Xiuse Farmhouse

Chapter 157
When the two came back, Wan Wanniang began to complain again: "...the matchmaker hasn't come to the door since that incident, and she asked someone to pay attention to it. Although we made a good excuse at the time, the incident went on for a while. The neighbors who knew about it probably had no intention of proposing to kiss... Later, a matchmaker finally came, and he was talking about Wang Erniu's family in the neighboring village. I thought this marriage with your father was okay, but later someone from the market asked me to come to my house as a matchmaker. I heard from the matchmaker that the family was selling steamed buns at the market. They were not from our town, they moved from other places, and it was their job. My family just bought a small yard in the town not long ago, with two main rooms, one main room and one side room, which is not bad for a farmer like us."

Wanwan set up a bakery stall in the market for a while, and knew a couple of bun sellers, so he asked, "What's that family's last name?"

"The surname is Niu, and that man's name is Niu Shan."

This Niu's steamed stuffed bun shop is not very familiar with Wanwan, but she knows that it is indeed not his shop that sells the best steamed stuffed buns in this market.

"We all had scruples about what happened last time. We didn't know what to do about it. Two days ago, your father and I were discussing which day to go to you to discuss this matter with you. I didn't expect you to come here today. It is said that once you are bitten by a snake, you are afraid of grass snakes for ten years, but we still hope that your sister can find a better family. You should know a lot of people in the market, so let's help your sister find out. It's an honest book It’s a good thing for people with the same status to form an in-law family, if there is a discrepancy between the outside and the inside, let’s forget it.”

Wan Wan nodded, this is a trivial matter, you can know the situation of Niu's family when you go to the market and ask someone.

Wang Xiaocao has also learned to be good, knowing that this matter will have to trouble Wanwan and Baishou, and thanked them both before leaving.

Ben was fine. After talking about Wang Xiaocao, Wanwan and Baishou took their children and drove the ox cart back to Yangjiacun. When they arrived at Gang's house, Mai Cao came over with cakes and gave them to Wanwan. , gestured to Wanwan for a while, and did it several times before Wanwan finally understood what she meant.

"You want to ask when the next life will come back?"

Wheatgrass looked at her and nodded.

The next life is sometimes naughty, but it is extremely good with wheatgrass.

But she doesn't know when she will be able to see her in the next life again, maybe, a long time later...or maybe, there will be no chance in this life!

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is the most deserted Mid-Autumn Festival when Wanwan came to this place.The two took mooncakes to sacrifice to the moon god, and Wanwan tasted only two bites of the mooncakes, which were sweet in their mouths but astringent in their hearts.

Baishou only ate half of it, and the large bag of mooncakes was barely touched.

Looking at Wanwan, he couldn't help sighing in his heart. In the next life, half of these mooncakes would have been lost. Not only would he eat and drink, but he would occasionally point to the stars in the sky and ask questions.

I don't know how he is doing in Ouyang's house!

On the second day, Baishou went to the market.

If you want to know the situation of living in the town, it is best to ask the yamen for the most clear information.

Find Xie Tian and ask about the situation of Niushan's family.

The basic situation is the same as the matchmaker said.When the disaster hit, the family moved here. They are all honest and hardworking people.At first, he set up a street stall to do small business, and later saved some money, rented a shop and started selling steamed buns. Niu Shan is already in his 20s, and he wants to find a real wife. She is a spoiled girl at home, and after she gets married, her old mother has to take care of her instead, but she didn't agree.And Niushan's mother came from the countryside herself, and she didn't want her son to marry a countryman who didn't know anything. It doesn't matter, Niu Shanniang not only hopes that her daughter-in-law is a daughter-in-law of a wealthy family, but also don't be a barbarian who doesn't understand anything.

Therefore, she didn't like any of the country girls introduced by the matchmaker.

Later, I inadvertently found out about Wang Xiaocao, who is good-looking, small and exquisite, and her eldest sister married a farmer, all of them are real people.The second brother-in-law is also a farmer, but he is a good hunter and shooter. He once helped Yali go up the mountain to kill wolves, which was well received by everyone.And her second sister is really a country person, she speaks and does things reasonably, she is not even comparable to some women in the town, she is very knowledgeable.And she is capable. Every year, she takes the villagers collectively to help the "Fusheng Restaurant" in the town.Not only does the restaurant appreciate her ability, but the wages paid to the villagers are also very generous, and she is very popular in the village.

Because of this, Niu Shanniang entrusted a matchmaker to come and talk about marriage.

And this Niu Shan's family background is indeed average, since he bought the yard, the family has no money, so it would only make sense for such a family to find Wang Xiaocao.

Baishou went to Niu's bun shop to buy steamed stuffed buns. When he saw Niu Shan, he had regular facial features and slightly darker skin.However, there is no defense against men who are darker.Later, he turned to the people around him to ask about the family, and they all said that Niu Shan was an honest person, Niu Shanniang sometimes caressed a bit, but her heart was good.

After all, this matter has to be cautious, Baishou went to the market a few times later, and chatted with Niu Shan while Baozi was around, and he also felt that this person was straightforward and honest.

Wanwan chose one day to go back to her natal home, told her parents and Wang Xiaocao what she had inquired about, and then went home with Baishou, and let them decide on their own.

After returning home, I heard that someone came to look for Baishou, but there was no one at home, and the other party went to the village chief's house.At night, the village chief Yang Yizhi came over.

"Someone wants to go up the mountain. Baishou has been hunting in the mountains for many years. He is good at archery and familiar with the mountain roads. The other party wants to ask you to help lead the way. They won't let your hard work be in vain. They will give you money."

Both of them were a little surprised. If someone wanted to help guide the way, it must not be someone from around here.He said: "Village chief, who wants to go up the mountain?"

"Not from our local area, but two outsiders. They said they wanted to go to the mountains to hunt for something. I saw that they were very sincere, and they agreed. I don't know how many days they will go. The Baishou family If she is alone at home, why not ask her mother to come and accompany her for a few days."

Since Yang Yizhi said that he was not the person who behaved badly, there must be no danger. Their family has had no income in the past few months, and they can get money if they go up the mountain with them. Said he had no opinion.

Baishou thought for a while, and was still a little worried: "It's okay to go up the mountain, but you must first discuss with them that it's only for the first few mountains, and I won't go into the deep mountains behind."

Yang Yizhi nodded: "Don't worry about this, I have already told them, and they themselves said that they would not go to that deep mountain."

In the end, Baishou also made a request to Yang Yizhi, that is, to add another person, and call Yuan Bao's father, just in case.The village head agreed to ask the other party tomorrow.

On the second day, Baishou went to Wangjia Village. In the afternoon, Yang Yizhi came over and said that the other party had agreed, and there was no defense for one more person to follow up the mountain.

In the evening, Wanwan packed a few changes of clothes for Baishou, and made some cakes to put in the bag.Just after dawn on the third day, Yang Yizhi knocked on the door. Fortunately, Wanwan got up early that day, and Baishou had just had dinner. Two middle-aged men were hired by Baishou. The man went up the mountain.

Xiang Wu bent over the leftover porridge from the morning, fried a vegetable and ate it.In the afternoon, Wanwan Niang came over.

Seeing that Wanwan was about to cook pig food, he hurriedly took the hand: "I'll do it." Then he asked her: "Where's the child?"

"Falling asleep in the house!" Wan Wan said while lighting the fire.

Her mother poured all the pig food into the pot, pushed her away, sat by the stove to light the fire, and said: "You'd better go and see the child, just in case he wakes up!"

Wan Wan left the kitchen and returned to the house, the child really woke up early, looked around with big black eyes, and didn't cry, when he saw Wan Wan approaching, he grinned.

Wanwan laughed and picked him up gently: "Han'er is awake, come on, mother will pee for you." Carried the child into the yard.

Her mother heard that the child came out from the kitchen, and the child was growing whiter and fairer, she touched the child's face lightly with her hand, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's been a while since this kid, he seems to have grown up a lot! "

"Yes, he may have eaten it." The milk was a little insufficient, and Wanwan decided to wait for Baishou to return from the mountain and go to the market to get some rice cereal to mix it with.

After the child finished urinating, her mother carried the child over, sat in the yard happily teasing the child, and bent into the kitchen to light the fire.

At night, Wanwan took the child to sleep, and her mother slept in the same room as the next life. The next morning, her mother woke up very early. When Wanwan got up, the meal had already been cooked. If there is meat, Wanwan will take it out and let her mother decide by herself, she can cook whatever she wants.

It was her mother who cut the pigweed every day, and she was quite nimble in what she did. It was the first time that Wan Wan discovered that her nominal old mother was sometimes quite good.

As for her free time, her mother chatted with people in the village.What he talked to her most at home was Wang Xiaocao's marriage.

Although Wang Erniu's family knows the basics, they have been farmers all their lives. Niushan's family is an honest person who runs a small business.The meaning revealed in the words, several people still prefer the Niushan family in the market.

It was not easy for Wanwan to intervene, so he just said: "Judging from the information we have inquired, Niu Shan is honest and honest, but this temper is something that everyone has. We have never gotten along with others, so naturally we don't know, you should also Think about it clearly, it doesn't mean that you can live a peaceful and beautiful life just by looking at an honest and responsible person marrying..."

Her mother nodded in agreement: "Your father and I both know this, even the clay bodhisattva has a temper, it doesn't matter who you marry, why not choose a slightly better one!"

Bend stopped talking.

Ever since he left in his next life, Wanwan felt like something was missing.Now that Baishou is not here, she feels even more deserted.Listening to her mother's nagging parents in her ears, she always felt that she had nothing to say!Either the happy days of the family of three in the past often appear in my mind, or I wonder which mountain Baishou is at this time?

Fortunately, on the fourth day, Baishou came back!
When Baishou came back, her mother would naturally have to go back, and Wanwan suddenly regained her energy, sent her mother to the entrance of the village, and asked her to come and sit if she had nothing to do, and then returned home happily.

In the evening, he cooked two Baishou favorite dishes, and boiled hot water for him to take a comfortable bath.After the child was put to sleep, the two of them lay down and had a good talk.

Baishou and Yuan Baodi accompanied the two foreigners to climb all the surrounding mountains, and at first they thought that the other party really came to hunt.Before going up the mountain, the two of them got the guys together.

But after arriving on the mountain, the two did not look for prey. Instead, they took out a few tools from their bags and started beating on the mountain. They also asked them to hunt for prey by themselves. of.

Baishou and Daddy Yuanbao were very strange, the mountain road was complicated, the two of them ran around on the mountain on their own, and occasionally squatted on the ground muttering.

Bai Shou and Yuan Bao's father didn't dare to stay too far away from them, and they didn't want to come close to eavesdrop on purpose.Followed not far or near, secretly paying attention to what the two of them were looking for.

They found nothing in the first two days, seeing Baishou and Daddy Yuanbao's sense of propriety, the two men had a good impression of them, and finally told them frankly that they were not here to hunt, but to find something they needed.

On the third day, I finally found a black thing on a mountain.I don't know what it is, but holding it in my hand can make my hands dirty, but the two were very excited, wrapping things up and putting them in the bag like a baby.He said that he did not expect the mountain here to exist, and it took only three days to find it. He expressed his great gratitude to the two Baishou, and gave each of them a salary of two taels of silver. At the same time, they asked them to keep it secret for the time being. .He also promised to ask two people to lead the way next time, and then made a mark around, and the four hurried down the mountain.

Wanwan asked Baishou to describe the appearance of the thing.

He gestured with his hand, and the knock was as big as a fist: "...it looks like it was dug out of the soil, it's black, and it's dirtier than the ashes in the stove."

Wanwan already had guesses in his heart, but he was still not sure.

If it was really that thing, it would be a good thing for their village. It would take a lot of people to dig that thing. Not only would everyone have work to do, maybe she could sell something outside the house for a living.

At this time, she couldn't help but think that last year when Baishou followed him to the deep mountain, it was said that someone entered the deep mountain and was bitten by a wolf. Could it be a group of people?
Even if this matter is true, it will take a lot of time to prepare for it, so she still has enough time to think about what she can do. Their family is living on their own money now, and she has long been panicking.

Thinking of this, Wanwan's mood improved a lot.During this period of time, my gloomy heart seemed to be brighter.

(End of this chapter)