Chapter 303: The Uninvited Guest (Two Chapters in One)
At night, the beautiful man has not yet slept.
He was excitedly sitting cross-legged on the kang, gesturing with Meizhuang and saying how good that wild forest was, and there were many very good beams and woods.
Moreover, in the icy and snowy country road, when the log is dragged into the village, it can drag the good things in the general's mansion home and stimulate it. It doesn't cost anything for nothing, and that's good.
"I'm afraid of being taken away for forced labor. However, I thought about it again, the eldest mother's family has Tian Xin'er. As long as she fishes her uncle, she will catch my uncle, right, daughter-in-law? Tian Xin should not give up any of them. ”
The latter question is a bit vague.
Meizhuang hurriedly reassured her man: "Yes." From now on, you will be grasshoppers on a rope, and you will not be taken away without saying anything. If you take 10,000 steps back, even if you are captured, you will have a companion to do conscription together. What are you afraid of? ”
"That's right, even if Tian Xin can't get out of us, she can find someone to change a few of us for a light job, she still has this ability. Daughter-in-law, then I'm not afraid, I'm sleeping. ”
After a long while, Xiaozhu touched the baby in his daughter-in-law's belly, turned over and muttered:
"But if we are destined to be forced into labor, shall we strike while the iron is hot and cut some more? If there are more, our family will also leave two for me to save up and marry a daughter-in-law in the closet in the future. If you don't give it, the eldest mother won't treat us both badly. We have no father or mother, and now we can open this shop, and the price of the shop has risen, isn't it all up to others? ”
In the future, when his son is born and grows up, he will have more real relatives in good relations.
The beautiful man's mind flashed in his mind when he opened the restaurant, there were no guests in his house, and Mrs. Xu counted down the stupidity of the husband and wife, and at the same time entered the house to greet the guests to divert the picture to his house.
Pulling a good thing to the eldest mother's house is equivalent to pulling it to yourself.
At the same time, Xu Youliang suddenly turned over and sat up.
He put on his clothes and pushed open the door when he was startled, and the fourth child was about to knock on the door.
Xu Youliang pushed his younger brother out, turned around and closed the door lightly before asking in a low voice, "What are you doing in the middle of the night?" ”
"Second brother, let's go back tomorrow morning, there are still a lot of wood that Shopkeeper Guo wanted, and he hasn't brought it home yet."
What's your house?
It's bold to break the law.
Maybe their brother is already bold, but he has been suppressing it.
“…… What about the third child? ”
"My third brother and Dapeng are sleeping soundly, let them sleep well and carry the wood tomorrow. Second brother, if you agree, I'll go to the warehouse to turn over the sticky bean buns and steam some on the stove in my house, and that thing will carry hunger. This time, let's prepare some more fire folds, bake the snow out of the water, and make the downhill bend out of the ice road, and the wood can slide faster at the foot of the mountain. In this way, our brothers and nephews can do it. ”
As for others, bad things can't always affect others.
Xu Youyin didn't think about taking others with him when he hunted tomorrow.
But before dawn on the second day, when Xu Youliang was rewarding the old cow to feed and drink, someone knocked on the door of his house.
Xu Youliang ran over to open the door as soon as possible, afraid of waking up his family.
Outside the door, the red date father carried a bundle of hemp rope on his shoulders that was stronger than yesterday.
"Brother, why are you here? Didn't eat. ”
"I've eaten it."
Got up early and cooked for the chickens at home, chopped some ginger and boiled water to feed the chickens to ward off the cold, and he drank a bowl.
He also made chicken food cooked with dried wild vegetables, grass and corn, and he also drank a bowl by the way.
"There has been no one on the other side of the shop for the past two days, and there is nothing wrong with my family. Today, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year to welcome the God of Wealth, I think that we will empty up and pick up some wealth. ”
People who don't talk much on weekdays didn't expect to speak so well.
After a while, the beautiful man, dressed much thicker than yesterday, came running with torches.
He still had his daughter-in-law's headscarf on his head.
didn't tie it, Xiaozhu threw the long strip of cloth of the scarf behind his back, and said in a small voice: "Go wow, wood is rare, and we will pay taxes later." ”
Anyway, it has already been committed, no matter how much timber is cut, the final punishment is to pay taxes and do forced labor, and it must be worthwhile: "Go home first." You can't go until someone finds out, what do you say? ”
The men just disappeared.
The old lady is old and sleepy, and she always gets up early.
She bent down to cook on the kang when she found a letter on the side of the stove: "...... The word knows me, I don't know it, what does it mean? Who wrote it, like a ghost drawing. Ah, these seven firewood stick villains are drawn to go out. ”
It was at this time that Liu Jingdong entered the house.
"My second brother, what about them."
"Look at it, it should have been written by a few of them."
Liu Jingdong only glanced at it and understood the letter, twisted his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you wait for me!" ”
As he spoke, he hurriedly strode out.
Today, Liu Jingdong even brought out his own ox cart, and he couldn't always let his father be a good man to lend him to the village for fishing, and he also had a brotherhood to use the car.
The old lady understood, and the eldest grandsons were going to cut down the wood again.
Lao Xu's family and old lady are the rarest Liu Jingdong, why do you say this child looks so energetic. She is an old lady who rarely takes a second look.
No wonder no matter if she is a good-looking girl and boy, others are willing to spend money.
Last night, the old lady saw that she went into the cave and ate a pot of noodles, it was pure white noodles, she would really hurt in the past, and she would secretly complain that her daughter-in-law never calculated her life.
If anyone raises such a kid, it will be sad to die, and it will cost more food than raising a warehouse.
But in the case of Liu Jingdong, the old lady was reluctant to look at that face.
What's more, yesterday when I entered the cave, I knew that I would go out with a bag of dry food, and we people who were so slamming the door were reluctant to calculate with such a sincere child.
At this time, when she saw that Liu Jingdong was about to wave a whip to chase after her children and grandchildren, the old lady sincerely smiled and invited:
"Go into the cave, take care of the black milk and take care of the rice, and then you come to the house to eat." Today, the fifth grandmother will cook dumplings for you, and then I will bring you a pot of millet porridge. When you go up the mountain, you must take care of each other with my grandchildren, do you hear me! ”
"I know grandma, but don't forget to let my aunt Xu make dumplings, don't do it!"
The old lady's face stiffened with a smile: "......"
She originally turned her heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the ditch.
What kind of child is this, she actually dislikes her for not eating well.
When the old lady returned to the hospital, Xu Tianxin had already gotten up to wash his face, ready to play Baduan Jin.
This means that Xu Tianxin is true to his words and has really begun to devote himself to his work.
Otherwise, during the holidays, she slept until 10 a.m. every day before getting up. Before ten o'clock, the family had to walk quietly, for fear of disturbing her sleep.
But right now, Xu Tianxin not only got up early, but also took a group of girls and half-grown children in the village to practice skiing in the direction of the shop, ran and skied there in the morning to feed the dogs, and when the weather was warm, he had to add an archery.
When there was no one in Aunt Meizhuang's shop, she was hurrying to make arrows for the children in the village to hunt.
On the way back from skiing, the girls hired by Xu Tianxin were all good at living, and they would pick up a lot of firewood for their small workshop and carry them back.
However, early this morning, Xu Tianxin had one more thing to do, and he could only leave the house after finishing it, that is, he had to ask the God of Wealth seriously with her grandmother.
On weekdays, Xu Tianxin does not pay much attention to other traditional festivals.
But on the day of welcoming the God of Wealth, she didn't dare to say a bad word, her grandmother would be really anxious.
Xu Tianxin specially reminded his grandmother, aunt, as well as Zhao Zhao and Da Yue, and even Nan Nan, who had just entered the house, advised, "Listen to my aunt, will you hold your fists?" Wishing you prosperity. ”
The Xu family put two big leg of lamb in the house in the morning, and the sheep is auspicious.
Four big carps, the fish represents the carp jumping the dragon gate, more than every year.
Mrs. Xu freshened up and dressed up, and lit incense candles with her hand wearing a gold ring.
The old lady took advantage of the time to cook, and curiously opened the door curtain and looked inside: "I have never seen such a pious, the daughter-in-law lights incense in all directions." ”
How could Mrs. Xu not pay attention to it, her evil live broadcast room is the live broadcast room of the God of Wealth.
What's more, the five-way God of Wealth robbed the rich and helped the poor during his lifetime, and punished the evil and promoted the good after his death, the most blessed people who sincerely believed in the God of Wealth, who would dislike the money?
Mrs. Xu couldn't understand who cared about her among the five people, and she knew that these five gods of wealth were rich, so whether it was modern or here, she always bought portraits of five people to make offerings together.
If you want her to say, the only problem with the five gods of wealth is laziness. Because going to work is to give money to people, so why are you so active, only on the fifth day of the new year will she be forced to go to work, she must seize the opportunity.
When Mrs. Xu took her granddaughter to hold incense and salute, Guan Erbald was standing at the gate of the Xu family with his hands in his sleeves and waiting.
Mrs. Xu came out to set off firecrackers, and I heard that there is one more custom here than in modern times, that is, when greeting the God of Wealth, she should ask: "Lord God of Wealth, is my family rich this year?" ”
No, Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin glanced at each other first, and then asked together.
Guan Erbald hurriedly responded at maximum volume outside: "Rich! Great Qian Dynasty, Xiangping City, formerly Erdaohe Village, Helan Town, Pingzhou County. Today's Great Qian Dynasty, the Zhenbei General's Mansion has jurisdiction over Erdaohe Village, and the old Xu family in the east is "hey, hey, take a breath, "This year will definitely make a fortune!" ”
The Xu family does not have a father, and the father is equal to rich.
So Guan Erbald is Xu Tianxin's master, and he was called by Mrs. Xu to shout this line.
For this reason, Guan Erbald deliberately washed his teeth and face this morning, and asked his daughter to cook a plate of frozen dumplings for him to eat to his heart's content, so that he could shout out with the greatest strength and strive to spread from the east of the village to the west of the village.
And when Tian Xin'er's grandmother just told him about this, she was worried about Guan Erbald enough.
He was afraid that he would have to answer more than early in the morning, and he was very worried that Mrs. Xu's wealth would be ruthless, so that he would be "rich" at the gate of the Xu family for a day.
When Guan Erbald finished shouting those words, Xu Tianxin couldn't hold back anymore, which made her laugh, this is really afraid that the God of Wealth will not be able to find the right place, and the address will be reported in detail.
The Xu family and the others also laughed together with Xu Tianxin's laughter, Mrs. Xu wiped the tears from laughter, and looked at the second bald man, who was tired, and it was not easy to shout red on her face.
It was probably a lot of fun in the morning, Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin left home with their front feet, and there were two people from Xu's house who made people feel bad on their back feet.
Uncle Xu took Xu Youshu and carried twenty eggs into the door: "Mother, whose child is this?" Why do you still bring a baby to someone at such an old age? ”
Uncle Xu sighed again and found a stool to sit down, and continued to talk to himself:
"Are the godgrandchildren that my brother and sister recognized? Their baby. I really don't know what to think, why don't you know how to advise. If you want me to say, those boys don't have their parents to teach them or something, they are really skinless and faceless. I've heard it a long time ago, saying that I originally came to repay the kindness, and Youcang rescued them, but to repay the favor, I should sign a death deed and work for the family all the time, so I am really embarrassed to be cheeky and change my words? Brother and sister are so ...... Scold. ”
Uncle Xu didn't know who he was laughing at, and he was mixed with some self-deprecation.
felt that his younger siblings had a lot of hearts and eyes, and they could calculate that he was a real relative, and he forced four acres of land to go back, so how could he be confused and admit that his relatives took advantage of him.
Xu Youshu also looked at Nan Nan who was playing on the kang very uncomfortably. obviously doesn't recognize it, why can he say that he is the child of his Xu family from now on. He doesn't have to let people take advantage of him for nothing, he has a blood relationship, and he has limited borrowing light at the moment.
The old lady doesn't want to talk to these two people anymore, obviously she shouldn't quarrel for the New Year, and she doesn't want to make her own New Year go smoothly for anything else, but she still doesn't have a good attitude to face it.
As long as she sees her eldest son, the old lady can remember the two days of heart-rending and unveiling all the mother's and son's filial piety. There was also a shaking in front of him, and Zhao Di hit the wall unconscious.
So the old lady didn't even want to deal with the superficial words, and there was no need to explain to the eldest son's family, in fact, she also wondered why she had to admit her godfather at first.
She didn't understand why her daughter-in-law and great-granddaughter, especially her great-granddaughter, would be disgusted with the slave of the death contract.
The old lady even wondered, is it because she, the grandmother, once knelt down eight times a day and served people as a maid when she was young?
At that time, she was a maid and her life and death really did not belong to herself, thanks to her ugly appearance, if she looked good and was photographed by friends who came to the door when she served tea and poured water, then she had to accompany the guest to the kang. There are a few concubines in Wang Yuanwai's family who have been specially fed medicine and can't have children, and even they have to do this, let alone the little maid.
And if you make a small mistake, you will go out and be punished by starvation, that is a common thing. If you make a big mistake, you will come to the door and sell it.
Substituting these experiences, the old lady feels that our family really can't do that kind of ruthless thing, and the root is that hard-working people can't sign a death deed to be a slave. If you adopt a fatherless or motherless, you should accumulate virtue for your children and grandchildren, and then accept it.
But then she slowly tasted it, and these godsons were really helpful.
When a slave is a master, he does it step by step, and her family adopts these people, which is to help the family pull things back with sincerity.
Not to mention the distance, go to the mountains to find that kind of wood, so dead and cold, the slave knows where there are good things and has to pretend not to know, if he can be lazy, he will be lazy.
Dapeng is good, as soon as he heard that he could give his milk in exchange for two dollars, he couldn't wait to wrap those pieces of wood with his life. also made her a small chair for squatting in the toilet, which changed people's hearts.
And just this morning, when she was eating, her family Tian Xin'er also said to Da Yue and Zhao Zhao that when they became proficient in this set of work, they would give Da Yue and Zhao Zhao another step. The whole craft should be taught to them from beginning to end, and then it will be taught along with medicine. In the future, there will be a school to know how to read, and whether to study medicine or not will be decided by yourself, but in the future, if you hire a martial arts master, you will have to learn some self-defense kung fu, along with driving cattle and riding large animals.
What the old lady didn't know was that it had to be taught to her loyal subordinates, because Xu Tianxin was destined to go out in the future.
And Da Yue and Xu Zhaozhao were worried that Tian Xin would dislike them for being stupid, and they all said in other ways that they would follow her sweet treasure in this life. Otsuki said early on that she would not remarry, and it was enough to see a man.
Let's see what she, a person who won't remarry, can do for Tian Xin for the rest of her life.
Zhao Zhao said that she had to learn even the account book, so that Tian Xin'er would shop Zhuangzi Tian Xin a lot in the future, and Tian Xin'er would be inconvenient to manage when she got married, so she would be Tian Xin'er's private housekeeper.
Listen, these children are more likely to have sweet dreams, and they will be worried about running before they learn to walk. Today's God of Wealth is a day to brag early in the morning.
"Let's go, you don't understand." The old lady thought to herself: Some things can only be seen clearly after experience, not because of blood relatives, sometimes it is all blood people who hurt our hearts, because they think we take it for granted.
It's a little bit nicer to outsiders, people know from beginning to end that we don't owe them, and they will keep it in their hearts if they are good, and even ordinary villagers borrow some light and wrap a large bag for New Year's gifts.
The old lady pointed to Xu Youshu: "You go too." ”
"Milk, but I haven't kowtowed to you yet." Xu Youshu didn't expect that after so many days, his grandmother still hadn't lost her breath.
The old lady squinted her eyes and said, "Are you trying to knock me?" Who's in your way, but have you stumbled? Do you want to stay here a little longer and see if you can meet a few distinguished guests to visit the New Year? Hello, to those people, it's this nephew. ”
Xu Youshu is Uncle Xu's reverse scales, and he debunked the annoyance and said angrily: "Mother, what you said is too much!" ”
The old lady didn't want to quarrel: "I repeat, today is the day of the God of Wealth, and I kindly remind you that you are extremely valued by Yinniang." Otherwise...... Don't forget that we have a family severance paperwork, it doesn't matter what you call here, you just call me dad, and I don't bother to break with you. But if you provoke her on the fifth day of the junior high school, be careful that she beats gongs and drums and runs to the town and then to the villages, and tells her that she will have no relatives like you a long time ago. ”
The old lady even stuffed the eggs back, and she had a book in her arms, take it back and be filial to your mother-in-law, not to mention that they have eased the relationship by eating eggs here: "Hurry up, let's go!" ”
Xu Youshu, you can do something serious, look at her other eldest grandsons, who have sharpened their brains and make money with their hands. She was also busy emptying the barn and hiding the wood.
You are not allowed to stay here, in case you see her secrets!
Uncle Xu and Xu Youshu were driven out by the old lady wielding a broomstick.