Farmer one or two things

Song Tiancai knew Lin Xiaoman, and this Lin Xiaoman was the grandson of the old hunter.It was five years ago when Chen Dashi saved up enough money to pay Lin Xiaoman for his life.It would be even better for the old hunter to have his grandson accompany Chen Dashi in his lifetime.

As soon as this incident happened, the people in Chenjia Village also praised Chen Dashi full of praise, praising him for his kindness and righteousness.In addition, he has hunting skills and is a strong man. Many families with daughters expressed their intention to marry their daughters to him.However, he didn't mean that, so he refused.Later, the old hunter passed away, and he kept his filial piety for three years. Song Tiancai was studying abroad again, but he was never heard of.

Chen Guizhi just casually said that Chen Dashi lived a serious life with this man as a matter of course, which surprised Song Tiancai too much.Chen Guizhi and Song Dashan are out-and-out ancient people, even in modern times, many old people can't accept such things, why do they seem to be indifferent?

Song Tiancai thought about it more carefully, only to realize that he had missed an important point. After being told by Chen Guizhi, he remembered it.The four villages of Song, Chen, Feng, and Wan all escaped from Quanzhou in the last years of the previous dynasty and settled down. In Quanzhou, it is most normal for brothers to form a bond.

At that time, Quanzhou was not a bustling town like it is now, but a small fishing village a few rivers away, with many people and little land, and most young and middle-aged people made a living by fishing.The most amazing thing is that people in Quanzhou at that time were very patriarchal, because men were born to have an advantage over women in fishing and farming, and they could make more contributions to their families in that difficult environment.

But if there are fewer women, they will be more expensive, and families with daughters are not willing to marry their daughters to these poor families like their own.It is often to marry outside the village, so that there will be more bachelors.In the end, some men from families with more brothers lived with another man.Save more money for the family, marry a wife for the brothers in the family, and leave offspring.When these men are old, because they have made great contributions to the family, their married brothers will adopt their sons in the past to support these uncles until their death.

But the Qi brothers are very popular in Quanzhou, and people will not look down on them, even because they have worked hard for their families all their lives, as long as they are not misbehaving and selfish, they have a high voice in their old age and the family, and they are very popular. respect.

The villages near Songjia Village all came from Quanzhou, and this custom has been preserved.At the age of Chen Guizhi and Song Dashan, when they were young, there were many Qi brothers living together in the village, and their lives were very good.In addition, the elders require them to treat these people with courtesy and respect. There is no right or wrong in their concept.

And when they grow up, the world will have settled down long ago, and the days will be better.Most people will choose to marry a wife and have children when they have no financial pressure, and gradually fewer and fewer brothers will become brothers.However, there will still be a very small number of people who choose to become brothers, because their families are poor or they have many brothers, and they are not favored by their parents.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for Jieqi brothers to be in the village, but they will make people feel sympathetic. For example, Chen Guizhi and Song Dashan have no disgust.And Song Dashan's ability to adopt adopted sons was also a habit preserved by the Qi brothers. After seeing many adopted sons and their adoptive fathers living well, many people did not object to adopting adopted sons.Of course, generally those who have biological sons will not adopt adopted sons, and most of them are families without children.Song Tiancai was embarrassed by the memories that flashed in his mind. The customs and habits here are really eye-opening.

Although Chen Guizhi blamed Song Tiancai for his lack of memory, he still explained for Song Tiancai: "Dashi and Xiaoman became brothers last year over wine. They have lived together for so many years, and Xiaoman's grandfather is very kind to Dashi. He is not afraid of Dashi It’s not good for Xiaoman. Xiaoman is an honest person. He is a master at home and abroad. Live a good life, adopt a child, and provide them with retirement in the future. This life is lived by people. I heard from your aunt that Xiaoman's cooking is as good as the chefs in the town. The two of them The men live together, and the life is no worse than that of ordinary people. When the big stone hunts, he cooks it and sells it in the town. I heard that it makes a lot of money."

Song Dashan also nodded and said: "The last time I went to the town, I met Dashi to deliver game to shopkeeper Du. He is so polite, and insisted on leaving me a duck and rabbit. They have no land, so they rely on These wild game are sold for money, how can I want them, so I quickly pushed them away and ran back early."

After saying this, Chen Guizhi's expression turned dark.Chen Dashi also gave something to Chen Guizhi, but Chen Guizhi didn't think too much about it. Song Dashan inadvertently put a knife in Chen Guizhi's face. Song Tiancai was worried about his father's IQ when he heard it, and offended his mother, okay? , Song Tiancai felt that he could only light a candle for his father.

However, according to what Song Dashan and Chen Guizhi said, this Lin Xiaoman has a skill, but also a person.Chen Dashi also paid great attention to kindness in doing things. Such a person was related to their family, and the two elders of the Song family had a good impression of them.If they were recruited to work at the tea stand, wouldn't all his current problems be solved?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this method was feasible, so Song Tiancai said to Chen Guizhi and Song Dashan: "Father, mother, look, what if we recruit Lin Xiaoman as a buddy? He can cook, and he is honest. The main thing is to know the basics. It seems that he knows how to be grateful, and we are not afraid of recruiting a white-eyed wolf. Besides, there are only two men in his family, and there is no big family to serve, so he must spend a lot of time in our shop. "

Chen Guizhi thought that Lin Xiaoman was a relative of her mother's family anyway, and her son still favored her, anyway, whoever was recruiting was not recruiting, and she was still angry at what the stubborn old man said just now.It's not just two pigeons, it makes her seem like she likes to take advantage, let this stubborn old man see now, she is not the kind of person who just thinks about taking advantage of her advantage, whoever treats her well, she will naturally have something good Think about who first.

With a decision in his heart, Chen Guizhi asked Song Dashan: "The head of the family, what do you think of Tiancai's idea?"

It is certain that Chen Dashi has always respected Song Dashan, and Song Dashan would never say no to him.

Sure enough, Song Dashan thought that Chen Dashi had always been kind to him, and when he met him, he always yelled at him. When Tiancai was sick, Chen Dashi met him and forced him a pheasant for Timcai. Make up your body.So he said: "Okay, Xiaoman. Dashi has always been polite to our family, and he is very friendly. Let's let Xiaoman be a buddy, and he will miss us."

Song Tiancai said: "Father, mother, let's make an agreement. It is not known whether Lin Xiaoman will come. Or, mother, take some time to go back to Chenjia Village today to see grandma and uncles, and then let uncle and uncle come." Chen Dashi and the two talked about it."

Chen Guizhi was a little reluctant, and she said: "You silly child, you are in a good mood, thinking about your grandma. But if you let your uncle talk about it, your aunt will be unhappy. Don't forget that you still have a few cousins ​​at home I have nothing to do. I’d better let your father go with me about this matter, just go directly to Dashi’s house and talk about it. Anyway, their family is at the outermost part of Chenjia Village, so I’m not afraid that your uncles and aunts will know about it. Anyway, I If you can’t come forward, your father will look for it. If your uncle and aunt blame me, I will push it to your father, and they can’t do anything about it.”

It's not that Chen Guizhi doesn't want to support her natal nephew, but her two sisters-in-law are not easy-going.If you want this one and don't want that one, you will definitely have trouble with her.Also, if the wages are lowered, her sisters-in-law will be unhappy, but if the wages are higher, Chen Guizhi herself will be unhappy again.

In the past, Chen Guizhi wouldn't have cared so much.After all, she has a good relationship with her two brothers, and her old mother has always treated her very well.But Song Tiancai fell ill a few days ago, and the family money was stolen again, so she went back to her mother's house with the cheek to speak.Thinking that I have never treated my two younger sisters and daughters-in-law badly, every time I go back there are big and small bags, and the red envelopes given to my nephews and nieces every year are never ambiguous.

It should be no problem to borrow five taels of silver to come back, but the two sisters-in-law first watched her go back to her mother's house empty-handed for a while, and then waited for her to ask for a loan, and immediately shook their faces.The two younger brothers apologized to her in embarrassment, but they kept silent about the money.

In the end, it was her old mother who gave her the two taels of silver that was close to her body.This time, Chen Guizhi's heart was shattered. In the past, whenever her mother's family borrowed money from her for business, she would come back empty-handed.

Now that their family is in trouble, and when they encounter difficulties, the people she regards as their blood relatives stand by and watch.Can she not be chilled?Chen Guizhi is so old, he understands that it is not easy for brothers to start a family and start a business, and the children and mother-in-law at home need money for a lot of things, but they still can't get over the hurdle in their hearts.

Therefore, Chen Guizhi returned his old mother's money, and left two taels of personal money for his old mother, so he didn't go back to his mother's house very often.The two brothers of her natal family also saw that Chen Guizhi ignored them, because of the previous incident, they could only accept it.The relationship is considered to be estranged, and I am afraid that once Chen Guizhi's old lady leaves, they will stop seeing each other.

Song Dashan and Chen Guizhi were husband and wife, and he could still know what Chen Guizhi was thinking, because he was afraid of losing face in front of his son.At the beginning, the matter of not borrowing money from his brother at his natal family did not say a word in front of Song Tiancai, and Song Tiancai was not familiar with his uncles when he was studying abroad, and he didn't care too much. He just let Song Dashan and Chen Guizhi handle their own affairs Relatives on the side never intervene.

In the afternoon, Song Dashan went to find Chen Dashi and Lin Xiaoman.

As for Song Tiancai, he went home to see Zhao Yanxiu and Song Xiaobao. Although he had left a meal for them, Song Tiancai was still worried.Looking back, Zhao Yanxiu had already fallen asleep with Song Xiaobao. Seeing that the house was clean, it seemed that it had been tidied up.Song Tiancai's understanding of Zhao Yanxiu has been refreshed again. It turns out that this half-grown child is not a housework killer, and he works quite neatly.

However, this impression only stayed before entering the kitchen.As soon as he arrived at the kitchen, Song Tiancai was dumbfounded. Those broken plates and the greasy bowls and chopsticks were really the kitchen he came in this morning?

Zhao Yanxiu was actually not asleep, he was really embarrassed to face Song Tiancai.After eating with Song Xiaobao at noon, Zhao Yanxiu wanted to wash the bowls and chopsticks, but his hand slipped and dropped a plate. After that, he washed with water for a long time, but the oil stains on the bowls and chopsticks were not cleaned at all. Song Xiaobao was sleepy again It was time to go to bed, so Zhao Yanxiu wanted to put Song Xiaobao to sleep, and then fight with the dishes.

But just after putting Song Xiaobao to sleep, he heard Song Tiancai's footsteps with keen ears, and immediately lifted the quilt to pretend to be asleep.I don't know if it's a guilty conscience or embarrassment, or both.Zhao Yanxiu pretended to be dead and thought, maybe Song Tiancai just came back to get something and wouldn't go into the kitchen, he still had a chance to destroy the corpse.

But the faint sound of water coming out of the kitchen broke Zhao Yanxiu's expectations. He thought ostrichly, so that's it, Brother Song is so good, he must, will not laugh at him for not being able to do housework.

Song Tiancai rolled up his sleeves to clean up the mess, dumped out the broken dishes and buried them well, otherwise Song Xiaobao's mischievousness might lead to them someday.He washed the bowls and chopsticks again, boiled the jujubes from the morning in sugar, buried some sweet potatoes in the stove, and planned to eat them when Zhao Yanxiu and Song Xiaobao got up.

Just after finishing these, Song Tiancai heard someone call his name again at the door.Going out to see, it turned out that Song Tianjin was calling him with a paper bag at the door.Song Tiancai hurried to open the door, and said to Song Tianjin with a smile, "Tianjin, you are resting today. Come, come in and have a seat."

Song Tianjin worked as a clerk in the restaurant for a few months, and he seemed to be more active, so he didn't refuse. He handed the paper bag to Song Tiancai and said, "This is the roast goose I brought in the restaurant, specially for my uncle and aunt. Add a dish, brother, don't be disgusted."

Song Tiancai had to say that Song Tianjin had improved a lot in the world during these days, so he took the things and brought Song Tianjin to the main hall.Thinking about it, he poured a cup of sugar water for Song Tianjin, brought out some snacks from home, and then sat down to talk to Song Tianjin.

Song Tiancai's question was nothing more than Song Tianjin's work in the restaurant, and whether he was not used to it.He didn't ask other questions, Song Tianjin answered them one by one, and then he looked at Song Tiancai with some embarrassment on his face, he hesitated to speak, obviously he had something to say.

Song Tiancai didn't ask, but in the end, Song Tianjin couldn't hold back anymore and said by himself: "Brother, Song Jinbao is no longer working in the restaurant. He has now changed to work as the foreman in the restaurant opposite Shopkeeper Du, and he can get [-] Wen a month. He left Later, the merchant who supplied ducks in the restaurant for many years cut off the goods of our restaurant and switched to the restaurant opposite Shopkeeper Du. Our restaurant has lost a lot of customers these days, and Shopkeeper Du is full of anger. .”

Song Tiancai was taken aback, Song Jinbao would not be able to get along in the restaurant sooner or later, Song Tiancai knew this well.But Song Jinbao can work in another place and bring some resources with him, so I have to say that this honest man has some tricks.However, in this way, Song Dashan who introduced Song Jinbao to the past may be affected.

After all, it was Song Dashan's face that Du shopkeeper valued before Song Jinbao all these years.Otherwise, even a buddy would not be able to know the purchase channel of shopkeeper Du. Now that resources have been taken away by Song Jinbao, shopkeeper Du would be lying if he said that he had no idea about the introducer Song Dashan.It's just that he won't say it outright, and if he offends people for nothing, he seems to be short-tempered, but he may not be able to swallow it in his heart.