Early in the morning, several women who washed clothes with wooden basins came to the river in Linjia Village, all of them wore braids, squatted on the stone slabs on the riverbank, held mallets, and beat them for a while.

At this time, Ge Qianrou, who had been washing her clothes by the river for a long time, raised her head, and when she saw that it was the wives of several villagers in the village, she didn't say anything, but quickly shook her clothes into the river a few times, and then put them on the stone slab to scrub.

"Have you heard, it's Lin Han's family, his wife, Pan Qing, went to eat and drink a while ago, but as soon as she came back, she fell into bed unconscious." A woman stopped the mallet in her hand and whispered.

"There's this, that's weird, it's not a funeral banquet to attend, it should be a wedding banquet, my mother-in-law also went that day! No problem! The woman washing clothes across from her answered.

"The point is, when you go, the person is good, and when you come back, you say that the evil door is not evil, and I heard that the person is about to die, it may be tonight......" The woman with the mallet whispered in the ear of the other woman, and immediately picked up the mallet and hit the pile of clothes in front of her hard, as if she was fighting a virus.

Ge Qianrou kept pricking up her ears to listen, and when she got to the back, in order to be able to hear clearly, she leaned forward and almost threw herself into the water, but fortunately she climbed a branch on the shore and stabilized herself.

She cleared her throat, deliberately pretended to be fine, put the beaten clothes into the basin, and immediately picked them up, and walked briskly towards the house.

The two women saw that people were walking away, and one of them looked at Ge Qianrou's distant back, so she breathed a sigh of relief and slowly straightened her waist.

She turned her head to look at the person who spoke just now and smiled: "It's done, this thing is going to be done, it seems that she really has something, otherwise she wouldn't look so wrong!" ”

"What are you doing when you worry about other people's affairs, we can get some benefits!"

The woman on the opposite side took the mallet in front of her, and after a few beatings, put her clothes into the water.

Ge Qianrou carried a laundry tub, although she was used to walking this way on weekdays, washing clothes never made her feel tired. However, today, somehow, her steps are getting harder and harder, like lead on the soles of her feet, and she is a little heavy and stiff when she walks.

When she finally got home, she closed the door and bolted it as soon as she entered the house.

Her back was leaning against the back of the door, her hands beating hard against her chest.

"It's so dangerous, it's so dangerous, I almost showed a flaw just now!" She pinched her face with her hand, and when she felt the pain, she let go.

At this moment, she has a weak heart that has done bad things.

"Knock knock", a knock on the door suddenly exploded, and Ge Qianrou's back was shocked to the point that it hurt a little.

"Open the door, Qianrou, I saw you go in, open the door quickly, I picked up a load of firewood and came back, and I died!"

Hearing that it was Lin Bing's voice, Ge Qianrou immediately turned around and opened the door.

I saw Lin Bing carrying a large bundle of branches tied together with wicker on his shoulders, and walked in with one foot across the bluestone threshold, and then, with a "plop", he put down the firewood.

"It's daylight, what are you closing, it's not night!"

In the countryside, there are usually people in the family, and the door is always open, and seeing Ge Qianrou closing the door, Lin Bing's face is obviously not very happy.

But Ge Qianrou didn't listen to her husband's complaints, she looked around in shock, and said to Lin Bing: "Come with me to your eldest brother's house later!" ”

"Go to his house, what to do?" For so many years, when there was no separation, Lin Bing hadn't seen Ge Qianrou like that, she couldn't wait to see Xie Panqing and their family again forever!

Every time the two families get together, they can always hear Ge Qianrou and his sister-in-law quarreling, and every time this happens, so that Lin Bing occasionally sees his eldest brother in the village, and he doesn't dare to say anything like having a meal together, lest the mother-in-law in the family be unhappy one day and tear up the house again.

"Oh, he's your eldest brother, we've been separated for so long, and you haven't been to see him once, is that reasonable? The people in the village are going to say behind their backs, you don't know how to respect people! ”

"I don't know how to respect people, you know? If you think about it, it's going to be fine! ”

Lin Bing said and put the bundle of firewood he had just put down on his back again, and then walked towards the kitchen with steady steps.

This firewood should be enough for their family to burn for a week. After all, he has a small family, and his son is studying in the town, so usually just the two of them, they can eat casually, and they don't need much firewood.

After busy cleaning up the house at home, and then went to the backyard to pick some vegetables, Ge Qianrou took Lin Bing to Lin Han's house.

"What are you going to do, what are you going to do, I said you, you pinch when you see it on weekdays, you just go by yourself, why do you have to drag me!" Although Lin Bing is afraid of his wife, on such a matter of principle, he will occasionally work against Ge Qianrou for a while.

"Yo he, can you endure it after you split up, you have such an old house, you have a long face, I will let you not go, let you not go!"

Ge Qianrou said, and one hand pinched Lin Bing's body a few times.

"Ouch, ouch, I'll go, can't I go? You let go, you don't do it, you poisonous woman! ”

Lin Bing was pinched by her, so she had no choice but to beg for mercy.

However, Ge Qianrou, who had just stopped, heard Lin Bing scolding her for being a poisonous woman, so she immediately stopped doing it again, and pinched him the waist again, and then walked quickly and distanced herself from Lin Bing.

In the room, Lin Xiayan came over with a bowl of noodles, and was just about to let Xie Panqing eat something, when he heard a knock on the door, "Sister-in-law, eldest brother, are you at home?" ”

Because it was morning, the door of the hall opened a gap, which was not large, just enough for one person to pass through.

Ge Qianrou pushed Lin Bing and whispered, "You go first!" ”

Lin Bing was originally afraid of his eldest brother, he withdrew his hand, retreated behind Ge Qianrou, and said in a trembling voice: "It's better for you first, daughter-in-law!" ”

Seeing that Lin Bing saw that her eldest brother was so timid, Ge Qianrou suddenly felt a breath of anger in her chest, and she pushed Lin Bing in with one hand.

At this time, it happened that Lin Han was walking to the door of the hall and almost collided with Lin Bing.

"Big, big brother......" Lin Bing saw his eldest brother, it was just like seeing his father when he was a child, and now that his father is gone, he always feels that Lin Han has a kind of majesty, exactly the same as his father back then.

Seeing Lin Bing, Lin Han glanced at Ge Qianrou next to him, and said coldly, "What are you doing here?" ”