"Third sister, why are you here, have you eaten? Sit down and eat together. Xu Guanghua was also very happy to see the visitor, and hurriedly invited the visitor to eat and sit down to eat noodles.

"No, I just ate, you came to the city, why don't you go to the house to sit!"

"I didn't remember something in the morning." After speaking, he said to the three children: "Call Auntie quickly"

The three children said in unison, "Hello aunt." ”

"Hey, hey, good." After that, he took out ten cents from his sleeve and handed it to the children, "You can use this money to buy some food." ”

"The third sister can't help it, you better keep it for yourself." Xu Guanghua saw that Xu Xiulan took out ten cents and handed it to a few children, and hurriedly stopped him.

Although the third sister married to a family with good conditions, he also knew that it was not easy for her sister to save these few dollars.

"It's out of the way, I rarely see them once a year, this money buys them something to eat, it's just a little less, don't dislike it." Speaking of which, a look of embarrassment.

Xu Qingyan has no memory of the original owner, this third aunt is the first time she has seen her, I heard from her family that the third aunt is the best married among several aunts, and she is also the only one in the village who married into the city, and her dress is not too bad at this time. But listening to the meaning of his father's words, this ten cents was saved by his aunt with great difficulty.

"Eldest sister, I really can't help it, besides, I have bought them a lot of snacks just now, and it's not good for this child to eat too much sugar." Xu Guanghua tried his best to stop it.

Xu Xiulan saw that Xu Guanghua refused to accept it no matter what, it was not easy for this younger brother to take care of her sister, so she bluffed and said: "If you stop it again, my sister is really angry, although my sister is useless, I can still get a few pennies, do you think the money is too little." ”

Xu Guanghua could only accept it reluctantly when he heard this, took the money and handed it to the third sister and brother, and then said, "Thank you to the third aunt." ”

"Thank you, Aunt San."

Seeing this, Xu Xiulan smiled, and hurriedly said, "Then you guys eat noodles quickly, if you don't eat noodles, it will be cold, and when you finish eating noodles, go home and sit with me." ”

Xu Guanghua was about to refuse, but Xu Qingyan tugged at his sleeve and said, "Dad, go, I haven't been to my aunt's house yet!" Later, we'll buy some snacks and go to my aunt's house, and meet my cousin and cousin by the way. ”

What Xu Qingyan thought was that the three aunts were not badly married, but they didn't seem to be doing well. As their mother's family, they naturally want to see what is going on, and they also support their aunt by the way.

Although it was the first time they met, the three aunts gave her an excellent impression.

Xu Guanghua only understood after Xu Qingyan's prompt, yes! Now that the family is no longer as good as before, this time it is time to give the third sister a boost of face.

"Okay, since the girl wants to go, let's go buy some pastries and fruits, and go back to sit down with my sister, sister, you can sit down and eat some together."

"No, I've really eaten, and I don't have to buy anything, what else can I buy at my sister's house?" Xu Xiulan didn't know the changes in her mother's family during this time, and she didn't want to make her poor family worse because she was a guest at her house.

When a few people were eating noodles, the two sisters and brothers started to make a family routine, and learned that the family had recently bought eight acres of wasteland, Xu Xiulan was also very happy for her mother's family, and her mother had suffered all her life, and it was time to enjoy happiness.

After eating the noodles, Xu Guanghua went to a nearby pastry shop to buy a few pastries, Xu Xiulan wanted to stop it, but Xu Guanghua couldn't bear to buy it, and thought that her mother's family was better now, forget it this time, and she would not agree again.

Xu Xiulan came out to make soy sauce this time, and saw that they had already bought soy sauce before, and after buying the pastries at this time, the group went directly to Hu's house as guests.

Hu's house is not far from West Street, just two streets behind West Street, directly through an alley on West Street, and then walk a few hundred steps to arrive, which is a quiet place in the middle of noisy.

The Hu family is a small courtyard facing south from the north, with three main rooms and three wing rooms on the east and west sides.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw a stone mill in the courtyard, in which soaked soybeans were placed, and under the stone mill there was a bucket of white liquid flowing out of the mill. A middle-aged man was struggling to push the stone mill, and a teenage man next to him was helping.

"Brother Luo, Wenzhi. Xiaohua came home with the child. The third aunt said to the man who was grinding when she entered the door.

Xu Guanghua patted them on the back and said, "Call someone quickly." ”

"The third uncle is good, the cousin is good"

"Hey, Xiaohua is here, bring the child in."

"Hello uncle."

Xu Guanghua entered the courtyard and hurriedly took over the work in his brother-in-law's hands, wanting to help him grind, but was stopped by Hu Luo: "What are you doing, it's not easy to come back and forth, how can you let you work, Xiulan, hurry up and pour them some tea." ”

"Sister, brother-in-law don't be busy, I'm not thirsty, I don't need to pour tea! Hey, Wen Zhi is so old, and our uncle and nephew haven't seen each other for years! Xu Xiulan and his wife were a little embarrassed.

It is said that his mother's home is not far away, why Xu Guanghua hasn't seen Hu Wenzhi for a long time, this is because his family is poor.

The Hu family is in the tofu business, although it is not rich and expensive, but it is also a well-off family. is also a city person, and he looks down on the countrymen the most, not to mention that the Xu family is still the poorest among the countrymen.

However, since the Hu family looks down on the countrymen, how did they marry Xu Xiulan in the first place.

It turned out that Hu Luo had been conscripted into the army when he was young, went to the battlefield, and was retired within a year because of a leg injury.

After coming back, it was not cured, so my right foot was a little lame, and it was not easy to find someone with the same family background in such a situation. Besides, Hu Luo also has a younger brother, these two brothers, the eldest one is lame, and his parents will definitely favor the second child in the future.

Knowing this situation, people who are in the right place are naturally reluctant to jump into this fire pit.

This is not easy to find in the city, and it is not difficult to go to the countryside, but the Hu family has a high opinion of themselves, thinking that they are also from the city, and they can't find an ignorant village woman in the countryside.

So I inquired and learned that Xu Xiulan actually knew some words, so she chose the tallest one among the short people, and finally chose Xu Xiulan.

The Xu family also knew about the situation of the Hu family, but at that time, it was a difficult time for the family, and Xu Guanghua happened to have a fever and had no money for treatment. The Hu family's dowry is enough for five taels of silver, and although Hu Luo is a little lame, he is not stupid or stupid, and his appearance is okay, and he is from the city, so the Cao family thought that Xu Xiulan would not be too sad to marry, so he agreed.

Who knew that the Hu family regarded themselves as people from the city, superior to others, and Xu Xiulan married into the Hu family because she had no dowry, so she had no status in the family at all.

In addition, the eldest son is lame, but the second son is smart and good-looking, so the heart of the second elder of the Hu family is becoming more and more deviated.

On weekdays, the work at home is also done by the eldest son's family, and even the physical work of grinding tofu is handed over to the eldest son who is lame, while the second son, who is good at doing so, is only responsible for the light work of selling tofu.

And the money earned by the family was in the hands of the two old men, saying that they would give it to them when they split up in the future, but in fact, they secretly gave the second room a lot of private rooms.

It stands to reason that the second room of the big house has already married a wife and had children, and they can be separated a long time ago, but the two old men insist on dragging it, in fact, they just want the eldest son's family to work more to help the second child.