The next day, Mrs. Xiao Xia asked the third sister-in-law to go back to help the third brother take care of the business, and now their business is getting bigger and bigger, and they have hired a few masters, and they can also make different varieties of wine. The third brother can't support it alone, and besides, the eldest sister is still young and can't do without her mother.

However, I stayed for two more days with my sister-in-law, and my mother-in-law and daughter-in-law often did some needlework together and gossip.

Two days later, Lin Da's injuries were a little better, and he began to run to the city to hang out with those fox friends and dogs. Gradually, it was rumored in the village that Lin Da didn't know where he met a businessman from other places, and he had a big hand.

Somehow, the businessman made eye contact with Lin Da and took him to roll around in the splendid pile. It only attracted the envy of Na Lin's hundred claws. When he came home, he grinded the widow of Nalin, and wanted to borrow some money from his uncle's house to make a notebook, and follow the man to do business.

Where is the widow of Lin, she can't stand Lin Da's pleading. He also said: "Look at the second Xia child, such a heartless goods follow others to sell horses, you look at how much land the family has added in the past few years, and how many helpers have been hired." ”

Widow Lin just hugged her son and cried: "No matter how much land others add and how many people they hire, I only have one son." ”

was so angry that Lin Da only stomped his feet, and finally handed over the truth: "Mother, what do you say that person does?"

"He's a smuggler of salt. Let's see if it's a sure-fire deal. ”

When Widow Lin heard this, she was so frightened that she hurriedly covered her son's mouth: "If you catch it, you will be beheaded." ”

"Phew!" Lin Da broke away from Widow Lin's hand, "Mother! If you say, this horse dealer will not be beheaded. Don't you know, once Xia Lao Er brought back forty or fifty Mongolian horses, and they were all killed all the way. This smuggled salt seller is much more appropriate than this, and he has been selling it for many years. The brothers on the road all respected him, and they also saw that I was a talent, and people were willing to pull me along. ”

The widow of Na Lin was responsive to Lin Da's request, but she didn't expect this incident to be dead or alive and refused to let go.

Urging him to set off in the future, Lin Dayi gritted his teeth, secretly took his mother's dowry in exchange for some money and ran away. The widow was so angry that she wanted to die or live.

Na Cheng thought, but after more than ten days of hard work, a fellow villager came with news that he drank too much wine and fell into the water and died. He also said that the water was also strong at that time, and he actually watched the corpse being washed away. Widow Lin has the heart to settle accounts with the businessman, where else can she find it. Such a big son just didn't see anyone alive and couldn't see his body when he died, and he cried a forest widow to death.

When the news reached the Xia family, the faces of several boys who were discussing things that day changed color.

The fifth sister-in-law smiled and said, "This is not a coincidence, but it saves us trouble." ”

Sister-in-law Xia also smiled when she heard this: "Isn't that what you say, it's really self-inflicted." ”

For a while, the children were relieved, and they picked up the food a little faster.

Only Lao Xia Pozi and Sixth Brother were silent. When there was no one, Mrs. Xia asked the fifth sister-in-law. Amused the fifth sister-in-law: "My good grandmother, where is the fifth brother like that." He just wanted to detain the pun skin in the yamen, find a wrong place and send him to those bitter cold places to do labor, and let him suffer for a few years. ”

Mrs. Xia also felt justified when she heard this, so she patted her chest and went back to the room.

In the evening, Xia Xiucai also asked Xiao Xia's mother-in-law.

Xiao Xia Pozi tilted her head and thought about it: "It's a pity that the second brother is not here, but it seems to be the second brother's handiwork." The fifth brother would never dare to harm people's lives, but now the second brother is still in the northwest. Maybe he deserves to have this fate. ”

A few days later, the fifth sister-in-law also returned to the county seat.

Not long after, the matchmaker instigated Widow Lin's sister-in-law to tell her about her family. I think that the dowry can also have a few taels of silver, but it can make up for the holes before.

So the two of them followed the matchmaker to persuade in turn. She just lost her backbone, and her sister-in-law and sister-in-law didn't give a good face, saying that she spoiled a good brother. I had no choice but to remarry in a daze, but no one knew where I would marry.

Only the Zhao family and the Wang brothers in the village know a thing or two, and they don't care about their young age. In this way, no one associated these things with the Xia family.

In a blink of an eye, the autumn harvest is approaching, and the second brother Xia sent a letter. However, the border passes were tight, and the troops guarding the border bought horses on a large scale. Second Brother Xia is thinking about making a fortune, and he won't be able to come back for the New Year.

Xiaoyu was a little disappointed, but fortunately, he was quite familiar with the Wang family and the Zhao family brothers these days. Often, large groups of people run to the woods outside the village or go to the small lake next to the village to play. This is what Xiaoyu envied most of her elder brothers in the past, so she no longer thinks about her second brother.

That Zhaowang Village is built by the mountains and rivers, but the mountains are not necessarily true, but the terrain is quite undulating, although it is not very high, but it covers a wide area. In the depths of the dense forest, there were tall and stout trees, and even the dog days stood in it, and it was very cold and dim.

Therefore, the villagers only cut some firewood, mushrooms, and wild fruits in the forests near the village, and did not dare to go to the mountains. There are also those bold villagers, like when Second Brother Xia was there before, he often brought a few young and strong people into the forest to hunt some game, but they didn't make a living from this.

It is said to be by the water, but it is only a lake of 20 acres. There are some puddles by the lake, and the brothers of the Xia family often swim in these puddles. In the summer, Xiaoyu also pestered the sixth and seventh brothers to teach her.

Sixth brother, seventh brother doesn't think this swimming water is a rare thing, it is worth learning. But if your own sister wants to learn, she must be taught.

So, the brothers of the Wang family and the Zhao family were called to occupy the two puddles by the forest by the lake. One is played by the brothers themselves, and the other is played by Xiaoyu and Sanya. It made the other children in the village half angry, but they couldn't. The Xia brothers watched like wolves, and they couldn't beat them, so they had to wait for them to have enough fun and walk away.

When Xiaoyu learned to swim, the sixth brother took her along the lake to touch clams and catch some small fish. Sometimes I take it home and add vegetables. More often than not, a few children lit a fire by the lake, broke the clam open, removed the meat and boiled it on the fire in a small clay pot, and ate it.

On this day, everyone gathered dry wood and was preparing to light a fire and grill fish to eat. I heard a cry of surprise near the sand pit near the lake, and children screaming and fleeing in all directions.

The sixth brother was curious, and also leaned over to look.

But I saw two people like boys and brothers hurriedly putting on their coats, and there were a few people who were in a hurry on the side, and they were at a loss around a sand pit. There wasn't much water in the bunker, but there stood a young man in fine costume, stomping his feet and struggling in it. Who would have thought that the more fierce he earned, the deeper he would fall, and after a while, he would have passed his waist.

It turned out that there were a few quicksand in a corner of the lake, and the children in the village knew about it and never went to play there. Presumably, this group of people came from somewhere else, greedy and frolicking. Strayed into the quicksand, the boy in the sand pit looked frightened, as if he didn't believe it, and glared at his companions.

A servant tried to get closer, but only stepped on two feet before slowly sinking. was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, who knew that with such a step, the quicksand was a little bigger. It was even more frightened that everyone scattered, until the man was so frightened that he used his hands and feet together, and crawled back after half a sound. The whole person was even more frightened and paralyzed, and only stared at the young man and cried.

The boy sank faster and faster, and the rustling sound was like a spell.

The people around him did not dare to approach the servant's past.

Xiaoyu and his brother watched from afar, and after a while, they grinned, turned around and called Rushan, Ruhai: "Quickly bring our firewood." ”

He shouted to the young man, "Don't move, the faster you move." ”

When the young man heard this, his tears could not help but fall, but he could not speak: in fact, he did not move, and he went down quite quickly.

After a while, the brothers brought the firewood, and Xiaoyu instructed them to lie on the ground and spread the branches on the edge of the sand pit.

The young man in the pit had already been in for most of the time at this time, and when he saw Xiaoyu busy working there, he thought he understood something, and his eyes were suddenly full of hope.

Seeing this, the sixth brother immediately leaned over to try it, and Xiaoyu was so frightened that he grabbed him. But let Rushan move a big stone and throw it over, and the branch immediately drilled into the sand pit quickly, and in the blink of an eye, even the branch with the stone disappeared. The sixth brother patted his chest and shouted that it was dangerous.

Xiaoyu stroked her chin, thought for a while, and patted her head: "Oops, why are you so stupid." ”

The young man's already drooping head was immediately raised, perhaps too violently, and it sank a little more.

Xiaoyu shouted: "Quick, quick, everyone hurry up and take the belt down." ”

For a while, the children who were watching the excitement from a distance also handed over the rope to tie their pants.

Xia Liuge tied them firmly, but they were still not long enough. The boy with the pointed chin looked at the round face with a slight hesitation, and blinked almost invisibly when he saw the round face, and then he came to his senses, and quickly untied his belt and picked up a few more people, which looked enough.

The sixth brother tried to throw it a few times, but the belt couldn't fly over.

The boy in the sand pit was so anxious that he shouted, "Tie up the stones." As soon as he shouted like this, the person sank faster and faster, and he saw that he had reached the tip of his nose. The boy had to raise his hands and pull at his neck.

The sixth brother hurriedly looked for a stone, and then saw that there were only two hands left in the sand pit.

Ruhai hurriedly snatched it and threw it at the hand that was still open.

As soon as the stone touched the finger, it was immediately grasped tightly by the hand, and the sixth brother shouted: "Wrap your hands, wrap them all around." The boy did as he was told. The sixth brother and Ruhai pulled out desperately, and it took half an hour to drag the person out.

The boy collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud, his face was blue and purple, and his wrists were full of marks of ropes. But he still held the stone in his hand, and several people couldn't break it for a long time.

When the sixth brother saw it, he became chivalrous again, called Ruhai, and several people took the young man back to Xia's house.

Sister-in-law Xia was also startled when she saw a muddy person brought in by her uncle and son. Hurriedly let him go to the fifth brother's house, Ruhai and the sixth brother helped him to lean on the bed. poured him another cup of hot tea to drink, and the sister-in-law hurriedly beckoned the fourth sister-in-law to boil some bath water.

Mrs. Xiao Xia had already heard what Xiaoyu said, and hurriedly ran out to see. I saw that the young man was no more than ten years old, his lips were purple, and he was still holding the stone tightly in one hand. I wanted to drink the tea, but my hands were trembling and I couldn't hold the teacup.

Xiao Xia's mother-in-law hurriedly asked Sister-in-law Xia to settle the two sons and a few subordinates. He also asked the Wang family and the Zhao brothers to hurry home to report the news. I think their family has already heard about it, so they can save themselves from worrying if they go back early.

After this he threw everyone away, he closed the door and sat on the edge of the bed. helped him drink two sips of tea, and then I saw him take a long breath, and the blue and purple on his face gradually faded a lot.

Xiao Xia Pozi also breathed a sigh of relief, dusted off the sand on the bed as if she had nothing to do, and said with a little carelessness: "If you are wronged in your heart, it will be better to cry." After a pause, he slowly continued: "When you go out, you have to look like a man." ”

The young man could still bear it, but when he heard the latter sentence, he couldn't hold back anymore, and threw himself into the arms of Xiao Xia Pozi and cried.