Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Old Man
Two days ago, when Aunt Song came to steal the soil, Erlang came to the field to see that the crops were growing well, but there was still some time before they matured.
Today he specially took a hoe over, thinking about turning over the ground to weed, but now, as the patriarch said, the vegetable seedlings under the previous days can be harvested, and the hoe in his hand is redundant.
Erlang's eyebrows twisted into a pimple, he picked two vegetables on the ground, took them in his hand and looked at them carefully, someone passed by to see it, and said with a smile: "What's so beautiful about this, is it possible that your family's dishes are different from ours?" ”
His daughter-in-law pulled him and whispered, "Maybe it's really sweeter than ours." ”
Knowing that Erlang couldn't speak, he didn't say anything more.
Erlang took the two vegetables and went home, Chen Xiaonian and Wang had already washed the fruit and were drying water in the yard.
Seeing the two vegetables in his hand, Chen Xiaonian asked stupidly, "Where did this dish come from, it looks so good." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, she reacted, "This is our own planting?" ”
Erlang nodded and handed the dish to Wang, who washed it and added two more dishes in the evening.
A little later, someone saw the patriarch go to Mrs. Song's house, and after staying for a while, she came out with a black face, and Mrs. Song chased after her and scolded her.
The patriarch had just left with his front foot, and Aunt Song had already picked up some branches with his hind foot and surrounded the well.
The people in the village shook their heads when they saw it, saying that Aunt Song was really crazy.
Although he had already explained to the Wang family during the day, Chen Xiaonian knew that that sentence had been stabbed in the heart of the Wang family.
She was pressed with things in her heart, tossing and turning for most of the night, and she really didn't feel sleepy at all.
Erlang beside her seemed to sigh lightly, she was a little embarrassed, and she was afraid of being embarrassed.
Sensing that his hand was grasping his quilt, Chen Xiaonian stiffened, hesitating whether he should continue to pretend to be asleep, or resist ......
However, Erlang just pulled the quilt for her, and gently patted her back like a child.
Suddenly, a wave of sleepiness hit, and Chen Xiaonian only felt that his head sank, and he had fallen asleep.
Erlang got up, put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and left Heshan Village.
Town, Chen's house.
Mrs. Chen had just lay down, drowsy and about to fall asleep, when she was suddenly frightened and opened her eyes.
She carefully lifted the curtain of the bed, and only by the moonlight could she see who it was.
"It's really you. I didn't dare to admit it in prison today, but I didn't expect you to really dare to come to the door. ”
She got up without hurry, sat on the bed, and looked at the person sitting there from a distance.
Although the face was hidden in the dark from the distance, Old Madam Chen still shuddered.
"That little daughter-in-law of your family has already thanked me, how dare you work hard again."
"Give me two hundred taels of silver."
As soon as the man spoke, Old Madam Chen was even more convinced of his identity.
"You are still in that nature, you dare to ask me for silver with one mouth!"
Her voice trembled, and she didn't know if it was because she heard this voice, or because she felt sorry for the two hundred taels of silver.
Scold.
A laugh, I couldn't hear the joy and anger, but the old lady's face turned pale with fright.
"Your precious golden pimple is more than two hundred taels of silver, right?"
Old Madam Chen's face turned pale.
"You!"
"Huh?"
His tone was slightly raised, and he didn't say much, but he was so frightened that Old Madam Chen trembled unconsciously.
"Two hundred taels is two hundred taels, and the kindness of our two families will be cleared in the future!"
He chuckled, but he couldn't hear the joy or anger clearly.
The old lady had no idea what he meant. I'm afraid that if I say more, he will take advantage of the fire to rob. He was afraid that he wouldn't say anything, and he felt that he was contemptuous and presumptuous.
The old lady was sitting on pins and needles, and she just thought about quickly giving the silver and quickly inviting the big Buddha away, but he asked coldly.
"Let that son of your family take care of it, he can't go the way of the court."
"What do you mean?"
The old lady stood up anxiously, and her movements became violent, making her dizzy for a while, and her body shook and almost fell.
In the blink of an eye, the person sitting opposite just now had come to her and held her steadily.
"Tomorrow she will come to your house to deliver something, and you will give her the silver, and say that this is to repay her for saving your precious golden pimple. Remember? ”
Looking at the face in front of her, the old lady was in a trance.
This scene is very similar to three years ago......
After thinking about it, the old lady fixed her eyes and saw where there was still the shadow of that person.
As soon as she breathed a sigh of relief, the next moment the old lady's expression tightened, she took out the fire fold and turned on the lamp, looked around the house, and finally found that she was missing a pair of earrings next to her makeup.
The old lady was so angry that she slapped the table and scolded: "What a bandit!" ”
Early the next morning, when Wang was about to go out, he happened to bump into Erlang who was going home, he had a basket of vegetables in his hand, he had Wang's words yesterday in mind, and he went down to the ground early today to collect the vegetables and prepare to sell them in the town.
Wang took the back basket, poured water silently, and went to wash the vegetables.
In the past, no matter what Erlang did in the morning, the Wang family must have praised it first, but today the Wang family only lowered his head and didn't even raise his head.
However, at the door just now, Erlang had already seen Wang's swollen walnut-like eyes, and he must have cried until midnight last night.
Chen Xiaonian came out of the house with a yawn, looked at these watery vegetables, praised a few words, and then took the fruits that dried yesterday and went to the kitchen.
Erlang pulled her, she looked up in confusion, followed Erlang's gaze, and then noticed Wang's strangeness.
She walked over and wanted to take the dish from Wang's hand, "Mother, the water is cold in the morning, I'll come." ”
Wang dodged and said in a suppressed voice: "I'll come, I'll come, you go and cook that can." ”
Regardless of Chen Xiaonian's reaction, Wang pressed his head down again and continued to wash the vegetables.
"Mother......
Wang waved his hand, "Go, go, don't be too late for a while." ”
Chen Xiaoniandong moved his lips, like a fish in his throat, and finally didn't say anything, turned around and went into the kitchen.
A moment later, Erlang came in with two freshly made bamboo baskets and handed them to Chen Xiaonian.
She glanced at it, and her gaze was instantly drawn to it.
These pieces are finer than before, and each piece is the same width. If it weren't for the fact that she had traveled through and been reborn in ancient times, she would have suspected that such a level of detail was made with the help of a machine.
"What the hell did you do before?"
Erlang snorted and wrote a few words on her hand.
Begging for food.
Yesterday was just a small test, but I didn't expect that there was really a market. Today she made more, filling two clay pots.
Fortunately, Erlang's craftsmanship is good, there is another bamboo basket at home, put the clay pot in the bamboo basket, Erlang carries one, and Chen Xiaonian carries one.
But the original owner is thin and weak, and he has never done hard work since he was a child, and he has even gained weight recently. And Chen Xiaonian crossed over, but he had never done such a thing, and he almost didn't knock over the clay pot after several attempts.