Chapter 60 Chapter 60
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Guang Niangzi's courtyard is well cleaned up, and the chickens and ducks are strong.
They're all small things, Mrs. Zhang, don't laugh at them.
Zhang Fangyuan entered the yard, and the two women chatted and laughed like a family. He is really clumsy in these matters, and he needs a woman to talk. Begging his aunt to come really begging correct.
He honestly followed behind He Shi, taking gifts when he was asked, and calling people when he was asked, and the arrangement was very proper.
Should I ask the girl to come out and take a look? It's still necessary for these young people to close their eyes, don't you think you are just a lady?
After chatting about the household chores, He returned to the topic, and Guang's mother also went on the road, yelling into the room: Qiu'er.
Zhang Fangyuan waited for someone to come out, seeing Guang's mother's face was not ugly, thinking that Zhou Zheng was born to a young daughter at a young age.
At this time, there is usually a ceremony, and the girl's family has to urge her to pretend to be shy. Zhang Fangyuan waited patiently, but the girl didn't shout out, and a man with a chicken came in first from outside the courtyard.
The eyes of several people were naturally attracted.
Guang's mother saw that the tone of the curse was familiar, as if blaming him for coming back at an untimely time: I will not take good care of me when I am sick, and I have to go out when my sister says we are going to do any work.
He turned his head and smiled and introduced to He Shi and Zhang Fangyuan: This is our second child who is worthless.
Zhang Fangyuan tilted his head, looking at the chubby figure, he felt a little familiar, but couldn't remember it for a while, when the second son of Guang's family raised his head, the wicked face made him stand up immediately without regard for etiquette.
He was already facing fiercely, but when he showed a slightly angry expression, his face became even more threatening. He was startled, and asked in a low voice: Put it far away, what's going on?
She gently tugged on the hem of Laren's clothes, but don't cause any conflicts at this moment.
The second son of the Guang family seems to have had some wine and his mind is in a daze. He raised his head and saw the man standing in the yard. He shivered reflexively and hid back. As soon as he loosened his hand, the half-dead chicken jumped out of his hand. go out.
Zhang Fangyuan stared at the panicked domestic chicken, narrowed his eyes slightly and said to the second child of the Guang family, Are you from this family?
The man shy away from answering his words, and hid behind Guangmu: Mother
Guang's mother also saw that there was a dispute between the two, and immediately smoothed things over: You child, if you are not comfortable, go into the house. A big man is showing his timidity outside. Mrs. Zhang, where are we talking?
Mrs. He was about to answer, but Zhang Fangyuan said directly: There is no need to look at each other, Auntie, let's go.
This, what's the matter?
He hurriedly grabbed the man with a dark face.
Zhang Fangyuan said: There is no such fate.
Guang's mother knew that Zhang Fangyuan's reputation was not good, but her eyes lit up when she saw him. She felt that the talent was quite outstanding, and she was still humble in front of her elders.
The little girl's family is too one-sided in her view of men, she only knows how to choose a scholar who is gentle and considerate with a tone of voice, but she doesn't know that after marriage, she has to be Zhang Fangyuan, which has many benefits. Yuan Guang was quite satisfied with seeing people, but she didn't get along with her son, but now her face changed as soon as she said it, and she didn't even care about the situation, so she became unhappy.
Ms. Zhang, what do you mean? I begged the matchmaker to come and see her, but she quit before seeing her. Is it true that our Guang family is a newcomer and easy to bully?
He Shi was in a dilemma, looked at Zhang Fangyuan: This...
Remember that Zhang Fangyuan didn't want to expose people directly, but Guang's mother insisted on being obsessed, so he said politely: May I ask what the second brothers of the Guang family do for a living?
Guang's mother's face immediately turned ugly when she heard the words, but she still said: The second child is not talented, and he does some odd jobs in the city, and occasionally works as a helper in the neighboring village.
Zhang Fangyuan glanced sideways at the chickens in the yard: You should know what the second brother is doing. After all, everything is brought into the house. A poor man can't be poor. Although I, Zhang Fangyuan, can't do anything, I can do it. Not the brother-in-law of the second brother Guang.
The last time I touched my head, I warned him, heh. Zhang Fangyuan sneered: It seems that the second brother will not repent, I can't swallow this kiss.
Although he didn't say it outright, Mrs. He is also a smart person. He immediately understood what was going on, even though he was dissatisfied with his nephew's sudden turn of events, but there are brothers with bad character in this family, so the marriage must not be tolerated. of.
Miss Guang, since that's the case, then we won't bother you. Mrs. He was very on the nephew's side and said that she was about to leave when she mentioned the things she brought, but this move made Guang's mother jump up.
The fact that the family's shady idea was uncovered, and the marriage was lost because of it, Guang's mother was ashamed and angry, and when a person was unreasonable, she would try to find some momentum from other places.
It turned out that you were the one who beat our second child like that. He hurt his ribs and was frightened. He was bedridden for two days. Now he was barely able to go out, but you threatened him again. A butcher can bully others like this? Today's marriage can be dismissed, but You will pay for my son's medical treatment!
The second child of the Guang family hid behind the door, the siblings were together, listening to the quarrel outside, Miss Guang Wu glanced at her brother, felt so ashamed, wiped her eyes and ran into the inner room crying: Then said My brother can’t do this job, and he’s still doing it.”
Guang Er scolded: Why didn't I see you say these words when eating meat, meat is still the most delicious!
After scolding, he secretly looked at Zhang Fangyuan in fear, secretly hating his mother for saying such words.
He has experienced first-hand how vicious this butcher is. If he disagrees, let him go and let the matter go. Now that he says he will lose money, if the butcher goes crazy, he will beat the whole family to hell.
He was terrified and didn't dare to go out. He only complained that he didn't listen to the man's family when the matchmaker came to marry him. However, all these things at home were handled by his mother, and he couldn't even eat enough. Who would have thought about it? Never mind that.
After Zhang Fangyuan listened to Guangmu's words, he directly protected Mrs. He behind him with a smirk, and looked down at Guangmu: What's the matter, if I don't pay today, Mrs. Guang will keep me for dinner No way? I boast that I have seen many shameless people, but I never thought Mrs. Guang was even better.
Guang's mother changed her usual image of not talking much in the village, thinking that Zhang Fangyuan would be afraid of being on her own territory, with a large number of children and a large population, so she pointed directly at Zhang Fangyuan's nose and scolded: Beating people is still a shame! If you don't lose money, you will be your father! Don't say you don't want to, I still don't want to promise a girl to such a tyrannical person like you. Look at who in the village and outside the village will marry the girl and brother to you. Go be a bachelor all your life, old widower!
All kinds of past lives flashed through Zhang Fangyuan's mind, his eyes sharpened, and with a bang, he slammed his fist down in front of Guang's mother, breaking a corner of the wooden table in the yard.
Mother Guang trembled, her shoulders trembled, she stared blankly at the person and couldn't shout anymore.
Miss Guang, you might as well try whether your mouth is tough or my fist is tough.
Zhang Fangyuan turned and called He Shi: Auntie, let's go. The two of them remembered how they came and went.
When the people walked away, Guang's mother's legs softened and she fell back to the chair. Guang'er, the fifth girl and the youngest son at home quickly surrounded her: Mother, are you okay?
This butcher is so vicious, it's a good thing that the marriage failed, otherwise the daughter would have suffered a lot after marrying.
Mom, he won't sue us, will he?
The ears were buzzing loudly like mosquitoes, and Guang's mother didn't even have time to catch her breath: What sue? He said yes. The court is about evidence. Can he show it?
After hearing this, Guang Er breathed a sigh of relief: Mother and Fifth Sister, don't be angry, they just stewed this chicken at night, so Mother can rest assured.
Guang's mother was quite tired physically and mentally, and her legs could not use the strength on the chair. She waved her hand: Lao Wu will cook at night.
Miss Guangwu pinched her fingers, feeling a little sad, but she obediently went to get the chicken to kill, as if even a big deal couldn't bear a bite of meat.
Far away, don't worry about this matter. Knowing your character earlier is much better than knowing that you can't peel it off after you get married. You did the right thing. We can't look for petty thieves. Knowing the whole story, Mrs. He consoled: Who would have thought that this family would be like this, and Guang'er's mother would not advise and teach, how to make it happen.
Zhang Fangyuan sighed for a long time: I said how could the butcher recognize me when that kid was stealing things on the mountain, but I didn't recognize me when I looked at it. I was from the Guang family. I only regret that I didn't catch that kid last time. His hands are discounted, but he can still do these things.”
Mrs. He shook her head: Forget it, we won't be in contact with the Guang family again. Auntie will go to your Aunt Gan's again, and I'm sure we can find someone suitable.
talk later.
Zhang Fangyuan was a little irritable. He thought that things would fail, but he never thought that it would fail in this way.
There was a lot of discussion about the marriage in the village, and although they didn't talk about the marriage with others this morning, there were always people who wanted to inquire about it.
People in the village dare not ask Zhang Fangyuan, but they always ask Mr. He.
The He family is not a woman with a bad mouth, she doesn't want to talk about people's good and bad, she just says that the two parties are not suitable, thinking about the sons and daughters in that room are all parents, she still left some for the Guang family. feelings.
The failure of the marriage seems to be a reasonable result. The women in the village laughed about it, but they didn't take it seriously. However, within a few days, there was a gust of evil wind in the village.
Seeing Zhang Fangyuan's almost begging appearance, Xu He's ears turned red: You, why are you telling me these things?
After finishing speaking, he said again: Besides, he didn't give me anything, he just wrote a few words for me to recognize.
Zhang Fangyuan's thick eyebrows moved: Although I haven't entered a serious academy, I can also read. I can teach you how to read if you want.
Xu He didn't answer, but actually wanted to tell Zhang Fangyuan that Fei Lian was about to become his brother-in-law and had nothing to do with him, and it was impossible for someone like him to want to have anything to do with him.
But his mother has confessed that he can't make it public until the matter is completely settled, otherwise it will be difficult to find relatives if something goes wrong.
Zhang Fangyuan saw that he stopped talking again, his whole body was very frizzy, and he didn't feel any strength anywhere: Why don't you talk?
what do you want me to say.
Tell me you know! Say you come to me in the future if you have anything to do!
Xu He was angry, but he couldn't help Zhang Fangyuan: Why are you like this?
Zhang Fangyuan saw that he would not say what he wanted to hear, so he was depressed for a while, and then said: Why don't you use the hair tie I gave you, don't you like it?
No. Xu He squatted down and cut the weeds that Chunxin had grown, and went back later to feed the ducks: Who would bring such a good thing down?
Zhang Fangyuan's heart suddenly became flustered again: Then you can bring it to the Huachao Festival in a few days.
...
Take it, I want to see you take it.
we'll talk about it then.
Xu He heard someone talking in the distance, glanced at Zhang Fangyuan who seemed to be born in the field, and urged in a low voice: You go back first.
You chased me away after you finished your work, why didn't you chase Fei Lian, why don't you want to see me so much?!
Started shouting again.
This person was not like this before.
Xu He could only stroke the fur of the fried pug: It's good for you to stand here and let people see it, it's time to talk about it again.
Although Zhang Fangyuan didn't care much about his reputation, it was a mess, but Xu He was a little brother after all, different from a man. Although he was upset when he heard the words, he didn't refute and stood up by himself: Then I'll just go.
His tone was sour.
...
Next...see you next time.
I'll be waiting for you at Haitang Bay at the beginning of the Huachao Festival!
Xu He looked up and saw Zhang Fangyuan's eyes lit up immediately, and it seemed to have a big tail growing behind him, wagging at him all the time.
After speaking, without waiting for him to agree or refuse, he climbed up the field ridge and ran away in a flash.
Xu He held the sickle, and the redness of his ears had spread to his unchanging cheeks.
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The second pig that Zhang Fangyuan bought was a bit smaller, and the meat was not as much as the first one, but the selling speed was not as fast as the first one. One is that when the first head was sold, it was fifteen years ago, and there were many people buying meat, and the other was that the meat was fat and easy to sell.
It took a few days of work, but fortunately it was sold out, but it earned a thousand pennies. The butcher's business earns faster than ordinary people, but he spends a lot of money, and he can't save money. He is setting up a stall in the city for a while, and he eats and drinks in the city, takes out and buys some things. The money I saved was only 2,000 yuan.
There was still more than 1,000 yuan left for the bracelet before taking it out, and there was still 4,000 yuan in total.
Today he went to another village to order a pig, and tomorrow he went to slaughter it and transport it directly to the city. He had to sell the pig for slaughter before the Huachao Festival.
As soon as he got home, Zhang Fangyuan heard Chen Si coming outside the house, carrying a pot of rice wine.
With a tacit understanding between the two, one opened the wine, and the other took out the food from the kitchen.
Chen Si looked at a plate of stewed mutton with a unique smell of mutton, and swallowed greedily: You've made money!
Zhang Fangyuan leaned back on his chair and sat down: It's just the beginning of earning money. This is the mutton that I promised you earlier. Although the winter solstice has passed, I will make up for it now.
Chen Siguo ate the meat, and said with a big tongue: You are too polite, hehe.
Zhang Fangyuan ate the sauced meat one bite at a time, drank rice wine, looked at Chen Si who was devouring it, and suddenly said, How do you think I compare with the only son of Fei's family?
Chen Si glanced at Zhang Fangyuan in confusion: You are both only children, what can be compared?
Zhang Fangyuan kicked him under the table. Chen Si was in pain: What do you want to compare? You are a butcher and a scholar. There is a word in the book, which is completely different! There is no way to compare.
Then if you are a woman or a little brother, and you want to choose a husband, who do you choose?
Chen Si saw that Zhang Fangyuan was a little puzzled, and didn't want to make such assumptions, but because Zhang Fangyuan's strong and powerful fists were gradually clenched, he still said: If I am a little brother, I will choose you.
Why?
Chen Si patted Zhang Fangyuan's hard chest, and his smile was rippling: Look at how healthy this body is, how can a pale-skinned scholar compare?
roll!
Zhang Fangyuan stretched out his feet, and Chen Si fell to the ground with a slap.
Fei family.
When Fei Lian arrived home, Fei's mother had just come back from the field. Seeing her son Xiu Mu coming home, she was so happy that she scooped up a ladle of water from the water tank by the yard to wash off the mud on her hands: Mother will cook for you. Make something delicious.
Okay. Fei Lian went back to his room and put down his book bag, and changed out of the courtyard uniform for fear of getting dirty when he returned home.
My master read the articles I wrote recently, and said that I have made a lot of progress, and the college entrance examination is very promising.
After changing his clothes, Fei Lian went to the kitchen, and took the initiative to report to Fei's mother about his studies in the academy.
Fei's mother couldn't hide the smile on her son's face, as if the monthly money specially allocated by the imperial court to a talented gentleman, the fertile land has already arrived, and the eyes of the villagers have turned red with envy: My son is promising, the Fei family Prosperity is expected! It will not be in vain for your parents to study hard all these years.
Fei Lian pursed his lips, and threw the broken firewood into the stove: Mother, I'm not too young now, and I'll be weak in two years.
Although scholars get married late, but also... Fei Lian didn't have the embarrassment to finish what he said later: After the college test, if I can get good grades, I think.
Fei's mother heard the meaning of her son's desire to marry a wife, and said with relief: My son has grown up. Even if you don't tell me, mother also has this plan. Now that you have brought it up, mother will simply talk to him. .”
A while ago, my mother went to Xu's house as a guest, and she had a good talk with Mrs. Xu. After your courtyard has tried it, we will go to Xu's house to propose marriage.
Hearing this, Fei Lian's hands trembled excitedly, and the light in his eyes suddenly brightened, and he stood up from the stove suddenly: As the saying goes, there is no mother who knows a son, and a mother really knows her son's heart.
Sit down quickly. Seeing her son so happy that she didn't know where to go, Fei's mother was also happy, but she felt unspeakably uncomfortable. She didn't understand why, but she still said, You and Shaochun said Speaking of which, the girl was born really well, and she is very healthy, and Lian'er will be able to gain face when she is an official by her side in the future.
Fei Lian was stunned, and the smile on his face froze immediately: Shao, Shao Chunniang decided on Shao Chun.
Then who else can there be? The Xu family only has two children. Could it be Xu He? Fei's mother was puzzled and said, The little brother is nothing, his talent is not equal to Lian'er, let him be Why don't you make the villagers laugh at you?
Fei Lian said anxiously: Yes, but I
Fei's mother was taken aback, raised her eyelids slightly, looked at her reluctant son, and said in shock, Could it be that Lian'er has taken a fancy to Xu He!?
Fei Lian didn't speak, just lowered his head.
Fei's mother dropped the spatula, and walked anxiously from the stove to Fei Lian. She even wondered if she was controlling her son too strictly, preventing girls and brothers from the village from approaching him, causing his son to be a little distorted: That Xu He is tall and thin, dark like a dry monkey, and has a weird and withdrawn personality, what does Lian'er think of him! His second sister is the most beautiful girl in our village, even the men in the neighboring villages Idea!
She talked about the benefits of Xu Shaochun's basket, and belittled Xu He, but Fei Lian showed a look of pain: I think Brother He is very good. He is diligent and not too busy. The most important thing is that he is willing to learn. But Shaochun is also good, she is a beautiful and good wife, but she doesn't like reading and writing.
Fei's mother shook her head: Let's not say that a woman's lack of talent is a virtue. Xu He is definitely not good. Even if you don't want Xu Shaochun, you can't be Xu He. It's too ridiculous. He doesn't look like you. Yes, it's not just that I don't agree, your uncle won't agree to anything. Could it be that you want your mother to be laughed at by the people around? Your mother has worked so hard for you to study, and you want to disobey your parents' wishes and make your parents sad
Seeing that Fei Lian didn't speak for a long time, Fei's mother suddenly burst into tears: Mother raised you up so much, I don't ask you to repay your parents, I just hope you listen to them. Now that you are old, you have your own Make up your mind, you heartless child.
Mother, mother, I didn't mean that. Seeing his mother so at a loss, Fei Lian said, Son, I just listen to you.
Seeing this, Fei's mother wailed softly, Really?
Fei Lian closed his eyes in pain and nodded.
Mother is all for your own good.
I know
Some were looking for him to buy and sell livestock, and everyone began to envy this capable young man, and then changed their minds to talk to him about making friends.
I'm afraid it's not going to happen. I saw Zhang Fangyuan coming and going behind the door of Xu's house. He probably missed Xu Shaochun.
That's a pity. But is it true? I want to tell him that I have a cousin.
Really, a while ago I saw Zhang Fangyuan talking to Xu Laoxiao on the ridge of the field, and returned the things. Do you think it could be fake?
In fact, many people in the village know that young men will give things to Xu He and then hand them over to his sister. The village still encourages this custom of handing over gifts. It is reserved and courteous, and bravely pursues the person they like. Many older people come here like this. of.