The more Xie Qingshan spoke, the more angry he became, Xie Xuan persuaded: "Grandpa, you can't be angry with them, if you are impatient, just drive them back, out of sight!" ”

Xie Qingshan sighed again, his dark and wrinkled face showed a little helplessness: "How can you drive them, that's your father and his brother!" If you drive them back, will Hui Niang be better off at his house? Hui Niang doesn't break up for a day, so I have to this heart for her! ”

"A hundred years old and ninety-nine years old. Your grandfather thinks a lot, and he still cares about your mother, and he can't just say that he will rush them. Lin was moved, so he whispered to Xie Xuan: "You children's families, think about things simply. Relatives are either connected to this or that, where can they do whatever they want? ”

Qiu Niang is a straightforward character, and said beside her: "Even if you are afraid, you are also afraid, your heart is so tired!" If you want me, just like Xuanxuan said, just drive away! It's a hundred! Let no one touch anyone's light! ”

Xie Qingshan nodded at her emptyly, "You, that is, your son-in-law has a stable temperament, and you always take care of you on weekdays, otherwise you will offend many people!" ”

Lin also laughed and teased her.

After eating, the workers all went to work in the basement house, and Xie Qingshan, father and son, also ate.

Lin and Qiu Niang had time to eat, and Xie Xuan also ate a little. Lin and Qiu Niang brushed the dishes and washed the pot, cut meat and vegetables, and made hand-rolled noodles with noodles to prepare the noon meal.

"Auntie, auntie, eat noodles at noon?" Xie Xuan saw Lin's harmony and asked.

"Yes, white noodles, bean noodles, sorghum, millet seeds, and four noodles to make a hand-rolled dough! Stir-fry the toppings of shredded meat and mushrooms and cabbage, put more pepper, eat the hot on your body, and have the strength to work in the afternoon! Lin said with a smile, "Each person has a large bowl of sea, and after eating, they will drink a bowl of noodle soup, which is enough for them to eat to their full." ”

"It's just that our family is generous, you see whose family eats noodles at noon and adds meat to them! Last time, my family Zhou An went to the county seat to find a job and dig a ditch for Wang Dahu, guess what you eat at noon? It's the nest with chaff and the green cabbage leaves sprinkled with a few grains of salt. The soup in the morning and evening is so thin that you can see the figure, look at the steamed bun that our family gives in the morning and evening, it can have a big face! The porridge that is boiled, stand up to the chopsticks! Qiu Niang held a kitchen knife in her right hand, neatly clicking the vegetables on the cutting board, and had time to talk to Lin and Xie Xuan.

"I also heard that some of the master's family didn't even have lunch, so they had two meals in the morning and evening, and the hungry workers had no strength, and they said every day that the master's family was stingy and stingy......"

It turns out that in ancient times, except for the rich and noble, ordinary people had two meals a day, which was called morning food and feeding, that is, breakfast and dinner, and there was no Chinese food. However, if you hire someone to do full-time work, and it is a hard work, the main family generally provides three meals, one is to let the workers have the strength to work, and the other is to show that the main family is benevolent.

But there are also such stingy and stingy hosts, not only do they not provide lunch, but they also have to deduct breakfast and dinner.

Xie Xuan listened to Lin and Qiu Niang chatting with relish for a while, then got up and went to the basement to watch the workers work.

When I came to the basement house, it was dark inside, and there were pine oil torches burning on the earthen walls of the surrounding corridors.

Because when digging the basement, in order to prevent collapse, there are passages about two meters wide inside, and there are supporting earth walls between the passages, and doors are opened at intervals on the earth walls, and they are connected to each other.

Basically, every three or four people are in charge of a channel, with good relationships, or as a family unit, so it is obvious who is working fast or slow.

Xie Xuan walked along the aisle and checked, and saw that the basement house was almost completed, and the rest of the work was just to level the rough excavation area, so that there was no need to rework planting vegetables in the future.

Because there is a comparison between each other, everyone has the mind of competing to be the first to fall behind, after reading it, seeing that the progress of each channel is about the same, Xie Xuan couldn't help but nod in his heart when he saw it, everyone is a person who wants to save face, and no one wants to be worse than others.

Coming to the last passage, Xie Xuan couldn't help frowning.

Because the Li brothers came late, the passage assigned to them was on the side, and it was shorter than other passages, which could save a lot of work.

But even so, the work in this passage is still a bit miserable compared to others.

There are potholes everywhere, even the passage cannot be dug straight, and even the soil wall used for support is of different thickness, but fortunately, this passage is the most marginal, if it is in the middle of the basement, there may be a safety accident.

Such a project is undoubtedly unqualified.

Xie Xuan looked at the three Li brothers who were working inside, and saw Xie Xuan's father, Li Changping, holding a four-toothed iron fork, struggling to dig the soil at the end of the passage.

Because of the constant temperature in the basement house, it was much warmer than the cold weather outside, Li Changping was wearing a single caftan brown, still soaked with sweat, oozing sweat.

And the boss Li Changhe took the iron drill from time to time to shovel half a shovel of soil and threw it behind, shoveling too much, as if he was afraid of tired himself, and shook off half of the shovel, and then raised it to the back.

The second Li Changwei is even more idle, he squatted lazily next to him, and kept counting how the Xie family was not kind, using his relatives as livestock, and he didn't leave any affection, and his salary was the same as others? !

"Second uncle, you sit here comfortably, whose livestock is so idle?" Xie Xuan's heart was on fire when she heard this, and she couldn't help asking, "Based on how much effort you have made, how much do you think is appropriate?" ”

This crisp voice sounded in the shadow pupils, and the three Li brothers were all startled, and quickly turned their heads to look, and saw Xie Xuan standing at the entrance of the black shadow hole, the torches swaying with the breeze of the vent, and Xie Xuan's face could not be seen clearly for a while.

"It turned out to be Xuaniel, it scared me!" Li Changwei stood up and looked at it, then squatted back again, "Xuannier, you have lived with the Xie family since you were a child, and you don't have the same heart as us, we also know." But you have the blood of my Li family in your body, why do you keep talking to your second uncle like this? The nose is not the nose, and the eyes are not the eyes! Third brother, you don't teach your daughter a lesson! ”

was named by the second brother, Li Changping looked at Xie Xuan, probably thinking that his father-in-law was not around, he was Xie Xuan's father, and he should take responsibility for Xie Xuan's upbringing, so he said: "Xuanxuan, you are not allowed to talk to your second uncle like this in the future, so that others will see it and say that you are not educated!" ”

Xie Xuan couldn't help sneering, and said in a cold voice: "I call you Dad, it's to give you face!" I ask you, as a father, have you ever had the responsibilities of a father? Since I was born and raised, have you ever given me a bite to eat or a piece to wear? Have you ever raised me for a day? When that so-called grandmother was going to throw me into a urine bucket and drown, did you try to stop me? If not, what qualifications do you have to say upbringing to me? Who qualifies me to stand in the position of a father? ”

"You...... You ......" The more Li Changping listened, the more his face turned purple, pointing at Xie Xuan's hand and trembling, unable to speak.

There were shadows in the passage of the basement house, and only the sound of work shouting next door could be heard, and the wind howl of the vent "whining".

"Xuannier, the third brother is not, it's your father anyway, how can you talk to your father like this? Even if our Li family has never raised you, you still have the blood of my Li family, even if you sue the government, we are justified. What you say is not decent! Li Changhe forked the shovel into the soil, held the shovel and said solemnly to Xie Xuan.

Listening to Xie Xuan's well-founded words, he finally began to face up to this niece who had never paid attention to her, and no longer regarded her as a child who was not to be worried.

"Since it's about the government," Xie Xuan couldn't help laughing: "I don't know if Uncle heard that a few days ago, the official of the county government came to our village to arrest Wu Qingxi, who stole our vegetable shed." If it weren't for my grandfather's intercession, Wu Qingxi would have to be hanged alive, and his wife and children would have to be exiled for thousands of miles, and they don't know where they died......"

Seeing the Li brothers' changing faces, Li Changhe squinted his eyes and said in a deep voice: "What does this have to do with us, we didn't steal your vegetable shed!" ”

Xie Xuan smiled and said: "Yes, you don't have a vegetable shed, but the vegetables in the vegetable shed were not stolen by Wu Qingxi, who knows who stole them?" ”

Seeing that the Li brothers were all looking at her with puzzled and dissatisfied expressions, Xie Xuan's heart moved: I'm afraid that Li Yongcai stole vegetables and his three sons really didn't discuss it, Li Yongcai said that he came to Zhuangzi to see the three brothers, but he saw the Xie family's vegetable shed on the way, and I am afraid that he wanted to steal technology temporarily. Later, he was bumped into by Lai Liuzi in the vegetable shed, and was threatened by him for a few words, coupled with greed and jealousy, so he did stealing vegetables for a living.

Thinking of this, Xie Xuan didn't say much, only smiled and said: "Let's make it clear, I think my surname is Xie, and I have nothing to do with your Li family!" If you are not angry in your hearts, just go and sue you. There are a lot of people in the county government who see money, if my family doesn't have money to open the way, where can I invite Soap Li to help deal with Wu Qingxi? If you really want to go to the government, it's not certain who will win and who will lose! When the time comes, whoever is beaten with a board, swept his hands and feet, brought a flail, and goes to prison, when the matter comes, don't blame us for ignoring the affection of our relatives......"

The words were ruthless, and the three Li brothers who said it had black faces, and they didn't dare to refute it, and even the second Li Lao, who had always been a scoundrel, was afraid of Xie Xuan's words for a while, and didn't dare to be reckless with the little girl in front of him.

Xie Xuan glanced at the three of them coldly, turned around and left through the small door on the earthen wall.

warned the three Li brothers, if you want to say how happy Xie Xuan is, that's not it, but it's true that there is a sigh in his heart.

She has been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, and she is full of insecurity every day, for fear of being abandoned.

What is she trying to please others, create wealth, and reflect her own value?

Isn't it just that any cat or dog can threaten her existence!

Although her current means of threatening others are not above board, it is understandable that the Li family bullies a little girl who is powerless, and she fights evil with evil.

It was only one step now, thinking of Li Yongcai and Li Zhang, the actual heads of the Li family, she sneered and walked slowly outside.

When he went out, he saw Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian coming over, Xie Qingshan saw her walking out of the passage where the Li family and Li brothers were working, and hurriedly asked, "Xuanxuan, what are you doing with them?" Did they bully you again? ”

Xie Xuan couldn't help but smile toothily: "I'm afraid that they will want to bully me again in the future, and they will have to think about the consequences again!" ”