Fang Congyun came here to send New Year's gifts. The reason why he sent the New Year's gifts so late was because the Huaijiang oranges he bought from Yongzhou arrived only yesterday afternoon.
This kind of citrus, which is slightly sour and juicy, was specially bought for Xu Yinyin, knowing that she likes to eat it.
After getting out of the car, he asked Wutong and the others to carry the New Year gifts. He first took two tangerines from the basket and walked towards Xu Yinyin.
Xu Yinyin was sitting upright now. When she saw him coming over, she reached out and took the tangerine. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Is this the Huaijiang tangerine you were talking about?"
As he spoke, the skin had already been peeled off.
"Yes, you try it and see how it tastes?" Fang Congyun nodded.
Xu Yinyin peeled off a piece and put it into her mouth. When she took a bite, a lot of juice exploded in her mouth, with a little sourness and sweetness, filling her entire mouth. She couldn't help but nod, "Well, it's delicious!"
Fang Congyun suddenly laughed, "It's a pity that I only bought two baskets. Wait until next year and send someone over early to buy more."
"Hey! You two! What are you talking about?" From a distance, Xu Dajun saw Fang Congyun coming here, dropped the "chicken baby" and ran towards this side.
He ran over and stood between the two of them. When he saw Xu Yinyin holding an orange in her hand, she subconsciously took the tangerine and threw it into her mouth. Then she wrinkled her face and said, "It's so sour. Is this the Huaijiang tangerine? Did you buy it back?"
Do you have the Huaijiang Songmo you brought for me?"
"Yes." Fang Congyun responded, turned around and took the top box from Wutong who happened to be passing by, and handed it to Xu Dajun.
Xu Dajun took it and took a look. The ink inside glowed purple in the sun, and the texture was fine. It was indeed good. He nodded and smiled: "This pine ink is great! I took it to the county exam!"
Xu Yinyin listened and couldn't help but said: "Has the notice been posted? When will the exam be taken?"
"Not yet. The registration notice should not be released until the middle of the first month. The exams are usually taken in February." Fang Congyun said.
Xu Yinyin couldn't help but said: "Are you sure?"
She was asking Xu Dajun, but Fang Congyun responded first, "Eighty percent."
Xu Dajun couldn't help but glance at him, "Why are you so humble? You should say 100%!"
After saying that, he turned to Xu Yinyin and said: "You don't know that Fang Zian, Dong Shuangqi and the others took the lead in making a bet, betting that he was the leader of the case. The loser would wash the winner's stinky socks for a month. As a result, good guys, everyone
Everyone bets that he is the leader of the case, without exception!"
Fang Congyun smiled faintly. Although he was very confident, he was too full of words and seemed a bit too arrogant. It would be better to wait and see the results then than to brag in advance.
Xu Yinyin looked at Xu Dajun and said leisurely: "Hide and seek is fun, huh? What percentage do you have?"
Xu Dajun choked and looked into the door, "Oh, grandpa is out! Brother Congyun, you are here, why don't you go in and sit down?"
With that said, he pulled Fang Congyun and went inside.
"Grandpa, I'm here from Senior Brother Yun!"
Xu Yinyin shook her head and smiled, slowly eating oranges while following her, but did not go to the main hall of the upper room, but returned to her backyard.
There were a bunch of people in the main hall, all talking around Fang Congyun. She couldn't even say a few words when she went in. Besides, the rules dictated that if she went in, everyone would start talking to each other later.
Fang Congyun stayed for lunch before leaving. Old man Xu prepared many gifts in return, the most important of which were two jars of wine brought over by Xu Yinyin, which were specially given to Mr. Fang.
Xu Dajun sent him out of the village, and Fang Congyun took a stack of test papers from the car to him, "These are the county test papers that I have collected from all counties in Yiyang Prefecture in the past ten years. You can take a look at them."
Looking at the large pile of test papers, Xu Dajun took it with his scalp numb. Mom, can you have fun with your winter vacation homework?
School is about to start on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Why don't you let him enjoy the relaxation of the past few days?
Carrying the test paper and walking back lazily, he met Xu Yinyin who was strolling out. Xu Dajun couldn't help but sighed: "Alas."
"Will everyone in your school take the county exam this time?" Xu Yinyin asked.
"Yes, sir, he said, let's all go out and try." He, who has been studying under his teacher for a year, also has to go to the examination room, and his teacher is too hopeful for him.
In my husband's words, if you practice hard at the end of the field, it doesn't matter if you fail. It's just like a ten-year test. With his temperament, even if he fails in a few games, it won't hurt him.
This is true.
How could he give up on himself just because he didn't do well in exams?
If you fail once, learn from your experience and try again next time.
Thinking of this, Xu Dajun became happy again, put the test papers in the room, and then went out with Xu Sanlang to play with Zhang Sanlang and the others.
The sun is nice today, let’s go up the mountain and have a look to see if we can catch some pheasants!
As for the test paper, it’s not too late to do it in two days after the Chinese New Year.
A large group of boys, like pigs, broke through the pen door and ran up the mountain happily, followed by a group of little boys chasing after them. An adult shouted, "Bao boy! Don't go up the mountain! Be careful.
If you fall down! Just put it at the foot of the mountain and play in the mud! Do you hear me?"
The only responses she received were all kinds of hahaha, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, , , , , , , and , , w,a types of voices were the only responses she received.
Xu Yinyin, Wuya and Zhang Daya also carried a basket and planned to dig up the ears in the meadow on the other side of the creek.
Zheergen is a good thing. It is best eaten cold. Be sure to add red oil and vinegar, and add some coriander, tsk tsk.
Just thinking about it, Xu Yinyin swallowed her saliva. On the New Year's Eve dinner table, which is full of fish and meat, it would be so refreshing to have such a plate of cold fried ears!
Xu Yinyin had no idea that wearing cotton and silk and going to the ground to dig wild vegetables would be disrespectful. This was a rare freedom in the village. Going to the ground to dig wild vegetables was called fun.
She tied up her sleeves to make things easier.
A group of little girls soon arrived at the meadow, aiming at a fertile patch of fenugreek roots, and started taking action.
Xu Yinyin found a tree stick with a sharp point, pointed it at the bottom of a folded ear root, and lifted it up to loosen the soil at the bottom. Then she grabbed the folded ear root and pulled it up. A folded ear root with a root
It was completely pulled out.
One tree after another, Xu Yinyin was busy working happily. Suddenly, a shadow fell on the left hand side.
Xu Yinyin looked up and saw Goudan winking at her.
…
"Goudan, didn't you go up the mountain to play with them?"
Goudan glanced at the others and whispered: "Sister Siya, come here, I have a secret to tell you!"
secret?
Xu Yinyin twitched the corner of her mouth. Ever since Goudan told her that secret, she told him that he would be punished if he did something wrong and he would be rewarded if he did good deeds. This child quite listened.
In the past few months, whenever she returned to the village, he would find her and tell her secrets of one kind or another, such as the old lady next door who always scolded her daughter-in-law for not being able to lay eggs, the three pillars that had to be beaten three times a day, and the bump on Mao Dan’s butt.
There is a big red birthmark on my body, something like that.
So, hearing him talk about secrets now, Xu Yinyin didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "Sister is busy. I'll talk to my sister again in the evening, okay?"
Goudan opened his mouth, and there seemed to be a bit of urgency on his little face, "Sister Siya, can you just listen now? It's too late to wait until evening."
Xu Yinyin listened and looked at him seriously. Thinking of the original secret about his father stealing the goods from the workshop, she paused and stood up.
After saying something to Wuya, he took Goudan to the other side of the meadow.
After being far away from everyone and making sure that she couldn't hear anything she said, Xu Yinyin lowered her head and asked Goudan: "Goudan, what's the secret?"
Goudan pointed at the dirt slope behind the village and said mysteriously: "Sister Siya, Chen Xiaotian and Maodan Niang were shirtless and kissing in the haystack behind the dirt slope! I've seen them all when I go there often recently.
Several times!”
Xu Yinyin:......
She remembered that Chen Xiaotian was the third child of the Chen family next door to Village Chief Zou. He was twenty this year and had not yet been married. His elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law were both working in the workshop. The family had been living well this year.
Nowadays, the children in Xiaohe Village have nothing to worry about getting married. The girls from the neighboring villages are eager to marry in their village. Just this year, many happy events have been held in the village and many appointments have been made. Now there are still vacancies for those who have reached their age.
This is Chen Xiaotian.
Because he was really too unattractive, not very capable, and not extremely rich, no girl would be willing to bear it and she would not make up her mind to marry him. However, Chen Xiaotian was still delaying.
Xu Yinyin had seen it a few times and couldn't help but shake her head thinking about the pitted face and uneven teeth.
As for Maodan Niang, she was a widow who had fled all the way. She and her son Maodan were the only two people left. She had not known anyone in the village before, so she was assigned to their village by contract.
When the workshop was expanding its recruitment, I hired her. Her work was pretty good, she was quite decent, and she didn't talk much.
Therefore, Xu Yinyin really couldn't imagine that she would steal a man, but the man was so arrogant that she looked pretty neat.
In terms of age, he is only a few years older than Chen Xiaotian, and Chen Xiaotian can't find a wife. Since the two of them look at each other, they can be together. Why are they doing this secretly? Why are they hiding on the slope in such a cold weather?
, and I don’t mind being too cold.
The most important thing is that the children were looking at me.
Xu Yinyin didn't know what to say, but Goudan still looked at her eagerly, as if expecting her to see with her own eyes to prove that he wasn't lying.
After thinking about it, she said: "You bitch, let's just pretend we didn't see this and don't know, okay? Didn't I tell you last time? Next time you have to tell me the secret, tell our family
The relevant ones are called secrets, you can tell me again, okay?"
"Kid, stay away from that slope next time, you know?"
Children, if you look at this kind of thing, you'll get a needle's eye. If there's another one, don't turn around and ask people to find out. If you get angry, you'll do anything bad to Goudan.
Goudan blinked, "Sister Siya, it's related to your family. I remember what you said last time."
Xu Yinyin wondered, "How does this have anything to do with my family?"
Is it because Maodanniang is a worker in a workshop?
No, the private life of workers is not under the control of the workshop.
Although stealing is not a crime, but there was nothing wrong with her work, how could she be fired for stealing?
It is not easy for a woman to raise a child.
Goudan hurriedly said: "I saw Chen Xiaotian whispering to an unknown person outside the village, and then I heard Chen Xiaotian and Maodan Niang talking about your workshop behind the slope. He asked about your workshop.
How is the soap made?"
Maodanniang is in charge of the soap making team.
Xu Yinyin's eyes suddenly condensed, and when she looked towards the slope again, her eyes darkened a little.