BXBX NOVEL Chapter 406: 406 Hurry up and take it out
Since people in the village were used to getting up early to work, at this time, there were no more people fetching water from the village well.
No need to queue up for fetching water either.
On the way, she encountered several people who gave Su Qingyue strange looks.
At tirst, she thought it was because ot the greenish medicinal paste on her tace that made her look ugly, but after pondering for a moment, she felt that those people’s eyes were subtly laughing with a hint of ambiguity.
What was wrong with these people?
She wasn’t curious enough to ask. She shook the well winch to lower the bucket on the long rope down into the well, filled it with water, and then cranked it back up to pour the water into her own bucket.
She noticed a child glancing at her before running away immediately.
She thought she had scared the child and helplessly slanted the corner of her mouth.
After filling two water buckets, she placed them about a meter apart and put the carrying pole horizontally in between. She fastened the bucket straps at both ends of the carrying pole, crouched down, rested the pole on her shoulder, held the bucket with both hands, and stood up with the steady water buckets.
The men in her family were large, and their water jars and buckets were larger than those of ordinary households.
Picking up two full buckets was quite a strain for her, but luckily, she was used to it.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw Li Gui walking out from the narrow path between the houses and blocking her way. “Su Qingyue.”
Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, as she had encountered Li Gui more than once or twice.
How could the village be so large as to have such a coincidence?
Recalling the child who had run away from her earlier, she boldly said, “Did you ask someone to watch me?”
“So you found out,” Li Gui admitted. “The older children in the village are usually bored, so I asked two of them to let me know when they see you. I give them one cent each time.”
“Are you out of your mind?” She rolled her eyes at him.
Having been scolded, he showed no reaction. Seeing her wearing a lake green dress, it looked so much like the ghost that scared him last night?
Qingyue noticed his eyes examining her, guessing that he must have recognized her clothes.
She had no choice — apart from the original owner’s clothes with over a dozen patches, old and unrecognizable colors that made her look like a beggar when she went out, she only had this new dress.
She hadn’t washed the dirty clothes yet.
There was nothing she could do about Li Gui recognizing it.
“Were you the female ghost by the river last night?” Li Gui asked, thinking about how he was scared last night and his face filled with rage.
As expected, Su Qingyue didn’t deny it, “Wow, what kind of eyes do you have? I was just standing by the river, and you treated me like a ghost?”
She glared at him, ‘You seem to have been quite scared. Can’t recognize people from ghosts, it’s a shame you’re a scholar.”
Li Gui had no words in return. Indeed, she never said she was a ghost. Looking at her face smeared with green medicinal paste, her clear eyes were as clear and naughty as water.
With the new dress, it made her look even more elegant.
There was no woman in the village who seemed both elegant like a well-bred young lady and not like a village girl even when carrying a load of water.
Seeing him staring blankly, Qingyue walked around him with the water and gradually moved farther away.
Li Gui watched her receding figure, the determination to win her over in his eyes.
Qingyue returned home and cooked breakfast.
She made brown rice porridge in the morning.
Qingyue entered the master bedroom and took out the money from her sleeve pocket, “We should settle the household’s finances. After buying so many household supplies, we originally had thirty taels and four hundred cents left, but last night my third brother blackmailed five cents from me. Now we only have three hundred and ninety-five cents left in copper coins..”