Tang Tiezhu's family did not go back to the town when they came out of the main house, but returned to the house in the village, on the way Tang Tiezhu led the ox cart to talk to Tang Tiexiong, Li and Sun each held Xiao'er in their arms, talking and laughing along the way, and Tang Qing'er watched several younger siblings play and play together.

When he got home, Sun said to Li: "Sister-in-law, you go to my house to stay!" Your house has not been inhabited for a long time, and the house has fallen a lot of dust. ”

Li smiled and said, "Even if you don't say that I think so, but I want to put the taro at your house, and I will take the babies back to the house to clean up,"

Sun Shi was puzzled: "What is this for?" You'll have to leave in a while, why do you have to clean up the house?"

Li Shi smiled and said, "I discussed with your eldest brother, I won't go back to the town today, stay at home for a night, and go back to the town tomorrow morning." ”

"There's someone in the town to look after you," Sun asked.

Li nodded and said, "Yes, my nephew lives with me, and I have already agreed with him that I will not go back today." ”

Sun said: "Oh, that's good, that's really good, we haven't talked about family together for a long time,"

"But no, I'll eat at your house at night, I'll take the babies to clean up the house, and when it's over, what time will it be?" The Li family was also polite to the Sun family, and said directly.

"Okay, I'll go cook in a while, you take Qing'er and them back to clean up the house, and when the meal is ready, I'll have someone call you over."

"Well, okay," Li put the taro in his arms on the kang of his second brother's house, and let him play with Sun's children's steamed buns.

After the Li family left the house, he said to the three Qing'er sisters: "You go home with me to clean up the house, we will stay at home for a night today, and we will go back to the town tomorrow." ”

A few little babies responded happily like flying birds, and Tang Liang took the opportunity to say, "Mother, I'll help you too!" Otherwise, it would be dry in the yard. ”

Li said: "Then you are responsible for fetching water for us!" ”

Tang Liang glanced at Tang Yang and Feng Xiao and said, "Order!" ”

Tang Qing'er took a rag to wipe the ashes in her house, this house carried a lot of her feelings, in this house, she came up with whimsical braille to help the family earn money.

Tang Liang came over to take away the dirty water, and when he saw that the eldest sister was stunned, he patted her and said, "Eldest sister, what are you thinking?" ”

Tang Qing'er said with a smile: "I didn't think about anything, I used to think that this house was good, but now that I have moved to the town, I feel that I have left a lot of good memories in this house." ”

Tang Liang laughed at her and said: "What is there to remember, in the future, I will learn to do business and buy a bigger house for my father and mother for you to live in, now you don't feel emotional." ”

Tang Qing'er patted him on the head and said: "Your idea is wrong, whether the house is comfortable or not depends not on whether it is big or not, you may have a lot of money in the future, but you suffer hardships with your family in this house, and the days of suffering and happiness will make you think about it very warm in the future, which is not something that can be bought with money." ”

Tang Liang was puzzled, what the eldest sister said sounded profound, but he didn't bother to entangle, and said to the eldest sister: "Mother has already cleaned up her room, and even Tang Yang and Feng Xiao's house is almost finished. ”

"Okay, okay, I know, you hurry up and change the basin of clean water for me, Jiao'er Man'er don't play anymore, hurry up and help clean up," Tang Qing'er changed the two of them who were playing happily.

After everyone cleaned up the house, Hutou also came over to call them to dinner, and on the way to the second uncle's house, Tang Qinger asked Hutou: "Are you not studying now?" "Tangjia Village is a master of Master Zhou, and now he is going to the town to teach, and it is difficult for these children in the village to study.

Hutou said honestly: "Eldest sister, I haven't gone to study for a long time." ”

Tang Qing'er touched his head and said, "If Master Zhou is still teaching in the village, you will be able to take the Tongsheng exam next year." ”

"Eldest sister, I'm not that material, I'm saying that I don't want to study either, and now I know some words, and I want to go to the town to find a literacy job." Hutou has admired the eldest sister's mind since he was a child, so he told the eldest sister his plans, and said: "I really can't read the book, if my father and mother ask your opinion later, you can help me fight sloppy,"

Tang Qing'er smiled and said, "You kid, you even counted me,"

Tiger Head said: "Eldest sister, I really can't study, there used to be wood and stone brothers, I can still learn some, since you moved to the town, I don't think it's fun to study at all, I'm not going to continue studying." ”

Tang Yang Tang Liang walked ahead, heard the conversation between Hutou and the eldest sister, and was not ready to express his opinion, but when he said their nicknames, both of them turned a little dark and said: "Eldest sister, leave him alone!" ”

Tang Qing'er laughed twice: "You two are both talented, why are you still so stingy, the tiger head didn't mean to say your nickname, but he just had a good relationship with you, and he accidentally said it." ”

Hearing this, Tang Liang said with a hippie smile: "The tiger head is not allowed to call us by his nickname, and if he calls us by his nickname, he will shake out all the ugly things you have done together,"

Tang Yang also agreed: "I agree. ”

Tiger Head Weng said: "En, I won't call you by your nickname, but after a while, you must help me persuade my father, my father has been urging me to study every day since I knew that you were admitted to the top and Feng Xiao was admitted to Tongsheng, I was about to be driven crazy by him, can I still not know what virtue I have?" ”

The corners of Tang Qing'er's mouth twitched: "Okay, I'll help you talk to the second uncle when the time comes, but you have to listen to everything I say then, do you know the way?" ”

"Well, I'll listen to what the eldest sister says." Tiger Head agreed with a smile on his face.

Entering the second uncle's house, the dishes and chopsticks had been placed on the table, her father and the second uncle sat on the table and talked, her mother and second aunt came out of the kitchen with the dishes, followed by Fei'er, Tang Qing'er saw that she was a little unstable, walked over and took Fei'er's soup bowl and said: "This soup bowl is so hot, why don't you take a cloth and bring it out, if this soup spills out and burns your hands, it will leave a scar,"

Fei'er became more and more like a little jasper, and her voice was small: "I forgot it when I was in a hurry." ”

Tang Qing'er said angrily: "You, you're still confused when you're so old, fortunately I saw it, what if it really burns you?" ”

After everyone made the table, Sun said to everyone: "I haven't gotten together for a long time, I must eat slowly today, eat happily, eat happily," and said to Tang Tiexiong: "Boss, I'll go and take out the jujube wine brewed by our family last year, you accompany the eldest brother to drink, and I accompany the sister-in-law to drink." ”

Li laughed at her and said, "I don't live here, I didn't expect you to think of me so much, and you thought of pouring me down,"

After listening to her, the little babies on the table laughed, and Tang Qing'er answered: "Second aunt, you hurry up and help me pour my mother down, otherwise you will mumble to us when you go home at night." ”

Jiao'er chimed in: "That's it, that's it,"

Li said to Sun: "Look at these two little people in my family who have no conscience, they really feed them for nothing, or Fei'er, I haven't seen them for so long, and they are more and more quiet, not at all like our peasant girls." ”

Sun poured a glass of wine for Li and said: "Sister-in-law, let's do one, you and my eldest brother have been taking care of me and the head of the house for so many years, this heart, this love, I and the head of the family will remember it for the rest of my life." ”

Tang Tiexiong also said to Tang Tiezhu: "Big brother, what my daughter-in-law said is that I will be grateful to you and my sister-in-law in this life." ”

Tang Tiezhu patted him and said: "Our two brothers, where do you get so much gratitude, you should take care of you, who made you my brother, today I will go to our mother's grave to burn paper for her, and tell her that Tang Yang and Tang Liang brothers were admitted to Xiucai, so that her old man will follow her in the underground." After saying this, Tang Tiezhu's eyes were sour, and there were tears in his eyes.

Tang Tiexiong said: "Big brother, now it's only the two of us who can remember our mother, since you moved to the town, I haven't been to the main house once, I really don't like to look at their faces,"

Tang Tiezhu sighed and said: "My father doesn't know what's wrong, the older he gets, the more confused he becomes, what our father says and does, don't take it to heart, you still have the ability to take care of him from time to time in the village, I'm far away, even if I have the heart, I can't take care of it,"

"As long as my father's heart is not biased, I can still take care of him," Tang Tiexiong took a sip of the wine in the cup and said in a muffled voice.

Tang Qing'er felt that her father, second uncle and second aunt were a little dull when they talked about this topic, and when she saw that the other younger siblings at the table didn't dare to joke, she diverted the topic and said, "Second uncle, I heard that Hutou doesn't study anymore." ”

Speaking of this, Tang Tiexiong was a little energetic, hating iron and not becoming steel: "Master Zhou went to the town to teach, and there was no master in the village for a while, so I wanted Hutou to go to the town to study, but he said that he would not go, even if I beat him, he gritted his teeth and said that he would not go to study, and he would go to the town to find a job. ”

Tang Qing'er thought for a while and said, "Second uncle, I think you're right, but the twisted melon is not sweet, if he really doesn't want to study, you force him, and he won't be able to learn,"

Sun Shi worried: "We understand this truth, but it is impossible for your second uncle and I to let him go to the town at such a young age, if this is the case, why not let him farm in the village with us?" ”

The tiger head put down the dishes and chopsticks and said loudly: "I won't hold back in the village to farm,"

"Tang Liang, tell your second uncle and aunt, what are your plans after you finish the Xiucai exam?" Tang Qing'er didn't answer, and turned her head to ask Tang Liang, who was bowing his head and eating violently.

Tang Liang swallowed a mouthful of food and said: "Second uncle and second aunt, my father and mother have long said that they are good, after being admitted to Xiucai, I will learn to do business and make a lot of money, and they also agreed." ”

Tang Tiexiong and his wife were very surprised, they always thought that after Tang Liang was admitted to Xiucai, he would always go up to the exam, who expected him to have this plan, and couldn't help but look at Tang Yang after being surprised, Tang Yang raised his head and said slowly: "I'm going to take the top exam." ”

OK! OK! Finally, there is one who wants to take the top prize! Tang Tiexiong and his wife exhaled vigorously, Tang Qing'er saw this scene and said with a smile: "Second uncle and second aunt, why don't you be like my father and mother, as long as Hutou is admitted to Tongsheng or Xiucai, if he wants to stay in the town, let him find a job in the town, anyway, we are all in the town, you don't have to worry." ”

Sun glanced at the master, and Tang Tiexiong asked Hutou, "Do you have the confidence to be admitted to Tongsheng?" ”

The tiger head nodded and said crisply: "Yes!" ”

Tang Tiexiong asked again: "What about Xiucai?" ”

The tiger's head instantly wilted and said, "No! ”