Zhenhua shook his head: "Xiulian's husband is called Gao Qingchun, and he is very cowardly. Last time in front of the Chengguan Grain Station, he was beaten and deformed by Zhang Cheng and kowtowed to beg for mercy. Of course, it won't be a problem to clean him up, but I'm afraid that he will intensify his efforts to deal with Xiulian. Husbands and wives live their lives, so let's not make a mess. ”

Qi Lei sighed and said: "You have a good relationship with Zhang Cheng, let Zhang Cheng go to see Xiulian occasionally, and you can also support Xiulian." ”

Zhenhua glared: "Zhang Cheng beat Gao Qingchun to death, how to go now?"

Qi Lei smoked a cigarette and frowned in thought.

At this time, it happened that Xiulian's father, Lu Qiangwen, also led his buffalo over.

Qi Lei's eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to greet: "Uncle Qiang Wen, do you want to drink cow water?"

Lu Qiangwen smiled reluctantly: "Yes, Qi Lei, you are chatting with Zhenhua." ”

Qi Lei took out a cigarette and saluted Lu Qiangwen, and said: "Uncle Qiangwen, I have serious things with Zhenhua, I want to make it clear to you." ”

Lu Qiangwen frowned and hesitated: "What's the matter?"

Zhenhua also frowned, not knowing what Qi Lei was going to say nonsense.

Qi Lei pointed at Zhenhua, then at himself, and said:

"Uncle Qiang Wen, Zhenhua and I are both classmates with Xiulian. The three of us are like brothers and sisters. We and Xiulian are clean, it is the relationship of brother and sister, don't get me wrong. When Xiulian got married, I had trouble with Zhenhua, but I was angry that Xiulian didn't tell us the news of her marriage, nothing else. ”

Lu Qiangwen was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I know, when you were studying, both of you took care of Xiulian." ”

Qi Lei nodded, and said, "I heard that Xiulian was beaten by her husband and had a miscarriage. When it is convenient for Uncle Qiang Wen, bring a letter to Xiulian's husband. If he Gao Qingchun dares to bully Xiulian again in the future, it will be a matter for me and Zhenhua, and when the time comes, don't blame me and Zhenhua for being ruthless!"

Lu Qiangwen was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes were red.

He never expected that Qi Lei would say this!

Qi Lei also wiped his eyes, and said: "I'll talk to Zhenhua, trouble Uncle Qiang Wen to tell Xiulian, if she is bullied, just come back and say it, and the rest is my business with Zhenhua!"

Lu Qiangwen turned his head to wipe away his tears, turned around and smiled: "Qi Lei, Zhenhua, I thank you for Xiulian." By the way, the day after tomorrow, that is, April 12th, my family Sheng Song got married, and you came to the bar. ”

Xiulian's eldest brother Lu Shengsong's marriage news, Zhenhua and Qi Lei all know.

Lu Shengsong's object was a disabled girl in a neighboring township, a polio patient, who walked with a severe lameness. Lu Shengsong lacked intelligence and could only marry such a girl. It is said that this is what Lu Qiangwen and his wife begged their grandfather to tell their grandmother, and exchanged the bride price money from Xiulian's marriage.

Zhenhua blurted out: "Is Xiulian coming back?"

Lu Qiangwen thought for a while and said, "We notified Xiulian, Xiulian...... Motion sickness, estimated not to come back. But Gao Qingchun will come, if you have anything to say, just face him and say it, don't beat him. ”

Zhenhua and Qi Lei glanced at each other and nodded together.

Lu Qiangwen also nodded, led the buffalo, and quickened his pace towards the river.

Qi Lei frowned and thought for a long time, and suddenly said to Zhenhua: "Lu Qiangwen, this old fox, is playing us." He didn't dare to stand up for Xiulian himself, but let us make the first bird!"

Zhenhua rolled his eyes: "You broken mouth, say this for a while, and say that for a while." Do people want you to come out? Didn't you talk about it yourself?"

Qi Lei nodded: "Yes." Then the day after tomorrow, the two of us will teach Gao Qingchun a lesson, if he dares to talk back, I will smash his bald head with a brick!"

Zhenhua nodded, led the old buffalo onto another path, and avoided meeting Lu Qiangwen again.

At seven o'clock, Zhenhua completed the task of herding the cow baby, led the old buffalo to drive back, and prepared to go home for breakfast.

Zhuang Xiaodie ran from the path, holding two pieces of sugar-filled pancakes in her hands, and beckoned, "Brother I, my family Qi Lei asked me to send you two pieces of cake." ”

Zhenhua took the pancake, learned from Zhuang Xiaodie's words, and said with a smile: "We Qi Lei from Dongwan Village, it will become your family so soon?"

"He's married to me, isn't it mine, it's yours?" Zhuang Xiaodie laughed and ran back.

Zhenhua shook his head, remembering an old saying in Dongwan Village: If you love with one heart, you are not afraid of Zhu Bajie;

In the eyes of a lover, in the eyes of Zhuang Xiaodie, the same Qi Lei as Zhu Bajie is a thousand times more powerful and ten thousand times more beautiful than Mu Guiying, who is dressed in robes and armor and has a heroic posture on the stage, right?

When Zhenhua returned home, he didn't see his father, but he saw that his mother's complexion had improved.

"Mom, where is my father, have you gone to work in the fields?" Zhenhua asked as he took a bowl of porridge and ate it in his hand.

"He went to town, ready to make four catties of gifts, make a basket to apologize to your uncle next door, and call him to eat at noon. People suffered losses last time and were wronged, so they have to be comforted. Mother Cui Hong said.

"That's right. Zhenhua nodded.

Hedong Town is not a market today, but the farmers are busy, and the farmers are willing to eat, and the pork is easy to sell, so Wang Xiang also kills pigs and does business.

Zhao Chenghai carried a basket of rice washing, came to Wang Xiang's meat case, and grinned: "Uncle Xiang, give me four catties of gift food." ”

Usually buying meat is called buying meat, but the four catties of meat that are given as a basket gift are called "ritual dishes".

This ceremonial dish must be a neat knife of meat, starting from the pork loin, along the direction of the ribs, cutting horizontally to the fat soaked meat under the pig's belly, and carrying it in the hand, the old elder long, which means that the "ceremony" is long.

Wang Xiang cut four catties of meat, tied it with a straw stick, handed it to Zhao Chenghai, and asked casually, "Whose house are you going to salute?"

Zhao Chenghai grinned again and said, "A friend, his wife is in confinement, go and see it today." ”

Wang Xiang nodded: "Oh oh." ”

Zhao Chenghai bought another two catties of lean meat and half a catty of pork liver, and said: "Uncle Hexiang, you go home today and eat at my house, I called Liu Zhigao and Zhao Chengquan to drink two cups together." ”

Wang Xiang smiled: "Really ghost, why do you think of telling me to drink?"

"Collect the stall early, we will wait for you. Zhao Chenghai smiled again and walked away with the basket.

Zhao Chenghai returned from the town and handed the basket of rice to his wife Cuihong.

Cui Hong packed up four catties of noodles, two catties of brown sugar and forty eggs from home, put them neatly in the basket, and then covered them with a red pillow towel, and a basket gift was ready, just waiting for Wang Xiang and his wife to come back.

At half past eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Xiang and his wife returned from the town.

Zhao Chenghai immediately walked towards Wang Xiang's house with a basket gift.

Xiuzhen saw Zhao Chenghai carrying a basket into the door, and asked with a smile, "Brother Chenghai, what are you doing here?"

Zhao Chenghai said with a smile: "I'll come to see Brother Wang Xiang, he suffered a loss in Zhangguigang last time, and I will apologize." ”

Wang Xiang had just come back from peeing in the thatched house in the back, and said, "Forget it, take the basket back, you must give it to me, I don't accept gifts!"

"I don't want you to entertain guests, I'll entertain guests, and I invite you to dinner. Zhao Chenghai put the basket on the table of the eight immortals in Wang Xiang's house, and pulled Wang Xiang's arm: "Let's go, go to my house to drink!"

Wang Xiang became alert and waved his hand:

"Wait, you're making baskets again, and you're inviting me to drink. Brother Chenghai, what kind of idea are you thinking? Could it be that you want me to go to Zhangguigang to find Monk Zhang? You make it clear first, and if you don't make it clear, I won't drink!"