Xue Yutang was pulled into the village by the peach, the village is not big, you can see the end at a glance, the village is also paved with bluestone, the road is on both sides of the world, the family uses the fence wall made of green bamboo, and occasionally the fence of a few houses is crawled with morning glory, from time to time there are urchins running by, looking at Xue Yutang and the three of them curiously, and shouting while running: "The peach is looking for her mother-in-law's house." ”

Xue Yutang was sweating all over his head by this shout, and Wang Menglan's face was very unsightly since she entered the village.

Walking to a house in the middle of the village, Peaches skillfully opened the gate, from the door to the courtyard there is a section of porch, is rolled with green bamboo, on which crawling melons, cucumbers, and grapes, there is no fruit yet, yellow, purple, The white flowers are very beautiful, in the yard, there is a reclining chair, there is an old woman lying on it, there is a closed eyes and recuperation, behind the old woman is a three-room civil structure house, the door is open, facing the kitchen, a middle-aged woman in the kitchen is busy cooking, and there is a middle-aged man squatting under the wall outside the house, fiddling with the hoe in his hand.

When the man saw Momoko leading three people over, he stood up and asked, "Momoko, who are these people?"

Peach jumped up and down to the man's side and hugged the man's arm: "Dad, these are guests!"

The man hurriedly rubbed his calloused hands on his pants and hugged his fists: "Oops, I didn't know that the guests were coming, it's really a bit rude!"

Xue Yutang put the basin aside and saluted back: "Uncle, the three of us have been bothered a lot here, it should be our rudeness!"

The man waved his hand: "It's our honor for guests to come to us, where is the bother, please come to the house!"

Xue Yutang and the three of them were forcibly pulled into the house by the man, and the man shouted to the woman who was cooking in the kitchen and made tea, but saw the old woman tremblingly push open the door and walk in.

When the three of them saw the old woman coming in, they hurriedly stood up and gave up their seats, the old woman was not polite, she sat on the main seat, the man stood behind the old woman like a slave, and the old woman was on crutches with both hands: "Peach, go to your fourth uncle's house, let him tell us that there are guests here, and everyone will come here for dinner tonight!"

Xue Yutang saw the old woman's command, lowered his head and didn't know what to think, but Hai San and Wang Menglan were made restless by the old woman's move.

"Young man!"

The old woman looked at Xue Yutang and opened her mouth and said.

"Grandma, you can call me Yutang!"

"Yutang, have you ever been married?"

Xue Yutang was stunned for a moment, but replied respectfully: "There is a good wife in the family!"

"It's a pity, but this can't be a main room, a side room can also be!"

When Wang Menglan heard the old woman speak like this, she was angry, and when everyone was not paying attention, she gave the old woman a blank look.

"Yutang doesn't dare to have extravagant hopes, just one person with a good wife!"

The old woman held her toothless mouth and laughed: "You baby, how can a man not want to have three wives and four concubines, and when he tastes the sweetness, he can't stop it." ”

Xue Yutang was noncommittal, and did not argue with the old woman on this.

In a short time the courtyard became lively, and at first a group of women dressed in all kinds of clothes, with fresh vegetables, all kinds of meat, and some pasta and pastries, entered the kitchen noisily, and from time to time one or two probes peeked into the house.

After a while, a group of young girls dressed up in flowers and branches, and the warblers and swallows followed the peach into the yard and began to clean the courtyard and tidy up the house.

After a while, a group of men and a group of young men, humming and babbling, carried all kinds of wild things hunted in the mountains, as well as tables, chairs and benches, into the courtyard.

The whole courtyard was lively all of a sudden, like a festival, the lights were colorful, seeing that the sky had darkened, the courtyard was full of lanterns, shining like day, but Xue Yutang and others were at a loss when they saw the people in the village so enthusiastic in the house.

"Mother, the outside is ready! The man whispered in the old woman's ear.

"Look at you, at such an old age, you don't know how to be polite at all, you should invite the guests to sit outside first. ”

The old woman tapped the ground with her cane and taught her son a lesson.

"Yes, yes, my mother taught me a lesson! I'll invite the guests to sit outside first. ”

The man was taught a lesson by the old woman, and he was immediately terrified, and Xue Yutang even saw sweat on the man's forehead.

"You're just not as good as your fourth brother. Okay, leave me alone, go take care of the guests first!"

The old woman stood up on crutches and moved out tremblingly, the man instinctively wanted to help, but was glared at by the old woman and immediately retracted his hand.

A few guests smiled, let's go and dine out with my wife. ”

Xue Yutang hurriedly took a step forward and helped the old woman out.

The old woman muttered as she walked: "Look, this kid is so sensible, but it's not much better than my uncompetitive son." ”

Xue Yutang said with a smile: "Grandma praised it, I think my uncle is so filial, but it is rare in the world!"

"Really?"

"Yes!"

"It's true, it's just too bad!"

As soon as the old woman walked out of the door, the people in the courtyard hurriedly stood up and saluted the old woman: "Greetings to Madame!"

The old woman didn't raise her eyelids: "Okay, let's all sit down, they are all ordinary people who are shaving food in the field, where did they get so many courtesies." ”

Although the old woman said so, the old woman did not sit down, and no one in the courtyard moved, until the old woman sat on the chair with her buttocks, and everyone sat down and began to talk and laugh.

All this made Xue Yutang feel so weird, even Wang Menglan kept glancing at Xue Yutang.

The old woman tapped the ground with her crutches, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

"We have a guest here today, I just asked, he said that he has married a wife in the family, but I think it's normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, so I want to marry Peaches to him, but I'm afraid that the guests will not be satisfied, so I decided to choose in our whole village, as long as he likes it, then it's up to me!"

Xue Yutang was so shocked by the old woman's words that all the sip of tea he had just drunk squirted out.

"Grandma, this is not going to work!"

"Are the guests not satisfied? Do you want all the women in the village?"

Xue Yutang hurriedly waved his hand, but he didn't want the people in the courtyard to cheer, as if it was a great honor to be able to let the girls in the village marry Xue Yutang, especially the girls of the right age, so he quickly took out the mirror and carefully looked at whether his makeup was flawed.

Xue Yutang was made to laugh and cry by the madness of these people, but he was helpless.

Hai San smiled stupidly: "Brother, are you looking for a sister-in-law for me?"

Wang Menglan's fists clenched tightly under the table, her eyes were red, and she deliberately didn't look at Xue Yutang.