Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

Li Baolu opened the curtain and came out, smiling: "I've taken a fancy to your third daughter, she is very talented in arithmetic, open-minded, and resolute, I like her very much, and I want to take her as an apprentice, I don't know you Willing or not."

Father Qu immediately said: "Madam is lucky to see her, you just take her to be a girl, why take her as an apprentice?"

Li Baolu smiled slightly, and said lightly: "I have plenty of girls, so I don't need to buy another one. I want her because I like her, and I want to teach her to be a human being, teach her knowledge, and let her stand in the world."

Sensing Li Baolu's displeasure, Father Qu gave a coy smile and didn't dare to speak again.

"Since you both agreed, we husband and wife will drink a cup of apprenticeship tea with them today, and take them away when we pass by here again."

"Yes, yes." Qu's father hurriedly turned around to prepare things for the apprentice, Qu's patriarch took a look at Li Baolu, and obediently went to find Pandi, and asked her to kneel with her younger brother.

Pandi knelt down with her younger brother in a daze, and then raised her head excitedly to look at Li Baolu who was sitting in front after a while.

She kowtowed to her sincerely, and then respectfully raised the teacup over her head to her.

Xiaobao was equally excited, he liked reading, and was a little sad when he left home alone, but now he has his third sister with him.

Li Baolu and Gu Jingyun drank their tea, gave them two sets of the Four Treasures of the Study, and said: "For now, you use this set to practice calligraphy, and we will come to pick you up when we finish our work. The shortest period is one month, and the longest period is three months. You can also say goodbye to your parents and relatives."

The two bowed down.

Only then did Li Baolu invite the members of the Qu clan to have a meal together, she smiled at the patriarch Qu: "The two disciples of my family are young, please ask the patriarch to take care of them a little bit more in the future."

Patriarch Qu glanced at Gu Jingyun, seeing his calm face, he knew that the little lady in front of him could decide these things, after all he had some knowledge, and raised Li Baolu's status in his heart, almost on an equal footing with Gu Jingyun.

But Qu's father was still in a daze. In just a short while, not only his son became an apprentice, but even his daughter became an apprentice.

But girls are going to get married, so what's the use of knowing how to read?

He secretly glanced at Li Baolu, not daring to reveal his thoughts.

But Gu Jingyun and Li Baolu are both good people, and they can tell what he is thinking at a glance, but they both ignore him.

Mother Qu was standing at the door of the wing room with the other three daughters. At this moment, she looked at Pandi with gloomy eyes. Li Baolu couldn't help but pause because of her eyes. Before leaving, he said to Qu's father and Qu's mother: "I know that most people in the world are patriarchal. They feel that their daughters will marry sooner or later, like water being thrown out, so they feel that their daughters are not their own. But no matter whether they are children, they are all parents. It is made of essence and blood, and it was born by the mother in ten months of pregnancy. In terms of blood, there is no difference between a daughter and a son. Here, men and women are the same. If my husband can teach Xiaobao, I can also teach Pandi. Husband values ​​Xiaobao, and I value Pandi as much as he does, we took these two children together, and we must take them away together when the time comes."

Qu's father and Qu's mother were ignorant, but Qu's patriarch's complexion changed. He heard Li Baolu's implication, he hurriedly passed Qu's father, and cupped his hands to Li Baolu, "Don't worry, ma'am, with me here, I will take good care of Pandi and Li Baolu." Xiaobao's."

Seeing someone who understood, Li Baolu breathed a sigh of relief, beckoned Xiaobao and Pandi to her, touched their heads and said, "Although we can teach you, people still have to rely on themselves. Work hard on yourselves."

"yes."

Only then did Li Baolu help Gu Jingyun's hand to climb into the carriage. Gu Jingyun glanced at Qu's mother, and then looked at Patriarch Qu and said, "Patriarch Lao Qu is here."

Patriarch Qu's high-hanging heart fell, and he led the people of Qu's Village to watch the carriage away respectfully, and his face sank when he turned around to face Qu's father and Qu's mother.

He has already heard the implication of Li Baolu's words, and he is afraid that Gu Jingyun will accept Xiaobao as his apprentice or because of Pandi.

She first hinted that the children are the blood of their parents, aroused Qu's father and Qu's mother's pity for their daughters, and then hinted that Pandi would take care of them as filially as Xiaobao, and then warned them that if she could not take Pandi away If Di or Pandi had an accident, they would not take Xiaobao as their apprentice again.

Patriarch Qu didn't know what Qu's father and Qu's mother had done to make Li Baolu so wary, but he knew that her warning was true. If Qu's father and Qu's mother really held on to Pandi for various reasons, they would really not let her go. Receive Xiaobao.

Patriarch Qu called the couple to the main room, glanced at the five children behind them, and said earnestly: "Zhaodi and the other four sisters are also your blood, so even if you are partial, you can't be too partial, at least you have to feed them and clothe them warmly." , your family has built a brick and tile house, and life is much better than ordinary people..."

Mother Qu didn't think so, half of their family's life was better because of hard work, and half was saved. It really made the four girls eat with their stomachs open, and no amount of food was enough for them. She also saves money for her son to marry a wife.

Thinking of this, Mother Qu looked at Pandi coldly.

Pandi has also been accepted as an apprentice, which means that she will follow Li Baolu and the others after the new year at the latest. She has managed to raise her so big that she can only work in the fields now, and in two or three years she will be able to get married in exchange for a bride price. He was about to be taken away.

What is the use of reading for a girl? After reading it, I have reached the age of marriage, isn't it cheaper for others?

Now a girl outside can sell five or six taels, five or six taels, which is almost enough for Xiaobao's bride price for marrying a wife in the future.

There was a strange light in Qu's mother's eyes, and Patriarch Qu saw it when he looked up. He almost immediately understood why Li Baolu wanted to warn her.

His face was as black as ashes, and he said bluntly: "Don't take my words seriously. Mrs. Gu just said it very clearly. If she can't take Pandi away or if something happens to Pandi, Xiaobao won't let her go." Received."

Only then did Mother Qu become anxious, and shouted: "My little treasure worships Mr. Gu, how can she, a woman, make the decision?"

Patriarch Qu sneered, "Women's family? Do you think that Mr. Gu's attitude towards Mrs. Gu is like a woman who can't control herself? Mr. Gu said that although he admired Xiaobao before, he didn't want to accept him as an apprentice. It was because of his family. The lady was thinking about accepting Pandi. Don't try to find a way to push Pandi to stay or sell her. If she doesn't go, Xiaobao's future will be ruined. Think about your son, Do you really want him to gnaw on the ground like us all his life?"

Patriarch Qu didn't look at Qu's mother with a pale face, turned his head and said to Qu's father, "You've got the right idea, treat the two children well, and don't miss out on recruiting a few daughters, after all, they are your flesh and blood."

Qu's father bowed his head in shame and answered "Yes".

Patriarch Qu shook his sleeves and left.

The life of the Qu family in Qujia Village is considered good. There are only four families in the village who can afford brick houses, and the Qu family is one of them.

There are other families that favor boys over girls. It should be said that there is no family in the whole village that does not favor boys over girls, but there are still differences between the two.

When other families have a bowl of porridge, they will take out most of the rice grains and give them to their sons, and the other half to their daughters, and they may drink some rice soup for themselves.

But Qu's father and Qu's mother were not. Most of the rice grains were given to their sons, and the other half was divided between their husband and wife. The daughters might be able to use some rice soup to fill their stomachs.

It’s winter now, there’s not much work at home, and carrying water is heavy work. Most families don’t want their children to be burdened. In the morning and evening, it’s the men or women in the family who carry water, but the Qu family recruits diners to line up to carry water every day. water.

There are noble people living in their house, and they use more water. The patriarch Qu saw Zhaodi bending over and carrying half a bucket of water passing in front of him several times.

That's why after hearing Li Baolu's warning today, he couldn't help calling the couple.

In this era, the clan system was still prosperous, and the patriarch Qu clearly warned that unless Qu's father and Qu's mother didn't want to stay in the village, they would not dare to obey others, so the life of recruiting the four sisters was indeed easier.

Although there is still a lot of work to be done, the food is better than before. In addition, there are no nobles passing by in the village. The four sisters live in a main house, and there is no leakage of wind and rain, and it is extremely warm at night. .

Pandi slept among the sisters, and promised them in a low voice: "When I have learned the craft and come back to teach you, and let you support yourself, I will teach our daughters in the future, and they will not live as we do. Bitter."

Li Baolu and his carriage had just left the entrance of the village, Yuan Shanting and others also led their horses out to bid farewell to the host.

Seeing the Heihan people in front cupping their fists to bid farewell to them, they returned the salute with a smile, until Yuan Shanting and others got on their horses as they gradually moved away from sight on their horses.

Su Anjian couldn't help frowning, "Brother Yuan, they also set off today? The sky cleared up yesterday afternoon."

"It's a good day today, everyone is in time for today, let's go, let's go, we can't fall behind too much."

Su Anjian hummed twice before jumping on the horse, and followed closely behind Yuan Shanting.

Huilan heard the sound of the horse's hooves, beat the horse and ran to Heihan's side and said in a low voice, "Master, they are following."

Heihan frowned slightly, and hurriedly said: "Let's go, let's change the road."

Seeing the direction they left, Yuan Shanting let out a soft "Huh", "Aren't they going to Runing?"

Su Anjian reined in the horse and asked, "Should we continue to follow, or go to Runing as planned?"

Yuan Shanting thought for a while and said, "Go to Runing."

A group of people turned their horses around and headed towards Runing, they caught up with the Gu family's carriage in a short while, and parted ways after a brief greeting from both sides.

Yuan Shanting was a fast horse, while Gu Jingyun and his carriage were traveling at a constant speed, so it was naturally impossible for them to go together.

Yuan Shanting and Su Anjian quickly disappeared from everyone's sight with them. Li Baolu put down the car curtain, leaned on the quilt relaxedly and said, "It's finally quiet. After the rain, the air is really fresher. Let's breathe more while we're still in the mountains. Take a few sips, or there will be a lot of dust in the city."

"Then why don't you stay in the wild tonight, you can breathe as much as you want, otherwise what will you do if you lose money?"

"No, it's windy and rainy, I'm afraid of the cold."

"I thought you were not afraid just to take a few more breaths from the mountain."

"Oh, I'm a spirit in the mountains. If I absorb spiritual energy, I will be protected from wind and rain, and I will be invulnerable to swords and guns."

"It turns out that I married a goblin." Gu Jingyun glanced at her up and down, and concluded, "This goblin is not beautiful enough. Is it because of this that the group left him?"

"Yes, yes, you look so good-looking, are you also a fairy?"

Erlin listened to the content of the chat in a daze, and almost threw the rein in his hand, uncle, madam, you are timid, don't scare me.