0p0 Chapter 157 Hit it off
Chapter 157 Hit it off
"Mom, my brother is back! My brother is back!"
Guyu rushed in from outside with his short legs and threw himself into Li Taohua's arms.
Li Taohua carried her little daughter who rolled over like a ball and walked out quickly, "Is Jingzhe back?"
When they walked outside the courtyard gate, they saw a group of children surrounding the two teenagers. Li Taohua was overjoyed and shouted into the gate: "Xiaoman, your brother is back."
Lin Xiaoman was curious whether her brother had made a deal, so she trotted out the door.
When Li Shan's wife, who was wrapping eggs at the Lin family, heard this, she stopped what she was doing and wiped her hands with hay, "Did Zi'an come with Jingzhe?"
"Mom, Xiaoman, Guyu, I'm back!" Lin Jingzhe, carrying a full basket of things, seemed a little darker and his smile a little bigger.
Lin Xiaoman was very envious. Lin Jingzhe seemed to have sensed Xiaoman's emotions and whispered to Xiaoman with a smile, "I'll take you with me next time."
"Really?" Lin Xiaoman was eager to try it out. She wanted to buy a few sets of men's clothes and go out with her brother. She didn't know whether her mother would agree.
I'm sure she won't agree. The last time I sold Qingming rice cakes, she kept nagging me for more than a month. This time when her brother went out, Li Taohua was also worried.
However, she will be a persistent person until her mother agrees.
"Of course, but we have to buy another donkey cart. It would be so tiring to just walk here!" Lin Jingzhe said he was tired, but the smile on his face showed that he didn't think so.
On the other side, after telling his mother that everything was fine, he put down the backpack.
Li Taohua reacted and went back to share a handful of peanuts with the little kids who followed her. The little kids took the peanuts and ran away happily.
Li Taohua let Lin Jingzhe and Li Zi'an in. They walked into the main hall, and Li Zi'an took out the red deed.
"This is what Jingzhe and I agreed on. We will send forty rabbits every ten days."
Li Shan's wife pinched her arm and asked, "Forty?"
Li Zian nodded. He had calculated that according to the current number of chickens raised by the two families, the Li family would contribute fifteen and the Lin family would contribute twenty-five. The remaining ones would be enough to sell to Ruyi Tower.
Li Taohua couldn't read, but she knew it was a real deed because of the red seal on the deed. She murmured, "That's great! I won't have to worry about selling my rabbits this way!"
Li Zian nodded and handed the deed to Li Taohua.
"Auntie, please keep this deed. I'm going back soon. I don't know how the rabbits are doing these days."
Li Shan's wife smiled and said, "You forgot that we still have Zifeng at home. From what I see, Zifeng's performance is not much worse than yours."
After saying that, she smiled and looked at Li Taohua.
Li Taohua narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Sister-in-law, my nephews are all grown up, it's time for them to think about finding wives themselves."
For some reason, although his mother and aunt were talking about Zifeng, he felt his ears were burning hot.
Thinking of the wooden hairpin wrapped in cloth in the backpack, her face turned redder.
"Oh, sister-in-law, we were so busy talking that we forgot Zi'an and the others just came back. Look how hot the child is." Li Taohua hurried to the kitchen to pour water.
Lin Jingzhe was puzzled. "Why is it so hot? I'm not hot!"
Seeing that Li Zian's face was almost flushed, Lin Xiaoman quietly asked Lin Jingzhe: "Brother, did you bring me a gift?"
"Of course I brought it. I bought a lot of things. All of them were bought with my own pocket money. I didn't use the money my mother gave me." Lin Jingzhe was easily diverted to other topics. He rummaged around in his backpack for a while and took out two hairpins.
"Look, this one is for my mother, and this one is for you. You don't know, many girls in the county who are about your age wear flower hairpins, which are so beautiful." Lin Jingzhe gestured with the two hairpins in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Zi'an also bought one, and he bought three!"
Li Zian, whose expression had eased a little, suddenly started coughing.
"Come on, Zi'an, you must be thirsty!"
Li Taohua, not knowing what was going on, brought in two bowls of water.
Li Zian picked up a bowl of water and drank it in a few gulps.
"Mom, aunt, my grandparents at home don't know I'm back yet. I'll go back and tell them the good news." After saying that, he picked up the backpack and ran out of the door as if escaping.
Li Taohua called out from behind, "Zi'an, eat dinner before leaving..."
No one knows a son better than his mother. Li Shan's wife grabbed Li Taohua and said, "Let him be. My son has grown up and has his own ideas. But he has the same shamelessness as his father..."
Li Taohua almost understood what he said, and said jokingly with a smile: "Sister-in-law, it's almost time for you and brother to have grandchildren."
"Jingzhe is not a child anymore. He is only thirteen, but he can go to the city with Zi'an. He will definitely have a promising future. Maybe in two or three years, you will have a big fat grandson..."
Hearing this, Lin Jingzhe no longer cared about giving his mother the hairpin. He quietly slipped out of the hall with Lin Xiaoman and ran outside.
"Xiao Man, Mom and the others are so scary. They are all thinking about their big fat grandson."
Lin Jingzhe was glad that he reacted quickly, otherwise if he was caught by his mother, she would nag him for a long time.
Yes, it’s really cruel!
They are only thirteen!
In ancient times, people gave birth to children at the age of fourteen or fifteen, but girls nowadays are not yet fully developed!
Besides, my father and mother are only in their thirties. In modern times, there are many people who are not married in their thirties.
However, people in ancient times had a relatively short lifespan, and people in their forties became ancestors.
Those who are sixty years old even have great-grandchildren.
Lin Xiaoman was too lazy to think about these things. When it came to important matters such as marriage, she would definitely make her own decision.
So he stopped worrying and pestered Lin Jingzhe, "Brother, is there anything new in Jialin County?"
The last time I went to Jialin County, I only stayed there for one day. I spent half the day selling Qingming rice cakes, and actually didn’t go around much.
"Xiao Man, if you are curious, you can come with us when we deliver the rabbit next month." Lin Jingzhe said, "Then we can go to Chiayi County. I heard that Chiayi County is much more prosperous than Jialin County."
"Okay, okay!" The two of them hit it off immediately, and Lin Xiaoman nodded, "What do you think? Should we buy a carriage? If mother doesn't agree, we can use the money we earn to support ourselves."
Horse! Lin Jingzhe was startled.
What man doesn't like horses!
Riding on a tall and majestic horse, he whipped the horse and flew out with a whoosh.
"Okay! But I can't let you pay. Anyway, you can hide the money you give me and just spend it!" Lin Jingzhe felt that after buying the horse, most of the time he would use it, and Xiaoman would just ride it occasionally, so how could he let her pay for it.
Lin Xiaoman thought that her brother was still naive.
If there really is a horse, why does she still stay in Shanglin Village every day?
There are always a few times in a month when she feels itchy. Not only can she go out in a carriage, she even wants to learn how to ride a horse herself.
Riding in a carriage is not as pleasant as riding a horse!
The two young men, whose interest was aroused by the horses, sat on the stones outside the courtyard gate. Their thoughts had already jumped out of Jialin County along with their wild imaginations.