Mrs. Xiao Xia was very calm about Lin Da's return, and Xiaoyu was also very calm. However, the fifth sister-in-law stayed for a few more days, and by the time the fifth sister-in-law decided to leave, the sister-in-law had already heard everything she should hear. It's not that my sister-in-law's ability to inquire about things is too bad, it's really that Lin Da is back well, but I don't know what's going on, so I'm dumb.

He couldn't tell what he asked, he was there to make a gesture, and the villagers were there to guess.

But when he got on the boat, he got drunk, and he fell overboard without knowing what was going on. I don't know where I floated to, who rescued me, and when I woke up, I was dumb. Later, he was sold to a private silver mine to dig silver for others, and guarded a silver mountain every day, but he couldn't eat or sleep well. The foreman and his co-workers bullied him for being a mute and suffering a lot.

A few years ago, the mine was discovered by the government and was seized. Each of these slaves who was locked up inside gave one or two pieces of silver, and it was even if it was released. Lin couldn't speak, and he couldn't tell where his family lived. I don't know how much I suffered along the way, but I finally found home.

The sister-in-law came back and said to Xiao Xia's mother-in-law and her younger siblings: "This time, Lin Dake has suffered enough, and he is so thin that he is skinny." I had been wandering around in front of his uncle's house for many days, and no one recognized him. I heard that his mother remarried, if it was before, it would have been a good time. Now, hey, hey, you don't see it. He did whatever his aunt told him to do. Whatever is given to him, he will eat. All tempers are gone, and such a big old man is as obedient as a kitten. Today, he went to work in the field with his uncle, alas, but his mother never dreamed of it. ”

"Look, this guy just has to suffer a little. Alas, if this had been so sensible and obedient earlier, his mother wouldn't have to take another step. Alas, it's all fate. ”

Mrs. Xiao Xia thought about how the handling of this matter was so in line with her own wishes, and inevitably brought Xiaoyu to ask. Xiaoyu asked Sister Zhong with a smile: "Why is it suddenly not so yin and yang." ”

Xiao Xia didn't expect her to remember this, so she thought about it and said, "She recognized the wrong person herself, thinking that the second brother had harmed her." ”

Xiaoyu chased after her and asked, "Why did the bad guy hurt her?" Do you want the second brother to avenge her? ”

Xiao Xia Pozi groaned for a long time and still sued her, the girl is also older, she should know that men and women are on guard.

Xiaoyu was stunned: "Sister Zhong is really pitiful. ”

Xiao Xia snorted: "She is also a good girl." I want to tell you about it. ”

"Don't!" Before Xiao Xia's words fell, Xiao Yu screamed urgently.

Mrs. Xiao Xia pretended to be puzzled and said, "Hey, you just said that she was pitiful. ”

Xiaoyu stared at her mother for a long time before she hung her head and said, "It's her business to be pitiful, why should my second brother"

He hesitated for a long time before saying: "She is not without mistakes, even if she thinks that person is the second brother, she shouldn't have to wait to come back, and invite someone to discuss with her mother." ”

Xiao Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief, although this daughter looked lawless, she was not unaware of the severity. He also said: "She also knows that she is wrong, and she will definitely be cautious in the future." I see her and your second brother."

Xiaoyu almost jumped up, with tears in her eyes: "Mother, mother, I know what you mean." Some things are wrong, and if you know that you are wrong, you can just change them. Some things, wrong are wrong. You don't have to tell her to my second brother, I, let's find her a good family, better than the second brother. Mother, didn't you say that there is nothing you can't do what you want to do? Look for her. ”

Xiao Xia smiled when she heard this, and patted her head: "You, is there a better man in the world than your second brother?" But in his heart, he thought that saying that at that time was also to comfort Zhong Min, lest she go to a dead end.

Xiaoyu thought for a while and shook her head: "Then find someone who is slightly worse than the second brother." ”

So he sighed again: "Alas! Don't talk about her, even me, I can't find a better one than my second brother in the future, and I can only settle and settle. ”

At this time, he heard that his mother didn't mean to let the second brother and Zhong Min be together, so he put his heart down and asked, "Have you asked the second brother?" ”

Xiao Xia nodded. Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief and became nervous again: "Does the second brother know about her?" ”

Xiao Xia looked at her daughter curiously and shook her head.

Xiaoyu said thoughtfully: "Don't tell my second brother, this kind of thing hurts my reputation." ”

Xiao Xia Pozi thought about it and deliberately teased Xiao Yu: "I still have to sue him, after all, Miss Zhong's father entrusted him back then, and it was also his negligence." ”

Xiaoyu listened, and said after a while: "If he relieves his heart, what can he do?"

Xiao Xia Pozi looked at her daughter quietly and thought: "Xiao Nizi looks innocent, but she is quite good at thinking people's hearts." He asked again: "I know everything I want to know this time, let's talk about Lin Da." ”

Xiaoyu then grinned and said, "It's not very clear." My brother's friend back then, the one named Chen Peng happened to be in Fengxiang Mansion, and it must have been the fifth brother who begged him. He was able to do this, right? ”

Xiao Xia thought about it, isn't that the case.

Lin Da's return inevitably reminds people of his widow mother. Lin Da's uncle also told him about his mother's situation, but he married in Lianzhou County, Yan'an Prefecture, and had already given birth to a child, and I heard that the man was okay with her. Lin Da didn't say anything like seeing his mother.

Another month passed, and the envoy of the capital, Kuaima, came with news that the current emperor had died. For a time, every village and town hung a white cloth in front of the door. The fifth brother got a lot of news from the third grandmother of the Ministry of Rites, and often said that he was the same as Xia Xiucai's little Xia mother-in-law. Before his death, the old emperor did not appoint his son as the crown prince, but he did appoint a grandson. Now that his nephew has ascended the throne and become the emperor, several princes and uncles are eyeing the capital.

The news of the emperor's death was of course a shock to the whole country, but it was not this news that really made the Xia family mess up. But it was because the second brother's family letter mentioned that the sixth brother was in the Northwest Army, and because of his military exploits in escorting grain and grass, he raised a small flag.

The sixth brother is the most fair and decent, and he has good skills, and he is very loved in the army. He is not a big old man, he is literate and hyphenated, and in this group of rough people, he can be regarded as a good handwriter. Although I hadn't studied the book of war before, I had fought a few battles this year. Looking at the book like this, I have a lot of realizations. If you are not afraid of rising too fast and can't suppress the people below, it is more than enough to be a hundred households.

Xia Xiucai comforted his mother and wife and said: "I think he is indeed a general. Look at it, we spent so much effort and asked the second child to entrust his friend, just because we didn't want him to kill the enemy. ”

Xiao Xia Pozi wiped her eyes and said, "Even if this is the case, there is no need to go to the Tiger Camp." Went there, how can I be"

Xia Xiucai said: "Where is the step?" Look at you, think about what is useless. It can only show that our sixth child has great skills and high kung fu, and even the guard camp of Dingguo Gong can enter. ”

Although Xiao Xia's mother-in-law was worried, she still stubbornly refused to shed a single tear, which made Xia Xiucai feel very distressed. shouted like a horse grinding ink, and then wrote a letter to the son-in-law to vent his anger. When Mrs. Xiao Xia heard him say this, she was afraid that her son would worry about her family, so she hurriedly stopped her.

Not long after, the sixth brother's letter also arrived.

The letter said lightly: "I didn't want to talk to my family, but I didn't have to worry about my family." ”

He also said: "Xiaoqi was already a year ago, and when I was escorting grain and grass, I met that little bandit who didn't open his eyes. In the blink of an eye, we were all annihilated. After that, the personal guards of the Tiger Camp were mentioned. ”

"During the Chinese New Year, as the prince of Dingguo went out to pursue a group of Di people, the prince ventured into an ambush. It was I who shot the leader of the Di people first, and made a great contribution. Now it's a hundred. ”

In this letter, there is still a little bit of the decadence of a year ago, and the inferiority complex. I only heard a few blood boiling like the sea, especially like the sea arrows, and at this time he was particularly unwilling to shout: "His archery skills are much worse than mine, if I" suddenly saw his mother looking at him with a bloodless face, and was so frightened that he hurriedly swallowed the words that followed.

The sixth brother said some words of self-encouragement in the letter: "When the book is used, I hate it less, and I read too few military books in the past." I can't even talk about soldiers on paper, so I ask the fifth brother and the eighth brother to find a useful military book. ”

Later, he said some words of encouragement to his younger brothers and sisters, especially: "The brothers in the army all praised the ninth sister for her courage and ability, and she can be called a heroine among women." ”

Xiaoyu immediately swelled up when she heard this, and she couldn't wait to immediately fight and gallop on the battlefield. During the Chinese New Year, I was hooked by the seventh brother to read history books, and now it was immediately turned into a military book, and I also had to follow a few brothers to the bookstore in the house to buy books.

Xiao Xia's mother-in-law is now full of six sons, but she is not worried about Xiaoyu. No matter how heroic she is, she still has to add a female character in front of her, Xia Xiucai will not let her go to join the army even if she loves her again. Taking a step back, even if Xia Xiucai agreed, the army would not accept her, so she simply let her go.

Fengxiang Mansion is much larger than Fengxiang County, because Seventh Brother and Ruhai are both in Fuxue. When Fifth Brother Xia is free, he will also go to Fengxiang Mansion to live for a day or two to listen to Seventh Brother and Ruhai talk about some things in school. Xiao Xia's mother-in-law simply bought a small yard in Fengxiang Mansion, and Xiaoyu didn't worry about a place to live.

It just so happened that the third brother and the third sister-in-law recently got the liquor license, so they thought of opening a bigger wine shop in Fengxiang Mansion.

At that time, Xue Yu was practicing in Yipinju to Lan Haoxin, and the two found the quietest room inside, leaning against the window and chatting while looking at the crowd outside.

Lan Haoxin sighed: "The world is bustling, all for profit; The world is crowded, all for profit. The emperor's intention to lay out this is not shallow. ”

Xue Yu smiled and said, "King Yi has made up his mind, and I don't know if he can make up his mind when he arrives in Lingtang." After that, he lowered his head and took a sip of wine, looked out, and at a glance, he already knew Lan Haoxin's expression.

Lan Haoxin sighed, and thought to herself: "This throne has not yet been hot, and it is rumored that there is a meaning of cutting the domain, which is forcing a few princes to rebel." Alas, I don't know if the old man has thought about it, such a thing is never pedaling on two boats. ”

At this moment, a large group of people hula downstairs turned in from the corner of the street, and in the middle was a little girl of eight or nine years old, with a double bun on her head, a pink beaded flower on one side, wearing a garnet-red gown, and a pink skirt underneath, walking in the middle of a group of scholars with high spirits. It was Xia Xiaoyu and his brothers and nephews.

At this moment, Xue Yu turned his head around. Lan Haoxin didn't know why, and suddenly didn't want to go downstairs to see the Xia family brothers and sisters at this time, so she simply pretended not to see it, and continued to talk to Xue Yu.