daily struggle in ancient times

When Aunt Gu came to the door, Wei Yun had just come down from the mountain, and there were mushrooms and wild vegetables spread all over the yard. Seeing someone coming to the door, Wei Yun's heart beat faster, and he didn't know whether it was excitement or fear.

Taking the bowl in Wei Yun's hand, Aunt Gu drank it in two gulps, wiped her mouth and said, "Brother Wei, I'm afraid you know why I came here, so I won't go around in circles, Auntie. This man is about your age, and he is also an honest man, but his family is poor, so we haven’t made any marriage proposals. I asked him at the door, and he was willing, but he didn’t know what you meant.”

"Auntie, I'm not afraid of being poor. Those who have hands and feet will never be poor for a lifetime."

Aunt Gu glanced at him appreciatively, and said, "That is, in the past 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, the husband and wife have worked together, so there is no such thing as a bad life. It's just..."

She hesitated for a moment, and continued: "Originally, this marriage was to be discussed with the elders, but now that your family has no elders, my aunt will tell you for the time being. You also know that Brother Yu is a boy after all, the family What it means is that after getting married, let Brother Yu live here, come over every now and then, and take the marriage with him, I'm afraid it won't work."

Wei Yun lowered his eyes, and his voice was soft but firm, "Ma'am, Wei Yu was less than two years old when my parents left, and even now, he is only about five years old, so I don't worry about letting him live alone. I promised my parents that I will take good care of him."

Aunt Gu was a little anxious when she heard the words: "Why are you so stubborn? This is just the case at the moment. When you get married and take control of that family, why worry about not being able to take over Brother Yu? I also know that you said in public that you want If you marry you, you have to support your younger brother, but they didn't say no to it. You can't be confused at this time. If you don't let go now, it will be the same as three years ago. No one will come to your house to propose marriage of!"

"But they didn't talk about raising them." Wei Yun looked over with calm eyes, but Aunt Gu was at a loss for some reason.

"They didn't talk about raising them, and they won't raise them in the future, and no one said anything. Besides, the young brothers and girls who marry out of the family can return to their parents' homes every day. After a long time, how can they have no objections. Even if I hold it That family took brother Yu over there, how could he be treated by others, instead of that, it's better to make this matter clear from the beginning. "

The room fell silent for a while, and after a while, Aunt Gu sighed and said, "You little brother, why are you so stubborn." She knew in her heart that Wei Yun's words were not false at all. Taking brother Yu over, I'm afraid life will be difficult.

The two brothers depended on each other for their lives. She watched Wei Yun get up early and be greedy for the night to pull Wei Yu so hard, and felt sorry for the two brothers. After thinking about it, she said, "Then I will ask for you again, but you have to know yourself. It is not a good family who can agree to this, and I am afraid that it is poorer than your family."

Wei Yun felt relieved, showing a slightly childish smile, with two lovely dimples on the corners of his mouth: "Ma'am, as long as a person is kind, I'm not afraid that he will be poor!"

"You are an independent person, and my aunt can't persuade you, so I will put aside this old face and ask more questions for you."

"Thank you ma'am"

"Thank you, if it weren't for your father, the head of my family would have died long ago!"

Aunt Gu's husband, Gu Shan, accidentally fell into a ditch when he went up the mountain when he was young. It was still winter in that place, and he could freeze to death overnight.

If Wei's father hadn't passed by and tried his best to save him, Gu Shan would have been in childbirth for a long time now.Because of this, his family has always been close to the Wei family. After their parents passed away, the two brothers were often taken care of by his family. This is why the village chief asked Aunt Gu to marry Wei Yun.

Not long after Wei Yu was born, Wei's mother became seriously ill. Seeing that her illness was getting better, she encountered bandits on the way back from the doctor's office.

After the Wei family's parents passed away, the village said everything, and it was at that time that Wei Yun became ruthless, saying that if someone's family came to propose marriage and did not let him marry with his younger brother, he would never agree.

This is also the reason why the conditions of Wei's family are not bad, but Wei Yun's condition is not bad, but he has never been engaged.

"Don't worry, Auntie will never delay your life with no conscience!" After finishing speaking, Aunt Gu left in a hurry.

Wei Xiaodi, who had been helping quietly at the side, raised his head and whispered, "Brother, are you getting married?"

Wei Yun stroked Wei Xiaodi's yellowish hair, and said seriously: "Brother Yu, don't worry, Big Brother won't leave you."

"Brother, I have grown up and can take care of myself, so you can rest assured to marry someone!" Although he is young, he still knows some things that people in the village say too much. He knows that many people in the village don't like him. No child is willing to play with him, and it is because of him that the elder brother has not been able to marry.

Although I am very reluctant to let go of my elder brother, and I am very afraid of losing my elder brother, but if my elder brother never gets married, many people will speak ill of my elder brother behind his back.Compared with being afraid, it is more important for the elder brother to get married.

Wei Yun laughed amused by his grown-up appearance, and joked: "Yeah, our brother Yu has grown up and can help brother with work, and the mustard greens that are washed are clean and good, and my brother is better than that." not on."

Brother Wei blushed at what he said, turned around, turned his back and ignored him.

Wei Yun felt that Wei Xiaodi was very cute, so he couldn't help teasing him again, and the two brothers laughed in the small courtyard after a while.

The next day, Aunt Gu came to tell Wei Yun that the marriage was unsuccessful, and comforted him a bit.

Wei Yun was already prepared in his heart, and he was not too sad after hearing the news, but his time was limited, and he was still extremely anxious.

But he also knows that this kind of thing cannot be done in a hurry, and this day will always have to pass.

On this day, before noon, more than a dozen figures appeared at the entrance of the village, all of them were sallow and emaciated, and there was a strange smell emanating from their bodies.

The first ones were the servants of the two yamen, and the village chief who had been waiting at the entrance of the village hurried up to greet him.

"Hello, my lord, are these refugees going to settle in our Li Family Village?"

The older guard nodded, "This time we have a hundred people in our town, and we will distribute them to you villages with fewer people and more land. There are four families and thirteen people in your village, all of whom don't know each other. , This is the land assigned to them, you should take them to recognize it when you turn around."

A gleam of light flashed through the village head's cloudy eyes. It's good if you don't know each other. If you don't know each other, it's not easy to form a group.

After seeing off the servants, the village head took people to see the land allocated to them by the court, and then took them to an old house, and told him: "This house is temporarily unoccupied, you live first, take advantage of these few days Good day, hurry up and build a house by yourself."

Before leaving, the village head also found a few strong laborers to watch around, saying that he was helping them, but in fact he was watching them not do bad things.

These refugees originally escaped from the flood in the south, and they are not good people who have made it to the present. Besides, the villagers don't know anything about them, so they always have to be on guard.

These refugees also knew what was going on, and lived in this house in a well-behaved manner. The imperial court paid them resettlement fees, but within half a month, they built huts and moved out one after another, leaving only one Yang Chengyong.

It's not that Yang Chengyong is unwilling to move, it's just that he has a ready-made house to live in, and it's still a tile-roofed house. Why does he want to build another thatched hut?

He found out clearly that the Wei family in the back of the village also came here after escaping in the early years, and now there are only two brothers left in the family.The older brother is now being forced by the official to talk about marriage everywhere, and everyone in the village knows about it.

He has observed in the past few days that this little brother is capable, and when he marries this little brother, he will get a tile-roofed house and a few acres of fertile land for nothing, and there may be ready-made silver flowers.

As for the little oil bottle, if it is easy to raise, it is also to be raised, and if it is dependent on it, it is also to be raised. If it falls into his hands, can he still not fix it?