Reborn female match

Chapter 23 The Lantern Festival

An Tong helped Xu Xiangru send the lantern back to Xu's house, and met Xu San who came back in a new suit.He hummed a tune that he obviously learned from Fengyue, and he seemed very proud.

"Father." Xu Xiangru called him.

Xu San turned his head and saw Xu Xiangru and An Tong holding a bunch of strangely shaped lanterns, suddenly realized: "It's almost the Lantern Festival!"

As if remembering that this was not the point, he answered Xu Xiangru, then looked at An Tong and said with a smile: "Miss An, are you all right?"

Who will come with you safe and sound? !An Tong complained.

She responded: "Yes."

Xu Xiangru put down the lantern, full of doubts: "Father, where did you get the new clothes?"

When Xu San heard this, the smile on his face became even wider, he raised his hand and spun around, and said with a smile, "How is it? Daddy's clothes look good, don't I? I bought a pair for both of you, too."

"Father, I'm asking—" Before Xu Xiangru finished speaking, Xu San anxiously interrupted her, "I didn't ask your mother for money, and I didn't steal money from the family. I earned it!"

An Tong and Xu Xiangru suddenly felt something was wrong.Especially An Tong, his heart was beating wildly, he didn't know whether to beat Xu Sanhao, or to complain that what happened in this life happened according to the trajectory of his previous life.

There was nowhere to vent her grievances, and she ended up with a headache and shortness of breath.

"Father, are you going to gamble?" Xu Xiangru frowned, but also a wave of anger was pent up in his chest, vaguely about to erupt.

Xu San has been so busy for nearly a month that no one noticed when he got involved in gambling!But according to what An Tong said, people who just gambled are usually very lucky, if Xu Sangang is involved in gambling, then she still has a way to stop him.

Unexpectedly, Xu Er was very surprised, he said: "What bet? Do you think I am going to gamble with you?"

Although his words were very vulgar, Xu Xiangru felt a little relieved: "Didn't dad go to gamble, where did the money come from?"

"Of course I made money!"

"How did you earn it?"

"Xu Xiangru! I am your father, you dare to question me?"

Xu Xiangru choked, pursed his lips and remained silent.

Seeing that Xu Xiangru couldn't ask anything, An Tong immediately shouted aggressively: "Xu San!"

"..." Xu San looked at An Tong, subconsciously dodging his eyes.

"Miss An, this is the Xu family's family affairs. Could it be that you want to take care of the Xu family's family affairs?"

An Tong rolled his eyes, and said with a straight face: "I don't want to take care of your family affairs, but Xu Xiangru owes An's family twenty pennies. You are her father, and you should pay her debts for her!"

Xu Xiangru glanced at An Tong, a little meaningful.

Xu San was taken aback by An Tong's accounts, and said loudly: "When did she owe you An's money, how could I not know?"

"You don't stay at home all day, you only get money from home, what else do you know?" An Tong asked back.

Xu San was speechless, he could only glare at Xu Xiangru, and almost made a move.He said bitterly: "You prodigal bastard, why don't you talk about borrowing money?"

Xu Xiangru had a stubborn expression: "Father always takes money from the family, and every time he takes it is hundreds of Wen. But my mother and I have to eat and clothe, and we can't take care of the fields alone. Taxes, village communal money... and many other expenses. Except for the few acres of land that can be sold at home, only my mother and I weave some bamboo fabrics to sell money to subsidize the family. But it was still not enough, so I asked An's family if they could borrow it. few."

An Tong took the opportunity to say: "Speaking of which, the An family has asked you for debts a few times, you probably don't know about it?"

Xu San's face changed, and he was suddenly resentful. Seeing that no one from An's family came to collect the debt, he thought that the Xu Wang family had already paid the debt, but he didn't expect...

"But it was only ten pennies, why did it change to twenty pennies?"

"Do you think it's enough to just pay back the principal?" An Tong sneered.

"You're deceiving people too much!" Xu San opened his eyes wide, full of anger.

"Didn't you make money? After paying off the debt, you can earn more money. Why don't you have money to pay back?" An Tong said.

Xu San let out a "bah" and said, "No matter how much I earn, I can't resist being so bullied by your An family! Besides, Cuju competitions don't happen every day!"

"What does Cuju have to do with you? Don't tell me that you can still play Cuju like this?"

Xu San smiled, with a proud expression on his face: "I told you Miss An, I just went to play cuju! I earned all the money from playing cuju!"

Xu San didn't know how to play Cuju very much at all, but what they liked was that he couldn't, so they asked him to join a Cuju team funded by the children of wealthy businessmen.

The Cuju team only needs to follow the instructions of the rich businessman's son and choose to lose a few goals when necessary, and then they will succeed immediately.If there is an unexpected effect, that's even better, and this Cuju team can get more benefits.

During this period of time, Xu San played five games and won four consecutive money!

Xu San and others would not know the benefits of letting Xu San and others lose on purpose to the children of wealthy businessmen.

It's just that An Tong remembered that An Lan mentioned to her in her previous life that many children from aristocratic families and wealthy families would form Cuju teams to compete with each other.Some of them will end in person, and some just pay money.

Young ladies from rich families also like to watch Cuju. They will go to the Cuju field together to watch the game, and occasionally bet on which side will win.

In fact, this is also a kind of gambling game, but for these big families, winning or losing a small amount of money is harmless, so they never take the money they win or lose to heart.

But the most important thing is the exchange of interests between the Cuju teams. Some children of aristocratic families will use the Cuju competitions to justifiably collect bribes from wealthy households.Most of the wealthy households are merchants, and they will naturally get some conveniences if they benefit.

But An Tong thought, in fact, he is the biggest winner who manipulates all this!

"Who asked you to play Cuju?" An Tong asked again.

Xu San was very vigilant: "This has nothing to do with Miss An!"

An Tong thought that Xu San was just asked to play Cuju, and he was not the one who gambled. Even if the court wanted to investigate the bribery matter, it would not involve Xu San and other small people, so it should be fine.

"Hmph, if you pay back the money now, I don't need to charge interest." After An Tong said that, he really extended his hand to Xu San.

"But all of a sudden, where did I get ten pennies?!"

"It's okay to return the ones in your hand first."

Xu San was full of reluctance, if it was normal, he would definitely have to fool around a few more times.But just now he got carried away with complacency and told about the fact that he had made four pennies, and there was no reason to evade it.

He also knew that he couldn't offend An Tong, and if he could pay it back earlier, he wouldn't need to charge interest. It would be better than delaying it for a long time and having to pay double the money, right?So unwillingly, he took out the banknotes that hadn't been warmed up yet.

He was reluctant to let go, and tried to struggle again: "Miss An, you have to exchange the banknotes, and you can't take them alone. Why don't I exchange the money first, and then send it to Anzhai?"

"The An family is full of people!" An Tong took the money without changing his face, and said, "The remaining seven coins..."

"I will return it as soon as possible!" Xu San smiled reluctantly.

"Actually, it's okay to take it slowly." An Tong didn't want to push him too hard, lest she really ran to gamble at that time, then she would really be guilty.

"..."

Xu San was in a bad mood. Even though he knew that the Xu family owed An's money, how could he not feel distressed at the thought of losing Sanguan's private money all of a sudden?

Fortunately, he didn't anger Xu Xiangru, but complained a little: "Why didn't you pay back the money for selling grain?"

Xu Xiangru was very helpless: "Father, the money is only enough to pay back the money owed to Seventh Aunt and the others, and the winter solstice, Laba, Zhengdan and the upcoming Lantern Festival will all cost a lot of money. There is no reminder for Anjia, so..."

Xu San angrily threw the new clothes to Xu Xiangru: "That's enough, don't tell me these are useless! Take the clothes away, one for each of you. If I had known that today would be so unlucky, I wouldn't have bought it, and I could save some money for wine! "

After cursing resentfully, he rushed back into the room.

An Tong returned the money to Xu Xiangru.Xu Xiangru had already paid back the money owed to An's family, but today it was just a lie to Xu San.With the money in his hands, he might run to find a private nest again soon, so it's better to let Xu Xiangru hide it for emergencies.

She added: "Your father suddenly ran to play Cuju, it must not be accidental."

"I'll keep an eye out."

An Tong was about to leave when Xu Xiangru suddenly said: "An Tong, thank you."

This was the first time Xu Xiangru called An Tong by his first name.

Not long after coming to Fuqiu Village, Xu Xiangru already knew that she couldn't call An Tong by his name directly, so he only used An Tong's name in private after getting offended.

But now, without resentment, she called An Tong for the first time.

what does this mean?

No matter what it means, An Tong just feels that their relationship is closer than ever before.

"no need thank me?"

An Tong's expression was quite unnatural, and he felt awkward.The relationship with Xu Xiangru was so close suddenly, she was really not used to it, obviously the two were on opposite sides.

"Actually, no matter what difficulties the Xu family encounters, it has nothing to do with you, but you remind and help us again and again, isn't it worthy of gratitude?"

"It's not for you, it's just for me." An Tong said.

Xu Xiangru thought about An Tong's words, but he was a little confused.

"No matter what, I don't seem to have repaid your kindness. I don't like to owe others. If there is gratitude, there is revenge—" Xu Xiangru paused, and under An Tong's gaze, he said truthfully, "Revenge."

An Tong already knew about Xu Xiangru's "small belly and chicken intestines", so he was not surprised, and asked, "Then how do you want to repay the kindness?"

"That depends on how Miss An wants me to pay back."

An Tong thought for a while, and said, "How about spending the Lantern Festival with me?"

Xu Xiangru was slightly surprised: "That's all?"

"Could it be that you want to make a promise with your body?" An Tong said, gearing up again, eager to try, "I see that after the little lady in the scriptures was rescued, they all promised with her body!"

Xu Xiangru is obviously not an emotional person, she said indifferently: "If you want me to promise you with your body, then it is only fair that you help me with the same conditions."

"Tsk, Xu Xiangru, you are not only small, you are also fussy!"

Xu Xiangru smiled slightly: "To each other."

The Lantern Festival is also known as the "Festival of Lanterns", but in Fuqiu Village, villagers have little chance to enjoy the lively scene in the county town.

However, Anli is working with several other big families in Fuqiu Village to build a colorful building in the village, and hang colorful lanterns on it.

During the daytime, there was a Nuo drama, so that the villagers had already experienced the joy of the Lantern Festival. They did not expect to see such a grand scene at night!

The villagers gathered around with their wives and children to join in the fun. The children didn't want to go home to sleep after watching hundreds of colored lights.Some people moved a chair to sit not far from the Lantern Building, and began to tell stories related to the Lantern Festival, which attracted a group of people.

In the past, An Lizheng had no intention of wasting manpower and financial resources to do these things, but after hearing An Tong's description of the idea of ​​hanging lanterns all over the mansion, for the safety of the mansion, he could only use this method to divert An Tong's attention .

An Tong actually didn't care where the lanterns were hung, but she and Xu Xiangru's lanterns were hung in the most conspicuous place of the Lantern Building, so she was very happy and walked around the Lantern Building several times.

Ignoring those voices saying that her lantern is ugly, An Tong's mood can be said to be very good, not just because of the lantern, but because she is very sure that this matter did not happen in her previous life... She is also able to change the person who writes. the next story.

Looking at Xu Xiangru's clear face illuminated by the lantern, An Tong thought to himself: Everything is real, can't it be changed?

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