The Landlord And His Wife

About 100 miles west of Hanzhong Prefecture, there is a place called Taohua Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Fengxian County.

Slightly swaying in the wind.

If the weather is good, the river will be lush with all kinds of weeds. But in a drought year, the river will become a very shallow stream. When the drought is severe, the whole river will be dry, and the grass along the river will be left with some drought resistance.

The east end of Taohua Village is flat and open, and the people living here are all well-to-do families in the village. The adobe houses built along the gables at the west end of the village are much stronger.

The east end of the village is higher than the west end of the village, and there is a steep **** in the middle. Down the slope, next to the gables, the adobe houses are housed, and the outside is all more tattered adobe or even just a wood fence.

In the westernmost part of the village, there is a family, an old man surnamed Liu, four sons and three daughters, during the slack season in June, the old man Liu’s family held a happy event for the third son, and in October the farmers were busy After marrying a second daughter again, now there are only the youngest son and little girl left in the family.

On the adobe wall of Liu Laohan's house, there are still used red 囍 characters remaining, indicating that this family has just held a happy event.

Liu Xuer came out of the courtyard with her short legs and walked east along the dirt road. A woman in her twenties shouted, "Don't run away!"

"Oh!" Willow catkins agreed and continued to walk forward. After walking for more than a minute with her short legs, the big **** in the village that divides the rich and the poor appeared in front of her eyes. Er stopped and looked at it, then took a deep breath and tried to climb up.

Before I walked halfway, I was already exhausted and out of breath. One of them didn't pay attention, his feet slipped, and the whole person almost rolled down the slope.

"Sister!" With an exclamation, Liu Xuer's right arm was grabbed, her whole body was slanted, there was a slight pain in her right arm, and her left arm was also grabbed , so the body is balanced, and the pain naturally disappears.

What are you doing? You've come this far! Look, you almost fell? What do you do when you get off the ground?"

The one on the left has a loyal face and a smile: "Sister, did your mother ask you to come to us? It's time for dinner? Dad is back?"

Liu Xuer shook her head, and sure enough she saw a disappointed expression on the face of the second brother Liu Lin Zhonghou, while the elder brother Liu Shu on the right was still nervously looking up and down to see if she was injured. Seeing nothing, he took her hand and walked down the **** carefully.

Liu Xuer struggled a little: "I'm going up to find Shicheng."

"Why are you looking for him?" Willow asked, still pulling her to the flat road down the slope, leaving the **** that was very dangerous for the five-year-old Catkins.

"My eldest brother and I saw Shicheng and his father go out in a car in the morning, so the big mule pulling the car may have gone to the county." Seven-year-old Liu Lin gestured with his hands. The big mule then hurriedly grabbed Liu Xuer's hand again.

"Huh?"

The willow tree is also seven years old, only a moment earlier than Liu Lin, but her temperament is much more stable, the hand holding Liu Xuer never loosened, she nodded and said, "Shicheng was with him yesterday. I said, I'm going to the county today, what do you have to do with him? I'll tell him to go tomorrow."

Liu Xuer heard that Shicheng had gone to the county, she couldn't help but feel depressed, she lowered her head and muttered: "It's nothing, I just want to see his cows..."

"Sister, do you want to see his cows?! I'll show you tomorrow!" Liu Lin danced with excitement as soon as he heard it, as if he wanted to go right now.

The willow tree also nodded: "Tomorrow, my brother will take you to see it, you can't come out alone."

Liu Xuer obediently agreed, and the two of them held their hands and walked back, but she was slandering her eldest brother in her heart, how can she be so long-winded at such a young age ?

The three brothers and sisters went home, and far away they saw a young woman in her twenties standing at the door looking over here. He breathed a sigh of relief, and Liu Lin had already shouted from afar: "Mother!"

He nodded and complained to Liu Xuer in the middle: "I thought you were at the door, why did you run away?"

"Mother, you don't know, my brother and I met my sister on the slope, and she almost rolled down the slope!" Liu Lin said immediately.

Liu Xuer pouted and looked up at the second brother who loves to complain.

He turned pale and grabbed Liu Xuer's arm: "Why are you disobedient? How many times have I told you, you can't go up Napo!" Said He looked at her up and down, and to see that she was all right, he brushed off the front of her clothes.

"Mother, it's alright, my sister is walking carefully." The eldest Liushu defended Liuxu'er: "I went to see Liulin in the morning, the wheat field is all cleaned up, and I can be there in the future. I'm looking at my brothers and sisters at home."

He sighed: "That's only half a month, and then it's time for a busy year..." Then she turned to look at Liu Xuer: "When will you grow up. "The last sentence is about Liu Xuer.

Liu Xuer hurriedly said: "Mother, I have grown up, and now I can look at my brother."

After saying that, Mr. He got up and entered the yard. Hearing Liu Xuer's sentence, he turned his head and smiled at her. Liu Lin ran into the courtyard and plunged into the kitchen, while Liu Shu kept holding her hand and entered the first room on the west side, their room.

On the kang sleeps a little boy who is only one year old, Liu Sen, Liu Xuer's younger brother, with bricks and pillows on the edge of the kang, for fear that he will wake up and roll over from the edge of the kang.

"Xu'er, my brother may be waking up soon, you go up to the kang to watch him, and when you wake up, call your mother, do you know?" He took off his shoes and said.

Liu Xuer agreed, and Willow went out. Liu Xuer turned to look at Liu Sen, who was sleeping soundly on the bed. Just as he was about to use a handkerchief to wipe the hala that came out from the corner of his mouth, he heard a loud voice from outside the courtyard: "Is there anyone at home? Liu's family? Liu Gao's ?!"

In the countryside, few people call other women like this. When Liu Xuer hears grandma like this, she immediately knows that something is wrong! He hurriedly climbed down from the kang, pulled his shoes and ran to the door of the room. Sure enough, he saw a woman in her fifties standing in the courtyard, shouting to the upper room with her hips on her back.

Liu Xuer immediately sat on the threshold, with a pair of chubby hands supporting her cheeks and tilting her head to watch the fun.

Four or five people shouted out in one voice, He came out of the kitchen, Liu Xuer's aunt Ma came out of their house, Liu Xuer's grandmother Liu Gao also came out of her room When he came out of the room, he frowned and looked at the people in the courtyard: "Wang family, what are you making a fuss about?"

The mother-in-law of the Wang family crossed her waist and shouted: "My apricot tree has been stolen again! It must be picked by your baby! Say! Did you two pick it? ?!" Just as Liu Shu and Liu Lin came out of the kitchen, the mother-in-law of the Wang family immediately pointed and asked.

Liu Lin jumped three feet high and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense! Who cares about your sour apricots?!"

When Mrs. He heard what Mrs. Wang could not help saying, she wronged her baby, and she was also very unhappy: "Aunt Wang, you must have evidence for what you say, why do you say that my baby picked your apricots?! There is no evidence. "Why do you with red mouth and white teeth wrong people?"

"It was picked by your baby! No one's baby was around this morning, but your baby was at home, who were they?!" Liu Lin's direction was chaotic.

You know he's not there? My two grandsons were called to the wheat field in the morning to clean up, and they just came back." The voice was still calm.

Wang's mother-in-law jumped up and shouted: "I just saw your willow tree taking his younger brother and sister to pass under my apricot tree! I followed and came out to see the big apricots that were still hanging yesterday. It's gone! Didn't they steal whoever stole it?!"

"Liu Gao's voice became louder, looking at the mother-in-law of the Wang family sternly.

Liu Xuer, who was watching the fun, wished she could clap to her grandmother for encouragement and encouragement. As expected of someone who knew words, what she said was really different! That's right, grandma Liu Xuer is very different from other country women. Her grandma knew the characters, and the names of the children in the family told outsiders that grandpa took them. In fact, everyone in the family knew that they were all taken by grandma.

Liu Xuer is more satisfied with her name, which is better than those in the village called Taohua and Cuihua.

However, the Wang family's in-laws and Liu Gao's family have been neighbors for half their lives. She knew that she could speak for a long time, and she came prepared. : "It's not easy to figure it out?! Just ask me to go in and do a search!" He said, wiping his arms and rolling up his sleeves, and ran to the kitchen.

The catkins suddenly realized! After making such a fuss, it turned out to be because you wanted to see your own kitchen? ! Yesterday was the day when the second aunt returned home. What did you bring with you, the greedy wife of the Wang family? Liu Xuer tilted her head and thought.

The willow tree jumped out from the side, stretched out her hand to block the kitchen door: "You are not from the government, why are you rummaging in people's homes?!"

He hurriedly ran over to block the willow tree behind him.

Liu Gao also sneered at the mother-in-law of the Wang family: "My grandson is right, why do you search my house if you don't have any evidence? Are you the yamen arrester or the county magistrate? There is no evidence. Flip through my house, is there still Wang Fa?! If you dare to try it, I will go to Lizheng Pingli!"

"Tsk tsk tsk! Look at your great energy, I just went to Lizheng for a few apricots, and Lizheng ignored you!"

Liu Gao snorted coldly: "Xingzi is a small matter, and framed and framed is a big matter! If you don't understand, anyone can rush to my courtyard, and the red mouth and white teeth say that I stole something, You can search my home! So what is it?! My home is so easy to search?!"

The mother-in-law of the Wang family couldn't quarrel with Liu Gao, she glanced at the kitchen with her eyes and feet jumping, but couldn't see anything. Strongly: "I don't want to be searched if I'm guilty! I think it's your baby who stole it! Bah! I'll treat it like a dog!"

Liu Lin shouted: "No way! Your apricots are eaten by dogs!"

The apricot tree at the gate of Wang's house, since it bears fruit, Mrs. Wang is watching closely, who can steal it? All are eaten by their own people. When Liu Lin said this, it clearly meant that everyone in their family was a dog.

Liu Xuer was sitting at the door, laughing hey hey, the mother-in-law Wang did not know that she was scolded by Liu Lin, she pointed her finger at Liu Lin as she walked out, and nodded at Liu Xuer who was laughing here He scolded: "Two short-lived little brats! One day they will fall into my hands, let's see how I clean up you!"

Liu Xuer loudly replied: "You are short-lived! Your whole family is short-lived!"

When Mrs. He saw Mrs. Wang scolding her child, she quit, she chased after two steps and scolded: "You are also over fifty, don't be ashamed! You dare to touch my baby Come on, I'll come to the door with a kitchen knife! If you don't believe me, try it!"

Finally, the wife of the Wang family, who was looking for trouble, was scolded by the Liu family just like in many previous battles.