Before leaving the Yin family, Xiaohong deliberately dressed up in a low-key manner. After washing off the fat powder and lipstick, he was plain and wore only the clothes of ordinary people.

As for the headgear and hair accessories, there should be none.

In addition, expecting that it would definitely cost money to go home, she also exchanged the one hundred taels of silver tickets for seven ten taels. The remaining thirty taels were all replaced with change, just for ease of use.

It has to be said that these life experiences are very useful.

In addition, although it has been a bit hard to follow Kang's every day for more than ten years, no matter how hard it is, it is better than these peasant girls in the countryside.

In addition, Kang's never scolded her, nor did he treat her and Xiaocui harshly, so Xiaohong's face was plain and smooth, not to mention, and her skin and flesh were tender, which was not comparable to these women in the countryside who often worked in the fields.

Therefore, although Xiaohong is already twenty years old, even if she is only fifteen or sixteen years old, some people definitely believe it.

In addition, because he has been with Kang's side all the year round, he has been somewhat edified, and he has some temperament after a long time.

Therefore, when this Zeng aunt saw Xiaohong, she liked it in her heart. I just think that this girl speaks clearly, has a cool temperament, is generous, and dresses up very decently, not those glamorous.

At this moment, seeing her buy so many things in one go, my heart is even happier. If you want to talk about the people in the village, they either buy a soy sauce or a little brown sugar as a gift, and there are few people who buy meat.

Like Xiaohong, unless there is a happy event in the other party's family, there is really no one. The money spent on these things for Xiaohong is her turnover for several days.

Therefore, Aunt Zeng's good impression of Xiaohong instantly rose to a notch. What's more, people also said, "I just returned to the village, and my family lacks everything, so I'll buy it when I think of it." ”

So, what Xiaohong didn't know was that she just bought some food in the shop, and Aunt Zeng turned her back and began to promote her for free.

"Yo, if you want me to say that Wang Laoshi has raised a good girl! The steps are steady, the eyes are not squinted, the temperament is refreshing, and it is good for his younger brother, as soon as he comes back, he buys meat and wine for Wang Laoshi to improve his life. This kid is actually fine with everything except that he is a little older. But people haven't suffered, and they look like seventeen or eighteen. ”

Thanks to Aunt Zeng's blessing, soon, the whole village knew about it.

Xiaohong didn't care about this, took a bunch of newly bought food, and went home happily with Wang Quan.

Here, after Li and Wang honestly discussed, before they entered the stove, they saw Xiaohong buy a bunch of things and come back. Wang Quan's mouth was bulging, and he was still holding a bag of candy in his hand.

This made Li feel a little uncomfortable.

In Li's opinion, Xiaohong must have some self-esteem over the years, but it is certainly not much. Even if you want to use it, you have to use it on the blade, and prepare some dowry well, which is the right reason.

It's just that when the words came to his lips, Li still held back.

This is the first time in more than ten years that my eldest daughter has come home, and she can't just eat the cakes from the sorghum noodle stall. It is true that the family has not eaten meat for a long time. Even if it's a tooth festival today, just save a little bit in the future.

After taking the meat and spices, Li turned around and walked to the kitchen, and Wang Laoshi hurriedly went to the stove to make a fire.

Seeing the wine in Li's hand, Wang Laoshi's body was broken, and his heart was not good. He raised a total of four children, although the eldest son-in-law and the second son-in-law are also filial and will come back to help when they encounter farm work, but they are polite and always a little alienated, let alone buy anything to honor him.

He didn't blame the other party, after all, everyone was not doing well. The fourth child is still young, and he is the son he has been looking forward to for many years, so it is naturally impossible to buy him anything.

At the end of the day, his eldest daughter, who was sold for money, remembered that he liked to drink.

Thinking of this, Wang Laoshi's eyes were a little wet. When Li saw it, he didn't know why, so he said for a long time: "Xiaohong, this kid...... Hey, it's our fault to her. ”

After that, he began to cut the meat. These five catties of meat, even if you eat it with your belly open today, you can't finish it. After thinking about it, Li cut half of it and prepared to marinate.

Xiaohong didn't enter the house, she turned around and went to the vegetable field that Li told her before, pulled out a handful of garlic seedlings, picked two cucumbers, and then took Wang Quan into the stove.

Over the years, Xiaocui has been in charge of Kang's dress and body silver, and she is in charge of Li's diet. Although she doesn't need to do it at all many times, Kang's always wants to eat the food she makes herself.

As a result, her cooking skills are not bad.

Seeing that Li had cut the meat, Xiaohong said, "Mother, you rest for a while, let me come." After speaking, Xiaohong put on an apron and went to the stove.

Hearing this, Li was a little surprised, and wanted to try his daughter's cooking skills, so he happily hid aside. It's just that I didn't go out, I just stood by and watched.

I saw that she threw all the fat into the pot, refined the oil, and put it in a clay bowl, and then poured the lean meat into the pot and fried it together. Then, the garlic sprouts were neatly processed, chopped, and poured in.

I have to say that the dish of stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts belongs to the kind of dish that smells more fragrant than eating. For a while, the stove was full of fragrance, which made Wang Quan swallow his saliva, and he didn't eat the sugar, and shouted to eat meat.

While the dish was still ready, Xiaohong quickly patted the cucumber, cut it and put it in a clay bowl for later use. Then, take out the garlic again and pat it and chop it finely.

Originally, she wanted to make garlic, but today time is tight, everyone is hungry, and she will just make a meal. Originally, she could refine some chili oil now, but there is such a pot at home, so she can only wait for the dishes to come to the pot.

Waiting for the garlic sprouts to fry the meat in the pot together, Xiaohong washed the pot, and then poured in the vegetable oil she had just bought. Seeing Xiaohong pour so much oil into the pot, Li forgot to feel distressed for a while, she really didn't know what Xiaohong was going to do.

Before the oil was ripe, Xiaohong cut off the dried chili peppers, chopped them finely, and put them in a clay bowl. After the oil was cooked and let it cool, she poured all the vegetable oil directly into the bowl. For a while, a choking smell came out.

Thanks to the blessing of the Duck Duck Township Kitchen, many families have now learned to make chili oil, but unfortunately, they don't know that the Duck Duck Township Kitchen grinds the chili pepper into noodles before making chili oil.

However, they do this, and it tastes good.

In Li's stunned, in less than half an hour, Xiaohong prepared three dishes: stir-fried meat with garlic sprouts, cold cucumber and stewed potatoes.

Wang Laoshi put out the fire, and the family gathered around the table and began to eat lunch.

I have to say that Xiaohong's craftsmanship is still good, the family, especially Wang Quan, is very happy to eat, his mouth is full of oil, and he bluntly said that his sister is the best, which made Li Shi say: "Sister buys you meat and candy to eat, you will say that your sister is good, what if your sister doesn't buy it?" ”

Who knows, Wang Quan said: "If I don't buy it, I think my sister is the best." It made the whole family laugh. Wang Laoshi even opened the wine and drank a few glasses.

In the evening, seeing that there were not many leftovers, but there was a lot of soup, Xiaohong made a noodle soup and spread a few white flour cakes, and the family ate the soup to their heart's content.

Especially Li's, eating white flour cakes, she sighed in her heart, to say that this white flour is delicious, I don't know how many times better than sorghum noodles.

It's a pity that they can't afford it.

After dinner, Wang Quan couldn't hold back his sleepiness and went to bed early. After finishing the housework, Xiaohong sat down and pulled Wang Laoshi to talk to Li.

This family is so poor that there is not even a single chicken or duck, let alone a pig.

Xiaohong didn't want to hide anything, and when she went to the vegetable field at noon, she clearly heard Wang Laoshi and Li's guilt.

However, she doesn't plan to tell all her "family background". She is different from Wang Quan, she is always going to get married, so she must plan for her future.

After thinking about it, Xiaohong said straight to the point: "Dad, mother, I will live at home in the future." It's not that the daughter is not ashamed and takes the initiative to bring it up, but the daughter has also reached the age of marriage. Therefore, I have to trouble my father and mother to find a family business for my daughter, after all, my daughter has just come back and doesn't know anything. ”

Seeing that Wang Laoshi and Li were silent, Xiaohong knew that they had actually thought of this in their hearts, so she continued: "I don't have any special requirements, just one point, the other party can't be too old, the age is quite the best, one or two years older." You can't be a concubine, you must be honest and honest, and you really have to live. ”

As soon as Wang Laoshi and Lin heard this, it was cheaper for Xiaohong to take the initiative to bring it up, at least they didn't have to knock on the side. And what she said, the requirements are indeed not high, and it is easy to find.

Hearing this, Li said: "It's all a family, and it's not troublesome." I discussed with your father at noon to find a satisfactory family for you. Since you said it yourself, we'll start looking for it tomorrow. ”

In fact, Xiaohong's request is not too much, to say that there are many descendants who can't marry a daughter-in-law when they reach their twenties.

It's just that it's usually the poor clanging in that family.

As if she had guessed Li's thoughts, Xiaohong said: "It's okay if the family is poor, as long as the character is good, it's not that lazy." The daughter also saved some silver over the years, plus the reward from her wife, a total of three hundred taels. ”

"Three...... Three hundred taels? Lee stammered. According to her, Xiaohong will only have more than ten or twenty taels of silver if she dies.

"Yes, Madame was kind, and took pity on me for my old age, and feared that I would come out and suffer, so she gave a little more. Dad, mother, I think so, I keep one hundred taels for myself as a dowry, and the other two hundred taels, Dad, you will go tomorrow to find someone to repair the house at home, I think this house is going to leak, right? In a few years, the whole son will be older, and it will be time to get married. If you see such a house, who would want to come and get married? ”

heard that Xiaohong was going to take out the money to build a house for the family, this time, even Wang Laoshi was stunned. Xiaohong is like this, which can be regarded as benevolence and righteousness. However, after listening to Xiaohong's later words, he felt even more embarrassed.

"Also, Dad, you go to the neighborhood to have a look, if there is a suitable land, buy twenty acres, I think it will be enough for our family to eat and drink. It's okay for my father and mother to grow it themselves, and if they don't want to plant it, they can rent it out. When the time comes, I'll buy you another ox cart, and you'll pick up the people who need to go to town, so that you can earn some silver. The rest, let's eat and drink, improve our lives. ”

Build a quadrangle, up to forty taels. Buying twenty acres of land, a maximum of one hundred taels, is still that kind of good land. The remaining sixty taels, even if the family doesn't do anything, can eat for several years.

What's more, Wang Laoshi and Li are both hardworking, and when they buy the land, they don't have to buy the food at home. Feed some chickens, ducks, pigs or something, and the vegetables are all grown by yourself, basically no money is spent, and there will be some input in a year.

Slowly, the days went by.

Xiaohong's words made Li and Wang Laoshi a little confused. Originally, they still wanted to take out all the two taels of silver in the family to give Xiaohong as a dowry, but they didn't expect that Xiaohong didn't need their help at all, but helped the family plan, building a house and buying land.

They still owe Xiaohong in the end.

Xiaohong knew what her father and mother were thinking, so she didn't speak, she directly took out the one hundred and forty taels of silver tickets and stuffed them into Li's hand, and then said: "Mother, put the remaining sixty taels here for me, and I will be responsible for all the expenses of the family." Okay, I'm going to sleep. By the way, Dad, you have to hurry up and buy the land, and before you have planted wheat yet, let's buy the land back, and the wheat planted will be ours. ”

After saying that, Xiaohong went to her eldest sister and second sister's former house to sleep. It's just that it may be due to the fact that there are no people living in the house for a long time, and there is a musty smell in the house, and Xiaohong has been insomnia for a long time.

After Xiaohong left, Li and Wang Laoshi sat there motionless, and after sitting for a long time, they finally digested what Xiaohong had just said.

As soon as he thought that he could buy land tomorrow, Wang Laoshi instantly became happy again. Although he has been thinking about buying land for half his life, he has never had the opportunity to realize it.

Now that there is silver, it is no longer a dream.

Thinking of what Xiaohong just said, the couple's hearts suddenly relaxed, and the burden that had been pressing on their bodies suddenly fell to the ground. Thanks to their daughters, they will also have a good life.

Early in the morning of the second day, as soon as Xiaohong had finished breakfast, she saw Wang Laoshi take a white flour bun and go out.

Li said: "Your father is in a hurry, let him go." Last night, I was dragged to discuss for half a night, and kept saying that Wang Chengjia's land was good, and he just caught up with him to sell. It's just that although his family's land is good, it is too expensive, asking for eight taels of silver per mu, and no one in the village wants to buy it. ”

Xiaohong said, "Is this place far away from our home?" ”

"It's not far away, on the way your brother took you to buy meat, but the time for a stick of incense is coming, and there is a small river next to it." Li said with a smile.

Xu is life suddenly had hope, and Xiaohong only felt that Li's whole person lit up.

Hearing what Li said, Xiaohong said: "That's good, it's so close, and there is a small river, whether it's planted or rented out, it's convenient." In times of drought, the river is very important. ”

Li hurriedly said: "Yes, your father said the same thing. It's just that how can such a good land be rented out, it is natural to plant it yourself. ”

As a result, before lunch, Wang Laoshi came back with a happy face. I saw him put the title deed on the table, and said to the Li family and Xiaohong: "It's done, the twelve acres of land will be our family in the future." Now that the handover is clear, we will be able to plant wheat in a while. ”

In addition to Wang Quan's birth, this can be said to be the happiest day in Wang Laoshi's life for most of his life. Not only did he get rid of the status of a tenant farmer, but he also had his own land.

After lunch, Wang Laoshi didn't rest, and hurried to find the craftsman non-stop. It's easier to find artisans this season, after all, it's not yet time to farm, and everyone is idle at home.

By the time it was dinner, Wang Laoshi had already found all the craftsmen, and he could start work tomorrow.

I have to say that this is good with silver, and it is simply invincible to do things.

Xiaohong's idea is very simple, anyway, there are only three people in the family, her father and Wang Quan, and there is no need to separate the family in the future, so she can rely on the word "real".

After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to build a simple courtyard house, which is the most ordinary farm yard. There must be a place for people to live in this yard, there must be a stove, a latrine, a pigsty, and a place for chickens and ducks.

In the end, a gate is closed as soon as it is good.

As soon as Xiaohong said her idea, she immediately got Li's approval. For the new house, she has been looking forward to it since she got married, and now it is finally coming true, she is very excited, so she discussed it with Chen Laoshi one by one.

The next day, about after breakfast, the craftsmen Wang had invited arrived.

Several people helped the family build a simple shed next to the old house, and then set up a stove, and then began to demolish the old house. This old house is nothing more than mud walls and thatch, and it is very easy to push.

As a choking burst of earthy dust rose, the dilapidated thatched hut where the Wang family had lived for more than 20 years collapsed.

According to what Wang Laoshi discussed with these craftsmen, one meal was provided at noon, and breakfast and dinner were not concerned. In fact, you can also ignore the meal, but the whole family will save a few taels of silver if you manage the meal.

Li felt that it had cost a lot of money to buy land and repair houses, and since there was no way to open it up at present, it would be better to save a little.

There were nine of these craftsmen, and with the addition of the four members of the family, there were thirteen. It's not much, but it also requires good preparation.

So, Li took Xiaohong to the vegetable field and came back with a lot of vegetables.

Xiaohong took the silver again and asked Wang Quan to go to Aunt Zeng's shop to buy meat.

Although she is not going to cook meat every meal, today is the beginning after all, and she must eat something good. These craftsmen are the most shrewd, and if they eat too poorly, they may not be able to delay the construction period.

While Xiaohong and Li were preparing lunch, two women in their mid-thirties walked in. One was wearing a dark blue cloth skirt, the other was wearing a dark red, and they all looked plain.

The woman in the blue dress carried two paper bags in her hands, and the dark red woman carried a chicken directly in her hand.

Seeing that Xiaohong was stunned, Li said, "Sanya, these are your eldest sister and second sister." ”

Before Xiaohong could speak, the woman in the dark red dress threw the chicken to the ground and pounced, pulled Xiaohong into her arms, and cried, "Third sister, I finally saw you." They said you were home, but I didn't believe you. As a result, the eldest sister also heard about it, so we hurried over. Let my sister see, it's been more than ten years, and my sister still thinks I'll never see you again. ”

This is Xiaohong's second sister, her name before marriage is Xiao Ning, and Xiaohong's eldest sister is called Xiao Jing. Her two sisters, the eldest sister is quiet, and the second sister is spicy, and her temperament is too far away.

In contrast, Xiaohong is like a neutralization of the two.

Anyway, when the three of them come together, if they only look at their temperament, no one will believe that they are sisters. After all, if there are three people with completely different personalities in a family, it is indeed the ability of the parents.

Xiaohong was still young when she left home, and she had no relationship with her two sisters at all. And after so many years, I almost forgot about it.

It's Xiao Ning and Xiao Jing, who are older and have a lot of memories, and they have more guilt in their hearts for Xiaohong, so they have a little more words.

Xiao Ning said: "Mother, why do you suddenly want to build a new house, to say that this building is a big deal, and it costs a lot." My eldest sister and I can't help much, we have made up three taels of silver alone, so don't be too little. ”

As he spoke, he handed the silver to the Li family.

In this regard, Li hurriedly excused himself and said: "No need, your third sister's master is kind, not only let her out, but also gave more than a hundred taels of silver." Except for your third sister's dowry, we have enough for the rest. ”

The Li family knew the family situation of the two daughters, and it was impossible to accept their money. If you want to talk about these three taels of silver, the two of them may not know how to take it out.

Sister Xiaohong was a little embarrassed, after all, she didn't help much. However, the second sister Xiaohong has a cool temperament, and said directly: "That's good, we don't have money, so we won't give it to my mother." In this way, my mother just needs to say, the one in my family has strength, and I will call him to come over tomorrow to help. ”

Hearing this, Sister Xiaohong also hurriedly said: "The one in my family is fine, anyway, there is nothing to do in the field recently." If you fix it quickly, you can move in before the Chinese New Year. ”

Although she has been married for many years, she still has an incomparably deep affection for this place.

"Then it's decided, if it's empty, it's troublesome for the eldest sister and second sister to call the eldest brother-in-law and second brother-in-law over to help, and when the house is repaired, we will get together as a family." Xiaohong hurriedly made a statement.

She felt that if she didn't speak again, her eldest sister would look at her with resentment again.

Sure enough, when Sister Xiaohong heard this, her mood suddenly improved, and she hurriedly said that there was no problem at all, and people would come over tomorrow.

The craftsmen are even more fine, anyway, they are calculated according to a fixed salary for a day. It's good to have someone to help, and they're happy to have a good time.

If it hadn't helped, the house would have been built before the New Year, when business was at its best, and they wanted to take on some more work.

"By the way, what about my brother? Why didn't I see anyone? Second Sister Xiaohong said. She loves this younger brother the most, and she is looking forward to him growing up and starting a family. In these years, to say that a woman has no maiden brother, her heart is really empty.

Although her family didn't dare to bully her for the time being, it was hard to guarantee what would happen in the future. Having a younger brother is like having a pillar and a sense of security.

"I asked him to go to Aunt Zeng's house to buy meat." Xiaohong said.

"What about Daddy?"

"He, look at the land, since he bought the land, he is so happy, he has to go and walk around."

"Our family also bought land, how much did we buy, and whose family did we buy?"

……

As the saying goes, three daughters in one play, let alone four women.

At the beginning, Xiaohong was still a little restrained, but slowly, she completely integrated into the topic of several people. Blood ties can't deceive people, no matter how long they have been separated, once they are integrated, there will be endless words.

Lee's tears of laughter came out.

This family has not been so happy for a long time. Maybe God saw her pitiful, not only sent her daughter back to her, but also gave her hope for her life from now on.

But in fact, everything is just earned by yourself, and God doesn't care about it at all.

If it weren't for Xiaohong's choice to follow the Kang family out for eleven years without hesitation, perhaps, at this moment, she is still working as a maid in the Yin family, serving the Yin family.

The road has always been walked out by itself.

And happiness depends on oneself to strive for it.