The Liu family is very trustworthy, the four hooves were sent over early in the morning, Cheng Wei took one to Wei Xiaodad next door, he hesitated, and left one to take to his uncle.

He didn't tell his uncle about the contract, although everyone in Tonghua Village knew about it.

When he came back more than half a year ago, the entire Tonghua Village was surprised, and even Li Zheng personally came to his house to ask the reason. Because early in the morning of last winter, news came that he and the army died on the front line.

When he left the village, his father and father were still alive, and although his younger brother was not in good health, he was not seriously ill. When he came back, he was told that his family had already been ruined, and he was the only one left.

Although the village chief and Li Zheng also summoned several families who were familiar with his family to come to confront him, everyone said that his father couldn't think about it for a while, and finally ended up in such a situation. There was also a grave on the hill at the west end of the village, and the grave grass had already covered the tombstone when he returned.

"Don't go out for a while, go to Uncle's house with me." After breakfast, Cheng Wei called Gu Xixuan early.

The two of them originally planned to go up the mountain today to see if the wild dates were ripe, Gu Xicheng listened to Cheng Wei's words and nodded, he consciously washed the dishes, and then waited for Cheng Wei to come out.

He carried his small basket around the vegetable field to pick a winter melon, and it was a good dish to stew with the legs of the mountain in the evening.

He had breakfast early, and when he crossed the bridge and walked to his uncle's house, his uncle had just finished breakfast and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks. Seeing the two of them come in, the man who was still holding the bowl was stunned, and then shouted into the back room, "Master." ”

Cheng Wei's uncle dragged his legs out of the house, he was probably doing some carpentry, and he was covered in sawdust. He patted the stool and dragged it to sit down, then raised his eyelids and said, "Why are you here?" ”

His two cousins didn't call anyone when they saw him and the two of them coming in, so they avoided from a distance, and before they dodged, they looked at Gu Xixuan with undisguised eyes.

There were just four of them in the hall at this moment, and the atmosphere was very dull.

Cheng Wei didn't want to enliven the atmosphere, he silently handed the back basket to his uncle, and then pulled Gu Xicheng to sit down on the side.

He looked up at his uncle and said, "I got married a few days ago, his name is Gu Xixuan, and his home is from the north." Because he came to the door and needed to settle down and redivide the fields, and then catch up with the mango seeds, he came here now. ”

Even if there are many barriers, Cheng Fa is his only elder. Whether he appreciates it or not is his uncle's business, but if he doesn't say it, sooner or later he will be scolded by the villagers in the back.

His uncle glanced at Cheng Fa, and seeing that the master had no expression, he put away the things in the back basket, turned around and went to the kitchen to pour two bowls of tea.

Most people in the village love to drink tea, but this thing is exquisite, and most people rarely take it out to entertain guests until the New Year's holidays. Cheng Wei looked at the bowl of tea, picked it up and took a sip, it was the new tea of Qingming this year.

"When is the wine?" Cheng Da coughed twice and asked, not necessarily showing much concern in his hoarse tone.

"We're not going to do it, so we're going to come over and talk to you, and we'll just go to the town to buy a bag of candy and come back when we're not busy in two days." Cheng Wei's tone was also light, and the two of them didn't even have the kind of polite warmth between strangers.

"Take out the yellow calendar." Cheng Da turned his head and said to the person sitting next to him.

Cheng Wei watched his uncle go in, and after a while, he took out an old yellow calendar, only to see his uncle flip through it carefully, and then pinched his hands and counted a few rounds before saying: "There are no good days this month, and your birthday is a big day." ”

Cheng Wei looked at him and didn't answer for a long time.

"On the day of Da'an, I went to the town to cut a piece of red cloth and came back, and hung it on the eaves of the gate. Then kill a chicken, insert three sticks of incense and worship the following ancestors, which can be regarded as a declaration to the parents of heaven and earth. This was said by Cheng Wei's uncle, and he saw that Cheng Wei didn't react, thinking that the young man probably didn't understand the meaning here.

"Gu boy," Cheng Da didn't care if Cheng Weiming didn't understand, he closed the old yellow calendar, then looked at Gu Xicheng and said, "Are you planning to live in Cheng Wei's two houses, or are you planning to build another one?" ”

Before Gu Xixuan could speak, he heard Cheng Wei say: "I live in my father and my father's old house, even if there is a new house, I am reluctant to move." ”

As soon as Cheng Wei's words fell, the whole room fell into a dull state again. Cheng Da got up and threw the old Huang Li aside, and went straight back to his back room.

Leaving his uncle alone in the hall to watch the two of them, he finally sighed, went to the house to pick up ten eggs, put a handful of beans in, and returned the small back basket to Cheng Wei.

"Don't blame him, he's just like that." His uncle sent them both to the door, whispered a word, and turned back.

This meeting was really not happy, Cheng Wei also looked a little dull, he went home and sat in the hall for a while before he woke up.

"Gu Xigao, let's not go up the mountain today, let's go pack half a bag of rice and come out, let's grind some rice."

"Hmm."

Gu Xicheng knew that Cheng Wei was not in a good mood, and to be honest, the two people he had just met had a strange reaction.

According to what Cheng Wei said before, his uncle desperately hoped that he would marry out soon, in order to occupy his two houses for his son to marry.

But just now, those two people had absolutely no ill will towards Cheng Wei, and under their seemingly indifferent expressions and tones, the concern in them could be seen at a glance even by others.

It is precisely because of this that Cheng Wei felt uncomfortable.

The stones in the village are under the banyan tree next to the bridge, and there are two stone mills and a stone mill, both of which have been used for an unknown number of years. Cheng Wei deliberately brought a small reed broom, and then brought a sieve, and only when the items were ready did he let Gu Xixuan carry the rice over.

Most of the people who sell the rice in the first season are kept for sale, because the taste is on the hard side, and it is not so delicious to eat. However, it is also for this reason that every year when the government comes to harvest rice, the price of early rice is always lower.

Life in Tonghua Village is not much better than in other villages, so many people in the village keep the early rice for themselves and then sell the second crop of rice that can be sold at a high price.

When Cheng didn't arrive, there was a person using a mill, but fortunately, there was another mill next to it that was empty.

"Brother Wei'er, are you going to mill rice too?" When the visitor saw him, he stopped to wipe his sweat and called him. But it was none other than the Jiang family man who killed the pig, named Jiang Hao.

"Uncle Jiang." Cheng Wei greeted him, and then said, "Why are you idle today?" ”

Most of the people in the village look for him when they go to the town to buy meat, don't look at this man's face is vicious, he has never seen anyone cheated after selling meat for so many years.

"The official family was resting, and it happened that I heard that there were wild beasts in the village, so I came back to see it for two days. I didn't hear that the official family is here today, so I'll follow and see the excitement in a while. "Jiang Hao is a very talkative person, although Cheng Wei is a generation younger than him and a brother who doesn't have much to talk about, but he can talk all day even if he is alone.

"The official family is coming so soon?" Cheng Wei paused, a little surprised.

"But it's not," Jiang Hao nodded, he glanced at Gu Xixuan and said, "This kid you asked for also looks quite sturdy, I heard that he also hunted a few mountains yesterday." If there is nothing to do, you can go to Liu's house in the afternoon and go up the mountain with the official family to have a look. ”

It's no secret that Gu Xicheng hunted a few mountains, whoever in the village had a quarrel last night, as long as they gathered by the river to wash their clothes the next day, the whole village would know.

What's more, Gu Xicheng carried such a big object down the mountain, and someone always saw it.

"This also makes it." Cheng Wei answered, but there was some inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, and he glanced at Gu Xixuan, who was pushing the mill, worriedly.

Gu Xixuan didn't have any expression, he didn't know how to use this mill yet, and when his strength was too big, there would always be rice that would fly out, and it was very exhausting.