Chapter 24 Yang Lian'er's blind date

Li Wanyue randomly mentioned a few: "For example: chickens and rabbits are in the same cage. There are thirty chickens on the top and ninety rabbits on the bottom. How many chickens and rabbits are there respectively?"

"Or maybe you raise some chickens and rabbits. There are thirteen more chickens than rabbits, and the chickens have sixteen more legs than the rabbits. How many chickens and rabbits are there?"

"A rabbit picks mushrooms. He picks 108 in seven days. He picks 20 on sunny days and 12 on rainy days. How many of these seven days are sunny and how many are rainy?"

Shopkeeper Wu's CPU is about to burn out. What kind of question is this? Why is it all about rabbits? Is there really an answer to this question? Is it not a random one?

He thought about the first question and calculated it in his mind for a while, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Girl, are you sure you have the answer?"

"Yes."

"Could you please repeat it again, girl, so I can write down these questions?"

"Can."

Shopkeeper Wu immediately went to get paper and pen, but he didn't expect the girl in front of him to take the pen directly and start writing quickly on the paper.

Shopkeeper Wu was even more surprised. This farm girl was not only literate, but also had beautiful handwriting.

Li Sandong was also surprised. His sister's handwriting was so good?

Li Wanyue finished the questions quickly and explained the first question to the shopkeeper under his expectant eyes.

Manager Wu's situation suddenly became clear.

"Great! This is a great question."

Seeing that the shopkeeper had completely strayed from the topic, Li Wanyue brought the topic back: "Shopkeeper, the bamboo shoots I brought today..."

"Take it, take it, I'll have someone weigh it."

Shopkeeper Wu asked the people in the kitchen to pour the bamboo shoots into a basket and weigh them, and it weighed twenty-six kilograms.

Li Wanyue said, "Shopkeeper, just count it as 20 kilograms. The other 6 kilograms will be given to you as a gift. You can give it to others to taste."

Shopkeeper Wu smiled. This girl is smart and really knows how to get things done.

"Miss Li is straightforward. I've made note of it. However, I'm very interested in the advice you gave me and these three questions. For this, I'll pay you 30 kilograms. If it helps to improve the business, I'll thank you separately."

"I don't deserve it, but even if you want to post the questions, it's best to post only one or two questions at a time and change them after a few days."

Shopkeeper Wu nodded, he understood.

One catty is six cents, and thirty catties are one hundred and eighty cents.

Li Wanyue took the copper coin, thanked him, and left with Li Sandong.

Li Sandong was holding the heavy copper coins, still a little confused. Did he make money? Or were there just a lot of them on the mountain that no one wanted?

He had never earned more than a hundred coins a day. Even if the three brothers and their father worked together, they could not earn that much in a day.

"Sister, we really made some money. We made 180 coins right away. This is the first time I've ever earned so much money."

"I'll get more later. Let's go shopping."

The two walked forward a few steps and saw several figures walking out of Ruifu Building.

Yang Zhoushi, Yang Lianer, Yang Lianer's aunt and a matchmaker who was painting eyebrows and hair, it was obvious that they were here to meet someone.

On the right is a mother and son. The woman has a plump figure and wears a dress that is better than fine cotton. She looks like she comes from a well-off family.

The young man was about the same height as Yang Lian'er, a little fat, and stared straight at Yang Lian'er.

Yang Lian'er was wearing a clean pink cotton skirt, with her head down, not knowing what she was thinking. Looking at the expressions of Yang and the other woman, one could tell that they were quite satisfied with each other.

Li Sandong only took a glance and then looked away. He didn't know if it was because he was too busy these days, but when he saw Yang Lian'er looking at someone else, he didn't feel any emotion.

Yang Lian'er seemed to have noticed something as well. She looked up, and when she saw Li Sandong, surprise and guilt flashed in her eyes, and she quickly lowered her head.

"Sister, let's go." The two ignored the others and walked away calmly.

Li Wanyue asked: "Do you still feel sad when you see her looking at others?"

"No."

"Hmm?" Li Wanyue looked at him: "Don't you like her very much?"

Li Sandong looked forward: "I can't say whether I like her or not. She and I are about the same age and grew up together. When she was young, I saw that she was thin and frail, so I often helped her cut grass for pigs and collect firewood, treating her like a younger sister. Later, when she grew up, there was a difference between boys and girls, and she learned embroidery, so I rarely saw her.

Until the parents of both sides were interested in the marriage, I thought she was good, so I agreed. After the engagement, I naturally treated her as the person to spend the rest of my life with, and wanted to treat her well. I can understand Aunt Yang's proposal to cancel the engagement. Our family owed a lot of money at that time, and we didn't want her to suffer after marrying in. Now that she has met a better person, I wish her the best. "

Li Wanyue nodded. Most people in the village didn't have the chance to get along with other girls. Marriage was arranged after just one or two meetings. There was no chance to fall in love, so I'm afraid not many people could experience the feeling of being pounding.

"You will meet better people in the future. Come on, let's go shopping." After Li Wanyue said this, the two of them walked towards the vegetable market.

First I went to the butcher's stall and bought three pounds of pork fat for sixty cents to make oil.

She went to the grain store again and bought five pounds of old rice for forty cents. Although she wanted to buy refined rice, she had too little money, so she spent it sparingly.

Five catties of corn (millet) cost thirty cents. Seeing that mung beans were cheap, I bought ten catties of mung beans and spent forty cents.

I passed by a stall selling fried sugar cakes. They were ten cents a piece, buy five and get one free. In ancient times, sugar and oil were expensive, and it was a luxury for the villagers to be able to eat a piece of sugar cake.

But there will be income tomorrow. My family hasn’t eaten good food for a long time. Thinking of the expressions on the children’s faces when they saw the sugar cakes, I spent one hundred coins to buy twelve pieces.

Fortunately, I brought some copper coins with me when I went out, otherwise I would have to buy fewer things.

She handed a piece to Li Sandong, who quickly waved his hand: "I don't want to eat it. Give it to my parents and Xiaolan."

"There are so many, enough for one person. Eat it now while it's still hot."

After saying that, she took one piece for herself, wrapped the rest, put it in her backpack, and ate while walking.

Li Sandong took a small bite and found it sweet, soft and sticky, filling his mouth with fragrance and delicious.

He had forgotten the last time he had a sweet cake.

Li Wanyue finished the meal in just a few bites, while Li Sandong had only eaten half. She understood his feelings.

The two walked home, and although they were carrying heavy things, their steps were lighter.

As soon as the Li siblings left, the Yang mother and daughter also got on the rented donkey cart and went back.

Let’s go and send my aunt back to their village first.

In the donkey cart, Yang Zhou saw that her daughter looked unhappy and asked with concern, "Lian'er, what's wrong with you?"

Yang Lian'er was angry, but she couldn't lose her temper in front of her aunt, so she just replied calmly: "Nothing, I'm just a little tired."

The eldest sister Yang Zhou smiled and said, "Lian'er, do you think Cao Wenxing is not as good-looking as Li Sandong? He is a little bit inferior to Li Sandong, but can a face be used to make a living?

Look, they have specially booked a private room in Ruifulou just to see you. Ruifulou is the best restaurant in our town. This meal costs one and a half taels of silver, which is enough for a farmer like us to eat for nearly half a year. Look at the clothes they are wearing, they are made of velvet and cotton, better than fine cotton cloth. If the law did not prohibit our boss from wearing silk clothes, they could afford to wear silk.

As the old saying goes, marry a man to get food and clothing. Isn't it the purpose of marrying a man to have a good man and not worry about food and clothing? Look how good Cao Wenxing is to you. When he saw you, he gave you a betrothal gift of ten taels of silver, a silver hairpin and a set of velvet and cotton clothes. He values you so much. What else are you not satisfied with?

If my mother-in-law hadn't known the mother of Mrs. Cao, she might not have seen a family like ours. Don't be stupid and turn down such a good marriage."