Farmhouse Green Plum

Daya laughed at herself and said, "I finally understand that adults' praise is worthless. No matter how much or how well we do, if we don't do it to their satisfaction once, we will be considered as ignorant children.

And those boys of Song Tian, no matter how ignorant or naughty they are, are still their treasures. "

This sentence touched Lai Di and Xiao Xiang. Lai Di's family was blatantly and undisguisedly patriarchal, and she had long given up hope on her parents.

Xiaoxiang sighed: "It doesn't matter if we understand. We still have to please them. If we don't obey, we will be sold."

Her parents, like Daya's grandmother, do not admit that they favor boys over girls, and often compare them with Lai Di's parents to show how good they are to her.

Daya exhaled softly, "From now on, I will no longer be as sensible and obedient as before, and I will no longer care about their opinions as much."

As she spoke, she remembered that Li refused to give her a name, so she said, "Let's start with the name. I'll choose it myself!"

"You chose it yourself?" Lai Di was shocked. "Names are chosen by elders. How can the one you choose count?"

"I asked my grandmother, but she refused to give me one." Daya closed her eyes, "It doesn't matter. It's my own name, as long as I approve of it."

The name has always been a knot in Lai Di's heart. Seeing her so determined, she couldn't help but be moved. "What name should we choose?"

"I haven't decided yet. I need to think carefully and give myself the best name possible!"

"Then I'll give myself one too." Lai Di was excited. "Well, I like lotus the most. How about calling myself Lotus, Luo Hehua?"

"It sounds nice!" Xiaoxiang nodded vigorously. "Lotus is really nice. Many girls are named Lotus. There seems to be one in Wutong Village. There is also a girl named Lotus at my grandmother's house. And at my great aunt's house..."

“So many lotus flowers?”

Lai Di lost interest immediately. "I don't want to have the same name as so many people. The name Lai Di is bad enough.

I'm thinking of another one, um, how about Luo Xiaohe?"

Without waiting for an answer, he muttered to himself, "Does it sound like a small river?"

Daya nodded and said seriously: "A little bit, Uncle Xu's name is Xu Dahe, and your name is Luo Xiaohe..."

As the three were discussing, they suddenly saw a group of people walking towards the village in the distance. Two people in the front were beating gongs to clear the way, with bright red scarves tied around their waists. Behind them was a crowd of people, with only a green sedan chair visible in the middle.

Lai Di was surprised: "Haven't the bride's reception come back? Why is there still a sedan chair?"

"Could it be that the dowry was delayed on the way?" Xiaoxiang guessed softly.

Daya shook her head: "The poles used to carry the dowry are made of bed sheets and bamboo poles. We won't use a sedan chair. It's too extravagant."

The team got closer and closer, and more details could be seen: they were wearing blue cloth clothes, cross-collared, narrow-sleeved long robes, and dense pleats at the bottom.

The three of them turned pale with anger and shouted in unison: "Official!"

"Could it be that we paid too little autumn grain and the government wants us to make up for it?" Xiaoxiang became worried.

Daya was not sure either: "That shouldn't be the case. If we fill the hu, we will have paid enough autumn grain according to the law. The extra is a benefit for the officials. How can they complain that the bribe is not enough and ask for more?"

The officers quickly walked to the entrance of the village and saw the three anxious people. One of them immediately waved and said, "Kid over there, come here!"

The three of them didn't dare to refuse, so they looked at each other, held hands and slowly moved over.

Before he even got closer, the anxious officer asked, "Which family is Wang Defa from?"

The three of them stopped and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Wang Defa is Xiaohua's father. Now the three of them hate the Wang family very much. If the government wants to make things difficult for the Wang family, they will naturally be more than happy to do so and would like to lead the way personally.

However, it would be bad if the trouble with the government caused the Wang family to be destroyed.

After all, they are children. No matter how calm they are or how hard they try to hide their emotions, in the eyes of the officials with sharp eyes, their thoughts are no different from being written on their foreheads.

An officer said softly, "It's not a bad thing. We are going to deliver silver to his family."

"Sending silver?" Daya looked at the official in confusion. Is this a relative who came to the Wang family for a banquet?

She tried hard to recall, but couldn't remember any relatives of the Wang family who were officials.

The officer smiled and nodded, his expression still friendly.

Unable to think of anything else, Daya could only say, "The one where the wedding is going to be held."

Lai Di didn't understand why the official wanted to give money to the Wang family. Seeing that he was friendly, she boldly asked, "Why did you give money to the Wang family?"

The official looked in the direction of the suona sound and answered patiently, "Mr. Wang Defa has taught their daughter well, and we, Mr. Dong, have come to commend them."

"You teach your daughter well? Sister Xiaohua? She's dead."

The three of them were very confused, especially Daya, because Uncle Song would sell eels to the officials from time to time, and she knew that the legal advisor in the government office called the county magistrate "Dong Weng".

The 'officer' in front of him was the government secretary, and the one sitting in the sedan chair was the county magistrate!

Master Zhang smiled approvingly: "Wang Xiaohua would rather die by banging her head against the wall than defend her innocence. This shows that her character is comparable to that of the heroine in the Book of Han.

Although Wang Defa and his wife could not read a single word, they were able to raise such a chaste and heroic woman. How admirable! "

Daya was immediately furious. She looked in the direction of the sedan chair and complained, "You have been deceived, my Lord. Sister Xiaohua was sold to the brothel by her parents!"

Unexpectedly, the always kind master immediately frowned and scolded: "What's wrong with you, girl? We are from the same village, but you haven't learned any female virtues from Wang Xiaohua, and you dare to criticize your elders."

Daya: “???”

With a sharp gaze sweeping over the three people, Master Zhang continued: "You all need to learn from Wang Xiaohua. A girl's innocence is more important than anything else..."

At this time, a majestic male voice came from the green sedan, "Okay, stop talking nonsense with a few little girls, find out the location and leave quickly!"

Master Zhang bowed and replied respectfully, "Yes, Mr. Dong."

Watching the police team leave, Daya and the other two were stunned. Aunt Liu and her husband sold their own daughter to such a lowly place, forcing her to die by banging her head against the wall. Yet the magistrate of a prefecture or county came in person to reward them!

"Who is this official? He behaves so ridiculously!" Lai Di couldn't help but complain as soon as the government team walked away.

Daya sighed softly, "County Master."

"County Magistrate?" Lai Di was so shocked that she almost bit off her tongue. "How can someone so foolish be a county magistrate?"

"He's not confused."

A clear male voice suddenly sounded, startling the three people. They turned around and saw a boy in a half-new and half-worn blue cloth shirt, walking slowly out from behind the paulownia tree.

"Yuan Qing! Why are you here?"

Lai Di was surprised at first, then she remembered the disrespectful words she had just said to the county magistrate, and she couldn't help but question him out of guilt.