In the autumn afternoon, quiet and serene, seeing that the harvest is imminent, the peasants have a smile on their faces, and from time to time they turn over the sickle, the flat shoulder, the basket, this grind twice and that tinker, just wait for the autumn wind to cool down, the bud grain stick completely turns yellow, and begin to collect the gun.

The surname of Nangou Village is Chen, but he is in his thirties, but he has taken over the position here from his father for five years, and he has no bad intentions on weekdays, and he is fair in doing things, so he is very prestigious in the village where six surnames are mixed and a total of more than 40 households.

After eating enough lunch, people are easy to get sleepy, Chen Lizheng talked to his wife about the eldest child's studies in the family, and leaned on the high-backed chair and fell asleep.

At this time, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy walked outside the courtyard gate, wearing a square scarf on his head, wearing a green cloth robe, although a little shabby and dirty, but much neater than ordinary village children. ”

The young man's eyebrows, which were originally quite delicate, were obviously covered with a layer of darkness when he heard the word Wen Shu, and he waved his hand very awkwardly and said, "Aunt Chen, I... I'm not looking for Shengzi Wenshu, I'm here to find Uncle Lizheng, and I ask him to make decisions for me on some things. ”

Li Zheng Niangzi was stunned, stretched her head and looked outside the courtyard, there were two women behind the young man, one big and one small, it was Pucao and Peach Blossom, a flash of understanding flashed in her eyes, and then smiled, "Oh, then come in, your uncle happens to be at home." ”

Zhang Gui nodded and thanked him, and took Pucao and his sister into the yard, and woke up when he heard the movement, and saw that it was a group of three of them who came in, but let Zhang Guier sit down, Zhang Luo poured tea, no matter whether he was famous or not, regardless of age, farmers were born with a sense of awe for scholars.

Zhang Gui's face was much better, Li Zheng smiled and pulled him to say a few words, and asked, "Brother Gui'er, when are you going to go back to the school, my family Shengzi said, Mr. Wu still asks about you these days." ”

Zhang Gui's eyes darkened completely, he glanced at Pu Cao, who was low-eyed and pleasing to the eyes next to him, and then thought about the second uncle's family, but he still made up his mind in the end, and said, "Uncle Lizheng, that day in front of my mother and brother, my uncle and several elders decided that matter, um... Can you change that? I... We brothers and sisters want to live with Pucao's sister-in-law. ”

Li Zheng and his wife were stunned, they originally guessed that the three of them came to the door to help the families in the village and help them eat some copper coins, but they didn't expect that the two brothers and sisters were going to pull the Pucao that had been abandoned out of the house and live together?

This is a little difficult to do, after all, everyone in front of the mourning hall discussed that Zhang Laoer's family adopted their brother and sister, and his family's two acres of budding valley land naturally belonged to Zhang Laoer's name.

Now that he suddenly wants to overturn this decision, not to mention others, even Zhang Laoer's family can't agree.

Li Zheng pondered for a moment, tugging at the few sparse beards under his chin, and asked, "Where did you start with this, Pucao has been abandoned by your brother and left the house, besides, isn't it good for your brothers and sisters to live with your uncle?" ”

Zhang Guier snorted twice, thinking that it was not good to speak ill of the elders, so she looked at Pu Cao, who hated in her heart and scolded that she was useless and a scholar, and then quietly pulled Peach Blossom's sleeve, Peach Blossom got the code and ran forward to kneel, hugging the thigh of Lizheng Niangzi and crying quietly, "Aunt Chen, I don't want to follow the second aunt to live, woo, the second aunt beats people, and doesn't give bud grain porridge to drink, I'm hungry..."

Li Zheng Niangzi likes pink and tender little girls all her life, but unfortunately her stomach is not angry, and she gave birth to three boys, but she has never been able to get her wish, at this time, she saw that the peach blossoms were crying with big eyes red, the pigtails were scattered, and the white little face became a flower cat, so she couldn't help but pour a motherly mind into her, pulled her up and asked in a loud voice, "What's the matter, why haven't you had bud porridge to drink, a good girl, why are you hungry?" ”

Li Zheng thought of the reputation of Zhang's second family, and also frowned, and asked, "But, Zhang's second family treats you harshly?" ”

Zhang Gui'er still hooked her head and didn't make a sound, Peach Blossom cried breathlessly again, Pu Cao was helpless, so she had to step forward and whisper, "Back to Uncle Lizheng, since something happened at home, Peach Blossom has been drinking porridge with me, and sometimes I take a cake back to pad your brother's stomach." ”

Lizheng Niangzi was even more annoyed, "Eat with you?" You are a person who has been abandoned and has lived in a shack without a meal, why do you have to take care of two children? His Zhang Lao Er's family is too lacking in morality, it can't be that he hasn't even given up a bowl of porridge these days. ”

Li Zheng also had a bad face, after all, he and a group of elders handed over the two children to Zhang's second family in front of the whole village, and their husband and wife also patted their chests and agreed. Isn't this like bullshit for his words?

Pu Cao's two eyes stared at Zhang Gui'er with dead energy, at this time, she didn't take advantage of the fire to hurry up and pour oil, what are you waiting for, but this nerd just didn't speak, she had to say something again, "Eating is a trivial matter, but the second uncle's family acts like this, I'm afraid that I can't study for your brother anymore, and the poor mother-in-law also said that your brother is the material for the top prize in the exam..."

Zhang Guier thinks about these days, carrying burdens and doing work every day, just a bowl of gruel at night, not to mention touching the books is rare to rest for a while, what kind of champion will he take in the future, I am afraid that he will have to carry dung and farm for the rest of his life, the more he thinks about it, the more desperate he becomes, and he cries out loud when he covers his face.

Li Zheng and his wife glanced at each other, they were both sympathetic and helpless, this Zhang family has a total of these two households in the village, to be honest, it is not a good reputation, but Zhang Guier's family is fortunate to know that they can save money for a child to study, and the second Zhang family is a miser, and everyone hates it.

Now, the child has begged for it, and it is not easy not to help, so Li Zheng called a few children who were playing outside the courtyard and invited the other four elders who were present that day to discuss.

The children didn't have a doorkeeper on their mouths, and when they heard something, the whole village knew about it, so with the four old men coming to the door, there were also mothers-in-law, daughters-in-law, old and young masters.

Li Zheng is also a cheerful character, crackling to talk about this matter, several old men are frowning, originally thought that even if Zhang Laoer's family is harsh, after all, they are also the same clan, counting three generations of ancestors or brothers, and getting the Zhang family's bud valley, how can it be better for the two children, I didn't expect to let alone study, I didn't even eat a full meal, this is too lacking in morality.

The villagers are also talking, this one said, "Zhang Laoer's family, that is the old dog has to make a detour when he sees it, two acres of bud valley, two children can't eat their belly for a year, they can't even give up a bowl of porridge, it's really more iron rooster than iron rooster." ”

The other said, "That is, this is the kind of cruelty that the children of the same race treat, if the children of other people's families are not killed by them." ”

"That's it, that's it, don't marry Zhang's second family if you have a daughter, it's like falling into the fire pit."

Everyone said anything, but without exception they all condemned Zhang Laoer's family for their disgrace, Li Zheng and a few old men nodded in their ears, and at the end, the oldest Li Siye spoke, "Brother Gui, your brothers and sisters have no house now, only those two acres of thin fields, if you really come out of Zhang Laoer's house, you will have nowhere to stay." ”

Pucao had taught this matter in advance, and it did not involve rules and etiquette, Zhang Guier bowed, and said, "Fourth grandfather, our brothers and sisters only want to eat and eat their stomachs now, and when we have to collect the bud valley and sell it for some silver, we will ask your uncles to help build a wooden house, and we will survive the winter." ”

Peach Blossom also helped on the side, "And my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law can do anything, and my sister-in-law can cook porridge." ”

Everyone looked at Pu Cao when they heard this, guessing why this matter had something to do with her.

Pu Cao was ruthless, gritted her teeth and knelt down in front of Li Zheng and several clan elders, and whispered, "Although Pu Cao is the abandoned woman of the Zhang family, she grew up in the Zhang family since she was a child, and was deeply favored by the Zhang family. ”

When her words fell, the villagers looked at each other for a long time, and they were suspicious, saying that the Zhang family's child daughter-in-law couldn't beat a fart with ten sticks, and she was mostly scolded by Zhang Fu's mother and son on weekdays.

Could it be that what the daughter-in-law of the Liu family said a few days ago is true, this person is not dead, and he is still enlightened?

Li Zhengqing coughed twice to suppress everyone's discussions, and asked, "Pucao, you are already an abandoned woman of the Zhang family, and it stands to reason that you should not enter the Zhang family again, but your brother and Peach Blossom are still young and need to be taken care of, and you have nothing to rely on, if you can really take care of their brothers and sisters as adults, it will be a good thing." ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at several old men, "The elders said that this matter..."

Halfway through the conversation, there was a noisy shouting outside the yard, and it was Zhang Lao and his wife who were the first, followed by their two sons and a daughter, and some of them were holding the chopsticks in their hands, obviously they had just rushed over from the dinner table.

Zhang Lao Er didn't wait to stand firm, and asked, "Who wants to rob our family's bud valley land?" ”

Second Aunt Zhang also helped, "That's it, I see who dares to do it, our old Zhang family is not easy to bully." ”

Li Zheng and several old men had unsightly faces, but they didn't want to tear their faces directly, so they made a round and responded, "You just had lunch and came in a hurry?" ”

Aunt Zhang glared at Zhang Gui'er and Peach Blossom, who were standing beside Li Zheng, a little weak-hearted, if it weren't for saving two bowls of rice porridge, would their family be hungry until noon, like being a thief.