After Li Shu fixed the thatch with a rope, he smacked at Ershun's house behind the house, and said angrily, "This stinky girl is looking for a cigarette early in the morning, her mouth is not dry, these days the ancestral hall is not enough, I see, Brother Ershun is too wilting, if I don't beat her to death, keep the scourge." ”

"Do your job." Li Mo threw a few hemp ropes to him again, and looked at Ershun's house, Xingniang had been dragged into the house by Ershun, and she couldn't hear the cursing.

Li Yan used a fork to fork some thatch, and when he saw that the eldest brother looked solemn, he persuaded, "Eldest brother, we can't take care of other people's affairs, what's more, you also persuaded Brother Ershun back then, but he didn't listen, and it was his life to marry such a person and come back." ”

"Oh." Li Mo snorted lightly, raised his eyes to see that Li Yan's face was still a little pale, and then he came to his senses, "What are you doing with you?" Go back to the house and rest, I can do such a little work, and your third brother and I can do it. ”

"yes." Li Shu patted his head, hurriedly walked over, and snatched the fork from Li Yan's hand, "Second brother, you hurry back to the house to rest, it's better to run to the roof to blow the wind again." Weight"

Li Yan saw that the eldest brother and third brother were so nervous, and smiled lightly, "Where am I so empty?" Besides, I lie down a lot and my body is uncomfortable, so I still work loosely and loosely. ”

Li Mo saw that he was in good spirits, so he said, "Then spread the grass on the side, and if you feel tired, sit and rest." ”

"Hmm." Knowing his body, Li Yan is not reckless, listens to his eldest brother's words, and only does light things.

The three brothers were busy on the roof together, Li Man and Xiao Wu returned to the kitchen, took out the vegetable seeds they had bought before, and discussed how to plant them.

But, when I bought vegetable seeds before, the shopkeeper subcontracted all kinds of vegetable seeds to her, and after going home, she put all the paper bags under the cupboard, and took it out today to see, it was all rapeseed or something, she couldn't recognize anything, smelled it, but felt a little spicy and choked and some didn't smell, now it's good, I don't know what the road is, how to plant?

When he and Xiao Wu opened each paper bag so that they could distinguish it carefully, they heard a noise outside.

Quarreled? Li Man hurriedly put down the vegetable seeds, and pulled Xiao Wu out to see, and in the next room, Li Hua also rushed out, the two looked at each other, Li Man said, "It seems to be your third brother?" ”

"It's the second brother." Li Hua hurried to the backyard as he spoke.

The backyard was really noisy, and I saw a strange young man being stopped by Li Shu and hugged by his waist, but he struggled desperately, and kept waving his fist at Li Yan, "Li Yan, you bastard, what did you do to my sister?" Make her cry like that? You say, you bastard, I've always treated you as a friend in vain, but you bullied her? Don't you know that she is married to someone? She's about to go into a big family to be a young grandmother, and you're still hooking up with her like this? I'm telling you, you toad wants to eat swan meat, and it's in vain to think about it. ”

"you, you're a toad." When Li Shu heard this, he angrily pushed Shen Fulai away.

Shen Fulai stumbled, stepped into the mud, slipped under his feet, and sat on the ground with his buttocks, and suddenly cursed his father and scolded his mother.

Li Shu was also furious, jumping to fight with him, "The surname is Shen, but you came to find bad luck by yourself today." ”

"Third brother." Li Mo grabbed him and scolded angrily, "Stay aside first." ”

"Big brother, he scolded the second brother like that." Li Shu rolled up his sleeves and was very unconvinced.

"Third brother." Li Yan also glanced at him lightly and motioned for him to step aside.

"Shen Fulai." Li Yan glanced at him deeply, and said coldly, "Who am I, Li Yan, did you not know the Tao until today?" What do I really want to do to your sister? You think you're going to stop it? ”

"You?" Shen Fulai struggled to get up and glared at Li Yan angrily, "Li Yan, I really misjudged you?" Do you dare to do it? If you didn't do anything to Peony, how could she be dead set on you? For you to die or live? Don't you look at what your family is like? The poor only have two kangs left, right? How could my sister take a fancy to you? ”

"You?" Li Yan's face turned pale, "Shen Fulai, don't mess around, I have never provoked Peony, she has to pester me to death, and I can't help it." ”

"Li Yan, at this time, you still say such things?" Shen Fulai's whole body trembled, "Do you know that Peony went back from you just now, and secretly took a rope and hanged himself, but fortunately his mother found out, otherwise, this little life would be gone." ”

As he spoke, Shen Fulai slapped his head with angry and painful hands, "That stupid girl." ”

Shen Peony hanged himself? Everyone was stunned, and they heard Shen Fulai pointing at Li Yan again and scolding, "Li Yan, you listen to me, if Peony is good, if she has a good job, I won't let you go." After saying that, he staggered out.

"Stand still." Li Mo stared at his back and shouted in a deep voice.

"What for?" Shen Fulai turned around and looked at Li Mo coldly, "Boss Li, do you want to interfere?" I'm telling you, this matter is not over, even if you plead, it is useless, if my sister's family affair is yellow, I have to make your whole family pay the price. ”

"What else do you want? Fighting, afraid of you? Li Shu angrily raised his fist at him.

Li Mo pressed his clenched fist and asked Shen Fulai expressionlessly, "How is Peony?" ”

Shen Fulai's face stiffened slightly, and he snorted, "I'm not dead yet." ”

Li Mo didn't care about his attitude, and continued, "Fulai, did you come to my house to know the Dao of Peony?" ”

"That girl kept crying when she was rescued, and told her what was the use." Shen Fulai glared at Li Yan angrily again.

"That's good." Li Mo said, "You go back first, it's best to wait for Peony's mood to stabilize and then talk to her well." ”

"What do you mean?" Shen Fulai heard the voice.

When Li Mo saw him ask, he was not polite, his face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "Fulai, you have also played with my second brother since you were a child, don't you know his character?" He has always treated Peony as his own sister, and has never thought about it, besides, our Li family already has a daughter-in-law, and it is too irresponsible for you to say that my second brother hooked up with your sister? ”

"I" Shen Fulai was a little stammered for a while, "What about having a daughter-in-law?" My sister is a fairy-like girl, he can't be moved. ”

The corners of Li Yan's lips hooked up a mocking arc, "Shen Fulai, go back and tell your fairy-like sister, I, Li Yan, am just an ordinary man, not worthy of her, let her not come to me again in the future, even if she is looking for death and life, pick a good day, don't come to me at every turn." ”

"You? You-" Shen Fulai's face trembled angrily.

Li Mo lightly scolded Li Yan, "Second brother, don't talk nonsense. Then, he said to Shen Fulai, "Don't mind, my second brother is also a little straighter." However, you should have a good talk with Peony when you go back, even if you don't want to have a family affair at home, you can't seek death, and between me and my second brother, I also hope that she can want to open some, and the twisted melon is not sweet. ”

"You, you, you brothers are good, you guys are good together, and you are bullying people." Shen Fulai's voice trembled, and his eyes swept everyone viciously, "Okay, you just wait and see, this matter won't be settled like this." ”

After speaking, he staggered on the mud road and walked out of the courtyard, Li Man and Xiao Wu automatically flashed to the side to make way for him.

Shen Fulai's gaze slipped around Li Man's face, he was slightly stunned, and then snorted coldly, turned his face away, and continued to limp away.

Yes, Li Man looked carefully, it was not that he was walking unsteadily, but that his left leg seemed to be a little shorter, and his walking was not so smooth.

"Second brother, why has this surnamed Shen become like this now? It's getting more and more unreasonable. After the others left, Li Shu said.

Li Yan looked a little depressed, "He wasn't like this before. ”

"I see, since his leg is lame, he hasn't done a single thing, I don't know what to do last time, and he had a fight with Daddy Zhao, how old do you think Daddy Zhao is, and he really did it?" Li Shu shook his head and said disdainfully.

Li Mo knew the reason, and sighed softly, "Forget it, if it weren't for something like this happening to Peony, he wouldn't have come to make trouble." ”

"What's going on? The second brother didn't do anything to that girl, she was pestering herself every day."

"Okay, third brother, don't say it." Li Mo saw Li Yan's face gloomy, and hurriedly stopped Li Shu.

Li Shu pursed his lips and shrugged helplessly.

"Second brother, don't take it to heart, he is also worried about his sister." Li Mo gently patted Li Yan's shoulder and comforted.

"I know it." Li Yandao, in fact, Shen Fulai and Shen Peony's brothers and sisters are like this, and he is not happy in his heart, one is his brother who has played since he was a child, and the other is his beloved little sister, but one day it became like this?

"Second brother, you go back to the house to rest, the roof is almost over, I'll clean it up with your third brother." Li Mo said.

"Hmm." Li Yan nodded, but he didn't go back to the house, but went out of the yard, not knowing where to go.

"Second brother, he?" Li Shu was puzzled.

Li Mo looked at it and frowned slightly, but he didn't stop him in the end, "Let him go." ”

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After making trouble for a long time, Li Man only understood some general information, and went back to the house to ask Li Hua, but he only said that he didn't know much about this matter, obviously didn't want to say more, and secretly pulled Xiao Wu into the kitchen and asked, Xiao Wu, it's similar to what I reported to myself before, just say that the girl likes the second brother, but she is going to marry someone or something.

Li Man summarized all the information and came up with such an answer: Li Yan and Shen Peony's childhood sweetheart fell in love, who knew that the Shen family disliked the poor and loved the rich, and insisted that she marry a big family to be a young grandmother, which completely broke Li Yan's heart, so he resisted Shen Peony, and Shen Peony was full of grievances and could not be relieved, and he couldn't think of hanging for a while, and then, her family came to the door.

It's really a bloody and tragic love tragedy, but

Thinking of what Li Yan had done to him these days, Li Man felt depressed, daring to love this bad person's emotions without being able to vent, so he came here to vent it.

It's so damning!

I wanted to ignore him again in the future, but I didn't know, when I was eating at noon, Li Yan came back, his originally handsome face became blue and swollen, and the corners of his mouth were overflowing with blood.

Li Shu was the first to jump to his feet, picked up the hoe in the corner of the wall and was about to find someone to settle the account, "Second brother, who beat it?" I'll go to him. ”

"Put it down." Li Yan glanced at him, pushed everyone away, rubbed his cheeks and went back to the east room, and lay down on the kang without saying a word.

"Big brother?" Li Shu looked at Li Mo.

Li Mo sighed silently, "Put down the hoe." ”

"But—"

"Let's eat." Li Modao went into the kitchen alone.

Li Hua said to Li Shu, who was unconvinced, "Third brother, don't worry about this, if the second brother doesn't want to, no one can beat him." ”

"You mean, the second brother was beaten voluntarily?" Li Shu was incredulous.

Li Man felt that Li Hua's words were quite reasonable, Li Yan was still awkward, but when he knew that his sweetheart was looking for a short sight, he suddenly couldn't stand it, ran to visit, and was beaten by the woman's family, can he still fight back?

Hey, if it's just because of money? Isn't it too cruel for a couple to be torn apart alive?

Therefore, during the meal, in the face of the depressing atmosphere, Li Man still asked Li Mo tentatively, "Big brother, Li Yan and the girl in the morning?" ”

Li Mo's expression was stunned, and he raised his head and replied, "Don't worry, there is nothing between them." ”

What's wrong with her? Li Man thought to herself, and then said, "I mean, did the woman's family think our family was poor, so she married her daughter to someone else?" I see that the girl is not very old, or, eldest brother, you go to discuss with other people's families, let's settle the family affairs first, the bride price or something, let's make up for it after we earn money in the future, okay? ”

After all, there are four men in the family except for Xiao Wu, so I don't believe that I can't even earn a decent bride price.

Unbeknownst to her, as soon as she spoke, the rest of the people looked at her in shock.

"What's wrong?" Li Man felt that what she said was too much, and hurriedly added, "Does her family ask for too much dowry?" Or do you think our house is not good? Then we can rebuild it. Or more brothers? When they get married, you can also let them go alone. ”

In modern times, especially in some rural areas, it is sometimes quite scary to ask for a bride price for marriage, but in the city, what has a house and a car has almost become the most basic condition, and some even require the other party to have no father, mother and no brother, and it is best to be alone.

Li Man thoughtfully took all of these into account.

However, after saying this, everyone was even more dumbfounded, including Li Mo's expression.

Li Man suddenly felt that there was a strange idea? Could it be that in a farmer's house, there is also a saying that women are not allowed to interfere in family affairs?

"We'll talk about that later." Li Mo's hand holding the dishes and chopsticks tightened, paused, and said, "Actually, the second brother is really just a sister to Peony." ”

"Sister?" Li Man was a little unconvinced.

But Li Mo had already lowered his head to eat, obviously not wanting to talk about it anymore.

Li Man had no choice but to shut up, she was powerless, Li Yan, it depended on his own creation.

Li Mo had a very hard time eating a meal, because of Li Man's words, oh, no, to be precise, Li Man actually said something like that, and she still didn't know anything.

He suddenly felt that it was too much to hide such a girl who was wholeheartedly for his family, and he had to find an opportunity to tell her the truth.

No matter what the result is, even if she wants to leave the Li family, he will admit it.

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However, after eating, he just went back to the house to see Li Yan, just after a while, and then went back to the kitchen, he found that Li Hua was brushing the dishes, Li Man was gone, ran to her Westhouse to see, and he was not there, and he was also looking for it in the backyard, no one, asked Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu also said that he didn't see it.

Li Mo was a little anxious, and hurriedly went out of the yard to find it.

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And Li Man, at this moment, was in a corner outside the mud wall of the Li family, and Peony was dragging her hand, crying non-stop.

Li Man had just put down the dishes and chopsticks and was about to go back to the house, when she saw the peony sneakily looking at the gate of the courtyard, and beckoned to her when she saw her, and she just passed.

Peony seemed to see a savior, grabbed her hand, and took her to hide in an undiscovered corner outside the wall, only glanced at Li Man, and before she could speak, her eyes were originally red and swollen, and soon burst into tears.

Li Man's heart was quite unbearable, and he persuaded softly, "Don't cry, look at your eyes are swollen like this?" What are you looking for from me? Say, I'll help you if I can. ”

"Thank you." Peony wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and choked up, "I just know that you are a good person, otherwise Li Yan would not have been" Saying, she raised her eyebrows and glanced at Li Man, suddenly, she grabbed her hands again, and her emotions instantly became a little excited, "Sister, I really like Li Yan, you are doing well, just give him to me?" I've loved him since I was a kid, and I wouldn't have been able to live without him. ”

"Wait-" Li Man was confused by her words, "Did I hear it wrong?" You asked me to give Li Yan to you? ”

Seeing her like this, Peony only cried when she was unwilling, "I beg you, can't you?" In addition to Li Yan, Brother Li, Li Shu, and Li Hua are all so good, you have so many people who love you, I beg you, just give Li Yan to me, right? I" said, she seemed to think of something, and hurriedly took out something from her arms, which was wrapped in a handkerchief, and opened it in front of Li Man, which contained bracelets, earrings, rings and other jewelry, "These are all I usually save, all for you, if it is not enough, I still have five taels of silver at home, and in the future, when I have money in the future, I will give it to you." ”

Is this to fortify money for yourself? Li Man found it difficult to accept this information for a moment, and only rejected these jewelry, "Girl, don't be like this, if you have something to say, you tell me clearly, you and Li Yan, oh, no, isn't your family objecting?" ”

"Yes, my father and brother are against it." Peony looked depressed, looked at her blankly, and said, "However, my father and mother also said that as long as Li Yan took out twenty taels of silver, he would agree to let me marry him." ”

"Twenty taels of silver?" Li Man didn't have much concept of this number, but it wasn't a big deal if it could be solved with silver, so he hurriedly persuaded, "Then don't worry, even if Li Yan doesn't have it, our whole family will make it together." ”

"Huh?" Peony was stunned for a moment, "What did you say?" ”

"I mean." Li Man clasped her thin shoulders with both hands and encouraged, "Don't worry, isn't it just twenty taels of silver?" As long as you truly love each other, our family will make up even if they smash the pot and sell iron. ”

"You? You-" Peony was stunned, unable to believe her ears, "You mean what you say?" ”

"Of course." Li Man nodded solemnly.

"But, but" Seeing that she was so sincere, Peony suddenly felt guilty in her heart, "He, he is also your man after all, you, you are like this-"

"Wait?" Li Man interrupted her suddenly, and her chaotic brain still felt that something was wrong, "You said he was my man?" ”

"Hmm." Peony nodded Muran, "You-you don't know what to do?" "Didn't they get married early? Could it be true that the rumors in the village that they have not yet completed the house?

"Me?" How could she possibly know the truth? "You mean, Li Yan and I are husband and wife? Is he my father-in-law? Am I his wife? She reconfirmed in disbelief.

Peony wanted to say no, but the truth didn't allow her to lie, "Yes." ”

"This?" Li Man was speechless in shock, she thought that she was Li Mo's fiancée, and she also thought that her man was Li Shu, but she didn't dare to think that it was Li Yan, no matter how she looked at him, he looked like a disciple who teased herself, how do you know, people are to their own wives?

Uh, or is it wrong?

Li Man suddenly clenched her shoulders and stared at her tightly, "Peony, tell me clearly, when did I marry into their family?" Why hasn't Li Mo gotten married yet? Li Shu——, do you know the Tao? Except for Li Yan, Li Shu and Li Hua both call me daughter-in-law. At first, I thought it was just a joke, but apparently not, right? ”

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