The weather was getting hotter, and the three children slept in one room, and Yulan waited for the children to sleep before returning to the east bedroom.

Lu Zhong was wearing a short coat and shaking a fan, thoughtful.

Seeing Yulan sitting over, he said slowly: "Xiaoyi has a leg problem now, don't let her work in the future, and arrange less housework, when the wheat is harvested, I will continue to go to the city to find odd jobs, try to buy her more big bone stew, maybe the calf can be raised." ”

Yulan had a different idea, she shook the fan and said, "Aren't I sorry if you feel sorry for the child?" But Xiaoyi is a girl after all, she will always marry in the future, let's not let her learn to work and do housework, and marry someone else's family in the future, how can she live? Who wants to marry a lame and lazy daughter-in-law? ”

Lu Zhong didn't expect this, and when he heard Yulan say it, he also felt that it made sense, and said with a smile: "You are still thoughtful." ”

"Xiao Yi just has a problem with her legs, she has nothing wrong with her hands, and there is nothing wrong with her head. We can't get used to her other problems because of the problems in her legs. Behold, as I did to her before, so do I do to her now. Besides, you have done all the heavy work inside and outside our home, and the rest is lightweight, and it is really the children's turn to do how hard it is. ”

"You look at the arrangement, I don't have to worry about the affairs of the family to you."

"The wheat in the field is turning yellow, and I think it will be time to cut it in three or five days." Magnolia spoke of crops again.

"I don't have to wait for three or five days, I went to look around today, and the piece of land near the stream can be cut, and I will cut it back tomorrow."

"I'll go tomorrow too, and I won't lose to you when I cut the wheat." Magnolia said proudly.

"Okay, I can't compare to you, it's not too early, let's rest early." Lu Zhong brushed the pillow and walked sideways.

Magnolia blew out the oil lamp, and the two were silent all night.

Lu Xiaoyi was asleep, and the high-pitched rooster crow sounded on time like a wake-up call.

Lu Xiaoyi covered his ears and continued to sleep, but Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng got up as soon as they flipped over, shouting while getting dressed.

"Eldest sister, why can't you afford it?" Xiao Geng approached Lu Xiaoyi's ear and shouted loudly: "Sister, it's time to get up!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi was in great pain, she missed the days of sleeping lazily in her previous life, and now she can't sleep if she wants to, the people in the entire Xiaxi Village are roosters crowing, and the sun is setting, she has to adjust.

Lu Xiaoyi hugged Xiao Geng, dragged him into the thin quilt, and pinched a few handfuls of meat butts, Xiao Geng also took the opportunity to tickle her, Lu Xiaoyi was most afraid of itching, and turned over from the quilt, causing Xiao Geng and Xiao Ding to laugh non-stop.

When Yulan entered the house, she saw three children playing on the kang, and said with a smile: "Hurry up and get dressed and go to wash your face, after washing your face, Xiao Yi swept a few rooms, Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng swept the yard." After that, I went to the stove room to have breakfast.

As long as Yulan and Lu Zhong were not present, Lu Xiaoyi was too lazy to pretend to be lame, and swept vigorously with a sorghum broom, and when she finished sweeping the three rooms, Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng only swept half of the yard, then threw the big bamboo broom aside and squatted in the corner of the courtyard to watch the ants.

Lu Xiaoyi picked up the broom and helped clean it, then stood in the yard and looked up at the sky.

The morning of early summer is refreshing and quiet, such as the crescent moon still hanging in the west sky, the east side is already steaming, and the sunlight leaking out of the clouds is strong but not dazzling, gilding the entire Lu family's courtyard with a layer of golden brilliance.

Outside the courtyard wall, the tall camphor trees and toon trees are tightly clustered together, the dense canopy covers most of the yard, a few finches are chirping on the camphor tree, Lu Xiaoyi looks up, the yellow-haired elf is faintly visible between the dense canopy, the morning in the countryside is really peaceful and comfortable!

Lu Xiaoyi shook the broom in his hand and shook it towards the yellow finch.

Xiao Geng ran over with a smile, "Sister, can you catch one for me?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi raised his right leg and said with a smile: "Unless you want the eldest sister to have her right leg lame." ”

"But your left leg isn't lame?" Xiao Geng was puzzled.

Shhhh Lu Xiaoyi hurriedly made a silent gesture, "Little brother, this is my sister's secret, don't talk nonsense." ”

Xiao Geng was puzzled: "Why can't you say it?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi frightened: "If you have to say it, the eldest sister will marry Shen Qiang." ”

Xiao Geng immediately understood: "I won't say anything if I kill him." ”

"Good!"

"Eldest sister, let's go outside to play after breakfast."

"Good! It's up to you. ”

After breakfast, Lu Zhong led the donkey to the field to cut wheat, and Yulan also hurried to the field to help after feeding the pigs and chickens.

Lu Xiaoyi took his younger siblings to play under the camphor tree outside the courtyard.

A middle-aged woman came from afar, with a gray-green coat and a dark green skirt, a silver hairpin on her head, and an emerald silk flower next to her ear.

Lu Xiaoyi felt that this blessed green woman looked kind, and she couldn't remember it for a while, and when she got closer, she heard Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng shouting in unison, "Granny Qin", and she suddenly realized that it was Granny Qin.

Mrs. Qin may be a professional habit, I saw her look at the three children with a smile, especially when she saw Xiao Ding, her eyes involuntarily lit up, and she praised with a smile: "Xiao Ding looks really good, look at this big watery eyes, like a pool of blue water." ”

Xiao Ding was frightened by Qin's matchmaker, and her head was buried lower and lower.

Lu Xiaoyi stepped forward to protect Xiao Ding behind him, played with the little crutches, and pretended to be shy and asked, "Granny Qin, do you think I look good?" ”

Mrs. Qin's eyes glanced at the crutches in Lu Xiaoyi's hand, and said with a smile: "Xiaoyi is also good-looking!" ”

To tell the truth, Lu Xiaoyi looks more like Lu Zhong, with a yellow complexion, and his facial features are barely delicate, which is too far worse than his sister Xiaoding. Xiao Ding can be said to have inherited the advantages of the two families of Lu Wang: Lu Pozi's white skin, Wang Yulan's beautiful appearance, coupled with slender bones, sweet voice, small and round face, big and bright eyes, looking at the entire Xiaxi Village, it is also one of the best.

Lu Xiaoyi saw the falsehood of Mrs. Qin's smile, and said deliberately naïvely: "Granny Qin is like the frog in the rice field, quacking and talking." ”

Xiao Geng also clapped his hands and learned to speak: "Quack can speak!" Quack croak can talk."

Mrs. Qin pulled down her face unhappily, no longer bothered with the Lu family's sisters and brothers, and walked towards the west courtyard gate of the Lu family with her waist twisted her hips.

"Is Second Brother Lu at home?"

Qin Matchmaker's wife came just in time, Lu Shouzeng hadn't gone to work in the field yet, and when he heard someone shouting, he hurriedly greeted him.

This was originally what Mrs. Lu should do, but now she has taken over by Lu Shouzeng.

Lu Xiaoyi asked Xiao Ding to go home, and only took Xiao Geng to follow up in the West Courtyard.

Mrs. Lu also followed the voice, and only Xiao Geng behind Mrs. Qin came into her eyes, "Ouch, my good grandson, come to grandmother." Three or two steps ran forward and hugged Xiao Geng into his arms.

Lu Shouzeng glanced at Mrs. Lu and invited Mrs. Qin into the hall of the main house.

Lu Xiaoyi limped and followed, "Grandfather, I'll go and pour a cup of tea for Granny Qin!" ”

Lu Shouzeng nodded, Lu Xiaoyi went to the ear room, and saw that Mrs. Lu was rummaging through the cabinets to find food for Xiao Geng.

"Where's the teapot, Grandmother? I'll pour Granny Qin a cup of tea. ”

"What kind of tea to pour, the eyebrows and eyebrows, if you have nothing to do, you have nothing to do to run to my house, in the past few years, you have not taken less money, you have not drunk less tea, and even a daughter-in-law has not given me Yong'er, phew!" As soon as Qin Matchmaker was mentioned, Mrs. Lu became angry.

Lu Xiaoyi was also inexplicably disgusted with Qin Matchmaker, especially the way she looked at Xiaoding, as if she was looking at a commodity to be sold at a price, which made people uncomfortable.

Lu Xiaoyi said to Mrs. Lu: "Grandmother, then you should go to the hall to accompany you, grandfather is inconvenient to receive female guests, don't you look at the housewife, aren't you afraid of causing gossip?" ”

"You think I'm willing! It's your grandfather who won't let me interfere, hmph, that old thing must not be willing to collude with that sassy woman. Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes angrily.

Xiao Geng asked stupidly: "Grandmother, what is blending?" ”

Mrs. Lu was speechless.

"That's what it means to talk." Lu Xiaoyi explained with a black line on his face.

"Grandmother, I'll help you look at it!"

Mrs. Lu hurriedly got up and poured the tea.

In the main house, Mrs. Qin said Zhenghuan.

I only heard Qin matchmaker say: "The girl of the Wang family is also a strong personality, as soon as she heard that she was going to be sold as a concubine, she cried and ran to the cliff, saying that it was 'better to marry a poor wife than a rich concubine', so Wang Laosan hurriedly begged for mercy, coaxed and promised, and finally coaxed the girl of the Wang family home." ”

Lu Shouzeng snorted: "I didn't expect Wang Laosan, the old Wang Ba, to give birth to such a temperamental daughter." ”

"No, Wang Laosan asked me to tell you that the dowry was reduced to twenty-five taels."

Lu Shouzeng scolded: "Selling the girl to this share, Wang Laosan is also surprised, twenty-five taels can also be said, you tell him to go, twenty taels, I will make up the money." ”

"Second Brother Lu is really a cheerful person, twenty taels is so decided, wrap it on me, I'll go talk to him." Mrs. Qin smiled like a flower.

"I have one more condition." Lu Shouzeng said.

"You say, you say!"

"The marriage will be completed next month, and Lu Yong is not young."

"This is easy to say, Second Brother Lu is waiting for my good news!" Mrs. Qin got up and said with a smile on her eyebrows: "Your Lu Yong's matter is finally over, I haven't eaten or slept well all these years, and I worry about him every day, now it's okay, and I finally solved the matter of this child." ”

Lu Shouzeng arched his hand and said, "Thank you!" ”

"Thank you, Second Brother Lu is too outsider, to be honest, I don't treat Second Brother Lu as an outsider in my heart, if you need help in the future, just come to me." When Mrs. Qin spoke, her eyes were hooked.

Lu Shouzeng was unmoved, and politely sent away Mrs. Qin, but the sullenness in his heart was sent to Mrs. Lu, "These things that you should do, I prefer me to support them, a man can't go to work in the field, and a mother-in-law wastes time here, what do you say is the use of marrying you?" ”

Mrs. Lu said aggrievedly: "Didn't you let me interfere?" ”

Lu Shouzeng wanted to scold and couldn't scold, so he sat down and sighed, "The girl from the third family of Wang Lao has settled, twenty taels, you hurry up and prepare, and you will enter the door next month." ”

Mrs. Lu was also happy when she heard that Lu Yong's family affairs had been settled, but when she learned that she wanted a dowry of twenty taels, she scolded again: "Her old girl who can't marry has to sell for twenty taels, Wang Laosan's black-hearted thing, he really thinks that my family's silver is blown by the wind." ”

"Can you say a few words? The girl of the Wang family is also a chaste martyr, twenty taels is twenty taels, Yong'er can't be delayed any longer. After Lu Shouzeng finished speaking, he looked around and asked, "What about Lu Yong?" Don't see anyone early in the morning? ”

"Slipped out early in the morning and ran faster than a rabbit." Mrs. Lu complained.

"This bastard thing, he must have followed Gao Yang and them into the city again." Lu Shou slapped the table angrily.

Lu Xiaoyi stepped forward and persuaded: "Grandfather, don't be angry, Dr. Wu has said that being angry hurts your body, so you should be less angry." ”

Lu Shouzeng patted Xiao Yi's head and said kindly: "Xiao Yi, go and call your father over." ”

"My father went down to the field to cut wheat."

"Oh, let's talk about noon!" Lu Shouzeng also packed up and went to the ground.