"Brother Yang, Brother Yang, you go slowly, wait for me" Hu Xiang walked forward, behind him, the familiar child, was shouting at him, at this time, the person next to him, stretched out a pair of strong arms, reached out to cover the child's mouth, and pulled into the person next to him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hu Ding heard the child's shout disappear, and hurriedly looked back, the back was empty at the moment, and the boy who drove the car for him had disappeared. "Hey, strange, where has this kid gone?"

Hu Ding scratched his head, maybe this kid went home? He laughed to himself, this is in the village, can the child still be lost? Besides, now, Hu Ding vaguely heard that the imperial court has recently increased the salary, and the people here are already unable to make ends meet and cannot afford it, which is like the eldest lord, who would rather throw away the land than accept real estate such as Wubai Temple.

This also explains why when Hu Ding wanted to go to this Wubai Temple, the people around him did not act excessively, because everyone felt that the land and taxes were too much. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng's whip law was implemented, and the silver was handed over, which made it even more difficult for the people at this time.

In recent years, the wind and rain have not been smooth, and there has been a drought to make a locust plague, and this natural and man-made disaster has come together, which has led to the fact that no one is willing to farm. The people of large tenant farmers and small families either fled to the south or joined the fields of the eunuchs. In this way, you can barely support yourself.

And the Yang family, where Hu Ding is located, is not an official eunuch, let alone a scholarly family, except for farmers and businessmen, those various privileges are not their share. Hu Ding couldn't help crying and laughing, when he got there, he was afraid that what he would face was a piece of barren fields.

Hu Ding shook his head, this time crossed, inexplicably got on the eldest lady's "thief ship", Hu Ding found that he had changed a lot, and the kind of character that used to run away in case of trouble gradually changed unconsciously.

Thinking of the process of arguing with the old man of the patriarch, Hu Ding was also a little proud in his heart.

"Look, Yang Quan is back, do you think he will go back and beat Qiu Niang?" At this time, Hu Ding listened to a whispering sound from the side. He looked up, and by the time he saw where he was, he was stunned.

Because what is in front of him now is Yang Quan's old house, the slightly staggered wooden door, and the chicks running in the yard, which makes Hu Ding feel like he is back in his hometown, but should he go in or not?

Hu Ding's hand rested on the wooden door, gritted his teeth, and walked in. The yard was still the same as yesterday, and when he walked into the house, he found that Qiu Niang was still sitting on the bed, looking at the wooden door with a dull face. After the sound of the wooden door woke her up, Qiu Niang found that there was one more person in the house.

The two people in the room looked at each other silently, but no one spoke, Hu Ding looked at the woman's weak and poignant appearance, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart, he sighed secretly, "If Yang Quan had been replaced by me earlier, these things would not have happened." ”

But there is no if in the world, and today's Hu Ding/Yang Quan will never keep this woman by his side again.

"Brother Quan, you're back, I'll cook for you" Qiu Niang, who was sitting on the bed with clothes, finally reacted at this moment, she got off the bed in a little panic, went straight to the hall, scooped a scoop of cold water from the water tank, poured it into the pot on the firepit, and then quickly picked up two shallots and cut them carefully. And he dug up half a bowl of white flour from the clay pot by the fire, poured water on it, and tripped it up finely.

When this was almost done, she squatted on the ground, carefully lit the firewood in the fire, and with a coax, orange flames ignited from the firewood, and gently licked the bottom of the pot.

Hu Ding looked at Qiu Niang's busy back, felt a little uncomfortable, and whispered, "Actually, you don't have to be so ......"

Qiu Niang, who was burning the fire, heard Hu Ding say this, and asked with some surprise, "In this way, Brother Quan won't drive me away!" After she finished speaking, looking at Hu Ding's face, the joy slowly faded, and she slowly lowered her head and began to pluck the firewood in the stove.

Hu Ding looked at the woman and sighed, some things are better explained. "What I want to tell you is ......"

Qiu Niang, who was burning the fire on the ground, heard Hu Ding's words, her face instantly turned pale, she got up from this stool, poured the shallots on the board into the cauldron, and interrupted Hu Ding's words with a forced smile, "Oh, the gnocchi soup is ready, Brother Quan, you drink a bowl to warm up your body first"

Hu Ding looked at Qiu Niang's appearance and said ruthlessly, "Actually, you don't have to be like this, tomorrow, you can go back to your father and brother, take all your dowry away, and I don't want any of yours." If you have any money in the family, you can take it with you. “

"Brother Quan, you drink the soup first, and I'll make you steamed buns." Qiu Niang took out another white noodle from the noodle jar, poured it into a porcelain basin, and was about to pour water and knead the dough.

"Qiu Niang, forget it, there are some things that have been done, and there is no room for redemption. What are you doing, I won't change my attention" Hu Ding looked at the woman who wanted to save all this, and said lightly

Because at this moment, Hu Ding sounded the appearance of her intercession for the eldest master last night, which made Hu Ding's already soft heart become stiff in an instant.

Hu Ding knew that if she drove Qiu Niang away now, she would definitely not have a good time when she returned to her parents' house, but Hu Ding didn't dare to keep her, because Hu Ding had too many secrets, a person who was not loyal to her own husband, what kind of secrets could she keep? In addition, Hu Ding was even more afraid, the conspiracy of the seemingly incompetent old man, since ancient times, has there been an adulterous lover, and there are fewer cases of murdering his husband?

Hu Ding didn't want to go to Yin Si to report inexplicably after eating or falling asleep one day.

"When Changchang" sounded, but the porcelain bowl in Qiu Niang's hand fell to the ground and fell into pieces.

"Brother Quan, do you really want to drive me away?" Qiu Niang's tone trembled a little. She couldn't figure out how that Brother Yang, who used to love her honestly and loved her very much, would drive her away.

Hu Ding turned around, unwilling to see her, and let out a faint "um".

This cold appearance made Qiu Niang sound the heroic young man she used to be.

Yes, I don't know when, he began to be cold to me, he didn't like to talk to me, he became taciturn on weekdays, from the leader of the young people in the village before he got married, to Yang Snot, who everyone can bully now, when did it change? Like, that's when I was with the eldest master. It seems that he knew about it a long time ago. Qiu Niang looked at Hu Ding who walked out of the door, and couldn't help but think of it in her heart.