Chapter 22 Huo Qingxiang's Heart is High
As soon as she thought of this, Old Lady Wang suddenly came to her senses. She was so frightened that her hair stood on end. She pulled up her granddaughter Huo Dani and said, "I don't have any money and can't afford it."
After saying this, the grandfather and grandson walked away quickly, not daring to delay for a moment, and fled in a panic.
Du Wanwan's gaze followed the family like an ice cone, and many people in Huojia Village who had ulterior motives no longer dared to target this family.
The outsiders, the Du family, are very powerful and should not be offended easily.
Huo Si'en didn't expect that Du Wanwan could impress Old Lady Wang without making a sound, and he admired him even more in his heart. Such a good young man, if he encounters an opportunity in the future, he will definitely soar to the sky.
His granddaughter may not be able to control her.
It's better to take a break! Du Dalang is not an ordinary person. He knows a lot at a young age. If he is not interested in getting engaged, why should he bother himself?
Seeing that there was nothing exciting to see, the people of Huojia Village dispersed in disinterest.
Du Wanwan still asked Yao Meixian to send two prey to Yu Hanyan, and asked her third brother Du Wenhuo to send a pheasant to Huo Sien.
They were able to follow the Huo Family Village thanks to the old patriarch. Those who should be thanked must be thanked and should not be taken for granted.
Du Jiang felt that his daughter did the right thing. She stewed a pheasant, which the family could only eat once, and gave it to the patriarch of Huojia Village. He would always remember their kindness.
If they encounter problems again in the future, there will be people willing to help them out.
Of the five prey, three were killed at once, leaving him with two rabbits. The brothers Du Wenjun and Du Wenguan were in charge of the cleanup, and Yao Meixian came back from delivering the food and started to make a fire to stew the rabbits.
My daughter asked her to cook everything for her three younger brothers. For boys, growing taller is very important, and if they don't eat well, their height will be affected.
If you don’t have height, you will be inferior to others when it comes to marrying a wife or doing farm work.
My daughter is right. Boys do need to be tall. Being tall makes it easier to do things and gives you more strength.
Some people in Huojia Village were paying attention to the actions of Du Jiang's family. When they saw Yao Meixian gave two prey to the woman who gave birth, they privately said that their family was righteous.
"Women who are in confinement need to eat well, otherwise they won't have milk to feed their babies."
"The Du family are all well-intentioned, especially Du Dalang, who is very capable. I just don't know what kind of girl can be worthy of him."
"Huo Dani is actually pretty, but I didn't expect him to reject her. If he had to choose from the girls in our Huojia Village, the only one who could be her would be Qingxiang, the granddaughter of the clan leader."
"Don't talk nonsense. The clan leader's granddaughter has been clamoring to marry a scholar. It's obvious that Du Dalang is not a scholar, so she doesn't like him."
"Although she is not a scholar, she has skills and is a doctor with excellent medical skills. Du Dalang may not be impressed by her talent."
Several women gathered together to mend shoe soles and gossip. The clan leader’s granddaughter Huo Qingxiang happened to pass by. After overhearing what was going on, she ran home and started crying.
I didn't dare cry out loud, I just wiped my tears, feeling very aggrieved.
Her grandfather was a scholar, her father and second uncle were all scholars, she was the daughter of a scholar, why should she marry a peasant? Even if he had medical skills or other abilities, she would not like him.
Huo Qingxiang was crying sadly behind her back. Huo Sien came over and asked his granddaughter, "Why are you crying for no reason?"
When her grandfather discovered that she was being petty, Huo Qingxiang quickly lowered her head, looked at her toes, was silent for a moment, and then told him what the women were gossiping about.
Huo Sien sat down for a rare moment and looked at his granddaughter who had always been well-behaved and clever. "What do you think if Grandpa really betroths you to Du Dalang?"
"No, Grandpa!" Huo Qingxiang's eyes were filled with tears. "My granddaughter is still young. I don't want to get married so early. I want to stay at home and serve grandpa and grandma for a few more years."
Huo Sien looked at his granddaughter thoughtfully: "Do you really want to marry the scholar?"
At this point, Huo Qingxiang became a little bolder: "My granddaughter's ambition is higher than the sky. Ordinary people are really not in my granddaughter's eyes."
After hearing this, the women's guess was confirmed. Huo Sien said nothing, but smiled: "It's good to have high aspirations, but it depends on whether you have such a blessing. Qingxiang! Since you don't want to, grandpa won't force you.
But there is one thing you have to remember, Du Dalang! She is definitely not an ordinary person. Her future is definitely bright. It’s not that you look down on her, but that she may not take you seriously.”
"That's the best. My granddaughter and he hate each other."
Huo Qingxiang spoke in a low voice, but her attitude was firm, leaving no room for maneuver.
After looking at her meaningfully, Huo Sien stood up and left without saying anything.
It's a good thing that my granddaughter is looking forward to marrying into a wealthy family, but she also needs to understand the current situation. They are now fleeing, and it's unknown where they are fleeing to.
It is not so easy to enter a high-ranking family.
Children are children, they always think things too naively.
Huojia Village is a village of scholars. It has produced many scholars, but only a few passed the imperial examinations and there was no one who became the top scholar.
I don’t know what luck the people in Huojia Village have. They only produce scholars, but very few juren.
It may be difficult for my granddaughter to marry a juren. Fortunately, the child is still young. After waiting for two or three years, perhaps her character will change.
Mrs. Qian went back and told Yu Hanyan that Old Lady Wang wanted to marry her granddaughter to Du Wanwan for a few pheasants and rabbits. Yu Hanyan sighed and smiled bitterly after hearing this.
"My sister is so pitiful. She disguised herself as a man to make it easier for her to get around, but she didn't expect to be targeted by a greedy woman. In this world, some people will do anything to get food."
Mrs. Qian sighed, "Miss Du is very protective of the princess, and today she sent pheasants and rabbits. The princess must take good care of herself and take good care of the young master."
Yu Hanyan picked up her sleeping son and kissed his rosy face: "When you get to Liang County and see our people, prepare a generous gift for your sister."
"Yes! It's my duty." Mrs. Qian agreed with a comfortable smile on her face.
Miss Du's treatment of her princess was really impeccable. She caught two out of five prey at once, which was almost half of them.
In southern Xinjiang, these things are nothing, but in the current situation, being able to do this is a great favor.
Liang County is very close to the border town of southern Xinjiang, and they have people stationed there all year round. As long as there is no chaos there, arriving in Liang County is almost the same as arriving in southern Xinjiang.
Ye Zhenghai, the general defending Liang County and Marquis of Huayang, was an upright and wise man. He opened up border trade between Liang County and southern Xinjiang, which brought many benefits to the people of both countries.
The people from Southern Xinjiang were stationed in Liang County, and most of them were traders. Among them was the Nantong Trading Company under the name of the Queen.
As long as she can see the manager of Nantong Commercial Bank, the Ninth Princess will be saved, but she doesn't know what kind of dangers she will experience along the way.
Fortunately, they met Miss Du, who is a capable person. Hopefully, with her protection, they, the master and the servant, can travel to Liang County safely.
(End of this chapter)
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