The next day, Li Mo was woken up by the noise of the main house. I heard Li Kui shouting loudly, "My sister doesn't marry, since it's such a good parent, you let the eldest sister marry" The eldest girl is the eldest daughter of the second uncle, and she is one month older than Li Mo.

Putting on a cotton coat indiscriminately, Li Mo walked towards the main house.

Mrs. Lu was pointing at Li Kui and scolded, "You kid is so ignorant, which woman doesn't marry, you eight-year-old doll, adults are talking about business, what are you fooling around." ”

Li Kui snorted at Mrs. Lu and ran out. happened to run into Li Mo who rushed over, and directly pulled her and ran out.

Looking back at the distance from the gate, Li Kui said, "Sister, the bad guys have come to the door, and they don't listen to my theory, let's go find the patriarch." ”

Li Mo pondered for a moment with calm eyes, bent down and leaned close to his younger brother's ear and said, "You don't need to call the patriarch over, let's go directly to the patriarch's house." After a while, you remember to cry, the movement should be loud, and the more people see it, the better. ”

Li Kui probably thought of something, and there was a hint of sly excitement in his eyes, so he pulled his sister and ran. Li Mo followed all the way, although he was much older than his younger brother, but his body was already weak after recovering from illness, and his physical strength was not as good as that of a child, panting, and he had just followed in his younger brother's footsteps.

Running to the front door of a big house with blue bricks and tiles before stopping, Li Kui really began to cry loudly. Seeing that it attracted a lot of people, he also pulled Li Mo to kneel down together.

"Patriarch Grandpa, help, my sister and I can't survive. "Crying and shouting for help. The people of the village soon heard the movement, and more and more people gathered around.

A man in his fifties with a dignified face walked out of the house, followed by him and a large family. looked at Li Kui and said, "Kui Wazi, what's wrong?"

Li Kui began to pull Li Mo and kowtowed three times in a row, and then said, "Patriarch Grandpa, my sister and I can't survive anymore, please ask Patriarch Grandpa to save us"

The patriarch looked at Li Kui, who was crying sadly, and this group of people who were watching the excitement, felt that his head was big, and he asked in a loud voice, "What happened?"

"Patriarch Grandpa, my father and mother are gone, my sister is sick again, we follow the second uncle, and the one hundred taels that my father and mother exchanged for their lives also gave to the second uncle. Now that my sister is just a little better, the second aunt wants my sister to marry Liu Fool. Is it because we didn't go with our parents? ”

The patriarch looked at Li Mo and asked, "Mo Niang, is this true?"

Li Mo had a pair of red eyes, she really couldn't squeeze out tears, so she had to say with sad eyes, "Originally, the second aunt told me, I didn't agree, and I thought that this matter was over, but Mrs. Lu came to the door today." ”

The patriarch beckoned to his youngest son and said, "Go and call Erzhu and his daughter-in-law."

At this time, most of the villagers in the village came around, and it was not the time when the farming was busy in the ice and snow, and the villagers were very idle. This village is called Lijia Village, and 60 of the 80 households in the village are surnamed Li, all of whom belong to the same clan.

After a while, before I saw anyone, I heard the voice of the second aunt, and it was shouting all the way, "Ouch, what's the matter, Mo Niang, are you complaining to the patriarch? ”

She followed the eldest girl, pulled her sleeve and begged, "Mother, Mo Niang's illness is just right, don't say that." ”

The patriarch Zhengse said, "Erzhu daughter-in-law, did you find a family affair for Mo Niang?"

The second aunt was a little afraid of the patriarch, but she felt that she had a legitimate right, and said loudly, "Third uncle, Mo Niang has no father, we are her only second aunt, don't you have to be the master of her, and tell her that family affairs should not be." ”

The patriarch continued to ask with a tiger face, "Which family are you talking about?"

The second aunt didn't dare to speak loudly this time, so she replied in a low voice, "Yes, it's the Liu family at the head of the village." ”

The patriarch said angrily, "Moniang is a good girl's family, your eldest brother and sister-in-law are gone, so I entrust you to take care of it, and that's how you take care of it." ”

Aunt Wang next door was also there, and shouted in a loud voice, "Big girl, isn't this something you did inauthentically, you said that you want to say goodbye to Mo Niang, even my son is better than Liu Fool, you don't think I give less gift money." This girl's family is a major event in her life, is this a matter of more money and less money. The villagers also talked about it, some said that her second aunt was not authentic, and some sympathized with Li Mo's sister and brother's hard life.

The second aunt knew that she was at a loss, so she didn't admit defeat and said, "This is our own business, whose family affairs are not decided by the elders, and besides, this family has already been decided." ”

The patriarch looked at Li Erzhu, "Erzhu, do you agree to this?" ”

Li Erzhu is an honest man, a little embarrassed, the affairs of these children in the family are left to the daughter-in-law, but he is respectful and afraid of the patriarch, so he has to say, "Uncle, these are all the ideas of the baby, I, my eldest man doesn't understand it." ”

The patriarch was a little angry when he saw Li Erzhu like this, a big man, let a girl hold it. Tiger continued to ask with a face, "You still know that you are a big man, you only say that you don't agree." ”

Everyone looked at Li Erzhu and waited for him to speak. He couldn't hold it anymore. I don't dare to say that I agree, I don't agree, and it's not easy to explain to my daughter-in-law. I only said the word "I" a few times, and after a while, I was sweating in a hurry.

The villagers were discussing, and Li Kui was still crying, snot and tears on his face, "Our sister and brother really can't live." Li Mo still knelt with his head down, without saying a word, but his thin body that couldn't be covered by thick cotton clothes, kneeling on this cold ground, it was really pitiful to look at.

The clan all wants to be faced, even in this countryside, the patriarch felt that in front of this group of villagers, the old face burned panicked, and said, "I am in charge of this matter, and the family affairs will be withdrawn." ”

The second aunt said unconvinced, "No, the relatives have decided, how can they say that they will retreat." Patriarch, you can't just look at them pitiful, you also pity our family. Our family is already a difficult one, the dogs still have to take medicine, and the girls are still young. Mo Niang is such a delicate young lady, she wants to eat eggs all of a sudden, what can she do with thin arms and legs. We really had no choice but to find her a protégé. ”

Someone in the village asked, "So, don't you fancy the twenty-two bride price of the Liu family?"

The second aunt argued, "I think that the Liu family has a good background, and they have such a high dowry, and the last mother will not worry about eating and drinking to live a good life when she marries." Besides, the bride price is also to be taken to raise Kuiwazi, I am heartbroken and plan for their sister and brother."

Li Kui immediately stopped crying and said, "You are talking nonsense, my father and mother left you a hundred taels to support our sister and brother." ”

The second aunt replied loudly, "You are a child, your family doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are, your sister has been sick for so long, you don't need money to see a doctor, you have to eat fragrant and drink spicy food every day, and that money is enough to support you for a long time." ”

Li Kui also scolded back: "Then I don't want you to raise it." My sister doesn't want you to raise her, she wants to marry Liu Fool and live a good life, you can marry yourself."

After a noisy meal, the patriarch looked at Li Mo and said, "Mo Niang, what do you mean?"

Li Kui immediately said, "Sister, let's live by ourselves, I don't want you to marry Liu Fool" After speaking, he hugged Li Mo and cried.

Li Mo comforted his younger brother and said to the patriarch, "Patriarch Grandpa, my father and mother are gone, and only my brother is left." Mo Niang just wants to bring up her younger brother well, and she doesn't plan to marry in this life. If you have to marry the last mother, marry the body of the last mother. The words were serious, and a pair of watery eyes looked at the patriarch with absolute certainty.

The patriarch didn't expect that the always submissive Mo Niang would say such a thing, and with such eyes, there was no sadness or joy, as if she couldn't see it at a glance, and she wanted to see it again, but she didn't dare to look at each other.

Finally, the patriarch called the second uncle and his wife and a few well-known people in the village to enter the house together.