In the twenty-third year of Dading, on the eighth day of the first lunar month, in order to recuperate for San Lang, Situ Yan and his party had to temporarily delay in a small village on the edge of Qinghe County. This Yangliu Village is located at the junction of Qinghe County and Anping County, and is still a day's journey from the county seat of Dongbu.

Early in the morning of the eleventh day of the Lunar New Year, Situ Yan, who had been living for two days, got up early to make breakfast today, San Lang no longer had a fever, and the wound had begun to heal, Li Dalang was very happy, in addition to helping Uncle Qin repair the house and repair the yard, he also helped carry water and collect firewood, and even three meals a day were made by Situ Yan.

The two old men were so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, "Don't be busy, babies, my house hasn't been so lively for some days!" ”

"Auntie, we're not tired." Li Dalang and Aunt Qin are familiar with each other, and there are more words, Erlang has long been talking and laughing with the second elder of the Qin family, but Shilang is still very guilty in his heart, and he talks less and less, Situ Yan explained it twice, which is better.

Everyone in the village knew that Daddy Qin's family had taken in a few fleeing babies, and at first they said anything cool, thinking that the two old ones didn't even stutter, and they kept a few babies blindly, but they didn't want these babies to be fleeing, but they could eat and tithe, and even Uncle Qin's family followed suit.

For a while, I regretted that I didn't keep these babies at the beginning, especially Uncle Qin's neighbors, smelling the fragrance of rice every day, watching Uncle Qin's house from the house to the yard to renovate, and even regretted that the intestines were green, and these babies still looked for their house first that night. I thought that I could be close to a few dolls, but every time Situ Yan saw this family come to the door, she had a cold face, and she didn't even say anything, and she was embarrassed to come to the door again after two or three times.

The patriarch of the village often comes to the door, and for these people who want to fight the autumn breeze, Situ Yan just greets them with a smile, but he doesn't even let these people go. If these people were willing to help Uncle Qin's family on weekdays, the two old men would not be able to lose weight and a gust of wind would blow them away.

"I don't accumulate virtue and do good deeds on weekdays, but I want to take advantage of it now, but there is no door." Situ Yan watched Aunt Qin send the patriarch out of the door and stuck out her tongue out of the courtyard.

"Second brother, you help me dig a pit in the corner of the stove room in the east wing, I want to make a small cellar, it doesn't need to be too deep, just put down two or three bags of grain."

"Little Five, you let the eldest brother and the fourth go into Dongwu County to buy grain, but you want to leave it for the Qin family?" Li Dalang and Li Shilang went out to buy grain in Tobu County.

"Well, the third brother will have to leave for a few more days after this illness, if we don't hide this grain well, according to the cheeky ones in the village, I'm afraid that if we just leave with our front feet, we will be able to come to the Qin family to ask for food with our back feet. The old man is old, where can he calculate those narrow ghosts! ”

"Okay, I'll be angry when I look at these people, Xiao Wu can rest assured, I can dig it up before dark today."

"Second brother, don't worry, we still have to live for a few days, don't be tired." The two chatted in the stove room in the east chamber, and San Lang lay on the kang to recuperate. Uncle Qin accompanied some villagers and chatted, looking at these people who didn't even say hello when they met on weekdays, they were cheeky and stubborn at their house at this time, even if the two old people had never seen the world again, they knew that these drunkards didn't mean to drink, they all came for a few babies.

But they couldn't afford to provoke these people, so they had to deal with it. Situ Yan did even better, every day at noon, as long as these people didn't leave, she would put the meal into the east chamber, let Aunt Qin and Uncle Qin take turns to eat in the east chamber, so that those who wanted to come to eat couldn't even look at it. Some shameless people insisted on entering the east chamber, but they were scared away by the snow wolf guarding the door.

At the beginning of the year, Li Dalang rushed back, "Big brother, is this way still too peaceful?" ”

"Nothing happened, it's just far away, I and the little four-wheeled car, and I also rushed here."

"It's okay to do it! Hurry up and eat and rest, and I and my second brother will get the rest. Da Lang and Shiro washed their faces, and then they went into the house to eat, but they were also so tired that they fell asleep on the kang. Situ Yan put the grain and cloth into the east chamber for storage, fed the mules with fine materials, and then entered the house and made clothes by the light.

"Little Wu, we have enough clothes, and it's not too early, right?" San Lang slept all day during the day, but he was not sleepy at night, watching his little sister sew clothes beside him, afraid that she would be tired.

"I look at Aunt Qin's eyes are not very good, during the day, I mend Uncle Qin's clothes, and I see that the winter clothes are even leaking cotton, and there are some places where they are all lumped, where can I keep warm, this is made for Uncle and Auntie."

"That's also done during the day, and it hurts your eyes again when it's dark and the lights are less?"

"It's okay, I'm not sleepy, I'll sleep after a while."

"Little Five, I'm tired of you." San Lang couldn't persuade him, and thought that the little sister was working so hard, all because the Qin family took him in as a patient, and when he thought that the little sister was suffering because of him, his heart was blocked.

"Third brother, what the family says, if I get sick, you can watch it. If I say that again, I'll ignore you. ”

"Okay, I'll not say it." Although he didn't say it, he still couldn't stop thinking like this in his heart.

"Only by supporting each other can a family go far, otherwise what the family wants to do, they will have to live a good life." The two chatted for more than two quarters of an hour, and Situ Yan took the needle and lay down to sleep.

Several people were busy until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, because they were far away from the county seat and couldn't go to see the lanterns, Situ Yan found some wheat poles and simply pasted a few lanterns, and drew some patterns, thinking that when it was night, hanging this paper lantern under the roof beams could also add some joy.

It was only after noon that the patriarch and the village came to the Qin family together.

Situ Yan was a little strange and hid under the window to listen, "Old Qintou, there are outsiders in your house, and during the festival today, the village has to invite someone to dance a god and go to the evil spirit. ”

"Patriarch, what do you mean, which family in the village didn't come to visit relatives and friends last year, why do you have to spend money to invite God when you get to my house?" Uncle Qin was angry in his heart, these people just couldn't see that his family was having a good life, when the children in the family were alive before, they were the richest in the village, and these people looked red. When the boy in the family went, he bullied them and the old couple had no support, and they always went to their house to find money and things.

Later, I saw that there was nothing to take in this house, so I stopped thinking, and now thanks to the blessing of a few babies, the family life is only a few days better, and these people have sprouted up and made trouble at the door.

"Which one from the village is not my own relative, is it possible that these are still the grandsons of your old man Qin? I'm afraid that your son who died early won't have that life. ”

"You!" Uncle Qin's body shook angrily, he raised his hand, and he couldn't even speak. Aunt Qin was so anxious that she gave the old man a good breath, and she also shed tears.

Situ Yan knew that they couldn't be forced to do this, after all, they were leaving, and Uncle Qin and they had to continue to live in the village, if they couldn't find a good way, it was better to endure the anger for a while. But she couldn't stand still, so she went to the stove room and brought two bowls of water, and then entered the main room.

"The village is the chief and the patriarch, but let us do our business, let the two of you be busy, it's really a shame, drink a bowl of water first."

"Count yourself in reality." The patriarch hasn't gotten anything from the Qin family these days, and he hasn't even drunk saliva on weekdays, so he has to find trouble with Uncle Qin everywhere, and he also forces Situ Yan to spit out some money and grain.

Situ Yan just didn't hear it, this patriarch is not a thing, but this village is fair. She could see that the village was here today, and she was afraid that it would be because of the patriarch's face, so she was forced to come, so she sat and refused to help since she entered the house. If you want to solve this matter, you can really only rely on this village.

"Uncle Murazheng, you are the head of this village, and this village is the fairest and most charitable for you!" Situ Yan first brought a high hat to Muramasa, and saw that Muramasa's stiff face was a little loosened, knowing that her words had worked, so she continued, "Although I don't read much, I also know that 'the old and the old, the young and the young' are the true and good." ”

"As the saying goes, the county official is not as good as the current management, you are the head of this village, Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin can follow you, so that you can live a peaceful life, but it all depends on your popularity. These days, we have heard the villagers say that you not only support and honor your own elderly, but also do not forget to take care of other people who are not related. I think this is really a great goodness, even if the Bodhisattva sees and hears it, he will also give you a long life and blessings. ”

Seeing that the time was ripe, Situ Yan saw that the patriarch was about to speak, so he hurriedly followed and blocked the patriarch's mouth, "Uncle Murazheng, the uncle and aunt of the Qin family have no children and no daughters under their knees, you also know how to live their lives, we came to ask for help, which has caused a lot of trouble to the Qin family, so I helped the people who repaired the house and the courtyard to do some small work, but if it was really because of this, Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin were embarrassed, but it made this kind heart and good deeds blinded by mortal dust." You are old-hearted and kind-hearted, and you also helped to tell the patriarch that it was a good thing to add blessings and longevity to the village, and then invite the dancing god to disturb you, I'm afraid that even the Bodhisattva doesn't like it, right? ”

Mura Zheng was shocked, he felt that it was really this reason, he didn't want to come today, if he didn't have to open his face, how could he invite himself to this bad luck, he couldn't help but feel angry, glared at the patriarch, and then said to Uncle Qin, "Uncle Qin, if you count it from your ancestors, you and my father are also of the same generation, if there is any heavy work in the family in the future, you can speak, and I will go back first if I have something at hand." "I didn't mention the matter of inviting God, and I didn't even wait for the patriarch, and went home directly.

Situ Yan sent people out of the door, and when he turned around, he saw the patriarch glaring at her fiercely behind him, he couldn't figure it out, this little baby said a few words, and blocked all the ideas he had come up with great difficulty, and he was so angry in his heart that he didn't hide it anymore.

"Patriarch, 'people are doing it, the sky is watching', good is rewarded, evil is rewarded, it's not that it is not reported, the time has not yet come, why not think more about future generations, do more good deeds, accumulate more blessings, you say that this is the reason?" Situ Yan's words were sharp and stiff, and it didn't sound like persuasion, but even more threatening. Hearing this, the patriarch was so shocked that he couldn't even speak, and went home directly.

"Hey, girl, the patriarch is small-minded and calculating, I'm afraid he won't give up like you." Aunt Qin followed behind and saw clearly, worried about Situ Yan.

"Auntie, I'm not afraid, I'm just worried about you and the uncle, I'm a big deal to pat my ass and lift my feet and leave, but the uncle and the aunt still have to live in the village, I'm afraid that this person will have to wear small shoes for your family in the future?"

"What's so terrible about my old wife, the loess is buried up to my neck, and I can still see my miserable children after death. That's a blessing! Situ Yan could see that Aunt Qin was just worried about them, but she didn't care about herself at all, she was grateful, and helped the old man back to the house.

Situ Yan was busy until the evening and didn't see the patriarch come again, thinking that this matter would be over, so she settled down and prepared to eat with Li Dalang, so that the family could celebrate the festival together.