Aotian the domesticated miniature dragon

The sky has not been sunny for a few days, and it has become cloudy again, and a heavy snow is brewing.

Everyone in the village is at home, because it is really too cold, and they don't want to go out at all.Even those uncles and aunts who like to visit don't come out anymore, and they have to burn a few pieces of firewood if they don't want to burn the kang, otherwise they will really freeze to death.

However, the Lu family in the east of the village is still quite busy.

The delicious rice cake steamed by Zhou's is very sweet, with a slight sour and wine taste.Whether you eat it freshly steamed or fried in oil, it tastes delicious.Lu Guangming also sent out two cylinders of malt, and he was cooking maltose as Lu Qianshan said.

Sugar is a good thing these days. Brown sugar and white sugar are more expensive. Even if you buy it, you don’t want to eat it, let alone the candy sold in the town. Mouth.If you can really make maltose, in addition to selling it for a few dollars, at least your children will not be short of sugar during the Chinese New Year.

Ever since Lu Datian and his family were kicked out, Lu Guangming also knew that he was no longer a scholar.He is not stupid, he has been deceived for so many years and finally woke up, now his son can say anything, just want to make up for the children.

Zhou was thinking about the date of the next episode, which was just five days away.I only hope that the snow has stopped by then, otherwise I will have to wait for Xiaonian to go to the market again.After the new year is a serious Chinese New Year, now that the family has some money, she has to start thinking about what to prepare for the New Year.And her natal home, since Lu Datian's family moved in, she seldom went back to her natal home.Her natal family sent people to come several times to persuade her to let Lu Datian and his family go back.What did she say then?

It's really embarrassing to think about it now.

Lu Qianshan helped with some work, and then asked Mrs. Zhou for some rags.He has to think about making some clothes for the little thing, don't really freeze the little thing like he said, and it's hard to find a doctor.

The Zhou family was almost responsive to Lu Qianshan's requests. She felt that her son was implicated in this fate. If she had been tougher back then, she could have found a good family for her son instead of...

How could Lu Qianshan know how to make clothes? He gestured with the cloth head, and finally made two cotton cloaks for Zhong Yulin, the ones with sleeves.As for the trousers, they can only be made of suspenders with stockings. You just need to put them on your feet and tie the straps around your shoulders so that they will not fall off.

Zhong Yulin complained a lot about the crude clothes, but he really didn't want to live in a handkerchief any more, so he could only put on his pants, then put on a cloak, and finally tied a rope around his waist to ensure that he would not wear it. It will fall on it.

"It fits well," Lu Qianshan felt very happy that he had lightened up his clothes-making skills.

Zhong Yulin pursed his lips, not wanting to speak.

He just experienced the indescribable humiliation of wanting to go to the toilet, freezing half to death in the corner, wiping his ass out of reach, and then being dragged and scrubbed and stuffed into the bed, which cannot be described in words. .

Hold back, hold back, now is not the time to be willful.Wait for him to change back, wait for him to change back, hum...

"Second Brother, Second Brother!!" Lu Qianhai knocked on the door outside, "Today, Uncle Jin Zhu's house kills pigs, why don't you go and see?"

Lu Qianshan grabbed Zhong Yulin, who was immersed in the situation that he had grown up and could do this to his little brother, into his arms, got off the kang and walked towards the door, saying as he walked, "What's so interesting about killing a pig? It's so cold."

"Buy meat and eat it, dad said, our family also killed those two pigs and sold them for money a few years ago, and we can still eat pig vegetables." Qian Hai entered the house trembling, and rushed to the stove to roast his hands in a few steps. , and stuffed another piece of firewood into it by the way, "Uncle Jin Zhu came over and said, let our family eat butchered vegetables."

There are not many people in the village who can afford to raise pigs, because pigs can’t get fat on grass, and they have to eat some grains such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are basically unaffordable for poor families.Wang Jinzhu's family raised several pigs. They had a large family and were considered wealthy in the village, and they also planted a lot of rice.Every year, feeding pigs with light rice bran and bean dregs makes people jealous.Of course, their pigs are also well-raised, and they are fat and big-eared, which makes people like it.

Their family decided to kill two pigs today, sell one and eat the other for themselves.Wait until a few years ago to kill two pigs and sell them all. At that time, the price of pork will be more expensive, and it can be sold at a good price.Years ago, all the remaining pigs would be slaughtered, except for their own food, and the excess meat would be sold to the village, and then they would live a prosperous year.

Lu Qianshan was quite greedy, he only thought for a moment before agreeing, "Wait for me to wear thick clothes."

The so-called thick clothes are the new cotton robes made by the Zhou family, the sleeveless ones, with a big hat, like a cloak, but thicker than the cloak, wrapping around the body like a quilt.Zhou also thought that if the next episode could sell for a few more dollars, she would buy a few pieces of leather to make a few pairs of boots for the adults and children in the family.The winter here is really too cold, if you don't pay attention, you will freeze your feet, swollen, itchy and painful, very uncomfortable.

Both she and Lu Guangming suffered from cold hands and feet, year after year, so they didn't want their children to suffer from it.

Lu Qianhai also went back and put on a cotton robe. The two brothers were the only ones who went to see the butcher. The eldest and his wife helped make maltose at home. Qianyou was afraid of the butcher and didn’t want to watch it. He looked at the child and didn't let him see it.

Lu Qianhai was also wearing a pair of cotton gloves, and was carrying a basket with a chicken and a bunch of copper plates in the basket.The chicken was to be given to Wang Jinzhu's family. After all, he came to invite him to eat pig-killing dishes, and those who passed had to bring a gift. The copper plate was to buy meat.

When we arrived at Wang Jinzhu's house, the courtyard was very noisy and lively.A big fat pig screamed miserably in the backyard. Three or four strong young men jumped into the pigsty, pulled their ears and tail, lifted the selected pig out of the pigsty, trapped it on a wooden pole, and carried it away. forecourt.

A long chopping board had already been set up in the front yard. Butcher Zhang, who was specially invited from the town, was wearing an apron and holding a butcher's knife in his hand, laughing and chatting with the people around him.When the pig was on the chopping board, he stopped laughing and walked up to the big fat pig seriously.

Wang Jinzhu's younger brother was standing aside holding a large wooden bucket, staring at Butcher Zhang, waiting for him to strike the knife to catch the pig's blood.

Butcher Zhang slaughtered the pig very quickly. He went in with a white knife and twisted the red knife at his wrist, and the pig's blood gushed out and fell into the big wooden barrel.

Lu Qianhai took advantage of his neck to look, kept making wow sounds, and muttered in his mouth: "Pig blood is delicious, don't spill it, brother, where do we buy meat? Mother said to buy the meat on the belly, where is it?" I can go back to refining oil. But I want to eat ribs, and I ate ribs one year, it’s so delicious..."

After the blood was drained from this pig, the other pig was also put on the chopping board, waiting for its own crisis...

"Why is Shanshan standing here? Your aunt saw you from a distance, and she was afraid that you would be frightened, so she asked me to look for you." Wang Jinzhu walked around the crowd and walked to Lu Qianshan, "Haizi, let's go with your brother. In my room, children watch what slaughter pigs, and then they are scared to pee on the kang at night."

"I don't pee on the kang!" Lu Qianhai retorted, "I'm already thirteen, what are you afraid of? Let my brother go inside and rest, he's timid."

"That's fine, go Shanshan and sit with your aunt for a while." Wang Jinzhu pushed Lu Qianshan into the room without any explanation.

There were already quite a few people sitting in the main room, most of them were relatives of the Wang family, and Aunt Huang who liked to gossip the most.Lu Qianshan took a glance and saw Lu Guanghui's wife in the corner.

"Shanshan, you are wrapped up like a silk cocoon." Uncle Qian patted the hot kang beside him with a smile, "Hurry up and get on the kang with your shoes on, why do you, a little brother, join the crowd and join in the fun with them? What a good-looking, don't scare you anymore."

Lu Qianshan was a little helpless, the people here really saw the little brother as a woman, so what's there to be afraid of seeing a pig slaughtered?But he still took off his thick clothes and got on the kang, who would like to poke in the cold with the hot kang head.

"Hey, this is the second child of Guangming's family? It looks much better than before, has it grown?" A young sister-in-law he didn't know grabbed a handful of dried chestnuts and handed them over, "Eat chestnuts." .”

"Isn't it?" Uncle Qian glanced at Wang who was knocking sunflower seeds in the corner, "I have to live on my own to be comfortable these days. What is it like to see Tian'er under the hands of others? He is still ordered to go around and can't eat. Can't drink."

Wang Jinzhu's family has a grudge against Lu and Zhang, but has a relationship with Guanghui's daughter-in-law, Wang.Originally, this pig-killing dish did not intend to invite people from Lu Datian's family, but Wang and Lu Guanghui came to the door with the cheek to bring two eggs as a gift, and also brought their own big and small ingots, obviously to eat Big family.

No one can do anything about this kind of thick-skinned hob meat, but endure it.

Mrs. Wang heard something in Uncle Qian's words, and said hilariously: "Isn't it? I think the mountains and mountains are growing more and more watery. Even if they are divorced, with this face, they can find a good family in the future."

When she opened her mouth, others frowned.

Uncle Qian's sister-in-law sneered and said, "What I'm saying is that people are not only good-looking, but also good-looking. People who don't want to eat and drink others can't even speak a word in the end."

Lu Qianshan put his feet on his cotton robe and just smiled.

Mrs. Wang exclaimed again, and said to Uncle Qian: "Let me explain Yue, you are enjoying the blessings now. If you married my man back then, you would have to be like me. You have to work for a sky-high price all day long, and you don't even have a copper coin in your hand." Nothing, a relative and mother-in-law will give the two eggs a gift, who can I talk to?"

Qian Mingyue's face sank.

His sister-in-law said: "I have to thank your mother-in-law for cooperating with my family Mingyue? But it's true, who dares to be a daughter-in-law for that old godly woman, you can forget it, look at your second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law, ouch, what have you been tortured into?" How is it?"

"Yes," Mrs. Wang actually nodded, "I also feel sorry for my second sister-in-law and third sister-in-law, but I didn't recruit."

Qian Mingyue tugged his sister-in-law to stop talking.Talking to this kind of person, I am afraid that I will be mad at myself.

His sister-in-law closed her mouth, but Aunt Huang opened her mouth, "Daughter-in-law of Guanghui, I heard that your boss wanted to separate you?"

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she immediately regained her spirits, "Don't talk about my uncle, ouch, the whole family supports him in studying, and he will not recognize his relatives when he turns around. He must say that my family has ruined his reputation and wants to separate my family. , Is this a human language? It is not afraid of embarrassment to say it. Later I heard that my eldest nephew went to Shanshan's house and wanted to rent his small yard, but Shanshan refused. My eldest nephew felt that I was offended Shanshan, come back and scold my head, it's not wrong."

Lu Qianshan raised his eyelids and glanced at her, lowered his head and silently peeled chestnuts, and slipped one into his bosom as a snack for the little thing.

"I don't think you're wronged," Aunt Huang said, "What's your family thinking? You want to rent a yard to live in someone's house after all this trouble? It's good that they didn't beat you out."

"Why didn't you do it? His sister-in-law was copying the broom, and she was thrown out by Lu Xiucai, rolling and crawling." A little brother next to him sneered.

"Oh, really?"

"Isn't that true? I'm just in the yard next to me. It's true. Shanshan is also pitiful. I don't know what that Lu Xiucai said. Angrily, Shanshan knelt down and begged him to go, saying that he couldn't afford it. Great God and Buddha, let him stop pestering his own family. He also said that there are so many people surnamed Lu in the village, why only pester their family? Hey, it makes me feel sad." The little brother said , and the circles under his eyes were red, and Lu Qianshan got goosebumps all over his body looking at it.

It's really shocking for a man in his thirties to show such an expression.

Only then did Lu Qianshan speak, "There is no other way. When Lu Xiucai moves in, can someone come to see his house? They come and go, and those who have just moved back move back again... My mother was terrified and hid for a while. Crying, I didn’t eat any food.”

"Isn't it? That third aunt is so good at torturing people. During the few years I lived in her, I heard her scolding people in the courtyard every day. No one could stand it."

"No wonder...it's also pitiful."

A room full of women and brothers chattered, from Lu Guangming's house to Lu Datian's house, and then to his own house, neighbor's house, and relative's house.All kinds of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fights, it's a lively scene.Lu Qianshan didn't hear any useful news after listening for a long time, so he just concentrated on eating chestnuts.

After the pigs were slaughtered outside, Wang Jinzhu's parents came from the yard next door to sell pork and cook rice for slaughtering pigs.

Qian Mingyue's sisters-in-law went out to help, and he didn't get off the kang because of his big belly. During this period, the old lady of the Wang family came in to have a look. She touched Lu Qianshan's hand and said it was pitiful, and then gave him a few pieces of candy .

Lu Qianshan thanked them, and distributed the candy to a few children sitting on the kang. They didn't know whose family they belonged to. They were either daughters or younger brothers, and they rolled into a ball on the kang.

Qian Mingyue's eldest son, Wang Hengzhe, is six years old and lives with his grandparents. As soon as he came over with his grandparents, he threw himself on Qian Mingyue when he entered the house.

"Don't dare to rush, don't hurt your brother." Aunt Huang raised her hand to stop him.

"I'm careful." Wang Hengzhe got on the kang, touched Qian Mingyue's stomach, and said a few words to the little man inside, which made the adults laugh.

After Wang Hengzhe finished speaking, he looked up and saw Lu Qianshan, and the whole villain lit up, "This brother is really good-looking."

Lu Qianshan laughed straight, and said to Qian Mingyue, "Who is this little fellow with?"

Qian Mingyue blushed and said, "Follow his father."

The little brother next to him also laughed and said: "Follow that idiot Wang Jinzhu, when Wang Jinzhu saw Mingyue, the first thing he said was "Oh, this brother looks so good-looking."

Everyone in the room was laughing.

Qian Mingyue took off his son's shoes and outer thick clothes, put the quilt on his feet, and grabbed peanuts for him to eat.

The little guy handed the peanuts to Lu Qianshan, looking like a little pervert.

Aunt Huang couldn't stop laughing, and said to the people next to her: "Look at his son, he knows how to please beautiful people at such a young age. Look at my family, my youngest son is seventeen or eighteen, and he is still stupefied. Three sticks beat him No shit."

"Shouldn't the youngest of your family talk about daughter-in-law?" Qian Mingyue asked.

Aunt Huang said: "Isn't it? The question is, who's girl and younger brother like this kind of thing, and they don't like it after a couple of dating, but I'm so worried." After finishing speaking, she glanced at Lu Qianshan.

Lu Qianshan pretended not to see, but just lowered his head and played with the chestnuts in his hand.

Qian Mingyue said again: "This kind of thing can't be left to him. Just find someone who is honest and willing to do it. It doesn't matter if they are similar in appearance. It's better to be diligent and filial than nothing."

Aunt Huang said: "That's what you said..." She said here, and looked at Lu Qianshan again, "Shanshan, your family doesn't want to find you another one quickly?"

Lu Qianshan sighed inwardly, and then pretended to be dazed and said, "My mother told me that she stayed at home for two more years, and she couldn't bear to let me go out too early."

Qian Mingyue saw that the doorway was coming, and said: "Shanshan has just had a good life for a few days, I guess Miss Zhou is reluctant. You, you should go and touch others."

Mrs. Wang, who had been silent for a long time in the corner, suddenly said: "What is there to be reluctant to do? It is always difficult for the little brother who has been retired to find a good family. I think it is better to take advantage of his young age and look for him." It's better to bring a young and rich man to be the second wife than to marry an old widower in the end, right?"

As soon as she said this, the room fell silent again.Everyone looked at Mrs. Wang with incredible expressions on their faces.Even if you think so, can you say that at this time?Is this Mrs. Wang out of his mind?

Mrs. Wang patted the skin of the melon seeds on her body, and said, "What are you looking at me for? Am I wrong? Shanshan, it's not your aunt talking about you. Are you seventeen after the new year? Hurry up and find someone to live with while you're young." , stay for another two years and you will be ten years old, and it will be difficult to find a good family. Besides, you are not a perfect little brother, and you have a reputation of being unborn, so what else do you choose?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Qian Mingyue became angry first, "Aren't you afraid of being beaten when you spread this word? Sister Wang, I think you should leave quickly. Sister Zhou and Brother Guangming will come over for dinner in a while. I know what you said. A slap in the face is indispensable."

Wang shrank her neck, she didn't want to leave, the eggs were all sent out, she wanted to eat some meat anyway.She sneered and said, "I'm just outspoken. Besides, aren't we talking nonsense? Shanshan, don't forget to take it to heart, your aunt and I have no bad intentions."

Lu Qianshan smiled. He knew that the Wang family really had no evil intentions. She was a heartless kind at all. She had a thick skin and dared to say anything, and dare not admit anything after she said it.This matter can only be kept in the house, and the one who is really unlucky is himself.But this also let him know that Wang's may really not know about Lu Xiucai's discussion about marrying him as a child. It is estimated that the family is also guarding against her big mouth, for fear that she will yell everywhere.

Thinking of this, he said: "Since my aunt knows that I shouldn't say this, then I should shut up. Even if I marry into a rich family, my aunt won't get a copper coin. Why are you offending people here?"

Wang said awkwardly: "Yes, yes, let's not talk about it."

It was also because of her troubles that the fact that Aunt Huang wanted to marry Lu Qianshan to her son was finally revealed.

The Wang family held a lively pig-killing banquet. Lu Guangming brought his eldest son and eldest daughter and the two younger ones. The Zhou family and the Zeng family did not come.After eating the butchered dishes, I bought another piece of pig blood, a large piece of backseat meat, and a few big bones, and filled a basket full.Qian Mingyue brought another big bowl of stewed pork with sauerkraut for them to take back for Mrs. Zhou to eat.

After sending all the guests away, Qian Mingyue complained to Wang Jinzhu: "The relatives of that family shouldn't have left. Is this what people say? If you run into someone with a thin skin, you might be bumped to death in the room. I was so ashamed and panicked when I heard that, I wished I could shut her mouth!"

Mrs. Wang was helping to clean up the dishes. Hearing what her daughter-in-law said, she quickly asked what was the matter. After asking, she said, "Who usually walks away with their relatives, but you can really keep people out? Really? If a family doesn’t enter a house, you can look at the old ones on the top and the young ones on the bottom. And the youngest son of their family, called Yuanbao, right? That’s called a Mai Tai, who eats and takes on the table , His mother didn't care."

"That's right, it disgusted the sister-in-law next to her, and she didn't eat much." Qian Mingyue's sister-in-law was also complaining.

Wang Jinzhu is not easy to persuade this matter, so he can only say: "In the future, when their family is here, let's not go to Guangming's family. It will save people annoyance and even our family will not be good. By the way, sister-in-law's family is not Did you send some fruits? Take a basket of Balixiang over there, and you'll pay for it."

He really hated Lu Datian's family, but he really had nothing to do with such crooked relatives as the Wang family.

Mrs. Wang said again: "But I think that little brother of their family is spiritual, and his appearance is also outstanding. He doesn't act like a kid who grew up in our village, like a brother from a rich family. "When she was young, she worked for a rich family, and she met the young ladies and brothers in the family, all of whom were gentle, handsome or gentle, much better than those in the village.

Qian Mingyue said: "Shanshan used to be a gentle person, and he didn't speak loudly when he saw people. It's a pity that he was forced to be like this. Fortunately, he is better now, otherwise the few words of Guanghui's family can give people Forced to die."

Old man Wang said: "They really don't have many good people in their family, but it's strange, all the books are in their house, it seems that there are still roots."

Wang Jinzhu hated this the most. He didn’t study well when he was a child, and he was often beaten. Everyone who supports them has no one in their eyes."

"Forget it, that family is not the same as us, as long as it is far away. Mingyue, you are grateful to go to the kang, don't be busy with the underground. Our daughter-in-law is pregnant, and she is not allowed to work. " Mrs. Wang snatched the bowl from Qian Mingyue's hand and coaxed him to lie down.

"No, our family is still friendly, and our parents love you too." Several sisters-in-law coaxed quickly, and took over the work from Mrs. Wang.

As soon as Lu Guangming got home, he went into the kitchen and continued to make his maltose.Lu Qianshan watched the cattle for a while, then returned to his small yard.The fire in the stove hadn't been extinguished yet, so Zhou's family or Zeng Hongmei probably came to add firewood.

As soon as Zhong Yulin got back on the kang, he quickly got into his little bed and hugged a little pillow to keep warm.He glanced at Lu Qianshan and asked, "Why don't you tell your parents? The Wang family is too much, doesn't she know what to say and what not to say?" It sounds really funny to say it in a childish voice.

Lu Qianshan took a small embroidered red string to tie his hair, and said, "What's there to say about it? It just made me angry."

Zhong Yulin said: "Don't worry, when I change back, I will find you a good family and make them envious!" He thought he could think about which good families there are in the capital, and then let his father Just get married.Even if you pick one at random, the hair on the legs is thicker than the waist of the Lu Datian family scholar.

Lu Qianshan combed his hair, and said calmly: "What's so good about being married? I plan to step into the fairy gate, and I don't want to marry. You don't have to worry about it, so you won't grow up."

Don't want to get married?Stepping into the fairy gate?Zhong Yulin bit his lip, feeling confused again for some reason.