Chapter Twenty-Seven: Brother Liu offended his neighbors by his relatives
After the Qingming Festival, the crooked-necked willow trees scattered around Shifang Village seem to be dressed in green overnight, and the farmers who live at home also begin to go to the fields to prepare for the year's livelihood.
Lin Saiyu slid down from the tallest willow tree at the head of the village, threw down a handful of long willow branches in his hand, the golden egg and a few little dolls of the same age cheered and jumped forward to fight, the golden egg grabbed three by himself, and kept shouting that it was my sister who gave it to me, it was mine, but no one paid attention to him, everyone was in a mess, and sat down on the spot and began to twist the flute, and soon a crisp and sharp willow flute sound sounded.
Lin Saiyu looked at the sleeve that had been torn out, and hurriedly rolled it up, and the provincial was scolded by Lu Shi again, and was thinking about it, and heard a woman shouting loudly, and walked out of Liu Xiaohu's house not far away.
"It's so bad that it's not interesting, and I think I'm a family! If it weren't for the eyes of other people's sisters, who would want you outsiders with no money and no land! Picking up the nose and eyes, the toad in the mud pit, and still counting on marrying a fairy! β
The woman saved a flower, wore a bright dress that was not in season, and walked over with a line of scolding and whirring, it was the flower aunt who said the matchmaker, Lin Saiyu saw her coming over and turned her head away, not going to speak, but the flower aunt saw it, crossed her waist and said, "Sister Cao, let me tell you, in the future, you will have less dealings with the people of the Liu family, you will not have a bad reputation, and wait for the aunt to tell you a good family tomorrow." β
Lin Saiyu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't bother with the aunt." Aunt Hua didn't listen to her, she left in a hurry, and turned around and scolded twice from time to time.
Lin Saiyu watched Aunt Hua go away angrily, and couldn't help but be a little worried, this Aunt Hua has diligent legs and feet, can speak well, and there are countless people in the neighborhood, especially that mouth, reversing black and white, can be an adult or defeat people, Liu Xiaohu's family is an outsider with no relatives and friends, offended her, and wanted to be isolated, thinking so in his heart, his feet involuntarily walked towards Liu Xiaohu's house, since he was taken the opportunity by the women to watch, he has not looked for Lindsay Yu for a while, even if he rarely goes to the field, he does not go out of the house all day.
Liu's house as a fence of the courtyard wall, after a winter became a little scattered, under the fence a new ditch of soil, emerging a little green vegetable seedlings, Lin Saiyu curiously squatted down to see, it turned out to be spinach, the heart said This child is really careful, there are still seeds, is in a daze to listen to the footsteps, hurriedly stood up, saw that it was Liu Niangzi with neatly combed hair, holding a sewing basket in her hand and looking at her with a smile, "Sister's sleeve is broken again, I will sew you two stitches." β
Lin Saiyu saw that his sleeves were hanging down, and the two rags were fanning with the breeze, and he hid his hand back a little shyly, while saying that he didn't need to thank the lady.
Mrs. Liu had already grabbed her arm, pressed the stone she was sitting on, and neatly began to fly the needle and line, not forgetting to instruct: "Don't speak, carefully pierce you." β
Lin Saiyu looked at the sewn sleeves, thanked him again, and pointed behind him in a curtive voice, "I'll take my brother to play, I'll leave now." β
Liu Niangzi looked at her hand and saw that a group of children were surrounding the big tree, Cao Jindan's two small legs were like pillars, and he was not slower than those big children, who said that the children of the poor could not grow strong? He nodded and said, "I heard Erlang say that the lotus root is about to grow?" My sister is really a clever child. β
Lin Saiyu was even more embarrassed to be praised by her, so she turned her head to leave, Liu Xiaohu opened the window, poked his head out and hurriedly shouted: "I just saw it yesterday, don't be in a hurry to pick it, you have to do it in May." β
He was holding a book in his hand, obviously working hard, he hadn't seen him for a few days, his face seemed to be much more beautiful, Lin Saiyu couldn't help but be stunned, remembering what Cao Sanlang said that day, "Let's go and talk about our family's big one" His face turned red, and he threw down a sentence and turned around and ran, and he didn't hear what Liu Xiaohu shouted later.
found the golden egg running all over the field, and dragged it to the ground despite his objections, and saw Cao Saburo squatting on the ground boundary as before, watching the river slowly flow into the shed.
"When the season comes, you can't plant anything, but it's a waste of land." Cao Saburo saw that the villagers were busy in their own fields, and couldn't help but be a little worried, and glanced at the layers of lotus leaves, worried that a few lotus roots could be planted, even if they were planted, at least two baskets would be returned to that Li Rong, and what else was left?
Lin Saiyu had already gone down to the ground to check the condition of the lotus root, and said: "After another month, Xiaoman can be harvested, and after the harvest is finished and sold for some money, I will buy rice, and the rice can be harvested in October, and after the rice is harvested, we can plant another crop of vegetables, which will not only be eaten by us, but also sold for money." β
Cao Saburo snorted when he heard this, and muttered, "Rice? When did we grow rice here? β
Lin Saiyu smiled and ignored him, the lotus root given by Li Rong is all good, as the saying goes, Miao is good and half of it, she won the bet on this game, with her fingers counting the days, while sighing that Liu Xiaohu is a manufacturable material, it is really a waste not to farm to study, if you can follow yourself to train and train well, it is absolutely no problem to be a landlord, and suddenly thought that her goal is to be a landlord's wife, isn't it just a good match? This thought frightened her face so hot that she wanted to plunge into the pond.
Spring has arrived, could it be that this old monster is also thinking of spring? The idea of hitting a child?
The night after the rain was not so cold, after dinner, the family sat in the yard, except for the golden eggs squatting in the corner of the wall digging insects and the third sister Cao who was supported by the broken mat, the other three were busy rubbing the thread, rubbing their sore necks, Lindsay Yu looked up at the clear sky, like her modern hometown, there was a starry sky that was not polluted by modern industry, and for a moment she felt that she had not traveled to distant antiquity, but returned to her childhood.
"You can look at the dots and sprinkle some beans on those idle plotsγγγγγγγ A few words from the Lu family drilled into Lin Saiyu's ears and pulled back her fugue thoughts, the Cao family has a piece of dry land at the entrance of the village, which was originally used for the field, Cao Sanlang is used to carpenter work, and it is not good to farm, and it has been barren, since Liu Xiaohu's family came, the Lu family saw the pity of their orphans and widows, so they let them plant, although they couldn't keep the family's rations, it was also a plus, if there was no this, the Liu family would have to be hungry for a few more months.
Lindsay Yu was just about to speak, Cao Saburo had already bitten a knotted rope with his teeth, nodded in response, and said sullenly: "... What does Mrs. Liu think? Even if she let her brother recruit and guard a village, she can still treat him badly?γγγγγγγ Offending people in vainγγγγγγ β
Lin Saiyu opened her mouth wide, and a trace of disdain flashed on Lu's face, "I can see that that woman just looks down on us people, I think she was once rich, but now although she is in trouble, she must be thinking in her heartγγγγγ Seeing Lin Saiyu's stunned appearance, he immediately kicked over, raised his eyebrows and said, "And you!" Stay away from others, and if you sell lotus roots in the future, you are not allowed to give them half a penny! If I hear half a gossip, I'll beat you to death! β
For the elusive attack of the Lu family, Lin Saiyu had already exercised it, although she was still stunned, she still dodged it flexibly, and said: "If there is no one, how can I grow it?" How did my mother say this? β
Don't say this, Lu Shi's face darkened a little when he heard this, and he spat: "It's better if you don't plant it!" You've been the master of eating and drinking spicy food! Speaking of which, I'm going to ask that Mrs. Liu what kind of heart she has! Cut off our family's future! β
Lin Saiyu didn't dare to say any more, and hurriedly hid to the side to see what the golden egg caught, Lu muttered a few words of scolding, since then, Lin Saiyu has been firmly watched for more than half a month, if it weren't for the excuse that the lotus root should be collected, Lu Shi still didn't let her out, just afraid that the villagers would misunderstand and not respond to the call of the land protection, and isolate the Liu family of the white-eyed wolf.
Lin Saiyu knew from the words of the Lu family and Cao Sanlang, it turned out that since it was rumored that Liu Xiaohu had good farming skills, many families in the village who had suitable daughters implicitly went to Liu's house to say goodbye, Liu Niangzi pretended to be deaf and dumb, although the villagers were a little unhappy, but they didn't say anything, until that day, Aunt Hua went to protect the eldest sister of the family, that is, the Lanxiang girl went to the Liu family to say goodbye, and after being categorically rejected by Liu Niangzi, she annoyed Cao Dashan.
Cao Dashan is a native of Shifang Village, originally a very ordinary farmer, and he is not a person who can speak and gag, he was unlucky, and met a relative who did not know that he had a family in his life, this relative was a small official next to the county lord, and he was raised to do land protection, for Shifang Village, which is inaccessible to the poor countryside, to be a land protector is a person from the imperial court! But the big guys!
The only deficiency of the big man is that he has no son, and the two of them have a daughter in their thirties, and they are counting on recruiting for the elderly in the future, Cao Dashan is also a person who has seen the world, no one in Shifang Village has not yet entered his eyes, Liu Xiaohu was originally even less eye-catching, no matter how rich the Liu family used to be, but now he is a down-and-out person who has no half of the field, for people who are begging for a living in the countryside, land is all their net worth, no matter how good you look, without land, you will never be able to ask for a mother-in-law.
Lanxiang, the child, because of Cao Dashan, has a different vision from other girls in the village, of course, he didn't pay attention to Liu Xiaohu, although he returned home to visit during the New Year's holidays, but with the increase in topics about Liu Xiaohu, this girl was also curious, so she came to Cao Hua's house on an excuse to see this thin boy who shrank in her house in the past, this look made Lanxiang feel a little surprised, Liu Xiaohu, who was exposed to the free sun, naturally showed a different temperament from the local protection family, The temperament that is different from that of the native-born villagers, in the words of Lindsay Yu, is the unconscious girlishness that scholars are accustomed to, but for a cardamom girl like Lan Xiang, it is like a wisp of fresh wind blowing open the girl's heart.
Cao Dashan originally disagreed, the Liu family has no net worth, what's the use of having a better face? But when he saw the lotus root in Cao Sanlang's field, as a person who had seen the world, he immediately realized that knowledge is power, as long as his son-in-law has craftsmanship, for Cao Dashan, who has five acres of land, the identity of an outsider is not an obstacle.
Aunt Hua said that the rejection of her relatives was definitely a blow to Cao Dashan, because he couldn't think of any reason for the Liu family to refuse, for the Liu family, is there any better condition in Shifang Village than him? Aunt Hua said, people clearly don't look down on us villagers! Poor and stupid villagers!
This is not only an insult to him Cao Dashan, but also an insult to the people of the entire Shifang Village! Just as Lin Saiyu feared, the Liu family was completely isolated.
Lin Saiyu frowned and walked quickly to the head of the village, and saw that the dilapidated house of the Liu family was even more lonely in the afterglow of the slanting sun, and the fence that was not strong was scattered, showing that there was no popularity here.
Gone? Did the ostracized have to leave?
Lindsay Yu chuckled in her heart, as if something had been pulled out of her body, and she slowly sat down against the fence wall.
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