clothes and minced meat in his arms today and handed it to Ji Mou, and he couldn't stop regretting in his mouth: "If only there were yams in the back mountain, I would dig them all out and sell them, maybe I would be able to repair the roof in a few days." ”

"Why do you think those people buy so many yams?" Ji Liu leaned his head towards Ji Mou, still holding a mouthful of minced meat and scrambled eggs in his mouth, and his voice was vague: "Today I sent the yam to the ferry, and when the people who came to pick it up and carried the yam on the boat, I saw it." Good fellows, the three boats over there lifted the curtains, and they were full of yams, and how many places would they have to go to buy them. ”

Ji pointed a finger, pushed Ji Liu's head away, and said indifferently: "Xu is a family with a lot, why do you care so much?" ”

Ji Liu pursed his lips and couldn't help complaining: "Grandpa, are you like this when you read too much?" He who does not hear anything outside the window. ”

Ji didn't reply to her, Ji Liu was also used to it, she didn't care about Ji Mou, and said to herself: "I think it's right for the Sheng family master to come out to catch fast, so many old scholars are surrounding him, and he can't be suffocated." ”

"What did you say?" Ji suddenly looked up at Ji Liu, and he asked, "Catch fast?" Who does the catch? A grand gift? His voice was getting higher and higher, although this was not the first time that Ji had spoken loudly to her, but most of them were to scare her, this time it was different, and the anger in his tone was undisguised.

The shock in Ji's eyes couldn't be hidden, he grabbed Ji Liu's arm and asked, "Is it the Sheng family?" Is it really a grand gift? How could he go and catch fast? Although many people are now afraid of the majesty of the housekeeper, they can hide from the yamen and catch fast, but the regulations of Jingguo are clearly written, and the fast arrest is really a lowly one.

What is a lowly status? The lowly status means that you cannot participate in the imperial examination, and it also means that you will never be able to enter the court without opening your mouth.

Ji Liu's arm was scratched a little painful, she looked at the excited Ji in front of her, and cried out in pain helplessly, Ji found that he was out of shape, and immediately let go of his hand, straightened the chopsticks that were messed up by him, stabilized his emotions, and made a sound similar to the old bellows pulling in his throat from time to time.

"What's wrong?" Ji Liu asked, she was surprised by Ji Mou's reaction, and couldn't help but say the conjecture in her heart: "Grandpa knows the Sheng family's master?" ”

"I've heard it before." Ji replied in a hurry, but he still didn't give up and continued to ask: "Are you sure that Sheng Li should be caught quickly?" Didn't you hear it wrong? ”

Ji Liu carefully recalled the conversation he heard in Chen's ready-to-wear shop, and nodded firmly and replied: "I'm sure I heard it right, they said that the Sheng family's master was a fast catcher, and the county government just released the list today." But...... Whether the master of the Sheng family is called Sheng Li or not, I don't know. ”

After Ji Liu finished speaking, Ji was silent for a long time. Ji Liu didn't dare to disturb, buried his head and ate his meal quietly.

When she drank the last bite of loofah soup, Ji suddenly asked: "How long is the Hundred Flowers Festival?" ”

Ji Ji jumped fast on a certain topic, and Ji Liu reacted for a while before keeping up, "Every year the Hundred Flowers Festival is in May, and there is about half a year." She has lived in Lianhua Village for more than ten years, and it is the first time she has even gone to the county seat, and she doesn't know in detail.

Participating in the Hundred Flowers Festival, that's what Ji Liu has been trying to do for more than ten years.

I heard from the people who have been to the village that Zhaofeng County is full of flowers that day, full of vendors, hanging lanterns along the road at night, and you can also put lotus lanterns in Baihua Lake.

It is said that if you put a wish in a lotus lantern, the water in the lake will send it to the bosom of the gods, and your dreams will come true.

During the three days of the Hundred Flowers Festival, fireworks will be set off at the end of the day, and the entire sky will be lit up. Ji Liu can only watch from a distance in Lotus Village every year, and she also mentioned to Ji that she went to participate in a hundred flowers festival and watch a fireworks in the sky.

She recalled the words she remembered at the time, as if it were like this: "Beauty is beautiful, but it is beautiful in an instant." He reminds Ji Liu not to believe in fleeting beauty, indulging in it will eventually pay the price.

Ji Liu didn't understand, she only knew that she wanted to watch the fireworks, but Ji refused to go, so she was angry with Ji for a while.

Ji Mou sat at the table, looked out, and thought for a long time before saying to Ji Liu: "Didn't you always want to go to the Hundred Flowers Festival?" Next year we'll go together. ”

The matter of going to the Hundred Flowers Festival was decided, but Jiliu was not very happy. She has been cooking in the market for eight years, and the fastest thing she learned was to observe words and looks, and Ji suddenly proposed to participate in the Hundred Flowers Festival this time, obviously for the sake of the young master of the Sheng family.

She also didn't expect that the Hundred Flowers Festival she wanted to participate in was achieved because of a person she had never met.

In this way, Ji Liu went to the town to sell vegetables every day, and Ji did what he could at home, and the life of the two returned to their former tranquility.

The days are flickering, and the Hundred Flowers Festival is coming soon, and the grandfather and grandson are ready to set off a day in advance and settle down in the county first.

It happened that there was an Uncle Niu in the village who often delivered goods everywhere, and he was going to the county seat that day, Ji Liu said hello to Uncle Niu, and she and Ji Mou crowded into the pile of goods in Uncle Niu's carriage and set off together.

"Uncle Niu, thank you for taking us to the county seat." Ji Liu chatted with Uncle Niu in the carriage.

Uncle Niu spoke with a local accent and said to Ji Liu: "Hey, what is there to thank, but by the way." You two haven't been to the county seat to participate in the Hundred Flowers Festival for so many years, why did you suddenly want to go this time? ”

Ji Liu glanced at Ji Mou, who was sitting on the fabric, and said to Uncle Niu: "I have wanted to go for a long time, there are delays every year, and I have to join in the fun this time." ”

"If you want me to say the same, after so many years, even the group of vegetable sellers in the town have gone to see the fireworks, and you still have to sell vegetables, you still have to have more fun at a young age." After Uncle Niu finished speaking, he glanced at Ji.

Ji Liu heard that Uncle Niu meant something, so she could only follow his words and divert the topic, after all, it was still troublesome for others to carry it, she said: "Aren't you too, you have to go to deliver the goods during the Hundred Flowers Festival, Aunt Niu is really a blessing." ”

"I can't be bitter if I'm suffering, who makes me always have to go out to deliver goods, often not at home, and she has to take care of everything at home." Speaking of Aunt Niu, Uncle Niu couldn't close his mouth and smiled innocently.

Ji Liu heard that Aunt Niu was the village flower of the next village, and how many young men went to propose marriage failed, so they were deceived by Uncle Niu.

Uncle Niu is an authentic cropper man, with a strong figure and a generous temperament, but his appearance is a little unsatisfactory. Aunt Niu is the opposite, her face is as white as goat's milk, her figure is petite, she stands there quietly, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a young lady of any family, she just can't open her mouth, and her temper is a little hot.