The north wind was howling, and the trees in the village were blown to one side, and it was not yet dark, and the sky was already overcast and there was no way to see the road.

Xu Ling had just cleaned the old house here, and the brothers Xu Ping and Chen Sheng came outside with a cart.

Chen Ze went to the town to buy medicine and came back, and heard that his brother promised Xu Ling to be a tenant farmer for his family, so he started to pack up his things without saying a word.

First lay the mattress on the cart, and then let his wife lie on the cart, cover the quilt tightly, and take away all the fishing nets, fish baskets, charcoal stoves, pots and pans in the canopy boat.

Xu Ping worked neatly and helped move things one by one.

Don't look at the Chen Sheng brothers only have two boats, but as the saying goes, there are 3,000 nails in the broken boat, and it took five or six times to empty the things, and the three of them hurriedly rushed to Xu Ling's house against the north wind.

Xu Ling's new house, Chen Sheng can be regarded as a brick and tile, and has made a few efforts, if it weren't for Xu Ling's work to earn some money, the two brothers wouldn't even have the money to buy medicine for Widow Chen.

Before the New Year, the silver in his pocket was almost taken out, and the mother and son were worried about how to survive this cold winter, and Xu Ling's appearance was undoubtedly a light in the dark.

When he saw the two iconic wooden buildings, Chen Sheng was very excited.

Xu Lingying came over and asked them to pull the cart to the old house next door.

"Although this place is broken, but the holes in the roof have been repaired before, at least there will be no air leakage, and you will live here before the new house in the field is built, no problem, right?"

Chen Sheng didn't know what to say, and shook his head vigorously, "Boss, we just need to have a place to live." ”

"That's okay, you can help your mother in first, pack up your things, and then go over to eat."

Xu Ling saw that the three of them were a little cramped, as if he didn't know what to do here, so he took Xu Ping and left.

Back home, Xu Ping smelled the smell of mutton soup and just wanted to run to the kitchen, Xu Ling hurriedly grabbed the collar on the back of his head, "Stop, An An is still studying, you should hurry back to the house!" ”

"Oh, big brother, I'm not going, the things that Fan Fuzi said are turning over and over, we all understand it, he still talks, it's better to let me drink a bowl of mutton soup first!"

Xu Ling noticed the problem, he hadn't listened to Fan Shiqing's teaching, after all, he had been busy since he went home, how could he have this free time.

originally thought that Fan Shiqing would be imprisoned in prison for more than ten years, and his level of degradation could teach two illiterate children, how could he listen to Xu Ping's tone, the situation was wrong?

"You go in and listen to the class, I'll listen to what Master Fan has to say outside."

Xu Ping reluctantly glanced at the kitchen and reluctantly walked towards the study.

"Master, I'm back."

Fan Fuzi was reading to Xu An, when he heard the movement, he hurriedly let Xu Ping in, this study is transparent from north to south, and the sun is usually very good, Xu Ling is afraid that his younger brothers and sisters will hurt their eyes when reading, so he specially chose the room.

There was a charcoal stove in the house, which was not cold, but it was dark, and even if there were candles lit in the house, it was a little blurry.

Xu Ling wanted them not to study first, but after listening to Fan Shiqing's lecture, he had no choice but to stand still and stand outside the window and stop to listen for a while.

After listening to a cup of tea, I felt that Fan Shiqing spoke very well, quoting scriptures and classics, fascinating, why couldn't he get into Xu Ping's eyes?

Seeing that the room was getting darker and darker, the eldest girl couldn't sit still, and turned off the stool to go out, Xu Ling hurriedly dodged into the study and picked up her daughter.

"Master Fan, it's time to eat, will you get here here today?"

"It's okay, you two have to recite what I said today, and I'll check it tomorrow when I go to class."

Fan Shiqing put away the ring ruler, and walked slowly towards Xu Ling with his hands behind his back, "What are you going to eat for dinner today?" ”

"Mutton soup shortbread."

"This is good, this is good!"

Xu Ping walked quickly to his brother's side, and was shocked by Xu Ling, plus a warning look. Xu Ping was a little weak-hearted, why did the old man suddenly talk about something else?

Told him to be beaten in vain.

Xu Ling took the charcoal stove in the study to the hall and lit the fire pit, Xu Ping and Xu An set the table and served the bowl of rice, and Fan Shiqing sat by the fire with the big girl in his arms to roast the fire.

After a while, Gu Zhen came in from the kitchen with a basket full of golden shortbread, and Xu Ling hurriedly took it.

"How do you do so much today?"

"Isn't someone coming? I said that the New Year will be celebrated in two days, and I don't have time to do it, so I can still eat it if I can't finish it. ”

This shortbread will not be spoiled, even if it is cold and soaked in mutton soup, it is delicious.

Xu Ling smiled: "Then I'll call them over and let them feast their mouths." ”

When they went to the next door, the two Chen Sheng brothers had already packed their things, Chen Ze set up a stove outside to boil medicine for his mother, and there was no oil lamp in the house, so he couldn't see clearly in the dim light.

Xu Ling handed over a jar and asked Chen Sheng and the others to go to dinner next door.

"Owner, what is this?" Chen Sheng was holding the jar, a little restrained.

"If you have a cough, ask your mother to drink some too, maybe it will be more comfortable."

The autumn pear paste that Xu Ling made before was not all sold, there were some leftovers in the space, and there were also those at home.

The autumn and winter weather is dry, and sometimes eating mutton is hot, so Xu Ling asked his family to brew some autumn pear paste to drink.

It just so happened that there was still a small half of this can to drink, and Xu Ling thought about Widow Chen's cough, so he took it by the way.

Widow Chen was sick and couldn't go to eat, so Xu Ling asked Chen Sheng to go back with him to bring some food.

The two brothers are not young, and they are foreign men, so it is inconvenient to always go in and out of his house.

Xu Ling found a pot and filled a small pot of mutton soup, picked up a dozen shortbreads with a dustpan, and filled a large bowl with hot dishes, and asked Chen Sheng to take it back to the old house to eat by himself.

Chen Sheng smelled the smell of mutton, and his saliva was about to stay, and when he saw Xu Ling scooping the soup for him, he didn't say anything about pouring some back when he scooped the meat, and put it all in the basin.

For a while, I was also a little overwhelmed by this sudden happiness.

"East... Owner, are these for me? Let's just have a bite to eat. ”

Xu Ling smiled: "This is the first meal at home, I don't have the ability to cook another meal for you." ”

Chen Sheng was a little embarrassed: "I didn't mean that......"

"Okay, as long as you and your brother work hard, you don't have to eat at my house next year, you can eat whatever you want, then it's practical." Xu Ling packed the food for him and sent them to the next door together.

A few more words: "Let's say okay, rent 28, don't be too much, go back and explain it to your brother, if the people in the village ask, you have nothing to hide." ”

"I'll build you a house, take care of your food and drink for half a year, and as soon as the grain is harvested after half a year, it's not such a good thing, if you think it's unacceptable, tell me within seven days, let's get together and disperse."

Xu Ling likes to talk ugly things to the front. Although Chen Sheng is grateful to him now, people's hearts are bottomless, in case he has a full stomach, and regrets getting up and suffering losses, and making trouble everywhere, then he is not the master who allows others to ride on his head.