"Master," Meixiang said, "Sister Jian has to work in the clinic every day. If I leave, her winery will be short of manpower. It's better to wait for the eldest master..."
Before Meixiang could finish her words, the Grand Tutor angrily said, "Don't say anything more. You won't make wine without you. Pack it up quickly."
After the Taifu finished speaking, he glanced at Ah Man who was rolling on the ground, and left the west room with a wave of his sleeves.
Seeing that crying and rolling around was useless, Ah Man resorted to another trick. When Meixiang changed her clothes, she jumped up and down, demanding to wear a winter coat. The weather was getting colder now, and even a padded jacket at night was too thin. It would be strange if she didn't catch a cold if she wore a winter coat.
If she caught a cold, she could stay and let Jian Ning treat her. This was exactly what Ah Man had in mind.
She didn't want to leave, but Jane Ning didn't dare to keep her.
"A'man, be obedient and stop making trouble. When I'm free in the future, I'll bring Shu'er and the others to the capital to see you. It's not like we'll never see each other again." Jian Ning took the thin cotton jacket from Meixiang's hand and said, "Come, let's put on the clothes. If you don't behave, I won't come to see you even if I have time in the future."
Da Niu and San Niu also came in. They gave A Man the dolls that Jian Ning had made when they moved to the old house, one was the Weaver Girl, the other was Chang'e.
Erniu didn't come because she was beaten by A'man and was still angry with him.
"Mom, why do you want to send me back? I don't want to go back. I won't say ugly words anymore, woooo..." Ah Man took the gifts from Da Niu and San Niu, and immediately felt the atmosphere of parting. She hugged the two dolls and burst into tears.
Humans are not plants or trees, so who can be heartless?
Ah Man called Jian Ning "Mom" every day. Deep down, she was reluctant to let Ah Man go, but she also felt extremely guilty. She had been so busy recently that Ah Man and the three girls at home had been left to their own devices. Fortunately, the village was about to open a clan school, so she decided to send the three girls, including Da Niu, to go. She couldn't let them continue to run wild like this.
Uncle Ding Sanye harnessed the cart and volunteered to take them to the county town, saving the tutor from having to hire someone to drive the cart to the county after he had already gone to the town.
Ah Man cried and pulled at Jian Ning's clothes. Mei Xiang was also unwilling to go back and cried even more sadly than Ah Man. The Taifu was a little confused.
Yes, he had kicked Meixiang in anger, but it wasn't very hard. He didn't understand why Meixiang was crying. Ah Man was a child, and with the older girls here to keep her company, she naturally didn't want to go back. So why would Meixiang be so reluctant to leave?
But he was too lazy to ask her at this moment.
"Mom, you must bring my sisters and the others to see me, as well as Dad and Dabao. Come, don't forget me, you must remember me!"
Before getting on the car, Ah Man was still tearful and refused to leave.
"Maoqiu...you can take it with you. Let it accompany you." Dabao came over with Maoqiu in his arms. "I've made a promise with it. It's for you."
She reached out to take it, and the ball of fur actually let her hold it obediently, but when she got on the carriage and saw that Dabao didn't get in, it "whoosh" and jumped down again.
"Wow, you little bad boy..." Ah Man burst into tears and wanted to get off the car. The tutor said "hmm", and Meixiang and Lai Xi hurriedly pulled her back.
Uncle Ding drove the horse to turn the front of the car, but Brother Qiu raised his snake body to block the front of the car. No matter how Jian Ning shouted at it, it refused to move aside. It seemed that it wanted to go with Ah Man.
This was strange. When the Taifu heard that the big snake was blocking the way, he opened the window and remembered that Brother Qiu had tried to snatch the bamboo stick from his hand before. He didn't know that Brother Qiu followed Jian Ning because of Ah Man, and just thought that Ah Man and Brother Qiu were familiar with each other.
No matter what, since his granddaughter could make a snake cling to her, the Taifu felt that little A'man was quite capable.
But how could their family possibly keep a big snake? Taifu knew that Brother Qiu could understand human words, so he tried to persuade it to move aside with kind words, but Brother Qiu just kept nodding at him as if bowing, and refused to move aside no matter what he said.
Guoguo squatted on his own exclusive chair, like a cold and aloof king, staring at Brother Qiu quietly without making a sound.
"Ah Man, get down first." Jian Ning walked to the front of the carriage, held Ah Man down, and whispered a few words to her. Ah Man then looked at Brother Qiu, who also looked at her. After a while, he silently made way.
The Grand Tutor was puzzled but said nothing.
The carriage started moving. After Master Ding San drove it out of the yard, Jian Ning and Ding Youtian followed Dabao, Da Niu and San Niu out of the yard. Ah Man stuck her head out, waving her little hands and shouting, "Don't forget to come see me!"
Erniu ran out. She leaned against the gate, biting her lips, and tried her best to stand on tiptoe to look out, but she was stubborn and refused to go forward to say hello.
On the village road, Blind Liu, carrying a cloth bag, returned with Ding Pingshun. He now spent his daytime storytelling in town, reciting the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in the house that once housed Old Qin, the first floor of which had been converted into a teahouse. Ding Pingshun became a waiter and no longer sold vegetables, only delivering them to Zhang Mazi in the mornings.
"Brother, you're back." Uncle Ding San greeted Blind Liu warmly when he saw him.
Blind Liu fluttered his eyelids and made a "hmm" sound.
"Are you still delivering wine at this time?" Ding Pingshun looked at the carriage passing by, thinking that Master Ding San was going to the town to deliver wine. He thought to himself that the winery's business was really good. Now he was helping Blind Liu as a waiter in the teahouse, and occasionally he could get some tips. Together with the dividends given to him by Blind Liu, he could sometimes earn about a hundred coins a day when business was good.
But this amount of money was far less than the income of the winery, and he felt a little jealous.
When they arrived at the village, Blind Liu and Ding Pingshun met the older brothers at the village entrance. They had just returned from working outside after lunch. When the brothers returned home, Meng heard the noise and ran out crying to complain.
When Liu and her family were cooking dinner, Meng went to the kitchen and saw that they had slaughtered a chicken. She started to curse at them, saying that they had just become the head of the household and were already eating and drinking as much as they wanted.
But neither Liu nor Gao paid any attention to her.
When it was time for dinner, Meng was still waiting for them to come and invite her. She waited and waited but nothing came. She could not wait any longer and ran to the kitchen to lift the lid of the pot. There was a bowl of vegetable paste in the pot, and you could see your reflection in it.
Meng ran to ask Liu, "Where's the chicken?" Liu, leaning against the door and picking her teeth, casually told her that the chicken was for Old Ding and the eldest brother who was working away from home, and that she had only had a bowl of vegetable porridge.
Do you need to pick your teeth after drinking vegetable porridge?
What a joke! Meng didn't even get a sip of chicken soup. She was so angry that she rushed up to fight Liu, but was beaten by Liu and Gao who came over.
"I can't live anymore! This life is unbearable!" She slapped her legs and howled at the eldest brother and the others, making it clear that she wanted the eldest and the third brother to deal with their wives and let her vent her anger.
But Liu used her key to open the cabinet and brought out the stewed chicken that had been left for the eldest brother and his brothers. "We haven't eaten it yet. We saved it for you and Dad. I told Mom about it, but she just wouldn't believe it. She insisted that we stole it and kept making a fuss. It really annoyed Dad!"
"You rotten-hearted bastard, I'll beat you to death!" Meng didn't expect that they would team up to trick her. Relying on the return of the boss and others, she thought she had a backer. She was so angry that she took off one of her shoes and rushed towards Liu with great momentum.
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