The second day of the winter lunar month is the time for marriage, alliance, and meeting with relatives and friends.
It's a good, good day.
It was foggy when we woke up early, and it was obvious that it would be a sunny day again today.
Song Qiu put on a new cotton-padded jacket made for her by the skillful Li. It was made of fine fine cotton, a light blue jacket with a slight fur collar, and a horse-faced skirt that just hung over the embroidered shoes.
Her hair was simply combed, but she inserted the hairpin that Zhang Yang had given her for her last birthday.
It didn't matter how she was dressed, but it made Old Yuan's and the others' eyes light up.
"Wow! Ah Qiu, you look so beautiful!" Zhang Lihua came up to her like a butterfly and touched her coat and skirt, she was so happy.
Song Qiu looked at it and said, "Aunt Li is very skillful. She made the two new clothes for you and Aling very nice, and they will look just as nice when you wear them!"
The fabrics she bought back later were all cotton. When Li and Wang were empty-handed, she made two pairs of good winter clothes for everyone, so everyone had new clothes to wear.
It's just that we are busy every day, and no one is willing to dig out new clothes to wear.
Zhang Lihua nodded in agreement, "I really like those two new clothes. I have to go to work now, but I don't dare to wear them. If they get dirty and damaged, it won't be easy to wash. I'll keep them for the New Year!"
It's a pity that she didn't go out alone during the Chinese New Year, so she could only wear her new clothes for a while in the village, which was a bit regretful when she thought about it.
Seeing her like that, Song Qiu would not talk about going to the county town to watch the lantern festival on the Lantern Festival, lest the girl would keep talking about it with joy, which would be too much for her ears.
After going to the inn all the way and having breakfast first, Song Qiu drove the covered mule cart and took Old Yuan to Yanghuai Village in a leisurely manner.
This morning, Du Chuanfu went to the pottery kiln in the town to pick up the porcelain vase ordered by Qian'er. Yanghuai Village was not far away, so she could drive by herself without any problem.
The other people in the inn can't leave. They are busy today. Yuan Hua and his wife asked for leave. Today, Zhang Lihua and Yang Dalian have to take over at the tea shed for the whole day, and they can't spare any manpower to drive the carriage.
So Song Qiu was wearing new clothes, so he still had to be a coachman.
Mrs. Yuan was not worried about her granddaughter sitting outside alone, and was not afraid of the cold. She lifted the curtain of the car and sat next to the door of the car. The grandfather and grandson talked, and soon they arrived at Yanghuai Village.
Yanghuai Village is a large village, with nearly a hundred households, but most of them have mixed surnames, and very few have the same surname.
Because there are many households with mixed surnames and no blood connections, there are many intermarriages in the same village.
People who live in a village have a better idea of which family's daughter and which family's children are like than those who live in other villages.
There have been some rich people in the village, and some poor people.
For example, the Yuan family in Yanghuai Village is considered a middle-to-upper-class family, with two sons and three grandsons, ten acres of good land, and a married aunt who suddenly became rich.
As a result, the Yuan family was already a very popular family in the village, and they had already set their sights on Yuan Daping, the grandson of the Yuan family.
But at that time, Yuan Cheng and Xiang had also privately considered the girls of the right age in the village, and felt that there was no suitable one. Someone came to them openly or secretly to make peace, but they all declined.
Later, the old Yuan family made a fortune here, and its reputation spread, and many people in the village came to join the Yuan family.
But the Yuan family quietly walked away and told a girl that she was going to come to look after the house soon. The villagers were so worried that they were so worried.
Okay, the boss can’t keep an eye on him, there’s still a second one!
So, no matter what, thoughtful people are still enthusiastic.
Two days ago, I knew that the Yuan family would be looking after the house today, so some villagers from my hometown who were friendly with me came to Yuan's family to send some home-made dishes.
Today, even more so, many people in the village have nothing to do. They are all sitting under the trees in the village watching the fun, waiting to see what the girl the Yuan family is looking at is like!
But they probably didn't arrive so early. Everyone was chatting leisurely, and someone saw the mule cart entering the village.
One look at the pretty little girl driving the carriage, isn't it that girl from Song Qiu?
He was lively and took the initiative to come up and say hello.
Everyone has gone to Song's house to sell sweet potatoes, and everyone knows Song Qiu.
Song Qiuleng was startled when she saw so many people at the entrance of the village. She whispered to her, "The sun is nice today, but it hasn't risen yet. Why are everyone coming out so early to bask in the sun?"
Old Yuan was laughing hard when she heard this. Seeing so many people approaching her, she hurriedly spoke out. She was not familiar with it, so she said hello and asked Song Qiu to drive the mule cart forward.
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Everyone under the tree watched the mule cart enter the village and go straight to Yuan's house at the east end of the village.
Someone in the crowd whispered, "Look at this girl from the Song family. She's getting more and more beautiful. She's so pretty in that new cotton-padded jacket!"
"Who said this girl is capable of earning a living? I heard that she earned all the money, so what's the point of wearing a new cotton-padded jacket? If my daughter can earn this kind of money for me, I can give her a gold hairpin!
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"Don't talk about the little girl Song Qiu. Look at Chengzi's aunt. When I married into the village, she was not married yet. She was picked and married to a small village like Songshan Village. The Song family didn't
In the field, Song Xiaoquan does have some skills, and his life is relatively easy. What a pity!
I don’t know if she was unlucky or something else. Her mother-in-law died not long after she got married, and her husband died not long after giving birth to her son. She was miserable alone and raised her son up. Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, her son was like this.
Not long after they got married, they passed away, leaving behind three women and children, which was very sad!
But God would not let her go, and his daughter-in-law died again. The granddaughter had not grown up to get married yet. How sick was she at that time? Nariko and his aunt came back crying to borrow money to treat her granddaughter.
With?
I heard that people can't survive until they see it, and I don't know if Nariko and his aunt's bad luck for decades finally ran out. God suddenly showed mercy, and the granddaughter suddenly got better. This is good.
Will life become easier for the Song family?
How could I have thought of it in the past! This person is running an inn and a workshop, and he has also bought farmland and servants. Look how prosperous it is! So what a life it is for people! It’s really hard to say!”
Others listened, and those who knew that Old Yuan's life was rough in the first half of her life couldn't help but nodded in agreement, but now that the Song family is so prosperous, they all think that she has a bad luck behind her!
No, in the second half of his life, old Yuan will only enjoy happiness. How can he be miserable?
There are also young people in the village who don't know what happened in the past, and are only envious of the Song family's life. Some people are still smacking their lips, "I don't know how much money this girl from the Song family has earned. How can she be so good at making money!"
The people who were interested in asking about the Song family said, "I don't know how much they earn, but they are indispensable anyway! The Zhuangzi and the land outside Yuan Huang are worth a few hundred taels at least! That's a full sixty taels."
Acres of land! Not to mention other things, she just bought the land from many people. She has no money, so how can she have the confidence and style?"
When people heard this, their faces were full of envy, "I have earned so much money, but it's a pity that the Song family doesn't have a man to support it. I don't know who will be lucky enough to join the Song family and be the son-in-law. It's so sweet!"
"You think so, but it's a pity that people don't like it!" someone joked.
Everyone was talking, laughing, and making a fuss, and it took a long time to calm down.