Chapter 61: The Power of Gossip

I daydreamed for a while, but neither of them had anything to do, and they couldn't sleep anymore if they continued to sleep, so they still planned to go out for a walk, and by the way, see if the thatched hut was still there.

When he went out, he met Xu Erlang at the door, glared at the two of them fiercely, and entered the door by himself.

Cheng Xi pursed his mouth and whispered, "Your second brother is as stupid as his mother." ”

Xu Saburo did not comment and remained silent.

The two walked through the gate and stood at the door of this Xu house, still feeling a lot of emotion, Xu Sanlang remembered how many times he had been disgusted and humiliated by his relatives at this door and was not allowed to enter the door, and Cheng Xi also remembered that he had confronted the Xu family at this door.

They didn't expect that they would have such a day when they would enter and exit the gate of the Xu family so openly.

The two of them sighed in their hearts and walked out of the door of the Xu family's courtyard, unable to walk in the direction of the thatched house that once was.

I didn't want to go far, but I was blocked by a few people, Cheng Xi looked at the faces of the few people in front of him, even though they were worried and jealous on their faces, they couldn't help but step forward to inquire about the gossip, and they were speechless.

"Isn't this Xu Sanlang and the Cheng family's Xi girl, you just came out of the Xu family's courtyard?"

"Yes, yes, I just saw it, why did the Xu family suddenly let you in?"

"I heard that you two went to the county seat, did you make a lot of money in the county seat?"

"That's for sure, otherwise the people of the Xu family can let the two of them enter the door?"

"Oh, really? What is it doing in the county? Since it's so profitable, I'll also introduce the big guys. ”

"That's not right. Didn't this second daughter-in-law, Li, say that the two of you are missing? ”

"As for the wild sparrow beak of the Li family, do you believe it too? The young couple has been making money in the county. ”

"Really? Since they are all from the township, I will also introduce to you what you do to make a fortune. ”

"Think about it, you, that's Xu Laosi became an official in the county government, and asked someone to find something for the two of them, you think the money is so easy to make."

Cheng Xi and Xu Saburo were speechless, the two of them had been standing and hadn't spoken, these people were standing in front of them, you and I had made up the story about them sentence by sentence, without considering the presence of the parties at all, should we confirm the authenticity of the story with the parties.

Seeing that a few people were arguing and didn't seem to be about to stop, Cheng Xi had to open his mouth to stop it, "Is there something wrong with you blocking our way?" If it's okay, please let us go, we still have something to do. ”

The few people who were arguing came back to their senses from the plot of their respective brains, and they were embarrassed to ask, "Is this really the case?" ”

The corners of Cheng Xi's eyes twitched slightly, "What do you think is what you think." ”

One of the women actually sighed and said, "I'll just say, that's it." ”

Cheng Xi rolled his eyes at Chaotian, and then said, "Can you let it go, we still have something to do." ”

Only then did a few people react, and they still blocked the way of the two, and quickly got out of the way, and one of the women said, "You are busy, you are busy." ”

The two of them finally got out of the encirclement of several people, and left their sight in the eyes of several people who were talking, and turned the corner and went to the backyard wall of Xu's house.

When the two turned the corner of the wall and looked at the original thatched house, they only saw a pile of soil, completely lost the traces of the original thatched house, Xu Sanlang still thought that he might be able to live in it after repairing it, but now he had to dispel the idea, this repair is simply impossible, unless it is built from scratch.

Cheng Xi was afraid that Xu Sanlang would be sad, so he hurriedly said, "It's okay to demolish it, it's not comfortable to live next to the backyard of the Xu family, and if we build a new house in the future, we must stay away from the Xu family's yard." ”

Xu Sanlang heard Cheng Xi's words, and once again remembered the beautiful scene that the two of them had longed for in the afternoon, and the sadness that had just risen in his heart was instantly dispelled, and he nodded and responded, "Okay, find a quiet place to build a new yard." ”

The two of them had nowhere to go, Cheng Xi looked left and right, and said, "Let's go around and go back?" ”

Xu Sanlang didn't want to go back to the Xu family's mansion for the time being, so he nodded and agreed, and the two of them began to wander aimlessly.

But after a while, the two of them regretted it a little, because after walking a few steps, they would meet a few gossip villagers who came up to ask questions, or those people who thought they were making up nonsense with a big brain.

Cheng Xi felt that the two of them were like rare animals in the zoo, and they had become the objects of everyone's onlookers, which felt really bad, and when they saw the first wave of people coming to them with great interest, the two of them glanced at each other, turned around decisively with tacit understanding, and walked quickly in the direction of the Xu family's courtyard.

Sure enough, the power of gossip is powerful, and these people have been following them persistently, and some people even shouted behind them, "Is the Cheng family's Xi girl in front?" ”

Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang didn't hear it, so they hurriedly quickened their pace, and finally stepped into the door of Xu's courtyard before those people caught up.

Xu Wenyu in the courtyard watched Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi enter the door, and greeted him with a smile on his face, "Have you gone out for a walk?" I'm about to ask Miss Lan to come back for dinner with you. ”

Knowing that Cheng Xi didn't want to see Xu Erlang's mother and son, Xu Wenyu was quite smart not to mention him, and then warned and instructed Li's Xu Erlang's mother and son, and asked the two to avoid Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang as much as possible, which made Li's Xu Erlang's heart even more annoyed with the two.

Old Mrs. Xu, who was still gloomy in the house, heard the movement in the courtyard outside, but still tried to squeeze out a smile that was more ugly than crying, and greeted at the door, "Are you back?" The meal was served, so I hurried in to eat. ”

Cheng Xi looked at Mrs. Xu's constipated expression and tried to endure it, and felt comfortable in her heart, and the smile on her face became bright, and she responded with a smile, "This is coming, but what delicious food did you make?" ”

Mrs. Xu secretly scolded in her heart, "I can't eat you", and she still had to squeeze out a smile on her face full of wrinkles that was more ugly than crying, "No, it's not that I saw you coming back, and I specially made a good supplement for you." ”

Cheng Xi still didn't think the old lady was enough to respond, so he continued, "It's still good at home, there is good food, and there are new clothes to wear." ”

The smile on Mrs. Xu's face finally couldn't be hung up, and she was about to have a seizure, when Xu Wenyu interrupted Mrs. Xu in time, "You two have worked hard to make money outside, you should hurry, let's eat in the house first." ”

Mrs. Xu, who was blocked by her son, took a few deep breaths before suppressing the urge to step forward and scratch people, and finally couldn't squeeze out a smile on her face, so she turned around and went to the table with a gloomy face.

Cheng Xi looked at Mrs. Xu who was so angry that she wanted to have a seizure, and her heart was secretly refreshed, and she didn't pay attention to the gloomy expression on Mrs. Xu's face at all, she still smiled brightly, and went to the table with Xu Sanlang.

There are two tables in the hall, a small table, there are women and children sitting on the side of the table, there are a few little girls and little boys, Cheng Xi has not seen it much, he is not very impressed, at this time he stared at the food on the table with wide eyes, and he couldn't wait to drool, and the big table was sitting with the men of the Xu family, but it was not too crowded.

There was no Xu Erlang and Li on the table, which made Cheng Xi a little surprised, but Cheng Xi didn't ask, he wasn't there, so as not to see their faces disgusting and unappetizing, and he couldn't eat.

Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang were beckoned to sit down at the big table, as soon as Mrs. Xu spoke, the small dining table was snatched open, and Mrs. Xu, who was panicked in her heart, heard the movement of the table next door, and finally had a place to vent her anger, and scolded unceremoniously, "A group of rice buckets, haven't you eaten?" Give me a pause. ”

The old lady's roar was quite good, and there was no sound at the dinner table in an instant, followed by the sound of the clashing of dishes and chopsticks and the sound of chewing.

And at the dinner table here, Cheng Xi was not polite at all, good dishes and meat kept putting them in his bowl, and from time to time he moved Xu Sanlang, who had not been using chopsticks, into the bowl, and the action was so fast that the old lady Xu who was in the first place was so painful that she couldn't wait to step forward and grab Cheng Xi's chopsticks.

In order to cooperate with Xu Wenyu to curry favor with Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi, others had to pretend to greet the two warmly.

The children on the small table are very happy, but on the big table, I am afraid that only Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang are happy to eat.

And Xu Erlang and Li's mother and son, who were ordered to eat in the kitchen and were not allowed to come out and serve on the table, couldn't wait to grit their teeth.

After the meal was eaten in everyone's different moods, even if Mrs. Xu was angry to death in her heart, she still cheered up and asked her daughters-in-law, "Old man, have you sent the stove brazier you prepared?" ”

Ma Shi on the edge of the small table hurriedly answered, "It has been sent, the stove has been boiled, and a full pot of water has been placed on it, and now it is almost open when I go back, and the teapot, cups, basin and so on have also been delivered." ”

I have to say that this Ma Shi is still very thoughtful, since he knew that Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi planned to help his daughter leave and was about to go to see his son, he was full of gratitude to the two of them, and he was even more attentive and thoughtful when he prepared for the two.

Old Mrs. Xu gritted her teeth secretly, nodded with satisfaction on the surface, and then said to Xu Sanlang Cheng Xi, "It's not too early, you should go back and rest early." ”

Cheng Xi didn't move for the time being, sat in his original position, and pretended to sigh and said, "It's not my own home, I don't have any clothes to change in." ”

Xu Wenyu said, "Since you are already married to San Lang, the Xu family is your family, why is it not your own family?" Ah Fang, you send them the clothes we are going to prepare for the New Year first, and then we can prepare again. ”

Cheng Fang didn't seem to have any opinion on Xu Wenyu's words, she only nodded obediently, but it was Mrs. Xu, who felt pain when she heard Xu Wenyu's instructions, and she was even more annoyed with Cheng Xi in her heart, but she had to endure it.