Splendid Twins

The villagers murmured in their hearts when they saw this, it turned out that only the domineering Yao girl could calm this madman...

Si Lao Er didn't care about being sad and upset at the moment. He stared at Lu Yuan nervously, fearing that if he had a seizure, his daughter would suffer.

"Yaoyao, let Dad do this."

"Yaoyao, are you thirsty?"

"Why don't you go in and see your mother?"

Si Yao knew what was bothering her father. She chopped off a piece of meat and handed it to the villager, then turned around and chuckled:

"Dad, take a rest. I'm not tired."

"Yao girl, how did you make Lu Yuan so obedient?"

Aunt Huang was standing nearby holding the meat and asking in a low voice. She was so curious. Even the village chief sometimes, no, many times, couldn't control Lu Yuan from going crazy. She saw clearly that just now, Yao girl gave a look and the madman made a move!

"Just treat it normally, he's just slow to react."

Lu Yuan just took the money and glanced at Si Yao. Was he slow to react? Was he slow?

Aunt Huang obviously didn't believe it. She took another closer look at Lu Yuan and saw that he looked calm and diligent, and didn't look like someone who would suddenly go crazy and hit someone. Then she looked at the girl Yao next to her, who was superior in both appearance and temperament. Suddenly, she had a crazy idea in her mind...

Compared to the hustle and bustle here, the Si family's old house is much quieter.

"Old man, have you really thought it through? What if the second son divides our ten acres of land?"

Old Man Si sat at the table with a gloomy face and a cup of hot water in his hand. He frowned when he heard this, and after a moment of silence, he spoke:

"Call the eldest and third son back first. Wang, you stay at home with your mother recently. Wait until Yao Ge'er comes back before making any plans."

"Yes, then the daughter-in-law will go and tell Old Zhao first."

Old Zhao drives a ox cart back and forth between the village and the town every day. He can go there to deliver the message and pick them up in the evening.

After Wang left, Old Man Si thought for a while and said:

"That girl is too smart and capable. We can't make money by ourselves. Now let's divide it up and ask the second brother to give us 200 taels of silver for retirement. This money can be used for us to follow Yao Ge'er to Beijing for support."

"Isn't two hundred taels too much? I mean, what if that damn girl doesn't have that much?"

Mrs. Si was shocked that her old man dared to ask for two hundred taels. The most money she had ever received in her life was only a few dozen taels.

"I still think it's too little. When Brother Yao passes the imperial examination, we will sell the land and use the money to pave the way for him."

"Then should we give a few acres of land to the second brother?"

"You are quite conscientious, but you have also seen that Lao Er listens to that girl now. If you try it before, would he dare to go against me?"

Old Man Si glared at Mrs. Si angrily. He just wanted to make the second son have no other choice but to come back and beg him like a dog!

Thinking about how his mother despised him in the past, now her son is only worthy of begging for food at his feet.

Mrs. Si's real thoughts were that as a farmer, she felt uneasy without land, and if she didn't get used to the capital, she would still have a way to make a living when she came back...

"Okay, then let's do as you say. The eldest and the third brother should agree."

Old Man Si thought of what his eldest son had said to him, and his eyes were filled with deep meaning. Seeing Mrs. Si mumbling something, he coughed:

"Guess what I saw at the boss's place today?"

Mrs. Si laughed and scolded, "You old thing, you are still keeping me in suspense."

Soon, Mrs. Si screamed in surprise, and then heard the anxious scolding of old man Si...

The evening breeze blew gently, and beautiful clouds of fire appeared in the sky. The weary birds returned to the forest. Smoke rose from every household in Sijia Village. People in the village came and went, and the sounds of talking and laughter were intertwined one after another. The children from each family gathered at the kitchen door waiting to eat the first bite of meat today.

Only the Si family's old courtyard and Zhu Dajiang's home were deserted. When Wang went out, she found out that Si Yao had distributed meat to the villagers. She cursed him inwardly as a heartless ungrateful person. She wanted to go back and tell Si Pozi to let her make a scene, but when she came back, she saw that her mother-in-law looked at her inexplicably. After thinking about it, she decided to forget it. She would be the mother of a high-ranking official in the future, so it was better to have less trouble than more...

Zhu Dajiang was lying on the bed groaning in pain. His wife, Lu Zhaodi, was lying beside him and kept asking:

"Who hit you?"

"What did you do to deserve being beaten like this? Why didn't you ask for compensation?"

"Did you seduce some slutty woman again when you went out today?"

Zhu Dajiang was upset by the question, and he gathered his strength to slap her and yelled:

"Get the hell out of here!"

"Zhu Dajiang, how dare you hit me? I will fight you to death."

Lu Zhaodi took advantage of Zhu Dajiang's injury and rode on him and grabbed his face. Zhu Dajiang waved his hands to fight back, and the two of them fought on the bed, getting inseparable.

Their son Zhu Gou'er sat on the doorstep, sniffing his nose and watching with a smile. When he had seen enough, he stood up and walked out of the yard wearing a pair of rotten straw sandals inside out.

Zhu Gou'er opened his mouth to breathe in the smell of meat in the air. Aunt Huang had just finished her meal and came out. When she saw him, she asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

"No, Mom and Dad were fighting on the bed."

The four or five-year-old child stared at people with a dirty face. Aunt Huang sneered when she heard this:

"It's not even dark yet, these two shameless people..."

Thinking that he was still a child after all, he turned back and went into his own courtyard. After a while, he came out with a small piece of meat in his hand and waved to Zhu Gou'er:

"Come here quickly, you have to remember your aunt's kindness when you grow up."

Zhu Gou'er swallowed his saliva and stared at the meat. He obviously didn't hear what Aunt Huang said. When he saw her waving, he hurried over and opened his mouth. Aunt Huang was angry and pitiful. What did the child know?

Dusk slowly fell, and the whole village was shrouded in a hazy twilight. The mountains and trees in the distance looked particularly peaceful and mysterious in the dimness.

The eldest and third sons of the Si family walked in with anxious expressions. Wang came out of the house to greet them:

"Boss, uncle, you are back. Mom and dad are waiting for you inside."

The eldest brother Si walked in with a sullen face and expressionless expression. The third brother Si just nodded politely. After entering the house, Mrs. Si held the hands of the eldest and third brothers and wiped her tears. The eldest brother Si looked at his father:

"Why did we end up at the branch house?"

"Yes, Dad, my second brother is a good farmer. I don't have time to work on the land you gave me. Besides, my eldest brother and I are both in town. We will feel at ease if my second brother is by your side to show his filial piety, right?"

Seeing that his two sons still didn't know the truth, Old Man Si told the whole story again. After listening, the two brothers remained silent.

After a while, Boss Si spoke up, with a thoughtful look on his face:

"It's fine to split up the family. Then Brother Yao will have less pressure from his brothers and sisters to help him."

"Brother, my two daughters are depending on our brother Yao."

The third brother Si hurriedly expressed his opinion to his eldest brother. After his nephew became an official, his two daughters would also benefit from it. Was he still afraid that no one would support him?

"So what are you going to give to my second brother?"

Boss Si gave his brother a soothing look and then asked Old Man Si.

"They won't give him any food or land. They can move their own clothes and belongings out, but they still have to provide me and your mother with 200 taels of silver for our retirement."

Old Man Si was certain that he would deal with Si Yao in the future, and then call the second son back to work on the farm for him. How could a little girl outsmart him!