After more than half a month in peace, a few days ago, Pear Blossom Town ushered in a spring rain, and these two days have become more and more like spring.

The pig of Aunt Niu's house next door gave birth to ten little piglets, and gave Lao Lu two of them, which can be regarded as forgiving him for what he did before. I heard that Lao Lutou burst into tears when he got the little piglet, which was both guilty and grateful, and the relationship between the two of them became better and better since then.

In half a month, Lao Lu Tou will marry a daughter-in-law, and he has no relatives, so he treats Uncle Niu and them as his own big brothers. Aunt Niu is also very willing to help others, and in the past few days, she has taken a group of neighbors around Lao Lutou's house.

Nie is basking in the sun under the pear tree, and the flowering period of pear blossoms is almost coming to an end, no longer floating like snowflakes, but occasionally scattering a few white petals.

The petals fell on Nie's head, and Nie Shuyao stopped talking and gently removed the pear blossom from her head.

Nie Shi is getting older and older, his face is pale, and his hands are now inferior to those of an eighty-year-old woman. In the past half a month, their sister and brother have not been beaten once, which makes Nie Shuyao feel that maybe her time is really running out.

"Shu Yao, so Aunt Niu's family and Lao Lu Tou are now reconciled again?" Nie Shi, who was closing his eyes, suddenly said this.

"Well, what Brother Niu said when he brought us wild vegetables just now seems to be better than before."

Nie Shi still closed his eyes and said softly: "Don't you follow them, poor people must have something to hate." Some people must be beaten to death with a stick, and if he does not die, you will be the one who will die. Do you understand? ”

Nie Shuyao frowned, she agreed or disagreed with this, and hurriedly tucked the thick clothes covering Nie's body again, and replied: "Shuyao understands that the story of the farmer and the snake is like this. But...... Shu Yao felt that Lao Lu Tou was not a snake, and if he encountered a real snake, Shu Yao would not be soft. ”

"Oh? Tell the story of the farmer and the snake. The corners of Nie's mouth curled, and his tired eyes opened.

Nie Shuyao told her a story that was widely circulated in her previous life, and Nie nodded again and again.

"This story is good, remember to tell Xi'er. This boy is kind-hearted and timid and has to let him know the dangers of the world. Alas! If he has Shu Yao, I don't have to worry about it, even if he dies now, I won't regret it. Nie sighed.

Nie Shuyao said with a smile: "What did my stepmother say, what do you mean to have no regrets when you die?" We haven't learned what a stepmother is capable of, so you can't just die so soon. ”

With a laugh, Nie was finally amused by her and said, "Have you missed my whip these days?" ”

Nie Shuyao said: "To be honest, I really want to make that whip my own treasure!" Mother-in-law, when will you give us your treasure? ”

"Wait until I'm dead." Nie Shi smiled.

The conversation between the mother and daughter is quite strange, three sentences are inseparable from a dead word, but such a conversation happens almost every day for them. The word "death" is not unfamiliar to them, so much so that both siblings think that their stepmother will not die at all, and this kind of dialogue has been going on since a few years ago. So far, Nie is not alive and well.

After the mother and daughter talked and laughed for a long time, Nie's face suddenly sank, and he said, "Shu Yao, when you send the medicinal materials to the store, stop by the small academy and tell Xi'er your story now." Also, bring him lunch, and don't come back for lunch in the future. Tell him that he must pass the children's test this time. ”

Nie Shuyao blinked, not understanding why Nie was in such a hurry, and prevaricated: "Xi'er is still young, don't be in such a hurry." ”

Nie closed his eyes and waved his hand, and said in an unquestionable tone: "You must not give me filial piety when I die, I have passed it early, and I can take the Xiucai exam next time." ”

"However, it will take three years to keep filial piety for you, and it will take three years to take the Xiucai exam again, which is actually about the same." Nie Shuyao still didn't agree to let Tianxi, who was still a child, suffer this crime.

Hearing this, Nie Shi frowned and muttered, "Yes, it will take three years." ”

After a moment of silence, she seemed to remember something, and said, "If I have elders, it would be good to keep it for only one year." Well, that's it, you go cook now, tell the children that you can't try, don't go back to this house! ”

"Stepmother......."

Nie Shi waved his hand, "Go!" ”

Nie Shuyao knew that it was useless to say more, so he did what Nie said.

After cooking Tianxi's lunch and preparing Nie's meal, she stepped across the bamboo basket and went out with a large bag of herbs.

Walking in the alley, she didn't quite understand what Nie said today, "What does it mean that 'if there are elders, it would be good to keep it for only one year', is there still elders in the Nie family?" Nie Shuyao likes reasoning, and she can chew a sentence repeatedly, but she really doesn't understand this.

Since she was three years old, she hadn't seen the elder brothers of the Nie clan, and the Nie clan seemed to have parachuted in from Pear Blossom Town. I had asked Aunt Niu about this before, but I heard another version.

Nie originally lived in the county seat, because her husband died, and her husband's family said that their mother and daughter were unlucky, so they let her bring their daughter to the town. When her daughter was three years old, her husband's uncle and uncle arranged with her mother-in-law to divorce her, and her own son was also kicked out. Since then, she has followed the Nie family to set up another door, so her two children are surnamed Nie.

I was afraid that my husband's family would regret it, so I asked the two children to call her stepmother, and told outsiders that this was the child she picked up, and everyone in the town knew about it. In the eyes of outsiders, she and Tianxi are the biological children of the Nie family, but Nie Shuyao knows that their mother and wife really have no blood relationship. It can only be said that Nie's methods are not ordinary, and even the people in the town have thought of it.

Outside, they sometimes call Nie their mother, but they call her "stepmother" more often, which is also Nie's acquiescence, as if she is not uncommon to have a child. Although the three of them are not related by blood, they are all good-looking, and the people in the town also think that they are real relatives.

Thinking of this, Nie Shuyao shook his head: "It's really a dripping arrangement, I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out!" ”

After walking, they walked out of this alley, and after a few more turns, they came to the main road of the town, and their medicinal herb shop was opened on one of the only avenues in the town.

"Sister Shuyao, if you can't figure it out, you might as well talk to your third young brother."

An extremely obscene word penetrated Nie Shuyao's ears, and she subconsciously took two steps back. A sarcastic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, isn't this Liu San, the ruffian in the town? said that his brother-in-law was the head of the shop in the county, bullying men and women in Lihua Town, blowing soft and afraid of hard, and doing all the bad things.

Last year, Liu San wanted to be the street ** her, and Nie was by her side at that time, and Nie secretly popped out a stone and broke her leg. After that, I don't know what means Nie used to do it, this Liu San really stopped for a year, and ran away when he saw her in the future.

It seems that his leg is better, and now that there is no one in the alley, should you break his other leg again?

Nie Shuyao thought so, the hand in his sleeve was shaken loose, and the bully had to be more evil than him!

"Sister Shuyao, hehe, what about your tigress-like mother? I heard that I'm sick, right, Nie Pozi is so sick! Liu San smiled disgustingly and slowly walked towards her.

Nie Shuyao instantly sobered up, and said in her heart: "My stepmother is sick, Xi'er wants to take the Tongsheng exam, now is not the time to clean him up, wait for this time and then come to ask for his other leg." ”

Thinking like this, Nie Shuyao turned around, walked a few steps briskly and turned into another alley.

This alley also leads to the avenue, but it takes a few more steps. It's almost noon, and it's quiet in the alley. Nie Shuyao made a little effort and reached the end of this alley.

When Liu San also turned into this alley, he only saw the corner of Nie Shuyao's clothes. He regretted it, why didn't he bring his entourage with him when he went out this time? Otherwise, a few people blocked this little lady together, and she wouldn't have been able to catch it.

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