Under the big locust tree by the stream, there are already yellow leaves all over the ground, and the branches of Qi Su Niang's cotton clothes have already grown thick and tall. The thin woman's body swayed from side to side under the branches as the autumn wind blew, and the branches seemed to be a little overwhelmed, squeaking intermittently......

Widow Song's body was put down, and Chen Yan walked over slowly. He crouched down and reached out to probe her breathing, but he only felt a coldness, all the way to the bottom of his heart. Qi Su Niang stood behind him, listening to Zhou Xiangtian's sad sigh, "She has no heirs to support, and her mother's family has no man, no one to take care of her, so she will inevitably be bullied...... Chen Yan's body trembled heavily and stood up suddenly.

The autumn wind was strong, and the fallen leaves in front of Mrs. Chen's grave ten steps away were flying, and the yellow dust that was half a day high was scattered, half covering the cold body of Widow Song. Chen Yan turned his head and looked at Qi Su Niang in a daze, his eyes full of pain and anxiety, hesitating and hesitating......

Qi Su Niang thought that Chen Yan remembered the difficulties of Chen Niangzi's orphans and widows, so she hurriedly took a step forward and was about to speak to comfort, but Chen Yan's head slowly turned back, "Good life is buried......"

The dead leaves that have lost their roots fall silently with the wind.

A few days later, the workshop owners in Gaoyou City took a mule cart to the fields of the four surnames and five villages to inspect the crops. The people of the four surnames rejoiced. The patriarch of the four surnames hugged Chen Yan, socialized with the workshop owners every day, led them to the fields for a walk, and slaughtered pigs and chickens for hospitality. Those merchants saw that there was a retired official Kun who took the lead as a guarantee, and they put down the money happily.

After the villagers saw them off, the families divided the money for the winter. Needless to say, Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang were relieved, and the villagers surnamed the four were all smiling, and put the firecrackers that were burned during the New Year for three days. After more than ten days of lively activity with the villagers, Chen Yan finally took Qi Su Niang to drive the mule cart back to Gaoyou City.

The sunlight shone into the bed through the tent, Chen Yan slowly opened his eyes, looked at the blue curtain on the top of the bed in the Luodian factory hall, came back to his senses after a while, looked down at Qi Su Niang who was sleeping in his arms, hugged her tightly, and slowly closed his eyes.

Bierfang in the right wing room opened his eyes, and he heard the knock on the door, reluctantly got up, lifted the white gauze tent and looked at the sky, it was already the sun rising, and walked to the door in his clothes, "Is it Zhi'er?" As he spoke, he opened the door.

An eleven or twelve-year-old thin girl, wearing a **-colored fine arrowroot cloth buttoned skirt, with a red-headed thread tied on her two round buns in slightly yellow, stood at the door holding a basin, "Sister Bi'er, you said that you wanted me to call you at this hour, and I brought you the washing water."

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Bill touched the little girl's head. "Well done branches. What about your sister Li'er and Brother Xiaolian? ”

The branch brought the basin into the room. Watch Bill wash and comb her hair. "Sister Li'er cooked fish fillet porridge in the kitchen. It's done again)

Bill bites the royal blue silver wire rope. Braided. Nodding. Wait until you comb your hair. Will be green Aya. Wear the emerald silk skirt. Put on a pair of jade pendants. Wear it with a red gold silk ring. Zhi'er had already put her floor in order.

Bill pulled the branch by the hand. Head to the back kitchen. "Have you all eaten?" Zhi'er's face was full of joy. Bent his eyes and smiled: "Eat." Sister Bill. I ate three bowls of vegetable porridge this morning. Two dried vegetable pancakes. Brother Lian eats more than me. Sister Li'er's craftsmanship is really good. ”

Billy smiled. "Let you eat less. There will be a pause in the future. Every day. I just can't keep my mouth shut. Be careful, just like in July. Eat bad stomach. I lay down for three days. That's when you cried and said something. I won't dare to eat so much in the future, and I forgot about it for a while. ”

Zhi'er blushed, snorted for a while, and suddenly said with fear: "Sister Bi'er, will grandpa and grandma not like me to eat more?" I won't dare again. ”

Bi'er comforted: "You don't have to be afraid, grandpa and grandma are good people, you just need to eat as much as you want, don't hurt yourself." He touched her head again, "Are you used to drinking porridge now?" In the summer in the south of us, there are mostly two porridges and one dry. ”

Bi'er said, walked into the kitchen, and just as he saw that Li'er picked up a small ball of raw flour from the ground with a pity on his face, blew and blew it, and saw that it was still dirty and could not be used anymore, so he sent it to his mouth. Bi'er hurriedly stopped, "Li'er, it's not so careful, it's bad for your stomach." ”

Li'er was taken aback, bit her lip and looked at Bi'er, slowly lowered her head and said, "Sister Bi'er, I wasted the food in the house, if my grandfather and grandmother knew about it, I wouldn't be able to be a girl on the stove......"

Bi'er knew her temperament, so she had to persuade: "If you eat something dirty and get sick, don't grandpa and grandma want to make money to treat you for you?" What would you do if your grandmother saw you eating dirty food and didn't dare to eat your food again? ”

Li'er was startled, her eyes widened, Bi'er saw that her sunken cheeks had grown flesh, and her face was also red, and the original wide button-down shirt could be supported, and she looked like a fourteen-year-old girl, so she comforted her and smiled: "Okay, don't let me see you like this again." Grandma has to go to the kitchen most of the day, so if she sees it, I will also be scolded. After a pause, "If Grandma scolds me, I won't let you see your brother and sister." ”

Li'er was even more scared,

"Sister Bi'er, I will definitely not let you be scolded, and grandpa and grandma can still let me go out from time to time to see my brother and sister in Beppu." I'm going to do a good job. ”

Bi'er looked at her appearance, slightly sad, touched her head, and sighed, "Grandpa and grandma are tired, I'm afraid I won't eat breakfast today." Before noon, you put it)

"Remember, my grandfather has a strong taste, and he likes to eat oil and fatty meat." Li'er counted with her fingers, and hesitated: "I only know that grandma doesn't eat fatty meat, and the rest ......"

"As long as you like it, grandma won't pick it."

Qi Su Niang hugged Chen Yan's waist, rubbed his face on his ** chest, squinted his eyes slightly, and vaguely heard Chen Yan's vague laughter: "Su Niang, it's so itchy......"

Qi Su Niang half-opened her eyes, let go of her hand, turned over and looked outside the green gauze tent, the sun illuminated the room, "Brother Chen, what time is it......?"

Chen Yan hugged her from behind and slowly rubbed her flat lower abdomen, "It should be afternoon...... Are you hungry? ”

Qi Su Niang yawned slightly, "I'm not hungry, the lard in those dishes a few days ago hasn't been cleaned up until now." Brother Chen, are you hungry ......?"

Chen Yan didn't seem to hear it, and bit her bare back, "You didn't wear any clothes after bathing yesterday, so you went into the quilt, I thought ...... I went to bed and thought, I'm too tired to do anything, I'm afraid it's an empty shelf to get things done, you're going to be annoyed, I was going to discuss with you that you've slept enough, but you're already asleep......"

Qi Su Niang laughed and panted, "I'm also very tired, where are I still impatient to dress and sleep," while laughing, she felt a tingle on her back, and moaned slightly, "At this time...... You...... Slept enough

Chen Yan kissed all the way down the concave joint of her spine, and said vaguely: "I've slept enough......"

Bi'er looked at the sky and asked Li'er, Zhi'er, and Xiaolian to put it)

Qi Su Niang was already a little exhausted, but Chen Yan was still tired of her. The sky gradually darkened, Bi'er looked back at the closed door, got up and walked to the backyard door, and beckoned Zhi'er over, "Go and tell your sister Li'er to boil a can of red date chicken soup to replenish the body of grandpa and grandma, they have also been tired for two months." ”

Chen Yan tossed a few times, and finally slumped, pressed on Qi Su Niang's body, gasped for breath, and stroked Qi Su Niang's soft body while smiling: "At this time, your oil and water are always clean......

Qi Su Niang panted slightly, ignoring him, Chen Yan turned over with a smile, hugged her over, hugged her in his arms, and coaxed: "Tomorrow evening, I will be considerate and not let you ...... tiredly."

Qi Su Niang still ignored him, Chen Yan smiled and said: "Otherwise, we will rest tomorrow night, and I will definitely ...... the night after tomorrow" Qi Su Niang bit him the chest, Chen Yan snorted, "Then ...... the night after tomorrow."

Qi Su Niang bit the red marks on Chen Yan's chest, only then did she feel calm, she rested in Chen Yan's arms, the two lay quietly for a long time, Chen Yan looked at the top of the green tent, and said slowly: "When we come back this time, the dozens of families in the countryside are afraid that most of them are in a hurry to drive those widows out of the house while I am not there...... Those who adopted the heirs...... The youngest is also seven or eight years old...... ...... in the future"

Qi Su Niang was silent, and said softly after a while: "There is Mr. Zhou here...... Aren't we going back in the future, with you in ......" but I also know in my heart that the heirs inherit the business, the man supports the door, the woman follows the father at home, the father dies from the brother, marries from the husband, and the husband dies from the son. If those heirs are not close to each other and have no conscience, they will close their doors in the future and persecute those widows, even the patriarchs and villagers may not be able to manage it, and Chen Yan and Zhou Zhu are powerless to do such things.

Chen Yan was speechless for a long time, but Qi Su Niang only felt that he was holding her tighter and tighter, and it hurt so much that she was about to speak, Chen Yan sighed a long sigh, "Mr. Zhou Zhu Zhou Xiangtian, teaching in our village, it is really buried......" His hand slowly loosened.

Qi Su Tianyuan was still worried, but when he changed the subject, he hurriedly asked, "I heard that he used to be a criminal master, but he couldn't be the proprietor?" ”

Chen Yan nodded and said: "He was originally a person from Shaoxing, his family was poor, he studied hard, he got the fame of Xiucai at the age of fourteen, and at the age of sixteen, he entered the government to study Gongsheng, but his luck was not good, he failed in two attempts, and he became a guest at the age of twenty, and he traveled around the nine provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and was appointed as the chief official of Cao, Yan, He, and various provinces, and now it has been eighteen years, and he still has nothing to ......."

Although Qi Su Niang didn't know how to get fame, she just felt that Zhou Zhu acted very righteously and had some insight, "How did he think about hoarding rice and grain in the first place?" ”

Chen Yan said with a smile: "He has some friendship with Master Liu, the state government, and copied the newspaper of my resignation, he said that although he didn't know how I was a person, he felt that this matter was unreasonable, and it must be a matter of affection, and he didn't tell the people in the village about my resignation, but secretly hoarded food just in case."

"Pause," he said, the emperor may not be unaware, but he can't get the evidence, and I have offended too many people, so I can only dismiss me. ”

Qi Su Niang nodded and smiled: "Emperor Shengming, who is like this."

Do you want to wear your top and mind these things? Those people are also powerful, and they have made ghosts underneath, and Master Zhang didn't see it. I don't know how to use to repair the embankment, the emperor must be very angry at this time......"

"Those gentlemen have a lot of means...... Chen Yan smiled bitterly: "The emperor will inevitably be fooled......"

Qi Su Niang nodded and said with a smile: "Fortunately, it's none of our business now." He sat up from the bed and pushed Chen Yan, "I'm hungry, get up to eat, you go to the closet and get clothes for me." ”

Chen Yan laughed and sat up, kissed Qi Su Niang on the lips, and got out of bed. He opened the Luodian closet, and by the color of the sunset outside the window, he didn't need Qi Su Niang to say, he chose a lake-green magpie robe for her, and said with a smile: "I love to see you wear this, I'll come to tie your bun and headkerchief later." ”

Qi Su Niang covered her mouth and smiled, pointing, "There are also underwear, bring them together." ”

Chen Yan looked at the stack of red, blue, and green bandeau tops, robes, and gauze pants in the cupboard, and said with a smile: "Jiangning's weaving is really fine, my Su Niang, everything is good, but this embroidery is really ......."

Qi Su Niang glared at him, "Isn't it ugly for me to embroider lotus branches?" ”

Chen Yan chose a green bandeau for her, a robe, and gauze pants, and went to the bedside to dress her personally, and said with a smile: "It's not ugly, it's not ugly at all......

Bi'er heard the movement outside, and hurriedly asked Zhi'er to scoop up hot water, and the two of them each brought a basin, knocked on the door, and said, "Grandma, grandma, the slave and maid come in and wait for the change of clothes."

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Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang were stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that there were not only the two of them at home, but also three girls and one of the little girls, and they blushed at the same time. Qi Su Niang hurriedly put on her clothes, and took care of Chen Yan, Fang Ying said, "Bi'er, come in." ”

Bi'er advised: "Zhi'er, look at how I serve my grandfather and grandmother, study hard." With that, he pushed the door open and walked in.

Qi Su Niang looked at the little girl behind Bi'er, vaguely remembered that it was called Zhi'er, and it was not true, watching her put down the basin, light the candle in the middle of the room, and stand aside, just watching Bi'er do things, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Qi Suniang waited for Chen Yan to wash his face, rinse his mouth, and comb his braids, Chen Yan lowered his voice and said, "I'll comb your bun......"

Qi Su Niang pursed her lips and smiled, and gave Bi'er a look, and Bi'er understood it, so she led Zhi'er to retreat.

Chen Yan stood up, watched Qi Su Niang sit down on the makeup stool in front of him, and said with a smile: "What do you want to comb your hair?" ”

Qi Su Niang burst out laughing, "Brother Chen, is it possible that you still know how to comb fancy?" ”

Chen Yan smiled lowly, lowered his head, and kissed Qi Su Niang's top gently, "Before, I combed my mother's ......" with some memories on his face, "There are a lot of patterns in Hangzhou, and it takes my mother more than half an hour to comb her hair." When she first came out of Hangzhou, she also changed her style from time to time, saying that she wanted to match clothes and headdresses. Later, when she arrived in Gaoyou, her clothes and accessories gradually went out. My mother only combs the fisherman's bun and ties her headkerchief every day, but she always spends most of the hour combing her ...... carefully."

Qi Su Niang's nose was sour, and she listened silently, Chen Yan slowly combed her long, coiled the fisherwoman's bun, "...... Su Niang...... It's been more than seven years since I saw you on Jiangning Street...... But I still feel like it's only been a few days......"

Qi Su Niang smiled with tears in her eyes, and went to pick up the Ruyi Jinchai in the makeup box, "Brother Chen, you blu......shed when you talked to me at that time."

Chen Yan chuckled, and the movements in his hands gradually slowed down, "Your birthday in October will turn eighteen this year......" Qi Su Niang stared at Chen Yan in the mirror, somehow, her heart was sour, sweet and painful, "You also have twenty-four ...... this year"

Chen Yan said softly: "We have been married for almost four years......"

Qi Su Niang's body trembled heavily, and the hand that reached into the hairpin box grabbed the Ruyi golden hairpin. Chen Yan seemed to feel Qi Su Niang's uneasiness, and his hand moved quickly, and without saying a word, he took the Ruyi golden hairpin from Qi Su Niang's hand, tied it for her, and tied a floral scarf.

Chen Yan smiled and pulled Qi Su Niang up from the spring bench and pulled her out of the hall, "It's late, there are five days to go before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moonlight is good, let's go to the courtyard to eat......"

When the two of them walked into the hall, they heard a knock on the door outside, "Lord Chen, has Lord Chen returned to the house?" ”

Chen Yan and Qi Su Niang glanced at each other, and before they could wonder if someone still called Chen Yan "adult", they heard a knock on the courtyard door, and a young man's voice asked: "This old man's surname is noble, but you are looking for my master?" ”

"The late surname is Liu, and he is the famous master of the state yali, has your master come back, there is something urgent"

"My lord came back yesterday, and I asked Mr. Liu to wait, and the little one went to report to my lord."

"There's no need to report Lord Chen's envoy and the holy decree to the state government, you go to receive the decree quickly"

The people in the house were all taken aback, Qi Su Niang grabbed Chen Yan's sleeve, Chen Yan glanced at Qi Su Niang, and comforted: "Don't worry, if it's a bad thing, Master Liu won't be so anxious to ask me to go Besides, Mr. Zhou said, "Stop for a while, "I'll go to the state government to receive the order first." (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next,, more chapters, support the author, support)