Chapter 67: The Stone Table Incident (1)
Ye has been depressed since returning home.
Chen Jixing went to persuade her, but she was beaten by her, which made Chen Jixing confused and didn't know what he had done wrong.
To be honest, Ye's behavior today made him somewhat surprised and puzzled. He would never have imagined that the Ye family would have the courage to fight with Aunt Cha, and he would still be the one who took the initiative.
That's fine, after all, everyone is angry about this matter, and it's understandable that they can't help it for a while. However, Ye's temper is weird, just a little bit, it's like a different person.
Take a few days ago, after dinner, Ye said that his stomach was not very well, so he volunteered to wash the dishes and brush the pot. As soon as he said a few words, Ye immediately raised his eyebrows, and said in a weird manner: "Yo, washing dishes and brushing pots is considered a credit." Okay, let's calculate how many times I've washed the dishes and brushed the pots since I married into this family......"
made Chen Jixing very depressed, he just wanted to make a joke, how did he know that the Ye family would take it seriously and be so angry.
Therefore, the family was cautious, for fear of upsetting the Ye family. Thinking that Ye's hair was pulled by Aunt Cha and ripped off a handful, and it bled again, the scalp was naturally injured.
There was no vaccine in these years, so at Ye Feng's insistence, Ye went to Dr. Mao to do a simple treatment.
Doctor Mao saw it and said that it was just a skin injury, and he didn't know what herbs were used to mash it and put it on Ye's, so everyone was relieved.
After resting for a few days, the wheat in a few acres of land at home was basically ripe, swaying in the sun, exuding a golden glow.
Ye went to the field several times, and saw that Chen Jixing had prepared all the tools, thinking that as soon as the wheat was harvested, this land would be his own, and his mood improved.
For the next ten days, after some hard work, all the wheat was dried. After the dust passed, when the rent was paid, the smile on Ye's face was even worse. Immediately he took last year's wheat that had been stored in the storehouse and sold it in the city, and bought a lot of food.
That's not all, he took out some of the newly planted wheat this year, and asked Chen Jixing to carry it to Liu's house, ready to grind it into flour to make some snacks. I don't know why, she's always shouting hungry lately, and she's very greedy.
In the past few days, she had to boil four eggs almost every day, one for each person. Chen Jixing was a little distressed at first, and then thought about it, anyway, he was already at home, and even if he ate an egg every day, he could afford it. And Ye shed a lot of blood that day, and it was just right to make up for it.
In the past few days, she has always complained of back pain, but she knows that it is not because of poor eating and excessive blood loss.
As a result, when Ye was about to cooperate with Chen Jixing to push and grind, Liu shouted to Chen Qianshan to come out to help, and said with a smile: "Don't be polite to me, this kid has been mysterious recently, and I don't know what he's busy with." However, there is strength. Besides, there is no elder who still works here, but he lies in the house and is lazy. ”
Hearing this, Qianshan had no choice but to say lazily: "Mother, how many times have I said it, I want to rest today, you are good old, always find me a job." You say, am I your own? ”
I have to say that Liu's words are extremely good, not only respecting Ye's but also praising his son by the way. Ye Shi was naturally happy when he heard it, and he didn't know why he was always tired, since the other party was so enthusiastic, he didn't shirk it, and sat on the side and chatted with Liu.
Seeing that Ye was speaking generously, Liu was not embarrassed, so he didn't care about Chen Qianshan's rudeness just now.
Chen Qianshan was originally a little unhappy. Since his eldest brother married his mother-in-law and his second brother got married, Liu has urged him every day, and told him the truth of being dazzling, and he has been a little tired of listening to it.
Now it's good, the wheat has just been harvested, and the village cook has no business, so he just lies down and rests for a few days. His mother is good, and he doesn't know how to recruit people into the yard to grind noodles. That's fine, let him help.
To put it bluntly, I don't want him to show his face, praise him for being hardworking and capable, willing to help others or something. It's over, I must ask the other party to help introduce the girl.
He had already told Liu more than a dozen times, he already had a sweetheart, and the other party seemed to be interested in him, so he almost pierced that layer of paper. But Liu just didn't believe it, he just thought he had a high vision, looked down on a country girl, and wanted to marry someone in the city.
As a result, as soon as they came out of the house, they saw that it was the Ye family, and they were instantly more than a hundred times enthusiastic, and when they shouted Ye's, they were even more happy, with a smile on their faces, and Ye even saw the meaning of flattery.
This is strange, obviously it should be her and Chen Qianshan to curry favor with the Liu family, after all, it is free to use other people's stone grinding, and it is for Qianshan to help grind noodles.
Liu Shi smiled even more exaggeratedly: "What, now you have to give it up?" Guli was weird, and he still looked unhappy just now. Let me tell you, is Qianyan Niang an outsider? If it weren't for her help, you kid wouldn't be where you are today! What are you laughing at, don't follow your uncle to grind your noodles well! ”
As he spoke, Liu himself smiled.
Seeing this, Ye Shi also smiled and said, "Eh, what are you scolding him for, how good this kid is." You don't know, he was very diligent when we were cooking, and after building the stove, he had to help us do this and that. By the way, there's something you don't know. ”
As he spoke, he stopped talking and looked at Liu with a smile.
When Liu asked, Ye said with a smile: "He, he can also cut vegetables." I remember several times when he was helping my sister chop vegetables. Don't say it, it's evenly cut. Or you teach it well! It's not that I'm praising you, you see that these sons in your family are all capable of it. ”
Hearing this, Liu was naturally proud of the score, and his face was about to laugh.
It's just that Chen Qianshan, who was grinding in front, was a little nervous for no reason, because he knew that Liu would be able to react soon.
Sure enough, after being proud for a while, Liu glanced at Chen Qianshan meaningfully as if he had suddenly reacted, and then asked seemingly unintentionally: "Speaking of which, how old is your maiden sister this year, but the Xu family?" ”
After speaking, he secretly glanced at Chen Qianshan's reaction.
Chen Qianshan didn't expect Liu to be so smart, and he suddenly showed his feet, because he glanced at it while grinding, and pricked up his ears, wanting to hear Ye's reply.
"She, she hasn't decided on someone yet, how old is ......" Thinking that there were two men next to her, Ye whispered in Liu's ear: "Four or five years younger than your Qianshan." ”
Afraid of Ye's suspicion, Liu hurriedly changed the topic. It was Chen Qianshan, who was very curious about what Ye said in Liu's ear at the end. However, when I heard the words "undecided", my mouth had already cracked.
That stupidity has long been seen by the Liu family.
After grinding the flour, Ye took the scoop and scooped a few scoops for the Liu family, estimating that it was enough for their family to eat one or two meals, so they took the bag and let Chen Jixing carry it home, and made a lot of fresh food that night.
It's just that this time, Ye didn't take the initiative to bring some flour to the old house. After thinking about it, Chen Jixing "secretly" took a few catties. In this regard, Ye only pretended not to know.
Anyway, she has been in a bad mood lately and will not take the initiative to go to the old mansion to offer her courtesy. As for Chen Jixing, he will go if he wants, and she will not interfere.
On this day, there was still about an hour before lunch, Ye Feng trimmed the flowers and trees, finished modeling, and came out of the backyard to wash his hands and prepare to rest.
Thinking of the tea that the Ye family bought in the city a few days ago, I was thinking about whether to make a cup of tea to drink, but I saw Chen Jixing holding a stone stool and "humming" into the door.
After putting the stone bench away, he immediately turned around and went out, without having time to say anything to Ye Feng.
After a while, before Ye Feng could figure out what was going on, Chen Jiwan and Chen Jixing came into the door carrying a pair of stone tables. Then he hurried out the door.
After several trips, a pair of stone tables and four stone benches were placed in the courtyard.
After thanking Chen Jiwan, Ye cleaned the stone table and stone bench with a broom, and wiped it carefully with a rag dipped in water.
The stone table and bench looked old, dusty and covered with cobwebs.
Seeing Ye Feng's confused look, Ye said with a smile while cleaning: "You forgot, you also said last year that it would be nice if there was a pair of stone tables and stone benches in this courtyard, it would be convenient to drink tea, and it would be convenient to chat in the cool summer night." No, yesterday I found out that there was such a pair of stone tables and benches in the broken yard near your Aunt Zhao's house. I asked several households, and they all said that no one wanted it, so I asked your brother-in-law to carry it back. ”
As soon as Ye said this, Ye Feng remembered that there were indeed two dilapidated houses near Chen Qianliang's house.
The roof had long since collapsed, leaving behind half-man-high mud walls. The yard is overgrown with weeds, and it looks quite terrible, so no one approaches it on weekdays.
It turns out that there is such a stone table inside.
"Who is this family, and is there really no one who wants this stone table?" Ye Feng felt that it was better to be cautious.
After all, such a stone table, although it looks rough, but at first glance it is carefully polished by a stonemason, and it is always worth a few dollars, in case someone comes to the door, it will not be good.
Hearing this, Chen Jixing said: "I don't even know about this family, anyway, the small house is empty, and no one lives in it." If someone was rare, he would have been carried away a long time ago, how could he have waited until now. ”
When Chen Jixing said this, Ye Feng was relieved. Anyway, it's old, and no one should want it. Even if the relatives of this family were in this village, they must have moved away long ago.
However, what the family didn't expect was that Ye Feng actually said that someone would really come to the door to make trouble. For this reason, Ye Feng also lost the pot of red fruit trees that he had been modeling for a long time and had begun to appear beautiful.
If they had known this, the family would not have carried this stone table home. If you go to the market and buy it, it will only cost a few hundred wen and a tael of silver at most.
And that pot of red fruit trees is worth two or three taels of silver, to say the least.
However, with this stone table, it is really a lot more convenient to make tea, rest or something.
No, on this day, because the wheat has been put into the warehouse, the corn has been planted, the peanuts will take a few days to be sown, and even the eight points of sandy land have been completely turned, so the family is rare and idle.
In addition, from now on, ten acres of land will completely belong to Chen Jixing, and everyone's interest is unprecedentedly high. Ye Feng didn't care, he felt that Ye Shi had been happy and angry for a while recently, which could be called a changeable mood.
The white flour dumplings are still eaten at noon, anyway, there are "savings" at home now, and this year's wheat has also increased by 30%, so Ye and Chen Jixing both feel that they can afford to eat, and they did not add sorghum noodles to it.
After lunch, on a rare cloudy day, the family sat at the stone table to enjoy the cool and chatted happily.
Ye Feng and Qianyan went into the house to make tea.
After thinking about it, Ye Feng still only made three cups of tea. In his own cup, he still soaked mint leaves.
This tea has been brewed and drunk once before, and everyone thinks it tastes good, but Ye Feng almost spit it out when he drank it. For him, where is this tea, it is simply ordinary leaves.
It seems that the tea-making technology in this time and space is still very poor. It's just that Ye Feng doesn't know how to fry tea, and there is no way to make a windfall in this regard.
After making tea, Ye Feng took a small rectangular wooden board and put four cups of tea and brought them out. The family sat around the stone table, one holding a cup of tea and smiling.
From time to time, the wind blows, and the body that rubs the bath is cool.
Happy times are always short-lived.
At this very warm moment, there was a "squeak", the door of the house rang, and a figure appeared.
No, it's two.
I saw Aunt Cha walking in with her head held high, followed by the White Lotus Fan, who has always had a good reputation in the village.
This Fan is the most gentle, and he has hardly blushed with anyone in the village. Although the children taught are all farming, none of them have gone to private school, but they are also gentle and elegant, not like other people, so the people in the village have some respect for her.
Of course, the most important thing is that she is slender and enchanting, and her face is also soft, which forces the favor of men.
But today, how did these two come together?
It's okay to check the fifth aunt, after the Ye family has fought with her several times, it is naturally impossible for her to regard the Ye Feng family as a friend in her heart.
It's this Fan family, Ye Feng has never seen her come to the door since he came here. It's okay to come alone, but now that he appears with Aunt Cha, it's weird no matter how you look at it.
You can not give Aunt Cha five face, but for the Fan family, you still have to give it. So, Ye Feng and Qianyan both stood up and said hello. Ye also stood up and pulled Fan to sit down.
As for Aunt Cha, she directly treated it as air. I don't know why, as soon as she saw Aunt Cha Wu, she felt a faint pain in her scalp, and her body began to feel uncomfortable. In this way, the mood will naturally not be too good.
Ye's is like this, but Chen Jixing is not like this, he was originally hospitable. What's more, he is a big man, and it is not suitable to sit here anymore, so he pulled Ye Feng into the house and prepared to make two more cups of tea and go out.
But there were only four teacups in total, so Ye Feng had to take out two bowls, put in an appropriate amount of tea leaves, pour boiling water, and then serve them out.
If it weren't for Fan's presence, he would definitely not have Richard Fifth Aunt. Not to mention anything else, the boundary monument incident alone was enough for Ye Feng to blacklist Aunt Cha.
But Aunt Cha is Aunt Cha, and when no one asked her to sit, as soon as Chen Jixing and Ye Feng left, she immediately sat down around the table.
When Ye Feng brought the tea bowl, he immediately took it, regardless of the fact that the tea was still hot, he couldn't wait to take a sip, and then said in a weird manner: "Ouch, I said Chen nerd, if you two are really living a good life now." In broad daylight, he didn't go to work, but sat in the yard like a rich man and drank tea leisurely. ”
After saying that, I couldn't wait to start drinking again, thinking that I was thirsty on the road.
Although it was a cloudy day, the temperature was there. After a while, a bowl of tea bottomed out.
She handed the bowl to Ye Feng casually and continued: "I have lived for such an age, and I have only drunk tea at some wedding banquets, but you can drink it every day." Give me another bowl, it can be regarded as touching the light of the villagers, and drink a few more sips. ”
Typical self-cooking, completely when the previous grudges do not exist.
Although Ye Feng was unhappy in his heart, where could there be such a tea drinker, he could definitely be called a cow in "Dream of Red Mansions".
However, it was impossible to turn his face because of a bowl of tea, so he had to reluctantly say: "Sister-in-law, you are joking, we also bought a little bit because we were thirsty." Since you like to drink, I'll pour it for you again. ”
Ye Feng really didn't bother to call her respectful. Anyway, he is the younger brother of the Ye family, and he is the same as Aunt Cha, so there is no need to keep his voice down, calling his sister-in-law is already very face-saving.
The Fan family and the Ye family were affectionately pulling the family routine, and seeing that Aunt Cha was cramping and frequently giving her a look, Fan was a little annoyed. Since she agreed to come to the door, she was naturally prepared.
This fifth aunt is also too anxious.
Thinking that if he didn't make a move, God knew what Aunt Cha would do, Fan looked helpless.
"No, we must not let her drag herself down in vain. As long as this matter is done well today, it has nothing to do with him," Fan thought.
So, after organizing some language in his heart, Fan finally made a move: "Well, this stone table is really cool to sit on, and it is even more comfortable to sit and drink tea like this." But how could I look at this table and stool so familiarly, as if I had seen it somewhere? By the way, Sister of the Ye family, where did you buy this stone table? It's so comfortable, I want to buy a pair and go home. ”
Fan's words were very soft, first complimenting, and then pretending to be unintentional and saying that the stone table looked familiar. In the end, he deliberately asked Ye where he bought it.
It can be said that this last sentence is a typical pit man.
If Ye followed her words and said that she bought it somewhere, it would really be a trap.
Ye Feng, who happened to come out with the tea, witnessed the whole process, and said without waiting for Ye Shi to speak: "The stone table, not all the same in the world." ”
It's a pity that Ye Shi is still too sincere, and said directly: "This is not bought, we moved it back in an abandoned yard a few days ago." ”
Forget it, Ye is not wrong to say this, it is better than saying that he bought it.
Compared with Fan's expression that he couldn't see any flaws at all, the expression on Aunt Cha's face was very exciting.
When he heard Ye Feng's words first, he knew that Ye Feng was sloppy and was not ready to answer positively, it was a secretly happy expression; When I heard Ye Shi say that I didn't buy it, I felt a sense of loss in my heart, and it seemed that the biggest plan had failed, which was an extremely regretful expression; Then he heard Ye say that he had moved out of an abandoned house, and he began to rejoice again, the second plan was still useful, which was the expression of the successful conspiracy.
When Fan just asked, Ye Feng felt bad in his heart, and he also understood the purpose of Aunt Cha's visit. I have to say that she has really learned to be obedient this time and knows how to use tactics, instead of being as simple and rude as before.
Sure enough, as soon as Ye Feng sat under the eaves, he heard Fan say in surprise: "Abandoned house? You can't be talking about the courtyard near Qianliang's house, right? ”
Her surprised expression made Ye Shi stunned, but she still hadn't reacted to Fan's intentions, she just nodded mechanically and said, "Yes, it's that courtyard." What's wrong, is there something wrong with that? ”
Hearing this, Fan's heart was secretly refreshed, and he secretly said that this Ye family is really stupid, and he will answer whatever he asks. Since this is the case, she will not be polite, who let the Ye family deliberately go against herself, and she can't get along with herself repeatedly!
Si Siwen took a sip of tea and said, Fan suddenly said: "I'll just say, I feel familiar for no reason, and I always feel that I have seen this stone table somewhere." The abandoned courtyard you spoke of was my uncle's house. ”
After taking another sip of tea, he continued: "In the early years, their family opened a shop in the town, and then they emptied this courtyard. As for the stone table, it is said that I am at my disposal. You know, we didn't need this in the first place. This is really fate, and it looks good in the yard of your house. ”
After that, he continued to drink tea.
Her task has been completed, as for how to perform next, it is Aunt Cha's business, she just needs to wait for the opportunity to fan the flames.
Taking the opportunity to put down the tea bowl, Fan pretended to wipe his sweat and secretly nodded to Aunt Cha.
When Ye Feng was still wondering the purpose of Fan's words, he heard Fifth Aunt Cha scream like crazy: "What, you say it again, are you sure this stone table is the one in your uncle's yard?" ”
Aunt Cha's soprano is really powerful, sharp and thin, and it came out far and wide all of a sudden, and it is estimated that many people have heard it.
Fan immediately stammered as if frightened, "What's wrong with you, this table is indeed my uncle's." After speaking, he looked at the Ye family again: "The courtyard you said is the one near Qianliang's house, right?" ”
Ye said mechanically: "Yes, it's that courtyard." She also sensed that something was wrong, but she felt that Fan's words were not threatening at all, and there were no traps.
Since it belongs to Uncle Fan's family, and it is at her disposal, it has nothing to do with Aunt Cha's dime.
It's just that Aunt Cha screamed in surprise, and I don't know why.
After receiving Ye's affirmative reply, Fan said innocently: "Listen, the Ye family's sister also said, this is the stone table in the courtyard of my uncle's house." Why are you so loud, it scared me. ”
Aunt Cha is waiting for this sentence, since the Ye family admitted it in front of herself, then the matter will be easy to do. Thinking that she would be able to let out a bad breath immediately, Aunt Cha Wu only felt refreshed and extremely proud.
Then, in the stunned eyes of everyone, Aunt Zha officially started acting.
I saw her sit on the ground, kick her legs, and slap her hands on her knees, and she began to cry loudly: "I'm not alive, I'm not alive!" It's amazing to have silver, and it actually bullied me. Now it's stealing my stone table and stone bench, and the next step is to kill my family for money. Help, everyone's here to judge. ”
The people in the village do not have the habit of taking a nap, and today is a cloudy day, and there is a cool breeze blowing, although the farm is idle, but they are reluctant to sleep, but hoe in the field, turn the ground over, or beat pigweed.
Although Aunt Cha's voice is not as good as the "Huang's Sound Pill", it is also very penetrating. After a while, the word spread ten, ten spread hundred, and many villagers gathered around.
Everyone knows the grievances between Aunt Cha and Chen Jixing's family, especially the Ye family had a fight with Aunt Cha some time ago. Unexpectedly, only half a month later, the two began to have conflicts again.
In addition, Aunt Cha killed her husband one by one, and stole one by one, so that the person who passed the word did not know why. After a while, everyone began to spread the rumor, speculating whether Chen Jixing's family also retaliated against Aunt Cha and stole something from Aunt Cha's house.
After a while, the courtyard of Chen Jixing's house was full of people.
Seeing more and more people, Aunt Cha Wu cried harder.
Moreover, what is particularly powerful is that he only said that "Chen Jixing's family now has money, and after buying land, he will not take the villagers in his eyes and bully her family without power and power", which made everyone very puzzled when they heard it.
But Ye Shi was so angry that he couldn't say a word. Chen Jixing, who came out when he heard the movement, was stunned, and Ye Feng didn't come forward to explain, so everyone wanted to figure out what was going on.
As for Fan, she had already found an inconspicuous place under the eaves to stand while the fifth aunt was crying. There was no expression on her face, but in her heart she was gloating, wishing that there were more people, the better, and that Aunt Zha would make a fuss.
Only then did Ye Feng understand that the family who dared to love had already set a trap and was waiting to make a big fuss. Although it didn't cause any losses, it was enough to disgust the Ye family.