Zhao Shangjing held the completed wooden carving of the boy and knocked on Lan Yi's door. One and a half feet high with rosewood carved into the boy birthday worship, the old birthday star, deer, longevity peach, the boy are all carved vivid and exquisite, the structure is symmetrical, is a handy birthday gift, to their own mother-in-law Mrs. Zhou can also get it.

"Uncle Lao Zhao, you have been busy for many months for this wood carving." Lan Yi looked at the wood carving on the table with admiration.

It is a very pleasant thing to see that the things he has carefully carved are sincerely loved and appreciated, Zhao Shangjing smiled slightly, "Although it is not as good as the craftsmanship of Seiko carpenters, it has finally not ruined this good piece of wood." ”

After speaking, he took out another jujube wooden box and opened it and handed it to Lan Yi, "These are some gadgets carved out of corner wood for the two children to play with." ”

Lan Yi nodded in thanks, "Uncle Zhao, when do you plan to leave this winter?" ”

Now that it is winter, Zhao Shangjing's family should also pack up and return to their hometown, and come back next spring after the earth thaws to continue to take care of the peony garden. Zhao Shangjing responded, "I'll leave in half a month, sister-in-law Tuesday, it's raining heavily this autumn, I'm afraid that the peony will get sick as soon as spring next spring, and I'll come back after fifteen next year, and then talk about how to use medicine depending on the situation." ”

Not only peonies, after many days of rain, the wheat planted on the seed, the seedlings are not as good as in previous years, many people in the village are beginning to worry that next year's harvest is not as good as in previous years, so these days taking advantage of the good weather, everyone gets up early and goes to the mountains to collect wild fruits and sell them to the mountain goods stalls in the village.

It's not just the men who go to the mountains. The women followed, and the children were left to be cared for by the elderly, so even in this slack season. There are far fewer women in the village standing on the side of the road chatting and grinding their teeth.

"Fortunately, there is a stall for us to collect mountain goods, otherwise this good time will not be wasted." The eighth wife and the second sister-in-law sat in the courtyard of Lan Yi's house, touched their stomachs and sighed, "If it weren't for my big belly, I would have to follow them with a sack on my back." Aunt Jia, you said that I have this belly. Isn't it too big? It's not even seven months now, so it looks like eight or nine months. ”

Jia shook his head, "It's not too big." However, you have to control not to eat too much, otherwise you will suffer during production. ”

"Where can she control it, she can't wait to kill herself every day to be full." Liu pinched the fat fingers of the eighth wife and second sister-in-law, "Take a look." This finger is comparable to when I was not pregnant with a child. It's two times thicker. ”

The eighth mother-in-law and the second sister-in-law smiled and stretched out their fingers, "This is called edema, edema!" It's good to have a baby. ”

Chen also pursed his lips and smiled, "Erquan sister-in-law, but we are a village, and you are the richest, I see that you are not a big belly, but the meat on your belly is thicker than others." ”

Liu nodded. Sticking out her thumb at Chen, her second sister-in-law was on the point. Lan Yi also smiled. The eight mothers and two sisters-in-law are fat, and after pregnancy, they can eat and add edema, and the whole person is thicker again, and they are definitely the fattest in the village. Some pregnant women only grow belly without meat after eating, and when they see that their belly is not big, they give birth to a child that is not small; Some pregnant women are just the opposite, the nutrients of what they eat are absorbed by themselves, but the whole person is fat three times and gives birth to a child. In this era, there is no such advanced technology as B-ultrasound, and I don't know whether the child in the belly of the eighth wife and second sister-in-law is big or small.

"That is, even if we are not pregnant, we are the richest in the village!" The eighth wife and the second sister-in-law raised her double chin quite proudly, she has always been very proud of her figure, "But ah, this second richest state has been replaced." ”

The second richest state in the village, according to the words of the eighth wife and the second sister-in-law, is the Wang Hu family of the old Wang family in the south of the village, that is, the mother-in-law of the Zheng widow, and the third richest state is Zhou Jiqing's mother-in-law Liu.

"Erquan sister-in-law, have you also seen the aunt of the Wang family in the south of the village? She has lost a lot of weight, and her face has drooped. "The Liu family also lives in the south of the village, and there are more opportunities to meet Wang Hu's family to go out.

The eighth wife and the second sister-in-law nodded, "I saw it yesterday, I see that she is not only thin, but also not in good spirits." Aunt Jia, she didn't ask you to check the pulse? ”

"Yesterday, her second daughter-in-law helped her to come here." Jia Shi said, "There are no major symptoms, just drink a few pairs of soothing soup." ”

After her death, Widow Zheng did not enter the ancestral grave of the old Wang family but was hastily buried in the barren ravine in the south of the village, and the village said that she had become a lonely ghost, and even circulated multiple versions of ghost stories, when these words reached the ears of Wang Hu, it was already sensational. Although Widow Zheng did disgraceful things, Wang Hu saw the sins she suffered before her death and the terrifying and tragic appearance after her death. Although she kept saying that Widow Zheng deserved it, when this deserving person turned into a ghost, the superstitious Wang Hu was also very afraid.

"Liu Xiangu, they were invited in vain, this ghost was not caught. But I think she scared herself like this by herself. "The eighth wife and two sisters-in-law are now pregnant, and they can't stand the fact that Widow Zheng steals people to drink medicine and have a fetus, "Widow Zheng deserves to hang herself, but she has a good life, and she tosses out these unsightly things." ”

Liu scratched his head, leaned over and asked the eighth wife and second sister-in-law, "Second sister-in-law, who do you say this child is in the belly?" Why do I still think it's Liang Yousi. ”

The eighth mother-in-law and the second sister-in-law also nodded in agreement, "I also pondered yes!" Liang Yousi broke his leg when he got into the carriage when he was about to leave, isn't this just being entangled by Widow Zheng! ”

Lan Yi, who was squeezing the soles of his shoes, slipped his injured needle and almost pierced his hand, Liang Yousi broke his leg because of the blade, but he didn't expect it to be counted on Widow Zheng's head now.

Liu nodded again and again, "That's not all, Liang Yousi was carried into the carriage when he walked from the inn, and the whole person was out of shape, the original white little face, sallow and sallow, trembling and speechless, if it wasn't a ghost, no one would believe it!"

After Liang Yousi was interrogated by Zhou Weiji and Lei Tianze, the next day, a "family member" rushed to the inn to pick him up and "go home", and many people saw his miserable appearance at that time. Zhou Weiji once told Lan Yi that the family was from the Yamen, and Liang Yousi was also involved in other cases, but it was not easy to escort him away, so he used this method.

Lan Yi pierced the awl on the sole of his shoe fiercely, and Liang Yousi deserved it. Jia also remembered the situation when he met Widow Zheng in the woods. Looking at Lan Yi's gloomy face, he changed the topic and said, "The second family." Have you heard of any wild fruits where they are easier to pick, and I would like to go into the mountains to pick them. ”

"Aunt Jia, picking wild fruits is a hard job, you can't do it! If there is anything missing at home, you can just say no to us. The eighth wife and the second sister-in-law persuaded.

Jia Shi smiled, "There is nothing missing at home, I just want to follow and see." ”

Lan Yi also smiled when she saw the smile on her face. "Aunt Yao, there is a red fruit tree not far from the south slope of the village, let's take the donkey with us tomorrow. Although everyone has already picked it, there must still be some pulls down from the tree. ”

Seeing that Jia's spirit had obviously improved a lot in the past few days, Lan Yi confirmed that it was a very correct thing to give her a free slave status.

On the second day, it happened to be the day when Zhou Weiji rested at home and didn't need to go to the yamen. It also coincided with the rest day of Yixue. The whole family is free.

Lan Yi discussed with Zhou Weiji, "Is it better to catch the ducks we raise at the bottom of the hillside and raise them in the yard, or on the hillside?" ”

Zhou Weiji thought for a while, "If you get it home, the duck food will have to be brought back from the inn every day, so it is better to raise it on the hillside." ”

There are more than 70 ducks in the pond at the bottom of the hillside, and they eat nothing but fresh grass and chaff on weekdays. It is the leftovers of the Qingshan Inn, which can be regarded as a good ecological cycle. If it weren't for these leftover meals. Preparing food for this large flock of ducks every day is also a headache.

"It's fine." Lan Yi responded, "However, yesterday Uncle Zhao told me that the leather monkey and Zhou Jiqing were hanging around next to our duck pen, so let us be careful." Uncle Zhao's family will leave in a few days, and the inn is a little far from the pond. It's okay during the day, but if a few of them sneak around to catch ducks while it's dark, it's not worth a few dollars, but it's quite annoying. ”

Zhao Shangjing has a puppy in the yard, and he can help watch it, and they even bring the dog back when they go home, so naturally there is no way to look for it.

Zhou Weiji smiled slightly, "It's okay, let's raise it on the hillside." I took the time to make a few big clamps, and at night I went down to the outside of the pond, and it was done. ”

"......" Lan Yi was speechless, embarrassed as she imagined that Zhou Jiqing and the leather monkey were caught in the clamp like mice, "Let's go together when it's done, otherwise I'm afraid that I won't disassemble it the next morning, and I will be caught there." ”

Zhou Wei chuckled a few times rather happily, "Okay." ”

After breakfast, the family of five set off in a majestic manner. Wen Xuan and Yu'er dismounted on the fruit, Zhou Weiji and Lan Yi led one by one, and Jia followed at the end with a basket on his back.

When they arrived in the woods, the advantage of the dwarf of the horses was brought into full play, and the little faces of the two little ones who rode on it were flushed with excitement, and they had never been to such a deep place in the woods.

"Mother, is it almost there?" Yu'er looked around looking for it.

Lan Yi led the donkey back and forth many times to pick red fruits the year before last, and was very familiar with this road, "Come on, go over that hillside, and walk a little more." ”

"Peach, you dare to break in alone in such a deep forest, fortunately, you didn't encounter a powerful beast." Jia Shi looked at the dense trees around him, very afraid. Lan Yi once told her how she spent the first two years in Beigou Village, when she said lightly that she went into the woods and found red fruits, and went in and out a few times to pick a lot of skewers into sugar gourds to sell. Walking here now, I know how hard she was at that time.

Lan Yi smiled, "I came in to pick up dead leaves as fertilizer, and I accidentally walked farther, and I haven't gone into the forest no matter how deep it is." ”

Zhou Weiji looked back at her bright smile, and thought of the dangers she encountered when she entered the mountain, and told again, "In the future, you can't come to such a deep place without me following." ”

Wen Xuan tilted his little head and asked happily, "Daddy can come with him, right?" ”

"Hmm." Zhou Wei should go down.

"Great!" Wen Xuan clapped his little hands and cheered, "Dad, you fight another tiger today, okay?" ”

Lan Yi hurriedly grabbed his little body and scolded, "Xuan'er, you can't step on the pedals yet, so you have to hold on to the front saddle bridge with your hands, why did you forget it again!" ”

Wen Xuan stuck out his little tongue, grabbed the front saddle bridge of the saddle with his two little fat hands, and sat up straight and looked ahead, "Mother, is that right?" ”

Lan Yi nodded, and Wen Xuan then asked again, "Daddy, is it okay to fight a tiger and go back?" ”

Zhou Weiji used a machete to cut off the branches blocking the way, and responded, "If you can meet it, Dad will give you one back." ”

This place is not far from the village, and there are no tigers, but Wen Xuan still straightened his little body vigorously, looked around, and muttered, "Tiger, come out quickly, tiger, my father is going to beat you." ”

The crowd laughed at him, and there was a fluttering sound behind a large tree next to him, and a pheasant dragged its long tail deeper into the woods.

Yu'er, who had been prepared, quickly took the mud ball from the satchel, pulled out the slingshot and hit it, hitting the pheasant's wings very hard, and dropping two hairs.

Lan Yi's drummer praised, "Yu'er is so powerful!" You can hit the pheasant. ”

Yu'er hung her head in frustration, "Just drop two hairs...... If Uncle Dao is here, he will definitely be able to hit. ”

"When your Uncle Dao is as old as you, he can't beat the chicken feathers!" Lan Yi encouraged, "Yu'er practice hard, and when she grows up, she is better than him." ”

Zhou Weiji's face was full of happy smiles, and his daughter-in-law's way of encouragement was really special.

He took Yu'er's slingshot and demonstrated, "Take the slingshot higher, hold the slingshot horizontally with your left hand, stick your right hand to the side of your cheek, the leather pocket and the bow eye are in a straight line, and your eyes are looking out along this straight line, and what you want to hit has to be in this straight line, looking at the bird's nest on the branch of the tree in front of you." ”

Zhou Weiji shook his hand very handsomely, and a mud bead shot over, hitting the bird's nest!

Yu'er and Wen Xuan looked at Zhou Weiji with shining eyes, and their admiration was high.

"The position of the right hand remains the same, put it next to the cheek raiser, and adjust the height of the left hand to aim, and you can hit it with more practice like this." Zhou Weiji handed the slingshot to Yu'er, glanced at Lan Yi, and had a little pride in his eyes, "When Dad was your age, he would have been able to hit a pheasant a long time ago." ”

This guy also has childish moments, really...... Lovely so much! Lan Yi smiled and her shoulders trembled, "Well, your father is much more powerful than Uncle Dao." Yu'er, you have to take care of it, and if you encounter a pheasant and hare that jump out later, you must ask your father to help you fight. ”

Yu'er nodded again and again, Zhou Weiji looked at Lan Yi's triumphant little eyes, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was even bigger, did this girl think she couldn't hit?

"Yu'er, give me the slingshot." Zhou Weiji took the slingshot, and after speaking, he turned his eyes around, aiming at a tree in front of him, "I saw that there was no turtledove on that tree, and threw it with a stone." ”

The turtle dove is much smaller than the pheasant, Lan Yi picked up a small stone with a look of disbelief and threw it hard, the turtle dove was frightened and spread its wings and flew up, and then ...... Zhou Wei shook his hand, and the turtledove fell in response and hit again!

This time there were more than two little guys, Lan Yi also looked at Zhou Weiji with adoration on her face, "You are so amazing!" (To be continued.) )