Jiu'er's annoyance with the second brother lasted until dinner, and the eggs and marinated meat that Xiao Xia's mother-in-law gave to the second brother Xia were snatched by the puffing Jiu'er and put them in the bowls of the seventh brother, Zhu'er and Bao'er. The sixth brother and Xuan'er also had it, but they couldn't resist the second brother's sharp eye knife, so they had to silently betray the ninth sister.

The chicken nuggets that the second brother diligently sandwiched to his mother were also immediately taken away by the ninth sister's puffed cheeks, and when she turned her head, she put it into her grandmother's bowl with a smile.

Second Brother Xia couldn't cry or laugh at this little sister who suddenly appeared.

In the early morning of the next day, Second Brother Xia got up early and practiced boxing by himself. Then he called his brother and nephew one by one. The poor fourth brother was dreaming of his daughter-in-law, and the second brother knocked on the window and shouted. can only helplessly stand in a row with the fifth brother and the sixth brother. In the middle is the seventh brother and the starling brother are the same pillars. Bao'er and Zhu'er followed the second brother to stand at the front.

For a while, the small courtyard was crowded, and there was a majestic shouting sound from the small courtyard.

When Second Brother Xia was young, the Xia family did not have so many brothers. Brother Xia is very honest, and even Second Brother Xia has suffered a lot of wretchedness. Since then, we have worked hard every day. There is no discipline, but I get up early to lift stones in the courtyard, and gradually I have strength, and I don't suffer so much when I fight.

By the time he was eight or nine years old, there was an old way in the village. The two of them are quite eye-to-eye, and they don't apprentice, so they only swear a heavy oath: they will not pass on their parents, and they will not teach their wives and children. However, after teaching for five or six days, learning some methods of breathing, and practicing a set of fists and feet, this "master" is nowhere to be found.

Since then, Second Brother Xia has a lot of ability, and ordinary people can't get close at all. He found some ordinary martial artists to learn some simple fists and kicks, and picked up all these things that could be taught to the Xia family brothers.

Second Brother Xia took his younger brother and nephews to practice for only half an hour, and there was an extremely discordant sound in the Xia family's class. I don't know when it was mixed with a childish voice: "Ha-babble-ah-hey!"

Second Brother Xia was secretly annoyed in his heart, but he hadn't come back for more than a year, and it was just a matter of not practicing the kung fu of these big and small hairy heads, how could he still raise a sissy!

Second Brother Xia's eyes widened and he looked back. I saw that at the back of the team, Miss Xia Jiu was wearing a red gown, goose yellow pants, a fist in her left hand, a palm in her right hand, a pony step, forehead, and a little fat horse with a pouting buttocks.

The pink little mouth shouted: "Ha-babble-ah-hey!", the left hand turned into a palm and withdrew, and the right hand turned into a fist and punched out.

The sixth brother next to him is trying his best to explain to his sister that it should be a palm, and it is a fist that is withdrawn from his waist. The little girl ignored it and continued: "Ha-babble-ah-hey!"

Second Brother Xia smiled secretly, hey, hey, hey, hey, here's the opportunity.

"Bright palms!" shouted with Second Brother Xia. Xia Jiaban immediately put his hands into fists on both sides of his waist, his right leg was bent at the knee and squatted, and his left toe was on the ground in front of him.

Look back at Jiu'er. The little girl who landed on one leg was already staggering, and the fist that was originally held at her waist had already opened, waving her arms wildly to try to regain her balance.

Then, with a pop, he fell to the ground.

It didn't matter, Miss Jiu'er immediately got up. Stand up first, this time you know to take your time, lift your other foot a little bit, tilt it to the left, and shake it to the right. Then, with a thud, he fell to the ground again.

The brothers couldn't hold back anymore and burst into laughter.

Jiu'er got up, swept everyone with angry little eyes, twisted her little buttocks, and left.

Everyone's hearts immediately arrived at the ice cellar--- it was cold.

Finished!

After a while, Xia Xiu definitely came over and scolded them fiercely, hmm! That's all light.

I was thinking that Xia Xiucai was coming to beat people, where should I run away?

Xia Jiu'er came back with a small bench, put her little butt on the bench, and made a steady move.

Suddenly, even Second Brother Xia howled. Who's a bear child, hurry up, take it back.

When it was time for breakfast, Sister-in-law Xia made a bitter face and laid out all the meals in a sudden.

For this second uncle, Sister-in-law Xia's mood is very complicated.

Second Brother Xia is indeed a good hand at farming, but he has a shortcoming that cannot be ignored--- he is too edible. If Brother Xia eats three bowls at a meal, Second Brother Xia can eat eight bowls. If he is the only one who can eat so much, it would be enough to lead these half-sized children to practice early in the morning, and eat double portions, it will be less.

Sure enough, with Second Brother Xia, the babies are a little faster than usual. Even Jiu'er felt the tension on the dinner table, and she became more excited than usual. Xiao Xia was afraid that it would affect the children's eating, so she took Jiu'er out.

Jiu'er was furious. A person sat at the exclusive small dining table, crackling, and a pair of fat little fleshy palms slapped the table fiercely.

Sister-in-law Xia was depressed.

After breakfast, Brother Xia took his younger brothers and sons to the field to have a look. The autumn harvest will be in just one or two days.

Xiao Jiu'er leaned through the window and looked out: some of the brothers were carrying lifters, some were carrying rakes, some were carrying sickles, and some were dragging grinders, and they walked out one by one. The little girl can't be reserved anymore, and there is a mother blocking the door, so let's climb along the window.

When Second Brother Xia turned around, he saw Xiao Jiu'er holding the window edge with a pair of small hands, unable to reach the sky or the ground, hanging there like a kitten and barking: "Mother, mother."

I thought I finally couldn't hold on anymore, so I let go of my hand and sat on the ground, not afraid of pain. Got up and dusted off the soil, put the small broom that had been thrown on the ground earlier on his shoulder, and followed behind the sixth brother and the bolt.

When the sister-in-law saw this, she hurriedly ran over and picked her up from behind, and the little girl's fat legs were still pushing hard towards the blue sky.

Xiao Xia waved her hand and drove away her sons and grandchildren who were watching the excitement. If you don't hurry up and blow them away, these children can squat there and watch Jiu'er play alone for a day without repeating the same.

When everyone came back in the evening, Jiu'er couldn't wait to pull his brothers and nephews to sit on the small bench in the courtyard. Bowl after bowl of tea, but not allowed to drink. When she served seven or eight bowls of food, she clumsily blessed her brothers with a blessing.

She said in a milky voice: "Brothers, you have worked hard. Then he said to his nephews, "My nephews have also worked hard." ”

"Let's quench our thirst with a cup of tea. ”

was so frightened that she hurriedly jumped up and stood aside, not daring to accept her salute.

It can be seen that Xiao Xia's mother-in-law is not blindly indulgent to Xia Jiu'er, but she still put a lot of thought into it. It's just that Xia Jiu'er has eight brothers who dot on her, especially a father who has no experience and reference at all. This is destined to make the growth path of Jiu'er girl tortuous and unpredictable.

No, Jiu'er is pretentious. Several brothers were immediately moved to tears, and called my family Jiu'er grown up.

And then, I don't know how. Second Brother Xia was particularly right to Jiu'er's eyes today. It seems that the person who beat the second brother yesterday was not her Xia Jiu'er.

The little girl's fleshy little hand warmly pulled the second brother and said softly: "Second brother, big beauty." ”

At that time, Second Brother Xia was drinking tea and looking at the ninth sister with a smile. This sip of tea sprayed directly on Jiu'er's face. The little girl was not angry, wiped her face and said: "Look" Because the words were not very neat, she paused before continuing: "The water is smart." ”

Second Brother Xia looked around in a creepy manner, what kind of situation is this?

The younger brothers and nephews looked at Second Brother Xia's rough face, and they only smiled so hard that their faces were sore.

"Praise her for being pretty!"

The eldest sister-in-law added coldly, "Otherwise, she can talk to you for a day." ”

Second Brother Xia was as good as a stream, and hurriedly carried Jiu'er: "Our Jiu'er is the most beautiful, better than the impatiens." Sure enough, Xia Jiu'er smiled happily, not to mention the topic that the second brother is a big beauty.

Second Brother Xia let out a long sigh, looked back at his sister-in-law, and always felt that there was a huge shadow floating above his sister-in-law's head.

Evil!

With Second Brother Xia, the Xia family's little land will not be enough to dry during the autumn harvest. However, in three or five days, except for what he left to eat, the rest of the food was packed up and brought into the city early to sell at a good price.

These silver coins, plus the second brother Xia got back from selling horses this time, actually amounted to more than two hundred taels.

Xiao Xia's mother-in-law discussed with Lao Xia's mother-in-law and divided it into three parts, one for the fifth brother's relatives, one for adding more than ten acres of land, and one for the fourth brother Xia and the second brother Xia for emergency use.

Second Brother Xia's family affairs have not yet been settled, but Fourth Sister-in-law Xia is already four months pregnant.

For Xiao Xia's housekeeper and godson, Lao Xia's mother-in-law has a lot of dissatisfaction.

From the early years, Brother Xia was not yet an adult, and there was no labor at home, but Mrs. Xia stubbornly exchanged the dowry for a few acres of land. Renting it to others every year like this, I don't know how much money I will lose.

According to Lao Xia's thoughts, how good it would be to put this money in the shop of an acquaintance in the county seat to collect profits. But that was the dowry of Mrs. Xia, and although Mrs. Xia was angry, there was nothing she could do.

As the eldest son, Brother Xia and Mrs. Xia have high hopes for it. As a result, Brother Xia was only seven or eight years old, and he knew a few words, and he refused to study anymore if he could calculate some accounts. Xiao Xia's mother-in-law did not persuade him, so he let him go to work in the field, and what he said at the time was: "I knew early that farm work was hard, so I naturally came back to study." ”

Old Mrs. Xia didn't know how many times she had said Xia Xiucai in private, if this eldest son took the right path, the younger brothers behind him would not be crooked. Every time Xia Xiucai was persuaded to do well, saying that he must discipline his eldest son well. Then, no more than three or five days, no more than one or two days, and then they let it go.

When Brother Xia marries his daughter-in-law, according to the meaning of Mrs. Xia, this eldest daughter-in-law must find someone who can handle it, and her family background must be quite compatible.

Xiao Xia's mother-in-law took a fancy to Xia's sister-in-law, who was born in a farmer's household.

Sister-in-law Xia is the eldest daughter of the Wang family, capable and spicy, and she also knows how to take care of her younger brothers. But in the end, his knowledge is limited, not to mention that he is not beautiful and beautiful, and he is even sharper-tongued, and he has quarreled with his neighbors over the years, and he has ruined the pure family style of their Xia family.

Old Mrs. Xia's worries were quickly confirmed, and Second Brother Xia went crooked.

Since Sister-in-law Xia found that Second Brother Xia had eaten a lot, there was a look of disgust on her face. Xiao Xia's mother-in-law did not say that she suppressed Sister-in-law Xia, and also acquiesced to Brother Xia's second brother to go out. Although I cried for two days, it was nothing compared to Lao Xia Pozi wiping her neck and hanging herself.

Later, the third brother Xia went to the city to apprentice and the fourth brother went to learn carpenter, and the old Xia woman was really mad by this daughter-in-law. What is the future of the carpenter, the apprentice? That's a small craftsman, and he can't do much in his life.

Xiao Xia's mother-in-law doesn't quarrel with her mother-in-law, and only settles accounts with Xia Xiu. The mouth said even more beautifully: "My mother is old, and I am looking forward to the success of my children and grandchildren." But as children and grandchildren, how can we let our mother suffer with us at such an old age for our own selfish interests. ”

At that time, Xia Xiucai gave up the imperial examination, he had no achievements, and naturally there were not many students, and he could not spend a few dollars in cultivation. The family still uses the dowry of Xiao Xia's mother-in-law to support it, and she has to carry the anger of Lao Xia's mother-in-law for her daughter-in-law. It's just that they are not reading materials, and they are just a waste of money.

Forget about the first few, the fifth brother's books are better than the other brothers, and he also took the Xiucai exam early. It stands to reason that it should have gone further. Who would have thought that Xiao Xia's mother-in-law would let her son pull down his face to find a small paperwork. Although in this small village, it is already the only one to do paperwork in the county at such a young age, but compared to lifting people and coming to Jinshi, it is really not worth mentioning.

Xiao Xia's mother-in-law is very satisfied with each son. It seems that at a glance, all of them are very good.

Sometimes, Xia Xiucai sighed: I don't meet when I don't meet, and I don't meet Huaicai!

If Xiao Xia listened to it, she always smiled and said nothing.

This also made Mrs. Xia jump to her feet. No matter how anxious you are to burn your ass here, she always speaks so slowly, and she has to smile at the end.

However, these complaints could not be said to the neighbors. Not to mention that Xiaoxia's mother-in-law treats people politely, and if there are any good things, she always eats them for her mother-in-law first. It is these five grandsons who make Lao Xia extremely dissatisfied, and the villagers are envious.

Mrs. Xia is a complete defeat in front of this daughter-in-law who is in the spring breeze.

At the same time, there was also sister-in-law Xia. Since Brother Xia went out to seek a future, Brother Xia has never given her a good face. Although Second Brother Xia has looked good in recent years, Sister-in-law Xia just can't straighten her waist in front of her mother-in-law. After so many years, Sister-in-law Xia has already seen it. Even if there was no run on her back then, Second Brother Xia might not have to stay in the village.

But who made her not hold back at that time!