Li Zheng's wife looked at Master Zhou's hurried away figure and stamped her feet angrily.
Sidanniang heard the whole conversation between the two people. When she saw Master Zhou walking away, she walked out from the corner. She and Li Zheng's wife looked at Master Zhou's back and said, "Sister-in-law, why does Master Zhou run so fast? I see him. He's quite afraid that others will kiss him, maybe he has some hidden illness, right?"
This sentence touched the heart of Li Zheng's wife. She looked at Sidanniang and whispered: "Who knows? It would be a pity if this is really the case!"
"Hey, who says it isn't!"
Zhou Zheng was in a hurry, completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem.
Within half a month, he will become the object of sympathy for everyone in Qingshan Village.
When they arrived at Xiao Changhe's house, everyone in the Xiao family was busy with their own affairs.
The men are building houses in the back.
Ye Luoxin had just returned from cutting pig grass and was feeding the rabbits in front of the rabbit cage.
Yang Feng and Xu Zhengxiang weighed grain in the yard.
Li Zheng had already informed yesterday that the prefect donated the threshing machine to the imperial court and received a commendation from the imperial court. The prefect was happy and ordered Qinghe County to maintain a tax rate of 30% for five consecutive years.
The weather has been good these days, and Li Zheng is making preparations for everyone to prepare the grains to be handed over, and go to the county government office to pay taxes and grains together.
I saw Master Zhou coming in. Xu Zhengxiang quickly put down what she was doing and rushed forward.
"How come Master Zhou has time to come over?"
Zhou Zheng hurriedly handed over the dried meat in his hand: "I haven't visited you since I came here for a few days. I picked this one from Shuxiu. I hope my sister-in-law from the Xiao family won't dislike it."
Xu Zhengxiang wiped her hands on her clothes and pushed Master Zhou's hand back: "Master, please don't be so polite. We fellow villagers don't pay attention to this."
"What's more, Master is a great benefactor in our village. We dare not accept your gift."
Zhou Zheng was a little embarrassed when he heard this. He happened to see Ye Luoxin walking over and said, "As for benefactors, your son and daughter-in-law are my benefactors. Without their recommendation, I wouldn't be able to come here."
"Master is outstanding in talent and learning, so we naturally respect him." Ye Luoxin said.
"But since it's the master's wish, mother, please accept it. It's not easy for the master to take the things back. But master, don't be polite. Come to our house for dinner in the evening."
After what Ye Luoxin said, Zhou Zheng couldn't refuse, so he agreed.
At this moment, the big flower next door climbed up the wall and called Ye Luoxin: "Sister, I made a purse, do you like it?"
Ye Luoxin then walked to the wall, took Dahua's purse and looked at it carefully.
The purse has fine stitching and is very delicately made.
A lifelike orchid is embroidered with purple thread. On the orchid, a dragonfly stands on it, fluttering its wings and ready to fly.
"It's beautiful, it's so beautiful!" Ye Luoxin praised,
"How did you come up with the idea of embroidering this?"
The big flower was embarrassed by the praise, and whispered: "I went out to cut the grass yesterday, and I happened to see an orchid when I was resting on the mountain. It looked very beautiful, so I embroidered it."
"He is indeed a genius."
Ye Luoxin looked at the purse and couldn't put it down. Dahua quickly said: "If you don't dislike this purse, give it to my sister."
Ye Luoxin: "Why are you so embarrassed? It's hard for you to show off this."
"No, it only takes two days to show off." Dahua stuffed her purse into Ye Luoxin's arms again.
"Okay, then I'll accept it." Ye Luoxin said, "Your purse is so good. I will buy a few feet of better material another day. You can make it all into a purse, and I will help you take it to the county town to sell it." ,OK?"
"Really?" Dahua was so happy that she didn't know what to say.
When he was thanking Ye Luoxin, he saw a man standing in the courtyard of Xiao's house.
He is different from other people in the village.
Everyone in the village wears short shirts, but the man in front of me wears a long robe.
Although the robe is a bit old, it is washed and washed very clean.
The man was still talking to Xu Zhengxiang. He was very humble and polite when he spoke, with a faint smile on his face. That kind of modest and dignified temperament was something Dahua had never seen before.
Ye Luoxin admired the purse for a while, and when she looked up, she saw Dahua looking at Master Zhou with eyes wide open.
She waved her hand in front of Dahua, "Are you stunned?"
Dahua's face suddenly turned red.
"Then I'm going back." After saying goodbye hastily, Dahua immediately climbed down from the wall.
Dahua's heart was still pounding until she walked into the house.
It was as if my heart, which had been oppressed by life, suddenly found a new window.
On the other side, Master Zhou who was talking to Xu Zhengxiang didn't notice at all that there was a little girl staring at him.
He was talking to Xu Zhengxiang about Xiao Jing's study problems.
"Confucius has already told me that Xiao Jing is a smart child, and he is willing to study hard. He has learned more solid things than other children. There will definitely be no problem with becoming an academician next year."
"Master, don't be lenient to him. If he does anything wrong, Master, feel free to beat and scold him. If he still refuses to listen, tell me and I will ask his two brothers to deal with him."
Master Zhou couldn't see such violence, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Studying, in addition to talent and hard work, also depends on his own will. If he wants to learn, he will work hard. If he doesn't want to learn, others will force him to do it." it's useless."
"Master said yes." Xu Zhengxiang responded.
She felt that what the master said made sense.
Just like Xu Cai, who is working in the backyard now, he leaves a good book instead of reading, and insists on coming to their house to endure hardships. This may be a matter of personal wish.
When Xiao Changhe heard that Zhou Zheng had come to his home, he hurried back from the backyard to greet him.
Just after sitting in the yard and drinking a cup of tea, Xiao Mu came back.
Xiao Mu was carrying a backpack behind him and a box of snacks and a paper bag in his hands.
The backpack was full and looked heavy, but Xiao Mu didn't seem to notice it. When he put the backpack down, it felt light.
He first greeted Master Zhou and his father, and then sent the backpack and snack box into the kitchen.
After delivering it, he did not go out directly. Instead, he turned around and returned the paper bag to his room, and then went out to greet the guests.
"When will the green bricks be delivered?" Xiao Changhe asked.
"It will be delivered tomorrow. A total of 1,000 yuan was ordered." Xiao Mu poured himself a cup of tea, "That boss Ma said that we bought too much, so we gave an extra 100 yuan as a gift."
"Okay, okay." Xiao Changhe replied, "Then we can lay the foundation tomorrow."
Zhou Zheng looked around the Xiao family's yard and asked, "Brother Xiao, I see your yard is not small, so why are you thinking of building an additional house?"
Xiao Changhe smiled: "You see, the building I built is so big, but it's not actually used for living."
