5. Be ashamed to speak up
Jiang Wan didn't know that Xu Daniu secretly said bad things about her to Pei You, because she was in a bad mood when she saw Xu Daniu, she decided to go to see Pei You to wash her eyes. Unexpectedly, the Pei family, who has always opened the courtyard door, still has the sound of reading in the courtyard today, but the courtyard door is closed.
The courtyards of some houses in Shanxia Village are surrounded by half-human-high fences, which can be seen clearly from the outside, but the courtyards of Pei You and Jiang Wan's houses are all fenced off, and as soon as the courtyard door is closed, nothing can be seen. Jiang Wan didn't have anything to do, she was embarrassed to go in, and wandered outside the courtyard for a while, but when she saw that she couldn't wait for Pei You to come out, she had to go home.
After three days, Jiang Wan didn't see Pei You, and she knew a little in her heart: he was avoiding her. She had no reason to come to the door, so naturally she couldn't see him.
On this day, Xu Fenggu called Jiang Wan up early in the morning, saying that she would take her to the county seat to play, and pull a few pieces of cloth to make new clothes for her by the way. Jiang Wan hadn't left this Shanxia Village since she came here, so she left the matter of hooking up with Pei You behind her for a while, followed Jiang Funian and Xu Fenggu, and went out with Jiang Gu.
Shanxia Village belongs to Changping County, which is a village relatively close to Changping County. Jiang Wan hadn't walked so many roads for a long time, and her legs were sore, but the excitement of visiting the county for the first time made her forget her physical exhaustion, and she looked at it curiously as soon as she arrived in the county seat.
For Jiang Wan, who comes from a modern society, this kind of civilization in the county town is naturally not enough to see, but the streets here are clean and the houses are tall and new, but they are much better than the dirt roads and earthen houses in Shanxia Village. Looking at this ancient and real livelihood, Jiang Wan's heart was full of curiosity.
It's not the first time Jiang Gu has come to the county seat, seeing Jiang Wan's curious baby look, he said with a smile on his face: "Sister, why do you seem to be here for the first time, didn't you just come some time ago?" ”
Being ridiculed by her younger brother, Jiang Wan's old face turned red and smiled dryly: "Aren't I sick for a while, and I feel like I'm in another world." Hey, Xiao Er, in the future, we will also save money to buy a big house in the county, do you say okay? ”
Jiang Gu didn't notice Jiang Wan's attempt to change the topic, and when she said this, her face also showed yearning: "Okay, good!" If we buy a big house in the county, we are also from the city! ”
Jiang Funian's words dispelled Jiang Gu's daydream: "Do you know how much money you can buy a house in the county?" We can't save it for a lifetime! ”
Jiang Gu was immediately depressed, and looked at the houses on both sides of the street in disappointment.
Jiang Wan said curiously: "Dad, how much silver does it cost to buy a yard in the county seat?" ”
Jiang Funian glanced at Jiang Wan, thought for a while and said, "An ordinary small courtyard, if you don't say anything, it will cost thirty taels!" ”
"Thirty taels?" Jiang Wan was a little hesitant when she said this, she didn't know what the prices were in this era, if you only refer to the TV series, the protagonist in it is a few hundred taels, and thirty taels doesn't seem to be much.
Jiang Funian regarded Jiang Wan's reaction as shock, sighed and said: "We can't save less than two taels of silver all year round, but if you have a headache and brain fever, you have to paste what you saved in previous years...... Don't think about it. ”
Most of the Jiang family's income is from farming, and Xu Fenggu can sometimes receive some pulp washing and embroidery work, and she can also make up for it a little. And the harvest of farming, part of it has to pay taxes, part of it is eaten by itself, and some of it will be sold when there is more, and the vegetables eaten are also grown by home, so there is basically nothing to spend money on, and there is no money to save.
Jiang Wan was broken by Li Jincui before, and Xu Guanghai and the mud were in the middle, and in the end, Li Jincui was paid 200 Wen, how could this money be enough to give her medicine for her injuries? In the end, the Jiang family put in a lot more, and the savings in the past were even less.
The peasants of this era lived like this, they couldn't get rich on weekdays, and they couldn't starve to death. Once there is a catastrophe, it will be difficult, and in order to survive, it is common to sell children and daughters.
Xu Fenggu glanced at her husband and comforted her daughter softly: "Wanwan, don't worry, if the people in the village dare to chew their tongues again, my mother will fight with them, and I can't let them bully you anymore!" She also thought that Jiang Wan was afraid of being talked about staying in the village, so she wanted to move to the county seat. However, it was impossible to do it under the conditions of the Jiang family, so she felt guilty in her heart, and she could only comfort her daughter.
Jiang Wan hurriedly smiled playfully: "Mother, what do you say?" How can I be afraid of them, I can scold them back without you doing anything! People are good at being bullied, I will not be as stupid as in the past in the future, who dares to bully me, dare to bully our family, I will not be finished with him! ”
Xu Fenggu was stunned for a moment, and then smiled a little relieved. She is not afraid that others will say that her daughter is spicy, God owes her daughter, her daughter is like this now, if she is still as gentle as in the past, and she will not be bullied to death? You should be tougher, if there is a bully like Li Jincui in the future, you don't have to be afraid of others!
"That's right! I'll help fight together! Jiang Gu hurriedly said.
Jiang Funian and Xu Fenggu glanced at each other and smiled.
Jiang Wan's family of four walked happily while watching, and the fatigue of the road disappeared a lot. Coming to the market in the east of the county, the family first helped Jiang Wan pick out the cloth for making clothes, and then made an appointment to meet at the market entrance for a while, and Jiang Wan pulled Jiang Gu and her father and mother to part ways.
Carrying the fifty yuan that Xu Fenggu bought her snacks to eat, Jiang Wan said to Jiang Gu like a big sum: "Little Er, my sister has money, what do you want to eat, just say, my sister will buy it for you!" ”
Jiang Gu smiled: "Sister, the money was just given to you by my mother, a total of fifty wen, and if you don't know, you still have fifty taels!" ”
Jiang Wan sneered lightly: "It's only fifty taels, I will definitely be able to earn it in the future, but now it's just a Longyou shoal, I call it dormant, do you understand?" ”
Jiang Gu shook his head dumbly, he hadn't read much, so he naturally didn't understand much.
Jiang Wan smiled proudly: "It's right if you don't understand." I don't expect you to be as rich as Mr. Pei...... Oops, sugar gourd! ”
Seeing that there were people selling sugar gourds on the side of the road, all of them were red and glamorous, Jiang Wan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she forgot that she was still praising Pei You just now, and pulled Jiang Gu and ran over: "Little Er, sister will buy you sugar gourds to eat!" ”
Jiang Gu smiled secretly, obviously she wanted to eat it herself!
There are six strings of sugar gourds and a string of five cents, Jiang Wan picked and chose two strings that were relatively large, paid the money and took it, gave Jiang Gu a string, and took her string and couldn't wait to bite one into her mouth.
The syrup on the outside is sweet, and the hawthorn inside is sweet and a little sour, which stimulates the saliva to flow non-stop, and you can't stop eating it.
Afraid of being separated from Jiang Gu, Jiang Wan kept holding Jiang Gu's hand, walking while eating, her eyes kept looking around, and she ran to ask the price of things from time to time. After a while, she also counted, a white steamed bun here is two pennies, two meat buns are one, one tael of silver can be exchanged for about 1,000 yuan, and the purchasing power is equivalent to 600 yuan in modern times. The fifty wen in her hand is equivalent to about thirty yuan.
Jiang Wan continued to pull Jiang Gu away, and after a while, she saw that there were fried chestnuts with sugar on the side of the road, so she immediately threw away Jiang Gu and ran over, and after asking the price, she was a little hesitant to buy it, after all, it costs thirty wen a catty.
Jiang Gu gasped and followed, still holding the unfinished sugar gourd in his hand, he could only eat a snack once in a long time, and he was reluctant to finish it immediately, so he ate very slowly, seeing that Jiang Wan fell in love with the food again, he hurriedly said: "Sister, why did you buy it again so quickly, we haven't finished eating the sugar gourd yet......"
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Wan turned her head to look at it, and there was only one skewer left on the sugar gourd string in her hand, and he was suddenly stuck.
"We can't just think about eating ourselves, we also have to think about our parents!" Jiang Wan said with a stern face.
Jiang Gu was stunned for a moment, and saw that Jiang Wan had already turned around, quickly counted out fifteen Wen, and said heroically like a big sum: "Give me half a catty!" ”
After a while, Jiang Wan held the still warm sugar-fried chestnuts in a half-catty paper bag, peeled one and fed it into Jiang Gu's mouth, and asked, "Is it delicious?" ”
The sweet aroma of chestnuts filled his mouth, and the chestnut meat was fragrant and soft, and Jiang Gu said happily: "It's delicious!" ”
Jiang Wan peeled one for herself, ate it in her mouth and chewed it slowly. This chestnut is sweet and delicious, and when you eat one, you want to eat the next!
On the way back to the market, Jiang Wan bought some mung bean cake again, because there were many people who bought it, and she queued up for a while. There was a bookstore next to her, and she was bored listening to the gossip of the people around her, and her eyes were looking that way. What is the prince of the county who spent a lot of money for the Qinglou woman yesterday, what county Zhang Juren's house even has a golden toilet, what Changle Lane inexplicably died a beggar, what Wang family's daughter always runs to her mother's house when she gets married, and takes things from her mother-in-law's house to subsidize her mother's family......
Gossip things, Jiang Wan is left ear in and right ear out, and when she bought the mung bean cake, she gave everything to Jiang Gu, asked him to wait a little, and ran into the bookstore by herself.
It was quiet in the bookstore, only one or two scholars were choosing books, and Jiang Wan came in without attracting their attention. She quietly looked around, and soon found the bookcase of miscellaneous books, picked it up and flipped through it at random.
The bookstore guy has been eyeing her since Jiang Wan came in, and this bookstore is not without women, but there are a few people who are as good-looking as her. It's just that seeing her flip through the book so quickly, the guy was afraid that she would hurt the book, so he quickly came out of the counter and wanted to come over to stop her, but who knew that he had just moved, so she put down the book and ran out, making his second monk confused.
Seeing Jiang Wan come out, Jiang Gu was puzzled: "Sister, you can't read, what are you going to see in the bookstore?" ”
Jiang Wan glared at him: "Who said that your sister is illiterate?" ”
Jiang Gu said strangely: "Sister, when did you become literate?" Haven't you ever studied? ”
Jiang Wan choked, thinking that she also graduated from a key university, but she didn't expect to become illiterate in ancient times.
"Anyway, I'm literate, can you handle it! Hum. Jiang Wan took the things in Jiang Gu's hand and walked forward first, "Daddy and mother are afraid that they are waiting for us, let's go!" ”
Jiang Gu scratched his head suspiciously, didn't think much about it in the end, and hurried to follow: "Sister, I'll get it!" ”
After Jiang Wan took Jiang Gu and Jiang Funian and Xu Fenggu to meet, it was already noon, and the four of them went to the noodle restaurant in a rare luxury to eat a bowl of green vegetables and shredded pork noodles, and then they were satisfied to carry their things back to Shanxia Village.
After Jiang Wan went home and rested for a while, she couldn't sit still, she carefully sorted out her appearance in front of the bronze mirror, smiled charmingly at herself in the mirror, and then walked out of the house with satisfaction, came to Pei You's house, and knocked on the door of his yard.
At this time, there was still the sound of Langlang reading in the courtyard, and Pei You was there.
The courtyard door opened quickly, and seeing that it was Jiang Wan, Pei You, who came to open the door, flashed a trace of panic in his eyes, and his hand holding the courtyard door tightened, as if he wanted to close the courtyard door immediately.
He coughed, looked away in a panic, and stammered a little, "Jiang ...... Miss Jiang, what are you looking for me? ”
Jiang Wan smiled brightly: "Can't I come to you if it's okay?" ”
Pei You was suddenly a little panicked: "This ...... It's not going to be good......"
"And didn't I say it last time, just call me Wanwan, and Miss Jiang, when others hear it, they still think I'm a young lady." Jiang Wan's voice was gentle, but the content of her words was not gentle, last time she only said that she asked Pei You to call her Jiang Wan, but now she has directly changed to Wanwan.
Pei You was stunned: "Last time...... Last time, you were talking about Jiang Wan......"
Jiang Wan smiled: "Yes, look, Mr. Pei, don't you remember?" ”
Pei You's face was flushed, his eyes swept in, and he said as if he had grasped a life-saving straw: "I, I still have to teach students to read, you ...... If you're all right, I'll go back first......"
"Who said I'm fine?" Jiang Wan raised her hand and pressed it on the courtyard door, and the cuffs slipped a little with her movements, revealing a white slender wrist, which was dazzling to the eye.
Pei You hurriedly retracted his gaze, and his Adam's apple couldn't help but roll.
"Yes...... What's the matter, you, you just say it, it's ......" he stammered, his eyes lowered and fluttering, but he didn't dare to look at her.
Jiang Wan chuckled, leaned closer slightly, and said in a low voice, "It's a little embarrassing to talk about this......
Pei You's body stiffened, and his mind remembered the words that Xu Da Niu said in front of him, his head buzzed, and his face was red with drunkenness. She, she shouldn't be bold enough to come to the door and ask for a kiss!