Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 22

Zhang Mu's "Mother" deeply hurt Chu Rui's heart.

Seeing Chu Rui in her shop, Ding Erniang twisted up her veil, feeling annoyed. She had already seen this girl's feelings for Wu Ling, but she didn't come here for this shop.At the moment, he didn't want to talk to the girl too much, so he took Zhang Mu's hand and said, "It's your first day here, and you can't recognize everything, let me tell you first!" Zhang Mu talked about the types and prices of the goods.

Then I heard Ding Erniang say, "There are mainly two types of products sold in the shop. One is woven bamboo strips: Shawpan, dustpan, bamboo basket, drying basket, drying mat, bamboo mat, cradle, flower basket and other bamboo products. Utensils, one category is wooden furniture: chairs, tables, stools, etc. Large wooden items, such as beds and chests of drawers, are all ordered in advance and then ordered. Therefore, there are generally no ready-made items in the shop.”

Seeing Zhang Mu nodding, Ding Erniang was about to talk to Zhang Mu about the price, but when she suddenly saw that Chu Rui was still there, she paused, turned around and said to Chu Rui, "Girl Rui, I really don't have any It's time, I want to chat with Amu about the things in the shop, after two days I'll be free, I'll go to your house to chat with your mother!"

Chu Rui saw that the aunt of Ding's family even issued an order to chase her away. She felt aggrieved and just wanted to turn around and leave, but she still held back, raised a smiling face, and said: "It's just a coincidence that I came, that aunt, I'll go back first! I have time to visit my house some other day, I recently learned a new pastry, and I want to make it for you to try!"

"That's good, you are a clever girl with a sweet mouth, and you still remember my aunt! Don't wait for me to go, you haven't seen a single grain of flour!" Ding Erniang saw the girl's flattering words, and said Also casually said a few words.

When Chu Rui left the shop, the smile on her face couldn't hold back.

She is sixteen this year and has not yet engaged. If there is no Zhang Mu, she must be the woman who calls Ding Erniang "Mother" now.

Her family sells timber, so when she was very young, the Chu family and the Ding family got closer. In her memory, she chased after Wu Ling and called her brother since she was a child, but at that time, Wu Ling He's just an apprentice of the Ding family.As the daughter of a merchant, her status is ten or a hundred times higher than that of an apprentice no matter what.Therefore, in her eyes, Wu Ling is just a little brother.

Since she was 13 years old, her mother has been looking for a good son for her. Her mother's favorite is Ye Tong, the little grandson of Landlord Ye's family. She studied in the county academy with her when she was a child. Her mother tried to test Mrs. Ye several times. Mrs. Ye didn't answer the question.Later I heard that her family would not marry a merchant woman.

In addition to the Ye family, there are only the Ding family and the Yu family that sells wine in the town. My mother still likes it, but Azhu from the Ding family is three years younger than her, so my mother likes Ah Zheng, who is one year older than her from the Yu family. Well, Mrs. Yu's family also let it out, saying that they would wait two years before making arrangements for the children.Her mother no longer took her out, and asked her to calm down at home and learn some embroidery.

But last year, Yu Zheng went to a restaurant in the county to deliver drinks, and he met the daughter of the owner of the restaurant.What about her?From thirteen to fifteen, it was dragged to sixteen in the blink of an eye, and my mother was so worried that her mouth kept bubbling.

Hearing that Erye Ding had passed on the shop to Brother Ling, she felt that Brother Ling could do the same.

She came to the shop a few times to talk to Aunt Ding, and met Brother Ling a few times, but Brother Ling was not at all like the gentle big brother she remembered, he seemed a lot more indifferent , See her and don't say hello.

Chu Rui was restless, when she suddenly saw a khaki cat in front of her, she stretched out her foot and kicked it impatiently.

The cat didn't expect a sudden disaster, and screamed heart-piercingly.Passers-by were panicked when they heard this, and all looked this way, Chu Rui was startled, and hurried away.

"Meow! Meow!" I will let my master kill you.The kitten yelled at Chu Rui's back!It's a pity that as a biological species that is not on the same channel, other girls won't understand it.

An hour later, Wu Ling and Ding Erye came back from the mayor's house. When they walked to the door of the shop, they saw a cat squatting in front of the door. The head kept calling softly at them: "Meow! Meow!" Hurry up and take me back!

Both father and father felt that their eyes were dazzled, how could they see the expectation and grievance in a cat's eyes.At the moment, the two of them didn't care about it, and walked up to the shop.

When Ding Erniang saw the two of them coming back, she asked, "Is everything ready?"

Ding Erye replied: "Okay, tomorrow I will take A Ling and A Mu to the elder brother's house to do the genealogy."

Ding Erye said a lot at the mayor's house, he was very thirsty, and he didn't want to say more at the moment, so he gave his mother-in-law a certain word, and then went to the back room to find tea.

Seeing the young couple looking at each other, Erniang Ding knew that the newlyweds were just getting sticky, so she smiled and said, "Okay, don't stick around with me, go back quickly! Come over for dinner tonight!"

Wu Ling wasn't too polite, he answered and led Zhang Mu out.

This time, it was the hand, not the wrist.Zhang Mu felt relieved in his heart.

"Meow meow!"

As soon as Zhang Mu came out of the shop, he saw a cat pounced on her feet, looked down, and felt strangely familiar!

"Meow! Meow!" It's me, it's me!

Looking at the wronged eyes, Zhang Mu's mind was aroused, why is he so similar to her beauty!
Zhang Mu remembered that there was not a single living thing in the house, so he said to Wu Ling: "Master, let's take it home. There are only two of us in the house. Once you leave, I will feel deserted by myself."

Seeing his wife looking at him eagerly, Wu Ling nodded hurriedly: "Okay, the cat is so dirty this night, I'll go ask my teacher's wife for a bamboo basket!"

Wu Ling, who turned around, didn't know that Ye Mao had cast a hostile look at him.

When Wu Ling put the cat in the bamboo basket, before he let go of his hand, he saw the cat suddenly shaking its fur vigorously, and dust was flying everywhere, Wu Ling was fascinated even his eyes.

Zhang Mu stared blankly at the cat in the bamboo basket, why was it so similar to her beauty? Her beauty sometimes got angry with Weiwei and would tease her like this!Seeing that Wu Ling was fascinated by the eyes, and couldn't care less about cats and beauties, he hurriedly asked how Wu Ling was doing.

"It's okay, this cat has a very bad temper!" Wu Ling said while wiping his eyes.

"Let's go back first, and we'll wash your face after we get back!" Zhang Mu smiled when he saw a person and a cat looking at each other.

Wu Ling didn't really care about a cat, so he carried the bamboo basket and led his daughter-in-law home.

Ding Da's business was relatively good today, the pork was sold out early in the morning, and he left two trotters to send to his second uncle. When he arrived at the door, he saw Wu Ling holding Zhang Mu.

Ding Damang suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, and went into the second uncle's shop.

Seeing her elder nephew coming, Ding Erniang hurriedly called to the back room.When Erye Ding heard the sound, he put down his teacup and came out. Seeing his nephew, he said, "Ada, the meat is sold out so early today!"

"Hey, Uncle, Ah Zhu finally came back. I left two pig's trotters to satisfy his hunger at night." Ding Da handed the pig's trotters tied with a straw rope to his second aunt.

Ding Erniang took the trotters and sent them to the kitchen.It happened to be an extra meal for A Ling and A Mu tonight. Yesterday, there was a table of dishes, but neither of them had any food. One was drinking only, and the other was sitting in the new house and still starving!It was she who served Amu a bowl of noodles afterwards.After all the guests have left, the dishes can't be served in this hot weather, so they will all be poured.

The Ding family has only two boys, A Zhu and Ding Da, with a rich family background. Usually Ding Da's meat comes over, and Ding Erye doesn't refuse, and he just wants to make up for his nephew and grandson in the future.

"Tomorrow, I'll take A-Ling and A-Mu to the house to look up the genealogy. I told your father that you will come back early tomorrow to have a reunion dinner together." Second Master Ding said to his nephew again.

"Hey, okay, I'm here to talk to my uncle about something. I'm going to marry a wife too." Ding Da rubbed his hands and said.

"Oh, you finally nodded your head! Your father must be so happy! How many years have you been urging this!" Ding Erye slapped his thigh suddenly.

"Uncle, my father doesn't agree, I just want you to help me talk about it tomorrow!" Ding Da said with a face full of embarrassment.

When Second Master Ding heard what his nephew said, he didn't immediately respond. His brother was talking about Ah Da having married a wife for many years, how could he disagree? It's not that there is something wrong with this woman!

At that moment, Second Master Ding looked at Ding Da with a serious face, and said, "Since you asked me to come here, don't hide it from me. Tell me honestly, is there something wrong with this woman?"

(End of this chapter)