The book continues above, and the two brothers sit face to face on the kang, speculating without a sentence. Just as we were talking, there was the sound of footsteps outside. The two of them followed the sound and looked out. Oh, who's this?

I saw a woman standing in the courtyard, this woman was dressed in silk and satin, gold and silver, rubbing fat and powder, with a blessed face and a noble body.

Who is coming? Neither of them knew each other, but she was sure that she was not from Xiaonantaizi, if the people of the village could recognize her at a glance. Moreover, there are all farmers in this village, except for You Sanye's relatively superior family background, who can wear it, there is no one else. But there is no girl in the third master's family, just a son in his twenties. Who is this? Although I don't know each other, I seem to have seen it somewhere, and it's somewhat familiar.

If you want to say that these two are boring enough, just sitting on the kang and guessing who it is, just go out and ask. Before the two of them woke up, they were talking outside.

"Dare to ask if the Fusheng brothers are sitting in the room?"

When Zhao Laosi heard this, since this woman knew my name, she must know me. No matter who it is, let it into the house first, how can you let people stand outside. The fourth child turned over and got off the kang and went out with Xu Laobald.

When I went out, I realized that the family had come by horse-drawn carriage, and the coachman and a maid were waiting outside the courtyard, and the woman entered the courtyard alone. There is a carriage and a girl, no need to ask, this woman is either rich or expensive, not an official wife or an aunt or grandmother of a rich family.

"Auntie, you're right, I'm Zhao Fusheng. I patronized Fameng just now, and I forgot to welcome you into the house, you always forgive me. Please come to the house quickly, the house is small, you raise your feet high, don't bump into the ......"

Zhao Laosi was polite, invited people into the house, and asked Xu Laobald to take care of the two people outside. Xu Laobald knew that the rich had big rules, the master did not let them enter the house, and all the subordinates were waiting outside, so he did not dare to invite the outside coachman and the attendant maid into the hospital. Instead, he borrowed a big pot from the third sister-in-law's house next door, brewed tea leaves, took two tea bowls, grabbed some dried peanuts and dates, and sent them to the two of them, so that the family could eat, drink and wait.

Zhao Laosi invited the woman to the house, and he didn't know where to let the family sit. The house was originally small, but it happened that there was an accident at home, and it was even more messy, and people were so particular about dressing that it was not good to stain people's clothes.

Seeing that Zhao Laosi was at a loss, the woman sat down on the kang and smiled: "Brother, don't be busy, it's good for me to sit here." ”

As soon as he saw that people had found a place to sit on their own, Zhao Laosi breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said in his heart: "Cough, who made us poor?" If you have a big mansion, how can you be so 'numb'. (Ma paw, Tianjin dialect, describes helplessness, overwhelmed, annoyance, etc.) ）

At this time, Xu Laobald finished his work outside and strode into the house. As soon as she saw Old Master Xu, the woman stood up, gave a blessing first, and then said, "This must be Master Xu, right?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Xu Lao Bald hurriedly waved his hands and said: "Don't say that, the master doesn't dare to be, how can the countrymen be called this way, and it is my blessing to call me Lao Xu or Lao Bald." ”

"Hey, what did Master Xu say, how old are you and me, if I don't call you master, I have to call you second brother."

As we said above, the old Tianjin Wei, in addition to his own family, outsiders call unfamiliar men mostly "second master" and "second brother", and rarely use "uncle" and "big brother", the reason is that the eldest brother is a mud doll and sits on the kang.

Since people call him the second brother, Xu Laobald will not shirk, he asked Zhao Laosi to quickly boil water and make tea, and asked for Zhao Laosi: "This aunt, I will make amends first, and I take the liberty to ask you, where are you coming from, come to my old brother's house, I don't know what to do?" ”

When the woman heard this, her eyes became a little moist. Xu Lao Bald looked at it, what's going on, can he still cry?

Naturally, I didn't cry, but I just listened to the woman: "Second Brother Xu, Brother Fusheng, don't you really recognize who I am?" ”

Zhao Laosi had already brewed the tea at this time, put it on the kang table, looked the woman up and down, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar she became. Knowing, specifying is knowing, but I just can't remember it for a while.

Xu Laobald is the same, he looks familiar, but he can't remember it, and after looking at it carefully, he suddenly realized.

"Oh...... I remember. You, you're Yuzhi, right? ”

"Second Brother Xu, that's right, it's me, sister, you finally remembered. Back then, you pulled out for the second and third children, speaking of which, you were kind to me. (Ba Chuang, Tianjin dialect, refers to fighting unevenly)

"Hey, don't mention that, it's all in the past. I'll ask for a big one, and I respect you as a sister. Girl, where have you been all these years, why are you back today? ”

Xu Laobald shouted like this, and Zhao Laosi also recognized it. cough, I think when Yuzhi was in the village, her face was yellow and thin, and she had dirt pants and a dirt jacket, but now people are arrogant and rich, but we are still poor haha. Nowadays, compared with others, one in the sky and one in the ground, there is no comparison at all.

He had the heart to speak, but he didn't know what to call people for a while. Calling sister-in-law is inappropriate, although people have been dewy couples with their two brothers, but at that time they were down. Now that he is rich, he dares to call others his sister-in-law, for fear of arousing people's sadness, so it is inappropriate. Calling aunt or aunt, for fear of calling people old. Calling my sister, I don't know if people like to hear it. Calling Mrs., I feel angry again.

As soon as she saw him stupid, Yuzhi understood, took his hand, let him sit on the edge of the kang, and said in a serious voice: "Old brother, they are all their own family, don't care about those false manners, if you want to look up to me, just call me sister-in-law." Your two brothers died because of me, and I can't stand you, sister-in-law. As she spoke, Yuzhi was already in tears.

"Sister-in-law, don't say that. My brother's death has nothing to do with you, only because they are short of fortune. Now that you are rich, their spirits in heaven rest in peace. Don't be sad, sit down and drink some water. Let's not talk about the past. ”

Zhao Laosi doesn't speak much on weekdays, but today he suddenly can persuade people, and it seems that people have grown up after experiencing great sorrow and joy.

Yuzhi listened to the persuasion, sat down again, wiped her tears, took a sip of tea, and the three of them began to chatter.

Yuzhi looked at Zhao Laosi and said: "Old brother, don't complain about my sister-in-law's cruelty, I couldn't help myself at first, but then I was free and able to move around, I wanted to come back to see you, burn paper and repair graves for the second and third children, but I didn't have the face to meet people." One dragged on and two on to this day. If I hadn't heard that there had been a murder in the old Zhao family of Xiaonantaizi, I wouldn't have known when I would have been able to come back. ”

Zhao Xu and the others were stunned: "Why is this thing spreading in the city?" ”

"Yes, I don't know who came out of my mouth, and the more I say it, the more evil it becomes. I thought it was a foreigner, but when I heard that the family name of the accident was Zhao, I was not sure. When I inquired again, it was the matter of the old brother's family. I hurried over to see if I could help. As he spoke, he said to Zhao Laosi: "Old brother, people can't be resurrected after death, there should be a scourge, you can't hide if you want to, you have a snack, don't do everything in your heart, if there are really three long and two short, won't our family be completely ruined?" Listen to my sister-in-law's advice, what's the matter, I want to open it, the days are still long, and I can't delay it for a while. ”

Yuzhi persuaded her, Zhao Laosi nodded again and again, and he told Yuzhi that he had figured it out and would never do anything stupid, so please let my sister-in-law feel relieved.

Seeing him say this, Yuzhi nodded in reassurance, and then asked, "Brother, don't blame my sister-in-law for asking more, what is going on?" There are all kinds of things in the city, how evil they are, how evil they are, I listen to the clouds, I don't know if that sentence is true and that sentence is false. Can you tell my sister-in-law about what happened in this house, so that she can know what is going on? ”

Zhao Laosi sighed, and began to tell the story of how to meet a snake and how to cut a snake in the original form, only to dumbfounded Yuzhi when he heard it, and couldn't help sighing. After saying that, Yuzhi breathed a long sigh of relief, and muttered in her mouth: "Evil deeds, really evil deeds, I thought that what I encountered was evil enough, cough, it turns out that the things that my brother encountered are also so evil." It seems that we all have a catastrophe in this fate. ”

Although the voice was small, Zhao Xu and the others heard it sincerely, and the two looked at each other with wonder, and asked in unison: "Why have you also encountered evil things?" ”

Yuzhi sighed: "Where is it just an evil deed, and it has caused death!" ”