After settling the money with Shopkeeper Chen, Chu Yue and Lu Xinghe first went to a shop that sold spices and bought two kilograms of red dates, two kilograms of peanuts, ginger, garlic, sauce and salt, spending a total of two hundred and fifteen Wen. , and went to the grain and oil shop next door and spent 500 Wen to buy 100 kilograms of brown rice.
After buying these things, Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe.
"Ms. sir, let's go to the vegetable market again, shall we?"
Lu Xinghe didn't object, and pushed the cart and led Chu Yue to the market where the vegetables were sold.
It is almost noon, and there are not many people buying vegetables in the market. Originally, due to the drought recently, there were not many people selling vegetables. At this time, there are even fewer vegetable stalls.
Chu Yue went straight to the meat stall, pointed at the two big pig bones on the stall and asked, "Auntie, how do you sell these big bones?"
The aunt who sells pork has a hearty voice: "There isn't much meat on the big bones. Do you want to buy some meat by the way? Our pork is eighteen cents per catty. If you buy two catties, the big bones are five cents, so you can give it to the girl." "
Chu Yue nodded: "Then please ask Auntie to cut two kilograms of meat for me. It should be leaner."
"okay."
Then, Chu Yue pointed to a small pile of pig skins next to her: "Auntie, do you sell these pig skins?"
The aunt spoke straightforwardly: "The previous guests asked me to pick off these pig skins because they were too smelly and hard to chew. If you want them, girl, I can give them to you as well."
Chu Yue responded hurriedly: "Thank you, auntie."
The aunt weighed the meat and looked in the direction of Chu Yue. Seeing that the girl in front of her was clean and beautiful, she asked, "You look young, but which family in town is this girl from? I happen to be the second oldest. We haven’t said goodbye yet. If the girl is willing, I can’t guarantee anything else, but she will definitely have meat for every meal.”
Chu Yue was stunned for a moment, and just as she was thinking about how to reply to this aunt, Lu Xinghe had already arrived beside her.
"Have you bought the meat?"
As he spoke, he quietly held her hand in his big palm.
Seeing the somewhat stiff expression on Lu Xinghe's face, Chu Yue hid her lips and smiled, looking quickly at the aunt selling meat.
"Auntie, I'm sorry, I'm already married." She glanced in the direction of Lu Xinghe with curved eyebrows, "Well, he is my husband-in-law."
The aunt smiled sheepishly and said: "Hahaha, look at my eyes, I'm sorry, girl, I don't know that you are married, but your husband-in-law is so good-looking, girl, you are lucky."
"Thank you, auntie."
After Chu Yue finished speaking, she counted forty-one copper coins for her aunt.
Lu Xinghe reached out and took the pork, pork bones and pig skins handed over by his aunt, put them into his backpack, and pulled Chu Yue away quickly.
Chu Yue walked behind Lu Xinghe, looking at him holding her hand tightly, with the corners of her lips raised for a long time.
The aunt who bought the meat stretched her neck and looked at the young couple walking away, her face full of envy, "You are so young after all, you hold hands even when walking on the street."
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This time, because there was meat in their backpacks, the two of them did not stay in the town longer. They only bought four steamed buns, and spent a penny on a pot of tea at the tea stall out of the town. After eating, they drank Then he rushed home.
On the way, Lu Xinghe took out a bag of pastries from his backpack and handed it to Chu Yue.
"Let's eat two more pastries to make up for it."
Chu Yue held the pastry wrapped in oil paper in her hand without opening it: "I just ate a bun and drank so much water. I am already full."
At this moment, a surprised voice came from Chu Yue's right rear.
"Chu Yue, it's really you."
Hearing this familiar voice, Chu Yue's heart skipped a beat. She looked sideways and saw that Chu Dashan was striding towards her direction. When he got closer, he raised his chin towards Lu Xinghe, as if he had said hello. Then he reached out and pulled Chu Yue's arm.
Chu Yue knew that Chu Dashan would be doing nothing good by pulling her, so she took advantage of her small size to avoid Chu Dashan's outstretched hand and hurriedly hid behind Lu Xinghe.
"Brother, I'm already married, so stop pushing and pulling."
Chu Dashan clenched his teeth and pointed in the direction of Chu Yue, "Okay, now that you are married and your wings are strong, you don't want your mother's family anymore, right?"
Chu Yue whispered: "I didn't say anything."
Lu Xinghe looked at Chu Yue behind him, then looked at Chu Dashan, and said coldly: "She is what I got in exchange for your father. If I don't let her associate with her parents' family, no one will say anything." Bar?"
Chu Dashan immediately pointed at Lu Xinghe's nose: "Lu Xinghe, please stop trying to sow discord between my sister and our family."
There was a trace of sarcasm on the corner of Lu Xinghe's lips.
"I heard that when she was at her parents' house, she didn't have enough to wear or eat, and she was either beaten or scolded. Did you really treat her as a sister?"
"You!" Chu Dashan snorted coldly and glared at Chu Yue fiercely, "You can't get through?"
In the past, Chu Yue had a stubborn temper. As long as he looked hard, she had to obey him, but this time, Chu Yue obviously did not compromise.
"I won't go over. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
Chu Dashan laughed angrily. Even if he didn't want to lose face, it would be hard for Lu Xinghe to ask if he wanted money. "Okay, you have the guts."
As he spoke, he looked at the things on the cart.
Seeing this, Chu Yue quickly stretched out her hand and grabbed the basket in her hand: "Here is the medicine for my mother-in-law. You don't want to take the medicine away, do you?"
When Chu Dashan heard that there was medicine in the basket on his back, he immediately lost interest.
Then, he glanced at the bag of brown rice on the trolley, but Lu Xinghe stood motionless beside him. He couldn't carry it away even if he wanted to, so he could only point at the two of them and left.
Chu Yue looked at Chu Dashan's leaving figure, frowned, and reached out to shake Lu Xinghe's arm.
"Ms. sir, my eldest brother will definitely not give up. If my parents know that our family is rich, I'm afraid they will make trouble."
Lu Xinghe turned around and touched the little girl's head.
"Don't worry, I'm still here. At least your father won't dare to come to your door."
Chu You was almost sent to the Yamen by him that time, he was probably frightened out of his wits, and for a while, he would definitely not come to him to find trouble.
Chu Yue put the backpack back on the trolley and pushed it home with Lu Xinghe, "My mother is not easy to fool. We have to be more careful when we get back."
Lu Xinghe had a different view, "The distance between Niutou Village and Banpo Village is not just one or two steps. Your mother must be free if she wants to come. Besides, it's the Moon Worship Festival soon."
The Moon Worship Festival on August 15th is a relatively important festival in Nanyuan Kingdom. Usually on such festivals, a married daughter would have to bring something to her parents' family.
Chu Yue looked at Lu Xinghe, "What do you mean, sir, may my parents be waiting for me at home?"
Lu Xinghe hummed: "Don't you have a younger sister at home?"
Chu Yue's hand on pushing the cart tightened.
Yes, she also has a younger sister, with whom she usually has the best relationship. In the past, when her family beat and scolded her, that silly girl always rushed to her side and hugged her while being beaten. How could she leave her alone?
"It would be great if Xiao Tao could escape from that home." Chu Yue said in a low voice.
