"Chirp and chirp, Mulan is a household weaving, I don't hear the sound of the machine, but I hear the woman sighing......"

On the podium, the young and handsome gentleman was dressed in a blue robe, holding a yellowed scroll in his hand, and his voice was sweet and magnetic, and the way he read word by word made him look more and more outstanding and charming.

An Xiu'er carried the food box, stood outside the windowsill, and looked at the teacher on the podium, a touch of bitterness appeared on her beautiful little face.

"I saw the military post last night, the Khan ordered the soldiers, the military book is twelve volumes, the scrolls have the name of the grandfather, the grandfather has no eldest son, Mulan has no eldest brother, I am willing to be the saddle horse of the city, and from now on I will fight for the master!"

After Mr. Jiaoshu finished reading a paragraph, put down the book, and unintentionally glanced at the window, and happened to see An Xiu'er standing outside the window, he showed a warm smile and nodded at her, An Xiu'er's face immediately turned red, and she lowered her head involuntarily, with a fair and slender chin, and a slender neck like a beautiful swan neck.

The sound of Langlang books beside her continued, but An Xiu'er's mind had already drifted to the clouds, and before she could come back to her senses, the academy was already out of school, and her tiger-headed little nephew ran in front of her, "Auntie, are you here?" ”

"Well, did you listen to the master's lecture this morning?" An Xiu'er pursed her lips and asked gently.

"Of course, the master praised me today." The little boy tilted his head and replied crisply, with a little smugness on his face.

An Xiu'er smiled, patted her nephew's little head, and led him to the bamboo forest behind the school, and found a spare stone table, she put down the food box, opened the lid, and brought out the simple meals inside.

It's just a bowl of brown rice, a butterfly of pickles, and an egg.

This food can be regarded as the highest configuration of the An family, because An Ronghe is studying, so except for An Xiu'er who occasionally eats a few eggs, most of the rest are reserved for An Ronghe.

came to school early in the morning and read a book all morning, An Ronghe was indeed very hungry, he picked up the dishes and chopsticks and said to An Xiu'er, and then devoured it.

"Slow down." An Xiu'er patted him on the back.

"I'm going to go to study after eating, the master said, whoever recites this Mulan first today will be rewarded with a brush." An Ronghe stuffed food in his mouth, and his speech was a little slurred.

An Xiu'er laughed again, she picked up the egg, peeled the shell for him, her little white hand was almost the same color as the egg white, she put the peeled egg into his bowl.

"Auntie, you eat too." An Ronghe divided the egg in half and sandwiched a chopstick egg white for An Xiu'er.

"Auntie has eaten it." Seeing that this child was so sensible, An Xiu'er smiled again and said, "Eat quickly, didn't you say that you would have to endorse later?" ”

When An Ronghe heard her words, he didn't refuse, hurriedly finished the meal, said hello to An Xiu'er, and ran back to the school.

Looking at his back, An Xiu'er smiled helplessly, lowered her head, and cleaned up the food on the stone table.

"Xiu'er ......" The bright voice sounded in her ears, she raised her head and saw a pair of smiling eyes, it was Gu Linlang, the teacher here.

"Hello Mr. Gu." An Xiu'er panicked, and hurriedly put down her things and saluted him.

"Why is Xiu'er so polite to me today, didn't you call me Gu Lang in the past?" Gu Linlang took two steps closer to An Xiu'er and sat down on the stone bench beside her.

"Mr. Gu laughed, how dare Xiu'er exceed the rules."

An Xiu'er took two steps back quietly, his action was seen by Gu Linlang, his eyes sank, he quickly put away this coldness, and said affectionately: "I will leave this Qingshui Village in a few days, have you thought about what I told you?" ”

Gu Linlang's eyes burned and looked at An Xiu'er, those peach blossom eyes were full of affection, An Xiu'er only glanced at it, then felt that her cheeks were hot, and she looked away.

In fact, she still doesn't know whether everything in the dream last night is true or false, however, she has already made up her mind, she has made a completely opposite decision from the dream, she will not elope with Gu Linlang, she will marry the blind man Zhang in this village!

An Xiuer is the youngest daughter of the An family, and there are two brothers above, An Xiu'er is a daughter of the old man, An Xiu'er has always been the golden pimple in his heart, from childhood to adulthood, the An family is no matter how bitter it is, but An Xiu'er has never suffered hardship, but whenever there is any housework at home, the two sisters-in-law will do it.

Until last year, there was a misfortune in the An family, when the sister-in-law Li gave birth to a child, she had a difficult birth, one corpse and two lives, leaving only An Xiu'er's eldest brother An Tieshi alone to pull the two underage children, in order to make a living, now An Tieshi has gone to the county to work.

Father An is already old, after the eldest brother went to the county seat, the second brother An Tiemu became the pillar of the family, and the second sister-in-law Dong was also busy working in the fields all day long at home.

If this has always been the case, then the days can barely go on, but the misfortune is not alone, the court has to conscript the people to serve in the conscription, but anyone who has two sons in the family must go to one of them, and the An family happens to have two sons, and a son must also be produced.

However, An Tieshi has gone to the county seat to make a living, and An Tiemu is the pillar of the family.

Thinking about it, Daddy Ann actually planned to serve as a conscription by himself!

This conscription is not a good job, I heard that this conscription is to build the embankment, this embankment is a chore, I still remember that last year there were people in the village to repair the embankment, and when they came back, all the ragged and skinny people were no longer human, Father An is so old, if he goes to repair the embankment, where is the life to come back?

However, there is always a part of accommodating things, and the chief has long said that if you don't want to be a person, you can do it, as long as you pay five taels of silver for the levy tax, you can exempt one person from servitude.

Although An Tieshi went to the county seat to make a living, the money he earned was not enough for his son Anrong and studying, where is there any extra money?

Just when the An family was at a loss, the flower matchmaker came to the door, saying that Zhang, a blind man who lived by the Qingshui River, was willing to marry An Xiu'er with six taels of silver as a dowry, if An Xiu'er married this blind man Zhang, not only would his father have five taels of silver to be exempted from forced labor, but he would not even have to worry about the money for An Rong and his studies next year.

But his origin is unknown, he suddenly came to this Qingshui Village two years ago, gave the chief some money, and let him live in this Qingshui Village, his home is by the river, and he lives by fishing on weekdays.

But any girl from a good family is unwilling to marry such a family, and the world is chaotic nowadays, looking at him like that, maybe he is an outlaw.

Yes, this blind man Zhang is burly, with a fierce face, looking in his early thirties, he is not really blind, but he always likes to wear a black cloth on his eyes, and no one has ever seen him take off this black cloth, so the people in Qingshui Village call him Blind Zhang.

On weekdays, few villagers interacted with him, except for some bold women who occasionally went to his house in groups to buy fish, and An Xiu'er once met him when she was washing clothes by the river, and she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to lift her head.

An Xiu'er is fair-skinned and beautiful like a flower, not only looks good, but also is ingenious, everyone in this village praises her, and many future generations in the village are worried about her flower.

So, how could she be willing to marry this blind man Zhang?

What's more, because she often goes to deliver food to An Ronghe, she already has a heart for Gu Linlang, the private school gentleman in the village, in her eyes, only a gentle, handsome, and knowledgeable person like Gu Linlang can be worthy of her An Xiu'er, and the ugly and vulgar blind man Zhang is nothing!

But if she doesn't marry this blind Zhang, then her father will have to serve in forced labor, thinking of Father An's kindness to herself on weekdays, An Xiuer has been tossing and turning these days.

She felt that she was now as worried as Mulan in this book.

However, this Gu Linlang was pressing on her again, and the implication was that he was about to leave this Qinghe Village and go back to his home, and before leaving, he asked her if she was willing to go with him.

Gu Linlang told him that after he went home, he planned to study hard for a while and then go to the scientific examination, when the time comes, he will be the one who will take the top prize, if she goes with him, she will be the champion lady in the future.

Every time she thinks of this, An Xiu'er feels that her face is red and her heart is hot, she is a girl with a heart, if she can marry this handsome and peerless Gu Linlang now, her husband will sing and love her wife in the future, she feels that this is the life she wants.

Gu Linlang occasionally tells her some stories on weekdays, and the beautiful woman in the story is willing to elope with him desperately for her sweetheart, if she really loves him, she should elope with him.

As for Father An, he will compensate him when he becomes the wife of the official family in the future.

An Xiu'er was attacked by such sweet words, she almost believed it.

However, she had a nightmare last night, in which she was really coaxed by Gu Linlang to elope with him, but the result was that Gu Linlang's family had already been a wife, and she could only be a nameless concubine in the past.

She was sad at the time, and she wanted to regret running back, Gu Linlang told her again: "I'd rather be a rich concubine than a poor wife, he will definitely treat her well in the future, the so-called wife and concubine are just a name." ”

She believed it again, Gu Linlang was very good to her at first, but then he changed, and then later, there was a new person by his side, she was pregnant, and his wife poured her a bowl of big red flowers, this bowl of red flowers went down, she didn't die, but her child died, not only could she not get pregnant for life, but also fell ill.

Within two years, she became more and more haggard and no longer looking, and her Xiucai brother, who was full of admiration at the beginning, sold her to a one-eyed widower, who was ruthless and scolded her every day, she secretly fled home, only to find that Father An, who had held her in the palm of his hand, had died in that service.

She was only in her twenties at the time, and the villagers didn't recognize her as a flower in the village, and thought she was a beggar woman from somewhere, pointing at her, she stood by the Qingshui River in frustration, looked at herself with a haggard face in the river, and jumped down.

The feeling of drowning still comes to her mind until now, and when she woke up, An Xiu'er was sweating profusely, everything in the dream was too real, real as if she had really experienced it.

When she got up that day, she worshipped the Bodhisattva all morning.

She had heard people tell the story of a dream of Huangliang, and she felt that it must have been a bodhisattva who used a spell to make her see another path clearly in the dream, and the so-called wealth and glory were all illusory.

What would rather be a rich concubine than a poor wife is fake.

She just wants to marry this blind man Zhang, at least she is a wife, and the other one is to repay her father's nurturing grace, so that her father does not have to serve labor and can live for a few more years.