Rural Woman's True Colors 023. Brain-Supplemented Romance
The next morning, Yang Tao had Pei Yifan take her to Lu Danni's house to find Lu Dahei. She figured that if she had told Lu Dahei yesterday afternoon, he would not have brought her along and might even worry that she would ruin his chance to learn from a master, so he would deliberately avoid her.
The house of the old woman Lu is also an earth house, but it looks much bigger than our own. There are two side rooms on the east and west sides, which are not very small either. The courtyard wall is built with the same earth blocks, with two wooden doors closed tightly, looking very secure.
When Yang Tao and Pei Yifan arrived, Lu Dama, who was busy with her chores, greeted them warmly before going to feed the chickens.
Lu Dahei felt a bit uneasy and glanced at Yang Tao, yesterday afternoon she kept staring at him, making his heart feel hairy, thinking that she was plotting something in her mind. This morning she came to his house again! Lu Dahei may be stupid, but he could sense that this little girl was after him.
As expected, Yang Tao fixed her eyes on him as soon as she entered the door and deliberately showed him her lovely smile.
"Big black brother." Yang Tao sweetly called out.
Lu Dahei suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, even more terrifying than when he encountered the Kite Brother's gust of wind the day before yesterday.
He deliberately ignored Yang Tao, looked at the sky and saw that it was still early. Yesterday he didn't leave so early, fearing that his mother would be suspicious. He waited for Pei Yifan to arrive, went out with Pei Yifan first, helped his father with some work in their own field, and then went into the mountain alone.
Lu Dahei ignores her, and Yang Tao suddenly realizes that sometimes she is actually not good at hiding her emotions. Otherwise, how could even Lu Dahei, a clumsy person, discover her ulterior motives? Alas, it seems that her plot arrangement is reasonable, but her acting skills need to be improved!
"Big Black Brother, Peach is here specifically to find you today." Pei Yifan said hastily as he saw Lu Dahei pulling him towards the gate.
Lu Da He stared at Pei Yifan in silence, ever since Yang Tao came to this house, he found that Pei Yifan was getting dumber and dumber. Not only was he being exploited to wash dishes, but sometimes he would also help with cooking and sweeping the yard. You know, these are all women's jobs! But what's most important is not these things, it's that when he had a bit of conflict with Yang Tao, this kid wouldn't keep silent, instead he would speak up for Yang Tao, as if he had never helped him before.
Of course, this is also understandable. After all, that little girl was a weakling, and he himself was strong. In general, the strong do not need help.
Just as Lu Dahei was mocking Pei Yifan, Yang Tao had already walked over and grabbed Lu Dahei's collar with her small hand.
"Big black brother, this afternoon, I also want to go out and play with you guys."
"Little girl, we're not going out to play, we're going to work in the fields. Can you handle it?"
Yang Tao shook her head, pouted and looked at Lu Dahei with a wronged expression.
"I can't, but I can watch."
Yang Tao's honest answer amused the passing auntie on the street.
"Big Black, bring your younger sister Peach along, it's just right that the embroidery work hasn't been picked up yet and there's nothing else to do."
"Thank you, Mrs. Lu." Yang Tao thanked Mrs. Lu's back as she walked away, while smugly looking at Lu Dahei.
These days, Yang Tao also found out that although Lu Danni is always smiling, Lu Dahei is very afraid of Lu Danni and at least does not want to make Lu Danni angry. It seems that because Lu Dahei is a boy, Lu Danni is stricter with him than with Xiaoyu.
Lu Dahei rolled his eyes at Yang Tao, it seemed that the little girls were just this capable, and Yang Tao was not much stronger than Xiao Yu, they would only let adults come forward to solve problems that they couldn't solve.
"Big sister Peach." Little Jade ran over excitedly as soon as Yang Tao entered the courtyard, but Yang Tao was still talking to her brother, so she quietly watched from the side. Now that she saw her brother storming into the house with Yifan, she finally got a chance to speak.
"Eldest Sister Taozi, I want to tell you something." Xiaoyu said in a low voice. "My mother had a fight with Shaji's mother last night, that is, the mother of Xiadongyun."
"Who is Xia Dongyun?" Yang Tao saw that Xiao Yu was being mysterious, and also lowered her voice. Speaking to them in a way that kids like will resonate with the little friends and won't feel discordant.
"It's that little girl from Lao Xia's family." Xiao Yu's small mouth pouted, with a look of great dislike for Xia Dongyun.
Yang Tao couldn't help but think, what kind of person is this old Xia family, it can't be that they're all scum. In another space she read a novel about farming, and there were also scum in those stories. She had even felt lucky that she hadn't met any scum before, only encountering kind and honest people. That strange encounter was the only discordant note in this harmonious small society.
Xiao Yu said that Xia Dama is probably the Wang Shi mentioned by Lu Dama and Liu Shu. How did Lu Dama get into a fight with Wang Shi? Was it because Wang Shi saw those things she embroidered herself?
It shouldn't be! Although she is not a master in embroidery, every time Da Niang and Liu Shu went to her house, she showed it to them, and they all praised her, saying that the stitches were even more beautiful than those of Daliang's, and it didn't look like something a child had embroidered at all!
Later, Aunt Liu also came, and I heard Aunt Liu say that it was Eldest Aunt Liu who had a falling out with Old Lady Xia. Little Jade was too young to understand the process of how her mother and Old Lady Xia got into an argument, but by this point in the conversation, Yang Tao basically understood what had happened.
Liu Erniang is a certain kind of person, and Yang Tao has also heard something about her. When Road Danniang, Liu Niang, and Feng Niang get together, they can't help but gossip about the east house and the west house.
This Liu Er Niang should be Liu Niang's sister-in-law, and it is said that she is also a eloquent person, but this person is not afraid of being eloquent, she likes to take advantage of others and doesn't talk reason. It seems that Liu Niang is also helpless with Liu Er Niang.
As the saying goes, it's hard for a clean official to handle family affairs. Yang Tao used to listen to these things in school and never expressed his own opinions. In this new environment, he paid even less attention to these things, but didn't think that Aunt Liu would stretch her hand so long and want to manage everything.
"Xiao Yu, what nonsense are you talking to your sister Taizi about?" Mrs. Lu had just finished feeding the chickens and ducks, and unintentionally overheard Xiao Yu's last sentence, which seemed to be related to Liu Erjia's family, so she hastily scolded her. She then looked at Yang Tao. "Taizi, don't listen to Xiao Yu's nonsense, I was just arguing with Wang Shi yesterday, but it's all over now, none of your business."
"Alright, alright, I know, Big Sister," Yang Tao said obediently.
Yang Tao raised her small face, looking at Lu Dama's smiling appearance, and really couldn't imagine what Lu Dama would be like when arguing with others. But she could guess that the reason why Lu Dama quarreled with Wang Shi was because Wang Shi had heard from Liu Ershu that both she and Da Yaotou were skilled in embroidery, so Wang Shi wanted to deduct their wages.
Yang Tao's imagination is indeed exceptionally rich, at least through Xiaoyu's incomplete description and Lu Danni's few words, the scenes she imagined were all correct. Of course, Yang Tao also has confidence in this aspect, she doesn't dare to boast about other things, but this one thing makes her most proud. Whether it's reasonable or not is secondary, the key is that she dares to think.
