Hearing the guilt and sadness in the second brother's tone, Cheng Xi comforted him, "Second brother, don't say that, we are a family, we should face difficulties together and work together to get through them, and besides, what do I have to be wronged about?" Isn't it a good life, when I leave the Xu family and go to the county seat, it will only get better and better in the future. ”

Speaking of the Xu family, Cheng Xi thought about the six hundred yuan per month, thinking about the hard-earned money, and actually wanted to give it to such a disgusting family of the Xu family, Cheng Xi's mood instantly became unbeautiful, and he didn't even have much strength on his feet, so he simply sat on the roadside stone with his ass, and said in a depressed mood, "Let's take a break and then go." ”

Cheng Chen said worriedly, "Does your foot hurt?" Can you still go? It's so far away, or the second brother will carry you. ”

Cheng Xi hurriedly shook his hand and responded, "No, no, I'll just take a break." ”

Although she is only eleven years old now, she is still a little girl, but her psychological age is nineteen years old, although this person is her brother, but for Cheng Xi now, that is, a relatively familiar man, let him carry himself, no matter what, it feels awkward.

And after tossing in the past few days, the body seems to be a lot more solid, at least although I feel tired when I go up the mountain, I don't want to move as tired as before, and I will be relieved after a rest.

Cheng Chen saw that Cheng Xi's face was as normal after resting for a while, so he didn't mention Cheng Xi again, after all, there was a brother-in-law on the side, and it stood to reason that it would not be his turn to carry it, and he only thought of it after he finished speaking.

When a few people arrived in the town, they went directly to the door of the old man's house, but he didn't expect that the door of the old man's house was very lively at this time, and the old and the young surrounded many people next to the ox cart, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

It wasn't until a few people approached that Old Man Wang saw it, and came over with a smile to greet him, "Here, three people today?" I'm afraid I'm going to squeeze it. ”

Cheng Xi responded with a smile, "Trouble Uncle Wang, just two of them, this is my brother, come to see us off." ”

Old man Wang looked Cheng Chen up and down, nodded with a smile, and said hello, Cheng Chen also responded politely, saying hello to people.

Cheng Xi looked at the people surrounding the ox cart and asked curiously, "Uncle Wang, so many people are going to the county seat today?" You can't sit down, can you? ”

Old man Wang replied, "No, no, the three of them are going to the county seat, and the others are their family members, come to see them off, and then you will be wronged and squeezed together." ”

Cheng Chen on the side then asked, "Is this going far away?" ”

Old man Wang responded, "Go to Fucheng to work, is the little brother interested in going over?" It's far away, but the salary is high, almost a tael of silver a month. ”

Cheng Chen was very moved when he heard it, but he was a little worried about whether it was true or not, so he asked, "Will there be such a good thing?" ”

Old man Wang was old, how could he not see the mind of Cheng Chen, a half-old man, and responded with a smile, "Think I, the old man, are deceiving people?" Who in this town doesn't know my old man Wang, just go and inquire and know, but I won't do this deceitful lack of morality, I am helping my son-in-law find someone, he is a foreman contractor at Fucheng Wharf, and his subordinates are short of people, and he wants to find some of his own people to go over, so he dragged me to help him find someone. ”

Cheng Chen thought about the current situation at home, and then thought about having a tael of silver, so he was a little moved, and asked, "But I'm leaving today." ”

Old man Wang saw that Cheng Chen had this meaning, and hurriedly answered, "Don't worry, it's early, these people also have the heart to go, and they don't feel at ease, so let me take them to my son-in-law in the county seat to see first, do you want to go together?" ”

Cheng Chen really wanted to go, but thinking that Fucheng was a little far away, and his father was still lying in bed, he was a little uneasy, even if he wanted to go, he had to discuss it with his family first.

Cheng Xi had been listening, looking at Cheng Chen's tangled expression, he asked, "Do you want to go?" ”

In fact, Cheng Xi still agreed with him in his heart to go out to have a look, he had been living by planting that little bit of land before, and he had paid it back, but the current situation at home, his father's leg injury needed to take medicine, and his body also needed to be well recuperated, which was indispensable for silver, and it was not a way to stay at home every day and be in a hurry, so it was better to go out and have a look.

Cheng Chen nodded and responded, "I want to go and see, but my family is like this, and the city is a little far away, so I still have to discuss it with my family." ”

Cheng Xi said, "That's it, when you go back, you will discuss it with your family, I will go with Xu Sanlang and Uncle Wang for a while, if you can, I will send you a message back, and you will come back to Uncle Wang when the time comes." ”

Old man Wang agreed, "It's good, you go and help your brother see how it is, and tell me when the time comes, if it's all right, I'll pick up someone personally." ”

Several people waited for Cheng Chen's reply, and Cheng Chen nodded and responded, "Okay, Xi'er, brother-in-law, I'll trouble you." ”

When Old Man Wang heard Cheng Chen's agreement, he was satisfied, and understood that they had something to say, so he smiled and said, "You speak first, I'll go over and take a look, and I'll set off to call you later." ”

Cheng Xi talked to Cheng Chen for a while, and when he saw that the people on the other side of the ox cart had already gotten into the car, he said goodbye to Cheng Chen, and the two went over to get into the ox cart and set off together.

When chatting with Old Man Wang on the road, Cheng Xi inquired from the side and found that Uncle Wang actually didn't know very well what his son-in-law was doing in Fucheng, he only knew that he was a contractor at the Fucheng Wharf, and he dared to pack tickets like this, also out of trust in his son-in-law.

Thinking that he still had to inquire clearly for his brother, Cheng Xi discussed with Xu Sanlang, and when he arrived in the county seat, he didn't rush to the restaurant first, and went directly to meet his son-in-law with Uncle Wang, and then went to the restaurant.

The weather was gloomy and seemed to have a tendency to rain, because there was no scorching sun, and it was much cooler, and even the ox carts were a little faster than the last time, and arrived at the county seat a little earlier than the last time.

The ox cart arrived at the gate of a small courtyard, the gate was still closed, and the old man Wang shouted outside, "The door is open." ”

After a while, the door of the courtyard opened, and a middle-aged man came out of it, and when he saw the old man Wang, he greeted him very warmly, "Old man, you are here, and the master and the lady are still chatting in the morning." As he spoke, he removed the threshold, and then helped drive the ox cart into the courtyard.

Cheng Xi got out of the ox cart and followed into the yard, his eyes were looking everywhere, the yard was elegantly arranged, not at all like the small farm yard he saw here, he guessed that the family should have some family background, and at the same time, he saw a woman in pink clothes leading a middle-aged woman out of the house and coming over here.

Cheng Xi observed the two people who came this way, the woman's dress in front of her was the most beautiful Cheng Xi had seen during this time, the light-colored dress was covered with a layer of light pink gauze, which was suitable for matching, with the woman's fair and bright face, it was beautiful in a flash, with a woman's hair bun on her head, with a simple light-colored beaded flower on it, although it was simple, it could better set off the good-looking eyebrows and eyes, people are always full of yearning for beautiful things, after Cheng Xi saw it, his eyes were a little reluctant to move away, and he completely ignored the woman behind the woman, The slight frown when he saw himself.

"Dad, I'm still talking to Xianggong about you in the morning, hurry up and enter the house, these are going to go to Fucheng with my Xianggong, Wu's mother, you take them to rest and rest first, hey, why is there a girl?"

Cheng Xi listened to a lot of words from this woman's fast-talking person, but she didn't have the part of others to speak, and she looked like a strong and capable personality, which was quite rare in this era.

And the old man Wang finally interjected in front of his daughter, "You said that you have this mouth, let you finish everything, and your son-in-law is at home, right?" These people wanted to go to Fucheng, but they were a little worried, so they came to see it before making a decision, this girl was here to see it for his brother. ”

The woman still had a generous and decent smile on her face, and responded with a smile, "Didn't I see that my father was anxious, I can't help it, I'll let someone call Xianggong over, and you will go to the front hall with me to drink tea and rest for a while." ”

Even Cheng Xi, a girl, was reluctant to look away, and the few people behind Old Man Wang were of course also obsessed, but in the end, it was not Cheng Xi, after seeing it, it was not good to stare at the woman, but lowered her head with a cramped face, of course, when the woman spoke, no one answered.

Xu Sanlang was not so obsessed with a woman's appearance, but he didn't talk much and didn't plan to answer at all, so only Cheng Xi answered with a smile, "Trouble Mrs. Zhao." ”

Cheng Xi's smile always carries a sense of intimacy that makes people unconsciously want to get close, and the woman saw Cheng Xi's smile, so she responded with a smile, "What Mrs. Zhao, it's weird, my name is Wang Ying, you just call me Sister Ying." ”

Cheng Xi obediently called "Sister Ying", and then Wang Ying led everyone to the front hall, and the woman named Wu Ma next to her was sent by her to the study to call her husband Zhao Ke.

went to the front hall, there were two maids serving tea to everyone, those few peasant men, who had never seen this meeting, were even more cramped, and it was even more difficult to talk to Wang Ying, a beautiful woman, but Cheng Xi, because she was a woman, did not have so many scruples, and chatted with Wang Yingdong sentence by sentence, and there were only the voices of the two of them in the room, and the old man Wang would interject two sentences from time to time.

From the observation of entering the courtyard and seeing this Mrs. Zhao Wang Ying, Cheng Xi had a plan in his heart, it should not be possible to deceive people, but he still has to inquire clearly what he is doing in Fucheng.

From knowing that the second brother Cheng Chen wanted to follow, Cheng Xi thought about it carefully, and was a little worried in his heart, in this era, as long as you give enough wages, labor should not be difficult to find, it is said that Fucheng is not close to this Anyang County, Uncle Wang's son-in-law came back from such a long distance to find someone, and gave such a high salary, Cheng Xi always felt a little unreasonable, will there be anything greasy in this, will it be something dangerous, or something illegal, something that hurts heaven and reason?

She didn't want her second brother to follow her to do these things, so she had to inquire clearly.