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When great traitor Official Xue Tingxiang regressed to his youth, it was a time when the Xue family was still so poor that for the sake of deciding who should be the family scholar, fights broke out and blood flowed freely in the wake of their struggle.
Also, that woman was still his child bride.
This time around, he decided to change his way of life.
The first and most important task is to treat her well. Treat her very well and find different ways to treat her even better and have lots of children with her.
Zhao'er was the Xue family's child bride and knew that once the little man she married came of age, they would be intimate with each other. However, her little man never liked her. He disdained her and loathed her.
In a flash, the little man underwent a great change. Not only does he treat her well, he even clings to her and hugs her and nibbles at her lips, th-th-th-this…
Traitorous Grand Secretary way of raising his wife
Wait, who is raising who, ah?
Shameless!
Associated Names
Jia Yang Xiao Shou Fu
Raising the Young Grand Secretary
Chapter 1
He knew he was dreaming again.
This dream has been appearing in his life for decades, day and night, entangled. It seems to be deep in the bone marrow, but also flesh and blood. That means that he can not throw it away or dig, and it's like he is missing something if it doesn't come in a day.
But he had never had such a clear dream as clear as it really was.
"Gou'er, why are you so stubborn? Isn't my money your money? Do you think I made money for what? Just for you to finish education and make you have a feeling of exaltation upon fulfillment."
You can give me a reason that why you are so stubborn! And who are you showing this to?"
"I know you don't like me, but I have been this for many years. I can't change this, and I don't want to change!"
"Look at Hong'er, does he look like you?"
Xue Tingxiang felt that someone was shaking himself, opening his tired eyes and entering the dark inner room. Hu San's face was no longer young, and even the lines on his tent were so familiar that he knew he was dreaming.
It was just that the dream was too clear. And the sorghum incense were in the air. The stubborn and tight curl of the corner of her mouth all put him on the spot. And she was crying with anger, crystal clear and shining tears with colorful light. He wanted to reach out to touch but was shaken awake.
"Master, it is time to take medicine."
When Xue Tingxiang was propped up to take medicine, he was at death's door from his illness. He had to be served even when he drank medicine. He was not like the extreme minister of the highest rank who had lived in the court for decades.
No, he is not the first Grand Secretary anymore.
He has written to resign and intends to return to his hometown to take care of himself. The Emperor has been approved, but he is homeless.
In fact, he didn't plan to go back.
"Minister Zhang, minister Wang, minister Li and minister Cao all come here to visit you. It is to obey your orders to stay out of the door. They come every day and again today. Would you like to meet them?"
What can they do to come here? They just think his illness is an expediency, waiting for him well and continue to take them struggle with the Emperor. But he is really ill and at death's door, all the medicine is ineffective.
"No."
"I see, then you can sleep a little longer."
The room was quiet again, and Xue Tingxiang began to feel sleepy. He blinked again and again, and fell into sleep again.
"Minister Wang, how can you have the free time to visit me?"
Something in the eyes of Wang Mingsheng is complex, but he was still smiling from his face. He said: "After all, as officials, I should visit the first Grand Secretary anyway."
"I didn't expect that you would say such hypocritical words, but I'm afraid you're here to see if I'm dying for the Emperor?" Xue Tingxiang said it merely in mock.
Obviously an old man with a bleak face and apparently dying, but with his unpredictable turmoil, his eyes were somewhat inscrutable, which made people dare not neglect him.
After all, this is the first Grand Secretary Xue, and just the name alone is enough to deter everyone. That's the deep-rooted legacy of Xue Tingxiang's, for he had gone through the three dynasties for decades. It's just like a towering ancient wood. He doesn't need to do anything but stand there, which is enough for everyone to fear.
Otherwise, why the new Emperor run out of means, but still dare not act rashly, just takes the roundabout strategy.
"It seems like there are many misunderstandings between you and the Emperor."
Xue Tingxiang snorted and half closed his eyes. He didn't speak. But he was obviously acted out that he doesn't want to notice Wang Mingsheng.
"Actually I come here for myself, and to see how the social climbers who abandoned his wife and children were lonely and miserable. If you are dead now, I am afraid that will not even a descendant for putting on mourning apparel. In fact, you are also too stubborn. Just a play, and giving a cold shoulder is OK. How can you take the fake play seriously and make yourself look like this? Is it because your conscience is uneasy, or is you afraid that your true face will be known to the world, scolded, and stink for thousands of years?"
"You…"
"Saying that you have left your wife and children still gives you too much face, it should be killing your wife and children, isn't it, minister Xue?"
No one knows all of this. People only know that minister Xue had an original spouse before Mrs. Xue, but they don't know how is her ending. After all, long time ago. Xue Tingxiang has been standing on the court for decades. His former and current opponents are all trampled on his feet.
The world only knows that the first Grand Secretary is kind, polite and virtuous. However, he also has a vicious side. In these years, anyone who wants to make a fuss about his old things, has become a lonely ghost. No one knows how many injustices have been added to it, and Wang Mingsheng is the only one who can know.
"You, you are…"
Wang Mingsheng approached his face: "unfortunately, my mother's life is great, and my life is also great. The sinking ship didn't kill us, but we were saved by others. Do you know that for so many years, I have wanted to see this scene day and night. It's a pity that you are too tenacious and you have power, I can only climb up step by step until I can step you down…"
"You are… you are Hong'er…" Xue Tingxiang finished this sentence difficultly.
Wang Mingsheng stood up straight and laughed happily: "I am not Hong'er, and my family name is not Xue, but Wang. My mother remarried the man who saved us. I suggest you don't get excited, because even if you die now, I'm not your son…"
Wang Mingsheng has always been known for his calm and introverted character. It is the first time that he has laughed so happily in front of others.
"By the way, you don't need to think that my real surname is Wang, then you can still carry on the family of Xue. Let me think about it. Remember that you sent out the rumour that I was a gay. It seems that you asked someone to do it. I don't like women, that's why I haven't married for many years…"
He looked at the old man on the bed with a smile and saw how shocked, stunned, and remorseful he was.
But what about that?
He suddenly found that he didn't have the pleasure of imagination, what's more, the smile was too fake. All of a sudden, he lost interest. He straightened his mouth, brushed his sleeves, and said, "Since Mr. Xue is OK, I should leave."
"I, I didn't…"
"Sorry, what did you say?"
Hearing this voice, the fog in front of Xue Tingxiang's eyes suddenly dispersed, and he woke up from his dream with a stun. Into the eyes is this dim interior room. Hu San's face is not good-looking or even ugly. There is a bitter smell of medicine in the air. It seems that there is still a smell of decay floating gently.
Xue Tingxiang moved his lips but without voice.
"Minister Xue, what did you say?"
Hu San was very anxious and kept asking, but Xue Tingxiang couldn't speak at all. Hu San could only ask on his own guess: "Are you concerning about the previous things? You can rest assured that your words have been passed on to Master Zhang He has known that minister Wang is your only son and will do as you instruct."
Xue Tingyun blinked, and Hu San thought he had something else to say, with his ears next to Xue's mouth, but he only heard one sentence: "I didn't…"
No more after that.
When Hu San looked up, he saw Xue Tingxiang's wide open eyes and gray blue face.
He shook his hands and touched his Xue's nose, but he was so scared that he sat on the ground.
The cold wind came through the broken window paper, and Xue Gouzi's face was cold.
He was agitated and opened his eyes.
It was a small room with black brick walls and tiled roofs. The walls were plastered with white ash, but it looked gray. The beams were log colored, because they were not exposed to dust. And there were several bamboo baskets hanging on them. There seemed to be something in the basket, which was covered with blue cloth.
He was lying on the bed, covered with a used quilt. The quilt looked clean and tidy, but the cotton quilt inside was hard.
Facing his feet, there was a row of dark brown cabinets with brass leaf nails and brass spike handles embedded in the cabinet, carved with simple clouds and water patterns, looking thick and generous. Although it is nothing in the large households, it is already a piece of furniture that can be easily obtained.
There's no problem passing on generations!
This is what his father said, who is the best carpenter in the village.
Xue Gouzi felt his head hurt, as if he had been hit hard with a hoe. He wanted to sit up, but was weak and fell back on his back.
Then he realized that he was Xue Gouzi and the eldest son of Xue family's the second wife. Because of something happened, he couldn't help but burn his heart. He had been sick for many days.
He is not Xue Tingxiang, the person in his dream.
How could he be such a parson?
In order to prove that it was only his dream, he deliberately raised his hand and looked at it.
Sure enough! The hand in front of me was slender and fair. He had not yet grown the muscles and bones that a man should have. He was only fourteen this year. How could he live to be in his seventies and finally die and turn in one's grave.
Xue Gouzi exhaled heavily and looked around again, finally calming down.
Someone was talking outside, and the voice came in along the window slit.
"Zhao'er, not to criticize you on purpose, but look at what you are like now. A girl does not settle down in house, but actually learned from those small business hawkers to do business. What business can you do? Like your fourth uncle, he can save a little money by running around outside. If you really have free time, why not help me with some work?"
The voice sounded like a young woman, but the irony in the words was too strong. It is said that appearance is born from the heart, and it is not surprising that Sun has a mean face.
Xue Gouzi subconsciously flashed this idea in his mind, and then he was stunned. He hated the fourth aunts, but how could he think of each other so much?
Before he could think of anything, he heard the sound in the dream.
"Fourth aunt, I'd like to help you do some work, but you also know that Gouzi has been ill for many days. At first, my family gave him some money to take the medicine, but only half a month later. The grandma said that the money at home was not enough, so she ordered us to stop buying the medicine. Gouzi is my husband, I can't always watch him so sick. Fourth aunt wants me to help you with his work. That is possible, otherwise, you can lend me some money to buy medicine. Can I return it to you later?"
The master of the voice is a young girl, revealing a smart and crisp feeling from the tone, and also mixed with some running teasing.
Yes, Zhao'er teased Sun on purpose.
Sun's nature is just stingy. It's more difficult for her to get a penny out than to do anything. What's more, she lends it to the two little children of the second wife.
The second wife only has two children now. The only son is 14 years old and the big sister is just 16. Sun's face is always full of disbelief when she hears about Zhao'er in the village and makes money in any business.
What kind of business can the stupid girl do to make money? She just dug up three melons and two dates from the field and took them out to cheat the city people for a few pennies.
"Your fourth aunt has no money to lend to you. The money in our house is all your grandmother's. You can ask money for her!" Sun patted his butt and went to the house, too lazy to talk nonsense again.
"Since aunt has no money to borrow from me, and I don't dare to ask money for the grandmother. I have to figure out where to get some money and grab the medicine for the Gouzi!"
Zhao'er's voice was particularly loud. Naturally, this was not only for Sun, but also for Zhao, who is sitting in the main room.
Sure enough, after Zhao'er entered the house, Zhao stood at the door and scolded Sun: "You haven't cleaned the pigpen, but you're back in the house?"
Zhao'er shook her lips, lifted up the door curtain and went in. She bumped into Xue Gouzi and looked into her eyes.
The author has something to say:
I have opened a new article! Two ways have developed, different ways of pampering, first females favor males, then males favor females. Although this is based on the big boss in the opera, but don't equate with Xue Tingxiang in the play. The two books can be regarded as independent because many details have changed.
Every time I write a new article, I feel very nervous, but your messages are very supportive to me.
Although the male lead is now called Gouzi, it will change in the future. At that time, all the countrymen had interesting names. In fact, I think the name of Gouzi is very nice, right?
Translator's Notes:
1.扬眉吐气: Yang Mei Tu Qi, A feeling of exaltation upon fulfillment: appear very proud and self-satisfied.
2.病入膏肓: Bing Ru Gao Huang, be at death's door from one's illness
3.乞骸骨: Qi Hai Gu, resign
Chapter 2
Xue Gouzi has been ill for many days, his face is thin and shapeless, and his eyes are bigger and bigger.
Zhao'er always thought that the little man's eyes were the best looking eyes in the world, although when they faced her, they always hated and resisted.
In fact, Xue Gouzi's eyes are the only pretty part all over the body. He was born weak. The second and her husband had a hard time supporting him, and they were also spoiled. All the boys of his age in the village were swarthy and strong like a calf, but he was pale and emaciated and silent.
However, Zhao'er has always been bossy, and never allowed anyone to talk about her man, whoever said she was angry. Because of this, she had fought with many girls and boys in the village. Although some people still said bad words behind Zhao'er's back, no one dared to talk in front of her.
Zhao'er always felt the little man's eyes were weird today, some uncomfortably avoided.
She knew that the little man must be angry again. He didn't like her saying "Gouzi is my man". Every time he heard her saying this, he would ignore her for several days. In fact, Zhao'er was also shameful, but she was the child bride of the second wife of Xue's family. If she didn't call herself like this, she would not be qualified to challenge Sun's, the fourth aunt.
"Are you hungry? Look at what I bring to you?"
Zhao'er left these troubles behind at once, and take out a paper bag from her arms. After opening the paper bag, there were two hot steamed buns in it, white and fat, which made people like them.
"Hurry up, while they are still warm." She smiled, shoved the paper bag into the little man's hand, and placed the basket on her shoulder in the corner.
Xue Gouzi glanced at her.
The girl in front of him is in the marriageable age. Her skin is a wheat color that is common in rural girls, but her skin tone is very different from others. It is smooth and shiny, like a layer of honey. The tall bridge of the nose, a pair of small and medium eyes, the pupils are dark, and when they smile, there is a flash of light in it, and she looks so lively.
Zhao'er is taller than other ordinary girls, and she is also well developed, with bootylicious figure, full of youthful vitality.
It's fresh. It's as fresh as his dream.
Unconsciously, he took the bun and chewed it up. Seeing this move, Zhao'er laughed more happily. She went to the kitchen and poured him a bowl of water and put it on his hand. She bent down to pick up the scattered bedding on the bed, thinking about what to cook for her man in the evening.
After all, the little man got better, but the medicine had to be drunk, and a few more were needed to consolidate. From this, Zhao'er naturally began to calculate the small amount of money left in her hand, and she should find a way to get some money to solve the urgent need.
"You, have you eaten something?" Xue Gouzi asked.
This kind of behavior rarely happened to him, so Zhao'er could not help looking up at the little man sitting on the bed.
In fact, the little man's appearance is beautiful fair-skinned, different from the countryman, and the corners of his eyes are slightly raised. The curvature makes his face look a little delicate and handsome. The little man just always hangs his head halfway, his temperament is gloomy and silent, and he is too thin to stand out in front of others.
Zhao'er's eyes warmed up a little and her smile widened. And she said, "Yes, I've eaten outside. This is for you."
After she had finished speaking, she realized that she had missed her words. She waited for the little man to show a disgusted expression, or condemned her for not running around. But she didn't expect that he didn't say anything. It seemed that he had something on his mind and was eating a bun.
Zhao'er can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, at the same time in the heart something aches, can't help but say, "Gou'er, you don't need to worry too much, that words after all is what you heard. If these weren't face to face to say, then you can't believe. Even if it's true, I'm not afraid. I earn money for you to study."
Xue Gouzi's head was actually a little sore and dizzy. Zhao'er thought he has something on his mind, but he was just thinking about the dream. At this time, hearing the words of Zhao'er, he suddenly remembered why he had this serious illness.
Seriously speaking, Xue Gouzi's severe illness came with stagnation of liver and anxiety.
Speaking of this, we must talk about the general situation of the Xue family. Yuqing Village is a village located under Huyang Town, Xia County, Pingyang Prefecture. There are only over 200 households in the village. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. All of them are the farmers depending on the climate.
And Xue family is one of them.
However, unlike other ordinary farmers, Xue family has some backgrounds.
The ancestor of the Xue family, that is, the grandfather of Grandpa Xue is a scholar. It is the great thing of Guangzong Yaozu to be a talented man in a poor mountain like Yuqing village.
Because of this scholar, the generation of Xue's family had the clan leader of Xue's family, and there were several village elders in the family. Finally, they had discourse power in Yuqing village.
At the same time, it is natural that the younger generation will also be blessed. Mr. Xue's father was hardworking. With the help of his elders, he has also slowly set up a family business.
By the time of Mr. Xue's generation, the Xue family had more than 30 acres of good land, and several sons each had their own livelihoods. The flourishing life was enviable, and they were regarded as one of the most prosperous people in the village.
Grandpa Xue and his wife Zhao had four sons and two daughters. The eldest son Xue Qingshan married his wife Yang and they had two sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Xue Juncai, is fifteen. The second son, Xue Youcai, is ten years old, and the eldest daughter, Xue Man'er, is married.
The second child, Xue Qingsong, is a carpenter and married his wife Qiu, and they have a son, Xue Gouzi, who is fourteen. The third son, Xue Qingbai, is a farmer, married to his wife Zhou, and has a son and a daughter. The eldest daughter Xue Taoer, thirteen this year, the youngest son Xue Shuanzi, eight years old. The fourth son, Xue Qinghuai, was a pick-and-go man and married his wife Sun, who also had a son named Xue Maodan, who is only four years old this year.
As for the two daughters, the eldest daughter, Xue Cuiping, has been married. Xue Cuie, the youngest daughter, is 14 years old, and still unmarried.
It's worth mentioning that nowadays, there is a saying that, "If parents are alive, then don't separate the family." In addition, people in the countryside are all ruled by clans, so the Xue family has not separate family.
The Xue family has experienced the benefits of reading, so it has a more vision than ordinary farmers. Xue Qingshan was smart and the eldest son since he was a child. Father Xue had high hopes for him. At the age of enlightenment, he spent money to send him to private school.
Xue Qingshan also made a good showing. At the age of 20, he passed the examination of Tong Sheng (scholars failed in the imperial examinations). Although he still stopped at scholar, in the end he can be regarded as a learned man nearby.
Don't underestimate Tong Sheng! As the saying goes, scholar, farmer, artisan and merchant. Scholars are the highest class of people in the society at present. If ordinary people want to be scholars, there is only one way: the imperial examination. On the way to the imperial examination, it is said that it is not enough to go to the west world to learn from the classics, but to go through all kinds of checkpoints and hardships.
In order to embark on this path, first of all, they must be qualified, and Tong Sheng is the person who has this qualification. It is necessary to pass both county and prefecture exams in order to be called Tong Sheng. As for the next step is to be a talent, becoming a talent is to enter school, and is also the first step to imperial examinations.
It can be seen from this that Tong Sheng is not an ordinary person, so Xue Qingshan's status in Xue's family is high.
But as I said before, the family of the Xue family can only be regarded as a middle-class family in the countryside. If a family like this wants to provide a scholar, it will almost exhaust all the members and financial resources of the family. Because Xue Qingshan is the eldest son, he will set up a portal in the future, and he is talented and intelligent. So the following sons naturally have to give in.
As for why Xue Gouzi became seriously ill, it would also involve another old story of the Xue family.
When Xue Qingshan became Tong Sheng, he was also a young man. He was full of ambition to pass the court test and get a scholar. Unfortunately, the destiny didn't follow people's wishes.
He got too close to the scholar, and he was not reconciled to failure. So Xue Qingshan could only be quiet, angry and diligent, and hoped to succeed next time.
Time flies, in such a hurry for many years, his original ambition was devastated by the reality. Xue Qingshan failed in the exam for many times, and could not stay at home to eat without working. In desperation, he set up a private school in the village, which collects children from their own village and several nearby villages to teach them knowledge so he can make subsistence more or less.
With such convenient conditions, several children of Xue's family naturally followed suit. The following small ones are still small. Among the grandchildren, Xue Juncai, the eldest son of the first wife, and Xue Gouzi, the eldest son of the second wife, have learned for the longest time.
However, compared to cousin Xue Juncai, Xue Gouzi was obviously inferior to many. It is also because he was too weak. He was always sick for three days and two days when he was a child, which delayed many homework.
It was five years ago. This year, the school officer opened an examination in Fucheng. Certainly, Xue Qingshan would not miss it. He stopped the private lesson early and went to Fucheng to take the exam.
At that time, it was not easy to go out. Besides, Father Xue was not assured that the elder son was going out alone, so he was accompanied by the second child Xue Qingsong. It was always a care to do some chores.
That's what happened this time. Xue Qingshan didn't know who offended in the Fucheng. Xue Qingsong was injured all over the body in order to protect his elder brother. He was finally pulled back, but he died shortly after returning. Before death, Xue Qingsong asked Xue Qingshan to promise himself that he had to cultivate Xue Gouezi to a talent as much as possible.
As a matter of fact, Xue Qingsong has been making way for others all his life. How could he have no complaints in his heart? It's only because he is simple and honest in nature and knows that his talent is not as good as that of his eldest brother that he has been making contributions in an unknown way.
But when it came to his own son, especially Xue Gouzi's infirmity from an early age, he didn't seem to be the person who is born to be a farmer. Then he died shortly before Xue Qingsong took the opportunity to force his elder brother to make a promise.
Xue Qingsong would do this, but wanted to break the situation where the resources of the Xue family had been tilted towards the first wife all the time. The Xue family only had two students in the first wife side, and now there is added Xue Gouzi. The child of the third wife was still young, and the fourth child was not married. As long as Xue Qingshan agreed, there was naturally nothing left to say, Xue Qingsong was also doing his best for his son as much as possible.
Xue Qingshan promised to do it on the spot. He cried and said he would treat Xue Gouzi as his own son. Then Xue Qingsong closed his eyes and died.
Not long after that, Qiu, which was already in poor health, became melancholy, and died, just followed Xue Qingsong. So Xue Gouzi has since become a fatherless and motherless kid. Fortunately, there are grandparents and uncles, and Zhao'er, the child who will raise him, so he doesn't need to worry about the lack of clothing and food.
In the next few years, Xue Qingshan really treated Xue Gouzi like a parent-child. Everyone in the village said that Xue's eldest brother raised his nephew as his own son. But as the saying goes, people are fickle, and selfishness is human nature. As time goes by, the first wife gradually change her attitude. Although it is as before in front of others, it is only the person concerned who knows how to deal with it.
In this year, when he found that he had nothing to teach his son, Xue Qingshan wanted to send Xue Juncai to the town school for two years.
But it will spend too much money. And not to mention one year's remuneration to teachers is not small account, but the book fee, as well as the usual pen, ink, paper and inkstone, all require money. Xue's family has already suffered a great loss of vitality because they have supported Xue Qingshan to go to school. How can they afford to go with their two children.
Only one a small part of money can be taken out, which means that Xue Juncai and Xue Gouzi can only go to one person.
Xue Qingshan told the matter in front of the whole family. Xue Gouzi didn't say anything inexplicably, but chose to be silent.
At that time, the atmosphere of the Xue family was weird. Grandfather Xue frowned. Grandmother Zhao was very gloomy all day long, but the eldest couple were still as usual.
That 's not to mention, it was also a coincidence that Xue Gouzi accidentally heard the first uncle Yang and the 4th uncle Sun talk secretly, saying that their parents in-law had to come forward and let Xue Gouzi give up the quota to study in town consciously. Then Xue Gouzi became very ill under the anger.
When he thought about this, Xue Gouzi was in a state of difficulty. At the same time, many pictures appeared in his mind, just some of the contents of his previous dreams.
In the dream, Xue Tingxiang also faced the same situation when he was 14, and that Xue Tingxiang also changed his temperament through this matter, and changed his earlier nature.
Is he Xue Tingxiang? And that Xue Tingxiang is him? But why did he dream of these things!
Xue Gouzi's brain was aching pain, the bun in his hand fell on the bed, and the water bowl next to it was knocked over. When Zhao'er heard sound, she rushed forward and hugged him in his arms.
"Gou'er, Gou'er, don't scare me!"
Chapter 3
Because Xue Gouzi suddenly fainted, the Xue family were in a mess.
For this situation, the third uncle Xue Qingbai even borrowed a bullock-cart from the uncle's house and invited the doctor to come back from the town. The doctor came to check the pulse, Xue Gouzi did not have any symptoms, and the previous disease was almost cured. Although it is a little weak now, but as long as it will be well slowly.
As for the headache, even the doctor couldn't explain why.
After sending the doctor away, the grandmother Zhao's face shrank on the spot. In her fifties, her gray hair was neatly neglected behind her head. The face was long, the eyelids were a little sloughing. When the face was pulled, it became a triangular eye, which looked very intolerant.
Without Zhao's words, Sun said, "Zhao'er, it 's not fourth aunt wants to criticize you on purpose, you just like to make a fuss. Isn't it that you deliberately toss us all, even if you are not happy…"
Before she finished speaking, she was pulled by her man Xue Qinghuai.
"Come on, just say a few words. I don't think Zhao'er is a thoughtless girl. Besides, Gouzi is ill. It's good to find a doctor to have a look. Then everyone in the family can rest assured."
"I didn't say much, I didn't say anything…"
"You also said…?"
As the couple spoke, they went out. The eldest aunt, Yang, smiled at Zhao'er and said to her mother-in-law, "Mom, let's go and let the Gou'er have a good rest."
Zhao took a look at the dog on the bed, snorted coldly, turned around and left. It can be seen from her posture that she is very angry.
In fact, this is indeed the case. The Xue family can't be described as a wealthy family. Ask the doctor to come back from the town once, and it will cost one or two hundred yuan. How many times can the Xue family now toss up? In particular, the doctor 's words made it clear that Zhao's guess that may be Xue Gouzi was pretending to be ill, so how can the Zhao be happy? In Zhao's point of view, these two children of the second wife deliberately toss the family, but since the eldest wife came forward to persuade, naturally Zhao will not say more.
Generally speaking, the Xue family now has three daughters in law, and the Yang is the best in the mother-in-law Zhao's heart. The eldest son's identity is unusual, and Zhao is willing to give the eldest daughter-in-law some face.
After Zhao and Yang left, there were only third uncle Xue Qingbai and third aunt Zhou. These two people are used to speaking little. Without staying long, Zhao'er thought that the third uncle was so busy before, then she sent them out with a smile.
When she turned around, she saw Xue Gouzi lying on the bed with his eyes open, as if he had lost his mind.
She didn't think much. She came to the bed and touched his head and said, "Gou'er, don't think of too much. They don't believe that you are sick or have a headache. I believe you. You are very sick. Don't think about it again. "
Xue Gouzi gave her a glance. His mouth was dry and his throat was tight, "Zhao'er…"
"What? Is it still uncomfortable?"
Feeling this pair of hands that are not delicate but very warm, and touching his head and face, Xue Gouzi has a sense of reality and happiness that has never been seen before.
She did not die, nor did he die.
Although he did not like what she did in the daily life, and even disgusted her as a child bride, he never thought about letting her die. How could he be the one who killed his wife and son.
But Xue Gouzi was still very flustered, because the dream was too real. After more than 70 years of dream, it seemed that he had also experienced that life. But when he wakes up, I doesn't dare to look back.
"Zhao'er…"
"I am here!"
"Zhao'er…"
"Yes."
"Zhao'er…"
A heat flow suddenly came out of the dry eyes, unconsciously.
This really scared Zhao'er, and she was unable to take care of thinking that the little man never called her like this, or let her be close to him. She just held his head in her arms, and asked him what happened anxiously.
Seeing him not talking, but just crying in her arms, Zhao'er could not help but misunderstand whether it was just those people who made him think of too much again. In Zhao'er's opinion, the little man just has a lot of annoyance in his heart and never tells anyone. Otherwise, he won't get this serious illness.
She patted him on the back, holding him in her arms like when he was a child, and comforted him, "don't be afraid, Gou'er, even if they don't send you to go yo school, I will send you, with all available means."
Because Xue Gouzi was recovering from a serious illness and went through another incident, he drank some porridge for dinner and fell asleep.
Zhao'er covered him with a quilt, and then went to sort out the basket he had brought back.
The basket is filled with things such as needle, thread, cloth, etc. This is the rag that Zhao'er bought in the town's embroidery workshop. The reason why she did this was that she had helped the village woman brought the handmade purses to the embroidery workshop to sell.
There are no grown-ups in the second wife's room. Although they are eating at Xue family, Xue Gouzi's pen, ink and paper for studying, and their daily necessities like clothes, bedding and some odds, all of which need money.
Getting money from Zhao is very hard. Although Xue Qingshan, the eldest uncle, is determined to treat his nephew as if his own son, Zhao'er can only see how rich life of the kids of the first wife. Xue Juncai never lacks such things as pen, ink, paper and inkstone. By contrast, the little man is as thin as a bamboo pole. A bald pen is also the Xue Qingshan's old one.
Zaho'er is always independent. She was reluctant to hurt the little man, so she had to try her best to look for money everywhere. There was no chance to make money in the countryside, so she went to the town and looked around. As long as she could and didn't need capital, she would try to do it.
In the past few years, she has worked to collect vegetables from the village and sell them in the town. She has worked for the embroidery workshop. At ordinary times, she also goes to the mountains to find mountain products and sell them.
And now the business has been done several times. The boss of the embroidery shop can't rely on her good words, so he sold her the broken cloth he didn't want. She took them back to arrange and cut it. Then she asked the women in the village to help make a purse to sell for the embroidery shop, she could earn a lot of money by changing hands in the embroidery workshop. Compared to just receiving the purses from others, it can make more money.
If she didn't make some money in this business, she wouldn't know when Xue Gouzi will get better this time. Zhao would not have taken the medicine for the money for a long time. The latter drugs are all collected by means of her own money and have to be hidden for fear that they will be known to the rest of the Xue family.
At the thought of these, the corners of Zhao'er's mouth tighten.
She's always sharp. When she picked some rags that could be used, she didn't do other things. Choose the clean place and spread them out on the square table. Take the scissors and cut these strange rags into a uniform shape.
This is how Zhao'er calculates herself based on how much cloth it takes to make a purse, no more and no less. She won't show these rags to others. It is not easy for the villagers to make a penny. If it is known to others, it will be robbed in a few days.
Zhao'er also wanted to rely on this to make money for the little man to go to town to study. In her opinion, Xue Juncai could go, then her little man could go, too. Zhao'er was always prepared with two hands. How could the first wife not let the good things occur to the little man?
It's better to ask for yourself than to ask for others.
Since she was seven years old, she had to be given money by her grandma and father. She understood that.
After finishing the work in her hands, Zhao'er saw that the little man was sleeping soundly and saw that it was dark outside, so she wrapped up the cloth and went out in a hurry.
Under the night, Yuqing village is very peaceful. The light silver moonlight falls on the path between the villages. Although the road is still unclear, it is not black.
Zhao'er came all the way and even a dog was not surprised.
This is not a skill that ordinary people can have. You need to know that almost every household in this country has dogs. The dogs were particularly alert at night, and anyone who walked by the door was barking. Even if a thief came to the door, he was already stunned by the dog.
Zhao'er also walked a lot at night, only to develop this ability.
Of course, it was also related to the dog that followed her legs, Heizi.
Heizi is a rural native dog, but it is bigger than the average native dogs. Yuqing village has few dogs to beat Heizi. But it is also because of the Heizi, Zhao'er dares to go alone at night.
She went all the way easily to a family's house, which was strange. The people knew that she would come at this time and kept the door for her. As soon as she entered the door, the family's dog rushed over. Before she arrived, Heizi rushed over and threw the dog to the ground. The dog was so scared that it stopped barking.
Zhao'er gloated aside, "Not a long memory!"
At this time, a person came out of the house, and smiled as he stepped forward, "Heizi has come to bully Wangcai again, and Zhao'er hurry in to sit."
"I won't go in, aunt Guihua, cause I have to go back soon."
Zhao'er gave the things in her hands to the person, took some things from the other, wrapped them in cloth, and then went to the next house.
Zhao'er went to five families.
She is anxious to make money, but there are also few women with good needlework in the village. In addition, the people she is looking for should be tight lipped. Otherwise, if the money hasn't been earned yet, it will be known by the people in the village who publicize that. Then she will earn nothing.
The reason for this is that when she collected vegetables from the village and sold them in the town, she was publicized by people who couldn't maintain the secret, causing her to be pointed out all day long. She was not afraid of that, but these things finally reached the ears of the little man. Some villagers teased him about it, so they caused a lot of contradictions between her and the little man. After that, she could not receive any vegetables in the village. Even if someone was willing to sell to her, it would be a very high price.
In the end, she could only go to other villages to collect vegetables. It was not a easy job. Since then, she has remembered that deeply, and she must make money secretly, and to make a fortune by sneaking.
Zhao'er returned home, Xue Gouzi on the bed was still asleep.
She went to wash her face and wipe her hands before she wen to bed. In the second wife's room, there is only one bed. She has been accustomed to sleeping with Xue Gouzi when she was a child.
Heizi slept under the bed. When Zhao'er went into the house before, He slipped in at her feet and chose to lie down. It seemed that the dog's eyes have been closed, but in fact both ears are upright, and they move from time to time.
Before Zhao'er lay down, she turned herself and looked at the little man, and then touched his forehead before she fell asleep at ease.
Compared with the second wife's room, which has only two rooms and one bed, the treatment of the eldest wife's room is obviously much better. The whole three east rooms are occupied by the eldest wife's room. At this time, Yang was talking with Xue Qingshan in the east room.
Yang said the story of today, and Xue Qingshan frowned immediately after hearing it.
He is not at home in the daytime, so naturally he doesn't know what happened at home. Nowadays, some decent families invite scholars to preside over their weddings and funerals. However, how can the rural families afford to invite scholars, some will invite Tong Sheng to make up for it. They are all learned man, not ordinary people.
Today, Xue Qingshan was invited to a wedding ceremony by a family in a nearby village. He didn't need to give a present in return for the ceremony. After eating and drinking, he could still get a piece of celebrating money.
However, all the people in the countryside are poor, so the celebrating money will not be too much, at most dozens of pennies.
Xue Qingshan likes this kind of work the most. At this time, he will randomly assign homework to the students in private school to recite, and then when he goes out, it will be a whole day. He likes not only having money to take, but also he is most proud of himself at this time.
Sitting in the position of guest of honor, the men who came for the wedding were proud to talk to him.
He is the master of Yong Sheng!
Of course, it would be better to replace the Tong Sheng with the scholar master, Xue Qingshan dreamed. But over the years, there has been more or less self-knowledge, and he can't help but place his hope on his son.
It's a pity that someone is blocking this way now.
Xue Qingshan drank a lot of wine, his white face was red, and his heart was choking with breath. He spat and scolded, "What's the matter with this stupid kid? It's really not to know chalk from cheese."
Yang sighed quietly and said, "It should blame you to agree to your second little brother so easily at the beginning? Now we have no way to back down. And our son Juncai suffered losses."
"At that situation, my little brother seemed to be so honest. And I had to be calculated something before he died. If I knew his true thought, I must find a way to let him shut up, but so many people were at the scene, and he also injured because of me. If I didn't agree to this, how would I stand in front of people? "
Of course, Yang knows this truth, but in the end, it's hard to forget it. Just for that promise of bullshit, she has been doing noting just bearing. Her son wants to go to school, but he has to hide this thought and beg Xue Gouzi to be generous.
She was arrogant. Naturally, the more she thought about it, the more angry she was. Her eyes flashed with fire, but her face sneered, "Because he was suddenly ill, my father was going to make the decision for us, so we could only bear it. But he's been sick these days, and now mother is already upset. Before that, I asked my fourth daughter-in-law to tell mother that Gouzi may be afraid of pretending to be ill. I think my mother has now determined that truth."
Xue Qingshan's eyes lit up and said, "It's so good, I'll talk my father and mother to let them carry it out tomorrow." He smiled at Yang and wrapped her arms and said, "You are so smart. It's already ready."
Yang's glanced at him, and they rested together. No words for a night.
Chapter 4
In the early morning, when the sky broke, most of the villagers in Yuqing village got up very early.
Many people's chimneys were filled with smoke, and several villagers walked on the path between the villages, or carried hoes and pulled cattle. They were going to the ground.
At the time of spring cultivation, the best time of a year is spring. If you are lazy at this time, you will cry and regret when you harvest food in autumn.
Zhao'er woke up at this point on time and opened her eyes to find that the little man was still asleep.
She didn't sleep very long yesterday. The little man had a fever again and she stayed busy for most of the night. Fortunately, the fever went away in the middle of the night. She sat up and raised her hand to touch the forehead of the little man. She was sure that it would not burn her hands. Then she put on her clothes and got off the bed.
The first thing to do is to open the door. Heizi who has been anxious for a long time has gone out with a swish. Zhao'er also followed him out of the room. Seeing Heizi running out of the house to pee, she shook his head with a smile.
At this time, there were already some people who got up in the courtyard. They were the third wife Zhou and her eldest daughter Xue Tao'er.
Today it is the turn of the third wife to cook. The rule of the Xue family is that apart from the housework of each room, the work in the public school is divided equally. Every day in each room, it takes turns.
The room responsible for cooking is not only responsible for eating and drinking for the whole family, but also for the livestock at home. The Xue family raises two big fat pigs, and serving these two pigs every day is not an easy job. Not to mention to feed chickens, pick water, and cut wood, so the housewife who does housework this day does not have to go to work in the fields.
It seems fair and just, but in fact, everyone knows how it is.
Aunt Yang self-proclaimed that her man is Tong Sheng, and he is particularly superior at home. Since Xue Qingshan passed in the examination of Tong Sheng, he has no longer engaged in housework. The point is that Zhao is also agree with her so that others can not disagree.
At first it was done by Xue Gouzi's mother Qiu, and finally the third wife Zhou entered the family, and the two women finally shared the burden. After that, Qiu followed the dead husband and died, leaving Zhou alone. Until the fourth wife Sun entered the family, she would be able to have a break again.
It's a pity that the Sun is a slacker. In fact, most of the work is still done by the Zhou.
In the past, Zhao'er helped Qiu when she was still alive. Later, Qiu died. Zhao'er was busy with the housework of the second wife and had to work for the whole family. In addition, at that time, Zhao'er was still young. The grandfather Xue told her to take good care of Xue Gouzi, regardless of his work.
So Zhao'er has free time to do some business and get some money. However, she is a person who does things according to her conscience. She will help other wife in her spare time. As for some sarky people like Sun, her sharp mouth also won't just bear.
Seeing Xue Tao'er struggling to fetch water from the well, she rubbed her face and went up to help her.
Xue Tao'er, a 13-year-old girl, is like a small flower in bud. Although she is not very beautiful, she is also very delicate and pretty. Seeing Zhao'er coming to help herself, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Sister Zhao'er, is the second brother better?" Xue Gouzi is the second kid in the family of Xue's grandsons, so Xue Tao'er will call him the second brother.
"He had a fever last night, and went away after midnight." Zhao'er looked around and asked curiously, "Why isn't the third uncle here?"
Although Xue Qingbai is honest and reticent, he always loves his wife and daughter. When his wife cooks, he will get up early and fill up the water tank.
Xue family has its own well, but the well is too deep. In addition, there is no windlass on the well. It's really tiring to draw water with the strength for women. That is to say, Zhao'er is naturally as powerful as an ox, and her strength is not inferior to an ordinary man, so that she can easily pull the bucket out of the deep well.
"My father went to the farm land and said that he would work first for a while, and then he would return when when had breakfast."
Xue Qingbai is an honest farmer. Unlike other brothers in his family, he only knows how to farm, so he focuses on the farm land. Xue family has a total area of more than 30 mu. Now, all of these lands are farmed oly by grandpa Xue and the fourth son Xue Qinghuai.
Although the women of the Xue family also go to the ground, they work just when the season is very busy. Besides, women have little strength and can do nothing for them. Fortunately, the three men of the Xue family are all good helpers in the farm land, and if they are really too busy then they can spend money for hiring short-term workers to help them do it for a few days.
As they were talking, the door of the fourth wife's room opened, and Xue Qinghuai came out from inside.
The men of the Xue family are large, so Xue Qinghuai also inherited a tall body.
He was born with a strong eyebrow and a high nose bridge, wearing a dark blue coarse cloth and short brown, which looking very heroic. In fact, the men of the Xue family are not bad in appearance, but the women of the Xue family are mediocre. However, all of the grandchildren are well-proportioned and are outstanding in the village.
"Zhao'er, Tao'er, you are both so early." Xue Qinghuai strode over, took the bucket in Zhao'er's hand, went to the water tank and poured the water into it.
"You two little girls can't do this kind of rough work. You can do something else. I am gonna to fetch water."
Zhao'er and Tao'er didn't refuse either. One went to cook for her mother in the kitchen, and the other took a basin of water to wash.
As time went on, the rest of the Xue family got up, and there were more and more people in the courtyard. On the other side of the kitchen, Zhou called everyone to eat breakfast. Generally, people in the countryside don't pay much attention to setting up tables for breakfast. They use bowls to fill a bowl and eat it wherever they like.
Breakfast is two rice porridge, which is cooked by two kinds of rice porridge. Yuqing village does not produce rice, only wheat, sorghum, millet, corn and other crops. Although all the farmers sow wheat, they seldom use it to make their own food. They sell it for other food.
Even the rich family like Xue, which has surplus food, doesn't eat flour and rice every meal, but coarse food and fine food mixed together. Like today's breakfast, two ricer porridge is porridge with millet, that is, yellow rice, and sorghum rice.
Because it's the time of busy farming, but the porridge is also thick. Although it's not stuck with chopsticks, it's also much better than the ordinary time.
No way. It seems that Xue family is not poor in the village, but there are three students in the family. Not to mention Xue Gouzi, just the eldest son and Xue Juncai spend a lot of money every month. It's no wonder that Zhao is so stinky.
Zhao'er filled two bowls of porridge, and put some corn pancakes in a thick porcelain plate, and picked up some pickles, then she took them back to the room.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Xue Gouzi sitting up from the bed. She hurriedly put the wooden tray on the square table and came to see him. She said, "Do you feel better? Are you hungry? I will give you some porridge to eat."
Xue Gouzi looked at her with some complicated feelings.
After experiencing that dream, he does not know how to face Zaho'er now. As soon as he saw her, he couldn't help thinking of himself in his dreams. The words he was scolded before he died. He also tried to find the cause of Zhao'er's death in his memory, but it seemed that the memory was Xue Tingxiang's most unbearable one, but he had no memory at all.
In fact, he had a fever was dizzy last night. Xue Gouzi thought for a long time. He couldn't figure out whether he is Xue Gouzi or Xue Tingxiang now. Is that dream true or false? Is it because he thought of something day and night and dreamed such an absurd dream.
But he also has an idea in his heart. If everything in that dream is true, several things should happen next. If these things happen, it means that his dreams are true.
Thinking about something in his mind, he reached for the bowl, but to find that he didn't even have the strength to hold the bowl. Fortunately, Zhao'er was very agile and quickly caught the bowl, before it spilled him.
Xue Gouzi was embarrassed and anxious. It's strange, obviously he didn't have this kind of reaction in front of Zhao'er before, but he didn't know whether because he had a dream or not. His mentality had actually changed strangely.
Zhao'er laughed at him, "Don't be so polite with me. You forgot that when you were a child, you made the bed wet, and it was me to wash it for you."
Zhao'er came to the Xue family at the age of seven, and Xue Gouzi was only five years old at that time. The child's bed-wetting is inexplicable. He hasn't urinated for a long time, but he didn't know if he drank too much water before going to bed or what, he just wet the bed.
Qiu's body is not well since he gave birth to Xue Gouzi. In the winter, Zhao'er volunteered to wash the Gouzi's clothes in order to repay the second couple's kindness. And from then on, she has becoming the child bride.
The most annoying thing for Xue Gouzi is this. Zhao'er always likes to say nonsense in front of him. Because as the kids get older, the boys are all about to have dignity, how can they still be willing to listen to this kind of thing, especially Gouzi are naturally sensitive. But he didn't know why today, he didn't feel annoyed, only a little awkward.
He was surprised by his reaction, and Zhao'er had scooped porridge with a wooden spoon to feed him. He opened his mouth subconsciously, and waited until the porridge, which was warmed by her, was fed into his mouth, he saw Zhao'er's smiling eyes.
Those eyes were big and bright, and they seemed to hide stars, and he blushed.
Zhao'er suddenly laughed more happily, took a corn cake and stuffed it to him, "Eat quickly, and I will stew eggs for you at noon."
She used him as a child. Suddenly, Gouzi had this kind of cognition.
His mouth is eating porridge fed by Zhao'er, and his mind is in a state of confusion.
Just then someone came to the door.
It's Xue Qingshan.
He is the same as the person in a dream.
Xue Qingshan's face was full of sobs and worries, and he said many things with a sigh, to the effect that he would let the dog take good care of his illness. Don't worry too much. There are so many relatives in the family who can't bully him.
Seriously speaking, Xue Qingshan also follows the appearance and height of the Xue family's man. In his early years, he was also a handsome man in Yuqing village. Unfortunately, with the passing of his age, he has gained some weight.
"I'm going to the private school. You have to take good care of yourself. You are just so thoughtful." Sighing and clapping his nephew on the shoulder, Xue Qingshan lifted the curtain and left.
What was he doing?
Zhao'er thought doubtfully. After thinking about it for a while, she couldn't figured out the reason, and she didn't want to continue. She concentrated on feeding Gouzi porridge, but Xue Gouzi showed a thoughtful look.
In the first wife's room, Zhao and the grandfather Xue are talking about yesterday.
Zhao held an old cloth in her hand and sewed it, saying, "You just like to spoil that little kid. You love him, but he doesn't know how to return you. Our money are not earned easily. He can not pretend to be ill just because he is unhappy and show it to his family. He's making trouble again and again. He just wants to separate this family!"
Mr. Xue is in his fifties. He is tall and has a dark red skin that has been exposed to the sun for a long time. He is dressed in dark blue cloth and sitting on the bed with his knees crossed, smoking the cigarettes.
Every time after dinner or before work, Mr. Xue would like to smoke a cigarette, otherwise he would not be very comfortable.
For a while, he said hoarsely, "Just stop speaking, Gouzi is sick. Everyone would be sick."
Patter patter sound went back again, the curly blue smoke revolved in the air, and then spread everywhere. The old face of Xue was behind, looming.
"But how long? Yesterday, there were more than 100 pennies lost. How long do you have to work in the farm land to earn more than 100 pennies! The eldest son took two hundred pennies from here. He said that there was a classmate who was in birthday. Last year, there was a disaster. The tax was not decreased, but increased. Besides, the eldest son said he would send Juncai to study in the town, it's also a sum of money. How rich can you spend freely! "
Seeing his wife was distressed like this, Mr. Xue sat up straight, tapped the pot on the table, and squinted her and said, "You will feel distressed if Gouzi spends a hundred pennies. But you won't for your eldest son? I don't want to criticize you on purpose, you are a mother, and grandmother, and don't be too biased to make the children have conflicts."
When Zhao heard this, she was reluctant and slapped him across the table. She said, "I'm partial? Aren't you partial?" Mr. Xue is also partial, but the eldest son is the most successful person in the family. Juncai is also the most outstanding among the grandchildren. It 's not the same as having a learned man at home. Whoever goes out does not say that Xue Lianxing 's family is decent. If the eldest son's wife can give birth to a girl, Xue family will make their ancestors illustrious.
Just thinking of Xue Gouzi, Grandpa Xue couldn't help but frown.
Of course, he knew that his wife was very annoyed. But Gouzi was too ignorant. The eldest son owed a life to the second son, but the Xue family had such a family situation, and naturally it was necessary to pay for it.
It 's not that Mr. Xue despised his grandson, but that Gouzi is really inferior to Juncai. Seeking to prevail over others is good, but he needs to pay attention to the situation.
"The eldest daughter-in-law has said several times that going to school in the town can't be delayed. Once is half a year. The eldest son still wants to let Juncai try next year," Zhao said again, "at that time, I promised the second son!" Mr. Xue sighed heavily, smoked cigarettes, and choked twice."
"Anyway, you can do it yourself!" Zhao was so annoyed that she threw the clothes aside and went back to the bed, left her back to his husband.
Grandpa Xue repeatedly smacked his mouth several times, and the gullies on his face deepened. He said, "You are incorrect either. Did you consider that if outsiders know about it, can we still have dignity in the village?"
"Then do you have some solutions? Just let it go?" Zhao turned upside down, staring at Mr. Xue.
"Of course we should solve this problem. How about letting Cuiping go back home tomorrow? She has answers."
The author has something to say:
Some readers wonder why it's not a direct rebirth but a dream. In fact, it can be understood that the two memories haven't merged yet, and they will gradually merge later. Or Xue Gouzi has the mentality of self deception, only then feels that he is in the dream, and he will face up slowly later. It needs a process.
In addition, someone always asks how old Zhao'er is, how much older she is than Xue Gouzi. In fact, at the beginning of the article introduced through Sun's words: one is 16, the other is 14. So Zhao'er is less than two years older than Gouzi.
And about why the leading man doesn't like heroine, and why they became that way in their last lives. Things in the last life will be revealed slowly. As for the reason why the hero repels the heroine, there are two chapters about them. Zhao'er doesn't change her attitude towards the little man. She still treats him as a child. "My Gou'er", for example, she washed the clothes when Xue Gouzi wet the bed.
She hasn't changed, but the mentality of the hero has obviously changed a lot.
The age of him is just the period of adolescence. In fact, if you have paid attention to the period of adolescence of young boys and girls, you can understand that their mentality at their age is very awkward. They don't like that people look at themselves very young, and don't like that people look down on themselves, or think they can't. And they are very sensitive to things between men and women.
For example, in my junior high school, young boys and girls at that age were fond of joking, like one likes someone. I vaguely remember that there was a rumor among my classmates that a boy liked me. When I saw that boy, I hid and didn't choose the way that he went while going to the toilet.
So the mentality of hero is very obvious, especially it is sure that Zhao'er will be his wife in the future. She is also a wife who always looks at him as a child.
Of course, there are other things that we will talk about them later.
Chapter 5
After breakfast, the men of Xue family wen to the farm land.
Xue Qingshan went outside, too. However, the destination was not farm land, but the town. It is said that the elders of a classmate's family in the town celebrate birthday.
Now it's busy with the farm, and there are not many schoolchildren in the school. This is the case with private schools in the countryside. Every two seasons when the farmers are busy, the school children will be on holiday, so Xue Qingshan has also been quite relaxed recently. But no matter where he goes, no one cares about him. When the school is on vacation, he just often disappears a few days.
Zhao'er washed the dishes and chopsticks used by the little man and took them back to the kitchen. Zhou is cooking pig's food, and Tao'er is sweeping the yard. Seeing that she had nothing to do, she recruited Heizi's food bowl and scooped a bowl out of the leftovers that she was going to mix with pig grass. Then she walked out the door.
Zhou looked at her back and said nothing.
The leftovers are for Heizi. This is how the country dogs. The host eats good food, and the dogs just can eat leftovers. When the host eats not well, the dogs usually go hungry. The dogs in the country are used to starving. However, it's rare for Heizi in normal times. Whatever is good or bad, Zhao'er should always give him a bite of food.
Occasionally there are extra meals, of course, these are not visible in front of others.
Anyway, Zhao saw Zhao'er picking food from her pig's mouth and giving it for her dog!
She saw this scene when she lifted her foot out of room. Her old face was pulled down immediately, but she didn't criticize her. She stood in front of the door and shouted in the direction of the kitchen, "Let you feed the pig. You 're good. Take the food to the mouth of dog. Such a big person but useless. You just eat in vain."
This clearly means that point at one but abuse another.
Zhou did not speak. And Tao'er, who was sweeping the yard, looked up at the grandma and just born everything. Zhao did not point out the full name. Who knew who she was scolding, if she stepped in to intervene, she would only be transferred to be scolded.
These are all lessons learned.
As soon as Zhao'er walked to the door of the courtyard, she heard such a scolding, and she did not show any weakness. She turned and looked at Zhao with a smile, "Grandma, are you scolding the third aunt? But it was too wrong. You should scold me. This leftover is mine. I plan to give it to Heizi. I don't think he is not easy either. He always goes back home with a rabbit. You can't do something that you want to do with the cattle, but do not graze the cattle, am I right?"
Zhao stared at Zhao'er angrily, and she knew that this girl was not easy, so she would scold Zhou, but she didn't expect her to be forward. Before she wanted to say something, at this time, several women who passed by in front of the hospital, smiled and said, "I saw the people of the Lianxing family are so energetic early in the morning."
Someone interrupted, "Don't talk, Zhao'er was right, how can you let cattle work but not graze?"
"Yes, Mrs. Zhao, it's almost enough. The big black dog in your family, whoever doesn't like it in the village. At this time there is almost no rabbits in the wilderness, but he can also pick up rabbits. How clever he is! Usually In the summer and autumn, there are not many voles, wild rabbits or pheasants, but he also pick up them to the house by himself. If you don't like Heizi, just give him to me, because your uncle Shouxin has long been in love with this dog."
This woman is an aunt of Mr. Xue, who is known as aunt Shouxin. Although she was ten years younger than Zhao, she has a high reputation.
There are more than 200 households in Yuqing Village, with Xue and Zheng as the big surnames, and another dozen households are various surnames. So all of them are so inevitable that all households are affixed with relatives. But relatives are relatives, and when it comes to being younger than others, you have to respect him or her, so when the aunt Shouxin talks about it, she tells in the tone of the elder.
Zhao was speechless by this remark, not to mention that she was scolded, but it really made her reluctant to give Heizi to others. As these people have said, Heizi usually takes some wild animals to his home. Regardless of the size, he is a meat anyway. It is not easy for the country people to eat meat.
She didn't speak with a unhappy face, but Zhao'er was in front of the door and said, "Seventh grandma, this is not possible. Heizi is my lifeblood. You're going to run my lifeblood. I can't live."
As soon as she said it, she smiled and said some witty words. She immediately made Auntie Shouxin laugh. She pointed at her and said to the people nearby, "Look at the naughty girl, you are not polite at all. OK, fine, I don't want want your dog, or it will take the lifeblood of my Zhao'er."
All in all, Zhao'er sent these women away with a smile, and then turned back to feed Heizi.
Zhao stared at her, turned to enter the room, just raised her feet, heard someone behind her call her.
"Mom, why are you standing here?"
She was Xue Cuiping, Zhao's eldest daughter. She came back.
Xue Cuiping looks like Zhao, but she has a pair of big apricot eyes. In her twenties, she was dressed in a blue and white jacket, with a pair of wide leg pants in marmalade red underneath. Holding a bamboo basket in her hand, she covered it with cloth and couldn't see what was in it. She was looking at Zhao in confusion.
This really means that speaking of the devil and he is sure to appear. The old man explained before, Zhao is planning to send a letter to Shangshui Village, which saves a lot of trouble.
The mother and daughter walked into the room while talking, and soon disappeared behind the curtain of the front door.
Zhao'er squatted there to watch Heizi eating, touching his head, but she was a little curious about how the first aunt came back when it is busy with the farm.
"That's not okay, mother, you make me poke my backbone!" Xue Cuiping stood in the first wife's room after listening to Zhao's words.
Zhao's hand stretched out to pull her, and at the same time, she gestured to keep her quiet, so as not to be heard.
"Why? How it can't work? You are Gouzi's aunt, and you and you second brother were so close when you were a little girl. If the family says that the child is willing to listen to someone, it is estimated that it will listen to you."
Zhao's remarks are actually true. Xue Cuiping was good with her second big brother Xue Qingsong when she was a child. She got along well with Qiu when she was not married. When Xue Gouzi was born, she hugged him a lot.
Xue Gouzi has been shy and restrained since he was a child, and since his parents went away, he was silent and gloomy. He often didn't say a word for ten days and a half month. He liked his aunt Xue Cuiping than other members in Xue family.
"But…" Xue Cuiping's face was full of embarrassment, and she secretly said in her heart that she shouldn't come back this time. She never thought that she had not finished the task of going back to her mother's house, but she had such a mission.
"Don't forget that your son Xingzi came to our private school. Your eldest brother didn't care about your money. Now that your big brother needs your help, why do you want to ignore it? If Juncai is good, then your brother will be OK. His son is promising. Can you still suffer?"
"Why don't you tell Gouzi yourself?"
Zhao has never been a patient person. To be able to speak in such a gentle tone is to see Xue Cuiping is her daughter. Seeing her daughter's unwillingness, she said to her again, and then burst out, "If I can tell him directly, still needs you? Your mother can say this kind of words? If we let outsiders know, what is it?"
Xue Cuiping was already upset by her mother-in-law's relationship. Seeing that her mother scolded herself, she immediately became annoyed, "So you want me to do that just because I'm the outsider and asked me to be the villain? Even if it's known by outsiders, it's my fault. My second brother and his wife are all dead. How can you go and force a child!"
Seeing her daughter's voice grow louder, Zhao was afraid of being heard, and she pulled her fiercely, scolding, "Are you afraid that people will not hear?"
Naturally, Xue Cuiping did not want to argue with her mother, and she grumbled unwillingly, "In my opinion, this matter shouldn't be the you and the father's business, let the eldest brother or sister-in-law handle this. The bad things are done by others, but their family is clean. How could this be done!"
"Why do you want to involve your elder brother in this mess? Your elder brother is a earned man and needs a decent reputation. Besides, he is ashamed of his second little brother and can't do such a thing."
Xue Cuiping's lip flicked, and she held back her words that she wanted to say.
If he is really ashamed of the second brother, will he still make trouble? In fact, in the past few years, Xue Cuiping has also seen through the heart of this big brother. If the eldest sister-in-law is an insincere person, the big brother is also not good. The bad things aren't belong to them but let others do it. It is obvious that their family has benefited, but they are still pretending to be innocent.
But knowing what to do is useless, she is a married woman after all, she can't shake the eldest brother's deep-rooted importance of her father and mother. As long as this value is not broken in one day, the family will always give priority to the eldest brother's family. In particular, she also has her own selfishness and her own last resort, so even if she knows something happening in her family in the past two years, she can only ignore her conscience as invisible.
She pursed the hair that had fallen on her cheek and said, "Mom, let's not talk about it. I'm here to borrow some wheat seeds. You know my mother-in-law's disease. Last year, because she was in a hurry to raise money for medicine, she didn't leave any seeds…"
Before she had finished sentences, she was interrupted by Zhao.
Zhao clapped her twice, "Again? Do you think your mother's family is so rich or something? The Liu family just let you come back as a daughter-in-law and dig for your mother's house? What about the men his family?"
"Mom…"
Zhao scolded, "Liu family's morons, they all bring ill luck, and they are a group of incompetent cowards, even the mother-in-law can't raise well…" Seeing Xue Cuiping crying, she beat her twice again angrily. The she said, "go and do that thing, or I will not give you wheat seeds."
"Mom…"
"Just do it! Hurry up!"
When he heard the aunt came back, Xue Gouzi felt a sense of destiny.
Later, when Xue Cuiping opened the curtain with a smile and walked in, he had no feelings of sadness.
When Xue Cuiping was talking, Xue Gouzi was not actually listening. He was just thinking about the strange things in dream and reality.
Xue Tingxiang also experienced such an scene at that time, after his father and mother died, he felt resentful to the Xue family in his heart. And these complaints accumulate a little under the hypocrisy of the eldest aunt and the acquiescence of the family. Until this time, he had the last hope in his heart, but even the closest aunt was on the opposite side. He was completely desperate and collapsed. He changed his silence earlier and chose to burst out.
In fact, for the eldest aunt, and even the whole Xue family, have been always waiting for him to burst out. As long as he begins, then all the wrong things will belong to him. He has no ability to resist, and these people are all his elders, so his anger and unwillingness are all strangled in the swaddle.
This time, what happened in his dream happened again? What should he do?
Xue Cuiping was still talking. She could see that she has a little guilty in front of the pale and weak nephew. But these feelings were hidden behind her opening and closing mouth. Xue Gouzi's eyes were indifferent, but there was someone beside her who couldn't help it.
Zhao'er's face was very ugly, but she still forced a smile and said, "Auntie, you can see Gouzi has been ill for many days, and he is just getting better. He's off color. If there's anything, we'd better talk about it later."
In fact, Zhao'er knows that this day will come sooner or later, or she wouldn't work hard to earn money recently. But when the malice between the relatives is approaching slowly, and this poor man is her own little man, so Zhao'er can't ignore.
She knew that it was relatives who hurt the most. She suffered this kind of pain. When her mother died, she promised her that she would take good care of the little man. She swore.
At this moment, Zhao'er's eyes are sharp. It's a sign that the mother beast is close to madness.
Xue Cuiping was frightened by the things in Zhao'er's eyes. She subconsciously shook her head and smiled uncomfortably. She didn't believe that a girl's eyes can bee so scary.
"Zhao'er, the auntie is enlightening Gou'er, and she is just for Gouzi and this family…"
"Auntie." Suddenly, Xue Gouzi said something.
He interrupted Xue Cuiping's words also interrupted the outbreak of Zhao'er at a critical point.
Xue Cuiping turned to look at him quickly and said, "Gou'er, I tell you…"
"Auntie, I haven't understood what you said for a long time. What is family first? How does Kongrong share the pears? What do my elder brother need me to do? Auntie, you don't know what the elder brother has—Everything. Grandparents, the eldest uncle ant aunt also love him. The pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were all bought the good ones. Every time he practices writing on paper, I could only use branches to write on the sand. The paper I use occasionally was still the most inferior in quality. The ink on the paper is printed immediately."
"Big brother has a lot of books. I only have one—Instructions for Preschool Education. I still bought it after my father did a few months of carpentry. I know that I am not as good as my eldest brother in studying. So I dare not ask for the same as him. I have nothing, I really don't know what I have can give him."
Xue Gouzi's eyes were radiant, with a kind of incomprehension and doubts that were not familiar with world affairs. The envy in his expression implied inferiority complex, and there was some sorrow in his inferiority complex.
In particular, he was recovering from a serious illness, and his was pale and so thin. Such words really made other people sad.
These words made Xue Cuiping speechless, distressed and guilty. She felt that she had no dignity to meet second brother and second sister-in-law, even if she is dead. But the situation at home is urgent. There is no seed during spring cultivation, and wheat seedlings are not cultivated in time. If she misses this season, the whole family will be hungry this year.
She immediately hardened her heart and licked her lips and said, "Aunt is talking about going to the academy in town. You see your brother Juncai is better than you at school. He is at the critical moment. You should give away. Anyway, you are one year younger than him, and it is not too late to go next year."
Zhao'er suddenly turned around and picked up the stick behind the door.
At this moment, Xue Gouzi said again, "Why should I give this quota away for him? Shouldn't I have to go? The uncle asked you to come? Did he forget my father's words before he died? I understand. Treating me as his own son is fake… "