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At that time, Ai Fengchao was only three or four years old, and it was still far from her getting the nickname of the big hornet, and the time should be the autumn of 1952 AD. In the tenth month of the lunar calendar in the north, the time has passed the white dew, and the insects, birds, beasts, and crops and grasses in the fields that have been happy for a year have withstood the cold rain and frost, and have changed into gray and yellow clothes. In the plains and ridges that have been harvested, in the sad and hard sighs of the distant mountains, the earth slowly turns into haggard folds and vastness.

The Liwan River has also become a cold autumn snake, and the houses of the villages and communities around the black and dark three steps and two bridges are looking up at the sky with empty eyes, waiting for the first snow brought by the frozen clouds on the horizon. A woman the size of a grain of rice walked into a flying bird, and gradually walked into the human form of a willow swaying in the wind. The woman walked up three steps and two bridges, and people asked about the wind, and walked into a street of fifteen gates like a cloud and a fog, attracting a burst of wrinkled autumn water-like ripples. Liu Xiang, who had a strange expression, hesitated for a long time to lead this woman, looking at a woman with a straight face, who was very good and neat, because of the filial piety on her feet, she had a waking white velvet flower on her head, and her face was white and her eyes were big. The woman's face flushed as she spoke, revealing the timidity and panic of the mountain people when they saw the living. The child looked fresh, and saw that the woman's heel was covered with filial piety, so he pointed it out to Xiangjiu, and Xiangjiu only glanced at it, and knew that Naman's filial piety had been half a year. Xiangjiu scattered the child, thinking to herself: It is said that it is the eldest sister-in-law, but with the old filial piety, she came from afar, I am afraid that it is with a story. According to the customs of the old generation in Yushui Beishan, the widow and the brother-in-law have more and more as they go, the fat water does not flow, and they also save the cost of marriage. Xiang Jiu's heart flashed, and he was jealous, and he was busy treating his relatives in the name of his old boss back then, and he didn't think about it deeply. The woman also thought: Although Xiangjiu has a family and a mouth, in front of Enchang, looking horizontally and vertically, she always feels that she has a layer of friendship with Enchang, and when she knows that Xiangjiu is the brother-in-law of Elder En's owner, she thinks about the benefits.

This incident spread all over the fifteen gates and one street, and everyone said anything, so I knew that the widow and sister-in-law came all the way to find the little brother-in-law, and they should have a fragrant and long-lasting appearance. The neighbors walked through the hall and walked like willows, came to the Xiangjiu house to visit the door, and all came to see the eldest sister-in-law with novelty, and only went out with their eyes and feet, and then took Xiangjiu and the woman to read the three tones, and said that the woman looked good-looking, and she didn't have a tear mole under her eyes, and she looked dignified and virtuous, and she looked at it. For a long time, it was said that Xiangjiu was handsome, pretty, and covered with the same coals, and she was the kind of woman who could hook a man's soul. At that time, Xiangjiu's litter of children was still young, and I heard people say that my mother was born pretty and looked like a wave, but I didn't know what it was, and I didn't understand what it was. I only know that there are fifteen gates and one street full of village men, and when they see their mother walking, they can't help but look back a few more times, and they can't pull out their eyes when they stare at them, and their bodies and bones seem to have honey in front and back. Xiangjiu recruited men to star, for this I don't know how much to stay in the town, the men on the big set see that Xiangjiu can't walk, the only good thing is that Xiangjiu buys things, and the seller catches up with more scales, and some can't wait to be sent home in vain, so that Xiangjiu easily dare not go to the big set. The eldest sister-in-law elbowed a coarse cloth printed orchid cloth burden, and walked lightly and sent willows, which was lighter and heavier than Xiangjiu's walking. The woman was in the dust all the way, sweating and sweating her temples against her cheeks and mouth, gently sipping it with her fingertips, and when others looked at it, a flush flew out of her face, and the handsome became more and more popular.

Without waiting to enter the house, the eldest sister-in-law named Yuqing was praised by the potted willow leaf peach standing under the root of the wall, saying that it was a southern flower and a northern plant, and it was not easy to serve. Xiangjiu said: If you have a heart, flowers have a conscience. As soon as the words came out, his face turned red, but fortunately there were peach blossoms to cover it, so he didn't show embarrassment. Enchang followed all the way, wanting to let his sister-in-law go to the milling room, Xiangjiu glanced at him, and said, just when you get home, sweat, don't be idle, go to the garden to pick up some fresh vegetables, I will treat my sister-in-law with noodles! Yuqing saw that the two of them were talking like water, and Mr. Grass came out of his heart. After a while, the male owner shook back without a name, and the basket also contained a lot of eggplant, pepper and tender leeks, Yuqing praised the good growth of the vegetables, and the nameless praised the good service of Enchang, Yuqing looked at the family left and right, and felt a good amount of confusion. The adults sat cross-legged on the kang and only cared about the long-term farewell, and the phoenix nest was pulled away by his brother Fenglou. It's not once or twice, Feng Chao was angry when she saw her brother meeting Enchang at home, she was ignorant, and she was not yet at the age of distraction.

The phoenix nest didn't go far, listening to the sound with his brother under the cat's window, smashing the apricot kernel while listening to the sound. It didn't take much effort, the room was not very loud, and there was a faint cry of Yuqing, and then I listened to it, and there was a man's low cry, and the cry was like Enchang. The next thing is that the woman is good to persuade, only to hear that the sad crying is the sister-in-law of Enchang, who came from Huatai, his hometown hundreds of miles away, and specially said to Enchang, saying that Enchang's brother went south to Guangxi to suppress bandits, and unfortunately died heroically for half a year, and he was afraid of staying and complaining if he did not tell his brother. Yuqing's sister-in-law also said to Enchang, her hometown took care of the martyrs, and the family did not share the fruits of victory. It also said that although there are people ploughing the fields on their behalf, there is no man in the family, and there is no one in charge for a long time. Speaking of which, it is close to the topic, and it permeates that this walk, one is to visit relatives who have been absent for a long time, and the other is to call back Enchang to return to his hometown and settle down. said that although Enchang left home at the age of fifteen to carry a job, his hometown still remembered him, and the land reform had not forgotten to give Enchang a share of real estate and land. Xiangjiu listened to it, and his heart was distracted, and he was thinking, the young widow and sister-in-law were looking for relatives for hundreds of miles, and they were obedient and listened to the sound, and the fool could understand it. Xiangjiu didn't say anything, but in his heart, looking at the sister-in-law, he didn't pick or pick up, and he said that he should be reasonable for the sake of Enchang, and when he said seven points, he softened his heart after listening to half of it. I thought: The eldest brother sacrificed his life for the revolution, and Enchang still followed his sister-in-law back to his hometown to establish a career. It only made Xiangjiu's heart entangled in every way, she and Enchang always had their own flesh and blood, and the phoenix branches and phoenixes that were born one after another were all Enchang's blood and bones.

Although the eldest Fenglou saw that the visitors knew that he was bent his nose, the rest of the children were still young, and everyone who came to relatives would be crazy, and he didn't know the troubles of the world. Fengchao Fengzhi only remembered that day was like the New Year, Xiangjiu treated Cheng Yuqing like a relative according to the customs of Yushui, and he couldn't cut pork, so he used eggs to color the bowl and look good. Xiangjiu has this good, what kind of incense, fifteen gates and one street, which one is the seat, please ask Xiangjiu to go to the stove to show dignity. Enchang and Nameless raised their glasses to drink, Nameless sat at the main seat, and the daughter-in-law waited left and right, Nameless was a little flattered and carried away, and drank high, while singing and singing, humming a few shadow puppet jokes without a name and surname, while muttering some wine words that others don't understand well. The nameless man who was covered with wine clinked glasses with Enchang, and casually brought out a shadow puppet play: Thank you for raising the princess, working hard for the slave saddle horse, the lady is not respectful, please drink this cup first! also know that there is no name for the crazy and stupid, there is no positive shape, as soon as this remark came out, Yuqing was confused when he heard it, but Xiangjiu Enchang understood the heart, in front of Yuqing, Enchang took advantage of the situation to roar and sing a shadow puppet play "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother", which covered up the embarrassing scene of Fang Cai. Enchang stole other people's women, and he seemed to have no heart and no lungs, but he pretended to be deaf and dumb and seemed to be light-hearted. Enchang thought, the nameless child is obsessed with shadow puppetry, and the folk singing of the big mouth, but he is a fallacer who farms and lives, and I am ashamed to occupy other people's wives, who will help him if I don't help him? It's nameless, it's true! Don't love women and devote themselves to Buddha, there is that handsome wife who is idle as a decoration, Enchang pulls the gang to love Xiang for a long time and can't pull out his legs to help the family without a nest bee, and it's like turning a mill set donkey can't come down to grind the road. There is no name to think, so that Zhao Enchang mistakenly started a family and married a daughter-in-law, Enchang thought that he stole other people's wives, and his heart was ashamed of five horses and spears. Both of them read each other's good, and the wine became thicker and thicker, and the wine was not drunk in vain, and both of them knew that ugly words would not be brought to the table. Coupled with the bad news that his sister-in-law brought his brother, the more he was worried, the more he drank, the higher he drank, and the first time Enchang drank gibberish, crying and laughing. Others were puzzled, Xiangjiu looked at Enchang for a while, and at Yuqing's sister-in-law for a while, knowing that Enchang's heart was very chaotic, and her heart was also messed up.

turned around and stayed overnight, and let Yuqing's sister-in-law stay at home, and spread the futon on the opposite room with her hands and feet. Xiangjiu said that he couldn't keep Yuqing's sister-in-law. said that there were brothers here, mud houses and grass nests, and they also lived at home, and there was no reason to find a place to stay. Xiang couldn't stay for a long time, and the sister-in-law and the elder followed back to the mill room. Xiangjiu sent it to the north gate, and saw the two of them enter the mill room, it took a lot of work, and their eyes couldn't come back to their senses. After thinking about it for a while, he turned around and brought the futon from home again, and sent it to the mill room to see how his uncle and sister-in-law slept. The mill house should be named four rooms, one at each end of the east and west, it is the place where the mill house is stacked with sundries, and later the east and west two rooms become the long working house of the enlonger, and both rooms are set on the fire kang. In addition to the milling house, Enchang later borrowed his brother Guang to become a military dependent, and the land reform divided the three north rooms of the east family across the courtyard to Enchang. Feng Lou, the son of the nameless son, took a small look at Enchang's black eyes, and when he was young, he knew that Enchang took advantage of Lao Ai's family. Elder En said that he was used to living in the mill room, and he felt sorry for Xiangjiu and had many children, so he didn't move the three rooms, and said that when Fenglou grew up, he still wanted to sweeten Wuming'er and Liu Xiangjiu.