"Big brother and second brother are back......"

A teenage girl who was helping her mother wash her clothes, saw Xu Jin and Xu Yaozu coming back from outside the door together, and immediately shouted happily, dropped her clothes, and ran out as if she were flying.

The little girl was wearing patched coarse cloth clothes, with two pigtails, and her little face was red, which was cute.

Xu Jin laughed, held the firewood in one hand, bent down slightly, and hugged the little sister.

The little girl put her arms around his neck, really happy. The water droplets on his hands drippedly into Xu Jin's collar, and Xu Jin didn't care, still smiling.

Xu Yaozu was secretly speechless. The load of firewood picked by the eldest brother is heavy, I am afraid that there are not more than 100 catties, but the eldest brother can act as if nothing happened, and he can bend down to pick up the little sister, this divine power is really amazing.

"Ah, hare!"

The little girl had sharp eyes, and she was tired of being crooked in the arms of her eldest brother for a while, and she saw the fat hare hanging on the firewood, and she was even more happy.

Xu Jin smiled: "Tonight, ask my mother to stew the rabbit and eat it, okay?"

"Okay, okay, my favorite rabbit meat......"

The little girl clapped her hands again and again.

"Mother!"

Xu Jin hugged his little sister and strode into the house.

The hostess of the Xu family is a woman in her thirties, with an ordinary appearance and kind eyebrows, seeing that Xu Jin picked such a big load of firewood home, she quickly stood up and said in a loud voice: "Da Lang, quickly put down the firewood and take a good rest, hey, this child, didn't you say don't pick such a heavy burden, but it will crush people...... Late mother, don't come down quickly, the eldest brother is still carrying firewood......"

"Out of the way, not heavy!"

Xu Jin smiled, turned to one side slightly, and the firewood was unloaded in the yard, effortlessly, still holding the little sister.

Mother Xu took out the handkerchief under her armpit and wiped his sweat, and her eyebrows were full of love. This son, when he is a teenager, can help the family do a lot of things.

Xu Jin took the hare from the firewood, handed it to his mother, and said, "Mother, I was lucky today, I hit a rabbit when I was collecting medicine, and it was stewed tonight, everyone had a good meal." ”

Mother Xu hurriedly took it and said in surprise: "Ah, this hare is quite fat...... Hey, not even the fur hurts, Da Lang, how did you get it?"

Xu Jin replied casually: "I threw a stone." ”

"This is good, this is good, this fur is worth a few cents of silver, and it is worth two months' worth of salt. ”

Mother Xu sighed and admired. For a small family, a few cents of silver is a great benefit.

"There are still a few herbs here, I'll wash them later, dry them, and get a few silver when I go to the city when it's time to go to the market. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to get a penny. ”

Xu Yaozu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Big brother, I'll go wash the herbs." ”

Xu Jin shook his head with a smile: "No need, I'll wash it myself later." You are a Sven person, study hard, and in the future, you will be admitted to the top rank among scholars, become a big official, and glorify your ancestors. ”

Mother Xu said angrily: "Da Lang, you, you are always used to younger brothers and sisters. Yaozu is also fifteen years old, what is it to do some work? You are all alone to collect this load of firewood, right? Yaozu is just going to the mountains with you to make a show, isn't it?"

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Mother, Yaozu has weak bones, and he hasn't done heavy work since he was a child. He's just the material for a scholar. In the future, the glorious lintel of our old Xu family will all depend on him. Yaozu, you have to work hard and don't disappoint everyone, understand?"

Xu Yaozu bowed in a proper manner and said, "Yaozu respectfully follows the teachings of the eldest brother. ”

Mother Xu also glanced at her youngest son lovingly, with a smile on her face.

The family said that the children were more hard, but the children were all angry, and she was very satisfied.

At that moment, Xu Jin took the herbs and went to the well to wash the pulp, Xu Wanniang jumped up and down behind him, Xu Jin took out a few wild fruits like a trick, put them in her tender little hands, and said, "Eat it, the eldest brother specially picked it for you." ”

Xu Wanniang cheered, and before she had time to wash in the well, she put it in her mouth and chewed it. This wild fruit is sweet and juicy, and the little girl is dazzled and smiling when she eats it, and Xu Jin is also very happy when she sees it.

This is a small mountain village, there are about 100 families living together, most of them are surnamed Xu, so it is called Xujia Village. Xu Jin was washing herbs by the well, and some women and girls in the village were also coming and going by the well, washing clothes and vegetables, etc., all smiled and greeted Xu Jin. The mountains and countryside are remote, and there is not much defense of etiquette and religion. The people of a village, looking down and not looking up, are very familiar.

Xu Jin smiled and chatted with his neighbors, feeling very peaceful and happy. Previously, the Yangshi Difu had been added up for decades, and the happy and happy people were not as happy as they had been in this small mountain village for more than ten years.

Xu Jin washed the herbs, took them home to dry on the roof, and went to the yard to chop firewood, busy and busy, not idle for a moment.

In the evening, smoke rose from every house, and the small courtyard of the Xu family was even more fragrant with stewed meat. Xu Wanniang squatted by the hearth, took two long wooden sticks, and kept rummaging a few pieces of yam in the hearth, which were roasted fragrantly. This was also picked back by Xu Jin from the mountains. The mountains and wilderness near here are almost half of the granary of the old Xu family. After the reincarnation of the Pure Yang Realm, Xu Jin was now considered a natural wood spirit holy body, collecting some medicinal herbs and wild fruits, but it was just a matter of effort, and it didn't take half an effort.

"Mother, when will Dad come back?"

Xu Wanniang looked at the fragrant roasted yam in the hearth, smelled the more fragrant stewed hare on the stove, and drooled greedily.

Mother Xu said: "Your father went to the market in the town, and it should be back when it gets dark." ”

"Oh......"

Xu Wanniang nodded obediently.

Sure enough, when it was just dark, Xu's father returned home with a blanket on his shoulder, his face a little panicked.

Mother Xu hurriedly stepped forward, took off his coat for him, and asked worriedly, "Dad, what's wrong?"

Father Xu was not in a hurry to speak, he sat on the bench in the hall first, Xu Yaozu hurriedly served tea to his father, Father Xu took the tea bowl and drank a large bowl of tea in one go, then wiped his mouth and said: "The people in the town said that they are going to pass the army...... Let's defend the country and start a war with the Great Zhou State, and we have to pass the ...... soldiers here."

Mother Xu couldn't help but be shocked and said, "Ah, the soldiers...... W-how good is that?"

The Zhuang family is afraid of servants, the second is afraid of soldiers, and the third is afraid of bandits.

Rebels are more of a scourge than bandits.

Father Xu is a sincere person, about forty years old, with his mouth open, and he doesn't know how to reply.

Xu Jin smiled and comforted: "Dad, mother, it doesn't matter. We're in the middle of nowhere, and GIs won't pass through here. ”

As for the war between Wei Guo and the Great Zhou State, Xu Jin didn't care. The two countries have always been mortal enemies, and the two countries have also hated each other in the cultivation realm, and for hundreds of years, they have been attacking and killing each other.

Father Xu glanced at him and nodded. Although he didn't agree with Xu Jin's words, he didn't say much. didn't scare my wife and children.

"Mother, Dad is back, let's eat. The little sister must be hungry. ”

Xu Jin said with a smile.

Xu Wanniang made a grimace at the eldest brother.

It's still the eldest brother who loves her the most, knowing that she has long been hungry.

"Okay, okay, eat. His father, today Dalang beat a hare, I stewed it, and I beat the tooth sacrifice. ”

Mother Xu agreed one after another, and beckoned Xu Wanniang to bring up a big earthen bowl, which was stewed with fragrant rabbit meat, and brought roasted yams and multigrain cakes to the table.

Xu Jin smiled and personally poured his father a glass of home-brewed water and wine, and poured a glass in front of him.

"Dad, I have meat today, drink some bar. I'll be with you. ”

Father Xu smiled and nodded. He has always been very satisfied with this eldest son and values it very much. I was able to hold up half the sky.

When the family of five sat around the table, Xu's mother tightly divided the large pieces of rabbit meat into the bowls of her husband and children, and only put some bones and water in her own bowls. Xu Jin accompanied his father to drink, and only ate a piece of roasted yam, and the rabbit meat was almost untouched. Ever since he began to resume his cultivation, he didn't care much about this kind of appetite. Just to avoid suspicion in the family, I accompanied them to eat some meals. Naturally, the delicious food is given to parents and younger siblings.

Xu's father drank half a glass of water and wine, his face was flushed with cinnabar, and he said more words, and said to Xu's mother excitedly: "Baby, today in the town, I met Fifth Brother Zhang from the neighboring village, he said that his daughter, the New Year will be sixteen, it's time to marry someone, ask my eldest man's birthday, want to be with us." ”

Father Xu said, his eyes swirling on Xu Jin's face.

Xu Yaozu and Xu Wanniang lowered their heads and laughed.

Mother Xu suddenly smiled and asked: "Fifth Brother Zhang's daughter, is she handsome? Is it a good match for my eldest man? If it is an undesirable woman, you can't wronged our eldest brother." ”

Father Xu smiled: "Don't worry about this, I have seen the daughter of Fifth Brother Zhang's family once, she was born very handsome, and she is very compatible with our eldest man." ”

"That's it, that's good. What do you mean, Dalang?"

Xu Jin smiled and said, "It's good, I think it's better to delay it for two years." Yaozu and Xiaomei are still young, and the burden on the family is also heavy. If I become a family, I have to live separately, and the two elders will have a hard time. ”

"Hey, this child, aren't we afraid of hard work, so we won't give you a daughter-in-law?"

Father Xu's eyes narrowed.

Xu Jin smiled slightly and said, "That's not what I said. I pondered, Yaozu should go to the city to take the exam in two years, if it is high school, we will be rich and noble. It's not too late to talk about marriage when the time comes. ”

"You can definitely win it?"

Xu Jin smiled: "Yes! I think Yaozu is an official." Our old Xu family relies on him to carry it forward. ”

Father Xu laughed happily. The matter of proposing relatives was originally said like this, but now Da Lang's own family has not moved this thought, and Xu's father will no longer mention it. After all, Da Lang is only sixteen years old, and he is not in a hurry to marry a family.

The family of five had a full meal and rested in peace.

Xu Jin meditated and practiced in his room.

In the middle of the night, the whole Xujia Village suddenly became noisy, and people shouted and neighed, making a mess.

(To be continued)