Make a long-term worker as an old attack

During dinner that day, Xu Caixing paid special attention to Xue Tian's attire.Although the clothes were not the emerald green she had seen in the garden, her figure and voice were indeed somewhat similar to that woman.However, Xue Zhaoqing respected this aunt very much, and only said that she was wrong and didn't quite believe what she said, thinking that she would leave Xue's house soon, Xu Caixing didn't want any trouble at this time, so she had to listen Xue Zhaoqing, put this matter behind.

As soon as the twelfth lunar month entered, the wind in Sanyuan County immediately became bitterly cold.After the first snow fell in the county, the old lady of the Xue family coughed up blood for the second time.After the doctor came to see it, he just shook his head helplessly, not even willing to prescribe the medicine again.

The marriage of the two great-grandchildren did not bring much joy, and the old man was already close to ninety years old.This lifespan, not to mention Sanyuan County, even in the huge Xi'an Prefecture, is extremely rare.Although the Xue family was grieving, they had to face the reality.

Xue Zhaoqing didn't care about hanging out with Niu Geng in the afternoon, and after working in the morning, he often didn't care about eating. According to the prescription prescribed by the doctor, he decocted the medicine himself in the kitchen, poured out the dregs, and fed the soup one mouthful until the grandma was completely deflated. in the mouth.But even with such waiting, the old lady still couldn't make it to the new year. On the morning of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, Jinfeng was the first to find the old lady lying on the bed, her body was so cold.

The family had already made preparations. As soon as the old lady left, the finished coffin was carried into the gate of Xue's house.Xue Tian and his two daughters-in-law changed the old lady's shroud.The encoffining master was invited to sort out the remains of the old lady, and Xue Qian even invited seven famous monks nearby to chant scriptures for the old lady in Xue's ancestral hall.

But there are always people who still feel lost in their hearts.

Xue Zhaoqing came to Xue's grave every evening to look for Niu Geng, just like when his mother left.Niu Geng was assigned by Xue Zhong to build the tomb again. Just like a few years ago, he made up a ghost story to scare away the half-children who worked together, and then leaned under the banyan tree and hugged Xue Zhaoqing.

On the day the old lady left, Xue Zhaoqing was still the same as before, unable to shed a single tear, but when he came under the banyan tree, his eyes were swollen from crying.

Niu Geng could only hold him here, listen to him cry, without saying a word, and only use his strong arms to give him the greatest comfort.

Seven days after the old lady’s coffin was put in the ancestral hall, it was carried by the strong men of Xue’s family. Xue Gan led the way, and several big monks followed closely behind the coffin, followed by some paper-made cows, horses, pigs and sheep carried by the young men. Carriage and stuff.The family wept all the way to Xue's cemetery.

The coffin was lowered in the newly dug cemetery next to Xue Qian's grandfather's grave, and the soil was buried. Xue Qian brought a group of Xue family descendants to kowtow in front of the old lady's grave, weeping and burning paper money.

Xue Zhaoqing knelt by Xue Gan's side, looking at his slightly bent father with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.

He clearly remembered that when his mother left, his father didn't shed a single tear.When he was young, he thought Xue Gan was a heartless and ungrateful person.Until today, he finally figured it out, it wasn't that his father was ungrateful and ungrateful, but now, his father with a strong backbone is indeed a little old.

After the grand burial of the ancestors, the entire Xue family had to observe the funeral for the old lady. The old lady left the previous year, and the Xue family didn't spend much this new year. It was just a simple meal for the whole family to count as a new year.

Because there wasn't much work in winter, some long-term workers in the family were willing to go home, so Xue Zhong let them all go back.Only Niu Geng was left to take care of the livestock and do some field work.

Since his father passed away, Niu Geng and his mother never returned to their hometown.One is that there are no close relatives in my hometown, but Niu Gengniang's legs and feet have been getting worse over the years, so she doesn't want to make such a fuss.It's just right not to go back, and I can spend more time with Xue Zhaoqing.

But since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed, Niu Geng saw Xue Zhaoqing sighing from time to time.

"Qing'er, what's the matter with you recently? You often sigh." Xue Zhaoqing came to Niu Geng's small thatched hut after lunch. He didn't dislike the dilapidated hut, and sat on the kang when he entered the house, eating the snacks made by Aunt Niu , while thinking about something.

"I'm just a little worried lately."

"worry about what?"

"Brother Niu Geng, you forgot about Caixing's sister-in-law."

Niu Geng suddenly realized that Xu Caixing had been married into Xue's family for almost three months. During these days, although she and Xue Zhaoqing had the name of husband and wife, they had no reality. Even at night, Xue Zhaoqing slept on the soft couch in the study.

"Are you worried about sending her away?"

"Well, the time agreed with my brother-in-law is getting closer, but I've been feeling uneasy lately." Xue Zhaoqing said, put down the snack in his hand, and looked at Niu Geng worriedly.

"It turns out that after sending her away, Zhao Wen and his wife are here, and my father can feel a little comforted in his heart, but now, grandma grandma passed away not long ago, and if something happens to me again, I'm afraid that my father may not be able to bear it."

"Well... Indeed, just worrying about your brothers and the old ancestor, I can see that the old man has lost a lot of weight these days."

"My father was brought up by his grandparents since he was a child. When I was young, I heard from my mother that my grandparents left early. It was my grandparents who protected my father little by little when he grew up, teaching him how to manage the land, how to buy property, and how to farm. Taking care of this family, even my father and mother's baby marriage was decided by grandma."

"So that's the case. No wonder, I see the master's lack of energy these days, as if he has lost his soul."

"When my mother left, I never saw my father cry. In the few days after my grandma got out of the coffin, I saw him with swollen eyes every day. If something happens in my yard at this time, I'm afraid ...."

"Qing'er, why don't you talk to Caixing's sister-in-law and your brother-in-law, and push this matter back?"

Xue Zhaoqing thought for a while, then shook his head: "A few days ago, Caixing's sister-in-law also mentioned this matter to me, but I couldn't think about it carefully. My righteous brother is a postman, and his whereabouts are erratic. Even if I write to him I don’t know when he will receive the letter. If he doesn’t receive the message, it will be another trouble if he finds out that we haven’t kept the appointment when the appointment is made.”

"Indeed, if the eldest brother came here in a hurry, he couldn't bear to rush around, and if someone found out that there was something wrong, it would be troublesome."

"That's not the case. He shouldn't be such a reckless person."

"Really? If it were me, I wouldn't be able to find you by then, so I wouldn't care too much. I would definitely break in and find you."

Although what Niu Geng said was reckless, it was very useful to Xue Zhaoqing's ears.He slightly loosened his furrowed brows, dragged his cheeks and acted coquettishly at Niu Geng: "I don't believe it, aren't you afraid that someone will beat you?"

"Don't be afraid, anyway, I have thick skin and strong flesh, so I don't feel any pain after being hit twice."

"Hmph, how did you learn to say such nonsense to deceive people?" Xue Zhaoqing deliberately teased him, and lightly tapped Niu Geng's forehead.

"No, Qing'er, I swear..." Niu Geng anxiously raised his finger to the sky.

"Okay, okay, I believe you, what you said is actually not unreasonable, my brother-in-law is actually short-tempered, if it is really like what you said, if you find him, then all previous efforts will really be wasted. And, After picking up Cai Xing back then, I told my father that I would go back home to visit my relatives after a hundred days of marriage. I was afraid that my father would become suspicious if I postponed the time so arbitrarily."

"Is there really such a custom in Baishui County? What if the master finds Caixing's sister-in-law's natal family afterward?"

"There has always been this saying, but until now, there are not many people who do this. As for her natal family, her father is too pedantic. When the daughter is married, life or death has nothing to do with him. We At that time, she decided on her father's temperament, so she dared to do this."

"In this case, Qing'er, although I'm not very smart, I feel that going to the appointment on time is safer than not going on time. Master, I will comfort you when you come back."

"Hey, it seems that's the only way to go." Xue Zhaoqing sighed slightly, then raised his eyebrows and looked at Niu Geng: "Whoever said you are not smart, my brother Niu Geng is smarter than anyone else."

"Qing'er, don't laugh at me."

"No." As he said that, Xue Zhaoqing raised his two round arms and put them around Niu Geng's neck, dragging him onto the kang.

"Tell me, what do I want now?" Xiao Xiangfeng scratched the neck of the burdock while speaking, and her face immediately turned red.

"Qing'er, this is in the courtyard."

"What are you afraid of? Your mother has gone to the kitchen. The other long-term workers haven't come back yet. Uncle Zhong went to the accountant to settle accounts. It's just the two of us."

"But……."

"What are you afraid of?" As he spoke, his slippery little hands stretched into Niu Geng's cotton-padded jacket, and kept teasing.The disobedient little tongue was also gently licking along the neck of the burdock.

Niu Geng couldn't be teased enough, so he had to quickly lock the door, and for a while, there was boundless spring in that small hut.

On the second day of February, Long raised his head, and after reporting to Xue Qian, Xue Zhaoqing rented a carriage and set off on the road according to the time agreed with his brother-in-law.Although Xue Gan wanted Xue Zhong to take his own carriage and follow him, Xue Zhaoqing insisted that he would not let him go because he had too much work in the spring field.Although Xue Qian had doubts in his heart, he thought it was a newlywed couple and it would be inconvenient for acquaintances to follow him, so he stopped pressing.

Things are going step by step according to what I have planned in my heart.Xue Zhaoqing sat outside the carriage with the driver, leaving Xu Caixing alone in the carriage.Walking all the way to Baishui County, while looking at the newly sprouted shoots on both sides of the road, he repeatedly thought about how to explain to Xue Gan when he went back.

For some reason, when going out this time, Xue Zhaoqing felt flustered for no reason.It seems that there is always a voice saying in his ear: "Don't go, don't go." Even in the two days before leaving the house, he had two nights of nightmares in a row, but once he woke up in the middle of the night, he couldn't remember the dream at all. what to see.

After two consecutive days without a good rest, Xue Zhaoqing felt exhausted to the point of death, and the carriage bumped constantly on the path, and the road here was unofficial, and there was not even a place to rest.He rubbed his sore neck, looked ahead, and the wall of Baishui County was already faintly visible.

Suddenly, there were killing noises on both sides of the path, and several ragged men with their faces masked came out of the woods with short knives or big knives in their hands. Seeing something bad, Xue Zhaoqing hurriedly told the driver to speed up so that he could escape quickly. Unexpectedly, the coachman was not in a hurry, but instead tightened the reins, stopped the horse, and slowly stopped the cart.