Chapter 4: The Old Witch
After lunch, coaxing the two of them to take a nap, Xu An finally had a moment of free time.
I moved a rocking chair and sat under the longan tree in the yard, and there were already a lot of small fruits on the tree, which would be eaten in two months.
The gentle cool breeze made Xu An a little drowsy, and when he was about to fall asleep, the courtyard door was pushed open with a bang.
A stocky boy with a haircut, a floral shirt and big coconut tree print pants walked in, opened his mouth and shouted: "Xu An, Xu An." ”
Xu An was awakened by this series of movements, and when he saw that the person who came was his own Xiao Xu Heping, he scolded in a low voice: "If you don't take a nap at noon, what are you howling." ”
"I just came back from my grandmother's house, and I was scared to death when I heard that something had happened to you." Xu Heping pulled a stool and sat down next to Xu An: "What's the matter?" ”
Xu Heping also asked this question in his previous life, and at that time he had forgotten how to answer, anyway, it finally evolved into Xu Heping carrying two fish over every now and then, and the name was called the scene of rice money.
Xu An lowered his voice again when he spoke, for fear that Grandma Xu would hear: "It's just to go down to the river to touch a fish, but I didn't think that the water was too cold and my feet were pumping, so it was no big deal." ”
"Hey, if you want to eat fish, tell me, I'll go to the pond and catch two for you."
"The fish in your pond are raised by your own family for trading, and the fish in the river are born and raised, which is different."
"You don't eat all at once, what's wrong with five or two fish every once in a while, I don't have any opinion on what you have to say."
Xu An was blocked by Xu Heping's words, because Xu Heping really did this in his previous life.
"Don't do that, don't annoy your parents when they see me."
"What's annoying, the two of them talk all day long about their good academic performance, and they can work and take care of their families, and they are about to boast to the sky, I can't wait for the two of us to change, you are their son."
Xu An smiled and didn't say anything, his right foot was propped up on the ground, and the rocking chair swayed 'squeak'. Fortunately, Xu Heping could think about it, and if he was someone else, he would have already had a rebellious mentality and hated himself.
Xu Heping looked at Xu An, and suddenly leaned into his ear and lowered his voice and said, "I heard something at my grandmother's house, which is related to your sister-in-law." ”
Sister-in-law Xu Juan? Xu An suddenly came to his senses, turned his head to look at Xu Heping, and waited for his next step.
Pretending to clear his throat, he waited until Xu An was a little impatient, and when he was considering whether to give him a throat lock, Xu Heping finally spoke mysteriously.
"There is a goddess in my grandmother's village, and many people who can't give birth to children and want sons go to her, and a few days ago I saw your sister-in-law go to the goddess's house with a few people I don't know.
I heard the goddess say, your sister-in-law has no children in her life, and if you want a child, you must first adopt one and go back, and this life is broken. As long as she can treat the child well, she can have her own child. ”
Xu Anxin suddenly understood.
Grandma didn't show up when she fell, and she didn't show up when she went home for treatment, and it was almost a week before my sister-in-law showed up and said that she wanted to visit her grandmother at home.
Xu Heping was still gossiping with interest at this time: "Your sister-in-law has a really high vision, there are a few orphans in my grandmother's village, and she thinks it's not suitable after reading it, and she still finds fault with others."
If you speak slowly, you feel that people are stammering, and I am afraid that her children will also stutter in the future; If there are a few moles on his face, he says that he is a pockmark; There was also a malnourished person with a big head and a small body, and she said that people had infectious diseases.
made the introduction so angry that he blasted her out, saying that she should have no children if she was hit. Your sister-in-law quarreled with someone on the spot, if someone hadn't stopped her, she would have been able to fight based on the situation. ”
This is not to find fault with others, but to think about how to take Xu Kang and Xu Le away.
Although Xu Kang and Xu Le are also a little malnourished, his face is a little sallow, his body is healthy, and he looks good.
Other babies are compared with Xu Kang and Xu Le, but it's not that the nose is not the nose, and the eyes are not the eyes.
I don't know if it's a coincidence, in my last life, my sister-in-law took Xu Kang and Xu Le for only two months, and she was found to be pregnant, and after she became pregnant, she asked someone to send Xu Kang and Xu Le back to Xu's house without stopping.
Xu Kang Xu Le had just entered the door with his front foot, and his sister-in-law fell on his back foot, and the child was almost not saved.
This time I completely believed the words of the goddess, and in order for the child to be born smoothly, I took the two back and gave them a household registration, and nothing went wrong until the child was born.
Whether it is a coincidence or not, it is impossible for Xu An to let his sister-in-law take away his younger brothers and sisters in this life.
As for whether my sister-in-law can have her own children, it's none of my business.
Xu An's right foot kicked again, and the rocking chair squeaked again.
Xu Heping was held down by Xu Heping without shaking it twice, and he looked at Xu An with a look of surprise: "You are not quite right, you used to scold a few words when you talked about your sister-in-law, why are you so quiet today." ”
"You're in good spirits, there's too much debris in this yard to clean up, just so you can help."
As Xu An spoke, he went to the kitchen and took out two pairs of sleeves, and threw a pair of green ones with big red flowers printed on a green background to Xu Heping.
"You're welcome." Xu Heping took the gloves and his face was full of disgust: "Your taste is too vulgar, red with green." ”
"Goes well with that printed shirt and coconut tree print pants on you."
Xu An's house covers an area that is not large, but the yard is very large, with almost sixty square meters. It's just that this yard is full of all kinds of sundries, the most of which are all kinds of firewood.
These firewoods are basically found by Xu An on the way home from class, and when he returns home, he has to cook and take care of his younger brothers and sisters and study, and he has no time to deal with it, so he piles it up in the yard at random.
I cleared a clearing, picked two tree stumps and placed them at the bottom, spread long branches in the opposite direction, and the base of the firewood pile was ready.
Chop the remaining firewood to a consistent length and build it layer by layer. I found a few more urea bags, and put the scattered stacked dried leaves into the bags and placed them against the wall.
The rest of the bits and pieces should be thrown away, and those that can be sold for money can be bagged, waiting for the waste collector to collect.
After cleaning it up like this, the yard instantly became much more refreshing.
If you have time to pave this mud floor with bricks and pebbles, and then plant some flowers and plants, it will be the farm yard that people in the city yearn for in the future.
Xu Heping occupied Xu An's rocking chair, lying on it and kicking on the ground with his feet: "Anzi, why are you so strong all of a sudden, you can't catch your breath when you clean up." ”
After such a reminder, Xu An realized that something was wrong. On weekdays, it is a little difficult for my younger brothers and sisters to hold one, but in the morning, I actually picked them up one by one, and I walked around the yard for a day.
"Maybe I have more strength to work during this time, and my strength will be longer."
Xu An guessed that this was a rebirth benefit, but it was impossible to tell Xu Heping like this, so he could only fool this question over.
"Wow, brother, I want my brother!"
Xu Kang and Xu Le's cries suddenly came from the room on the right, and Xu An rushed into the room like a loaded bullet. When the two saw Xu An's crying, they weakened, turned into a breathless sob, and opened their hands to Xu An to hug.
Maybe it's hot weather, or maybe it's crying, the two of them are red all over their faces, and the sparse yellow hair is wet on their faces, looking extremely embarrassed.
Xu An took the two into his arms, patted them lightly on the back, and coaxed in a low voice: "Brother is here, brother is here." Is it a nightmare? ”
The two nodded in unison, and told Xu An about the dream just now.
"I dreamed that my brother didn't want us anymore, we were taken away by a very terrible old witch, she didn't give us food and asked us to do a lot, a lot of work, we said that my brother would beat us, it was terrible."
"It's okay, my brother is here, the old witch dares to come, my brother will drive her away, my brother won't want you."
Xu Heping followed Xu An to the room, and when he saw that the two of them had nothing to do, he returned to the courtyard, and continued to squeak and squeak, muttering enviously: "The relationship between the three brothers and sisters is really good, unlike the stinky boy in my family, who will only pit me to death." ”