Chapter 10: The Turmoil

Taking advantage of the chaos at home, Xu Xiangwan sneaked out of the door under the cover of Gorou and Xu Qiuyi. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Out of the gate of the Xu family, Xu Xiangwan went straight to the Xu family compound next to the official road in the west of the village.

The Xu family compound is called the Xu family in the west of the village by the people in the village, and the old man Xu's house is called the Xu family in the east of the village.

In the courtyard of the Xu family, there are four elders of the Xu family and several branches of the Li Zheng, who are of the same clan as the old man Xu's family. Old man Xu and Li Zheng are the same great-grandfather, due to the grievances of the elders, the old man Xu was separated from his grandfather and built a separate house in the northeast of the village, which is now Xu Xiangwan's Xu family in the east of the village.

There are only two brothers in Mr. Xu's generation, and Mr. Xu's father was the home when he was alive. After the separation, Mr. Xu's father paid to buy a house in the old mansion for Mr. Xu's eldest brother, so now Mr. Xu's eldest brother's family also lives in the old mansion.

The Xu family compound is adjacent to Yinlong Mountain in the north and the official road in the west, covering a large area, about forty or fifty acres, and there are more than ten places in the house alone.

There are four entrances to the old house, and the first one is now a private school. The other three are inhabited by the elders of the second clan, the elder of the third clan, and the elder of the fourth clan. Each entry is equipped with east and west wings, cross courtyards, side courtyards and main houses, the side courtyards are now separated, all of which have become a separate house, with a total of eight courtyards. There are three main rooms, two ear rooms, five east and west courtyards and five east and west wing rooms respectively. The main gate is the golden pillar gate, which is opened in the southeast corner, and the corner gate is now opened every time you enter the courtyard, forming a relatively independent courtyard.

Lizheng Xu Wenshan is the eldest son of the patriarch Xu Gongwang, and now lives with the patriarch in the east courtyard of the third entrance of the old mansion.

And Old Man Xu's brother Xu Wenfu now lives in the west courtyard of the first courtyard.

Xu Xiangwan went to Xu Wenfu's house first.

The courtyard doors of the farmer's house are usually open during the day.

Xu Wenfu's family has a thin population, only one son and one daughter, the daughter has been married, and his son Xu Zhishen has only given birth to one son and one daughter.

Looking in from the open gate, I happened to see Xu Wenfu drying rice in the yard with his children and grandchildren, and his wife Feng Shi picking vegetables with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

Xu Xiangwan stood at the door and knocked on the door, and shouted crisply: "Big Grandpa, Big Grandma is good! Uncle and Aunt are good! Sister Zhaodi and Brother Chengshi are good!"

"Yo, it's late! Come in and sit!" Xu Zhishen's wife, Xu, was a warm and neat middle-aged woman, and when she saw Xu Xiangwan coming, she hurriedly greeted her into the living room and poured her a bowl of sugar water.

For the Zhuang family, sugar water is a higher etiquette for entertaining guests.

The family was all smiling when they saw Xu Xiangwan, Feng happily beckoned Xu Xiangwan to sit in the house, and Xu Zhaodi also washed her hands to pull Xu Xiangwan.

For the enthusiasm of the eldest grandfather's family, Xu Xiangwan is very warm-hearted.

"Grandpa, grandma, uncle, auntie, you are busy with you, don't worry about me. Xu Xiangwan said with a smile.

"How is your grandfather doing? I've been busy lately, and I don't have time to go over and have a look. Xu Wenfu greeted Xu Xiangwan while drying the rice.

"Grandpa Lao is worried, my grandpa is in good health, and he took my brother and them to the field to cut rice yesterday!" Xu Xiangwan replied.

After a few words of greeting each other, Xu Xiangwan explained the meaning of today's arrival.

"My brother has always been a face-loving person, he shouldn't be able to do such a thing, there must be some misunderstanding here. Xu Wenfu frowned, his red and black face was full of puzzlement, "This matter involves the face of our Xu family, I have to go over and take a look." ”

"Grandpa, my mother hasn't woken up yet, I don't want to be sold, let alone my sister ...... be sold," Xu Xiangwan blushed.

Although Xu Xiangwan looks yellow and thin because of extreme malnutrition, the people of the Xu family are good-looking, and Xu Xiangwan has inherited the advantages of both parents, and his facial features are very exquisite.

Xu Wenfu sighed deeply, and secretly said in his heart, his wife and husband are not in trouble, although his name is thin, but in the end, the family is harmonious, and so many bad things have not happened.

"Don't be afraid later, our Xu family doesn't have the family style of selling children and daughters! Who dares to do such a thing that is inferior to a beast, I can't spare him first!" Xu Wenfu is the eldest son of Old Man Xu's branch, although he has already split the family, but after all, he still bears the responsibility of supporting the court, if Old Man Xu makes any outrageous moves, he can take certain punishment measures on behalf of the family.

Xu Wenfu went back to the room to change into a clean cloth shirt, and took Xu Zhishen and Xu Xiangwan back to Xu's house together.

Xu Wenfu came forward, and Xu Xiangwan didn't go to work anymore, and was going to see the situation first.

At this time, it was lunch time, and many villagers gathered at the door of Xu's house to watch the excitement while eating with bowls.

The onlookers saw the comer and quickly made a way.

"Wenhong, what's going on?" Old Man Xu had already taken everyone back to the main room, but as soon as Xu Wenfu entered the door, Old Man Xu saw it.

Old Man Xu was a little afraid to look at Xu Wenfu, but he still enthusiastically gave Xu Wenfu to the main seat in the living room, and placed Xu Zhishen in the first place on the left: "Big brother, sit down! Ah Shen also sits!"

Immediately, he sat on the Taishi chair on the right side, took two deep puffs of cigarette, and then spoke: "It's nothing, and I don't know which rumors came out of the eight lambs to slander my Xu family! ”

Regarding Old Man Xu's words, Xu Wenfu was obviously noncommittal.

Although Xu Xiangwan didn't say it in much detail just now, he still understood the ins and outs of the matter.

The folk customs of Xujia Village are very simple, although there are some long-tongued women who like to chew the root of their tongues, but there will be no innocent unjust cases.

"We only have two brothers. Although we have split up, you are already a grandfather. But as the saying goes, broken bones are still connected to tendons, we are two brothers, so we should help each other. If you want to have something bad here, I don't feel good in my heart. Xu Wenfu sighed, and there was not much emotion in the red and black face similar to Old Man Xu.

When he said this, Old Man Xu buried his head even lower.

"Wen Hong, what the hell is going on? Are the rumors outside true?" Xu Wenfu's voice was a little stricter, but in the end, he cared about Old Man Xu's face, and his attitude was not too tough.

Xu Zhili, Xu Zhibao, Da Lang, Erlang, and Wulang were all there, and Xu Xiangwan also pulled Xiao Jiu to stand behind Wulang.

Old Man Xu glanced at Xu Zhili as if unintentionally, and sighed: "Big brother, you still don't know me about our two brothers? I will definitely not do such a thing that will damage the face of the Xu family." ”

Xu Wenfu saw that Old Man Xu gritted his teeth and didn't let go, so he could only admonish: "Our family used to be a famous family. Although it is now defeated, but in the end, it is a family heirloom, if someone disregards the reputation of the family for the sake of immediate interests, I am afraid that even the patriarch and the clan elder will not sit idly by. ”

Old man Xu is used to living alone, he has always been the head of the family in this house, and many times he forgets that he is just a small branch of the Xu family, and now he is a little frightened by Xu Wenfu, if he really does what Xu Zhili said, it is still a trivial matter to lose face in the village, I am afraid that they will really not be able to gain a foothold in the clan, how will he face his ancestors after a hundred years?

Xu Wenfu's words shocked Old Man Xu into a cold sweat, so he repeatedly told Xu Wenfu that he would not do such a foolish thing.

Xu Xiangwan finally breathed a sigh of relief on the side, and at the same time secretly rejoiced that Old Man Xu was still bound by the big family.

In this way, Xu Xiangwan can be regarded as escaping the fate of being sold.

Xu Zhili gritted his teeth on the side, he planned to do this quietly, and he didn't know who spread the news and ruined his good deeds.

In the end, Xu Wenfu also mentioned in passing: "You have many children, unlike me, you don't need to worry about some things, after all, all my things are Ashen's, and the family is harmonious and there are few disputes." And Wen Hong, you have many children and grandchildren, sometimes you have to consider a fairness when doing things, after all, the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat!"

After all, they were separated, and Xu Wenfu's words were not too explicit, so he just mentioned them a little on the side.

After speaking, Xu Wenfu called Xu Zhishen to prepare to go home.

It was already lunch time, and it was naturally impossible for Old Man Xu to let Xu Wenfu leave like this, so he hurriedly beckoned Cui's to set up the meal and left Xu Wenfu and his son behind.

Xu Wenfu excused himself and couldn't resign, so he came to the gate with Old Man Xu, and said: "Folks, today's incident is a misunderstanding. It's all children who are ignorant, and I don't know if they are encouraged by some uneasy and well-meaning person to run to my brother's door to make trouble. My brother's usual behavior is obvious to all the villagers, and he will definitely not do anything that harms the family style. All the folks are warm-hearted, and everyone is bothered!"

"Folks, I usually don't do well enough, and I don't know which one I secretly offended, so I apologize here. It's over now, it's over, it's impossible. I'm worried about the big guys, it's noon, so let's all come in for a light meal, right?" he said and beckoned Cui's to add food and vegetables.

Most of the people at the door came to see the excitement, and they were all simple villagers, and when they saw that the principal came out to clarify, they also guessed that this matter was mostly a misunderstanding, and it was naturally not good to stay and eat. None of the Zhuang families are wealthy, and they generally do not eat at other people's houses for no reason except to help.

So they scattered as birds and beasts.

The Xu family returned to calm, and Old Man Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After the meal was set, it was served together as the guest and host.

In addition to the usual dishes, Mr. Xu specially instructed Cui's to add a soybean braised pork.

You can still see a lot of braised pork on the soybean roast at the table, but you can only see soybeans at the next table.

Xu Wenfu saw that there were a lot of vegetables, as well as meat dishes, so he said: "We are not outsiders, so we will eat on the spot, what dishes do you want to add? I am not unclear about the situation in your house, this is the way of the outside." If you do this next time, I won't dare to come here. ”

Old Man Xu hurriedly smiled, arranged for Xu Wenfu and Xu Zhishen to sit down, and then greeted him for lunch.

may be due to the presence of Xu Wenfu's father and son, the Xu family's meal was unusually peaceful, and even Xu Xiangwan added an extra bowl of rice, Cui's just glared at her and did not open his mouth to reprimand.

After the meal, Xu Wenfu was just about to get up, but Xu Qiuyi came to the room to inform Mr. Xu and the others that Zhang was awake.

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