I simply cleaned up the tavern and it was late at night.

"Time flies so fast, this day is over." Li Jiaoniang closed the shop door, "Come again tomorrow, let's do it now."

"I will drive the carriage." Luo Cheng drove the carriage.

Li Jiaoniang went to the incense and candle shop opposite, bought some lamp oil and candles, and placed them on the carriage. Luo Cheng drove the carriage and took Li Jiaoniang and Chunya to the village.

Today is a full load.

Chunya was very happy and kept pulling Li Jiaoniang to talk about everything. She would talk about the dazzling sunset in the sky for half a day.

Li Jiaoni smiled and responded.

She thought to herself that when she first met Chunya, this girl was a timid and timid man. She was scolded and beaten by her grandmother and didn't dare to speak back and resist. She is now lively and clever. It can be seen that it is the right thing to teach Chunya how to do it.

Whether it is a man or a woman, you can make money by yourself. Only with money on hand can you live confidently.

It is unreliable for people to live for a lifetime.

Only one pair of hands is your lifelong reliance.

When the carriage walked to the wide pond, Luo Cheng got into the water again and picked some lotus belts.

Three or four lotus root strips, cut into small pieces half an inch long, and can be fried in a large plate.

Li Jiaoniang loves to eat, and every time Luo Cheng sees a pond with lotus leaves, he will go down to pick lotus belts.

Chunya and Li Jiaoniang used long tree sticks to catch a few strings of wild water chestnuts.

...

Xiang Erbao pushed the cart back to the village. When he walked to the Jishui River in front of the village, he saw Niu Daniu washing clothes by the river.

Her younger brother Niudan was playing with pebbles by the river.

The little guy threw the pebbles into the river one by one, looking at the splashing waves, and kept cheering.

But as he played, he got tired of playing, walked to the river and fished out the stones to play.

Niu Daniu shouted, "Niu egg, don't go to the water, be careful that it fell."

"No, no, I won't fall." Niu Dan muttered dissatisfiedly, "I don't want you to care--" me!

There was some moss on the stones by the river. Before the Niu Egg could finish her words, her feet slipped and she slid into the water.

"Sister, save me! Wow—" He fluttered in the water and started crying.

Niu Daniu was startled, threw down the clothes she had washed in her hand and ran towards Niu Dan, "Don't be afraid Niu Dan, sister is here to save you!"

Xiang Erbao was also scared.

He put down his cart, ran forward quickly, and took the lead in picking up the egg from the water.

Niu Daniu also ran over and hugged Niu Dan in her arms, "Don't be afraid, brother, I'm here."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I'm scared to death." Niu Dan cried loudly.

Xiang Erbao walked to the water and took out the two shoes that had fallen from the cow egg.

He shook off the water from his shoes, wrung it out with his hands, and handed it to Niu Daniu, "Put it on him, don't take him to the river next time. He is young and doesn't know the dangers by the river."

Niu Daniu took the shoes and thanked him gratefully, "Thank you, Erbao."

Xiang Erbao frowned and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a sharp voice.

"Niudan, what's wrong with you? Ah?" Niu Er's wife screamed and ran over. She hugged Niudan and saw the tail from the beginning.

"Mom, he's fine, but his clothes are wet." Niu Daniu said timidly.

Niu Er's wife cursed in anger, "I saw it all, are you still lying? Is this just because your clothes are wet? He fell into the river. You dead girl, can't even take care of a younger brother? What are you doing alive? Why don't you jump into the river?"

"Mom, I'm washing clothes, I... I didn't pay attention for a moment..." Niu Daniu sighed.

The three sisters were weaving baskets at home and had no time to take their younger brother. Her mother asked her to take her younger brother to do housework.

She came to do laundry and had to bring it.

"You didn't pay attention? What about your eyes? Are you blind?" Niu Er's wife was so angry that she stretched out her hand and slapped Niu Daniu's face hard.

Niu Daniu was thin, Niu Er's wife used all her strength again, and the slap directly slapped Niu Daniu to the ground, bleeding from the corners of her mouth.

After slapping it, Niu Er's wife reached out to beat it again and cursed, "Bad, idiot, I'll beat you to death, how dare you talk back?"

Xiang Erbao couldn't stand it anymore and walked up to persuade the fight, "Aunt Niu Er, stop hitting the big girl, she really didn't mean it."

Niu Er's wife came to her senses, oh, Xiang Erbao is still there.

Why did she forget him aside?

Niu Er's wife immediately stopped and stopped beating Niu Daniu. She smiled embarrassedly, "Erbao, thank you so much for saving Niu Dan just now."

He waved his hands repeatedly to Erbao, "No need to thank you, no need to thank you, I happened to see you when I passed by."

He walked back to the cart, looked at Niu Daniu, and pushed the cart away.

Niu Er's wife smiled and waved, "Seibao, I'll sit at home when I have time."

Xiang Erbao responded casually, climbed over the river bank, and walked home.

Niu Er's wife turned around and saw Niu Daniu looking towards Erbao's departure. She narrowed her eyes and pulled Niu Daniu, "Come here, I'll ask you."

Niu Daniu responded in a daze, "What's the matter, mom?"

Niu Erma asked, "How many times did Xiang Erbao say to you?"

Niu Daniu thought for a while, "I've had seven or eight times, and I've been there for ten times."

Niu Er's wife felt confident, "Okay, wash your clothes quickly and go home. I'll take Niu Dan back first."

Niu Daniu replied in a daze, "Okay." But she said in her heart, what does her mother mean when she said something stupid?

...

After lunch, Niu Er's wife came to Xiang's house.

Xiang Lao was very surprised to see her coming.

"Miss from the Niu family, why do you have time to come to my house?" He said politely to the eldest lady.

Niu Er's wife glanced at Xiang Jiatang's house, and Xiang Guangcai and Xiang's eldest son and daughter-in-law were sitting, and smiled awkwardly, "What's going on is big, and it's small."

Xiang Lao Lady didn't like her, and she spoke hesitantly, and her expression faded a little, "Niu girl, if you have anything to say, just say it. In a while, our whole family will go to the rice fields to see the water. These days, the sun is sunny every day, and the water in the rice fields is about to dry up."

Niu Erma smiled, "Then... I'll just say it. Your second baby often talks to our big girl, do you know?"

Xiang's family and the whole family changed their faces together.

Xiang Laolao held back his anger and said, "I don't know, he hasn't said it."

The smile on Niu Er's face also faded, "You don't know about this, but it doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Originally, someone had already told the girl to kiss her, but the family heard that Erbao often looked for her big girl, and that family didn't mention this marriage anymore."

This time, eldest lady Xiang's face turned completely ugly.

Not only her, but the faces of the other people in the Xiang family also became cold.

Xiang Laolao suppressed his anger and said, "What do you mean, Niu girl? What does Erbao mean when he talked to Da Niu a few times, and Da Niu's marriage will be gone?"

Niu Er's wife coughed lightly, sat up straight, and said, "I mean, because Erbao always talks to Daniu, the family thought that Daniu and Erbao were in love, so they would not propose marriage."

Grandma Xiang was so angry that her face turned blue. She was connected to the village. What happened in the village? She didn’t know?

Whose girl is a girl who can still hide it from her? His son is kind-hearted and has said a few times to the big girl. Is that a liking?

You are shameless from the Niu family!

Grandma Xiang was so angry that she wanted to jump into her feet and scold her.

Xiang Guangcai, Xiang Dabao, and Xiang Dabao's wife also looked colder and colder.

"What do you want to say from the Niu family?" Xiang Laozi said impatiently.

Niu Erma said, "Okay, I won't go around the bush. The two children are about the same age. The second baby likes my big girl again. Let's be wronged. You should settle their affairs quickly so that you won't talk more and more."

Is this the meaning of forced marriage?

Xiang Guangcai couldn't listen anymore and shouted loudly to the backyard, "Second, Second Treasure?"

Xiang Erbao took a nap under the shade of the tree in the backyard, woke up by his father's loud voice, rubbed his eyes and responded, "Here, Dad."

When he ran into the main hall and saw that Niu Er's wife was also there, he was stunned, "Hello, Aunt."

"Oh, okay, the second baby is here, let's open it up." Niu Er's wife looked happily

"What did you say?" Xiang Erbao was confused, looked at his mother, and then looked at the others.
Chapter completed!