Chapter 9: Preparing for Marriage (1)
As soon as Mrs. Li entered the door, she just knelt on the ground and was about to speak, when a teacup flew in front of her and smashed it on her forehead.
After Master Xu threw out the teacup, he didn't look at her again, and only asked Xu Xiaoquan to take people down. Before Mrs. Li could say a word of justification, she was tied up by Xu Xiaoquan and locked up in the firewood room.
The broken forehead was bleeding at this time, and Mrs. Li trembled and wiped her face with her shoulder, and the blood swept across her cheeks like a warm caterpillar, wiped it off, wiped it again, wiped it off, and scratched it again.
Finished. Finished.
Before she passed out, she only thought of those two words.
Yeosu Village.
It was already dawn, Assi pulled his hair and changed his clothes and prepared to go to the vicinity of the mountain to chop firewood, but the two people in the family couldn't move, so they cut some firewood and kept some of it for the family, and then took some of it to the town to see if they could sell it, and the family could not have no income.
"Asi." Abba Song coughed and called Assi in the house.
"Ah, Abba." Assi lifted the curtain and walked in, Brother had a broken arm, and he couldn't wait for Abba to get dressed and undressed, and he and Abba slept together at night.
"Assi, you're going out?"
"I'm going to chop wood, I'll come back at noon to make lunch, the cakes are all put on the kang for you and my brother, you eat a little when you're hungry in the morning." Assi said as he pointed to the side of the kang.
"Sister, I'm fine, just one arm can't be used, my leg is fine, I'll go with you." Abei said, propping up the bed with one hand and about to get up, but he sighed in pain from the wound.
"You lie down and don't move!" Assi stretched out his hand to hold him down, "You rest for two days, and your body doesn't hurt so much, then come with me, but not today." ”
Abei lay back depressed.
"Ahem, you go to your Aunt Chen's house, see if you can invite your Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen to come to our house in time, I have something I want to entrust." Abba Song breathed heavily, but he seemed to be in good spirits.
"Huh? What is Abba going to entrust? In a hurry? Ah Xi asked while covering Ah Bei with a quilt.
"Don't worry, it depends on when you Uncle Chen and they will be free." Abba Song half-squinted his eyes, he didn't cough much at this time, and he could make up for a while.
Axi gave Abei a look, asked him not to quarrel with Abba, and obediently took care of his home and rested, and then gently got up and walked out of the house.
Finding a thick linen rope from the pergola, and pinning an axe to his waist, Asi closed the courtyard door and walked down to the village.
Uncle Chen is a good friend of Aba for many years, and Aunt Chen has a good relationship with Grandma, after Grandma fell ill, Uncle Chen lent Abba's only money in the family, and after Grandma died, it was also Uncle Chen and Aunt Chen who helped with their own cooking. Later, the old yard was finally sold, and it was Uncle Chen and several other uncles who helped Abba build the house in the current place.
After Abba fell ill, Uncle Chen came a few times, and he also had the idea of marrying Ah Xi to his son, but Abba refused, first, because Ah Xi was older, and second, Abba knew that Uncle Chen's son Baogen liked a girl in the village. Abba doesn't want Assi to marry someone who doesn't like her, and he doesn't want to drag Uncle Chen's family all the time.
Abba wants to entrust Uncle Chen with something, will it be because he feels that he is going to be unable and wants to entrust Arda to Uncle Chen?
Grandpa and Grandma died early, only Abba has one child, and there is no brother in the family who can help, the only one who has a good relationship with brothers is Uncle Chen.
I also want to marry far away, what will my brother do when the time comes? Will he be able to take care of himself?
Ah Xi thought as he walked outside the courtyard of Uncle Chen's house.
"Uncle Chen, Aunt Chen, I'm Axi." Assi knocked on the door and stood outside the door and shouted.
"Oh," Aunt Chen quickly came over and opened the door when she heard Ah Xi's voice: "I just discussed with your uncle to see your father in the past two days, and you came." As he spoke, he took Axi's hand and brought it home: "Have you eaten some in the morning?" If you're going to be a little late, you'll have to go hungry to the fields to find us!" ”
Assi smiled and nodded: "I've eaten, auntie, don't be busy, what about my uncle?" My Abba asked me to come to you to see when you were free, and he said he had something to entrust you. ”
Aunt Chen took Axi's hand and went into the upper room, Uncle Chen was boiling tea, drank it and went to the field, Baogen and Baoliang were not there, it was estimated that they had finished eating and went first.
"How are you, Abba?" Uncle Chen has a swarthy face and has never had any expression, and Assi has been a little afraid of him since he was a child. Later, I experienced a lot of things, and I knew that Uncle Chen was just colder-faced, so I was no longer afraid.
"It's still like that, but today I look a lot more energetic." Aunt Chen stuffed a piece of rice cake into Ah Xi's hand, and Ah Xi couldn't help but swallow her saliva quietly.
When Grandma is here, you can eat rice crackers at home.
At that time, there was still some surplus food at home, and the rice was ground into flour or pounded into powder, stirred with water, and then baked into fragrant rice crackers on a hot pot. Later, my grandmother fell ill, and there was no surplus food or money at home, so she could only eat bud rice.
Grandma, if Grandma was still here, how nice it would be.
Aunt Chen looked at Axi's face was wrong, sighed, and glanced at Uncle Chen.
"Where's North?" Uncle Chen frowned, Axi almost grew up by herself, and she is becoming more and more similar to her aunt, her aunt is such a smart and virtuous person, her daughter is definitely not bad, but her own family is not blessed.
But it's a pity.
Ah Xi was held by a pair of gentle hands in one hand, and held the fragrant and crispy rice crackers in the other hand, listening to Uncle Chen ask Ah Bei, he couldn't hold back for a while, and choked up and told the things of the past two days.
Uncle Chen became angry all of a sudden, and commanded Aunt Chen: "Go, go to Brother Song's house now, and I'll take a look at Ah Bei and Brother Song." You go and bring all the rice crackers you just baked yesterday to Ah Bei. Aunt Chen nodded, got up and went to the kitchen to get rice crackers.
"Aunt Chen, I don't need it, I really don't need it." Axi wiped her tears and anxiously pulled Aunt Chen's hand.
Aunt Chen winked at her: "Auntie has prepared some things for you recently, waiting for me to get them, I originally wanted to go again in the next few days, but today you are here, just as we are together, Abei also wants to eat something good to replenish his body." ”
"That's right," Uncle Chen suddenly interjected: "Bring that pickled fish with you, and cook some soup for Ah Bei and Brother Song." ”
Axi couldn't help it, so she watched Aunt Chen pack a bag of things and walk home with Uncle Chen.
It was getting dark, and the sun was revealing half of its red head.
Assi walked beside Aunt Chen. Uncle Chen's steps were big, and he was gradually walking away, and Aunt Chen suddenly said:
"Axi, if you really don't want to, you will withdraw from the marriage and be a daughter for your aunt."
Assi was stunned: "Auntie, I ......"
"I know what your Abba thinks. You grew up with me, and my aunt knows very well what temperament, and my aunt doesn't care about the grade or whatever, and my aunt likes you as a child. Your aunt's appearance, I thought at the time, if our Baogen or Baoliang said that a daughter-in-law is like this, I would really burn high incense. But we were a step slower, and we originally wanted to wait for your grandma to mention it to your abba after burning the paper for a year, but the Xu family ......"