"You ......" Xu Jiaorong's fingers trembled and pointed at Xu Xian.

Thinking about the words of asking her to take care of her younger brother when her parents were leaving, Xu Xian's remarks made her angry.

The two sisters and brothers have relied on each other since childhood, and it goes without saying that they have feelings in their hearts. If Xu Xian really has three longs and two shorts today, how can you let her live? How can you let her face the father and mother under the nine springs? She is just such a younger brother!

The slap was raised, and it fell gently, but it was not waved on Xu Xian's face, but it smoothed out the folds on his shirt.

"What kind of stupid thing to say, sister is just a younger brother like you, without you, how can you let your sister live?"

Wiping some water stains from the corners of her eyes, Xu Jiaorong said gently: "Let's go, let's go home." ”

"Miss Xu, has Hanwen found it?"

A young man in a head-catching costume ran over panting, needless to say, this must be Li Gongfu.

When he ran in front of the two sisters of the Xu family and saw Xu Xian's appearance clearly, he raised his hand and slapped Xu Xian's head.

"You little rabbit cub, what do you say you don't study well, the scholar ran away from home, and you see that your sister is in a hurry. ”

"Li Zhutou, who are you scolding for being a little rabbit cub. ”

Xu Jiaorong's eyes widened, and the frightened Li Gongfu hurriedly took his hand back, smiling with embarrassment.

"Brother Li. ”

Xu Xian didn't have any annoyance, he had a good impression of this head catcher who often helped their sister and brother, and on weekdays, the relationship between the two was also very good.

It's just that he just can't understand why Brother Li, who usually looks majestic, always looks timid in front of his sister.

If this was resting on the awakened young man of ordinary people's homes, he would have seen the clue for a long time, but who he was an elm pimple, and even the marriage with Bai Suzhen later was only understood by his sister, and later it was under Xiaoqing's design that he walked with Bai Suzhen.

Therefore, he can see that it is strange that Li Gongfu is interested in his sister, if it weren't for this, he would not have chosen to run away from home today.

"Sister, it's okay to go home, but I don't want to go to school. ”

Don't look at Xu Xianmune, but he also knows very well in his heart that he is not a material for reading at all, over the years, just the annual bundle will cost more than half of the family's money, but he has not even taken the county test of the children's examination, let alone the government examination and the hospital examination in the back, and won the fame of Xiucai.

Every day, I watched my sister work day and night for this family, but he was forced by his sister to read the book on the side, and he couldn't help with anything, so Xu Xian didn't want to read this book for a long time. It's just because he's afraid that his sister will be sad, so he hasn't dared to say it!

But my sister is twenty-one years old this year! If she doesn't get married, she will never get married. But what to marry, even if the poor family is, when they marry again, they will prepare three dowries for their daughters, otherwise they will be looked down upon when they get to their husband's house. But their family doesn't say that it is a dowry of three lifts, and even one lift can't be made up, how can you let Xu Xian ask to read the book.

"You dare. ”

Xu Jiaorong, who had calmed down, was a little angry at this time. She brought Xu Xian up with hard work, regardless of the cold winter and wax moon, and washed and sewed clothes for big families every day to earn money, in order to provide Xu Xian with education, she was easy! She didn't ask Xu Xian to be admitted to the lifting of people and jinshi, but at least she came back after taking the test, and it could be regarded as a glorious lintel for the Xu family. What's more, since then, Xu Xian, who has a thin body, has the foundation to settle down, even if she encounters an accident, her younger brother will not be unable to live.

In the mundane world of this world, if ordinary poor children want to get ahead, only one way to study, even if they can't get into the exam in the end, they will not be able to get into the exam, but as long as they have Xiucai's fame, the imperial court will exempt their families from taxes and servitude, and more importantly, as Xiucai, they can receive a little money and food from the county academy every month, even if they don't produce, they can also have a good diet. No matter how bad it is, with the fame of Xiucai, you can open a private school and live a good life.

"Sister......" looked at Xu Jiaorong who raised her palms again and was about to fight, Xu Xian shrank in fear, he was still very afraid of his sister, but thinking about the situation at home, Xu Xian stiffened his neck again and said, "Sister, no matter what you say today, I won't read this book anymore, I have to work to support my family." ”

"You don't need to raise this home. ”

"I don't need to raise you, when you get married in the future, who will support me?"

"I raise. The ghostly Li Gongfu said this, and Xu Jiaorong blushed.

Because she once told those matchmakers who came to the door to say goodbye that as long as the other party was willing to take care of her younger brother Xu Xian in the future, she would marry.

Pressing the Xu family's sisters and brothers and Li Gongfu aside, Ye Ling glanced at the rippling West Lake, but took Ye Ying and turned away, without any intention of going up to mix.

There is no way, his original purpose is a little impure, before the White Lady appears, Ye Ling still doesn't want to have too much contact with the Xu family's sisters and brothers, so as not to be soft-hearted when beating the mandarin ducks in the future, it will really kill him.

As for why Ye Ling is so sure that Bai Suzhen will not appear today? That's not simple, when Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen met on the bridge, his sister Xu Jiaorong was already married to Li Gongfu, but now these two obviously haven't pierced the layer of window paper, so Bai Suzhen will definitely come to this West Lake today next year to look for Xu Xian.

It's just that, having said that, just in case, Ye Ling didn't plan to leave Qiantang County just in time, but planned to buy a house in this county town to settle down and wait for Bai Suzhen's arrival.

"Daddy, I'm going to eat sugar gourds. ”

Leaving the shore of Xizi Lake, Ye Ling walked leisurely with his daughter in his arms, but he arrived at the most prosperous street market in the county.

Don't look at Qiantang County, it is not the capital city of Jiangnan Province, nor is it Yangzhou in the March of fireworks, but in this place south of the Yangtze River, Qiantang County is also one of the largest counties.

A small street is about three feet wide, and it is crowded with people ranging from well-dressed rich children to peddlers and pawns in coarse cloth clothes.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, pawnshops, money villages, grain stores, silk villages, rouge shops, and naturally there is no shortage of restaurants, tea shops and brothels in green buildings.

spent two pennies to buy a string of rock sugar gourds for Ye Ying at a street stall, looking at the greedy appearance of the little girl, Ye Ling couldn't help but have a knowing smile on the corner of her mouth.

It's just that the originally reserved smile on his face turned into ecstasy in an instant.

Of course, Ye Ling was not happy because there was a large circle of people in front of him, and he felt that there was something lively to see, but because the "merit book" suddenly released a task.