Shang Cheng walked to the side of Zhuangzi and heard another cow barking. This time it was closer, and he heard not only the mooing of the cow, but also the low coughing and wheezing of the man. There seems to be a woman's voice struggling.

Fuck it!

He couldn't help but curse. Although the atmosphere in this countryside is simple, there is still a matter of stealing chickens and dogs, should he be bumpered with tonight? Looking in the direction of the candle flame, he pursed his lips. There are still bastards who dare to stir up such a thing? A sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, clenched his fists, and walked towards the source of the voice.

He hurried a few steps to the courtyard of the farmer, looked through the courtyard wall enclosed by a wooden fence, and by the dim light of the candle flame, he could see what was really going on in the courtyard. A man was kneeling on the ground and pulling the head of the ox, and a woman was holding a large wooden scoop in one hand, pinching the cow's nose with the other, and pouring water from the wooden scoop into the cow's mouth. The strength of the ox was too great for those two men to deal with, and the four big hooves kicked around in the mud, and several holes were dug out of the mud. Next to the messy two people and a cow, there was a woman holding an oil lamp to illuminate it. Further away, under the eaves of the hall, three dolls gathered around a woman in panic, grabbing the corners of the woman's trousers; The woman was like an old hen caring for her chicks, and she opened her hands to protect the three little ones.

People are pouring medicine into the cow! He thought it was...... Shang Chengdeng's face turned purple with shame from his guess just now, and his clenched fist also loosened.

"Do you want to help?" Shang Cheng shouted outside the wall. Without waiting for the people in the courtyard to answer, he pushed open the courtyard gate, which was also made of wooden fences, and walked in. He said to the man who didn't care to talk to him, "I'll pull its head, and you go and feed the medicine." So saying, he took hold of the two horns of the ox and pressed the head of the ox to the ground. The ox kicked its four hooves on the ground and shook up a large cloud of dust, struggling, probably noticing that Shang Cheng's strength was different from his master's, panting and puffing out a pair of big eyes before resigned himself to stopping the senseless struggle.

The man knelt on the ground and moved two steps, took the ladle from the woman's hand, and poured medicine on the cow. Probably because his strength was exhausted, his hands trembled so badly that most of the ladle of medicine was spilled, and the dark brown potion was dripping everywhere. Shang Cheng didn't care about anything, so he simply grabbed the cow's head with one hand, put one knee against the cow's neck, and took the scoop to pour the remaining potion down.

He dragged the cow's nose with his right hand to prevent the cow from squirting out the medicine, and handed the scoop to the woman who couldn't help with his backhand: "Is there any medicine?" The woman had been stupid for a long time, and she didn't reach out for a long time to catch the water ladle, until her husband came to his senses with a loud yell, and quickly scooped the potion from the wooden basin on the ground at her feet and handed it over.

Shang Cheng's arrival obviously helped the family a lot, this time the potion was fed smoothly, but in the blink of an eye, half a basin of potion was poured into the cow's belly. It seemed that the medicine had been fed, Shang Cheng let go of the cow's horns, stood up with a few gasps, and patted the cow's head. Only then did he take a closer look at this big guy. Just now the cow fell to the ground and couldn't see clearly, and he only cared about pressing the cow's head to prevent the cow from struggling and moving, and he didn't pay too much attention, and now he looks up and down one by one, no wonder this family takes care of him so carefully, this is a strong cow with a strong mouth! Needless to say, this is the most precious thing in this family, and it must be cherished very much! Seeing that the man was still kneeling on the ground in a demented and holding a wooden scoop without speaking, Shang Cheng didn't know what to say, seeing that the cow was snorting and straightened up from the ground, and the two big eyes also had bright colors, he patted the horns of the cow again, picked up the gown stained with slimy medicinal soup and wiped the sweat on his face, and prepared to go back.

“…… This big brother walks slowly! The woman who was holding on to the oil lamp lighting next to her was alert, and when she saw that Shang Cheng was going out, she hurriedly stopped him. How can you let the good Samaritan who helped go without even saying a word of thanks? Although she was as stunned as the rest of the courtyard from the moment Shang Cheng entered the door, where did this kind of reckless person come from in Zhuangzi, the master dared to push the door and come in by herself without opening his mouth? And the strength of the person who came was too great, and when the two men were feeding the cow medicine in the afternoon, the two men finally held the cow down, and the veterinarian who pinched the cow's nose and poured the medicine on the cow was also sprayed with medicine by the cow, but this man held the horn of the cow only so much, and the cow lay on the ground and let people fiddle......

Hearing the woman say this, the two people who were still obsessed and stunned also reacted. The man got up from the ground, coughed and said words of gratitude to lead Shang Cheng into the room, the woman hurriedly walked around with a sigh and didn't know what to do, only the girl with the oil lamp was well-behaved and clever, put the oil lamp on the table in the middle of the hall, first poured a bowl of water for Shang Cheng, then turned around and brought a basin of water, pulled a towel and put it in the basin, and put it on the stool outside the door of the hall, and then told the man who sat with Shang Cheng but kept looking at him with his eyes and couldn't find anything to say, At this time, the guest should be asked to wipe his face and wash his hands first.

The man then tugged at Shang Cheng's sleeve and asked him to wash his hands and face, and said kind words before he could say anything.

Others are so enthusiastic, Shang Cheng is not good to leave, seeing that the girl's meaning seems to help him twist the hand towel, he hurriedly went over and said I will come by myself. He didn't use a towel, so he casually washed the dust and sweat on his face with a few strokes of water with his hands, and he didn't use the towel on the edge of the basin, wiped the water on his face casually, smiled and nodded at the woman who had been staring at him, and was ready to say goodbye.

The two men were so close that the girl seemed to recognize him, and she couldn't help but babble softly. He felt that his startled appearance didn't seem to be good, so he hurriedly closed his mouth again, his face swollen and red, and just looked back and forth on Shang Cheng's body with his two big black eyes.

At this time, the woman who was going back and forth in the room and didn't know what to do probably came back to her senses, and when she heard the woman's low exclamation, she stared at her fiercely, came over and let Shang Cheng towards the table, and quietly kicked the man with her foot, and said, "This big brother has so much strength!" If you hadn't come over to help, maybe we wouldn't have been able to pour this medicine into the cow overnight......" As he spoke, he stuffed the water bowl into Shang Cheng's hand, and then turned back to the woman and said, "Go to the mother's room and bring the apricots that were picked at noon and give them to the guests to taste." ”

The woman lifted the curtain and went into the back room, and after a while she turned out again, holding the corner of her clothes and carrying a large handful of apricots with her clothes, and put them on the table. The bright red apricot immediately rolled on the table. Shang Cheng's hands were quick, and he grabbed the two apricots that were almost rolling down from the table, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the three dolls were standing by the door, staring at the fruit in his hand without turning their eyes, and the smallest finger was stuck into his mouth. The woman who was protecting the three dolls while feeding the cows just now stood behind the dolls. Through the light in the hall, Shang Cheng saw clearly that this woman's two eyes were tightly together, one by one, she was actually blind......

Shang Cheng grabbed a handful of fruits, and stuffed a few into each of the three dolls, it seemed that the oldest doll still knew how to look at their father and mother first, but the two younger ones didn't care whether their parents agreed or not, and whether the fruit was clean or not, grabbed the fruit and stuffed it into their mouths.

He was teasing the three dolls here, and the woman over there was already whispering in her sister-in-law's ear; Her sister-in-law listened to her words, and whispered a few words in the man's ear, and the man seemed to have just come to his senses at this time, raised his face and looked at Shang Cheng a few times, and asked his sister uncertainly: "You read it right?" Is it really him? He spoke in a loud voice, and Shang Cheng heard it too, and he turned his face inexplicably to see what they were talking about.

The man was a little embarrassed, and pretended to be coughing, who knew that this fake cough actually attracted a real cough, and immediately bowed down and coughed non-stop, until the woman went over to stroking him on the back for a long time, and then picked up the bowl of water poured for Shang Cheng and drank several sips, so he stopped coughing, and said to Shang Cheng apologetically: "I fell into this problem before the wheat harvest, and I didn't see any improvement after taking a lot of medicine, and the result was ...... Thank you for your kind stay. ”

Shang Cheng smiled and expressed his understanding, and was about to say something, but the woman shouted: "Brother Merchant......"

Shang Cheng turned his face in surprise. The family was full of faces, and he couldn't remember who he knew in the house. Except for Tian Xiaowu, who worked with him, only a few people in this Li Jiazhuang knew who he was, why did this little girl recognize him at a glance?

Seeing his surprised expression, the woman knew that she recognized the right person, but she didn't know how to introduce herself for a while, so she had to hide behind her sister-in-law with a red face.

"How do you know me?" Shang Cheng asked in surprise. Seeing that the little girl was embarrassed, she had to turn her puzzled gaze to her brother.

Before her brother could speak, he laughed and said, "My mother and Huojiabao's sixth aunt are cousins...... When Aunt Sixth came back last month, she took my sister-in-law to Huojiabao for a few days, and she must have seen you there......" As she spoke, she turned her face and asked her sister-in-law, "Is that so?" His sister nodded and whispered, "I've met once." When the eldest brother of the merchant wrestled with the soldiers in the county on the barn, I was also on the sidelines......"

Hearing her say this, Shang Cheng understood why this woman actually knew herself. However, there were hundreds of men and women who watched the excitement by the dam that day, and he had no impression of her at all, and as for what the man said, he was even more dumbfounded.

"The sixth aunt my brother is the seventeenth aunt." The woman whispered.

Hearing her say this, Shang Cheng suddenly realized. He vaguely remembered that in those days, Uncle Seventeen's house seemed to have some kind of relative; However, in those days, he worked as a helper in a song shop in the market town, and even rested in the restaurant at night, and did not go back to Liu's house to live, so he didn't know that the relative from Uncle Seventeen's house was the little girl in front of him.

In this way, the relationship between the family and Shang Cheng immediately became closer. Shang Cheng first called the man Fan Xiang as the eldest brother, and after being reminded by the little girl Fan Lian'er, the two reported their respective ages, and he was one year older than Fan Xiang, so he quickly changed his words, so he didn't make a bigger joke. went over to greet Lian'er's mother again, and said a basket of greetings and reassuring words. Fan Xiang's daughter-in-law beckoned the three dolls to come in and call uncle. Although this family came very suddenly, but the first time they met, Shang Cheng, the elder, naturally couldn't be empty-handed, he groped a little on his body, and untied the purse tied to the belt around his waist, and stuffed the purse with money to a few dolls one by one, "This money will buy some food for the dolls and then change clothes." ”

Sitting in the hall of Fan Xiang's house, he talked for a long time, and Shang Cheng said goodbye. Before leaving, Fan Xiang and Lian'er kept sending him out until he was almost entering the door of the master's house, and when he turned back, he could still see the dim and dim little oil lamp in the distance.

Early the next morning, he called Tian Xiaowu, who was still immersed in sleep, and walked back, and when he passed the river where he threw stones last night, he accidentally bumped into Lian'er who came out with three nephews to cut grass for the cow. Lian'er blushed and returned the purse he had pulled at home last night, and he didn't care much about it in his arms, and specially told the little girl that the weeds in the morning were covered with dew, and if you feed the livestock, the animals are easy to run and have diarrhea, so they must be dried before they can be fed.

It wasn't until he stopped halfway that he realized that the purse that Lian'er gave him was not the one made for him by the eldest girl. Both sides of this purse are embroidered with a lotus flower.

Tian Xiaowu also saw the purse in his hand, and teased him with a smile: "Brother merchant, whose daughter gave you a love object?" It can be exquisitely made! ”

"Get out of here." Shang Cheng said with a smile. He didn't believe that this purse was a token of love, he and Li Lian'er had met twice, and they didn't say a word, what kind of love is green? He thought that Lian'er probably took the wrong purse in a hurry when she went out. Besides, if Lian'er takes the wrong purse and sends him a love token, what is it that the big girl makes this purse for him and specially embroiders a business word?

Tian Xiaowu didn't care about Shang Cheng's laughter and scolding, he only dragged a piece of grass in his mouth and lay on his back in the grass pile to look at the clouds in the sky, and suddenly sang in a loud voice:

"Cherries are delicious, trees are hard to plant,

With those thoughts, I can't open my mouth,

Embroider a purse brother you take with you,

Don't forget your sister ......"