Chapter VII

Yulan and Lu Lian came out with a red face, and went to the West Courtyard together.

Lu Lian was pregnant, and Mrs. Lu had a smile on her face, and she didn't have the heart to find trouble with Yulan, so she hurriedly gathered for lunch.

Lu Shouzeng ordered to slaughter a chicken, fry a few more snacks, and let Lu Zhong's family come over to eat.

Mrs. Lu hurriedly shouted to Lu Yong: "My son, hurry up and pick up my good grandson." ”

Lu Yong grinned and said, "If you don't pick it up, you can't pick it up, as soon as Xiao Geng comes, the two chicken legs will be gone." ”

Mrs. Lu stepped forward and twisted two handfuls of Lu Yong, and scolded with a smile: "Don't go yet!" ”

Lu Yong jumped to the corner while rubbing the flesh of his arm that was twisted, "It's not easy. After speaking, he took the ladder that Lu Pozi usually used on weekdays to lean against the wall, climbed to the wall in three or two steps, and shouted towards the east courtyard: "Xiao Geng, Xiao Geng, eat chicken legs!" ”

In front of Yulan, Mrs. Lu looked at the ladder a little uncomfortable, and quickly turned around and entered the stove room.

Yulan saw that her uncle was twenty-two, and she still looked childlike, and shouted loudly: "Slow down, beware of the slippery ladder." ”

Lu Lian smiled: "Second brother is the best person, he is happy all day long." ”

Lu Shouzeng scolded angrily: "He is just an unobtrusive person, he doesn't worry about anything on weekdays, just like a lamp, he only brightens the wick a little, he works when he is called, he digs the ground when he is called, and as soon as he finishes his work, he runs to talk nonsense with those idlers, you don't worry about his family affairs, and he is not in a hurry." ”

"Dad, don't worry too much, we are all helping to find out about the second brother."

Lu Shouzeng sighed.

On the east side, Lu Xiaoyi was lying on the kang and smiled at Xiao Geng sitting on pins and needles.

Outside, Lu Yong's voice came again, and Xiao Geng jumped off the kang directly, licking his lips while sucking his shoes.

Xiao Ding grabbed his little bun and said with a smile: "Little brother, didn't you say that you want to accompany the eldest sister?" ”

"The second uncle loves to eat chicken legs, and if I don't go, he will eat it all." Xiao Geng put on his shoes and begged Xiao Ding for mercy: "Second sister, let go." ”

"Not loose, not loose."

"Eldest sister, you take care of the second sister, she always bullies me!" Xiao Geng showed a pitiful appearance again and looked at Lu Xiaoyi.

Lu Xiaoyi waved his hand to signal him to go, and Xiao Ding let go of the small bun with a smile.

Later, Xiaoding was also taken over by Lu Zhong, leaving the disabled Lu Xiaoyi to take care of the family.

Lu Xiaoyi's meal was brought over by Magnolia while it was hot, a few pieces of chicken, some green vegetables, and a bowl of white rice, and the taste of the meat dishes was light.

Lu Xiaoyi wanted to eat by herself, but Yulan had already regarded her as a severely disabled person, and she was not allowed to use chopsticks at all, so she had to feed her personally.

Lu Xiaoyi looked at the young woman beside her, and fed her with a loving face, afraid that she would choke, so she only filled a little bit of each spoon, and every time she fed three or five mouthfuls, she brought a water cup for her to drink, and muttered in her mouth: "If you don't have enough, I'll give you some more." ”

"There are many people in the family, and one chicken is not enough to eat, so let your father slaughter a tender chicken tomorrow, and both chicken legs will be eaten for you!"

"Your leg is not good in a day or two, tell your mother what you want to eat, Xiao Geng is greedy, and my mother will feed you secretly."

Lu Xiaoyi ate one bite at a time, listening sentence by sentence, the figure of the woman in front of her gradually overlapped with the mother in her memory, her heart was sour, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

"Why are you crying? Does your leg hurt badly? ”

Lu Xiaoyi shook his head, hugged Yulan's waist, and choked up: "Mother." ”

This is the fastest and best local word she learns.

"What's wrong with this kid, lie down quickly, don't move your legs." Yulan held the bowl and spoon in her hand, so she had to touch Xiao Yi in her arms with her elbow.

Lu Xiaoyi let go of her hand, Yulan hurriedly put the bowl and spoon on the kang table, and stacked the quilt that Xiaoyi was leaning on to make her more comfortable, "There is still half a bowl, my mother will feed you." ”

Lu Xiaoyi waited for Yulan to leave with a bowl and spoon, looking at the blue cloth bed tent, tears could not stop flowing, and they would never go back.

The family and friends in the previous life, the laughter and tears in the previous life, and the bits and pieces of the previous life are always put into the box of memories and treasured, Lu Xiaoyi wiped away his tears, grinned, come on! Lu Xiaoyi!

After Lu Zhong and the others finished eating, Xiao Geng Xianbao seemed to run to Lu Xiaoyi's side, one chicken leg in one hand, "Eldest sister, eldest sister, give you chicken legs." ”

Good guy, the two little hands are greasy and black, and there are still two obvious tooth marks on one chicken leg, Lu Xiaoyi really has no appetite.

Xiao Geng stretched out the chicken leg to Xiao Yi's mouth, and said with a smile: "Eldest sister, I specially left it for you, you can eat it!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi shook his head, to be honest, the chicken has no salt smell when it is burned, it is very bland, not to mention the chicken legs, there is definitely no taste in it.

Xiao Geng had a lost expression.

"Keep the chicken legs, and give your sister ** silk noodles at night." Yulan stepped forward and took off the chicken leg in Xiao Geng's hand, "Look at your black hands, dirty, follow me to the back to wash." ”

Xiao Ding sat down next to Lu Xiaoyi with a smile, "Sister, tell you something, today I heard my sister-in-law telling my grandfather: Wang Laosan, who sold her daughter in Shangxi Village, almost jumped off a cliff with her daughter." ”

Lu Xiaoyi blinked, waiting for Xiao Ding to continue.

"It was said that there was an old man in the city who was willing to pay fifty taels to buy a concubine, and the girl of the Wang family shouted that she wanted to jump off the cliff." Xiao Yi asked in a low voice: "Eldest sister, do you know what it means to 'rather marry a poor wife than a rich concubine'?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi looked at Xiao Ding's innocent eyes, shook her head and pretended not to know, these things can't be said clearly, and she can't speak now, when she is clever in the future, it is not too late to explain to Xiao Ding slowly.

Xiao Geng washed his hands, and Xiao Ding was taken by Yulan to take a nap in the next room. When the children fell asleep, Yulan returned to Xiao Yi's room and fell asleep on her side.

When I got up from a nap, Lu Xiaoyi's grandmother also came, and it was his brother-in-law Wang Yutang who was driving.

Mrs. Wang is still so strong, she looks like a neat person, she put down her burden when she enters the door, and shouts at Yutang: "Hurry up and see, hurry back after reading, there is still me here!" ”

Wang Yutang walked quickly to the side of the kang and said to Lu Xiaoyi with a smile: "Xiao Yi'er, go play in the carriage with your uncle!" ”

Mrs. Wang angrily pulled her son's sleeve, "Don't ask her if it hurts?" Craving something? It's all out of tune. ”

Lu Xiaoyi had a relationship with her brother-in-law in a dream, when he was still a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and now he has grown into a cheerful and smiling young man, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a neat white tooth when he laughs, which makes people feel more cordial.

Lu Xiaoyi threw him a big smile.

"Take care of it, don't be afraid of being lame, my uncle will drive you to play every day!" Wang Jintang said with a smile: "Also, the kid who made you lame, my brother-in-law keeps an account, and I can't spare him!" ”

Mrs. Wang drove her son out of the country and scolded: "What kind of bastard, hurry up!" It's not important for children to fight, your brother-in-law knows how to tell people, it's nothing if you can't get along with a child as an adult! ”

"Xiao Yi'er, brother-in-law is gone!" Wang Yutang turned around and squeezed his eyes at Lu Xiaoyi.

Seeing his funny appearance, Lu Xiaoyi sneered out loud and quickly covered his mouth.

"Hey, Xiao Yi'er's tongue seems to have broken too, and he won't call his uncle before leaving!" Wang Yutang stood at the door and complained with a grin.

Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng, who had just taken a nap in the next room, heard Wang Yutang's voice, jumped off the kang happily, and shouted loudly while hurriedly picking up their shoes: "Uncle, uncle, uncle!" ”

Wang Yutang jumped up, "The two pestering spirits are up, I have to leave quickly." Mother, I'll pick you up at this point tomorrow! After speaking, he stepped out of the yard in three or two steps and drove away.

When Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng ran out, the carriage went far away, and the two children shouted at Wang Yutang for their uncle.

I only heard Wang Yutang look back and smile: "Next time I will bring you sugar!" ”

Yulan complained: "Mother, why are you so anxious, the fourth brother didn't even drink saliva, so he was driven away by you." ”

"Let him go back, your eldest brother wants to make a pond to raise fish, and he has been busy recently, I heard that Xiao Yi broke his leg, let me come quickly."

"It's not a big deal, I didn't think to bring you a letter, I didn't expect you to know." Magnolia poured tea for Mrs. Wang.

"It's not a big deal for the girl to break her leg? You, you! You can't be so careless, if something goes wrong, it's lame. Mrs. Wang put down the tea, walked to Lu Xiaoyi's side, opened the quilt and looked at the injured leg, and checked the big swollen bag on the back of her head.

"That kid of the Shen family is too ruthless, look at Xiao Yi to fall, what does the Shen family say about this?" Mrs. Wang asked.

"What my parents-in-law mean is that if Xiao Yi is lame, let the Shen family marry Xiao Yi. But the Shen family disagreed, saying that they were lame and would not marry, and they were only responsible for all expenses. ”

"What do you mean, uncle?"

"My husband is also in favor of marriage, but I don't agree, although the Shen family is rich, but Shen Qiang is an only son, and he is not pampered, and the women of the Shen family are kind and ruthless, we Xiaoyi married lame in the past, and there will definitely be no good life in the future."

Mrs. Wang looked out of the door, lowered her voice a little and said, "Your father-in-law and mother-in-law are at most five feet away, who is really planning for Xiao Yi?" Daughter, you have to be tough this time, you can't let Xiaoyi marry into the Shen family, this dead skin will marry the lame daughter in the past, won't you be soaking in bitter water in the future? ”

Magnolia nodded and looked at Xiao Yi with red eyes.

Lu Xiaoyi looked at Mrs. Wang gratefully, if she wasn't afraid of scaring her, she couldn't wait to hug her and kiss her a few times.

Yulan choked up and said: "Since Xiaoyi broke his leg and became less talkative, the child is bitter, how can a mother not know?" ”

"If the child doesn't want to talk, don't force her to say, when the leg is well and the mood is open, he will naturally love to talk and laugh." Mrs. Wang persuaded.

"Mother, let me tell you the truth, Dr. Wu doesn't dare to guarantee that Xiao Yi's leg is fine, you said that if Xiao Yi is really lame, what will he do in the future?"

"In my opinion, it's time to find Xiao Yi now, it's not that we dislike people, don't think about those who lack arms and legs, Xiao Yi is already lame, and if you find someone who can't take care of yourself, you can't live this day." Mrs. Wang said.

Magnolia nodded.

Lu Xiaoyi's face was black, just now she wanted to take a few bites of the prince's mother-in-law, but now she can't wait to bite her a few bites, she is not lame! I started looking for a man for her.

I only heard the princess continue: "And those old widowers can't do it, dragging their children and daughters with their families, and we Xiaoyi entered the door, and we also went to suffer." ”

"It's best to find a closer, honest young man from a poor family, you give more dowry here, marry Xiaoyi in a beautiful way, and you can often help when you are close."

The more Wang Pozi spoke, the brighter Yulan's eyes became.

Lu Xiaoyi fell down depressedly and covered his head and face with a quilt, ancient society is so invincible!

Yulan said: "Mother, let's talk about it when Xiaoyi is raised, whether it's lame or not!" ”

Mrs. Wang nodded, saw Xiao Yi hiding in the quilt, and sighed: "Our Xiao Yi is bitter in her heart!" ”

"Ouch, I almost forgot about business when I said this, your eldest brother asked someone to buy some beef bones, let's go and clean them up and stew them for Xiaoyi. It is said that where to eat and where to make up, stew more bone broth for Xiaoyi, and you can't keep it lame! ”

Yulan was also happy and took Mrs. Wang to the stove room to stew beef bones.

Lu Xiaoyi lifted the quilt and said helplessly: "I am really bitter in my heart!" ”

The hard-working Lu Xiaoyi lay on the kang every day to recuperate.

It's boring to death.

After all, she is a modern rebirth, no mobile phone, no tablet, no TV, computer and music, she eats and sleeps every day, and when she wakes up, she stares at the bed tent and counts the flowers, which is too difficult.

Fortunately, Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng are with her, even if she doesn't speak, just listen to them talk and laugh, and the time is not so difficult.

Of course, the first task is to learn to speak the local dialect.

The younger brothers and sisters are young, and they have a lot of short sentences, which is more convenient for Lu Xiaoyi to learn, she listened to them carefully, secretly imitated them in her heart, and slowly found some pronunciation rules, and popped out a few short sentences from time to time.

It is said that it will take a hundred days to hurt the muscles and bones, and Yulan will look at Lu Xiaoyi very closely, and will not let him go off the kang until the end of the day.

Lu Xiaoyi was worried that muscle atrophy and bedsores would occur after being bedridden for a long time, so he abducted two child laborers, Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng, to help him pinch his legs.

But Lu Xiaoyi is not the life of Mrs. Miss, there are too many itchy meat, and when the two pairs of little paws touch, she giggles and raises her hand to beg for mercy, which makes the two little child workers unhappy.

Fortunately, Dr. Wu let go, and he can walk around on crutches.

So, Lu Xiaoyi had a third leg and a small peachwood cane.

Her father cut a crooked-necked peach tree for her.

After Xiaoyi raised for a hundred days, he finally ushered in the day of independent walking.

Maybe it's because I haven't walked on my legs for too long, maybe it's the Shen family's sentence: If you're lame, you won't marry, Xiao Yi feels that there is nothing wrong with it, but under the action of his heart, his left leg is unconsciously weak, just like Fan Wei in the sketch "Selling Abduction", he walked and walked with a crutche.

Seeing that her father's face changed, Lu Xiaoyi shook her left leg, no problem, stood up straight and checked her body, and there was no difference in length, could it really be hinted at in her heart.

"Dad, mother, my legs are fine!" Lu Xiaoyi has now successfully passed the local language in Xiaxi Village, and he is not afraid to speak.

Yulan said with red eyes: "Let's go around two more times and see." ”

Lu Xiaoyi, like Fan Wei, didn't know how to walk as he walked.

Yulan cried and hugged Xiao Yi, "Hard-working daughter, my hard-working daughter!" ”

Lu Zhong also went out angrily and shouted towards the western courtyard, "Lu Yong, come with me!" ”

I want to go to the Shen family.

This was followed by Lu Pozi's high voice: "My son, where is this going?" Wait for me! ”

Lu Xiaoyi didn't know what effect she had come out of, she asked Xiao Geng to learn how she walked just now, Xiao Geng followed the study stupidly, and Lu Xiaoyi immediately thought of "Selling Abduction".

Soon, the Shen family followed the Lu Zhong brothers, and Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Shen fell last, bickering as they walked.

The Shen family didn't want to make a big deal out of it, so they tried to spend some money to end the matter.

Shen Qiang's father dragged Shen Qiang into the house, put a foot on his ass, and yelled, "Kneel! ”

Shen Qiangniang smiled and stepped forward to grab Lu Xiaoyi and said, "Xiaoyi, take two steps and let my aunt take a look!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi walked around twice, and Shen Qiang's father's expression did not change.

Shen Qiang's grandmother, Shen Pozi, said: "It's not very serious, wait a few years and look at it, Xiao Yi is still young, his bones are still tender, and he won't be lame in a few years!" ”

Mrs. Lu jumped up, pointed at Mrs. Shen and scolded: "My good granddaughter, well-behaved and capable, is lame like this, you actually said it's not serious?" Blind your dog's eyes! ”

After speaking, Mrs. Lu pointed at Shen Qiang and said, "It's this bastard who caused it, who is responsible if he is not responsible?" It just so happens that the two are the same age, and this family matter is so decided! ”

The little fat man Shen Qiang cried with a sad face and shouted: "I don't marry a cripple, I don't marry a cripple!" ”

Shen Qiangniang hugged Shen Qiang in her arms, her smile was gone, and she said directly: "This happened too, Xiao Yi has also recovered from his injury, let's come today to discuss and discuss, see how this matter is solved, our Shen family will definitely give Xiao Yi an explanation!" ”

Lu Zhong said: "Let's go to the next room." ”

Lu Xiaoyi didn't want to be tied up with the little fat man, she looked at Yulan as pitifully as possible, and pretended to be firm and said to Lu Zhong: "Dad, I'd rather die!" ”

Lu Zhong stopped, glanced at Lu Xiaoyi, and nodded.