Chapter 29: The Sixth Aunt
After cleaning up the kitchen, Xiao Chenyu cooked, and Qin Xun brought water and rags to clean up the bedroom and hall.
As soon as it was almost cleaned up, I heard someone knocking on the door outside.
Xiao Chenyu was behind, not as clear as Qin Xun, so Qin Xun put down the rag and went to open the door.
Outside the door was a woman in her forties, dressed in patched dark clothes, and a pair of cloth shoes covered in yellow mud.
At the moment of seeing Qin Xun, the woman's eyes flashed with surprise and envy, she glanced at Qin Xun up and down, and without waiting for Qin Xun to ask who she was, she looked into the courtyard with her feet on her feet, and said in her mouth: "You are Xiao Chenyu's new daughter-in-law, right?" Where is he? ”
Qin Xun had never seen such a rude person, but he still explained kindly: "He is busy in the backyard, may I ask who you are?" ”
The woman looked at Qin Xun and said with a big grin: "I am Xiao Chenyu's sixth aunt, and you can also call me sixth aunt." ”
After saying that, she walked in by herself, and kept sighing: "Tut-tut, Xiao Chenyu married a fairy, why is it so good-looking?" ”
At this moment, Xiao Chenyu walked out of the hall and hurriedly greeted the sixth aunt.
The sixth aunt looked at his wet hands, and asked suspiciously, "Xiao Er, what are you doing in the backyard?" ”
Xiao Chenyu said bluntly: "Cooking, it's almost noon!" ”
The sixth aunt looked at Xiao Chenyu with an extremely exaggerated expression, and then turned her head to look at the beautiful fairy Qin Xun and pursed her mouth.
"Xiao Er, I'll talk to you about something." After the sixth aunt pursed her mouth, she looked at Xiao Chenyu and said.
"Then come to the kitchen, I'm not done yet." Xiao Chenyu saw the sixth aunt's expression towards Qin Xun, and the smile on his face also subsided.
"You, oops, your father and mother are gone, and there is no unity in this family." When the sixth aunt heard that Xiao Chenyu was still cooking, she couldn't help but stop it.
"I have a daughter-in-law in this family, why do I want the old man to go into the kitchen to cook, wouldn't it be a laugh to laugh off his big teeth when he said it, and your daughter-in-law will also be talked about."
Qin Xun, who was standing behind the sixth aunt, raised her eyebrows, and said in her heart, who is this woman Xiao Chenyu?
Xiao Chenyu stood under the eaves, smiled, and asked, "Aunt Sixth came here to take care of my family's affairs?" ”
The sixth aunt seemed to see Xiao Chenyu's unhappy face at this time, and she also knew that she was talking too much, so she hurriedly took two steps forward and said, "I'm here for Liu Xi." ”
"What's wrong with Liu Xi?" Xiao Chenyu's expression was a little pale, but he frowned and asked worriedly.
Xu is sentence or two couldn't say clearly, but the sixth aunt still followed Xiao Chenyu to the kitchen.
She sat down on the fire stool and spoke as she skillfully lit the fire.
This village is called Xiaojia Village, and it is all Xiao family members.
The ancestors of the Xiao family have been second-class masters, and they have also been in the same glory and flourished for a while.
It's a pity that the Xiao family is not as good as the generation later, and the Xiao family is unwilling, but they can't.
Liu Xi is the sixth aunt who brought the Xiao family's "oil bottle", since he was a child, he has been fighting and causing trouble, but he listens to Xiao Chenyu's words very much, Xiao Chenyu has not had much contact with the people in the village in those years, but he is still good friends with Liu Xi.
"Yanzi was divorced last year, and your second uncle's family has always wanted to find another family for her to marry early, but Yanzi was divorced because she was inappropriate and always eyebrow-to-eye with other men. Who would dare to ask for such a woman, you say? ”
"Yanzi has a crush on Liu Xi?" Xiao Chenyu had already guessed what was going on and asked.
"No, your second uncle called someone to come to the house to propose, but Liu Xi was unwilling." The sixth aunt sighed: "A few days ago, Liu Xi went to the river to catch fish, but was caught by Yanzi's eldest brother and second brother, saying that he took advantage of Yanzi's laundry and secretly touched her. ”
Even Qin Xun, who didn't know Liu Xi and Yanzi, felt that this was nonsense: since they all came to propose, and Liu Xi was unwilling, why did he refuse and then go to steal a woman?
"Where is Liu Xi now?" Xiao Chenyu asked.
"I was locked up in the ancestral hall, Yanzi's sister-in-law came to me and asked me to persuade Liu Xi, as long as Liu Xi agreed to marry Yanzi, this crime of stealing Yanzi will be written off."
Xiao Chenyu looked at the sixth aunt helplessly: "You don't have to persuade Liu Xi, he will definitely not want to." ”
He knows Liu Xi's temperament best, and would rather break the jade than seek the master of the whole tile. When Liu Xi came to Xiao's house, he wanted him to change his surname to Xiao, but the six-year-old child would rather jump into the river than change his surname.
The second uncle of the patriarch felt that the surname Xiao was an honor, and the child refused because he didn't know what to do, so he said on the spot: "I don't know what to do, if you don't want to do it, our Xiao family won't do it, don't think about the surname Xiao in the future." ”
The sixth aunt also understood that her son was very stubborn, and she couldn't persuade her at all, so when she heard that Xiao Chenyu was back, she didn't even cook the meal, and hurriedly ran over to ask for advice.
"I can't persuade him, I think he listens to you, why don't you persuade him?" The sixth aunt looked at Xiao Chenyu with hope.
Xiao Chenyu was scooping the soup, and almost spilled the soup when he heard the words.
He looked at Aunt Six in disbelief: "Aunt Six, you asked me to persuade Liu Xi to agree to marry Yanzi?" Are you Liu Xi's mother? ”
The sixth aunt's ears were hot, but she spread her hands and said helplessly: "Then what else do you say?" Everyone in this village is surnamed Xiao, only Liu Xi is an outsider, who will look at him? Besides, Yanzi is the granddaughter of the patriarch, and Liu Xi married Yanzi, so that he can really gain a foothold in Xiaojia Village. ”
The more she said, the more natural it was for the sixth aunt, and she said: "Your second uncle said that as long as he agrees to get married, he will set aside a piece of land for them in the village to build a house, and Liu Xi doesn't have to care about anything, just live in a new house as a groom official." ”
Xiao Chenyu threw the spatula back into the pot with a loud noise.
The sixth aunt was taken aback, and Qin Xun was listening happily, and she was also frightened and exclaimed.
Xiao Chenyu and the sixth aunt saw Qin Xun standing by the door, Qin Xun was a little embarrassed, she was not easy to leave, but the sixth aunt took her job, and at this time, it seemed that she was eavesdropping on the side.
"Well, I'll serve the food out, you guys talk!" Qin Xun was about to serve the soup bowl, but was blocked by Xiao Chenyu.
"This soup bowl is hot, you can't hold it." Xiao Chenyu softened his voice, turned around and took out a brazier with bamboo strips on the outside and stoneware on the inside, and added some charcoal into it and handed it to Qin Xun: "You go and put this in the hall to get cold, the house has not been inhabited for a long time, it is a little cold, your body and bones are not good, it is better to be careful." ”
"Okay." Qin Qian took the basin and left.
As soon as Qin Xun left, before Xiao Chenyu could speak, the sixth aunt sighed a few times: "Your daughter-in-law is really a good life, I said Xiao Er, don't be too used to her, this just married and doesn't set up the rules, you will suffer in the future." ”
Xiao Chenyu said lightly: "Sixth aunt, your eldest son is still locked up in the ancestral hall, and you still have the rules of taking care of my family, you have a really big heart." ”
The sixth aunt was so choked by Xiao Chenyu that she couldn't speak, and said curtly: "Your mother is gone, and my elder will say a few more words for your good." ”
"Aunt Sixth will go back first, I'll go to the village in the afternoon to inquire, it's best to meet Liu Xi and hear what he has to say?" Xiao Chenyu drove people away, but for the sake of Liu Xi's mother, he saved her some face.
The sixth aunt stood up, but her eyes were fixed on the food and saliva on the stove.
Xiao Chenyu was angry, so she pretended not to see it, and did not offer to bring her a copy back, but the sixth aunt couldn't do it, so she had to leave.