Butcher and little girl

Chu Yu was halfway through cooking, when he heard Zhu'er crying outside, he hurried out to watch.

Mu Dingxiang told her that Zhu'er had a fever after eating the fruit of the little flower in the yard, but now that the little flower has withered, Zhu'er is very sad.

Chu Yu knelt down and plucked the roots of the little flower, as if they hadn't all withered, she said to Zhu'er: "The flower is not dead yet, Zhu'er will heal it quickly and make it come back to life."

Zhu'er struggled to get off the ground from Mu Dingxiang's arms, and cast a curse on Xiao Huakai, muttering words in her mouth, Xiao Hua seemed to have regained some energy, but didn't fully recover, Mu Dingxiang was afraid that Zhu'er would be too sad when she just woke up body? Let it continue to treat Xiaohua tomorrow.

Zhu'er just let go of her hands, and talked with Xiao Hua for a while on her stomach, and did not let Mu Dingxiang carry her to the stove until Chu Yu called for dinner.

The three of them gathered around the small table and started having dinner. They hadn't eaten for a day. Chu Yu and Mu Dingxiang's stomachs were growling, but they were all watching Zhu'er carefully. Meat, Zhu'er smelled it, and felt it was fragrant, so he stretched out his hand, grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth, then chewed it carefully, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Looking at the two stunned mothers in front of her, Zhu'er said innocently: "I still have to—"

The two of them didn't know what happened to Zhu'er's body. What if the fruit made Zhu'er lose the body of a goblin? But just now he cast a spell on Xiaohua to treat it, and the person talking to Xiaohua was still it. Now it is puzzling.

But at this time, Zhu'er was hungry and wanted to eat meat, and he could eat meat. The two of them would definitely not stop him, so they had to treat him like an ordinary child, scoop rice and vegetables for him, and feed him well.

Zhu'er, who is full of food and drink, seems to have regained her previous vitality. Apart from feeling cold, there is no other change, and the wife and wife can't see it for the time being? What is it? I can only observe it for a few days before talking.

Zhu'er is afraid of the cold now, and there are no children's clothes at home. Mu Dingxiang told Chu Yu not to rush back after killing pigs tomorrow, but to go directly to the street to buy some clothes for her before coming back.

What happened to Zhu'er now? The two of them slept full for a whole day. As soon as they lay on the bed, Chu Yu couldn't hold back.

"What's the matter, don't you want to?"

"I? I'm not in the mood." Mu Dingxiang pushed her away.

"Why are you not in the mood? I slept all day today. I'm not sleepy at all. Why don't I do something interesting? Use up my energy." Chu Yu pouted, still dallying with his hands. open.

"Me? I'm still worried about Zhu'er, why are you a mother." Mu Dingxiang said with a bit of hatred.

"Isn't Zhuer well? Now it's sleeping too. I can't just watch it sleep, Xiangxiang, you're being unreasonable."

Mu Dingxiang was at a loss for words for a while, but Chu Yu took the opportunity to come in, and leaned over to kiss her mouth with a face, and wanted to struggle, but was pinched by this man, and suddenly his body softened, and let her go .

Chu Yu went back and forth with her several times, until both of them were lying on the bed satiated, and then let her go with satisfaction.

Seeing this person get up in the dark, he asked her why she got up again.

"Go and see your sweetheart." After finishing speaking, Chu Yu put on some clothes and went out again with a lamp.

It took a while before she came back, and when she was lying on the bed again, she said to Mu Dingxiang, "I slept like a little pig. Let's see what's wrong tomorrow."

Then Mu Dingxiang squeezed into her arms with peace of mind, found a comfortable place to lean against, and closed her eyes to sleep.

When Chu Yu came back the next day, he bought several sets of thin and thick clothes for Zhu'er, mainly in emerald green and new green colors, which the little things liked.

Zhu'er was overjoyed when she saw that she had new clothes, so she tried them on immediately. Although they were still a bit bigger, they were better than the clothes of the two of them.

About ten days passed, and Mu Dingxiang noticed that there was a slight change in Zhu'er's body. This little guy seemed to be growing taller, but he hadn't measured it before, and now he can only judge it with the naked eye. I couldn't do it right, so Wood Lilac drew a long line on the wall with charcoal to measure the height of the bamboo. After a few days, I measured it again and found that the bamboo had really grown taller.

Mu Dingxiang told Chu Yu about this discovery, both of them felt very surprised, and then remembered what Zhu'er said that day, Xiao Hua heard her wish every day, saying that she wanted to grow up and go out to play. It ate the fruit it produced by itself, presumably this is another kind of elf in the plant kingdom.

These things, both of them don't know, but now Zhu'er is in good health, and is growing up slowly, can accept human food, and is not so repulsive to Chu Yu's hostility. Everything seems to be going in a good direction.

Mu Dingxiang can even predict that after the new year, Zhu'er will grow up to be similar to an ordinary child, and she can be taken out to play at that time.

Zhu'er also realizes that she is growing up, and her eyes are full of anticipation. Next time, if someone comes to the house, she will not have to hide in the house all the time and cannot come out.

Just when the weather on the west side of the river is calm, the Mu family on the east side of the river is not doing well.

Now it is approaching the end of the year, and it seems that the new year is about to be celebrated. Every family is preparing this new year's goods, and hanging up lanterns with couplets. The Mu family is silent, and everyone has a frown .

Next year will be the triennial provincial examination, and in August I will go to the provincial capitals to take the examination.

Now it is the end of the year, although there is still more than half a year before next August, but many students have to prepare in advance and prepare enough money. If the conditions of the family are good, they will bring a servant with them. But now? In Mu's house? Nothing.

Previously, the 20 taels of silver exchanged for Mu Lilac was spent 15 taels to rescue Mumu, and the remaining [-] taels were all given to Mu Kong except to make up for Mumu’s private money from digging Mu Lilac. Qing is doing monthly money now? Now? There is nothing left. Originally, the old man thought that after Sanya was replaced, he would be able to rest for a period of time and not have to unload the goods. There is no one to take care of the food in the field, and there is not enough for my family to keep for food, let alone use it to help Mu Kongqing to repair.

The wooden old man frowned, and the furrows on his face became deeper, like old tree bark.

Shu Xiu didn’t have any, and the monthly money was almost gone, and Mu Kongqing’s legs had to be given medicine from time to time, and the few people in the family were waiting to eat, all relying on his old bones in the river. While helping people unload goods, earn thirty copper coins a day.

For the first time, the wooden old man felt powerless in life.

He had to call the four members of his family together and discuss what to do.

Now that Mu Jueming is almost 17 years old, all the other boys in the village who are as old as him have promised to marry each other. In such a big Furong Village, except for Zhang widower, there is only the remaining Mu family? The eldest and second child are still single. .

The old man Mu sighed and hated that iron could not be made into steel, and asked Mu Kongqing what his plans were.

Mu Kongqing never thought that the life at home was getting poorer and poorer, and in the current situation, he couldn't even pay for his own education, and for the first time, panic rose in his heart.

Seeing the old man Mu smoking his dry cigarette, Mu Mu was also quiet for a rare time.

"Boss, you really have to pay as much as one or two taels of silver every month. Why should I? Listen? It is said that the son of Qin Laosan in the next village is also studying in the county academy, and it is only less than two hundred taels a month." , why is your academy so expensive?" Old man Mu rarely used a reproachful tone to Mu Kongqing.

Mu Kongqing's heart skipped a beat, and he suppressed the panic in his heart and said: "The teachers in our academy are all Hanlin bachelors who have retired from the Imperial Academy. They are highly knowledgeable and the fees are not low."

"But I've read it for so many years and still haven't heard anything. Dad can't wait. You see, this old bone of Dad can still carry goods for a few years, me? The money you can earn is far behind your spending money." Mu The old man frowned deeply.

Ever since what happened last time, Mu Mu, as an insider, dared not say a single word.

Mu Kongqing bit the bullet and said: "The second brother has grown up now, why don't you let him accompany you to unload the goods, so as to reduce the burden on the family?"

Mu Jueming immediately sneered when he heard the words: "Brother, you study comfortably in the city and have a little lover, but I deserve to go to the riverside with my father to carry rice and unload goods. Isn't it a bit unkind of you?" Bar."

When Mu Kongqing heard this, he was startled, and hurriedly stopped him loudly: "Second brother, what are you talking about—even if you don't want to do more for this family, you don't have to slander elder brother like this."

Listen, old man Mu? The two of them were so noisy, but they still grasped the key words in it, stood up and said to Mu Jueming, "Second brother, what did you just say, where did you hear it? The rumors?"

At this moment, the blood on Mu Mu's face faded, and what her second son said made her feel extremely uneasy, not to mention that what he said just now was all the truth, the only thing she could be proud of in the village all this time was because of Mu Kong. Green is the capital, but? After so many years, the villagers saw that he failed repeatedly, and they gradually no longer took him seriously? Even Mu Mu was not liked by others. Let the eldest go to school, so what will the Mu family do in the future? How can I hold my head up in front of the villagers?

Mu Jueming was questioned by his old father, and couldn't help getting angry: "You only have big brother in your heart, no matter what he does is right, now it's good, even we have to go out You don’t go to the county to inquire? Inquire? What kind of academy is Huaru Academy? Which scholar doesn’t raise a young lover near the school? Also, last time I heard? Shuo Niang and Mrs. Zhang Taking Sanxiu to the academy, this matter? It’s still making a fuss, but I don’t know if it’s true or not!”

"I? No—you don't want to listen, my second son? Those people are talking nonsense!" Mu Kongqing panicked, but couldn't control her own volume.

"Others are talking nonsense, but the eldest brother is talking about the monthly money of one or two silvers every month? Where is it spent? The annual Shuxiu has already been paid separately. What kind of fees does the college charge every month? Let Dad go If the college is looking for the steward? Ask, it will be clear!"

After all, he often hangs out with the young men in the village, Mu Jueming has a quick mind and hears a lot of news, so he is not as easy to fool as the two old men in his family, who can get to the point when he talks about it.

When Mu Jueming said this, Old Man Mu immediately cast his eyes on Mu Kongqing.

Mu Kongqing couldn't help trembling all over his body, he held back the panic in his heart and said: "The academy doesn't need to pay any other fees every month, but in the academy, you have to pay an accommodation fee, but you want You study well, do you need to consult privately after class? Sir, this fee has to be paid separately, and this part of the money cannot be disclosed publicly. If Dad asks, no one will tell you, and in the end, those gentlemen became angry. It will definitely take revenge on the students."

Mu Jueming shook his head and said, "Brother, what do you mean? There is no proof, right? The whereabouts of the money is not clear, and I don't want my parents to go to the academy to ask. Just come up with a reason? Let me? We have nothing to say. But the old scholar who came to the Hanlin Academy is not too bad. The eldest brother has been studying in the academy for so many years, and the old scholar gives the elder brother a small stove every month. Now there is no sign of being accepted. , might as well change home? Academy."

Mu Jueming is now at the age of fledgling, and all the friends of the same age are married and married, and even a few others have children. Now he is the only one left, how can we not let him go? He is in a hurry.

The best little bastard with him, A Liang, just talked about a marriage? He is going to take him home next month. Mu Jueming is very envious.

But now the family is poor and poor, and all the money is used to support the eldest brother to study, and even the meat can’t be eaten for a month, but Ah Liang tells himself that someone saw his eldest brother in the city. I rented a small house near the college, and even made a date with him. He took his little lover to go shopping and eat and drink every day, but he kept his family in the dark.

All these made him so angry that he thought he would take the opportunity to go to the county to have a look. Who would have known that his elder brother had a big fight with others for the granddaughter of the Ji family, but was interrupted by them? Lost a leg, and still dare not discuss medical expenses with the other party, how cowardly?

Now? Now he is still thinking about letting himself, the younger brother, go to the riverside with his old father to carry out labor and earn money for him to spend time and wine outside. How can this not make him angry.

Furious, Mu Jueming didn't care about it, and just told him everything he heard outside.

Mu Kongqing didn't expect that his younger brother would be so ignorant of brotherhood, directly revealing his own messy things, and couldn't help but get angry.

"Father, I? Didn't know that I was studying outside, and there was so much dissatisfaction in my family. It seems that I was wrong in studying! I wanted to pass the imperial examination to honor my ancestors, but I was regarded as a fool by others. What a big mistake? Since everything is wrong, why should I go to school?"

Mu Kongqing has been outside for so many years, and he doesn't have many books, but his mind is on guessing other people's intentions. He actually knows that his parents also know his virtues outside all these years, but I have already spent so much money, it is absolutely impossible to give up halfway. Once I stop studying, the first one to stand up and oppose it will definitely be myself who has always been stubborn and stupid My mother, she has uttered so many big words in the village over the years, she would rather not have a meal of meat at home, and would rather the second child not find a wife than the eldest not to study.

The same is true for the old wooden man, after all, after so many years of offering, it is already hard to get off.

It was also because of this that Mu Kongqing was so unscrupulous in the past, even when he was being questioned at this time, he could say such things.

Sure enough, as soon as the words fell, Mu Mu said impatiently: "Son, this can't be helped. We have been studying for so many years and we are so close to the door. Even if it is a waste of money at home, we still want you to continue studying. "

After finishing speaking, he glared at Mu Jueming and said, "Hanging with dubious people all day long, what kind of gossip should go home? If you have nothing to do, why don't you know how to go down to the house? A few acres of land will be weeded and weeded!"

Mu Jueming didn't expect that he would reveal the things that his elder brother did, and his mother would stand by his side unconditionally as if she was blind. Standing up, he kicked the chair aside and walked out the door, closing the door heavily as he walked.

The old wooden man still frowned, knocked the cigarette stick on the ground, coughed twice heavily, and his chest made a dull whirring sound like an old bellows.

"I still have to continue studying the old book, but I can't afford one or two a month. As for privately asking the old scholar to open a small stove, let's forget about it. From now on, it will be the same as Qin Laosan and his sons. Two hundred Wen a month." After thinking for a long time, I finally made this decision.

Mu Kongqing suddenly felt that the sky was about to fall. In the past, one tael of silver a month, renting a house would cost one or two hundred Wen, and a little lover would cost five or six hundred Wen. Usually, going out for a meal would be enough. It is already stretched, and now I have to drop again, how will I live in the future.

He gritted his teeth and struggled: "Father, next year? There will be a township exam. Now I'm asking for advice in private? Sir, it's arranged according to the time slot. No matter what, you have to stick to it until the exam."

The old man Mu sighed and said: "Look, Dad? Where can I find you a tael of silver a month? Now that the end of the year is coming, everyone? They all go back to celebrate the New Year. The riverside will not sell goods, and we have to wait until the third day of spring next year." Freight started to return to normal in April, and in the next three or four months, we can only drink northwest wind."

The family has no savings. The original rice has been burned and soaked. In addition, the grass in the field is not taken care of. The real receipt is only a few hundred catties. At most, it can only guarantee a family of four. There is simply no way to take care of rations and other expenses.

Mu Mu's whole face was sallow and sallow, and she looked very frustrated when she drooped down: "How about me? Go to Da Ya's place tomorrow and see if I can borrow some money. These little sluts really want to go to their mother's house? Need money None of them? Can't help."

After finishing speaking, I didn't know what came to mind, and cautiously said to the old man Mu: "Old man, otherwise you should go to Erya's place. Although that girl is stupid, she is also a concubine of their Qin family, her mother's family? Encountering difficulties, my uncle’s leg was injured, logically speaking, I can’t just let it go? Why don’t I just ignore it.”

The old man Mu was already full of fire because of his boss's prodigal family. Now when he heard Mumu mention Erya, he became so angry that he overturned the wooden stool next to him and cursed: "Erya! Ah, how dare you mention Erya, if it wasn’t for your bad idea at the beginning, would you be able to make people stupid, now? In the nearby village, whoever mentions Erya is wrong to our family? Point and point.”

Regarding Er Ya's matter, no matter how thick-skinned the old couple of the Mu family are, they still feel uncomfortable being brought up to talk about it every time.

And because of this incident, even the two sons in the family couldn't talk about getting married. The old man was so worried that his beard turned gray.

"Just talking about me? It seems like you weren't the one who beat her to pieces?" Mu Mu was accused, but she also pushed back unceremoniously.

"You still said—" Old Mu gave her a sideways glance, and raised his hand as if to hit her, so Mumu fell silent.

"Big ya probably won't give me much hope. The carpenter and his wife guarded against me like they were thieves. They didn't even respond to me with big ya. What a white-eyed wolf, the snobbish eyes of a family." Mu Mu complained again.

"Mother, is there a way for Sanya to get some?" Mu Kongqing asked, "The Chu butcher slaughtered pigs and sold meat, and it didn't take long. Being able to build such a good house must have made a lot of money."

When Chu Yu was mentioned, Mother Mu shuddered, and the first thing she thought of was being sent to the prison? She muttered and said: "She is rich, but I? I don’t dare to pass, the [-] big boards that were beaten last year are still not in good shape.”

Speaking of the twenty big boards, the old man couldn't help but glared at her again. If it weren't for this stupid woman, the 15 taels of silver would not have been handed over to others for nothing, and their family wouldn't have come to this point. .

Mu Mu said angrily: "That woman Chu Yu is scheming and cruel. She designed me on purpose? What can I do?"

Besides, these are of no help? After this calculation, the three daughters have nothing? Can't help, Mu Kongqing lay on the bed with one leg crossed, and couldn't help sighing.

The old man finally spoke again: "The little scalper has been raised for more than a year, tomorrow? Let's take it and sell it. You can get two taels of silver no matter what. Take it easy."

"The two pigs that were raised this year were also sold. They were not kept and killed. Now that there are many people buying meat at the end of the year, they should be able to sell for a good price."

It's just that as soon as he finished speaking, Mu Mu faltered for a while and said: "...I'm afraid I can't sell it? What price... A few days ago? A few days ago, Er Gouzi's house sold pigs. The butcher happened to be nearby. I? Let He stopped by to see our pigs, and the price he gave was very low..."

The old man instantly understood why. After a while, the pig must be too thin. Nowadays, everyone is not rich. Only the wealthy people in the city will buy lean meat. It is mainly sold to ordinary people. Pigs do not grow fat and cannot be sold. Out? What a good price.

He himself is busy working outside these days, so he doesn't pay much attention to his home. He hasn't seen the two pigs in his home for a long time. Stopped, a few slaps slapped Mumu's head and face.

"Lazy lady, I? I work hard every day to carry and unload goods outside. Are you at home? You don't have anything? You can't even raise pigs. Old Mu’s family? How did you harm me—I? Kill you—"

Mu Mu was instantly dragged to the ground by him, punched and kicked, Mu Kongqing's leg was injured and she couldn't move, she wanted to step forward? It was hard to get out of bed to dissuade her, and when she thought about the past? Because of the 15 taels of silver lost by her mother, she felt a lot of resentment in her heart Now, seeing her being beaten, the resentment in my heart can be released, and Gu Er also lay motionless on the bed, yelling a few words in his mouth not to beat her.

The old man finally let Mumu go when he was tired from the beating. He sat on the threshold and continued smoking a cigarette. Mumu was in pain all over her body and cried so loudly that she couldn't help crying and cursing: "You bastard! People, if you can't make money, you rely on women. If you have the ability, just kill me, I'm dead, look at your Mu family? Three old bachelors, look at others? What do you think of you— —”

Hearing this, the old wooden man slapped her hard on the face, but he still held back and didn't continue to beat her.

Panting heavily, he said, "The pig still has to find a way to fatten it up. If you have time to go to the village to quarrel with people, you might as well go up the mountain to collect some pigweed."

"And the Liu family? Well, there is no other way right now, let's see if I can get some money back from her." The old man finally remembered Liu Niannian's trump card, but he didn't know about it at all? It's been a long time ago. I was given the preemptive step by my own mother-in-law.

Mumu listened? When he said this, she suddenly thought of Liu Niannian being coerced and lured into telling about the fact that she was instructed to drop the baby. She felt a shudder in her heart. She didn't know if it would affect it, but she knew. Once I said it at this time, I might be beaten to death by my man, so I had no choice but to swallow this matter to my stomach and take one step at a time.

But since he brought up this matter, he had no choice but to say: "That Liu Niannian goes in and out now? He is escorted by a carriage, followed by a servant girl, or he is inseparable from Liu Heng and his wife, even in the county. All the headhunters would appear next to me every now and then, and there was no way to catch them."

The wooden old man saw a bunch of broken things in the house. He couldn't do this or that. He was so annoyed that he suddenly got up and overturned the table next to him. The teapot and cup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

For a while, neither of the other two dared to speak.

The author has something to say: Hey, two chapters are combined into one.

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