The scene of the endless stream of carriages in Xihe Village lasted for more than ten days before it gradually quieted down. Zhu Pingan’s mother, Chen, didn’t have time to leave the house until this time, and with the endless stream of carriages the other day, Chen couldn’t leave the house.
Chen is in her forties this year, but she looks like she is in her thirties, especially with her recent good mood, her complexion and face are round and healthy, and she is even more youthful.
Inside the village and Chen’s age similar women, now almost all by the age of this killing knife erosion into a big mother, whenever these people see Chen’s can not help but with envy look at Chen’s, mouth is also on Chen’s praise.
Every time, Chen always shook her head and laughed, but the joy and pride on her face could not be concealed.
Chen’s life is very comfortable these days, last time Zhu Pingan won the examination, Zhu family life is a day by day, until now Zhu family has a hundred acres of good land, good paddy fields have more than sixty acres, and this is not counted those who contributed land, if those are counted, it is more. In addition to the fields, the house is also rebuilt, looks much better than the village’s first landlord.
Because there are so many fields, although there are people who contribute and tenants to take care of, but also need to be watched, Zhu father himself is also like to planting, so they do not drive the oxcart, but to take care of the family’s fields.
To and from the town to drive the car work, now fell on Zhu Pingan’s elder brother Zhu Pingchuan body, this is also a money-making job, Chen’s not willing to give it to others.
The eldest son successfully married a daughter-in-law, although the young couple is always together tired, but finally not forgotten mother.
Especially some days ago, the news of the younger son’s success in the Huiyuan came, but also let Chen’s happiness burst.
In addition to thinking about how well her youngest son is doing in the capital, Chen can say that she is happy all day long.
“Juan’er, you keep an eye on the house for us haha, mother will go out for a walk.” Chen took a sole in her hand, brought her needle and thread with her and stood in the doorway, instructing her eldest daughter-in-law.
“Okay Mother, take this small bench with you, you’ll get tired if you stand for a long time.” The eldest daughter-in-law said as she moved a small stool made of bamboo to catch up with Chen.
“Alright, rest in your house. Don’t make any more clothes, you’ve made two sets for me and your father and Da Chuan, don’t wear out your eyes.”
Chen was very satisfied with this eldest daughter-in-law, with a big arse that was a good bearer. She was a good worker and a good worker, unlike Dachuan who was as dumb as a log.
“It’s fine, I’m not tired Mother.” The eldest daughter-in-law smiled and shook her head.
“You girl. You don’t even know how to enjoy the blessings, listen to my mother, the work can be done anytime, there is no hurry.” Chen ranted.
“Hey.”
The eldest daughter-in-law nodded and smiled shyly.
After instructing her eldest daughter-in-law, Chen satisfiedly sat on a small bamboo stool and left the house with shoe soles and needles and threads, going to the usual place where a few familiar women often gathered.
Sure enough, when Chen arrived, there were already seven or eight familiar women sitting there. They were either knitting the soles of their shoes, spinning thread, or carrying a large basket to sift the rice, in short, they were all sitting together and chatting while doing their work, enjoying themselves.
“Ya, Ping An Niang, you’re finally out.” An older woman saw Chen walking and greeted her.
“I couldn’t get away from home the other day.” Chen smiled and said.
“Look, it’s not me who’s making this up, do you see that Mother Ping An is young again?” The other older woman looked at Chen. Busy pounding a sister-in-law beside her with her hand, she said.
“That’s not true, Ping An Niang is about the same age as me, I’ve become a yellow-faced woman, but Ping An Niang’s family doesn’t show their age at all. It’s like a young daughter-in-law in her early thirties.” That sister-in-law glanced at Chen and couldn’t help but keep smacking her lips.
“How could that be, look what you guys are talking about, I’m over forty.” Chen’s face was filled with joy, but she shook her head repeatedly and denied it with a smile.
“I’m not talking blindly. Ping An Niang you are just letting whoever says it say it, it has to be so.” That sister-in-law said with conviction.
The others all nodded in agreement.
“You guys just ganged up on me.” Despite Chen’s repeated refusals, the joy on her face was undisguised though.
Chen’s sat down to the bottom of the shoe, everyone began to chat up, do not look at the small mountain village, the nearby gossip is also quite a lot, what the neighbouring Wang’s village a few days ago into the wild boar ah, what the village’s who’s daughter-in-law quarrelled with her mother-in-law ah, what the sister-in-law’s family big dog gave birth to a litter of pups ah and so on and so on, any one of these words can be a body of words can be a crowd chat for a long time.
Chen’s sitting on the bottom of the shoes, listening to the crowd chat, listen for a while, Chen did not hear what he wanted to hear, did not hear the crowd chat Zhu Pingan in the Huiyuan matter, which makes a stomach prepared to talk about Chen’s feel a kind of dragonslaying magic, practiced all the dragonslaying instincts, but it is a pity that there is no dragons.
But it doesn’t matter, Chen has special chatting skills.
For example, right now, in between the people chatting, Chen opened her mouth to speak.
“His aunt, you see that the weather is quite good today haha.” Chen looked at the busy crowd and said quietly.
“Yeah, it’s quite good.”
“Well, it’s good.”
Everyone looked up at the sky and nodded back.
After hearing the people reply back, Chen spoke again, her voice full and clear.
“You guys look at that cloud.”
Chen put down the soles of her shoes and stretched out her finger to point at a white cloud in the sky, her voice full and clear as she then asked:
“You guys look at that cloud
Does it look like my youngest son who passed the Huiyuan exam?”
All the big mums ……
The piece of white cloud in the sky that was pointed at by Chen was embarrassed, I was just stretching it out completely at random, it didn’t even have any shape yet.
Look at that cloud, does it look like my youngest son who got into the Huiyuan exam? A seemingly casual sentence, but four two to a thousand jin, cut to the heart of the matter, hit the nail on the head. Chen’s question successfully led the conversation to Zhu Pingan’s success in the Huiyuan, and the topic of conversation revolved around Zhu Pingan.
“Well well, yeah, right Mother Ping An, your family Ping An passed the Hui Yuan exam, when will you return?”
“I see a lot of carriages going to your house these days, all rushing to send things to your house, look at the people dressed well, what is it all about?”
“What’s the purpose of Ping’anlang’s meeting?”
“Mother Ping’an, you’re in luck. Ping’an Lang is going to be an official, isn’t he?”
Looking at everyone’s questioning, Chen’s face smile has not been broken, one by one to everyone to answer, glowing, not to mention how positive.
In the following time, everyone’s topic was fixed on Huiyuan + Zhu Pingan, as long as everyone changed the topic, Chen could always use a similar method to turn the topic back to the other side, and was happy to do so.
