The surrounding people were all praising Xiao Niang, one sentence at a time. Xiao Niang"s wrinkled face was grinning from ear to ear."Hmph, what"s so special about that. Isn"t it just a piece of clothing? That"s why people who have never seen the world would think of such worthless clothes as a treasure. I said Xiao Niang, the most important thing is that your wife is trying to curry favor with you because she"s lazy, so it"s not right to let you wash her clothes. "
Liu Yao"s mouth was foaming at the mouth, just that it was too shameful. She wished that everyone would surround her and praise her, who didn"t know that she was considered a rich farmer in Nanshan Village, who doesn"t eat better than normal people, if Xiao Niang stole the limelight, how would she feel comfortable."You don"t know about this Liu Yao thing right? Um, I"m a bit embarra.s.sed to say it."
The Xiao Niang chuckled, and continued to speak in a low voice: "Last night, you finally managed to get into a room with Manman. This couple, once they are together, isn"t it like glue? They"ll wake up late today …"
Xiao Niang was timely so she did not finish her sentence. She had a look of someone who had experienced the past.The surrounding discussion gradually stopped. "Congratulations Xiao Niang, looks like I"ll be carrying my grandson soon."
When Liu Yao heard this, he shot a glance at Xiao Niang, who knows how many times he had rubbed that clothes in his hands. It seemed that the Xiao family was quite friendly, but it was a pity that this foolish girl Qiu Ju still did not forget Xiao Yiming.Sigh, who knew that her life would be so comfortable, this Qiu Ju, seriously, at that time, he was even telling me to stuff red packets of coal inside to make coal for you?
Wasn"t this silly girl just fooling around and hearing their gossip this morning?
This Xiao Yiming really isn"t a good person. While eating, he looked at the pot in front of him and didn"t forget to hook up with Qiu Ju even after having a wife.
Liu Yao threw the washed clothes into the basin and deliberately avoided Xiao Niang"s side, spitting out the words: "What are you so proud of, your Xiao family isn"t even good stuff! "Hmph …"
"Sigh, what are you talking about? Liu Yao, did you forget to take drugs today?" Xiao Niang and her were incompatible.
"Hmph …" "Hypocritical, you know it yourself." The Liu Yao snorted, twisted his waist, and left in a huff.
"This d.a.m.ned old woman, it can"t be that she"s grown up and recited the words to him, right?" At this time, the Xiao Niang"s good mood had already been halved. After washing his clothes, he quickly picked up the wooden basin and returned home.The people in the mountains usually did not have any entertainment. People who were not busy usually liked to talk about stuff, and after the meal, they would talk a lot.
Along the way, there were people who were pointing fingers at Xiao Niang. Xiao Niang did not care at all, these people were just jealous, and did not think much of the others.
Carrying the wooden basin back to Xiao Family Courtyard, he saw his son chopping firewood bare-chested.
"Mother, you"re back. Don"t you have embroidery work to do?" Just let Manman wash the clothes. "
Xiao Niang put down the wooden basin, turned over the clothes one by one and hung them on the bamboo pole: "Washing clothes is of no importance, I, as an mother-in-law, naturally feel sorry for my daughter-in-law, since I have been tired all night."
Xiao Yiming raised his head and smiled towards her, but he bitterly smiled. If mother misunderstood, he would let her be.After hanging up the clothes, Xiao Niang took out the ribs that Zhu Xiaokang had given him yesterday. In the morning, he had dug out some radishes from the ground.
After washing the ribs, he cut the radish into pieces and then chopped some ginger and spring onion for later use.
At this time, Luo Manman took some rice and fed it to the chickens. After killing one of the hens in the house, there were only five left, plus a rooster, this rooster was extremely gallant, if he had nothing to do, he would bring the group of hens from the back courtyard to the front courtyard. From time to time, he would pick up some earthworms from the gra.s.s and gra.s.ses to feed them.
On the Xiao family"s side, there was a pot of stewed radish. At this point, every household in the village was busy cooking lunch on the stove.The Qiu Family was no exception. Qiu Ju"s mother busied herself around the stove as she picked up the cabbage and cut it into pieces with a few strokes.
"Qiu Ju, add some dried up branches into the cooking hole. Once mother has cooked this dish, you can eat."
"Oh." Qiu Ju answered absentmindedly. Just as she was about to pick up the flint to light the flame, she saw that Qiu Ju"s mother was shocked: "Ah, there"s no salt left. Qiu Ju, wait a bit, mom will go to the neighboring house to borrow some salt."
Qiu Ju"s neighbor was Liu Yao"s home, so Auntie Qiu pushed aside the fencing in the small courtyard, and the moment they entered the house, a fragrant smell wafted into their nose: "It smells so good, Liu Yao, what"s the cooking here? My boss can smell the fragrance from far away. ""Mother Qiu Ju, it"s you. Isn"t it just the fragrance of the Red Braised Flower Meat?" Liu Yao laughed, looking extremely pleased, since her family"s condition was good, they could eat meat from time to time.
"Liu Yao, I"m looking for you to borrow some salt, your family has better conditions and can even eat meat from time to time. Sigh, it"s not like my family …"Qiu Ju"s mother sighed. Her family was already poor, so it was even more impossible for her to allow her daughter to marry the Xiao family.
Now that Xiao Yiming even had a wife, this was good too, so he could stop his daughter"s thoughts.
When the Liu Yao heard this, his eyes narrowed into lines as he laughed, "Mother Qiu Ju, a few days ago, the Tian Clan from Ao Li Village asked me to be a matchmaker? Initially, I had a good impression of Miss Qiu Ju and wanted to say it, but what a pity … ""What?" Are you saying that the Tian Clan is getting married? Tian Family in the village of Ao Li? " Qiu Ju"s mother"s eyes lit up and she quickly asked.
Ao Li Village was one of the richest villages in stonecrop"s Thirteen Villages. The villagers there were extremely wealthy, and every family had good farmland of over ten acres.
Therefore, their families were naturally more well-off. If they could marry into Ao Li Village, it would be too good, originally, the Qiu Family had already been poor for a lifetime, but in the next life they still wanted to rely on their daughter"s blessings and blessings.
"That"s right, Auntie Qiu is the Tian Family"s third son who wants to get married." Liu Yao was proud, but she was well-informed about the news of Thirteen Village. She knew which families married their wives and which families married their daughters.
The Tian family had said that they wanted the young lady in the mountain to be honest and hardworking. If this matchmaker was made, then what about her generous gift?
"Um, Liu Yao, we are old neighbors here, you watched over my daughter Qiu Ju growing up, what kind of good family do you have to help her?" The Auntie Qiu watched anxiously.Liu Yao did not put on airs at this moment, and went straight to the point: "Auntie Qiu, you"re being too polite just by saying this, you should know what I do to Qiu Ju this child. Surely I was pointing at her? "What a pity!"
"What"s a pity? Liu Yao, stop being so suspenseful. I just heard you say it"s a pity. "
Seeing how anxious Auntie Qiu was, her daughter would soon be seventeen. If she continued to drag things out, she would become an old lady.
No matter how good this girl was, if she were to drop the price when she was old, no one would want her if she were to drag things out any longer.
"Auntie Qiu, it looks like you don"t know yet. From my old woman"s point of view, the Xiao family is really not a thing?" Liu Yao was filled with righteous indignation.
"Let"s properly talk about Qiu Ju"s matter, how did it get to the Xiao family?" Auntie Qiu did not understand.
"This Xiao Yiming has already gotten married, and wants to seduce your daughter? It was said that on the night of the previous day, when the night wind was blowing, the two of them were walking side by side along the fields, and they were chatting and laughing very intimately with each other. Many people in the village saw this. That"s right, yesterday someone saw Qiu Ju go to the Xiao family and stayed at the Xiao family for an entire day. In the evening, the villagers saw Xiao Yiming send him back and the two of them were unable to part at all? "
The Liu Yao added oil to the fire, his expression was extremely lively, as if he had watched a live broadcast."What?" Liu Yao, is what you said true? "This is too much, it seems like Xiao Yiming is bullying the Qiu Family because there"s no one else, right?"
Auntie Qiu was so angry that her entire body was trembling, her face was green. She was just visiting relatives, how could there be so many things?
"Sigh, calm down Auntie Qiu, calm down, and don"t be so angry that you"ll lose your body. My wife just loves to fight against injustice, and the truth is the truth, what about you, just take care of Qiu Ju, what about me? I"ll try my best to introduce you to the marriage? "
What Liu Yao said after, Auntie Qiu did not even have the mood to care. She swore in a low voice and angrily ran out, her demeanor clearly showed that she was looking for someone to fight with.
He originally came to borrow the salt, but this time, he did not even take the salt away. "Sigh, Auntie Qiu, the salt that you wanted."
"Sigh, I"m finished. Did I say something wrong? If Auntie Qiu goes to the Xiao family to settle the score, wouldn"t she be the one who started it? " When Liu Yao said this, he felt a little regretful that he wanted to slap himself. But after thinking about it, what"s wrong with my wife, isn"t this the truth? Was she also guilty of telling the truth?
But Auntie Qiu"s murderous look still made her scared. Aiyo, what the h.e.l.l is this? Liu Yao slapped his thigh. He hurriedly chased after her, burning with anxiety."Auntie Qiu, you and I."
Nanshan Village"s village was very big, there were about a hundred households, and the entire village also had a large area, divided into the inside and the outside.
Outside was near the village entrance. The houses here at the village entrance were all built quite well, and all of the families had chosen to build their own houses, so the houses here at the village entrance were new and visible.
The Xiao family"s location was in the middle of the village. The terrain was neither too good nor too bad, and at this moment, the Xiao family"s lunch was just prepared. The lunch was not bad, and the family of three was currently eating heartily.
"Xiao Yiming, come out, quickly come out, don"t think that I do not know, you are hiding inside and not coming out, since you dared to seduce someone else"s daughter, don"t be afraid to hide inside the house, quickly come out, quickly come out?" Auntie Qiu jogged over, and with her loud voice, she was already out of breath.