Nongmen Shenjue

Today, there are plenty of dishes, and there are wines to drink. In addition, it is facing the spacious river, and the breeze is gentle. Watching the boats come and go, even if you don’t have a literati feeling, you still feel refreshed.After eating a meal for more than half an hour, everyone was satisfied.

After eating, the guests left.

Aunt Zhao and the others stayed behind to help with the washing and brushing, and by the way brought the borrowed things back to the village with her own ox cart. Mu Wan doesn't live here at night, so she has to take Mu Xiu home with her.Li was waiting for someone to leave first, while Wang Jiang and the others were sitting and drinking water, waiting for the daughters-in-law of each family to leave together.

Mu Lin went to see off Cai Butou and the others. Their class had a rest today, so Mu Lin planned to return to the village at night.

"What should he do?" Mu Qingyan didn't go to the kitchen, where there was a room full of women.

There are many people and strength, and they all work quickly. After a while, they cleaned the pots and pans, and cleaned up the inside and outside of the kitchen.

At this moment, he pointed to a policeman who was lying on the table and sleeping soundly, his eyes flashed with deep thought.

This catcher is very young, he looks only sixteen or seventeen years old.It's not that the Yamen are not so young, but they are all physically strong and come from poor backgrounds, but this person is obviously different.The stature is not bad, but the muscles are loose, the steps are sloppy, obviously pampered, and he doesn't look like he has been trained.

It is estimated that Cai Butou and others can see that this person has some origins. After all, the police officers are from the bottom, and they are on the go all day, with tanned skin and rough people.

This person's fair complexion is very conspicuous in the yamen, his appearance is not vulgar, and his speech and behavior are a little different.Ordinary people are hard to describe, but in fact it is a kind of temperament that comes from everyone and has been cultivated since childhood.Even if this person deliberately conceals it, his methods are immature after all, not to mention Mu Qingyan who has experienced it, even Mu Lin who has been at the bottom can see it.

Mu Qingyan noticed it during the dinner, although the police officers were talking and laughing with this man, they were all a bit alienated and defensive.Similarly, everyone gave in to him, including Butou Cai who also defended him a lot.

This person is not stimulated, but wants to drink, and he is completely drunk after just a few drinks.

The donkey carts coming from the city were all filled with women, and the catchers had to walk back, so it was not easy to take him with them.

Mu Lin said: "Boss Cai said to let him stay first, and send him back when he sobers up."

"What's this person's name, where is he from?" Mu Qingyan asked.

"Chen Shiliu, he didn't say where he is from, but he said that he likes to be a catcher, and he came in through the relationship of the master of the yamen." Mu Lin said and shook his head: "It looks like he has never suffered, let's go see it today. He was not allowed to get close to the floating corpses in the river, but he didn’t believe in evil, so he vomited heavily. When he was walking, he complained that his feet hurt, and when he had a meal, he thought he had put too much salt.”

"Cook him a bowl of hangover soup later, otherwise he may not be sober after sleeping until dark." The room is limited, and Mu Wen, Mu Wu and two big boys sleep on the same bed, which is already crowded. If Chen Shiliu doesn't leave after dark, could it be Want to sleep with him?

Just like being unaccustomed to using other people's bedding and pillows, sharing a bed with a stranger is unbearable.

While talking, Aunt Zhao came out after finishing her work, and loaded the borrowed tables and chairs into the bullock cart, and Mu Wan divided up the leftover dishes on the table, and packed some for each family.This is also the custom of eating in the farmhouse. Those who help the kitchen can always get such benefits. In the farmhouse, packing leftovers is not for saving, but because of life circumstances. It is a joy to get leftovers.

"Second brother, I'll go back. You have to be more careful at night, don't open the door if someone knocks." Mu Wan instructed Xu Xu worriedly.

"Eldest sister, don't worry, I know all about it. I think it might rain tonight, and it won't stop tomorrow. You don't have to rush over here, you will be enough with Xiaowen Xiaowu." Mu Qingyan felt that she didn't need to run around. Besides, it's not good for her to worry about everything all the time.

Mu Qingyan hoped that she would live a more relaxed life and not carry everything on her body.

Mu Wan looked up at the sky, the weather was still fine before eating, but now the sun was half hidden, the river surface was shimmering, and the wind was blowing a bit cool.

In spring, it rains continuously for a few days at a time.

"That's fine. I don't have time to come here. I'm going to have a look in the field, to replant the seedlings, and to survive this rain. Besides..." Mu Wan glanced at Mu Lin, and said with a low smile: "Sister-in-law Wang intends to be a matchmaker for elder brother. You also know that elder brother Wang picks up work during the slack season and runs around the villages, so he knows a lot of people. The girl mentioned by sister-in-law Wang is from Dayu Village, and it's not too far away. I plan to go back and meet again." Ask about it."

Although she is eager for Mu Lin's marriage, she is also very cautious. After all, she is the wife of Mu's parents. The family can be poor, but they must not behave poorly.

Nowadays, when it comes to marriage, the matchmaker first mentions it, and the man and woman go to inquire about each other in private, including the other party's parents and temperament, sisters and brothers in the family, and then the other's appearance and temperament.After asking each item carefully, and feeling that the conditions in all aspects are suitable, I will inform the matchmaker for further contact.

Mu Wan is a younger sister, and she is not married, so it is not easy to arrange a marriage for her elder brother, so Aunt Zhao has to be entrusted with this matter.

Mu Qingyan looked at the happy Mu Wan, but felt that Mu Lin should be reminded to care about Mu Wan's life events.

Girls can't delay their flowering, especially nowadays women are very restrained, they are old girls, and they are all widowers and poor men, even after they get married, they will suffer a lot of grievances.

As for Zhao He, if he really wanted to, he should take the initiative to come back.

After all, the two families know each other well, so it is impossible for Zhao He not to know about Mu Wan's situation.

When it comes to mentioning marriage, we have to mention an embarrassing incident that happened during the banquet.

In front of so many people, Ma Guihua wanted to say hello to Mu Lin, but Mu Lin couldn't say much except to apologize.Fortunately, Aunt Zhao and the others took the initiative to change the subject, and Mu Lin immediately fled to the police.

Because of this, Ma Guihua's complexion is not happy, and her heart is not dead.

Just now, in order to prevent her from rashly mentioning that the trouble was not good for both sides, the old man Niu said hello, and led Niu Dazhuang and Ma Guihua away first.

Sister-in-law Wang was annoyed when she saw this, and she reminded Mu Wan in private: "Don't make promises indiscriminately, who do you think she mentioned? It's her natal sister! If this is involved, don't even think about tearing it apart. open."

Mu Wan didn't really care about it at first, but when Mrs. Wang mentioned it, she was shocked: "Her natal sister? The one who was divorced?"

"It's her."

Mu Wan was startled, and quickly said: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I have accepted you here, and there will always be a result before mentioning other things. What's more, Sister-in-law Niu is a person, and I am also afraid of dealing with her. I can only thank you for this." For her kindness."

After seeing off everyone in Qingshan Village, the restaurant became deserted.

Mu Lin didn't drink much during the banquet, and he wasn't too tired at the moment, so he picked up his hoe and went to dig the vegetable field behind the house.

The store just opened, it is estimated that it will be difficult to have customers today.

Mu Qingyan was not in a hurry, poured himself a bowl of tea, and took out the gift booklet to read.

Mu Wen brought an earthen pot, which contained copper coins, many of which were newly minted.

"Second brother, how much do you think it is?" Mu Wen just now held the clay pot and counted it back and forth three or four times.

Mu Qingyan swept the gift slip, opened his mouth and said, "One thousand three hundred and forty-eight characters."

"Wow! Second brother, how do you know?" Mu Wu called out.

Mu Wen was even more surprised, because he had always had the gift list with him before, and he knew very well that Mu Qingyan had just gotten it.But, after looking at it, he immediately said the number, which...

Mu Qingyan smiled and didn't say much.

This is not a huge amount.

Mu's writing is correct, the accounts are clearly memorized, and the guests and gifts are all negotiated and very regular. Just multiply by the number of people and add one, and you can calculate it mentally without pen and paper.

The gap between rich and poor can also be seen from the gift list.

Chief Cai and deputy chief arrester Li all received one hundred Wen, He Chuan and other arresters received fifty Wen each, and then Uncle Zhao and Aunt Zhao gave fifty Wen, this is also because the relationship between the two families is very close , Secondly, also wrote twenty essays on behalf of Zhao Shan in the city.Wang Jiang and other nine families were given [-] Wen each, and the old man Niu gave [-] Wen because he didn't want to lose face because of the large number of people coming from his family.

Lizheng in Qingshan Village and the four families in Yuan Village are Shiwen respectively.

The bosses of the three shops at the ferry came to congratulate him, and stayed for a drink. Each of them paid six Wenqian to be happy.

In fact, the ceremonies offered by Wang Jiang and others were not light, and were based on the number of visits by local relatives.In contrast, the Lizheng family only had a good relationship, and the gift money was paid according to the usual relationship.

The catchers paid according to the county rules, and with their income level, fifty renminbi was also normal.

Although the two head catchers gave a lot of money, it was not too abrupt.

"Second brother, how do you calculate? Teach me." Mu Wen was very interested in his quick calculation, and his eyes lit up.

In ancient times, there was a nine-nine song, which was the nine-nine multiplication table.

The original bishop had Mu Wen and Mu Wu, but he rarely used them. After all, he did not go to school, and usually there was not so much money in and out of the family to settle accounts. Therefore, even the most diligent Mu Wen only memorized the verses. , he was a little bit blind.

"You need to practice more and learn some tricks. Don't be in a hurry. You should learn arithmetic well from tomorrow." Mu Qingyan thought that Mu Wen was very smart and successful, and it was impossible for him to stay in the village all the time in the future. Here, it is good to learn more things.

Sure enough, Mu Wen was very happy, but Mu Wu screamed. Studying is very painful for him.