Blessed Peasant Woman of Time Traveling

Chapter 18

When Ding Xiang arrived in the town, she found it was still deserted.There are only a dozen or so shops in the town. If the villagers have some money, Qingshan Town has thousands of villagers and these residents in the town, the business should be booming.

It seemed that no one was willing to spend money anymore. After wandering around, Lilac sat on a rock in a daze, thinking about what the villagers must buy for the New Year.

After thinking about it, it means that Spring Festival couplets, meat and wine are indispensable. However, Spring Festival couplets are usually written by educated people in the village, and there is still no charge. Villagers only need to buy red paper and ask someone to write them.As for meat, cloves can't sell it. It's really indecent for a girl to sell meat, and it's not her turn to sell it.

The wine is brewed by some farmers themselves, and those who have not brewed it will go to the neighbors to buy it. The price is so cheap that Ding Xiang knows that selling wine is also unreliable.

It was only then that she realized that her initial idea was too simple. If it were really that easy to do a small business, others would have done it long ago.Although few villagers read books, there are many people with clever minds.People in the valley are almost self-sufficient, and usually spend very little.

Ding Xiang bought a bag of red dates and walked back dejectedly. She didn't bother to look up when two people came to meet her.But the other party recognized her immediately, "Ding Xiang, are you here to go shopping in town?"

A smiling young man with a round face came over, blushed and whispered, "Lilac."

Ding Xiang raised her head, thinking who are you, I don't know you.

The young man was a little embarrassed, "Ding Xiang, why are you ignoring me?"

Ding Xiang looked at him, then at the man behind him with a half-smile, that man was still carrying a load with cloth in the basket.Oh, she understood, this must be the brothers of the Li family, Li Lei should be the one talking to her, and his brother Li Xiao should be the one taking the burden.

Last time I heard Zikui say that Li Lei seems to like her, but who knows if this is true or not, Ding Xiang hurriedly avoided him in fear of avoiding her.

Li Lei was stunned, wondering what happened to Ding Xiang. Although he didn't talk much when he saw him before, he didn't leave without saying a word. Could it be that she was trying to avoid suspicion?
Li Lei turned around and chased after him, stopping in front of Ding Xiang, "Ding... Ding Xiang, are you afraid to talk to me because of your sister?"

Ding Xiang had no choice but to nod, and walked around him quickly.Unexpectedly, Li Lei chased after him again, "Don't be afraid, there is no one on the road, so what can I say a few words?"

Ding Xiang just found it funny, thinking that the brother behind you is not a human being, not to mention she has nothing to say to him.

"Ding Xiang, actually I want to say...I...I plan to..." Li Lei scratched his head and couldn't speak.

At this moment, his elder brother Li Xiao came over carrying the burden, and said with a smile: "Miss Dingxiang, my younger brother has already discussed with my parents, and I want to ask a matchmaker to come to your house to propose marriage. I will get married next month, one year There can't be two marriages, so you wait patiently, get engaged at the end of this year, and you can choose a good day to get married next year."

What?engagement?marriage?Ding Xiang has one head and two big heads. Has she agreed to their self-assertion? She doesn't want to marry so early, and she doesn't want to marry this strange Li Lei in front of her.Although he has a small round face and is cute when he smiles, she doesn't care at all.

"You must never entrust a matchmaker to my house to propose a marriage, and I will not agree to it! I'm sorry." Ding Xiang ran away after finishing speaking.

With a look of astonishment on Li Lei's face, he turned around to look at Ding Xiang's back, and said in a panic, "Brother, she...why didn't she agree?"

Li Lei always thought that Ding Xiang understood his heart, and Ding Xiang also wanted to belong to him.Although Ding Xiang didn't say anything, but every time he spoke to him in a soft voice, and with that slightly smiling look in his eyes, he felt that his feelings were not wrong.

But just now, why did Ding Xiang's expression and eyes become so strange, she didn't look at him at all when she saw him, and she wanted to run away at every turn.

Li Xiao patted Li Lei on the shoulder and said, "It's probably because her sister's incident has had too much influence. Many people ridiculed her family. She was frightened and dare not pay attention to you."

Li Lei felt that this was the only way to explain it, so he suddenly took out a large floral cloth from the basket and chased after it.His brother said in surprise: "What are you doing, this cloth is expensive!"

"Brother, don't be stingy!" Li Lei chased after him.

Li Xiao called out distressedly, "Hey, she's not your wife, you prodigal son!"

Ding Xiang was jogging all the way, but when she heard movement behind her, she turned her head and saw Li Lei chasing after him like a gust of wind, she was so frightened that she ran desperately.

No matter how fast she was, Li Lei couldn't run away, so Li Lei stopped in front of her and said out of breath, "Ding Xiang, why are you running so fast? I'm not a tiger who can eat you. This cloth is so pretty." , you can use it to make new clothes for the New Year."

Li Lei stuffed the cloth into Ding Xiang's hands, and Ding Xiang hurriedly put the cloth on Li Lei, "I don't want it, I can't take your things for nothing."

"How can this be called just for nothing? This is my heart for you...for you." Li Lei was already blushing, and stuffed the cloth into Ding Xiang's hand again.

"But I never have any intentions for you! Men and women are not allowed to give and receive privately, and I will not accept your wishes. Naturally, I can't accept this cloth." Ding Xiang handed the cloth to Li Lei again, and left.

Come from...no...meaning?Li Leimo read these four words, his mood fell to the bottom, and he didn't catch up again.

His brother finally took up the burden and followed him. He was very happy to see that Li Lei's cloth had not been delivered. "Brother, this piece of cloth is twenty cents a foot, but it is the most expensive kind. If it is almost five feet, it is one hundred yuan. If you bring this cloth and buy two catties of sugar and two catties of meat to propose marriage, it can be regarded as It's very decent, her parents will definitely agree. It's not worth it for you to give it to her like this."

Li Lei threw the cloth into the basket, "Then I still don't want to mention marriage, she said that she...has never meant anything to me."

"You can't believe everything a girl says. She said that she meant it intentionally. Could it be that you still expect her to say, 'Li Lei, you are the one I like'? There are no girls in this world who are not shy. You just need to take their words Just listen the other way around. Besides, as long as her parents agree, you don't have to care whether she is intentional or not. Let's go, let's go to Liangfeng Town and see if anyone wants to buy cloth. "

Li Lei disagreed with his brother's statement. He felt that Ding Xiang had changed. Her attitude towards him and her expression had all changed. Even if she had a little interest in him before, it was gone now.However, he still wants to ask someone to propose marriage, and he will not give up on this.

Ding Xiang walked home all the way, already disgraced.She put down the red dates, and He asked her to make two cups of tea for Wei's nephew and uncle.

Ding Xiang didn't take Li Lei's matter to heart, but she was a little anxious because she hadn't thought of a way to make money.She brought out a cup to Wei Shorty first, and then brought out a cup to Wei Dashan.Because the tea was made from freshly boiled water, it was a bit hot. Wei Dashan did not take the teacup, but glanced at Ding Xiang, and said with a smile: "Why don't you blow it on for me, and I'll drink it when it's cold."

Ding Xiang was taken aback, this person is really strange, she is not his slave for drinking tea.She put the teacup on the ground and said: "When the wind blows, it will be cold in a while. I am not a tea servant."

After Ding Xiang finished speaking, Wei Dashan was dumbfounded. When I saw her last time, she talked a lot, and she was very curious. She asked questions, and her temper was quite straightforward. Why did she become so mean now? ?

He thought the work was boring and wanted Ding Xiang to blow hot tea beside her. Even if she didn't speak, he felt bored watching her, but he didn't expect to be robbed by Ding Xiang for a while, embarrassing him.Could it be that this girl has something to worry about, did she get molested by a strange man in the town?
He was afraid that Wei Dashan would be angry, so he hurriedly smoothed things over, "My second girl has been like this these days, she is not very polite, don't be offended."

"No, I offended." Wei Dashan concealed his inner embarrassment.

"Pfft." Shorty Wei laughed so much that he spit out a mouthful of tea. He saw that his nephew was robbed instead of trying to strike up a conversation. Could he not laugh.

Wei Dashan knew what his uncle was laughing at, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it, and just bent his head to work.It wasn't until he was really thirsty that he thought of that cup of tea. He picked it up from the ground and sipped it slowly. Drinking warm tea felt comfortable.

He was enjoying the tea that Ding Xiang made for him, and found that Ding Xiang was out of the house again.I saw her searching and searching in the woodpile, then pulled out a yellowed bamboo, and finally threw the bamboo away.

Ding Xiang figured it out, and other people had already thought of ways to earn money that she could think of, and there were more people here than she knew how to do, such as making clothes, shoes and various embroidery work.She can only stand out among these ancients by using the knowledge she knows. She wants to open an academy and become a teacher, but this is too evil for the villagers, after all, the real lilac can't read a single word.

She thought that she knew how to play the flute and xiao, she could go to the county to play for a few days, and said that she was taught by a master, and then came back to see if anyone was willing to learn from her, especially if there were a few families in the town with good families, maybe Other girls are willing to learn it.

The better the family, the more they want their daughter to marry into a better family. If they can play the flute or flute, it can be regarded as a bargaining chip for marrying into a good family.This is just Ding Xiang's own idea, which needs to be explored. She believes that she can always find a way that suits her, so she looks for bamboo in the woodpile, but these bamboos are too old, it seems that they still have to spend money to buy them.

Ding Xiang came in front of Mrs. He, said with a sweet smile, "Mother, can I go to the county tomorrow?"

"What?" Mrs. He bluffed, "Why are you going to the county? I have only been to the county once when I grew up. I set off before dawn in the morning and arrived in the evening. I have to stay in the county at night." Even the smallest and most shabby inn costs fifteen cents a night. Oh, death is expensive. By the way, what are you doing, girl, work hard at home, don’t think about anything, Thinking of going to play in the county, your heart is getting bigger and bigger!"

Before Ding Xiang said what she was going to do, He talked so much. She didn't dare to say that she was going to the county to buy flute and Xiao, she didn't dare to say that she wanted to find a master to teach her, and she didn't dare to say that she was going to the county to have a look. Look at the excitement.If you tell the truth, you don't know how to get scolded.

Suddenly, she got a good idea to trick He Shi.

Seeing that the Wei family's uncles and nephews were all there, she pulled Mrs. He into the house.Wei Dashan glanced sideways, why is this girl talking so much.

(End of this chapter)