The head smiled honestly, and said: "No, the owner is the most old man I have ever met someone to help us pan kang, and also asked someone to send us medicine, this winter, my two small ones, have not been frostbitten, hands, feet and face are not sores, the big guys have said, everyone has accumulated virtue in the last life, and met such a good master." ”

Wei Yan was a little embarrassed to be praised, he smiled, and he was not polite, he opened his posture and prepared to set up a dragon gate array. Prince Chengqian was obviously inexperienced, and looked at Wei Yan blankly, his body was mud and dirt, and he didn't know whether to take off his shoes and go to the kang or continue to stand.

The old lady looked at it and smiled, and said, "Hou Sheng, please wait a while, the old body will fetch water for you." ”

After a while, he came in with a wooden basin and washed his hands and wiped the dirt for Chenggan, steaming hot, still hot. Cheng Qian smiled gratefully, squatted down, and washed himself, but his movements were very clumsy, and he looked like a master who had never done these things and was served every day.

Wei Yan smiled and shook his head, and went over to help. Goudan'er snickered on the side and said, "Little brother is so stupid, he can't do this!" Hee-hee...... Ah! ”

Before he finished laughing, he was very happy and sad, and was hit on the head by his grandmother, and he was quiet. Cheng Qian's face was so blue and white with laughter that the old lady hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, Housheng, my child can't speak, don't mind." ”

Prince Chengqian shook his head and said in a low voice: "Ziyue, lonely ...... I'll do it myself. ”

Wei Yan nodded out of the way, watching himself slowly and clumsily take care of himself, and smiled comfortingly. Thank you for meeting the big girl sister and brother today, take a look more, perhaps, it will inspire Prince Chengqian a little.

Wash it, roll up the dirty sleeves high, take off the dirty robe, take off the shoes with the guard, climb on the kang, and sit around the small kang table. Don't speak. Just listen to Wei Yan and the old man and the old lady, it is very jerky and unnatural.

Wei Yan was at ease, looking at Cheng Qian's appearance, thinking of himself when he first went to the countryside. The first time Wei Yan went to the countryside, he went with his intern tutor, a very poor and remote mountain village, which could not be reached by car, and he still needed to travel for two hours on a mountain road. The conditions are much worse than in his hometown. Born in a rural area, she is not afraid of hardship, and she also wants to do something for others.

After they arrived, the village party secretary of the family brought the whole village to the entrance of the village to greet them, and gave them all the best things, for fear of treating them poorly. Of course, the best in the small mountain village. In front of the doctors who went to the city, it was also rudimentary. But the leader who led the team left a deep impression on Wei Yan.

That leader, in Wei Yan's opinion, is a very straightforward and heroic person, who speaks loudly, likes to laugh, and has a family routine with the farmers while diagnosing diseases. Ask about the harvest in the field, ask the children and daughters-in-law or something, eat whatever people give, keep simple and simple politeness, and not be too polite, he is at ease, and others are also at ease.

Since then, Weeds has learned one thing. Being too restrained, polite, and sometimes, can also hurt people. The common people are very simple people, and whenever there are guests going, the best things are needless to say. Serve it without saying a word, I'm afraid that you will dislike it. If you want to show respect for him, rejoice and accept the hospitality calmly. Sit where you sit, eat what you should, and what people can eat, but you can't eat it in the city?!

Pulling Cheng Qian to sit on the kang, he sat on the big pottery bowl, drank boiled water, and talked about the harvest in the field. Tell us about your plans for next year. The old lady sat on the kang yuan'er, got up from time to time, added boiling water, and looked cautious and restrained, Wei Yan was nothing, and drank two sips from time to time, Prince Chengqian did not move, just sat quietly on the side.

The old lady looked at him, apologized, and said: "This descendant, don't worry, this bowl has been washed twice by the old body, and it has been scalded with boiling water, and it is clean." It's just that I can't live with you, my family is poor, I don't have tea, so I can only drink some white water. ”

Prince Chengqian sighed, his face turned red, he quickly picked up the bowl and took a sip, and stammered slightly: "No, no, I ...... I just ......"

Stammered, his face was red, he couldn't speak completely, and he looked like a hairy boy. Wei Yan smiled and relieved him, and said, "Hehe, he's more introverted and doesn't like to talk much, it's okay, let's talk." ”

Prince Chengqian nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, Lone...... I'm not good at words, just say it, you say. ”

His face was flushed again, but he was really a little shy and introverted, which made Wei Yan amused for a while. The old lady covered her mouth and said, "You haven't married yet, right?" Thin-skinned, hehe. ”

At this time, Prince Chengqian's face was not red, but turned blue, Wei Yan hurriedly said: "Married, earlier than me, it is estimated that a big fat boy will be added next year." ”

"Good thing, good thing. He didn't talk much and was honest and honest in his later life, the old son, before he died, was like this, he blushed when he saw a living person, he was a good child. ”

Speaking of her son who died early, the old lady's eyes turned red and began to shed tears, the old man was not happy, and scolded: "Okay, what are you crying about, it's good, how good people are, you compare them with your son, no one is angry, don't cry, don't cry, in front of so many people, how ugly." ”

Under the persuasion of the old man, the old lady stopped crying. The topic, as he spoke, also turned around. From the moment she entered the house, the eldest girl looked at Wei Yan with a blank eye, waiting for him to offer to buy her back to be a maid. After talking for a long time, I didn't see Wei Yan speak, he was a little anxious, his eyes were red, he thought that Wei Yan was going to regret it, and looked at Wei Yan, his eyes were very accusatory. Seeing the cold sweat on Wei Yan's forehead, sweating to death, the eyes of the little Lori's accusation, there was no sense of guilt, but now she began to sweat, and quickly pretended to care about production, and asked how life was going and whether the food was enough to eat.

The old man said: "The food at home is still enough to eat, the taxes, land rent or anything is not high, the family is small, although there is no labor, can not do work, but our old couple planted the land, when the farm was busy, the boss of Zhao's father's family came to help, but it can also be handled, the days are tight, but the two little grandchildren should be no problem to pull up." ”

Between the words, I am very confident and optimistic. Wei Yan admired it very much, and Prince Chengqian, who was silent on the side, suddenly asked: "I heard Ziyue say that the child's mother remarried when they were very young, and she never came back to see it later?" ”

The old man smiled plainly and said, "Yes, when I remarried, my dog was only 9 months old, and he hadn't been weaned yet." We can't afford to hire a wet nurse, so we just feed him with gruel, this child, with little blessing, but a big life, relying on gruel, also survived, and now he is so big. Huh"

The old man smiled contentedly and was delighted. Stretched out his hand and touched the head of the dog ball, the dog was looking down to nibble on the maltose, and was touched by the grandfather, looking up and smiling stupidly.

The prince looked at it blankly, and said: "That woman is really ruthless!" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Wei Yan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, like an elder facing an ignorant child. The old man smiled: "You can't say that, Housheng." This year. Although there is no war, as long as you are willing to endure hardships, you will not starve to death, but there are only two old people in the family, two children who are waiting for us, and she is a woman's family, and she can't have children. Dog Dan'er is a posthumous child, and his father died of illness before he was born, and his mother stayed in our house to raise him until nine months before remarrying. It's worthy of my old Fang family, people are still young, and our family is hard, so we can't delay others, right? Hehe, anyway, as long as there are two of us to eat, we will never be hungry for these two little ones. I'd rather eat less for the old couple than save for the children to raise them. ”

"Besides, now, with a kind master's family, no fighting, and hope for the future, these two children are well-behaved and sensible. I can help do a lot of things, and in a few years, the big girl will be out of the cabinet, and the dog will be older, and if I can do things, the life of the family will be better. ”

The old man is very optimistic, full of longing for the future, as long as there is no war, as long as the taxes are not high. The rent is not high, and they have hope for the future.

As she spoke, the eldest girl saw that Wei Yan had not spoken, and she was anxious, and suddenly said: "Grandpa, the owner's brother promised to buy me back to be a maid!" Our family's life will get better and better! ”

Wei Yan was very embarrassed, just after listening to other people's grandfather's many baby children, he immediately wanted to buy other people's children to go back to be a subordinate person, and the thick-skinned people such as Wei Yan's house also felt a little unbearable, and his face was burned.

Wei Yan smirked, "...... What, it's not true, it's just that the girl wants to help you, and wants to sell herself as a maid, in order to coax her home, I promised to be perfunctory, please don't misunderstand, dad. ”

The old man smiled and said: "The owner of the village is too careful, the good name of the owner and his wife, everyone knows, and the old man will not misunderstand." A few days ago, a relative came and asked, saying that if the days are really difficult, then send the child away, or sell one, sell the money, can improve the situation of the family. Listened to by this child, it has been mentioned several times, let the old man sell her to raise her younger brother, you say, such a well-behaved child, how can the old man be willing to do it, as long as there is food, be poor, be poor, how can the old man have to pull these two little grandchildren up, look at them, think about the dead son, and be happy, the old man's son will be relieved to watch under the nine springs, and he will be blinded! ”

Wei Yan was sad when he heard this, and said: "If you two have such a heart, they will get better, and it's not too early, we should go back, big girl, don't be angry, hehe, it was the owner's brother who coaxed you just now, I was wrong, I apologize, don't worry, I promise you, I don't have to sell you, I can make everyone's life better, don't coax you this time, swear to God!" ”

The girl's tense little face eased up, and she looked at Wei Yan expectantly, asking for verification: "Really? Didn't you coax a big girl this time? ”

"Really, I swore to the sky, and if I tell a lie to God, the sky will thunder!"

Wei Yan said seriously, although he is a modern person, he really doesn't pay attention to swearing or anything, but at this time, he is telling the truth, and he can't be more serious and promises to the big girl.

The eldest girl became happy at this time, smiled and took out the maltose and cake that Wei Yan gave her just now, and whispered: "Please eat sugar with the owner's brother and the little brother." ”

When the old lady saw the big girl take out the ground things, she quickly asked, "Where did it come from?" Big girl. ”

Wei Yan hurriedly explained: "Oh, this is what I gave, hehe, I accompanied him out to exercise today, I was greedy, I took some snacks, and I didn't finish it, and it was a pity to throw it away, I happened to meet the dog and the girl, and asked them to help eat." Hehe, you're busy, we're leaving. ”

After speaking, he pulled Prince Chengqian and left, leaving a family of two old and two young. The big girl whispered: "Grandpa, grandma, eat candy and cakes, the owner's brother wants to throw it, and I and the dog only want it, we don't take other people's things indiscriminately." ”

The old lady hugged her in her arms and sighed: "Silly girl, that's someone teasing you, you stupid child." Why didn't you take it out just now? ”

The eldest girl smiled embarrassedly and said, "I want to eat alone for grandpa and grandma, in the past, you all left the delicious food for me and my brother, and the eldest girl also left delicious food for grandparents." The owner's brother and little brother have money in their families, they often eat, and they don't laugh at the big girl for being stingy, right? ”

"Silly boy! Eat, everyone eats together. The old couple was very relieved, wiping their tears and saying. What a well-behaved and sensible child! With such a child, no matter how hard it is, no one is willing to sell it.

Coming out of the eldest girl's house, Prince Chengqian was silent for a long time, and when he was about to arrive at the Wei Mansion, he said, "I really wanted to give them some money just now to help them solve their difficulties." ”

Wei Yan smiled and said, "Your Highness, I don't approve of this. It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Money will always run out one day, it is better to teach them how to make money, rest assured, I already have a belly case here, when the spring begins, I will start to do these things, when His Royal Highness comes next year, this place will definitely change, days, always get better day by day. ”

Prince Chengqian smiled and said: "Lone doesn't have to wait until next year to come, Lone will come often in the future, Lone wants to watch the life of the big girl's house with his own eyes, and get better day by day." ”

Wei Yan laughed and nodded: "Okay!" However, before that, Your Highness must first heal the foot injury, and in the future, you can come as long as you want. ”

Sending off Prince Chengqian, Wei Yan climbed on the kang, lay down beside Xie, sighed with emotion, and told Xie about the sensible and well-behaved girl, Xie also sighed: "Ten-year-old child, when I was ten years old, I only knew how to go to school and practice, and I never thought about this." ”

Wei Yan said proudly: "That is, the children of the poor have long been in charge, I think back then, when I was ten years old, I could already cook simple meals, just like that, I was disgusted by my mother, saying that my grandmother spoiled me." ”

As he spoke, Wei Yan turned the topic to the eldest girl's grandfather and grandmother, and sighed: "Alas, the Chinese people are simple, cute, and optimistic!" They are the best people in the world! ”

Xie smiled, rubbed Wei Yan's head, and said, "I remembered a book I had read before, and I used to think that there might be an element of artistic processing, but now that I think about it, I gain more insights." ”

"What book?"