Crossing the Qinghe Landlord gl

Xia Jiniang woke up before the walker who announced the dawn knocked on the iron sign.She looked outside carefully, the hustle and bustle of the night had subsided, but the hustle and bustle of the day hadn't appeared yet.

Various sounds such as grinding tofu and making noodles came from the houses not far away, and some caravans who were on their way were already preparing to go to the city gate, while more people were still sleeping.

Xia Jiniang went to the courtyard of the mansion shop to fetch some water to freshen up, and when she returned to the room, the sound of dawn announced by Xing Zhe woke up the sleeping person.Zhang He and Zhang Xian also woke up at this time, put on their clothes, came out sleepily, and had a face-to-face meeting with Xia Jiniang.

"Miss Xia, it's so early." Zhang He saw that Xia Ji Niang's face was tireless, and he knew that she had been awake for a long time.

Xia Jiniang smiled: "Are you ready to go back?"

"I still need to buy something... Miss Xia just doesn't buy anything?" Zhang He asked in confusion.

Xia Jiniang shook her head: "It's a long journey, it's inconvenient to take them back." She had learned yesterday that Zhang Baochang would not be with them, so it must be difficult for them to take all their things back.

"Don't worry about not being able to take it back." Zhang He said with a smile.

It took a while for Xia Jiniang to understand what she meant by this sentence.I saw that Zhang He pulled out a strong ox from nowhere, and the people in the mansion shop helped fix the cart to the ox, and Zhang He directed her things to be placed on the ox cart.

"The cow at home is old, so I thought that there is only one old cow in a hundred acres of land, so I went to the city today to buy a cow, and went to the government to register." Zhang He said.

"So that's it. Zhang Erlang has thought about how to deal with the [-] mu of fertile land that has been put aside?"

Zhang He smiled: "If I don't dispose of the barren land, I'm afraid the government will come to me for questioning."

Now that there was an ox cart, Xia Jiniang also rushed to do some things before going back, and then followed Zhang He and Zhang Xian to eat breakfast before embarking on the way back.

The flowers reflect the wicker, leisurely to the Green Ping Pond.Relying on the railing, peeking at the fine waves, the rain is rustling.

Recently, the news has been scattered, and the bridal chamber is empty and lonely.Cover the silver screen, hang green foil, spend the spring night.

On the long way home, Xia Jiniang was bored, so she sang the words she heard from the restaurant last night in a low voice.The bullock cart stopped slowly, Xia Jiniang came back to her senses, saw Zhang He turned to look at her, she asked, "What's wrong?"

"Take a break." Zhang He got out of the bullock cart, and hugged Zhang Xian who couldn't hold back.Suddenly he said again, "I know this word, it's Wen Tingyun's 'flower reflecting wicker', right?"

Although she doesn't understand ancient poetry, she still remembers the poems that appeared in textbooks or familiar poems when she was a child.

Xia Jiniang nodded, and Zhang He asked again: "Could it be that Mrs. Xia... misses her sweetheart?"

Even Zhang He can hear the deep meaning of loneliness and longing for his sweetheart in the word.She thought to herself that Xia Jiniang was already 19 years old, and according to the customs of this era where women were allowed to marry at the age of 13, she was not sure if she had a sweetheart.

Xia Jiniang froze for a moment, thinking quickly about Zhang He's intention for asking this question.

After a while, she replied: "I just heard this from the restaurant next to the mansion last night. The little lady sang beautifully, so I wrote it down. Just now I felt bored, so I suddenly remembered the word and sang it out." , no other intention."

Zhang He said "Oh" and praised her again: "Mistress Xia sings very nicely."

The longer she gets along with Xia Jiniang, the more she realizes that Xia Jiniang knows a lot more than she does, which makes her a little ashamed.She couldn't help muttering in her heart: whoever said that peasant girls know little, Xia Jiniang knows everything, she's perfect!

Thinking of this, Zhang He asked casually: "On the outside, Mrs. Xia is slim, bright and charming; on the inside, she can go to the hall and go to the kitchen. She not only knows how to swim, but also sings short poems, and cooks delicious food. In my opinion, there should be a lot of people seeking to marry Mrs. Xia, both internally and externally, right?"

For Zhang He's compliment, Xia Ji Niang instinctively ignored, and the last sentence touched the topic that she was most unwilling to answer, she still shook her head honestly: "Zhang Erlang guessed wrong, there are very few people who want to marry me. "

Zhang He blinked: "Why?"

"This..." How can I say this?Xia Jiniang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, thought for a while, and said, "Because I don't have a dowry!"

Zhang He nodded. After all, she only stayed for a year and she also knew the ethos of this era: under the ethos of "rich marriage", it is not uncommon for the dowry to be twice or even dozens of times the bride price.And because there is no dowry, there are many unmarried women in their [-]s and [-]s.

but……

"With the dowry, will you marry?" Zhang He seemed to have no intention of asking.

Xia Jiniang seemed to have been hit by an electric shock, and goosebumps surfaced quietly.

Zhang He's question seemed unintentional, but it touched on the true thoughts in her heart that she least wanted to be known.She doesn't know when she had this idea, but when she was 14 years old, she overheard her parents arguing about her dowry, and she felt that—in fact, it doesn't matter if she gets married or not. It does not matter.

This idea gradually became dusty in the words of the elders that "a woman should marry a good man", and even she gradually felt that marriage seemed to be the only way out.

In order to escape the oppressive atmosphere, she would come to Mrs. Li whenever she had the chance.She would be much more relaxed without her parents arguing over her dowry, and without the sympathy from her neighbors who seemed to feel unworthy for her.She would rather put her mind on her work than her parents moaning all day long about her dowry.

She looked at Zhang He in astonishment, smoothed her thoughts again, and said in a panic: "Naturally, naturally."

"That's right... that's right." Zhang He smiled at her, but stopped talking about it.

It took them three hours to return to Qinghe Village because of Zhang He's traveling style.Although it took an extra hour, the journey back was not exhausting.

Xia Jiniang still had leisure time and kept all the scenery along the way in her heart.If she gets married in the future and needs to take care of the housework, it will be difficult for her to have this opportunity.

In this way, she still has to thank Aunt Li for letting her come out. Not only did she have a "Flower Festival" that she had never experienced before, but she also completely relaxed.

When she went to the city this time, she bought a piece of cloth and thread to sew some jackets; she also bought some lamp grass and lamp oil and came back. She could not sew clothes during the day when she had to do farm work, but at night. As a result, a lot of lamp oil will be consumed.In addition, she also prepared some fragrant medicines, and she will use them when she has a chance in the future.

On the other hand, Zhang He has prepared a supply of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea for a month or two; naturally there is no shortage of lamp oil and the like, and candles are bought in bundles.You must know that a piece of white wax costs 150 Wen, and a catty of high-quality lamp oil is only [-] Wen, which shows that Zhang He's financial resources are still relatively strong.

In this regard, Zhang He explained: "My eyesight is not good, and I have to light a lot of candles at night to see clearly."

It's no wonder that she is used to incandescent lamps in modern times, but even with a single candle in this place, she struggles to read the words on the book.

She remembered Xia Jiniang working at night with an oil lamp whose lighting was much worse than that of white wax, and reminded: "Miss Xia, don't do needlework at night, it will hurt your eyes."

"Thank you Zhang Erlang for reminding me."

Xia Jiniang was still polite and restrained but kept a certain distance. Zhang He didn't say much, and drove back to his home.

"Jiniang is back?!" Aunt Li shouted when she saw Xia Jiniang's figure.

"aunt."

"How's it going, is the 'Flower Festival' lively?"

"Well, it's lively. Almost all the girls from every family have come out, and the Flower Temple is even more lively..." Xia Jiniang told Aunt Li what she had seen and heard, and it took a while to think of something important, telling the situation of Li Qingshi and Li Qinggui. Inform Aunt Li.

Aunt Li heard the words, mixed joy and sorrow: "Brother Shi is willing to come back, but Brother Gui...why does he worry that there is no dowry gift for him at home?!"

"Your cousin is naturally not worried that his aunt didn't prepare a dowry gift for him, he just wanted to let my real cousin have a generous dowry gift to talk about a good marriage!"

Aunt Li smiled again in an instant: "I'm satisfied if they can respect each other as brothers and sisters. I'll go to Wang Po to make a match for Brother Shi in the morning!"

Xia Jiniang smiled and stood aside without disturbing her, but Aunt Li didn't forget her, and said in a low voice: "Jiniang, how about I let Wang Po also talk about a marriage with you?"

Xia Jiniang's heart stirred up waves, and she hurriedly said, "Auntie, this won't work."

"Don't worry, I know the situation in your family. I found out that someone will marry you even if you don't have a dowry." Aunt Li thought that Xia Jiniang was worried about the dowry, so she hurriedly said.

"Auntie, I didn't mean that, it's just..."

"It's the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker! I know. This Wang Po is also a matchmaker recognized by the government, and the matchmaker she protects is also legitimate and can't be fake! As long as you agree, I will let her talk to your parents , that’s fine, and it’s not considered as a private gift from you.”

Xia Jiniang was helpless: "Thank you aunt for caring about my life-long affairs, but I don't know who is the person that my aunt said is willing to marry me without a dowry?"

"Donkey brother!"

Xia Jiniang was almost not overturned by the turbulent waves in her heart, and she was almost not struck dumb by the thunder in her head.She was stunned for a while, and lost her voice: "How is it possible?!"

She suddenly wanted to get along with Zhang He all the way. Could it be that Zhang He had such thoughts, so he came to her aunt to talk about matchmaking? !

Aunt Li realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, and explained: "Brother Lu doesn't value property, which is rare in this world. And you have seen clearly how he behaves these days. If you marry him, he will definitely not I owe you. And..."

Aunt Li talked about Zhang He's good things one by one, from his personality to his family background, and then to the future.That clever mouth made Xia Jiniang mistakenly think that she was also a Wangpo.

Xia Jiniang just felt a little confused, she didn't know that Zhang He had such thoughts for her!Could it be because Zhang Xian let Zhang He know of his proposal to her, so Zhang He followed the trend?

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