Xu is God also rejoiced when he saw the reunion in the world, and it actually rained goose feathers and heavy snow on this night of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. Snowflakes fluttered from the sky, and in less than a moment, they had a new set of clothes for the mountains and villages.

Dongzi hid in the haystack at the head of the village, and while boringly fiddling with the purse in his hand, he muttered in a low voice, "Xiaohong, I have suffered a lot of this crime in order to marry you." However, the master rewarded ten taels of silver, and I will go to give you a good face tomorrow..."

The north wind and the heavy snow hid on the side and heard him muttering like this, as if they also had sympathy, and quietly detoured, leaving a corner of the windless and snowless world for this little girl who had nothing but the master and daughter-in-law in his heart.

The first day of the new year is the New Year, the first day of the new year, the reunion day of every family, and the few give New Year's greetings to the old land.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, before the sun had climbed over the top of the East Mountain, the men, women and children in Nangou Village hurriedly got up, put on new clothes and hats, and swept the yard to prepare to eat food.

The old people sat in the hall dressed neatly, while smacking the copper smoke pot while waiting for the juniors to come to kowtow to the New Year, while the children hung a big purse on their waists early, ready to kowtow from house to house for a while, and received a bag of copper coins for the New Year.

In the main room of Liu's house, Liu Housheng and his family were awakened by the firecrackers lit by the naughty boy on the street, and when they looked up and saw that it was already bright outside the window, they were so frightened that they put on their shoes and ran out. Last night, the couple reunited for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, drank a few bowls of wine when the day came, and originally planned to go back to the vegetable shed to watch the fire, not wanting to end up drunk and fall asleep.

Thinking about the fire in the vegetable shed, if the fire in the vegetable shed is extinguished, the vegetable seedlings may freeze to death. The two of them didn't care about the ice and snow under their feet, so they supported each other and stumbled and ran to the back garden.

Fang Jie didn't dare to close his eyes at half a night, and the beloved woman in his arms would sobble and tremble even in his sleep, which made him so distressed that he couldn't wait to get into her dream to see who caused her so much pain. It's a pity that it's easy to share a bed, but it's hard to dream in the same bed. He couldn't think of any good way to persuade her, so he had to whisper and chant poems in her ear over and over again, until she finally fell asleep and the sky was already bright.

Not far away, the pond of vegetable seedlings had just woken up from their sleep, as if they were eager to find the sun, twisted their waists and looked around, waiting to see the figures hugging each other on the wooden collapse, each blushing with shame, and hurriedly raised the small leaves to cover their eyes...

Hearing the sound of footsteps from far and near outside the vegetable shed, Fang Jie was startled and was about to get up, but the next moment his eyes suddenly lit up, and he slowly lay down again, and even took the grass into his arms.

Liu Housheng opened the door and entered the vegetable shed, only to feel the heat coming to their faces, and both of them breathed a long sigh of relief. Chunni pinched Liu Housheng and turned to light the oil lamp, and complained in a low voice, "It's really a mistake to drink, I can't give you any more wine in the future, what if... Yes! This..."

As she spoke, she took the oil lamp and turned around, but the corner of her eye swept over the wooden collapse, and she immediately gasped for air, and exclaimed: "Shengzi, there is... There are thieves! ”

Liu Housheng heard that there was a thief, so he picked up the wooden stick at hand and ran to his daughter-in-law's side, but after carefully looking at one of the two people on the wooden collapse wearing brocade clothes, he moved in his heart, turned around and covered his daughter-in-law's mouth and scolded in a low voice, "Don't shout, it seems to be your own family!" ”

Pu Cao last night half a pot of wine down, drunk dream back to the hometown, hugging parents and younger siblings is really indescribable thousands of sadness, all kinds of grievances, the end of the happy sitting on the kang, just about to eat a mother wrapped in sauerkraut stuffed dumplings, do not want to be suddenly woken up.

When she opened her eyes and saw the black ceiling above her head, it was as if she had fallen from heaven to hell, where is this hometown, where is there a father and mother? The annoyance of being interrupted made her sit up suddenly, and she asked, "Who is this, what are you arguing about?" ”

Fang Jie immediately sat up and asked with a puzzled expression, "What's wrong?" What time is it? ”

Chunni saw that the people on the top were actually Pu Cao and Fang Jie, and her mouth was so shocked that she couldn't close it. She stretched out her hand and pointed at them for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Pucao rubbed her throbbing temples, still not realizing what an outrageous thing she had done, and frowned at Chunni and asked, "What's wrong, Niko." What happened early in the morning? ”

Chunni was so angry that she rolled her eyes fiercely, and it took all her strength to squeeze out a sentence, "Look at who is next to you?" ”

Pu Cao chirped her eyes, turned her head and saw that Fang Jie was sitting beside her, raising his hand and holding the golden crown on his head, his face full of innocent doubts. She jumped off the collapse and asked in a loud voice, "You... Why are you here? ”

Without waiting for Fang Jie to answer, Chun Nier had already rushed to Pu Cao, groping her skirt belt up and down, and seeing that she was dressed quite neatly, she breathed a sigh of relief, "God forbid, it's okay, it's okay!" ”

Pu Cao patted her hand, I don't know whether to be annoyed or funny, and said, "You stupid girl, what do you think, I just drank a little more wine, and I don't know what to do..."

Chunni pinched her arm hard, pointed at Fang Jie and asked, "What's not, then how did he get in?" How can I sleep with you..."

Pu Cao's face turned red instantly, she covered Chunni's mouth, turned her head to stare at Fang Jie and asked, "When did you come?" ”

Fang Jie slowly tidied up his clothes, then stood up and smiled, "I came here last night when I was ugly, I was worried that the vegetable shed would be unguarded and robbed, and I didn't want to come in and see you drinking... In the end, they all drank too much. ”

Pu Cao tapped her head hard, as if she had some impression but couldn't remember clearly, when she was about to speak again, Chunni pushed her hard to walk out the door for some reason, "Go back to the front yard and have a look, your brother and the two children are going out to pay New Year's greetings, and if you don't show up, you should look around..."

"Oh, slow down, don't fall." Pu Cao didn't know what Chunni had in mind, she wanted to struggle but was afraid of causing her to fall, so this hesitant effort was pushed out of the small door.

Liu Housheng saw his daughter-in-law staring at Fang Jie, his face was extremely bad, he thought in his heart that his daughter-in-law must have something to say, so he whispered, "I'll go and open the straw curtain, you have something to say, don't be angry, be careful of the child in your belly..."

At this time, Chunni's mind was carefully recalling all the things since she and Pu Cao met Fang Jie for the first time. Those rich and complete thank-you gifts, New Year's gifts, the sleeveless jacket that Pucao secretly sewed in the middle of the night, the booklet copied, the delicate silver hairpin on Pucao's head, all the small things she ignored on weekdays were connected in one place at this time, and she was a fool and guessed that there must be a personal affair between these two people.

"Fang... Fang Gongzi, you... Do you have a crush on us? ”

Fang Jie saw that Chunni's face was pale, and her lips were trembling when she spoke, as if she was extremely afraid of something. He was puzzled, but such a question should not be sloppy, so he had to nod his head and answer, "Yes, I am with Pucao, and I am very happy in my heart..."

Before he could finish his words, Chunni knelt on the ground with a puff, and didn't pay attention to the slightly convex belly in front of her, and kowtowed, "Fang Gongzi, I beg you, will you let us go of Pucao?"

Pucao is so pitiful, she has never eaten a full meal since she was a child, she has never worn a padded jacket, and she almost froze to death several times. She's just having a good life now, you can let her go! I have silver at home, I'll go into the city to buy you beautiful women, you want a few to buy a few, don't look for cattails anymore, okay? Pucao is so pitiful, if the people in the village know, Pucao will be stuffed into an ice hole..."

Fang Jie looked at the woman kowtowing and crying in front of him, and was stunned for a moment and didn't know what to do. How many times Pucao enters the city, he will keep chattering when he opens and closes his mouth, this dim sum Chunni Xu likes to eat, and that piece of material is suitable for clothes.

He was secretly jealous in his heart, and wondered how such a rude and clumsy peasant woman could be so valued by her. At this moment, he finally understood that this woman was also sincere to Pucao. Kneeling and begging like this, even between blood relatives may not be able to do it.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to help Chunni, and responded very sincerely, "Sister-in-law Liu, you must not be like this, can you listen carefully to what I say?" ”

Chunni waved his hand away, refusing to get up, "Young Master Fang, if you don't agree, I won't get up." Our Pucao is so pitiful, you go to another woman to have fun, don't hurt her. ”

Fang Jie couldn't, so he had to squat down and persuade in a low voice, "Sister-in-law Liu, I know that you are worried that I will be bored for a while before looking for Pucao to relieve my boredom." But I swear by my mother's spirit in the sky, absolutely not!

When I was young, my mother died, my father and grandmother ignored me, and my aunt and brother treated me like a slave. I have tasted the pain of the world to get to where I am now, when I first saw Pucao, I was attracted by her strong intelligence, and later after getting along for a long time, I admired it more and more. If I want, I even want to marry her tomorrow. But Pucao said that we would get along more time, so we secretly gossiped about each other in private. I have no intention of living up to it, and I ask Sister-in-law Liu to rest assured. ”

Chunni heard him say so sincerely, her heart felt a little better, she stretched out her hand to wipe two handfuls of tears, and asked timidly, "Young Master Fang, what did you say... It's all true? Isn't our Pucao beautiful, and her temper is not good, can she be a concubine? ”

Fang Jie smiled, took the opportunity to reach out and help her up, and then said, "Beautiful women abound, but Pu Cao is so smart is rare in the world." Besides, I was born as a concubine, so I naturally know the hardships of concubines. In my early years, I made a vow that I would only marry one wife in this life, and sister-in-law Liu could rest assured that I would not ask Pucao to be a concubine. ”

"That cattail... It's still a widow, no, it's an abandoned woman, it's not..."Chunnier wanted to say that Pu Cao's identity was embarrassing, and the Fang family might not agree to their marriage, so she thought about covering up a few words for Pu Cao's kind words, but her mouth was too clumsy, and the more she talked about it, the worse it became.

When she was embarrassed, the small door was opened again, and Pucao, who had a tear-stained face, strode in, stepped forward and hugged Chunnier tightly, "You stupid girl, just take care of the baby with peace of mind, what are you doing to worry about these things for me?" ”

(Today is the day of the tooth repair, God, it will be windy and rainy, so that I can avoid this catastrophe.) ）