Although Chi Tiegen said that he only said to Chi Xi, on the way home, Chi Xi told Xi Dazhuang the content of the conversation between the two of them as it was.

She handed the jade pendant to Xi Dazhuang and sneered: "I didn't expect that I was not his own, no wonder he never wanted to look at me more." He said that the words on this jade pendant were given to me by my mother, and my biological father's surname was Chu. ”

"Chu Nuanxi?"

Xi Dazhuang laughed: "This name is good." ”

Chi Xi smiled: "It's really not bad. ”

Xi Dazhuang grabbed Chi Xi's little hand and whispered, "Now that you know the truth, you can change your name back at any time." Since Chi Tiegen is not your biological father, you don't need to take his surname. ”

Ikexi didn't think it was anything.

If necessary, she will change her name and surname, but now that those who are familiar with her know her name is Chi Xi, there is really no need to toss it anymore.

In the past, she would still have resentment and hatred towards Chi Tiegen, but now that it seems to have dissipated, that person can no longer arouse any emotions from her.

It's just a name, and if you let people call it, you can know that it's her.

It was late at night when the husband and wife got home, so they washed up and rested.

Following.

Chixi got up early, she didn't let Tian Cuihe get up to make breakfast, but very consciously got up to wrap the buns and steam them, and cooked a green vegetable porridge with polished rice.

Xi Dazhuang also got up early and was chopping wood in the yard. There are often fires in the house, and a lot of firewood is needed, and they have to be split every three days.

When the sky was slightly bright, Xi Dazhuang finished chopping firewood, he walked into the kitchen with a pile of firewood, smelled the fragrance of meat buns, and felt hungry, he swallowed his saliva, and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law, you are steaming fresh meat buns today, right?" smells the real fragrance, and the husband's saliva is about to flow out. ”

"My mother likes to eat dried radish, so I added some dried radish and green onion to the meat filling, which tasted crisp and refreshing, full of juice."

Chixi took out a bun from the steamer, and when Xi Dazhuang put down the firewood and walked over, he fed it to his mouth, and said with a smile: "Mother should get up soon, if you are hungry, eat a mat first, I will cut the pickles and fry them with chili peppers to have breakfast." ”

The pickles were pickled by Tian Cuihe last year, with some rice wine, the taste is excellent, the color is very positive, and the family likes to eat it.

When drinking porridge and eating steamed buns, you will use chili peppers or add some garlic cloves to fry a small bowl and eat it, which is particularly delicious.

Xi Dazhuang didn't pay much attention to it, and opened his mouth to bite into the bun. The thin skin of the bun was bitten in an instant, revealing the fragrant dried radish and fresh meat filling.

Tian Cuihe's smiling voice sounded from the kitchen door: "Hey, the two of you got up really early today, and the steamed buns in the creek smell so fragrant." ”

"I don't know if it smells, but it tastes good."

Xi Dazhuang swallowed the bun in his mouth, his mouth was fragrant, he held the uneaten part with his hand, and said with a smile: "Mother, you wash up, we can have breakfast." ”

"Okay."

Chixi fried the pickles, Tian Cuihe also washed up, and the family of three sat down to have breakfast.

The buns are delicious, the green vegetable porridge is thick, and the pickles are also very good, Tian Cuihe smiled when he ate it: "Xiaoxi's cooking skills are good, I still feel fragrant after eating it so many times, and I will never get tired of eating, which is better than the best chefs in Kyoto City." ”

Xi Dazhuang agreed very much, and said quite proudly: "My daughter-in-law is naturally the best in everything. Not only is he a good cook, but he is also smart, gentle and virtuous, beautiful as a flower, filial and considerate, and there is no daughter-in-law in this world who is better than my daughter-in-law. ”

Chi Xi laughed when he heard this, and was about to make fun of Xi Dazhuang, when Tian Cuihe nodded with shining eyes: "I agree with this." ”

"Thank you, mother and father-in-law."

Chixi laughed, gave Tian Cuihe a chopstick pickle, and said happily: "In my opinion, my mother is the best mother, and the big brother is also the best husband."

"Big brother, are you there?"

The family was happy, Wang Dahu's anxious voice suddenly sounded outside the door, their movements paused, Xi Dazhuang stood up and walked to the door and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The brother who kept vigil last night accidentally fell asleep, and when he got up this morning, he found that two tile kilns had been poured down, I checked it carefully, it was artificial, and I came to call the eldest brother to take a look"

As soon as Wang Dahu's voice fell, Chi Xi walked out from behind Xi Dazhuang, twisted his brows and asked, "Who kept vigil last night?" ”

"Liu Laosan, Zhang Laodong, Zhu Liu, and Ma Lang."

Wang Dahu said with a solemn face: "The four of them didn't know what happened last night, and they didn't drink, they just fell asleep for no reason, and they woke up this morning to find that the tile kiln had collapsed, and they are still there and don't know what to do." ”

"Let's go see what's going on."

Chixi pulled Xi Dazhuang to the mountain, and asked Wang Dahu as he walked: "Who did they see yesterday?" Did you eat what someone sent you? ”

It is understandable that some people fall asleep at night, but it is absolutely impossible for all four people to sleep to death, and they don't even know that someone has knocked down the tile kiln.

Wang Dahu wrinkled his brows and thought for a long time: "That's not true, we all eat together." We're all right, how can the four of them be okay? We only went back in the evening, leaving the four of them behind, and I don't know who they met later. ”

Xi Dazhuang saw that Chixi's face was not good-looking, squeezed her little hand, and whispered: "Don't worry, go and take a look first, and then talk, when the culprit is caught, the husband will definitely not be spared." ”

Chi Xi pursed his lips and said lightly: "There are only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves." Even if we catch the culprit, we can't make up for our losses, and some people will have bad intentions in the future. ”

"What's so hard about that?"

Xi Dazhuang sneered coldly, with indifference on his face: "Since people can't prevent them, I'll go to the mountains to catch a few wild wolves, if anyone is not afraid of death, they want to make food for the wild wolves, just come." ”

Chi Xi opened his mouth and didn't say anything for a while.

Wang Dahu, who was following them, trembled, and gasped in fear.

His eldest brother is still his eldest brother, and this courage and ability are really not comparable to ordinary people.

They went to the mountain, and the four people who were keeping vigil last night hurriedly came forward, all with guilty faces, like frosted eggplants, and leaning over.

Liu Laosan said angrily and guiltily: "Big brother, we are really sorry about what happened last night, the tile kiln that the brothers worked so hard to build in the past few days has been dug up. If I had known who it was, I would have cut off one of his arms!" ”

Zhu Liu gritted his teeth and agreed: "I don't know which immoral thing is so disgusting, if the brothers are caught, the intestines will be beaten out for him!" ”

The others hurriedly agreed, one by one filled with righteous indignation, gritting their teeth with hatred.

"Alright, let's go see the tile kiln first!"

Xi Dazhuang interrupted everyone's indignant speech with a twisted brow, and pulled Chixi to the side of the dug down tile kiln to inspect it carefully.

There are traces of prying at the bottom of the tile kiln, and there are digging marks on the walls, and several pits have been dug around the tile kiln.

But none of the four people who kept vigil last night noticed it, and Xi Dazhuang sneered in his heart.

He furrowed his brows, looked at the four people who were on vigil, and asked in a cold voice, "You four really didn't notice it at all?" ”

"Nope."

Liu Laosan sighed: "We discussed it last night, Ma Lang and I stayed in the first half of the night, and Zhang Laodong and Zhu Liu stayed in the second half of the night. Ma Lang and I fell asleep not long after we exchanged with Zhang Laodong and Zhu Liu, and when I woke up this morning, I heard that the two tile kilns had collapsed. ”

"What do you two say?"

Xi Dazhuang's heavy eyes fell on Zhang Laodong and Zhu Liu, like an invisible mountain pressing down on their backs, making them breathless.

Zhu Liu took a deep breath, wrinkled his brows and said, "Last night, I sat with Lao Dong next to the tile kiln and chatted, because it was a little cold, so I lit a fire. In the past, we wouldn't have been sleepy, but last night for some reason, we chatted and became more and more sleepy, and we didn't know when we fell asleep by the fire. ”

Zhang Laodong nodded hurriedly: "That's it, if it weren't for that, we wouldn't be able to watch the tile kiln be destroyed." ”

As if he had thought of something, his face became frightened, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "I heard that the village was haunted some time ago, could it be that the place where we built the tile kiln was wrong, and we provoked evil ghosts, right?" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Before Xi Dazhuang could speak, Wang Dahu slapped Zhang Laodong on the head, and said angrily: "Big brother is upright, this place is also clean, where did the evil ghost come from?" I think you're crazy! ”

Zhang Laodong drooped his head and didn't dare to speak.

"Last night, after Wang Dahu and the others left, who did you see again? Or, what did he bring you to eat? ”

Chi Xi's voice sounded, and the four people who were still indignant just now glanced at each other, with hesitation on their faces.

Chi Xi frowned and said lightly, "What?" Without telling the truth, are you ready to cover up the culprit? So are the four of you ready to share the responsibility, or do you want to be driven away? ”

The four of them opened their mouths for a while, but they hesitated and no one spoke, and after looking at each other, they lowered their heads again.

Chi Xi laughed: "If you are unfaithful once, you won't use it a hundred times." The four of you pack up your things, compensate for the damage to the kiln, and leave! We husband and wife don't embarrass you, but now that the world is difficult to survive, where can you go to talk about survival when you leave here? ”

The four of them were stunned, and Ma Lang, who had never spoken, stood up, wrinkled his brows and said: "Sister-in-law, we are not covering up the culprit, but we haven't seen with our own eyes who destroyed the kiln, so we don't know how to answer for a while." ”

"Is my question tricky?"

Chi Xi sneered: "Or do you think that with your attitude, Xianggong and I can't guess who it is?" ”

Ma Lang pursed his lips and took a deep breath before he said: "Last night, after the other brothers went back, Brother Tian brought his daughter-in-law to sit with the brothers for a while, and also brought two jars of wine, saying that he would drink two glasses with the brothers, and he would leave Dahe Village in two days. ”

Ma Lang took the first step, and the psychological burden of others was a little smaller, and they all stood up to defend themselves.

Liu Laosan said: "Brother Tian has been with us for a few years, we all know his personality, he will not do this kind of thing that harms others and is not beneficial to himself, and the person who destroyed the tile kiln is definitely not him!" Besides, he was drunk last night, and it was absolutely impossible for him to come back to dig the kiln. ”

Zhu Liuzhi hesitated: "The third brother is right, Brother Tian is righteous to his brothers, and he will not do such a thing." We don't say it, we just don't want the eldest brother and sister-in-law to misunderstand Brother Tian, and we don't mean to cover up the culprit. ”

Zhang Laodong nodded: "Yes, yes!" Big brother and sister-in-law must catch those little people! ”

Chixi turned his head to look at Xi Dazhuang, and neither of them spoke for a while.

Others are as quiet as chickens.

After a while, Xi Dazhuang said lightly: "Last night, Zhang Xiongtian really didn't participate. But he is not immune to suspicion, who is going to call him to me? ”

"I'll go!"

Wang Dahu hurriedly spoke, turned around and ran towards the back mountain where his brothers lived.