The bone broth heated, and she washed some wild vegetables to throw them in, when there was a knock on the door outside, "Who?" ”

"Sister Xie, I'm Husheng."

It turned out to be this little fellow, wiping his hands on his apron and going to open the door. The little guy who had just arrived at her waist was covered in mud and had a dirty face standing at the door, holding a small bamboo tube in his hand and handing it over.

"Sister, you take it"

Stuffed something into her, turned around and was about to run "Wait", Xie Yuqi grabbed his collar to stop him and opened the bamboo tube with one hand. It contains most of the earthworms, and it looks terrifying.

But this is the best food to feed the chicks.

Xie Yuqi looked at his little face, which was still stained with mud, and now it was late autumn, and his little body was wearing a shabby shirt that was extremely inconsistent with his size, and he felt quite uncomfortable.

"Husheng, thank you. Come in and wash your face and hands. ”

Husheng hesitated, he knew that his body was very dirty, because his mother's seriously ill clothes were also washed by himself, and he could not wash them clean without soap. None of the children in the village played with him, except that he didn't have a father because he looked dirty.

"No, sister, I... I'm going back."

"Come in, or I won't want you to come next time."

Xie Yuqi said sternly, dragged him to the courtyard, took out a basin full of water from the room and put it in the courtyard, "wash your hands and tigers"

"Good"

"Wipe your face too, in fact, you look cute."

The first time he was complimented, Husheng's face was slightly red, and he lowered his head and washed his hands silently. Sister Xie's hands are so beautiful, fair and clean, and slender and slender, much bigger than him.

"Have you eaten?"

"Eaten"

"How do I feel like you're lying to me?" Xie Yuqi led him into the living room and found a small bench for him.

Hu Sheng quietly glanced at Xie Yuyu, "I didn't lie to Sister Xie. ”

"The nose of a deceitful child will become longer, Husheng wants to be a good child, is it really eaten?"

The little guy hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

He got up early in the morning to help his mother pick up firewood, and then went to the field to pull two sweet potatoes, and remembered that he didn't help Sister Xie find the little earthworm today. He hurriedly came out of the house, and the sweet potatoes didn't come to eat.

"Next time, I can't go out hungry, otherwise my sister will be unhappy. You wait for me, we'll eat together. Xie Yuqi gently touched his little head, got up and went back to the kitchen.

Husheng was very well-behaved, and followed up to help light the fire.

While lighting the fire, he looked at Sister Xie, who was seriously chopping vegetables, and her round eyes were full of admiration.

The wild vegetables were put into the pot, accompanied by the fragrance of bone soup, and there was still a little left of the noodles that woke up last night, so Xie Yuqi simply made a pot of gnocchi. After a while, the aroma of food fills this small space.

The crayfish last time was also delicious, and Husheng felt that Sister Xie was like a fairy, able to turn the simplest things into very delicious food.

"Come and try this gnocchi, it's my first time doing it."

Xie Yuqi divided three bowls, leaving one bowl to take back to Husheng, and put it upside down in a bamboo basket.

Husheng sat at the table in surprise and took a bite of "delicious" with chopsticks

"By the way, Husheng, what's your big name? Is it called Husheng? Xie Yuqi was praised and had confidence on his face.

"Zhuo Honghui"

"It's a good name, it has meaning. Hongyunhuizhao, it seems that your mother has great hopes for you. ”

Husheng was a little sad, and endured crying, "This is what my father took it, my mother said, my father watched me be born." He died after giving me a name. ”

Quack

A broken heartstring.

"Husheng, I'm sorry. Sister didn't mean to. ”

"It's okay, my mother said that my father is not dead. He has been living in heaven watching us. The little guy's optimistic attitude made Xie Yuqi even more ashamed, at her age, she was still coquettish in her mother's arms and didn't want to go to school.

"Yes, your dad will always be in heaven watching you grow up. Husheng hurry up and eat, and after eating, my sister will teach you to write."

"Thank you, sister"

There was no pen and paper at home, so Xie Yuqi had to sweep out a vacant lot in the yard and find two small wooden sticks to teach him to write.

"Husheng, what do you want to write first? Shall I teach you your name first? ”

"I want to write Sister Xie's name"

"Uh-huh, that's okay. Then you watch me write first. Xie Yuqi thought that he was going to write his own name, but it turned out that he wrote her first.

Hu Sheng watched her write extremely seriously, stroke by stroke.

stared straight at the three words on the ground, "Xie Yuyu"

It turned out that Sister Xie's name was written like this.

"Hehe, come on, I'll take your hand and rewrite it once."

Husheng nodded, feeling the warmth of Sister Xie's palm, and there was a faint fragrance on her body when she approached.

"This one should be a little longer, first horizontally and then turning, and then vertically hooked."

Not long after, just after teaching Husheng to write his own name, Fahrenheit came with a pair of children.

The dumplings sent by Xie Yuqi last night, she sent a bowl today, and by the way, she pulled out two cabbages in the field for her as gifts.

When he opened the door and saw the big hour squatting under the eaves, Fahrenheit was a little surprised, "Girl, what are you doing here?" Squatting on the ground to count ants? ”

"No, I'm teaching Husheng to write."

Xie Yuqi returned the small wooden stick to Husheng and got up to greet Fahrenheit.

"I forgot, you look like a literate person, how can you not be literate." Fahrenheit put the basket on the stone table, "Your dumplings last night were so delicious, my two little ghosts still can't get enough of it, and they don't even give his father a bite hahaha, and the angry old Zhang stomped his feet." ”

"Sister Hua didn't say it earlier, there were a lot of bags yesterday. There are a lot of things left behind me and Xianggong. ”

"I'm just here to ask how you do it? I'll also pack one by myself another day, and save the old trouble girl you. ”

"Sister-in-law is polite, in fact, there is meat, so it is delicious. In this way, I'll teach you when the prime minister comes back from hunting? "The meat dumplings I bought yesterday were all used, and if Fahrenheit wants to learn now, it can only be vegetarian.

"That's fine, it'll be done another day."

"Okay, when the time comes, Sister Hua, you let Xiaohua call me, and I'll teach you."

Xiaohua stared at the pink silk flower on Xie Yuqi's head, and was a little moved, "Sister Xie's flower is so beautiful, mother, I want it too." ”

Fahrenheit frowned and glared at her, "How old are you, what kind of flowers are you wearing." Sister, don't pay attention to her, it's just that Lao Zhang is used to it. ”

Xiaohua was drunk so harshly by her mother, and suddenly stopped talking, and tears fell down in her eyes.

Xie Yuqi hurriedly took off the silk flower on his head, "Xiaohua is a girl, and it is the nature of girls to love beauty." This silk flower was originally given to me by Hushengniang, and I didn't like to dress up, so give it to Xiaohua. Play its value, come, I'll put it on you. ”

Hearing that it was made by Hu Shengniang, Hua's face was a little embarrassed.

Hurriedly stopped Xie Yuyi, "Sister, forget it." Don't settle for her. ”

Xiaohua also took two steps back, blinked her eyes and was a little scared, "I don't want it, Husheng and his mother are sick, and her things are not clean." ”

"Little Flower!" Fahrenheit snorted.

"You are not allowed to scold my mother!" Husheng, who was writing on the ground, suddenly stood up and stared at Xiaohua like an angry little tiger. However, the five-year-old child already has a frightening temperament.

Xie Yuqi didn't expect that he had done something bad with good intentions.

Hurriedly played a round game, "Husheng, don't make a sound." Sister Xiaohua just doesn't know the truth, your mother's illness will be fine. ”

"I know" Husheng dropped the stick and ran out in a sad mood.

Xie Yuqi didn't have time to catch him, and the little guy disappeared at the door with a quick footstep. She glanced back at Fahrenheit, who was also teaching her daughter a lesson, and when Xiaohua cried, the stone cried too.

It was supposed to be a beautiful afternoon, but suddenly, it was a mess.

"Sister Hua, I'll go see that kid, don't have any accidents. I'm sorry for today's events. It's me who doesn't greet you well."

"It's okay, it's also Xiaohua's fault online. Girl, go quickly, I'll help you watch the house first. ”

Hua sighed faintly, and looked at Xiaohua with hatred of iron and steel, "Originally, my mother wanted you to teach your brother to teach your brother how to write, but you are good, what are you talking nonsense?" ”

"It's not me who said it, it's your mother and Aunt Osmanthus who said it."

"You still dare to talk back, I'll clean you up when you go back."

When Xie Yuqi chased out, there was no one outside.

She hurriedly shouted Husheng's name as she ran, but unfortunately, there was no answer.

She was unfamiliar with the village, so she could only scurry around like a headless fly.

"Husheng, where are you?"

"Husheng, can you come out to meet your sister?"

Seeing her scurrying around the village, many people stopped to watch, after all, Xie Yuqi's face was extremely beautiful even under a cloth robe.

"Are you looking for Husheng?" A young man with a hoe happened to pass by.

Xie Yuqi heard the sound and saw that the man was dressed as a standard peasant, and his resolute face was quite delicate, "Yes, have you seen him?" ”

"Looks like I was still standing on the bridge just now"

"Thank you"

Murmuring water passes through the bridge hole, and the river is sparkling in the sun.

A group of women were washing clothes by the river, and some of them talked and laughed about the recent events: "I heard that your family has recently gone up to the mountains to pick honeysuckle, and they have sold it for a lot of money, right?" ”

"It's good to have it. When the old lady went, she was almost picked up. I only got ten pounds, and when I took it to the pharmacy to sell. The little medicine boy dragged 2580,000 yuan, so he gave me three copper plates and a catty. ”

"That is, I also got about 20 catties, and I worked hard to sell it, but it was only a few dollars, if I didn't think about carrying it back, it would be too hard. I didn't bother to sell it, but I think it's a business without capital, and I don't suffer a loss. Forget it. "Osmanthus sister-in-law beat her clothes with a mallet, as if she was venting her hatred.

Sister-in-law Han on the side answered curiously, "Sister-in-law, is your brother going to take the township test?" ”

"That's not it, my noble brother was fifteen years old and took the Xiucai exam. Now three years have passed, and the time is ripe. It's going to be a man soon. Am I just worried about raising money in office? If you are admitted, you will have to go to Chunqiu in March, which is another lot of money. ”

"That's not simple, your brother married Xiaoxue, and the village chief's money is your brother's money." Han's words fell, and Osmanthus sister-in-law suddenly seemed to have found a direction, and she was empowered.

Although Xiaoxue's girl is not very good, she can't stand up to other people's money.

If she earns it herself, she can only make up a hundred taels of silver in the Year of the Monkey, but the village chief has been an official for so many years, and his family is rich, so this one hundred taels is not a problem.

Osmanthus sister-in-law's plan is to let her son be admitted to the exam, and then demote Yang Xue to a concubine, so that she can also marry an official lady again.

Just as she was pondering, she caught a glimpse of Xie Yuqi running in front of her, and her anxious appearance seemed to be a little anxious, "Isn't this the lady of the Lang family?" What's going on? ”

"It seems to be looking for a tiger student"

"That little nemesis?" Sister-in-law Han was amazed, when did Xie Yuqi actually have a relationship with the Zhuo family?

There are two widows in the village, one is her and the other is the lady of the Zhuo family.