Several people came to a small courtyard in the center of the village. The two-meter-high loess wall was covered with purple wisteria. Looking in from the outside, they could still see tall osmanthus trees that were as bright as stars, with a fragrant fragrance.
One look at this yard and you know that the owner of the house must be an elegant person.
"Jing Niang! Tie Jun! Are you at home? Open the door quickly!"
Madam Li's penetrating voice once again lingered over Ping'an Village. The sound was so deafening that the sparrows beside the jujube tree in the corner of the courtyard were frightened away.
After a while.
With a click, a slender and beautiful woman dressed as a woman in plain clothes gently opened the door. Her bright eyes and teeth were shining, and she looked at the group of visitors curiously.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
"This is Miss Jiang I told you before. She just moved to our village." Mrs. Li ducked into the yard and introduced loudly.
The two of them naturally said hello without mentioning it.
Mrs. Li had a temper that could not hold back her words, so she hurriedly shouted: "Ms. Jing, we owe our family a lot of happiness to you!"
Jing Niang was startled by the solemn look on her face. She looked at Madam Li with an earnest look in confusion and hesitated, "Sister-in-law, please tell me something. What's going on?"
Seeing the two people staring blankly, Jiang Hexi was both angry and amused, and slowly revealed the purpose of the group.
"No, no, how can I, a woman, be a master?" When Jing Niang heard this, she became even more frightened and refused hurriedly.
Jiang Hexi was not afraid of her shirk, and said softly: "Why can't it be done? It is said that my sister's mother is the only daughter of the famous He Juren in Jingzhou. Mrs. He is very talented and knowledgeable, and she has completely inherited the mantle of He Juren in terms of talent."
"My sister has been exposed to it since she was a child, so she must have learned how to be a good person. Why should I belittle myself? I have buried my talent in the past. Now that I have such a good opportunity, why shouldn't my sister inherit it? This is a good thing that benefits the village!"
Listening to these words, Jing Niang couldn't help but be moved. She couldn't help but think of her mother, who had taught her meticulously since she was a child, that cold woman with a beautiful heart, good looks and talent, and that poor woman who couldn't bear the humiliation and died in depression.
When Jing Niang thought of her mother's instructive voice and smile, her eyes turned red and she couldn't help but swallow.
Several people looked at the sad and tearful Jing Niang at a loss, especially Jiang Hexi. Their scalp was numb with embarrassment, thinking that they reminded her of the sad past, and they were so guilty that they didn't know how to place their hands and feet.
"I'm sorry, I lost my composure." Taking the handkerchief from Jiang Hexi, Jingniang carefully wiped the remaining tears at the corners of her eyes, breaking her tears into a smile.
"I agreed to do this, but I don't know how to arrange it?"
Jiang Hexi had already thought of a strategy and hurriedly said: "I have already thought about it. Isn't the ancestral hall at the head of the village always vacant? Why don't we use the empty space first and wait until a new school is built in the future before moving there?
Late."
"That's good! I'll go talk to Li Zheng, and I'll definitely make him nod." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Li couldn't agree more, and quickly issued a military order.
Jiang Hexi and Jing Niang looked at each other and smiled, which was quite playful.
In the small and bright courtyard, two slim women were patiently arranging the things Mrs. Li had just sent.
"Girl, how do you place these seeds?" Liuying looked at the pile of seeds in front of her in confusion, feeling a headache.
Jiang Hexi heard this and hurriedly came over.
I saw that seven or eight packets of seeds that were neatly and beautifully wrapped in yellow paper were now opened, revealing green, milky white, brown and dark shells.
As soon as she saw the familiar white seeds, Jiang Hexi's eyes lit up, and she immediately picked up a milky white pointed seed, smiling happily.
"Girl, what kind of seed is this? Why haven't I seen it before?" Seeing her happy expression, Liu Ying found it extremely strange. After all, this kind of seed looked strange.
Hearing this, Jiang Hexi slowly retracted the cracked corners of his mouth, thinking that there might not be pumpkins in this era, and for fear of showing his waistcoat, he pretended to be calm and said: "Haven't you seen it? I just looked at it, and I thought it was a good thing from the bottom of my heart.
thing."
"That's it! I thought this was something that the girl's hometown also had!" Liu Ying said carelessly.
Jiang Hexi's almond-shaped eyes rolled slightly, and she made waves, and asked tentatively: "Where does this kind of seed come from? I must ask Mrs. Li if I have the chance."
"You don't need to ask Mrs. Li, I know that this is the trophy that Li Tiezhu collected from Beidi. It should have been passed down from the Western Regions. I laughed at him at the time for taking such an impractical thing."
"Unexpectedly, that guy also laughed at my lack of mood and said that Madam Li likes farming the most. This is a gift he brought back specially for her!"
Seeing Liu Ying gnashing her teeth, Jiang Hexi shook her head helplessly and turned to look for other seeds happily.
Jiang Hexi would like to thank Li Tiezhu for being such a fool. After all, thanks to him bringing back so many seeds, otherwise she would have no chance of encountering them.
There’s not only pumpkin inside, but also corn kernels! There’s even a sweet potato!
Madam Li is also a waste of natural resources. She has covered these things so much that they are almost moldy and almost unusable.
Jiang Hexi was so distressed that she hurriedly poured them all out, picked out the ones with poor quality, and spread the rest gently to dry in the yard.
Her cautious and cherishing look made Liuying startled, and she suddenly thought that Jiang Hexi, like Li Tiezhu, had the quirk of liking seeds.
The more Liu Ying thought about it, the more uneasy she became. She was afraid that something might happen to Jiang Hexi. She was even thinking about whether to ask Huo Jingchen to move away, so that she could stay away from Mrs. Li, a strange member of the family, to prevent them from bringing Jiang Hexi into trouble.
Jiang Hexi had no idea about the strange thoughts in Liu Ying's heart. If she knew, she would just laugh or cry. She never expected that Liu Ying turned out to be an unconstrained genius.
The more Jiang Hexi thought about it, the more excited she became. She seemed to have seen the fragrant and golden pumpkin pie waving to her, the golden and translucent corn flying towards her, and the soft and sweet steamed sweet potatoes running towards her. She was drooling just thinking about it.
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Wiping the non-existent saliva on her lips, Jiang Hexi ran out in large strides, leaving behind a sentence of "I'm going to Mrs. Li's house." and disappeared.
Liuying became more and more confused, but due to her limited mind, she simply ignored her and continued to pack her things.
The girl in green clothes jumped up and down to the door of the yard next door, her cheerful back showing the good mood of her owner.
Standing in front of the tall tung-colored wooden door, Jiang Hexi took a deep breath and slowly calmed down her excitement, so as not to scare everyone in the Li family later.
"Is Mrs. Li at home?"
It didn't take long.
The sound of heavy footsteps came closer and closer, and with a clang, the door was violently thrown open.
The door opened a small crack, and a big, greasy head tentatively stuck out.
"It's really Xi'er! Come in quickly!" Madam Li grinned and greeted loudly when she saw the expected woman.
As soon as Jiang Hexi entered the yard, she saw that the yard was filled with bamboos and bamboo baskets. A tall man was leaning on a cane and looking at her with an anxious expression. Next to him stood Li Manfu, who was holding a green bamboo basket in his hand.
"This is the head of my family, and those two are my boys Manlu and Manshou." Madam Li pointed at the two boys who were leaning against the door and sneaking their heads out, and pulled them out with a loud voice.
Introducing.
"Hello, Brother Li." Jiang Hexi smiled kindly at the awkward man, causing him to lower his head even more uneasily.
Jiang Hexi smiled nonchalantly, took out the candy bars she bought earlier from her pocket and distributed them to the three children.
Li Manfu glanced hesitantly at Jiang Hexi, who had an encouraging and kind look on his face, mustered up the courage to take it, and said, "Thank you, sister Xi."
The other two children took action as soon as they saw their brother. They immediately ran to his brother and took the candy, chewing the candy in a slurred manner while saying hello sweetly.
"Ms. Li, I'm here to ask about seeds. Do you have any extra strange seeds at home? This is the kind." Jiang Hexi opened the yellow paper bag containing pumpkin seeds in her hand and looked at Ms. Li expectantly.
"I guess Manlu and his friends put this in there as a naughty thing. Do you like these? I have many more at home! The boss brought them back from Beidi."
"I don't know what he was thinking. He brought back a bunch of inedible seeds. I tried to plant them. The melons were big and sweet, but the rest just grew leaves and no fruit."
When Mrs. Li thought that she had been busy for more than half a year but had almost no results, she wished she could kill this idiot Li Tiezhu. She stared at him fiercely as she spoke, making Li Tiezhu even more uneasy.
Jiang Hexi was even more sure. After all, Mrs. Li probably didn't know how to grow corn and sweet potatoes without getting poor harvests, but she knew how! After all, she had been working in the fields with her grandparents since she was a child, so Jiang Hexi couldn't grow them without her.
seed!
"Where is it? Is there anything else? Let me take a look!" Hearing this, Jiang Hexi became even more excited. She hurriedly took Lady Li's hand and asked, almost wishing she could fly over.
"Don't worry, Manfu, take out all those seeds." Mrs. Li was so shaken that her head was dizzy, and she ordered Li Manfu in a daze.
Li Manfu immediately ran into the house and brought out a large bag of seeds.
Looking at the familiar seed that she coveted in front of her, Jiang Hexi's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but run over and stroke it again and again.
Holding the seeds with clear grains, the branches of flowers trembled with laughter.
The others looked at the nervous Jiang Hexi in surprise, thinking that she had been greatly stimulated.
Especially Mrs. Li, she patted her chest and promised Huo Jingchen that she would take good care of Jiang Hexi. If she was stupid at her house, how would she explain to Huo Jingchen!
"Girl Xi, don't scare me! What's wrong with you?"
Jiang Hexi was awakened by Madam Li's panicked voice. When she looked up, she saw several faces with different expressions. She couldn't help but blush on her cheeks and smiled sheepishly.