also had to help in the Zhuangjin Workshop, but the states of Deng Qiantu and Wei Shihao were very different. The former has to spend a lot of money on relationships, but the latter is worried about how to push off this errand.

In the evening, Li Maozi retrieved three big fish from the Guoyang River, left one for his family, and carried two to Wei's house to thank Wei Shihao for his great kindness.

"Is anyone home?" Li Maozi came to the door of the Wei family's fence courtyard and shouted. In fact, he had seen Wei Ermei busy in the kitchen, and the door of the hall was also open.

After Wei Ermei heard Li Maozai's shouting, a smile like a flower appeared on her face, but she pretended not to hear it, and sang a song in a low voice, while cooking on the fire.

When Ma Shihao and Wei Shihao heard this, they both walked out of the hall.

"The cat boy is here! Hurry up and get inside. Ma Shihao is very satisfied with this prospective son-in-law, and every time he comes, she greets him warmly.

"Hey......" Catboy Li replied, and pushed open the fence door and walked in, and he also pretended not to notice her in the kitchen, and walked towards the hall.

The taste of being ignored was uncomfortable, Wei Ermei picked up the burning stick and threw it on the ground, and said in a low voice: "Smash you dead cat with no heart and lungs!" Then, with a pout, he turned his head and peeked out the door.

Wei Shihao looked at the two fish in his hand raised by Li Maozai, and said, "What are you doing here?" Come on, come on, and bring this thing? ”

"Hey...... I don't have anything either. I caught a few fish in the Guoyang River in the afternoon, so I brought two of them, and let's have a good drink tonight. Li Maozai said with a smile.

"Catboy, your brother is right! Yesterday, your brother just caught a lot of crabs, and he hasn't finished eating them yet! You can take it back, your grandma is sick and needs to make up for her body! Ma Shihao said a few polite words while reaching out to catch the fish.

"Auntie, there are still some at home! This is specially brought to teach you and uncle. Li Maozi said after handing the fish to Ma Shihao.

Ma Shihao is not an insatiable person, but she is still very happy when others send gifts.

"Hey! That's okay, then I'll take it to the kitchen and cook it for my second sister, and you guys will have a few more drinks tonight. Ma Shihao's eyes smiled into a slit.

Got fish? Still leave Li Maozai to eat at home? After Wei Ermei heard it, the joy had already drowned out her little temperament, and she immediately rushed out of the kitchen door, snatched the fish from her grandmother's hand, and jokingly said to Li Maozai: "How can two things be enough to eat?" At least three or five of them! ”

"You......" Ma Shihao smiled and killed his daughter's forehead with his finger, and said, "The girl's family, make fun of your cat brother." ”

"You love fish, I'll go down to the river for you every day in the future." As he spoke, Li Maozai pulled a small stool next to Wei Shihao, sat under the eaves of the hall, and chatted with Wei Shihao.

Tonight, I can eat the fish caught by Li Maozai himself, Wei Ermei is happy in her heart, and she sings a mountain song while cooking:

The Guoyang River flows long,

The wind blows bamboo rows across the shallows.

The sound of mountain songs walked around the village,

I don't know where Lang went?

The spring breeze blows on both sides of the green river,

Brother ploughs the field and the sister plants the seedlings.

Spring comes early in Lingnan every year,

Everywhere is filled with potpourri.

The song full of love for nature stirred up the "cat heart" of Li Maozai, and he listened to the beautiful singing from the kitchen with a smile on his face.

"It's your turn, let's have a song! How lonely the second sister sings by herself! Wei Shihao quipped.

"Come on, come on! Listen up. Li Maozai stood up, patted his chest lightly and said.

Li Maozai sings:

The waves of the Guoyang River are beating the waves,

Brother went down to the river to fish in the cabin.

Sing a mountain song and listen to the sister,

Tonight, the table smells of fish.

Wei Ermei's original intention was to sing and enjoy herself, she didn't expect Li Maozi to sing a song against her. She smiled and thought, "You're idle to the mountain song, why don't you come to the kitchen to help?" Look how I forced you to cook with a mountain song! ”

Wei Ermei sang while killing fish:

The smell of fish fills the kitchen,

If you don't come to make a fire, there will be incense.

Lazy cats will only wait next to them,

It deserves to nibble on raw fish intestines.

This mountain song has given an ultimatum to Li Maozai, if he doesn't help in the kitchen, when it is served, he will only eat raw fish intestines.

Li Maozi wanted to chat with Wei Shihao to express his gratitude, but after Wei Ermei's mountain song was sung, he had no time to say anything else, so he had to smile and say, "Brother, then I'll go to the kitchen to help!" ”

Wei Shihao smiled and waved his hand and said, "Go, go!" The two of them cooked faster, and my stomach was hungry. ”

"Hey!" Li Maozai nodded, turned around and walked to the kitchen, and after taking Wei Ermei's kitchen knife, he sang:

The smell of fish wafts and makes people greedy

Attract lazy cats to help

Ah Mei is in charge of the fire

A family of five ate deliciously

Wei Ermei stood up, went to wash her hands with a smile, and then gave Li Maozi a hand:

My sister is not married, my brother is not married,

A family of four doesn't have you.

Now as a guest at a table,

Drive you back after the meal.

Li Maozai sings:

Oops......

Brother measures his own rice,

The amount is measured and the heart is bottomed.

As long as Ah Mei doesn't dislike it,

Choose a good day to marry you.

The two sang and quarreled while cooking dinner in the kitchen, and Wei Shihao sat under the eaves and shook his head and listened with relish. I don't know when, the singing in the kitchen also led Wei Dangtou and Ma Shihao to the outside of the hall and pricked up their ears to listen, and the second elder also smiled and squinted.

In fact, Wei Dangtou is a real strong man, and he is also a good hand at singing mountain songs, he was in love with Ma Shihao because of the song, and finally the two came together because of the mountain song. However, since Wei Dangtou brought back Wei Shihao, he has never sung mountain songs again, but he still loves to listen to mountain songs. He did not object to others singing mountain songs, but forbade Wei Shihao to sing them.

As for the change in Wei Dart's head, no one understands the reason, and it is still a mystery!

"Abba, I can see that you also like to sing mountain songs; I also heard my second uncle say, you are a good hand at singing mountain songs, why don't you sing now, even I am forbidden to sing mountain songs by you? What is the purpose of this? Wei Shihao saw that Abba was fascinated by what he heard, so he asked casually.

Wei Daotou was suddenly stunned, and then said seriously: "If you don't want to sing, you can't sing, how can there be so much?" ”

Wei Daotou said, and turned back into the house.

"Grandma, look at my father, it's too domineering, right?" Wei Shihao said unconvinced.

"Ah Zai, your Abba doesn't sing mountain songs and doesn't let you sing, he has his own reason, and one day you will understand his good intentions! Now, you don't need to ask, hurry up, go set the dishes and chopsticks, and get ready to eat. Ma Shihao said.

Abba stopped singing mountain songs and didn't let him sing them, which has always become a mystery in his heart to be solved, and as Wei Shihao grows up day by day, his desire to uncover this mystery becomes stronger and stronger.

After dinner, after Wei Ermei cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, the remaining four people were still drinking tea and chatting around the dining table.

Wei Shihao suddenly took out a bag of silver from under the table and put it on the table, and said, "Li Maozi is not an outsider, let's discuss, what should we do about this?" ”

A whole small bag of silver, in addition to treating Li Maozai's aunt and repairing their house for a few taels, there are still more than twenty taels left, which is still an astronomical amount for an ordinary family. When the silver was placed on the table, it immediately attracted the surprised eyes of the three people.

During the day, Wei Shihao's theft of official silver has been confirmed to be false information, and Wei Darttou and Ma Shihao have not taken this matter to heart, but now after seeing so much silver, they are still stunned.

"Boy, boy, where did you get so much money? Is it true that others have told you that you stole official money? Ma Shihao was scared, and his voice trembled a little.

"You rebel, did you really steal the official silver? You don't want to die? Wei Dart head roared angrily.

"Hehe, don't worry, if it's official silver, why is this silver bag still printed with the word 'Deng'?" Wei Shihao said with a smile unhurriedly, so he explained to them clearly how Deng Qiantu bribed Mo Qinglian with a lot of money, and how Mo Qinglian rewarded him with silver.

"I see, then this money can be collected, this is the reward you deserve!" After hearing this, Ma Shihao smiled and reached out to hold the silver into his arms, and said, "This money, Grandma will help you collect this money and keep it for you to marry your daughter-in-law." ”

"No wonder, at noon today, I want to ask where the money came from! It turns out that the shopkeeper Mo is also a favor! In my opinion, how much money is sent by the Deng family, isn't this all the hard-earned money collected from the poor people? Li Maozai said with a smile.

Wei Dutou finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he still frowned, as if thinking about something, took the pipe from his waist and lit the fire.

Wei Shihao glanced at Abba and said, "Abba, should I go to the workshop to help?" ”

After exhaling a puff of smoke, Wei Daotou said, "Go, you have to go." ”

"Which song do you want to sing?" Wei Shihao's biggest concern is the lifting of the ban on singing mountain songs.

Wei Daotou looked at his son, took two puffs of cigarette in a row, his face was a little embarrassed and confused, but he didn't know how to answer.

"Sing, why not? Now that the government can't help singing, why don't you open your old brain? We are all on par with the government! Ma Shihao said on the side.

Wei Shihao's ban on singing by his father is related to the government's ban? Wei Shihao probably guessed something from his grandmother's mouth. However, in the previous toasts, except for the previous toast - Mo Huairen, who ordered a ban on folk singing of mountain songs, although other toasts did not approve, they did not prohibit the singing of mountain songs.

Wei Shihao thought to himself: "Abba forbids me to sing mountain songs, could it be related to Master Mo Huairen's ban on singing mountain songs?" However, why did Abba forbid me to sing mountain songs, but not my sister? Is there any secret in this? ”

Regarding the ban on singing mountain songs, Wei Shihao has asked many times to no avail, so he no longer wants to ask any more, but he has always maintained great curiosity about the mystery.

"Uncle, you forbid my brother to sing mountain songs, you have to give a reason in the end! If my brother doesn't sing mountain songs, what should I do if he can't be in love? In my opinion, Shopkeeper Mo took a fancy to my brother's singing and sang well so that he let him help in the workshop. Otherwise, there are so many young and strong people in the village, she doesn't invite them, so she has to spend a lot of money to invite my brother? Li Maozai said.

"Catboy is right! Maybe Shopkeeper Mo really fell in love with Dachau's singing talent. Besides, if you don't go to help and don't sing with them, you will be condemned, which is not worth it! Ma Shihao said.

"Alas......" Wei Dart was in a dilemma, sighed, lowered his head and smoked violently, without expressing a position.

Ma Shihao was anxious, grabbed the money bag tightly with one hand, grabbed the cigarette pipe with the other, and said angrily: "Smoking, smoking, smoking, you know how to smoke." You won't make a statement, will you? Would you rather let the baby go to jail than let him sing mountain songs? ”

Li Maozai couldn't figure out why this stubborn uncle wanted to ban his son's song, and he still insisted on it at this time?

After swallowing his saliva, Wei said, "Sing it!" The people in the government have sung it, so let's sing it! ”

Wei Daotou pointed at Wei Shihao again and said, "But I tell you, if you want to sing, you must sing well, and you must sing to win them." Also, if possible, you can only have a relationship with the shopkeeper Mo, and you can't have crooked thoughts about Moman. ”

After Wei Darttou relented, Ma Shihao and Li Maozi were very happy, but Wei Shihao had a sad face.

Second Sister Wei walked in after finishing the bowl, and just heard Abba's words, so she smiled and said, "Brother can also sing mountain songs, it's great." However, my brother has a fancy for Master Moman, why can't he be in love with her, but with the shopkeeper Mo? ”

"yes, why?" Li Maozai was also puzzled on the side.

"Forget it, you two don't make trouble, which one is not the same for you? In my opinion, the shopkeeper Mo is better than Master Moman. Ma Shihao interrupted them, not wanting him to discuss the issue again.

In Wei Shihao's view, Abba asked him to only have a relationship with Shopkeeper Mo, because Shopkeeper Mo's identity and status are high, which is normal for parents, and it is not a big deal. As long as he insists on pursuing Morman in the future, and when the raw rice is cooked, he doesn't believe that Abba and Mom will object.

Now that Abba has agreed to sing mountain songs, this is the most important thing and the most happy thing for him.