Dressed as the uncle of farming culture

"Then Aunt Li San is pretty good to Zhang Wuniang in our village. After all, she is my brother's daughter, but this Chunhua..."

When Mrs. Xiao went to do the laundry, she heard people by the river talking about the days when the firework girl named Chunhua was at Li's house.

Chunhua came into Li's house as a concubine with her own baggage. She had a very low profile and was very considerate to Li Xiucai's family, but she was not Mrs. Zhang Wu, and she was good at farm work.

She can sing, dance, and chat a few poems with Li Xiucai, but she can't do farm work.

The girls in the building only need to know the above things. The bustard will not let them go to the kitchen to get themselves covered in ashes, let alone do farm work, making their hands so rough that their bodies are covered in dust. Sweat.

So this girl Chunhua's life in Li's family can be said to be very sad. Li Xiucai was annoyed that she suddenly came to "ruin" his reputation, and she was not very warm to her.

And Li Xiucai's parents don't like her even more when she was born in the land of fireworks, even if she has a child in her stomach.

But in the end it's a concubine.

"But this Chunhua girl has skills, she can cry a lot, and she looks good when she cries!" The aunt sighed, "It's only been a few days, Li Xiucai's heart has softened, and she argues with her parents from time to time. How many words?"

Aunt Xiao was not surprised to hear this. After all, Chunhua was used to seeing people's hearts and made up her mind to redeem herself as a concubine. She must have made a perfect plan.

"However, Third Aunt Li also started to look for a matchmaker, and wanted Li Xiucai to marry a good woman back. Unfortunately, Zhang Wuniang and Chunhua's two incidents have caused trouble, and there is really no reply. Tell me, which family is willing to marry their daughter to Li Xiucai? ?”

"He is a scholar after all, just wait, someone will take a fancy to him."

Mrs. Xiao just listened, and went home after washing her clothes.

Xiao Le was still at home being dragged by Xiao Simei to teach her how to embroider necklines, Mo Xiucai was studying in the room, and Brother Xiao teased Xiao Simei for a dressing table.

In the dowry, there must be a dressing table waiting for them to send over.

"Third brother, what should I do if my embroidery is not symmetrical?"

After finally being able to get some air in the yard, before she could sit down, Fourth Sister Xiao's anxious voice came from the main room again.

Seeing that Xiao Le's petulant temper was about to come up, brother Xiao hurriedly coughed heavily, "After my little sister gets married, you just want her to pester you, and you have no chance."

Xiao Le rubbed his face vigorously, smiled and entered the main room.

It didn't take long for Xiao Le to come out again. Just as he poked his head to see how Brother Xiao was doing, Fourth Sister Xiao's voice came from the main room again, still talking about asymmetry.

Aunt Xiao smiled and watched Xiao Le enter the main room with a sad face, and said to Brother Xiao, "After the fourth sister's affairs are settled, I have to think about the third son's affairs."

"He also told me today, don't worry," Brother Xiao shrugged, "He said that he was really talking, and he also said that after Mo Cheng was elected, his value would soar, and he would not worry about marrying him."

"That's the truth," Mrs. Xiao was really reluctant to part with, seeing her grown-up brothers and sisters, one by one, all married and left home, and now the third child is still staying.

Brother Xiao could see through her thoughts at a glance, "The second child will come back in two years, and the fourth sister will not be far away after marriage, so she can come back anytime."

"I'm just feeling that we've been married for so many years in a blink of an eye," Mrs. Xiao put her hand on her stomach, "It's a pity that I...otherwise the child will be able to start a family in a few years."

"I've been very worried about these little bastards in the family. If there is another child, won't it exhaust us to death?"

Brother Xiao's words quickly made Aunt Xiao laugh. The two were working alone in the yard and watching alone. However, there were brothers and sisters arguing in the main room, and occasionally they could hear voices coming from the next room. The sound of reading.

This day is really getting better and better.

After Simei Xiao returned to her room to rest at night, brother Xiao, sister-in-law Xiao and Xiao Le closed the door of the main room, and then discussed about Simei Xiao's dowry money.

"When the second child left, he left two taels, and your sister-in-law and I added five taels..."

"Brother, you only have five taels of silver in total. I gave it all up. What do you eat?"

Xiao Le disagreed, "You give two taels, I give two taels, let's make a lucky number."

Six or six Dashun.

"I still have two or two here," Mo Cheng said.

Xiao Le patted his head, "Yes, you have to."

"What? What did the third child say? How could Mo Cheng give it? He is a junior," Mrs. Xiao shook her head.

younger generation?

Xiao Le held back the corners of his mouth from twitching, and poked the person next to him with his elbow, "This junior."

"I have to add these two or two." Mo Xiucai lightly grabbed Xiao Le's arm, which seemed to be a convenient grab for Mrs. Xiao and the others, "Let's just treat it as a joy for me to take the exam two years later."

This reason really made Brother Xiao and the others unable to refuse, thinking that being too polite would hurt Mo Cheng's heart, so they agreed.

But when it was only the two of them, they discussed how to wait for Mo Cheng to get married and buy him more money.

"You must be secretly laughing in your heart."

Second brother Xiao has left, and the room is empty, but Xiao Le loves to sleep with Mo Xiucai. Brother Xiao and the others think that the two have a good relationship, so they don't stop them.

"It's a joke." Mo Xiucai hugged him tightly, "I have been secretly promoted to a higher level where they don't know. Doesn't it sound exciting?"

Xiao Le laughed like a silly dog, tossing and turning in Mo Xiucai's arms, and finally settled down after being firmly pressed down by Mo Xiucai.

In a blink of an eye, it was the autumn harvest, and Mo Xiucai stopped studying and helped with work.

Not only helping the Xiao family, but also helping the Chen family.

Compared with Li Xiucai, who never went to the fields, this caused another disturbance in the village.

Listening to the outsiders' comments, Li Xiucai felt that Mo Xiucai deliberately opposed him. If he was a good scholar and had to go to work in the fields, wouldn't that be to build momentum for his own reputation?

So Li Xiucai also went to the field, but he had never done farm work since he was a child, and he fainted in the field due to heat stroke, which frightened the Li family.

This has also become one of the jokes in the village.

Xiao Le got another huge sum of money from the shopkeeper of the study. He took the huge sum of money home and put it away, and took out the 100 taels he got last time, and discussed with Brother Xiao and his wife to rebuild the house.

"We also live in a big tiled house made of blue bricks."

Xiao Le smiled.

"But Mo Cheng still spends a lot of money to raise people to take the exam."

Mrs. Xiao wanted him to keep the money.

"I have it prepared," Mo Xiucai said, "and I'm also writing a storybook. Although it's not as good as Third Uncle's, there are dozens of taels of silver every month, so don't worry about me."

"We haven't separated yet. You can't pay for this house alone. The share between me and the second child will be returned to you in the future."

Brother Xiao asked Mo Xiucai to write the IOU, and Mo Xiucai wrote it to them after getting Xiao Le's answer.

"Hey, sister-in-law of the Xiao family, looking at your movements, do you want to start a room?"

After confirming it, Brother Xiao began to invite master carpenters and stonemasons to come over to look at the foundation. People in the village naturally found out, so when Aunt Xiao went out, they all asked.

Mrs. Xiao didn't hide it either. As for where the money came from, she only said that Brother Xiao got it back from the trustee.

The villagers were dubious.

However, after hearing that they were looking for someone to repair the house for [-] yuan a day without food, many people came.

The Xiao family's house was demolished, and the family moved into the firewood house. Fortunately, the firewood house was big enough to move in without any problem.

It's just that the place where Mrs. Xiao and Fourth Sister Xiao lived was separated by wooden boards, while Xiao Le, Brother Xiao and Mo Xiucai lived together.

Mo Xiucai couldn't hug Xiao Le now, which disappointed him for a long time.

During the construction of the house, Xiao Le also went to the village chief, "Village chief, when I went to the county seat, I heard from many people that bandits have made a lot of noise recently, and many villages have started vigil. Get up? Otherwise, it will be too late."

When the village chief went to the town to go to the market today, he also heard some rumors, and he was still a little anxious. Just after Xiao Le came to say so, the village chief decided to hold a village meeting.

In the evening, the whole village went to the dam.

"Bandits are rampant recently, and we have to guard against them. Fortunately, there is only one way into our village, and it can only pass through the village entrance, so I would like to ask everyone to come out with a few strong young people, and we will take turns to watch the night."

The village chief said loudly from above.

"Don't think the bandits are far away from us, but the imperial court has already sent troops to fight there! They might come in our direction, and if we are unprepared by then, we will suffer a lot!"

Seeing the hesitation on the faces of the villagers, the village chief said again.

After all, if young and middle-aged people go to watch the night, they can't go to work during the day, and there will be more work in the field.

"I regestrated!"

Xiao Le and Brother Xiao got up.

Mo Xiucai also got up.

Li Xiucai saw that Mo Xiucai was also getting up, but when he was about to get up, Chunhua grabbed him, "Minglang, let's not go."

"He has gone, and if I don't go, the villagers will talk again!"

Li Xiucai said secretly.

Chunhua smiled, "Ming Lang, can Mo Xiucai still study hard after going to the vigil? The most important thing is that we study hard."

Li Xiucai's eyes lit up when he heard the words, it was indeed right.

So he didn't look at those who were sneaking over to him, went through the meeting very calmly, and went home.

"I can tell what he's thinking with my toes," Xiao Le said to Mo Xiucai when he saw the other party sneering at them before leaving.

"No problem, I will study hard," Mo Xiucai chuckled.

"You want to meet me secretly at night, right?" Xiao Le chuckled. The two of them kept watch at night, and Mo Xiucai naturally wanted to follow Xiao Le.

"Of course there are," Mo Xiucai didn't hide his thoughts.

The village chief not only ordered people to watch the night, but also led people to dig a lot of traps outside the village. The children in the village were warned by adults not to play outside the village.

When Xiao Le and Mo Xiucai held vigils, they could not be called vigils, they could only be called dates.

He would lean on Mo Xiucai's shoulder and watch the road outside the village while listening to Mo Xiucai's stories or composing poems for him.

However, Mrs. Lao Xiao has to look into the matter of the house at home. Fortunately, everyone is hardworking and honest. Big tile house.

They only invited the Chen family over for a wedding meal, and they just said that they had run out of money to repair the house, so they couldn't make noodles.

There are five rooms, one for Brother Xiao and his wife, one for Brother Xiao, one for Xiao Le, one for Mo Xiucai, and one for Xiao Simei. The yard is also large and the walls are well maintained.

The key is to dig a cellar from the firewood house to their kitchen.

Not only can you store things, but you can also hide under it when you are in trouble.

This is also what Brother Xiao proposed because he felt that bandits made trouble.

The furniture is still used before, and the unusable ones are replaced.