Until the carriage was far away, Uncle Thirteen's son quickly grabbed a piece of candy from his father's hand, peeled off the candy paper and threw it into his mouth, and suddenly a sweet and sour taste filled his mouth, which was much better than the maltose peanut candy he had eaten in the past.

"Tsk, I don't know what the purlin does, and every time I return, there is no empty hand, all of which are good things that we usually don't need."

The young man didn't know that the good things in his eyes were all given to Zheng Rin by others, and Zheng Rin Xie had no choice but to borrow a carriage and pull it back.

Uncle Thirteen expressed his deep approval, but scolded him: "The purlin is bigger than you, and it is your cousin who has not come out of five suits, and then let Lao Tzu hear that you are so big and not small, and I will smoke you." ”

The fifteen-year-old boy pursed his lips unsteadily, his cheeks were supported by candy, and he said in a bit of confusion: "I didn't shout in front of him, what does it matter?" ”

Uncle Thirteen shook his head, and involuntarily compared his stupid son to Zheng Rin in his heart. After careful comparisons between inside and out, he had to admit that his stupid son was completely incomparable with others, could it be that he was really pampered by him and his mother-in-law by his side?

, even in order to make his son a talent, he was reluctant to throw people into the Taoist temple, and practiced with a Taoist who did not go down the mountain all year round.

Thinking of this, Uncle Thirteen's admiration for Old Man Zheng suddenly faded a lot. No matter how good the son is, no matter how filial he is, he will eventually leave his heart, how can this flesh and blood relationship be so easy to repair?

Zheng Rin, who had already walked away, didn't know what the father and son were saying, and he looked at the lonely home standing at the end of the village road, and there was no trace of joy on his face.

To him, home seemed no different from the stack he had temporarily settled on his way south.

The carriage drove slowly, getting closer and closer to the Zheng family, confusing the eyes of many people along the way. Those people greeted Zheng Rin very enthusiastically, and their eyes showed the same admiration as the thirteenth uncle.

Zheng Rin also responded politely to those fellow villagers, and it took half of the time to be stunned.

Until the carriage stopped in front of the Zheng family's compound, Zheng Rin jumped out of the carriage and tied the horse to the big tree in front of the door. But before he could unload the things from the carriage, through the open courtyard door, he heard his younger sister Ma tearing open his loud voice and whispering:

"Hey, brother and sister, I went to the vegetable garden to water when it was right, and I heard my sister-in-law say something big, do you want to hear it?"

The Zheng family has three sons, Zheng Rin is the eldest, the second is called Zheng Shanqing, two years younger than Zheng Rin, married Majia Village's wife Ma; The third child's name is Zheng Shuiqing, twenty-one years old, and the year before last, he married Niu's daughter, the daughter of an old boy in Niutou Village, next door.

The person who can be called "brother and sister" by Ma is naturally Niu. Niu was appetized by the "big event" that Ma said, and asked along with Ma's words: "Second sister-in-law, don't sell Guanzi, tell me the truth and what's the big deal!" ”

Ma didn't continue to hang Niu's, and said like pouring beans into a bamboo tube: "Sister-in-law Zeng said that there are three mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of a family in Lijia Village next door, and they smashed a widow's house!" The widow sued the village chief, but the village chief really drove the widow out and asked her to find a way to seek justice by herself. ”

"Ah, is there really such a thing?" Niu Shi exclaimed, and said incredulously: "No, right? Even widows are violent, how can there be such vicious people, and no one will take care of them? ”

"Hmph, it's hard for a Qing official to cut off family affairs, who will care about this kind of unhelpful thing?" Ma Shi rolled his eyes, and looked down on the weak Niu Clan.

Niu Shi missed Ma's disdain, and asked suspiciously: "There must be a reason for this beating, isn't Lijia Village a monolith, why is even the village chief unwilling to uphold justice this time?" ”

This question is to the point, Ma said proudly: "I heard Sister-in-law Zeng say that she was beaten by an old widow, as if she said bad things about another little widow, and the little widow's old son and mother were not happy, so she took her two sons and wives to the door with kitchen knives, smashed the old widow's home, and beat people so that their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, and others didn't even dare to pull the rack." ”

Ma's words made Niu's eyes widen again, and his face was a little scared: "Those mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law are too strong, not to mention the poor widows, even the people in the village are afraid of them, fortunately it didn't fall on us, otherwise there would be another peaceful life in the village." ”

Ma had the same thought in his heart, but he said disdainfully: "It's inconvenient to have a few evil wives, if you dare to be rampant in our village, no one will get used to them." ”

Niu knew that the second sister-in-law loved to talk big, and when she heard this, she just smiled and continued: "It's also that the widow is not used to it, so she says bad things about the little widow behind her back, and I don't know what kind of personality the little widow is." ”

Saying this, the powdered face was sublime and showed undisguised contempt.

Ma Shi was ignorant and said disapprovingly: "It's not like my brother and sister say this, if one day I am blamed for someone, that person doesn't dare to do anything to me but is angry with me, I won't let that person go." If the old widow really can't get used to the little widow's family and slanders her, she can only say that she should be beaten! ”

A little unnatural flashed on Niu's face, and he was secretly annoyed that Ma had lost his face, so he had to say against his heart: "I am worthy of being the second sister-in-law, and what I say is that I understand the righteousness, I am really not as good as the second sister-in-law." ”

was praised by people who have always pressed themselves, Ma Shi was not too complacent, and he stretched out his fat hand and patted Niu Shi on the shoulder: "What is the righteousness and small righteousness, you are the daughter of the scholar, these beautiful and elegant words should be used on you." ”

Niu's face stiffened slightly, barely able to connect with the smile.

She is the daughter of a scholar, yes, her father who reads is not even a showman when he is old. If it weren't for repeated failures and production, why would the poor family not be able to open the pot, and how could she marry a vulgar farmer with her appearance?

"Brother and sister, sister-in-law, what I said from the heart, my sister-in-law admired your height and elegance, and at first glance, it was different from such a rough person as my sister-in-law......"

Ma's mouth was chattering, but he didn't notice that Niu's expression was getting worse and worse. She didn't know Niu's thoughts, and she didn't know that she had inadvertently poked others one after another, she really admired Niu's who could be a man.

At this moment, a simple voice came to my ears: "Which family in Lijia Village are you talking about just now?" ”

Someone suddenly interjected, and the Ma and Niu clans, who had their own thoughts, were startled, and turned their heads to see that it was the uncle who had not come forward for nearly two months, and suddenly became nervous.

Ma dared to fight with her husband, dared to choke with her father and mother-in-law, and the only thing that made her almost unsmiling uncle was that she never said anything cruel to her.

Knowing that the eldest uncle doesn't like his family to talk about the rights and wrongs of other people's families, Niu's family, who is virtuous and virtuous in front of others, didn't dare to speak, and set his eyes on Niu's body, which is very beneficial.

Ma quietly grinded his teeth, feeling apprehensive in his heart but didn't dare not reply: "Big brother, this, this, this is what I heard from my sister-in-law Zeng, and I didn't ask her carefully...... She mentioned it, as if to say...... Yes, it is said that the surname Guo is an outsider from Lijia Village, and the other, the other is a widow with the surname Li. ”

Hearing this, Zheng Rin nodded. Even the surname is right, it seems that it is the family he knows.

showed a smiling face in her mind, I don't know what happened after all, I think she was wronged, otherwise why would her mother and sister-in-law knock on the door?

It's just that what does it have to do with yourself?

Realizing that he was wrong, Zheng Rin retracted his scattered thoughts like a cover-up, and said to Ma Niu and the two with a cold face: "Other people's affairs are not the turn of outsiders to talk about them, so don't let me hear you discuss these things again." ”

After speaking, his gaze paused on Niu's body for a moment, and then he didn't look at the two with pale expressions anymore, and passed by them with a heavy bag.

It wasn't until Zheng Rin walked away that Ma Shi relaxed and patted his chest with a long sigh of relief: "Scared me to death, scared me to death, I knew it was such a coincidence, why should I talk too much!" ”

As he spoke, Ma slapped his mouth heavily, and the glorious uncle didn't say anything serious, otherwise she would be ashamed to lose face.

The Niu clan was no better, especially when Zheng Rin glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally before leaving, which made her full of pain, as if it was her who was at fault.

How is she about at fault?

Not to mention the two of them, Zheng Rin put the bag properly in the hidden place and hid it, and followed the sound to the backyard.

The Zheng family's house is a very good house in Shangzheng Village and even the whole Zhengzhuang, with green bricks and green tiles, and two large courtyards covering an area of one acre each in front and back.

The front yard is very flat and is used as a drying field, usually drying clothes and food, etc. is very convenient, and there is no need to go to the public drying field to rob others.

There are several pieces in the backyard, there are those who grow vegetables and trees, there are those who raise chickens and pigs, and the kitchen is also in the backyard, next to the canteen in the house. In short, it is very wide and convenient.

After Zheng Rin returned from the battlefield, he personally invited someone to push it to the stormy thatched hut and built it with his own silver. Although he rarely lives, every time he returns to live in the house he built, his heart is stable.

In the backyard, Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Shuiqing bent down and turned the vegetable garden in full swing, the frail old man Zheng also held a hoe and slowed grass, and Zheng's mother Meng Shi sprinkled seeds in another blocked vegetable garden.

A few children were running around in the yard, Zheng Shanqing and Zheng Duohua, the six-year-old eldest descendant of the Ma family, found the uncle first, and quickly threw the sandbag in his hand and ran towards the uncle quickly:

"Uncle, where have you been these days? Huahua hasn't seen you for a long time, but I'm worried about you. Duohua plunged into Zheng Rin's arms, hugging his waist and not letting go.

It's strange to mention it, Zheng Shanqing and Ma are more afraid than respectful of Zheng Rin's eldest brother, and it just so happens that their daughter Duohua is very fond of his uncle, and she can't wait to stick to his uncle's body every day.