Dressed as the uncle of farming culture

Picking a good day, Xiao Chengyun, Xiao Le and Mo Cheng went to the county to watch cattle together.

Buying cattle is not something you can buy as soon as you want. You have to go to the Yamen to report it first, and then take the stamped note to the place where the cattle are sold. After showing the note to the person, you are eligible to go in and choose.

"It's so small."

Xiao Le looked around and said in a low voice.

All calves, only up to his waist.

"Of course, who is willing to sell a big cow?"

Xiao Chengyun replied in a low voice, and asked them to hurry up to choose, and then the three of them would choose together and then make the best choice.

Mo Cheng had good eyesight in this area, and finally Xiao Chengyun bought the calf he had chosen.

"Tsk tsk, I won't be able to ride a bullock cart until next year anyway," Xiao Le touched the calf's horns. This cow is very docile and has beautiful big eyes. Xiao Le likes it very much.

"It's still a child." Xiao Chengyun also laughed out loud when he heard the words, "It must be carefully raised, it is now a part of our family."

"That's for sure," Xiao Le led the calf forward, "Go home and let mother choose a name."

Naturally, such a small cow cannot be driven. On the way home, they sat in a big bullock cart, and the little cow followed them. From time to time, they would moo to the big cow. It was so cute that Xiao Le wanted to get out of the car and be with it. let's go.

"Not bad." When they got home, Xiao Dazhu took a closer look at the calf, "It will be a good guy when it grows up."

"Brother Mo Cheng chose it," Xiao Le said with a chuckle.

"You can't choose such a good cow," Xiao Wang happily led the calf to the prepared cowshed. Even the grass was mowed. It was very fresh, and the calf who had walked all the way ate well. good smell.

"Just call Laifu."

Xiao Wang said.

Xiao Le scratched his head, "Like a dog's name."

Liu Sisi chuckled, "Mother, it's better to change another one, and Brother Fafu, didn't he say that one of the future children will be called Jifu and the other Laifu?"

Isn't this stealing someone's name?

When Xiao Wang heard it, he immediately laughed too, "Then change it."

In the end it was called Aniu.

Popular among cattle.

Chrysanthemum likes A Niu very much, not to mention her, Meihua and a few cousins ​​also often come to see it, bringing some fresh grass over from time to time.

A Niu was very lively, and when he saw them, he mooed.

The family also liked it very much.

"Master Xiao's life is getting better and better."

One day, Mrs. Xiao Wang was strolling in the village with her little granddaughter on her back. At the corner, she heard three or five familiar faces sitting there talking.

"That's right, not to mention the big and beautiful house, and the eldest daughter-in-law is capable, so how much money does she have to take in so many apprentices?"

"Anyway, my daughter didn't go. This can be learned in one or two years? It must take a long time to learn. I don't have that kind of spare money."

"I went to see their cattle too. Good guy, I got a lot of money."

"Is the family still short of money? The one surnamed Mo seems to have come to the door, and they have been supporting them..."

Mrs. Xiao Wang could bear the previous words, but the latter sentence directly irritated her, and she argued with others when she went up, and the quarrel attracted many villagers.

In the end, it was Xiao Dazhu who pulled him home.

Mrs. Xiao Wang was still holding her granddaughter and cursing at the door.

It was also fortunate that it was afternoon and there was no outsider at home. Seeing her daughter curiously tugging at her mother-in-law's collar, Liu Sisi was not frightened into crying, and she couldn't laugh or cry.

"Mother, the mouth grows on other people, no matter how much they say, they won't shut it up, instead they speak more in private, let's live a better and better life, in the future, they will only be envious and want to say sour words I’m afraid it all has to be weighed.”

Liu Sisi's words made Xiao Wang's anger gradually dissipate, "I am wronged for Cheng Mo."

Hearing this, Liu Sisi coughed, "Then tell uncle, uncle will take good care of him."

"That's right," Xiao Wang nodded, "their relationship has always been good."

Xiao Dazhu was also unhappy. After staying at home for a while, he actually went to the houses of those aunts to talk to the men. for a while.

"The days of Brother Xiao's family are getting better and better. If you don't worry about it, just keep talking nonsense!"

"I didn't, the person who said that was from the Li family..."

"Then you didn't laugh? Did you not laugh?"

"..."

When Xiao Le and the others came back from the town, they were dragged aside by Xiao Wang and muttered for a long time. Xiao Le comforted Xiao Wang after listening.

When he went to take a bath in the river with Mo Cheng, he asked Mo Cheng, "There are some gossips in the village, don't listen to them, they just envy our family's life."

Mo Cheng: Can I not tell good from bad?

Xiao Le chuckled and grabbed his big hand, "Even if I know, I'm afraid you will be wronged."

Mo Cheng: How could you be wronged?I am very happy.

Seeing the two of them coming back with smiles, Xiao Wang and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.

In the evening, the meat was cooked again, and the family ate very happily.

During the period, Mrs. Xiao Wang also talked about plum blossoms discussing relatives.

"Meihua is only fifteen this year, right?"

Liu Sisi was a little confused.

"It's not too young," Xiao Wang said, "Fifteen and sixteen will meet each other in two years. If the seventeenth can be settled, you can prepare to get married in the next year. This is because your second aunt and the others are reluctant. They want to stay for two more years. It is said that the little girl of your Aunt Zhang's family was married off last year."

Xiao Le frowned slightly, and Xiao Chengyun also said, "I heard that I was beaten again, Uncle Zhang went to make trouble, and threatened to take the girl home if I beat him again."

"This word..."

Xiao Wang sighed, "If she hadn't chosen such a person out of selfishness, the girl would not have suffered."

Chrysanthemum felt a little uncomfortable hearing that, "Mother, I'm not getting married anymore."

"Don't be afraid, mother can choose such a person for you? I will definitely choose a good one for you," Xiao Wang comforted her daughter.

Chrysanthemum was not appeased, she was a little depressed for several days, Liu Sisi even whispered to her, and Chrysanthemum became much happier.

Seeing that it was the autumn harvest, Liu Sisi specially gave the apprentices a holiday, and came back after the autumn harvest.

Except for the few girls brought by the eldest lady, most of the rest are peasant children, and this holiday is very popular.

Xiao Fafu had to go home to help with the autumn harvest, so Xiao Le took the top job and guarded the shop with Xiao Chengyun in the town.

But in the afternoon, they usually close the shop and go home to help. After all, the sky and the earth are not as big as harvesting crops.

No matter how powerful Mo Cheng is, it will be very tiring to hold his head alone. Xiao Dazhu is old, so naturally he can't compare to him.

With Xiao Le and the others coming back to help in the afternoon, they were able to collect quickly.

After the autumn harvest, the door was not closed in the afternoon, and Mo Cheng was drying the grain at home. In order not to disturb the East Wing, their grain was drying in the dam that was built later, just outside the yard.

"Mo Cheng! The sky is wrong!"

I am most afraid of rain when drying grains. No, it is still sunny in the morning, but it will change in the afternoon. As soon as Xiao Dazhu finished speaking, Mo Cheng was already carrying the basket on his back to collect the grains drying in the dam.

Mrs. Xiao Wang asked Liu Sisi to take the child with her, and she followed suit.

Fortunately, their family's food was brought into the house at the last moment. When the heavy rain came, there were only bamboo mats left in the dam.

"A wet bamboo mat is better than a wet grain," Xiao Wang sighed.

Mo Cheng put on a bamboo hat, Xiao Wang asked him where he was going, and Mo Cheng pointed to the homes of Second Uncle Xiao and Third Uncle Xiao.

Xiao Dazhu dared to put on his bamboo hat and went with him.

When I came back, it was already half an hour later.

"Thanks to Mo Cheng's thoughtful thinking, otherwise the grain of the second and third family would be even more wet."

Hearing this, Xiao Wang's face was full of worry, "What happened?"

"It's been a lot," Xiao Dazhu sighed. "Especially the third brother's family. The younger ones were watching at home. The rain came too fast. When the third sibling came back, more than half of them were still outside."

Both Xiao Wangshi and Liu Sisi gasped.

"When I left, a few children were beaten up and screaming," Xiao Dazhu laughed again, "I haven't heard them beating children for a long time."

Mo Cheng laughed at the side.

Xiao Wang also couldn't laugh or cry, "There must be an adult in this family, where are the third siblings?"

Uncle Xiao went to the town to help people with work, and he won't be back until the day after tomorrow.

"Go digging," Xiao Dazhu replied casually.

After the autumn harvest, everyone will turn over the land, and it will be easier to plant the land next year, and there will not be so many weeds in the field.

When Xiao Le and the others came back, they heard about this, and he said to Mo Cheng, "I was also beaten when I was young."

Xiao Chengyun snorted softly when he heard the words, "I said it's going to rain, but you just didn't listen, and went to the back mountain to play with Fafu, and I was at home alone. When the heavy rain came, I had the last basket left to move in, so I didn't suffer. some?"

When Xiao Dazhu and his wife came back and learned that Xiao Le was playing in the back mountain and was not helping at home, they naturally gave him a good beating.

"It deserves it," Chrysanthemum laughed.

Pointed by Mrs. Xiao, "Girl can't laugh like that."

Chrysanthemum immediately covered her mouth, "I'm at home."

"You have to pay attention all the time, you will start discussing marriage next year."

Chrysanthemum sighed.

Xiao Le said, "Mother, Chrysanthemum is very nice like this, don't hold her back."

"Brother, I will never say you deserve it again."

Chrysanthemum was very moved.

Xiao Le snorted softly, then looked at the heavy rain outside, "It's raining too much, I don't need to go to the river to wash today."

"You come back and shower like this, doesn't it count as washing?"

Xiao Wang glanced at Xiao Le and Xiao Chengyun who had just changed their clothes and their hair was still loose.

"Not refreshing enough."

Xiao Le said.

Mo Cheng wanted to boil water, but Xiao Wang stopped him, "Don't spoil him."

Xiao Le hugged Mo Cheng's arm and pretended to cry.

Mo Cheng hurriedly patted the back of his head, not long after eating, thunder started.

The little niece was so frightened that she burst into tears, Xiao Chengyun covered her little ears and coaxed her in a low voice.

The more the flood, the more the little niece cried.

Liu Sisi hurriedly took it, and the little niece hugged her neck and howled.

"This is frightening, go back to your room and rest."

Xiao Wang said distressedly.

"I'm scared too," Xiao Le stroked his heart, holding Mo Cheng with a look of fear on his face, "Hurry up and help me go back to my room to rest."

Mo Cheng really helped.

Xiao Wang's teeth itch when he saw it, "He's such a big man, he still wants to learn from your little niece!"

"Ouch," Xiao Le looked uncomfortable, and pulled Mo Cheng back to the room.

The moment the door was shut, a big thunder resounded through the sky, Xiao Le turned around and put his arms around Mo Cheng's neck, and kissed him fiercely.

With the sound of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, their movements can be much louder than before.

It can be said to be very exciting.

The next morning Xiao Le and Mo Cheng were still thinking about it.

"I had a nightmare last night."

Xiao Chengyun walked over yawning, "I dreamed that someone was crying, and then there was a loud thunder, it sounded like a ghost."

Mo Cheng looked at Xiao Le, and Xiao Le looked at his own bowl.

"What nonsense is it?"

Mrs. Xiao Wang brought his bowl of porridge and put it in front of Xiao Chengyun, "It's so early in the morning, I'm talking nonsense."

"I said what I heard, so I'm talking nonsense," Xiao Chengyun yawned again, and then asked Mo Cheng and Xiao Le.

Mo Cheng immediately shook his head, indicating that he didn't hear.

Xiao Leqing coughed, "I slept very deeply."

"Then I heard wrong?"

Xiao Chengyun immediately got goosebumps on his arms.

"I'm afraid the rain won't stop today," Xiao Dazhu said while sitting at the door of the main room with a bowl in his hand, watching the heavy rain that was still falling.

"Xiao Le is at home, I'll just go to town."

Xiao Chengyun took a sip of porridge, "If I keep drinking it, I will live in the town tonight."

One person can sleep in the bunk.

"Success, brother is tired."

Xiao Le was sore all over, and he just had a rest for a day.

"Why don't you get tired?"

Xiao Chengyun teased.

Xiao Le immediately lay down on the table, and Mo Cheng poked his cheek, "Brother, I made a mistake."

"Just kidding, I have longer legs than you, so I can go to town faster."

Xiao Le: ...

The matter of plum blossoms discussing relatives began soon.

Second Aunt Xiao would come to Mrs. Xiao Wang to discuss this matter from time to time.

"Right now, there is one person from my natal village. He is two years older than Meihua. He is very down-to-earth. There are only two brothers in the family. The old woman is gone, so it's not a big deal for an old man."

They are all people who have suffered from their mother-in-law. There is no mother-in-law in this family, but Second Aunt Xiao is very moved.

Hearing this, Liu Sisi said, "Without a mother-in-law, I would have to take a closer look, who is in charge of the family, and what is the relationship between sister-in-law and sister-in-law."

"Your second uncle said that too," Second Aunt Xiao smiled, "Coincidentally, Xiao Le is going to deliver goods there, so I want him to help find out."

When Xiao Le came back in the evening, he was assigned a task.

"My surname is Zhang, and it's in the family under the big pagoda tree at the entrance of the village."

Xiao Wang only said this news.

When the day came, Xiao Le and Mo Cheng went to deliver the goods, and the informant from the village warmly invited them into the house to drink some water, and they would have lunch here at noon.

Xiao Le declined, knowing that this kid was upright, so he directly asked about the situation of the Zhang family.

This kid was very clever, and he knew the meaning as soon as he heard it, and he was a little serious.

"Brother Xiao Le, forget about it. Although there is no mother-in-law in his family, the father-in-law is not easy to get along with, and the two sisters-in-law are not easy to get along with."

Then he said in a low voice, "Originally they saw a girl, because the family was poor and had nothing to do, so they took her home, but the girl was picked up by the family after a while, I saw it, The girl was carried away, and the third child of the Zhang family was beaten up, I see... this man beats women in private."

Xiao Le and Mo Cheng frowned.

They didn't fully believe what the informant said. When they came out, they walked around the gate of Zhang's courtyard. After seeing the mess in the courtyard, Xiao Le didn't even bother to pretend to go in to ask for water and look at Saburo Zhang.

"...Don't talk about that, just the glimpse I caught at the gate of the courtyard can make the house so messy, and everyone can't clean it up, so I don't think this marriage is necessary."

Xiao Le personally went to Uncle Xiao's house and told them about the situation there.

Mei Hua turned pale when she heard that, and hit the woman...

"Thanks to your help," Second Aunt Xiao was also terrified, "The matchmaker talked so much about it, I thought it was a good one."

"You have to look more, don't be so anxious," Second Uncle Xiao felt a little unhappy, and gave her a slightly complaining look.

After Xiao Le left, Second Aunt Xiao choked up and said, "I have also been wronged too much by my mother-in-law, otherwise I wouldn't have thought of finding a home for the girl without a mother-in-law."

"Mother," Mei Hua held her cold hand.

Xiao Fafu sighed, "Plum Blossom is still young, take your time, let's not take what the matchmaker says in the future."

"We will check each one carefully," Xiao Facai also said.

In a blink of an eye, it entered winter.

Taking advantage of nothing to do at home and the shop was busy, Xiao Le and Mo Cheng returned to Mo's house.

The Mo family was well taken care of by Ah Shan, and the sows raised by Ah Shan in the pigpen of the Mo family were also taken care of very well.

When they came back, they bought meat and wine, and when they got home, they cooked a good meal, and invited Ah Shan and Ah Ping to come over for dinner.

"I haven't seen you for more than half a year, I thought you wouldn't come back this year," Brother Qing teased.

"The family is very busy. Besides, didn't I meet you when I delivered the goods?"

Ah Shan is running a canteen.

"Just for a short while, staying for one night doesn't count," Ah Shan said forcefully.

So this time, the two of them stayed for half a month before saying goodbye to them and returning home.

Xiao Wang only said that they lost weight and were busy cooking meat for them.

After Xiao Le was idle for a while, he started making bamboo hairpins again. He also specially made some snake-shaped hairpins for Mo Cheng.

Xiao Le said that the word Cheng was taught by someone in the village on the other side of Mo's house, and no one suspected it.

Mo Cheng liked the hairpin very much, he used it to tie his hair every day, it was very rare.

Xiao Wang made several pairs of shoes and two clothes for him.

Mo Cheng cherished him very much.

When Xiao Fafu came to the door, Xiao Le was sleeping lazily on the bamboo chair.

"Wake up and go out with me."

"what?"

Xiao Le opened his eyes.

"Tsk, isn't there another matchmaker here? Go and find out."

Xiao Le immediately regained his spirits. This was related to his cousin's happiness. After he told Mo Cheng, who was chopping firewood, he went out with Xiao Fafu.

"Which village?"

"It's just next door to the village. This family is an outsider who just moved in the year before last."

Xiao Fafu said.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Xiao Le didn't have any prejudice against migrant households, "Look, most of these migrant households, who didn't marry people from the village to strengthen their sense of belonging in the village? Why did they come to our village to ask for relatives? "

That can only show that the girls in this village may not be willing to marry him.

Xiao Fafu didn't know this truth, "That's why I have to go and see for myself."

Xiao Fafu has a lot of friends, and there are two in this village. He found the one who is a little more straightforward, "I heard that there is an outsider in your village, how is it?"

The man named Da Zhuang held back his lips, "He's just a little bitch!"

The Xiao Fafu brothers looked over immediately.

"How to say?"

Xiao Le looked curious.

He was younger than them all, and Da Zhuang didn't care too much. Instead, he talked about the reason: "I like to peek at the little lady, but I haven't caught this matter on the spot. The village chief also let us keep quiet for the sake of our village girl's reputation." , in my opinion, we have to make a good statement and drive this family out of the village!"

"Is this true?"

Xiao Fafu asked.

"Is there still a fake? Many young ladies in our village have been frightened. Fortunately, they ran away as soon as they found out that person, but they didn't seem to succeed. Otherwise, our village could tolerate him? He has been in our village for more than two years, and he has been negotiating for two years There are several families in our village who have asked to marry him, but none of them are willing to marry their daughters to him."

Da Zhuang pursed his lips, "That boy is pretty handsome, but he looks wretched when he sees a girl's house, he's not a good guy anyway."

Xiao Fafu's eyes darkened: "So, he can only ask to marry a girl from another village?"

"That's for sure, I don't know who would be so unlucky to agree," Da Zhuang began to scold again, "So I think the village chief has done something wrong, so I have to speak up and drive that person out!"

Coming out of Da Zhuang's house, Xiao Fafu stared at Xiao Le.

Xiao Le was furious, "What do you want to do?"

Just looking at it makes me choked up.

"Xiao Le, how does brother treat you on weekdays?"

Xiao Fafu put his hand on Xiao Le's shoulder with a smile, the corner of Xiao Le's mouth twitched, "If you fart, let it go."

"Who is the most handsome in our family?"

"Of course it is me!"

"I think too," Xiao Fafu nodded repeatedly, "You look as handsome as a little girl."

Xiao Le frowned slightly, and said to Xiao Fafu after a long while, "I know what you mean, but I can't do it with this current dress."

"What's the matter?" Seeing that he was not disgusted, Xiao Fafu immediately said, "Just loosen your hair and make your voice softer."

"Can it be done? I also often help out in department stores. What if I get recognized?"

"No," Xiao Fafu smiled lowly, "I'm obsessed with sex, you're such a person, I'm sure I won't recognize you."

"That's it."

Xiao Le took off the hairpin that Mo Cheng bought for him, and his long hair was smoothly scattered on his back.

"Just sit here and cover your feet," Xiao Fafu arranged a place for him, and then went to knock on the courtyard door of this family.

Soon a young man came to open the door.

"Excuse me, my sister has a twisted ankle and wants to ask for a bowl of water."

Xiao Fafu was also the first to do this. Upon hearing his words, Xiao Le couldn't help but roll his eyes. He sprained his ankle. What the hell is asking for a bowl of water?

The young man looked towards Xiao Le, only to see that although this "girl" was wearing men's clothes, she had long hair fluttering and her side face was very fair.

"For the convenience of going out, I'm wearing men's clothing," Xiao Fafu explained.

The young man brought him a bowl of water without saying anything, and when Xiao Fafu came to Xiao Le with the water, a tall and strong man came to the gate of the courtyard with firewood on his back, talked to the young man for a while, and I left him with something.

"Why don't you come here?"

Xiao Fafu was still wondering if the plan had failed.

Xiao Le said, "I know what's going on, return the bowl, we'll talk as we walk."

After leaving the village, Xiao Le's hair was also tied up. When Xiao Fafu asked, Xiao Le said.

"I think that young man deliberately ruined his reputation. Just now when the man carrying firewood gave him something, the two held hands tightly for a while."

Xiao Fafu's face turned green.

"Cheat marriage?"

"Lets see."

As a result, the next day, the matchmaker embarrassedly went to Uncle Xiao's house and said that he got the horoscope wrong, and there might be some inconsistencies, so forget it.

And that young man never got married, but he did have a very good brother.

This is something.

The marriage of Meihua affected the hearts of Xiao's family, and in the spring of the following year, there was no suitable one.

Xiao Le felt that there was no rush for this thing.