In the yard, Wen Juan accompanied Pei'er to fight crickets, and Pei'er had a lot of fun, but when she raised her head, she saw that her aunt was absent-minded and looked into the house from time to time.

Pei'er asked, "Auntie, don't you want to have a stepmother?" ”

Wen Juan nodded: "My mother has been gone for less than a year, although she is not good, but she has been in this house for more than ten years, how can she leave something." But my father forgot about her so quickly, and yes, remember what to do, vicious and fierce, and do shameless things. ”

Pei'er said, "Well, grandpa forgot. ”

Wen Juan smiled bitterly: "You are still so young, what do I do with you so much." ”

I saw the matchmaker pull the woman out, standing in the courtyard and saying bitterly: "Big sister, aren't you embarrassed? How can you marry with your mother-in-law, if it is your own mother, the old lady of the man in front is called by the man in the back, is this like a word? ”

The woman's maiden name is Qin, although she is in her forties, the skin on her face is still very delicate, and she is very well maintained like Aunt Zhang, or maybe she was born a beauty, and her daughter is very handsome.

It's just that there is such a young daughter at this age, I don't know if it is late to get married or late to give birth, the most pitiful thing is that in a few years, the child will be older, but the husband is gone, leaving a room of orphans and widows.

Pei'er and Wen Juan both stood up, the matchmaker smiled at them, pulled Qin and stood on the side again, Wen Juan couldn't hear it, but Pei'er could hear it.

The matchmaker is saying: "This family can't be wrong, you marry and wait to enjoy the blessings, you came so far away, and you turned back to Huang, what a delay." Even if you put your mother-in-law elsewhere first, and then take it over in two or three years, so you suddenly say that you want to take your mother-in-law to marry, how do you ask Foreman Mu to accept it, and how can he talk to people in the village? ”

Qin lowered his head, but the gaze in his eyes was firm: "It must be that the person who sent the message didn't make it clear to you, I said from the beginning that I would take my mother to remarry, if it doesn't work, we'll go back." ”

The matchmaker was stunned, and said in a threatening tone: "I have heard that you were scolded in the village for not following women's morals to seduce men, and you were kicked out, so you had to marry so far." I'm going to hide all this from you, otherwise who can ask you if you say it? ”

Qin raised his eyebrows, and the weak man showed an angry look, which also made the matchmaker stunned, and she said resolutely: "It was the village chief who wanted to rape me, and after being driven away by me and my mother, he splashed me with dirty water everywhere, and I am worthy of heaven and earth, worthy of my dead man." ”

The matchmaker shook her head and said: "You can get it, the man who is still dead, since he has decided to remarry, forget the past, otherwise people will be good to you, and you are still holding the man in front of you with a heart, so what did others ask you for?" ”

I saw that my daughter couldn't wait, so she ran out of the house, and grabbed her mother's hand timidly, but the matchmaker pulled her and said, "You see there is a young lady there, and a big nephew, you go to play with them, and the adults want to talk." ”

Qin looked at Wen Juan and Pei'er, bowed his head and said a few words to his daughter, but the child still pestered her and didn't want to go with others.

In the house, the old lady opened her mouth and asked Foreman Mu: "My daughter-in-law, are you still compatible?" ”

Regardless of appearance or age, Foreman Mu is very satisfied, with a girl, better than with a boy, Foreman Mu was full of joy, who knew that as soon as people spoke, they said that they would marry with their mother-in-law.

Not to mention that there is no place to live at home, even if he barely makes do with it and squeezes it, and really stays, how should he tell the people in the village that he is begging for women, and how can he become an old lady.

Foreman Mu looked up at his daughter and son-in-law, who had almost identical expressions, while Ling Chaofeng stood up and motioned for Xiaowan to go out with him.

As soon as they left, Foreman Mu was able to speak, and immediately said to the old lady: "Old man, my place here is too small, and I really can't accommodate any more people." ”

The old lady smiled faintly: "Yes." ”

Outside the door, the matchmaker saw that Xiaowan and his wife had also gone out, and said with a smile: "Why are they all out, Shopkeeper Ling, are you leaving?" ”

Pei'er ran to her father's side, he was playing with mud, Xiaowan squatted down to wipe his hands with a silk handkerchief, and the mother and son talked and laughed so affectionately.

Qin Shi saw it in his eyes, and thought of Xiaowan who was enthusiastic to help them outside the inn that day, the eldest daughter was such a good person, she knew that the family would not be too bad, as long as they got along well, they could live a good life. But what about the mother-in-law.

She looked into the room, and saw her mother-in-law coming out slowly, and she hurried up to help, and the old lady smiled softly at her, and they looked more like mother and daughter.

The matchmaker guessed that this family business couldn't be done, but she wanted to make money, so she excluded the Qin family, saying that she didn't talk about credit, etc., so she made such a fuss, and in the end she begged for some broken silver, leaving the family and leaving.

"Big brother, I'm really bothered, let's go first." The Qin family decided to leave without hesitation, she wanted to take her mother-in-law's intention to remarry, and it would not change.

Foreman Mu wanted to speak and stopped, held back for a long time, and said to his daughter: "Xiaowan, why don't you help send it away, it's better to go out, the old lady is old." ”

Xiaowan immediately agreed, Ling Chaofeng went to bring the carriage, helped the family of three to get into the car, and then said goodbye to his father-in-law and went out of the village.

In the carriage, the mother and the child did not speak, Pei'er suddenly stretched out her hand to the young lady, spread her palm, and a cricket jumped out and jumped on her face, making the little girl scream again and again.

Ling Chaofeng stopped the carriage, lifted the curtain and asked what was wrong, only to see Xiaowan slapping Pei'er's palm and reproaching him: "How can you scare my sister?" ”

Qin said kindly: "It's okay, it's okay, children should be lively." ”

Ling Chaofeng glared at his son, Pei'er stuck out his tongue, stuck it in Xiaowan's arms and said to the Qin family: "It's not too early, why don't you go to the store to sit down and have a light meal, and I'll send you back to the inn after dinner." ”

The old lady and the Qin family were very polite, and in the end, after Xiaowan repeatedly retained, they finally agreed, and Ling Chaofeng drove the carriage and went straight to the house.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard the cry of the little doll, Xiaowan hurriedly went upstairs to take care of the child, Qin asked in surprise: "It turns out that there are such a young child at home?" ”

Pei'er triumphantly raised her hand and compared: "I have a younger brother and a younger sister, and there are two." ”

When Uncle Biao saw that a guest was coming, he immediately added a few more dishes, and Aunt Zhang chatted with them, and asked all the things at home in a short time.

It turned out that the old lady's son, like Foreman Mu, worked outside all the year round, but last year he encountered a mountain disaster and never came back. Because he was not at home all the year round, he got a girl after several years after getting married, but he didn't expect to wait for the girl to grow up and get married, so he left the family and went like this.

Speaking of sadness, Qin couldn't help choking, the old lady didn't know if she had dried her tears, and said lightly: "I have a son and two daughters, but ......"

The adults were still talking, but they saw Pei'er dragging his big kite, running down from the upstairs all the way to the guests, taking the young lady's hand, and asking her to play together, Qin's coaxed her daughter, and the little girl was finally willing to go.

"I'll eat in a while, and I'll play in front of the door." Aunt Zhang admonished, got up and was about to go to the back kitchen, Qin wanted to help, and was persuaded by Aunt Zhang.

It didn't take long for Uncle Biao to bring out a table full of dishes, and ordinary people may not be so sumptuous for the New Year, Qin said repeatedly: "There are so many dishes, how can you eat them." She asked with concern, "What about Xiaowan, won't Xiaowan come to eat?" ”

Su Su came down from upstairs and said that Xiaowan wanted to milk the child and let everyone eat first, and she had already listened to Xiaowan upstairs about what happened to the Qin family.

Halfway through the meal, Su Su talked about how she and Aunt Chen settled in this Baisha Town. and conveyed Xiaowan's words, hoping that they could think about it, why do they have to marry a man, if the Qin family is willing, find a job to do, and the monthly money they earn can also support themselves and the elderly and children.

Ling Chaofeng ate silently without making a sound, and when he finished eating, he said a few polite words to the Qin clan and went upstairs.

In the bedroom, Xiaowan was changing her son's diaper, and her mouth was broken: "I just changed it for you, you turned around and peed again, why are you so capable?" ”

The son was very happy, waving his little hand and giggling.

Ling Chaofeng walked over with a smile and said, "Pei'er was like this when she was a child, and she always annoyed me. ”

Xiao Wan said angrily: "You big men, what patience can you have? ”

Ling Chaofeng asked her if she was hungry, Xiaowan said that she had eaten a snack, so she asked how downstairs was, Ling Chaofeng asked her, "Did you ask Su Su to say those words to them?" ”

Xiaowan smiled: "Did you hear that?" ”

Ling Chaofeng smiled: "Su Su has been in the store longer than you, of course I know her." ”

Xiaowan picked up her son and patted her, and asked her husband: "Am I meddling again, obviously my father has taken a fancy to others, but I told others not to marry." ”

Ling Chaofeng said: "In this world, it is really not easy for orphans and widows to support themselves and live, your wish is good, but if they can live well, they will not choose this path." Late, how to live other people's lives is their own business, how can bystanders understand the hard work and helplessness, kindness to help may not be as others wish, and there must be a degree of kindness to others. ”