A low thatched hut with three rooms.

Even in the hazy night, you can see deep cracks in the walls. On the east side of the wall, there were even two thick sticks against it, for fear of collapsing.

There are two crooked thatched huts next to the thatched hut, one is the stove room, and the other is where the old couple sleeps. The fence is also just a bamboo fence, simple and simple.

"Fifth aunt, is the fifth aunt at home?" Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law stood outside the fence yard and shouted.

A crisp voice sounded, first there was a sound of the door opening next door, and a head poked out of the house, and asked in a loud voice: "Daughter-in-law of the sea, come and sit down?" ”

"No, fourth aunt, I have something to do with the fifth aunt." Huang Dou stood behind Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law, not speaking, and not coming out.

The door next door was still closed, the door of the thatched hut was pushed open, and a thin figure walked out under the dim oil lamp: "Who? ”

"Fifth aunt, I, the Dahai family, accompanied my brother and daughter-in-law for a walk, and just walked to your door." The daughter-in-law of the sea has a crisp voice and speaks loudly.

The thin figure hurriedly walked over with three steps and two steps: "Oh oh, hurry, hurry, come in, it's windy outside." ”

The next door originally wanted to open the door and come out, but when he saw Zhao Wu's family coming out, he simply closed the door heavily, and "hummed" unhappily.

"Who messed with you again?" Her man is sitting at the table drinking peanuts.

"Drink, drink, why don't you drink to death every day. You haven't drunk well over there today, but his two daughters-in-law have gone to your brother's house. ”

This is the fourth aunt of the Zhao family, and the fifth aunt Zhao is a concubine, the family conditions are good, and the sons are separated to live, and they look down on the whole Zhao family in their hearts.

"Just go. Why do you care so much? Zhao Laosi glanced at her indifferently and continued to squint at his wine.

Although he said that he drank it at Zhao Laohan's funeral today, he still drank two taels of peanuts when he came back.

Outside.

The fence courtyard wall has no courtyard gate, but is blocked by two half-man-high boards. The fifth aunt walked over, untied the rope on it, and pulled the board: "Come in." ”

The yard was dimly invisible, but there was nothing messy on the ground. When I entered the house, I thought I had just finished eating, and the whole family was sitting in the hall. Seeing Huang Dou and Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law come in, two young men in their twenties and thirties greeted each other vaguely and walked out.

An old man in his forties and fifties, under the oil lamp, could only see the wrinkles on his face.

"Fifth uncle, what about eating." Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law came into the house and shouted one by one, all of them looked very familiar.

Soybean only stood to the side and smiled, but did not speak.

She changed her shoes when she came, and she was wearing ordinary clothes. In addition to filial piety clothes, I changed into filial piety shoes, and there was nothing else on my head, so that I could enter and exit casually, and it would not make people unhappy and taboo.

"Sit down, sit down, you see this place is small, and there is not even a place to stay."

Huang Dou has not seen the appearance of a poor family, when she was a child, she was in Huangjiawan, and there were also people with similar living conditions.

This fifth uncle's family is really poor, and there are not many things at home, but they are cleaned up. Soybeans also paid attention to it just now, and several children also cleaned it up, not the kind of sloppy mess. The pigtails of the two little girls were neatly combed.

is so poor that people don't dislike it.

The two daughters-in-law of the fifth aunt's family are honest and honest, and when they see the two beans coming in, they won't say anything, they just hold a few children and let them call people, and then go out to play.

A group of five or six small radish heads, the older ones were in their teens, and the younger ones were still toddlers, looking at the soybeans timidly, and the older ones called in a low voice: Second mother, third mother. So he hurriedly ran out with the little one in his arms.

Looking at the busy family, Huang Dou regretted his recklessness a little.

"Fifth aunt, don't be busy, we are just passing by, just when we arrive, we will come and go around."

"I'm not busy, I'm not busy, the peanuts that just got up at home, the eldest daughter-in-law, go quickly, fry a handful, and give your two sisters-in-law a taste."

As soon as the second daughter-in-law put the table away, the fifth aunt quickly wiped the table, dragged two stools and beckoned the two nieces and daughters-in-law to sit, and told the eldest daughter-in-law to cook peanuts.

Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law hurriedly grabbed the eldest daughter-in-law who was about to cook peanuts: "Don't be busy, just finished eating, my mother's family also sent peanuts, and the fifth aunt didn't see it, I cooked a pot." ”

"Yes, I just ate it at my second sister-in-law's, and I really can't eat it. We're just here to visit the door, and you guys are so polite, we can't sit still. Huang Dou also hurriedly stopped.

Seeing that the two nieces and daughters-in-law were all stopped, the fifth aunt did not reluctantly order the eldest daughter-in-law to collect the peanuts. When the daughter-in-law was about to leave with the basket, she still made a look, and I don't know if she understood.

Sure enough, he was still not stupid, Huang Dou and Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law sat for a while, chatted with the fifth aunt and fifth uncle, and then prepared to get up and leave. As soon as he stood up, the eldest daughter-in-law walked in with a pot of boiled peanuts, followed by the daughter-in-law Wen with two bowls of tea.

"Fifth aunt, what are you doing here?" Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law pretended to be angry and said.

"Come, eat, it's newly dug at home, and there is no delicious hospitality at your fifth uncle's house, and it grows in the field at home, it's not a rare thing." The fifth aunt entertained the two nieces and daughters-in-law with a smile. The two daughters-in-law also sat down on the side with low eyebrows.

The young daughter-in-law, who is about 20 years old, glances at the soybean's body. The soybeans are not wearing brocade clothes today, they are flower cotton cloth bought from Xiangyang Mansion and made a broken flower gown.

Huang Dou sensed her gaze and looked up, but she forced her eyes away in a panic.

She and her sister-in-law's clothes were obviously freshly changed, but they were still old, and one hand tightly pulled the left placket, where two very conspicuous patches were patched.

Soybeans couldn't help but feel sour in their hearts, and they ate a few peanuts and prepared to leave.

The fifth aunt poured the boiled peanuts into the bamboo basket and had to take them back to eat. The soybeans had a big belly, and they didn't dare to stuff them to their side, so they forced them into Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law, and they couldn't take it.

Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law took the basket and walked out, thinking about what to send back, this small basket of peanuts, the children in the family have to enjoy it for a few days.

After walking a few steps, I saw the Zhao brothers swaying on the road with a group of children. Seeing Huang Dou and Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law coming over, he smiled busily and honestly.

"Come here, the second mother will give you peanuts." Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law beckoned, reached out and grabbed a handful of peanuts in each of the hands of a child. grabbed another handful and stuffed it into the children's pockets, and the brothers on the side hurriedly shouted: "Enough is enough, too much." ”

Men are not like women, and they are a little overwhelmed when they encounter this situation. Soon, Zhao Dahai's daughter-in-law grabbed more than half of the peanuts in the basket.

Looking at the few peanuts in the basket, he smiled and walked away with the basket and soybeans, and said in a loud voice: "You brothers take the children back first, and we will go home too." ”

The village road is not wide, and the two of them said while walking. Walking to the door of the house, a few handfuls of peanuts at the bottom of the basket were also eaten by two people.