Uncle Qi brought herbs and said while applying medicine to his legs: "That's right, I can't help, you know, I have a problem with cold legs, and working in the field is not much better than a girl." Every year in spring ploughing, I still have to ask you and Jiao Laosan and Luo Panya for help. Cow dung can't be found, and his family has ploughing cattle, so he can't ask for us. ”

Leng Yiqi said: "This cow dung family has cultivated cattle, why don't I lend it to you?" The villagers should help each other. ”

"Helper?" Uncle Qi spat on the ground hatefully, "His cow eyes are only staring at the pot in his bowl, where will he glance at us?" Not to mention borrowing, even renting can't do it! ”

"Can't you pay for rent? Why? ”

"The asking price is too high, we can't afford it, and he refuses to let it. No way. ”

"How much does he want?"

"Half of the grain in the field!" Sun said, "He said that if there is no help from his cattle to cultivate this land, there will be no food at all, so this cattle are the most important." If there is no food in the field, the key depends on whether there are cattle or not! He only took half of it, which was already very generous. ”

Leng Yi smiled bitterly: "He took half of the grain, what else do people eat?" ”

"Not really!" Sun was about to continue, but was interrupted by Uncle Qi next to him and said, "What are you talking about?" Don't go and call Luo Panya and Jiao Laosan yet. Help carry people. I'm going to be bandaged right away, and I have to carry it, and I can't move this leg to prevent it from being misaligned, otherwise I'll be lame for the rest of my life! ”

Sun quickly agreed and walked out quickly.

After a while, Sun came in with two young men, and was a little surprised to see Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang. Ma woodcutter said: "These two are husband and wife, they went up the mountain to collect medicine, I came back from chopping wood, and when I crossed the small wooden bridge above the cow dung's house, the wooden bridge suddenly broke, and I broke my leg, and they just happened to pass by, so they sent me back." - Two, they are my neighbors, Luo Panya and Jiao Laosan. ”

The two arched their hands to Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang, and Jiao Laosan said to Leng Yi: "This brother can carry the horse's face all the way back, it is benevolent and righteous!" He turned his face to the woodcutter and said, "We can carry you back, and we can bring us two cups of soju from your wine tank." By the way, entertain this good brother who carried you back! ”

"Okay!" The woodcutter said generously, "Thanks to these two men today, they carried me back, otherwise I would have been lying there blind with my eyes scratched." As a token of appreciation, I invited you two to drink together today. ”

Luo Panya and Jiao Laosan immediately became happy, Luo Panya: "I can't imagine that your baby is still generous." Cheng, I still have a knife of bacon left over from the New Year, cut it and take it to drink. - Jiao Laosan, what are you going to do? ”

Jiao Laosan said: "I asked my daughter-in-law to cook." You eat and drink, this one--, by the way, I haven't asked the two honorable names yet! Jiao Laosan said to Leng Yi.

Leng Yi hurriedly smiled and said, "My surname is Leng, this is my wife." ”

"Surname Leng?" Jiao Laosan glanced at Leng Yi again, "This surname is rare at that time, and the new magistrate of Yinling County is also surnamed Leng." ”

Uncle Qi said: "He is a good person, before the Chinese New Year, he sent a lot of food and clothes to the people, and our family also divided some, if it weren't for Lengzhi County, I don't know how to spend this year!" ”

Jiao Laosan also said: "That is, when my wife mentioned this matter, she had tears in her eyes, saying that she had lived to be sixty years old, and the county magistrate sent clothes and food, but almost all of them were sent to the rich peasants of the landlords who were already well-fed, and there were only a few households, and there were few things. This is the first time that our family has received such relief. My wife is very grateful, on the first day of the new year, I have to go to the county to pay New Year's greetings, I heard that many poor people also want to go, I am carrying my mother to walk dozens of miles of mountain roads. ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang listened to them praise her husband, and her heart blossomed. However, she was wearing a human skin mask, and she couldn't see her expression at all.

Luo Panya said: "I didn't go that time, my father went, he came back and said that after Leng Zhixian received the Wanmin umbrella sent, he was happy, and let the catcher hang it on the warm pavilion in the lobby, saying that he would always remind him to do things for the people." Except for the Wanmin umbrella, Leng Zhixian didn't ask for anything, what a good official. ”

The woodcutter said, "Okay, okay!" He coldly knows that the county is just buying people's hearts, besides, his business is my! Hurry up and carry me home! ”

Uncle Qi knocked on his foot, and he howled like a pig in pain. Uncle Qi said: "Anyone can say it, but you can't say Master Leng!" If you dare to say that Master Leng is not good, you will not be treated for these two legs! ”

Sun said with a straight face on the side: "I said Brother Ma, you really have a conscience when you say this, the cotton clothes you are wearing, the quilt at home, and the rice in the rice jar are all sent by Leng Zhi County." You are a cold old man who buys people's hearts, and you have the ability to take these things and feed them to the dogs! ”

The woodcutter hurriedly smiled and said, "Am I still wrong when I say it?" Hello Mr. Leng! He is the best person in the world! Isn't it still possible? ”

Jiao Laosan said to the woodcutter: "You are indeed not authentic in what you say, I know, you think you have less share, right?" ”

"It's not ...... either"

"What's not," Jiao Laosan said, "When you divide it, you complain all over the place, saying that you have less points, and you don't want to think about it, you are single, we are old and young, we share the same as you, then it should be unfair!" ”

The woodcutter muttered: "What I said is that it should be divided by household, how many ...... per household, okay, this matter is over, I didn't say anything." ”

Uncle Qi knocked on the woodcutter's head: "You kid is a snake swallowing elephant with insufficient hearts!" From the moment you wore open crotch pants, Lao Tzu could see that your kid was so virtuous. If you don't look at your dead father's share, Lao Tzu won't care about you! ”

The woodcutter salivated and said, "That's that, okay, I was wrong, several, I'll go to my house, I'll take the wine out to make amends!" ”

Uncle Qi unloaded the door panel of his house, and Luo Panya and Jiao Laosan carried the woodcutter to the door panel and carried it to the woodcutter's house.

The house is really simple, and it's really miserable, no one takes care of it, and there is nothing decent in the house except for the quilt on the wooden bed, which is new this time.

Putting the woodcutter on the bed, Jiao Laosan stood at the door and shouted, "Baby! Hurry up and stir-fry, here are the guests! ”

Jiao's third daughter-in-law was in the yard, and said in a male duck voice: "It's here!" Why don't you come to our house to sit? What are you doing running to his house? ”

"If you are called, you will come, you mother-in-law has a lot of! - By the way, bring the half of the hare at home! ”

"Isn't that reserved for the old family of my in-laws?"

"You dead man! Eat it and set it again! Hurry up! Jiao Laosan came back scolding.

Luo Panya said: "I'll go back and get the bacon!" ”

The third daughter-in-law came, carrying half a hare in her hand, accompanied Xiao to greet Leng Yi and Zhuo Qiaoniang, and then began to make a fire to cook and stir-fry.

Jiao Laosan said: "This hare was set on the mountain last time, and I was going to take it to honor the lord of Zhixian County, but the lord didn't want anyone's things, so he had to take it back." A few days ago, I ate half of it for the New Year, and there is still this half left, and now Brother Leng is passing by, and he is a benevolent friend worth making, and he will use it to fight the tooth sacrifice! ”

Several people laughed.

The fire was spread in the middle of the kitchen, and there was an iron canister hanging above the fire shop, which was empty, and the woman walked to the water tank next to the fire shop, picked up the lid and looked at it, the water tank was already empty, pouted, and said: "I said horse face, you bachelor don't want to live too much, the well is a few steps away from your door, your water tank is still empty, you are too lazy, right?" ”

The woodcutter smiled dryly: "One single, one person eats enough for the whole family and is not hungry, what do you do with water?" When you are thirsty, you can go to the well and pour water into your stomach. ”

"How can I cook and stir-fry without water?"

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "I'll mention it!" ”

Zhuo Qiaoniang also hurriedly got up and said, "I'll go, I'll go!" ”

As he spoke, he picked up the bucket, and Leng Yi was about to go over, but he was stopped by Uncle Qi and said, "Brother Leng, you are too unmanly, this kind of housework is originally done by women, what do you do as a big man?" Sit down, sit down! I'm tired from walking for a day, so let's rest first, and when the meal is ready, let's have a few drinks. - You have a good heart, so far to carry the stinky boy with the horse face back, just rush here, it's worth handing! What's more, your surname is still cold, and you have the same surname as the county master, the so-called don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face, just for the sake of the county master, I have to give you a few glasses of wine! ”

Leng Yi was pulled, so he had to sit down and watch Zhuo Qiaoniang and Jiao Lao's third daughter-in-law go out with a bucket.

Luo Pana helped to light the fire. Soon, the fire rose and the house came alive at once.

The woodcutter was lying crooked next to the fire, his leg was injured and dressed, and it didn't hurt much, but he was thinking that he was about to spring ploughing, but his leg was broken, and he was very depressed.

Jiao Laosan's daughter-in-law is the chef, Zhuo Qiaoniang helps the cook, and the second daughter is very quick to move, and soon fried three side dishes and placed them on the four sides of the fire shop. A bacon, a bamboo shoot fried meat, and a vinegared cabbage.

Uncle Qi first stretched out his chopsticks and put a clip of vegetables in his mouth, chewed, and praised repeatedly: "The cooking skills of the third daughter-in-law can be seen to rise!" ”

The woman smiled and said: "Where is me, it is the daughter-in-law of Brother Leng's skill, and she fried several dishes, how can I have that skill." ”

Uncle Qi was very impressed, and said to Leng Yi: "Little brother, you are really blessed!" Married such a capable daughter-in-law. ”

Jiao Laosan didn't need the woodcutter's instructions at all, so he moved out of the jar and poured out the wine, and filled it in several earthen bowls, one bowl per person. Drunk.

This wine is home-brewed, and the wine is very strong, and after a bowl of wine, several people's faces are red. Although the woodcutter had broken his legs, he refused to drink less, and frequently raised his earthen bowl to invite him to drink.

After drinking, there were more words, one moment praising the county lord for being considerate of the people, one moment saying that farming was hard, another time saying that the cow dung man was not authentic, and another time saying that the bachelor was bitter.

(To be continued)