"Aiyo, who do I think it is? Isn't this Manman? I heard that you invited the regular doctor yesterday, and seeing your sickly and unwell body, you came to wash the clothes. That leader of yours is truly heartless. "
A woman in brown clothes shouted, afraid that no one would hear her. The few men who were washing clothes nearby all looked up to see what was going on.
"Sanniang, don't talk about others' weaknesses. Do you think that everyone is like the one in your family, able to be easily bullied and listen to you?
You still don't know, Xiao Yiming? I think he doesn't like this daughter-in-law either, since the Xiao Family is so poor that they can't even open a pot of rice, and have such a problem with being warm and full, it's natural that they don't have the money to marry a daughter-in-law.
is both ugly and cheap, but she is still a woman after all, so Xiao Yiming picked up a cheap wife … "
The woman who was washing the clothes in her hands was called Liu Yao, and was foaming at the mouth. Looking at her, it was obvious that she was gossiping.
Luo Manman was shocked, she never thought that this body would have such a scene, it was truly pitiful.
However, she didn't care about this. She just kept quiet and kept busy with the work in her hands.
Liu Yao loved to look at the family members and she was very well-informed, so there were very few things in the village that could hide from her eyes.
Although this Luo Manman was a little ugly, at least she was not stupid.
She could get a few taels of silver just by being a matchmaker. Who would have thought that her father would just give it away like that?
Seeing that Luo Manman was silent, she continued to gossip with the woman beside her. Sanniang asked sarcastically, "Liu Yao, you seem to know quite a bit …"
While the two of them were chatting, a girl with a beautiful figure and delicate face slowly approached with a bucket of clothes in her arms.
The two women who were discussing immediately stopped talking, and at the same time looked at Luo Manman, as if they were watching a good show.
"Sister cuckoo, you're so hardworking. You're here to wash the clothes." Sanniang shouted as he slapped his wet clothes with a wooden stick.
"Sigh, good day to Sanniang." The cuckoo answered sweetly.
After soaking the clothes in the water, he raised his head to look at Luo Manman who was seriously washing the clothes. He rolled his eyes and called out: "Manman, I heard that you were sick. Why didn't you rest at home properly and come out to wash clothes?"
Manman, this way of addressing him, it was as though they were very familiar with each other, but Luo Manman did not recognize this person in front of him?
This woman called Rhododendron was really beautiful. Her thick eyebrows and big eyes were so tender that they could pinch water out of her skin.
Looking at her waist which looked like a willow branch, it was obvious that she was a girl that even men would like.
Luo Manman lowered her head and looked at the small stream that was flowing with water that was imprinted with her ugly appearance, and wailed.
If it were the system flowers from his previous life, he would definitely be able to suppress this cuckoo. People had no choice but to lower their heads under the eaves.
However, looking at the sour taste in her mouth, her figure and appearance did not resemble the ordinary-looking girl that he had seen in the morning. Who was this?
He couldn't tell that Xiao Yiming, this handsome fool, was actually someone to be trifled with, as he was quite popular among women.
However, what did this have to do with her? In her eyes, Xiao Yiming was her savior, not her so-called hubby.
Luo Manman continued to wash her clothes. Hearing her somewhat provocative tone, she pretended not to hear.
"Look, this Luo Manman has quite the airs, to actually ignore him, Xiao Yiming is too weak, even praising her own wife." "Where did you pick it up?"
The Liu Yao complained with "fighting to the death", but his astute fish tailed road logic was already shaking.
Luo Manman had caused the silver in her hands to fly.
Sanniang wanted to sing a song: "That's right, I really don't know why Xiao Niang took a fancy to such an ugly thing, to be able to give it to me as a wife."
"Isn't it equivalent to giving it away? "There's not even a banquet?" The two of them chuckled again.
"I say, Sanniang, you guys are already so old, don't make things difficult for the other girls. Did she provoke you? Or are you trying to curry favor with the village chief by flattering Miss Dugong? "
w.a.n.g Daogu's wife who was washing clothes together with him couldn't help but ask.
"Aunt w.a.n.g, this has nothing to do with you. Don't interrupt." Moreover, what Aunt w.a.n.g and Liu Yao said was the truth. "
The cuckoo beat her clothes in anger. She didn't care about the splashes of water. She, the man whom the village flower liked, was completely pummeled by the pig just like that.
d.a.m.n, thinking about it, he really had a temper.
However, Xiao Yiming's family was just too poor, so it was no wonder his parents didn't agree to her marrying.
But she really did like Xiao Yiming, and she didn't want to suffer and suffer in poverty, she really let this ugly b.a.s.t.a.r.d off.
Aunt w.a.n.g could not stand these people bullying strangers. As soon as her stubborn temper rose, she replied:
"Does Lady Spring still care about her husband? I advise you not to think too much. He is already married. Even if he isn't, would your sn.o.bbish mother agree?
Can your father, the village head who loves money, accept this? So you don't have to vent your anger on innocent people. "
"You …" The cuckoo was so angry that her face turned green, and her pretty face was filled with colorful colors.
"What about you, could it be that what I said was wrong? Luo Manman's temper is at least a hundred times better than yours." Aunt w.a.n.g looked at Luo Manman who was silent, and felt that it was unfair.
"Stop spouting nonsense. Who cares about the Xiao family? Don't ruin my reputation." The cuckoo retorted angrily.
Aunt w.a.n.g said sarcastically, "Is that so? You know that. I don't like bullying honest people like you. "Don't think that I'm afraid of you just because you're the daughter of the Village Head."
"You … I can't be bothered with you." The cuckoo washed her clothes randomly, put them in a wooden basin, got up and left.
He rolled his eyes at Luo Manman who had already washed his clothes: "Xiao Yiming probably bought it when he was blind, hmph …"
After she left, the few people by the river started to discuss again, "This cuckoo is really spicy, who doesn't know that she has liked Xiao Yiming for many years.
Even though they despise the poverty of the Xiao family, they cannot tolerate the marriage of a woman from another family.
"There will be a good show in the future. "I'm afraid the Xiao family has offended the village head. In the future, we won't be able to reap any benefits from the village."
When he thought about how he would split the land between the village and the Xiao family, he was afraid that he had offended the village head.
After the cuckoo left, Luo Manman quickly picked up the wooden basin that was used to wash clothes and looked at Aunt w.a.n.g gratefully before slipping away. It was her first time here, but facing these long-tongued women, she really couldn't take it.
Seeing Luo Manman's figure in the distance, Aunt w.a.n.g shouted, "That, Xiao Family Wife, don't take it to heart …"
"Oh, this person has already walked far away. Aunt w.a.n.g, you're still praising him?" Ye Zichen didn't even look at his target when he patted the horse. Don't get kicked on the horse leg. "
Liu Yao rubbed the clothes on his hands, sour saliva flying from his mouth.
The Sanniang also agreed at this time: "That's right, Xiao Yiming now has a wife, looks like Miss Dujuan will definitely understand now, and accept the marriage arranged for her by the village head.
I heard that she married into a large family in the town. It's good that her parents are beautiful, but the most important thing is that she has a father who has connections. Now that she's married into a good family, she won't have to worry about it in her next life. "
Aunt w.a.n.g picked up the bucket filled with clothes and said unhappily, "Do you know that you are afraid of flattery here? Will marrying into the large family be alright? "
Aunt w.a.n.g was the concubine of a large family in the town. When the master died, the princ.i.p.al's wife chased her out.
Even though they were rich at the time, every day pa.s.sed differently — it wasn't like they were on tenterhooks.
What was like now? Although her days were a bit poor, her husband was good to her, so he was still in the mood to drink and be fed.
So she felt the same.
"Tch, she married her own daughter, large family, and didn't live well, that's why she cursed others? Do you think everyone's life is the same as hers? " Liu Yao protested.
"That's right. But, Liu Yao, be a bit softer, Sanniang knows that you are feeling aggrieved. Isn't it just a few silver coins?
"I heard that the A'Niu family in the neighboring village wanted to get married, but gave a huge price for it. You have to look for a family." Sanniang answered.
"Really? Thank you Sanniang."
The group of village women by the stream continued their journey, at this time Luo Manman had already followed the village path back to the Xiao Clan.
In the s.p.a.cious yard, she picked up the clothes in the wooden basin one by one. With her thin and weak hands, she twisted the clothes until they were dry.
One by one, the bamboo poles were torn apart and dried. Finally, his hands moved to the sides of his clothes to prevent his clothes from drying up.
Xiao Niang, who had just finished feeding the chickens in the courtyard, was sitting on a wooden chair in the hall.
When she heard the commotion, she immediately raised her head. Seeing Luo Manman place the wooden basin back by the door, she smiled affectionately: "So you went to wash clothes, where did you think you went?"
"About that … Auntie, I saw that the clothes were left here, so I went to wash the clothes." As Luo Manman spoke, she inched closer to her and realized that Xiao Niang was seriously embroidering with her head down.
Xiao Niang got up early every morning to make breakfast, feed the chickens, wash the clothes and then start embroidering.
There was a watermark on the cloth. From the looks of it, it looked like a peony flower.
It seemed like there were embroidery flowers in this era, and they were all artificially embroidered. It was unlike the high-tech days where computers were embroidered flowers. "Huu."
"Mana, how's your embroidery skills? I'll bring more tomorrow. Shall we work together? " Xiao Niang smiled until his eyes became a slit.
What about embroidery? It was the work of a workshop in the town. Every seven days, there would be carriages pulling the workshops to the villages, dividing the fabric or embroidering the women in the village.
Some of these embroidery flowers were used to make clothes, while others were used to make handkerchiefs. It was said that the price after these embroidered clothes were made was extremely high, which was used by those distinguished officials and dignitaries.
The embroidery work was done at a high cost. Embroidery was a trade that many women in the village knew how to do.
This was also one of the villagers' source of income.
"About that, I'm not very good at embroidery, am I?" Luo Manman was a little hesitant, it was difficult for her to even pierce through a needle, how could she embroider these things?