Chapter 120: Do it yourself
Jiang An and Lin Lan still kept their faces strained, looking at Ye Xia for a long time and not responding, in order to prevent his daughter-in-law from being reprimanded by his future father-in-law and mother-in-law, although this reprimand was also out of being good to his daughter-in-law, but Lu Xiangbei just didn't want his daughter-in-law to be wronged, so he said to the two: "Uncle, aunt, Xia Xia just wants to return the gift to my cousin,"
According to the generation of the He family, he is his father's stepson, and he should be called He Yao as a cousin, Lu Xiangbei just spoke up, and the two of them, who were still strained a moment ago, had softened their expressions almost instantly,
And Lu Xiangbei looked at his daughter-in-law and children, and continued to Jiang An: "But she doesn't want you to worry too much, so she called me and my cousin to follow her up the mountain, and after going to the place Xia Xia said,
Considering that the injuries on her hands and body are not healed, picking melons and vegetables are all the hands of me and my cousin, we were very careful along the way, we were not bumped into by the villagers, and we did not meet the big guys in the mountains, you don't get angry with Xia Xia, I believe she has kept in mind your advice. “
"Remember? What if she remembered that she could backtrack? Lin Lan glared at her daughter, but the distress in her eyes did not fake it at all: "Xia Xia rolled down the hill in front, our family was almost frightened, if she has another good one, me and your uncle, how should our family live in the future?" ”
"Xia Xia, you are the smartest, you can't be so willful, if it's really like what our mother said, I'm afraid our family will live in pain in this life."
Jiang Xuejin looked at Ye Xia very seriously and said: "What do you want to do, you have to tell your family, your parents won't harm you, the eldest brother, your second brother, the third brother and the fifth brother, we can all help you do it, don't do dangerous things behind our backs." ”
Jiang Xueyan echoed: "There is no shortage of men in our family, you are a girl, you should grow up pampered as our parents said, but you are good, you rush to do everything, it seems that we are useless to be brothers." ”
In front of his sister, he always feels that he is a younger brother, and his sister is like an older sister, speaking and acting like a mature and steady person.
This made him envious, but he couldn't learn it.
"Xia Xia, don't take our parents' words as a deaf ear."
Jiang Xueshen said with a serious face, and even Jiang Xiaowu raised his immature voice with his Zhengtai face: "Sister, I don't want you to have another accident, I want you to be fine, always good!" ”
Qin Lin's brother and sister stood beside him, nudging his sister Qin Zi's back shoulder, Qin Lin pursed his lips, looked at Ye Xia with apologetic eyes and said, "Xia Xia, I'm sorry, it was Xiao Zi who didn't walk carelessly, causing you to roll down the hill." ”
Ye Xia shook his head: "I know that Xiaozi doesn't have a heart, Brother Lin doesn't have to say sorry to me." ”
At this time, Qin Zi's eyes were red like rabbit eyes, she took a step forward and admitted her mistake: "Sister Xia Xia, it's my fault, I shouldn't have pounced on you, if I walked more carefully, the next thing wouldn't have happened, I'm sorry, Sister Xia Xia, I'm sorry for you!" ”
Seeing this, Ye Xia walked up to the little girl, and helped the other party wipe her tears with the back of her hand while comforting softly: "I know you don't have a heart, don't cry, you see Sister Xia Xia is fine, okay, okay, if you cry again, you're going to be ugly!" ”
After comforting Qin Zi, Ye Xia moved his gaze back to Jiang An and his wife:
"Mom and Dad, you care about me, worry about what happens to me, I know in my heart, you can rest assured, I promise that it will not happen again, now let's talk about the melon field left to me by my master, do you think you should go up the mountain now to get things back, or wait until the evening to go?"
The fruits and vegetables are almost fully ripe, and if they are not picked, it is only a matter of time before they become food in the mouths of birds, insects and wild animals.
"What are you going to do when you come back to this?"
Jiang An asked.
The area of the melon field should not be large, but even so, there must be a lot of things picked back, and they can eat it alone, although it is not particularly hot in August, it will still rot after a long time.
"Mom and Dad, what do you think?"
In fact, she can completely receive things and save them, this is what she did last year, when she gave it to her family, she slowly took it out again and again, but now she wants to help her father, the captain, to generate income for the entire brigade, if the melon field continues to hide from the family, it will be too careful.
After all, with her understanding of this family, everyone is very tight-mouthed, and they all spoil her and protect her, so they will not let her fall into danger.
The girl kicked the ball back, Jiang An twitched the corners of her mouth imperceptibly, and then glanced at her daughter-in-law, Fang returned her gaze to Ye Xia, and said with a straight face:
"After the famine, our family has a better and better life for you, it stands to reason that there is no place for others to put their beaks, but Dad is the captain, and our family has five brick houses in one breath.
This inevitably arouses the jealousy of some cautious people in the brigade, and this jealousy is the most terrible, it is like a snake letter with a poisonous tongue, taking advantage of your unpreparedness, to bite you fiercely.
Therefore, your mother and I hope that everyone in our family will speak and act as low-key as possible in the future, of course, this does not mean that you should be wronged outside, what we mean is that no matter which one of our family members, you must keep your mouth tight, and don't talk about the affairs of the family. ”
"What Mom and Dad said is,"
Ye Xia was the first to agree, she looked around at Brother Jiang Xuejin and Qin Lin's brothers and sisters, and said clearly: "I believe that everyone in the family will not talk nonsense outside. ”
Jiang Xiaowu immediately straightened his waist and promised in a childish voice: "I will never be!" ”
After speaking, he looked at the four-year-old dragon and phoenix fetus, these two little guys were very clever, understood the meaning of the little cousin, and raised their milk voices to promise: "Xiaoshan (Xiao Ning) does not talk nonsense." ”
"Second aunt, second aunt, Xiaozi and I won't talk about family affairs casually outside."
The affairs of the Jiang family had nothing to do with the Qin Lin brothers and sisters, but the dragon and phoenix fetus were raised in the Jiang family, and today Qin Lin and Qin Zi heard the secret that Ye Xia said, plus Qin Lin clearly knew that Jiang An and his sons, as well as Ye Xia's brothers and sisters, were really good to him and his younger brothers and sisters, so they naturally stood on the line of the Jiang family, and did not want the family to have an accident due to jealousy.
After Qin Lin made a guarantee, Qin Zi nodded heavily.
"Dad, Mom, even if you don't say those words, the second and third children and I also know the stakes, you and my mother can rest assured, we know what we can and can't say outside."
Jiang Xuejin's eyes were firm, and he said.
Jiang Xueyan and Jiang Xueshen echoed in unison: "Big brother's attitude is our attitude. ”
Jiang An was very relieved, and so was Lin Lan, they seemed to have forgotten that there was an outsider in the hall at this time.
"Dad, I think so, there are not many peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes planted in the melon field, we can wait for the peppers to be red before picking, and then dry them in the backyard and save them to eat, or you can marinate them with salt, or make them into chili sauce to eat, as for tomatoes, make them into tomato sauce for easy preservation, and cucumber salad is ...... when eaten raw."
Ye Xia was talking about this, but he didn't want to be interrupted by Jiang An raising his hand: "Second brother, you take Jun Lang and the third child, and Lin Zi and them to the new house to rest." ”
"Oh."
Jiang Xueyan didn't ask much, beckoned Lu Xiangbei, and went out of the back door of the hall with Jiang Xueshen and Qin Lin brothers and sisters.
When the footsteps in the backyard disappeared, Jiang An said: "The things in the melon field must be sent to your grandparents and your grandfather, Dad just wants to ask you, do you want to send some to your uncle and a few uncles?" ”
"Dad, you asked me and Xia Xia like this, just because you were worried that if any of them were talking nonsense outside, it would cause trouble for our family." Jiang Xuejin's words undoubtedly said that Jiang An's concerns.
"Yes, I do have this worry, although your uncle is my brother, but everyone has their own small family, for more than two years, your mother and I can feel that each room is becoming close to us, of course, your fourth uncle has always had a harmonious relationship with our family......"
Lin Lan looked at the man and obviously became hesitant when he said it, and couldn't help but glance at the other party, and said to his children:
"You think you want to have a good relationship with your uncles and uncles, make your grandparents happy, and be able to enjoy your old age in peace, but you don't worry about the character of your aunt and your aunts, after all, people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, brothers may not stab in the back, but brothers and daughters-in-law are not easy to say."
Jiang Anjunlang's slightly dark face was hot for a while, and he was told by his eldest son and daughter-in-law about his worries one after another, and he felt that it was really difficult to hold his face for a while.
"Then you can send some to grandma, and then grandma will give some watermelon and melon to the uncle and their family, and then say that it was sent to our family by acquaintances in the city, and my parents will honor grandma, so I will divide some."
Ye Xia suggested.
Jiang An thought for a while and shook his head: "Our family doesn't have any relatives in the city, especially the big-spending relatives, so let's say hello to your grandfather when I go to work in the afternoon, and let him and your grandmother have dinner at our house.
Then when you send them home, bring two watermelons, and a few melons, and let your grandma share them with your uncle, as for what your grandma says, we don't have to worry about it. ”
Lin Lan smiled and looked at the man with disgust: "You are really good." ”
Jiang An stroked his head and smiled a little uncomfortably: "Dad and mother have a lot of knowledge, it's better than me talking casually and causing trouble for our family." "Jiang An has a lot of scruples at this time,
But he didn't expect that his scruples were purely superfluous in front of Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang, the two old men had dinner at the second son's house, and they didn't take anything from watermelons and melons, and returned home empty-handed.
In the words of the two old men, if they want to eat, they can just come and eat two bites, so as not to cause trouble at the old house, to be precise, to prevent the second son from causing trouble. It's not that the second elder doesn't believe in the character of his sons, just as Jiang An is worried, Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang are not worried about the few daughters-in-law who live in the old mansion.
Especially the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law, a pair of monkey spirits, it seems that they have been approaching the second room in the past two years, but in fact it is just for the word "profit".
Think about the second room, there is a captain, there is a person who eats public food, five children can read, and three are about to take the college entrance examination, in terms of academic performance, the most important thing is that the daughter of the second room is a blessing doll, do not look at the immediate interests, look at the back, and make friends with the second room, there are only advantages and no disadvantages.
Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang are not unwilling to bring other parties in the second room, they just don't want other parties to patronize the benefits from the second room when they are not sincere, and when there is something in the second room,
Leave aside the relationship and run farther than anyone else. The two old men hope that when they can still breathe, they will take care of their sons and live their lives well.
If the second room feels that the other parties can have deep friendship, and the children will be able to pull out the other rooms in the future, this is naturally a good thing. As parents, they will feel comforted.
"This time last year, apart from what our family ate, how did you deal with those things in the melon field?"
In order to avoid continued embarrassment, Jiang An took his eyes off his daughter-in-law and looked at his daughter-in-law and asked softly.
"I said I smuggled it to the black market in town and sold it, you wouldn't believe it." Ye Xia rolled his eyes, smiled and said, "Since it wasn't shipped to the black market to sell, it can only rot in the melon field." ”
"You girl has a lot of ideas, so don't say it if you don't want to."
Jiang An shook his head with a smile and said, "The black market is very dangerous, don't forget to run there." When he said this, Jiang An had a serious face, without the slightest hint of joking.
"Your dad is right, don't risk going to the black market." Lin Lan emphasized.
"Watermelons and melons don't sell on the black market, they will definitely be ruined a lot after a long time, Dad, Mom, just leave some of the things in the melon field, leave some for our family, and then send some to grandparents and old men, I can't run two trips to the black market, I think so, get up early tomorrow morning, big brother and Jun Lang disguise, well, and I also disguise, and then ......"
"No, don't even think about it!"
Jiang An directly denied it.
"What if it breaks?"
Ye Xia asked with clear eyes.
"It's better to break it than to risk it, and besides, the weather has turned cold, so it should be okay to take it back and leave it for a little longer."
Jiang An has talked about this, what else can Ye Xia say?
Fortunately, before going down the mountain today, she took advantage of He Yao's unpreparedness to collect some watermelons and melons in the space, and there were at most fifteen large watermelons and more than eighty melons left in the melon field at the moment.
They have a lot of families, plus grandparents and grandparents, maybe they can be consumed in ten days or eight days.
"Okay, I'll listen to Dad."
Ye Xia nodded obediently, and then said sweetly: "Actually, the main purpose of telling me about the melon field left by the master today is to think that if our brigade can open up wasteland on the hillside without occupying cultivated land, for example, ......."
Jiang An didn't wait for his daughter to finish speaking, and shook his head: "What do you want to say, Dad knows, but before asking the above, the brigade must not make an assertion, otherwise, the above will blame you, not only your father and I will suffer, but the other brigade cadres involved in this matter will also be implicated." ”
Ye Xia was puzzled: "This is a good thing, not only can it generate income for the country, but also improve the living standards of our team members, there is no reason not to support it?" ”
Jiang An sighed, and said with a gloomy expression: "You said before that raising pigs, chickens and ducks in the name of the brigade collective, I went to the commune for a meeting, and I mentioned it in front of Director Xu, but Director Xu had concerns, saying that the famine year had just passed, and the big guy was still on the food and clothing line, how could he waste food on the sideline in vain, just to eat more meat in his mouth." ”
"Dad, are you mistaken, I didn't say that I used grain to raise pigs, chickens and ducks, and engage in side business, I was talking about pigweed, a special kind of pigweed, there are many in the mountains, pigs and chickens and ducks can eat."
Ye Xia wanted to cry, she clearly said it at the beginning, did her father listen carefully at that meeting?
"Your dad and I have a good brain, I mentioned it to Director Xu, but in the end, Director Xu still replied to me that he would consider it and let me wait for the news. You said that Director Xu has talked about this, what else can I say? ”
Jiang An was also very helpless, he knew that his daughter was kind-hearted, in order to let the whole people of Da Lishu live a good life, but the leader wanted to hold a meeting to study and ask him to wait, as a sesame petty official, what could he do? There is no other way but to do so.
"I have great ambitions, but there is no place for heroes, my heart is so hard and tired!"
Ye Xia pressed the position of his chest and made an exaggerated expression, seeing that Jiang An and Jiang Xuejin were stunned at first, and then the three of them laughed together. "Mom and Dad, our Xia Xia still has such a side, it's so funny!"
Jiang Xuejin raised his hand and rubbed it on Ye Xia's head, smiling without a hint of reserve.
Ye Xia did it on purpose, playing tricks on her own, amusing her family, and ending the rather depressing topic just now.
……
After discussing the melon field, Jiang An went to work as usual in the afternoon, and Lin Lan rested at home, taking care of her daughter and a few small ones by the way.
Before Jiang An left work, the four-room family came to visit Ye Xia and accepted the twenty eggs that Mu Juxiang brought with a bamboo basket, and before the four-room family left, Lin Lan stuffed five melons into the bamboo basket as a return gift, and after sending this family away, they followed the big house and the third room one after the other, and similarly, the two rooms also received melons from Lin Lan.
What I want to say is that the big room and the third room are the same as the etiquette of visiting Ye Xia and the fourth room, they all use bamboo baskets to carry eggs, and cover them with a rag on top of the eggs, but the two rooms seem to have discussed it.
Take ten eggs to the second room. But then again, in this era, there is a shortage of materials, food and clothing are all expensive, and the peasant family rarely eats such as eggs, so they save eggs and sell them to supply and marketing cooperatives to subsidize their families.
An egg costs three cents, ten eggs are five cents for the big one, and three cents for the small one, and according to the small price, ten eggs will cost three cents. Don't underestimate these three cents, it's not a problem to buy half a catty of meat.
You can buy fifteen boxes of matches for two cents, you can buy more than two catties of salt for one dime and three pounds, you can buy one and a half catties of soy sauce for two cents, and you can buy more than three and a half catties for eight cents a catty of vinegar.
It can be seen that the big room and the third room took out ten eggs to visit Ye Xia, but they put their hearts into it. Well, compared with the four rooms, the intention of the two rooms is undoubtedly a big difference. Also, between the rooms, the fourth room and the second room are the closest, and when visiting Ye Xia, an injured patient, they are naturally willing to give heavy gifts.
But Lin Lan has always been a good person, knowing that her family has a good relationship with Sifang, and in the past two years, she has picked out the better clothes that the children in the family can't wear, and quietly sent them to Mu Juxiang twice.
"What do you want to say to me?"
During work time, almost no one walked on the village road, Lu Xiangbei followed what Ye Xia said, and his future father-in-law and mother-in-law told him, and took Jiang Xuejin, Jiang Xueyan, Jiang Xueshen's brother and Qin Lin with a snakeskin bag,
Carrying a basket on his back and carrying a bamboo basket, several people went up the mountain two times back and forth, and the things in the melon field went down the mountain unconsciously, and then, he said hello to Ye Xia and came to the small courtyard of the Hu family.
first said hello to Grandma Li, and then called Li Xueting outside the courtyard gate, the two stood face to face, more than three steps apart, seeing that Lu Xiangbei was silent for a long time, Li Xueting bit her lip in her heart, and met the other party's persecutive cold gaze and asked.
"You stared at me, and the imperative that you couldn't hide in your eyes made me doubt your identity."
Lu Xiangbei's lips and teeth moved slightly, and he condensed at the other party: "Ten years old, it's hard for me to think that a ten-year-old girl would show the eyes of a mature woman, Li Xueting, you're actually not ten years old, right?" ”
Her face turned pale, Li Xueting looked stunned, and slowly, there was obvious panic in this shock, she wanted to retreat, but her feet seemed to hate in place, and she couldn't move.
"I ...... I don't understand what you're saying! If nothing else, I'll go back to the hospital. ”
I can't lift my legs, so why go back to the hospital?
Li Xueting was so anxious that a layer of fine cold sweat oozed from her forehead, she didn't know how to deal with the teenager in front of her at this moment, she just wanted to leave as soon as possible, wanted to be quiet, and thought about what went wrong, which made the teenager suspicious of her identity, and guessed that she was not ten years old.
Lu Xiangbei's dark eyes were full of sharp coldness, his flawless handsome face was even more cold as frost, and his good-looking thin lips opened slightly: "Jiang Xia rolled down the hillside, it was caused by you deliberately tripping Jiang Xia's cousin, you want Jiang Xia's life!" ”
"Don't wronged people, I didn't, Xiao Xia is my godsister, I didn't, and I won't hurt her so much."
Li Xueting flatly denied it, obviously wanting to calm down, but she couldn't help but be excited.
"I know your mind clearly, I don't want to lose my freedom for the rest of my life, even if you hurt people again."
At this moment, he was sure and sure that Li Xueting was not the real Li Xueting, as for whether the other party was wearing a book or being reborn, he didn't care, he only cared that if the other party dared to hurt his daughter-in-law again, he was waiting to bear his anger.
A person who knows what will happen in the future is believed to be highly "valued" by the relevant state departments.
"Jiang Xia is a lonely ghost, why do you doubt me?"
Li Xueting's voice trembled: "I am me, you can't threaten me." ”
Lu Xiangbei took a step closer to her, and the corners of his mouth lifted a smile that seemed to be nothing: "You might as well shout this out and see who will believe you." Jiangxia was born and raised in the pear tree, what is she like?
Her family and the villagers of this big pear tree are all in their eyes, and you, looking at me with adult eyes, full of greed and unwillingness, are bound to win me, and I am not the only one who sees this.
You say what people around you would think if they knew that a ten-year-old girl looked at a boy like that? By the way, feudal superstition is not prudence now,
Your nonsense will only make everyone think of you as a madman, and it is not difficult to conclude from the way you look at me that you seem to be very optimistic about me, to put it bluntly, I may be very successful in the future, so that you keep an eye on me, Li Xueting, the country is currently developing, do you need me to continue to talk about it? ”
Li Xueting trembled, looking at her extremely frightened and frightened appearance, Lu Xiangbei sneered: "Do it yourself!" ”
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