"Growing mint? Do you know how to grow mint?" Li Zheng was surprised when he heard Zhu Qing say this.
He had never heard of anyone growing medicinal herbs. So he thought Zhuqing's idea of growing mint was a bit strange.
"I found a few mint plants from the wild, and my mother's planting was okay. Now, I heard someone told me that I am making peppermint oil, which requires a lot of mint, so I want to grow my own mint. But I have to plant these mint seedlings.
We also need space. So I want to ask you, is there any wasteland in our village that can be sold?"
Zhuqing's words surprised Li Zheng: "Oh, Qingya, you are actually making peppermint oil? What is peppermint oil? What effect does it have?"
Zhuqing briefly introduced the effects of peppermint oil to him, and then said: "It is not available in the world yet. When everyone is familiar with it and there is more need, I also want to bring the big guys in our village to do it together.
Let’s try it at my house first. Here, I brought you a bottle, you can try it at home.”
As Zhuqing spoke, he took out a small bottle of peppermint oil that he had specially brought with him and handed it to Li Zheng.
Li Zheng took it, put it to his nose and smelled it repeatedly, with an envious look on his face: "This thing smells good! Okay, Qingya, your family will make it slowly first, and when the time comes, don't forget to bring it with you
Come on, everyone!"
"As for the matter of this wasteland, it's very simple. There is a wasteland in our village next to the river. It is full of thorns and bushes, and no one is willing to clean it up. If your family wants it, I will make the decision and sell it to you cheaper.
.It’s just that the land is tiring to clean up.”
Hearing what Li Zheng said, Zhu Qing was very happy: "Okay, thank you, Grandpa Li Zheng! It's just that my family has just started doing this, so please don't make it public yet. Otherwise, I'm afraid that if someone causes damage, then no one will be able to do it."
There is no benefit to be gained.”
Li Zheng nodded: "Don't worry! I know. Besides, I have the final say in the affairs of this village! If anyone dares to cause harm, see how I deal with him! Just let it go and do such minty things! It's just that here,
You have to go through the formalities with me, and the money must be settled in cash. Then I will give you a land deed, and the matter will be settled."
Zhuqing nodded: "Yeah, I understand! Grandpa Lizheng, my mother went to my second aunt's house today. When she comes back, we will go do it together."
Buying land is a big deal. Although her parents support whatever Zhuqing wants to do, her parents still need to come forward for things like buying land. Moreover, it is logically best to ask her father, Sun Fucheng, to sign the contract.
After all, in this society, men are still superior to women, and the head of the family is still dominated by men.
"Well, okay, then when your mother comes back, we will go and do it. Then, just ask your father to put his fingerprint on the contract!" Li Zheng nodded.
So Zhuqing said goodbye to him happily and walked briskly back home.
Looking at Zhu Qing's cheerful back, Li Zheng said sincerely to his wife, Aunt Juying: "This girl is really not simple! Hey, such a young child can't compete with a man in charge! Not even that.
I wonder whose boy will be lucky enough to marry her back in the future!"
Aunt Juying smiled and said: "Yes, I think brother Fucheng and sister-in-law Lanfen both have honest and honest tempers. How come they gave birth to such a capable girl? In the past, I always thought that she was shallow-tempered and did not look like a promising person.
Yes. She even worried about me, Sister Lanfen. Who knows, this girl got a kick out of the bump."
Li Zheng nodded: "Well, it's not easy for this girl. If Zhushan hadn't been weak since she was young, she wouldn't have to suffer so much."
Aunt Juying disagreed a bit: "Father, let's be fair. The reason why Zhushan is so weak is actually because of his grandmother! Look at the baby girl that my sister-in-law Lanfen gave birth to.
I was pregnant with my second child, and after listening to what Mrs. Wang said, she was still a baby girl, so I just didn't give her good nourishment. Instead, she was ordered to work all day long, and she was very busy.
When it was time to give birth to Zhushan, she was still cutting grass in the field. Will the child be born without being frail and sick? The child is weak, and she refuses to take good care of him. She is so cruel that she wants to throw the child away.
!I don’t think we can find such an unreasonable and hard-hearted person in even one village!"
Li Zheng frowned after hearing this: "Hey, let's not talk about other people's housework. Fucheng and his wife have good intentions after all, and they have not given up on any of their children. No, good people are rewarded, Qing
After all, you are finally successful. I think it’s time for Mrs. Lu to regret it now. But in the future, I’m afraid she will regret it more often!”
Aunt Juying nodded: "Who says it's not the case!"
As she spoke, she remembered something and said to Li Zheng: "Dad, I remembered one more thing. Our Zhuzi is over seven years old, and it's time to go to school to learn how to read. What do you think about Zhuang's private school?
What do you think? If you think it's good, how about we let Zhushan go to his house with Zhushan to learn calligraphy in the future? The two of them can have a companion, and they have been close since childhood, which will be good for our Zhushan in the future. "
Li Zheng nodded and said approvingly: "If you don't remind me, I still want Zhu Qing to go to Guo Xiucai's house in our neighboring village for enlightenment. As you say, it would be good to go to Zhuang's private school. Zhu Qing has a lot of potential, I think
Shan Wazi is also good. If Zhuzhu is with him, he won't learn anything wrong. That's it."
Here they were chatting at home. On the other side, Zhuqing returned home and found her grandmother Lu and her father Sun Fucheng arguing angrily.
"Mom, Qingya is still young. We plan to consider her marriage in a few years. Please don't interfere." Sun Fucheng looked at my mother with a look of helplessness.
"Why is she still young? She is eleven years old during the Chinese New Year. Wouldn't anyone have made the decision earlier? Besides, the family I'm talking about today is no worse than the Zhou family! The young master of the Cheng family in Pang County is one of the most powerful officials in the family.
My family, I am attracted to the green bamboo because the green smoke is coming out of our ancestral grave! Besides, they paid three hundred taels for the gift, which can be considered a sign of sincerity!"
Sun Fu is an honest man, but he is not stupid after all. Hearing her mention the wedding ceremony, he couldn't help but become anxious: "Mom, what wedding ceremony? We haven't agreed yet, so why are we talking about the wedding ceremony?"
Lu quickly uttered the word "Dingli" and knew something was wrong. She quickly added: "How can we reject such a good thing? Our family is just a common people. How can we compete with other people in the government?"
?They sent this gift directly to me, and I will accept it on your behalf. If your family wants to use it, you can ask me for it! I will keep it for you first."
"Mom, how can you do this! Don't worry about who comes to propose marriage, how can he skip me as his biological father and go directly to you? Who knows what kind of character the young master of the county Cheng's family has?
Why did you agree without asking? Besides, this is Qingya’s life-long matter, so you have to ask Qingya! Then again, what they did in this matter was not authentic, no matter what,
I don’t agree either!”
Mrs. Lu didn't expect that her eldest son, who was always easy to talk to, would refuse. She couldn't help but said angrily: "Okay, I am so dedicated to your good, but you don't appreciate it! I have already agreed to this marriage, you don't
You have to agree even if you agree! Otherwise, you let me do this
Where should I put my face? Besides, this is the county magistrate's family, and I don't think you can afford to offend me! Don't think your daughter is rich and valuable. Are you still thinking about letting her marry a phoenix and a grandson in the future? I won't see it.
You're being stupid and dragging down the whole family for the sake of a money-losing girl!"
When Sun Fucheng heard this, he was filled with anger: "Mom, let me put it here today. I don't agree with this marriage! If anyone comes to get married, they will have to step over my body!"
"You, you cruel beheader! Why did I give birth to such a rebellious son like you! You are trying to make me angry to death!" Mrs. Lu said and couldn't help but wiped away her tears: "Oh, my
Why is life so miserable! Why did you give birth to such a careless thing! You have to fight against me in everything! How can I live like this! I have lost all my dignity in this life! Ah, I might as well die.
Forget it!"
Lu was excellent at singing and composing there, and Zhuqing also listened to the general story of the incident outside the door. After hearing this, she knew that her father, Sun Fucheng, probably didn't know how to deal with it.
My father is an honest and filial man. Although he loves his children very much, he may not be able to withstand the coercion of Mrs. Lu. It is impossible to say that this evil person can only be left to her own doing.
So she walked in from the outside with a cold face: "Grandma, if you really don't want to live anymore, there is no cover in the river, you can just go and jump, we will definitely not dare to stop you! However, before you go to jump, there is one thing I have to do
Let me make it clear to you, whoever receives the deposit can only marry the girl! I will not let anyone manipulate me!"
"You damn girl! What did you say? You actually talked to your grandmother like this? You rebellious and unfilial girl! I really should pull out your tongue!" Mrs. Lu couldn't help but reprimand loudly.
"Grandma, respect the old and love the young. I respect you as an old man, but I also want you to love me as a young child! Since you don't love and care for me, why should I respect you as an old man? Besides, this marriage has been ordered by the parents and the matchmaker since ancient times.
Even though you are my grandmother, I have parents here, so how can you overstep my authority? What you do is obviously not good at all.
You don't take my parents to heart! Even if today's matter is brought to the clan, you won't be able to bring any light! If you can't break off the engagement, I don't mind bringing it to the clan with you!" Zhu Qing knew that today's matter would be brought to the clan.
It was absolutely impossible for things to get better. So she bravely stated her thoughts directly to Mr. Lu.
"What, you want to go to the clan to judge? Okay, you shameless stinky girl! You are so brave! I tell you, this Pang County Cheng family, you have to agree even if you don't agree! Huh, you don't agree.
, then how are we going to live? If you agree to this marriage, then everyone will be happy. If you don't agree, it will make our family's life difficult in the future! No one can get over this matter today!
"
Zhuqing laughed angrily at her. Isn't this forced buying and selling? She doesn't accept this!
So she turned around and walked out the door: "Okay, then we can only go to the clan leader! Don't worry, I guarantee that everyone in the clan will come in an orderly manner!"
After Zhuqing finished speaking, without waiting for Mrs. Lu to react, she ran towards the big tree in the village with the bronze bell hanging on it.
"Qingya, Qingya, you damn girl! Come back here!" Seeing that Zhu Qing was serious, Mrs. Lu became nervous and immediately started running after Zhu Qing.
She couldn't let Zhuqing ring the bell! In this matter, she just agreed to the matchmaker invited by the Cheng family of Pang County. The matter of setting a ceremony was just something she talked about to scare her eldest son.
.
If Zhuqing and the others found out about this, of course the marriage would still not be possible. Moreover, she would be criticized for this matter. So Lu gritted her teeth and followed Zhuqing breathlessly.
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As she chased her, she kept talking nonsense: "Qingya, no matter how angry you are, you can't treat your grandmother like this! Why doesn't this child understand these principles?"
Zhuqing turned a deaf ear to her words and ran to the big clock in one breath.
Then she pulled the rope of the big bell in her voice to stop her. Soon, the melodious sound of the big bell rang in the sky above Cuizhu Village.
Hearing the sound of the big bell, people in the village soon gathered around the big bell.
"What happened again? Why did the bell ring?"
"Oh, is everything going to be okay? It's hard to live a peaceful life for a few days!"
While people were talking, they quickly walked towards the big tree.
When they saw that there were only Zhu Qing and an angry-looking Lu standing under the big tree, they couldn't help but feel strange.
"Grandma Lu, what's going on? Who rang this bell?" Someone asked Mrs. Lu.
Lu rolled her eyes at Zhuqing and said, "Who else is there? This damn girl is just making a fuss out of a molehill! There is no big deal at all!"
"Ah? What? Nothing happened? Isn't this a joke? Qingya, you can't be so willful!" When the villagers heard what she said, they frowned.
Zhuqing glanced at them, and then said: "I'm sorry to trouble all uncles and aunts about today's matter! Although this matter is a private matter of our family, it is also a major matter concerning our entire village!"
As she said this, she secretly received a betrothal gift from the Cheng family of Pang County from the Lu family, and made sure to tell her about her marriage into the Pang family.
"What my grandmother did in this matter is so unreasonable! No matter what, I cannot agree to it! Even if it offends Prime Minister Pang County in the future, I will not hesitate!" Zhu Qing said firmly.
"Sister-in-law Mantang, why are you so confused? How could you do this? Aren't you trying to throw Qingya into the fire?" After hearing Zhuqing's explanation, Li Zheng shook his head.
Accused Lu.
He had just heard about Zhu Qing's plan to lead the whole village to get rich together, but the Lu family actually wanted to push the god of wealth of the whole village away! How could this happen?