Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 11851

"Fourth Aunt, tell me quickly," Yang Ruoqing said.

Liu licked her lips. Her lips tend to get dry and tight in autumn and winter, so she likes to stick out her tongue and lick them every now and then.

As a result, she scooped out a ring of red stuff around her upper and lower lips, making her mouth look bigger than normal, like a big-mouthed monkey.

Anyone in the village who dared to laugh at her would get into an argument with her, and she would stand there with her hands on her hips and curse for two hours straight. Eventually, no one dared to tease her about being a big-mouthed monkey to her face anymore.

But people talk about it behind your back. So what if they talk about you behind your back? Who doesn't talk about others behind their backs?
At this moment, when Yang Ruoqing saw Liu Shi lick her lips again before speaking, she felt particularly uncomfortable, as if her lips were glued together with superglue.

"My eighth sister told me that in the backyard of the restaurant in town for the past three days, on the first day, that brat Xiu Hong lay stiffly in Xiu Xiu's room for the entire day without eating or drinking a single bite of food or tea."

"Yongjin was so angry that he picked up a spatula to hit her, but Xiuxiu and Wang Xiaowei stopped him."

Wang Xiaowei is Xiuxiu's new fiancé. The two are already engaged, and the wedding date is set for December. So Wang Xiaowei often goes to the restaurant to visit Xiuxiu and helps out at the restaurant.

As for the saying that unmarried men and women who are engaged cannot meet before the wedding, perhaps that applies to certain dynasties and regions, but in the Mianniu Mountain area, such a saying simply does not exist.

Even after an unmarried man and woman get engaged, they can still visit each other, meet, work together, and even if the other person's family has a special event and needs to host a banquet for relatives and friends, the engaged partner may need to go there in advance to help.

That's why people here have a very open-minded culture, giving young men and women a lot of freedom. However, nothing should be too free. Too much freedom can easily lead to things like a horse that has broken free of its reins and can't be brought back, eventually turning into a wild horse...

"Perhaps she was frightened, or perhaps it was because Xiuxiu stayed by her side day and night, explaining all sorts of reasons and sharing her own experiences, but the next day, Xiuhong finally started eating. Seeing that she wouldn't starve to death, everyone breathed a sigh of relief."

At this point, Liu added, "However, in my opinion, it's probably the delicious food in the restaurant that whetted her appetite. She was hungry, starving to the extreme, so she gave in to her instincts. Don't you think so?"

Yang Ruoqing thought about it and felt that what Liu said made sense. As long as a person still has thoughts about this world, things to be attached to, and desires... then that person cannot truly starve to death.

Liu continued, "Yesterday, Eighth Sister went to the restaurant in town again. This time, she saw Xiu Hong working as an assistant in the restaurant, doing embroidery."

"Since Xiuxiu can now spend some time playing with Yongxiao and Xiaosanzi, Ba Mei said that it would be a good thing if Xiuhong could gradually calm down at the restaurant, at least she wouldn't have to worry about the Si Xi family anymore!"

"After the New Year, we'll ask someone to help her find a husband, so that other boys can distract her from her feelings for Sixi!"

After hearing the news brought by Liu, Yang Ruoqing nodded gently: "It will be fine in a while."

Even the most intense feelings will gradually fade under the eraser of time, unless you can consistently depict that feeling every day, deepening its color and adding fuel to the fire...

Yang Yongqing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There are plenty of outstanding young men in the world. How many has that girl even met? She's like a frog in a well. Once she's seen more people in town, she'll naturally realize that Sixi is nothing special. She's just short-sighted!" Yang Ruoqing turned to look at Yang Yongqing, "Brother, let's be objective. Sixi's parents really aren't very good, but as for Sixi himself, it seems like we haven't heard much negative stuff about him in the village."

"On the contrary, I have heard people praise him several times, saying that he is hardworking and friendly to the elderly neighbors living in his front and back yards. Sometimes he can even help them with chores, such as carrying water and chopping wood."

Liu pursed her lips: "There is such a saying that Si Xi has been dragged home by the ear by Si Xi's mother several times because she helped the old men and women next door with their chores."

"Sometimes, when he's helping someone chop firewood, his mother stands at the gate with her hands on her hips, making veiled accusations. This hardworking boy, who used to be quite grateful for doing something kind, is now afraid to accept any more help from Sixi because of his impoverished mother. Sigh!"

Sigh! Yang Ruoqing sighed inwardly. In short, Si Xi's parents were just... quite a handful.

The three didn't chat for long, as they all had other things to do. As they were leaving, Yang Ruoqing called out to Liu Shi, "Fourth Aunt, stop licking your mouth all the time, it's making it worse."

Liu was about to lick it subconsciously, but upon hearing this, she forcibly held back and said helplessly, "My lips get so dry in autumn and winter. If I don't lick them to moisturize them, they feel so tight and uncomfortable. I even have to lick them when I sleep at night."

Yang Ruoqing said, "First of all, you should eat less spicy food. Secondly, eat more vegetables and fruits, especially pears. Also, eat less oranges, as they can cause internal heat if you eat too much of them."

"By the way, I recently mixed some lip balms. I'll have Shaoyao send you some later. Just apply it to your lips and don't lick them. I guarantee you'll see results in two days."

Actually, Yang Ruoqing was being conservative in saying that it would be effective in two days. The lip balm she made could relieve that tight feeling as soon as you applied it.

After using it a few more times, the redness and dryness will disappear. Yang Ruoqing has been busy lately, passing on her ancient techniques for making soap, shower gel, toothpaste, lip balm, and hand cream to her daughter-in-law, Xiao Qiao.

On the one hand, I hope that my skills can be passed on to someone else, so that it can be considered a family tradition of the Luo family.

Boys don't learn these things; they have to study and practice martial arts, so she planned to pass them on to her daughter-in-law, Xiao Qiao.

On the other hand, she noticed Xiao Qiao's disappointment, especially after Da Zhi passed the imperial examination. As someone who had been through it all, and especially as a woman herself, Yang Ruoqing understood women.

Because Xiao Qiao has received an education, her thinking is different from that of ordinary illiterate women who only know how to depend on men. Xiao Qiao hopes that her relationship with Da Zhi is not one of complete dependence. At least she hopes that she can do something for Da Zhi and have some value and sense of accomplishment in this marriage and this family.

So Yang Ruoqing thought it over and over and concluded that Xiao Qiao's personality wasn't suited to those kinds of business ventures that required her to be in the public eye.

Instead, we could teach her a trade. That way, she wouldn't need to go out and show her face in public. She could just stay home and work on these handicrafts. In the future, we could sponsor her some money to hire a couple of people in the city to open a small shop selling these kinds of things.

These things are the most common daily necessities in modern times, but in this era when people used wood ash and soap pods to wash clothes, used salt to brush their teeth, and used lard to wash their faces, soap, toothpaste, and hand cream were considered high-end items...