() With nothing to do, Xia Ting walked around his own fields, and although the laborers went to build houses, the farm work was not left behind.

Xia Ting stayed on the edge of the ridge for a while, looked at the rice fish, and estimated that it could be sold in August.

During that time, I had to be busy.

Suddenly, Xia Ting came up with the idea of signing a long-term laborer.

The people who help the family work now are generally short-term workers, and the relationship is relatively fragile, if they can have a long-term job, presumably the eldest brother and Su Feng don't have to work too hard.

You have to find someone who has nothing to rely on and nothing to worry about, otherwise he will be busy when the farm is busy, and it will be boring.

"Oh, little lady Gu, what are you thinking about here?"

Xia Ting's mind was pulled back, and he turned his head to look, "Aunt Niu, where is this going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables?" I don't have to worry about running out of manpower when I'm busy farming. "In the past, when the second brother was here, there was more than enough labor, but now there is the eldest brother left, which is indeed a bit troublesome.

Since Peach Blossom Niang did that incident, the people in the village have consciously paid less attention to them in front of them, after all, it is a kind of disrespect, and Xia Ting is also happy.

They built a house during this time, Xia Ting mostly bought meat from Uncle Niu, and the prey that the eldest brother hunted in the past was also sold to them, and they were all very familiar.

After all, it's not who buys so much meat every day in the village.

Aunt Niu didn't leave, thought about it, sat on the ridge with Xia Ting, and said: "There are some things that Aunt Niu doesn't know whether to say or not, even if you don't have to take it too seriously." ”

Aunt Niu paved the way like this, Xia Ting felt even worse, and her heart sank: Could it be that she did something "amazing" again? Not long after the last "spicy" incident, what has come about?

Sure enough, how popular is it?

She's been honest these days, and she hasn't done anything earth-shattering.

"What's wrong with me?" Xia Ting asked a little reluctantly. Honestly, sometimes she doesn't want to know, a little ...... Tired?

"Actually, it's nothing. Isn't there a very mysterious family in our village, and there are rumors in the village that you have a good relationship with that family, and some people are red-eyed. ”

Xia Ting was stunned for several moments before he reacted, it turned out that he was talking about Qiu Ye and them?

It should have been found that she went to them that day, but it's nothing, they are indeed friends, and there is nothing that cannot be admitted.

"Our relationship is indeed okay, they can say whatever they want."

Aunt Niu still wanted to enlighten her, but she didn't expect her to be so open: "Yes! It's nice that you think so. Don't worry about those little girls, they must be envious of you. You don't know, in our village, every family who has not married a daughter-in-law wants to find a capable person like you. In fact, everyone, the one in the heart is called Qingyi. ”

Let the Gu family, who is so poor, get rid of the best relatives, not to mention, and live a good life, who doesn't want it?

Xia Ting picked a handful of vegetables and went home. Unexpectedly, when she came home, the eldest mother was already at home, and she had started needlework, which she hadn't done for a long time.

"Auntie, why did you come back so early today? Still doing needlework? ”

"Gee, there's nothing fun out there, so let's come back early. I see that you are also a big baby and Ah Feng, and you don't have new clothes, and the old woman has nothing to do, so I want to make a body for you. The eldest lady said it very easily, and there were no flaws.

It's just that Xia Ting still sensed that something was wrong. In the past, as soon as she came back, she shared interesting stories about her and her old friends, but today she avoided talking about it, and vaguely said that she would not go in the future? Nothing fun?

Xia Ting put down the small basket and sat down beside her, seeing her with her head down, she didn't look at Xia Ting from beginning to end.

"Did someone say something that made you feel wronged? Tell me, let's go to the door theory? Xia Ting's tone was soft, like a friend. The eldest mother holds back when she has something in her heart many times, and she is embarrassed to tell her and her eldest brother, she can't help but feel a little distressed in her eyes.

Perhaps, this is the same psychology of many parents as a parent.

"No~" The eldest lady put down her needlework and looked a little entangled.

Xia Ting didn't speak, just listened quietly, she just had to be a listener honestly.

"Their mothers-in-law are saying things that are not serious, I know it's not true, you are so good, how can you be the kind of person they say you are. I couldn't listen comfortably, so I came back. Maybe it was because she had been holding it for a long time, but the eldest lady didn't hide it for long, and she ran out with a mouth full of beans.

On one side is his little sister, and on the other side is his daughter-in-law, which is really embarrassing.

Xia Ting didn't expect that the eldest mother's troubles were still because of herself, sometimes she didn't care about the rumors, but it would affect her family.

Xia Ting frowned, hugged the eldest lady in half arms, and said, "Auntie, don't think too much." I will never betray our family, and, you know, that's not true, a lot of people...... They can't see the good of others, and it's their bad psychological side that is causing trouble. But there's nothing they can do to us, we just have to be ourselves. ”

In the final analysis, it is the hatred of the rich. They are not very rich, but from being so poor that they can't open the pot to now eating meat every day, this change will naturally attract the attention of others.

This Xia Ting thought about it at first, but he didn't expect it to cause trouble to his family.

If the eldest mother receives the wind, the eldest brother will come into contact with so many people every day, and he must have heard a lot of things. Fortunately, now that the store is almost ready, they moved to the second floor to live, and the family repaired the house and handed it over to others to get it.

Everyone is gone, no matter how much you talk, there is no follow-up, and over time, you will lose interest.

"I'm an old woman, they say I'm nothing, but you're a good boy, as soon as they say that, I'll be wronged for you."

In fact, it's good to open these things, the people in the village are idle, and there are so many messages received, and those who can gossip will gossip, and they can make their lives unchanged finally have some color.

"Actually, our popularity in the village is quite good, especially when we opened this jam shop, there are only a few people who come and go." Xia Ting's heart is not moved is fake, the first to come here to give her warmth, and it was the eldest lady who released kindness to her, and now this rumor is also for her grievances......

Xia Ting exhausted her life's energy, and finally comforted the eldest mother, a big child, sometimes, she really felt that when her parents got old, they became more and more like children, and they needed to be coaxed.

At night, Xia Ting straddled Gu Lin, working hard with her hands, until her hands were sore, and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat, and she fell to the side weakly and lay down like a salted fish.

"Big brother, don't you feel better?" Xia Ting poked him in the shoulder, feeling hard.

These days I was busy building a house, and seeing that he had lost weight, Xia Ting saw it in his eyes, and it hurt in his heart, and he inevitably helped him massage him at night, although he was at the end of his breath

The atmosphere feels like a change of color~

"Alright." Gu Lin grabbed Xia Ting's troublesome little hand and hid it in his arms, trying to keep her from moving.

But Xia Ting is not the well-behaved master, the little fingers are scratching in the big palm, forcing Gu Lin to open his eyes, and his eyes are helpless and doting to look at the little woman who is pretending to be asleep: "Good behave." He wanted to kiss and hug his little baby, but his little baby didn't want to? But you're flirting with him again?

It's hard.

Xia Ting'an was divided for a few seconds, his mind turned, and he said, "Big brother, is Ah Feng going to prepare to study the scriptures?" She remembered that people used to read poetry and books hard, and they didn't hear anything outside the window, but now Su Feng still spends half of her time building a house every day, and Xia Ting suddenly remembered this.

"Well, Ah Bong knows it. However, it is true that his identity should not be exposed to the sun and rain there. Gu Lin changed his posture and kept a little distance from Xia Ting.

Xia Ting was like a sticky doll, Gu Lin retreated, and she went in, specifically "not dealing with" Gu Lin.

Here's their little game.

During the day, Gu Lin was busy building a house, and Xia Ting didn't want to disturb them all day long, usually when the lights were blown out at night, it was the two-person world at the beginning of their day. Gu Lin was in pain, and happy.

"Big brother, have you heard anything about our family these days?"

After being silent for a long time, Gu Lin replied flatly: "No." ”

Xia Ting climbed up, propped his head and looked into his eyes with a smile: "Huh? Is there really none? Xia Ting was a little unconvinced, this honest man had learned to lie.

Gu Lin looked directly at Xia Ting, he couldn't see his face clearly at night, Xia Ting only felt that something was wrong, and wanted to retreat silently.

Gu Lin turned over and pressed Xia Ting under him, looking directly at the deepest part of Xia Ting's eyeballs, as if he wanted to see through her.

Xia Ting's heart was pounding, and she ...... Nervous. I can't say why.

"Don't pay attention to those words, you can't avoid it. If you want to go to Brother Ye and them in the future, I will accompany you. ”

In the dark, Xia Ting's brows furrowed: "Why?" ”

"We're connected people, and if you go alone, there will be gossip." Gu Lin said very implicitly.

Xia Ting still understood what he meant, isn't it the defense of men and women? She is a married woman and is not suitable for getting along with the opposite sex?

She understood what it meant, but ...... It was like an ant crawling on his body, and he felt a little uncomfortable scratching it.

"I don't think it's just that. It should be that we are living a good life, and some people can't see it. I'm telling you this, not because of anything else, it's just that I want to tell you that I don't care at all. Don't take it personally. ”

Gu Lin didn't answer, and was silent for a long time. Only the sound of each other's breathing could be heard, and the pink bubbles that had been in place for many days seemed to disappear, leaving only endless darkness.

Gu Lin's hand clenched unconsciously, he was trying to control his emotions. He wanted to respect Xia Ting, wanted to give her freedom, and wanted her to live happily, with the same smile as before, pure. But he gradually found that the more he cared about her, the closer he got to her, the more he realized the distance between himself and her.

It's as close as it gets, and sometimes it's like the end of the world, just like this.