Splendid Twins

"Dad, let's go and talk."

Si Yao took Si Laoer's arm and walked to the side, and the father and daughter left quietly.

"What's wrong, Yaoyao?"

Si Lao Er looked puzzled. This was the first time his daughter was close to him. In the past, she always pestered Liu Niang.

"Dad, I'll tell you a secret."

Seeing that there was no one around, Si Yao moved closer to Si Lao Er and whispered.

"You said, Daddy promises not to tell anyone!"

"I beat Si Yao!"

"Oh, you hit Si Yao, what? You hit Si Yao!"

Si Lao Er didn't react at first. Looking at the seriousness on Si Yao's face, he was shocked and said in panic:

"You're not hurt, are you? Was anyone seeing you when you hit him? Did Si Yao know it was you who hit him?"

Si Laoer rubbed his hands together anxiously. His confused thoughts made him a little anxious, and he walked around restlessly.

Seeing Si Lao Er so flustered, Si Yao explained:

"I'm fine, no one saw it, he doesn't know!"

"Dad, Si Yao deserves a beating. He bullied my second brother. The reason I told you this is to ask if our family can be separated out?"

After hearing this, Si Lao Er sighed with difficulty and squatted on the ground weakly:

"Your grandparents won't agree!"

"Dad, Mom and my brother are suffering. You are the head of the family. I will definitely tell you when I do something. You don't have to show up, but you can't hold me back!"

Si Lao Er slowly raised his head and looked at Si Yao with a serious expression. He moved his lips and finally nodded.

Seeing this, Si Yao's eyes flashed with satisfaction, and he also squatted on the ground and whispered:

"Dad, what do you like to do? Or what are you good at?"

This made Si Laoer unable to answer for a moment. What does he like to do?

It seems not, he only knows how to go to the ground but he doesn’t like it!

"No."

Si Yao jokingly said, "Can you please not go to the fields from now on?"

"Not going to the ground?"

Si Laoer opened his eyes wide. What else could he do if he didn’t go down to the fields?

"Well, let you live like a rich and noble master with delicious food and drinks every day!"

Si Lao Er burst out laughing. How could he live like this?

"Hey, what are you two talking about so happily?"

Sixth Aunt came over from a distance. Si Yao and Si Lao Er stood up. Sixth Aunt walked up to them and said:

"This is Yaoyao, she's really pretty."

"Yaoyao, this is your Sixth Aunt. Your mother picked a vegetable from her field and cooked it for you the day you came back."

Si Lao Er was afraid that Si Yao was unwilling to call anyone, so he started to explain.

"Hey, what's so good about a vegetable? Your Si Yao was beaten up, you two don't even know about it."

Seeing Si Lao Er's expression change, Si Yao quickly spoke:

"Sixth Aunt, thanks for telling us, what's going on now?"

Aunt Six brought up the topic and said directly:

"He was beaten badly. Doctor Xin thought Si Yao's lower body was broken at first. He touched his hands with egg liquid... Your grandparents fainted directly. The doctor from town came to check and found that his whole body was covered with skin injuries. Si Yao was a grown man, how could he put a bird egg in his trouser waist and break it? Doctor Xin was blamed by your uncle's family. Now your grandparents have woken up, and the whole family is in a commotion. We all came out."

Si Yao suppressed the smile on her face and coughed fakely:

"That's indeed not what Si Yao should have done. After all, Doctor Xin didn't know about it."

"That's right. Maybe those who read too much become stupid..."

The Sixth Aunt reacted and quickly changed her words: "Look at me talking nonsense, well, I'm going to go back and cook first, you two can chat slowly."

Si Yao laughed after the Sixth Aunt left, but Si Lao Er had a sad face:

"Yaoyao, you must not tell anyone about this, let alone your uncle."

His elder brother seems to be a reasonable person, but in fact he is the most vindictive. If he knew that Yaoyao hit his son, he would not let it go!

"I understand, Dad, there is one more thing you need to help me with."

Si Lao Er's face was solemn: "You say."

"I want to send my two brothers to study in town, but they don't want to. Can you help them out when you have time?"

Si Laoer was stunned for a long time. He didn’t know how to express himself. Today was the most complicated day for him!

"You... Yaoyao, you don't have to give so much for our family. Your brother is the responsibility of your mother and I..."

"Dad, we as a family should think alike. If my brothers have a good future, I won't be too bad myself. Besides, if our family lives well, you will be happy too."

"Of course, Dad hopes that you three will have a good life. In this case, Dad will persuade them that the money is just a loan from them. Whether there will be any result depends on them. In the future, they will pay it back to you with interest. Dad is the head of the family, and that's the decision!"

Si Yao smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to the head of the family!"

When the father and daughter entered the house, Liu Niang had already set the table. There was half a bowl of wild vegetable porridge for each person, and Si Yao's bowl contained an egg and half a sweet potato.

This was what Qian Liuniang exchanged for from the village chief's wife after selling wild boar meat. She kept it specifically for Si Yao to eat.

Si Lao Er looked at his two obviously silent sons, with a heavy look in his eyes. His sons were very sensible and they only blamed him for being a useless father.

Si Yao winked at Si Lao Er, but no one saw the look between the father and daughter. Si Lao Er suddenly smiled knowingly, his daughter was the best girl in the world!

"why are you laughing?"

Liu Niang was wondering, the head of the family has been acting strangely lately...

"Nothing, we have to go up to the mountains to chop firewood after these two days, so as not to freeze to death in winter!"

Si Yao lowered her head and finished eating the wild vegetable porridge, then cut the egg in half and passed it to Si Lao Er and Liu Niang:

"Mom and Dad, I'm done eating and going to sleep for a while. Don't disturb me!"

After saying that, he wiped his mouth and went into the house without waiting for Liu Niang to speak.

In the house, Liu Niang hung a curtain specifically for Si Yao to use for washing her body at night. Si Yao entered the house and directly closed the curtain. She took out a pen and paper on the spur of the moment. She had to design the blueprint first, and then she had to find time to go to the town!

After working for most of the day, the drawings were finally completed. The overall design is a bit like a siheyuan. The main facade of a siheyuan usually adopts the traditional "big ridge" form, with eaves on both sides of the roof turned up, shaped like cow horns. The inner courtyard and the main house can be seen from the corridor in the courtyard. At the top is the main hall with two ear rooms. On one side is her room with a study next to it, and on the other side are the rooms of her two brothers plus a study and a bathroom. There are several guest rooms outside the partition door, and some open space is left for Liu Niang to grow flowers.

Si Yao folded the blueprint and went to the village chief's house. After the village chief opened it and read it, his eyes flashed with envy. If only he had such a good granddaughter...

Looking at Dazhu who was working with his head covered, he glanced at Si Yao imperceptibly and said with a smile:

"Girl Yao is really capable. Since you have already finished the painting, let's go to the town now. After the official seal is given, we can find an auspicious day to start the construction."

"Okay, thank you for your help. Let's go to the government office to get the paperwork done. I've found someone to do the construction. Then you can recruit a few villagers as we said before."

How could the village chief not hear Si Yao's plan? This girl was just trying to be nice. The one who was really responsible for the work was someone else, a smart girl!

"Then do as you say. Let Dazhu help you guard the materials, and the villagers won't dare to embezzle!"

The village chief took great pains to say this in order to gain Si Yao's favor.

Si Yao's eyelids moved slightly, and she smiled and said:

"Then I'll give Dazhu a separate salary, and we can be fair."

The village chief choked and looked at Si Yao who had a normal expression on his face. He suddenly realized that his little thoughts had been seen through!

He just laughed and said, "Okay, I'll keep it a secret for you in the village, you just make the arrangements."

Si Yao didn't point it out, just nodded: "Thank you for your help."

The village chief waved his hand and he couldn't say anything else. Si Yao didn't say anything either. The two of them took advantage of the villagers' lunch break to go to the town. Si Yao secretly gave some money to the clerk in the yamen, and sure enough, the work was done very quickly. In less than a quarter of an hour, she came out with the village chief holding the documents in her hands.