Chapter 16 Distinguished Guest

Author: cool beauty

Chapter 16 Distinguished Guest

The two sisters wore straw hats and gossiped all the way.

No, it was Xiao Hong who listened to Xiao Fang talking about the temperaments of the Zhao family.

"Grandpa Zhao doesn't like to talk much and is a bit patriarchal, but he won't embarrass the younger generation."

Xiao Hong thought in her heart: Xiao Fang just wanted to save herself from showing off her presence in front of the old man. She might not even feel sorry for her own granddaughter, let alone a cheap granddaughter of her own.

"Grandma Zhao's temper comes and goes quickly. She has a sharp tongue and a soft heart. If she says a few words to you, you will go in and out of one ear and pretend you didn't hear her."

Xiao Hong understood instantly: Grandma Zhao is not a good person.

"Do you still remember? My uncle's family has two daughters and one son. The eldest cousin Zhao Tingting got married last year. My cousin is one year younger than us. She went to work as a waiter in a towel factory the year before last. Zhao Junjie will be in the third grade of junior high school in the second half of the year."

"The two sons of the second uncle's family, the eldest cousin Zhao Junying is now working as a carpenter with the second uncle, and the second cousin Zhao Junhao and I are classmates."

"Now my grandparents and my third uncle live together..."

This is of course not because the elder couple doted on the third child, but because when Zhao Laosan was 25 and preparing to get married, the two older brothers married wives and emptied the family fortune.

After he fell in love with the woman, the woman asked for a lot of betrothal gifts, but the family could not afford the money.

Zhao Laosan took the risk and the four brothers discussed going into the mountains to hunt. Unexpectedly, they encountered five wild boars. In panic, he was beaten by the wild boars and broke his right leg. He borrowed a lot of money to save his life.

After that, he could only walk with the help of crutches.

Then no woman would be willing to marry him.

Xiao Hong was a little confused: "Tingting was only nineteen last year, right? Why did she get married so early?"

"People get married early in the countryside, and it's normal for girls to get married at the age of eighteen or nineteen. If the husband's family conditions are not good, there are some who are single in their late teens." Xiao Fang's innermost thoughts: You are only eighteen years old this year.

He was almost married by his stepmother?

"Yes!" After Xiao Hong finished speaking, he also reacted and could only sigh in his heart. This was all due to poverty.

Anyway, she already had the idea in her mind that marriage should be more laconic than excessive. If there was no man she wanted to marry, it would be good to be a single nobleman.

Of course, she is still young now, so it would be too late to wait ten or eight years before considering this matter.

Thinking about it this way, she felt that the bizarre dream still affected her.

Otherwise, how could I think so?

They quickly arrived at the Qiancun agency store. After entering, Xiao Hong only saw an old glass counter with wooden boards on the sides. Behind it was a partition counter made of wood. There were only simple salt, sauce, and vinegar.

As well as some needles, thread, ice bags, sparkling wine, cigarette matches and the like.

There were also a few old ladies in blue singlets with slanted lapels shaking their cattail fans and chatting there.

When Xiao Hong saw them, she thought of her grandmother.

When my grandma was alive, she also liked to wear clothes like this. Now that she sees it, it makes her feel very kind.

Xiao Fang saw her standing there, but she didn't take it seriously. She thought Xiao Hong disliked the simplicity of the consignment store and didn't want to come in?

She stepped forward and greeted her in this way: "Grandma Yu, give me two bags of salt and two bottles of sparkling wine."

"Okay!" Grandma Yu agreed with a smile, pushed open the wooden board and walked in, taking out two bags of salt and two bottles of sparkling wine: "Total one yuan and two bottles, and I will give you a refund of 20 cents when the bottles are returned."

Then he asked with a look of envy and a bit of gossip: "You are from Zhao Laosi's family in Zhacun, right? I heard that you are good at reading? Do you have any ideas from time to time?"

As the old saying goes, there is a difference in the world.

Xiao Hong could understand what they said, but she would definitely not be able to say it.

Xiao Hong secretly cried out, thinking that the fortune teller was probably too old, and she didn't know if she could understand the Mandarin he spoke.

Fortunately, she has been thinking about it for so long, and she is afraid that she will fail because of the language barrier. This is really depressing.

But now that she is here, she is still ready to find out. Maybe she is lucky and can communicate with the fortune teller?

"Just listen carefully when the teacher is in class!" Xiao Fang took out a dollar and two from her pocket and put it on the counter, then put the things in the basket. After a few polite greetings, she asked Xiao Hong to leave.

Xiao Hong asked a little sourly: "Are you studying well? To the point where even the next village knows about it?"

She is familiar with Chinese, but her head hurts when she thinks about English and mathematics.

When I think about myself being a sophomore in high school in the second half of the year, I feel the urge to drop out of school.

Xiao Fang Seran: "That's because I am the first girl to go to high school in Zhacun."

"Nowadays, everyone is not rich, and many families think that after their daughter gets married, she becomes someone else's family. Even if her daughter has good grades, they will not send her to high school or college. It is too expensive."

She looked at Xiao Hong with firm eyes: "Sister, we don't have a good family. We must study hard. Only knowledge can change our destiny."

"Let's review together from tomorrow on?"

Xiao Hong couldn't say anything to refuse, so she could only nodded heavily.

She almost couldn't help but say: From now on, my sister will make money for you to go to college.

But yesterday I told my sister that my final grades were not satisfactory. Now that my sister is saying this, she must be tutoring for me.

She glanced around and asked in a low voice: "Do you know where the fortune teller in Qiancun lives?"

Xiao Fang looked at her in astonishment, as if he had seen a ghost: "Why do you believe this? We are high school students now?"

If she weren't afraid of attracting attention, she would have wanted to grab her shoulders and shake the mess out of her head.

Xiao Hong quickly shook her head: "No, you misunderstood. I just wanted to give the fortune teller some money so that she could say more nice things for me in front of Grandma Zhao."

In fact, she was a little worried, and a little curious if someone could figure out something was wrong with her.

"Are you so thoughtful?" Xiao Fang looked at her in surprise: "Then did you bring any money?"

After she finished speaking, she took out a few small bills from her pocket, then said with an annoyed look on her face: "I only have one yuan and thirty cents here."

"It's okay, I brought money." Xiao Hong approached her and whispered: "I brought fifty yuan?"

Xiao Fang thought she was sensible before, but now after hearing her words, she just wanted to say that if you are not a family member, you don't know how expensive oil and salt are.

The corner of her mouth twitched: "I heard that if you come to have your fortune told, you can give me three to five yuan. Don't give too much at once, lest people think you are being taken advantage of."

"Don't worry, I just brought more with me just in case."

Xiao Fang was also deeply afraid of being seen going to a fortune teller. If grandma found out, it would cause serious problems.

She specifically asked the children who were playing outside for directions, and soon found the fortune teller's home.

There is also a stone courtyard, inside which are three spacious two-story wooden houses.

The yard is paved with flat stones, and there are two jujube trees. Under the jujube trees are stone tables and benches, which look a bit unique.

Grandma, who was wearing a blue sloping jacket and her white hair combed into a bun, was sitting on the stone bench. She smiled kindly and said, "The distinguished guest is here. Please take a seat."
Chapter completed!