Du Shi clutched his stomach and groaned.

"Dushi, what's wrong with you."

Li's brows tightened, the grandson in Du's belly is not only the descendant of the Lin family, but also the person who will give her a pension in the future.

"Mother, the smoke from Lin Xiaoyan's fire is too choking, I'm afraid it's a tire." Du Shi held his stomach and slowly sat on the ground and let Li help him.

"That's fine, I'll help you back to the house." After Li finished speaking, he helped Du Shi and slipped away.

When eating lunch, Lin Xiaoyan finished serving the rice to the four of them, and found that her bowl was gone, staring at a few lonely grains of white rice on the wooden barrel steaming machine, Lin Xiaoyan gritted her teeth and scraped them off little by little.

"Why is it just a bowl of rice, Lin Xiaoyan, don't you know that I work very hard in the field with my father?" Lin Xiaoyan's brother stared at the half bowl of rice in her hand, snatched it and shared it with her father, not caring whether Lin Xiaoyan's stomach was hungry or not.

Lin Xiaoyan endured her anger and didn't speak, picked up the chopsticks in front of her and held a piece of meat, Du Shi immediately cut off the nonsense and said: "Sister Xiaoyan, the child in my belly wants to eat meat, and you, as an aunt, won't let him eat it." ”

"Lin Xiaoyan, what are you doing in a daze, why don't you quickly clip another piece of meat to your sister-in-law." Lee commanded.

After a meal, Lin Xiaoyan drank a bowl of vegetable soup, and after the Lin family finished eating, they put their chopsticks on the table and sat outside to chat.

Lin Xiaoyan was left to clean up alone, and when she was washing the dishes, Li Shi walked to the kitchen and ordered coldly: "Go out to dig more wild vegetables in a while, and remember to cut more pigweed on this back, if it is not enough, you won't have your share of dinner." ”

Lin Xiaoyan looked at the back basket thrown by Li and the sickle placed inside, and kept sighing in her heart that it was not easy for rural women to live.

And Du's, who hid in the dark and ate fruits, let out a happy laugh.

After Lin Xiaoyan quickly washed the dishes and chopsticks three times and divided five by two, she went out with a sickle on her back and a sickle.

Leaving home, Lin Xiaoyan stared at a big mountain not far away, a year ago, the original owner saved a man under that mountain, and then the man was lifted, not only did he not thank her, but also spread rumors that Lin Xiaoyan admired him and wanted to marry him as a concubine.

The man also said that if he wanted to marry him, he would prepare ten taels of silver as a dowry, and he agreed.

After these fell into Li's ears, the original owner was beaten at that time.

Thinking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Lin Xiaoyan's mouth, and she walked towards that side with a step, and was about to reach the foot of the mountain, when Lin Xiaoyan saw two women walking towards her.

These two are no one else, one is Min Huaichun, the younger sister of the lifter, and the other is Shangguan Jing, the illegitimate daughter of Shang Shangfang, because her biological mother is a Qinglou woman, so she is temporarily placed in the countryside for foster care.

Although everyone is a peasant girl, she is different from Lin Xiaoyan, her skin is as white as snow, and her face is relatively round.

Lin Xiaoyan looked down at her legs like tree branches, which were not only small, but also very rough, and they looked like they were caused by long-term bad behavior.

Just as the three of them crossed their shoulders, Lin Xiaoyan buried her head lower, trying not to let Min Huaichun recognize her.

You must know that rumors say that she likes people who raise Min Huaiye, and Min Huaichun is an indispensable hero.

At that time, she also said that if her brother wants to like a talented girl like Shangguan Jing, a woman born like Lin Xiaoyan is not worthy of being a maid for her brother.

If Lin Xiaoyan wasn't worried about being discovered, she really wanted to rush forward and slap Min Huaichun.

At this time, Shangguan Jing looked at Min Huaichun with envy and said: "Sister Huaichun, your mother is so good to you, this material is a silk that only the housekeeper's sister can afford to wear, and the landscape painting on this fan was painted by your brother himself." And Brother Huaiye is still a person, and after a few years in the entrance examination, your family has soared. ”

When it comes to Min Huaichun's heart, she likes to listen to others say flattering words the most, and now she said proudly: "My brother was admitted to the examination at the age of thirteen, not to mention in our village, even if you add those aristocratic sons in the county, how many people can be lifted in the examination at the age of thirteen like my brother, not that I blow, the matchmaker who recently went to my house is about to step on the threshold." ”

Hearing this, Shangguan Jing had a smile on her face and asked shyly, "Sister Huaichun, how did I hear that your brother likes a woman like me?" ”

"Nonsense, those are rumors made up outside, I ...... My brother is now working hard to get into the Jinshi, and he doesn't have the heart to talk about marriage at all. Min Huaichun's eyes were a little evasive, and he hurriedly replied.

"Yes, yes, that's all nonsense, so can you take me to see your brother today?" Shangguan Jing asked for a flattering request.

"Seeing what you say, I'll take you to take a look, but I'll say okay first, you can only take a look from afar, you must not stay too long, you have to know that after the entrance examination, you can only take the top prize, at that time my brother's status is different from now." Min Huaichun proudly and complacently showed off.

Shangguan Jing had a disgust in her eyes, in terms of identity, she was the eldest lady from Shangshu Mansion, if it weren't for her stalling such a mother, she wouldn't have come to please a village girl.

In the final analysis, it's not that Min Huaiye is powerful, he can be admitted at the age of thirteen, and he has become a big celebrity in ten miles and eight towns, and if he continues to develop according to the current situation, it won't be long before he can be admitted to the top prize.

Therefore, Shangguan Jing should take advantage of the fact that the time is not yet ripe to facilitate this marriage as soon as possible, so as not to be preempted.

As for Lin Xiaoyan, who was dark, thin and small, she couldn't get into the eyes of the two of them at all, and naturally no one paid attention to her, waiting until the two of them went away.

Lin Xiaoyan stared at the intersection not far ahead, which was the place where the original owner met Min Huaiye, and it was also the place where a legend was hidden in Niutian Village.

I heard that there is a mysterious cave in the deep mountains of Niutian Village, and there is a book of heaven hidden in the mountain, and whoever can get it can get the whole world.

Lin Xiaoyan found in the memory of the original owner that Min Huaiye was stupid and ugly before he was eight years old, and he became smart after falling off the cliff once.

"Does it really have anything to do with legends?"

Lin Xiaoyan walked straight towards the place where she met Min Huaiye, and along the path on the mountain, Lin Xiaoyan found that it was more and more difficult to go to the top of the mountain, and in the end, there was no way to see it.

Looking at the intricate ancient trees towering to the sky, and the vines that descend vertically from the roots, the thick layer of vines blocked the road in front of them.

Lin Xiaoyan picked up the sickle in her hand, looked east and west, and finally found a place that looked like a road but didn't look like a road and walked in.

It didn't take long to walk, Lin Xiaoyan found that there was a big cave in front of her, she had the courage to go inside, at first the cave was dark, Lin Xiaoyan could walk slowly forward with the help of a sickle.

Soon, she saw a flash of light coming down from above, and quickened her pace.