In the next few days, Lu Xiaoyi spent the morning helping in the West Courtyard and learning to weave straw baskets, faintly feeling that there was something missing in the West Courtyard, thinking about it carefully, it turned out that he had not seen Lu Pozi for a few days, and couldn't help but be curious, and asked Lu Shouzeng: "Grandfather, why haven't you seen your grandmother these days?" ”

"Don't bother her, as long as you don't bother me!" Lu Shouzeng was not angry.

Lu Xiaoyi slipped to her aunt and asked the same question, but Wang Dongmei didn't know, saying that Mrs. Lu went out early and returned late every day, and came back for lunch at the end of the day, and she didn't know why she went.

In the evening, Lu Xiaoyi knew the whereabouts of Mrs. Lu, because the people in the neighborhood came to her house to report that Mrs. Lu was hanging the clothes of the second child of the Zhang family and was crying non-stop.

Yulan and Dongmei rushed over, and Lu Shouzeng felt ashamed and didn't show up at all.

Lu Xiaoyi's sister and brother also followed.

There were several circles of people at the gate of Zhangjiayuan, only to hear the high-pitched voice of Mrs. Lu from the crowd, "I've been guarding you for a few days, and I'm finally catching you today, you idle thing, you are so lazy and don't get in the way of my family Yong'er, and I won't trouble you, but you pull my family Yong'er into the water with black eyes, I can't spare you!" ”

Zhang Gaoyang and Lu Yong are both old and old, and it is not easy to quarrel with Mrs. Lu, and he says soft words in his mouth to let Mrs. Lu let go.

Mrs. Lu didn't give up, and relied on Zhang Gaoyang for the shortcomings of Lu Yong's whole body, "Folks, you all come to be fair, the second child of the Zhang family doesn't talk about gambling money by himself, and he also pries my family Yong'er to gamble, how dark do you say this person's heart is?" ”

When the surrounding neighbors heard the gambling money, they all scolded it, and they all accused Zhang Gaoyang of being black-hearted.

Mrs. Lu scolded in her mouth, and her hand scratched Zhang Gaoyang's face, scratching out a few blood strips.

Zhang Gaoyang was also angry, shook the sleeves of Mrs. Lu's clothes, pushed open the courtyard door and drilled in. Mrs. Lu was thrown off by Zhang Gaoyang, took a few steps back and was supported by the onlookers, and when she stood firm, Zhang Gaoyang had already closed the courtyard door.

Mrs. Lu crossed her waist and scolded: "Do you think I can't do anything about you if you hide in the house?" Tell you, from today onwards, I will scold your family every day, and scold your family's reputation to shit, phew! I forgot, your reputation has long been shitty! Your father stole someone's little daughter-in-law back then, was beaten to death, and gave birth to two sons who were also in this tattered state, your ancestor was buried in a dog shit nest, a litter of shitty shit! ”

Mrs. Lu's scolding is also the truth, and the neighbors are talking nonsense, some mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who have been entangled with the Zhang family's father and son, in order to hide their weak hearts, also scolded the Zhang family father and son with righteous words. Those single widowers hated and envied the Zhang family's father and son, and scolded them even more mercilessly.

Mrs. Lu seemed to respond to all the calls, her heart fluctuated and her passion was high, and she didn't have a door on her lips.

Yulan asked Lu Xiaoyi's sister and brother to stay away, and together with Dongmei, they squeezed into the crowd, grabbed Lu Pozi's arm left and right and dragged them home.

Where is Mrs. Lu willing to follow, kicking her legs and scolding her daughter-in-law.

Some women felt that it was enough to stop, and they didn't want Mrs. Lu to make trouble anymore, so they also stepped forward to help and carried Mrs. Lu back to Lu's house.

Lu Xiaoyi followed behind with her younger siblings from afar, and she was not surprised by Lu Pozi's tricks, but she was a little surprised that she had such good patience to squat on Zhang Gaoyang, and she didn't think about her own mistakes, but blamed others for her mistakes.

The people who watched the excitement also followed to the west courtyard of the Lu family, the courtyard gate was blocked, and Lu Xiaoyi had to go back to the east courtyard and lean against the wall to listen to the movement on the other side.

Mrs. Lu's voice was a little hoarse, and she sat in her yard and counted the sins of the second child of the Zhang family, and finally, she began to scold Yulan and Dongmei for not helping her to trouble the Zhang family, but instead ganged up with everyone to carry her back, making her disgraced and disappointed.

Lu Zhong's donkey cart came back, and the lively women saw that it was not too early, and they all dispersed one by one. Yulan also used the excuse of going home and left Mrs. Lu in the yard.

Lu Shouzeng said to Dongmei: "Second daughter-in-law, you go to the stove room to make dinner, and don't come out when you hear the movement." ”

Dongmei has been married for less than half a year, and she wondered about her father-in-law's words, but she didn't dare to ask more, so she obediently went into the stove room to have dinner.

Lu Shouzeng closed the courtyard door unhurriedly, paced to Mrs. Lu's side, and quickly picked up Mrs. Lu, put her on the bench on the side, took off her shoes with her right hand, and slapped Mrs. Lu's buttocks.

Mrs. Lu was a little stunned at first, but soon howled like a pig, "Kill someone, kill someone." ”

Lu Xiaoyi had seen Lu Shouzeng spank Lu Pozi's ass before, and he would know what the situation was as soon as he heard it, and hurriedly found his father to persuade him.

The door of the west courtyard bolted from the inside, Lu Zhong returned with a black face, and brought a ladder to climb over the middle wall. When Lu Xiaoyi saw the ladder, he also sneaked up the wall and peeked out.

Good guy, Mrs. Lu was lying on the bench commonly used by farmers like a dead pig, wailing, Lu Zhong was holding Lu Shouzeng's hand and persuading him to stop.

Lu Shou gasped for breath and scolded: "If it weren't for the sake of my children and grandchildren, I would have divorced you as a shrew!" Your own son is not strict in discipline, but he has the cheekiness to go to other people's houses to make trouble, you! You! You don't think you have lost enough face, do you? If you don't get angry, I'm not reconciled, right? ”

Lu Zhong saw that his father's face was purple, and shouted at the Westinghouse in fright Lu Yong, and sure enough, Lu Yong hid in the Westinghouse and didn't dare to come out. Lu Xiaoyi also hurriedly slid down the ladder and hurriedly ran to ask for a doctor.

It was already dark, the path in the village was glowing with a faint white light, Lu Xiaoyi ran in a hurry, and bumped into a person at the turn of the road, not caring who it was, and kept saying 'I'm sorry' and continued to run forward.

The man saw Lu Xiaoyi running in the direction of leaving the village, and then followed, outside the Wu family's courtyard, which was about a mile away from the entrance of Xiaxi Village, he saw Lu Xiaoyi calling out to Dr. Wu with an anxious face.

The man approached and stood quietly waiting for her.

Lu Xiaoyi turned around, only to find a tall and thin figure in black standing next to him, his eyes shining, it was surplus food, waiting for her silently.

Yu Liang smiled at her and comforted, "Don't be afraid! ”

Lu Xiaoyi thought that when she first wore it, at the bottom of the deep ditch, he also said "Don't be afraid", and somewhere in his heart seemed to be gently brushed, a little warm and a little sour.

Laugh back.

Doctor Wu quickly came out of the box, and the surplus grain stepped forward to take the medicine box and strode to the front.

When I walked to the entrance of the village, I met Lu Yong, who was rushing over, and when I learned that Lu Shouzeng had fainted, several people sped up their pace.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the courtyard, I heard Mrs. Lu hysterically urging Lu Zhong to continue pinching people, followed by her heart-rending cry.

Entering the house, the first thing that caught my eye was the helpless panicked appearance of Mrs. Lu and Lu Zhong, Yulan and Dongmei stood aside with sad faces, and Xiao Ding Xiaogeng was already crying. Lu Xiaoyi thought that Lu Shouzeng was gone, his heart was sour, and tears couldn't help blurring his eyes.

Doctor Wu hurriedly stepped forward, rolled the patient's eyelids, took out a silver needle and pricked a few acupuncture points, and Lu Shouzeng slowly woke up.

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, and Mrs. Lu cried happily again.

Dr. Wu sighed and said precautions while prescribing.

Lu Xiaoyi turned around and found that the surplus grain had left at some point. Just now, he must have evoked a lot of sad memories, thinking about the dark night, he walked alone on the path home, back to the empty courtyard, how sad his heart would be!

Lu Xiaoyi smiled self-deprecatingly, she was not a pessimist, why did she suddenly become pessimistic? Maybe she is compassionate here, but Yu Liang doesn't need this compassion at all, and his free and easy life is the best comfort for his father.

Lu Xiaoyi came back to his senses, Dr. Wu had already finished prescribing and got up to say goodbye, Lu Yong followed to get the medicine, and Lu Zhong stayed aside to serve the illness personally.

After the Lu family made a fuss about this incident, Mrs. Lu also stopped a lot, staying in the courtyard every day to watch Lu Shouzeng weaving baskets, if Lu Shouzeng frowned in disgust, she quickly hid in the house.

When the second batch of baskets was enough, Lu Shouzeng and Lu Xiaoyi took the car into the city again, and with the experience of the last time, this time it became much easier.

This kind of vendors selling along the street are very mobile, and there are no fixed stalls, they are all on a first-served basis, and they are sold out and left. Lu Xiaoyi and Lu Shouzeng came early today and occupied a good position, surrounded by people buying fruits, melons and vegetables.

Lu Xiaoyi opened her throat and shouted, the effect was not very good, and she was a little anxious, so she asked her grandfather to guard the stall and carry a string of baskets to sell along the street.

Even in autumn, the autumn tiger is not to be underestimated, Lu Xiaoyi didn't want to be a black girl, so he picked a round basket to cover his head, which could not only attract customers, but also shade the sun, plus her smile and sweet mouth, she sold a lot in a circle.

Lu Xiaoyi happily returned to the stall to replenish the goods and continued to sell along the street.

It is said that the road is narrow, and this is true.

Lu Xiaoyi actually saw Lu Si's daughter-in-law taking an old woman to buy vegetables at the vegetable stall next to her, and she didn't care about every penny, and the stall owner looked reluctant, and dropped a sentence of "love to buy or not" and ignored them.

Lu Xiaoyi rolled her eyes at Lu Si's daughter-in-law's back, but she turned her head to see it, and suddenly her face darkened, and the old woman beside her walked in front of Lu Xiaoyi, pulled over a round basket, and looked disdainful, "How much is this basket?" ”

"Seventeen Wen!" Lu Xiaoyi knew that she had no intention of buying it, so she deliberately reported two more than two dollars.

Lu Si's daughter-in-law said loudly: "Ouch, such a broken grass basket costs seventeen yuan, why don't you go and grab it?" Moreover, this basket is so rough and expensive, do you think you are crazy about money? ”

Lu Xiaoyi saw that some passers-by were attracted over, and explained with a friendly attitude, "Seventeen Wen is already very cheap, you see that this handicraft is no worse than the green bamboo basket, but the price is more than ten Wen, where to buy such a cost-effective basket?" ”

After seeing that passers-by were not interested in leaving, Lu Xiaoyi changed to a playful smile and asked Lu Si's daughter-in-law: "Don't you know if I'm crazy or not?" I don't know if it hurts you when you smash that piece of meat? ”

Lu Si's daughter-in-law's angry eyes widened, and she looked like she was about to have a seizure, Or, she put on a hypocritical smile again, "Hmph! If you want to do business well, I won't let you get your wish! After speaking, he raised the basket in his hand high, and then slammed it to the ground, shouting: "Oops! You've all come and see, are there any such businesses? A few straw pieces cost seventeen yuan, why is this kid's heart so dark! ”

It's an era of lack of entertainment, and the slightest stir can immediately attract a crowd of onlookers. Lu Si's daughter-in-law made a fuss, and the women and mothers-in-law who were shopping for vegetables around came together to watch the excitement.