After the powerful minister was reborn, he married the delicate girl back home

The next morning, Li Rongjiao opened her eyes in a daze, and found that Gu Xingmo was no longer around her. Only the brocade-white coat was still draped on her shoulders, telling her that what happened last night was not a dream. The second brother really came to see her and brought her delicious pastries.

Thinking of this, the girl felt very sweet in her heart, as if she had eaten a lot of sweet halva.

Li Rongjiao carefully put away Gu Xingmo's coat, but she noticed with sharp eyes that there was some dirt on the hem of the coat. She couldn't help feeling a little guilty and annoyed. It was all her fault. How could she be so careless and dirty the second brother Gu's clothes? .

Although she was young, she knew the etiquette and it was not okay to send dirty clothes back to the owner's house, so she planned to wash them.

Looking back at the closed door, she guessed that her father was still sleeping. Li Rongjiao bit her lower lip again. After hesitating for a long time, she still didn't dare to knock on the door. Forget it, she might as well wash her father's clothes together. After all, Brother Gu's suit is white, so it won't be good if it's stained with something dirty.

In order to wash the clothes more cleanly, Li Rongjiao took the wooden basin and walked to the upper reaches of the river, because the water there was clearer and cleaner, and usually everyone was too lazy to walk too far, so no one would chase her and ask questions. Xi asked.

Li Rongjiao wanted to wash clothes upstream, but was afraid of dirtying the downstream water, so she scooped a whole basin with water and prepared to use the water to wash clothes alone.

The water in April is cool, not as scorching as in summer, nor as cold as in winter, so Li Rongjiao likes to play with her little hands in the water, and it looks like her ten fingers have been stretched by the water. No matter how many times she had seen the fingers, she was still surprised. She took her hands out and put them in again. After playing with them happily for a while, Li Jiarong laughed. The laughter was as sweet as a silver bell, showing that the owner good mood.

After playing for a while, Li Rongjiao started washing clothes. Since she didn't have soap locust at home, she usually had to wash them with her hands. Thin clothes were fine, but heavy clothes couldn't be unscrewed. She also needed to use a mallet to hammer out all the dirty water.

But Gu Xingmo's clothes were white and a little difficult to clean. Li Rongjiao's little hands were red from rubbing, and there was still a small piece of soil stained on it. It was yellow and ugly, and it was really ugly.

Seeing that she couldn't clean the clothes just by rubbing them with her hands, Li Rongjiao carefully put the clothes back into the tub and looked downstream. After much hesitation, she decided to ask an aunt who could lend her some saponins.

A little afraid that her clothes would disappear, Li Rongjiao hid the basin in the grass not far away, washed her hands again, and walked down the river in small steps.

Not far away, there were several women washing clothes. They were talking and laughing while washing, and the scene was very lively.

After Li Rongjiao came closer, she was a little embarrassed to speak, but thinking about Brother Gu's coat, she finally made up her mind to borrow the soapberry. After taking several deep breaths, Li Rongjiao plucked up the courage to shout: "Auntie We..."

Several women heard the sound and looked up, only to see it was her. One of them immediately greeted with a smile: "Rong Niang, you are also here to wash clothes. Come to Auntie quickly." The woman who spoke put her basin into The other side was moved, and the villagers who were doing laundry were asked to move to the other side to make room for Li Rongjiao.

After doing all this, the woman waved to Li Rongjiao and shouted: "Come on, come on, Rong Niang, come to Auntie's place to wash clothes, there is still room here."

Li Rongjiao quickly waved her hand and replied softly: "Thank you, Third Aunt, but I'll be washing up today."

"That's right, the water upstream is cleaner."

The woman smiled, moved the basins back neatly, and then continued to rub her clothes on the stone.

Li Rongjiao wanted to borrow some of her third aunt's soap and tried hard to prepare herself mentally. Just when she was about to speak, a woman jumped up and slapped Li Rongjiao in the face with the water in her hand. Then she pointed at her nose and cursed. : "Hey, I'm a dear, you wash clothes upstream, doesn't all the dirty water come downstream? Why do we use your washing water to wash clothes here, can it be washed clean? Why are you so selfish, just Thinking about yourself."

Li Rongjiao was suddenly splashed with water on her face, and even her eyes got a lot of water, which made her very uncomfortable. She quickly wiped it with her sleeve and defended: "I didn't, Sister-in-law Zhang."

"No? Nothing, didn't you just say it yourself? Tell me about your little girl, what should people say? Let's all comment and see how much this little girl has done! "

Li Rongjiao was busy defending, but in front of the powerful woman, all her words seemed pale and feeble.

Seeing that the little girl was talking stupidly, the woman became more and more arrogant. She actually started to attack Li Rongjiao and kept saying unkind words.

Aunt Gu couldn't stand it any longer. She threw down the clothes in her hands and walked directly towards Sister-in-law Zhang. Then she pushed her to the ground and said angrily: "What are you doing? As for embarrassing a person like this?" Little girl? Rong Niang comes to the river every day to wash her clothes. Isn’t her clothes cleaner than yours? "

Sister-in-law Zhang fell to the ground, her pants were stained with water, and her whole butt was sticky. She pointed at Aunt Gu, then looked at the women around her who were waiting to watch the show, and shouted: "Okay, you bullies from the same village I’m a foreigner.”

"Obviously you were the one who bullied our Rong Niang in the first place. Tell me about you. You are already a long time old and you are still arguing with a child. You dislike Rong Niang because the laundry water is dirty. I haven't disliked you yet? Look at you. If you are too lazy, you can blow a pile of ashes into your house. Who in the village falls in love with your house and comes to visit you? Still shouting about people from the same village or outsiders all day long. Let me tell you, the more you shout, the less welcome you will be. Calm down, you hear me?"

After saying that, Third Aunt Gu patted Li Rongjiao's hand gently and continued: "I don't dislike our Rong Niang's laundry water. Our Rong Niang is cute and clean! What about you, do you dislike it?"

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately echoed: "We are all from rural areas, but we don't have so much poverty."

"That's right, Rong Niang is much cleaner than her!"

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Seeing that everyone was turning away from her, Sister-in-law Zhang snorted angrily, then stood up with great effort, hugged her wooden basin and ran away. There were two deep water stains behind her butt, which shocked everyone present. Amused.

After they left, Third Aunt Gu comforted Li Rongjiao and said softly: "It's okay, just think she farts."

Li Rongjiao's eyes were slightly red and she looked at Aunt Gu gratefully.

The latter waved his hand casually, then took out the piece of soapberry from his wooden basin and handed it to Li Rongjiao.

"I see you staring at the soapberry. I know it's a girl who is thin-skinned and can't speak easily. Take it and use it quickly. It's not expensive. I'll call you Tiezhu and I'll give you a piece when I go back to town. New ones are coming.”

Li Rongjiao took the soapberry and said hurriedly: "There's no need to trouble Brother Tiezhu. Third Aunt, I haven't washed my clothes yet, so I'm going to wash them first."

After saying that, the little girl ran away in a hurry.

The river was slippery, and Aunt Gu was afraid that she would fall if she ran too fast, so she hurriedly warned: "Slow down, don't fall."

Seeing Li Rongjiao's back disappearing from sight, Aunt Gu hurriedly went back to wash the clothes. Another woman who was washing clothes with her quietly poked Aunt Gu's arm and asked in a low voice: "You are so protective." , it must have been a hit!"

Third Aunt Gu retorted: "Don't talk nonsense, I'm still young, I don't even have a Chinese character!" Although she was retorting, she couldn't hide the smile in her eyes.

Her son's name is Gu Tiezhu, and he likes Rong Niang. As a mother, she can't hold her son back! Aunt Gu thought to herself.