Four Foods in the Mountains

The Cen family's house is the same as the Lu family's, leaning against the foot of the mountain, in the innermost part of the village.The two walked from the entrance of the village to the end of the village, and met many people along the way.

Cen Ning followed Lu Yunchuan, and greeted people with a smile when he saw them, until he passed by a very dignified courtyard and met a scholar in long robes.

Lu Yunchuan was familiar with this attire, just like Lu Yunrui, it was worn by scholars, and the material was finer than Lu Yunrui's, with patterns on it.

Lu Yunchuan took a second look, thinking about going to see if there is any work available after a while, Cen Ning must like this material.

And Cen Ning's face turned dark the moment he saw Lin San.

The Lin family in the village was originally poor, but became rich because the daughter of the family became a concubine for the master in the town. With the help of the master's "son-in-law", they have now become well-known wealthy households in ten miles and eight towns.

Lin San is the youngest son in the family, and everyone said: the youngest son, the eldest grandson, the lifeblood of the old lady.

This is not true at all.

Lin San San, Cen Ning, is two years old. A few years ago, Cen Ning was not old enough to have a serious marriage. Door.

Seeing Cen Ning's handsome appearance, obedient personality, and being the best-born brother in the village, the old lady of the Lin family was satisfied.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she wanted to imitate the rich families in the town and act as Lin San's housekeeper before getting married.

"I saw that your brother Ning has a good appearance and personality, and he can take care of my youngest after entering the door, and my youngest is also satisfied with him, so I came here. Otherwise, there are a lot of girls and brothers in the town. Pick - ouch, hello!"

The old lady of the Lin family hadn't finished speaking when a basin of water was poured over her head and face.

Holding the copper basin in her hand, Shen's voice was trembling with anger: "Fuck your mother's fart, you old witch, you come to my house to spit shit out of your mouth at a very old age, I'm not afraid that Lord Yan can't wait tonight and take it away!" Take your old life!"

"Your family can be ashamed to give their daughter to an old man as a concubine, but my family is not as heartless as you, who accept my family's Ning'er as a housemate? You don't even know what kind of guy your son is, get out of here!"

People and things were thrown out of the Cen's courtyard. The old lady of the Lin family has boasted that she is superior to others all these years. Everyone in the village will say a few words of flattery when they see her. How has she ever been so ashamed?

When she returned home in a rage, she cried and asked her husband and son to help her out. The father and son of the Cen family were tall and hunted all the year round.

But Lin San kept holding his breath in his heart. All these years, relying on the power of his brother-in-law and sister, he ate well, dressed well, and paid for his husband to study for a few years. His sister usually gave him whatever good things he got from her brother-in-law. use.

After living like this for a long time, he has long felt that he is no different from the young masters in the town. At least in this village, what kind of girls and brothers he wants can't be obtained?

Who would have thought that a stumble at Cen Ning's place would cause the whole village to know about it.

He didn't want to let the Cen's family go, his brother-in-law was quite friendly with the people in the government, so he just asked his sister to persuade the government to come forward, no matter how arrogant the Cen family was, they could only bow their heads and send Cen Ning to his bed.

But the elder sister who was responsive to his requests rejected him this time.

"Yao'er, hold back for now, the master has recently become obsessed with the top card of Fengyue Tower, come to my room...the number of people who come here is less, I really can't talk to the master."

"Then my mother and I lost such a big face in the village, sister, can you bear to ignore it? If your brother-in-law falls for anyone, sister, you go to my brother-in-law and use some tricks to be good. My brother-in-law has always loved you, so I will agree to this." Yes."

"Yaoer," the eldest girl of the Lin family said with a rare serious expression, "Earlier, my mother asked me to ask the master to find you a daughter from the town to talk about a good marriage, but now you want the master to find the government to give you a Natong room. There are enough things to beg the master, if you make the master displeased, what will happen to your future? When you are admitted to the scholar and come out, you are still counting on the master to send you a good job."

It's about his own marriage and future, so Lin San can only bear it.

However, later on he privately spent some money to invite many unmarried men in the village to have a good time in Fengyue Tower, intentionally or unintentionally talking about Cen Ning, and sure enough, the village began to make up more stories about Cen Ning, and the Cen family was deeply disturbed by it. But helpless.

After that, the Lin family found a girl from a poor family in another village for him as a roommate, and took advantage of his sister's various entreaties to marry a young lady from the town and returned home.

With his lovely wife and concubine by his side, Lin San was immersed in the warmth and soft jade every day, and gradually forgot about Cen Ning.

Until now, as soon as he met Cen Ning, Lin San felt itchy again when he saw that Cen Ning's appearance became more outstanding and more mature after marriage.

Turning his eyes to see Lu Yunchuan next to Cen Ning, Lin San's expression darkened, and jealousy was shining in his eyes.

Why should such a good brother let him enjoy it?

Seeing Lu Yunchuan's rough clothes and straw sandals, Lin San felt complacent, shook his long robe, spread his folding fan, raised his airs and was about to speak.

But he saw that Cen Ning didn't even give him a look, and walked past his husband without looking sideways.

Lin San turned his head to look in disbelief, Cen Ning pinched the corner of Lu Yunchuan's clothes, Lu Yunchuan tilted his head to listen to him, Cen Ning lowered his head and put his hand into Lu Yunchuan's palm.

Lin San protruded from the back of his hand holding the fan, and Lu Yunchuan was also stunned.

The married brother and the man had to avoid suspicion, so Cen Ning didn't say hello to the scholar, and Lu Yunchuan didn't become suspicious either.

However, Cen Ning took the initiative to pull his hand, which really stunned him for a moment.

While holding Fulang's hand tightly, Lu Yunchuan lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Cen Ning pursed his lips: "...I'm tired, I can't walk anymore."

Thinking that he had indeed traveled a lot this morning, Lu Yunchuan slowed down his voice: "Then you rely on me and use my strength to walk, and you will be home soon."

"Yeah." Cen Ning agreed by biting his lips, leaning against Lu Yunchuan's arm, and blushing slightly when he lowered his head.

Walking to the gate of Cen's courtyard, Cen Ning saw A Niang and her two sister-in-laws sitting in the courtyard doing needlework from a distance.

After not seeing Aunt for a long time, Cen Ning couldn't hide his excitement, and stepped forward a few steps: "Aniang, sister-in-law—"

Shen raised her head and saw that Yao'er had returned home with her husband, she was so happy that she didn't know what to do, she went up to greet him after losing her needle and thread, "Why did you come back suddenly!"

He took Cen Ning into his arms and looked back and forth, then went to meet Lu Yunchuan who was a step behind.

"My brother-in-law is here, hurry up, come in and sit down and drink tea, you must be tired after walking for so long."

The second sister-in-law smiled and said, "I'll call daddy and them to come back."

Cen Ning asked, "Did they go up the mountain?"

"Nope," Shen was busy making tea and getting dried fruit. The sister-in-law took over the conversation and said, "They went to the entrance of the village to grind corn flour, and they should come back after some time. Dad still missed you this morning, saying that this time in previous years , you were the first one to clamor for corn glutinous rice cakes, and I'm afraid you should be greedy at your husband's house this year."

Cen Ning smiled while holding the tea, then tilted his head to look at Lu Yunchuan, a little embarrassed.Looked around and asked again: "Where's Yuer? Why don't you see him?"

Yu'er is the boy of his second brother and second sister-in-law's family.

"Boy Yu went to join in the fun, and I am happy to see you when I come back."

Apart from A Niang, Yuer likes Cen Ning the most at home, because Cen Ning often buys him candy with pocket money.The kind of candy sold by the peddler carries a burden, and it costs one copper coin, and a small piece can be eaten for two days.Therefore, on the day when Cen Ning got married, Yu'er cried more sadly than anyone else.

After Shen was busy, Ren Lu Yunchuan said he didn't bother, but still insisted on filling the whole table with tea and dried fruits.

When Cen Ning came back, she was happy, but she said: "It's such a long journey, and the field is busy recently, how can I bother my brother-in-law to accompany you to go back and forth? It's really ignorant."

Before Cen Ning could speak, Lu Yunchuan said: "Ning'er hasn't come back to visit you and father-in-law for a long time, and the epidemic has just passed away, so I should come back with him."

After hearing this, Shen looked at her brother-in-law in front of her, feeling more and more satisfied.

There was a commotion at the courtyard gate, and Cen Ning looked over: "Father and brothers are back!"

Boss Cen walked in the front, followed by Cen Ning's two older brothers, each carrying a bag of cornmeal, and behind him was the second sister-in-law leading Yu'er.

Knowing that Cen Ning and Lu Yunchuan were at home, the group of people walked in a hurry.

After entering the courtyard gate, Yu'er saw Cen Ning running over first, and buried his head into Cen Ning's arms, rubbing his round face back and forth.

Until she was slapped on the butt by A Niang: "You child, uncle is here, call uncle quickly."

Yu'er raised her head, saw Lu Yunchuan beside her, shrank into Cen Ning's arms.Lu Yunchuan had a handsome face with sharp edges and corners, and when he was not smiling, he looked a bit cold and bluffing.

Lu Yunchuan smiled, raised his hand to grab the dried fruit on the table and put it in Yu'er's hand. Because there is brother Zhi at home, he has always been patient with children.

A group of people sat in the main room and talked, seeing their brother-in-law behaved considerately, protecting Cen Ning in everything he said, and getting along well with Cen Ning, they were all satisfied with Lu Yunchuan in their hearts.

At noon, the men left by the Shen family sat in the main room and talked, and took their daughter-in-law and Cen Ning to the kitchen to light a fire and cook.

Sitting in front of the threshold of the main room, Cen Er said at this moment: "Mother, there are still a few baskets of fresh corn left in the granary. Grind it and make some corn cakes to eat. Ning'er loves to eat those sticky things."

"It's up to you," Shen said with a smile on her son, "Brother Yao is married, you, as an older brother, know how to love your younger brother."

Cen Er scratched his head, his eyes caught a glimpse of a lock of hair on the back of Cen Ning's head, out of habit, he immediately pulled it.

In the end, she was slapped by Shen Shi and made a "pop" sound: "I owe you, you are still a child!"

Seeing that the second brother was deflated, Cen Ning walked away with A Niang with his head held high.

When they arrived at the door of the kitchen, the second sister-in-law went in to light a fire and said, "Mother, Ning'er is tired from the morning's journey, you can rest with him for a while, I'll just light the fire, and I'll call you when the pot is hot."

Knowing that her daughter-in-law was taking time to talk about herself to them, Shen felt relieved and dragged Cen Ning into her room.

As soon as Cen Ning's butt touched the kang, Shen pulled him and asked, "Do you have any money?"

Cen Ning laughed, "Aniang, yes."

He pursed his lips and said, "Sister-in-law is very diligent. If there is no work in the field, he will go to the town to find a job. He will not let him rest. I will keep all the money in the house. Auntie, you Do not worry."

Shen nodded after listening: "I knew that my brother-in-law is a good one. Back then, when there were so many families, your father chose him because he heard that he was hardworking and dedicated. You just want to live a good life. You don't know, brother-in-law can How happy your father and I are to come back with you."

Then asked: "How are you getting along with the family?"

Cen Ning nodded: "It's all good, big brother and sister-in-law have a good temper, and they are good to me."

"It's not easy to meet a good family. The relationship between sister-in-law and sister-in-law is the most troublesome. Since the sister-in-law is a good one, you should spend more time with her, help if you can, and don't worry about everything. Without a mother-in-law, your two families will have each other in the future. There is plenty of time to help."

Taking care of everything, Shen patted her chest: "Amitabha, after your two brothers got married, I treated your two sisters-in-law as my own girls, just thinking that when you get married, you can live in your husband's house." I'm doing well, now I'm at ease."

In this world, the life of girls and brothers is lower than that of men. It is the greatest luck to marry into a good family and have a husband to protect them.

Shen wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and smiled when she remembered something: "It just so happens that you are back, and I have a happy event to tell you about, your sister-in-law is pregnant!"

"real?!"

My brother is not easy to conceive. His eldest brother and sister-in-law have been married for many years and have nothing to do. Although no one in the family talks about it, seeing that Yuer has grown up, he is always looking forward to having more children.

Cen Ning was pleasantly surprised: "If I had known that my sister-in-law was pregnant, I should have pulled some cloth back and made clothes for the child."

Mentioning her daughter-in-law's pregnancy, Shen was beaming: "You don't need to spend it. I gave money to your elder brother as soon as the epidemic disappeared a while ago, so your eldest brother went to the town to pull a piece of good cloth and came back. Your sister-in-law is estimated to be born next spring. They're all starting to swaddle."

Shen showed Cen Ning the half-made work in the sewing basket, and said, "When you become pregnant in the future, Auntie will make all the clothes and shoes for you and send them to you."

"Mom, I'm still early."

"What's there to be embarrassed about with A Niang?" Shen looked amused, "My brother-in-law's family is thin, and he will be warm when he has a child. But A Niang just mentioned that it is so difficult to have a child, how can I be willing to watch it?" You were born so early."

After hearing this, Cen Ning said seriously: "Mother, don't say that, my sister-in-law will be upset after hearing this."

Shen quickly said: "Of course I love your two sister-in-laws too. I won't allow your sister-in-law to intervene in the housework after she becomes pregnant. It's just that you are still young and it is more difficult to have children. Besides, you are mine. Dear, no one can compare to you, you should understand when you have a child."