"Brother!" Xu Jie trotted over quickly, with a happy smile on her face, and called each other. It was obvious that the brother and sister were very happy to see each other.
"Come on, let me introduce you. This is my senior brother, called Senior Brother Lin." Xu Dongsheng said again, introducing Lin Tianqi to his sister.
"Senior Brother Lin." Xu Jie immediately called Lin Tianqi sharply, but her eyes did not dare to look directly at Lin Tianqi, appearing a little reserved.
"You don't have to be so outspoken, my name is Lin Tianqi." Seeing Xu Jie's restraint, Lin Tianqi smiled gently: "Call me Brother Lin."
"Yes, my name is Brother Lin." Xu Dongsheng heard Lin Tianqi's words and laughed in agreement: "Brother Lin sounds nicer than Senior Brother Lin."
"Yes." Xu Jie nodded when she heard this, looked at Lin Tianqi and said, "Brother Lin."
He shouted, but his head was still a little low, and he didn't dare to look directly at Lin Tianqi. It could be seen that Xu Jie's personality should be a little introverted and shy. Lin Tianqi smiled slightly and stopped talking. Seeing that it was already late, he spoke
road.
"Let's go, it's getting late. Let's go shopping for groceries. We'll talk about anything later when we go to Yizhuang." After saying that, Lin Tianqi took the lead and turned around and walked behind him.
"Yes, senior brother" Xu Dongsheng responded, and then called Xu Jie: "Let's go, Xiaojie."
Before leaving, she glanced around again and found that several people were still looking at her sister. She immediately stood in front of Xu Jie, like a hen protecting its chicks, glaring at those people until those few people
Xu Dongsheng withdrew his gaze with a stern look, and then led Xu Jie to follow Lin Tianqi's footsteps.
Xu Jie followed Xu Dongsheng closely behind Lin Tianqi. She was a bit introverted and shy, so she didn't dare to look at Lin Tianqi carefully when he was talking. Now that she was following Lin Tianqi, she dared to raise her head and look carefully. She thought to herself, Brother Lin is so handsome.
, but as soon as this idea came up, she quickly lowered her head, and there were two more blushes on her face.
"Brother Cheng, here comes a grass carp, about two pounds, help me kill it." After a while, Lin Tianqi said after returning to Wang Cheng's fish stall.
"Okay, wait." Wang Cheng smiled and saw Xu Jie next to Xu Dongsheng. His eyes lit up and he said, "This should be the girl from Dongsheng's family."
"Yes, this is my sister Xu Jie. Brother Cheng can just call her Xiaojie." Xu Dongsheng responded with a smile, and then said to Xu Jie: "This is brother Wang Cheng. My name is Brother Cheng."
"Brother Cheng." Xu Jie called out loudly, her voice soft and pleasant.
"Alas." Wang Cheng responded, looked at Xu Jie with a smile, and then glanced at Xu Dongsheng: "You and your brother are nothing alike, much more handsome."
"Brother Cheng, what you said is the same as your name - honesty, and I think about it together." Lin Tianqi answered the question with a smile and joked.
Xu Dongsheng's face darkened and he showed a speechless expression.
Xu Jie could see that Wang Cheng and Lin Tianqi were also joking, and she couldn't help but chuckle when she saw her elder brother's dark face.
"The fish is ready. For the sake of Xiaojie's arrival today, I won't charge you for this fish."
A few minutes later, Wang Cheng killed the fish and handed it to Lin Tianqi and the others. However, he did not accept the money from Lin Tianqi and gave it to Lin Tianqi.
"Brother Cheng, how can this be done? You are in business..." Xu Dongsheng said a little embarrassed.
"Business or not, it's just a fish. If I give it, just take it. Stop talking so much nonsense." Wang Cheng said loudly.
"But..." Xu Dongsheng opened his mouth and kept talking.
"Okay, since Brother Wang Cheng has said so, let's take this fish." Lin Tianqi interrupted Xu Dongsheng and said half-jokingly: "Don't take advantage of me, bastard, why delay such a good thing? I'll ask later
Ask the master if I have any younger brothers or sisters, and ask them to come over. If I come to Brother Cheng to buy fish again, Brother Cheng will definitely give it to me for free..."
"Haha, you kid, you are always trying to take advantage of others. Dongsheng, look, your senior brother is much smarter than you, you should learn from this." Wang Cheng pointed at Lin Tianqi and laughed.
Xu Dongsheng touched his head and smiled apologetically, but the look was a bit funny. Looking at his elder brother's honest and honest look, Xu Jie couldn't help but burst into laughter, and then said to Wang Cheng.
"Thank you, Brother Cheng." He thanked Wang Cheng.
Wang Cheng smiled and waved his hand, indicating that you're welcome. Lin Tianqi glanced at Xu Jie, and this girl was very sensible.
It’s not that I’m big-breasted and brainless.
"Well, Brother Cheng, let's leave first so that you can sell it easily."
Farewell to Wang Cheng, the three of them went back to Yizhuang, buying another two kilograms of pork and two vegetables along the way. When they got back, they had exactly four dishes, two meat and two vegetarian.
In this era, two meat and two vegetarian meals is completely considered a luxury meal for ordinary people. After all, most people only maintain a subsistence life. Sometimes it is good to have a meat meal for more than half a month. This
The most obvious problem of the era is the wide gap between rich and poor.
People in the upper class are extremely rich, while people in the lower class struggle to maintain basic food and clothing. Hungry is common, and many even starve to death.
However, for those who are cultivators, it is relatively easy to get some money, so although they are not as good as those rich people in the upper class, they are still much better than ordinary people. At least they have meat to eat every day.
Easy to do.
"How is the situation at home? How are my parents doing?"
"My parents are both in good health. Let me tell you, don't worry, just stay at ease and follow Master Lin here."
"Ah That's good."
At sunset, in the backyard and kitchen, the brother and sister were washing vegetables and cooking, talking.
"Brother, there is one more thing I want to tell you?" Xu Jie said again, looking at her elder brother, but at this time, her expression was a little hesitant, and she hesitated to speak.
"What's the matter?" Xu Dongsheng looked at his sister.
"I, I want to find a job here. I don't want to go back for the time being..." After a moment of hesitation, Xu Jie whispered, looking at her elder brother cautiously, worried that Xu Dongsheng would get angry.
"Why?" Xu Dongsheng frowned and looked at Xu Jie.
Xu Jie hesitated for a moment and said.
"During this period, people have been coming to propose marriage. Several groups of people have come, but I don't want to marry. I don't want to marry someone I've never met and don't like."
People in this era generally get married early. Although Xu Jie is only seventeen years old, in this era, seventeen years old is considered to be the age for marriage.
"Do your parents know what you are thinking?" Xu Dongsheng asked.
"I know, my parents said that if I can really find a job here, they won't force me to get married for the time being."
Xu Jie looked at her eldest brother expectantly. In this era, compared to other parents, her parents were rare and open-minded. However, she also knew that if she could not find a job here, she would still have to go back.
marry.
"Brother, you must help me? You don't need anything else, just help me find a place to live. I will find the work myself."
Xu Jie begged.
"I..." Xu Dongsheng hesitated.
He naturally understands what his sister means about where to live. Yizhuang is relatively large and has enough rooms, which is more than enough for Xu Jie to live in, but he can't make the decision.
"If it's just a place to live, Yizhuang is fine. If Xiaojie doesn't mind, just live here."
Lin Tianqi appeared at the door at some point and looked at Xu Dongsheng and Xu Jiandao.
"Senior brother" "Brother Lin!"
The brother and sister were both shocked and did not notice Lin Tianqi's arrival at all, and then Xu Jie's face lit up.
"Brother Lin, is it really okay?"
"It's okay, there are a lot of rooms here, enough to stay in." Lin Tianqi smiled.
"But where is the master?" Xu Dongsheng was a little wary of his master, Uncle Jiu.
"There shouldn't be much objection from the master. I'll just talk to him when he comes back. Don't worry."
"Then I'll trouble you, senior brother."
Xu Dongsheng was relieved when he heard Lin Tianqi's words. He knew that Lin Tianqi had been following Uncle Jiu since he was a child. Since Lin Tianqi said so, there was basically no problem.
"There are still five empty rooms. After dinner, Xiaojie, you can choose one." Lin Tianqi said to Xu Jie again.
"Thank you, Brother Lin."
Xu Jie said happily, looking at Lin Tianqi, and happened to meet Lin Tianqi's eyes. Lin Tianqi smiled slightly and said.
"Then you cook the food first. I'll go out first. Call me if you need anything."
Lin Tianqi didn't stay long. After speaking, he turned and left the kitchen, thinking - the clothes will be washed in the future.
Xu Jie behind her also breathed a sigh of relief, with a happy and relieved smile on her face. As long as the housing problem was solved, she would not have to go back to the village for the time being. Without going back to the village, she would not be forced to get married.
She thought of getting married for no reason. She looked at Lin Tianqi's leaving figure and had an idea in her mind - if the person was Brother Lin...
Xu Dongsheng next to him only saw his sister looking at the back of his senior brother and suddenly blushing.
Then, he began to feel unhappy. At this moment, he felt as if something he had guarded for a long time had been taken away. It was for no reason, and he couldn't explain it, but he was very unhappy, and even this unhappiness was accompanied by
He immediately had the urge to beat his senior brother.