Shen Xiu's smile faltered. She did have this intention. However, she mainly bought the Zihao pen so that Wei Yan could help her copy the "Heart Sutra", so there was no annoyance on her face, and she said with a smile, "How is that possible? Reading
Reading is something I am willing to learn, so why would I think of giving up?"
Wei Yan stopped reading when he heard this and looked up at her, disbelief clearly written in his eyes.
Shen Xiu smiled dryly and said: "I do have this intention, but I bought this money for other things."
"The shopkeeper of the embroidery shop asked me to help embroider a piece of the Heart Sutra. I want my husband to copy the scripture for me so that I can embroider it according to your handwriting."
Wei Yan was still very talkative in the face of such a request, "As long as you have the Buddhist scripture "Heart Sutra" on hand, I can copy it for you tomorrow." After saying that, he looked at Shen Xiu and said, "It's getting late, hurry up
Let’s go have a meal and study quickly after dinner.”
He thought Shen Xiu would be dilly-dallying like before and would have to wait two-quarters of an hour before he could come over.
But a quarter of an hour later, Shen Xiu came back, holding a bowl of soup in his hand.
Wei Yan didn't notice anything yet and said calmly: "You made the medicine in the morning, and after dinner, my mother let me drink it."
Shen Xiu smiled slightly and said: "This is another tonic. Drinking it can also nourish the brain. My husband studies so hard every day, so it is suitable to drink this kind of decoction."
She brought the thick medicinal soup to Wei Yan, tried her best to hold back her smile and said, "Mr. Sir, drink it while it's hot!"
Wei Yan glanced at her. In fact, he had already sensed Shen Xiu's thoughts when he smelled the bitter taste of the medicinal soup.
Shen Xiu envisioned many situations. For example, Wei Yan would spit out the medicine just like her after taking a sip. At that time, she could ask for a day's rest.
But the situation was completely different from what she had imagined. Wei Yan just glanced at her, picked up the medicine, and drank the bowl of extremely bitter medicine without changing his expression.
Shen Xiu was stunned.
Wei Yan slowly wiped the corners of his mouth with a new handkerchief, then looked at her, "I've already taken the medicine, let's start studying The Thousand-Character Essay!"
Only then did Shen Xiu realize what he was doing, and quickly went to pour him a glass of warm water. When he handed it over, he asked, "Mr. sir, don't you feel bitter?"
Wei Yan said: "The so-called good medicine tastes bitter. And you bought this medicine with money. No matter how bitter it is, you have to drink it."
Shen Xiu was a little embarrassed. She actually bought the medicine to tease Wei Yan, but in the end it had the effect, but she felt a little more guilty for no reason.
Obviously the other party asked her to read and write for her own good, but she still did it, which seemed a bit excessive.
The next day, when Wei Yan was helping her copy scriptures, he felt Shen Xiu's eyes frequently falling on her.
He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"
A smile appeared on Shen Xiu's face, "Mr. sir, I think your gown is a bit old. Let me make you a new gown!"
Wei Yan said calmly: "This gown can still be worn, there is no need to make a new one."
Shen Xiu couldn't help but said: "The sleeves of this gown are a little torn, let's make new ones!"
She couldn't afford the gauze and gebu covered with silk, but there was no problem in bringing back a piece of fine cotton.
If Wei Yan wanted to say anything more, Shen Xiu had already gone to get the ruler.
Mrs. Yang was working in the yard with Daya, and she could hear clearly what the young couple said.
It is true that the second child has not bought any new clothes for several years. Yang originally wanted to say something, but in the end she let Shen Xiu do what she wanted.
After Shen Xiu finished measuring Wei Yan, Yang said, "Second daughter-in-law, if you want to buy fabrics, you don't have to go to the county town to buy them. You can buy fabrics in the nearby Hulu Town, and the price is more reasonable than in the county town."
Hulu Town was not far from Weijia Village, so Shen Xiu smiled and said, "Then I will listen to my mother and go to Hulu Town. Then I will buy fine cotton cloth and make a dress for my mother."
Yang said: "I'll forget it, I'll leave it for you and my second child to do!"
Shen Xiudao: "Since we have to do it, we might as well do it. I think the clothes Da Ya is wearing are also old, so why don't I take her with me and let her choose by herself."
When Da Ya heard that she was also involved, her eyes lit up and she looked at Yang eagerly.
Yang relented and said, "Then let Da Ya follow you. Just come back before lunch."
Shen Xiu agreed, combed Daya's hair and washed her face, and then took her out the door.
There is a big market in Hulu Town every Friday, and today happens to be the first day of the Lunar New Year, and because the Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, the whole town is full of vendors and pedestrians.
Shen Xiu first took Daya to pick out some fabrics. Wei Yan was a scholar and the fabrics were of elegant nature, so he chose two colors: light blue and crab shell green.
Yang and Father Wei often worked, so Shen Xiu chose darker fabrics for them.
It's Da Ya's turn. She especially likes the delicate lilac color.
Shen Xiu also thought the lilac color looked good, so she and Daya got together.
After buying the fabric, Shen Xiu took Daya around the market again.
The most sold items at the market are rice dumpling leaves and glutinous rice.
Shen Xiu knew that Mrs. Yang was reluctant to buy these things for the festival, so she bought a few kilograms of glutinous rice and jujubes and prepared to go back and make rice dumplings to eat.
After buying the rice dumpling leaves, she turned around but didn't see Da Ya. She saw Da Ya running to a stall selling pheasant products at some point and looking at the pheasants with bright feathers in the cage.
When Shen Xiu saw the pheasants, she remembered that she had forgotten to buy hens last time she entered the county town.
"Boss, how do you sell this pheasant?" Shen Xiugang looked up and saw that the stall owner looked familiar. It was the female hunter she met in the mountains.
The female hunter still recognized her, smiled and said: "Pheasants cost twenty cents each. They were just caught in the past few days."
Shen Xiu glanced at the seven or eight pheasants on the ground and said, "I want all of these pheasants."
The female hunter saw that she was generous, so she started to sell other things on the stall to her, "I also have wild boar meat, which I just killed today. If I want it, I can give it to you at a cheaper price."
The weather was a little hot, so we couldn't keep too much wild boar meat. The female hunter only sold half of it after selling it all morning.
Shen Xiu looked at the color of the wild boar meat and said, "I really want to buy all the wild boar meat, but it's a pity that it's too heavy and I can't take it back."
The female hunter wanted to sell the wild boar meat. After hearing this, she said: "If you buy them all, I will send them home to you personally."
She often hunts in the mountains, so she is naturally much stronger than Shen Xiu.
Shen Xiu said happily: "Since you are willing to help send it back, I will take it all."
Wild boar is more nutritious than domestic pigs and can replenish fatigue, and the bones can also be used to make soup, which can provide calcium for everyone in the family.
Even if you can't finish it all at once, you can also marinate the wild boar meat into bacon and save it for later eating.
Shen Xiu was thinking about the deliciousness of this wild boar meat and walked a little faster than usual.
The female hunter didn't walk too slowly and quickly delivered the wild boar meat to her doorstep.
Shen Xiu opened the courtyard door, and the female hunter unloaded the wild boar meat onto the table in the middle of the courtyard.
When Shen Xiu sent the female hunter away, she originally thought that she would be scolded by Yang after buying so much wild boar meat. Little did she know that Yang didn't say anything after she came out, but just pulled her aside.
"We have a visitor at home."
No wonder Yang didn't say anything, it turned out to be a guest at home.
Shen Xiu then asked: "Mother, who is here?"
Yang said softly: "He is a student from Wenhua Academy, and he came here specifically to see the second child."