Li was stumbling after being fanned, and he was stunned for a moment and didn't react, but Xu Wenlong's second slap continued to be fanned, and he scolded in his mouth, "Stinky mother-in-law, if you don't beat you for three days, you still want to go to the house to uncover the tiles, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up today." ”

Li was slapped twice, his face was hot and painful, and he even slapped his head groggily, so inexplicably slapped twice, of course Li was unwilling, and shouted loudly, "Xu Laoer, why are you beating me?" Ouch, I can't live this day, I'll just die. ”

Li simply sat on the ground with his butt and slapped his thighs and sprinkled them.

And Xu Wenyu, who had never spoken, suddenly said in a cold voice, "If you want to die, hurry up, no one will stop you." Or do you want me to help you? ”

Li Shi was frightened by Xu Wenyu's gloomy voice, and his crying voice instantly quieted down, raised his head and looked at Xu Wenyu in horror, seeing the cruelty in Xu Wenyu's eyes, he hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't want to die, I don't want to die." ”

Xu Wenyu snorted coldly and said to Mrs. Xu, "Isn't there a house rule at home?" Mother, what should their mother and son do? ”

Mrs. Xu replied, "Since this matter was done by the Li family, I will punish her for not being allowed to eat for three days, and go to the ancestors to kneel in front of her ancestors to admit her mistakes." ”

Mrs. Xu still protected her grandson in the end, and when she saw that Li opened her mouth first, she directly removed Xu Erlang and directly pushed the fault on Li.

Xu Erlang hid behind everyone, where did he dare to speak, and Li was frightened by Xu Wenyu's cruel eyes, and he didn't dare to speak again.

But Xu Wenyu was not too satisfied with the old lady's handling, and then spoke, "Erlang, you have been thinking about it with your mother in the ancestral hall these days, and you are not allowed to come out without my permission, okay, it's all gone." ”

Mrs. Xu thought that it would not be a big punishment not to let her go out, and it would be good to close it at home, so as not to come out again and spoil the fourth child, so she didn't say anything more, and waved her hand with Xu Wenyu, and said, "It's all gone, old man, you clean up these loaches." ”

Ma nodded, and Cheng Xi, who had been standing aside to watch the excitement, said in time, "Don't throw it away, uncle, my brother likes to play with loaches the most, and I'll bring it back to him tomorrow." ”

Ma nodded in response, "Okay, I'll raise it for you." ”

After that, everyone dispersed, and the Li family was dragged back by Xu Wenlong, afraid that he would be cleaned up if he went back, but the Li family was frightened by Xu Wenyu, but he did not resist, and obediently dragged away by his own man.

Cheng Xi and Xu Sanlang also walked to the side room where they lived, this Xu Wenyu stopped the two of them with a package, the gloom on his face had already been put away, and he hung up his hypocritical smile and said, "I originally planned to come over to deliver something to you, here is a change of clothes, all of them are new, and there are a few books, the conditions at home are not very good, there are no good snacks, just some dried sweet potatoes, you can take it first." ”

Cheng Xi unceremoniously took the package in Xu Wenyu's hand, and replied very reluctantly, "Okay, just take it." ”

Xu Wenyu looked at Cheng Xi's reluctant tone, and couldn't wait to step forward and give her two slaps, but he still responded with a fake smile on his face, "Okay, let's go back first, you go back and rest early, and say what you lack." ”

In the latter sentence, Xu Wenyu really has no confidence in what he said, for fear that Cheng Xi will make some strange and excessive requests.

Cheng Xi responded with a smile, "Okay, since it's my own home, I won't be polite, Aunt Fang, let's go back to my parents' house tomorrow to have a look, do you want to take Niuniu with us." ”

At dinner in the evening, Cheng Xi also saw Xu Wenyu and Cheng Fang's daughter, which was quite cute, and Cheng Xi also felt that this Aunt Fang was actually quite good, and she had no bad intentions for her sake, so she said so, of course, she also had her own little abacus in her heart.

Cheng Fang didn't respond to Cheng Xi in time, but looked up at Xu Wenyu, and Xu Wenyu answered for Cheng Fang, "Okay, your aunt should go to visit the second noble brother, and she will take Niuniu with you tomorrow." ”

Cheng Xi looked at Cheng Fang and said, "Then we'll have breakfast tomorrow." ”

Cheng Fang saw that Xu Wenyu had agreed, so he nodded.

Seeing that Aunt Fang is so obedient to Xu Wenyu, Cheng Xi still thinks that she is too selfless, but thinking that this is a feudal society where men are superior to women, she can't be blamed.

On the side room, Ma is fully prepared, boiling water is boiling on the stove, there is a washbasin and face towel on the washstand in the room, there is a bucket of cold water next to it, there is a teapot and teacup on the table, and a charcoal brazier is placed next to it.

As soon as Cheng Xi entered the door, he moved the bench and sat on the side of the charcoal brazier, turning over the little red hands that had just been frozen outside, and Xu Sanlang consciously went to boil water in the teapot.

Knowing that Cheng Xi loved to be clean, Xu Sanlang scalded the teapot and cups with boiling water before pouring boiling water in.

When Xu Lan came over, she watched Xu Sanlang busy in and out of the house, while Cheng Xi sat quietly by the charcoal brazier to roast the fire.

Looking at this scene, Xu Lan was a little surprised, these are all things that a woman should do, but his third brother seems to be very handy, and he knows how to do it often at a glance.

Cheng Xi looked at Xu Lan coming over, beckoned her to come over and sit down by the brazier, and asked, "Why did you come here at this time?" ”

Xu Lan lowered her voice and said, "My mother asked me to ask, can I take her to see my brother when the time comes." ”

Cheng Xi said, "I can't help this, you can say that you let your mother send you to the county seat, as for whether the Xu family lets your mother go, it's not up to me to decide." ”

Xu Lan nodded, "I know, and my father said let, let me follow you to read and write these days." ”

Cheng Xi didn't know what Xu Lan's father had in mind, and he didn't want Xu Lan to have a good relationship with her, lest he regret not sending his daughter to climb high branches.

In fact, Xu Wenqiang also has this meaning in doing this, but it also really means letting Xu Lan learn literacy with her, after all, he looks at Cheng Xi, a little girl who is so powerful, and he is also very envious, so he hopes that his daughter will learn more from Cheng Xi, and maybe she will be able to climb to the top of the high branch smoothly when the time comes.

This is a concubine, to put it bluntly, he is a high-level slave who warms the bed for his master, and his father can't get much light, if he can succeed in becoming a wife, then he is his father-in-law, but it's different.

Xu Lan probably understood what her father meant by doing this, and lowered her head a little embarrassed.

Cheng Xi was curious about whether Xu Lan was literate, and asked, "Have you learned it before?" ”

Xu Lan responded, "My eldest brother taught me some things before, but then I forgot a little, my grandmother didn't let me learn, and said that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented." ”

Cheng Xi rolled her eyes at the sky, just the virtue of the old lady, a lot of inexplicable fallacies, a good boy can teach her badly, it is really the best of the best, but it is rare to be able to teach a talent, but this character can't be said.

Cheng Xi looked at Xu Lan, "You think so too?" ”

Xu Lan glanced at Cheng Xi apprehensively and whispered, "I don't know." ”

Next year will be younger than herself, but when Xu Lan faced Cheng Xi, she felt a little pestle, a little overwhelmed, and afraid that she would say the wrong thing.

Cheng Xi also saw Xu Lan's discomfort, and asked with a smile, "I'm terrible?" ”

Xu Lan hurriedly shook her head and denied, "No, no." ”

Cheng Xi said funny, "Then to be honest, do you think so too?" ”

Xu Lan whispered, "I think it's good to be literate, and I can read books by myself, but they all say so, and my mother says so too." ”

Cheng Xi said, "What you think is right, for example, now I will write you a note to pass on a message about when I will go to see your eldest brother, but unfortunately you don't know how to read, so you have to go to your literate fourth uncle, and then the Xu family will know the news, what will be the consequences?" ”

Xu Lan stayed by Ma's side, in fact, she was raised well, not as stupid as the Li family, but she was still influenced by some of the Xu family, and some bad behaviors were certain, after this incident, she understood a lot of truths, and no longer listened to the Xu family for everything, and began to have her own ideas.

Now that Cheng Xi made such an analogy, Xu Lan instantly understood that what kind of woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and virtue may be there, but I am afraid that this day will not be able to pass, so she said firmly, "I will follow you to learn literacy in the future." ”

Cheng Xi was also very relieved to see that Xu Lan understood, but it was not hopeless, and responded, "I am usually very busy, but I don't have so much time to teach you, and I myself am also a half-ass, at most I occasionally guide you, you still have to rely on yourself." ”

Xu Lan was also content, she was not dissatisfied with Cheng Xide's words, she nodded obediently, seeing that Xu Sanlang was already standing by Cheng Xide's side, it was not good to continue to stay here, so she got up and said goodbye and left.

When Xu Lan left, Cheng Xi said to Xu Sanlang on the side, "Your eldest aunt is a smart person, even if the Xu family has such an environment, not only the son teaches well, but the daughter is also okay, not like the Li family, who taught his son so stupidly." ”

Xu Saburo said, "I don't have much contact with her, and I don't know too much, but she won't stop my eldest brother from interacting with me." ”

Cheng Xi said, "So this is her cleverness, she doesn't participate in evil things, she doesn't object, she doesn't offend on both sides, and she leaves a little room for everything." ”

If it weren't for Xu Dalang's kindness to Xu Sanlang, and it just so happened that Xu Lan was Xu Dalang's own sister, Cheng Xi would never have agreed to help Xu Lan, and if the Wu family had stopped his son from helping Xu Sanlang, or like the Li family, he would have stood in the same line with Mrs. Xu and bullied Xu Sanlang with his son, presumably Xu Lan would have to wait for the life of being a pawn of the Xu family.