"The whole family can hardly live anymore. You haven't seen how thin the two brothers and sisters were when we arrived. This is so they can feed themselves with us all the way. Why do you think that stupid boy Qi Si is doing this?"
Staring at the girl eating, the girl was afraid that she would be sold, so she didn't dare to eat or drink, and she almost starved to death!"
Yan Laoer was surprised: "Why is it like this?"
"The city of Qishan Prefecture is full of people who have escaped from famine. It's not easy to make a living! There are people running around happily on the street, and there are people selling their sons and daughters every day. The world is not good, and even people are picky about their teeth, but they choose good-looking ones.
Yes, I won’t tell you where to go after buying and selling it. People can still work after buying it, so the girl from the Feng family is just the right age."
She is worthy of being the cousin of the brothers from the Qi family. She has a short head and a big frame. He saw that the girl from the Feng family had very rough hands. She looked like she was used to doing a lot of work. She also had a decent temperament and never said a word or a word.
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"But his family has no such plan. It's purely because the girl is scaring herself." Mr. Xue Qi added: "According to Qi Si's wishes, I first visited his cousin to ask for permission, and then came to greet him again.
That girl goes back, it's so hard work, what time has it been, let's keep everything simple and don't deal with all the nonsense.
So I just mumbled a few words. Unexpectedly, among the family, only the eldest brother of the Feng family understood what he was saying, and he also got to the point of what he was asking.
I asked why we came to Qishan? I heard that it was a business trip, so I asked Qi Si after he settled in Guanzhou, how could he work in the Yamen? Haha, I said no, Qi Si was just going with us, mainly to find people.
relative.
When people asked what the Qi family did for a living in Guanzhou, I said that I would burn charcoal and sell charcoal with your family.
He also asked which village the Qi family was registered in, and I told him that you were from the same village and found a good place with a mountain behind and a river.
By the way, you have known the boss of the Feng family before, right? He is quite familiar with you brothers when I talk about them. Listening to Qi Si’s cousin’s words, it seems that the boss of the Feng family used to study in the same village school as your eldest brother..."
Yan Laoer remained calm and his heart was in a state of confusion.
It was strange that the boss of the Feng family looked so surprised when he called him cousin.
He and his brother are classmates!
A village school!
If I am not mistaken, Yan Laoer must also be studying in that village school, as well as his eldest nephew.
Good guys, village schools are probably, probably, mostly ungraded. With limited conditions, they usually only have one classroom.
Yan Laoer thought about it carefully, and found that it was OK. There was nothing he missed.
The title of eldest cousin is good. Before, I wanted to call him close to him so that he could say a few good words to Qi Si.
Look now, I am really wise!
No one has such quick wit!
"Big Cousin" is destined to die from now on, just call him that!
Well, my eldest cousin probably didn't even pass the boy's entrance examination.
Thinking of this, Yan Laoer straightened his back.
It was probably because he had taken the exam but not passed it, or he had simply dropped out of school when he was old enough. He was about the same age as Lao Yan, so he probably spent very little time with Yan Laoer.
I probably don’t live too far away, I’ve definitely heard of Yan Laoer’s reputation...
It doesn't matter, who hasn't done something ridiculous when he was young? Now he has changed his ways, Yan Laoer!
Mr. Xue Qi was also a tight-lipped person, and he was still saying: "The money given by Qi Si was decided immediately. My brothers also chipped in. They didn't give money, so they chipped in with the rations they had. This is better than money."
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Seeing that I am so sincere, there is nothing wrong with me, so don’t you agree to let the girl from the Feng family follow us? Her elder brother was worried, so he followed us all the way. It can be regarded as a wedding ceremony.
I listened secretly. The eldest brother of the Feng family said that he would buy a dowry for his sister when he got there. Hehe, Qi Si’s cousin’s family is not a bad one. In this case, he wanted to give something as a dowry to make his daughter more respectable in her husband’s family.
, they are a good family."
"Brother Xue, don't say anything, I appreciate you!" Yan Laoer bowed his hand, firstly to thank him for helping him so that Qi Si would not have to go through another trip, and secondly to thank him for leaving food for his cousin's family.
"I didn't mention it. I'll feed the brothers two whole sheep tonight, and there'll be wine, too!"
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As soon as Li Xuemei entered the house, she saw a gold object tied with a red string dangling in her daughter's hand in front of little Ya'er's eyes.
Little Ya'er drooled and turned over as the object shook.
The little arms tried to reach it, but they couldn't reach it. The little Ya'er was so tired that her big head drooped and she started to work hard again.
Yan Yu was so happy that her teeth were exposed.
"Turn it over, turn it over again, haha, yes, just point your arm forward and you can reach it. My sister chose this for you. It looks good. It's a little golden bean. Yes, grab it! Xiao Ya'er gives Fu Dou
Catch it!"
"Hey, don't put it in your mouth. Sister, hang it up for you. Where should we tie it? Feet? Hands? Or neck?"
Yan Yu took back the golden beans that her sister had finally caught.
Xiao Ya'er was stunned, but she didn't even cry, and continued to work hard to catch...
Finally caught it again, but before it could be put into her mouth, her elder sister took it back again...
Xiaoyaer:......
Mrs. Tian kept looking on with a smile. When she saw the waiter was struggling, she said, "Tie it around her neck. Make the rope shorter so that she won't put it in her mouth if it's too long."
Yan Yu nodded in agreement: "That's what grandma said."
When you understand the world through your mouth, your hands and feet are at risk.
Mrs. Tian helped me cut it into length. It was a little too rich to strangle the neck and little Ya'er couldn't eat it.
The red and gold thing disappeared from sight. Xiao Yaer looked for it blankly for a while. When he didn't see it again, he whined for a while, and then yawned two and a half times. Before half of it was finished, he gave up.
His little chubby face twisted and he fell asleep.
"Don't poke her in the cheek, or you won't be able to hold back your saliva in the future." Li Xuemei walked up to her and adjusted Xiao Ya'er's posture from lying down to lying down.
Yan Yu regretfully saw that her sister's piggy mouth was gone and withdrew her hand.
She turned around and looked at her mother with a flattering look on her face: "Mom, are you done?"
Li Xuemei was tired both mentally and physically. Once the two fathers left, she had to take care of everything at home and outside.
I haven’t had any leisure time since I was born.
When I was pregnant with Ya'er, I always thought that after giving birth to the baby, I would be able to go out and walk outside.
Now I don't want to move at all.
The family's charcoal farm is busy enough, and her daughter, as the second daughter of the Yan family, and the second youngest son of the Yan family, socializes with people who need to move around.
Her father was selected as a scholar, and other people who were ranked in the same ranking also came to visit her. They all knew that her husband was not at home, and that the ladies from different families were here.
The scientific examination was brought forward this time because Guanzhou was short of people and there was an urgent need, and no one was spared.
There are few who stay in the capital, but more who are sent out.
There are only so many people in total, and you can find out who goes where.
Although Yan Er is a talented scholar in Xizhou, his every move attracts much attention.
