Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 298 Giving something away

"Xiaoya, you know about my situation. If it were you, would you go back with them?"

Shen Suya shook her head repeatedly: "No, I won't recognize them. I will just pretend I don't know them when I see them."

Ji Wenhe smiled and said, "I have a family now, and this is my home."

No one knows where they have gone and it is not certain whether they are still alive.

Even if we find her in the village, what can we do? She has changed a lot now, and there are many people who look like her in the world. How can we be sure that she is their daughter?

He patted her shoulder, stood up, and continued to cut vegetables: "Let's go to town to buy some in a few days. I'll go with you. Did Aunt Lan say she would give you some dowry to take back?"

"Yes, my mother asked a carpenter to make two wooden basins, and bought me two pieces of fabric, two pairs of cloth shoes, and two wooden boxes."

Her mother said that if she had more money, she could buy more things for her dowry.

Her family had just married her eldest brother off, and they had no money, so they gave her two taels of betrothal gifts to take back home. She didn't dare spend much of the rest, for fear that there would be emergencies at home and she would have no money.

Ji Wenhe washed a cucumber and handed it to her: "Why don't you look for Wenshan?"

Shen Suya took the cucumber and took a bite: "Mom said your family is in a hurry to build a house, and she didn't want to delay your family affairs, so she went to find Carpenter Li."

She was originally planning to look for him, but her father stopped her.

They said that their house had not been built yet, so they would spend more money to ask Carpenter Li to do it.

They talked for a while, and then she got up and went home.

At lunch, Shen Rongshan saw that she looked troubled and asked in confusion, "Wen He, if you have anything to say, please tell me and we can discuss it."

Shen Wenshan nodded: "Yes, sister-in-law, go ahead."

"It's nothing. Xiaoya's marriage is settled, isn't it? She's a good friend I made here, and I was thinking about what to give her as a gift."

I thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of anything suitable.

Ji Wenhe looked at them: "Do you have any opinions?"

Shen Rongshan shook her head. She had never given a gift before and was not sure what to give. After thinking for a while, she asked, "What do you think Aunt Lan's family gave as a dowry?"

"Two wooden basins, two sets of cloth, two pairs of shoes, and two wooden boxes." In pairs.

"I want to give something substantial, but I can't think of anything good."

"Sister-in-law, are you sending me a piece of cloth?" Shen Wenshan didn't quite understand.

Ji Wenhe frowned: "Isn't it important to marry in pairs? Isn't it inappropriate to give a piece of cloth as a present?"

Seeing the two of them thinking, I realized that they didn't know either.

"Okay, let's eat. I'll ask someone later."

Giving small gadgets as gifts is not practical. After much thought, I think it is better to give something substantial.

"By the way, Brother Shen, I'll send ten eggs and some dishes to Uncle Ping's house later."

Their family didn't hold a full-month banquet because Shen Ping's boss didn't pay him the last time he went to work in town.

"Okay, you can ask Aunt Zhao and see what she says." Shen Rongshan put down his bowl and chopsticks, "When the house is built, we will invite them back for dinner."

"Of course." Ji Wenhe stood up and said, "I'm going."

I went back to the house and counted ten eggs. After thinking for a while, I took out a duck egg and a goose egg.

When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, we turned around and saw Shen Erniu and others busying themselves.

At Shen Ping's house, Zhao Sanniang had just fed her child and coaxed him to sleep.

Ji Wenhe carefully pushed open the gate and lowered his voice: "Aunt Zhao."

After she finished speaking, the bedroom door opened from the inside and she made a gesture to keep quiet.

He turned around, closed the door gently, and motioned for her to go to the kitchen to talk.

"Wen He, come and sit down."

"Thank you, Aunt Zhao." She put the basket on the table. "I'll bring some eggs over. Only when the adults eat well can the children eat well."

"I can't bear to part with it. Take it back quickly." Zhao Sanniang pushed the basket in front of her.

"Aunt Zhao, please accept it. It's not much. I don't give it away every day."

"That won't work. You can sell it in town for a lot of money. Auntie can't have it. You can take it back later."

Ji Wenhe didn't reply to her and changed the subject: "Aunt Zhao, can Uncle Ping's wages be returned?"

She sighed, "I guess he won't come back. I heard that guy knows some thugs. If your uncle Ping dares to look for him again, he will get someone to break your uncle Ping's legs."

Few people in the village knew about this.

It wasn't just him. Several people who went to work with him didn't get their money back.

They were cheated. The leader took the job from the master and then found a few people to do the work. After the work was completed, the master paid the leader.

The leader then pays the workers the money, and there will be some deductions in the middle, but at least the workers will get the money.

But the leader said that his money was robbed and he had no money left.

Finally they went together to ask for it and were threatened.

There is no other choice but to accept defeat.

This kind of thing often happens in the town. If someone has someone behind him and continues to ask for his wages, he will be the only one who will suffer.

Ji Wenhe sighed in his heart.

"I originally wanted to hold a full-month banquet for my child after I got paid, but then I thought better of it and decided not to do it."

Her tone was full of helplessness.

"By the way, Aunt Zhao, can't you try to find the village head's connections? His son-in-law is a constable in town."

Zhao Sanniang shook her head: "The favor is too big for us to repay, and that man is not a good person. Who knows if he will cause trouble for your uncle Ping in the future? The son-in-law of the village head cannot be by your uncle Ping's side to protect him."

"You're right. I'll just have to swallow my anger."

The hemp rope only picks and breaks at the thinnest point, and bad luck only picks out the misfortune.

"I admit it. There is no way I can deny it."

Ji Wenhe wanted to wait until next year to see how the pigs at home sold. If he could make a lot of money, he would build a few more pig pens and recruit Shen Anguo and Shen Ping to raise pigs.

But I don’t plan to tell them for now.

After sitting for a while, he stood up and said goodbye.

Zhao Sanniang asked her to take the eggs back, and after some reluctance, she finally let her accept them.

After leaving Shen Ping's house, he went to Lan Qiuhua's house to borrow a dung bucket and carried dung water to irrigate the fields.

It hadn't rained during that time, so she poured a few buckets of water into the pit.

Water the vegetable field first, then clear the wasteland.

There was too much corn on the wasteland and not enough manure, so I had to water the winter melon and pumpkin first.

After pouring the manure water, rinse the bucket clean and place it behind their house.

Suddenly she remembered that she had forgotten to ask Zhao Sanniang whether it was appropriate to give the fabric to Shen Suya.

After washing my hands by the creek, I saw Wang Erfeng wandering on the ridge of the field, and I walked over slowly.

"Wen He, why are you here?"

"Aunt Wang, I want to ask you something."

"What's the matter?"

"Xiao Ya is getting married soon. I get along well with her. I want to buy her something, something substantial. Do you think it would be okay to tear off a piece of cloth?"

She nodded: "Okay, what's inappropriate about that?"

"Isn't it important to marry in pairs? Even numbers. I'm afraid that an odd number would have a bad connotation, so I came to ask you."

Wang Erfeng explained: "That's because their family members have to prepare things in even numbers. It has nothing to do with you. You are giving it to Xiaoya, not to them and their spouses. There is no need to be so particular."