Self-cultivation of male support

The mother and daughter of the Miao family were terrified. Fenglan held Ayun in one hand and hung her luggage on one shoulder. She supported the elderly mother with her free hand, and persuaded her mother: "You go to live in my house first. Let’s talk about the rest in another day, Erlang is not at home these days, so you should just go and keep your daughter company, don’t think too much..."

Mother Miao and her eldest daughter Fenglan came out of the backyard, and as soon as they looked up, they saw Shi Yan humming and humming in the yard and returning the things left by the group of people to their original places. As for the previous vicious people, they were all gone .

How should I put it, I was shocked.

The mother and daughter are ready to move out with their two children in the backyard. They still have packed luggage in their hands. They know that the Miao family will not let them take too much away, and the luggage is only a simple package. .

Facing a group of menacing clansmen, regardless of what they say, they actually have no resistance at all.

The cruelty he said was just to embolden himself.

Because they have no choice but to force them to die, the folks tacitly agree that after the death of their husbands, their family property can be taken back by the husband's family for safekeeping.

The original intention of this approach was to prevent the outflow of family property.If the widow takes the property of her deceased husband and remarries to another person, it will be a great loss to the clan.

It can only be said that human nature is bad.

Now the two are dumbfounded.

On the other hand, Xiao Bao, the eldest grandson held by Miao's mother, let go of his grandmother's hand when he saw his father, and happily climbed onto Shi Yan's body. Xiaobao hasn't seen you for several days, where have you been?

Grandma just said that she would take us to my aunt's house to play, will you go with me? "

When Shi Yan was covered in dust, he lifted the child off his body, and he still looked like a fool in the past, but what he said was: "Your mother has never been through seven years. Whose house are you going to be a guest? Who doesn't like it?" unlucky?

Don't go anywhere, just stay at home! "

After speaking, he put Xiaobao on the ground, patted the child's buttocks, took out a sling of money from his sleeve and stuffed it into the child's arms, bending the child's legs slightly for a moment.

Shi Yan squatted on the ground very carelessly, his eyes met his son, the father and son felt funny for no reason, Shi Yan said in a friendly tone: "It's getting late, tell your grandmother to take the money and invite Uncle Liu to drive the cattle in the alley The car will take your aunt home first."

Xiaobao was not very happy, holding Qian'er with his mouth puckered, and looked at his father unhappy.

Shi Yan pointed at Xiaobao's nose angrily and said, "Your uncle is not at home, and the brothers and sisters at home are still waiting for your uncle to come home for dinner!"

After listening to his father's explanation, Xiao Bao became inexplicably happy again.

Shi Yan continued: "Ask your grandmother to take the rest of the money, and stop by the alley to buy some food. Bring some back to your aunt, thank her for taking care of you and sister, take the rest home and let's eat by ourselves .

Remember? "

The child had a good memory, moved his neck triumphantly, ran back with a sling of money, and stuffed it into his grandmother's arms.

The mother and daughter of the Miao family over there were stunned. Although Shi Yan said it to Xiaobao, they heard it clearly.

I don't know what kind of trick Shi Yan is playing. After getting to know this lazy rascal son-in-law over the past few years, they don't have any hope.

The two of them didn't think about the good of Shi Yan's actions at all, they just felt that there was some bad water hidden in this person's belly.

Mother and daughter looked at each other, and Miao mother gritted her teeth, took the money from her grandson, and whispered to her daughter: "You go home first, no matter what, he is right in saying that there are no adults in the family, and the child is locked." At home, in case something happens, how can I explain to my in-laws?

Let's go, mother first let someone take you home. "

When passing by Shi Yan, apart from Xiao Bao who was always close to his father, the eyes of the other three were all wary.

Shi Yan didn't care, and continued to repair the yard.

The decorations that have been ripped off the wall cannot be put back, but some things, such as pots and pans, such as cushion vases, can still be put back a little bit.

By the way, he also had to think about how to deal with the next thing.

About half an hour later, Mother Miao came back holding a child in one hand. From a distance, Xiaobao could still hear Xiaobao talking to her sister cheerfully: "This malt candy is delicious, sister, would you like to have a bite?" ?”

Then this kid came in like a gust of wind, hung on Shi Yan's lap, held up two pieces of saliva-sticking candy and showed his small teeth to Shi Yan: "Father, try it, try it!"

Shi Yan tore the kid off his legs, looked up and saw the old lady of the Miao family holding her granddaughter in one hand, with vegetables and fruits in a basket in the other, looking at Shi Yan defensively, afraid that Shi Yan would say something stupid to her grandson.

Not to mention, Shi Yan usually does this kind of thing a lot. He has done a lot of defrauding pocket money from the two children, and there are countless times of talking nonsense with the two children.

I really can't blame the old lady for guarding against him.

Shi Yan rubbed his son's head, as if he didn't see a door god standing not far away, he put a bonsai on the ground, carefully turned it around half a circle, and adjusted the position slightly, his mouth was not idle : "Don't you have two pieces? Share one piece with your sister.

It's not a good habit to eat alone. When your father and I were hanging out on the street, if anyone knew about eating alone, they would break their legs. "

Xiaobao suddenly felt that the maltose in his mouth was no longer sweet, and he looked up at his father with some grievances, thinking that this was bought by his grandma, isn't it always like this?If there is a good thing, the elder sister should give way to the younger brother.

Shi Yan knew what the kid was thinking without looking, so he only glanced at him, didn't speak, and continued with the work in hand.

Xiaobao stood there for a while, seeing that his father ignored him, he returned to his grandmother and sister with his mouth pouted, and reluctantly shared the maltose in his hand with his sister.

The old lady didn't say anything. She carried the vegetable basket and headed towards the kitchen with a hunched back, leaving Ayun with a piece of maltose stuffed in his hand by his younger brother. What.

How complicated can a child be?Especially for children who are less than three years old, there is no time to hold grudges against their own father. Xiao Bao quickly forgot about the fact that his father made him lose a piece of candy, and wandered around his father, following behind, The yard was filled with his laughter.

"Father, when Xiaobao grows up, Xiaobao will help you move it!"

"Father, I miss my mother. My grandmother told my aunt that my mother has gone far away. When will she come back?"

"Father, today I secretly saw a lot of people standing with you at the gate of the Second Courtyard. Are those all your friends?"

"father……"

"Father..."

Shi Yan didn't answer, this kid can hold up a play by himself, I don't know what he made up, he opened his mouth wide in surprise, clenched his fists excitedly, curled his lips aggrieved, he was very good at acting.

Finally dealt with the matter at hand, Shi Yan directly washed his hands in the water tank under the eaves, picked up his chattering son in one hand, and waved to his daughter who stood in the corner and looked at him stubbornly and enviously: " Ah Yun."

In the memory of the little Miao Kaiyun, his father was always cowardly, with a playful smile, a man who was not promising in his grandfather's mouth, a liar in his grandmother's mouth, a man who was dishonest in his mother's mouth, and The cook's mouth is delicious and lazy.

He only likes his younger brother, and has never called himself "Ayun" warmly.He often quarreled with his mother for various reasons, and every time his mother drove him out to live with the groom.

My mother used to talk to herself in private, that when Ah Yun grows up, she must find the best marriage in the world for Ah Yun, and she will never take the road of recruiting a relative again, and there will be no one who can recruit a relative nice one.

In Miao Kaiyun's memory, there are many other people's sayings about her father, but she has no impression of her own, because she rarely has the opportunity to get along with her father.

She used to think that her father only liked her younger brother and didn't like herself, but later she heard from the cook that it was because her mother didn't want her father to get along with her, for fear that she would be spoiled.

Now, looking at the big generous hand stretched out towards him, the little Miao Kaiyun felt that maybe everyone was wrong, it was not that Dad didn't like him, and he was not as bad as everyone said.

He also asked his younger brother to give him candy. In the past, his family would only say: "Ayun, you are a sister, you have to let your younger brother."

"Ayun, my brother is the pillar of the family, you have to treat him well."

But no one ever said to my younger brother: "You have to give half of the delicious food to your sister, and you will have your legs broken if you eat alone!"

Perhaps, everyone misunderstood him?

When thinking like this, Ah Yun was nervous, tightly holding the candy that his brother gave him in his hand, pursing his lips vigorously, moving slowly, tentatively walking towards her father two steps.

When Shi Yan saw that the person moved, he took two steps forward, bent down and immediately grabbed him into his arms. The son on the left hand and the girl on the right, the two children sat firmly on his arms, feeling extremely novel.

Ayun thought to himself: "This is the first time Daddy hugs me, and the feeling is different from grandma and mother."

"Are you hungry?"

Even though he asked like this, Shi Yan walked straight to the door with a very clear purpose, to borrow oil, salt, sauce and vinegar from the neighbor next door.

He still remembered that there used to be a special cook in this family, whether it was the old lady of the Miao family or his wife who was gone, they were never good at these things.

When his wife, Miao Fenghua, was still there, although she was too sick to get up, she still had the prestige. The groom and the cook at home were very obedient, and they were dedicated to serving others.

When Miao Fenghua left, the servants ran away with money, and there was no one in charge of the family. The old lady was not one who could afford it. She was supported by her eldest daughter running back and forth, and barely managed the funeral of her second daughter.

Such a person, expect her to cook?

It's not that he underestimated his mother-in-law, but the moment he entered the door, he just took a look, and the other party bought some vegetables. The problem is that the pots and pans at home were almost emptied by someone, and what can they do? Can you kindly leave the firewood, rice, oil and salt?

Shi Yan briefly explained the matter to the two children, and knocked on the door of the neighbor's house. When the neighbor came out and saw that it was him, he had a bad face, and seeing the two children in his arms, he could bear the impatience on his face Going back, he squeezed out a smiling face and said, "Ah Yun Xiaobao is here?"

Xiaobao had a sweet mouth, and said to people with a small mouth: "Grandma Wang, Xiaobao's family is going to cook, and there is no oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, can I borrow some from your house, and I will return it to you when Daddy has money tomorrow." you!"

Even the taciturn Ayun mustered up his courage, and looked at Grandma Wang with clear eyes: "Come on, Ayun and Auntie have learned how to do embroidery, and I will return the money to you!"

Grandma Wang was told by the two children that no matter how dissatisfied she was with Shi Yan, she could not harden her heart. She gritted her teeth and glared at Shi Yan, turned around and entered the room, and soon handed out several small jars and parcels.

The two children were in Shi Yan's arms, just facing Grandma Wang, happily took them from the old man's hand and hugged them with difficulty, and kept thanking Grandma Wang.

When Shi Yan turned around and entered the gate of his house, he could still hear the old lady's exclamation: "What a crime!"

Shi Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, noncommittal.

Before the person reached the door of the kitchen, he could smell the choking smell of smoke all over the yard. After a closer look, the old lady had surrounded the kitchen with smoke. Just watch the cook at home do it.

Shi Yan hurriedly placed the two coughing earth-shattering children at the gate of the yard, went into the house and dragged the old lady out of the kitchen, letting the three of them stay together.

Covering his mouth and nose, he went in and opened all the doors and windows of the kitchen, and pulled out the damp, smoking stick under the stove and threw it into the fireproof water tank outside.

After taking a look at the overall layout of the kitchen, he ignited the fire two or three times, added hot water to the pot, and soon the smoke in the kitchen dissipated completely.

The three grandparents and grandchildren who were confused outside heard the aggressive sound of cutting vegetables from the kitchen, the sound of hot vegetables being put into the pot, and the sound of bubbling and bubbling in the casserole.

Inexplicably, this house that has been sad for many days is filled with fireworks.

It is not clear how many days this family has not experienced such a warm scene. Seeing the freely swaying figure reflected by the stove in the kitchen, the three of them looked a little dazed.

After an unknown amount of time, the smell of food wafted in the air. Although the family was still in the filial piety period and could not eat meat, the smell made people's stomachs growl involuntarily.

The corners of Xiaobao's mouth were drooling unsatisfactorily. He put his hands on his chin, his eyes blurred, and he wrinkled his nose and said, "It smells really good, like the smell of squirrel mandarin fish! Suck it, it must be delicious."

Ah Yun, who seldom speaks, imitated his younger brother, closed his eyes and wrinkled his nose and said, "It tastes like sweet and sour pork ribs! It's sweet and sour, soft and glutinous."

Xiaobao sniffed: "There is also glutinous rice chicken, I seem to smell glutinous rice."

The tip of Ayun's nose twitched: "There is also sweet-scented osmanthus cake, the kind with two spoons of honey in it."

Shi Yan, who was frying seasonal vegetables inside: "Huh, what are you thinking about, are you hallucinating from hunger? The taste of a vegetarian feast!"

During the cooking break, Shi Yan took the time to find the two pieces of candles that hadn't been picked up and lit them together. He cleaned the table where the cook and the people had dinner in the past, and put the candles on it. This is the place to eat today. .

When the food was served, Shi Yan greeted several people for dinner.

The old lady kept silent all the time, she couldn't understand Shi Yan's routine.

The family has nothing left, the money on the books was divided up by several shopkeepers and ran away, and the family's silver was swept away by the servants as early as the second day after the daughter left.

Nothing but nothing.

The rest of the house, which is worth some money, is also an empty shell, and the price will definitely be lowered if it is sold now.The property deeds of the three shops belong to her, but the shop still owes the supplier a quarter of money and has not been repaid. They have already come to collect the debt, and her jewelry at the bottom of the box is mortgaged to pay off the debt. It is not enough .

Even the money for buying vegetables today was given by the son-in-law. Otherwise, the family would starve to death without the support of the eldest daughter.

What else is there to do?

Unable to understand, the old lady became even more silent.

On the contrary, it was the first time for the two children to eat a meal made by their father himself. Although there was no squirrel mandarin fish or sweet and sour pork ribs, the delicious ones were delicious, especially Xiao Bao, who seemed to be wolfing down all of them. Clothes and faces go.

The family used to treat the only boy like a baby, and the three-year-old had to be chased and fed by the nanny most of the time.

He learned to eat by himself, just in the past few days, Shi Yan didn't demand how clean and neat he could eat, as long as he could pull it into his mouth by himself.

Ah Yun, on the other hand, seemed stable.

In short, from Shi Yan's point of view, this family has serious problems.

From the naughty temper of these two children, to the confused old lady, to those arrogant clansmen, and to the shopkeepers who ran away with money and left a pile of debts to the family, and the shopkeepers who stole things from the house and ran away... People, there are problems everywhere.

Even the old lady thought that everything was good, and the second daughter who established the door for the Miao family was obviously lacking in ability, so after she left, all parties collapsed immediately.

Shi Yan has a way to quickly restore the family's living standard to the past, but in such a family, everyone has problems with their own understanding. If these twisted problems are not rectified, he will be the one who will be in trouble later.

So after the family finished eating, Shi Yan got up directly: "Okay, it's getting late today, let's rest first!"

As for washing up?I want him to make a fire, wash the pot, and boil water, but don't, he still has injuries on his body, so I don't want to bother!

Ayun looked at him anxiously, the old lady also looked puzzled, Xiaobao spoke quickly, and asked directly: "Then what about these bowls and chopsticks?"

Shi Yan raised his eyebrows: "What? Your father and I have been busy for a day, and you still want to order your father right away? Let's leave it alone, and we will talk about it tomorrow. I am tired, so let's rest first!"

After finishing speaking, he took a candle and left slowly, and went directly to the study as he remembered. Although his father-in-law is a small businessman and doesn't like reading, he still did it to save face and specially bought it for him. A study was built as a facade.

Let's go there tonight and deal with it for a night, let him live in Miao Fenghua's boudoir, he will not be very happy!

As for the three grandparents and grandchildren behind, he left another candle for them to walk from the kitchen to the bedroom. It's not that he doesn't want to care about the three of them, but these days, the three of them live together!

He was an unpopular son-in-law who had never been in the mother-in-law's yard at all, so if he didn't dislike him, it would be unnecessary to go there.

Can he make a bed for an old lady or change and wash clothes for two children?

If you can't, don't make it difficult for yourself.

I thought that according to the standard of those thieves at home, it would be impossible to harm the study, maybe this place could be spared, but who knew that when I opened the door, the books that Mr. Miao used to dress up the facade were indeed on the bookshelf, and the thieves couldn’t see it. He picked up these things, but the bedding and pillows on the bed behind him were all stripped clean.

Just leave him with a dry bed board.

That's it.

Forget it, Shi Yan didn't bother to toss around, pulled the curtains under his body, lay on the hard bed, watched the moonlight pouring down on the ground outside, and the room was cold.

What I think about is everything I received today.

Xu Laowu, his hometown is farming in a village below Bai'an County.

This family is notoriously poor in the village.

Xu's father's left foot was mischievously injured when he was a child, and he became lame. His legs and feet are not smart, and his family is not rich. At the age of marriage, it is almost impossible for him to marry a daughter-in-law with healthy limbs.

So there was Xu's mother who was born blind with one eye.

The two couples were not able to live in front of others, and the poorer they became, the more they were able to have children. They gave birth to five children in one go.

Xu Laowu is the youngest one, and he has three older brothers and one older sister.

Boss Xu is 32 this year. Four years ago, when Laowu Xu married Miao Fenghua, the family had extra money and married a widow from the next village to return home.The widow also took a daughter from her ex-husband.

The remaining Xu Laoer is [-] this year and is still a bachelor.

As for Xu Sanya, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, she married a local rich man in the countryside next door as a concubine. The local rich man is 60 years old this year, and he is about to kick his legs. Xu Sanya is in that family. So far, there are no children and half daughters, and it is difficult to protect themselves. Don't even think about subsidizing the mother's family.

The remaining Xu Laosi is a character. He can speak well since he was a child. He learned a few words with the old scholar in the village.

Later, he even named himself "Xu Shiyan" and called him "Xu Shiyan".

At the age of 23, I don’t know what kind of shit luck I had. I took part in the children’s birth test and passed by the rear end of the car. In the village, I was the only respectable person. Everyone said that the fourth child of the Xu family was a capable person and a natural talent. Reading seeds.

Others studied hard with the old scholar for several years but failed to pass the exam, but the fourth brother Xu just learned casually and became the master of Tongsheng!What is not reading seeds?

After playing there, the fourth brother Xu couldn't stay at home anymore, and he didn't work as a clerk anymore. He never formally cheated his parents and brothers' money and fooled around with dubious people outside.

But this man has a characteristic, his appearance is handsome, he wears a scholar's gown and doesn't speak, his temperament can really attract women's attention.

No, if he was not careful, he attracted Miao Fenghua who was raised by Mr. Miao as his son and who made up his mind to recruit a son-in-law.

Miao Fenghua took a fancy to Xu Laosi's appearance, and Master Miao took a fancy to his family background and childhood fame, so he tentatively brought up the matter of marrying him.

Unexpectedly, Xu Lao Si promised well on the surface, and when he returned home, he said to his younger brother Xu Lao Wu who grew up with him: "My brother found you a wife in the county. I don't have a son and I want to recruit.

Brother, thinking about the situation in our family, the eldest brother is almost thirty, and he is still a bachelor. If he can get a daughter-in-law, who cares whether he is getting a new wife or getting a wife, right? "

As soon as Xu Laowu heard the condition of the woman's family, he naturally agreed, isn't it just a recruit?go!

Xu Laosi said: "Since you are going to marry a young lady in the city, Xu Laowu can't call Xu Laowu like this, just to be looked down upon for nothing. In this way, the name of brother will be given to you first, from now on From now on, you will be Xu Shiyan.

As for the elder brother, he can choose another name in the future.Take it and use it, don't be polite to your brother. "

So Xu Laowu became Xu Shiyan and married Miao Fenghua.