I wonder when I spend it.

Hua Yu, Hua Xiao, and Hua Li all turned their heads and looked at her.

The expression on his face...... Belch? How to say, it's a little weird......

"What's wrong with you?" Hua Shi said suddenly, and was about to open the door as he walked over.

"Oops...... It's He Erniang! Hua Xiao suddenly ran over and grabbed the corner of Hua Shi's clothes, to re-emphasize it.

After a pause, I searched for this nickname again in my mind, but I still found nothing.

"What's wrong with He Erniang?" Doubts when flowering.

Hua Yu, who had not spoken, said in a flat voice: "He Erniang is Xie Mingchi's aunt." ”

His expression paused, he pondered, and suddenly said, "Suddenly came to the door...... Maybe it's time to get out of the marriage. ”

Hua Li's eyes glared.

Hua Xiao's hand tightened a little when she tugged at Hua Shi, and the small expression on her face also changed.

"Knock-"

There was a knock on the courtyard door twice.

"Nobody? … Odd...? When it takes it? ......" He Erniang's voice came in through the wooden door again.

"Didn't you hear a voice talking from inside just now? Why is there no one all of a sudden......"

Another voice echoed.

There is not only He Erniang outside the door, but also others.

"You're looking for those children of the Hua family?"

Aunt Hua next door seemed to hear a sound not far from the door, poked her head out of the yard, and asked.

He Erniang turned her head to look at the source of the sound, and responded with a smile: "Yes, the girl when I was looking for flowers." ”

Aunt Hua nodded, feeling that this person looked familiar, and she couldn't remember it for a while, so she continued: "Everyone should be in the house, if you shout again, maybe everyone is in the backyard at this time, and you didn't hear it." ”

"Huh, okay." He Erniang happily responded.

He Juanhua, the eldest daughter-in-law standing next to her, said strangely: "Mother, I just heard the sound of talking inside, everyone should be inside......

Why didn't you open the door for so long......

He Juanhua raised her hand and knocked on the wooden door twice.

"Knock-"

Hua Xiao tugged on Hua Shi's sleeve, shook it, and said in shock: "... It's not really here to get out of the marriage, right? ”

Hua Shi was a little helpless, pressed Hua Xiao's hand, and the knock on the door rang several times, "Okay, okay, come and do anything, let me open the door first, okay?" ”

Hua Xiao stiffened her face and nodded.

Hua Li's expression was also obviously a little wilted.

Hua Shi didn't understand the reaction of these guys, and his expression was too strange.

"When—"

The wooden door was suddenly opened.

He Erniang and He Juanhua were stunned for a moment.

Hua Shi looked at the two of them and said softly, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear a knock on the door just now." ”

He Erniang's eyes lit up, she waved her hand, and her voice was obviously a little enthusiastic: "It's okay, it's okay, you're a flower, right?" ”

Hua Shi nodded, "I am, may I ask ...... you guys?" ”

He Erniang said with a smile: "Oh, look at my memory, I'm Xie Mingchi's mother, we haven't seen each other yet, no wonder." ”

"Auntie, come in and say."

Hua Shi said and welcomed the person into the courtyard.

In the courtyard, Hua Xiao and Hua Li, who were still looking like they were facing a great enemy, had already collected their mood at this time, and stood obediently watching without saying anything strange.

He Juanhua held He Erniang's arm and walked in.

Hua Shi moved two bamboo chairs over and beckoned the two to sit.

After He Erniang sat down, He Juanhua beside her looked around twice, looked at the furnishings in the courtyard, and then sat down.

Hua Shi sat opposite the two, Hua Xiao and Hua Li ran over at some point, stood behind her with a tense face, and looked at He Erniang and the two quietly.

The air was silent for a moment, and He Erniang suddenly reached into the shoulder basket, touched it, and took out a gray bag.

When everyone didn't react, He Erniang directly stuffed the money bag into her hand when she spent it.

"...... this?" Hua Shi was stunned.

He Erniang suddenly restrained the smile on her face, put on a somewhat heavy face, and said with a low sigh: "Here is the remaining dowry that should be given to your family, you can take it." Although the old lady is gone, the marriage is still there, and we will still give what should be given, don't worry. ”

Hua Shi reacted, lowered his head, and pinched the somewhat heavy bag in his hand.

Hua Xiao and Hua Li, who were standing behind her, also changed their expressions after hearing He Erniang's words, and looked at each other with a smile, not knowing how to react for a while.

It's not a divorce......

He Erniang then said: "Don't listen to the rumors in the village, any words about quitting relatives are all nonsense, our Xie family is not the kind of heartless person." ”

Blinking when flowering, confused.

Rumors in the village......

She really didn't know that she had been busy tidying up the yard, vegetable garden, chicken coop... There are still fish ponds that have not been built yet, and I don't have time to go out at all, so naturally I haven't heard the words spread in the village.

However, seeing the reaction of the three of Hua Yu, it seemed that they had heard some rumors in the village before they reacted so much......

Hua Shi came back to his senses and smiled, not knowing what to say.

He Erniang had been paying close attention to the emotional changes on Hua Shi's face, and when she saw the obvious puzzled expression on her face, she knew it in her heart and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

This reaction is probably that I have not heard of the rumors in the village......

He Erniang had a smile on her face again, and her expression became a little more amiable, she said: "Regarding the marriage, it can't be done this year, alas...... According to the rules of the village, just after the white event, it will take at least a year to do the happy event, and you don't have to worry too much about being anxious, we can afford to wait for a year. ”

He Erniang grabbed Hua Shi's hand, patted the back of her hand, and said comfortingly.

Hua Shi's expression stiffened slightly, and he laughed dryly: "Haha...... No hurry, no hurry. ”

It stands to reason that the Li family and the grandmother of the Xie family are gone, if she wants to withdraw from her family, she can find Xie Mingchi at any time to make it clear, and then go to the village chief to cancel the registered marriage contract, and it will be cleared up in two.

But......

The heart trembles slightly when it is flowered.

After getting along, she doesn't hate Xie Mingchi, whether it is from the appearance or the personality she knows, Xie Mingchi seems to be her best choice now......

He Erniang suddenly raised her eyes, looked at Hua Xiao and Hua Li standing behind her, and then turned to look at Hua Yu and Xiaohua Ying not far away, and sighed:

"Poor ...... Your younger siblings are still young, if you don't worry about them, when you and Mingchi get married, you will take your younger siblings and them to live together. ”

Hua Shi was really stunned at this moment.

It means to live together......

He Erniang looked at a few skinny dolls, and felt distressed in her heart.

Dad and milk are dead, and these children are left, poor babes......

The older ones have lame legs...... The family is half the age of children.

After a few more pleasantries, He Erniang kept the bamboo basket she had brought before leaving from Hua's house with He Juanhua.

On the way back, He Erniang took He Juanhua's hand, patted the back of her hand, and asked, "You won't blame Niang for being eccentric, right?" ”

He Juanhua was stunned for a moment and shook her head: "How come, my milk is very good to Mingshan and me, how can I blame my mother for being eccentric." ”

He Erniang nodded reassuringly, and said with a sigh: "It's good if you don't blame me, my mother is not partial, you see those children are pitiful, they are as thin as monkeys, their parents are gone, and it is estimated that there is not a few dollars left in the family......"

He Juanhua listened to her mother-in-law's chatter, and nodded in response from time to time.

…

“… It's not a ...... who came to quit his family."

In the courtyard, Hua Li looked at the open courtyard door and muttered in a low voice.

He has been listening to the gossip in the village a lot these days...... It is said that the milk and father are dead, and there are only a few dwarf melon eggs left in their family, and the Xie family will definitely dislike his sister, and they will come to the door to withdraw their relatives, and they will get back the two taels of silver they gave before......

He also didn't want to marry so early, but ...... If the Xie family really quits their family, their family may not be able to pay two taels of silver to the Xie family.

Hua Xiao's heart pondered, and her thoughts were very different from Hua Li's.

Hua Shi didn't know the twists and turns in the hearts of the two, she untied the money bag she was holding in her palm and poured out three pieces of broken silver from it.

Three taels of silver......

and the five taels of silver that Li's lion asked for before he opened his mouth.

However, she really didn't expect He Erniang to come to deliver silver......

…

In the backyard, the birds chirp earnestly, and the early spring afternoon is quite refreshing.

The orange-yellow warm sun slanted down from the sky, half of the mountainside and trees, unable to hide the dazzling gold, the forest shadows were smoking, and the birds were crisp.

Looking at the vast overgrown weeds, Hua Li trembled his neck, and the knife in his palm unconsciously tightened a little.

"Are we really going to clear this large area of weeds...? Wouldn't it be too much......"

Hanari asked uncertainly, looking up at Hanashi standing in front of her.

Hua Shi raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded.

It does look a little dense, but it can't be ......

It can be seen that this place has been abandoned for too long, overgrown with weeds, a large area of thorny bushes on the right, a large depression in the middle, the grass is as high as a zhang, and the adult man walks in, and the weeds that are high can probably cover his neck.

Damn it...... There are no herbicides, no easy-to-use machines, so we can only weed and tidy up manually.

Hua Shi pinched his palms and looked back at the four younger siblings standing behind him.

Among the four of them, of varying heights, wore felt hats made of straw, and carried curved sickles in their hands, some blunt embroidery, and small and delicate bodies......

Yes......

Looking at these manpower, it doesn't seem to be very good.

If you rely on a few of them alone, it is estimated that you will not be able to do it for two or three months.

There was some hesitation when flowering.

Hua Li looked left and right, swallowed his saliva, and when he saw Hua, he still stared at them with a thoughtful expression, and asked with some difficulty, "What's wrong?" ”

Hua Shi came back to his senses, looked at the small arms and legs of the four people complicatedly, touched his chin in contemplation, and said, "I'm thinking, if you want to spend some silver, ask a few people to come back and help us clean this up." ”

Hua Li also followed her example, touched her chin, and said, "Uh...... I think...... Forget it, we don't have any money. ”

Hua Xiao nodded approvingly.

If you have money, it is enough to hire people......

Sigh when you spend it.

It's just too eye-catching, and I'm afraid of being hit by unwarranted disasters......

After all, there is still a tall white fox spirit hidden in the yard, if it is accidentally seen by the villagers......

When she spent her forehead, she couldn't think of the consequences.

"Forget it, let's start pulling it out today, it's really not good, I'll find two more people to help then."

It turns out that Hua Shi's intuition is correct, she plus Hua Yu and other four people, as well as a cat, a dog and a fox, worked all afternoon, and when night fell, she looked up again and found that only a small area was cleaned.

It is not a standard cleanup, the roots of many weeds are deeply rooted in the soil, and they cannot be pulled out even if they are pulled hard, so they can only be cut with a knife or sickle, but in many places, the cut grass still leaves more than half of the grass stalks, which are pointed upwards.

Such...... If you don't see it with your eyes, it's easy to get stuck with the sole of your shoes, and you won't be able to get off your feet at all.

Coupled with Eleven and Xiaobai's messy planing, the dense weeds are crooked, although there is indeed a large piece missing at a glance, but the rhizomes have not been pulled out, it is useless!

"Goo-Goo......

The rumbling of the stomach was particularly noticeable in the quiet night.

"Hmm...... Hungry. ”

Xiaohuaying, who was sitting on a stone slab, covered her stomach, scratched her calf, and said to Huashi.

Spent the whole afternoon weeding, didn't eat anything, and of course hungry......

Hua Shi wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked up at the half-moon hanging high in the dark night sky, and announced:

"Okay, let's do it here today and go back to dinner."

The meat stewed at noon, as well as a large pot of white rice, do not need to be boiled again, and can be eaten as soon as it is hot.

"Yay!"

As soon as Hua Li heard that the work was over, he waved his hands and shouted in surprise.

Back in the front yard, after dinner, the sky was already dark, and the alley outside the courtyard was quiet, and every family was obviously asleep.

Only in the small courtyard of the Hua family, there was a crisp crackling sound from time to time.

"Hmm...... I want to go back to sleep..."

Hua Li stood in the courtyard with bare and thin arms, and said in a trembling voice.

"No way!" Before Hua Xiao, who was on the side, responded to her, Hua Shi refused: "You have to take a bath, wash your hair, and dry it before you can go back to sleep." ”

On the low bench in the courtyard, only a hazy oil lamp is lit, reflecting the entire courtyard in gray light.

Hua Li sniffed, emotionally raised, rubbed his eyes, and felt a little aggrieved.

Originally, after dinner, they couldn't wait to run back to the house to sleep.

As soon as a person is full, he is easy to get sleepy, and when his stomach is warm, he will cover it with a quilt and lie on the kang to sleep more comfortably.

However, the time to spend does not let ...... stopped them, and demanded that they take a bath and wash their hair before they could go back to sleep.

Woo......

Hua Li reluctantly took off her shirt and stood naked in the yard.

On the edge of the well, after the warm water in the wooden basin was splashed clean, Xiaoying was also grabbed by Hua Shi, rubbed from head to toe, and washed cleanly.

At this moment, Hanashi was dressing Xiaoying and wiping her hair.

Finally finished dealing with the little flower shadow at hand, which was as slippery as a loach, and looked up at the other side when the flower was shi, almost having a heart attack.

Hua Li didn't know when, pulled all the clothes off his body, shrunk his shoulders barely, and stood on the side.

Although it is already early spring, the day is warm, but at night, the cool breeze blows, and the cold wind blows bare-chested......

After only a while, Hua Li was already so cold that she sneezed several times, sniffed, and looked at her aggrievedly.

The big eyes of the flowers are dark and watery, and they are aggrieved......

Flower time: ......

"Flower Departure!!"

A loud sound spread from inside the courtyard to outside the courtyard, and it was so deep that this roar could be heard across several alleys.

Hua Li wiped his nose and was dazed: "Ah...?" ”

Hua Shi almost laughed angrily: "Who told you to take off your clothes, blowing the wind bare-chested and with your ass, you're tired and crooked, right?" ”

Hua Li stiffened, wrapped his hands around his chest, hugged his shoulders, and said weakly: "I..., I'm not here to save time and effort......

Hua Shi snorted coldly, patted the little flower shadow who was already dressed, let go and told him to stand firm, and let the flower on the side come over to wipe his wet hair.

Only then did he beckon and signal Hua Li to come.

"Why don't you come over here, what are you doing standing stupidly?"

Refill the pot with hot water when it is flowering.

When Hua Li came to him, he sat down in the tub and was about to take a towel to wipe his back.

Hua Li shrank her neck back, the whole person curled up in the huge wooden basin, blushing little face, and when she looked at the flower, she said shyly: "Sister...... Men and women don't kiss, I'll wash it myself......"

"Smack!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hua Shi slapped him and lifted him over, "There is a lot of nonsense, now I know that I am shy, I was standing there with my bare ass just now, why don't I know that I am shy." ”

Hua Li covered his shoulders that were beaten red, his qi was weaker, and now he honestly soaked in the warm water, spitting bubbles, and didn't dare to move anymore.

Hua Shi took a towel and rubbed his back, and then asked him to put his head over and wash his hair.

Fortunately, a few days ago, I cut all the hair of a few of them short, otherwise it would be really difficult to wash it at this time.

"Okay, dry yourself and put on your clothes, and wait for your hair to dry before going to sleep."

Hanashi said, motioning for him to stand up.

"Oh......"

After washing my hair and taking a hot bath, the flowers were all gone.

On the other side, Hua Yu had already helped Xiao Huaying dry all her hair, and at this time the two of them were sitting under the eaves.

Hua Xiao held the clean clothes and stood hesitantly in place, if you look closely, you can find that her cheeks are red, and her heart is also very entangled.

I've helped Hua Li wash it, won't I have to help her wash it......

Hua Shi's gaze moved from Hua Xiao's body to Hua Yu's body sitting under the eaves.

His eyes fell first on his unkempt hair, his eyes tangled......

Hua Yu's messy hair, she has been staring at it for half a month, and she has never found a suitable opportunity to speak.

In addition, Hua Yu's performance was too cold, and the relationship was bad before, which eased up all of a sudden, and Hua Shi didn't want to propose to cut all his thick hair.

Now......

"Flower Encounter."

Hua Shi shouted.

The young man who was sitting on the low stool with his back seemed to be in a daze, and suddenly heard his name, his expression was obviously stunned, and he looked in the direction of the flower.

“… Why don't I cut all of your hair for you......"

Mixed with the cool breeze, the words that are not light or heavy when they are flowered are transmitted to the ears with the wind......

…