Chapter 12 Lu Xiaoyi's sister and brother finished talking about the things in the vegetable field.

Yulan's face darkened on the spot, and when her face was better, she reprimanded Lu Xiaoyi: "There are many people in our village, and there are more people who talk about it behind their backs. You can ignore her, you go and pick her thorns, one is not good to put your reputation in, and you will be even worse in the future......" Yulan did not say 'find her mother-in-law'.

Lu Xiaoyi has her own ideas, the reputation of being lame has an impact on her marriage is nothing more than the difference between marrying late and marrying, but these two points are not a problem for her, she is more willing to marry late, she is not willing to marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen and have children, her body has not yet opened, and she will burp when she encounters dystocia again. Whether she marries poorly or not, she also has her own measurements, so that a woman with modern thoughts, suddenly has feelings for a man in a feudal society, she finds it difficult, she would rather make a fortune and be an old girl at home, than live a lifetime with a person who has no feelings.

Lu Xiaoyi thought very openly, she comforted Yulan and said: "Mother, although I am lame, but I am not lame, that long-tongued woman bullied my sister and brother when they were young, and I want to talk to her, I am not stupid, how can I let her succeed." ”

Xiao Ding also helped to defend: "Mother, don't blame the eldest sister, it's that Aunt Zhang's bad words." ”

Lu Xiaoyi shook Yulan's arm and sprinkled, "Mother, don't you think it's okay?" I won't dare next time. ”

Yulan pulled her two daughters to her side and said slowly: "My mother doesn't want to teach you to be a mouthy woman, and I don't want you to be bullied by others, but this way of being a person and doing things must pay attention to ways and means, and some things can be done in person and behind the scenes. ”

"Mother, what if there is no Granny Liu and them today?" Xiao Ding wondered.

Yulan said: "Ask your eldest sister to go?" ”

Before Lu Xiaoyi could speak, Xiao Geng, who was listening to a half-understood expression, had an enlightened expression: "I know, I know, if Granny Liu is not here, I will call her." ”

Lu Xiaoyi's face was black, he hammered Xiao Geng's bun, and said, "If no one else is there, I will pretend to be stupid and perfunctory her." ”

Magnolia nodded, "It's not stupid. ”

Xiao Ding looked at Yulan with admiration, "Mother, you know so much, I'm sure I can't learn it." ”

Yulan hugged Xiao Ding in her arms and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to learn, just remember it, and then figure it out slowly in the future, this is all slowly figured out by my mother." ”

"Moreover, you must remember that you don't slap people in the face, you don't scold people and don't expose your shortcomings, you leave a line in front of people, and you can see each other in the future." Yulan slowly explained: "That daughter-in-law of the Zhang family is a fool, she can obviously say good words perfunctory, but she went to slap Mrs. Liu's face, and Mrs. Liu's grandson stammered, and she was often laughed at when she grew up and couldn't say goodbye, so can Mrs. Liu not be anxious with her?" ”

"Also, after such a fuss, the people in the village will only say that the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family is wrong, she not only lost face, but also had a gap with our family and the Liu family, and this favor slowly faded."

Xiaoding listened to the plausible, Lu Xiaoyi understood it, and she was secretly happy for Yulan in her heart, from the very angry little daughter-in-law, after ten years of life tempering, she slowly grew into a sophisticated and wise woman.

Xiao Geng didn't understand at all, he stared at the food on the table and drooled, but if Lu Zhong didn't come, they wouldn't start the meal first.

Magnolia took a coarse wheat bread and broke it into three portions for the children to cushion their stomachs.

Lu Xiaoyi suddenly remembered the man standing under the camphor tree, and asked Yulan: "Mother, last time I fell to the bottom of the ditch, thanks to an uncle who helped me tie up, I don't know who this uncle is?" It doesn't seem to be from our village. ”

Yulan smiled and said: "What uncle is not uncle, you should call him brother according to generation, but the child has an old-fashioned complexion and looks older." ”

"Brother?" Lu Xiaoyi recalled carefully, the first time he saw it at the bottom of the ditch, he didn't see it very clearly, and then he glanced at the ditch, and only remembered the thick eyebrows, one eye and high nose bridge. Goodbye today under the camphor tree, I glanced at it from a distance, my complexion was slightly darker than wheat, and I was wearing a set of washed white dark blue shorts, I looked healthy and energetic, but in the eyes of the people of Xiaxi Village, too dark skin was old-fashioned.

"He is a child of the old Yu family in Shangxi Village, surnamed Yu Mingliang, you have to call him Brother Liang next time you see him, do you know? Don't be stupid and call someone uncle, he's only six years older than you. ”

"Oh." Lu Xiaoyi originally thought that Yu Liang was at least ten years older than her, and it was normal to call him uncle, who would have thought that the actual age was only six years older than her.

"The last time you fell to the bottom of the ditch, it happened to be not far from his house, and he was the first to go down to the ditch to save you when he heard it. At that time, your father and I were delayed by you, and when I remembered the time of thanking people, it had been several days, and your father hurriedly bought a gift to go to his house, who thought that the door of his house was closed, and the neighbors were far away, and they didn't know where he went! ”

"And then?" Lu Xiaoyi asked.

"Later, your father went a few times, but there was still no one, and he didn't come back until a month later, and he didn't want to give a gift, and your father said ten words that he rarely replied to, and it was as boring as a gourd, and your father was embarrassed to sit there, so he put down the gift and left."

"Still a stuffy gourd?" A big treasure gourd immediately appeared in Lu Xiaoyi's mind, with some big stuffy words on it, the gourd was shining with golden light, getting bigger and bigger, and finally exploded, popping out a surplus grain, Lu Xiaoyi snorted and laughed.

Yulan poked Lu Xiaoyi's forehead and said angrily: "You kid, you don't feel grateful, and you still laugh at people for being stuffy gourds."

"Mother, I was wrong." Lu Xiaoyi grinned and begged for mercy. Yulan just forgave Xiao Yi, who wanted Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng to shout again, and one of the children of Yulan Qi rewarded a King Kong poke.

"Don't blame that kid, he has a poor background! Lao Yu's family only a few acres of thin mountainous land, the surplus grain his father can not marry a relative, and so on as soon as the Yu mother-in-law died, the surplus grain his father went to the city alone, I heard that in a dart shop as a dart master, made money to marry a daughter-in-law and gave birth to surplus grain. Who thinks that the good life will not be long, Yu Liang's father went out of the customs to Mengguo two years ago and died, Yu Liang and his mother were too sad to follow, leaving an orphan in his teens and returning to Shangxi Village. As she spoke, Yulan began to wipe her tears, "Guarding a few acres of mountainous land, a few dilapidated houses, and living alone." ”

"Mother, it is said that good people must be rewarded, and Brother Liang seems to be an honest and diligent person, and he will live a good life sooner or later." Lu Xiaoyi comforted.

Magnolia nodded, and babbled about some things in the village.

At about the time of a cup of tea, Lu Zhong and Lu Shouzeng left the house.

Yulan stepped forward and said, "Dad, the food is on the table, you sit down and eat." ”

"If you eat, I'll eat it." Lu Shouzeng waved his hand.

Yulan continued: "Dad, today is Xiao Yi's cooking, you can taste it." ”

Lu Shouzeng said with a smile: "Yes, yes, Xiao Yi can cook." ”

Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng stood up again to show their merits, and Lu Shouzeng praised them together, but they still didn't stay to eat.

After the family finished eating quietly, Lu Zhongcai said to Yulan: "The second brother's wedding date is set for next month, and it is Wang Dongyue, the third girl from Wang Lao's family in Shangxi Village. ”

Yulan was surprised: "It's decided so soon?" ”

"Well, today Mrs. Qin came over and said, the girl of the Wang family is looking for death and life, and the dowry of Wang Laosan has dropped to twenty taels, and I see that it is also for our Lu Yong." Lu Zhong continued: "Twenty taels is enough for the two sons of the Wang family to marry, then Wang Laosan's abacus is loud, twenty taels say more and less, and our family is also enough in previous years, who wants to make a fuss about Lianmei last year, our father gave a lot of dowry in order to fight for this tone, and twenty taels is not enough, so our father came to me to discuss." ”

Yulan also guessed a few points, but she couldn't bear to mention it, just waiting for Lu Zhong to speak.

"Dad means to lend him the ten taels of silver that the Shen family accompanied Xiao Yi first." Lu Zhong said slowly.

Yulan was unhappy in her heart, but her face was not obvious, and she said in a calm tone: "A few days ago, my father also said that he would leave this money to Xiao Yi, and no one would let him move, and it would change in just a few days. ”

Lu Zhong was also a little embarrassed, sighed, and said, "Isn't this a matter of catching up?" The second brother is not young, and I, the eldest brother, can't look at it. ”

Yulan said: "The silver is dead, you can't give birth to money and you can't give birth to cubs, you can use it to help the second brother is also right, but the second brother is greedy and fun, and it's not like you to go to the city to make money in your spare time, and when he gets married and has children, there is a big family to feed him, just rely on the soil to dig food, when can he pay back ten taels of silver." ”

At the mention of Lu Yong, Lu Zhong was even more speechless. The uncle of the Qiu family is still the only son in the family, and whenever he has free time, he will follow him to the city to find work. Lu Yong didn't wake up, except for the farm work in the field, the rest of the time was spent juggling, Lu Shouzeng couldn't control him, Lu Zhong couldn't help it, he was escorted to the city to help several times, but he slipped away halfway, and the angry Lu Zhong compensated the foreman again and again, so Lu Zhong no longer called him.

Yulan continued: "Our Xiaoyi's situation is here, five or six years have passed in a flash, and when the time comes, when we meet the right person, we can't take out the money, what will Xiaoyi do?" ”

Lu Zhong kept a calm face and didn't speak, he had also considered these issues, but he was a son of man and a brother, and he couldn't say anything to refuse.

Lu Xiaoyi took the opportunity to say: "Mother, don't worry, the uncle wants to borrow money from him when he gets married, but this brother is settling the accounts, and we are separated from the family, let's put the note on the paper, and also force the uncle to let him retract and follow his father to the city to find work." ”

Lu Zhong listened to what his daughter said, and his face was much better.

Lu Xiaoyi continued: "Mother, if you lend ten taels, we still have five taels left, even if the uncle can't afford it in the end, our family works together, isn't it enough to make up ten taels of silver?" ”

Yulan saw her daughter's confident appearance, and said angrily: "As long as you can endure it, when the silver is picked up everywhere, right?" ”

"Mother, if you don't believe me, don't you still believe my father?" Lu Xiaoyi winked at Lu Zhong.

Lu Zhong took the opportunity to clear his throat and said solemnly: "My daughter believes in me, you can rest assured, you won't let your daughter suffer in the future." ”

Yulan had no choice but to retreat, "You are in charge of this family, you can decide whether to borrow it or not!" ”

"Dad, shall we buy some chickens, geese and lambs and raise them back? Raising the money from the sale is not a small income. Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly put her career on the agenda.

"You kid, how can you afford to buy these?" Magnolia glared at Xiao Yi.

Lu Xiaoyi said with a smile: "Isn't there still five taels?" ”

Yulan resolutely disagreed, "No, these five taels can't be moved, whoever moves me will be anxious." ”

Lu Xiaoyi also knows Yulan's thoughts, and now she has to lend out ten taels of silver, and she must watch the remaining five taels, this is her bottom line, the bottom line she keeps for Xiaoyi.

"Okay, listen to my mother." Lu Xiaoyi sprinkled and retreated, "I see that there is a hen in the chicken coop that is incubating crazy, and the hair is exploded, mother, you can hatch some chicks for me, there are ready-made male eggs at home, you don't need to spend money to buy them, okay!" If you lay more eggs in the future, you can not only sell them for money, but also improve your family's food! ”

Seeing that her daughter was diligent in managing the house, Yulan nodded and smiled: "Okay, this is easy, my mother took the time to change the grass in the chicken nest and hatch the eggs." ”

Finally succeeded, Lu Xiaoyi was full of joy, and when the eggs were sold for money, she would think about buying some ducklings and geese to raise.

Yulan began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Lu Zhong helped chop pigweed to feed the pigs, and the couple continued to cut wheat in the field after finishing their housework, leaving the three sisters and brothers to take a nap at home.