In the yard, Shi Laohan had finished drying the hemp silk, turned around and put the firewood from the mountain neatly on the side of the sunny gable, and divided the dry firewood into two stacks, and trapped them with the newly peeled bark, then straightened up, glanced at his daughter, his eyes were full of love and reluctance, picked up the flat burden, put the two bundles of dry firewood on his shoulders, walked out of the firewood door, and told his daughter: The river is full of water, and it is still cold, so let's go after a few days.

Shi Yi's bald head hung lower, and the red on his face that had just faded immediately became rosy again, and he replied in a thin voice: The store has urged, and the backlog of linen at home can't be handed over, so I have to pay a lot of money, my daughter will be careful, Daddy be careful, go early and return early.

Shi Laohan didn't speak, just sighed, the days are hard, he has been fighting for many years, the child and his mother passed away the year before last, the eldest baby served in the military five years ago, and there is no news until now, and I don't know if it is dead or alive, the little doll is only eight years old, and this ghost day is even more sad.

What a head?

The corners of his eyes were moist, he raised the back of his rough and chapped hand, wiped it, straightened his waist, looked up at the sun breaking through the clouds, and said to himself: The baby has grown up, and the next year will be in time, it is time to find a good family, but I dare not let the baby suffer anymore.

Several women who had arrived by the river early were laughing and washing the hemp skins that had been peeled off the hemp stalks in the river, and in the distance there were women and children in twos and threes, carrying or carrying the hemp skins on their heads, walking towards the stream.

A girl holding a double bun full of peach blossoms, was putting a pink peach blossom, thinking about whether to insert it, turned her head and saw Shi Yiguang, a tender face, immediately showed a peach blossom-like smile, threw away the peach blossom in her hand, trotted to her side, stretched out her hand to lift the other end of the hemp skin, and smiled like a silver bell: "Sister Shi, you are too late this morning." ”

Shi Yiguang raised a hand, picked off the peach blossoms on the girl's head one by one, leaving only the peach blossoms around the bun, and said pitifully: "Sister Zheng, it's still so nonsense, this flower, how can there be a full head, look at it, isn't it better to look like this?" ”

Zheng Dan also plucked one from the bun, put it on Shi Yiguang's sideburns, and said with a clever smile: "Sister Shi is better looking." And said: "Sister Shi, look at the ...... over there."

"How old are you, and you're naughty." As she spoke, she also followed her gaze to the other side.

On the other side, a Peugeot woman of the same age as Shi Yiguang put the same pink peach blossom in her sideburns, secretly glanced at Shi Yiguang, frowned slightly, covered her heart with both hands, and a casual smile flowed from the corner of her mouth.

The cowardly and confident appearance drew the ridicule of several women on both sides of the river, and then the faces of the women who came over showed obvious disgust, and they pulled the smirking child away from her.

Zheng Dan rolled his eyelids as he walked, and whispered: "Look, your third sister is here to learn from you again." Before he finished speaking, the red and tender little mouth pursed, and he muttered disdainfully: "The crow can't learn to sing the yellow warbler, and it's embarrassing." ”

Shi Yiguang gently patted her little white jade hand and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense. ”

"Ahh Zheng Dan suddenly screamed, startled Shi Yiguang, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"Sister Shi, you always had abdominal pain and heartache a few days ago, are you better today?"

When Shi Yiguang heard this, his face couldn't help but turn red, he glanced at her, and said with disgust: "It's better, it will be fine in a few days, thank you Sister Zheng for your concern." ”

The sun has risen high, there are three poles, Shi Laohan is carrying the two bamboo sticks that he has just exchanged for firewood from Shi Lizheng, and he is thinking about how many more they have to be exchanged in order to exchange a beautiful jewelry for the girl in the coming year, as a gift for the girl.

The flat shoulder is still on the shoulder, you have to walk a few steps to the river, the girl does not dare to cool down at this time, although the girl in the mountains is not so delicate, but once the root of the disease, there will be a lot of suffering in the future.

The Huansha stone on both sides of the river, not in the water, disappeared, most of the women were barefoot in the water, the daughter of the Zheng family helped her baby to put the washed hemp skin into the dustpan, and when she saw Shi Laohan approaching, they greeted and saluted.

The female baby of Hedongtou Peugeot is the third girl of the second brother Shi Zheng, who is one year older than his own female baby.

This girl is not handsome, but she is not ugly, her nature is not bad, and she has reached the age of liking comparison, plus the second sister-in-law of the family is a relative of Shi Lizheng, and she has a good life in the village, so she is more spoiled and less disciplined, so her temperament is a little arrogant.

This life is relatively better than other people's families, and he is a relative of Shi Lizheng, so he is naturally easy to be jealous of the villagers, and all kinds of hurtful words spread in secret.

"Fifth Uncle is fine." Shi Jing stopped what she was doing and gave Shi Laohan a salute.

"Okay, okay, how are the second brother and sister-in-law?"

"Back to the fifth uncle, Daddy and Aunt are fine, busy with spring plowing in the fields."

"Okay, okay, spring ploughing is busy again, this spring rain comes early, it comes enough, I hope for a good harvest." Speaking of farming, Shi Laohan didn't say a word, as if he was talking to himself.

Shi Yiguang helped Shi Laohan tidy up the hemp skin, put it on his shoulder, and was about to go back, when Zheng Dan's crisp voice came into his eardrum one after another.

"Sister Shi, look at a young man over there, who is this, Sister Shi, do you know which family it is? There is no such young man in our village, Sister Shi, look, what is he wearing? His package is so weird......"

Everyone looked in the direction of her finger, and less than a hundred steps upstream to the west bank, there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old man walking, with a clean complexion, a pair of shining eyes, and a half-sized child full of surprise.

This half-grown son is not from the village, and it doesn't seem to be from the county, such a hairstyle, such clothes, I'm afraid it's the entire Yue country, and I can't find a second one.

Seeing that there were only more than forty steps left, Shi Laohan greeted him.

Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan also followed and walked over, followed by a few curious women.

Shi Jing on the other side stood up straight, her eyes staring straight at this strangely dressed young man.

Ye Mozheng sighed at the mountains and rivers here, according to feng shui, this mountain village should be an excellent place for feng shui, and life is rich, but when he arrived in front of him, he found that the whole village was so dilapidated that it seemed that a gust of wind could blow it down.

People are also colorful, their clothes are shabby, and the old man who walks in front of him looks less than forty when he looks close, but when he suddenly sees it, some people will believe it if he says that he is sixty.

The old man was followed by many women, all of whom also had haggard faces, and the first two were of the same age, fourteen or fifteen years old, although their faces were also haggard, but under the curved eyebrows, a pair of sparkling eyes were a girl with a kind of innocence and simplicity, looking at him curiously.

Ye Mo couldn't help but sigh secretly, he sighed in two ways, one was to sigh at the innocence and beauty of these two girls, such girls were almost extinct in later generations.

Another sigh is that in the Spring and Autumn Period, when etiquette collapsed, women were really bold, which may also have a significant relationship with Gou Jian's policy of encouraging marriage.

According to historical records, in order to encourage childbearing and have more children, Gou Jian formulated a very hard-core marriage and childbirth system.

The age difference is too great to allow marriage; Young people are not allowed to marry old women, and old people are not allowed to marry young women, so as not to delay young people in giving birth; Due to the successive wars, the number of men has decreased sharply, and many women can marry the same man.

What's even more outrageous is that when the aristocratic class marries, the woman can marry ten women from the immediate family, the son-in-law can marry the concubine of the deceased father, and the younger brother can marry the widow of the deceased brother.

If a woman does not marry by the age of 17, her parents are punished; If a man reaches the age of 20 and does not marry and have children, he shall be punished for the sins of his parents.

In order to ensure the fertility rate, Gou Jian also ordered that pregnant women should inform the government before giving birth, and the government will immediately send a doctor to deliver the baby.

The government that gave birth to a son rewarded two jugs of wine and a dog; The reward for giving birth to a daughter is two jugs of wine and a pig.

Thinking of this, Ye Mo sighed secretly, and was about to ask the old man where he was, but Shi Laohan preemptively asked, "Who are you Xiaolangjun?" Why did you end up in Shijia Zhuji Ramie Village? ”

The memory in Ye Mo's mind was quickly retrieved, and he muttered to himself: "Zhuji Ramie Village...... This is the ...... of the Yue Kingdom The ramie village ...... Could it be that this is the place where Xi Shi lives......"

Shi Laohan looked at him in a daze, and when he heard him say such words, he couldn't help but say secretly: Could it be that this half-grown child is suffering from madness? If you don't know about Ramie Village, it's understandable, but if you don't even know that you're in Yueguo, then it's a little too much, if you don't suffer from madness, there is no other explanation.

Thinking about it like this, the little Jiujiu in my heart instantly became cold for most of the time, but then I thought about it, such a young and handsome little offspring must have been stimulated and temporarily lost his heart and went crazy.

Thinking like this, his face showed a kind and caring look again, and he said with a smile on his eyebrows: "Xiao Langjun must be hungry and faint, and he forgot that this is our Yue Kingdom." ”

turned around and said to Shi Yiguang with slight annoyance: "Baby, hurry up and go back to get some rice porridge, it's important to go home first to drink hot porridge to warm up your body." He turned his head and smiled at Ye Mo and said: "This is Shi Yiguang, the baby of the old Han family, who eats well with one hand, and Xiaolangjun is weak, so the old man will help him go home first." ”

"Shi Yiguang? This...... Isn't it Xi Shi, the head of the famous four beauties? He muttered in his heart, but he couldn't help but mutter, and looked at Shi Yiguang with a look of surprise.

Shi Yiguang's face flushed slightly, and he lowered his head to avoid his gaze.

Zheng Dan next to him couldn't bear it anymore, laughed out loud, and asked: "Which one is Xi Shi, how can you see my Sister Shi, is it possible to know my Sister Shi?" Then can you recognize me Zheng Dan? ”

"Are you Zheng Dan?" Ye Mo was even more surprised at this time, he didn't expect to meet the two most famous beauties in the late Spring and Autumn Period at the beginning, what a blessing.

Zheng Dan looked surprised when he saw him, and he couldn't help but open his beautiful eyes, covering his red lips with one hand, and his green index finger almost poked into Ye Mo's eye sockets, and exclaimed, "You...... Do you really know me? ”

Ye Mo unconsciously leaned back slightly and said secretly: Zheng Dan is honest and upright, which is really consistent with historical records, but it is this kind of temperament that makes her die early with hatred when she was in the prime of her youth.

Shi Laohan glared at her and reprimanded: "Full of nonsense, how did the young man know you?" Don't leave yet. Ignoring everyone, he held Ye Mo's arm with one hand and walked towards the village.

Shi Yiguang secretly gave Zheng Dan a look, Zheng Dan pursed his lips and smiled, and then turned around and walked forward with them.