Farmer's happy event

Chapter 114
After the shop was bought, although it was planned to reopen after the autumn harvest, it took a lot of effort to decorate and tidy up the back house.Therefore, after finishing the spring plowing, Liu Jingren and his wife brought lotus seeds to buy various supplies.

It cost 300 taels to buy a shop. Although the decoration and tidying up the back house seemed to be a small matter, the addition of messy things actually cost more than 200 taels of silver.

A total of more than 500 taels of silver, half of the savings of the Lianzi family in the past few years have gone.A few days ago, I lent some money to Wang Jixiang. At this time, the family's surplus money is really running out.

On this day, the family finished their busy work in the city and drove home.

It was already May at this time, and Dou Zi happened to be born in May, and in a few days, he would be fifteen years old, and Yang Shi was discussing with Liu Jingren about Dou Zi and Ji Li.

On a day in May, there was already a trace of heat in the air, but at this time the night was about to fall. Lianzi was sitting in the carriage with the windows and curtains opened. As the carriage galloped, gusts of cool wind poured in. It is indescribably comfortable.

Lianzi looked at the clouds in the sky that were dyed orange by the setting sun, with a comfortable smile on her lips.Although it was indeed quite tiring after a busy day, she couldn't stop being happy when she thought that the shop would open soon, and what she had envisioned for many years would finally come true.

The road was a little bumpy, and the wheels of the carriage hit a rock and bumped violently.

Yang Shi and Liu Jingren were sitting in front driving the car, they were jolted and said: "Be careful and watch the road."

Lianzi leaned forward quite a bit after being bumped, and when she looked up, she suddenly saw a large strawberry field in front of her.

This strawberry field belongs to Caojiawanzi. This village grows a lot of fruits.

If it weren't for that horrible thing, Lianzi might have liked Caojiawanzi quite a lot, but when she thought that Lianzi almost came to this village to be a child bride for a rich man, she couldn't like it at all.

At this time, strawberries are about to go out of the market.Lianzi suddenly thought that it had been a long time since she made strawberry preserves, and she happened to be passing by here, so she might as well buy some and take them home, so as to save them and come back later.

In this way, the three of them drove the carriage to the strawberry field, and saw a farmer picking fruit in the field.

"Big brother", Liu Jingren got off the carriage, stood on the ground and called the fruit grower.

Hearing the shout, the fruit farmer hurriedly put down his basket and came over.

Liu Jingren said: "Brother, I want to buy your strawberries. I wonder what the price is here?"

"Twelve cents a catty." said the fruit farmer.

I bought it a few days ago for only nine cents a catty, but now the price has increased.Lianzi thought about it, now that strawberries are about to go out of the market, it is normal for the price to increase.

"How many catties can you pick?" Lianzi asked.

The fruit farmer waved his hand and said, "With just two acres of land, we can pick a hundred and ten catties a day."

Lianzi calculated in her heart that a hundred catties would be enough, so she said, "We plan to buy them all."

After she finished speaking, seeing the fruit grower was slightly surprised, she smiled and said, "Uncle, we bought so many strawberries to process other things, so we need more."

"Yes," Liu Jingren echoed, and said, "If you buy so much, can you give me a discount on the price?"

Since the strawberries have not been picked yet, they are not enough for a hundred catties, so the two sides discussed it, and the fruit farmer agreed to give them a price of ten cents per catty, and asked Liu Jingren to leave his address, saying that he would send them home.

After finishing this matter, the sky has already turned into a dark shadow. If we don't hurry up, it may be difficult to get back before it gets dark.

So, Yang Shi and Lianzi hurried into the carriage and urged Liu Jingren to leave quickly.

With a flick of the whip, Liu Jingren yelled, and the horse started to gallop.

Lianzi looked at the rows of poplar trees that hadn't grown yet, retreating quickly, and the carriage galloped past a field of crops, with a lake in front of it.This lake is not big, it looks like it has more than two acres.

She didn't pay much attention to the scenery by the lake, even though some dark red clouds were reflected in the lake water, forming a beautiful scenery, but Lianzi was in a hurry to go home, so she was not in the mood to appreciate it at this time.

Although she didn't want to watch, but the moment she turned her head, she saw a figure standing by the lake.

The figure was thin and looked like a woman.Today's evening wind was a little anxious, blowing her long hair, making her look extraordinarily beautiful.

Whose girl?What are you doing here?
Lianzi thought about it, but didn't think too much.The doubts in my heart disappeared as the carriage galloped across the lake.

But, suddenly, Lianzi heard a "plop", as if something heavy fell into the water.She subconsciously turned her head to look at the lake, only to find that the girl was nowhere to be seen.

"Not good." A thought flashed in Lianzi's mind.

"Father," Lianzi yelled, "Someone fell into the water, let's go and have a look."

There is no one around here, if no one comes to rescue, then the girl will definitely not be able to hold on for a long time before she dies.

With a kind heart, Lianzi's first thought was to save her quickly.

"What? Who fell into the water?" Yang didn't pay attention to look at it just now, so she didn't see the girl.Hearing what Lianzi said, she looked around, then pushed Liu Jingren and said, "Her father, let's go and have a look."

"Hey", Liu Jingren agreed, turned his horse's head, and walked back.

Fortunately, it was not far from the lake, and it took only a moment for the carriage to stop by the lake.

At this time, the girl was already bouncing up and down in the water, and it looked like she couldn't swim.

Seeing this, Liu Jingren hurriedly took off his single shirt and shoes, jumped into the water, and quickly swam towards the girl.

Although the lake is not big, it is windy tonight, and the girl can't swim, so she slipped into the middle of the lake after a while.

Fortunately, Liu Jingren was very good at water, so he swam over with all his strength.But even so, when he rescued the girl ashore, she was already unconscious.

"Quickly, put the horse on the back." Seeing Liu Jingren carrying the girl ashore, Yang said hurriedly.

Liu Jingren carried the girl to the side of the horse, and with Yang's help, let her lie on the horse's back, and kept patting the girl's back.

Lianzi originally wanted to quickly give her artificial respiration, the first aid method she learned in school before said so.But she hasn't verified it after all, and she doesn't know whether her method works or not.At this moment, seeing Yang Shi and Liu Jingren busy saving people, they stepped aside and did not interfere with them.

After a while, the girl coughed a few times, spit out a few big saliva, and gradually regained consciousness.

Liu Jingren and Yang Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Girl", Yang patted her cheek and called, "Girl".

After confirming that she had woken up, Yang said: "Girl, you must be careful when you are near the water. If you don't know how to swim, it's better not to go there as much as possible."

She said a word of admonition, but the rescued girl didn't respond at all.

You won't be scared silly, will you?

Thinking in her heart, Yang patted the girl lightly and called out: "Miss".

The girl still didn't speak, but after a while, she cried, "Why are you saving me? Let me die!"

Although the strength is weak, but the words are very clear.

But, it turned out to be a death-seeker.

I don't know, is it superfluous to save her?

What kind of idea is this!Lianzi decisively abandoned those immoral thoughts.

Seeing that she was awake, Liu Jingren bent over and twisted the wet pants stuck to his body, wiped his feet on the grass, put on shoes and socks, and put on clothes.

Yang thought that the girl would feel uncomfortable lying on the horse's back, so together with Lianzi, they helped her up and helped her sit in the carriage.

"Girl, where do you live?" Yang asked.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, but fortunately, it was not far from the middle of the moon, and it was still bright in the moon field.

Unexpectedly, the girl just cried and didn't speak at first. After Yang asked her several times, she cried, "I don't have a home, I won't go back!"

What happened to make this girl want to seek death?
Lianzi was thinking of countless possibilities, when she suddenly heard someone's voice approaching.

"Spring apricot, spring apricot—"

The human voice was getting closer, and Lianzi could also hear the clear shout.It's just that the girl, hearing the shout, cried more and more fiercely.Lianzi thought, probably this girl is Chunxing, her family has found her.

There are lanterns on the carriage of Lianzi's family for traveling at night, and Liu Jingren has already lit them just now.

Seeing the light, the girl's family members came straight to this side, and after a while they stood in front of Lianzi.

"Chun Xing, Chun Xing, why are you so stupid? You're trying to scare your mother to death!" A peasant woman in a gray cloth gown with disheveled hair saw Chun Xing, crying and pounced on her.

The girl called Chun Xing didn't cry at this time, but sobbed softly, shrank into the corner of the carriage with a terrified look.

"Chun Xing, if you don't want to marry, let's just not marry. Why can't you think about it?" The woman cried again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her words fell, Lianzi heard a woman say again: "Oh, mother, my sister can't understand, you can't be confused, then what kind of family is Mr. Wang's family? If my sister is married, I don’t have to live a hard life in this life.”

The woman who spoke was one of the few people who came over just now, besides this, there was a middle-aged man who was tall and thick.

"Yeah, mother, don't be confused. If the girl is married, let alone the hot and spicy food in the future, someone will serve you. Even our family will get a lot of glory. It's time to treat our father well." There is a grave on the ground." The middle-aged man said.

Hearing this, Lianzi sized up these people.

The man was wearing gray bunts and a pair of black cloth shoes with a lot of mud on his feet and his big toe was exposed.

As for the younger woman, she was wearing a khaki, tattered single shirt, which made the color of her face turn khaki-yellow.

Look at the girl Chunxing again, the clothes soaked in water are tightly attached to her body, but it can still be seen that it is a seriously faded water-red thin shirt that has been washed long ago, and there are several neatly punched clothes on it. patch.

No need to guess, it must be another forced marriage.

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