Chapter 1 Unknown son-in-law
Oishi Village.
In this impoverished fishing village, the vast majority of people live in the oldest adobe houses.
On the village path, a man who looked to be over twenty years old walked on a dirt road with a heavy fishing net on his back.
When they saw this man, the people around them got out of the way one after another, as if they saw a plague god.
"It's really unlucky, I actually went out and saw the Cheng family's son-in-law. ”
"Who said it wasn't, the girl of the Cheng family was really beautiful, but she was born with the life of a broom star, and now she has recruited a son-in-law, which can be regarded as transferring bad luck to this kid. ”
"Let's stay away from this garbage, lest we get bad luck and get moldy ourselves. ”
The group began to disperse around as they spoke, and no one looked at the Cheng family's son-in-law anymore, as if they would get a needle's eye at a glance.
Xia Feng acted as if he hadn't seen the attitude of the villagers, and walked towards a brick house with heavy fishing nets and other tools on his back.
There are many families in the entire Dashi Village, but the families with brick houses can be counted in one slap.
Pushing open the door, I saw a middle-aged woman with an apron who was feeding pigs with a disgusted expression on her face.
"Mom, I'm back. Xia Feng said with a smile.
"Something that has no eyesight, get away, don't you see that I'm busy?" said her mother-in-law, Li Jie.
"Mom, why don't I get it for you? ”
Xia Feng threw the fishing nets and tools on the side to the side, and then took the pig food bowl in his mother-in-law's hand and began to feed the pigs.
Soon the aroma of the dishes came from home, and the Cheng family had already begun to set up tables in the courtyard and brought up the meal.
Mother-in-law Li Jie, brother-in-law Cheng Sishu and wife Cheng Siqi were already sitting on the table.
After Xia Feng finished feeding the pigs, he wiped his hands and walked in the direction of the dining table.
As soon as he came to the table, he saw two pairs of eyes looking at him in disgust.
"Well, you just finished feeding the pigs, and you stink, get away, it's disgusting to me. Brother-in-law Cheng Sishu patted the table and said.
Li Jie, the mother-in-law on the side, filled some rice in a bowl, poured some vegetable soup into the bowl, and then was still on the table next to her: "Take your rice, get away, don't disgust us." ”
Xia Feng blushed, picked up the bowl and came to the side, sitting directly on the threshold of the house.
Looking down at the rice in the bowl, there was only some vegetable soup, not even a little vegetarian dish.
"Waste, why don't you hurry up and clean up the table, is it possible that my Cheng family will always keep you this waste?"
Hearing the sound of scolding, Xia Feng hurriedly accompanied Xiao to his mother-in-law's side.
"Mom, my sister needs money to buy some tutoring books, so I want to ......"
"Phew!"
Mother-in-law's saliva sprayed directly on Xia Feng's face, and looked at Xia Feng with a look of disgust.
"Waste things, you know to ask our Cheng family for money, you promised our family before, saying that you would catch the Black Dragon King, but now you haven't even seen a fish scale, and you still have the face to ask me for money?"
The Black Dragon King is a unique fish in the sea near Dashi Village, because of its slender body, everyone calls it the Black Dragon King, and the old Chinese medicine doctor in the next village once said that only this Black Dragon King can cure Cheng Siqi's illness.
"Mom, don't worry, the fishing skills I learned from my father are definitely among the best in the village, and I will definitely be able to catch the Black Dragon King to treat Siqi. Xia Feng hurriedly said.
"Dog, why didn't you die in the sea like your dead ghost mom and dad, you know every day to ask for money for your wild seed sister!" The mother-in-law said angrily: "I didn't catch the Black Dragon King, I still want money, go eat!"
At this moment, Cheng Siqi came over and pulled his mother's arm.
"Mom, Xia Feng, he has worked very hard, I believe he will catch the Black Dragon King, don't talk about him like that. Cheng Siqi persuaded.
"The old lady has raised you for more than 20 years, and now you have learned to eat inside and out, my words are here, you can't catch the Black Dragon King, you don't want to get a penny for stepping on a horse!"
After the mother-in-law finished speaking, she slammed the plastic cup in her hand on the ground, turned around and walked directly towards the house, not bothering to take care of Xia Feng, who was cleaning up the table in the courtyard.
Xia Feng lowered his head, one hand clenched into a fist fiercely, the green tendons on his arm were constantly beating, and he was trying hard to suppress his anger.
Originally, Xia Feng's family was okay, there was a small boat at home, but it was an accident that his parents went to sea and the most valuable boat in the family was gone, leaving only Xia Feng and his sister to rely on each other.
Xia Feng firmly believes that his parents' trip to sea was definitely not an accident.
He secretly investigated the murder of his parents, and it seems that he has a lot to do with Oishi Village, but at the moment, the more important thing is his sister.
My sister is a good seedling for reading, Xia Feng sold everything that could be sold for my sister to study, but it was still a drop in the bucket, and I happened to meet the Cheng family's son-in-law, who happened to be able to earn tuition for my sister, and was able to investigate the affairs of my parents.
said that he was a son-in-law, but in fact he was a hard worker of the Cheng family, who nominally borrowed his fishing boat to go out to sea to fish, but they would charge him an expensive fixed fee, and the money allocated to him was only enough to buy oil.
No one pitied him, and every time he went to ask the Cheng family for money, he would be insulted.
Bullying and humiliation, but as a door-to-door son-in-law, Xia Feng has no way.
In addition to thinking about relying on the Cheng family's fishing boat to catch a priceless fish and get rich overnight, the reason why Xia Feng was able to stay was that his wife was still very good to him and did not laugh at himself because he was a son-in-law.
This kind girl would help her when her family scolded her.
"Ahem. ”
In the evening, Xia Feng returned to the room and began to rest, his wife was the most beautiful girl in the entire Dashi Village, but his wife was not in good health and had never slept together.
Hearing his wife's coughing voice, Xia Feng hurriedly took a bottle of medicine from his drawer.
Entering the room, Cheng Siqi was lying on the kang, her whole face was pale, she looked very weak, and her expression was pitiful.
"Wife, take medicine. ”
Xia Feng sent the medicine and water in his hand over.
"Have you caught the Black Dragon King?" asked Cheng Siqi hopefully.
"Trust me, you'll get it soon, you'll be healthy in no time. Xia Feng lowered his head and said.
"Don't put too much pressure on yourself, it's a good thing to catch it, and it's my life if you can't catch it!"
When Cheng Siqi heard that Xia Feng didn't catch the Black Dragon King, she was still a little disappointed in her heart, in fact, she also knew that the Black Dragon King was very rare, but it was like the last straw in her hand when she drowned, and it was also her only hope.
She could see that this man was tired when he went to catch the Black Dragon King, and even shouted the words "Black Dragon King" when he talked in his sleep at night, Cheng Siqi was very moved.
In private, Cheng Siqi also persuaded his mother and younger brother with good words, hoping that they would not bully Xia Feng too much, and some of their behaviors even Cheng Siqi, who is a close relative, felt a little excessive.
But the use of persuasion was not only not, but when Cheng Siqi was not there, he intensified his bullying of Xia Feng.
Perhaps, as the fortune teller said, he is a disaster.
Cheng Siqi is grateful to him for diverting bad luck for himself.
I also feel guilty for my mother and brother bullying him.
If...... If you are lucky enough to get rid of your illness, maybe it will be good to live with this honest man for a lifetime.
"Wife, come and wash your feet, it can relieve your uncomfortable body. ”
As he spoke, Xia Feng walked out of the room, boiled the hot water and brought it to Cheng Siqi's room.
Cheng Siqi is two years younger than Xia Feng, and her figure is excellent, unlike other people in the fishing village who are blown by the sea breeze all year round, and their skin is dry and red, this Cheng Siqi's skin is white and tender.
melon seed face, willow leaf curved eyebrows, this face is even more beautiful than the female stars on TV.
Ordinary people can marry the blessing of eight lifetimes, but Xia Feng regrets in his heart that such a girl who is as gentle as water and has a perfect appearance has a strange illness.
Cheng Siqi's body was weak, and Xia Feng had to help Cheng Siqi wash his feet with his hands.
That pair of jade feet was crystal clear, like a masterpiece of heaven, and this was the only place that Xia Feng could touch.
After reluctantly washing, Xia Feng poured the footwater and returned to the room.
Then Xia Feng took out the bedding and began to spread it on the ground.
"Xia Feng, you better come to the kang, the place here is big enough, the ground is damp, and you will hurt your body if you sleep underneath. Cheng Siqi persuaded.
"No, it's not clean, it's good to sleep underground. Xia Feng smiled.
He has to go out to fish every day, the smell of fish, Xia Feng can't bear to let Cheng Siqi face himself like this, her health is not good, in case the condition is serious, he will feel very guilty.
There were many people who chose a son-in-law at the beginning, Cheng Siqi is the village flower, even if she is seriously ill, even if she is unlucky, there are still many people who want to become Cheng Siqi's husband.
But Cheng Siqi chose him, when Xia Feng was most desperate, it was Cheng Siqi who saved himself, so that he was dying of hunger to have food to eat, and his sister could have money to go to school.
Even if he was bullied hard, Xia Feng only felt that all that he had done was worth it.
On the other side of the moment, Xia Feng's brother-in-law Cheng Sishu and mother-in-law Li Jie were talking in the next room.
"Mom, now that my sister is married to him, this mildew has almost been absorbed, it's time for this Xia Feng to get out. Cheng Sishu said.
"Hmph, he should have let him go a long time ago, he can't catch the Black Dragon King and still has the face to ask for money, it's really shameless, it's just that he blocked the mildew for Qiqi after all, and now drive him away, the people in the village don't know what to say about our family." Li Jie said.
The people in the village, especially those seven aunts and eight aunts, like to chew the root of their tongues the most, and no one can spread the news of ugly things in this small village in less than a day.
"Hehe, don't worry, Mom, I have a way. Cheng Sishu said with a smile.