novelhk Chapter 123: Do you like females so much?
Chapter 123: Do you like females so much?
"I want one."
"I want one too."
"I want two, Cheng Shuang. I have a big family and I want these two big ones."
"Qinglang, give me this small one. It feels like it weighs about 7 or 8 kilograms. Please weigh it for me first."
"This feels like it weighs 15 kilograms. I want this."
At the foot of the north mountain, the open space next to the watermelon field was bustling with activity. After the Taibailou transport team left, the villagers rushed in to buy watermelons.
Fortunately, the whole family came to help, otherwise Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang would be too busy to handle it.
Cheng Shuang was responsible for collecting money, Cheng Pan used an abacus to calculate the accounts, and Wei Qinglang and Wei Nanxing used the scales borrowed from the village to weigh the items.
Wei Xinyi was responsible for shouting at the top of her lungs, asking the villagers to line up and not cut in line, and to come one by one.
It's just that the villagers came too quickly. They had only picked twenty or thirty fruits, but they were soon all picked out. There was no one to pick them, so Cheng Shuang simply let the villagers go to the fields and pick whatever they liked.
The villagers were even happier when they heard this and ran over to choose for themselves.
In the end, we sold nearly two hundred watermelons, and almost every family came.
Of course, apart from Wei Changgui and Mr. Cheng, Wei Changgui had just stolen ten melons not long ago, and in the end he spent two taels of silver to buy them for fear of going to jail. I guess he doesn't dare to come again.
As for Boss Cheng's family, Hu Chunhua was definitely reluctant to spend money. She was just waiting for her daughter, who was the mistress of the Feng family, to bring her watermelons.
Tiegen's father bought three and took them home. There were only four people in their family, so how could they eat so many? It was obvious who the extra ones would be given to.
The people who bought melons gradually dispersed, and soon only a few were left. At this time, Cheng Fu came over, followed by Cheng Jinxiu and her licking dog Qian Xifeng.
Cheng Jinxiu was wearing a moon-white double-breasted skirt with a few orchids embroidered on it, a light pink belt around her waist, and a complete set of jewelry on her head, including hairpins and rings. She looked out of place here among the villagers who were wearing coarse cloth clothes.
Cheng Fu scratched his head with a shy look on his face, "Brother Qinglang, Jinxiu said she wanted to buy some watermelon too."
Cheng Jinxiu walked forward with a smile, "My grandfather asked me to come and see and buy ten watermelons to take back to give to friends during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Brother Qinglang, am I late?"
Wei Qinglang was packing his things. He glanced at her when he heard that, then turned his gaze to Cheng Shuang and gave him a wink.
That means you are responsible for the reception.
Cheng Shuang rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, then walked over and said, "Five cents a pound, and villagers can only buy two at most. If Miss Cheng wants ten, the remaining eight will be charged according to the restaurant's purchase price of twenty cents a pound."
"Of course I know that. Just weigh it. I won't give you any less money."
Cheng Jinxiu only glanced at Cheng Shuang, then continued to look at Wei Qinglang, "That's right, I came here alone, could you pick this melon for me, Brother Qinglang, and help me take it home."
Now even Cheng Pan and Wei Xinyi could tell something was wrong. They frowned and looked at Cheng Jinxiu with strange eyes.
Wei Qinglang wiped the sweat off his face with the towel draped over his shoulders. "Everyone picks the fruits themselves. I'm not responsible for delivering them to your door. If you don't want to pick them, don't buy them."
Cheng Jinxiu was weak and felt quite aggrieved, "Brother Qinglang... I'm a girl and I can't hold her, how can I pick it?"
"You can't carry it? You can't carry it with so many servants at home, and you want to order me around and ask me to carry it for you? Do I look like I have nothing to do?"
Wei Qinglang's tone was very cold, "And Miss Cheng, do you have a bad memory? I've already told you not to call me that.
I'm already married, and you, a young lady from a wealthy family, don't you know this little bit of etiquette? My wife is still standing here."
Cheng Shuang, who was watching from the sidelines, didn't react immediately and pointed at herself blankly, "Ah? Me? You, us, ah, right."
She reached out and grabbed Wei Qinglang's arm, looking at Cheng Jinxiu, "This is my husband. Don't you know how to avoid suspicion by calling him brother all the time?"
Cheng Jinxiu's face froze. "Cheng Shuang, we're from the same village. Brother Qinglang is a few years older than me, so it's just a name. What's wrong with me calling him brother?"
"That's right, Cheng Shuang, aren't you too narrow-minded?" The follower Qian Xifeng also spoke.
Cheng Shuang wanted to curse, but Wei Qinglang didn't let her. Did that make her petty?
He just said so much to you, why don't you say anything to him?
Why do women in this feudal dynasty love female competition so much? They can't live without competing with men, right?
"I'm narrow-minded?" Cheng Shuang pointed at herself. "Yes, I am narrow-minded. I'm closing my stall now. I won't sell anything. Please go back."
"Stop arguing, sister-in-law, don't be angry."
Cheng Fu, who had been watching from the side, heard Cheng Shuang say that she didn't want to sell it, and hurriedly said, "Jinxiu didn't mean anything else. She will definitely pay attention to it in the future. I'll help her pick the watermelon."
He also wanted to help Cheng Jinxiu send the watermelon back so that he could talk to her more.
Cheng Jinxiu was pleased to see someone speaking out to protect her. She looked at Cheng Fu with a smile and said, "Thank you, Brother Cheng Fu. You are such a kind person."
Cheng Fu's face flushed. "No, it's okay. I'll take you home later."
Cheng Fu ran off to pick the melons. Cheng Jinxiu looked at Cheng Shuang and said, "You're not really unwilling to sell the melons to my family just because of this little thing, are you?"
Cheng Shuang looked beside her and saw Wei Qinglang giving her a look that said, "You have the final say."
Cheng Jinxiu looked annoying, but the watermelon was what Cheng Lao Xiucai wanted to buy. The old scholar had sold land to them at a low price before, so he was a nice person. Cheng Shuang thought about it and didn't bother to argue with her.
"Sell it. Since someone is willing to work for you for free, why shouldn't I make money?"
The melons in the melon field were now ripe. Cheng Fu busied himself picking ten of them. After weighing them, Cheng Jinxiu paid him. Cheng Fu then borrowed a cart, loaded the melons on the cart, and sent them home to her, acting like a real bootlicker.
Cheng Shuang couldn't bear to watch. She knew that all the young men of similar age in the village seemed to be very attentive to Cheng Jinxiu.
There's no way. This little girl is really too charming. She has two different faces in front of men and women. She wishes all the men in the village would look up to her and pursue her.
Fortunately, the two brothers of the Wei family didn't buy it.
It was almost noon and the family began to pack up and prepare to go home, just then Xu Daqing came running over.
"Brother Qinglang, sister-in-law, you two should go back quickly. The county magistrate is here and his carriage is parked in front of your house." Xu Daqing shouted from a distance.
Cheng Shuang and Wei Qinglang looked at each other. They were still thinking about going to the county government office on the Mid-Autumn Festival, but the county magistrate came again.
The two men left the rest of the matters to Wei Nanxing and hurried home. On the way, they saw yamen runners collecting taxes from house to house.
The courtyard gate was locked. Cheng Li was talking to the County Magistrate and Mr. Lin. When the two approached, they quickly bowed and said, "I greet the County Magistrate."
"Mr. Wei and Mrs. Wei, there's no need to be so polite." Lord Zheng reached out to support Wei Qinglang before they knelt. "From now on, you don't have to kneel when you see me."
Cheng Shuang was secretly delighted and thought that was great.
County Magistrate Zheng beamed with joy. "Mr. Wei, Li Zheng came to the county office yesterday and told me that you've invented two new agricultural tools for hulling rice. You've even offered to share the blueprints for countywide promotion. I was so curious, I couldn't help but come and bother you again."
He glanced at Cheng Lizheng and found that he was looking at him with a proud smile on his face, which made him feel both amused and helpless.
This old man is really impatient. He actually went to tell the county magistrate yesterday.
Cheng Shuang had already opened the courtyard gate. Wei Qinglang smiled and gestured for invitation, "The things are in the courtyard. Please come in, sir."