The ordinary days of the farm family passed by very quickly. In the blink of an eye, a month passed and it was already the summer season, the hottest time of the year.
"Mom, the breakfast is warm in the stove. I'll go to the village chief's house to deliver the tofu. You can take care of the stall first."
Zhuang Keqing carried a small bamboo basket and put in it the soy milk freshly ground in the morning and some salted peanuts, chicken feet and other side dishes to go with wine. He covered it with wet linen cloth, put on a straw hat and left the yard.
When Qin Manzhi came out with Aman in her arms, there were already two or three villagers lined up in front of the tofu stall, all of whom had just arrived to buy tofu. She turned around and saw that her girl had already gone away and could only see a vague shadow.
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"This girl doesn't know what she's anxious about."
Qin Manzhi complained in a joking voice, but the young daughter-in-law standing at the front who wanted to buy tofu heard her clearly. She turned her head and looked at Zhuang Keqing's walking away figure, as if she thought of something, and suddenly became interested.
"Sister-in-law Qin, is sister Zhuang really looking for a son-in-law?"
This daughter-in-law, with thin eyebrows and small eyes, is surnamed Zhao. Her maiden family is from Guangsi Village. She married into the Zhang family, who is in good condition in the village. Her mother-in-law is easy to get along with, and her elder sister-in-law is hard-working. She is just pregnant and does not do any work in the house on weekdays.
She took action.
He was busy going out all day, eating melon seeds and gossiping. He only rarely came out to work and buy tofu. His ears were perked up as if he were afraid of missing some gossip.
"How many pieces of tofu do you want?"
Qin Manzhi did not answer her words, but only looked up at the other party. The expression on his face could not tell whether he was happy or angry. This made Zhao's daughter-in-law a little uncomfortable.
"One, no, two dollars is fine."
The little daughter-in-law stumbled back. Qin Manzhi lowered his head, picked up the knife and cut two pieces of tofu, served them with lotus leaves and handed them over.
"Hold it, this tofu is soft and needs to be held."
"Whoa whoa."
Before Zhao's wife could turn around, Qin Manzhi asked the next one how many pieces of tofu he wanted.
This is obviously a bit unpleasant.
Sister-in-law Liu was lining up behind her, and Aunt He's was not far away, so she could see her clearly.
They looked at each other, and within a few seconds, they curled their eyes and pursed their lips.
Tsk~ No one in the village knows that the banker is looking for a son-in-law, and the son-in-law is Shen Ling, the eldest son who was expelled from the wealthy Shen family.
Oh, he is no longer a young man. Not to mention he is penniless. If it were not for the kindness of the village chief who took him in, he would not even have a place to stay now.
Really poor and in vain.
If they get married later, look at this banker, they don’t even have a decent in-laws, an orphan and a widowed mother match a poor young master, this is not what the play says.
Qin Manzhi actually didn't think there was anything wrong with her dealer recruiting Shen Ling. She even felt that recruiting a son-in-law in this way was an insult to the child. After all, he was Ke'er's savior.
Ke'er's benefactor is also her benefactor Qin Manzhi. She just hopes that the Shen family will stop causing trouble and allow the two of them to spend their pre-marriage life safely. When it happens, even if there are people in the village who gossip, it won't matter.
What's going on?
It's just that nothing has been decided yet, and she doesn't like people testing her family with the tone of watching a good show.
If she had left it alone, she might have answered, but since her family's business has been getting better and better, her back has straightened up, and she has become increasingly uncomfortable with people talking about their thoughts in front of her.
"I'm telling you Mrs. Qin, don't take it to heart that the Zhang family is ignorant." It was Sister-in-law Liu's turn to buy tofu, and she pointed at the remaining large pieces of tofu, "Hey, this is it.
, just give it to me directly."
Qin Manzhi hesitated for a moment, "I'll give you all this piece. It won't be enough for the people below to cut it to the back."
"Hey, fellow villagers, it's okay." Sister-in-law Liu stretched out her hand and was about to peel off the lotus leaf and wrap it herself, but Aunt He, who was gossiping with her just behind, was unwilling.
"Who said it's okay? Everyone used things in exchange. You only brought a small bundle of firewood today, how can you exchange for such a big piece?" Then she opened the cloth bag in her hand and gave it to Qin Manzhi. In front of me, "Look, I brought beans."
"The beans of yours are worth a shit, they all look so small, I'm afraid they are rotten and will mold if left for a long time." Sister-in-law Liu could not tolerate her servants saying this to herself.
The two aunts had completely forgotten that a second ago they were standing together to watch the banker's joke, but now they were scolding each other over that small piece of tofu.
Since there were no new customers coming behind them, Qin Manzhi stopped and waited for the two of them to "discuss" before deciding whether to cut the big piece into pieces.
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Shen Ling was cleaning the yard at the village chief's house.
He wanted to go to the fields with the village chief's son, but they probably thought he was too weak and had just recovered from an injury. No matter what they said, they refused to take him with them. So he could only stay at home all day. Do light tasks like cleaning and feeding the chickens.
But no matter how careful you are about the work in this house, you can still do it cleanly in just half a morning.
He is now living in the village chief's house, without paying for food or drink. If he doesn't help with some work, it will be unjustifiable.
While sweeping the yard, Shen Ling thought that there was not enough water in the kitchen water tank and had to fill it up. Although the firewood in the woodshed was enough, it was not too much, so he had to pick up more.
Zhuang Keqing carried the basket and saw the figure of a young man in common clothes in the courtyard gate of the village chief's house from a distance.
That tall and straight bamboo-like posture is incompatible with the surrounding yellow mud courtyard walls and houses. Once you walk in, you can find that even with a broom made of dead branches in his hand, his face is still full of emotion. Everything was calm and calm.
"Shen Ling."
Putting on a big smile, Zhuang Keqing saw the other party raised his head, raised the basket in his hand, and ran into the yard in a few steps.
"Miss Zhuang."
Shen Ling responded and stopped sweeping. He leaned the broom against the wall and reached out to pick up Zhuang Keqing's basket. After a series of movements, his eyes kept drifting elsewhere, and he could not keep his eyes steady. on the other person's face.
Having been together for a month, Zhuang Keqing naturally knows what kind of person Shen Ling is. Different from all the young people she has met in her previous life and this life, he is always polite and restrained. Even now, they are on the same side. When he came to me, he still maintained the appropriate distance as before countless times.
"You just told me to call me Ke'er. We will get married in autumn. Why are you so alienated from me?"
Shen Ling choked, holding the basket in his hands for a moment, and his eyes became even more erratic.
Zhuang Keqing did it on purpose, she liked the helpless look of this young man who usually had a calm expression on his face. She didn't say anything, and even moved closer to the young man's face from bottom to top, forcing him to take a step back.
"Girl!"
Finally, the village chief came out to relieve the siege.
Shen Ling hurried into the kitchen with a basket in hand, and Zhuang Keqing raised the corners of her mouth in triumph.
"This girl, I really don't know what to say to you!"
