Lin Xiaoman went to pick some vegetables outside the courtyard wall, and then went to the freezer in the warehouse to get some meat, and just made six dishes, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

Lin Xiaoman only thought that Lin Erhu was back, and wiped his hands before coming out. When he opened the door, there was a green book standing outside, and he was carrying a bamboo basket with a lid that was dripping water.

Qingshu saw Lin Xiaoman hand the basket forward, and grinned, "This is sent by the horse, Miss Xiaoman tastes it." ”

Lin Xiaoman took it and opened the lid on it, and saw that it was still covered with thick velvet, which had been soaked in ice water, and under the ice cubes was half-red and half-green lychees.

Lychees grow in the south, not to mention that they are located in the northeast, but in the Central Plains are rare things, it is indeed rare to be able to send over, and I don't know how much ice has melted along the way, and how many horses have been paralyzed to send this small basket.

Lin Xiaoman thought of a poem he saw in the book: When the concubine laughs on the red dust, no one knows that it is a lychee.

Let's say it's moving, it's really moving. But the distress is also really distressing!

This season, the lychees that look better than this over there are only a few dollars a catty. Sending such a basket of lychees from thousands of miles away is a waste of money for the people, so why bother?

Qingshu saw that Lin Xiaoman didn't have much joy on her face, but she didn't recognize the lychee, "This is a lychee sent from Lingnan, Miss Xiaoman, try it." ”

Lin Xiaoman hummed, picked up a lychee, and with a skillful and gentle pinch of his two fingers, the lychee shell was pinched in half, revealing the snow-white lychee flesh inside.

Qingshu, who was eager to teach Lin Xiaoman how to peel lychees, silently put down his raised hand, no matter how he looked at Lin Xiaoman's proficiency in eating lychees, it didn't look like he had eaten it for the first time.

Well, it's difficult for the master to let him take it like a treasure, which is embarrassing.

"Miss Xiaoman's technique of peeling lychees is skilled, have you eaten it before?"

Lin Xiaoman naturally couldn't admit it, "I haven't eaten it, I've only seen it in books, and it's weird and delicious." ”

Although Lin Xiaoman doesn't look like he hasn't eaten lychees, Qingshu didn't suspect her of lying, after all, one south and one north, and I haven't heard that Lin Xiaoman went to the south when he was a child, so it's normal that he hasn't eaten it.

Lin Xiaoman ate one by himself and handed a few to Qingshu, "Brother Qingshu also eats." ”

To be honest, the time on the road is too long, and even with ice, the lychees are not so fresh. The most important thing is that this lychee core is also too big, unlike the new varieties cultivated there, which are all sweet flesh with only a small pit.

Qingshu waved his hand and refused, "Adults won't miss my food, I often eat." Miss Xiaoman ate a few more, and the adults said that they would send any delicious food to Miss Xiaoman in the future. ”

"Well, thank you for me, my lord, my lord remembers our brothers and sisters, if I have anything delicious in the future, I will also make it for my lord."

Qingshu scratched his head, but he didn't say that the adult said that he would send lychees over to Lin Xiaoman, and he didn't mention Lin Erhu at all.

Qingshu took out another piece of broken silver and handed it to Lin Xiaoman, "My lord, let me buy some melons with Miss Xiaoman to eat." ”

Lin Xiaoman said: "If you want to eat, you can go to the field and pick it, why don't you buy it?" ”

"If it was just me and adults eating, I would definitely not be polite to Xiaoman girl, but this time I want to buy it and eat it with the officers and soldiers in the county, and I will have to give money."

After speaking, he squeezed his eyes at Lin Xiaoman, and Lin Xiaoman understood that although these officers and soldiers guarding the city were also under the jurisdiction of the county order, their immediate boss was the county lieutenant, and Lu Jin did not completely regard those people as his own.

If she didn't say hello and took someone to her field to pick melons, and then those people became accustomed to go to the field to eat and take, and her melon field was not enough for these people.

Lin Xiaoman accepted the broken silver and asked, "Have you eaten it?" ”

Qingshu's eyes lit up when he smelled the fragrance wafting from the courtyard, but he looked back at the officers and soldiers stationed outside, and in front of these people, he couldn't eat alone with adults.

When he was in distress, Lin Xiaoman saw his concern, "Erhu is still with Mr. Xu, I just happened to pick him up and go home, so I brought the food over, and when the adults are done, you can go over and eat with Mr. ”

Qingshu immediately nodded, "Okay, I'll go over with the adults later." ”

Lin Xiaoman sent the food over and took Lin Erhu back by the way, Lin Erhu was saying all the way that Xu Qiuliang asked him to help Zhang Luo with the dowry, which made him sad, "Sister, you said that I have never married a daughter-in-law, how do you know what to prepare for the dowry?" Mr. still has to ask me, do you say it's sad? ”

Lin Xiaoman said: "Most of the dowries in our village are two taels of silver, like when the third sister of the eldest aunt got married, the cow given by the mother-in-law's family was the only one in the village, but the second grandfather added some dowry and let the eldest aunt bring it back." Aunt Jiao's dowry is estimated to be a passing scene, and when she goes out, the second grandfather will still bring it back. ”

Lin Erhu hadn't been born when Lin Erjiao got married, he didn't know this, but after listening to Lin Xiaoman, Lin Erhu said: "So how much dowry does Mr. give, and he still has to bring it back in the end?" ”

Lin Xiaoman thought about it, in the past, Lin Youwang's family didn't have any money, and they didn't covet the dowry of the little girl, but now every family in the village has money, and their family has planted a lot of tomatoes and peppers with them.

"Well, the second grandfather and the second grandmother are not that kind of people."

Lin Erhu clapped his hands, "Then what are you worried about?" Mr. has as much as he wants, and he has to bring it back anyway. ”

Lin Xiaoman disagreed, "You can't marry a daughter-in-law in the future with this mentality, it's not easy for people to raise their daughters, just raise them and marry into their mother-in-law's family, how much dowry you give is thanks to the Yue family's nurturing grace, people bring it back is love, not bring it back is duty, you can't blame others in the future because your daughter-in-law didn't bring back the dowry." ”

Lin Erhu nodded, "I know, I'm not such a stingy person." It's just that Mr. doesn't have much money in his hands, and he has become a dowry, and Mr. is afraid that Aunt Jiaojiao will suffer with him if she marries. ”

Lin Xiaoman didn't think that Lin Dajiao would suffer if she married, she was the one who planted the most new crops with her in the village, and she only earned a hundred taels by selling tomatoes and peppers in this month, which was also one of the richest in the village.

However, she was still very curious about how much Xu Qiuliang could give as a dowry, "Did Mr. Xu say how much he could take?" ”

Lin Erhu stretched out two fingers, and Lin Xiaoman asked, "Twenty taels?" ”

Lin Erhu shook his head, "Two two!" ”

The corners of Lin Xiaoman's mouth twitched, "His total net worth is only two taels?" Last year, I followed the people in the village to Pankang, but I didn't make any money? ”

Lin Erhu sighed, "You also know that Mr. is so greedy, what kind of family can he save?" At that time, he never thought that there would be a day when he would marry a daughter-in-law, and he would spend the money in a restaurant in the city when he earned it, and now it is too late to regret it. These two taels of silver are still the bundles that the eldest brother has to give. ”

(End of chapter)