On the twentieth day of the lunar month, when the morning starts, the sky is covered with snow particles, and when the time comes, large snowflakes begin to hula

Overwhelming. After a while, on both sides of the dry canal, the long street and embankment of bluestone slabs were paved with a thin layer of white.

The shops on the side of the street had closed early, except for the butcher shop around the corner, with a few knives of meat and a few barrel bones.

This is the only butcher shop in the entire town of Liuwa.

A woman with a greasy apron and a round waist stood in the butcher's shop, leaning back against a black column, and throwing fragrant pumpkin seeds into her mouth with her fat, oily hands.

"Zheng Tu Niangzi, so leisurely, this big year, don't wash and scrub?" At this time, a woman came out of the door of the butcher shop, holding a wooden basin in her hand, and with a bang, a basin of black whirring water was poured into the snow, and the thin snow was suddenly dyed black, and then all turned into water.

The woman spoke to the fat woman who was knocking on the melon seeds, and stretched out her hand to hammer the back waist, this is about to be the New Year, there is a lot of work at home, and the old waist will suffer.

"It's Mother Yuan, it's not that I don't wash it, it's yesterday, the sister of the Li family at the end of the town came to me on credit for this case, saying that her little brother is sick, and the gluttony is tight, Mother Yuan, you also know, Li Xianggong left last month, leaving six children, and owes a lot of money for treatment, Sister Yue is the eldest daughter, several younger siblings are asking her for food, and give her meat on credit, which is a meat bun beating a dog - there is no return, but my mother-in-law called a few big monks of Lingshui Temple to say that what is it......"

Speaking of this, Zheng Tu Niangzi patted her head with a pensive face, and after a while, she remembered, stretched out her fat fingers and said: "Oh, it was the Buddha who cut the meat and served the eagle or something, saying that he had ready-made meat at home, and others were in trouble, so he should stretch out his hand." My Zheng Tu is a filial son again, how can he not listen to his mother's words, so he will send a mention of meat to Sister Nayue'er......" When she said this, she paused again, with a painful look on her face.

Mother Yuan on the other side interjected: "The words of the Buddha are to be heard, and Aunt Zheng is the heart of the Bodhisattva." ”

Mrs. Zheng Tu twitched the corners of her mouth, she didn't agree with Mother Yuan's words, why should she listen to the words of the Buddha? Did the Buddha give it to people? Drunk? Or are you wearing it? Nothing.

Of course, Zheng Tu Niangzi will not say this, but at this time, she followed Yuan's mother's words, and said in a changed tone: "My mother-in-law is kind, but Sister Yue is ambitious, saying that it is not in vain to ask for other people's things, so she told me okay, let me hand over the New Year's utensils to her to wash, which is considered to be a credit for work, this is to help me solve the problem, my dead ghost man and a few boys are messing around, I serve them and they can't wait, my mother-in-law eats fast and recites Buddha every day, and the mundane things are not touched at all, this big family, There are so many things that can make people feel upset, no, Sister Yue has taken over, and I'm just like my mother-in-law often says - stealing half a day. ”

Zheng Tu Niangzi learned what the old lady at home said, and Lala said a lot of miscellaneous things. Waving her chubby hand, she frothed at the mouth and pretended to have a bitter face, for fear that others would tell her that she was lazy, and it was as difficult as saying that she was going to cut off her head.

"That's right, who in this town doesn't know that you're the number one inside and out." Na Yuan's mother should be harmonious, this street, on the best life of Zheng Tu's family, everyone is more flattering on weekdays, just hope that when buying meat, it can be cheaper for two.

But when it came to Sister Li Yue, Na Yuan's mother gossiped again: "Alas, when it comes to the Li family, I don't know what kind of way I have done in the past two years, Li Niangzi is gone in the first two years, how long has it been, Li Xianggong has died of illness again, and I don't know how to leave these children in the future?" What a good person this Li Xianggong is, why is it that a good person has no good life. ”

Yuan's mother sighed, and did not forget to send a good person card to the late Li Xianggong.

"Not really." The lady Zheng Tu nodded thoughtfully, and then stretched her neck and looked around, in the snowy weather, although pedestrians came and went, they all passed by in a hurry, and no one cared about the women who were chatting about gossip.

Zheng Tu Niangzi lowered her voice at this time: "This is without a father, don't those children become meat on the human board, a few days ago, I heard my man say, Li Xianggong's younger brother Li Er's mother-in-law invited the village elder to eat, four bowls and eight plates, a good and sumptuous table, in order to Li Xianggong died, there are no elders in the Li family, and they should be the second uncle and second aunt to make decisions for a few children." Zheng Tu Niangzi said, raising her eyebrows at Mother Yuan.

"This should also be, the second uncle and second aunt should take care of the little ones of the Li family." Mother Yuan said as a matter of course.

"Alas, it would be nice if I were really so kind, I think Li Er's mother-in-law is eighty percent thinking about merging Li Da's real estate, and as soon as the Li family's east house and west house are merged, it will become a big house, as for the small one, hehe......" Then Zheng Tu Niangzi's next words are not explained, but the meaning is profound.

"Isn't there still Sister Li Yue in the Li family, Sister Li Yue is a big girl, as the eldest sister, she can also hold up the door, besides, isn't the second elder of the Li family still there? Can you really watch this pair of heartless eyes calculate like this? Mother Yuan pouted.

"The old man of the Li family, you don't know, when he fled and came over, he joined the old woman Li, who didn't speak loudly at home, didn't make a noise, and didn't make a sound, he was like this, what can he do for those little ones? And Mrs. Li, who doesn't know in our town, eccentric eyes are biased to the edge of the sky, and I don't like Li Da when I was a child, and later, Mrs. Li entered the door, and she was angry, not to mention how much, that Li Da felt sorry for her mother, and finally asked to go out of the family, and broke her face with the Li family's mother-in-law, the Li family's wife and son to Li Da's son, like an enemy, how could the Li family's mother-in-law take care of Li Da's children, she couldn't wait to pull all the Li family's property to Li Er's family. Zheng Tu Niangzi said again.

"It's really a shame, this palm is meat, and the back of the hand is not meat?" Mother Yuan shook her head and said straight. The eccentric eyes of the old woman of the Li family are famous in the entire Liuwa Town.

"As for Sister Li Yue'er......" At this time, Zheng Tu Niangzi licked her lips again and continued: "No, she is about to get married, where can she take care of a few younger brothers and sisters." ”

"Marry? Isn't she still in the midst of filial piety? Which family to marry? Why haven't I heard of it? Zheng Tu's words surprised Yuan's mother.

"The eldest young master of the Zhou family in Zhendong. It is precisely because of the hot filial piety that you have to get married while the hot filial piety is hot, otherwise, you have to wait for another three years. Zheng Tu Niangzi said with a smug face, showing her ability.

"The Zhou family? The town's Zhou Tiger? No way! Mother Yuan shook her head. This is not the right family, the Zhou family will never take a fancy to the Li family, although Yuan's mother has no knowledge, but this is still certain.

Liuwa has two tigers, Eastern Zhou and Western Zheng.

The Eastern Zhou Dynasty refers to the Zhou family in the east of the town, it is said that someone is an official in the capital, as for a few products, no one in the town can make trouble, only remember one time, when the Zhou Lord went home, the prefect of the province came to greet him in person, and the county parents in the county were standing at the bottom, in short, everyone in the town knew that the official of the Zhou Lord was so big that the sky was ......

And Xi Zheng refers to the Zheng family in the west of the town, that is, the Zheng family who is gossiping about Zheng Tu Niangzi at the moment, the Zheng family does not have many officials, and there is no good land like the Zhou family, however, the Zheng family is famous in the countryside, the old man Zheng was the first executioner in Fucheng back then, and now the children and grandchildren of the Zheng family, there are executioners, butchers, and horse runners, in short, they are all ruthless and murderous, so although the Zheng family is not as powerful and rich as the Zhou family, it is still the same as the Zhou family as the two tigers of Liuwa, In short, they are all ordinary people who dare not offend even if they don't stammer.

"How is it impossible, I am inside information, yesterday the flower matchmaker came to my house to eat wine, and she was drunk and said, why do you want to marry Sister Li Yue of the Zhou family?" Zheng Tu Niangzi chattered.

"Why?" Mother Yuan hurriedly asked curiously.

"I heard that Old Man Zhou is dying, and the Zhou family is playing with Chongxi's idea." Zheng Tu Niangzi raised her chin and said.

"Chongxi?" Mother Yuan's jaw dropped in shock: "How can Sister Li Yue go?" ”

Ordinary people, until the point of last resort, who is willing to rush to rejoice? Because once you can't rush away, the bride of Chongxi will have to fall from the sky to the ground, and be put on the name of a hard life, a broom star, and a woman, and there will be no future in this life.

"How can she make her own decisions about marriage." Zheng Tu Niangzi said.

"Yes." Mother Yuan's heart is sad, alas, this Li Xianggong's family is a baby, isn't this worse.

"Hey, Mother Yuan, today's incident can get out of my mouth and into your ears, but don't spread it, this will spread out, it will hurt the Zhou family, and the Zhou family will not tear the skin of our two families." Zheng Tu Niangzi saw the sad appearance of Yuan's mother, she regretted that she shouldn't have said this, although her Zheng family and the Zhou family were listed as two tigers, but the status of the two families was worlds apart, her Zheng family met the Zhou family, just like an egg hitting a stone.

"Save, save." Yuan's mother is also submissive.

Then the two lost their interest in gossiping.

At this moment, a young woman walked out of the corner of Qingshi Street, wearing a green cloth jacket, a white linen filial piety coat, and a hat, and the white linen filial piety shoes on her feet were already soaked, stepping on broken snow, making a creaking sound of stepping on the snow. She carried a large exaggerated bamboo basket in the crook of her hand, which was full of lampstands, pots and bowls, and other utensils, and there was a bamboo basket on her back, which was also piled high, as if the whole person was about to be crushed, but the woman's steps were very brisk, and the smile on her face also carried a kind of confident comfort.

"Sister Yue'er, ......" At this time, Zheng Tu's face was a little embarrassed, I don't know if Sister Li Yue heard the two of them talking at the turn just now, but the two of them looked at Sister Li Yue's natural demeanor, they shouldn't have heard it, right?

This woman is the protagonist Li Yuejie who was chatting between the two before.