Chapter 40: The Marriage Contract

Xin'er told her father and mother about the idea of studying with me, and they never agreed to let Xin'er study at first, but in the end they couldn't resist me and Xin'er, they thought about it for a while, and they should think that this idea was actually quite appropriate, so they decided to discuss it with my father. They took some gifts, and the four of us took a boat to my house.

"Lao Zhao, why are you here? Why are you carrying all these gifts? My dad greeted warmly.

"My Xiaosheng has caused you a lot of trouble, so we should have brought gifts to visit you, which makes you spend money, how embarrassing." The mother also echoed and said.

Uncle Zhao put his hand on his father's shoulder and said with a smile: "Lao Li, I came today to ask for something, but in fact, my daughter is restless. ”

"If you have something, just say it, I can help you, and waste money to buy any gifts." Daddy lightly hammered Uncle Zhao, "Isn't it too outward?" ”

"My Xin'er has to study with Xiao Sheng, what do you say a girl is going to study? It's so good to learn to be a female celebrity or something with her mother at home. Saying that, Uncle Zhao shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "It's really not worry-free." ”

After hearing this, my mother smiled and said, "It's good for girls to read some books, adding some gentle and elegant temperament, the so-called knowledgeable and reasonable." ”

"That's it, I thought it was something important, let your whole family go." Daddy said, "Then let Xin'er and Xiaosheng study together from tomorrow, they just happen to have each other's company." ”

"Yes, we just have each other's company!" I happily chimed in.

"Xin'er is reading with him, just to tie his playful heart, see that he is not giving up all day long, this morning Mr. Wang also told me that Xiao Sheng is not serious about reading, and his mind must be on Xin'er." My mother looked at me and smiled.

"These two children play together all day, and their relationship is good." Xin'er's mother suddenly squatted down and asked me with a smile, "Xiao Sheng, will Xin'er be your little lady in the future?" ”

Hahaha, isn't that what I wanted! "That couldn't be better!" I replied without hesitation.

They burst into laughter, and I turned my head to look at Xin'er standing behind me, her face was flushed, several times redder than when I said that day that she was already my lady, probably because of the presence of adults this time. That shy look is so cute.

"Then in this case, let's just make a marriage contract for the two children, what do you think, Lao Zhao?" Daddy asked, his expression looked like he was more anxious about this matter than anyone else, haha, he really worried a lot about my marriage.

"Naturally, I don't have an opinion, it mainly depends on the attitude of the children. Didn't we think that was what we did a few years ago? Wasn't Xiao Sheng reluctant at that time? Hahaha! Uncle Zhao said.

"We have no opinion, no opinion!" I hurriedly replied, "Xin'er has no opinion, she is too shy to speak, I will say it for her, hehe." "What a wit I am!

"Okay! Then this matter is settled! ”

It's good that I got a so soon! I am very happy in my heart, and this lady is still a woman I have been in love with for tens of thousands of years, and she has lived a good life in this life!

My father and mother specially sorted out a room for Xin'er to live in, and sometimes Xin'er lived directly in my house, and she studied with me every day. Indeed, as my mother said, when Xin'er was next to me, I wouldn't be like before, I would be bent on playing with her, and my homework would be in a hurry. Mr. Wang was very satisfied with my performance in completing the task, and Xin'er also learned a lot of knowledge, and Xin'er and I were able to stay together all day because of it.

In the morning, Sui'er and I read and memorized the scriptures, and in the afternoon we tried our best to play, and the most important thing was that when Xin'er lived in my house, we still had the opportunity to play together in the evening.

The son of the boss of the nearby rice shop Chen is very good at playing, he is a year older than me, his name is Chen Lin, I and Xin'er sometimes play with him, don't look at my mind is tens of thousands of years old, but once I stay with Xin'er, I don't feel bored to play childish games.

I don't know where Xin'er learned the little trick - cut the jujube horizontally, expose the core inside, and then use three small wooden sticks to insert the jujube and support it, and then you will find a very magical thing, the jujube keeps turning on it, which is really interesting.

Chen Lin has a very interesting plaything, he made it himself, I heard him say that first use mud to form a cylinder, let it dry in the sun for a while, until the mud becomes hard, take one-third of either end as the bottom, scrape the bottom into a cone, and then put the bottom on the ground to grind the point, take a branch, gently whip it, and you can keep turning it.

"Don't let it dry for too long, so as not to crack easily." Chen Lin reminded, "If you control the strength well, you can generally play for a long time, but it's okay if it's broken, it's a big deal to make a new one." ”

Chen Lin seems to have a soft spot for mud, he always likes to deal with mud, he can knead mud into the shape of various animals, and pinch it vividly, he also kneaded it into two clay figures according to me and Xin'er's appearance and gave them to the two of us, not to mention, the expressions of me and Xin'er were pinched out. "Put the clay figurines in the sun and they will harden after a while." He said.

On this day, we walked along a path, I don't know how long, the road suddenly became very narrow, suddenly became wider again, and finally came to the end, we came to a relatively remote village, not far away there was a group of children gathered together and did not know what to do, we were curious, and walked over.

"What are you guys playing?" Chen Lin asked.

"We're fighting crickets!" A child replied.

I put my head over and saw two children in it with their heads down, each holding a small stick in their hands and pounding something in a broken clay pot, and with the cheers of one of the children, the game was over, and the winning child poured out two bugs from the clay pot, both of which had short spines on their wings, one black-brown and the other yellow-brown, one of the slender tentacles of the black-brown bug had been broken, and the yellow-brown bug was motionless, and should have been bitten to death.

"It's still the black general!" The children celebrated the winners.

"Cut, I didn't bring my 'Tiger God' either, this 'Black General' designated that he couldn't pick up my 'Tiger God' three moves." Chen Lin said disdainfully.

"What do you say?" The kid who just won was not happy.

"I said that this cricket of yours is not good, and it can't be compared with my 'Tiger God'." Chen Lin emphasized again.

"Don't brag, if you have the guts, bring your 'Tiger God' over and compete with my 'Black General'!"

"I didn't bring it, and my family is not here, I'll bring the 'Tiger God' tomorrow." Chen Lin said.

"Good!" He glared at Chen Lin and said that it should be what Chen Lin just said that made him unhappy.

Chen Lin said disapprenously: "Don't stare at me, aren't your eyes tired?" Since you are not convinced, and I can't fight with you now, then we might as well fight grass. ”

"Okay! Martial arts? ”

"Let's write first, then martial arts."

I couldn't understand what these children were talking about, and when I was tortured in hell, the children of the world developed so many games. I haven't heard of it, am I too young or too old? I smiled wryly, ready to see what "fighting grass" is.

"What's Doucao?" Xin'er asked in a whisper.

"Fighting grass is the use of flowers and plants to conduct duels." Chen Lin explained, "Wendou is to find all kinds of flowers and plants, and see who finds the most varieties, and whoever wins; Martial arts is harder than who is looking for flowers and plants, the two of them entangle the flowers and plants they find and pull each other, and whoever tears them off first loses. ”

"Let's go to the side and let the two of them play." A kid who looked a little older pulled us aside and gave them a certain amount of space to play.

I saw the two of them scrambling to lie on the grass, crawling forward, more and more flowers and plants in their hands, and after half an hour, the two of them came back, and their bodies were full of mud, especially on their knees, and there was more mud.

They put the flowers and plants they had picked on the ground, and the older boy walked over, "You two report the names of the flowers and plants you have picked each, and I'll see who has the most varieties, you can start first," he nodded at Chen Lin.

"The ones I picked are morning glory, dwarf cherry, banxia, baiji, cut-autumn luo, peony, daylily, ......," Chen Lin said the names of twenty kinds of flowers and plants.

The other went on to say, "Mine have coix, iris, privet, perilla, coltsfoot, lilacs...... and twenty kinds of flowers and plants."

"You both picked the same variety of flowers and plants, so you two tied this round." The older boy announced the result.

"Okay, then let's use these flowers and plants we just arrived to fight." Chen Lin said.

"Good!" The boy responded.

They each took a grass, hooked it together, and began to pull it, they used more and more force, suddenly, the grass was broken, the two of them took a few steps back, and Chen Lin fell to the ground. Chen Lin stood up and held the grass in his hand high, intact, and Chen Lin won.

"Not this time! Not this time! The little boy said, "I'm not ready, this time it won't count!" ”

Chen Lin looked at him, sneered and said, "Then do it again?" ”

"One more time!"

"Whatever you want, you will lose no matter how many times you come!"

The two of them crouched down again to find the right grass, and in a few moments, their game began again, this time both of them stood at an angle with their legs apart and began to pull hard.

The game was over, Chen Lin won again, a bright smile appeared on his face, looking at the boy who had lost two games, his face was full of frustration and dejectedness, and his expression was completely different from the expression when he won the previous fight, it was a stark contrast. What a direct way a child expresses his feelings! I thought to myself.

Chen Lin, who won, instantly became the "child king" among the children, and they were surrounded by stars like the moon, with a happy expression, as if they had just won the game, not Chen Lin.

Xin'er also seemed very happy, maybe it was the first time she had played with so many children, and she also learned a lot of games that she didn't know before. Soon, we were playing happily with them, and the boy who had lost was no longer sad, and there was a burst of laughter like silver bells on the grass......