This figure and face, although I haven't seen him for almost two years, Lan Yi still recognizes it at a glance, this is Yu'er's second uncle, Li Er's cripple!

After adopting Yu'er, in addition to taking Yu'er to Lijia Village to burn paper on the necessary sacrifice day, Lan Yi bypassed the section of Lijia Village from Beigou Village to and from the county seat, not wanting to meet the Li family again. At that time, Li Er's cripple's ruthlessness towards Yu'er, his daughter-in-law's bitterness, and the pretentious appearance of her crying when she met Yu'er's own grandmother on the grave all made Lan Yi dislike and didn't want Yu'er to have more contact with them.

I didn't expect to meet him here today, he still has this cheeky appearance with his chest down, his eyes rolling wildly, and even the clothes on his body look even more shabby and dirty than two years ago, which makes people even more annoying.

"Second uncle, this person is Yu'er's second uncle, Li Fugui, the second lame man in Lijia Village."

Second Uncle Wang frowned. Liu Shi widened his eyes, looked back, and said hatefully: "It's the second cripple who wants to sell Yu'er to pay off gambling debts?!" ”

Lan Yi nodded, "Second uncle, let's go quickly." ”

Wang Linyuan put his things in the car, "Dad, this person will be handed over to me." ”

Lan Yi advised: "Third brother, he is skinless and faceless, don't let him get entangled." ”

Wang Linyuan smiled, "Sister-in-law, don't worry." ”

Wang Linyuan didn't deal with Li Er's cripple directly, but whispered a few words to the young man in the garment store who helped deliver the cloth, and gave him a few pennies.

The young man nodded and ran away.

Wang Linyuan helped sort out the things he bought and helped Liu sit down. Li Er's cripple was still peeking at the corner of the wall with his head shrinking and not stepping forward. He didn't leave, staring at the cloth and boxes on the ox cart and eating food.

It was uncomfortable for him to look at him like this. Chen muttered, "This man's eyes are no different from those of a hungry wild dog on the side of the road!" ”

"Don't worry, wait." Wang Linyuan pretended not to see Li Er's cripple, such a person, as soon as you take care of him, he will stick up like a dog skin plaster, and he can't shake it off.

The garment store guy who ran away. A dozen farmers looking for odd jobs walked towards the city gate. Wang Linyuan said to Second Uncle Wang: "Dad, you go first, I'll go back later." ”

Second Uncle Wang nodded. With a calm face, he put on the ox cart and walked towards the south road with Lan Yi and the three of them.

When Li Erlame saw them walking in a car, he was about to follow when he came out of the corner, but he was blocked by a group of farmers who came over and couldn't get through.

"Let's make it. Let's go. Li Er's lame man looked at the ox cart. Anxiously pushing.

When the peasants got the young man's money, they naturally refused to let him go, so they gathered at the city gate and pretended to look at the notice posted on the city wall, "This little brother, what is written on it, can you read it to us?" ”

Wang Linyuan nodded and read aloud: "The notice posted two days ago in the yamen said that we have recently mixed bandits here. If you see a foreigner with a protruding forehead, deep eyes, a high nose, or a curly beard, pay more attention to their whereabouts. If there is anything inappropriate, report it to the yamen immediately, and once the news is conclusive, the reward will be given. ”

"So much? Then we have to look for it, it must be the group of bandits outside the north gate who escaped, these inhuman brutes, robbing boats and killing people, setting fire to mountains, can't let them escape!"

The young man in the ready-to-wear store pointed to the crowded places on the streets of the city, "I just saw a person who looks like this, sneaky over there, could it be that person?" No, I have to hurry up and find it, I can't let anyone else get this reward! ”

Li Erlame was also attracted by the reward money, stared at the image of the bandit on the wall, straightened his neck and looked in the direction pointed by the young man, pushed everyone away and limped over, for fear of falling behind others.

Seeing him leave, Wang Lin looked out of the city, and saw that the ox cart had turned a corner, so he nodded at the young man, took out a handful of copper coins and stuffed them to the young man, and went back to the Qingshan grocery store.

Second Uncle Wang turned a corner, bypassed Lijia Village, and walked back, "Old family, who else is in this Li Er's lame family?" ”

Lan Yi thought for a while, "Yu'er's parents are dead, there are grandparents at home, and then there is Li Er's lame family." I only saw Li Er's cripple, Yu'er's grandmother and second aunt, and the three of them were not easy to get along. ”

Liu also asked: "Look at him dressed like this, isn't their family doing well?" ”

Lan Yi shook her head, "I took Yu'er to his house to pick up things once when I came back in April last year, and their house looks much better than ours, and the yard is bright." However, Li Er's lame man is a good gambler, so he may owe gambling debts again. ”

If you get involved in gambling addiction, sooner or later your family will be ruined. Second Uncle Wang lightly hit the scalper a few times with a whip, "At that time, what was the situation, tell me." ”

Lan Yi didn't hide it, and told it one by one. Although Chen and Liu knew that Yu'er was rescued by Lan Yi when they were sold, they didn't expect it to be that scene at that time, Liu's pregnancy became much more sensitive, tears fell down one by one, and he bit his handkerchief and said: "How can there be such a ruthless uncle!" If Yu'er, this kid, is really sold by him to the pickled place, sooner or later he will be tossed to death! ”

This "if", Lan Yi trembled every time she thought about it, "Second uncle, second brother and sister, third brother and sister, don't mention this to the children when you go back today, Yu'er is careful, I'm afraid he will feel uncomfortable if he knows." ”

In the past two years, Second Uncle Wang's family has long regarded Yu'er as their own family, so naturally there is nothing they should not do.

Second Uncle Wang said with experience, "In the past two days, don't go into the city, I estimate that the second cripple will wait at the gate of the city." But if he really has the heart to inquire, he will be able to find him sooner or later! We didn't do anything wrong, and we weren't afraid if he really found him. Old man, you mention this matter to Wei Ji and let him go. ”

A person like Li Erlame is the most bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and since he is involved in gambling, he is even more afraid of seeing officials. Zhou Weiji is the head of the yamen, and with that bluffing momentum, Li Er's lame man has to weigh it when he sees it.

Lan Yi nodded, "Let the second uncle worry about it again." ”

Second Uncle Wang nodded, and said earnestly, "The days have to be lived a little bit steadily, don't always think about crooked things, the poor must be poor and have backbone, and the rich must be rich and keep their duties with peace of mind, otherwise the Bodhisattva ancestors in heaven will not be able to spare you." ”

"Yes." The three of them should respond seriously.

Lan Yi smiled: "Second uncle, let's not be spoiled by such a splash." You've been around for a day today, do you have a good horse? ”

Second Uncle Wang patted the cow's back and smiled innocently. "There are only twenty or thirty horses in the whole horse market, and there are four or five horses that are still good at their teeth, hooves, feet, and waists, but the price is a little more expensive, and one horse costs more than 20 horses. Feeding horses is not as good as feeding cattle and sheep, the forage is exquisite, and food must be added to the material, otherwise the horse will be bored. Can't run fast. ”

"A horse costs more than twenty!" Chen opened his mouth in shock, he knew that horses were expensive, but he didn't expect that a horse could build a yard for money. But. In order for her husband to be able to enter and exit conveniently, Chen still clenched his fists, he must buy it, and he can no longer be wronged if he earns money.

"It's more expensive. The two of them had horses. Going back and forth every day can also save an hour and rest at home. Second Uncle Wang also felt sorry for his son.

Liu wiped his eyes, "Dad, do you want to buy a small courtyard in the city?" ”

"The yards in the city are a few hundred taels good, and it's useless to buy a bad one. Besides, there are rooms in the shop, and they also have a place to rest. Second Uncle Wang thought about it for a long time, "Don't think how good it is to live in the city, it's piled up with silver." Don't say anything else. Firewood for fire, noodles for cooking, eggs. These have to be bought, and a bucket of water costs a few pennies. In the good year, there is a good income and can get by, but in the event of a disaster, the money rises, and we can still dig food from the soil in the village, but they are not so good. ”

Second Uncle Wang now talks more than before, and he also has confidence, "If there is no good income, it is better to live comfortably in the city than in the countryside, and the rich man of Zhou in our village also moved to the city after his family has hundreds of acres of land." However, we also have to take a long-term view, no matter how good the business is, Dafuku's children are also older and want to go to the city to study in the county, so we will buy a two-entry yard in the front store and backyard in the city at that time. Doing a small business in front of you can also give the children a place to stay. ”

Dafu is the eldest grandson of Second Uncle Wang, and Second Uncle Wang has very high expectations for him. Liu touched his belly, looking forward to giving birth to a male baby in this child.

Lan Yi remembered the yard that her father Wang Chengde bought for Wenxuan in the city, not far from the county school, she went to see it once, it was very quiet, Lan Yi didn't go to see it after renting it out, there lived a family of scholars, and paid rent for three years.

When Yu'er and Wenxuan go to the city to study, they will have to be twelve or thirteen years old, and it will be a long time.

A litter of children were playing on Lan Yi's kang, and seeing Lan Yi coming in with a big bag, Dafu and Niuniu were also in a hurry to go home, and Li took the three children away.

When the eighth wife and the second sister-in-law who were sitting on the kang saw Lan Yi coming back, they jumped off the kang with a twist, and whispered hello and left.

Lan Yi gave the food to Yu'er, Wenxuan, and Niu Dan, and asked curiously, "Aunt Yao, what's wrong with Erquan's sister-in-law?" According to her normal reaction, she had to watch herself open everything and taste it before she could leave.

Jia Shi smiled and poured warm water on Lan Yi, "It's nothing." is to ask me if she can have children at this age, and how she can conceive a male baby. ”

Lan Yi squirted out a mouthful of water, "She, she, she still has this mind?" "Isn't it already dead hearted, and you go around looking for a son-in-law for the eldest girl at home?

"The second daughter-in-law is less than thirty, and she can still give birth if she takes good care of herself." Jia Shi looked at the two children, "She saw that both the Liangxiu family and the Lin Yuan family had it, so she moved her mind, it is impossible to have no male in the family." ”

Lan Yi nodded, and also looked at Yu'er and Wen Xuan. Wen Xuan was satisfied with the snacks, Yu'er noticed her mother's gaze, and looked up at her with a big smile, innocent.

Lan Yi thought of the second cripple, her fists clenched, she must protect Yu'er.

After entering Sanjiu, the dripping water is icy, the river is frozen, and the stalls of the two families in the village, Niu Sister-in-law and Eight Sisters-in-law, who collect mountain goods, have also withdrawn, preparing new clothes and food for the New Year. Lan Yi's New Year's goods are all kinds of dried fruits, sea rice and smoked sausages. She made a lot of smoked sausages, salt, cumin, garlic and five-spiced ones, Zhou Weiji and Second Uncle Wang's family sent a lot, and a few days ago she asked Chunrong to bring back some to her mother and Xia Wan, Zhou Wei is excellent meat, smoked sausages he likes to eat very much.

The three male ducks in the family were killed by Lan Yi and two were made into a bed and a down quilt for Su Yongshen, since he learned that Su Yongshen took care of Zhou Weiji at the border pass, Lan Yi had a very good impression of Zhou Weiji's brother-in-law who had never met. Because he knew that he was not in good health, Lan Yi couldn't sit anywhere else, and he didn't dare to blindly ask Jia Shi to prescribe medicine to him, so he could only do something practical and within his ability. Originally, she wanted to kill a few more ducks and make something warm, but Yu'er and Wenxuan did not agree to kill the female duck, if she killed the only remaining male duck, there would be no duck eggs next year, and she also wanted to let the hens hatch a few more litters of ducklings in the spring.

Therefore, now there is only one male duck in the family, guarding his thirty-eight wives and living a hard life like an emperor. Five of the six roosters in the chicken pen are beautiful male pheasants, and after raising them for a long time, they don't have the same beautiful feather color as when they were wild in the mountains, so Lan Yi asked Yu'er and Wenxuan to pick one of their favorites each, and the remaining three were sold as mountain goods to Cheng Beiyou's Le Xiangju, and they also got the same money.

In the evening, after Zhou Weiji came back, he went to Lan Yi's house for dinner as usual. Everyone in the village now knows that Zhou Weiji goes in and out of Lan Yi's house every day, which is no different from going back to his own house, but the two of them are married, so it is not unruly. Besides, Second Uncle Wang's family didn't object, they could only discuss it in private, Lan Yi's pungency was still fresh in their memory, and Zhou Weiji was also known as a murderer, so everyone naturally didn't dare to provoke him.

"When did you come back from entering the city today?" Eating pork ribs and rice noodles tonight, Zhou Wei sat on the kang very warmly, looking at Lan Yi.

Knowing that Lan Yi and Zhou Weiji had something to say, Jia took the two children to the greenhouse to freshen up, and there were only two of them left in the house, Zhou Weiji's voice was very soft, like the chatter of an old husband and wife.

"I just turned around casually, and I arrived home halfway through the time."

No wonder he walked around the city and didn't meet her.

Lan Yi took out the toothbrush: "Brother Tuesday, I bought you a new toothbrush, the old one has been used for a long time, let's replace it with a new one." ”

Watching her take out one of the four toothbrushes, the smile in Zhou Weiji's eyes deepened, "Okay." ”

Lan Yi turned around and took out the finished duvet from the cabinet again, "You can bring this duvet to Brother Su when you enter the city tomorrow and let him cover it." Is Brother Su's body and bones okay? ”

Zhou Weiji took the duvet, took Lan Yi's hand, and rubbed it gently, "Big brother has been unable to get out of bed recently, and his leg hurts so much, he said that it is going to snow this day." ”

Lan Yi was stunned, and a few days ago, Second Uncle Wang also said that it was estimated that it would snow in two more episodes. There is an episode every ten days, that is, it should snow in the lunar month. Now that Su Yongshen is also saying that it is going to snow, is it possible that the snow is really coming?

"Hurry down, people who cough in the snow are much better." Lan Yi looked forward to it, "Brother Su has Wu Feng to take care of it, and there is still a person." ”

Zhou Wei was extremely silent, "Wufeng left, he went back to the border pass." ”

The strength in his hand was a little stronger, Lan Yi didn't move, let him hold it, "Is something wrong?" ”

Zhou Weiji shook his head, "It's not a bad thing. The official document of the imperial court came down, and he was allowed to return to the border pass without the first credit, so that the yamen could be promoted to the court to retry the bloody case of that year. ”

This is indeed not a bad thing, after so many years, I am afraid that there is no evidence for a long time, and the court is doing this, and it is also intended to let him pass a clear road. (To be continued......)