The road is narrow, and it was Shen Peiwei who laughed outside.

Today, because her father was not at home, she was bored for a while after taking a nap, so she told her mother and brought the two girls to the garden to relax.

The scenery of the back garden of the Shen family is quite good, and there are all kinds of pavilions and pavilions. Along the way, looking at the blooming flowers and plants, and smelling the fresh fragrance of flowers, it is really pleasing to the eye.

Unconsciously walked near the rockery, Shen Peiwei planned to take a shortcut, stepped in, walked and walked, and suddenly heard some movement inside and a slightly rapid gasp, she hurriedly stopped.

Hearing the sound was very strange, Shen Peiwei turned around and came out, went up the stone steps of the rockery, and looked down, and saw two people entangled at the bottom, a few clothes thrown on the ground, and she was so ashamed that her face was red in an instant.

The back garden has always been a place for the old man Shen Hanqing to recuperate, and the men of the Shen family will not come in when they are idle, let alone the little family servant.

Shen Peiwei took a sip secretly, and quickly withdrew her gaze in shock just now, she didn't see it very clearly, and thought that it was the two shameless maids who secretly started the business of the vegetable household.

At this time, Ru'er couldn't help but look at it again, but she was shocked, Shen Peiwei frowned and said, "If you are going to die, you are not afraid of dirty eyes."

For girls, this kind of thing is naturally not easy to manage, but she can't just walk away, after all, it's too disgusting, so she deliberately coughed twice and laughed again so that the people inside could hear.

issued a warning, this kind of thing made Shen Peiwei's heart like a deer, and she hurriedly turned around and left with the maid with a red face.

At this time, the eldest son of Zhao was just about to take off his pants, and Jiao Niang was also caught by him and took off his coat, revealing a close-fitting pink mandarin duck playing in the belly pocket.

Suddenly there was a burst of laughter, two coughs in a row, and suddenly Zhao Kui and Jiao Niang's souls flew out of the sky, and they picked up their clothes in a panic and hurriedly put them on, and the two couldn't help but look at each other, and no one dared to go out.

After waiting for a while, Jiao Niang plucked up the courage to walk out a few steps, just in time to see Shen Peiwen and the two maids walking away on the bridge, she couldn't help but hate and fear in her heart.

hates that it was hard to meet a man, but was shocked by Shen Peiwen's girl; I'm afraid that if I bump into her, I will definitely sue in front of the master, how can I get this?

The frightened Jiao Niang stomped her feet again and again, and sighed: "Peiwei, are you and you enemies in your previous life?" How can you see it? It seems that sooner or later I will die at your hands. ”

The weak-hearted Jiao Niang resented Shen Peiwei, and when she looked back, she saw that Zhao Dagongzi, who was not afraid of the sky and the earth just now, was trembling at the moment, even if his father was a high-ranking official, he was afraid of causing trouble.

However, Jiao Niang quickly calmed down and said, "Gongzi Hugh should panic!" Take advantage of the fact that there is no one at this time, and hurry up and go out over the wall. ”

"Good, good!" Zhao Kui settled down, and said in his heart that as long as he escaped safely, what could the Shen family do to me?

Raised his feet and walked a few steps, and suddenly he felt very regretful, and the fat mutton that was about to be imported flew like this, and he couldn't help but turn his head and said: "Cheng Niangzi is affectionate, and I will never forget my life and death, but I don't know if there will be a day to meet in the future?"

Jiao Niang snorted, and said angrily: "I'm afraid it's not good in Suzhou, if the son doesn't forget the slave family, you might as well invite to Jinling for a while, when the annoying young lady gets married, when my lord is not at home, I will open the back door to welcome you." I only hope that the son's love will be long, don't climb the flowers and fulfill his wish, and forget the slave family in a blink of an eye. ”

Zhu Kui immediately swore: "If you forget the kindness of your mother, there will be five thunderstorms in the sky, and you will definitely not die well on another day!"

"Alright, let's go." The lady smiled at him in a charming way.

"There will be a date later!" Zhu Kui clenched his fists, didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurried away with regret.

…………

In Liuwan Village, Li Qiu held a hoe weakly, because he couldn't stop the water in the paddy fields from gurgling into the pond from the breach.

If you want to blame, he can only blame himself, he didn't care to pick up the earth dam, of course, this is also a natural and man-made disaster, the earth dam was opened by rats and other animals.

Overnight, the water level dropped by more than half, which was fatal in ancient times when productivity was relatively low, because there was no good way to replenish the water in time, and soon the newly grown seedlings would wilt in a large area.

The Li family is very poor, there are only two strong laborers in the family, he and his younger brother, and the old father has one and a half laborers, and there is no money to hire people. Although there are rickshaws, the most urgent task now is to block the breach as soon as possible.

Li Qiu, who sighed from time to time, dragged the hoe and walked to the third breaking point, thinking that this year's harvest was going to fall apart, and in disappointment, he lazily waved the hoe.

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in front of him, and when he looked up, it turned out to be Liu Er from the village.

"Liu Er, where are you going?"

"Didn't you just go to the field? Oh, why is this bad luck in your family again?"

"Who's to say it isn't. Alas! Recently, I have been stuffing my teeth with cold water. ”

"Li Qiu, come, let's talk about things."

"What's the matter?" Li Qiu stopped the hoe.

Liu Er asked: "In the beginning of spring, your family hired cattle to plough the land, planted seeds, and borrowed money, right?" Last year, your mother was seriously ill, and it seems that I heard that I spent all my savings, and the people in the village said that even the rice jar was empty, how did you survive these days?"

"It's just like that." Li Qiu smiled bitterly, "I went down to the river to fish, and my father went to He Wangba's house to borrow a bucket of corn, so he didn't have a hungry stomach, otherwise if he didn't get full, how could he have the strength to go to the ground?"

Liu Er said: "It's okay, it's okay, King He is willing to lend you grain."

Li Qiu said angrily: "Who wants to borrow his things?" Damn, my dad didn't know how many good things he said, and he kowtowed and raised the price. By the way, what about you?"

"It's okay, it's okay." Liu Er smiled, and then nodded to Liu Er, "Let's talk again in the evening, you can get busy first." ”

"Okay."

After Li Qiu watched him gradually move away, he raised his hoe and waved it in the field, sweating down until he blocked one breach after another.

The sun hung high in the sky, as if to tell people that it was past noon, and some villagers dragged their tired bodies back one after another, and wisps of cooking smoke rose from the rooftops of some houses.

In the village, Li Qiu's father, Father Li, was in pain, in order to make the family have enough to eat, he repeatedly picked ten loads of grass in the morning to sell in the city, this year's weather is hot and rainless, and the rice seedlings in the paddy fields may not be saved.

After years of rheumatism, at the moment there are countless needles in the cracks of the bones, and I can't sleep all night when I'm tired. However, he still tried to pretend that nothing happened, for fear that the children would be discouraged when they saw it.

"I'm getting old." He sighed secretly.

In the morning, his wife brought out two bowls of corn and laid them on the table, and the aroma made everyone's saliva come out. The family was evenly divided, and each person could only eat a few bites, but the taste was particularly delicious than usual.

After selling the last load of weeds, Father Li struggled to walk back, and the two empty burdens were as difficult as carrying a thousand golden gates. Later, he couldn't even lift his burden, his eyes were dizzy, and the heavens and the earth were spinning.

"How can it go on like this?"

Except for the eldest son Li Qiu, the whole family is in the house at the moment, and the eyes are red with hunger, the Li family is so poor that everything that can be eaten has been eaten.

Father Li gritted his teeth and stood up, walking towards He Baye's house step by step.

On the way, he pondered how to open his mouth for a while to borrow food.

In the room, He Baye sat on the Taishi's chair and asked, "Lao Li, what's the matter?"

"I ...... I...... I ......"

"What?"

"I want to ...... to the eighth master again"

"Grain? Can't lend it to you anymore. He Baye shook his head, "Many families have broken up, I can't support your family alone." ”

Father Li hurriedly said, "Eighth Master, I can add it."

"Who scarces your profits?" He Baye sneered, "Why are you not rich or benevolent?" Besides, people are not profitable?"

"Eighth Master." Father Liu was anxious, "Your old man can't die without help, my whole family can't eat." ”

"Go, go, you're not a tenant of my family, where can I manage so much. Let's go. ”

"Eighth master, you are kind enough to save me." Daddy Li was so anxious that he was about to cry.

At this time, two long-term workers ran in and pushed him out of the door, and a subordinate scolded: "The old men can't even support their families, so it's better to die."

Syllable! The door was slammed shut.

"Alas!" Daddy Li stumbled back, and couldn't help but feel sorry for himself, why was he so unlucky, the leaky house happened to rain overnight, and one unlucky thing was one unlucky thing after another, and it hasn't stopped in the past few years.

He kept in mind the ancestral teachings, and he must not sell his land until he had to, which was the lifeblood of the old Li family.

The ancestors of the Li family have had a dream for generations, they cannot be reduced to a tenant of the landlord's family, and hope that the whole family can support a scholar.

"Is there any way to get through this?"

The honest Daddy Li walked to the edge of the pond and looked at the oily green water stupidly, if he couldn't leave behind the big and small families, he really wanted to jump like this, but it was difficult for the rest of his life.