The people in front of the Tang family mansion had not yet dispersed. Many children were surrounding the carriage, walking around, which was very strange.
Tang Shiyue didn't look at it any further and went straight home.
When the venison was ready, she took two jars for Tang Shirong, and prepared two more jars to give to the two teachers in the clan school, and then sent another jar to Tang's fourth uncle's family.
Madam Zhou took the meat bowl and turned around to say to Fourth Uncle Tang: "This girl Yue is really smart. She is very thorough and pretty. She is really lovable. If we didn't have the same surname, I would have asked someone to introduce her to our Chen'er." She sighed for a while and couldn't help but say: "It's just that her mother is really hard to describe. She looks at such promising children, but she has a depressed face all day long."
She was right. At this moment, Mrs. Wang had a dejected face.
In fact, Tang Shiyue knows her very well. She is the type who will be unhappy for no reason. I am unhappy, and I won’t say it, but you should be able to see it and ask me. Of course, I won’t tell you if you ask me, but you should comfort me, coax me and tolerate me...
To put it simply, it's a combination of a bitch and princess syndrome.
So when Tang Shirong came back, her unhappiness immediately showed on her face. Tang Shirong was very filial, but he was a little straight man and didn't understand his mother's thoughts. Normally, he would always ask a few polite questions and listen to her sighs, but this time, Tang Shiyue interrupted every word...
Yes, I just don’t indulge her bad habits.
The next morning, Wang got up early and put on her new clothes. It was a waist-length skirt that was not often worn nowadays, which made her waist look slimmer and more graceful. She combed her hair carefully in front of the mirror. When I saw her like this, I knew that the "heart-to-heart talk" that night was probably in vain.
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But it doesn't matter. A hypocrite like Tang Yongfu cares most about his face. The village women in his family helped first, and then his second uncle and fourth uncle Tang gave gifts. Even if He is not helpful, he will definitely keep quiet for a few days.
Having temporarily solved the Tang family's worries, Tang Shiyue is now focused on making money. When she passed by Qi's house in the morning, she took a few more glances, thinking that if she could meet Qi Jing today, she would talk to him about going into the mountains.
Someone came towards her and grinned at her: "Girl Yue! I heard you are not stupid anymore?"
This man was a second-rate person in the village. Because his hair was bald and fell out in patches, exposing his scalp, everyone called him Chen Laizitou. Tang Shiyue just nodded and quickened his pace. Chen Laizitou did not chase him, but just walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, occasionally rolling his eyelids and looking at Qi's house not far away, with a fierce look in his eyes.
Tang Shiyue went up the mountain for a walk and picked some wild fruits and vegetables, but the harvest was not great. After he came down the mountain, he looked for a place to set a lasso. Halfway through setting it, he met a group of village children coming down the mountain. They were all eight or nine years old. They put Tang Shiyue's thirteen-year-old silver among them, just like a teapot among a pile of tea bowls.
Seeing her setting the noose, the children gathered around her and asked questions. Tang Shiyue did not hide anything and taught them in detail how to set the noose. They talked for a long time before they left.
Not long after they walked, they saw Qi Jing coming down the mountain with a wild rabbit hanging around his waist. When he saw her, he stopped and looked at her quietly.
In fact, she really likes his stern and steady demeanor. Compared with those lively, gentle, and evil ones, she prefers this calm and composed manliness. Although he is only a teenager now, his heart seems to have been tempered into steel and is indestructible... This is a feeling of being tempered by wind and rain, which is completely different from Tang Shirong's polite and self-disciplined young man.
Thinking of what Madam Zhou said about how he lost his parents and wandered here alone with his younger brother, Tang Shiyue felt a little sympathetic. With a smile on his face, he said, "Qi Xiaolang, I just happened to be looking for you."
He asked, "Hunting together?"
"Well, I guess so," Tang Shiyue said, "I think there shouldn't be anything good nearby. I want to pick a day and go to the mountains. You are responsible for protecting me. We will split whatever we get. If..."
Before she finished speaking, he refused without hesitation: "No."
Tang Shiyue was stunned: "Why?"
Qi Jing said, "It will take at least two days to go back and forth to the deep mountains. It won't work."
She still didn't understand. Wasn't it common for hunters in the mountains to stay in the mountains for three to five days? Did he never spend a night in the mountains?
Qi Jing said the next moment: "I have a younger brother at home, so I can't stay overnight in the mountains."
Yes! He has a younger brother at home! Tang Shiyue was immediately annoyed. It seems that this way is not feasible. If the two families are related, or if Wang's family is established, he can ask Wang's family to help take care of his younger brother, but now...
Tang Shiyue didn't hesitate: "Forget it, I'll think of a way."
Qi Jing said: "But if you are hunting or collecting herbs nearby, you can come to me."
Tang Shiyue raised her eyebrows and said, "Then I can do it myself, why should I look for you? I don't want fame."
Qi Jing looked at her and said, "So you asked me to go into the mountains, but you're not afraid of damaging your reputation?"
"You don't understand this, do you?" Tang Shiyue said to him while tying the rope, "Going into the mountains is to seek greater benefits. When the benefits are big enough, you can take corresponding risks... But if you do something small, it's not worth taking risks."
Qi Jing was speechless for a moment.
After a while, he put down his bow and arrows and helped her set the lasso. Tang Shiyue smiled and said, "Even if you catch a rabbit with this lasso, I won't share it with you."
He said, "I know."
"Then why did you help me?"
Qi Jing said: "I want to make friends with you and show my kindness to you, so that I can go hunting and collecting herbs with you later."
No, is it really okay to kiss you so bluntly? Tang Shiyue held her forehead.
In fact, she was a little puzzled. Why did he accept it so quickly? Wouldn't most people have to try it a few more times?
She asked, and Qi Jing said calmly: "Don't you already know?"
He usually speaks little, but probably to show his sincerity, he still said a few more words.
Generally speaking, I am unlucky. In one sentence, I win in every competition, but always fail in everything I do.
He was born with extremely bad luck, so it was naturally easier for him to accept someone like her who was born with extremely good luck.
Poor kid. Tang Shiyue looked at him with sympathy.
The two chatted as they worked, and together they set up seven or eight nooses. Seeing that it was getting dark, Tang Shiyue hurried home.
Entering the yard, Tang Shiyue saw the kitchen cold and cold. She went into the room and saw Wang combing her hair in front of a copper basin. She didn't do anything strange, and there was no sign that anyone else had been there. She was inexplicably relieved. Seeing Xiao Yaoer lying on the bed, she was a little surprised: "Yaoer, did you go to bed so early?"
Wang had a cold and indifferent expression.
She didn't wait for her to answer and hurried to cook. When the meal was on the table, she went over and shook Xiao Yao'er: "Yao'er? Get up and eat!"
Xiao Yaoer didn't say a word. Tang Shiyue wanted to pull her over, but as soon as his hand touched her face, she stood up suddenly!
Xiao Yao'er's head and face were burning hot, and she was already dizzy! Tang Shiyue asked anxiously, "What's going on? Mother!"
Wang, who had her hair tied up in a new bun, was sitting in front of the copper basin, and was startled by her. She stamped her feet and said coquettishly, "Why are you so loud? You scared me!"
Tang Shiyue gritted her teeth in anger, picked up Xiaoyaoer, and angrily said, "Xiaoyaoer is sick! What happened!"
Wang was stunned for a moment, then became a little annoyed: "I am your mother! How can you talk to your elders in such an attitude!"
You still know you are my mother!
Tang Shiyue gritted her teeth, carried Xiaoyaoer and walked out. Wang hesitated for a moment, but still followed her out. After touching Xiaoyaoer's forehead, she felt a little embarrassed and muttered, "No wonder she didn't eat anything early in the morning and just lay down to be lazy."
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