The sun is warm in the afternoon, the shadow of the ancient willow is lying on the ice of the pond, a few earth dogs lie under the tree, lazily napping, the village is quiet, the adults are at home, or spinning, or needlework, or reading around the fireplace, the children are the happiest, Liu Zhizhang led Liu Xinzhang, Liu Shizhang and a large group of children to play cards on the field, jump over the wall, touch the steel bowl, smoke **......

Liu Aidao is teaching Liu Xigu spinning thread on the ground in front of the kang, the thread shuttle turns up and the spinning wheel makes a buzzing sound, like a little bee picking honey in summer, Liu Lao Niang sits on the kang and accepts the upper of the shoe, Liu Renzhang went to his own orchard to prune the apple tree, Liu Lao Dad drank a few more cups at noon, and was sleeping on the kang.

"Mother, what are you laughing at?" Aidao saw that her mother pursed her lips and stole fun.

"Da Yan, my mother is so happy today, your eldest brother can marry such a good daughter-in-law as Zhang Yan, I want to laugh in my dreams."

"Mother, I see that my father is also very satisfied with this family business, during the meal, he let my eldest brother drink, usually I don't dare to think about it, my father's satisfaction with my eldest brother is actually satisfied with Sister Zhang Yan, you say yes, mother?

"Your father is so bad, satisfied or likes your child, he never says it, but once you do something wrong, he will either scold or beat."

"My father said that a habitual son is like a murderer, and he does it for our good."

"Mother, I also like Sister Zhang Yan very much, when will she get married? I can't wait. Xigu interjected on the side.

"It's almost there, after setting the date, it's time to get busy, give a dowry, clean up the new house, prepare dishes, and have a lot of things."

"Mother, my eldest brother is getting married, but the top priority of our Liu family's compound can't be as hasty as Brother Zhongzhang." Aidao reminded Mrs. Liu.

"Of course not, Zhongzhang is messing around, he is begging to be pestering your Aunt Huilan in vain, what is the end of it? Not to mention being beaten by your father, your reputation is also stinky. As soon as Mrs. Liu mentioned Zhongzhang's past, she was angry.

"Mother, I was still young at that time, once Aunt Huilan's placket was torn off, and I cried and cried to complain to my father, did Brother Zhongzhang do it?"

"That's right, it's that bastard who did it, and he also said nonsense that your Aunt Huilan agreed to have a relationship with him."

"Aunt Hui Lan is a few years older than him, what does he think?"

"You see that they were all born to a mother, what a good child Houzhang is, but he has the evil obstacle of Zhongzhang, and he is still the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Liu family's compound, I think your aunt was angry with him to death!" Liu Lao Niang thought of Zhong Zhang Niang, tears couldn't stop flowing down, Zhong Zhang Niang Liu, is the daughter of Liu Shanzu in Wenyuan Hutong, back street of Shuangliu Village, Liu has been commensurate with Wang Huifen sisters since childhood, the relationship is very good, and they also have small feet, they have married to the Liu family compound, Liu married Liu Wenzheng, Wang Huifen married Liu Wende, from a good sister to a good concubine, at that time, the Liu family compound was not divided, everyone ate in a pot, later, their father-in-law Liu Yanzu was wanted for running a progressive newspaper, mother-in-law Jiang Xiuzhi hanged herself, Wang Huilan was just six years old at the time, and lived in Liu's father's house all the year round, and there were few children at that time, that is, the three-year-old Zhongzhang, the one-year-old Renzhang, so Huilan often led Zhongzhang to play, sometimes she was tired of playing, and she slept on a kang, which can be said to be a childhood sweetheart, and she played together for four or five years. often rubbed her when Huilan was sleeping, for this matter, Huilan often complained to Daddy Liu, and Daddy Liu saw that Zhongzhang was still a seven or eight-year-old child, so he didn't take it seriously. Zhongzhang became more and more obsessed with Huilan, and his courage became bigger and bigger, and when he saw Huilan, he blatantly blocked and did not let him go, his hands were cheap, either hugging, or touching his face and breasts, Huilan looked for her sister Liu Lao Niang and Liu's crying, Liu Lao Niang and Liu scolded Zhongzhang a lot, and it didn't hurt or itch to have much effect, until Yizhang was older, things changed. Yizhang is five years younger than Renzhang, when he was six years old, he has been practicing martial arts for more than a year, and he is more or less sensible, he knows that Zhongzhang's actions to his aunt are bad, so he thinks Zhongzhang is a villain. Once Zhongzhang harassed Huilan again, he happened to be bumped into by Yizhang, he used to kick Zhongzhang's calf, the painful Zhongzhang grinned, he stood up and was about to hit Yizhang, but Yizhang said unhurriedly, "Liu Zhongzhang, if you dare to move a finger of me today, I will beat you to kneel and beg for mercy, I don't believe you try." On the one hand, he was afraid of the second uncle, on the other hand, although Yizhang was several years younger than himself, only six years old, but Yizhang was a child king in the Liu family compound, and his eldest son and grandson in the Liu family compound couldn't control him at all, Yizhang was stubborn, ruthless, and accurate since he was a child, and he never broke his word, Zhongzhang looked at Huilan, and then at Yizhang, and explained with a smile, "Yizhang, I'm playing with Huilan." Yizhang didn't give up, and asked sharply, "Liu Zhongzhang, is Huilan your name?" Call Auntie, or I'll beat you up! Saying that, he raised his little fist again, Zhongzhang saw Yizhang's posture and wanted to beat himself, turned around and limped away, since then as Yizhang gets older and older, Zhongzhang has converged a lot, and the brighter Huilan is, Zhongzhang's soul is all hooked away by Huilan. Fourteen or fifteen years old, Zhongzhang has no self-knowledge of men and women, people are also tall and burly, and the energy is particularly strong, Liu often sheds tears in front of Liu Lao Niang, she said that if Zhongzhang does not marry again, sooner or later there will be a big disaster, but something really happened, was beaten in public by Liu's father with a horse whip, and knelt in front of the tablet of the ancestors and ancestors in the ancestral hall and swore a heavy oath, and changed the past, since then Zhongzhang's reputation has completely stinked in Shuangliu Village, and he has been implicated, and the gossip about Huilan is also flying all over the sky. Second Sister Wang's nickname also spread, Liu's depression and widowhood, she hated Zhongzhang and was not angry, and she was full of guilt for Liu Lao Niang and Huilan, she died of depression in less than two years, Liu did not blame Daddy until he died, but Daddy Liu felt very uncomfortable in his heart, and felt sorry for his eldest brother Liu Wenzheng, and later Daddy Liu personally entrusted someone to Zhaoyuan to buy a daughter-in-law for Zhongzhang, and arranged Zhongzhang to be kept in the village department, which can be regarded as an explanation to the Liu family under Jiuquan.

The past is like smoke, and Mrs. Liu sighs when she thinks of Zhongzhangniang's early death.

"Mother, I've seen Brother Zhongzhang much better in the past few years, this morning he heard that my father jumped into the ice hole to save people, he didn't say a word and pushed the wheelbarrow to the Liuhe Beach, faster than my eldest brother." Ai Dao said gratefully.

"Yes, it's wrong, after all, he is the eldest grandson of the Liu family, and I don't understand some of what your father said back then."

"What's that?"

"These words were said to your Aunt Huilan in front of me after your father beat Zhongzhang badly, he said that Zhongzhang is not bad in nature, and he is indeed wrong in treating Huilan, and he should not mess around with the next generation, but after all, he has been grinding with Huilan's ears and temples since he was a child, and he is intimate, so that he has been in love with Huilan for a long time, and he is trapped by love and can't extricate himself!"

"Then why did my Aunt Huilan marry Zhang Shibao again?"

"It's a long time to say this, we can't stop chatting all night, it's all fate!"

"That's not right, mother, you see that Aunt Huilan is married to Zhang Shibao, Sister Zhang Yan, call me Aunt Huilan's sister-in-law, and if she marries my eldest brother, she will shout with my brother, you have to call Aunt Huilan to call Auntie, this is both a sister-in-law and an aunt, isn't it chaotic?"

"Therefore, Wei Ji, this little sister, has an opinion on Zhang Yan, and Zhongzhang doesn't dare to say that he is definitely not convinced, which is very similar to when he proposed to Huilan."

"My mother, this is too complicated, is this the reason why my father has been delayed in agreeing to this family business?"

"Maybe."

"Then why did my father suddenly agree?"

"Ask your dad to go? He certainly had a reason to do so. ”

"Mother, spare me, I don't dare!"

"Sister, the threads are entangled again, and they form dead knots." Aidao patronized and chatted with Mrs. Liu, and made a mistake if she didn't pay attention to the valley.

"Eldest sister, you can get it, I'll go out to play for a while and come back." Xigu ran towards the gate with a smoke.

"Hey, Xigu, don't go out and talk nonsense." Aidao chased out and shouted loudly.

Wei Ji returned home from the family temple, his sister-in-law Lin Qi was busy cooking in the kitchen, and his brother Zhongzhang was chopping firewood in the yard.

"Wei Ji, is the second uncle okay?"

"My eldest uncle is fine, brother, let me split for a while." Wei Ji said to Zhongzhang with a flushed face, "You can rest on the side, this is hard work, or I will do it." Zhongzhang was reluctant to let Wei Ji do farm work.

"Let me come." Wei Ji couldn't help but say that he snatched the pickaxe from Zhongzhang's hand, and split it against a big pier, because the force was too strong, the pickaxe was wedged into the tree stump and could not be pulled out, she was angry and took the pickaxe with the stump to rummage on the ground, Zhongzhang saw that Wei Ji was emotional.

He stepped on the stump of the tree with his foot, held the pickaxe with his hand, and looked at Wei Ji, only to find that Wei Ji's face was flushed, and he quickly asked with concern, "What's the matter?" Wei Ji, who is this angry with? Tell my brother, I'll call the shots for you. ”

"Don't worry about it, let me split it for a while."

"Forget it, you chop wood like this, the tree stump can't be split, and it's easy to hurt yourself, tell my brother, who bullied you?" Zhongzhang raised his voice, Lin Qi heard Zhongzhang and Wei Ji yelling, and hurriedly ran out of the kitchen, "Boss, you can't tell your sister well." ”

"It's none of your business, go inside the house and cook."

Lin Qi stood still and didn't move, she saw that Wei Ji's face was not good, and she was very red, so she asked, "Sister Wei Ji, are you uncomfortable?" As he spoke, he wiped his hand on his apron, came over and touched Wei Ji's head, and then touched his own, "There is no fever, why is your face so red?" ”

"Brother, sister-in-law, I'm really fine, I won't eat lunch anymore, I'll go to bed." After speaking, Wei Ji walked into his room and closed the door.

"Silly girl, why are you still stunned, go cook." Zhongzhang yelled at Lin Qi.

Zhongzhang pulled out the pickaxe hard, kicked the stump over, walked to the courtyard gate with his hands behind his back, stood under the locust tree and smoked, he suddenly saw Zhizhang running out of the family temple with a bang, he quickly hid behind the locust tree, and after a while saw Renzhang holding Zhang Yan's hand and also walked out of the family temple, his face was filled with a sweet smile, the two of them whispered intimately while walking, and when he was about to pass in front of Zhongzhang's eyes, Zhongzhang coughed and walked out from behind the tree.

"Big brother, you scared me a lot." Ren Zhang saw Zhongzhang fiercely, he was a little caught off guard, the two almost collided together, and Zhang Yan also stopped.

"Renzhang, where did you two come from?"

"Brother Zhongzhang, uncle asked me and Renzhang to come to the study to clean up, have you had lunch?" Zhang Yan hurriedly answered.

"I haven't eaten yet, your sister-in-law is still cooking at home, why don't you two come to my house for dinner?"

"No need, uncle and aunt are still waiting for the two of us, let's go, Brother Zhongzhang." Saying that, Zhang Yan pulled Renzhang and walked home without looking back.

Zhongzhang looked at the backs of the two of them, and thought, why go to the study to clean up, deceive the ghost, eighty percent is dating in Daddy Liu's study, the key is to let Daddy Liu go, this is the rhythm of getting married! Renzhang and Zhang Yan are not a secret, of course Zhongzhang knows, the key is the attitude of Daddy Liu, Zhongzhang pondered in his heart, Daddy Liu did not oppose it openly before, but he never gave the Zhang family a good face, everyone in the Liu family compound knows that although the Liu family and the Zhang family are not enemies, it is impossible to become in-laws, and now the situation has changed essentially, Daddy Liu not only arranged for them to date, but also left Zhang Yan to eat at home when he saved people and was injured, obviously agreeing to their marriage.

He turned around and walked briskly back into the courtyard and stood in front of the house where Wei Ji slept.

"Wei Ji, your sister-in-law has cooked, come out and eat less."

"Brother, it's annoying, I said I wouldn't eat it."

"Wei Ji, don't be foolish, my brother has something serious to tell you."

"What's the matter, if it's related to Zhang Yan, I don't want to hear it."

"Listening to you, do you know that Zhang Yan is going to marry into our Liu family's compound?"

"Isn't this an earth-shattering event, isn't it sooner or later?"

"Hahaha, then there's a lot of fun, I want to see if Zhang Yan is a sister-in-law or an aunt when she calls 'Second Sister Wang' in the future." Zhongzhang said gloatingly, his tone was still mixed with indignation, thinking, why can Liu Renzhang marry his aunt's sister-in-law, and I can't marry my second uncle's sister-in-law?

"Brother, don't always 'Second Sister Wang', 'Second Sister Wang' screaming, that's my sister-in-law, be careful of my eldest uncle's horsewhip."

"Stinky girl, I don't know what to do, if you have the ability, don't eat dinner, starve to death!" Zhongzhang turned around and went back to the hall to eat and let go, Wei Ji did poke at Zhongzhang's sore spot, for him, the whipping that Daddy Liu gave himself back then was the biggest shame in his life.

Listening to Zhongzhang's footsteps, Wei Ji felt uncomfortable, although Zhongzhang is not his own brother, but he has always been very fond of himself, he is the same as the third brother Yizhang, no matter what he did wrong, he has never really been angry, at most he scared a few words, especially after Liu's death, Zhongzhang is better for himself, Liu Wen lives in Huang County all year round, and he can't come back a few times a month, Zhongzhang takes care of himself and Houzhang as a father and a mother, and his sister-in-law has been married for several years, but he can't talk to his brother, and his brother is like a dumb person who eats coptis, There is bitterness that cannot be spoken. The people in the village, especially the old men, shouted Aunt Huilan 'Second Sister Wang' behind their backs, and the brother shouted the most happily, Wei Ji knew that the brother was angry, and insulted Aunt Huilan on his lips, but he actually loved it very deeply in his heart.

Wei Ji couldn't fall asleep over and over, what she had seen and heard in the family temple just now kept coming to her mind, her body was like a fire, she longed to be touched, kissed and squeezed like Zhang Yan, she secretly scolded herself for being obscene and dirty...... In his heart, he thought of the third brother Yizhang, "Where have you marched?" When you go to the battlefield in Korea, will you still think of me? ”