Zhao's second sister-in-law got her son's letter, rushed to the back garden, listened to everyone's laughter, and then looked at the square adobe in the yard, hated so much that she almost tore the handkerchief in her hand, and secretly scolded Rui Xue for destroying her wealth. Finally, in the evening, Zhao Lao Er came back with a gourd bag of grain wine, and after listening to his daughter-in-law's words, he regretted it in his heart, knowing that things would become like this, he should have come down in the morning, and it would be over in just one or two days.

Now it's good, people are also offended, and the way to enter the money is also narrow, he can't help but point to his daughter-in-law's nose and scold, Zhao's second sister-in-law is aggrieved, but seeing that his man is really anxious, he doesn't dare to refute, but he hates Ruixue in his heart, where do you remember that the method of this pankang was originally taught by others.

Besides, Ruixue here, after a lunch, the men continued to work, Ruixue picked up the dishes and chopsticks with Cui Niang, the sun gradually slanted westward, and when it hung on the top of the mountain, everyone said goodbye and went home, the customs in the village, the helper had a lunch, and the sun would set to return home, after all, every family raised pigs and cattle and other livestock, and there was more or less some work to do.

When the Gao family left, Cui Niang took away twelve catties of cotton and white silk, and when she was in the cloth village, she learned that Ruixue could not sew, and she was surprised for a long time, but she also enthusiastically promised to help sew the bedding.

Rui Xue cooked another pot of noodles with bone broth, and took a few big and strong three brothers and sisters into the house to accompany Zhao Fengnian to eat.

When it was slightly dark, the Zhang family and his wife came back, and Ruixue brought the bone broth and bean stew that they had specially left at noon, saving them from having to cook again after a busy day.

Sister-in-law Zhang untied the cloth bag containing most of the copper coins and handed it to Rui Xue, and said with a smile, "Sister, this is the two hundred and thirty-seven yuan sold today, and I won't settle the account, but the bolt was calculated and told me." After speaking, I thought of the two groups of boat passengers who came to the door today, and said with pity on my face, "There are still people who come to our store today to make some delicious food alone, but I don't dare to take it when you are not there." I don't know if Mr. Zhao is so cold, you might go to the store tomorrow? ”

Rui Xue shook her head, patted the third girl who was nesting in her arms, and told her about visiting Zhao Lao's house in the morning, and Zhang Dahe, who was honest and honest, frowned and scolded, and said, "This Zhao Lao Er is confused, how can he let a mother-in-law's blind answer right, his mother-in-law is a money obsesser." ”

Zhang's sister-in-law also said, "No, with his family etiquette, it has always been a generous gift to a thin lily, I can't wait for a wild goose in the sky to pluck the feathers down, just say that the two of you are injured at that time, she has more than 20 chickens, and she has to pick up at least a dozen eggs every day, but she has never been willing to bring a bowl of egg water." ”

Rui Xue sighed and said with a smile, "Anyway, I have repaid her favor, I don't owe each other, and I can live with my face in the future." ”

Zhang Dahe and his wife nodded, and the three of them said a few more gossips, and agreed that after the Zhang family and his wife went to see the store tomorrow, Ruixue went home and didn't say anything all night.

When he got up early the morning of the second day, Zhao Fengnian obviously looked much better, and wore a long shirt to his "garden" and walked slowly twice, Rui Xue was happy, and now he chopped the stuffing and wrapped a big bowl of wontons for him, mixed with a spoonful of chili oil, the straight and spicy Zhao Fengnian was sweating profusely, and he refused to stop, and his usually cold and indifferent face was also covered with a layer of red, which made Rui Xue snicker.

Although the autumn wind at the beginning of October was cool, but it was very diligent, and yesterday's adobe was blown dry overnight, Rui Xue thought that today's family was busy, and he was afraid of disturbing Zhao Fengnian's rest, so he sent him to Zhang's sister-in-law's house.

Gao Fuquan came to the door with a few helpers one after another, and began to work with Rui Xue according to the drawings, gossiping and studying the coiled kang, Rui Xue carefully talked about how the smoke should be looped, and everyone started to build an adobe bridge, and they quickly figured it out. Often that's how it goes, and it's so difficult to look at, but it's much easier to do.

Because the inner room is in the hall, and the stove cannot be built in the hall, Ruixue simply asked Gao Fuquan to take people to dig a hole in the west gable and build a small earthen stove, which is convenient for boiling water or stewing things on weekdays, and the smoke can also enter the kang hole smoothly, and finally return to the chimney to come out.

Cui Niang was busy sewing quilts, and for lunch, Rui Xue made a cabbage meatball soup and fried leeks with shredded potatoes, and steamed a large clay pot of japonica rice, which made everyone addicted.

In the afternoon, everyone smeared the yellow mud kang noodles again, burned a bundle of grain stalks under the small earthen stove, and looked at the green smoke slowly rising from the chimney, and felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Rui Xue smiled, "This is also a craft, I learned to at least give my mother-in-law's house a bunk, and I can also change a fat chicken to eat." ”

Everyone laughed, and they really listened to this in their hearts, and later even took a few jobs in the village of their mother-in-law's mother-in-law, and made a small profit of 100 yuan, of course, this is all a later story.

Ruixue insisted on paying everyone wages, but was repeatedly rejected by everyone, and in desperation, she divided the remaining seven or eight catties of meat as evenly as possible, and gave one to each person.

Everyone has eaten here for the past two days, and they secretly regret that their wives and children have not eaten, and now, seeing Rui Xue so sincerely thanking each other, they will go back with half a push, and they will happily calculate, this meat is fat enough, at least two large bowls of meat oil can be squeezed, and the remaining oil shuttle can also be stewed and eaten, so that the children at home are also fragrant.

Rui Xue hugged the wooden stumbling block and coaxed the second Zhuang and the third girl to tell stories, while constantly burning the earthen stove, and opened the window to release the moisture in the house, until the sunset, and actually burned the earthen kang half dry.

When Zhao Fengnian came back, the house had been cleaned up, the table where he usually wrote was moved to the near door, and under the south window was a half-section kang two meters wide and four meters long, smeared with yellow mud, which looked flat and rough, but it had a warmth.

Rui Xue saw that he was stunned, and thought he was dirty, so she smiled and said, "When it is completely burned dry tomorrow, plop on the straw mat and nail the edge of the wooden plank, it looks much more regular than this, and the shopkeeper will bear with it for a day." ”

Zhao Fengnian suppressed the emotion and joy in his heart, and didn't want them to overflow, but unfortunately it backfired.

You know, even if he thought that the woman hurt him to the bone, he just occasionally cooked a bowl of soup for him, but this woman he married back when he was seriously injured and died was so sincere to her, carefully changing the dishes every day, just for himself to eat more, he was greedy for darkness every day, and he showed up to open a shop, and never said a word of hard work, she was infected with the cold, so she immediately gathered people to be busy for two days, just to sleep on a hot kang on the plate!

How innocent is he, not the slightest bit wrong, but he has to bear the hatred of a man for twenty years? And how lucky is he to be treated by such a woman when he is most down?

Ruixue was bending down to touch the kang noodles, thinking that she would hold Zhang Dahe to burn it for another half a day tomorrow, but suddenly felt that someone was approaching behind her, and just straightened her waist, she was circled by a thin but also broad chest, and her ears were Zhao Fengnian's intermittent and heavy choking sound, she was so shocked that she froze for a while and didn't dare to move, and it took a long time to react, her face was suddenly red, and when she wanted to speak, she felt that her neck was hot and damp...

Tear? It is the tears of this cold, lonely, handsome and extraordinary man, the tears of this man who is obviously pure in heart but prefers to pretend to be vicious, and the tears of this man whose nominal husband lives with her...

Rui Xue is not stupid, she has also guessed Zhao Fengnian's origin more than once in the middle of the night, he is a poor man without half a penny, but there is always a trace of nobility and grace in his gestures, he claims to be a businessman, but he writes a good article, he doesn't say much, but only spit out one word, but people unconsciously bow down to listen...

She knew that Zhao Fengnian was definitely not as simple as she saw on the surface, and maybe he was like in novels and TV series, carrying this deep hatred. If she had been wiser and more selfish, she should have gone away as soon as she had made money, avoiding him as a person, and avoiding the troubles that would come to her at some point.

But she is not a ruthless person, every time she wakes up in a nightmare, when her heart is extremely frightened of the world, she turns her head and sees his side face, quiet and indifferent, and her wild beating heart will be like a tamed wild horse, quiet and peaceful, she will say to herself, she is not alone, and there are people who depend on her for their lives.

So this person unconsciously became the support of her heart, although he couldn't even boil water, although he had an awkward personality, although he always lost his temper for no reason, but she was more willing to see the purity of his nature and the care hidden under the scolding and ridicule.

She turned around slightly, put her face on his neck, stroked his back, softly and softly, hummed a song,

"Don't cry, my dear one,

I think we're going to die together.

Don't cry, summer roses,

It's all gone, and you see the vehicles shuttling.

The neon lights flickered in the distance, which was like our dreams.

Come, my dear one,

Tonight we dance together..."("Orphans of a Beautiful World" Wang Feng)

Zhao Fengnian listened quietly, the warm and soft voice echoed in his ears, the tears began to dry slowly, since he was born, for the first time in his heart, so peaceful, so quiet, as if those hatreds, those unwillingness, those confusions have left him...

Rui Xue felt that the breathing sound in her ears was gradually steady and long, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and slowly helped Zhao Fengnian to move to the side of the bed, settled him down, covered him with a quilt, and her slender white hand still gently patted him in front of him, and the sleeping person faintly hooked the corners of his mouth, maybe he had arrived in a beautiful place in his dream, not heaven, but better than heaven...

At night, quiet and serene, the hen in the bamboo cage in the distance refused to sleep, chattering and gossiping, and with the night wind sent far away, provoking the old dog next door to roar like a protest...