Xi Hongdou saw that Han Yushu's face was not good, so he smiled and said: "Han Gongzi doesn't often come to Xijia Village, so let's stay for a meal today." ”

Han Yushu came to his senses and smiled bitterly: "No need, don't take what I said today, don't take the red bean girl to heart." "Xiao Zhi is right, if he loses to him, he is really not wronged, and now that Xi Hongdou is someone else's fiancée, he shouldn't be entangled anymore.

Xi Hongdou smiled lightly and sent Han Yushu away from the ridge, Han Yushu came in Xiao Zhi's carriage when he came, and when he left, he walked back by himself, and he happened to be calm and calm.

Seeing Han Yushu leave, Xi Hongdou turned his head to look at Xiao Zhi and asked, "You brought it on purpose?" ”

"But it's not, he doesn't believe that I will tell you that the matter of the wife will come with you, the conscience of heaven and earth, I can't help myself!" Xiao Zhi said matter-of-factly, showing how innocent he was.

Xi Hongdou was speechless: "Come on, you, why don't I believe you when you say this!" Then when he saw that it was really not early, he said, "Let's go, I see that you have come to eat!" ”、

Xiao Zhile followed Xi Hongdou to Xi's house, and as soon as he entered the door, he looked at Xi Mu and Xi Sister-in-law.

Sister-in-law Xi didn't seem to have anything to do, she was a little relieved, and then she shook her head at Xi Mu, she didn't see anything today, and it was better to have more than one thing.

Xi Mu nodded, and then said, "My brother-in-law is here, and I'm here to eat again?" ”

Xi Hongdou smiled and said to Xiao Zhi: "Look, my brother can see that you want to come to eat!" ”

"I still need to rub it, why can't your family shorten my mouthful!" Xiao Zhi smiled, now his father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother and sister-in-law are good to him, and he feels that the food in Xi's house is really more fragrant than the food in the big restaurant in the county!

After the family finished eating, Xiao Zhi didn't leave in a hurry, and followed Xi Hongdou to the ridge again, Xi Hongdou threw Xiao Zhi a small shovel, and hoeed the grass himself.

Xiao Zhi looked at the small shovel in his hand, and he didn't know how to use it, but when he saw how Xi Hongdou got it, he just looked at it and followed it.

Xi Hongdou looked at Xiao Zhi's hoeing, and said, "You have shoveled my three seedlings, and I will have to do it if you shovel it again!" ”

Xiao Zhi hurriedly stopped, and then asked, "They all look the same!" ”

Xi Hongdou smiled bitterly, Xiao Zhi probably hasn't done farm work either, she can be regarded as a late-learner, Xiao Zhi must be even more indistinguishable.

"Then don't hoe the grass yet, go look at the potatoes, dig a few nights and eat them." Xi Hongdou pointed to the field next to him.

Xiao Zhi moved over, he knew the potatoes, but the seedlings in front of him ......

"Are your potatoes unknotted...... Xiao Zhi made a difficulty, turning over and over and pulling the potato seedlings, wondering if this is an unknotted potato?

Xi Hongdou turned his head to see Xiao Zhi like this, laughed directly, and then said: "The potatoes are under the soil, you can only see them when you dig them!" "Xiao Zhi pulls the seedlings back and forth, and it is really hell that he can find potatoes.

Looking at Xiao Zhi's clumsy appearance, Xi Hongdou really couldn't hold back his laughter.

Xiao Zhi also smiled, thinking that he couldn't handle a single potato, he was really out of standard!

When Xiao Zhi returned to Xiao's house in the evening, Chief Steward Wu saw that Xiao Zhi's clothes were stained with mud, and guessed that Xiao Zhi was going to the ridge to make trouble.

Someone from outside the door sent a letter, Xiao Zhi hurriedly took it, it was estimated that the family wanted to give a wedding date, but as soon as the letter was opened and the contents were read, Xiao Zhi's face suddenly darkened.

Chief Steward Wu felt that things were not good, so he asked, "Young Master, is something wrong?" ”

"Grandfather...... Nope. Xiao Zhi's face was not good, and the letter in his hand was directly given to Steward Wu.

Steward Wu took it with trembling hands, and after reading the contents of the letter, he knelt down in the direction of Kyoto City and kowtowed three times.

The Wu family has been waiting in the Xiao family for several generations, and now that the old lady is gone, the steward of Wu is also very devastated.

"My grandfather has been sick for many years, and now he ...... It's also a relief. Xiao Zhi sighed, his grandfather was a military attache earlier, and he would only be bedridden when his old illness recurred when he was old, and for a military attaché, bed rest was indeed a kind of torture.

Chief Steward Wu wiped away his tears and said, "Madame said in the letter that the young master should return to Kyoto City for the funeral soon, and we should not delay." ”

"Let's leave tomorrow morning, I'll have someone send a message to Red Bean." Xiao Zhi said that the funeral time is tight, and it will take three days to travel from Yunzhou City to Kyoto City at the earliest, and Xi Hongdou will not have time to say goodbye in person.

Butler Wu nodded, hurriedly went to prepare, and the next day Xiao Zhi left for the city at dawn, leaving a letter for Xiao Liuzi to send to Xijia Village.

Xi Hongdou was quite surprised when he saw Xiao Liuzi, and when he took the letter from Xiao Liuzi, he knew that it was the old lady of the Xiao family.

"Is he okay?" Xi Hongdou was a little worried, when his relatives died, Xiao Zhi should also be uncomfortable.

Xiao Liuzi said: "It should be fine." ”

Xi Hongdou sighed and said, "I know." ”

Xiao Liuzi said hello and went back first, now Xi Hongdou is his future young grandmother, and Xiao Liuzi doesn't dare to treat him like before.

Xiao Zhi said in the letter that he would return to Yunzhou City after taking care of the affairs at home, and it would only take a month before and after, so Xi Hongdou would not be worried.

Knowing that Xiao Zhi went home for the funeral, Aunt Xi was a little worried, so she said: "Then the marriage of red beans will be delayed again." "Xiao Zhi, as a grandchild, also has to keep filial piety, according to Yan Yun's law, unless there are any special circumstances, filial piety will be more than three years, less than seventeen months, and this marriage is afraid that it will be shelved.

Xi Hongdou said: "Drag it out, it's also a matter of urgency." "She didn't want to marry early.

Aunt Xi saw that Xi Hongdou was still so unanxious and not panicked, and she could only feel bitter in her heart, and now the Xiao family had no choice but to wait.

For half a month, Xi Hongdou watched the seedlings in his field grow taller and taller, and he was relieved, and now there is still a long time before the rainy season, and there is no need to worry that the seedlings will rot from the roots.

Aunt Xi prepared some fried cakes and asked Xi Hongdou to go to Dingjia Village to send a trip, Xi Hongdou was also idle, so she ran errands directly, although Aunt Ding was cloudy and sunny for a while, but Xi Hongdou still remembered Grandpa Ding.

I walked slowly all the way to Dingjia Village, and when I crossed the bridge, I happened to see Ding's cousin-in-law going to the city, and the two chatted a few words.

"My aunt is really kind and specially asked someone to send it away." Cousin-in-law Ding said with a smile, but after speaking, she deliberately whispered: "But it is estimated that grandpa will not be able to eat a few bites." The implication is that these good things will fall into her mother-in-law's mouth.

Xi Hongdou smiled and said, "Grandpa actually doesn't eat much, and my mother deliberately made more." "I don't believe that such a basket of fried cakes can be eaten by Aunt Ding.

Cousin-in-law Ding didn't say much, hehe smiled and left first, the more she talked about her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with others, the more she seemed to be mean and ignorant.

Xi Hongdou arrived at his uncle's house, and before he entered the door, he heard Aunt Ding inside: "I don't know what kind of soup the woman poured into her son, and my mother doesn't care about it!" ”

"If you are reasonable, then the daughter-in-law can't be like you!" Uncle Ding said that everyone in the family let Aunt Ding, but the daughter-in-law has a hard waist, and now it is good that there is no chaos on the surface, and if you are not satisfied, you can only fight!

Aunt Ding snorted coldly and said, "I wasn't like this when I was a daughter-in-law!" "The thousand-year-old daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law, can't she be arrogant?

"My mother was good to you at that time!" Uncle Ding said: "You have to be nice to your daughter-in-law, and that daughter-in-law can be good to you!" ”

Xi Hongdou listened to the difficult chanting of his uncle's house, and smiled bitterly in his heart, this Aunt Ding is not too tired, what is the plan to compare with her daughter-in-law?

"Uncle!" Xi Hongdou shouted at the door before entering the door, and the two people in the door were still sad, and when they saw Xi Hongdou coming, they quickly changed their smiling faces.

"Red beans are here!" Uncle Ding said with a smile.

Aunt Ding saw that Xi Hongdou was carrying something in her hand, and said with a smile: "Oh, come here, what else do you want?" It's heavy, put it down! Then he took it.

Xi Hongdou smiled in her heart, and then said: "My mother said that my grandfather likes fried cakes, so let me send some, my mother fried a lot, and the whole family can be full!" The implication is that this thing was sent to grandpa's face, and they can't lose grandpa if they eat it.

Uncle Ding smiled: "Don't worry, your aunt won't be able to eat so much even if she opens her arms to death!" "It's still my sister who knows what her daughter-in-law is like, and she deliberately does so much.

Aunt Ding was stunned and slapped Uncle Ding with her elbow: "What are you talking about!" Don't be ashamed in front of your children! ”

Aunt Ding finally couldn't help it at this time, and asked, "What kind of family is the family you are marrying?" I heard that the family is still a big official in Kyoto City? ”

Xi Hongdou shook his head: "I don't know either." She really doesn't know, but looking at Mrs. Xiao's style, she shouldn't be an ordinary person.

Aunt Ding was speechless: "Don't let people deceive you?" And what is the future mother-in-law like? In the future, you can be filial to your mother-in-law, otherwise you will be punished by God! ”

Uncle Ding hurriedly said, "You're starting to talk nonsense again." Then he said to Xi Hongdou: "Don't listen to your aunt!" "My daughter-in-law is sour, I can't figure out my daughter-in-law, and I start talking nonsense in front of Xi Hongdou again.

Xi Hongdou smiled and went to see Grandpa Ding, and the matter of her marriage was also spreading, and Grandpa Ding also knew that he naturally wanted to ask this time.

"What is the character of the young man who is married? It's one thing if the family has money or not, if the character is not good, then we can't marry Jinshan Yinshan! Grandpa Ding said.

Xi Hongdou nodded: "The person is very good, grandpa don't worry." ”

Grandpa Ding nodded and smiled, and said: "As long as the person is good, my red beans are also good, and the two of them will have to live a good life in the future, is the wedding date set?" “

"I can't settle it for the time being, his grandfather has passed away." Xi Hongdou said: "He went back to his hometown to mourn. ”

As a result, Xi Hongdou's words happened to be heard by Aunt Ding, who was passing by the door, and she was surprised and said, "The grandfather of the family passed away? Isn't that still impossible to marry? ”