Aotian the domesticated miniature dragon

Lu Qianting naturally didn't want to come, but he had to.

If you want to say who in the Lu family in the west of the village hates that old lady Lu Zhang the most, it must be Lu Qianting.Mrs. Lu Zhang is a typical kang head king. He is in the nest. He usually likes to control his daughters-in-law, even his son.However, after the old Dalu Guangzeng was admitted to Tongsheng, Lu and Zhang supported him in everything, and he could do whatever he wanted when the time came.However, the second child Lu Guangfu and the third child Lu Guangcai are honest, and even the daughter-in-law is trembling, and they can't wait to tremble when they hear Lu Zhang's movements, let alone resist.The fourth son, Lu Guanghui, is just like his daughter-in-law. The main reason is that Lu Guanghui is not stingy, and his daughter-in-law learns from others.

As for the fifth son, Lu Guangfa, he was Lu Zhang's youngest son, and he had his heart and soul.On weekdays, she was pampered and coaxed, and her daughter-in-law was also chosen from thousands of choices. She had to look good, have money in the family, and have a gentle and harmonious temperament. Finally, she chose Xiao Wang, who was considered a good match.

Lu Qianting is a self-proclaimed scholar, and he can't stand Lu Zhang's bluff when he sees people ordering dishes, but the benefits he gets are real, so he simply doesn't see it and doesn't worry about it.Before getting married, he hid out with the excuse of studying, and after getting married, he simply lived in the yard bought by the old man, and he didn't want to go back home.And in his heart, that dilapidated rural yard is not a home at all, what kind of place is that?There is not even a decent courtyard wall, the ground is full of chicken excrement, the backyard still smells of pig manure, and the house is filled with the voices of Lu Zhang's shouting and drinking all day long.

Later, for some reason, the Lu Zhang family took hold of the Lu family in the east of the village.Even brought him along and moved there.Lu Guangming's house is almost as spacious as Lu Datian's house, but Lu Guangming's family is hardworking and they also raise chickens, but they sweep the chicken droppings several times a day, and the yard is very clean.People also raise pigs, and they clean up the pigsty every three days. The pigs are round and cute, and they don't smell much.

Even better, his house has a small yard!

The small courtyard was built by Lu Guangming's grandfather at the idea. He thought that there would be a scholar in the family, but he failed and let him live in it.Although the yard is small and only has two rooms, everything is good. There is also a plum tree specially planted in the yard.

Moreover, Zhou's cooking skills are quite good. Every time he comes back from the academy, he likes to live in this yard. When he got married, he was directly carried into this yard by Yushi.Moreover, he also studied quietly in this yard, enjoying the service of several children of Lu Guangming's family, and was admitted as a scholar.

When he learned in the academy that Lu Guangming had kicked them out, he felt very unhappy.Because in his eyes, even if this yard is not his, the small yard behind should also be his.Now that the academy is on holiday, he and his wife Yu have to come back and wait for the New Year. Looking at the messy courtyard that is getting closer and closer, he feels very unhappy in his heart. After entering the door, he heard Lu Zhang's crying, I just wanted to turn around and leave.

He felt awkward, and Yu Shi beside him was even more disgusted.But for the sake of his own man, he could only endure it.After all, Lu Qianting is a scholar, and a scholar is most afraid of getting a bad reputation. If someone shows a dislike for his hometown in the countryside, he will go out and talk nonsense, which will affect the man's entrance examination, and it will be even more troublesome.

Mrs. Lu Zhang just sat on the kang with her legs crossed, crying and patting the edge of the kang, "Let me die, I can't live anymore... I was blind and married you, an old and black hearted person. Ah, woo woo... This is to see that I am old and useless, so I want to throw me out and find a younger one!! Why don't you open your eyes and send down thunder to kill this old man Bar!"

In fact, Lu Datian has been hiding in his fourth son's room to smoke, because his daughter-in-law hated the cold in the house, so she went out early to find a hot kang to chat with. Now only Lu Guanghui and Lu Datian are left in the house, and the two of them are sitting cross-legged on the kang Eating peanuts, sitting on the top of the kang and smoking dry tobacco, the house was full of smoke.As for the younger ones in the fourth family, the girl went to the Zhao family to play with her daughter, and the boy also went out to the wild and was not at home.

Hearing the sound of mules and carts outside, Lu Datian came out with a legal face on his face. When he saw his elder son, grandson and younger son, his expression softened a little, and he welcomed him into the house with a smile.

Lu Qianting brought his daughter-in-law to pay respects to Lu Datian, piled up all kinds of gifts brought back from the county in the main room, found an excuse and went to the Westinghouse.It's just that he could slip away, but Lu Guangzeng and Lu Guangfa couldn't, so they had to bite the bullet and go into the east room to appease Lu Zhang.

Because the windows were repaired, Mrs. Wang had no excuse to stay in the Westinghouse, and was kicked out by Mrs. Zhang early.Now half of the West Room is vacant, the kang head is reserved for Lu Qianting and Yu Shi to sleep with a curtain drawn in the middle, and the other half is for Lu Guangzeng to sleep with Xiao Zhang Shi and his second son.

But at this time the golden branches and jade leaves were also in this room, they didn't want to hear Mrs. Lu and Zhang cry in the east room, and they didn't want to see Lu Xiuxiu's troublesome appearance. It was really annoying.

"Mother, why did you all move back? What happened?" Lu Qianting asked Xiao Zhang with a suppressed voice, his face full of irritability.

Mrs. Zhang also sighed and said, "Where do I go? We have been living in the yard here, and we have never dared to take care of what happens there. We just heard that...your old aunt scolded that one and got divorced. Lu Qianshan even went to his house to steal something to eat, but was held down by his hand. Then Lu Qianshan is also an evil man. He used to be bored. After being suspended, he became seriously ill and said he was going to die. The result? He came back to his senses and showed his power directly, sending your grandma down in front of the village chief and the others, and taking away 200 taels of silver."

Lu Qianting frowned tightly, "Just because of this?"

Xiao Zhang said: "Isn't it? After your grandma came back, she scolded the street all day long, and there was no time for her to be quiet. Your two sisters and I were frightened all day long, and our hearts ached. Besides, your old aunt... hey, your old aunt is also a I'm really afraid that she will ruin our family's golden branches and jade leaves. Ting'er, can you think of a way to take me and your sisters out to live? Even if you don't pick me up, let your two sisters live with you. It's done. The two little girls can't bear to listen to such foul language all day long."

"It shouldn't be..." Lu Qianting said: "I think Uncle Guangming is also an honest man, just watching his grandparents move out like this? Didn't he expect me and dad to become officials and lead their family?"

Mrs. Zhang lowered her voice and said, "You don't know, your Uncle Guangming wasn't at home at all that day, and he was working in the town. As for Lu Qianshan, who was going to make trouble, your aunt is not a good person, and she usually looks silent. Speaking, I took out an account book and recorded what we ate and spent at their house. Then I forced your grandma to take out all the money. When your Uncle Guangming comes back, Then Mrs. Zhou blows on the pillow again...Your Uncle Guangming said that he will break off the relationship with us in the future and will never move around again."

Hearing what she said, Jin Zhi'er looked up and said, "Mother...how did Uncle Guangming break off the relationship because of that incident? Wasn't it because grandma had a bad heart, and she was beaten by Aunt Zhou because of her troubles?" A meal?"

"What else?" Lu Qianting was shocked.In his eyes, Mrs. Zhou is a very gentle person. As long as he reads in the yard, the clothes will be washed clean, folded and sent in every time, and there will be supper at night. It is soft.Can she hit someone?Was it his mother who beat him?

Mrs. Yu was sitting on the top of the kang, and she hadn't said much since she entered the door. She watched Xiao Zhang's talk with her man coldly, but her expression was wrong, and she was afraid that she was hiding something.She smiled and took out a small box from her bag, and when she opened it, there were more than a dozen agate rings piled up in red and yellow.Then she pushed the box of rings in front of Jin Zhi'er, and said with a smile: "Sister, choose two to wear."

Yu Ye'er let out an exclamation and jumped over to pick it up, looking at one or the other, but always felt that two were not enough.Jin Zhi'er didn't choose anything, just took one and put it on his finger, and said with a smile, "Thank you sister-in-law."

Yu Shi also laughed and said, "Thank you so much? We are a family... It's just that we've been in the door for so long, making a lot of noise, and I haven't had a sip of hot water until now. My stomach feels a little uncomfortable."

Xiao Zhang hurriedly said: "Oh, I have a bad memory, I just want to hide from your grandma. Hongjuan, wait a moment, I'll make you an egg in sugar water." After finishing speaking, she hurried out.

When Mrs. Zhang left, Mrs. Yu looked at Jin Zhi'er, "Sister, I see that Mother seems to have some difficult words to say, what's the matter?"

Naturally, she doesn't want to live here, what does it look like to live here in such a mess?Before I came back, I lived in the east of the village, and I had a separate small courtyard with my husband, how comfortable it was.Living here and having to sleep on the same kang with my parents-in-law, I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it.

Jin Zhi'er said: "Mother is also bitter. After all, grandma is an elder. She has to listen to whatever she says. Since grandma moved back to live, she has been non-stop for a while, and she has been saying that Lu Qianshan is possessed by a ghost, so she put them in the house." Get out...then, then..." She bit her lip, her face full of grievances, "Grandma dragged mother to the town, found a fake Taoist priest, and gave him money to come to the village to say that Lu Qianshan was not good, but I don't know what went wrong, but the Taoist priest came to our house instead, saying that grandma and aunt were possessed by ghosts. Grandma was so angry that she told her about spending money. Then the whole family became angry, mother I happened to be in the yard at the time, so Aunt Zhou pressed me and beat me up, and I didn't dare to go out for several days..."

Yu frowned and said, "This old lady is getting worse and worse. Then why are you crying today?"

I have been crying since I entered the door, and it hasn't stopped until now. The noisy people have a headache.

Jin Zhier looked out, only Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Sun were busy making lunch in the yard, Mrs. Zhang found eggs and brown sugar, and wanted to cook brown sugar eggs on the small stove.She approached Yu Shi and said softly: "It is said that grandma was hungry in the middle of the night, so she went to the kitchen to find a cornbread to eat, and ate half of it before finishing eating, and put the other half on the side of the pillow. Grandpa saw the cornbout when he got up early and said The grandma was prodigal, so she ate only two bites, and the rest was robbed by the grandma. With just two bites of steamed corn bread, my grandpa was almost tossed away. My sister-in-law didn’t see it, but it was so evil. After pulling it for a whole day, her face turned pale. No pants It had to be changed. He lay in bed and couldn't get up, and he didn't know what happened to grandma, so he lay down with him, and kept saying that there was a ghost... These two days, grandpa just got better, so he said grandma was going to kill him, trying to make grandma rest."

Lu Qianting's brain twitched in anger, "It's just nonsense!! This, what a shame!"

Mrs. Yu also curled her lips in disgust, and said: "Grandma, what's wrong with this... It will be said that our family is not upright. Mr., you have to find a way to live here like this and listen to them quarreling all day long , I can stand it, and my child can't stand it either."

Lu Qianting pressed his forehead and said, "Since I'm back, I can't go back. Hongjuan, bear with me, I'll go to that room to have a look."

Mrs. Lu Zhang from the east room stopped crying, but she was still cursing, and what she scolded was all the words of the car, why do I marry you and eat bran and swallow vegetables to have children for you? You still despise me?My son is a Tongsheng, and my grandson is a scholar, why do you want to divorce me?Your heart is blackened, and your intestines are rotten.While cursing, Peng Peng patted the edge of the Kang, that posture was like singing an opera.

When Lu Qianting entered the room, he saw Lu Zhang with disheveled hair wiping his tears and blowing his nose with a handkerchief, feeling disgusted in his heart.He tried his best to smile and said: "Grandma, don't be so angry if you are angry. It's not worth it if you get angry. We brought grandma an egg cake in the county town. It was soft and sweet. Grandma quickly ate two pieces to rest her breath." .”

"My eldest grandson is still filial!" Mrs. Lu Zhang wiped her face with a ball of handkerchief, then looked at Lu Qianting and smiled, "Is my eldest grandson tired? Today we eat stewed meat, the second family Yes, I went outside to cut slivers of meat and came back to stew!" She shouted at the top of her voice, and then said: "Hey, my mouth is dry, and no one poured water."

Lu Qianting quickly poured a bowl of hot water, opened the snack box and put it on the kang table, saying: "Grandma and old aunt should try it, and grandpa will eat it too."

Mrs. Lu and Zhang made some snacks and had just eaten two mouthfuls when Mrs. Zhao entered the room, "Mother, give me some money to cut the meat."

Lu Zhang's face turned black, and he slammed the chicken cake into the box, and said angrily: "How much money can I take from you? I told you to cut the meat, but you ran in and asked for money instead! Give it to you , There is not enough stuff to eat!"

After talking, he went to open the cabinet, but he didn't get any money for a long time.

Zhao's face turned red from being scolded, she opened her mouth to say something, and wanted to leave, but in the end she didn't.

Lu Zhang became even more angry, grabbed some money from the box and threw it on the ground, "Go!"

Trembling, Mrs. Zhao picked up the money, only five copper coins, how could it be enough to cut flesh?

Lu Qianting was bored to the extreme, but he couldn't get angry, so he could only count out a dozen more copper coins from his purse and hand them to Mrs. Zhao, "Second Aunt has worked hard."

Zhao was startled, but dared not take the money.

With a sullen face, Lu Zhang counted out a dozen copper coins and slapped them on the table, "Take it away, as if I didn't give you the money, am I short of your food or short of your drink? I'll tell you that the money will be cut." I know how much meat there is, so don't steal it!"

Zhao was so humiliated that she almost cried. She took the copper coins with trembling hands, and walked out with her head down.She didn't want to come to ask Lu Zhang for money, but now she has no copper coins.The things at the bottom of the box must never be taken out, as long as they are taken out, they will never return. She also wants to keep some for the children, especially the girls at home. Marriage must have a dowry. This mother-in-law probably She won't buy anything, she can't wrong her children.

Mrs. Zhao was humiliated, and Lu Guangzeng and Lu Guangfa didn't seem to notice it. After Mrs. Zhao left, Lu Guangzeng smiled and said, "It's still our mother who manages the house well. If it's another person, I don't know how to take my mother's money."

Lu Zhang snorted beautifully, and said: "Isn't it? You think it's easy to raise such a big family? Where there is too much and where there is too little, there will be problems." After speaking, he took the egg cake just now and started to eat it. My son didn't think it was wrong for her to betray her daughter-in-law in front of her son.

Lu Qianting felt that the reason why the family didn't let them live there was probably because Lu Zhang's family was acting as if they were here.But the problem is that after all, he is not Lu Zhang's own. It's really urgent, how can I bear it?

Look at his second aunt, she also had a round face when she first got married, but now she is thin and sallow, and her appearance is getting worse every year.

He couldn't stay in such a home for a day!

Because of the return of his sons and grandchildren, Lu Zhang's hands are finally not so tight.Not only did he kill a chicken, but he also stewed pork with cabbage, took a few eggs and fried them with miso, mixed a pickle with oil, and stewed the most wasteful eggplant and potatoes.A large basin and a large basin are placed on the table.

The men ate on the kang, and the pot had the most meat, and the dry food was steamed buns and fine flour pancakes.The women ate underground, opened a table, sat on a small bench, and waited for Mrs. Lu Zhang to share the dishes.

Yu has a big belly, where can he sit on this small bench?He simply told Mrs. Lu Zhang that he would go back to the Westinghouse to eat, then picked two bowls of meat dishes and a few big steamed buns, and went back to the house to eat with Jinzhiyuye.

Mrs. Wang also came back from a stroll when the meal was ready. Seeing Mrs. Yu's style, she grinned and said, "She is really the granddaughter-in-law that my mother likes. When we were pregnant, we said we couldn't sit on a small stool, so we had to stand to eat."

Lu Zhang clapped his chopsticks, "Are you still eating?"

Mrs. Wang smiled, and sat beside Mrs. Zhao, "Eat it, eat meat today? It's really delicious."

Mrs. Zhao has no time to eat meat today. She only has a bowl of miso and a few green onions in front of her. Even the pancakes are made of sorghum noodles, which are dark and hard.As for this, Mrs. Lu Zhang didn't want her to be full either. He asked for hot soup for a while, and radishes for a while, and asked her to run errands every time.After the run is over, the food is cold, and it's time to remove the table.

Lu Qianting looked at it coldly, but felt upset. After dinner, he sat in the room for a while, discussed with Mrs. Yu, and took two boxes of snacks to Lu Guangming's house.He thought that he was a scholar after all, and even if Lu Guangming had a falling out with his grandma, he would have to look at himself as a scholar so that the trouble would not be too ugly.In fact, his purpose is very simple, he doesn't want to live here, he wants to go back to live in that small courtyard over there.

It's a pity that the Lu family in the east of the village is no longer headed by Lu Guangming.

Lu Qianshan heard the movement in the front yard and wanted to go out to watch, Zhong Yulin naturally didn't want to stay in the house by himself, the chubby hand directly grabbed Lu Qianshan's sleeve, but was taken up because he was too light, and the handkerchief wrapped around his body Float directly down.

Zhong Yulin was very embarrassed, and he couldn't let go, he was in a hurry.

Lu Qianshan burst out laughing, quickly took a handkerchief and wrapped it around the little fatty, and said, "Why are you blushing? It's not like I haven't seen it before."

"Can you be more reserved, brother!" Zhong Yulin felt that he was about to explode.

Lu Qianshan chuckled, kicked Zhong Yulin into his arms, opened the door and went out.

Lu Qianting thought that Lu Guangming would welcome him into the house, as long as he entered the house, it would prove that the relationship could be eased, and others would think that he was sensible, and at least he could get rid of the bad influence brought by Lu Zhang.But this Lu Guangming was dumbfounded when he saw him, and he was not as affectionate as before, let alone let him in the house, he didn't even let him in.

"Uncle Guangming, I know what my grandma did is not right, so I want to apologize to you for her. This is a snack I bought from the county seat, and I will give it to my younger brothers and sisters to try."

Lu Guangming didn't want his snacks, and he suddenly remembered that Lu Qianting had brought some snacks here before, but unfortunately his child didn't eat a single bite, and even after a few glances, he was scolded by Lu Zhang for being greedy.

"Father, mother called you into the house, and said she has something to look for you." Lu Qianshan entered the front yard, saw a few younger brothers and sisters poking around at the door, and waved them away to prevent them from coming out.Zeng Hongmei also grabbed Lu Qianfan and waved to Lu Qianshan.

Lu Qianshan admired his sister-in-law's cleverness, knowing what to do when.

Lu Guangming sighed, and looked at Lu Qianting again.

Lu Qianshan walked over and pushed Lu Guangming, "Mother said my stomach hurts."

Lu Guangming paused, and climbed along the pole.

Lu Qianting didn't expect Lu Guangming to leave just like that, he quickly took two steps inside, but was stopped by Lu Qianshan.He looked at Lu Qianshan's beautiful face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and couldn't help being a little dazed.

Back then he liked Lu Qianshan a lot, because Lu Qianshan was really good-looking.Every time Lu Qianshan went to deliver food and water to him, he couldn't help but hold him back, touch his hands, and say a few soft words. Seeing Lu Qianshan's flushed face from being teased, he felt itchy in his heart. .

But he also knew that he absolutely could not marry Lu Qianshan.Not to mention the situation in Lu Qianshan's family, just because he is a brother, his family will never let him marry.His grandma, Lu Zhang, always looked down on her brother, thinking that only poor and lowly people would marry a brother, and those who were capable and rich had to marry a woman.

This time he came back after half a year away, and he found that Lu Qianshan seemed more beautiful.Especially those big eyes, watery, looking at him as if they could speak, made his heart itch.

"Shanshan, I...I've been thinking about you all the time." Lu Qianting said, reaching for his bosom, took out an agate ring and handed it over, "Here, do you like it?"

Lu Qianshan glanced at the ring, and sneered, "Oh, Mr. Xiucai, what do you mean? You gave me the ring, does your wife know? You went out to study and came back full of male thieves and female prostitutes? I feel ashamed for you ah."