Dressed as the uncle of farming culture

Second Brother Xiao naturally heard what Po Wu said, but he was not as scared as Li Xiucai, instead he looked curiously at the place where Li Xiucai was standing just now.

But nothing.

Seeing that the "enemy" had left, Second Brother Xiao no longer wronged himself to squat somewhere, he got up from the path and came under the banyan tree.

He greeted Mrs. Wu with a natural expression, "Hello, Mrs. Wu, come out to bask in the sun?"

But Po Wu narrowed her eyes and was still staring at the place where the "girl" was just now. It wasn't until Brother Xiao came over from there that Po Po Wu suddenly rubbed her eyes.

"Oh, my eyesight is getting worse and worse, so where is the girl, it's clearly two green branches!"

Second Brother Xiao heard the words, turned his head to look at that place, and it was true that there was a tree stump as tall as a man under the green branch, and his posture really looked like a person standing there.

"Don't talk about you, Po Wu, I've missed you!"

Brother Xiao laughed out loud, and laughed even harder when he thought of Li Xiucai's cowardly appearance. He stepped forward to support Po Wu, sent her to the old sister's house, and then went home happily.

In the end, there was no one at home, and the third and fourth younger sisters were not there. Brother Xiao frowned slightly, but after seeing the situation on the foundation, he also guessed that Xiao Le had gone to pull wood.

He took his things and continued to work in the field.

When Xiao Le and Fourth Sister Xiao came back from the mountain, Fourth Sister Xiao looked a little embarrassed, not to mention that her dress was scratched by the short thorn branches in the mountain, and several bloodstains were drawn on her arm.

This short thorn branch is full of small thorns, and it hurts and itches where it scratches.

After Xiao Simei returned home, she hurried to find a needle, picked out all the small thorns in the wound, washed it with water, changed her clothes, and felt much more comfortable.

However, the occasional tingling sensation from the wound prevented Simei Xiao from concentrating on embroidery.

"Take a rest." When Xiao Le came in to find water to drink, he happened to see Fourth Sister Xiao frowning there with a handkerchief, "The family doesn't expect your little handicraft to support the family."

In the past, Fourth Younger Sister Xiao would definitely have a verbal fight with the other party, but now Fourth Younger Brother Xiao only thinks about Third Brother, which is an awkward way of caring about her.

For some reason, she suddenly regained her spirit, and she smiled, "It's okay, I'll take my time."

Xiao Le shrugged and continued working after drinking the water.

"Yunniang!"

Not long after Mrs. Xiao sat down to rest, she heard her natal sister-in-law's voice coming from the intersection.

"Sister-in-law," Sister-in-law Xiao got up, and after seeing Sister-in-law Chen beckoning to her, she greeted Brother Xiao and her brothers, and then passed.

"Seeing that you look good," said Mrs. Chen, carrying a basket on her back and holding a sickle in her hand, she looked like she was going to hunt pigweed. "How is the medicine?"

Mrs. Xiao was a little embarrassed and guilty, because all those medicines were "disposed of" by Brother Xiao.

"Very good," Mrs. Xiao quickly changed the subject, "Where are you going, Mrs. Xiao?"

"Go hunting pigweed, by the way, mother told you to go home in two days."

"Okay, then I'll go tonight," Mrs. Xiao said.

"Then I'll make dinner and wait for you."

"No, no, I'll eat at home. Sister-in-law, go and do your work. It looks like it's going to rain."

Aunt Chen looked up and saw that the sky was quite sunny, but for some reason it turned gloomy. Her heart skipped a beat, and she hurried away without bothering to chat with Aunt Xiao.

"Sister-in-law won't bring you medicine again?"

Seeing her come back, Brother Xiao said with lingering fear.

"No way," Mrs. Xiao glared at him, "Speaking of which, I'm really guilty, and I dare not even look at her."

Second brother Xiao heard this and said with a smile, "Let's talk to her, so she won't have to ask for medicine everywhere."

"I've said it several times," Brother Xiao sighed, "I even told my brother-in-law, but they both thought I was saying it politely."

There's no man who doesn't want a child of his own.

Mrs. Chen and his wife have always thought of this sentence, and they are also worried that Mrs. Xiao will not be pregnant for a long time, and sooner or later they will not be able to live in the Xiao family.

Especially when Big Brother Xiao's brothers all got married and looked at their children, wouldn't they be jealous?

So even though Big Brother Xiao has repeatedly stated that he doesn't care, the Chen family is still worried about Sister Xiao.

"This is what the third child said about the sweet burden."

Brother Xiao smiled lightly.

"Sister-in-law asked me to go back at night."

"I'll go with you."

"it is good."

In the evening, Brother Xiao and Sister Xiao went to Chen's house with a torch after eating and packing up.

Fourth Sister Xiao was not in a hurry to go back to her room to rest, but pulled Xiao Le, wanting to hear him continue to tell the story that was not finished in the afternoon.

She was a legendary woman. She was born in a family where her father and mother were harmonious, and her brothers and sisters were on a blind date.

It's a pity that she was coaxed by the scumbag that the third brother said he would scold. , Wait until you have saved enough money to go on the road before setting off.

The scholar is gentle and handsome, and very considerate. It didn't take long for the girl to fall in love with him. After the family found out, they obstructed him in every possible way, but the girl seemed to be possessed. She would rather sever ties with her family than marry the scholar.

"Where did I say that?"

Xiao Le asked.

"You said that Huang Siniang knelt in front of her parents and forced her to die. In the end, her parents were fulfilled and she married her sweetheart."

Fourth Sister Xiao said quickly.

Huang Siniang?

The second brother Xiao looked at the fourth sister Xiao, but the other party didn't notice at all that the girl in this story had the same ranking as her, and the lover was also a scholar.

"Okay, after obtaining the consent of the family, the two quickly became relatives. In order not to make the villagers laugh, the Huang family lied that the scholar was from the town, and directly married Huang Siniang in the town, so that the whole village Everyone thought that Huang Siniang was married in the town, and that she was a handsome and talented husband."

Xiao Simei nodded again and again, her eyes were full of light.

Xiao Le looked at her with a smile, "The scholar became the son-in-law of the Huang family. Even if the Huang family is for their own girl, they will give each other enough money. So soon, Huang Siniang and the scholar went to Fucheng to rush for the exam..."

Fourth Sister Xiao and Second Brother Xiao became more and more engrossed as they listened, and Brother Xiao and the others also arrived at Chen's house.

When Mrs. Chen saw the two, she hurriedly asked them if they had eaten. Mrs. Xiao said she had already eaten at home, and she was scolded by Mrs. Chen.

"Why, can't you come home to eat?"

"Mother," Mrs. Xiao acted like a baby while hugging her arm, "There is no such thing, my little sister has already cooked meals at home, how can we let her do it for nothing?"

Mrs. Chen looked better now.

Taking advantage of the gap between Brother Chen and Brother Xiao talking, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen dragged Mrs. Xiao into the room.

"Mother, sister-in-law, can you tell me something?"

Aunt Xiao looked at the two of them and asked.

"Do you still remember when I was young, my mother had a good sister who came to visit me at home and bought some food for you brothers and sisters? The surname is Xu."

Mrs. Chen asked with a smile.

"I remember," Aunt Xiao nodded, "I can still remember Aunt Xu's appearance. Ever since I was a child, I have never met anyone who is prettier than Aunt Xu."

Skin like jade skin, bright eyes and white teeth, even if she is wearing the same coarse linen clothes as Mrs. Chen, it can't hide her beauty.

"It's her," Mrs. Chen nodded, with memories in her eyes, "Speaking of which, she was originally our neighbor, but later her parents died in an accident, and there were no relatives of her family in the village, so she had to go to Shancheng to seek refuge. Her uncle."

"I was only 13 years old at that time. Later, I married your father, and I didn't meet her until you were eight years old. I only know that she married her cousin of the Mo family, and her life is not bad. But because I dreamed of my parents all the year round, I came back to pay respects, so we met that side."

As she spoke, Aunt Chen's eyes turned red.

"I know," Mrs. Chen quickly helped her to sit down, "Then Aunt Xu came to see you specially, which shows how deep your friendship is."

"That's right, 21 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and I only met her in that year, and I haven't heard from her for ten years since then," Mrs. Chen sighed, "In the year you and Xiao Da got married, someone brought a A letter is from your Aunt Xu."

Mrs. Chen asked a literate member of her family to help read the letter. "The letter said that she had been ill for several years, and she was dying. She also said that she had a son and a grandson. The son will not live up to expectations. It depends on whether the grandson can recover." From the entire lintel, it can be seen that it is a scholarly family."

Aunt Xiao nodded, "Why haven't you heard about this?"

"After I learned the contents of the letter, I felt very uncomfortable, and then I fell ill for a while."

This reminded Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Xiao.

At that time, Mrs. Chen was always looking at one place in a daze, and occasionally she was met by them and cried a few times.

"Just yesterday, I got another letter."

Mrs. Chen took out the letter and handed it to Mrs. Xiao.

Mrs. Xiao knows a few words. She has been smart since she was a child, and brother Xiao is also literate, so she learned a few words after she got married.

The letter was sent by Aunt Xu's son, to the effect that he was also depressed and sick, and I am afraid that time is running out, but when Aunt Xu was alive, she often talked to him about Mrs. Chen.

So when he was dying, he wanted to ask Mrs. Chen to take care of his son, even if he changed his surname to Chen.

"There is also a silver note of 50 taels in this letter," Mrs. Chen took out the silver note, "I guess that is about thirteen, because that year when your aunt Xu sent a letter to talk about her grandson, It's already the year you got married."

Aunt Xiao nodded, "I think Uncle Xu's family must have undergone great changes, so the child can't be allowed to stay there any longer, but can only be sent out. Mother, since this child is the grandson of your friend, we naturally have to help."

"Good boy, mother naturally wants to help, but what your sister-in-law and I think is that since the child is thirteen years old and is also your junior, why don't you just recognize you as godfathers and godmothers, so that you can also be regarded as having children under your knees?" gone."

Aunt Xiao was taken aback.

"Mother, he is already thirteen, and he will be an adult in two years, how can he be willing?"

"The letter said that as long as it can keep him safe, even changing the surname is fine. It can be seen that the Mo family is afraid that the child will be discovered. If so, it is better to change the surname to Xiao. You go back and discuss it with Xiao Da," Mrs. Chen laughed. road.

"The child left before the letter was sent, and he is probably here soon. You and Xiao Da have a good discussion before he arrives. Since he is your Aunt Xu's grandson, his character will definitely not be bad."

What this means is that as long as he can treat him sincerely, the other party will definitely remember their kindness, and he will never be a white-eyed wolf.

On the way home, Big Brother Xiao heard what Sister Xiao said about this matter. After pondering for a while, he nodded and said, "That's good too. Sister-in-law won't give you medicine in the future."

Mrs. Xiao was taken aback when she heard the words, then stretched out her hand and slapped him lightly, "You have been thinking about these places recently, can't you think about how outsiders think of you?"

"I'm still afraid of what other people think of me?"

Brother Xiao snorted softly, and held Sister Xiao's hand accurately in the dark night, "I'm just afraid that you will be wronged, this child is also destined for us, tomorrow I will go back to mother in person."

"In this way, there are people living in the room that the third child made, but it's a pity that it's not the third child." Aunt Xiao chuckled, "The third child is probably going to be angry."

"No," Brother Xiao also smiled, "He will be happy, if not, let's build another one."

"It's okay, we're all grown up, it's not good to live together all the time."

While talking in a low voice, the couple walked home by the light of the bright torch.

As a result, when they got home, they saw Fourth Sister Xiao wiping away her tears, and Second Brother Xiao also had slightly red eyes and an angry look on his face.

The husband and wife looked at each other, a little dazed.

After Xiao Le came out of the shower, he heard Brother Xiao's voice from the main room asking what happened.

He smiled slightly, and swaggered to the door of the main room, "I told a story, they were too involved in the drama, and cried a lot."

"Who's crying?" Brother Xiao got up and glared at him, and went straight out of the main room. It's time for him to take a shower.

"The eyes are so red, and you haven't cried? And the eldest brother and the second brother are still fighting for the people in the story," Xiao Le's words also explained why the second brother Xiao's face was angry.

"Okay, okay," Mrs. Xiao hugged Fourth Sister Xiao to comfort her, "It's just a person in the story, don't be sad."

"Why is Si Niang so miserable?" Simei Xiao was still sobbing, "Although she is a person in the story, but the second brother said that many people are worse than her, even a girl from the next county has been discussed. We kissed, but her fiancé suddenly broke off the engagement and married someone else."

Saying that, Fourth Sister Xiao began to cry again.

"Okay, don't cry, I'll tell you the rest of the story tomorrow."

Xiao Le said.

Simei Xiao stood up excitedly, "What? After Si Niang is resold, what will happen next?"

"Of course," Xiao Le nodded, "otherwise, how can she be the protagonist? Go to bed, or I won't talk about it."

"I'll sleep right away! Sleep right away!"

Fourth Sister Xiao hurried back to the house.

"What Si Niang?" Brother Xiao frowned, "I thought you were talking about Si Mei."

This made sense to Mrs. Xiao, she smiled and glanced at Xiao Le, "How miserable is this fourth mother, why are you so angry with the second child?"

"Meet a heartless man, the key point is that the heartless man deceived her. Originally, there was a woman and a child in his hometown, but he deliberately concealed it. He married Siniang on the way to Shangfucheng to take the exam, and later confessed to Siniang after winning the exam. I already have a wife, if she goes back with me, she can only be a concubine."

"Siniang didn't expect that she would suddenly become a concubine from a well-behaved concubine. She wanted to report to the official against the heartless person, but who knew, she was directly knocked out by the heartless person, and sold to the matchmaker, who then sold her to a foreigner. Be a maid at home."

Xiao Le spread his hands, "It's probably such a plot."

Aunt Xiao's eyes were red when she heard this, "This is too tragic, that heartless man will not have a good result!"

"Of course," Xiao Le nodded, "I will definitely give him an arrangement to suffer the consequences."

After Xiao Le returned to the room, Big Brother Xiao scratched his head, "This won't make the second child cry."

"Second brother is soft-hearted." Aunt Xiao wiped the corners of her eyes, "It's not like you don't know."

"Don't cry anymore." Brother Xiao saw that her eyes were red, and immediately went forward to wipe her tears, "I'll fetch water for you to wash."

Mrs. Xiao grabbed his hand with tenderness in her eyes, "After all these years, you still treat me so well."

"I don't treat you well, who should I treat well? Don't listen to the story of the third child, you are stupid," Brother Xiao laughed.

That night, Xiao Le didn't sleep very well.

Because he was woken up several times by Brother Xiao's crying at night.

"You said I was crying?"

At the dinner table, Second Brother Xiao couldn't believe his ears.

"No," Xiao Le said with a tired look on his face, "Woo for a while, woo for a while, at first I thought there was a ghost, but later I found out that it was you who were crying, and I dared not wake you up."

"why?"

Aunt Xiao asked.

"He must have beaten me, because he refused to admit that he was crying," Xiao Le pointed to the corner of his eyes, "The tears were still hanging down at that time, but it was convincing."

"I do not believe!"

Second brother Xiao blushed and said loudly.

Fourth Sister Xiao was very honest. She also blushed and whispered, "I woke up crying several times."

"Why is that?"

Brother Xiao was shocked, just because he cried like this after hearing a story?

"I dreamed of Huang Siniang. She was happily married and mingled with her husband. I didn't want the other party to win the imperial examination. Not only did she not have a good day, but she was also told that she had become a concubine."

After speaking, Xiao Simei sighed, "I can feel Huang Siniang's pain and hatred, as well as the despair of being betrayed."

"Yes, how pitiful."

Brother Xiao added dryly from the sidelines that he just hoped that everyone would forget about his crying.

"What's there to cry about?" Brother Xiao looked puzzled, "After my parents passed away, I raised the three of you by myself and didn't cry."

The people on the table were taken aback.

"It is said that the people in the story are poor people, aren't we pitiful?" Brother Xiao asked back.

Now not only Fourth Sister Xiao was crying, but Second Brother Xiao also got up quickly and went out. Xiao Le was eating while weeping.

Brother Xiao: ...

Aunt Xiao choked up and said, "The bitterness in the story is just the bitterness we sympathize with, but the bitterness you mentioned is the bitterness we have experienced. The days are hard enough, you just think that when we listen to the story, it is for our sake." Let’s suffer together with the bitterness of the storyteller.”

"...Then what, the second child came back and sat down to eat," Brother Xiao felt a little uncomfortable, "It's all over, you have grown up, and your life is getting better every day, it's not hard anymore."

Whether it is bitter or not, only they know.

So before his emotions calmed down, Second Brother Xiao insisted on not coming back for dinner.

At noon, Mrs. Xiao came back early, "There are still some soybeans at home, let's grind tofu and eat."

"Okay, I'll help!"

Xiao Le quickly said, Mrs. Xiao's tofu is really delicious.

After the stone mill was cleaned, Xiao Le pushed it vigorously, Mrs. Xiao scooped water and beans into the mouth of the mill, and Fourth Sister Xiao was already busy in the kitchen.

An hour and a half later, the tofu was out of the pan.

"I'll send some to my mother."

Brother Xiao said, just in time to go over and talk about that kid from the Mo family.

"Okay, come back early, we'll wait for you."

Brother Xiao originally wanted them not to wait, but he thought that no matter how many times he said it, he would still look like that when he came back, so he stopped talking, but his pace quickened a lot.

"Second brother, you can talk about it later while you are free now," Fourth Sister Xiao showed every stitch of stitches vividly.

"Yes, say!"

Second Brother Xiao also learned from Fourth Sister Xiao this morning that there is a follow-up.

"After Huang Siniang was sold as a maid, she didn't give up on herself, but reminded herself all the time that the suffering she suffered was caused by that man, and she couldn't suffer by herself for the rest of her life, while that man pretended nothing happened. "

"Wait," Mrs. Xiao suddenly thought of a question, "After the news of his winning came out, didn't the Huang family know about it?"

"He used a fake name, and even made up his hometown," Xiao Le explained casually, and continued, "Huang Siniang started to cheer up with the goal of revenge. Her hands were very skillful. After the young lady repaired a set of her favorite dress, she served beside the young lady."

"The young lady is also a kind person. After learning about Huang Siniang's experience, she also hated her. Coincidentally, her elder brother is also a juren. After learning about this, she checked carefully and found that the heartless man was returning home. On the way home, I also took in a beautiful concubine."

"And he lied to the outside world that this person met in the town where Huang Siniang lived. I also knew that it was to let this beautiful concubine replace Huang Siniang's identity. It's always been that beautiful concubine, not the fourth wife of the Huang family."

Hearing this, the fists of Second Brother Xiao and Fourth Sister Xiao were hardened.

"Huang Siniang didn't expect that person to think so much, so deeply. After thinking about it all night, she begged the eldest son not to disturb that person for the time being. Since then, she has been doing things quietly, and even begged the young lady to teach her how to read..."

Brother Xiao came back and saw that they were the same as last night, and there was one more person added, who was his wife.

"It's too miserable," Mrs. Xiao kept wiping her tears, Fourth Sister Xiao was not much better, and Second Brother Xiao's eyes were even redder than yesterday.

The corner of his mouth twitched, "Let's eat."

The delicious tofu didn't bring back their mood, Brother Xiao sighed, "It's a pity that the third child doesn't write a storybook."

Xiao Le was taken aback, and Second Brother Xiao slapped the table, "Write! This book must be popular!"

"Third brother, write!"

Simei Xiao nodded vigorously from the side.

"I'm writing a fart," Xiao Le rolled his eyes, "I know my own name, you want me to write a storybook? My hands don't listen to me either."

"Ugh."

Second brother Xiao glanced at him, shook his head and sighed in disappointment.

"Ugh."

Fourth Sister Xiao shook her head, lowered her head and continued to eat.

"Why are you sighing? I didn't even sigh!" Xiao Le yelled, "I'm so talented, but I can't write about my talent. I'm the one who should be sighing the most!"

The author has something to say: How do you feel about the fact that your world is illiterate?

Lele: To borrow a saying from Bai Zhantang: If you have a low education level, you will fight too late.