The husband's son-in-law

It was still dark, everyone in Li was having dinner.

The door of the main room was open, and by the light from the outside, there was a black-painted wooden table in the middle of the room, surrounded by three long wooden benches.

There are two pots on the table, one is filled with steamed Xuanruan steamed buns, and the other is hot porridge mixed with miscellaneous grains to make rice oil.Two rough pottery sea bowls, one bowl of juicy sour radish, cut into the size of finger belly, one bowl of fried pork with cabbage and tofu, the pork was sliced ​​thinly, fat and thin, and fried oily.

Li Da sat at the top of the seat, took a sip of hot porridge, and said, "I'm going to Shili Village tomorrow. There are a few pigs over there that need to be slaughtered. You asked me to go there half a month ago. There can be no further delay."

Three days ago, everyone in Li had a happy event and recruited a son-in-law for their only elder brother, Li Zhouzhou.

This matter has been busy for half a month.

"Understood, dad." Li Zhouzhou was used to his dad going out to squat.

Li Da originally wanted to say that he would not come back this time, because Shili Village was not close, and it would be too late for several of the poor families to be busy. Now that Zhou Zhou got married and had his new son-in-law, Gu Zhao, he could rest assured.Unlike the past, rushing back in the dark, don't worry about my brother being at home alone.

But Li hadn't finished his big words when he saw his brother-in-law Gu Zhao breaking half of a steamed bun, so he swallowed the words.

This appetite is not as good as Zhou Zhou in his family.

"Do you want Zhou Zhou?" Gu Zhao asked gently.

Li Zhouzhou looked at the hand that passed the steamed bun. The fingers were slender and long, without any calluses. They were the hands of a scholar.He glanced at his father, a little embarrassed that he didn't reach out, the elder was still there.

The steamed bun touched the back of Xia Li Zhouzhou's hand.

"Zhou Zhou?" Gu Zhao asked again.

"Oh, good." Li Zhouzhou retracted his hands, not daring to meet Shang Xianggong's eyes, took the steamed bun with a calm face, bowed his head and ate it.

Only two ears turned red.

Li Da glanced all over his eyes, thinking that his elder brother and his son-in-law had only been married for three days, he changed his mind, coughed and said, "This time I want several houses, so I won't come back, I'll make do with staying there for one night. At home—" Seeing his brother-in-law's thin body, he could only say, "Zhou Zhou, watch out."

"Understood, dad." Li Zhouyi agreed.

He has grown up, so he doesn't have to work hard and drive the night road hard.

have eaten.

Li Zhouzhou tidied up the porridge bowls and chopsticks swiftly, and said, "I'll do all the work, Mr. Xiang, you go to read."

"It's getting dark, and reading hurts your eyes. Let's clean up together," Gu Zhao said.

Few men in the village go into the kitchen and circle the pot, especially those with wives and brothers at home. These are the jobs of the people in the house. Men work hard in the fields, and they have to eat hot food when they come back.If any man does these jobs, it will be laughed at if it gets out.

Originally, Xianggong came to marry her, and what the village said was already ugly. Li Zhouzhou was afraid that Xianggong would lose face, but after Xianggong came in, he would help every time. He was stupid and didn't know how to say it.

Once he said no, the husband would look at him pitifully, so that he didn't even know he refused.

After leaving the main room, the stove was in the side room, and a piece of firewood was added to the stove. The water in the big iron pot was warm. Li Zhouzhou started to wash the dishes. The bowls are arranged neatly.

Li Zhou has been doing these jobs since he was seven years old.The father who gave birth to him was also an elder brother, and died when he was five years old. His father was the eldest of the Li family. He used to eat big pot meals in the old house, but because of some things, the family was separated.

Li Zhou could cut pigweed when he was four or five years old. After the separation, he learned to cook, wash dishes, do laundry, and do housework.During the slack season, Li would do assembly, and when the farming was busy, the crops in the field were waiting to be harvested. Li Da was too busy in the field alone, and could not take care of his family.

The dishes and chopsticks are washed and the pot is cleaned.

Li Zhouzhou carried the wooden bucket to the water tank to fetch water, and then boiled a pot of hot water for washing at night.Sitting in front of the stove, Gu Zhao rubbed his nose with his hand adding firewood, remembering what happened two days ago.

He rushed to say that he would fetch water, but he didn't pick up half the bucket of water.

On the other end, Li Zhouyi easily carried a bucket full of water in his hand and poured it into the cauldron.Gu Zhao looked at it with admiration, and said, "Zhou Zhou, you are so amazing."

Apart from the flame in the kitchen, there was no extra light in the kitchen, and Li Zhouzhou's expression could not be seen clearly, but Gu Zhao felt that Zhou Zhou was not very happy, but he did not ask directly, but reached out his hand.

"What's the matter, Mr. Xiang?" Li Zhouzhou thought that Mr. Xiang wanted something, when he saw that Mr. Xiang got up halfway, and held his hand with his raised hand.

"Cold." Gu Zhao wanted to say that the weather was cold, but Zhou Zhou touched cold water to warm him up. After shaking hands, he realized that his hands were cold. Zhou Zhou's hands were so warm, so he had to say coquettishly, "Zhou Zhou, I'm so cold." , can you keep me warm?"

Li Zhouzhou was embarrassed to take away his hands at first, but now he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, his heart was pounding, and he was dragged obediently by his husband to sit in front of the stove.I don't know if it's the temperature of the flames, or what, Li Zhouzhou's cheeks are hot because of the heat.

But he held Xianggong's hand very seriously, and warmed his hand.

It's cold in late autumn, and the villagers don't have the conditions to take a bath every day. It's a bit more delicate to boil hot water to scrub and soak their feet. After all, burning water is useless.

After the hot water was ready, the whole family washed up and went back to their rooms.

After the family separation, the Li family had a simple population, just Li Da and his older brother Li Zhouzhou, but the house was built unambiguously, and they were first- and second-class in the village.There are three main rooms in the green brick house, the middle room is used for eating and gossiping, and the rooms of Li Da and Li Zhouzhou are on the left and right sides.

On both sides of the main house are side houses, one side is the stove room, and the other side is the granary.The courtyard is square and square, with loess rammed mud walls more than one meter high, leading to the backyard, which are huts, pig pens, and chicken pens.

The room is also spacious, with a heated kang against the wall, a wardrobe cabinet at the end of the bed, and a newly built table near the window—it didn’t exist before.

Li Zhouzhou used to have nothing fancy in his house, he didn't look like a brother at all, he was also getting married and recruiting a son-in-law, and his husband Gu Zhao was a scholar, and he wanted to take the imperial examination in the future, so there were some more decorations.

Blow out the oil lamp.

Li Zhouzhou took off his coat and put on his underwear and got on the kang. The bed was not warm at all, and his body was snuggled against him.In the dark, Li Zhouzhou didn't dare to move, holding back his shame, thinking about his responsibility as a 'wife', and asked in a low voice, "Sir, do you want it?"

Gu Zhao: ...

"I want to talk to you."

When Li Zhouzhou heard this, he felt a little disappointed, and hummed quietly on his face, but in his heart, he wondered whether he wasn't soft enough or good enough, that's why the husband didn't want him.He heard from Brother Xing that men are very aggressive when they just get married.

"Zhou Zhou, can I hold you?" Gu Zhao put his arms around Zhou Zhou's waist, and couldn't help but touch it. Through a thin layer of underwear, he could feel Zhou Zhou's slender and strong body. waist.

Li Zhouzhou felt itchy in his waist, and his voice became soft, "Yeah."

"Zhou Zhou and we got married, we are a husband and wife. If you are not happy, you can tell me." Gu Zhaoshou held back his hands and did not mess around, thinking about having a heart-to-heart talk with Zhou Zhou.

Li Zhouzhou: "I'm not unhappy?" Then my husband pinched my waist. It didn't hurt, but it was very itchy and numb.Li Zhouzhou felt that he was so strange, his waist was so weak that he couldn't even use his strength.

"I praised you for boiling water just now, but you were not happy."

Li Zhouzhou softened his body, and his mind was a little slow, so he remembered what it means to be unhappy about boiling water. Unexpectedly, his husband noticed it. A trace of sweetness rose in his heart, and he confessed honestly.

"I don't know how to put it, but every time people in the village praise me as 'better than a man', I am different from other brothers, I am not soft, I am hard to hold, and I am not as delicate as other brothers. "

Gu Zhao had heard of it.

This world is divided into men, women, and brothers. Brothers look like men, but they can have children.Guys are born with a smaller skeleton than men. Although they are not comparable to girls, the local aesthetics in the village, a good guy, a pretty guy, is white, young and thin, and the more he looks like a girl, the better he looks.

Li Zhouzhou was different.Li Zhouzhou's skeleton is also small, but he has been working since childhood. After the separation, he not only does housework, but also works in the fields when the farming is busy. Mi five.

At this time, a matchmaker came to propose marriage to Li Zhouzhou. He was talking about an idler from the neighboring village. The widowed mother above was mean and stingy. The son of the idler who raised him would do nothing. If Li Zhouzhou passed away, That is to be used as livestock.

The matchmaker said to Li Da at the time: "Your Zhou Zhou looks like this, hurry up and marry him while you are young, the two villages are close, you can help with anything, what a nice family, no one will dislike Zhou Zhou. "

This is still thinking about Li Da's family fortune.

Before he finished speaking, let Li Da broom sweep it out.

The matchmaker lost face, stood at the gate of the yard, raised his voice bitterly and said: "I am also doing it for your own good. Li Zhouzhou is 14 years old, and he looks more and more like a man. Look at that head, don't take advantage of it now." If you are young, who would dare to ask for it in a few years? My brother's mole is light, and he won't be able to give birth by then, even if he does, it's pitiful for him..."

Li Da poured out a pot of rancid water.

The matchmaker ran away, but after that, he started talking to everyone he met, gossiping with the two villages for the first time, and swearing firmly: "You just watch it, I leave my words here, now Li Da dislikes what I said, in the future Li Zhouzhou doesn't even want a widower."

Although this remark was a bit poisonous, some people in the village still murmured that it made sense.

"Look, Li Da is so capable, so what can he do, just a brother, he can't get married even if he gets married, and he will be a drag in the future."

"This doll Zhou Zhou is good at everything. She is hardworking and sensible. She wears a hood outside the house. She looks like that. Indeed... the longer she grows, the more she looks like a man."

"When Li Da separated the family, I kindly said that while I was still young, I would quickly marry another woman and have a son. I didn't listen to me at the time. Let's see now, what can I expect from you?"

There are many jokes in the village, and it is also a day when Li Da is jealous.Li Da has a lot of strength, he can eat enough from the crops in the field, and he can slaughter pigs. Who in these ten miles and eight villages doesn't raise pigs?

Slaughter pigs, kill pigs, invite Li Da to have a feast of slaughtering pigs, and return them to the water for Li Da to take away.

You live a good life, but those who are jealous will love to find your shortcomings.The shortcoming is that Li Da only has one elder brother, so he cannot carry on the family line. No matter how much he earns, won't it be cheaper for Li Zhouzhou to marry a foreign surname?

Thinking of this makes me feel a lot better.

These people watched the excitement for another four years. Li Zhouzhou has grown from 14 years old, and his height has also jumped from 1.7 meters to 1.8 meters. Standing there, he is taller than men of the same age in the village. Who would dare to ask for it?

The matchmakers back then loved to gloat over melon seeds and say something like 'I said it a long time ago' and 'Li Zhouzhou can't get married'.Li Da had been suppressing his anger for the past few years, and immediately had an attack that day, and said directly: "I am rich, so I will recruit a son-in-law for my family Zhou Zhou."

This has spread all over again.

The brother in the village is worthless, and I haven't heard of anyone who recruits a son-in-law for him.

Afterwards, Li Da began to build houses and repair yards. Just looking at the three green brick and large tile houses in the main house, it can be seen that Li Da has saved money over the years, and has long thought about recruiting a son-in-law for Li Zhouzhou.

It's shameful to be a door-in-law. In the early years, it was said that my brother is worthless and loses money, and boys are precious. Now the conversation has changed. There are really many people who want to be the door-to-door brother-in-law of the Li family.

There are a lot of boys in the village who are burdened by the family and cannot marry a wife.

It's a good idea. Although Li Zhouzhou doesn't grow well, he is still a brother who can give birth to cubs and warm the bed. He doesn't need a betrothal gift, but I will give you change.You don't have to worry about food and clothing when you come to the door, and when Li Da's feet are gone, Li's family's bottom will be able to hug her and go to her house.

He came to Li Da with a shelf and said that my family is willing to come to the door, meaning that your brother looks like you, and I am willing to come to the door because of your admiration.In the end, he was dumbfounded, and Li Da asked Zhou Zhou if he liked it?Li Zhouzhou shook his head.

You are willing to lower your face, but Li Zhouzhou doesn't want it.

Those who are willing to come to the door have once disliked Li Zhouzhou behind their backs and in front of them.

Several families were rejected by Li Zhouzhou, who used to look down on them, so angry and angry, they began to arrange Li Zhouzhou in the village, but they wanted to see what kind of Li Zhouzhou they could find.

Can you still find a fairy?

Another year.

Li Zhouzhou is 19 years old and has not yet recruited a son-in-law. The rumors in the village pulled out what the matchmaker said a few years ago, and added another sentence: You can't find a man even if you lose money.

At this time, Gu Zhao, a 16-year-old scholar, took the initiative to come to the door and said that he was willing to marry.

Gu Zhaona's appearance, how can I put it, in the words of the villagers, is more beautiful than his elder brother.

Li Zhouzhou fell in love with him immediately.

"...I'm afraid you'll dislike me. I eat a lot, my hands are rough, I'm tall, I'm older than you, and my brother's mole is also light. I don't know if I can have it." Li Zhouzhou said in a low voice. .

Li has been discriminated against since childhood, especially in recent years.

Gu Zhao knew that he lived in Dongping Village, and about Li Zhouzhou in Xiping Village, those village women chatted with malicious intent after dinner.

"I've never disliked you." Gu Zhao said seriously, rubbing the calluses on Zhou Zhou's palm with his hand under the blanket, "The first time I saw you, I thought, how can there be Zhou Zhou who is so beautiful in this world?" Human, thin waist and long legs, good figure, kind, sincere and lovely, you are unique."

It was the first time for Li Zhouzhou to hear such praise since he was a child, and his heart was sour. The grievance and annoyance of being humiliated by outsiders dissipated little by little, and a wave of rewards arose again. The husband is so good, he also wants to treat him Even better, so I boldly untied the inner belt.

"Sister, do you want it?" He was afraid that he would refuse, so he added in a low voice, "I want it."

No matter how much Gu Zhao endured, he would no longer be a man.

This time the quarrel took a little longer, and Gu Zhaoyi washed away the shame of being fast in the bridal chamber three days ago.

Li Zhouzhou was so tired that he fell asleep quickly, and before going to bed, he still didn't forget to hug his beautiful little husband who was afraid of the cold into his arms.

Gu Zhao: ...

Dumbfounded and happy, he shamelessly rubbed Zhou Zhou's chest muscles.

Gu Zhao couldn't sleep, it was only past eight o'clock in this modern day.

Talking tonight, I can't help thinking that he just wore it more than half a month ago...