Chapter 61: Whom to Marry
"Brother Xiaobai, I'll bring you something delicious! It was given by my mother. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Xiao Rou took out a bag of candy, took out one and ate it first, and then handed it to Baili Liang.
Baili Liangben also ate one, and remembered that yesterday Granny Hong said that her daughters-in-law had gone to the city to remarry, presumably Xiaorou entered the city to see her mother.
"The city is posting a notice to recruit soldiers again, saying that if you sign up, you will receive ten taels of silver! This is recruitment, this is selling! Granny Red said.
"By the way, Xiaobai, you go to the backyard, don't be in the front yard. I see, the officials may come down again to check the population and forcibly arrest Ding. If you hear any noise in the front yard, hide in the pyre and wait for the official to go out before you come out. Granny Bai carried Baili Liang to the backyard and pointed to a pile of dry firewood.
"Mother-in-law, don't worry, I'll keep watch for Brother Xiaobai." Little judo.
Baili Liang nodded, he didn't expect the battle to be like this, and men couldn't see the light.
The white lady hid the black cow behind the wood house, where there was a wall, and it was impossible to see the inside from the outside, and it was not easy to see the small open space behind it from the inside. She looked at the sky, afraid of rain, to build a shed for the black cow, Baili Liang pestle with a wooden stick to help her, one afternoon to cover, while the sky was not dark, the white granny went to the village to cut a load of grass to feed the cow.
"Why don't you see grass in the village?" Baili Liang said curiously.
"In the early years, there were weeds that grew fat everywhere, and many people in the village didn't need to grow vegetables, just eating wild vegetables was enough. You see, those stumps used to have not only grass, but also big trees, and the female general cut them down as soon as she came, set up tents, made rolling logs, and used them as firewood, and there was not a single one left left. Later, the grass and trees all had tempers and stopped growing, and only a few sour jujube trees with solid skin were still there in the past few years. ”
Baili Liang sounded incredible, and the so-called man will win the day has become a sarcasm at this time.
"What are you doing hiding cows? Cattle can also be pulled to fight? Baili Liang asked.
"It's not, there are some bandits in the village, and when they see food, they rob it, and the chickens and dogs are gone, and if they find the black cow, they will be taken away to eat meat." Granny Bai said.
"But if you hide it, you just raised a cow for nothing?"
"Not really, they didn't come when it was sunny, only on the rain. I heard that those bandits have a big gang called the Hong Gang, who have lived in a village in the north of the city for a year or two, and they have not moved their nests. ”
"Hongbang?" Baili Liang seems to have heard of it.
"What's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing. Mother-in-law, it's getting dark, let's go inside. ”
After dinner, Baili Liang continued to make fish baskets in the backyard by moonlight, Xiaorou was either lying on his lap or lying on his back, chattering endlessly, Baili Liang thought that he would be like a red granny when he was old, and couldn't help laughing.
"Brother, what are you laughing at?"
"My brother likes Xiaorou, so he laughs." Baili Liang has been wandering the world alone for many years, and many times he almost forgets that he is a big living person who can speak, and now there is such a noisy little girl in his ears, and he feels lively for a while.
"This is troublesome, Xiaorou wants to marry an interesting brother, but Xiaobai brother likes Xiaorou, who should Xiaorou marry? Or Xiaorou will marry an interesting brother first, and then marry Xiaobai brother, like my mother, marry my father first, and then marry another father. ”
Baili Liang laughed when he heard this.
In the next month, Baili Liang stayed in the backyard almost without leaving home to make fish baskets, ox carts and crossbows, and the crossbows were made two, but they were not as good as the one Zu Xiu made for him, but fortunately he could shoot accurately. He gave Xiao Rou the slightly better one, and made a white arrow, but the arrow had no arrow, just sharpened bamboo, Xiao Rou tried to shoot an arrow, and it hit a target fifty meters away, and she ran around the yard happily.
"Mother-in-law, look, Xiao Rou can protect you, you don't have to be afraid of those bad guys anymore, Xiao Rou can also protect Lao Hei!" Old black refers to the black bull.
Xiao Rou came to the strength, spent ten days of non-stop practice, and finally almost hit every shot, she seemed to have some kind of talent, even the birds flying in the sky could shoot down accurately, and then she ran out of the yard, ran to a thorn forest at the back of the village that was cut down and shot a hare back, and the family opened meat.
This month, it rained for a few days in the middle, but there were no bandits, and no officials came down to arrest Ding, Baili Liang made an ox cart for Bai Po Po will be able to use, Xiaorou said that it looks so ugly, Baili Liang can only laugh dryly, he has taken out his housekeeping skills.
"If it's funny, my brother will definitely look better than you." Little judo.
"That's it." Baili Liang admitted.
"By the way, what's the name of that funny brother? When it comes to the Begging Festival, I want to make my brother a beautiful purse. ”
"It's called Zuxiu."
"Well, I remember!" Xiao Rou wrote Zu Xiu's name on the ground.
Baili Liang's legs can basically walk, and the red mother-in-law heard for him that the soldiers of the kings have already withdrawn from Fengyang Village, and the twilight rain has returned to the capital, and said that the city is offering a reward for the head with the black lacquer seal, and a human head is worth ten thousand taels of gold! The same people who used to come to the village to catch chickens and dogs also appeared in the city, saying that they were going to the south to make a fortune.
"Xiaobai, you are also homeless, it is better to stay, in fact, there are still some fields at home, but there is no labor to manage it. You stay, plant all these fields, and when Xiaorou grows up, you can be a grandson-in-law for us. Granny Red said.
"Son-in-law? Does my mother-in-law want me to marry Brother Xiaobai? I don't want it, I'm going to marry an interesting brother! Xiao Rou is not good-looking, Xiao Bai is so good-looking, when Xiao Rou grows up, Xiao Bai will definitely dislike Xiao Rou. Xiaorou disagreed.
Baili Liang sneered, but he didn't expect that he would be disliked if he was good-looking. But he has no intention of staying, he just wants to find Huo Guang's mother now and take the old man to the Great Nations, so that he can take care of him and do his filial piety for Huo Guang.
The two mothers-in-law saw that Baili Liang refused to stay, and they didn't force it, they just begged him to stay for half a month longer, and Baili Liang's legs would be better and better in another half a month, even if they left, the second elder was relieved. After getting along for so long, I have developed feelings. Baili Liang agreed, he hadn't finished reading those books yet, and he needed to go into the city to inquire where Huo Guang's home was, and listening to Huo Guang's accent, it should be someone nearby.
"Xiaobai, it's not okay for you to enter the city like this, now the city is arrested, men dare not go to the street, and there are no men outside the city to enter the city, you, you are good, not like a bad person, compared to those bandits, the government is afraid of them. As...... You just pretend to be Xiaorou's sister, you are so handsome, you won't be ugly if you play a girl. Granny Red said.
"Mother-in-law is letting my brother disguise himself as a woman? Haha, it's fun, brother, you wait, I'll find you my mother's clothes. The clever little Rou quickly ran back to the room and found a few old clothes left behind by her mother.
Baili Liang was helpless, so he had to be dressed up by three women, and this afternoon, the four of them didn't do anything, so they dressed up Baili Liang. In the end, Xiaorou moved the mirror, and Baili Liang suddenly saw a beautiful woman with a scar on her face appear in the mirror, and was startled, and couldn't believe it could be him!
"Brother...... Oh no, sister, you're so beautiful! Even if there is a scar, it is still so beautiful! Alas, if I Ding Xiaorou grows up and has a brother...... Oh, it's good to have my sister so beautiful! Xiao Rou didn't smile, but she looked at it with great admiration.
"Well, it's a handsome girl, girl, remember your current name, it's Ding Xiaobai, don't forget Ming'er when you enter the city." The red granny didn't laugh either, she was serious.
Only Granny Bai couldn't stop laughing, holding her stomach and sitting on the chair for a long time.
"Laugh, laugh, Ming'er can't laugh anymore when he enters the city!" Granny Red said, and then laughed too.
Seeing that her mother-in-law was laughing, Xiaorou realized that her brother had become a good-looking sister, which was indeed quite funny, and she pinched Baili Liang's face with a grin.