Deep in the bamboo forest is my home

On the morning of the second day, Yang Yan'er and Boss He sat in the hall to accept He Xiaozhu and Yang Li's kowtow and offer tea.Yang Yan'er smiled and gave everyone a red envelope.Boss He couldn't stop nodding, "Grow up, grow up."

He Xiaohua stared at Yang Li intently, only to see that Yang Li's face was covered with a layer of powder, and if she looked carefully, she could see tiny powder attached to her skin.However, because of his young age and delicate skin, a thin layer of powder only added two points of color to his face, but it didn't look weird.

He Xiaohua got close, Yang Li blushed, she didn't dare to push her brother-in-law away, she turned sideways shyly, twisting the corners of her clothes with her hands.

He Xiaozhu helped Yang Li to sit down, Yang Li only dared to sit on half of her buttocks, turned her eyes towards Yang Yan'er, seeing that he was not unhappy, she moved in.

"Xiaohua, tidy up the room next to you. After breakfast, Xiaoli will move in."

Yang Li quickly stood up, lowered her hands and bowed her head in response, "It's too bad, Xiao Li can clean it up by herself."

Yang Yan'er hummed in satisfaction.

He Xiaohua tweeted, Yang Yan'er tweeted again, Yang Li, newlywed Yaner, shouldn't she and her husband sleep in separate beds so soon.

Yang Yan'er glanced at He Xiaohua and knew what he was thinking, she tapped her little head lightly, "What are you thinking about? Eat breakfast quickly, come and help me look after Xiao Si when you're full."

As soon as Yang Yan'er and Boss He put down the bowls, Yang Li quickly drank the porridge in two or three mouthfuls, quickly cleaned up the tableware, ran to the kitchen with both hands in her hands, put them in the wooden basin, scooped water, rolled up her sleeves, and washed tableware.

He Xiaohua looked at her hand, it was empty, and then at the table, these were all tasks he contracted out in the past.Yang Li is like this, what is she doing to grab a job?

"Are you in a daze?" Nodding He Xiaohua's head, Yang Yan'er's mouth curled up, "Follow Ah Mo to the room."

Yang Yan'er took He Xiaohua back to the room, and untied Xiaohua's braids, "Xiaohua is eight years old this year, think back then, you were still as big as a small cloth bag."

He Xiaohua panicked, secretly thought something was wrong.Sure enough, Yang Yan'er went on to say, "In two years, when Xiao Zhu and Yang Li consummate their marriage, it's time for Xiao Hua to marry."

Yang Yan'er seemed to think of something, and quickly added, "Xiao Hua, you should watch Yang Li more often at home, and don't let him get too close to Xiao Zhu."

He Xiaohua has black hair all over her head.Yang Yan'er was still saying, "Brother consummated the house at the age of 14. It's too early. If she becomes pregnant, the baby will not grow up. The rules left by the ancestors have to be followed. I'm just afraid that the two of them can't help it for a while..."

"Ah..." He Xiaohua couldn't listen anymore.What's the matter? Do you want to keep your eyes on Yang Li and keep them from getting close?

"Xiaohua, this is a serious matter. I didn't say it until the day you got married, but now I tell you two years in advance, so you can remember it." Yang Yan'er didn't think so.Brother, you have to get married. It's better to know earlier than to be sad and regret something.

"Come and see my little Hua'er," Yang Yan'er combed Xiao Hua's hair, took out the silver mirror that Boss He gave her, put it in front of her, and turned around.Two strands of black hair on the side of He Xiaohua's face were sticking to her face, black and shiny, "Xiaohua's hair grows well, eyes, eyebrows, and skin all grow well. Does Xiaohua have a boy she likes in her heart?" Holding her third son in her arms, Yang Yan'er was reluctant, saying that there were still two or three years left, but life, when you think you still have time, time flies by so fast.Yang Yan'er could almost imagine the scene where she was going to marry He Xiaohua.

"Ah." The voice dragged on, He Xiaohua don't start, what Yang Yaner said today is really hard to answer.He Xiaohua bit her lip, she didn't seem to like it, but there seemed to be one she didn't dislike.

"Facing yourself, what's there to be shy about? Tell me, and Ah can help you with the details. If you really like someone, look, like Yang Li, Ah, will show you how you are and ask about it. Inquire about family background. If Xiao Hua doesn't like the boys from these villages, then ask a matchmaker to find one for you."

"Ah, I don't want to marry." He Xiaohua almost bit her tongue, and managed to spit out the word "marriage", and it was easy to say a lot after that, "Ah, I'm still young. Look, waiting five or six years is fine. Seven or eight years, even better."

"How can a little brother who is fifteen or sixteen not marry. He has become an old brother." Yang Yan'er laughed, thinking that Xiaohua is still shy.Talk to him more in the future, so that he can be enlightened.

"Anyway, I'm not in a hurry." He Xiaohua rolled her eyes, and picked up He Xiaosi who was somersaulting on the bed, "Ah, have you decided on Xiaosi's name? You can't keep calling Xiaosi Xiaosi."

"Your father said that Xiao Si was born in autumn, and his name is Xiao Qiu. He Xiaoqiu."

Xiaoqiu, Xiaoqiu, it sounds much better than Xiaohua, He Xiaohua is depressed, why did she share the name of Xiaohua.Little flower buds on the side of the road, alas.

The two father and son talked for a while, most likely Yang Yan'er was talking and He Xiaohua was listening, but it's unknown how much they listened to.

He Xiaohua finally got rid of Yang Yan'er, and carried He Xiaosi out of the house to enjoy the air. She saw Yang Li chasing chickens in the front yard, touching eggs, and cleaning the chicken coop.

He Xiaohua was quite embarrassed, she put down He Xiaosi and wanted to go up to work together, but Yang Li pushed her away, "Xiaohua, take Xiaosi to play around, I can do the work in the front yard."

At the end of the day, except for lunch and dinner, He Xiaohua did some kitchen work, and Yang Li took care of everything else, even the family's dirty clothes had to be washed.Yang Yan'er didn't agree, she smiled and gave Xiao Zhu, Xiao Hua, and Xiao Si's clothes to Yang Li, and washed Boss He's and Xiao Hu's by herself.

He Xiaohua, who has nothing to do, can only throw the two fat rabbits sent yesterday to Xiao Si to play with. This is the first time He Xiaosi saw a creature like a rabbit, and he had a great time playing with Xiao Hua in his small yard. In the vegetable altar, I picked two handfuls of green shoots and leaves, and fed them to play.

He Xiaohua found some dried sunflower leaves and weaved them into sunflower fences. She surrounded a small field next to the chicken coop, spread hay on the ground, and tied a grass shed with sloping sides with grass stalks. On the sunflower bar.The two little rabbits settled down in the small courtyard.As for future plans, He Xiaohua hasn't figured it out yet. Rabbits have tenacious vitality and high fecundity. Her family happens to have one male and one female. Maybe six months later, there will be a litter of little rabbits.

He Xiaohua has never eaten rabbit meat before, but it should be similar to chicken and pork, and the ones in the village say that rabbits are only eaten by people in the mountains. The rich people in the county must not eat much. The roasted rabbit with mountain flavor should be fresh and unique.

He Xiaohua grabbed the rabbit's ears, turned it around, turned it over to look, and then threw it vigorously, weighing the weight.He Xiaosi was robbed of his toy, his mouth was flattened, and seeing the third brother kept looking at the fat rabbit, the little fourth ghost realized that the third brother wanted to use the rabbit to cook, and his eyes turned red immediately, "Hehe, hold back."

"Don't eat the breeding rabbit." The rabbit was thrown back to Xiao Si, the fat rabbit that had escaped, moved its short legs, and quickly shrank to Xiao Si's side, staring at He Xiaohua vigilantly with a pair of red eyes.

He Xiaosi didn't know what a breeding rabbit was. He only knew that the third brother let go of his toys, giggled happily, pulled the rabbit's ears with one hand, and pulled the rabbit's hind legs with the other. Passing it, the little one couldn't help it, so angrily, he bit Xiaosi's arm.He Xiaosi didn't cry, instead he wanted to pull out the rabbit's mouth to see the teeth with great interest.

He Xiaohua pulled Xiao Si's arm to look, only found a few light-colored marks, she felt relieved, and let Xiao Si play with the two rabbits.

On the third day after getting married, Yang Yan'er prepared all kinds of gifts for He Xiaozhu and Yang Li to go back to Yang's house.Witnessed by the old man Li Gensheng, He Xiaozhu presented the gift.The old man in the village witnessed that the husband's family sent a gift to clear his brother's innocence.It stands to reason that Yang Li and He Xiaozhu have not consummated their marriage, so this ceremony must wait until the consummation of their marriage.But both the He and Yang families felt that the children grew up right under their noses, and the two families knew everything about it. There was nothing wrong with holding the ceremony two years earlier, so they just did it directly.However, instead of the Yang family having a big banquet to entertain the villagers, the two relatives sat together for a meal instead.The official banquet will be held in two years.

With one more person in the family, the personal life of the He family is still the same.Boss He and He Xiaozhu worked at sunrise and returned at sunset.He Xiaohua asked someone to build a wooden cart with the money she had saved.Carrying water and transporting water can be handled by only one person.Saving the labor of one person, Boss He and his son don't need to be too tired. 12-year-old He Xiaohu went to Wen Xiucai's place to study in the morning, did homework at home in the afternoon, and helped mowing grass, chopping firewood, repairing chicken coops and rabbit cages in the evening.

Yang Li robbed most of the housework to do, cleaning, washing, waiting for Taimo.Yang Yan'er became more and more satisfied with Yang Li.Except for not going to work in the fields, everything else is doing well.With him, Yang Yan'er and Xiao Hua have a lot of free time, and Yang Yan'er has more time to make clothes for the whole family, or to chew their tongues under the big tree in the village.

Apart from cooking for a meal occasionally, He Xiaohua spends most of her time reading with Xiao Si in her arms.The book was given by Mu Sheng, with Mu Sheng's annotation on it, which simply expresses the meaning of the book in easy-to-understand language.

He Xiaohua looked through the ones about the principles of self-cultivation and governing the country, and then put it aside when she roughly understood it. Miscellaneous travel notes, flipped through them and wrote down the ones that she didn’t understand. The next time she sent something, she asked Mu Sheng to ask.

He Xiaohua cooked the recipe that she remembered in her mind at home first, and felt that the taste was similar, so she brought it to Mu Sheng.Mu Sheng asked the cook to prepare the dishes, and then brought them back to Nanhe Village for He Xiaohua to try the dishes.Back and forth, the He family and Mu Sheng became more and more acquainted, and even He Xiaohu, who was wary of Mu Sheng before, could now sit at the same table with Mu Sheng, talking and laughing, and discussing some intellectual matters.Mu Sheng's master is a well-known master in Fucheng. He has a clear understanding of all kinds of knowledge and principles, and he can talk about problems without rushing. He can not only quote classics, but also choose examples from daily life.He came and went again and again, so that every time Mu Sheng came to He's house, He Xiaohu took the initiative to hold him and discuss it.

Autumn goes and spring comes, and spring goes and autumn comes.Two years in the blink of an eye.

The He family's chickens and rabbits are getting bigger and bigger.In two years, the two rabbits gave birth to one litter after another. Every day, the rabbits competed with the chickens for land, and the feces were scattered everywhere, making a mess in the front yard.

Boss He and Yang Yan'er made some calculations and decided to buy a piece of dry land of about four acres at the foot of Zhushan Mountain, next to their own field. They built a row of two-story chicken coops and rabbit sheds, and a hut for the night watchman to live in.Boss He and He Xiaozhu took turns watching.

Rabbit meat was sold to the county without any accidents. With a little publicity from Mu Sheng, braised rabbit meat became a popular dish.The shopkeeper of the restaurant looked at the ledger and calculated his bonus contentedly.

He Xiaohu studied at the county school for a year. At the age of 14, he won the first place in the prefectural examination and was recommended by the school official to enroll in the prefectural school.The He family produced a 14-year-old scholar, and Nanhe Village produced a top scholar.On the day when the news of the pilot test came, the village beat gongs and drums, and the sound of firecrackers shook the sky.Boss He and Yang Yan'er stood outside the door, accepting everyone's congratulations, both of them laughed from ear to ear.Being admitted as a scholar, He Xiaohu is the first step on the road to becoming an official.

Shen Memo was also happy. He Xiaohu was the top scholar in the exam. Not only the He family was honored, but also the in-law Yang's family was also honored. It proved that Shen Memo didn't wrong his brother when he married Yang Li to the He family.Shen Meme thought to himself, He Xiaohu is getting better and better. In the future, he will become a Jinshi and become an official in the court. He might be able to support his young boy who is being enlightened in the future.

Because He Xiaohu's future is optimistic, the status of Boss He and Yang Yan'er have also risen.For big and small things in the village, the old people pulled Boss He to say a few words.What's wrong with you, apart from Pan Lian, there is another Yang Yan'er to confide in, and I wish Yang Yan'er could speak for her.

Matchmakers came to the door one after another to talk about matchmaking. Those who had a young man wanted to marry the right-age brother of the He family; those who had a young man wanted to marry Xiaohu. The 14-year-old scholar boy has not yet engaged, so many people have green eyes and stare closely, for fear of being snatched first.The Mu family in this village, the Li family and the Sha family in Baisha village, and even in the county town, there are school officials and small officials who talk about marriage for their boys and brothers.

The younger brother of the He family, with a red seal of good fortune, is beautiful in appearance and kind-hearted, and has unparalleled cooking skills.The boy from the He family, talented and intelligent, became famous at first try, with a bright future ahead.

For a while, the marriage of the two sons of the He family became a topic of discussion in several nearby villages.Let's guess where the He family plans to marry the little brother.There is a young scholar with a bright future in the family, and the younger brother is a gift from heaven. It is extremely easy to climb into a family of noble relatives.

Envious, jealous, all kinds of topics are endless.At the center of everyone's discussion, the He family's little tiger packed up his baggage early and went to study in the government school.Xiaohua of the He family didn't even dare to go out of the yard, she was afraid of running into some kid who appeared out of nowhere and wanted to accept all kinds of gifts.

I hide at home every day, sleep until I wake up naturally, and then hug the quilt in a daze.In the past, He Xiaohua wished to live such a life when she went to work every day, but now she feels uncomfortable all over.Always looking for something to do.But now in the He family, there are very few things that Xiaohua can get involved in.Woke up, teased Xiaosi, read a book, the day passed slowly.