Chapter 45: Matchmaking
"Sister-in-law, you've been wronged. ”
Ji Linyuan's voice was low, with a hint of apology.
If it weren't for him, my sister-in-law wouldn't have suffered such a sin.
Seeing Ji Linyuan's self-blaming look, Bai Yu didn't know what he was thinking, so he couldn't help but shake his head, stretched out his hand and patted Ji Linyuan's shoulder.
"I'm not wronged, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I'd be dead this time. ”
"But if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had such a disaster. ”
Ji Linyuan was excited, pouted, and stood up from the stool to look at Bai Yu.
As long as he thought of it, Bai Yu could have left, didn't care about anything, and would not suffer such a crime, but because of him, he gave up.
It was as if his heart had been pinched together.
If he wasn't strong enough, how could his sister-in-law almost lose her life in order to protect him?
Ji Linyuan's excited look, Bai Yu was startled.
wanted to pat Ji Linyuan's shoulder, but couldn't, so he had to reach out and pull Ji Linyuan's sleeve: "Don't get excited, I know that you will definitely come to save me." ”
It's weird.
She was determined to die, where did she think about letting Ji Linyuan save her, but now that Ji Linyuan is so excited, this is definitely not something to say.
Ji Linyuan is smart, of course he knew that Bai Yu was comforting her, and he felt that his sleeves were being pulled, and as soon as he looked down, he saw that Bai Yu was looking at him.
Suddenly, Ji Linyuan's whole mind was a little dazed, and his hands were raised uncontrollably, encircling the white jade in his arms.
Bai Yu was stunned by such a hug.
This, what is the situation?
Before she could react, she heard Ji Linyuan's voice ringing in her ears.
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to comfort me, I will work hard, try to become strong, and never let people bully you again. ”
Ji Linyuan's voice was low, with a hint of guilt and forbearance, which made Bai Yu, who originally wanted to break away from him, feel soft in his heart, stretched out his hand to wrap around Ji Linyuan's waist, and patted it.
"Good, good, I believe in you, I believe in you. ”
In fact, Bai Yu's heart was broken at the moment, originally she wanted to shoot Ji Linyuan's back, but the reality of Chiguoguo's blow was blown, and in the end she could only resign herself to patting Ji Linyuan's waist.
Does this look weird?
Ji Linyuan felt Bai Yu's movements, and he couldn't help but stiffen, and the roots of his ears turned slightly red.
"I boiled ginger soup, sister-in-law should rest early. ”
Ji Linyuan was a little embarrassed to let go of the hand holding Bai Yu, turned his head, and said in a low voice.
Isn't he too Meng Lang, sister-in-law won't blame him, right?
Thinking like this, Ji Linyuan immediately regretted it, men and women can't kiss, how could he do such a thing.
When Bai Yu heard this, as soon as he looked up, he saw that Ji Linyuan's ears were slightly red and his head was set aside, and he couldn't help laughing, his little uncle is really innocent.
After tossing and turning for a day during the day, she was also very tired at the moment, so she didn't tease him, and nodded: "You go to bed early." ”
As he spoke, he drank ginger soup and went to sleep.
At night, Bai Yu had a dream, in which she was sunk in the pond, and no one came to save her despite her desperate struggle, and the strong feeling of suffocation made her breathless.
When she woke up, it was not yet dawn, it was clearly winter, but her back was wet with sweat, looking at the dark night sky outside the window through the window, she couldn't help but reflect in her heart, why she was sunk in the pond, not because of Ji Linyuan, because she was too weak, the weak couldn't protect Ji Linyuan, and everyone who was weak could slander her and step on her.
If she is strong enough, even if she really doesn't abide by women's morals, she won't dare to sink herself into the pond, and maybe she will help her cover up.
Thinking like this, the hands under the white jade quilt couldn't help but clench together.
Early the next morning, Ji Linyuan got up and cooked breakfast, and when he saw that Bai Yu had no symptoms of a cold, he breathed a sigh of relief, and handed her the silver that Bai Yu asked Widow Zhang to bring him, but the handkerchief he was originally wrapped in was replaced with a money bag.
"Sister-in-law, let's move out early. At this moment, Ji Linyuan has no sense of belonging to Sanpai Village, and he can't wait to take Bai Yu away so that these people can no longer hurt her.
Looking at the silver handed over by Ji Linyuan, Bai Yu took out half a tael from it and handed it to Ji Linyuan: "Hurry up and take the carriage to the academy, we will leave after the New Year, don't worry, if it weren't for the matter of guarding the palace sand this time, no one would be able to help me, I would be careful." ”
But isn't it? If you do it, you can't tell who is afraid of whom.
Looking at the silver handed over by Bai Yu, Ji Linyuan didn't ask for it: "My sister-in-law gave me a lot two days ago, and I still have money." ”
"Sister-in-law, I'm gone, take care of myself at home. ”
Saying that, Ji Linyuan went out without looking back.
Looking at the half tael of silver that had not been moved on the table, Bai Yu suddenly felt a sense of inconvenience.
After putting away the dishes and chopsticks on the table, Bai Yu went to Widow Zhang's house to teach Widow Zhang how to make ramen.
At the same time, at the village chief's house, the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law, Song Shi, was waking up according to the method her father-in-law said.
Looking at the broken noodles on the side, Song was distressed.
"Master, do you think this can work? These noodles are all bad, and I haven't seen them come out. ”
"Why do you talk so much, Dad said that if you can do it, you will definitely be able to do it. ”
The boss of the Song family also muttered in his heart, but he had been to the town, and the ramen business in the town was very good, and his father's method was correct, that is, as long as these noodles could be made, it would be cost-effective.
Song was so fierce by Song Boss that he didn't dare to speak, buried his head, and got up, and when he woke up, Song started to pull, but he still couldn't pull up.
"Okay, okay, okay, pulled out the ramen?"
The village chief's voice sounded at the kitchen door, and the Song family and Song Boss couldn't help but shake their heads when they heard this.
"Dad, you won't have a problem with this, will you? The little widow won't lie to you, will she? Boss Song was very suspicious, he didn't believe that the little widow was so kind.
"No, she told me when she was forced to do nothing, she must have not woken up. ”
If Bai Yu heard this at this moment, he would definitely roll his eyes indecently, what kind of thing? She was forced to have no choice? Which eye did she see that she was forced to give him the method of making ramen?
She clearly gave it very simply, okay?
"But Dad, if it goes on like this, how many times will it be bad. "These are all white noodles, they can be eaten for a long time when they are made into steamed buns, chop some meat, chop some vegetables, and you can make steamed buns, which one is not better than that ramen, Song is distressed.
When the village chief heard this, he said impatiently: "Let you do it, what are you doing with so many words." ”
The village chief's heart is also a little uneasy, but now that he has done everything, only by making the ramen can he recover the loss.
As soon as he heard that the village chief was angry, the Song family didn't dare to speak, so he could only endure the distress and continue to make peace.
The village chief came out of the kitchen, and the boss of the Song family followed him out.
"Dad, the Song family doesn't know when they will be able to make ramen, this is too bad, I have a way. Boss Song said, leaned into the village chief's ear, and said in a low voice.
The village chief, who was still worried, suddenly lit up his eyes after hearing Boss Song's words.
In addition to teaching Widow Zhang to make ramen these days, Bai Yu went out to sell ramen, and he was busy every day without touching the ground, and he and Widow Zhang had just come back from selling ramen outside, and they saw a slightly chubby middle-aged woman standing at the door, constantly haggling, walking back and forth, and when they saw Bai Yu and they came back, they hurriedly ran over.
"Ouch, little widow, you're finally back, I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”
The woman's face was kind, and she said to Bai Yu with a smile.
Bai Yu couldn't help frowning when she saw this, this person was not from the village, and she looked at the woman vigilantly while thinking: "Who are you?"
Widow Zhang, who was on the side, saw the visitor and greeted her with a smile: "Mrs. Xia, why are you here?"
When Mrs. Xia heard this, she smiled and smacked Widow Zhang: "Look at what you said, why did I come here, Mrs. Xia came here, of course she is a matchmaker." ”
Matchmaking?
After Bai Yu heard Mrs. Xia's words, the whole person couldn't react, this matchmaker is for Lin Yuan?
Lin Yuan is only fourteen, he's still too young, right?
But isn't it true that in this era, people get married at the age of thirteen or four?
Thinking like this, Bai Yu's heart was a little unhappy for some reason, but when he thought that Ji Linyuan would have to get married sooner or later, if the person introduced was suitable, let him see, fall in love first, or something.
You can't just let her uncle wait until her twenties to get married just because she thinks she's still too young, then she will become an older unmarried leftover man here, and she will make jokes when she goes out.
After thinking about it, although Bai Yu was reluctant, he still said with a smile: "It's very cold outside, Mrs. Xia will go inside and talk about it." ”
With that, Bai Yu opened the door and went directly to the kitchen to light the fire, while Widow Zhang was talking to Mrs. Xia on the side.
It is said that the mouth of the matchmaker, it is full of mouths and running train skins, and it is really not wrong at all, Xia Matchmaker has not stopped since she opened her mouth as soon as she entered the door, and she and Widow Zhang are blowing nonsense.
Bai Yu lit the fire on the side and called the two to the fire: "Mrs. Xia, I don't know which girl you want to talk about? Can you be literate?" Ji Linyuan is a scholar, and when looking for a partner, you must always find someone who can read, not to mention the red sleeves and fragrance, there is always a common language, otherwise what will the two of them say when they get married in the future.
Bai Yu felt that she was like a mother-in-law who picked a daughter-in-law at the moment, and suddenly understood why so many mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were at odds, such as her, she was not Ji Linyuan's mother, when she thought that Ji Linyuan was going to get married, there was something bad in her heart, let alone her mother.
Mrs. Xia was about to speak, but after hearing Bai Yu's words, she was suddenly a little confused: "Girl, what girl?"
Bai Yu and Widow Zhang were also confused by Mrs. Xia's words.
"Aren't you here to tell Lin Yuan about matchmaking?" Bai Yu said suspiciously.
"Ji Xiucai, who said kiss to Ji Xiucai, I came to tell you that the matchmaker is here. ”
As soon as Bai Yu asked this, Mrs. Xia could be regarded as reacting, feeling that this little widow thought that she was here to tell Ji Linyuan about matchmaking, she said, what kind of girl.
To her??
When Bai Yu heard this, he suddenly became calm, and stood up from the stool with a pout.
"You're kidding, you're kidding, I'm a widow, and I'm not going to get married. ”
"Mrs. Xia, please do it. ”
Mrs. Xia was not annoyed when she saw Bai Yu driving people, and looked at Bai Yu with a smile: "Oh, I know that you are a widow, and the other party also knows that you are a widow, I said this woman, how can you not marry, with a man, then life has a taste." ”
"And the other party's conditions are also very good, the first marriage, the family has a house and a field, the people are neat, the work is also good, the family foundation is also good, you marry and wait to enjoy the blessings. ”
"Which village is that from, which person?" Widow Zhang saw Mrs. Xia say this, thinking that Bai Yu felt that Mrs. Xia was right, so she asked more.
As soon as Widow Zhang's words were finished, Mrs. Xia suddenly smiled like a flower: "Ouch, it's from your village, the second son of the village chief's family." That's a good condition, right? ”
Originally, Mrs. Xia thought that after she said someone, Bai Yu would definitely respond, but it was the village chief's house, the number one in the village, who was not allowed to be respected.
But she didn't want to, her words could be finished, and the faces of Bai Yu and Widow Zhang changed.
Bai Yu sneered and looked at Mrs. Xia: "Let's not talk about whether I will marry or not in my life, that is, I will marry, even if I marry a pig and a dog, I will not marry the son of the village chief, Mrs. Xia, please, please tell the village chief, don't make too much noise, no one is a fool." ”
The village chief asked people to be matchmakers, and she just didn't have to think about it to know what kind of calculation he was making, and she was afraid that the ramen at home would not be able to make it.
I have to say that Bai Yu is the truth at the moment.
That day, the Song family couldn't make a ramen rally, so Boss Song gave the village chief an idea.
Bai Yu is a widow, the widow will marry, it just so happens that the second child of his family has not yet married, if he marries someone back, everyone is from their family, not to mention a ramen recipe, and as long as they marry Bai Yu, they don't have to make ramen, as long as Bai Yu does, they can sell it, isn't it better.
After Boss Song said this, the village chief immediately felt that it was feasible, so the family discussed it, and immediately made a decision, and invited Mrs. Xia to Bai Yu's house to talk about matchmaking.
Mrs. Xia is from other villages, and she only knows that Bai Yu is a widow, how can she know what happened in the village during this time, not to mention that there are village chiefs who deliberately hide it, and they don't know.
I felt that this was a good family business, but any woman with a little brain would come down, I thought that this family business was proper, but I never thought that Bai Yu would say this, and his face suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"Little widow, you are a widow, the son of the village chief's family is still not disgusted with the first marriage, what are you not satisfied with, don't choose, there will be no such shop in this village." ”
Mrs. Xia started from protecting the media, which one was not polite to her, but it was the first time she was rejected like this, and her tone of voice was a little unpleasant.
When Bai Yu heard this, he hooked the corners of his mouth: "He doesn't dislike me, I don't like him." ”
"You ......" Mrs. Xia was angry with Bai Yu's attitude, and stood up from the stool: "Okay, good, you dislike it, I see what else you can marry." ”
As he spoke, he left angrily, looking at Mrs. Xia's back, Bai Yu said loudly: "Mrs. Xia, don't forget what I said." ”
As soon as Mrs. Xia left, Widow Zhang glanced at Bai Yu worriedly: "Yu'er, Mrs. Xia is the only matchmaker in these ten miles and eight villages, if you make her angry like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk about Linyuan's marriage in the future." "Don't look at this Xia matchmaker, looking at the kind and kind, small-bellied chicken intestines, when you go out of this door at this time, you may not be able to say what words can come out of your mouth.
Bai Yu couldn't help but purse his mouth when he heard this: "It's hard to say it, it's hard to say, I can find a better one in the future." ”
When Widow Zhang saw Bai Yu say this, she thought about it and felt that it was the same, so she didn't say anything, but looked at Bai Yu worriedly: "What does the village chief want to do?"
It's only been a few days since the incident of this white jade sinking pond, and he actually came to the door to propose his relatives, what the hell did he think.
Bai Yu snorted coldly when he heard this: "Who knows what he wants to do, no matter what he wants to do, I just don't marry after all." ”
Bai Yu here, her face didn't matter, over there Mrs. Xia returned to the village chief's house with Bai Yu's words, and told the village chief the words of Bai Yu as they were, and the village chief, who was still dreaming of making a fortune, suddenly turned blue after listening to the words brought back by Mrs. Xia.
Mid-November.
Sanpai Village ushered in the first snow of winter, overnight, the whole land was covered in silver, only to see a vast white piece, Bai Yu sat by the fire, bored with firewood, but worried that Ji Linyuan was cold in the academy.
After thinking about it, Bai Yu took a piece of pork belly from the kitchen and made a braised pork, and a spicy fried pork, put it in a food box and went to the room to wrap himself in only a pair of eyes outside, took the silver, went to the village to find an ox cart and went to the town.
When he arrived in town, Bai Yu went directly to the ready-to-wear store.
"Little lady, what do you want to buy?"
In this snowy weather, business is very light, and the owner of the ready-to-wear store finally saw someone coming, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face.
Seeing this, Bai Yu pulled the homemade scarf around his neck down, revealing a cold red face.
"Boss, bring me that cloak of yours and show it to me. ”
It was an aqua-blue mantle with thick cotton planted in it, which looked drapey but not bloated.
Hearing this, the boss took off the cloak, looked at it and handed it to Bai Yu with a smile: "The little lady's vision is really good, the quality of this cloak is good, the key is warmth, this cold day, with this cloak it is not so cold." ”
Bai Yu took the cloak in his hand and looked at it, it was very thick and the workmanship was good, so he couldn't help but nodded: "How much is this cloak?"
Although Bai Yu looked at it again, the boss didn't know that Bai Yu would buy it, and he was not picky when he saw her, so he asked the price without saying a word, and couldn't help laughing: "This cloak is of good quality and has thick cotton in it, and it costs two taels of silver." ”
What?
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "One or two." ”
Originally, the boss thought that he would meet someone who couldn't bargain, but he didn't want Bai Yu to not only bargain, but also to bargain.
"Little lady, the workmanship of this cloak is so good, I will lose money for a tael of silver, you can add some more." ”
As soon as the boss's words were finished, Bai Yu put down the cloak in his hand without saying a word: "Then forget it, I don't want it." ”
As he spoke, he turned around and was about to leave.
The boss was confused by Bai Yu's simple attitude, didn't she really want it? Why did she leave without even returning the price, seeing that Bai Yu was about to walk out, the boss hurriedly stopped Bai Yu: "Little lady, one or two will be one or two." ”
Seeing that the cloak is not cheap, there are few people who buy it, and he can still make a consistent amount of money for a tael of silver, if he doesn't sell it this time, he doesn't know when he will be able to sell it, and maybe he won't be able to sell it at that time.
Seeing the boss say this, Bai Yu hesitated to take out the money, as if he didn't want it very much, and the frightened boss hurriedly wrapped it up and handed it over to Bai Yu, which was so fast that it was staggering.
Coming out of the garment store, Bai Yu smiled with satisfaction, and finally called a carriage and went to the county seat with his cloak.
Bai Yu was still in the county seat for the first time, compared to the town, the county town didn't know how much bigger, and Bai Yu couldn't find the way, so she directly asked the coachman to pull her to the academy.
The carriage was walking, but suddenly it stopped coldly.
"What are you doing, looking for death. ”
The coachman's scolding sounded outside the carriage, Bai Yu couldn't help frowning when he heard this, pushed open the carriage door, and saw that the coachman was already standing on the snow, bending down to pull a little girl with yellow hair.
"I'm sorry, I'm in a hurry, I didn't mean to. The little girl was carried by the coachman and couldn't stop apologizing.
Seeing this, Bai Yu couldn't help frowning, only to see that the little girl's face was yellow and thin, Bai Yu always felt a little familiar, and was about to speak, but the little girl had already broken free from the coachman's hand, and ran away.
Seeing this, the coachman scolded and drove the carriage to the academy.
Qiyu Academy
Bai Yu stood at the door of the academy, the door of the academy was closed at this moment, Bai Yu stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, the door opened, and an old man in his sixties stood in front of the door, looking at Bai Yu with only a pair of eyes left on the nose of the bag.
"Little girl, who are you looking for? ”
"I'm looking for Ji Linyuan. ”
As soon as Bai Yu's words were finished, the man asked her to slam the door and wait, then turned around and entered the academy.
Ji Linyuan never dreamed that his sister-in-law would come to see him.
When he heard the porter's uncle say that someone was looking for him, he thought that Bai Yu had an accident, so he hurriedly ran out, but when he ran to the gate, he saw Bai Yu standing in the snow, and the whole person couldn't react.
Seeing this, Bai Yu walked forward a few steps, and saw that Ji Linyuan was still wearing the cotton clothes he had made before, and his face was red from the cold, so he hurriedly took out the cloak in his hand.
"I'm sorry I'm here, see what you froze, hurry up, put it on. ”
While speaking, Bai Yu wanted to put the cloak in his hand on him, but found that his height was not enough, and he was suddenly depressed.
Ji Linyuan had already come back to his senses at this moment, and when he saw Mo Yang with Bai Yu's indignant face, he didn't know why, so he hurriedly bent down so that Bai Yu could reach him.
Originally, Bai Yu had already planned to let Ji Linyuan put on himself, but when he saw him bending down, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth and put the cloak on Ji Linyuan.
"Sister-in-law, I'm not cold. "Compared with previous years, this year's clothes are the thickest, and they are really not cold, I wanted to ask Bai Yu why he came, but I found that this question was not an overkill, so I said in a low voice, but I was moved in my heart.
Bai Yu rolled her eyes indecently when she heard this: "Yes, yes, you are not cold." "He's thinking she's a fool.
Saying that, Bai Yu handed the food box to Ji Linyuan: "I made some dishes to bring, the lean meat is a little spicy, it's just right to eat it so cold now, you haven't eaten so spicy, eat less, beware of hurting your stomach." ”
Looking at the food box in Bai Yu's hand, Ji Linyuan pursed his lips and took the food box: "I'm going to take a vacation soon, what if something happens to my sister-in-law along the way, I can't be so nonsense next time." ”
As he spoke, he saw that there were still a few snowflakes on Bai Yu's head, so he naturally stretched out his hand and brushed the snowflakes away from Bai Yu's head.
Bai Yu didn't care about Ji Linyuan's movements, pursed his mouth, and glanced at Ji Linyuan: "Oh, what's the matter, I came to see you, are you still not happy?"
After speaking, there is a big meaning that you dare to say yes, try it.
Seeing this, Ji Linyuan couldn't help but smile: "Willingly, willingly." ”
"Lin Yuan, is something wrong with my sister-in-law?"
After Ji Linyuan's words were finished, Xue Hanyu's voice sounded behind him, Bai Yu followed the voice, and looked at Xue Hanyu's thin eyebrows and eyes stunned.