Chapter 15: The Old Man and the Old Man
Xizhen is a small town, in recent days, there is no market, Lu Daoxian led the reins all the way through the street, there are not many people, this is not a very rich town, there is only one candy seller in the town, because it is not a market, so there is no one in front of the stall, the old man's head is dozing off little by little, the old man seems to have never changed. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Lu Daoxian walked in front of the stall and did not stop. All the way out of the town, to the village outside the town.
Xizhen is a little poor, and even the official road has not been repaired, and there are winding paths all around, and you can make a small mark on the dirt ground. There are large fields, and there are still people in the fields who are busy plowing the fields and planting seeds. The middle-aged man pulled up his sleeves and trousers, dressed in sackcloth and gray without slipping in autumn, it was not too hot weather, the middle-aged man was sweating profusely, and wiped his face with the handkerchief on his neck from time to time, and his dark skin made people have to see the expression clearly, he was not strong after working all year round, because he was so constantly working that he might not be able to eat enough. It's time for lunch now, and a little girl next to her is already waiting with a lunch box. The little girl's skin is also tanned by the sun, her hair is dry and yellow, she has no nutrition for a long time, her small body, her teeth are snow-white when she laughs, and she should be the daughter of a middle-aged person.
If she hadn't escaped back then, maybe she would have been the same as this little girl, or even worse than this little girl. Let her say now, she doesn't know where she got such courage at that time, but thinking about the danger of attracting qi into the body, she feels that this kind of courage is innate.
Lu Daoxian's clothes were clean and tidy, although it was not a very good fabric, but it was enough for these croppers to attract their attention, and the idle people were eating with rice bowls while taking advantage of the gap to raise their eyes to look at her. The little girls looked at her with envy.
She walked into the village according to her memory, and there were newly built houses, which seemed to be even more dilapidated. The children surrounded her five meters away from her and looked at her, and some dared to run over, and the children's voices were soft and glutinous: "Big sister, which one are you looking for?" "It's not the standard official dialect, it's the dialect here.
Lu Daoxian looked at the little kid in front of her who had just reached her waist, with a big and slippery head, and snot on his face, because he was playing in the fields, his body was already black, his hands were all muddy, and he only had a pair of big eyes, watery.
Lu Daoxian asked him with a smile: "Where is Li Zheng's house?" ”
The little kid pointed to the well-built room in front of him, and the official tone of the beautiful big sister in front of him made him a little shy and ashamed.
Outsiders who want to stay in the village need to report it to Lizheng.
Lu Daoxian tied the horse's reins to the big locust tree at the head of the village, and the children circled around the horse in a novel way, the horse was very impatient, and snorted twice, and the children were so frightened that they ran away, and after a while, they surrounded it again.
She knocked on the courtyard door.
"Who?" A middle-aged woman came out of the door, neatly dressed, wearing thin cotton clothes, her hair was neatly combed and coiled up finely, a typical country woman, should be Lizheng's wife. I thought it was a fellow countryman, but when I opened the door, I saw Lu Daoxian, and then looked at the long sword she was holding in her hand, her face became more serious, she put away her casual attitude, and brought some respect, "Who is the woman looking for?" ”
Lu Daoxian's voice was very gentle: "I want to stay in the village for a few days, I'm bothered." By the way, he handed over a small silver nude.
Li Zheng's wife wanted to accept it but was a little afraid to accept it, seeing Lu Daoxian looking at her with a smile, thinking that it was another month of chewing, she still couldn't help but accept it. Most of the countrymen are hospitable, not to mention the money: "I still have a few vacant rooms in my house, I'll clean them up, the heroine can live there, and she can stay for a few days if she wants." ”
Lu Daoxian shook his head and pointed at the little kid: "I'll live in his house, and I'll pay for the room." ”
Lizheng's wife knew that the Xu family was in difficulty, so she hurriedly called the child: "Si'er, you have a guest in your house, go home with your aunt." "Li Zheng's wife doesn't know what Lu Daoxian likes about that child, if she had known that she would let her grandchildren play outside, she would be able to collect more silver, although she is so sorry, she will not stop it.
Si'er heard Aunt Lizheng screaming again, and saw that the snot was about to fall off, and her arm was raised and wiped horizontally, and she walked over with a fart. The fourth son is still young, Lizheng's wife held him with one hand and introduced her with the other: "This is the youngest son of the third child of the Xu family at the end of the village, the Xu family has a large population, there were originally five brothers, one was taken to the town by his son, one was sick two years ago, and he died before he survived, the old people are still alive, the house is a little old, although it is inevitable that it is a little crowded, but a house is still cleaned up." "Lizheng's wife is asking her to be mentally prepared first, so as not to blame her when she comes.
Si'er doesn't have a big name yet, and from time to time he secretly looks at the sword in Lu Daoxian's hand, and he really wants to touch it.
Li Zheng's wife closed her mouth when she saw that she didn't like to talk, so she was not far away, and she would arrive in a while.
In the yard, a woman was drying clothes, feeding the chickens, and holding the child to sleep. The woman who feeds the chickens is dressed in sackcloth, her hair is tied up in a turban, and she clucks the rooster in her mouth while teasing them to eat.
"Si'er Niang." Lizheng's wife led Si'er over, Si'er let go of her hand and rushed towards her mother-in-law.
Li Erniang put down the things in her hand, looked at her dirty son, and slapped her ass twice to teach him: "Where did you go to mess around again, so dirty?" Si'er looked at his mother pitifully.
Li Zheng's wife coughed, and the concubines all saw Lu Daoxian.
"This woman wants to live in your house." Li Zheng's wife looked at the second daughter-in-law of the Xu family, and was embarrassed to say that she would pay in front of Lu Daoxian. The eldest daughter-in-law of the Xu family is not there, and Mrs. Xu has not been in charge of things since the death of her youngest son, and everyone is a little confused, and it is generally Xu's second daughter-in-law who is in charge.
Xu's second daughter-in-law looked at Lizheng's wife, still holding her youngest son in her arms, and her sour and mean face was embarrassed: "You see where so many people in our family live, you have a lot of houses, why don't you live in your house?" ”
Xu's second daughter-in-law and Lizheng's wife don't deal with each other, and they are also yin and yang when they see her.
Si'er pulled the corner of her mother's clothes, leaned into Li Erniang's ear and said, "Let the eldest sister live in the room between the third sister and me." "Si'er is still young, and he lives in a room with Xu Sanya.
Li Erniang doesn't like the second sister-in-law's yin and yang weird tone, since the second girl disappeared, the relationship between the two concubines has dropped to the freezing point, Li Erniang has always held grudges, and she has no good tone towards them. "It's enough to live in our room, but our house is a big pot stove, there are no good things, and the girl may not be used to eating it." The second half of the sentence was said to Lu Daoxian.
Lu Daoxian looked at Li Erniang in front of him, trying to recall how young Li Erniang was six years ago, and found that he couldn't remember it anymore, the people in his memory coincided with reality, and he had to sigh the passage of time.
Xu's second daughter-in-law has been weak all these years, and she has always let some Li Erniang snort, and she won't talk.
Seeing that there were guests who were self-conscious, Lizheng's wife didn't quarrel with Xu's second daughter-in-law, and she didn't want to be blinded by Xu's second daughter-in-law, so she said that she still had something to do at home and left.