"Nonsense! You are already a big girl, in a few years, your mother will look at others for you, if you don't learn needlework, how will you gain a foothold in your in-law's family in the future? Look at your aunt, your grandmother loves her so much, isn't she also studying now? Mother, this is all for your good, why are you so confused, why are you so confused, female red is the foundation of our woman's family, a girl who doesn't even know how to needle and thread, no family will want it! Wen's bitter persuasion.

Xiaoque covered his ears: "I don't learn!" The uncle's needlework is average, why is her life at home better than her mother? Anyway, I don't study, I'd rather go to the field to farm, and if I want to learn, I have to learn like my aunt, and I have a lot of strength, and others say that my aunt can be a man, and even eat more than us. Mother, you can sew and thread, and you can't even fill your stomach! Even if I get married, as long as I have the strength and can work in the field, what am I afraid of? No matter how bad it is, I have the strength, and others don't dare to bully me! ”

That's a lot of talking.

Wen originally planned to persuade his daughter two more words, but when he heard Xiaoque's words, he was speechless.

sat on the kang in a daze and shed tears.

Xiaoque, this child, it is still her own mother who mistook her! If I could be tougher, if I wasn't so stubborn at the beginning, my husband and wife were separated, and I was protected by my father, this child wouldn't be like this.

If a girl wants to compete with a man and compare strength, how can this be done!

However, if you think about Xiaoque's words carefully, although they are children's words, they make a little sense, if you can really be like your sister-in-law, you have the strength to work in the field, will life not be difficult?

Wen was silent for a while, and finally retreated half a step: "It's okay not to learn embroidery, how about learning to sew clothes and make shoes?" Your aunt will too, and so will the women in the village! ”

Xiaoque pursed her lips, she was really impatient with needlework, but her mother took half a step back, if she still refused, she was afraid that her mother would cry again for half a night.

That's it! It's a big deal to play with my aunt and brother at home.

Xiaoque reluctantly agreed.

Wen Shi put his mind at ease: "Then don't go out tomorrow, follow me to learn, do you hear?" ”

Xiaoque snorted and agreed.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Zhou urged Mei Xiaoque to get up, and secretly found the two cold buns left from yesterday from the stove house, and the couple went out with a hoe and a basket in the dark, with dew on their shoulders.

Mrs. Li got up early in the morning and saw that the yard was not swept, the cattle were not herded, and the door of the big house was still tightly closed.

Immediately angry, scolded and went to pat the door of the big room: "The sun is all drying your buttocks, whose lazy woman can't get up at this time?" It's a corpse! Old family, get out of the old lady, and still hatch eggs in the bed? ”

There was chaos in the big room, and the Tianlong brothers didn't get dressed properly, so they even ran to open the door.

Seeing that it was a few grandchildren, Mrs. Li barely suppressed the fire, "Go and tell your father and mother to get up!" It's almost the age of marrying a daughter-in-law, and the old man is endless, and he is still lazy with a man—"

Tianlong's face turned red, and he hurriedly entered the inner room, and found that the kang in the house was empty and there was no one.

Hurriedly ran out: "Milk, my father and mother are not in the house." ”

Since Mrs. Li became a mother-in-law, she easily did not go to her son's daughter-in-law's room, but when she walked in at this moment, she saw that the quilt on the kang was neatly folded.

muttering in my heart, I went out to see that the back basket and hoe placed at the gate of the courtyard were gone.

Looking at the courtyard door again, it was also hidden from the outside, and it was not bolted.

There's no need to look for it now, the two of them must have gotten up early to work together.

A trace of doubt flashed in Mrs. Li's heart, why is this old family so diligent today, and what kind of ground is it that the sky is not dawning? Want to weed and not be afraid to hoe the crops?

However, Mrs. Li is still very satisfied with the behavior of the old family, and she sees Zhou's ideas in her eyes.

In the past few days, because of the old girl's learning needlework with the third family, she gave Wen a good look for a few days, which was deliberate.

In addition to being really afraid of starving the Wen family, half of the reason was for the Zhou family.

In the past year, because the Tianlong brothers have grown up, Zhou's heart has also grown, and looking at the usual style, he actually has the intention of grabbing power with himself.

Regardless of whether the Zhou family has it or not, you have to strangle this sign to death, otherwise how will you be in charge of the house in the future?

So she lifted the third room, Wen's temperament was weak, and she could handle it, and she deliberately favored the third room, so she didn't believe that Zhou was not in a hurry.

It seems that his trick has taken effect, at least didn't Zhou obediently go to work in the field early in the morning?

In the past, where was there such diligence.

Mrs. Li realized that the means had taken effect, and thought about pulling Zhou again, and went back to the house happily.

After a while, Wen came to get food for breakfast, and said with trepidation that the two cold buns left from yesterday in the stove house were gone.

Mrs. Li immediately thought that it was probably the old family who took the bun away.

But since they went to work, they brought dry food, and they didn't come back for breakfast, so Mrs. Li didn't say much.

deducted the amount of breakfast for the two of them and gave the food to Wen.

There was an explanation from Mrs. Li for breakfast, and everyone didn't wait for Mei Xiaoque and Zhou to come back for dinner.

After eating, Mrs. Li instructed the Tianlong and Tianhu of the big house, one to sweep the yard, and the other to herd cattle.

It's done with all the things that the big house should do.

There were a few small ones left, and Mei Zhongzhong detained a few children in the yard, and the male doll learned carpentry from him, sawing wood, drawing ink lines, and so on.

Mei Xiaotong and Wen took Xiaoque to do needlework.

Although Xiaoque was very impatient, she was still patient and sat still.

Mrs. Li took Xiao Duo and watched from the sidelines, it was rare for the family to be so leisurely.

Until Wen finished lunch, it stands to reason that Zhou and Mei Xiaoque should also come back for lunch, but today they waited until the food was almost cold, and there was no one to see.

Mrs. Li didn't show it on her face, but she was proud, she didn't expect this trick to be so useful, this old family was so busy that she didn't even come back for lunch?

But after thinking about it, what does this mother-in-law mean by not eating herself, pulling her own man not to eat?

The face sank again.

Or Mei Zhongzhong knocked on the table: "Tianlong, you go to the field to take a look, why hasn't your father and mother come back for dinner?" The grass has been hoeed in the field for the past few days, and there is no need to work so hard. ”

Tianlong agreed, and hurriedly ran outside, only to run into the yard, and ran into Zhou's head-on.

"Mother, you're back, where is Dad?"

Zhou's eyes were a little dodgy, but he was still very calm: "Your father is still in the field, there is a small piece of grass that has not been hoeed yet, he asked me to come back first, and I will come back after hoeing in a while." Have you eaten? ”

Tianlong hurriedly took Zhou's hoe: "I haven't eaten yet, I'm waiting for you." Mother, go wash your hands and eat. ”

So saying, he went into the house.

Zhou walked to the well to wash his hands restlessly.

In the morning, she dragged her man out of the house, Mei Xiaoque was reluctant, but Zhou knew that his man, as long as he didn't contradict his in-laws, and didn't say that his sister-in-law was not good, he basically responded to her needs, and he was a good man who loved his daughter-in-law.

So Zhou didn't say anything else, only wiped his tears and said that life was difficult, and he wanted to save some private money for his son to marry his daughter-in-law, and not to do things that hurt nature?

What's more, the things on the mountain are ownerless, and whoever can find them is anyone's, so why give it to outsiders?

She put the words out of the mouths of several sons last night, and she even had a general direction on which part of the yam was, how could she give up?

As soon as Mei Xiaoque heard Zhou's talk about her son marrying a daughter-in-law, she swallowed it if she wanted to refuse.

He knew that in the past two years, Zhou's had been worried about this matter.

He also knows that he is honest, except for shaving food in the field, he has no other skills, if he wants to marry a good daughter-in-law for his son, have a decent wedding, and count on his father, he is afraid that it will be difficult, there are too many children in the family, and his father and mother can't just have a room, and there are a few small ones watching it.

Moreover, his daughter-in-law is also dedicated to the sake of her children.

After hesitating for a long time, after all, he didn't beat Zhou's and nodded.

The fog in the mountains was heavy, and she was worried about insects and snakes, Mei Xiaoque felt sorry for Zhou, so she refused to let her go up the mountain with her, thinking that she would exert more strength and effort, dig up the yam and carry it down the mountain, and finish the matter early, so as not to cause another accident.

Zhou is also worried that the grass in the field has not been hoeed yet, if both of them go, when the in-laws find out that the work in the field has not been done, won't they want to show their stuffing?

After thinking about it, he told Mei Xiaoque the approximate location of the yam, and told him a few words to pay attention to the insects and snakes, and the two husbands and wives separated.

She remembered her man and yam in her heart, and when she was hoeing the weeds, she turned her head to look at the mountains for a while, thinking that her man should find a place.

After a while, it was time to dig a basket.

After hoeing several crops absent-mindedly, he came back to his senses, and hurriedly destroyed the crops, never daring to be distracted anymore.

I finished today's work hard, looked at the sky, the sun was already hanging in the sky, and the lunch at home had already been made at this time.

Look at the mountain again, but I don't see my man.

Could it be that there are a lot of yams, and his own man hasn't finished digging yet?

Zhou thought that seeing that the time was coming, she had to go back to cover up.

hurriedly packed up the hoe and went around to the foot of the mountain to see if he could meet his own man.

But I saw a little offspring, hurriedly running down the mountain road, running in front of her with his head down.

She only looked at the back and looked a little familiar, but she couldn't name it for a while, so she had to shout: "Whose child is that?" Do you see my man on the mountain? The man in my family is Mei Xiaoque, the boss of the Mei family—"

The little queen didn't reply, just shook his head and ran away.

Zhou also wanted to ask, but the little offspring's foot strength was fast, and he turned a corner and disappeared in three or two steps.

I had to take a sip hatefully, and looked into the mountains again, but there was still no figure of Mei Xiaoque.

Thinking that he wanted to go back and fool his in-laws first, although Zhou was worried, he hurried home.

I thought that everyone had eaten, so as long as she moved quietly, quietly went to the stove house to get the food, and then sneaked out of the door and went up the mountain to pick up her man, and the matter could be hidden.

Who would have thought that everyone hadn't eaten and was still waiting, what did she say?

If she wants to say that Mei Xiaoque is still working in the field, she will definitely be scolded by her mother-in-law, and if she says that Mei Xiaoque went to the mountain, she will definitely be reprimanded by her father-in-law.

Left and right can't please me!

Zhou simply moved into the house.

Sure enough, Mrs. Li rolled her eyes and asked, "Why did you come back first, what about your man?" ”

"There is still a little grass in the field that has not been hoeed, and the baby and his father said that he will delay the time when he comes back to eat, let me come back first and tell my father and mother, and he will come back after cleaning up." Zhou replied with low eyebrows.

Mrs. Li put the bowl on the table: "What are you eating?" The work in the field is not finished, don't you say that let your man come back first, and you will finish it? Do you still have the face to come back first? Why is your heart so ruthless, you run back to eat by yourself, and throw your man in the field on such a hot day? Are you trying to boil your man dry? Your man has dried up, what good do you have? You lazy—"

Mei Zhongzhong also frowned, what's wrong with the old man today, he went out to work in the dark early in the morning, why haven't you come back yet? Shouldn't it?