The time has reached the twentieth day of the lunar month, Zhao Fengnian gave the schoolchildren two days off, and studied the exam questions at home with peace of mind.

Ruixue got up in the morning and was busy cleaning up the house, washing non-stop.

Wu Yu, Da Zhuang and Heizi three, after the events of that day, gradually became intimate, Da Zhuang and Heizi often took him out, or made some simple rope sleeves to catch rabbits and pheasants, or knocked open the ice in the pond in the west of the village to fish, this is the usual way for some peasant children, but Wu Yu was full of interest, after all, when he used to hunt, the guards drove the prey in front of him, and it almost skewered directly to his arrows, how could he be so happy to catch the prey with his bare hands now.

He also often teaches Da Zhuang and Kuroko homework, and occasionally talks about the miscellaneous books and travelogues he has read before, and he admires Da Zhuang and Heizi when he listens to them, and the three of them can't wait to eat and sleep together, and they are together day by day, so that several adults often sigh in their eyes, and the hatred of children is easy to go, and friendship is also easy to come.

Because the tofu at home sells quickly, the three boys came to help make tofu after eating in the morning, Da Zhuang and Heizi pushed the grinding, Wu Yu carried the wooden barrel, responsible for adding beans and water to the grinding eyes, and laughed out loud from time to time, provoking Zhang Dahe to follow aside, cooking soy milk while laughing.

Rui Xue finished her trivial work, said hello to Zhao Fengnian and went out, Aunt Yun's daughter-in-law Lei Zi was pregnant, her appetite was not good these days, and she occasionally ate a piece of dried tofu at Sister-in-law Zhang's house, and it was rare to drink a bowl of porridge, and Aunt Yun was so happy that she danced with her hands.

Rui Xue already likes that little daughter-in-law who is sensible and gentle, and dried tofu is not a precious food, so she made some by herself last night, and sent half a clay pot to the Yun family today.

Second Aunt Yun was naturally grateful, and pulled her to talk for a while.

So, when Wu Laosan came to the door, the courtyard was quiet, only the rumbling sound of grinding came from the stove, and he guessed that it must be making tofu there, so he tiptoed over, wanting to take a peek.

As a result, Zhang Dahe happened to come out and saw it, frowned and shouted, "Why is Third Brother Wu here?" ”

He was already loud, and he deliberately reminded a few children in the stove room, so naturally he used a little more strength, and the sound was like thunder, so shocked that Wu Laosan almost didn't jump up, he was angry, and he panicked, so he had to laugh dryly, "Ah, busy, Brother Zhang, I'll talk to Mr. Zhao about something." ”

Zhao Fengnian heard Zhang Dahe's voice in the house, so he opened the door and came out, frowning when he saw that it was Wu Laosan.

Ruixue was deceived that day, although he didn't say much to him, but he was not deaf and blind, in the end he was still clear, and naturally he didn't have a good impression of this Wu Laosan, but when people came to the door, it was not easy to rush out, so he had to say lightly, "Sit in the house." ”

Wu Laosan originally thought that Zhao Fengnian was not at home, saying that he was looking for him to talk about things, but it was just a pretext, who would have thought that Zhao Fengnian was really there, so the rhetoric he thought about on the road, as soon as he saw Zhao Fengnian's cold face, he immediately forgot most of it, but he came, and it was too late to retreat, and he missed the thank you gift of the big family, so he entered the house hard.

Zhang Dahe thought that Wu Laosan suddenly understood the reason, and came to beg Zhao Fengnian to send his junior child to school, but he didn't care, continued to close the door of the stove room, and led the three children to make tofu.

Zhao Fengnian slowly poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Wu Laosan, Wu Laosan looked at his slender and white fingers, and then looked at his dry and cracked hands, and couldn't help but have a shorter waist.

Zhao Fengnian couldn't guess his intentions, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he got straight to the point and asked, "Is there something wrong with Third Brother Wu?" ”

Wu Laosan laughed dryly, and didn't know how to open his mouth for a while, so he started the topic, "It's okay, it's okay, why is Mr. at home today, but the school has stopped class?" ”

Zhao Fengnian heard him ask about the school, and he was the same as Zhang Dahe, thinking that he was here to ask for a chance to study for the children in the family, so he replied, "The school has a two-day holiday, and after the exam is completed, it will start to take annual leave." ”

Wu Laosan nodded in agreement, "Yes, it's going to be a young man soon, it's time to rest, on such a cold day, it is really hard for Mr. to go to teach the children." ”

"It's not hard, the moon is tightened, so naturally you have to do your best."

"The villagers all know that Mr. teaches the children with all his heart, and they are grateful and respect Mr. very much." Wu Laosan tried his best to lead the topic to the shop, "It's just that Mr. is a scholar, and his reputation is important, if it is because of some things, Mr. is tired and his reputation is damaged, but it is too worthless." ”

Zhao Fengnian raised his eyebrows, immediately overturned the speculation just now, and asked lightly, "Oh, how did my name be damaged?" ”

Wu Laosan listened to him answer, and his heart was overjoyed, "Shinong Industry and Commerce, Mr. is a scholar, and it stands to reason that he is respectable wherever he goes, but these days, there are some rumors in the village, saying that Mr. is a good gold nobleman, but let the lady go to open a shop, and the copper smell is in company, which really damages Mr.'s name, after I listened, I feel so uncomfortable, I can't bear to watch Mr. being criticized." ”

Zhao Fengnian sneered in his heart, lowered his eyes and blew the tea, took a sip, and said, "Thank you Third Brother Wu for maintaining it, it's just some idle talk, it can't be true." ”

Wu Laosan saw that he didn't care, he was a little anxious, and said, "How can you not take it seriously, how can such a noble reputation as Mr. be ruined by a woman?" ”

"Oh, then in the opinion of the third brother, what can I do to protect my name?"

"Naturally, I sold the shop!" Wu Laosan rushed to the mouth, and after speaking, he was surprised that he was a little too explicit, and hurriedly said, "Mrs. Zhao showed up at the dock all day long, selling rice and soup, and doing businessmen's business, which had too much impact on Mr.'s name, if the shop was sold, naturally no one would mention it again, and Mr.'s name would be preserved." ”

"The shop on the dock doesn't have much input, I'm afraid no one will pay money to buy it, right?"

"Yes, of course." Wu Laosan thought that Zhao Fengnian was moved by him, and his hands trembled with joy, and he said loudly, "Zhang Dahu in the city intends to buy that shop." ”

"What benefits did Zhang Dahu give you, help to say something?"

"It's nothing, it's just..."Wu Laosan said halfway through, only to realize that Zhao Fengnian's question was wrong, looking up at Zhao Fengnian's cold black eyes, Ji Lingling shivered, opened and closed his mouth a few times, and reluctantly smiled, "Mr. Zhao is joking, I'm just afraid that Mr. Zhao's name will be damaged, it just so happens that the Zhang family came to the village to walk around, and they intend to buy a shop, as soon as I think this is a good thing, I came to spread the word, but it didn't benefit at all." ”

Zhao Fengnian put down the tea bowl and smiled mockingly, "It's annoying that Third Brother Wu is bothered, but our Zhao family is poor, and we rely on the shop on the dock to make a living, how can we go hungry in order to clear our names." You go back and tell that big family, don't make a bad idea. ”

Wu Laosan didn't expect that the matter would be completed immediately, but he suddenly turned his face, thinking of Zhang An's promised thank you, he was very unwilling, and his tone hardened.

"Zhang Dahu's family has a lot of money, and the money given is definitely not low, and the gentleman has got these silver money, which is enough to eat for a few years, it is better than letting his mother-in-law laugh at the dock. Mr. is a scholar, so why should he be cheeky..."

Zhao Fengnian heard the word "laughing", his eyebrows were raised, he raised his hand and smashed the tea bowl, and pointed at Wu Laosan's nose, "What my family does is a clean business, don't steal or rob, why don't you have a face, it's always better than you as an idle lazy man." Besides, the shop is our family's, and if I say that if I don't sell it, I won't sell it, so don't think about making a profit from it. ”

Wu Laosan also jumped up, knowing that this matter would definitely not be done today, he was annoyed in his heart, his voice was also high, and he scolded, "Kindness is a donkey's liver and lungs, I am kindly afraid that you will be cuckolded one day, but I persuade you to sell the shop, you actually insult me as a lazy man, okay, let's find the clan elder and Li Zheng to evaluate the reason, don't think that you are a gentleman, you have the final say in this Yunjia Village." ”

"Okay, you go to find it, I also have to talk to the clan elder and Li Zheng, who stole my dumpling filling with a conscience, such a lack of morality, let the villagers know about it, and save the jackal as a local dog in the future." Zhao Fengnian was not angry at all, and in the words that he calmly spit out, there was no half of a dirty word, but Wu Laosan's face was so angry that his face turned blue, and his mouth began to talk nonsense, "Okay, okay, you are a sick seedling, just take this shop, maybe one day you die, even your mother-in-law and the shop will become someone else's, I see if you can close your eyes in the underworld." ”

These words really poked Zhao Fengnian's heart, he had a smooth life, did not suffer the slightest setback, and suddenly suffered an accident, although he instinctively survived and relieved most of the cold poison, but he was disheartened, thinking of repaying the villagers for saving their lives, and died peacefully here.

He never thought about marrying Rui Xue, and got her loving care and care, and his heart was warm day by day, and he always thought that if he spent his life with her in the future and had children, he would definitely be extremely happy, and he gradually had more thoughts of living.

But the cold poison in his body is not easy to cure, and even a careless one will kill him immediately, he has been hesitating whether to go back to that home, he can naturally save his life when he goes back, but he will inevitably be involved in that whirlpool again, but if he doesn't go back, once he dies, what will Rui Xue do? Widows are bullied everywhere, she has the ability to make tofu with cow beans, and she can do business, which will definitely be coveted by people with hearts.

This thing has been in his heart for a long time, and it often makes him toss and turn in the silent middle of the night, like a pustule, secretly painful, and difficult to choose.

Unexpectedly, today's puss was broken by Wu Laosan's mouth, and the words were still extremely vicious, he only felt that anger rose sharply in his chest, and he raised his hand and slapped it heavily on the table, so that the teapot and bowl rolled on the ground and shattered.

Wu Laosan was so frightened that he jumped far away, and when he saw Zhao Fengnian's eyes were red, he looked hideous, as if he was going to eat people, his legs immediately softened, what a thank you gift, a reward for silver, all thrown to the back of his head, nothing mattered to his life, he even ran out with a roll.

Zhao Fengnian hated it so much that he wanted to catch up and slap him, but because he had used his true qi just now, the suppressed cold poison surged again, and suddenly spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Wu Yu went to change the wooden barrel, and he was closest to the door of the stove room, and he heard the sound in the hall wrong, so he ran over to take a look, but when he saw Zhao Fengnian's mouth and chest full of blood, he was so shocked that he immediately ran forward to support him, and asked loudly, "Sir, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhang Dahe, Da Zhuang, and Heizi also ran in, all of them at a loss.