The ninth day of February of this year was a sting. The so-called stinging is the spring thunder explosion, which wakes up all the snakes, insects, rats and ants that are hibernating, and it is also the beginning of the official busyness of the end of the winter of the villagers' cats. The day of the arbor's marriage was chosen on the day before the sting, on the eighth day of the first lunar month.

There was Qiao Baisheng's order above, and Qiao Chengyin's brother watched, the Li family only managed the family banquet in the compound on the eighth night of the first month, and didn't care about the settlement in the Qiao Mu house at all, seeing that Yun Ying was a nine-year-old girl, where could she live on a kang with her father?

In the end, Qiao Hammer, who rushed home from the town as a small worker, couldn't see it, pulled the arbor head up the mountain to cut a fir tree, and built a small bed in the corner far from the kang bed, just enough for Yunying to take Man'er to lie down; Then he found last year's sorghum stalk and weaved a dense fence in front of the Yunying sisters' bed as a barrier; It can be regarded as dividing the house into two rooms.

It's not that Qiao Hammer has a good heart, but on the day he went home, Qiao Mutou found him, and Ai Ai said that he wanted to go back to the room that belonged to him, Qiao Langtou was not as honest as Qiao Shitou, nor as stupid and dull as Qiao Mutou, and not as straightforward as his wife Luo; He first talked about his family's difficulties with a bitter face for half the night, and the next day he diligently helped Qiao Mutou take care of the room, so that Qiao Mutou's full of plans could not be exported.

Yun Ying saw all this in her eyes, and knew more and more why there was almost no sense of belonging to this family in the memory of the original body, such a father, such a relative, what else could make people feel warm?

In the past few days, she has touched this place almost completely. This is a dynasty called Tengyun Dynasty, and the emperor's surname has nothing to do with the people of Lijia Village, so naturally no one knows if the emperor Lao'er is born with a vision? There are many such small villages around Lijia Village, in the middle of these small villages there is a market town called Baijiaji, the three-day meeting is the day when the villagers of ten miles and eight villages replace their daily necessities, and the villages that are a little farther away even have to catch a market in half a month, a month or longer; For example, Luo Jiaao, where his mother's house is located, and Gujia Village, where his mother's house is located, who is about to enter the door.

There is a slightly larger road in the market town leading to the farther state and county, and I heard that there are a total of fifteen towns under the jurisdiction of the state and county, and there are more than 100 of the poorest and most remote ones. Zhou County is an unattainable place in the hearts of the people of Lijia Village, Qiao Baisheng used to go to when he was a child, and then Guan Orion and Guan Ping went, but since Guan Orion was killed casually, the people in the village have changed the color of Zhou City.

Yun Ying also took the trouble to inquire about the Nth time when he went up the mountain with the Yang family to fetch firewood, the state city was the border city of the Teng Yun Dynasty, and further west from the state city was the border pass, where the generals of the Teng Yun Dynasty were stationed, specifically to resist the invasion of the barbarians in the west. Of course, the specific Yang clan is not very clear, and Yun Ying can only inquire about it.

Because it is a border pass, even the people of Lijia Village, a small place, know that if you want to go to a slightly larger place, such as the state city, you not only need a household guide issued by the village, but also a road guide. Therefore, the farthest people in Lijia Village go out is in Baijia Market Town.

Yun Ying's little head unconsciously tingled after hearing this, which meant that it was impossible for her to quietly break away from the Qiao family and live in Lijia Village, as she had originally envisioned; Fortunately, a few days ago, because of Gu Banniang's entry, the names of the three sisters and brothers were also reported to the village chief, and I heard that after some time, the village chief will report to the town yamen, probably after spring ploughing, Qiao Chengyin's household will add the names of the three sisters and brothers, and they will also receive the road guide of the three, but these things are placed in the hands of the head of the household, that is, Qiao Chengyin.

In the past two days, because of this, Yun Ying would be stunned for a while from time to time, and at this time, she also showed a sad face when she thought about it.

Smack-

There was an extra radish in the basin in front of Yun Ying, and Luo's unique loud voice was extremely loud in the entire courtyard: "Why don't you hurry up and work?" For whom? Don't think that you can be lazy if you have a stepmother today, I tell you, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather, and you will have a good life in the future. ”

Yun Ying raised her eyes and glanced at Luo Shi behind her lightly, and pursed her lips: "Milk ,......"

"What milk? You scare me with your! Tell you, no one in this family wants to see you. Even your grandmother here will ask you to do the same work. ”

Today is the day when Qiao Mutou got married, Qiao Mutou and Qiao Qiji of the Yang family drove the carriage to Gujia Village to pick up people without crowing, and the Li family arranged the work of the juniors today last night; In her heart, Yun Ying and the three are not stingy with invisible people, and they generally will not arrange work for them.

Roche's cooking skills can only be regarded as accessible, and the work assigned today is all rough work. In the morning, you need to fill the large water tank at home with water, and then clean and cut the radish, wead, and garlic seedlings; She asked her eldest son Qiao Yuanhong to do the work of carrying water, and the washing of vegetables naturally fell on Yun Ying, who had been used casually by her as a hard worker.

Hearing Yun Ying call "milk" didn't believe it at all, but she just watched the Li family go next door, how could she come back so quickly?

Li Shi did go out just now, but when he walked to the door, he remembered that he forgot to tell the stove to boil hot water, and when the old man weighed the meat and came back, he could wash it, and the water used to wash the meat was just used to cook porridge, and it was also stained with the smell of meat; Unexpectedly, just standing at the door of the stove room, I heard Da Luo's nonsense here. You must know that even if she Li doesn't wait to see the Mu family outside, she will maintain face; Otherwise, why spend so much money to marry him?

"Hasn't the old lady of the cauliflower been dead for a few years? It's haunted early in the morning, isn't it! Li Shi calmly pushed the second daughter-in-law in front of him.

"Ah......, mother-in-law." Roche's eyes widened, and he subconsciously glanced at the open courtyard door.

"What? I shouldn't be at home! Li Shi seemed to know what she was thinking, and turned to Yun Ying and said coldly: "You go and wait for the grassroots, don't let him stain Xiaobao's clothes." Your mother is about to enter the door, why don't you go to the house and wait for the meeting gift? ”

Although the weather began to get warmer, Yun Ying's hands were still open to the chilblains left by the winter, and it was uncomfortable to soak in the water for so long, so she stood up from the ground according to her words; might as well squat for a long time, get up, the sky in front of you is spinning, and with a pop, you fall back into the basin of water in front of you.

"What? Old lady...... I just put on new clothes. Roche jumped away quickly, in order to prevent the new concubine from crushing them, she was wearing a floral jacket and skirt today, and she was expensive.

"New clothes?" When Li heard this, she stabbed Luo Shi with a knife in her eyes, and she said that the three hundred yuan paid by the hammer the day before yesterday was too little, right? It turns out that the big head is here!

"This, this is what my brother did for me as the eldest sister in the town." Roche retreated under the blazing gaze of his mother-in-law; The Qiao family is not separated, if they are caught saving money in private, the consequence is not as simple as being scolded, and it is not good to not be given food for ten days and half a month.

"Your brother?" Li sneered: "If someone in your Luo Jiaao place can pull six feet of this material, why do you two sisters don't even want a dowry to our Qiao family." ”