"Wen Ning, come over here."

Xu's voice rang out.

Wen Ning came back to her senses and walked towards Xu's room.

"Mother, do you have something to do with me?"

Xu Shi held a few sheets in his hand, and when he saw Wen Ning, Xu stuffed the sheets into Wen Ning's hands, "You take these sheets and wash them, pay attention, don't wash them." ”

"Okay." Wen Ning nodded slightly, reaching out to take the quilt.

Picked up Xu's quilt and walked out of the room, seeing that Ye Zhi was still there, Wen Ning simply shouted at Ye Zhi, "Xiao Zhi, come here, follow me to the river to wash the sheets." ”

Ye Zhi obediently stood up from the ground and nodded.

Wen Ning walked in front, and Ye Zhi walked behind.

"What are you doing behind you? Come up. ”

Ye Zhi pouted, obviously unhappy, and after hearing this, he quickened his pace and followed.

Wen Ning squeezed her eyes, with a bit of banter and teasing, and asked knowingly, "Why are you upset?" ”

Ye Zhi's lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but in the end, he swallowed the words back into his throat and shook his head silently.

Wen Ning shook his head and encouraged, "Man, just say anything, twist and pinch, what is it like?" ”

Ye Zhi blinked, hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth, "Second aunt, I also want to learn martial arts." ”

The corners of Wen Ning's mouth hooked up a faint sarcastic smile, "Envy Ye Chong for learning martial arts? So you want to learn too? ”

Ye Zhi shook his head suddenly, "I just want to learn martial arts and get ahead in the future, I don't want to just farm." ”

"What's so bad about farming?"

"Learning martial arts can make meritorious achievements and become a general."

"Don't, don't learn from Ye Chong, there is nothing to do with the eight characters, the cowhide is blown off."

Ye Zhi's face stiffened, and he lowered his head in shame.

"Can you endure hardship? Martial arts training is hard. ”

"I can." Ye Zhi nodded heavily.

Wen Ning grinned, "Then you have to prove to me that you are a child who can endure hardships." ”

"Proof?" Ye Zhi scratched his head ignorantly.

Wen Ning was poked to the bottom of her heart by Ye Zhi's ignorant eyes, and couldn't help but feel that Ye Zhi was cute.

"You have to be like your sister, you can do anything, and you are willing to do it, this is called being able to endure hardship."

"Hmm." Ye Zhi nodded solemnly.

Wen Ning took Ye Zhi to the river, there are many people washing clothes by the river, all of them are rural women, these people have occupied all the good positions by the river, only a few washing slate slabs are left at the end and are useless, but the water there is very turbid, and all the dirty water washed by people has flowed here, so there is no way to wash clothes at all.

"Second aunt, are we doing laundry here?" Ye Zhi said with a small face.

Wen Ning shook his head, "Let's go down there and wash it, the water here is too dirty!" ”

"Uh-huh." Ye Zhi stretched out his hand over, "Second aunt, I'll help you get the flyer." ”

Wen Ning gave the sheet to Ye Zhi, Wen Ning really wanted to see if Ye Zhi was a person who could endure hardships, and decided to pay more attention to Ye Zhi in the coming days.

Ye Zhi was holding a large ball of sheets, and the wind in the countryside was relatively strong, as if he wanted to blow the little Ye Zhi away.

Ye Zhi gritted his teeth, walked through the ditch with the sheet, and walked from the other side of the ditch to the washing slate below to wash things.

There are also people washing clothes below, but there are only two people, Sister-in-law Chen and Aunt Hong from the village.

Sister-in-law Chen saw Ye Zhi, an eight-year-old child, struggling to hold the sheets and staggering in the wind, while Wen Ning was empty-handed.

Sister-in-law Chen leaned into Aunt Hong's ear and whispered, "Look at the evil woman of the Ye family, it's really not a thing, and she will torture that sister and brother." ”

Aunt Hong looked back at Ye Zhi, feeling very distressed, "It's really a sin, this wicked woman has hands and feet, she doesn't take so many sheets herself, and let an eight-year-old child take them, it's inhumane." ”

"No, I used to see this wicked woman beat the child with a stick as big as a rolling pin, and the child cried so much that she cried bitterly."

Aunt Hong snorted coldly, and immediately wanted to be upset for Ye Zhi, and shouted at Wen Ning and the two not far away, "The daughter-in-law of the Ye family, don't you have any hands?" Such a heavy thing, I don't take it myself. ”

"Huh?" Wen Ning was stunned for a moment, and only reacted after a while, and couldn't smile bitterly.

"It's what he wants to take, just enough to exercise him." Wen Ning explained.

"What a poisonous woman with a black heart." Sister-in-law Chen muttered in a low voice, "Who are you fooling with this!" ”

When Wen Ning heard this, she immediately became angry, and looked at Sister-in-law Chen and Aunt Hong with unkind eyes.

I was insulted by these two eight women for some reason, and I was uncomfortable for anyone.

Few of the women in the village had fuel-efficient lamps, and Wen Ning glared at them, but they were not timid at all.

In particular, Aunt Hong's reputation for her pungent daughter-in-law has long spread in the streets and alleys, and it is difficult to see a woman with such a poisonous mouth in ten miles and eight villages.

"Wen Ning, you little girl, what do you see? Beware of me poking you in the eye. Aunt Hong said fiercely.

Ye Zhi also knew who was good to him at a young age, so he immediately trotted in front of Wen Ning and protected Wen Ning, "Don't talk about my second aunt." ”

Aunt Hong was like a gasoline can, ignited by anger on the spot, "You little disaster star! Broom star! Get out of here! The old lady is kind enough to stand up for you, but you kid dog bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know the hearts of good people. ”

Wen Ning pulled Ye Zhi back behind her, and she suddenly understood one thing, that is, on weekdays, these village women spoke up for Da Hao and Ye Zhi, in fact, it was not that they sympathized with the poor two sisters and brothers, they just wanted to join in the fun, to evaluate others, and then advertise themselves as good people, they didn't care about these two sisters and brothers from their hearts.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to bother with you." Wen Ning pulled Ye Zhi up and whispered to Ye Zhi, "Let's wash it in another place." ”

Ye Zhi nodded obediently.

Wen Ning didn't want to entangle with these village women, so she deliberately avoided these people.

"Xiaozhi, don't pay attention to these people, don't take their words to heart."

Ye Zhi was young, and he was scolded as a small disaster, and he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"In another ten days and half a month, when the second aunt earns silver taels, I will send you to the martial arts hall to learn martial arts, okay?"

Hearing that he could learn martial arts, Ye Zhi immediately smiled, "Second aunt, I'll help you wash." ”

"No, you go to the side to play for a while, the water here is more urgent, you are still small, if you fall down, it will be troublesome."

Ye Zhi nodded obediently, and then obediently went to play nearby.

Wen Ning sighed, hoping that sending Ye Zhi to learn martial arts was the right thing to do, after all, in this era, for boys, learning martial arts is indeed a way to get ahead.

Half an hour later, after Wen Ning washed the sheets, he took Ye Zhi home.

On the way home, Wen Ning's eyes were sharp, and he just saw that the rape in Uncle Li's field was ripe and could be sold.

Wen Ning suddenly had an idea, now that Ye Zhi was there, it was inconvenient to do it, Wen Ning hesitated, and decided to take Ye Zhi home first.

Bringing Ye Zhi home, and then drying the sheets, Wen Ning hurriedly went out of the house.