Dressed as the uncle of farming culture

Before he could calm down, a gust of wind blew open his half-closed wooden window.

As the cold wind hit his face, Xiao Le trembled a bit, almost shaking his hands to close the wooden window again.

Then came a big sneeze.

As soon as he rubbed his nose, someone said softly outside the door, "Uncle, the tea is ready."

As soon as Xiao Le heard it, he knew that outside the door was Xiao Yunlan, the youngest daughter of the original owner and elder brother. He opened the door and saw Xiao Yunlan standing at the door holding tea.

She is 13 years old, looks pretty, but yellow and thin. When Xiao Le stretched out his hand to pick up the tea, there was a sharp contrast between their skin colors.

He is very white and has nice fingers.

But not to mention Xiao Yunlan's thin hands, there are many calluses and scratches on his hands at a young age.

She is the youngest girl in the family, and she and the younger Xiao Yunxing do all the housework together, even though Xiao Yunxing is only nine years old, she does the work very quickly.

At this time, he was putting away the things that had been blown down by the wind in the yard one by one and put them in the small firewood room. Xiao Le looked over with a cup of tea, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Uncle, do you have a bad throat?"

Xiao Yunlan had great respect for this little uncle who had been selected as a scholar at a young age, and even the slightest cough of the original owner could make the younger generation worry for a long time.

"No," Xiao Le gave her a cold look, "The wind is so strong, there will be heavy rain, you and Yun Xing boil some water, it will be useful for parents when they come back."

That's right, on such a cold day in early winter, the family members were still working in the fields against the cold wind. The original owner would never go to the fields, but would only cast aside these mud legs in his heart, resenting why he was not born into a rich family.

His attitude didn't make Xiao Yunlan feel that there was anything wrong, because the original owner always felt superior at home, except that his attitude would be softer when asking for money.

Thinking of this, Xiao Le raised his middle finger in his heart again.

When Xiao Yunlan went into the kitchen to work, she suddenly covered her mouth, her eyes sparkling, she remembered what Xiao Le said just now, it was the first time that the little uncle had said so much to her!

"Second sister, what's the matter with you?"

After Xiao Yunxing finished his work, he came in to drink some water, when he saw Xiao Yunlan's excited expression.

"Little uncle just told me..."

Xiao Yunlan happily told her little cousin what happened just now, which made Xiao Yunxing envious.

"You actually talked so much with little uncle!"

You must know that the little uncle cherishes words like gold at home, and rarely goes out except for reading in the house.

Xiao Yunlan looked proud, "Outsiders say that little uncle is very indifferent to us, how do you know that little uncle actually cares about us?"

Xiao Yunxing even rolled up his sleeves with a look of displeasure, "Who is talking gossip? I'll beat him up!"

"Li Dazhuang is so big, don't let him beat you to tears."

"...I'll grow taller again."

Standing in the main room, Xiao Le, who secretly heard this, couldn't help but smile, a big man appeared in his mind, and it's no wonder that Xiao Yunxing was cowardly, because that kid Li Dazhuang was really strong.

The heavy rain came very quickly, before Xiao Yunlan put the fire into the stove, the downpour followed.

Xiao Le stood at the door of the main room, looking at the dark sky and the heavy rain in silence.

About half a quarter of an hour later, a group of drowned chickens from the Xiao family returned.

As soon as they entered the courtyard gate, Xiao Le turned around and entered the room. The door was half closed, and he was standing behind it.

"The rain is coming too fast!"

Aunt Xiao wiped the rain from her face, and said in a panic.

"Sister-in-law should hurry up and change clothes, otherwise it will be bad if you catch a cold," said a soft voice, it was Second Sister-in-Law Xiao.

"What are you doing in a daze? Isn't it uncomfortable to be wet? Go change your clothes!"

An older voice sounded, it was the original owner's mother Xiaomu.

"Grandma, grandma! There is hot water in the pot, Yunxing has already brought two buckets into the side room, you guys go quickly."

Xiao Yunlan's voice came, and there were many scattered sounds of walking in the main room. After a while, it was Brother Xiao's voice, "Second brother, I can't do the carpentry work I mentioned earlier."

There was bitterness in his tone.

"I know, it was the Li family who did the trick," Second Brother Xiao said in a very clear voice, "They really did it."

Brother Xiao and Brother Xiao can do carpentry, and Li Dazhuang's father can also do it. Originally, no one would pry anyone's guests, but in the past two years, Li Dazhuang's father has been doing such disgusting things from time to time!

"It's also his ability to pry it. But two months ago, he pried away someone, but he didn't do a good job. The signboard was smashed once, and there were two times. There is no need to force him."

"At first, I thought about taking this job, so I could get some money to buy some good ink for Brother Le..."

Second Brother Xiao's words made Brother Xiao also sigh.

There was silence in the main room for a while, Xiao Le stretched out his hand and hit himself hard, feeling very uncomfortable.

Xiao Le came out slowly when the family had packed up and sat in the main room to rest.

The two nieces were busy cooking in the kitchen, the younger nephew was helping out, and the adults were all sitting in the main room.

"Brother Le, are you hungry?"

Seeing him coming out, everyone who was talking about the field work stopped one after another, looked over, and Xiao's mother, whose face had been marked by the years, got up and asked.

"Father, mother, elder brother, elder sister-in-law, second brother, second sister-in-law, I have thought about something for a long time, and I still want to discuss it with you."

As soon as these words came out, everyone understood, because every time the original owner said such opening remarks, he was basically short of money.

But now the family is really struggling, and the carpentry work that was originally promised is gone, Xiao's mother can't help but look at the head of the family, Xiao Dad.

Father Xiao held a tobacco stick in his rough hand, and there was no tobacco in the tobacco stick. Life was hard, and there was no spare money to buy dry tobacco.

"Go ahead."

Father Xiao looked over with a smile.

Xiao Le sat in the first position on the right. He folded his long sleeves that obviously didn't match his family, and sighed faintly.

"Father, mother, my son is now a scholar, with a reputation as a scholar, the family can be exempted from food tax, which also relieves the family's urgent need, but..."

He frowned, then let out a long sigh, got up under the gaze of everyone, lifted his robe and knelt in front of Father Xiao and Mother Xiao.

"But my son has self-knowledge. I am afraid that he will stop at being a scholar and have no chance to raise others. Please forgive me for not making progress."

"What is this? Get up!"

Xiao's mother hurried forward to help him, but Xiao Le grabbed her skinny hand firmly.

"Mother, life at home has not been easy for me all these years. Brothers, sisters-in-law, and even nieces and nephews are all dedicated to me. If I don't tell you that I am stupid and can't take the exam again, this heart...is really uneasy. ah."

"Brother Le, don't say that."

"Yeah, being a scholar is already pretty good."

"Yeah yeah."

"Brother Le, get up, let's talk about something, and speak slowly."

Brothers and sisters-in-law said one by one, and were so moved by his words.

However, Xiao Le looked at Father Xiao with a face of shame and determination, "Father, a few days ago, I often got together with Zhang Xiucai and others to discuss poetry with them, and only then did I realize how stupid I am. Zhang Xiucai has been a scholar for 15 years. Shangfucheng has participated in the Juren examination five times and still can't pass, let alone my son?"

"Originally I was not convinced, thinking that I must be better than Zhang Xiucai, so I asked my brothers and sisters-in-law to help me raise money, and I was determined to go to Fucheng to find someone to be my teacher. I know that even if it takes twenty years, I will..."

He let go of Xiao's mother's hand in despair, and lowered his head halfway, "My original intention of obtaining fame was to make my family live a better life and make future generations proud, not to compete with others. It caused the family to suffer, not enough to eat and not to wear warm clothes, father, mother, son..."

He choked up several times, and his family members were shocked by the appearance of unwilling to admit that he was not as talented as others and had to accept his fate.

After all, in their memory, Xiao Le has always been proud, and he never had such a decadent appearance.

"Brother Le," Father Xiao put down the pipe and stepped forward to help him up, "Get up first."

"Father... I have no face."

Xiao Le shook his head with red eyes.

Xiao's mother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and together with Xiao's father, she forcibly helped him up.

"What are you talking about, kid? You have already made a big face to the ancestors of our Xiao family! Although our Xiao family is small, but because you are very famous in several villages and even towns, Whether it's a girl or a kid, everyone has a good home, and it's all because our Xiao family has a young scholar."

Xiao's mother grabbed Xiao Le's hand, and her voice became louder.

"Yes."

"Mother is right."

Brothers and sisters-in-law nodded together.

"No matter what you want to do, Dad will agree with you. How can Zhongju be achieved overnight? How many people are there in our prefecture? Brother Le, you don't have to blame yourself so much. As your mother said, you are our Xiao The family has done enough."

"If I get what my parents say, I want to use my own strength to repay what my family has done for me over the years," Xiao Le bowed his head to his brothers and sisters-in-law again.

The brothers and sisters-in-law were so frightened that they got up quickly, and the four of them looked at the old hen and the old mother like little chickens at a loss.

Xiao's mother and his wife only felt warm in their hearts when they heard the words. From the time their son was studying, they felt that this child seemed to be getting farther and farther away from them. They were obviously family members, but they always felt a little less close. Now after listening to Xiao Le's words These words.

Only then did they realize how heavy the burden was on the youngest son, or how difficult it was to study, and recalling Zhang Xiucai's situation, they looked at each other and asked the children to sit down.

"Then what do you have..."

Father Xiao's words are a little hard to say, what kind of work does a scholar master do?

"I'm still thinking about it," Xiao Le smiled, full of relaxation and relief, "After talking to you guys, I just feel relaxed."

Suddenly he stood up, "Family and everything prosper, family and everything prosper! I want to draw it! Draw it!"

After finishing speaking, he laughed and walked quickly into his room.

Everyone was startled.

Big brother Xiao has always been open about his words, "Le, brother Le, aren't you crazy?"

"What nonsense!"

Father Xiao glared at him.

"Exactly! How could Big Brother say that?" Second Brother Xiao frowned, "Brother Le was at most stimulated a little, probably by Zhang Xiucai."

"Then you have to go to the temple to worship."

"Yes, yes, I beg Zhang Ping An Talisman to come back."

The two sisters-in-law bowed their heads and spoke.

Xiao's mother clapped her hands, "I'll go to the temple in Changhe Mountain to beg tomorrow!"

Father Xiao nodded vigorously from the side, "I have to ask!"