At this time, Xiao'e had already found an oil lamp, lit it with a fire fold, and placed it on a piece of adobe at the head of the bed.

Xiao Ding also saw the furnishings in the house clearly by the faint light of the oil lamp.

There was no decent furniture in the house. In addition to the bed, there is a wooden box under the bed, which is very rough in workmanship, and seems to be used for clothing and the like.

In the corner of the back room, there is a small rice jar, and there is a small half jar of brown rice in it, which should be left over from the autumn harvest.

Under the windowsill of the outhouse, there is a low table. There were some dishes, chopsticks, spoons, and the like on the low table, and around the low table were two or three mazahs, and a few adobe blocks. At first glance, it is the place where the family eats.

When talking to Zhao Laixi before, Xiao Ding thought that his family would be poor, but he didn't expect that he would be poor like this.

"Alas......" Xiao Ding let out a long sigh.

At this time, Xiaoya, Xiaofu, Xiaozhu, and the black and thin hemp girl also entered the house and gathered around the bed. Looking at their expressions, there was not much nervousness, it seemed that the Li family was very likely to faint often, and several children were used to it.

Xiaoya skillfully clasped the human acupoint on Li's upper lip and gently called "mother". After a while, Li slowly woke up.

After opening his eyes, he coughed twice, then looked around, and only stopped when his eyes fell on Xiao Ding, who was standing in front of the window in a daze. He muttered in his mouth: "Xiao Ding——, my stupid son——, how are you?" How did you get hurt like this? ”

"Huh?" Xiao Ding, who was in a daze, saw that Li woke up and was talking to himself, so he hurriedly came to the bed, held Li's hand and said, "Mother, my injuries are fine, they are all skin injuries, just recuperate." You might as well get some rest. ”

"That's good, that's good....... What about Xiaofu? Let Xiaofu go and ask the doctor to come and show you......" Li Shi said and closed his eyes, it seemed that he was not so worried after hearing Xiaoding say that it was okay.

"Okay, mother, I'll go." Xiaofu said and turned around to leave the house.

Xiao Ding hurriedly grabbed him and said, "You don't need to ask a doctor, it's all a small injury, it's fine." ”

"Are you really okay?" Li Shi opened his eyes again and looked at Xiao Ding.

"It's really fine, you don't need to see the doctor. It's so late, don't let Xiaofu out. Xiao Ding persuaded.

"Then let Erniu help you clean the wounds, and then find a change of clothes, you are full of blood." After Li finished speaking, he closed his eyes and rested.

"Okay, mother, you can rest well, don't worry about us." The black, thin pockmarked girl on the side said.

Two girls?

It turns out that her name is Erniu! Could it be that she is also my sister? Could it be that Zhao Laixi forgot to introduce this sister to me?

"Xianggong, let's go out!" The black and thin hemp pole girl pulled Xiao Ding, who was in a daze again, and said.

"yes, okay." Xiao Ding answered mechanically.

What the? Messire? Did I hear me right? Xiao Ding stopped there in an instant, staring at the black and thin hemp pole with wide eyes......

She calls me Xianggong? Could it be that this black, thin and young girl with a hemp pole that has not yet grown is her daughter-in-law?

"Xianggong, let's go, don't stand stupidly, come, obedient ......" The second girl said and dragged Xiao Ding's arm to the house, she thought Xiao Ding was making a stupid illness again.

"You ——, you call me Xianggong?" Xiao Ding asked suspiciously.

"Yes, Xianggong, don't you know me? I'm your lady Zhang Erniu! The girl looked at Xiao Ding with wide eyes and said.

This time I heard it right, Xiao Ding woke up instantly. It turns out that this thin hemp girl named Zhang Erniu is her little lady, and it seems that she has become a relative before she has lost her memory.

However, how could he marry an underage girl as a daughter-in-law?

Xiao Ding didn't dare to think about it anymore, because there were too many things for him to think about today, and his head would hurt again if he thought about it again.

followed the second girl to the backyard, that is, behind the thatched house, and saw a raging bonfire in the yard, illuminating the entire backyard. Zhao Laixi was leading the people who came down from the mountain to skin the wolf, and Tian Dabao was also sitting on the side chatting with everyone.

There is also a well in the center of the backyard, and not far from the well is a simple shed. There is a stove in the shed, and the Tian family usually makes a fire and cooks in this shed.

Erniu pulled Xiaoding to the well, pointed to the wooden barrel next to the well, and said, "You first get a bucket of water to wash your body, and I'll go find you clothes to change." ”

Xiao Ding nodded, and the second girl turned to leave.

Zhao Laixi saw Xiao Ding and the others, so he walked out of the crowd, and he asked Xiao Ding, "Is our mother okay?" ”

Zhao Laixi was originally an orphan, and after marrying Tian Xiaoya, he also followed Xiaoya to call Tian Dabao and Li his father.

"It's okay already, don't worry." Ding replied. When he saw that there was only one wolf skinned by the crowd, he asked, "What about the male wolf?" Don't you peel it off together? ”

"Our dad said that it is enough to eat one tonight, and the male wolf can carry it to the town tomorrow morning and sell it for money." Zhao Laixi said.

"Oh, that's right." Xiao Ding understands that in the poor family, everything has to be saved, and those who can exchange money must be given priority to exchange money.

"By the way, after a while, the water in the stomach will be buried, and the wolf has eaten human flesh." Xiao Ding suddenly thought of the corpse on the mountain.

"Well, I'll talk to them in a moment." Zhao Lai responded with joy.

As she was talking, Erniu came over with her clothes, and when she saw that Xiaoding didn't fetch water, she said, "Xianggong, why don't you take a bath?" Here's your clothes. ”

"Okay, wash it right away." Xiao Ding felt very embarrassed about this little lady, and he didn't know how he should face her.

"Big brother, do you want to take a bath? I'll wash it for you. Zhao Laixi took the initiative to say.

"Well, my mother said let's clean the wound to avoid serious injuries." Xiao Ding said.

"Oh, that's it, sister-in-law, you go back first, tell the ladies not to come to the backyard for the time being, I'll help the eldest brother wash his wounds." Zhao Laixi turned his head to the second girl and said.

Although Zhao Laixi is older than Erniu, Erniu is thirteen years old, and Zhao Laixi is nineteen years old, but Erniu is Xiaoding's wife, so she is naturally Zhao Laixi's sister-in-law.

"Okay, then it's going to trouble the eldest brother-in-law." The second girl thanked.

There is a drainage ditch in the yard, from which the waste water from washing and cooking is discharged outside the yard.

Xiao Ding stood by the drainage ditch and stripped off. Zhao Laixi fetched water and found a water scoop from the stove to help Xiaoding clean his wounds.

"I said big brother, why is your thing so big, it seems that my sister-in-law is blessed!" Zhao Laixi is a person who has come over, and the backyard is full of gentlemen, so he doesn't have too many scruples to speak.

Hearing Zhao Laixi's words, the men on the other side who were watching the wolf skinning immediately ran over six or seven.

"Who's big? I'll see, Yoyo ......"

"Oops, sure enough, ......, tsk......"

"I'll see, I'll see, oh my god, will this kill someone!"

"Nonsense, the bigger the better, mother-in-law likes big ......"

“……”

The people in the village are simple and rough, they have not read any books, and naturally they do not have the poverty and sophistication of the scholars, so they have no scruples about speaking. They surrounded Xiao Ding, pointing and pointing, constantly commenting, and saying a few words from time to time.

Xiao Ding's face was black......

What does it feel like to be watched like a rare animal, and to be judged by a group of big men?

Xiao Ding behind the thatched house was embarrassed, and several women in the thatched house were also blushing and bowing their heads silently.

This thatched house was already dilapidated and leaking air everywhere, not to mention that the back window was still open at this time, and those men were talking loudly, and the people in the house naturally heard it clearly.

At this time, the second girl lamented in her heart: It has been more than half a year since she married Xiaoding, and that fool still doesn't know how to have a round with herself. And what do they mean by saying that I am blessed to marry him? What blessing can I have if I marry a fool?

The second girl, who is just thirteen years old, is just an ignorant child. Because of malnutrition and stunted growth, she has not yet had her menstrual period, so how can she talk about understanding the affairs of men and women? But I haven't eaten fat pork but I've seen fat pigs run, Erniu knows that after men and women get married, they want a round house, as for how to round the house, she naturally doesn't understand.

"No, I'm going to have a fool with me tonight!" The second girl made up her mind in her heart.