Yuan Hua, on the other hand, had not seen Zhang Yang for a long time. Thinking about what they had said before, he looked at Yuan Daping again and asked curiously: "What kind of job does Zhang Yang do in the town? Now he seems to be more promising than before.
Some of them speak in an orderly and smooth manner, which is different from those who run outside."
Of course Song Qiu couldn't say anything about Mr. Hong Wu, but he didn't know the details and said: "I said I was working at the dock. It's much better than hanging out with the gangsters before."
Yuan Hua nodded and said nothing more.
All the way to the Changhe River, Old Yuan, who had been waiting anxiously for a long time, saw someone coming back and immediately came up to ask about the situation.
Song Qiu said that everything was fine, and old Yuan was relieved. He looked at Yuan Hua and said, "Then you go back quickly. Your family is also worried. Your mother has a quick temper, and I am afraid she will be very anxious now."
, go back quickly and tell her to go so that people don’t worry."
Yuan Hua nodded, took back the cart, pushed it and took Yuan Daping back home in a hurry.
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It rained heavily today, and the tea stall's business was not very good. When Song Qiu came back, the stalls were closed for less than half an hour.
Today, only one watermelon was sold, and there was still some cold shrimp and mung bean soup left. In order not to waste it, I took it home and shared it with the Zhang family nearby to eat.
When they returned home, they met Mr. Zhang coming out of the upper room. He came to see Mr. Zhang. After hearing what he said, Song Qiu and the others knew that Mr. Zhang had gone up the mountain today and fell down in the rain.
wrestle.
Old Yuan asked Song Qiu to bring a bowl of cold shrimps to Old Zhang. Standing in the yard, when he saw old Deng coming out of the upper room, he said: "We closed the stall earlier today. Didn't you say we would go to Meifu together?"
Where can I find two ducklings to raise and lay duck eggs? Are you going to go now?"
Everyone in the village knows that Mei Fu is good at raising chickens. There are at least twenty or thirty chickens in a chicken garden now.
She has become so good at raising ducks that she started to buy ducklings and raise them last year. Now some ducks are grown and sold, and some are hatching eggs to produce ducklings and then raising them.
I heard that there were quite a lot of ducklings, so I told them if anyone in the village wanted to raise ducks, just go to her and catch them.
Mrs. Deng has long wanted to feed two ducks. She doesn’t like eggs, but duck eggs. Raising two eggs will lay them every day, which is just right.
Chickens can't survive if they are fed, but ducks are easier to feed than chickens, so they should be able to feed them.
"Okay, come on now." Mrs. Deng said and walked down, not forgetting to ask Zhang Lihua who came back to look at the medicinal soup sitting on the small stove. She should continue to give Zhang Lihua a drink in the evening, but don't boil it dry.
After that, Old Yuan and Old Deng went down the gentle slope together to the end of the village.
In the past two days, many people who want to raise ducks have gone to Mei Fu's house to catch ducks. At the moment, there are no ducks in Mei Fu's house to catch, but there are some who are sitting there to relax.
Seeing Mr. Deng and Mr. Deng coming together, he hurriedly invited them to go talk and relax.
Old Yuan is very busy these days, and people in the village can't find her to relax with, so she is just waiting for her.
As a result, several women sat and had some leisure in the yard of Mei Fu's house.
Mei Fu is also a generous and hospitable person. He brought pumpkin seeds that were just produced this year for everyone to eat.
When Lao Yuan saw it, he said: "There are quite a lot of old pumpkins in my yard, and I haven't had time to get them yet. Mei Fu, you've even fried the pumpkin seeds, but hurry up."
Mei Fu smiled, "I've been busy working inside and outside the house all day, so I couldn't care less about doing this. It's all made by red dates."
The ladies all praised her, "Hongzao is a diligent person."
"Supposedly, these girls in our village are all hard-working girls. One is better than the other. No, their marriages are all settled well!" Mrs. Zhang said.
"The pear blossoms have determined the stones in our village, so let's not talk about them. Others, of about the same age, such as Chunxiang Peach Branch, I heard they all determined good families, Hongzao here, Mei Fu, you know it well, right? I heard
Your mother-in-law and sister-in-law are here!"
When it comes to children and their marriage, women always have the most to say.
Mei Fu smiled and responded, "It's done. When the time comes, I'll have to trouble a few more aunts to help me."
"That's what it should be, it should be, and we don't want to see anyone outside our village!"
Speaking of happiness, Mrs. Zhang's mouth was bald and she couldn't help but say more: "Aqiu is also hard-working and capable. Look at how prosperous the tea shed is. I heard that people have been coming to propose marriage for a long time. That's right.
Granny Yuan, you want to keep your daughter as a bride, otherwise, the marriage should be arranged first-class!"
After finishing speaking, she was pulled by Butcher Wang's wife, and she came back to her senses, and quickly made up for her mistake: "But it is also good to recruit a wife. A girl like Aqiu is hardworking, good-looking, and can be appointed.
I'm here to recruit a good son-in-law."
It's just that everyone knows how difficult it is to recruit a wife, so it's no wonder she said something bald.
Old Yuan didn't think much of anything. He immediately answered with a smile: "This kind of thing depends on fate. It should be a good fate. It can't be run away. There is no rush. Aqiu will only be fourteen next month."
Mrs. Zhang nodded in agreement, saying there was no need to rush if she wanted to recruit a wife. It would be no problem to recruit someone at the age of sixteen or seventeen.
But she didn't know that as long as Song Qiu nodded, they would have a ready-made wife waiting to be recruited.
Old Mrs. Deng and Old Mrs. Yuan looked at each other and understood.
Mrs. Wang saw that it was not good to continue talking about this matter, so she quickly changed the subject and skipped it.
"Hey, have you heard? Landlord Cheng's 60th birthday was supposed to be celebrated with a banquet, but now it's no longer possible!"
Sure enough, Mrs. Zhang's attention was immediately attracted, "No more? Why not? I was still thinking about eating the flowing water mat to get good luck! Last time for the old lady of the Cheng family's birthday, after eating the flowing water mat, my chicken
They laid eggs for several days in a row!"
"I also heard what my family member said. He buys and kills pigs every day. I also heard what others said. It probably hasn't spread now.
It is said that the young master of the Cheng family has been ill since last month. His illness is not good. I heard that even the best doctors in the city have been invited to see him. He can't get out of bed now. I don't know if he can survive this year.
Here!" said Mrs. Wang.
Everyone was shocked when they heard what happened.
"You're talking about Landlord Cheng's precious golden grandson? Isn't he only sixteen years old? What kind of disease is this? Why can't he survive it? Is it so serious?"
"Yes, in this generation of the Cheng family, there is only such a precious child among the direct descendants, so why did he get sick? The Cheng family is so kind, why does God still play tricks on people like this?"
"What kind of disease do you have? Even the doctors in Fucheng can't do anything about it?"
Even Mrs. Wang, who knew this better than anyone else, was stumped by the question, "I don't know what the disease is, I just know that I'm so sick that I can't even get up, and even eating is worse every day. Now I rely on decoctions."
I'm hanging on for dear life. I heard that Landlord Cheng's son-in-law has a lot of connections, and he's already gone to hire some imperial doctor who came out of the palace to retire."
"I don't know whether people can be good or not. Now the Cheng family is in a state of melancholy. How can they think of anything to celebrate their birthday?"