Chapter 85: The Return
Dong Rong waved her hand indifferently, "That's not easy, I'll be responsible for building a few more chicken sheds next spring." ”
"Okay, I'm not going to be polite to the owner anymore. Although my wife is half-blind, she is famous for raising chickens in the village. When the time comes, all the chickens of the proprietor's house will be fed by me, and they will be kept fat and fat. ”
Meihua'er Niang also helped, "This is true, my sister-in-law's chickens have always grown the fastest." ”
"Then wouldn't I take advantage of it, and I have to be a carpenter to do the work, not to mention that I have also set up a chicken expert." Dong Rong couldn't see the old lady with tears on her face, and smiled to make her happy.
Sure enough, everyone laughed when they heard this. The mother and son of the Yu family thought that their livelihood would be settled in the future, and they would not have to eat and sleep in the open air, and they would be relieved from the bottom of their hearts.
Dong Rong turned around to look at the silent stupid pillar, feeling sorry for him and walking dozens of miles on his back, so he pretended to go back to the orchard. How could the mother and son of the Yu family and Meihua'er let them go at night again, and they competed with each other for a long time, but it was Meihua'er Niang who invited the two to their own house and lived in Meihua'er's boudoir before she got married.
Dong Rong asked for a basin of hot water, washed the feet of the stupid pillar with her own hands, and carefully saw that there was no half of the blister on the soles of his feet, so she was relieved, raised her head and said angrily, "It's not that I don't have legs, and next time you are not allowed to carry me on my way." If you're tired, and a wicked person beats me, I'll have nowhere to hide! ”
"Who dares? Look at me hitting him all over the ground looking for teeth! Silly Zhu remembered that her little daughter-in-law looked so proud in front of the Chu family before, as if she was very proud of having a silly husband. It turned out that it was such a joyful feeling to be trusted wholeheartedly, and when he looked at the busy white and tender little hands in the basin, the smile in his eyes became even stronger.
Dong Rong Xu also remembered the previous incident, and rarely smiled a little shyly, and instructed, "Zhuzi, remember that today's events should not be mentioned to outsiders." Not to mention that the family will have to live in the orchard after giving birth to a child, even if I come forward to save people today, it is a bit reckless. ”
Silly Zhu nodded, withdrew his wet feet, and wiped his response, "I know, sleep." ”
Dong Rong didn't give any more instructions when he answered, stupid Zhu is this good, although he is still a little inferior to ordinary people, but no matter what he does, as long as he answers, he will definitely abide by it, and he will definitely not be slippery. This is also the reason why she is more and more relieved to rely on him, not to mention that I don't know if it is because she has learned arithmetic, Silly Zhu has slowly become much smarter than before.
It seems that he has not seen him lying on the ground playing with ants or being stunned for a long time, is it possible for him to become like an ordinary person if he persists like this for a few more years? At that time, will he still be able to tolerate himself being the master of his own affairs and making decisions on his own? Is she going to walk around the stove all day like the women in the village, only going out once or twice a year, and then giving birth endlessly?
Dong Rong shivered, and after pouring the footwash water and returning to the house, he picked up Silly Zhu's head and looked up and down, causing Silly Zhu to smile and ask, "What's wrong?" ”
Dong Rong shook her head slowly and sighed, "I found that you are much smarter than before. ”
Silly Zhu's heart trembled, and he said vaguely, "I can do arithmetic problems and write!" ”
"Do arithmetic problems really have the effect of improving intelligence?" Dong Rong frowned, and finally patted the stupid pillar's head domineeringly and said, "Zhuzi, it's good that you are like now, you can't be smarter anymore." If you're smarter than me, I'm afraid I won't live. ”
"Why?"
"Oh, you don't understand. In short, you are the best you are now, and you can't change it anymore. ”
"Okay, I don't change."
Xu got the promise of the stupid pillar, Dong Rong was much more relieved, and tore off the quilt to beckon him to sleep.
After tossing more than forty miles in the middle of the night, and fighting wits and courage with many old foxes for a long time, Dong Rong was so tired that she almost fell asleep with her eyes closed. Silly Zhu didn't feel sleepy at all, he hugged his daughter-in-law tightly in his arms, squinted and thought a lot. It's a pity that a woman's heart is a needle, how can he, a big man who is just beginning to fall in love, figure it out? He tossed and turned like this until the early hours of the morning before he barely slept through...
Dong Rong slept very well this night, and when she got up early and saw that Silly Zhu was still asleep, she secretly kissed him on the face, and then got up to wash her face.
Meihua'er Niang tossed out all the delicious food at home, and took her daughter-in-law to be busy in the stove early in the morning, stewed a pheasant and fried bacon, and stewed a big pot of two rice. It is rare to have such a sumptuous meal at home, and the two children are so happy that they are crowded in the stove room and refuse to move, just greedily want to smell the aroma more.
Dong Rong wanted to accept the old lady's love and eat a few more bites, but the pheasant meat was fried in the pot without adding oil, and it tasted fishy and pungent. The bacon has been left for I don't know how many years, and it is a little ridiculously hard. She pretended to feel sorry for the children when she had no choice, and always gave the pieces of meat in her bowl to the two children. The two children ate very sweetly, and occasionally looked up at this aunt who treated them very well and grinned and showed her small teeth, which made the family even more affectionate to Dong Rong. Dong Rong felt a little ashamed in her heart, thinking that she would prepare some snacks for the plum blossoms to send back after she went back.
After breakfast, the young couple said goodbye to the family and the mother and son of the Yu family and rushed back to the orchard. Meihua'er Niang trotted back to the house and took a thick long scarf and handed it to Dong Rong, "It's cold on the road, the owner is wearing this." If you don't like it, throw it to my plum blossoms when the time comes. ”
Dong Rong looked at the scarf embroidered with red plum blossoms and guessed that this was specially made by the old lady for her daughter, so she refused to accept it. Helplessly, the old lady directly wrapped her around her neck, and then pushed the two of them out of the village quickly.
Dong Rong and Silly Zhu walked all the way home on the mountain road, and the surrounding mountains and forests had long since completely faded their greenery and changed to a pale yellow color. The cold wind blew, and the few leaves that were still hanging on the branches rattled, which made people feel more and more cold. Dong Rong half-hid behind the stupid pillar, but her face was still red from the north wind. She turned her head to see that the jacket on Silly Zhu's body was a little thin, and she regretted that she shouldn't have gone too quickly last night, if only she had put on a big jacket for Silly Zhu.
Fortunately, the scarf sewn by Meihua'er was very long, and she tore it around the neck of the stupid pillar twice, barely shielding him from the cold wind that drilled into his neck. Silly Zhu lowered his head slightly and saw that his daughter-in-law's little face was half hidden in the scarf, leaving only a pair of big eyes looking around, and for some reason he remembered Guoguo who stayed at home, so he couldn't help laughing.
Dong Rong was inexplicable when she heard it, and just as she was about to open her mouth to ask, she was thrown on the back by a stupid pillar. She was afraid that the stupid pillar would be tired, and she was about to get off the ground when she struggled, "Pillar, I can walk by myself." What are you doing behind me, it's still a long way off. ”
Silly Zhu refused to let go no matter what she said, Dong Rong couldn't help but wrap the scarf tighter, and said angrily, "Since you like to carry your daughter-in-law, then carry it, but don't blame me for growing pig mouths and pig ears in the future." ”
Silly Zhu has never heard the story of Zhu Bajie's daughter-in-law, so he naturally doesn't understand why his daughter-in-law and pig are connected. Dong Rong then told him with a smile, and in the end, she was thrown up and caught by the angry stupid pillar from time to time, which scared her and screamed constantly...
The young couple did not realize how hard it was to travel, and finally arrived near the orchard at noon, and the two sat down on the stump of a dead tree to rest. Dong Rong leaned on the arms of the stupid pillar and spoke, and suddenly felt cold on her neck, and looked up to see that the sky was actually floating with fine snowflakes. She jumped up in surprise and smiled, "Oops, it's snowing." ”
"It's snowing, it's time to kill the pigs."
"Yes, Brother Ping, they haven't come back, let's wait." Dong Rong thought about her younger brother who was away again, and sighed, "It's even more difficult to walk when it snows, I don't know where Brother Ping and they went, and how long will it take to come back?" ”
Xu is north wind couldn't bear Dong Rong's longing and worry, and when he flew over happily, he brought a crisp wisp of horse bells, Dong Rong seemed to be aware of it, and suddenly looked at the official road in the north, and said in surprise, "Pillar, it seems that Brother Ping is back." ”
Silly Zhu jumped on a half-man-high mountain rock and looked into the distance, and saw that the figure sitting on the wheel did look a little like Steward Zhang, so he said, "Let's go over and have a look." ”
The young couple hurried along the mountain road, and soon came to the chariot. Dong Ping heard the report of Steward Zhang in the car, and immediately jumped out of the carriage and stumbled to his sister and shouted, "Sister, I'm back, I'm back!" ”
Dong Rong hugged her younger brother and patted him on the back hard, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Tired or not? Why have you lost weight, are you picking your mouth on the road and not eating well? ”
"No, sister, I'm getting stronger, I haven't lost much weight." Dong Ping hugged his sister's arm, his face was red with joy, and he couldn't wait to tell his sister everything.
At this time, Steward Zhang and Xizi also came over, and they all saluted Dong Rong and his wife, and Dong Ping also hurriedly saluted his brother-in-law who was smiling on the side, "Brother-in-law, I bought you a lot of fun in Kyoto, as well as all kinds of snacks, and I'll give it to you when I go home in a while." ”
"Okay."
Dong Rong helped Steward Zhang and Xizi up, and thanked him sincerely, "You've worked hard all the way, how are you doing?" Now go home and rest more, and tomorrow I will kill pigs for you to catch the wind and wash the dust. ”
Steward Zhang heard that the owner didn't mention the fruit trade, and only cared about their health and whether the road was hard, so he was very grateful and ironed, and hurriedly said, "Doing things for the owner, the small ones are not hard." ”
Kiko wanted to speak, too, but the cold wind blew into his nose and caused him to sneeze twice. Everyone laughed, and got into the carriage and hurried to the orchard.
It was Zhao Qingshan's turn to patrol the orchard today with a junior student, and the two hid in the chicken house to roast the fire, and suddenly heard the noise outside and greeted them, just to help move the cage up the mountain.
The fruit was sold at a good price this time, and Dong Ping felt sorry for his sister's hard work for many years, and almost bought a lot of women's things he could think of. So the two carriages were filled with thin wooden boxes except for the places where the people were sitting, and this one was filled with silk and satin, and the other was rouge gouache jewelry, although it was not very heavy, but it was very trivial to move.
(I got up at two o'clock in the morning and wrote.,Directly updated.,Today's big market.,Just go buy some fruit.,Come back in the afternoon and continue to code words.,Strive for another chapter.。 )