ordinary people's house

Lin Yulan walked back and forth along the long field ridge, carrying Xiao Yunlang on her back. When they came back, Liu Lin'er said to Xiao Yunlang proudly: "Aren't you here to work? Why did you ask someone to carry it back?" Already?!"

Xiao Yunlang said: "You haven't done any work yet." He got off Lin Yulan's back, found his straw sandals and put them on.

The farmers diverted the water to the other side, Xiao Yunlang pushed Liu Lin'er, "Look, there is work again, you go."

Liu Lin'er seemed a little moved, he looked in Xiao Mulang's direction hesitantly, Xiao Yunlang tilted his head and thought for a while, his eyes were sly, and he said loudly: "Brother, come here!"

Xiao Mulang walked over slowly when he heard the movement, "Well, what's the matter?"

Liu Lin'er looked at Xiao Yunlang nervously, Xiao Yunlang smiled and said: "Since I'm here, I just want to work, and Lin'er also wants to go to the field, brother go with him."

Liu Lin'er twitched and lowered her head, but also wanted to look up to see Xiao Mulang's reaction, but also felt embarrassed, afraid that her elder brother would annoy her.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Mulang said with a smile, "Okay."

Liu Lin'er raised his head, Xiao Yunlang said: "Take off your shoes quickly, you can go barefoot, you have to guide the water to walk forward, and you have to lift up the damaged field ridges."

"……Um."

Xiao Mulang took off his boots, rolled up his trouser legs, and stretched out his hand to Liu Lin'er, "Come here."

"Ah? Oh, I'll go right away!" Liu Lin'er threw away her shoes, went barefoot, and put her hand on Xiao Mulang's palm.

"Be careful, don't fall." Xiao Mulang said lightly.

"Hey."

Xiao Dulang squatted aside, grabbed a grass stalk and put it in his mouth, murmured: "The Xiao family, we really want a baby... Hey, I want to play too, who will accompany me. "

After half a day, Xiao Yunlang wore a straw hat on his head, watching the aunts and sister-in-laws in the village bring food to the men, he took Lin Yulan over to get food, and each of them scooped up porridge from a large bowl, with pickles beside him Eat miscellaneous noodles.

Seeing that he was going to squat on the side of the road to eat, old Wutou became anxious again, walked over and said, "Young master, go back to the village and ask my wife to cook some dishes for the young master."

Xiao Yunlang snorted and drank the porridge, but only waved his hands, Lin Yulan smiled and said, "He likes to eat like this, so leave him alone."

Xiao Yunlang drank half a bowl of porridge before he said with a smile: "Uncle Wu, ask Aunt Wu to cook something good for everyone tonight, kill a few chickens, cook all the pork, and when the meat is finished, kill another one."

Uncle Wu could only say: "Then I know."

After eating, Xiao Yunlang suddenly thought: "Master, let's feed the pigs this afternoon."

Lin Yulan: "..."

Lin Yulan said with difficulty: "I remember that when we came out, the pigs had already been fed."

"Then shall we clean the chicken coop?"

Lin Yulan didn't speak, but just looked at Xiao Yunlang's fair feet.

Xiao Yunlang silently put his rice bowl back. Over there, Xiao Dulang was not full, and his sitting posture was not much more elegant than Xiao Yunlang. After all, he grew up in the army, so he can let go at this time. A girl with a flushed face Serving him a second bowl of porridge, Xiao Dulang took it and said vaguely, "Thank you, miss."

Xiao Yunlang stood up, and was going to go back to rest for a while, and then to see what work he had in the afternoon. He suddenly found that some women were always unconsciously looking at the girl carrying the rice. These women didn't notice that they were wearing peasant clothes. Xiao Yunlang, who was wearing clothes, was still whispering: "Why, the Huang family let the girl out again?"

"If there is such a mother, there is such a daughter. Doesn't her surname not necessarily be Huang?"

"Look at the look in her eyes when she was serving the second young master's food just now, she is really indecent..."

"That's right, which girl looks at men like that!"

"Master Juren last time, hey, I'm dying of embarrassment just thinking about it. He really embarrassed our Zhuangzi. According to me, he should ask Wu Zhuangtou to report to Young Master Ming and drive these two girls out."

"Who said it wasn't."

Xiao Yunlang followed their eyes and saw that the girl lowered her head, carrying the basket with bowls in both hands, showing half of her pretty face.

"What's wrong?" Lin Yulan saw Lin Yulan's footsteps suddenly stopped.

Xiao Yunlang hesitated and said: "How do you deal with this kind of thing, this girl looks...not that bad, but quite pretty."

Lin Yulan didn't know why Xiao Yunlang paid attention to such a matter, and looked at him inexplicably, Xiao Yunlang said: "If they are driven out, they are too pitiful, but if they live in a village, some people will always do things to ruin their reputation ,Not good."

"Ah."

Xiao Yunlang looked at Lin Yulan and asked, "Do you have any ideas?"

Lin Yulan froze for a moment, and said, "I have no choice."

"Alas..." Xiao Yunlang shook his head helplessly.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yunlang asked old Wutou to ask, and the old Wutou said excitedly: "Why did you tell the young master to know, alas, I told people before, don't speak out and dirty the young master's ears!"

"Did something really happen before?"

"A few months ago, a man who was coming to Beijing to take the exam passed by our Zhuangzi to stay, so I arranged a room for him to live in. Ling'er's family lost her father, so her mother was unknown to others. If she wanted We can't stop the idea of ​​remarriage, who knows that she instigated her daughter to knock on Master Juren's door at night, that Juren is a decent person, and asked someone to pack up and leave in the middle of the night, giving our Zhuangzi a big embarrassment, I am I really want to drive this mother and daughter away, but they are so pitiful that they can't stop begging me, and some people plead for mercy, so I told the Huang family to marry Ling'er as soon as possible, and if they cause trouble again in the future, I will definitely drive them out of."

Xiao Yunlang nodded and said: "You are right, this girl is young, she can't be beaten to death with a stick for doing something wrong, maybe she will get better in the future."

Old Wutou sighed: "I'm looking forward to that too. If we don't have a suitable one here in Zhuangzi, it's fine to get married."

"It's up to you."

A person just passed by outside the house, heard the voice and came over to listen to a few words, then his eyes widened, and he ran out in a panic.

Although he failed to feed into pigs, Xiao Yunlang still looked at the pigsty with great interest, but the smell there was really strong, he walked away after taking a few glances, and said with a smile to Lin Yulan: "In ancient times, there was Ye Gong who was fond of dragons. Same, eh? Where are Big Brother and Lin'er? Why haven't I seen them all afternoon."

"With big brother here, you don't have to worry."

"I'm not worried..." The two walked back holding hands, "This Zhuangzi is not big, and they can't run too far."

Although Xiao Yunlang had some thoughts about where the two of them were hiding and talking about love, in fact Xiao Mulang was just sitting on the hillside at this time, lost in thought, and Liu Lin'er didn't dare to disturb him, so she just sat behind him and watched the scenery.

When Xiao Mulang finished thinking about things by himself and turned around to tell him to go, Liu Liner was already so bored that he sat down and fell asleep, so this time Xiao Mulang was waiting for him, and a small flying insect flew over to Liu Liner On the hair, Xiao Mulang walked over lightly, and brushed Liu Lin'er's head a few times.

Liu Lin'er didn't brace her jaw, and suddenly woke up, Xiao Mulang stood beside him with his hands behind his back, Liu Lin'er was not fully awake, and looked at him blankly.

"Go back, look at you dirty."

Liu Lin'er looked down at her dirty feet, and got up from the ground with an "oh", Xiao Mulang stretched out his hand, Liu Lin'er looked at her dirty hands, and shrugged embarrassingly on his pants. After rubbing it hard a few times, I handed him my hand.

The two went back dirty, Liu Lin'er secretly looked at Xiao Mulang's side face, hesitating whether to speak or not.

"What are you thinking?" Xiao Mulang asked suddenly.

"Brother..." Liu Lin'er remembered the words of Second Brother Xiao, and gradually became less afraid, "Brother, next year, I will tell the emperor's cousin to ask the emperor to give us...give us..."

Xiao Mulang stopped in his tracks, and said with a half-smile, "What are you giving us?"

The courage that Liu Lin'er had worked up with great difficulty disappeared all of a sudden, she lowered her head and said, "Ask the emperor to give you a marriage, Uncle Xiao is definitely looking forward to your marriage, hey, if you don't like me, I won't bother you You, I will go back to the mountain in a few days."

"Well, go back."

Liu Lin'er's tears were about to come out, it seemed that the elder brother really didn't like her, if it wasn't for the reason of the emperor, he would definitely drive her away.

Xiao Mulang let go of his hand, stopped in his tracks, and said leisurely: "You go back, after the palace examination, I will let my father visit your mansion with gifts."

"Huh?" Liu Lin'er was stunned.

Xiao Mulang walked forward, and said slowly: "At this time, I won't invite a matchmaker. Let my father and your father discuss it briefly, and then invite an official matchmaker next year."

"Ah?" Liu Lin'er's mind froze.

"Go back, look at you dirty, like a monkey."

"I don't look like it..." Liu Lin'er muttered, and walked over obediently, still being led by Xiao Mulang, but the arc of the corner of her mouth became more and more curved.

So at dinner, Xiao Dulang felt that he was betrayed by one brother and one brother. Xiao Yunlang didn't know what to think of, so he leaned into Lin Yulan's ear and said something. Laughing, although my elder brother couldn't see anything, just looking at Liu Lin'er's mouth was grinning to his ears, and he kept picking up food for his elder brother.

Xiao Dulang looked at his brothers with dissatisfaction, took a big sip of wine, Xiao Mulang said: "When my grandmother returns to Beijing next year, ask my grandmother to find you a lady from a great family to be your wife."

Xiao Dulang said dissatisfied: "Who said I miss this?"

Xiao Mulang glanced at him, but didn't speak.

After Xiao Dulang finished cooking, he rushed back to the house angrily. Xiao Mulang said to Xiao Yunlang, "I'm going back tomorrow afternoon at the latest, and the list will be released in a few days."

"I know, I'll pack up tomorrow morning."

"Ah."

Xiao Yunlang and his wife walked around a few times after dinner and then returned to the house. Today Xiao Yunlang was indeed a little tired and fell asleep not long after.

As a result, someone screamed in the middle of the night, Xiao Yunlang sat up suddenly, and panicked: "What's wrong? Mr. Xiang? Yulan! Yulan—"

Lin Yulan sat up, hugged him and said, "Don't be afraid, this is a farm, not a mansion, don't be afraid, it's a girl's voice, you wait here, I'll go out and have a look."

"I won't! I'll go out with you," Xiao Yunlang insisted with a pale face, "I'll go with you."

"it is good."

Xiao Yunlang broke out in a cold sweat. Lin Yulan felt him trembling when she put on his clothes again. After the two went out together, Xiao Mulang was already there. He stood at the door of Xiao Dulang's room with a frown and kicked the door open. .

Xiao Yunlang raised his heart again, and a thought flashed through his mind quickly, but he didn't catch it, until there was another woman's scream in the room, and Xiao Dulang's panicked voice said: "Brother! I do not know anything!"

Lin Yulan and Xiao Yunlang couldn't get in, but Xiao Mulang said coldly, "Put on your clothes and get out!"

Liu Lin'er also went out and came over, yawned and said, "Third brother, what's wrong?"

Xiao Yunlang shook his head, this time he finally remembered, she seemed to be talking to those women just because of how she was doing in front of the second brother, he let out a long sigh, while Xiao Dulang was running while wearing a belt When he came out, he rushed to Xiao Yunlang in a panic and said, "Little brother, save me!"

Xiao Yunlang caught him and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Dulang was about to cry, "I don't know, I just went back to my room after eating, and then I fell asleep. I heard someone calling for some reason, and I woke up. There was no light in the room, and it was pitch black. Yes, I knew there was someone on the bed, I didn't even see what it looked like."

Xiao Yunlang said: "I'll go in and have a look, it's all right, don't be afraid, Second Brother, there's Big Brother here."

"En!" Xiao Dulang nodded vigorously.

Lin Yulan only felt that there might be something wrong with Xiao Yunlang going in, but before he said anything, he heard another female voice coming from the gate of the yard, the voice was sharp, "My poor girl, why are you so pitiful, bullying us?" There is no man at home, come quickly—"