Chapter VIII
"Ah Zhi, it's not going to stop so late." When Xu A-Niang came out after packing up her things, she found that the light was still on in her son's house, so she knocked on the door and entered.
Xu Chengzhi put down the books in his hand and got up to greet Xu A-Niang, "A-Niang, why haven't you slept so late?" Didn't my son think that the new master was about to arrive, and he was afraid that he had learned a little unfamiliar before, so he wanted to see it again. ”
Xu A-Niang was both relieved and distressed to see her son so relieved, and said with relief, "Even if the master is not there, you don't work weekdays, and you don't have to worry too much about your homework, you look at A'an, I don't worry about being scolded by the master one day, I don't know how many times I have been confused, you should rest early!" ”
Xu Chengzhi heard Ah Niang say this, and as Ah Niang turned his gaze to his younger brother who had already started snoring on the bed, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and helped Ah Niang recover the quilt that Xu Cheng'an had slept very unsteadily.
"Auntie, is there anything wrong with you coming tonight?" Xu Chengzhi also knew that what A-Niang said in the courtyard today was just a resignation, and their own family naturally didn't believe that this was the truth.
Xu A-Niang told Xiao Nan Nan about her origin during the day, and told her eldest son that she entrusted her son not to forget to help Xiao Nan inquire about the news when he went to the town again one day.
Xu Chengzhi was still a little worried after sending his mother back to the house, when he first met this little sister, he knew that she could never be the daughter of an ordinary family, and he only thought that the other party might be just a young lady from a large family, but he didn't expect that she was not a merchant girl, but an official lady, Xu Chengzhi was really uneasy.
Since he went to Beijing to report on his work, the current Yongzhou Taishou cannot be Xiao Nannan's father, but if you want to hear the news, you can only start from Yongzhou Taishou at present.
He looked at the book in his hand, and finally put it away and went to bed and lay down, Daddy was no longer there, he and his younger brother also had to take responsibility for the family, and he was also worried that re-enrolling in the school would affect the family's farming, but he was unwilling, and he didn't want to live in Xujia Village as a hunter for the rest of his life.
For a while, Chengzhi also fell into a dilemma.
"A'an, I'll go to your Uncle Hu's house in a while and bring that bit of rabbit meat to your Uncle Ahu." Yesterday, Cheng Zhi Cheng An went to the market to sell prey, and there were a lot of leftovers to bring back, Xu A-Niang counted today and asked Cheng Zhi Cheng An to send it to a family, and the things left behind could not be eaten at home, so it was better to send them to another family for personal favors.
"Alas!" Cheng An agreed, but when he looked back, he thought again, "Ah Niang, I went to Uncle Hu's house yesterday to see that they still have a lot of prey, I'm afraid this little rabbit meat is ......."
Xu Chengzhi Xu Chengan has followed his fathers in the mountains since he was a child, and he has learned a set of hunting methods and the instinct to survive in the mountains.
Xu A-Niang sorted out the prey without speaking, and Xu Chengzhi, who was helping Xu A-Niang to sort out the prey together, explained to his younger brother, "It's just rabbit meat, and the quantity is not much, Uncle Hu can keep it for himself to eat, and we are just a whole human affection." ”
"Oh!" Xu Chengan scratched his head and replied, "Okay, then the son will go now!" ”
"Well, go early and come back early!" Xu A-Niang glanced at the little girl who was sitting on the side a little unnaturally, and didn't know what to do, and smiled, "Nannan, do you want to go with your brother A'an?" ”
Xiao Nan nodded obediently, and was relieved, Brother Cheng'an would come over to talk to her at home these two days, if Brother Cheng'an left like this, she didn't know what to do, and the work that her aunt did she hadn't done herself, and she felt very bored for a while.
After Xu Chengan took the rabbit meat, he was a little happy when he saw that Xiao Nannan had agreed, but he was still a little worried and asked, "Little sister, does the injury on your body still hurt?" It's better to wait at home, and Brother An will come back to accompany you in a while. ”
Xiao Nannan hurriedly replied obediently, "Brother An, it doesn't matter, Nannan wants to go with my brother!" "Finally have a chance to go out and do something, how can Xiao Nan give up, she can't care about the injuries on her body at this time, her mother once taught her, the fish stinks for three days, and the guest stays for three days, she wants to live like this and do nothing, I'm afraid it will provoke the Xu family!
Xu Chengzhi felt that he seemed to be able to feel the uneasiness in this little sister's heart, and said to Cheng'an, "A'an, the injury on my cousin's body is not healed yet, don't go too fast when you take your cousin out, remember to take care of your sister!" ”
"Got it, big brother!" Xu Chengan waited for the little girl to get up, and then slowly took the little girl out of the house.
"Ah Zhi, remember to send some of the rest to Aunt Lin's family in a while, and send some to the village chief's family in this pile, and you must remember to save these well, and send them over when the new master comes!" Xu A-Niang pointed to some of the remaining prey one by one and commanded her son.
After finishing speaking, he seemed to be a little uneasy and instructed, "You also know that Xu Yang of your Aunt Lin's family is not very angry, when you go, see if he and his daughter-in-law are not there, if they are there, don't send them first, lest your Aunt Lin have not eaten the things that have been sent, and they will be harmed by those two people first!" ”
Xu Chengzhi frowned when he heard this, but he still agreed to his mother's request, Aunt Lin's family has a son and daughter-in-law of a loser, which is something that everyone in the village knows, but the man of Aunt Lin's family was not spared in the accident that year, which is also something that everyone in the village knows, Aunt Lin worked hard to raise the child alone, but she didn't expect it to be a white-eyed wolf, so that although Aunt Lin's son is now an adult, her life is still very difficult.
But no matter how many years have passed, Xu Chengzhi can't forget the help of Aunt Lin to his family when he first knew that Daddy couldn't come back, A-Niang raised the two brothers to this day, and the most unforgettable thing is the help of these people in the village to his family, otherwise, it would be really difficult for A-Niang Xu to survive those days alone.
Xu A-Niang saw that her sons had already left at her command, and she slowly packed up the sundries in the yard, and put away all the clothes that she had washed a few days ago and put them back in the house.
After entering the house, Xu A-Niang once again took the needlework basket to do the next embroidery work a few days ago, in fact, Xu A-Niang's own A-Niang was an embroiderer, so Xu A-Niang was a good embroiderer since she was a child, and she did not leave this craft after coming to Xujia Village with her father, and at that time she took a little embroidery work from time to time to do.
Later, after Chengzhi and his father were gone, she didn't know how to hunt as a woman, and at that time she had to take on embroidery work often in order to make a living, which has continued to this day, although the children can hunt independently to supplement the family, but she does not dare to put down the work in her own hands.