When Zhuang Keqing and Shen Ling went out to visit the village chief, Qin Manzhi was also busy at home.
Put the soaked and plump soybeans into a bowl and pour them into the pot where the hooves are boiled. Bring to a boil over high heat. Then remove the excess firewood and leave only one in the stove, simmering over low heat. The yard is generally cleaned.
Once again, I swept away the chicken excrement, fed the food, scooped a few ladles of water from the water tank to water the vegetable patch, and then returned to the house.
On the bed, Aman arched his buttocks and tried to sit up, holding on to the wooden piglet and playing with it. Hearing the sound of someone coming in, he raised his round smile and saw that it was Aniang, so he threw the little pig away.
The pig stretched out his hand to hug him.
"Granny, hug me."
Qin Manzhi leaned over, picked up the baby by his armpits, and then rubbed his tender face, then returned to the main room and picked up the box of snacks Zhuang Keqing had left.
She was going to visit Li Guihua's house next door.
I got a lot of help from people when I got married a few days ago, but I haven't come to thank you yet. Today, I happened to ask about the old scholar, so we happened to be together.
Holding the child in one hand and carrying things in the other, Qin Manzhi didn't lock the door, just fastened the fence buckle of the small courtyard and left. It was just next door, just a few steps away, so there was no need to worry about home.
Li Guihua was sitting at the entrance of the main room doing a show at this time. Hanwa picked up a long wooden stick from somewhere and squatted in a corner of the yard to poke at the ant nest. She showed off her stitches for a few times and then looked up to prevent her son from doing something dangerous.
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"Is Osmanthus at home?"
On weekdays, men are out in the field, and women from various households visit her frequently. Li Guihua is very popular, so it is not unusual for someone to visit her.
She didn't even raise her head and shouted directly, "Silly boy, look who's here."
The silly boy was in an ant nest, and when he heard his mother's cry, he stood up reluctantly. When he looked outside, he saw that it was Aunt Qin next door, the mother of Sister Zhuang who often gave her new gadgets. She immediately threw away the stick and ran away happily.
Opening the door, she shouted, "Mom, it's Aunt Qin, Aunt Qin is here."
When Li Guihua heard her son call him Qin Manzhi, she immediately threw Xiu Huo into the weeds and came out to welcome him.
Hanwa had already opened the door of the small courtyard with a bound, stepped forward to receive the snacks from Qin Manzhi, and smiled happily with two missing front teeth.
"Come here. What do you have to bring? See you outside."
"Ke'er got married a few days ago. I should have asked you to help me more." Qin Manzhi hugged Aman, shook his little fat hand and greeted Li Guihua, "Hurry up and call Auntie."
Of course, the baby couldn't cry out anything. It opened its toothless mouth babbling, and finally spit out two bubbles, which made people laugh.
"Ke'er went to the town yesterday to buy some snacks to give Hanwa a fresh taste."
Qin Manzhi didn't ask about the old scholar when she came up. She only thanked Li Guihua first and had a little chat with her. During this period, she didn't say anything after learning that Zhuang's third daughter-in-law had given birth to a daughter.
"I heard that there was a lot of noise during the day and night during the past two days. Zhuang San's wife is so powerful that she almost lifted the roof of the house when she scolded the old lady."
Li Guihua didn't like Zhuang San as a person, and after what happened at the wedding, she didn't have a good impression of Zhuang San, so she was happy to see the joke at this time.
As the saying goes, evil people will be punished by evil people. This wife and mother are incompatible with each other. If he is caught in the middle, what good can he get?
Should!
She glanced at Qin Manzhi, who was teasing Aman.
It’s just that Sister-in-law Qin has a good temper and is bullied.
But looking at Sister-in-law Qin's appearance, she doesn't seem to be interested in things like the banker. That's right, her daughter has just gotten married, and her son-in-law seems to be a well-educated and sensible person. The good days are coming, who can talk about this nonsense all day long?
It's a shame to ask around, and it's going to irritate your ears.
In fact, Qin Manzhi was not dissatisfied with the dealer's ruthlessness and calculation, but she couldn't really arrest the dealer. After all, he was still her brother-in-law. And now the whole village knew about the scandalous things that man had done, and she thought that the same would happen in the village in the future.
Difficult to deal with.
Just, it's sort of retribution.
The silly boy was unpacking snacks in the main room, pinching a piece of cake and putting it to Li Guihua's mouth, asking her to eat it.
"If mom doesn't like it, you can eat it."
"Mom, try it."
Li Guihua couldn't resist, so she had to open her mouth and take a small bite, "It's delicious."
After hearing her words, the silly boy happily ran away to taste the remaining snacks.
"Hanwa is also filial and looks very smart." Qin Manzhi praised.
Li Guihua turned to look at her son, her eyes full of love, and she sighed, "It's a pity that I gave the old Liu family such a little boy who can spread the word, and the first few are all girls."
"No matter how little girl you are, look at Ke'er, she supports the whole family, but I, as a mother, seem useless."
"Hey, those in my family can't compare with Kerr. However," Li Guihua waved to Qin Manzhi, "I have discussed with Zhuzi that when Hanba is older, we will send him to the old scholar in the next village to attend elementary school. No.
It’s better to take the exam to recruit talents, learn some words in the future, or get a job as a shopkeeper and manager in the town, than to spend your whole life with your face on the ground and your back on the sky.”
"That's what we should plan to do. You are a young boy, and there are plenty of opportunities." Qin Manzhi nodded and continued, "I also plan to let my son-in-law continue to study."
"What?"
Li Guihua didn't react at all.
"You have also seen that on the day we got married, he was literate and understood the law, and he seemed to have some skills. The Shen family didn't let him take the meritorious examination for some reason before, but since he is now with Ke'er, then I must
Help him plan."
After hearing this, Li Guihua also understood that this was Sister-in-law Qin's favor to Shen Ling, so that he would not forget the banker's kindness to him, and he would be able to live a steady life regardless of whether he passed the exam or not.
"You just said that the old scholar from the next village opened an elementary school. Will he still accept someone like Shen Ling?" Qin Manzhi didn't understand the twists and turns of studying. She heard that Li Guihua had planned this for Hanwa, and she felt that she should know a lot about it.
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"I really don't know about this." Li Guihua frowned. "However, I heard that the exam requires someone to vouch for it, so it's not that easy."
After hearing this, Qin Manzhi also became a little worried, and then she stood up and said, "I will take Ke'er and the others to the old scholar's house tomorrow to ask questions first."
"Okay, okay, I just want to see how the entrance to school is done." Li Guihua turned her head and looked at her son who was hiding among the snacks, and sighed, "I want to save more show work in the past two months.
, sell it at the end of the new year to save some money, and then give it to Hanwa when spring comes after the new year, at least you can save some festival gifts."
"Every mother has to worry about her life."
After saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled, feeling the same.
Qin Manzhi didn't find anything useful. Anyway, she had to make a trip tomorrow. She greeted Li Guihua, stood up and left, and had to go back to make lunch.
Zhuang Keqing and Shen Ling also left the village chief's house here. They were stuffed with twenty eggs when they left. Sister-in-law Lin said she wouldn't take them or let them go, so they had no choice but to accept them.
After exiting the fork in front of the village chief's house, Zhuang Keqing remembered that he was going to the town again for the market in a few days. He thought he had to say hello to Zhang Da first, so he took Shen Ling and turned the corner to visit Granny Liu's house.
On the day of the wedding, Mrs. Liu didn't come as she wanted. She had been suffering from back pain for the past few days and could only lie down, so her eldest son brought a gift and she couldn't see anyone. But when she came back and heard what her son said, the old woman was furious. He scolded Zhuang San all night long in bed, saying that if he had been there, how could he have taken advantage of these scoundrels.
When Zhuang Keqing came to the door, Mrs. Liu was still talking about this matter with her eldest daughter-in-law.
The Zhang family has a large population and a large yard. Zhuang Keqing picked up an egg and stood at the door and shouted several times before someone inside answered.
She is Zhang Da's wife.
The person he saw was the dealer's girl, followed by a fair-skinned young man. He immediately guessed that this child was Shen Ling.
When the mother-in-law choked on the jujube stone, Shen Ling also played a role. If it hadn't been for him, how could the old lady still be so angry and swearing now?
"Girl, why are you here?" Mrs. Zhang pulled the latch of the courtyard door, smiled at Shen Ling, turned to let her two people in, and shouted over her shoulder. After a while, she saw Gouzi helping Mrs. Liu out.
"Grandma Liu, what's wrong with you?"
Zhuang Keqing saw that Mrs. Liu still needed help when walking, so she immediately dragged a chair over and gave the old man a seat before talking.
Mrs. Liu didn't want to talk about these unimportant things, so she just waved her hand and said, "Nothing, it's an old problem. I just need to rest for a while."
She raised her head again and glanced at the young man behind Zhuang Keqing, "Are you Ke'er's husband?"
