If you want him to see it like this, even if you have private money, you shouldn't put it in the bed, Second Uncle Mei touched his chin and thought, a pair of small-eyed thieves slipped around Jia and Sister Qiu.

"What? Do you still want to do a body search? Li Ailian shouted, "I'll go to your Lao Mei's door to eat and eat, and ask all the big guys to come and take a look!" As she spoke, Li Ailian shouted in her voice, "Come and see the big guys in Xiaohe Town, the little uncle is going to search for the widow's sister-in-law and niece's bed!" Mei Laoer, who doesn't know the shame and loses her conscience, wants to search for her widowed sister-in-law! ”

Very quickly, a lot of people gathered around the door, pointing around the door. Lao Mei's family has become the focus of Xiaohe Town today, and it is all lively on the day when Mei Lao Xiucai was admitted to Lao Xiucai.

"Mei Tang, you bastard!" Mei Laosuo listened to Li Ailian's voice in the hall, and her angry face was trembling, "Go back!" ”

Second Uncle Mei's face was also not good-looking, and he snorted at a few people and said in a weird manner: "I have a lot of adults, don't worry about people who are going to die, get out of here!" ”

"Phew! You're the one who wants to die! Sister Qiu replied, from the moment the deed of separation was written, Mei Tang was no longer her second uncle, and Mao's was no longer her milk, and these two people who were black in one place had nothing to do with her.

Lin Zhun couldn't help laughing, holding the burden on his shoulders with one hand, touching Sister Qiu's head with the other, and said with a soft smile: "Who did you learn from, so vulgar?" ”

The little boy's voice was warm and good, with a kind smile, and he boasted in Sister Qiu's ears, and Sister Qiu's little noodle plate was red for no reason, and muttered: "Don't they always say that I am a female worm, I will be a female worm for them to see!" ”

Sister Qiu turned around, behind her was the east house where she had lived for a few months, she had always lived here since she walked through, the house made of mud embryo was cold and wet, revealing a wisp of earthy smell, mixed with the fumes of the small kitchen next door, which constituted a special smell that Sister Qiu could not forget in her memories.

From then on, they were about to leave the cage that had trapped them.

Jia Shi picked up Li Zhongquan's back, thinking back to these things that happened for a long time, from being "sick" and Mao's reluctance to pay for diagnosis and treatment, to throwing her out of the house, and finally leaving Mei's house, Mei Tang had to search her body and make it difficult, this scene was expected, Jia Shi only felt that his heart was as cold as ice, angry and sad and powerless to struggle, his face was flushed, and tears couldn't stop flowing outward, soaking Li Zhongquan's back.

When a group of people passed by the gate, a large number of people were still gathered there to watch. Li Ailian is a vulgar and generous person, carrying millet noodles while walking and talking loudly to the people watching the excitement: "I feel all ashamed to say it, the second child of the Mei family wants to search Xingli before my sister-in-law niece goes out, if we don't stop it, I'm afraid I will have to search my body!" When my sister-in-law got married, my father and mother did a few boxes of dowries for this old daughter, and now only one kang is left to give face. He has this face to search! ”

Watching the excitement, there are uncles, mothers, daughters-in-law, and elderly people, who heard Li Ailian's words, if they didn't smack and marvel at the Mei family's superlative, if they didn't make up their minds to go back and not associate with the Mei family, they would really be unkind, and their hearts would be too dark.

There are not many households in the west of the village, and the house of Sister Qiu and her grandmother is very easy to find, and there are two willow trees by the door, and the long branches are luxuriant. Due to the fact that it has not been inhabited for many years, the gate made of uneven wooden planks has long been decayed, and Sister Qiu gently pushed, and the gate fell.

"This gate needs to be changed from the ground up to a sturdy one." Li Zhongquan said, "Just let your mother live with a few kisses, and I will feel at ease if you are stronger." ”

The courtyard left by the grandfather and grandmother is much larger than the mansion of the Zhimei family, but it has not been inhabited for many years, and the house has been abandoned. When she passed by here before, Sister Qiu didn't pay attention to it, but now when she came in, she found that the two earthen embryo houses had already been washed by the rain, and only the roof beams were still standing on the ruined walls, and the roofs of several tiled houses were also leaking rain, and the houses were wet.

The courtyard is overgrown with weeds, the walls are full of oily green moss, and there are no people living in the house for many years, and there are no unclean things like rats in the house.

Sister Qiu heard Jia Shi say that in the years when Mei Liang was just in the middle of the old Xiucai, every Chinese New Year's Eve, Mei Lao Xiucai would take her to clean the old mansion, and also worship her grandparents in the old mansion to show her filial piety, and later accompanied Mei Lao Xiucai's life day by day more frustrated, and even the annual worship was all waived.

The lock on the door panel of the hall was already rusted and could not be seen from its original appearance, Lin Zhun put down his burden and pulled it gently, and the lock fell with a sound, and after pushing the door open, a wisp of cool moisture came to his face.

"I'll buy two locks later." Lin Zhun said with a smile, "Otherwise, Uncle and Sister Qiu won't be able to sleep at night." ”

The furnishings in the room are also very simple, except for a wooden table and a kang. When Sister Qiu's grandfather and grandmother were gone, the Mao family took all the furniture that could be seen in the old mansion back to his own house, and now there is only one table and one kang left, and a few tattered small boards.

Li Zhongquan looked around, let Jia down, and with the idea of comforting his little sister, he said with a smile: "This house was built well, the tiled house is strong, and the courtyard walls are all good. It's just that it's less popular, and it's good to live for a few days and cook a few more meals. ”

Jia has always been accustomed to doing work, and he is not idle if he doesn't sleep every day, and now he has been lying on the kang for two days for the first time in the new year, only to feel that all the bones on his body are rattling, and he hurriedly turned out of the basket to give the mattress and spread it on the kang.

Li Ailian helped on the side, and comforted her quickly: "Take your time, you have arms and legs, and I and your brother help you, wait to take care of your body, find a livelihood, support you and Sister Qiu, slowly save money and pay off debts, life is a day by day." You earn and eat by yourself, how can you be better than serving those black-hearted people in vain! ”

Thinking about the future, Jia's heart is painful and happy, although she is worried about the way out for herself and her daughter in the future, but she and Sister Qiu are now free, and they are no longer afraid that their mother-in-law will suddenly sell Sister Qiu one day.

Jia's family, Li Ailian, and the Chunhua maids were busy cleaning the house, and there was such a big scene, it was not early, and the sun had already begun to set. Li Zhongquan went out with Lin Zhun first, he went back to the town to find a woodware store to buy a gate, and Lin Zhun went to the grocery store of the old family and bought two locks back.

After the lock was bought, Jia wanted to give him money, but Lin Zhun smiled and refused to accept it.

With Jia and Li Ailian's cleaning the house, Sister Qiu freed up her hands to pick up the pots and pans that were distributed to her, Lin Zhun helped her clean the small kitchen, and Da Yin also helped her like a little adult on the side, fortunately, there was a small mountain forest behind the house, and the servants picked up enough dry firewood for cooking dinner for a while.

Seeing Sister Qiu's skillful follow-up and cooking firewood, Lin Zhun smiled and teased her: "You can also cook?" ”

"I'll do a lot!" Sister Qiu smiled and preached to Lin Zhun, "After these two days, we have picked up neatly, Brother Zhun, you come with the big seal, and I will make you something delicious!" "In terms of cooking, she is a family scholar, her parents are busy with the idea of where to take care of the cooking, all of them are the meals she contracted for the family, that is, she went to work later, she is also a favorite place to meet with things, why, Sister Qiu's cooking skills are good, who goes to have a good mouth!

In the evening, Li Zhongquan came back from the town with a cart with a cart loaded with a thick wooden door that had not yet been painted, and when he entered the village, he happened to meet Lin Laosuo and Lin Qu, who were carrying an iron plough to the ground, and hurriedly helped the two of them push the cart to the old house in the west of the village.

Halfway down the road, he bumped into the donkey's father, the donkey's father hesitated, and he also came up and pushed the cart with a hand, and talked to Li Zhongquan with a smile.

When they got home, several men in the prime of life worked together to install the new door in less than a moment.

"The well in this courtyard has been useless for a few years, and tomorrow I will bring someone over to Taotao for Mrs. Xiucai." The donkey father said with a smile.

Although there is a river at the entrance of the village, but for convenience, all the households will dig a well in their own yard, and if they are a little particular, they will also put a lid on the well to prevent fallen leaves and other dirty things from falling into the well.

Sister Qiu's new home also has a well, but the wooden manhole cover has long been rotten and fell into the well, looking from the well, there is a thick layer of branches and leaves floating on the water surface, and the deep well water is almost invisible.

At this time, someone needs to go down and wash the deep well water, that is, to scoop up the big dirty things, and the remaining clean deep well water can be used for a day or two.

Jia Shi wanted to come out to help Sister Qiu cook, but it was blocked by Chunhua and Li Ailian, "You can sit on the kang and rest with peace of mind, everything has us, I see that Sister Qiu is a doable person, much better than a similar girl!" ”

"I've been resting for a while." Jia Shi smiled and said, "If you don't work, you will be very anxious and unlucky." ”

Aunt Chunhua laughed, "You just have a hard time resting!" Think about it, in the morning, you are still sick and want to die, this is just a good family, don't you let others gossip? ”

Jia and Sister Qiu are orphans and widows who stand on their own, compared to those who have men as the pillars of the family, if someone talks about it and says something ugly, it will not be good.

After Aunt Chunhua'er mentioned this, Jia Shi suddenly understood, and he didn't propose to help with the work.

"Wait until tomorrow I will invite a Lang Zhong to come over and tell the big guy that it was a misdiagnosis before, and it will be." Li Ailian smiled and said, "At that time, the black-hearted old woman doesn't know how to regret it!" ”

The woman laughed softly in an instant, and even the Jia family, who has always been tame and filial, couldn't help laughing, thinking about how remorseful Sister Qiu should have been at that time, and how relieved she was. Even if the matter is up to now, she still feels that it doesn't matter how the Mao family treats her, but how can the Mao family be so vicious and want to sell Sister Qiu!

The men installed the gate in the front yard, and began to look around in the yard, saying that they could dig a vegetable garden here, and tomorrow they would move a few vegetable seedlings from their own vegetable garden and plant them, and that they could build a grass pigsty in the future.

"Brother Fang, tomorrow you bring someone to Taojing, I thank you in advance!" Li Zhongquan made a gesture at the donkey father, the grievances between the Fang family and the Mei family that he didn't know, but he felt that the donkey father was enthusiastic to help, and he was very grateful in his heart.

The donkey's father was slightly embarrassed on his face, because his mothers didn't understand the matter, he made a big fuss at someone's house, and the tired old lady Xiucai slapped him, he didn't talk to Fang Laosuo, and he was very unhappy in his heart, after the separation, he wanted to stay and help, and he was afraid that the old Xiucai and Sister Qiu would not wait to see him, until Fang just ran into a group of people pushing the cart over, and found an opportunity.

"Don't, don't." The donkey's father said all the words that were not good, and shook his hand desperately, "What a little bit of a thing, I'm used to digging wells, you don't want to say so." ”

After installing the door, a few people who came to help went back. The helpers of the Zhuang family do not give money, but they all seem to invite the helpers to eat, but all the people who come are not outsiders, I know what the situation of the Jia family and his mother is now, and they will go back after installing the door. Aunt Chunhua also went back to cook for the family, but did not stay to eat.

Sister Qiu made the pancakes, cooked the mushroom soup, brought it to the house, lit the oil lamp, and sat down to eat. In the afternoon, when Lin Zhun went to buy locks, he brought them salt and soy sauce by the way, otherwise the meal would not have been able to be cooked.

"Sister Qiu has grown up and become a capable uncle and lady!" Li Ailian tasted the mushroom soup and couldn't stop praising it.

"My aunt likes to eat my cooking, and when she comes to my house the day after tomorrow, I will cook for my aunt!" Sister Qiu's smile was sweet, and her words were even sweeter, and Li Ailian, who was happy, couldn't close her mouth.

Li Zhongquan laughed on the side, and said to Jia's family: "The door was bought in a hurry, just such a suitable size, people have not yet painted, so I bought it, thinking about tonight's installation, I don't care about so much, I will come back in two days, and bring the craftsman over to paint it." ”

Jia Shi was not happy to bother the eldest brother anymore, and hurriedly said: "Don't get in the way, what kind of paint is painted, the Zhuang family is not so particular!" Big brother, how much does that door cost? ”

"You're out of sight." Li Zhongquan put down the wooden chopsticks unhappily, "It's just a door, can't I send it as a big brother?" ”

Jia's eyes were slightly red, and his heart was full of emotion, "No, I'm afraid that my eldest brother will break the bank, and it's not easy for you and your sister-in-law to earn two money, and it's ...... to get up early and be greedy for darkness."

Li Ailian, who said a sentence, also put down the wooden chopsticks, and was slightly in a trance, their brothers and sisters, many young people have never sat on a wooden table to eat.