Chapter 100: Follow-up (II) (The Fourth Monthly Pass)
Almighty Cultivation Supreme
The morning passed in a blink of an eye, and it was noon.
The primary school students sat in twos and threes, but they all looked at Gui Chongyang's side. Mei Chen, the leader among the elementary school students, hesitated for a moment and walked over: "Starling, are you okay?" ”
Among several primary school students surnamed Mei, Mei Chen and Mei Xiaoba have the same great-ancestor, they are cousins, and they have the closest bloodline.
Although Mei Chen felt that this cousin was stupid and his brain was not very bright, but in the end it was the Mei family, so he had to ask a question, and the Gui family in the province thought that there was no one in the Mei family.
Mei Xiaoba nodded and said, "It's good." ”
Eat well, dress well, and clean up the house, unlike the family that only places itself on the edge of the barn.
Mei Xiaoba didn't talk about these benefits in detail, but the clothes on his body and the food box in front of him all showed that his life in the Gui family was much better than before.
Mei Chen is nine years old, has been in the village school for two years, knows etiquette and honor and disgrace, and only feels hot on his face. Starling is obviously the bloodline of the Mei family, but the Mei family has no one to raise it, so they can only let the Gui family raise it, what is this called?
Mei Chen walked away, Mei Xu was still confused, and asked Gui Chongyang and Yang Wudao: "What is he doing here?" ”
Gui Chongyang smiled but did not answer, Yang Wu took a big bite of rice and said, "What else can there be?" I'm worried that you won't have enough to eat and not be warmly dressed. On weekdays, he looks arrogant, but he seems to be warm-hearted, much better than your two cousins. ”
Mei Xiaoba's two cousins, who are also village schools, are in the children's class next door.
It stands to reason that Mei Xiaoba, a cousin, entered the village school, and the cousin, who was the "old man" of the two village schools, should show up to take care of one or two, but he didn't show up at all, whether it was before or after the adoptive.
Mei Xiaoba was a little gloomy, when his grandfather took him back yesterday, he wanted to keep him there, but before he could mention it, the uncle turned his face, and the eldest mother also said that the family was difficult, and the two cousins saw him, but they didn't see him.
"Mei Chen is a good reader, keep going, I can't say that I can read it." Gui Chongyang said a word, diverging Yang Wu's words.
When Mei Xiaoba heard this, she said happily: "Really? The clansmen also said the same, saying that Xiao Jiu can read, and he will not be the second fourth brother in the future. ”
Xiao Jiu is Mei Chen's big ranking, and the "fourth brother" is the glory of the Mei family - Mei Sheng of "Little Sanyuan".
Yang Wu glanced at Mei Xiaoba enviously and said, "Your Mei family really knows how to read, the old man in the village said that the aura in our village has been taken up by your Mei family." ”
The Mei family has two children, which are the first two children in the village, and the Mei family also has two talents, which are the only two talents in the village.
No wonder the people in the village look at the Mei family like this, and the Mei family also prides itself on being a scholarly family.
Gui Chongyang couldn't help but feel strange, the Song family is just a medical heirloom, and they don't take the road of the imperial examination, but the other decent Lin family in Mujia Village, why hasn't he heard that his children are studying?
The Lin family is the landlord second only to the Du family, and there is no shortage of money for studying; There are also clansmen who are officials in the capital, and it is the time to mention their children.
In the gossip, the three teenagers had lunch, and just after the food box was packed up, someone shouted at the door: "Mei Xu, someone is looking for it!" ”
Mei Xiaoba didn't react at first, but when Gui Chongyang got up, he realized that he was looking for him, so he went out with Gui Chongyang.
Outside the gate of the ancestral hall, Gui Chongyang squinted, and had a bad premonition in his heart.
Sure enough, when Gui Chongyang and the three of them walked to the door, there were already a few elementary school students standing at the door to watch the excitement.
Outside the gate, a young woman with a child in her hands stood.
The woman was wearing a half-new gown, her face was sallow, and the child she was holding in her hand was wearing old clothes with patches, and the mother and son looked a little shabby.
Gui Chongyang picked the corners of his mouth, but Mei Xiaoba was confused and slow.
The woman held a handkerchief in her hand and stared at Mei Xiaoba's appearance of crying or not. It was the child that the woman was holding in her hand, revealing a bit of cleverness, and when she saw Mei Xiaoba, she immediately let go of the woman's person and pounced: "Big brother, big brother!" ”
Mei Xiaoba held the child, looked at the woman, her mouth moved, and her face was flushed. He wanted to be called "Mother", but when the words came to his lips, he remembered that he was no longer a child of the original family, but had become a member of the Sixth Aunt's family, and he would call his father and mother "Uncle and Aunt" in the future, but he really couldn't call it.
"Big brother, big brother, where have you been, why don't you go home?" The kid was only five or six years old, put his arm around Mei Xiaoba's waist, and asked Lian Sheng.
When the woman heard this, her eyes turned red, and she beckoned to the child, saying, "Don't be naughty, don't call you big brother in the future, change your name to 'starling'." ”
The kid shook his head hurriedly and said, "Big brother is someone else's 'starling', it's my 'big brother'!" ”
Mei Xiaoba already had red circles under her eyes, and she pulled the child and didn't want to let go.
Needless to say, the mother and son in front of them are none other than Mei Xiaoba's stepmother Qiu and half-brother. This younger brother is four years younger than Mei Xiaoba, although the Qiu family does not want the two brothers to be close, but this little one has always been close to his brother, and Mei Xiaoba also really loves this younger brother.
What is this? Since you are reluctant, why do you give others to be heirs?
Seeing the lively elementary school students were confused, Yang Wu was older, and when he looked at Gui Chongyang's face, he was worried that he would be unhappy.
Gui Chongyang is really unhappy, this Qiu clan is a fool when he is a bystander? I don't want to raise Mei Xiaoba, but I still have to hold the thread in my hand, what do you want to do? It's just a rope with family affection and blood, and it's just asking for anything.
Mei Xiaoba is an ordinary ten-year-old boy, where can he stand this? He choked up and said, "Mother...... Neither...... What are you not going to do? If I am obedient in the future, I can not come to study......"
Others listened sadly, the child didn't know whether he had been instructed in advance, or if he really had a good relationship with his brother, and immediately cried "wow", crying and saying: "Big brother, I want big brother to ......"
After all, the village school is where the students study, and such a noise immediately attracted more students to come out to visit, but there was no movement in the master's room, obviously Mei Tongsheng was not there. Otherwise, with Mei Tongsheng's sour and rotten character, he would have to scold the Qiu family who disturbed the village school.
Now that Mei Tongsheng is not there, this Qiu family did not put these hairy children in his eyes, and said casually: "What can my mother do?" Who made our family not as good as others, and people lacked sons, so they let them choose. ”
The scars on Mei Xiaoba's body are still there, and it is ridiculous for Qiu to say such things. Rao is Mei Xiaoba, who has always been honest, only showed a wry smile and let go of the child's hand.
The Qiu family couldn't see that Mei Xiaoba was wrong, so he didn't mention it at once, and only said: "You don't have to blame your father, he didn't sleep all night last night." He felt uncomfortable, you are his own son, but as long as he is a person who can make money, he will not really give you up. Now it's just a difference in reputation, can the relationship between flesh and blood be broken? Now you follow your sixth aunt, dress better than at home, eat better than at home, and go to school. You don't have to blame your father, he really doesn't hurt you. "By the end, I was already choked up.
Instead, they avoided the important and light, erasing her provocation and Mei Qingmu's anger, it seems that they had to send him out for Mei Xiaoba's sake, so a "loving father and mother" heart.
Gui Chongyang heard this, and couldn't help but sneer: "Aunt Mei, what you said is too easy, you spend money to raise children, but my aunt doesn't spend money to raise children?" Your family has land, Uncle Aoki has crafts, and the money you earn is not enough to support your two sons; All my aunt can rely on is needle and thread, but she has to support her cousin and me, and now with Xiaohachi, her eyes are going to be blind. According to my aunt, it's time for my aunt to give us all away. ”
The Qiu family went to the Gui family's room to eat warm pot wine, and since he knew Gui Chongyang, he was busy saying: "Look at what Brother Chongyang said, how can we compare with the Gui family." The Gui family can afford to build a pine house and eat white-flour steamed buns, but our small family can't eat it. The slave knows that Xiaoba went to your house, and you will definitely not be happy, but in the end, we have no way to do it. Hachi has always been a sensible person and doesn't eat too much. After a few years, you will be a good laborer, and your cousins will be able to help each other. ”
This began to provoke the relationship between Mei Xiaoba and the Gui family again. It means that the Gui family dislikes Mei Xiaoba's ability to eat? The Gui family uses Mei Xiaoba as a laborer?
The elementary school students who came out to watch the excitement were all curious, and they all looked at Gui Chongyang.
Gui Chongyang said quietly: "Why can't you do it?" As the aunt said, you are just not father and son, mother and son in name, in the end, you are blood relatives, how can you really ignore Xiaoba. My aunt is worried these two days, the Gui family has only two acres of land, and the first two months were spoiled by wild boars, and this year's rations are not known where, and the family eats either by my aunt's needlework, or by my fifth uncle's subsidy, but there is no reason to rely on people to make up for it. Even if you don't worry about Xiaoba, you can just help prepare a ration for Xiaoba, and you don't need too much, just two or three stones a year, just prepare for a few years, and wait for a few years for Xiaoba, it is a good laborer, just to help your son, the name has become a clan brother, but in the end, it is a brother, and you can also help each other. ”
Qiu's family was unwilling to raise Mei Xiaoba for nothing, and deliberately came to make a show to resolve the relationship and prepare for the future, where would he be willing to pay for food? Immediately, his expression stiffened, and he forced a smile: "Brother Chongyang, don't laugh, the Gui family is a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and a single hair is thicker than a slave's waist, where is it to the point where you can't eat?" ”
Gui Chongyang's eyes widened: "But Xiaoba's surname is Mei and not Gui, you are his own parents, and you are connected by blood, so you understand Xiaoba's difficulties." ”
Qiu Shi sighed and said: "There may be any way, now that the autumn grain has not come down, and there are no two stone grains left in the family, do you really want to send it to the Gui family, and the slave family will drink the northwest wind?" ”
Gui Chongyang nodded and said: "This autumn grain has not come down, it is indeed a problem, otherwise you will first send two buckets to deal with emergencies according to one month's rations, regardless of sorghum and millet, and then make up the rest when the autumn grain comes down next month." ”
This time, the onlookers were staring at Qiu.
Everyone is not very old, and they can't tell the difference between the heirs and their relatives, so they naturally feel that no matter what the name is, the father is still the father. Mei Qingmu's family has a middle-class life in the village, and the family has a small population, so they can afford Mei Xiaoba's rations.
On the Gui family's side, a widow with two children, even if there is Gui Wu's help, Mei Xiaoba's surname is Mei and not Gui, why eat and drink for nothing?
Qiu's face was flushed, and he was thinking about how to push it back, but the little boy had already spoken: "The things in the house are all my and my brother's, the eldest brother gave it away, he won't rob us of things, and he will work for me and my brother after coaxing......"