The mother and daughter arrived home with their front feet, and Lu Zhong came back with their back feet, and now they are only responsible for delivering cakes, and they don't waste time back and forth.

Yulan said: "Yesterday, the family was busy with treats, and only sent a cart of cakes, why didn't I see the urging at the end of the dart game?" ”

Lu Zhong explained: "Usually I was there, Brother Qi and they helped sell out two carts of cakes casually, but if I didn't go yesterday, they would inevitably be a little constrained, and a cart of cakes was sold out as if there was a war, and they had no heart to replenish the stock." No, I went to deliver the goods early this morning, and Xu Wu and Zhang Tieniu both pulled me and didn't let me go, saying that they would take them to sell for a few more days. Lu Zhong laughed at the end.

Lu Xiaoyi's brain made up for the appearance of Lu Zhong repeatedly holding Lu Zhong, but her opinion was to lose her hand, so she said to Lu Zhong: "Dad, they are just not used to it for the time being, just get used to it for a few days, if you accompany it again, when will you be able to throw away your hand?" ”

Lu Zhong nodded, "Brother Qi said the same thing, he reprimanded Xu Wu and Zhang Tieniu on the spot, and asked me to only send one car every morning, and they sent someone to replenish the goods in the afternoon." ”

Yulan clapped her hands and said, "Okay, now you can free your hands and feet, go, I am planning to cut the sweet potato vine at this time, you take the donkey and we will carry it back once." ”

"Okay, wait until I go and unload the donkey cart." Lu Zhong strode to the backyard.

Yulan said to Xiao Yi: "You hurry up and go to the stream to cut some pigweed and come back, and by the way, watch Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng, and let them stop playing and let the calves eat other people's rice." ”

"Don't worry, mother, Xiao Ding can think of it, they usually graze cattle by the stream. I didn't go to other rice fields. As Lu Xiaoyi spoke, he found out the guy who was cutting pigweed, and jumped to Qixi.

To go to Qixi, you have to pass by the courtyard of the Shen family, and there is a pile of tall straw stacks under the elm tree outside the courtyard.

Since Shen Qiang dropped out of school and came home, he would hide in the haystack every morning and wait for Xiao Yi to pass by, and scare Xiao Yi for the first time, and then Xiao Yi was prepared several times, and coldly watched Shen Qiang jump out of the stack with a straw, whether she was frightened or not, Shen Qiang was happy.

What a strange (nervous) teenager. Lu Xiaoyi thought so. Not wanting to cooperate with him at all, he waved the sickle in his hand and shouted at the straw stack: "Shen Fatty, get out!" ”

"Can't get out? I see you. You didn't hide your feet! ”

It's quite lurking. You can't cheat it. Lu Xiaoyi had to use the last trick, "It turns out that there are no Tibetans, I'm relieved!" Then he pretended to leave.

Shen Qiang screamed and jumped out of the straw stack. There were a few straws stuck to the top of his head, and he appeared in front of Lu Xiaoyi triumphantly.

"Haha! Scare! ”

Lu Xiaoyi pouted, "I'm so scared!" "Keep going.

"I'll help you cut the pigweed, how about compensation?" Shen Qiang followed.

"Go! If you don't have hair on your mouth, you can't do anything, so I don't believe you. "The child's heart is good, and he said that he would help mow the grass, but once there are other young men who greet him, he will run away without a trace.

Shen Qiang said helplessly: "I will have to wait a few years for my mouth to grow hair!" Isn't it difficult for you to be strong? ”

Lu Xiaoyi stopped, pointed to a few young men playing in the upper reaches of Qixi and said, "Listen, they are shouting at you, why don't you go quickly!" ”

Shen Qiang listened attentively and said suspiciously: "I didn't listen." ”

"That's what I heard! They're having so much fun, they won't ask you to go! ”

"Then I'll take a look, and I'll help you cut the pigweed when I get back." After saying that, he ran away with a smoke.

Finally broke him away, Lu Xiaoyi breathed a sigh of relief, this Shen Qiang is not small to say, reading for a few months is like being in prison for several years, this time he returned to the village like a wild horse getting off the leash, and he was even more naughty than before.

The magpie spring flowers also came to mow the grass, and the magpie came to Lu Xiaoyi and whispered: "Xiaoyi, did you recommend my mother to invite someone from your family?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi shook his head, "No, it was my mother's own decision." ”

The magpie sighed and continued: "When I came, my mother was discussing with my father, and I agreed with my father's meaning, my mother is worried about too much housework, and if she delays for half a day, she will tire me for half a day, she is a little unbearable." ”

"Magpie, what do you think?" Although Lu Xiaoyi had already guessed the magpie's heart, he still asked her.

Magpie said: "To tell you the truth, my mother used some silver to see a doctor last year, the family's savings are almost exhausted, my father opened a few acres of wasteland this year, only the work in the field is too busy, how can I go to the city to find work, my mother raised more pigs and chickens this year, I think that I can make some money by selling it at the end of the year, my father and mother are harder than in previous years, I am a daughter, I should help the family share the burden, isn't it?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi nodded, "If the family works hard in one place, life will always get better." ”

The magpie laughed, "yes, yes, it will always get better." After laughing, he was sad again, "I still have four younger brothers, except for Xizhu, the other three are still young, hey!" In the future, they will marry their daughters-in-law and ask for a dowry, how long will my father and mother suffer! ”

Lu Xiaoyi saw her sad, and teased her happily: "Don't think about your brother, think about yourself, has the dowry been settled?" ”

The magpie's cheeks flushed, and he said angrily: "Lu Xiaoyi, you are really not ashamed, you dare to say anything!" ”

"Nana, it's not the first time you've known me, you knew that I wasn't ashamed to stick it up, and they all said that things gather people in groups, you won't be a person like me, right?" After speaking, Lu Xiaoyi giggled.

The magpie was extremely angry, and smashed a handful of pigweed with a red face, Lu Xiaoyi quickly smiled and picked it up in his grass basket.

Chunhua on the side smiled and said to Niuzi: "Look, the magpie fell for Xiao Yi again, and helped her cut the pigweed in vain!" Chunhua's voice was loud, and the magpie heard the reaction, and reached out angrily to beg, "Lu Xiaoyi, return the pigweed to me!" ”

Xiao Yi shook his head, "No, you can't pay it back, what you gave away, how can there be any reason to go back!" ”

Chunhua smiled: "Xiaoyi, you give her a flower and let her go to the stream to take a photo." ”

The magpie puffed up and hid to the other side with the basket, "You guys are bad, I can't afford to provoke me to hide, right?" ”

Lu Xiaoyi said: "Chunhua, Niuzi, the magpie said that the three of us are bad, let's just be a bad guy to the end, what about relying on her?" ”

The proposal was immediately responded, and the three girls carried baskets and stepped forward to surround the magpie, no matter where the magpie hid, the three of them followed her, and in the end, the magpie could only beg for mercy and correct the mistake, praising Lu Xiaoyi Chunhua and Niuzi as the best people, the most beautiful people, and the kindest people in Xiaxi Village......

The trio spared the magpie and allowed her to cut the pigweed in peace.

After lunch, Sister-in-law Hua cleaned up and came to the door, Yulan smiled: "Blame me, blame me, and forgot to make it clear, just wear an old clothes, scones, dust and dust are the easiest to dirty clothes." ”

Sister-in-law Hua said: "It's not in the way, it's a piece of clothing, just wash it when it's dirty." ”

Yulan found out her old clothes, sister-in-law Hua pinched her waist and abdomen, and said with a smile: "I can't wear it, look at my bucket body, I have more cloth than you to make clothes." ”

"Sister-in-law, this is blessed meat, how many people can't grow up!" Magnolia found another large apron.

Sister-in-law Hua was just right, and the two no longer cared about dressing, and waited for Wang Dongmei to come over and go to the backyard stove together. The peasant women are all experts in cooking, and they don't need to be taught how to knead the cakes, but putting the cakes into the pit and scooping the cakes requires skills and slow practice.

Lu Xiaoyi secretly observed Sister-in-law Hua while pulling the dough, a woman who gave birth to five children, her actual age is two years older than Yulan, but her face looks ten years older than Yulan, there are obvious wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, her complexion is yellow and lusterless, presumably because of a serious illness last year, and then think about her five children to raise, her daughter wants a dowry, her son wants a dowry, the yard can't live, and her body is not good, Lu Xiaoyi felt sad inexplicably.

Whether it is ancient or modern, it is not easy for people to live. Each generation has its own generations of suffering, from croaking to the ground to the white hair, all of them have experienced two stages of being raised and nurtured, when being raised, the confusion of growth, the torture of illness, the hardships of seeking knowledge, and the joys and sorrows of marriage...... All of them are experienced once, and then it is to raise the next generation, like reincarnation, passing on the experience of living a life from generation to generation.

Lu Xiaoyi was so engrossed that he couldn't help but stop the noodle in his hand, and was seen by Yulan, laughing at her and saying, "Look, our Xiaoyi is dozing off again!" ”

Lu Xiaoyi came back to his senses, smiled, and continued to pull the dough, "I'm not sleepy!" It was Xiao Ding and Xiao Geng who fell asleep after eating, not me! ”

Xiao Ding, who was seriously kneading the cake on the side, raised his head and protested: "I'm not sleepy, eldest sister don't rely on me!" ”

"The three little ones in my family are like this, they doze off after eating lunch, and they have to sleep for a while to be refreshed, otherwise they will hang their heads all afternoon, and they can't do anything!" Sister-in-law Hua smiled.

"They're still young, what are you calling them for? Our Xiao Geng is six years old this year, and he doesn't do anything else except herd a cow, and he plays crazy all day long. ”

Sister-in-law Hua said: "Oh, I'm very sorry now, if only my family Xizhu was also a girl, with him and magpie hand-in-hand, the next three little ones would save too much worry." ”

"Many sons and many blessings, don't regret it, I see that Xizhu is quite capable, and he is still helping to clean up the radishes in the field in the morning, and he will run away with other young men in the morning."

Wang Dongmei interjected, "How old is Sister-in-law Hua's Xizhu?" ”

"I'm ten years old, life flies really fast, and I've been married for more than ten years, hey! Old, old! ”

Sister-in-law Hua's sigh immediately resonated with Yulan, and Wang Dongmei had only been married for a year and a half, so she also sighed.

Lu Xiaoyi leaned into Xiao Ding's ear and whispered: "Three women in one play, you see they are acting again, let's not squeak, we should watch the play!" ”

Xiao Ding pursed his lips and smiled, nodding his head in agreement.

Sure enough, the three of them sighed that time was like an arrow, and began to nag their children again, and when they talked about excitement, they unconsciously raised their voices, and they couldn't stop talking.

Lu Xiaoyi saw Sister-in-law Hua's smiling appearance, where was the tired woman in her previous consciousness, she was completely an ordinary woman who was full of confidence in life and bursting with happiness!

It seems that optimism is the real wisdom of life! (To be continued......)