The sisters wore straw hats and gossiped all the way.

No, it was Xiao Hong who listened to Xiao Fang talk about the temperament of the Zhao family.

"Grandpa Zhao doesn't like to talk very much, and he is a bit patriarchal, but he won't embarrass the juniors."

Xiao Hong pondered in her heart: Xiao Fang just let herself not have to show her presence in front of the old man, and people may not even feel much distressed about their own granddaughter, let alone her cheap granddaughter.

"Grandma Zhao's temper comes and goes quickly, the knife mouth is tofu heart, if you say a few words, you will go in and out of your left ear, as if you didn't hear it."

Xiao Hong instantly understood: Grandma Zhao is not good at stubble.

"Do you remember? The uncle's family has two daughters and a son, the lobby sister Zhao Tingting got married last year, the cousin is one year younger than us, and the year before last, he went to the towel factory as a car stopper, and Zhao Junjie will be in the third year of junior high school in the second half of the year. ”

"The two sons of the second uncle's family, the lobby brother Zhao Junying is now working as a carpenter with the second uncle, and the second cousin Zhao Junhao and I are classmates."

"Now my grandparents live with my third uncle..."

Of course, this is not because the old couple spoils the third child, but the year when Zhao Laosan was twenty-five years old and was ready to get married, because the first two brothers married their daughters-in-law and hollowed out the family foundation.

After he took a fancy to the family, the woman asked for a lot of dowry, but the family couldn't come up with the money.

Zhao Laosan took a risk, and the four brothers discussed going into the mountains to hunt, but they did not expect to encounter five wild boars, and in the panic, he was arched by the wild boar and broke his right leg, and borrowed a lot of money to save his life.

After that, he had to walk on crutches.

Then there will be no woman willing to marry him.

Xiao Hong was a little puzzled: "Tingting was only nineteen years old last year, right?" Why did you get married so early? ”

"In the countryside, if you get married early, it is normal for a girl to marry at the age of eighteen or nineteen, and if the man's family conditions are not good, there are also twenty-seven or eighteen singles." Xiao Fang thought in her heart: Aren't you only eighteen years old this year, aren't you almost married by your stepmother?

"Yes!" Xiao Hong also reacted after finishing speaking, and could only sigh in her heart, this is all poor.

Anyway, she already had an idea in her heart, she would rather lack than abuse in marriage, and if there was no man who could make her want to marry, it would be good to be a single nobleman.

Of course, she is still young now, and it is too late to wait for ten or eight years to think about it.

Thinking about it like this, she felt that the bizarre dream still affected her.

Otherwise, how could I think that?

They soon came to the Qiancun consignment store, and after entering, Xiao Hong only saw an old glass counter, which was blocked by wooden boards on the side, and behind it was a partition counter made of wood, with only simple salt, sauce, vinegar, and some needles and threads, as well as some ice packs, sparkling wine, cigarettes and matches.

There were also a few old women in blue shirts who were gossiping their fans.

When Xiao Hong saw them, she remembered her grandmother.

When my grandmother was alive, she also liked to wear such clothes, and now that she sees it, she feels very kind.

Xiao Fang saw that she was stunned, but she didn't care, she still thought that Xiao Hong disliked the simplicity of this consignment store and didn't want to come in?

She stepped forward and greeted with the words here: "Grandma Yu, give me two bags of salt and two bottles of sparkling wine." ”

"Great!" Grandma Yu responded with a smile, pushed away the wooden board and walked in, and took out two bags of salt and two bottles of sparkling wine: "A total of two pieces, the bottle will be returned to you for two cents." ”

asked with envy and gossip: "You are from the fourth family of Zhao Lao in Zhacun Village, right?" I heard you're good at reading, huh? What's the way to do it from time to time? ”

As the old saying goes, ten miles is not the same.

Xiao Hong could understand what they said, but let her say that it would definitely not be able to say.

Xiao Hong secretly screamed in her heart, thinking that the fortune teller was afraid that she was not young, and she didn't know if she could understand the Mandarin she spoke.

She has been thinking about it for so long, and she is afraid that she will lose in the language barrier, which is really depressing.

But since she came, she was still ready to find out, maybe she was lucky enough to be able to communicate with the fortune teller?

"It's just that the teacher listens carefully in class!" Xiao Fang took out a piece of two from his pocket and put it on the counter, then put the things in the basket, and after a few polite greetings, he beckoned Xiao Hong to leave.

Xiao Hong asked a little sourly, "Are you studying well?" It's got to the point where the next village can know about it? ”

She is familiar with the language, and her head hurts when she thinks of English and mathematics.

When I think that I will be a sophomore in the second half of the year, I have the urge to drop out of school.

Xiao Fang was astringent: "That's because I was the first girl in Zhacun to go to high school." ”

"Now everyone is not rich, many families think that their daughters are from other people's families after they get married, even if their daughters have good grades, they will not provide for their daughters to go to high school and college, which is too expensive."

She looked at Xiao Hong, her eyes were very firm: "Sister, we don't have a good family, we must study hard, as long as knowledge can change our fate." ”

"From tomorrow, let's review together, shall we?"

Xiao Hong couldn't say anything when she refused, so she could only nod heavily.

She almost couldn't help but say: In the future, my sister will earn money for you to go to college.

But I told my sister yesterday that my final grades were not satisfactory, and now my sister is saying this, it must be to make up for herself.

She glanced around and asked in a low voice, "Do you know where the fortune teller in the former village lives?" ”

Xiao Fang looked at her with a shocked face, as if she had seen a ghost: "How can you believe this?" We're high school students, huh? ”

If it weren't for the fear of attracting attention, she would have wanted to grab her shoulders and shake the mess out of her head.

Xiao Hong hurriedly shook her head: "No, you misunderstood, I wanted to stuff some money for the fortune teller and let her say more good things for me in front of Grandma Zhao." ”

In fact, she was also a little worried in her heart, a little curious if people could figure out that something was wrong with her?

"You're really thoughtful, huh?" Xiao Fang looked at her in surprise: "Then did you bring any money?" ”

After she finished speaking, she first took out a few small pieces of money from her pocket, and then looked annoyed: "I only have a piece of three cents." ”

"It's okay, I brought the money." Xiao Hong approached her and whispered, "What about the fifty yuan I brought?" ”

Xiao Fang thought she was sensible before, but now when she heard her words, she just wanted to say that she didn't know how expensive oil and salt were.

The corners of her mouth twitched: "I heard that if you come to tell fortunes, just give three or five yuan, and don't give too much at once, lest people treat you as a wronged leader." ”

"Don't worry, I'm just taking a little bit more with me, just in case."

Xiao Fang was also afraid that they would be seen looking for a fortune teller, and when the time came, her grandmother would know that there would be extraneous branches.

She deliberately asked the children who were playing outside for directions, and soon found a fortune teller's home.

Also stone yards, inside are three spacious two-story wooden houses.

The yard is paved with flat stones, and there are two jujube trees, and under the jujube trees are stone tables and stone benches, which look a little chic.

Wearing a blue slanted single gown and combing her white hair into a bun, her grandmother sat on the stone bench and smiled kindly: "Your guest is here, please take a seat." ”