The Ye family is an outsider, and Ye Xia's grandparents like mountains and rivers, so the house was built by the mountains and rivers, and it was separated from the residents in the village. The stone fence, high and explained, the solid wood courtyard door, the front yard and the back yard door are closed and locked, and the whole home is tightly protected.

Three main rooms, two wings on the left and right, blue bricks and tiles, which were rebuilt by Ye Xia's grandparents after liberation and before their daughter Ye Ying got married. I used to live in an adobe tile house,

Due to a storm that lasted for several days, an adobe wall was soaked in rainwater, and the good wall was soaked to the point that the house became a dilapidated house, and as a last resort, Ye Xia's grandparents demolished the original house and rebuilt it.

"Went to school?!"

Lu Xiangbei came to the gate of Ye Xia's courtyard after eating early in the morning, and saw that the courtyard door was locked, but he didn't leave, so he waited in place, but no one came back.

He couldn't help but worry about the safety of his daughter-in-law, until he thought that this was the first day of resumption of classes after the end of the autumn busy holiday, Fang Xin's mind settled down, and sat on a big stone under a tree not far from the gate of Ye Xia's courtyard, waiting for Ye Xia to return while pondering the path he was going to take in this era

, Hurriedly stepped forward, reached out and took off the back basket on Ye Xia's back, his eyes were concerned, and he said casually.

"Hmm."

Ye Xia nodded and said with a smile: "I went to the school and told the teacher about the situation at home, and the school agreed that I would only take the exam and not go to school."

After a moment's pause, Ye Xia blinked and tilted his head to look at his lover: "By the way, do you want to go to the town middle school too?" ”

Lu Xiangbei was puzzled at first, and then immediately realized: "There is no need. ”

Ye Xia smiled: "It's really unnecessary." "The college entrance examination will be restarted the year after then, and at that time, according to the application requirements, as long as the conditions are attached, it will be no problem to walk into the examination room smoothly.

"Then you have to make a show, let your family and the people in the village know that you didn't put down your books, otherwise, with your original image, not only did you suddenly run to take the college entrance examination, but also got an admission letter from the best university in the country, which will inevitably not cause criticism from others."

Ye Xia advised, and when he heard this, Lu Xiangbei followed his daughter-in-law into the courtyard with a basket, nodded in agreement, and said:

"I have all the textbooks for junior high school, and when I go back, I find a set of high school textbooks, and I can often walk around your house under the pretext of asking you questions."

Ye Xia's family lives in a partial way, and there is a distance from the village, so there are not many people walking around Ye Xia's side, and no one sees Lu Xiangbei coming to find Ye Xia today, otherwise,

Don't say that people say anything too ugly, but jokes are definitely indispensable. After all, there was a rescue incident in front of the two of them, and now the whole village, and even the educated youths of the Zhiqing Point are paying attention to the movements of the Luo family, to see when the Luo family will come to the Ye family to propose marriage.

There are many male intellectuals who say sour words, thinking that the youngest son of the branch secretary is a toad eating swan meat, and that Ye Xia is a flower inserted in cow dung; Among the female intellectuals, many people feel sorry for Ye Xia,

looks good and studies well, just because of an accident at home, because he accidentally fell into the water and was rescued ashore by a second bastard, he has to be tied up with the other party, which is really unlucky and tragic.

However, Yao Qingqing was very happy, and not only happy, but he was also planning to secretly poke and poke to create public opinion, and make a big deal about Luo Huaimin (Lu Xiangbei) going down to the river to save Ye Xia.

Of course, in order to maintain her image, she will not go down in person. In short, she wants to stir up public opinion and tie up Luo Huaimin (Lu Xiangbei) and Ye Xia to death, so as to clear the way for herself to marry Ning Zhiqing.

But how did she know that Luo Huaimin, the husband in her previous life and the Ye family and daughter in this life, whom she regarded as her rival in love, had changed their cores, and she didn't know that the two of them were husband and wife, and she couldn't wait to get married and become a family immediately.

"I have two sets of high school textbooks, one was bought by the original owner of my body at the scrapyard during the summer vacation, and the other is a new book issued at the beginning of the school year, remember to bring one set when you go home."

The two entered the hall, Ye Xia said, took the things that Lu Xiangbei took out from the back basket and put them one by one, and then, she took out the money ticket in her trouser pocket, took out a part and handed it to her lover: "It's more convenient to decorate the money ticket outside." ”

Lu Xiangbei's eyes were doting, and he said no, but he put it away naturally in action.

"Nine times out of ten, your family has opinions about our affairs, I can understand this, and I don't want to make your family uneasy because of our affairs, and when you go back, you will bring two ginseng sticks by the way, and talk to your parents in private, just say that you followed me into the mountain at noon, and then we found two ginseng sticks together......"

Without waiting for Ye Xia to finish speaking, Lu Xiangbei Qingjun's eyebrows and eyes were filled with a smile, and a low smile came out of his throat: "I know how to say it."

Two ginseng sticks, one you and one I, I want to sell it when I go back, your money will be given to you, I will take a part of my money, and then give a part to my parents, so that they can put away the pocket money.

By the way, I told my parents that the part of the money I left was used to marry my daughter-in-law, and I could buy whatever I wanted for my daughter-in-law.

When I got married, I definitely didn't treat my daughter-in-law badly, and at the same time told them that my daughter-in-law has the ability, and she doesn't need me at all, and she doesn't need the Lao Luo family to help support her younger brothers and sisters. ”

Lu Xiangbei said with a smile in his words, and said unhurriedly, hearing Ye Xia's amusement, his eyes motioned for him to continue.

"When the family is separated, if my parents are willing, they will live with us, if they don't agree, I respect the opinions of the elderly, but I will not be less filial piety."

"I have no opinion, your eldest brother is on the team, and he can't come home once a year, because your sister-in-law is the eldest daughter-in-law, she could have taken her children with the army, but she took into account the responsibilities of the eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, and had to take the children to take care of the elderly at home, which your eldest brother and sister-in-law actually did quite well.

Try your best, the two old men will live with us, and your sister-in-law can undoubtedly take the child to your eldest brother, but I estimate that your parents would rather live by themselves than eat in the same pot with the two of us, after all, they have to consider your eldest brother's idea as the eldest son. ”

In the countryside, after the separation, the old man basically lives with the eldest son, otherwise, as the eldest son, it is inevitable that the villagers will gossip.

And the boss of the Luo family is the most disciplined in the team, and the second elder of the Luo family is bright-eyed, and he is bound to think more about the separation of the family, so as not to have a bad impact on the eldest son.

"Listen to you, I'll try my best to convince my parents, I will also write a letter to my eldest brother, if my eldest brother and the second elder have no opinion, then the old man will follow us in the future."

Saying this, Lu Xiangbei's eyes flashed and asked, "Then when will we do something?" ”

Ye Xia gave him a big look: "You and I are old enough?" Lu Xiangbei shook his head: "I am still a few months away from adulthood, you are one year younger than me, according to the current marriage law, we can't get a certificate at our age." ”

"It's good to understand."

Ye Xia couldn't help but smile: "Wait, before the college entrance examination the year after tomorrow, you ask your father to think of a way to raise the age of the two of us a little, so that we will naturally have nothing to say about getting the certificate." ”

Hearing this, Lu Xiangbei blurted out: "Then why can't you do what you say now?" ”

You looked at the grievances that the man deliberately revealed, Ye Xia couldn't help laughing: "I'm a little over sixteen years old, and I just dropped out of school, plus my mother had an accident before, and I said it in front of the captain, do you think I am suitable to marry into your family now?" ”

"I can't say good night to you before going to bed, and I can't see you for the first time when I wake up early and open my eyes, I feel very uncomfortable."

Lu Xiangbei became more and more like a wronged little daughter-in-law.

"Let's get engaged first, this marriage must come down, you and I walk around, the people in the village will not say anything except for joking with us."

"Okay, as soon as I get home, I'll make it clear to my family, and let my parents find someone to come to your house to propose marriage, and set our marriage."

"Say it well, don't quarrel with your sister-in-law and them, and then when I get engaged, I will make a statement in front of the matchmaker and your family, my younger brothers and sisters I will raise myself and will not drag down your family. Other than that

We will get married the year after tomorrow, and I will enter your house, but on the second day of the wedding, no matter whether your parents will divide your brother's family, you have to come to my house with me, and I will not leave my younger brothers and sisters to live in this house to fend for themselves. ”

"That's nature."

Lu Xiang to the north of the jaw.

"Don't you worry about being called an inverted door?"

Ye Xia's eyes were playful and asked with a smile. "You man, I'm the kind of person who cares about gossip?"

Lu raised his eyebrows to the north.

"You don't care, it's hard to guarantee that your parents don't care."

Ye Xia looked playful: "If because of this, your parents don't agree to our engagement, what will you do?" ”

"I'm my parents' favorite of me."

When he said this, Lu Xiangbei only felt goosebumps all over his body, but he still said it, nothing more than trying to make his daughter-in-law laugh.

Sure enough, when Ye Xia heard what he said, he instantly laughed happily, like a spring flower blooming.

"Isn't it funny?"

Lu Xiangbei pretended to be serious: "I didn't tell a lie. ”

"Yes, yes, you are telling the truth, you are the top pet of your parents, they will definitely not let you be wronged!"

The smile in Ye Xia's eyes almost overflowed, and she asked, "What do you want to eat at noon?" ”

The topic of daughter-in-law changed too quickly, Lu Xiangbei couldn't help but be stunned, seeing this, Ye Xia laughed: "Why do you have such an expression?" It's eleven o'clock and five o'clock, and I have to catch up with Xiaoyu

Come home from school and cook a meal. ”

When Lu Xiangbei heard this, he came back to his senses and said casually: "You know, I'm not a picky eater, not to mention that as long as you make it, I like to eat it." ”

"Then I'll make noodles, let's make leek egg dumplings at noon,"

Speaking of this, Ye Xia paused, and said, "You go and cut leeks, and I'll make noodles." ”

There are dumplings, wontons, and buns wrapped by Ye Xia in the previous generations in the space, as well as similar quick-frozen products that she bought, but those are all made of white flour, and the current situation at home, if she makes pure white flour dumplings at once, it will inevitably seem a little abrupt.

Take your time, how much money and food there is in the family, their four sisters and brothers all know it, and when they go back and sell the ginseng, she will talk to the younger brothers and sisters below, so that they should be at ease, study hard, and no longer worry about the predicament of the family and delay their studies.

At the same time, with the money from selling ginseng in hand, it is natural for the family to improve their lives.

But for the sake of insurance, in addition to working and treating people, she needs to have a clear source of income. Thinking like this, Ye Xia frowned slightly, looking at her, Lu Xiangbei asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

"I've got to have a clear source of income here."

Ye Xia responded, and then, she said, "You should have an old newspaper at home, right?" After dinner, you go home, flip through the newspapers, and help me copy a few newspapers that solicit manuscripts, I want to send manuscripts to earn manuscript fees, so that our sisters and brothers will have a better life, and others will not gossip. ”

Lu Xiangbei fully supported: "No problem. Why don't I mail it for you in the afternoon? The two old husbands and wives have long been connected by heart, no, as soon as Lu Xiangbei's voice fell, Ye Xia reacted in his mind: "Are you asking me to send the original poem manuscript to the newspaper?" ”

Lu Xiangbei bowed his head lightly: "I remember that you put the manuscripts in place, you picked among them, sorted out the poems that echoed this era, and said to your younger brothers and sisters that you wrote them in your spare time, if the manuscript is typed, it is a big deal that you copy it by hand and then mail it." ”

"I had to copy the ones I typed on the computer by hand."

"Will you send it in the afternoon?"

"Since I said it, I naturally want to send it."

"The main theme, you pick a few poems, let's serialize, mail seven or eight thousand or ten thousand words first, and your book "The Dawn of the Secret War" will be your first book published in this world!"

"Okay."

Ye Xia responded with a smile, the book she wrote, "The Dawn of the Secret War is Imminent" was very popular back then, well, the poems she wrote were basically very popular with readers, this is not a boast, it is a fact, there is a monthly manuscript fee to testify to.

The source of income on the bright side had a direction, Ye Xia beckoned Lu Xiangbei to start getting busy, one went to the stove room and noodles, and the other took a knife to cut leeks. Speaking of which, the front and back yards of Ye Xia's house are not small, and there is a small vegetable patch against the wall, in which a lot of vegetables are grown.

Lu Xiangbei cut the leeks well, and chose to clean, wash, and control the water without being unfamiliar at all, while Ye Xia reconciled the noodles, and cooked the dumpling filling with his hands and feet, about half past eleven, and the dough woke up.

She kneaded it on the board for a while, and then handed it over to Lu Xiangbei to roll the skin, she came to wrap it, and the husband and wife were a fast rolling skin, and a dumpling was fast, and at twelve o'clock, two or three hundred dumplings were wrapped.

Put some of it into the space, so that it can be left for Ye Hong and Ye Bin to eat at night, and the rest of the dumplings Ye Xia will be put into the pot twice, the first pot she didn't move her chopsticks, Lu Xiangbei was full, and then filled a lunch box of dumplings, and asked Lu Xiangbei to take home for her future parents-in-law to eat.

"You just use a small basket to carry back, don't rub around, meet people on the way, and go straight to the mountain to cut some pigweed."

According to the national regulations, farmers can voluntarily feed the task pigs, and so on the pigs slaughter, the state will give subsidies, however, this year people are not full, the initiative to raise the task pig is not much, after all, it is not easy to raise a pig, people dare not take risks easily, so as not to raise pigs not to cause losses to the family, and delay the work.

And the branch secretary's family has a task pig, Ye Xia knows about it, and in his memory, the original owner has seen several children of the Luo family playing pigweed. "Put one, don't put so many."

Seeing that Ye Xia wanted to put two pheasants and a hare in the back basket, Lu Xiangbei spoke out to stop him: "There are few prey on the periphery of the mountain, and the whole brigade knows that if you don't go deep into the mountains, it is generally difficult to hit the prey, if I take out two pheasants and a hare from the back basket as soon as I go home, the family will definitely have to ask questions." ”

Ye Xia was silent for a moment, took a pheasant back into the space, and said: "A pheasant and a hare, the pheasant was caught by yourself, and the hare was picked up by you when it hit the stump and fainted." ”

As she spoke, Ye Xia spread pigweed on top of the pheasants and hares in the back basket, and then she put the aluminum lunch box containing dumplings into the back basket, and then put pigweed in the back basket.

"Okay, you go and get busy with you, I'll go back."

Lu Xiangbei picked up the basket on one shoulder, waved his hand at Ye Xia, and prepared to walk away.

"Ginseng, I'll give you ...... in the afternoon"

Saying that, Ye Xia suddenly stopped, thought about it, walked to his lover's side, and lowered his voice: "You see if this will work, tomorrow morning my younger brothers and sisters will go to school, you come to my house, and the two of us will go to the black market in the provincial capital through spatial teleportation, so that it can be sold for a lot of money, not to mention, it is not easy to be suspected." ”

At this point, Ye Xia glanced at the man and continued: "Actually, I will run alone......" Lu Xiangbei didn't wait for his daughter-in-law to finish speaking, frowned and cut off: "No." Originally, it was left to me to make a move,

Now it is changed to you and me together, and in a blink of an eye, I want to become you going to the black market in the provincial capital alone to trade, Xia Xia, I am a man, I am your husband, I want to hold up a piece of heaven for you! Looking at his lover's serious expression, Ye Xia Waner smiled:

"Okay, okay, when I didn't say what I just said, let's be together tomorrow morning. Your parents, you say what we agreed before. ”

Lu Xiangbei felt that his daughter-in-law was treating him as a child, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, he said: "Although my body is currently less than eighteen, my core is a hairy boy, you shouldn't tell me so much." ”

"Am I exaggerating? I also told you a thousand times, but I just said it a second time. ”

Ye Xia snorted lightly, with an arrogant look: "You can take this ginseng back, so that your parents can take a look, lest they say that you are bragging." ”

A hundred-year-old ginseng with scattered aura and soil was completely wrapped in something by Ye Xia and put into Lu Xiangbei's back basket.

"Put it with the lunch box, and when you get home, remember to take it out with your sisters-in-law on your back."

It's not that Ye Xia has the heart of a villain, it's that Ye Xia doesn't want to get into trouble for no reason. As for asking Lu Xiangbei to show the ginseng to the second elder of the Luo family, it's not that Ye Xia can trust the two.

It was Ye Xia who knew how much the second elder of the Luo family favored his younger son, and at first glance he knew that the youngest son had dug up a century-old wild ginseng on the mountain, and he was inevitably surprised, but he would definitely keep it for his son

The secret.

"My second sister-in-law is not very good, the third sister-in-law also looks like she has a lot of thoughts, and the fourth sister-in-law works in the town all the year round, and she is a little high-minded, so the sister-in-law has little selfishness, and she can be regarded as a qualified eldest daughter-in-law."

Lu Xiangbei said his opinion on several sisters-in-law, and after listening, Ye Xia said "oh" and asked with a playful expression:

"And what is my daughter-in-law?"

Lu Xiangbei's eyes were gentle and doting: "My daughter-in-law is a good daughter-in-law of the people, only there is nothing in the sky and no on the earth, I believe my parents will like my daughter-in-law very much." ”

"Oily cavity slippery."

Disgusted at his lover, Ye Xia sent him to the gate of the courtyard, watched the other party walk away, and turned around and returned to the courtyard.

"Big sister! Eldest sister! I'm back from school! ”

didn't see the voice arrive first, Ye Xia was cooking dumplings in the stove room, heard Ye Yu's voice, and responded with a smile: "Eldest sister heard it, you put down your schoolbag and wash your hands, the meal will be ready immediately." ”

"What's for lunch?"

Ye Yu came to the door of the stove room with his schoolbag on his shoulder, and Ye Xia happened to open the lid of the pot at this time:

"Dumplings, leek egg dumplings with two-fold bread."

Ye Yu swallowed his saliva involuntarily and sniffed: "It's so fragrant!" The eldest sister is the best! ”

However, in an instant, the child put away his smiling face and said, "Sister, our family...... We don't have much food in our house, so we can't eat like this. ”

Beckoning the child to come forward,

Ye Xia said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Let me tell you a secret, the eldest sister inadvertently saved an old comrade with medical skills in the town today, and when the old comrade woke up, he had to give me a hundred yuan and some tickets to thank me.

I don't want it, but the old comrade wants me to accept it, but I refuse, the eldest sister accepted the money ticket given by the old comrade, there was no one else around at the time, I didn't plan to say it, but you little guy don't worry about a lot of things, the eldest sister can only tell you this secret, you have to remember to help the eldest sister keep it secret. ”

Ye Yu was silent for a while, patted his chest, and said very seriously and firmly: "I will keep my mouth shut, but ...... Isn't it okay to tell the third brother? ”

Ye Xia pretended to think for a moment, and then responded with a smile: "Yes, our family knows it's okay." ”

Ye Yu smiled: "I will tell the third brother to keep it a secret together." ”

"Eldest sister knows, you quickly put your schoolbag in the hall, wash your hands, and wait to eat dumplings."

Ye Xia said with a soft smile. Ye Yu happily responded, turned around and ran towards the hall. The little boy who eats fragrant leeks and egg dumplings is extremely satisfied.

"Eldest sister, do you have anything to eat when the third brother comes home from school in the afternoon?"

"Yes, your third brother and second sister have something to eat, and the eldest sister has a lot left!"

"The second sister is bad, don't give her food."

"Xiaoyu, didn't the eldest sister tell you and your third brother last night, our mother's accident does have a certain relationship with your second sister, but the eldest sister believes that your second sister doesn't want to see your mother like that, and see your mother leave us forever. You can not forgive your second sister now, but the eldest sister doesn't want to see you have hatred for your second sister. ”

"She made my mother angry to death, I won't forgive her, never."

Ye Yu said, his eyes red. Seeing that the child was about to cry, Ye Xia hurriedly said: "If you don't forgive, you won't forgive, no one forces you to forgive." ”

"Doesn't the eldest sister blame me?"

Ye Yu asked with a blink of wet eyes. Ye Xia shook his head: "You didn't do anything wrong, why should the eldest sister blame you?" But the eldest sister hopes that you can quietly feel everyone around you,

One day, you feel that your second sister has reached the level of your forgiveness, and the eldest sister still wants to see you reconcile, and the four of us will be safe and happy for a lifetime. Ye Yu pursed his lips and didn't make a sound.

Rubbing the top of the child's hair, Ye Xia cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, got up and said, "Go to school, don't deliberately think about those things, be your true self with your heart, live every day happily, tell the eldest sister, can you do it?" ”

Wiping it from the corner of his eyes, Ye Yu nodded his little head heavily: "Yes!" ”

The eldest sister wants him to be happy every day, then he will be happy and not think about the second sister.

"Minwa, where did you come back?" Lu Xiangbei walked on the village road with a basket on his back, and met a villager who was working in the field, and when he was asked, he followed the reputation to the other party and responded: "Uncle Cheng is working, I will help the family to cut some pigweed at noon." ”

The people of the village usually like to call the descendants by their nicknames. "It seems that Minwa is sensible, okay, this is a good thing, your parents can finally worry less about you anymore!" Luo Laicheng and Luo Zhishu are about to come out of five suits,

About fifty years old, yesterday I heard that the youngest son of the branch secretary was opened in the town, and I felt very sweaty for Luo Huaimin, the cousin, at this moment, I saw that people had wrapped white gauze around their heads, and they were in good spirits, and they couldn't help but be really happy for Luo Huaimin's cousin and nephew.

"In the past, I was ignorant, and I didn't worry about my parents a lot, and I will try to improve it from now on." Lu Xiangbei paved the way for the transformation of his own image, well, it was the transformation of the impression left on the villagers before the original owner.

"Uncle knows that you are a smart baby, this brain is enlightened, and you will definitely not wander around like before, and you don't do anything all day long."

Luo Laicheng had a smile on his dark face and said something. "I won't." Lu Xiangbei responded in a shallow voice, and then gossiped a few words, don't pass Uncle Luo Laicheng, don't wait long, go away.

"The little five of the branch scrivener has really become different!"

Someone walking beside Luo Laicheng said a word, and soon, someone answered: "Can there be any change if they are all opened?" "Speaking of which, that baby has no other bad problems except for being idle."

"Isn't idleness a bad thing?"

"In our opinion, it is a problem, but it is not necessarily in the family of the branch secretary."

"That's right, there is no shortage of labor in the branch secretary, besides, the boss of the branch secretary is an official in the team, and there are many people under his hands, what kind of allowance is not low every month, the branch secretary has the allowance sent by the eldest son every month, and there are the second and third and several daughters-in-law around to work, but there is no shortage of labor force for Huaimin's kid."

"The fourth child of the branch secretary family is a thief, the two of them have jobs in the town, and they stay in the town all year round and don't go home, and they don't see the branch secretary and the two have opinions."

"The scrivener's family is not a temperless person, even if the fourth child and his daughter-in-law don't go home when they are adults, I think there will be no less filial piety money for the second elder in the family."

"Who knows, anyway, I think the fourth scrivener is in vain."

"What is not raised for nothing, you mean that the two of them raised a son for the fourth child and his father-in-law's family, this must not be said nonsense, once it is heard by the branch secretary, it will be over with you." “

Let's tell you the truth, that's what the scrivener may think. ”

……

The members of the club chatted about the gossip of the branch scrivener while walking, far away, Yao Qingqing and a group of educated youths walked on the way back to the Zhiqing point, saw Lu Xiangbei's back, frowned together, and returned to the village after being discharged from the hospital and didn't know to look for her, saying that they would give her something? The dog man is used to coaxing her!

"Qingqing, what are you looking at?"

(End of chapter)