CH 55.2

Zhang Shiyue looked at Xu He carefully, he didn't have delicate face, but his face could be called good looking, with big eyes and regular features. Although the skin was not fair, it was the kind of light wheat color with a healthy complexion, which was much more energetic than those young ladies and gers, which was obviously excellent.

Although she was not in the village for a long time, she also knew about the foolish things Zhang Fangyuan did after the old couple passed away. When she came back to see Xu He, she was a little surprised, how could ayuan beg him to be his fulang?.

He was good-looking , capable in business and a good housekeeper, and he was not a talkative person.

After getting along for a while, she found that Xu He had no confidence in his appearance and talent at all.

It was only at this time that she realized that it was because of the people in the village who talked about gossip.     

She patiently said: "Today is different from the past. When people live well, it’s very different. Look, you are very good now."

"In the early years when your second aunt lived pretty well in a village in another county, your aunt was also very energetic. People in the village even came to ask which county and village your second aunt was from. They thought that the girls in our village must be pretty so they also want to talk about marriage."

"The days ahead will be difficult, and people will grow old. Look at Xiao'e, she was a pretty girl when she was young, but she followed me through hardships, and now people outside say that she looks bad and difficult to give birth."

Zhang Shiyue's eyes softened: "Fortunately I came back and met you, husband and fulang, and the fourth child."

"For this reason, people who look good or bad, they are rarely born with great beauty, it depends on how they live and how to support them." Zhang Shiyue smiled. "I don't know what you looked like before, but now you look like the little ger that everyone from all over the world wants to beg (for marriage)."

Xu He's ears were red, and he had only heard this from Zhang Fangyuan who was full of nonsense. He was very embarrassed, and felt that Zhang Shiyue regarded him as her own child, so she aways felt that he was good.

Still, he was very happy to hear this.

"Hey, I'm too busy talking. There's a watermelon farmer outside. Let me ask you if you want to buy some watermelons?"

Xu He went out with her. There were watermelons and other fruits. The old farmer wearing a bamboo hat picked out a watermelon and crispy sweet pears.

"The watermelon cost three copper coins a catty, buy two more and keep them, so when the guests come you can cut a plate for them." The old farmer patted a watermelon in his arms, and let Xu He listen: "It's all ripe, very sweet."

Zhang Fangyuan was a glutton, he ate everything, he also had bought a watermelon and shared it at home, he bought it in the city for six copper coins a catty, Xu He listened to the price of the old farmer, and he really bought it since it was the price when he bought in the village .

"No need to bid, I’m from Hongshi Village outside the first two villages. I want to do long-term business with fulang. I will send watermelons and fruits at the lowest price for your tea shed. There are also peaches, plums, bayberry, and so on in the village!"

Xu He glanced at Zhang Shiyue, both of them were a little bit moved, and they cut a watermelon to sell at noon, and there were many people who bought it.

"Then order a dozen catties and buy again when it's sold out. I just don't know how to contact the old man."

Seeing that the business was done, the old farmer's eyes lit up: "It's easy to contact, I go to the city to sell watermelons almost everyday, and I pass this place when I come back, just tell me, and I will go back and pick the fresh ones for your tea shed.”

Xu He saw that the old farmer also had his own ox cart, so the watermelons and fruits were easy to transport, so he agreed. Sold​​what you could sell, and took less if you couldn't sell it. Although the profit was thin, it was an extra income.

While carrying watermelons into the room, Xu He even asked the old farmer to drink a cup of tea.

Fifteen catties of watermelon cost another forty-five copper coins. Xu He looked at the copper coins in the money box, haha ​​bitterly, he didn't earn much, and spent money quickly.

He had discovered that shopping along the official road was actually very convenient, and spending money was faster than in the city.

But before he was worried for a while, another guest came, this time he met a few peddlers who wanted to buy dry food.

Xu He took advantage of the time when people rested their feet and drank tea, and immediately baked a few big pancakes and wrapped them up.

The peddler who waited for the dry food received the heavy cakes and still wrapped, and felt quite at ease. he was a little surprised that the tea shed here was so honest.

"What's the name of this tea shed here?"

"Rongyi Tea Shed, under the old banyan tree."

The peddler nodded, and several people greeted each other and continued to set off.

There were not many people who ate at the tea shed at lunch time. They were not like an inn where they could stay overnight. When it got late, passers-by rushed back, and there was no business.

Most of the people passing by were villagers who returning home from nearby. Xu He planned to sell some tofu in his spare time.

In the afternoon, only two catties of Zhang Fangyuan's pork were sold, and Xu He collected the meat when it was getting late, and he was going to cook for their own meal, so the family could eat here before going home.

Xu He saw a familiar figure approaching from a distance, it was her mother Liu Xianglan, carrying a back basket.

From a distance, you could see some vegetables inside.

Xu He knew that it was impossible for her mother to go to the official road, and she must come to the tea shed.

"Your father said that you opened your tea shed today, and asked me to pick some vegetables and bring them here."

She came to see the tea shed once when it was being repaired, and it was the first time she came here after it was repaired. She put down her basket and began to look around.