Chapter 052 Observation
After dinner, Yuan Ming took Ji Qingyue out of the house.
Sitting in the carriage, looking through the window at the scenery outside passing by quickly, Ji Qingyue still felt it was very unreal.
"Husband, do we really have to go to see her future husband for Sister Ruyan?"
Yuan Ming held a piece of paper and lowered his head to read the contents carefully. This was the map of Xiashi Village. After hearing Ji Qingyue's words, he folded the map and put it in his sleeve pocket.
"It's not for her, but for you. You care so much about Miss Liu, if you don't go to see it yourself, can you feel at ease?"
Ji Qingyue stuck out her tongue: "Thank you, husband."
The carriage swayed and stopped under a tall banyan tree about half an hour later.
The driver in front of them shouted, "My two guests, the carriage ahead can't go any further."
Yuan Ming lifted the curtain and looked outside.
They were now at the entrance of Xiashi Village. The banyan tree was lush and its trunk was as big as two people could hug together. There was a stone tablet hanging on the tree with the three characters Xiashi Village carved crookedly on it.
The driver was right. After passing the banyan tree, they arrived at the boundary of Xiashi Village. The road became narrower, with farmland on both sides. The muddy dirt road could not accommodate a carriage at all.
Yuan Ming said, "Please wait for us here. We can just go in and come out in half an hour at most."
The driver agreed.
The rental fee is based on the time, and he was happy to sit here and do nothing.
Yuan Ming helped Ji Qingyue get out of the car and walked through the big banyan tree.
It had just rained yesterday, so the road was really difficult to walk on. Ji Qingyue had never walked on such a muddy road before. His feet sank into the mud when he stepped on it, and when he pulled it out, the uppers of his shoes were covered with mud.
His delicate eyebrows wrinkled together, and he hesitated and did not dare to take another step.
At this moment, Yuan Ming took a step forward, walked in front of him and squatted down.
"Come on, I'll carry you."
Ji Qingyue was immediately delighted and jumped directly onto Yuan Ming's back.
Yuan Ming was almost knocked down by the sudden movement, but fortunately he had been in the habit of exercising during this period of time, and his body shook, but he was able to hold on.
Ji Qingyue scratched her head and asked guiltily, "Am I too heavy?"
Yuan Ming tilted his head to glance at him: "Hold tight."
Then he stood up and weighed Ji Qingyue's weight.
"Not heavy at all, I think it's a little light."
Ji Qingyue smiled while covering her mouth.
The family that Liu Ruyan was going to marry was named Wang, a big family in the village, and the name was also very ordinary.
Yuan Ming carried Ji Qingyue on the road for a while, and finally met a villager who went to the fields. He hurried over and asked, "Uncle, can you tell me how to get to Wang Dahu's house?"
The people in a village have always been fixed. When a new face suddenly appeared, the uncle looked at them curiously.
Seeing that they said Wang Dahu's name accurately, he thought they were relatives and friends of his family, and told them the place directly without any doubt.
Yuan Ming thanked him and continued walking in the direction the uncle pointed.
A quarter of an hour later, the road finally came to an end. The farmland disappeared, replaced by tall and short bungalows.
Wang Dahu's home is a bit remote, at the westernmost end of the village, with its back against the mountain.
The two stood in front of a fence wall, looking at the house in front of them, Ji Qingyue's brows wrinkled.
Along the way, they saw many villagers' houses and roughly understood that the living standards in Xiashi Village were relatively low. Only a few houses were made of stone, and most of them were made of bamboo.
And the family in front of them was poor to the core.
The walls were made of rattan fences, and the house was the simplest thatched hut. The yard was large and clean, with several kinds of vegetables neatly planted.
But because the yard was large and empty, the thatched hut looked even more simple and dangerous. The weather was still clear at this time, and Ji Qingyue couldn't help wondering if the house could withstand a heavy rain.
"What's wrong?" Yuan Ming couldn't help asking when he saw his face changing.
Ji Qingyue shook his head with a complicated look, and said angrily: "The Liu family's parents are really too bad. They actually married their daughter to such a place."
Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows. Compared to Ji Qingyue who only saw the appearance, he discovered a lot of things from it.
For example, the vegetable patch in the yard had been newly plowed, the field was very clean, there was not a single weed, and the bean sticks were planted neatly.
Although the house was small, the small open space in front was swept very clean, and the thatch on the roof was newly put up.
All these can show that the owner of this house is a very clean and hardworking person.
Ji Qingyue was still angry at the moment, so Yuan Ming gave up the idea of ​​reasoning with him and asked instead: "Do you want to knock on the door to get in?"
Ji Qingyue looked around when he heard this, and squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying: "There is no door, how can I knock?"
Yuan Ming couldn't help but burst out laughing. It was a bit funny what he said, but it was also true.
"Just shout."
He said, and was about to shout Wang Dahu's name, when the door of the thatched house suddenly opened, and a very tall man with very broad shoulders walked out.
The man saw them at a glance and walked straight over.
When he came to them, his body as strong as a hill was more clearly visible.
Suddenly, Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue felt that they were shrouded in a shadow.
Ji Qingyue moved behind Yuan Ming.
It was probably this action that made the man feel that he had scared them, and he shook his head in some confusion.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?"
Yuan Ming bowed to him and said, "This brother must be Wang Dahu, right? We don't mean to disturb you. I'm Yuan Ming, and my husband is a good friend of Miss Liu."
Upon hearing the word "Miss Liu", Wang Dahu's eyes lit up strangely, and he quickly opened the fence door to let them in.
Yuan Ming and Ji Qingyue sat down in the thatched hut in a daze. It was not their fault. It was because Wang Dahu was too strong and dragged Yuan Ming in. They could only speed up their pace in a hurry.
Wang Dahu went to pour them some water. Yuan Ming came back to his senses and began to look around the thatched hut.
They sat in the middle, which was similar to the main hall. There was a room on each side, blocked by a curtain in the middle. Wang Dahu went to the one on the right, which should be the kitchen.
There was no furniture in the main hall except the table and chairs they were sitting on. There were a few bows hanging on the wall, neatly arranged from large to small, and some farm tools were placed in the corners below.
After a while, Wang Dahu came in with two bowls of water.
"There is no tea at home, so I poured you two bowls of sugar water." A little red appeared on his dark face: "Did Miss Liu ask you to come?"
Yuan Ming took a sip of the sugar water, nodded and shook his head.
In Wang Dahu's anxious and puzzled eyes, he said: "Miss Liu really wants to see you, but she can't do so due to the rules. My husband is her good friend, so I came to see her in advance. After all, you will be with Miss Liu for the rest of your life."
His words really touched Wang Dahu's heart. The man like Xiaoshan immediately blushed and assured Ji Qingyue: "I will take good care of Miss Liu and will never let her suffer any grievances."
He said it quickly and rushed straight to Ji Qingyue's face, which frightened him again.
Yuan Ming stood between Wang Dahu and Ji Qingyue calmly and said, "Miss Liu said that when you first proposed marriage, her parents did not agree. Now they came to her house on their own initiative. Is it because of the relocation?"
Speaking of relocation, Wang Dahu's mood was a little low.
Although he only had a thatched cottage and a few acres of thin land, it was obvious that he had a lot of feelings for this place.
According to him, starting from a few days ago, many people from the town came to see the village chief every day. At first, no one knew why. Later, the news that the town guard wanted everyone in Xiashi Village to move away gradually spread, and people were panicked. For
this reason, the village chief specially convened a village meeting and solemnly stated that he would definitely not agree to the request easily and would stick to it for his hometown.
But just three days ago, the village chief's tone changed.
Yuan Ming calculated the date and found that it was the day before the Yong King held a poetry meeting. It seemed that Yong King had done a good job of convincing the people of Xiashi Village before buying the land from Liu Huairen.
Perhaps, this was the method Yong King used to persuade Liu Huairen.
After all, Liu Huairen was kind and righteous, which was not a secret in Shifang Town.