Old things in Nancheng

People say that there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.The warm wind here is intoxicating, the drizzle is like silk, and the air is mixed with soft words. What catches the eye is the slender waist of a Jiangnan woman twisting and floating skirts. Drinking a sip of sake, you can taste the freshness after the rain and smell the fragrance of flowers and plants. Ashamed, everyone is drunk without wine.

Compared with the exquisite white-clothed garden of Namowa in the city, the manors outside Hangzhou are less prosperous and more peaceful.Houses are scattered among the rice fields. In midsummer, the rice ears in the fields have been picked out, plump and shiny, and the setting sun scattered across the fields, a large area of ​​yellow and bright, slightly swaying with the breeze, like waves.

The fragrance of rice drifts with the wind and enters people's noses. The simple peasants inhale the smell of harvest deeply, and wipe off the sweat from their dark faces carefully. In the Jiangnan water town with a diffuse cultural atmosphere, the peasants are also faintly delicate, not as rough as the northern men.

The sun went down, the sunset covered the western sky, and the summer heat kept burrowing into the body. The farmers stopped work and went to the small river at the head of the village to scrub.The river water was clear, and it was very comfortable to pat on the body. A few young men couldn't stand the hot sun, so they jumped into the river laughing and taking a deep breath. They only saw their buttocks pouted and their legs kicked, and they disappeared. After a while, With a "swish", he got out of the water, holding a live fish flicking its tail high in his hand.

"Little sister, continue!"

The man threw it casually, and the fish drew a beautiful arc in the air, and landed on the hem of a delicate woman's raised skirt.

"Brother, steamed and cut?" The woman's soft voice sounded, and she picked up the fish quickly with a sickle.

"Xiaoshu's ability to catch fish is the same in our Wangjiazhuang." The middle-aged man stretched out his thumb and gestured.

The young man Chen Wangshu, who was very proud of being praised by everyone, kept flopping in the river like a fish, but when he turned around and saw three figures walking by the bank, the smile on Chen Wangshu's face suddenly changed. Gone.

The people on the bank followed Chen Wangshu's gaze and saw them, and everyone stopped smiling and looked at each other, but the contempt in those eyes was still very obvious and undisguised.

"Unlucky, go home!" A man yelled, and the others also collected their farm tools and clothes and went back to their homes.

Among the three, Wang Zimo, who walked last, was extremely ashamed and indignant by everyone. She lowered her head and wanted to escape from this embarrassing place quickly, but her mother walked slowly in front, and she still didn't want to do it. Jing yelled at everyone.

"Mother, come back after dinner at my place." Wang Zimo did not like her mother's behavior, but mother is mother, and as a child, he is not qualified to judge whether his parents are right or wrong.

Wang Zimo's mother, Liu Shi, rolled her eyes and said, "Your sister has been wronged a lot today, if you don't treat her well with some fish, you are not her brother!"

There is pork at home. She went to the city to cut some the day before yesterday, but the fish was to be caught fresh. Wang Zimo thought about it and said, "Mother, take your sister back to my place first, and I will go find a fish."

When the mother and daughter were far away, Prince Mofei ran to Chen Wangshu's house and stood at the door, hesitating whether to go in or not.

"Xiao Er, what are you doing here, without waiting for your mother to eat and drink?" Chen Wangshu was packing the farm tools in the yard, and glanced at Wang Zimo.

"Brother Shu, my sister wants to eat fish." Wang Zimo said awkwardly.

"Eat fish? Catch it in the river, who will stop you!" Chen Wangshu was furious when he heard that. It's not her sister who wants to eat fish, it's clearly her mother's idea.

"Brother Shu, I..." Wang Zimo was embarrassed and ashamed, not knowing how to speak.

Chen Wangshu looked at the aggrieved Wang Zimo, sighed, took the fish from the house and handed it to Wang Zimo, and said earnestly: "Everyone knows what your mother is, don't talk to her anymore, it's time How many times have you done it, don't you think it's not enough?"

"Brother Shu, I know, but she is always my mother." Wang Zimo took the fish, and took five coins from his pocket to Chen Wangshu.

"Take it back, you're begging for a fight, right?" Chen Wangshu looked at the stubborn Wang Zimo, and couldn't hold back his anger.

"Brother Shu, take it!" Wang Zimo pushed Chen Wangshu and said flatteringly.

"I don't want the money. I harvested the rice back in the field, and you take me to sell it in the city." Chen Wangshu put the money back into the prince's ink pocket, hating iron for being weak: "You boy, you are a coward, I can't see it." , Get out now."

Wang Zimo held the fish in one hand and the money pocket in the other, and nodded heavily: "Thank you, Brother Shu!"

The chimney of the Wang family was always smoking. When Wang Zimo came home, he saw Liu happily frying pork and gave the fish to Liu. Wang Zimo hid in the house sadly. She tidies up the house.

"Brother, mother is like that, don't argue with her." Seeing Wang Zimo's frustrated face, Yan'er persuaded.

"The Wang family knows that you are my mother's daughter, so they will never accept you, and I don't want you to be a girl and be abused by others. Don't worry, stay at home for three years, and my brother will give you a dowry. It's better than anything else to be a dignified lady and be the master of your own house." Wang Zimo was panicking, but she couldn't vent her anger on her younger sister.

One's own background is a taboo in the Wang family village, and even more so in the Wang family.When Liu was young, she worked as a maid in the Wang family and seduced Wang Qinian, the second wife, who was Prince Mo's father.The family style of the Wang family is strict, and there are certain rules in marrying wives and taking concubines. This kind of thing that the young master hooks up with the maid is considered immoral in the Wang family, and Wang Qinian's main wife, Feng Shi, is also a powerful person, so she sent Liu Shi away the next day. up.

Wang Qinian didn't love the Liu family at first, and the Feng family was very tight-lipped. Sending an insignificant maid did not attract the attention of the Wang family. Who would have thought that after two months, the Liu family came to the door and said that they were pregnant with Wang Qinian's child. The Wang family was shocked. Especially Mr. Wang, he enforced the family law for Wang Qinian, and gave money to seal Liu's mouth, but no matter what, he didn't let go of accepting Liu as his concubine. .

This is a stain on the Wang family. No one in the Wang family wants to see Prince Mo born. The Liu family is always an honest farmer, and he also persuaded the Liu family to kill the child and take the money rewarded by the Wang family to marry far away.But Liu's lard was deceived, and he wanted to enter Wang's house to enjoy the happiness, but after a while, he got a big belly and gave birth to a child, but he was a loser.Liu's heart became ruthless, so she mistook Wang Zimo for a boy and blackmailed Wang's family.

When Wang Qinian heard that Mrs. Liu had given birth to a boy, he was willing to accept Mrs. Liu. He is not in good health, and after all these years, only Wang Ziyan was the only man. Moreover, Wang Ziyan was weak and sick, thinking that having an extra son would not be a bad thing.Unable to stand the cruelty of Mr. Wang, and the Feng family obstructing her, the Wang family gave the money, and resorted to other means to find a poor house for the Liu family in a neighboring village who could not find a wife. Liu's dream of flying on a branch to become a phoenix was completely shattered.

Wang Zimo was brought up by the two elders of the Liu family. He grew up to ten years old. He was handsome, smart, capable and sensible. People in Wangjiazhuang praised him when he saw it. When Wang Qinian heard about it, he went to take a look. He remembered it in his heart .

At this time, Wang Ziyan was married, but unfortunately after three years of tossing around, he gave birth to a loser. Wang Qinian was really anxious, and told his mother that he wanted Wang Zimo to recognize his ancestors and return to his family.The first one who refused was the old man, and the Feng family was also sincerely unwilling to give Wang Zimo a serious background. Wang Qinian had no choice but to let Wang Zimo enter the mansion as a servant, and specially arranged for the loyal Wang Ziyan to learn to read. Recognize characters.

If this is the case, it is also good, but it is a pity that sometimes there must be something in life, and there is no time in life, so don't force it.The Liu family married the poor and settled Shen family, and the money they got from the Wang family had already been used up in seven or eight years. Seeing that Prince Mo entered the Wang family, she often went to the Wang family to fight the autumn wind.Originally, the Feng family also had spare thoughts when they saw Wang Zimo's duty, but Liu's nonsense made her both new and old, and she couldn't bear it anymore. In the year of Wang Zimo's fourteenth year, Wang Zimo was kicked out of the Wang family and given to her. Three mu of land and ten taels of silver are considered kind.

When Wang Zimo was kicked out of the Wang family, the two elders of the Liu family were both ashamed and angry, and they left one after another after a while.Only Wang Zimo was left alone to guard the old house, and his spine was poked by people's eyes every day.

Wang Zimo sighed, stuffed the five coins in his pocket into the rouge bag, and said, "You keep the money yourself, don't let mother know."

"Brother, I don't want it!" Yan'er always felt sorry for Wang Zimo, so she insisted on not wanting it.

"Take it, brother does not lack this."

"I do not want!"

"I want it!" Mrs. Liu neatly put five copper coins into her pocket, and told them to have dinner together.

A very sumptuous dinner, just in time for the farmers’ New Year’s Eve. Unfortunately, Wang Zimo’s two brothers and sisters couldn’t keep it down, only Liu’s kept eating meat and fish. Wang Zimo saw that Liu’s hair was withered and yellow, her skin was dull, and there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes that could not be concealed. The awkward heart also softened three points, and kept feeding Liu Shi and Yan'er food, making thousands of mistakes, and it was always his own mother.

"Mother, here is a hundred dollars, go home and buy more delicious food, don't wrong yourself and Yan'er." Farewell is about to come, Wang Zimo can't help watching Liu's suffering, even though she asked for it all. of.

Liu Shi calmly put away the copper and led Yan'er back.

Wang Zimo did not send his mother and daughter to the entrance of the village, but carried a hoe to the field to weed and release water.The water is gurgling, the insects are humming, the evening wind blows away the heat of the day, and the night sky is full of stars.

Wang Zimo lay on the field for a long time, until the knot in his chest dissipated, then he picked up his mood and went home, but on the way, he picked up a strangely dressed woman.

The woman wore very little fabric, a small vest with heated trousers, and a small backpack on her back. Under the stars and moon, those shiny white arms and thighs blinded Wang Zimo's eyes, and she was immoral!

Unable to wake up the sleeping woman, the kind-hearted Wang Zimo had no choice but to bite the bullet and carry her back to wipe off the ashes on the woman's face. Wang Zimo was attracted by this radiant appearance.

It's not as graceful as you usually see, and you can't say it's beautiful, but this woman can be found in the crowd with just one glance. Under the closed eyes, there are long eyelashes, as if painted with something, Mi Mi Qiao is like a fan, the bridge of the nose is very high, the small mouth is pursed, the face is as white and tender as the body, no matter how you look at it, you are also a lady from a rich family, but a lady from a rich family would never dress so naked.

That night, Wang Zimo lay next to the bed on the ground, suffering from insomnia.

The author has something to say: For this article, first of all, I would like to thank the lovely classmate Di Hanbing, who drew a beautiful cover, and also helped me to proofread, and gave me the greatest help, thank you.

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