The next day, brothers Mingjue and Mingheng, although they mainly went to the village to ask for information, they still headed to the city with a cart of firewood.
Even if it doesn't work out, you can't go there empty-handed, right?
Qiao Mingjin didn't want to see Yue Zhongyao, so she got up early in the morning, made breakfast, and went into the mountains carrying a basket and a hatchet.
Last night, Yue Zhongyao helped her family fill two water tanks with water, and helped tidy up the already extremely clean courtyard. He also spent a long time in the woodshed. If he hadn't been so good at handling the wood, he probably would have done it.
They will all be moved down and coded again.
Later, he played with Wan'er who was in front of him for a long time, and then left when Yue Donggen came to call him.
No one left him to eat, Qiao Mingjin didn't speak, and Mingjue and Mingheng didn't speak either.
Qiao Mingjin didn't know how to face her. She was not the Qiao Mingjin before, and she didn't have much resentment towards him. It was just that her heart was hurt so much that she didn't want to look at the man again.
Although her life is poor now, she feels wealthy. She is accompanied by her family, her younger siblings, and a lovely daughter who is related to her by blood. The whole family works together, and even if they have porridge and pickles for every meal, she still feels
Peace of mind.
When we went up the mountain today, Qiao Mingjin was not in a hurry to chop wood.
I raked all the dead branches and leaves deep in the forest, looked at the rotten soil and rotten leaves around me, and felt confident.
Nowadays, the cattails in the mountains and streams cannot be sold for more than a few days. She must have something that can be sold later, otherwise the family will be without food and accommodation again.
Now the forest was so big that in Qiao Mingjin's eyes, she wished she could drag everything out and exchange it for money.
Now she is waiting for the Mingjue brothers to bring back the news. It is best that the family is knowledgeable. In this forest, they can sell fertilized soil for a long time.
Although there were wooden piles that she had seen before, and things that He Xiaochun was making. These were all things that could make money, but no one could predict what would happen.
It’s the tangible things in front of you that matter the most.
At the beginning of the month, the two children also had breakfast and went into the mountains.
After a phone call from Qiao Mingjin last night, the two aunts and nephews would not go to the other side of the river to fight with snipe and clams today.
Qiao Mingjin also likes to have two children not far from her, chirping or raking loose hair, or helping to collect the firewood she cut down. Otherwise, she would really feel a little lonely alone in the forest.
The three of them were working on the mountain and talking. Qiao Mingjin listened to the sound of her daughter's milk, and her heart was full, and her strength in chopping wood increased a lot.
Half an hour after the two children arrived, Yue Zhongyao also arrived.
Qiao Mingjin glanced at him and ignored him. Yue Zhongyao wanted to take Qiao Mingjin's machete, but Qiao Mingjin didn't give it to him.
Yue Zhongyao stood next to Qiao Mingjin for a while. He had to turn around to play with his daughter, and then took his daughter who was very interested in catching pheasants and hares. Mingqi was worried, so he followed.
Qiao Mingjin just stood up and glanced at the three of them, then focused on chopping wood.
But she didn't feel at ease for long. Almost as soon as Yue Zhongyao took the two children into the mountains, less than a quarter of an hour later, Liu Mingliang also came up.
Qiao Mingjin was always focused when chopping firewood, and Liu Meiniang was silent behind her. It wasn't until Qiao Mingjin cut off a piece of dead wood and squatted down to pull back the branch that she saw Liu Meiniang standing behind her.
Qiao Mingjin straightened up and looked at her calmly, without speaking.
Liu Meiniang seemed to have dressed up specially today. Although the material of her clothes could not be said to be very expensive, she was packed with great care. Flowers were also embroidered on the collar of her clothes, and even the cloth shoes on her feet were embroidered with flowers.
Qiao Mingjin took a look at her shoes. They were dusty. They were made of mud and soil. Her clothes were dirty because they were stained with dew on the leaves in the forest. She was probably even covered with sawdust on her head.
Just by the way Liu Meiniang looked at her, she knew that her image was not human-like.
"Are you Qiao Mingjin?"
Seeing that Qiao Mingjin didn't speak, Liu Meiniang endured it for a while and finally spoke.
Although her mother had always told her not to speak first, otherwise she would fall behind. But along the way, the branches of the forest in the mountains scratched her clothes several times. Her shoes were all stained with mud and wet. She didn't know what the forest was like.
There were no wild beasts in Rico, and she didn't dare to stay in the woods for too long, so she spoke.
She was extremely unhappy. Not only was she not able to rest at her in-law's house last night, but she was even sent to such a poor family.
Originally, she and her mother came here just to rest at the in-laws' house. In this way, the in-laws' family had no reason to refuse or delay her marriage. Otherwise, they would have slept at his house, and the woman's reputation would be ruined. How could she return?
Leave her behind?
It was just that some aunt came and persuaded her and her mother to sleep at another house, but they still couldn't sleep well. When they woke up early in the morning, Yue Zhongyao went out without saying hello to her.
She had no choice but to follow him out.
It’s not like she had to go to Yue Zhongyao, it’s just that her mother said he was the most suitable person, so she had to come to this country place. Where is this country place for people to stay?
She was already aggrieved when a city girl married a country boy, but she still treated her like that! Not to mention that Ba Ti Dajiao had married her long ago and was still entangled with her.
The worst she can do is take her daughter over to raise her, and she won’t be able to eat much, and besides, she doesn’t want her to raise her. She’s still dragging her out to divorce her!
Her mother said she was afraid something might change if she was too late, so she insisted on dragging her here. Otherwise, who would be willing to come to this country place?
Liu Meiniang looked at the new shoes she had put on specially, but now she couldn't even see the pattern. She frowned tightly and stared at Qiao Mingjin, waiting for her to speak.
Qiao Mingjin just glanced at Liu Meiniang lightly, then bent down to collect firewood again.
Liu Meiniang didn't expect that this country woman didn't even understand the basic matters of human relationships, and actually ignored other people's questions!
Suddenly her face turned red and her chest was heaving rapidly. Sure enough, her mother was right, whoever spoke first would be at the bottom.
Although she did not admit that she was inferior, it felt really bad. It was like you were well prepared and took action decisively, but you hit a ball of cotton and the other party was not affected at all. This feeling is really uncomfortable.
good.
"Jin Niang, do you have bad ears? You should have heard what I was asking you just now, right?"
Qiao Mingjin smiled in her heart. She called herself "Jin Niang" without even having a hair on her head. Are you an elder or how familiar are you with me?
She didn't want to answer even if she knew the question, and talking was tiring. She didn't have much time to chat with others, she was busy.
Seeing the faint smile on Qiao Mingjin's lips, Liu Meiniang became more and more uncomfortable.
A woman who was about to leave the court didn't even ask me to let her go, but she looked indifferent. It was really annoying!
"Qiao Mingjin, are you unwilling to reconcile, are you afraid that I will be bad to your daughter or do you want to let Zhong Yao go?"
Qiao Mingjin listened to Liu Meiniang's gradually rising voice, and felt that if she didn't reply to her, she would continue to pester her. She, Liu Meiniang, had free time, but she didn't.
Then he stared at the exquisitely dressed face and said with a smile: "I'm afraid Miss Liu is mistaken. It's not that I don't want to divorce. It's that the Yue family refuses. I'm not afraid that you will treat my daughter badly, because
I will never give you this opportunity. If you can help me reconcile with my Yue family, I will thank you with a heavy gift."
Liu Meiniang stared closely at Qiao Mingjin's extraordinary face. Even though there was no makeup applied, her hair was still a little messy, and her face was stained with sawdust, she could still tell that it looked a little more colorful than hers.
Could it be that it was really the Yue family and it was Yue Zhongyao who refused to reconcile? Could it be that Yue Zhongyao couldn't let go of her face?
She was about to speak, but Qiao Mingjin no longer had the time to chat with her. After saying this, she turned around, removed the branches and branches of the dead wood she had just chopped down, chopped it into several sections, and piled them aside.
Liu Meiniang bit her lower lip. For a woman who was about to leave the palace, she didn't know where the pride came from.
Don't come to your door when your mother and daughter have no food to eat! I won't give you a bite of food then. It doesn't matter whether you gave birth to a child for Yue Zhongyao or not, and whether your daughter is Yue Zhongyao's flesh and blood.
Seeing that Qiao Mingjin ignored her, Liu Meiniang gritted her teeth behind her. Then she raised her voice and asked, "Where is Zhong Yao?"
Qiao Mingjin only felt funny after hearing this. You can go find it yourself. Ask me? Do you still expect me to take you to find it?
Liu Meiniang had just followed Yue Zhongyao. Now she entered the forest. When she saw that she was in the forest and didn't know her direction, she suddenly panicked.
I don’t even know which direction I came from.
Should you follow Qiao Mingjin and wait here? Or go find it yourself? Or go down the mountain?
It was also because of her luck that when she was at a loss, Yue Zhongyao came back with his two children and two wild rabbits.
"How did you come?"
Yue Zhongyao saw Liu Meiniang from a distance, frowned and asked.
Ming Qi also saw it and hurriedly grabbed Wan'er's hand. Wan'er quickly let go of her father's hand and led Ming Qi away from her father quickly.
Yue Zhongyao looked at his empty hands, then saw his daughter's figure running forward, his eyes darkened, and he gave Liu Meiniang a fierce look.
"So you went hunting? I didn't expect your accuracy to be so good. Just now, you caught two wild rabbits! My aunt asked you to buy meat this morning, but I saw you didn't go. It turns out you came to the forest to hunt.
Are you ready? This hare is more expensive than pork. It’s also more delicious than pork. Let’s go down the mountain quickly.”
After Liu Meiniang finished speaking, she came up and grabbed Yue Zhongyao's hand.
Yue Zhongyao made a mistake, and Liu Meiniang took advantage of it.
He just walked straight in the direction of his wife and daughter.
Liu Meiniang gritted her teeth and followed.
"Jin Niang, you took these two rabbits back and cooked them for the children. I'm going back first, and I'll go into the mountains to help you in the afternoon."
With that said, he pulled a vine from the tree, tied the legs of the two mountain rabbits, and handed them to Ming Qi.
Ming Qi didn't answer. Wan'er also hid next to her mother. Yue Zhongyao was stunned for a moment, then thought about putting the two rabbits into the basket.
Qiao Mingjin saw it and said, "You'd better take it back. I don't want someone to come to my door and ask for it back."
Yue Zhongyao was stunned after hearing this.
He looked over to Liu Meiniang, then stared at the two rabbits, then put down one rabbit and hurried down the mountain while carrying another rabbit.
And Liu Meiniang followed at a trot...
ps:
Thanks to "wu, Lonely Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" for the sachet, and thanks to "Huijun" for the peace charm. Thank you very much
