Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 254 Ridicule

In other words, apart from this student who has reached the level of a scholar, Yuan Qing is the top student in the academy.

From this point of view, there is a very high possibility that Yuan Qing will pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, and Yuan Shan will really become a daughter of an official family.

Luo Yanxing looked at Erni and Tianfang who were full of envy, and suddenly joked: "Yuan Qing is so good to his younger sister, and he will be very good to his wife in the future. You don't have to be too envious. If you can't be a younger sister, you can work hard to marry into the Yuan family and become his wife. Sister Erni, Sister Tianfang, haven't your two families been looking at each other recently? Haven't you seen the Yuan family?"

Erni and Tian Fang's faces instantly turned red, Erni glared at her angrily and said in a low voice: "Little girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Aren't you ashamed?"

This is a restaurant, it’s dinner time, and there are other people in the store!

Luo Yanxing glanced at the people at the table who were already drunk and said indifferently: "What are you afraid of? We are so far away, they can't hear us."

Erni glared at her again, "Just shut up."

At the same time, they felt lucky that it was winter and there were few people coming to the restaurant to eat and drink, otherwise, the tables around them would definitely be full of people.

Tian Fang curled her lips and lowered her voice, "Don't think about it. My parents said that the Yuan family will not find a daughter-in-law in the village. They want to follow the example of the Shen family and wait for Yuan Qing to pass the imperial examination and then marry him to a lady from a wealthy family in the capital."

Zhou Meiyue was very surprised, "What about He Tianyu?"

In the past two years, He Tianyu often went to Yuan's house, and she only played with Yuan Shan in the entire Wutong Village. Mr. He turned a blind eye to this. Everyone privately said that the He family wanted to marry He Tianyu to Yuan Qing.

I thought the Yuan family's silence meant they had tacitly agreed to the matter, but I didn't expect that the Yuan family had other plans.

Tian Fang couldn't help but gloat over her misfortune and said, "Her? Forget it. How can a merchant's daughter be compared with a noble lady from the capital? Anyone would know how to choose."

Luo Yanxing also mocked: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I really want to tell her this news, to see her depressed face. She fawns over Yuan Shan like nothing every day, isn't it just for Yuan Qing, don't you think everyone knows it?"

Song Ying felt that the Yuan family was a little dishonest. Since they had other plans, how could they keep them hanging? But Yuan Qing had always been very kind to them and even taught her to read, making him half her master. It was difficult for her to say anything bad about the Yuan family.

Because of Yuan Qing's kindness, and because He Tianyu was still their enemy, Song Ying's heart was naturally biased, and she unconsciously made excuses for Yuan Qing and the Yuan family.

The He family did not say it explicitly, so the Yuan family naturally could not find the other party and say, "I don't like your daughter. Keep your daughter under control and don't let her get close to my Yuan Qing."

If that's really the case, the two families are completely enemies.

If I think about it again, if Tian Fang knew it, many adults in the village might know it, and the people in Wutong Village might know it even better.

Perhaps spreading this rumor means that the Yuan family is rejecting the He family.

Then, she remembered that on the day when the Grand Master went to study at Guanfeng Society in Wutong Village, He Tianyu seemed to ignore Yuan Shan for no reason. She must have known the Yuan family's plan and gave up the idea.

After laughing for a while, Luo Yanxing suddenly remembered something and said with a wicked smile, "Hey, Sister Tian Fang, how did you know that the Yuan family wanted to marry a noblewoman from the capital to Yuan Qing?"

"Of course I listened to what my parents said."

"That's not right. Sister Er Ni is also discussing marriage, but she hasn't heard from her parents. Could it be that your parents have taken a fancy to Yuan Qing and specially asked someone to find out?"

Tian Fang blushed, and then she said confidently, "So what if it is true? Do you dare to say that you have never thought about marrying Yuan Qing? He has a bright future. At the very least, she will be a scholar's wife. She is so beautiful and treats his sister so well."

No one spoke. Rural girls, who grew up listening to their elders' words about marriage and in-laws, were not only precocious, but many of them also hoped to marry into a good family to change their miserable fate.

Yuan Qing was so good to Yuan Shan, and it was not feasible for them to be reborn into the Yuan family. Naturally, they also thought about marrying Yuan Qing and becoming his wife.

But I just think about these in my heart and I won’t tell them to my best friends.

Because it's not realistic.

Even though the Yuan family is poor now, Yuan Qing has a promising future. How could poor farm girls like them dare to have such high hopes?

After Tian Fang made it clear, the girls stopped being shy and admitted one by one that they had thought about it in their hearts. They also envied Yuan Qing's future wife for her good fortune.

After dinner, Song Ying took a copy back to Doctor Ma and Lin Wenxuan, and began to read and memorize the book. The others sat by the fire and helped Luo Yanxing make a hairband.

The so-called production is to first cut scraps of cloth of different shapes into long strips of varying widths, and then fold the thread ends in and sew them together.

Song Ying thought of the hairbands of the maids in the Shen mansion and suggested sewing a simple flower or a simple butterfly in the middle.

In this way, the hair band will no longer be so monotonous and the price can be raised.

After making about twenty pieces, Luo Yanxing went out to sell them. After all, it was her first time, and everyone was a little worried about her safety. After discussion, Tian Fang and Zhou Meiyue accompanied her.

Song Ying sent them out and told them, "Don't be shy, shout out your wares as loudly as you can, that's how you do business. You can ask any customer you want."

Even rich families don't always wear gold and silver. Their little girls also use hair bands, so you might be willing to buy them.

If someone asks you about buying something, and if they think it’s too expensive, you can just say you only buy it once a year, and you want to reward their daughter or daughter-in-law for their hard work all year.”

This set of rhetoric was come up with by Song Ying during the Chinese New Year. Li was so stingy on weekdays, so when it came to buying New Year's goods, she was easily persuaded by Yang's words "It's the end of the year, just this once".

"Don't worry, these hair ties are only a few cents more expensive, and everyone can afford them. You can also praise the quality of the hair ties, saying they are more durable than other ordinary hair ties..."

After giving a lot of long-winded instructions, I thought I would be able to sell at least two or three sticks, but unexpectedly, half an hour later, Zhou Meiyue came back with her neck hunched.

While stretching his hands over the fire to roast, he said, "Why is business so difficult? I haven't sold a single one."

"No way?" Song Ying put down the book, "No one asked?"

"Yes, as soon as he heard the price, he turned around and left."

Song Ying: “…”

"That shouldn't be the case. This hairband isn't expensive." She was puzzled.

After roasting the fire for a while, they finally felt a little warmer. Zhou Meiyue said, "Sister Yanxing felt the same way, so she stopped an old lady when she was about to leave and asked her about it. The old lady said, 'It's not expensive. I can buy 1 for 10 cent, but you only charge 2 cents for one', and then she left."

"What she said seems to make sense," Erni murmured, and then said, "Did you say that the hairbands you sell are made of better material?"