12 Departure
After thinking about it at home for two days, Qiao Xitan decided to agree to Si Niang's proposal and go to Lin'an to cook the shopkeeper.
The abyss is very large, and Qiao Xitan thinks he can go and see it.
But before she can leave here, she has to go back to the village and take back the land that was taken by the uncle's family.
She couldn't stand the wretch, she still remembered that the original owner was starved to death because that litter of beasts had encroached on her family's field.
Qiao Xitan first went to Ning's house to tell Si Niang about her plans, but after Si Niang heard it, she raised her eyebrows and stopped her.
"Where you can ask for it in person, I will send someone to help you get this done." Si Niang is the head snake in this town, and this little thing can still be easily done, "That field is coming back, do you want to sell it or rent it out?" ”
Qiao Xitan had already thought about it, if she could develop well in Lin'an in the future, it was unlikely that she would come back, and she would naturally not care about the few acres of land in the village.
"Sell it." Qiao Xitan was neat, "Then you can help me with this, it just so happens that Xuanwei has a small test recently, and it is inseparable." ”
"When are you going to leave for Lin'an?" Si Niang wanted to speak and stopped, and smiled a little embarrassedly, "I have someone who wants to ask you to go to Lin'an together." ”
"I'll go when I'm done with the exam." Qiao Xitan had a faint guess in his heart, "Do you want me to take Ning Rong to Lin'an?" ”
Si Niang smiled helplessly, "Yes, Lin'an has a mansion school, I think that he should be better than studying in the town, and it just so happens that I can't control him, so I will send him to my brother to watch, and it will save him to learn from those little scoundrels in the town." ”
"It's a good thing, too." Qiao Xitan nodded in agreement, no matter what she said, it was not easy for Si Niang to discipline her brother-in-law as a woman.
The two of them were talking in the flower hall, but Ning Rong broke in at this time.
"You're going to send me to Lin'an!" Ning Rong has grown a lot taller in the past month, looking thinner, but with the rudiments of an adult, he is full of enthusiasm and anger, "I'm not going!" I'm going to stay here, this is my home, why are you sending me away! ”
"My brother is dead, but you can't bully people like that!" Ning Rongqi's eyes were red, his hands were clenched into fists and placed at his side, and he roared at Si Niang's impotence, "You can hold the family business, anyway, sooner or later, I will snatch it back, but it is too much for you to send me away!" ”
Qiao Xitan and Si Niang covered their numb ears at the same time.
"You're not in the right mood here." Qiao Xitan pointed to Ning Rong's angry and aggrieved face, and began to direct, "Your current mood should be angry, hateful and unwilling, the way you look now, tsk, will only make people want to bully you more." ”
Not to mention, Ning Rong's appearance is really like a Chihuahua.
"You, you ......" Ning Rong was still angry, and he couldn't react for a while when Qiao Xitan said this, the anger in his head was choked in his throat, and he barely caught his breath when he choked.
"Sit down and drink saliva and say slowly, you and Si Niang don't have a deep hatred, she sent you to Fuxue, not to let you get ahead." Qiao Xitan saw that Si Niang had a blue face and didn't speak, and opened her mouth to make peace for the two, "Your sister-in-law has never been short of food and clothing for you, let alone trying to raise you for nothing, not to mention that your nephew is still young, and the Ning family will inevitably be handed over to you in the future, if you don't take advantage of your sister-in-law's ability to study more and gain more knowledge, how can you take charge of such a big family business at that time." ”
Ning Rong is not purely brainless, he used to work against Si Niang, purely because he was angry.
At this time, listening to Qiao Xitan's analysis from an outsider, he calmed down for no reason, sat down according to his words, and looked at Si Niang with aggrieved and angry eyes, "But I said I don't want to study, I'm not that material at all, do you have to force me to study!" ”
Seeing that Ning Rong had calmed down, Qiao Xitan turned her head and nodded to Si Niang, and then walked out of the room and gave the two of them space to talk.
Next, Qiao Xitan didn't know what Si Niang and Ning Rong said, in short, two days later, Ning Rong took a scholar and a big bag and a small bag to the dock to meet Qiao Xitan and Xuanwei.
Ning Rong handed a bag of broken silver to Qiao Xitan, "This is the two taels of silver that your family's three acres of land sold, put it away." ”
Dayuan's fields can be sold for about 500 wen per acre, Qiao Xitan has already estimated the price of the field in his heart, and he didn't say anything when he heard the words, so he took the silver.
At this time, the boat to Lin'an had stopped at the dock, Qiao Xitan held Xuanwei and smiled at Ning Rong, "Thank you, get on the boat." ”
Most of the copper coins are used in Dayuan transactions, and the strings of copper coins are very weighty, but it is inconvenient to carry them around.
Therefore, before this trip, Qiao Xitan exchanged all the copper coins close to two hundred taels at home into silver tickets and carried them with her, and she put these two taels of silver in her purse as expenses along the way.
Dayuan water transport is developed, there is a special passenger boat to Lin'an, Qiao Xitan and Xuanwei four-person boat is really not small, each guest has a separate cabin.
Qiao Xitan and Xuan Wei lived together, and Ning Rong's cabin was next door to them.
Because it was still early, Qiao Xitan led Xuan Wei and happily walked onto the deck, ready to take a look at the scenery along the way.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a familiar and old voice came from behind the two of them.
"Tan Niang, Erlang, what are you ...... Also going to Lin'an? Wang Po carried a small burden on her back, held a cane in her hand, and slowly walked towards Qiao Xitan and Xuanwei.
The small hanging bun was blown back by the wind on the river, and the broken hair on his forehead was blown to his feet, revealing his serious but fleshy little face.
"Granny Wang!" Qiao Xitan looked at the old man in front of her in surprise, and eagerly stepped forward to greet her, "You are also going to Lin'an." ”
"I'll go to Lin'an to join my children." Wang Po smiled and glanced thoughtfully at Xuan Wei who was standing beside Qiao Xitan, "Erlang seems to have changed a lot, I almost can't recognize it." ”
Hanging Wei has gained a lot of weight recently, but if you want to talk about the change in appearance, it is actually not very visible.
It is understandable that Wang Po said that he had become fat, but it was a bit of an exaggeration to say that he had changed so much that he could not recognize him.
However, Qiao Xitan only sighed as an old man, and didn't hear the strangeness in her words at all.
"He's been able to eat too much lately, and he's gained a lot of weight." Qiao Xitan poked Hangwei's slightly bulging cheeks, and when he saw that Hangwei was about to turn his face, he quickly withdrew his hand again, "If there is someone I can help with in the past ten days, you just come to us, and we will live in cabin No. 3." ”
Granny Wang nodded, asked a few more words about Qiao Xitan's current situation, and then left to her cabin, but before leaving, she glanced at Xuan Wei strangely.
Hanging thoughtfully, his arms circled his chest, and he separated a wisp of divine sense to catch up with Granny Wang, wanting to explore the reality of Granny Wang.
The look in her eyes clearly showed that she was aware of his identity.
However, after the faint divine sense circled around Wang Po, he was shocked to find that this person was not strange at all, just an ordinary human race.
What's going on, is he overthinking?
Hanging Wei frowned slightly, and was about to retract his gaze, but his body shook suddenly, and he was almost planted on the ground unsuspected.
"The boat is sailing." Qiao Xitan's eyes quickly reached out to catch the suspense that was about to fall and eat, and stabilized the person, "Let's go eat something first." ”
Xuan Wei only felt very embarrassed, but he stood firm on his face quietly, and slapped Qiao Xitan's hand away, "Lead the way." ”
"Yes, young master." Qiao Xitan pinched the small tugs on the top of Hanging Wei's head, and naturally held his hand.
Hanging Wei was a little depressed, and wanted to withdraw his hand, but the hull of the boat shook, and he couldn't walk well as a three-year-old child, so he could only let Qiao Xitan lead him.
But just as he was taking two steps in a huff, he suddenly looked sideways at the corner not far away, and sure enough, he saw a familiar figure.
Tu Ye saw that he was discovered by his own young master, and he didn't hide anymore, and waved his hand at Qiao Xitan in a place where he couldn't see him.
But Xuan Wei frowned unhappily, giving birth to a sense of crisis.
This idiot, why did he come with him again, what if he was discovered by Qiao Xitan?