Song female man

"Change...marry..." Mrs. Qi was taken aback by Shunniang's words, murmured, almost couldn't sit still, almost slipped off the stool.

Shunniang hurriedly reached out and grabbed her arm to make her sit still.

I only heard Qi choked up looking at her and said: "Uncle, do you dislike the slave family? It is a burden to dislike the slave family, and Da Lang and Er Niang..."

"No! No! I absolutely didn't, absolutely didn't mean that!" Shun Niang hurriedly waved her hands and said, she also didn't expect that what she said out of concern for Qi Shi would provoke such a big reaction from her.

Qi wanted to cry and asked, "Then why do you say that?"

It was only then that Shunniang realized that she was thinking about the problem from the perspective of a person after 1000 years ago, that is, she thought that her sister-in-law was only 19 years old, so young, she also needs someone to accompany her, and she should not only live for her children, so she said it If you remarry.Although in the Song Dynasty at this time, Zhu Xi, the hypocrite who advocated Confucianism, had not yet been born, and it was not a big deal for women to remarry, but speaking from my sister-in-law, it seemed that I despised her like two children dragged me down.

"Sister-in-law, I, I really feel that you are tired all the time, and you are still so young. If you want to remarry, I am willing to help you." Shun Niang said, her tone was very sincere.

"Are you helping me? Uncle, I feel that you are sick and you are really a different person. Although you are much smarter, but now you say these words, but you are a bit careless." Qi said angrily.

"..."

Mrs. Qi paused, lowered her head and said quietly: "My family doesn't feel tired. It's much easier than before in Xijiazhuang. I have to go to the fields and take care of the children at home. Uncle, it's all men's work." You are the one who is tired of the work, and you will bear all the burdens of this family..."

"Sister-in-law doesn't call me uncle. Since I am Xijia Erlang, of course I will take care of this family." Shunniang teased lightly, and the hand that was holding Qi's arm slipped down and held her on the bar. The hand on the stool shook comfortingly, "And I don't know how much I like Kecheng and Huier, how can I despise them as a drag, and my sister-in-law, since you don't want to remarry, then I will support my sister-in-law for the rest of my life."

Mrs. Qi trembled, her heart was shaken, she raised her head in disbelief, looked at Shunniang again, opened her mouth, her lips were trembling, and said intermittently for a long time: "Uncle...you are telling the truth Is it?"

Shunniang nodded firmly: "It's true, every word is from the bottom of my heart, if one day my sister-in-law wants to remarry again, I won't stop her, sister-in-law is free to go."

Tears rolled down Qi's eyes, she was so moved that she couldn't be more moved, she sobbed for a long time and said, "Uncle is a good man, but like Mother said, you are seventeen, at most it will take two or three years before you want to marry. "

Shunniang watched Qi's tears, reflecting the moonlight, she was very crystal clear, her black hair was draped over her shoulders, making her oval face seem smaller, she looked so pitiful, and her heart moved inexplicably one time.

So, she raised the sleeve of her other hand, wiped away her tears, and said softly, "Sister-in-law, I won't marry, didn't I say I want to support you and Kecheng and Hui'er."

Qi shrank her head, in the dark night, her face was hot because of Shunniang's actions, but Shunniang couldn't see it.

Shunniang's words were so sweet that Qi felt that she had never heard such nice words in her whole life. Even if it was just a lie to comfort herself, she still thought it was extremely nice.How could it be possible for a woman not to marry, Qi Shi didn't believe it.Ever since Shunniang dressed up as a man and went out to cut firewood to support the family, Mrs. Qi seemed to see her dead husband. Slowly, she put her heart on Shunniang.Qi knew that it was ridiculous for her to be like this, and her thoughts were dirty, but she couldn't control herself.As long as Shunniang pretends to be a man and walks in and out of this house for a day, she will never want to remarry. How much she hopes that it will be like what Shunniang said, if Shunniang doesn't marry, then she can never go anywhere for the rest of her life , just by Shunniang's side, watching her, growing up with two children, is enough...

But can this really come true?

"Uncle, I just used words to comfort my family. I appreciate my uncle's kindness." Mrs. Qi said while pulling at the corner of her clothes with one hand.

Shunniang told her that what she said was true, she really didn't plan to marry.

Mrs. Qi asked her, if she didn't marry, could it be possible that she still wanted to recruit a son-in-law?

Shunniang smiled: "Look at me like this, can I recruit a son-in-law?"

Qi asked: "Could it be that uncle still wants to marry a daughter-in-law?"

Shun Niang: "Maybe."

Mrs. Qi said how to do that, Shunniang is a woman, even though she pretends to be a man, but if she really marries a wife, she will be deceiving the little lady, and it will be a big deal if she is exposed.

Shunniang said, sister-in-law is ignorant, who knows that there are still girls who like women in this world, maybe someone is willing to marry her and enter the door of Xi's family.But at this time, she didn't want to say this, for fear of scaring her sister-in-law and causing a lot of trouble.

She said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, whether you want to marry someone, get married, or get together with a daughter-in-law, it's all in the future, and it's still far away. Now and now, I'm still thinking about how to live a good life, Making more money is the real thing.”

"Uncle is right, it's because I'm thinking too much. After telling my uncle what I said this night, my heart is much more open."

"It's getting late, you see the moon is in the middle of the sky, let's go back."

"Okay, uncle will be chopping firewood and fishing tomorrow, so it's time to go back and rest."

Then the two stood up, Shunniang carrying a stool, Mrs. Qi in front, entered the room, closed the door, and went back to the room to rest without mentioning it.

Silent all night.

At dawn the next day, Shunniang got up, took the rope, put an ax around her waist, and held a wooden stick as thick as a pole in her hand, and she went to the mountains northeast of Yangliu Town.The forest on the mountain was dense, so she found a small forest with familiarity, and started to chop it down with an axe.She specially picked those trees that were thick and thin, and chopped down one tree in twos and twos, then cut off the branches, and finally chopped the branches into several pieces.Often a tree with the mouth of a bowl is cut down and tied with ropes, which is enough for a load of firewood.

She carried the firewood and went home. On the hillside, she looked down and saw from a distance that every household in Yangliu Town was bathed in the golden morning light, and the smoke gradually came out of the chimneys of each household. They're all making breakfast.Thanks to the blessing of the current emperor, the world is peaceful, as long as the people who are hardworking and willing to work can have a bite of food, so every family starts to cook three meals a day.

When Shunniang arrived home with the firewood, Mrs. Qi had already cooked millet porridge and set out a plate of pickled vegetables, waiting for her to come back and have breakfast with the family.

In the yard, Mrs. Liu was feeding the chickens, Ke Cheng was chasing a little flower dog, and Hui'er was being carried on her mother's back, eating her fingers.

"Uncle is back!" Far away, Qi Shi greeted Shunniang with a smile when he saw her.It can be seen that she is in a good mood today and looks refreshed.

Shunniang hummed, put the firewood directly on the west side of the yard, near the fence wall, untied the rope, and spread the firewood.She would spread out the newly chopped firewood to dry in the sun, and then pick it up and sell it in Bianliang City every few days.It's summer now, the sun is very hot, and the firewood will dry out after a few days. If you take it to the city, the people who buy firewood will buy her firewood when they see that the firewood is dry.

After spreading out the firewood, Mrs. Qi has brought a basin of cold water for Shunniang, with a towel in it.

Shunniang smiled at her, twisted the handkerchief and washed her face, Mrs. Qi took the wooden basin and let Shunniang go in to rest and have breakfast. The millet porridge was already served on the table.

As usual, after drinking two bowls of porridge, Shunniang went up the mountain again with a rope, an ax around her waist, and a wooden stick in her hand. She needed to chop a load of firewood and bring it back. work is done.

So, when she cut firewood again and went down the mountain to go home, smoke rose from the houses of every household in Yangliu Town. It was time to make lunch.

So, in one morning, Shunniang chopped firewood for two days to sell.The weather is good, two loads of firewood a day, no worries on rainy days, as usual, you can take the oilcloth to cover the firewood and go to the city to sell, without delaying to make money for a day, and if there is still leftover, the firewood in the firewood house of Xijia will pile up more and more .

After lunch at noon, she rested for a while, and then it was time to go fishing in the afternoon.She was wearing a sun-shading bamboo hat, with a fish basket on her waist, which contained two large bags of fish food and a small bag of bait wrapped in banana leaves. Walk down the mountain by the river.The big mountain to the northeast of Yangliu Town is called Willow Mountain, probably because there are many willow trees at the foot of the mountain. At the foot of Willow Mountain, there is a winding river with gentle water, flowing along Willow Mountain to the southwest.

Shunniang likes the place with dense weeping willows and the curved river bank the most. She likes to set a nest to catch big carp in a place with both.

She walked along the river bank, and finally picked a place that met the above two conditions, a concave bay where the river swirls forward as it flows, and a big willow tree on the bank The long branches and leaves almost hang down to the river, and the huge tree crown casts a thick green shade on the river.In the hot summer, this kind of place is a place where carp like to stay.Shunniang put down the fishing rod and the fish basket, took out the fish food she had prepared with sesame oil wrapped in banana leaves from the fish basket, squeezed it into the size of a baby's fist, sprinkled it densely, and then took out another bag for use Cooked wheat soaked in rice wine, densely sprinkled with a second layer.

Next, she only needs to rest for a while by the willow tree in the shade, and after waiting for half an hour, she can hold the fishing rod and hang the fish food with the scent of sticky glutinous rice on the hook to fish.Today she plans to catch a few more fish, put them in the fish basket, soak them in the river water, hide them in a secret place by the river, and come tomorrow morning to bring the fish to the city to sell. If there are any smaller fish, they will take them. Go back tonight and ask my sister-in-law to cook fish soup, so that the family can improve their lives.

The cicadas were chattering on the willow trees overhead, and the river surface was steaming with heat. Fortunately, the river wind blows from time to time to dissipate the heat.

Shunniang leaned on the old willow tree behind her, with her hands resting on the back of her head, holding a piece of dogtail grass in her mouth, she closed her eyes for a while and pretended to fall asleep, and sometimes opened her eyes to look around, to pass the boring time, waiting for the fishing rod The time has come.

Seeing that it was time to get down the fishing rod, she stood up, picked up the fishing rod that was lying aside, and was about to cast down the fishing line, when she heard a loud plop not far away.

Hearing the noise, Shunniang was annoyed, wondering who was making trouble, trying to scare away the fish in the fish nest in front of her.

She immediately followed the sound and turned her head to look, and found that in the river 30 meters away from her, there was a person struggling in the river. It looked like a woman.

Could it be that someone committed suicide by jumping into a river?

Shun Niang didn't want to mind her own business, and wanted to continue fishing her own fish. She felt that if she went to rescue the woman who jumped into the river, it would definitely delay her fishing.But the comparison between a few fish and a person's life doesn't seem to be equal.

Thinking about it, she felt that she couldn't just watch a person drown in front of her. Sighing, she put down the fishing rod, ran towards the place where the person who fell into the water was, and then went down into the river lightly, towards the person in the water. Struggling people swim away.