Chapter 5 Gossip
The person who came was Jin Dazhong, Jingsheng and Su Jinchen. The person who spoke was Jingsheng.
"Young Master Su, why are you here?" Zhang hurriedly met and looked at Jin Dazhong with some blame. "His father, aren't you going to visit Youth Master Su? Why did you see someone at home? I was shocked yesterday and should have a lot of rest."
"It's okay, yesterday was nothing serious. It happened that Uncle Jin and Jingsheng came here today, so they came together and took a look at the peach blossoms." Su Jinchen put one hand behind his back and looked at the peach blossoms while talking.
Taohua walked forward, lowered her head slightly, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Su for your concern, I'm already done."
"Okay, stop standing here, sit in the fast house." Kim Dazhong greeted.
"Yes, Mr. Su is sitting in the house. Pear Hua, go and boil water and make tea for Mr. Su." Mrs. Zhang ordered Pear Hua and Peach Hua to help.
When he walked into the kitchen, the pear blossoms rush to create a fire, and the peach blossoms added water to the pot.
"Second sister, does Mr. Su have a good relationship with his elder brother?" Taohua asked. She took out three bowls from the cabinet and washed them in a basin, wiped them clean with a cotton cloth and placed them on the stove for later use.
"Well, it's not bad. The eldest brother is the same age as Mr. Su, so it may be easier to talk. Mr. Su used to come to teach his eldest brother how to read," Li Hua said, adding a few pieces of wood to the stove.
Taohua suddenly squatted in front of Lihua with some gossip and asked mysteriously: "Young Master Su looks very good. Does the second sister like him?"
"What?" Lihua stared at Taohua's eyes wide open in shock. Looking at Taohua's curious look, she couldn't help but smile and shook her head: "Silly sister, how could a person like Mr. Su marry us, the village chief, would definitely find him a lady who knows the words and writes. And we," Lihua looked at the burning fire in front of her and said in a daze: "Our future is also destined."
"What is destined?" Taohua asked.
"Haha, the girl asked so much at such a young age." Li Hua blinked at Taohua, smiling strangely.
"Oh, where did the second sister think? I just asked casually." Taohua stomped her feet and stood up. She saw the heat coming out of the pot and shouted: "The water is boiling, let's bring the tea over quickly."
When the Taohua sisters brought the tea bowl with dried chrysanthemums over, the people sitting in the house were talking lively. Taohua and the two put down the tea bowl and went out. Before leaving, Taohua looked back and happened to see Su Jinchen also looked over. The smile on her face had not yet been closed, her slightly raised eyebrows and raised lips showed the owner's good temper, and her eyes were shining with stars. She was such a rare beauty. Taohua couldn't help but smile.
When she returned to the room, Lihua picked up the embroidery and sat on the windowsill to embroider. The long silk thread was flowing between her white palms. Peach blossoms bloomed on the embroidered handkerchief. She took it out to attract butterflies to settle on it. Peach blossoms were fascinated by the sight. No wonder the aunt and second wife wanted to take it away.
"I don't know when I have this skill." Taohua sighed.
"Take it slowly and embroider with your heart. You are not young anymore, so it's time to learn it." Li Hua smiled slightly.
Taohua was startled, "I don't want to learn, I'll just take a look."
"How can that be? Every woman has to learn about Nu Hong, otherwise she will be laughed at when she goes to her husband's house in the future." Li Hua said seriously and chose a simple pattern to hand it to Taohua, "Come on, I'll teach you."
Taohua widened her eyes at the embroidered handkerchief in front of her. After turning her eyes a few times, she said in surprise: "Oh, it's almost noon, why haven't Mingsheng come back yet? I'll call him back." After that, she hurriedly jumped off the stool and ran out. Lihua had to look helplessly.
Taohua left the yard and walked along the village to Wang Dalangzi's house ahead. Sanlang and Mingsheng had a good time, probably at his house. Wang Dalangzi's house was near the stone bridge, surrounded by a yard with a row of earthen walls, a typical farmer's appearance. Only those who are poor in their family would use wood to surround a fence as a wall.
Taohua stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened. The one who opened the door was Dalang, who seemed to have just woken up, his head was scattered and his eyes were tilted. Taohua even saw the booze at the corners of his eyes.
"What are you doing?" Dalang looked at the little guy in front of him and said in a bad voice.
"I'm looking for Mingsheng, I don't know if it's here." Taohua looked at the sloppy young man in front of her and said with some disgust.
"No!" "Gudong" Dalang closed the door. Taohua looked at the door panel in front of her speechlessly and quickly retreated before the dust fell.
Where is it not at Sanlang's house? Peach blossoms look in the direction of Qingshui River, maybe they are playing in the river.
Peach blossoms lowered their heads and walked towards the small stone bridge. The sunshine in September was still a little hot, and it shone on their body warm. The yellow earth was dusty as they walked. The cloth shoes on Peach blossoms' feet were cracked a little, so they had to ask their second sister to repair them.
I was about to walk to the small stone bridge, and Taohua stood on it and looked around. There were many big bluestones on the banks of Qingshui River, and it was now occupied by a group of women. The sound of wooden sticks hitting clothes, the women laughed, and the children on the other side were playing behind their mothers. The gentle wind stirred the Qingshui River with the breath of grass. What a picture of washing and washing in autumn.
The women were greeted warmly when they saw the peach blossoms coming.
"Peach Blossoms, why did you get out? Are you getting sick better?"
"Why don't you rest more at home?"
Taohua smiled and replied one by one: "Well, it's better, it's almost noon, come out to find my fourth brother."
Taohua looked at Aunt Li, who was closest to her home and said, "Aunt Li, did you see Mingsheng coming here?"
The woman named Aunt Li raised her head and wiped the sweat from her forehead with wet water: "I was there just now, maybe I'm going home."
"Hey, then I'll go back and take a look. Thank you Aunt Li." Taohua agreed, turned around and walked home again.
"The three girls in the Jin family were so lively that they were sick." Another woman with a thin face next to Aunt Li approached and said.
Before Aunt Li could speak, the woman who was about three or five people hurriedly said, "Isn't that true? Why did she fall into the water yesterday? I heard from Tang Yatou that she fell into the river just to talk to Mr. Su, and even pulled Mr. Su together! Oh, I'm so embarrassed, and I don't even look at what kind of person Mr. Su would like to fall in love with her?" He said this with contempt in his eyes, and his yellow teeth looked at him in the sun.
Aunt Li looked at the person who was talking. It was Mrs. Wang who was even more disgusting than Taohua Erniang in the village.
"What a child who is a little older, what do you know? Mrs. Wang, don't talk nonsense, and you don't have to worry about the wind blowing your tongue."
"Why are I just talking nonsense? It was said by the Tang girl himself. Others can see clearly. Otherwise, how could the two of them stand well on the bridge and fall into the river? How many times have I walked? Why didn't I fall down?" Mrs. Wang shouted, waving the wooden stick in her hand in the air, as if to help her increase her momentum.
"You're OK." Aunt Li was too lazy to argue for her, so she stopped saying a word and just buried her head in washing clothes.
"I didn't make sense. This is the peach blossoms are still small. If they were bigger and fell into the water like yesterday, then Mr. Su would have to marry her." As Mr. Wang said, his voice sank. As he thought of something, he grinned and said, "Oh, I didn't expect that Jin Dazhong and Zhang were so honest, and that the daughter he gave birth to was so scheming. Isn't this just a person who flew to the branch to be a phoenix? Are you talking about what I said?" Mr. Wang couldn't help but be very proud of his reasoning.
No one around answered her words, which was equivalent to destroying the reputation of the girl. Although the peach blossoms were still young, they were eight years old after all, and they would be a big girl for another two years. If this was spread, the old Jin family would not have to fight for themselves! But in private, they inevitably started to think about it. This little girl wouldn't be so scheming, right? It would be amazing if she really climbed up to Mr. Su's big tree. Mr. Su was not the only grandson of Mr. Liu.
His grandson, but his father taught in the academy in the city, and his ancestors were all scholars for three generations. I heard that the older generation came from the capital, so who can tell how rich the family is? And Mr. Su is not good at all. Even the woman who has been married for many years will blush when she sees it. Oh, why didn’t you let your girl get involved in this matter? No, you have to ask what’s going on when you go back? Don’t really let the girl in the Jin family take the lead.
Qingshui River seemed to calm down suddenly.
When I was about to get home, I happened to meet Su Jinchen. The boy was wearing a light blue dress, calm and gentle.
Taohua didn't know what to say to him, after all, the two had no intersection. But it seemed that it was not appropriate not to speak, so she had to speak dryly: "Why don't you leave after dinner?"
"No, I have to go to the city in the afternoon." Su Jinchen responded with a smile, as if he always looked so warm.
Have a meal or go to the city to do yarn? It’s better not to eat, it’s just right to save some food for your family.
"Yes." Taohua nodded.
"By the way, I didn't want to pull you that day, I just wanted to raise you up."
As the two passed by, Su Jinchen suddenly spoke.
"What?" Taohua turned around.
But Su Jinchen had already walked away.
Taohua looked at his back and curled her lips depressedly. She was such a strange person.
When he got home, Mingsheng was indeed at home. The family sat together and talked. Zhang kept praising Su Jinchen for being sensible and polite, and Jin Dazhong nodded and praised him. Mingsheng said dissatisfiedly: "My elder brother is also very good."
Chapter completed!