Crossing the green wheat ears

The family's anxiety didn't last long. At the end of the day, the second uncle and Cheng Yi led into the courtyard, followed by the old man and Xi Mingwen.

The people in the house couldn't wait to go out to greet her, and the second aunt ran in the front, wiping away her tears as she ran, she was looking forward to Ming Wu's return, and she didn't fall asleep for the past two days.

Xi Mingwen walked at the end, holding a black farming ox in his hand. However, now everyone can't care about asking about the ox. They are all concerned about how the matter is resolved. Why have you been here for so long?

Yuzhen walked at the back, and seeing Xi Mingwu and Cheng Yi came back, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if something happened to the Xi family because of her, she would never feel at ease in this life.

Back in the house, Cheng Yi didn't stay long, warmed up a bit, drank some hot water and was about to go home.After going out for a few days, he was also thinking about how his family was doing, was there anything wrong?Only the daughter-in-law and the child were at home. Although Cheng Nan was 11 years old and could stand up for his mother, he was still a child after all and nothing had happened.

Niang Xiyuan brought Cheng Yi some home-cooked food, as well as the snacks Xi Mingwen bought from Yansui, and asked him to take them home. If the adults go out, the children will be disappointed if they go back empty-handed.Cheng Yi didn't refuse, picked up his things, said hello to the Xi family, and left.

Xi Mingwu sat in the room, and after a while, he opened his mouth to tell his family what happened. He and Cheng Yi were afraid that the family would be anxious, so they rushed back before dawn in the morning. On the way, they met the old man and big brother.

"Don't worry, you should be fine." Xi Mingwu took a sip of hot water and looked at the old lady and Yuzhen who were staring at him eagerly.

"The beard didn't find anyone?" the old lady asked.

"I found it. On the first night when Yuzhen left, the gambler took Huzi to Yuzhen's mother's house to look for it. Fortunately, Yuzhen didn't go back." The second aunt and Xiyuan Niang put the table on the kang table, and put the food prepared in the pot. When it was served, Xi Mingwu ate it hungrily. As the saying goes, drinking cold water at home is worse than going out for a feast (eating a banquet).It's really hard to go out, unlike at home, not every meal is delicious, but hot soup and hot water, and hot kang.

"Has the beard stopped?" The old lady continued to ask, Yuzhen watched Xi Mingwu eat, and she was too embarrassed to ask, so the old lady just listened to each sentence.

"Can you calm down? Beat Hu Laoer (Yuzhen's husband) half to death, and ask him to pay him or give him money within three days." The second aunt sat next to Xi Mingwu and served her husband a bowl of hot water. The porridge was almost blown and handed to Xi Mingwu. This person doesn’t feel good when he is at home every day. Now when something happens, he knows that he is the pillar of the family. If something happens to the pillar, the family will really collapse.Xi Mingwu took the porridge, smiled at his second aunt, and took a big sip.

"When the two of us arrived at Yuzhen's mother-in-law's village, we lied and said we wanted to buy cattle, to see if there were any cattle sellers in the village." Xi Mingwu had food in his stomach, so he told the family about the matter without the old lady asking. people listen.

"Then pretended to go to the wrong door, and went to Yuzhen's house." Xi Mingwu glanced at Yuzhen, this godmother's life is miserable, married to such a bastard, "I happened to meet their old man."

"Both of us didn't hide it. We just said that we were relatives from Yuzhen's mother's side. Yuzhen is with us. Let's go over and see what's going on."

"The old man cried when he heard this, and told us that the beard beat his son so badly that he couldn't get up on the kang, and asked him to hand it over to someone within three days, or give him 20 taels of silver, or burn his house down. The lives of their entire family."

"I just waited there for three days. When Huzi came, I gave them the money. Cheng Yi and I didn't show up, and the money was given to his old man, but he asked him to agree, do you want to spend time with Hu Laoer in the future? , Yuzhen decides."

After listening to Xi Mingwu's words, Yuzhen burst into tears. Her parents spent so much money to settle this matter for her. sea ​​of ​​bitterness.

She didn't talk about repaying the money, 20 taels is enough for her to save for a lifetime, and she may not be able to save enough, so she can only pay back as much as she has in the future, and give it to others slowly, even though the Xi family didn't even mention the money .

"Don't cry, girl, Hu's second son is so inhuman, we can't suffer with him anymore." The old lady patted Yuzhen, "Wu, where have you two lived in the Hu's house for the past two days?" asked the last sentence Xi Mingwu.

"No, I can live in his house. If Hu Zi sees it, I can't think that Hu Laoer is looking for helpers! Cheng Yi and I begged their village to be honest, so we said that if we want to buy livestock, we have to visit the front and back villages. Our house is far away, so we have to live in their village. For a few days, I didn't live in vain, and I gave food money, and later, they found a family among them, and we lived in that house." Xi Mingwu explained.

"Did you two buy that cow outside?" The old lady was inquisitive, but she was still worried. She was afraid that there might be some problems, and she would only get to the bottom of it if she asked her to understand.

"Yes, you can't just lie and do nothing, and you don't have to reveal the truth. We both walked around the village when we had nothing to do during the day. It happened that there was a family who wanted to sell cattle. Cheng Yi and I immediately fell in love with each other." Xi Ming Wu looked at his eldest brother and sister-in-law. He had already told Xi Mingwen on the way, and Xi Mingwen said that it was all right, and it happened that the family should add an animal to plow the field.

But Xi Mingwu understood that this was the eldest brother comforting him. The eldest brother’s family only had five acres of land and donkeys. To build a house, the money has to be borrowed from the eldest brother, and there is no money to buy cattle at all...

"I think this cow is not bad." The old man was afraid that his second son would be in trouble, so he hurriedly took the words.

Niang Xiyuan is not displeased, and she rarely makes decisions about her own family affairs. She used to listen to the old man and the old lady, but now, she listens more to the eldest son.

"It's just right, I bought it later for saving. If anyone wants to sell the land next to the canal in the spring, our family will buy it. Once there is more land, it will be impossible to have no cattle. Donkey carts are fine, but plowing is not good." Yuan hastily expressed his opinion that the second uncle is so prominent for the family, so he can't care about small things with him, such words are chilling.

"I think so too." Hearing what Xi Yuan said, Xi Mingwu laughed. He and his elder nephew had the same idea, because the village built a wall to dig soil by the canal, and the people with fields nearby were afraid that it would rain in summer. Water accumulated near the rain drains, and the fields were flooded. I felt that it was not worthwhile to be in such fields, so I tried to sell them.

"Okay, let's buy the ones that are available, and I think it can be cheaper." The old man had some concerns at first, but now he is willing to go all out in order to ease the heart of his second son. At worst, he will take care of the crops more carefully.

"Second brother, if I make peace with him now..." Yuzhen asked Xi Mingwu hesitantly. She didn't want to be with Hu Er Er, but she was afraid that the scoundrel would not let her go.

"It's okay, it's easy to talk about. We've made an agreement with your old man. Otherwise, we'll ask for the 20 taels of silver. How can they get it!" Xi Mingwu said to Yuzhen, "Besides, Cheng Yi said, If Hu Lao Er does this, he can be regarded as a gangster, and he has this shortcoming in our hands, so he probably won't dare to jump around."

"Hey, then I don't worry, mother, I think I'll go back and make peace with him in two days." Yuzhen didn't want to procrastinate any longer, it was a kang, so she jumped out as soon as possible.

"Okay, but for this matter, you'd better ask your natal brother to go with you. Our family is not as good as your own natal family." The old lady thought for a while and said, her family is just a relative, and it is for other people's husband and wife to reconcile divorce. , the name is not justified.

"I know mother. I'll go back to my mother's house tomorrow to find my brother. I guess they're too scared this time. They're afraid that Hu Er will attract a beard again. They will definitely give me a hard time." Yuzhen still understands his brother and his brother. Although my sister-in-law is a bit greedy for money, there are a few people in the village who are brave enough to provoke bandits.

The next day, Yuzhen was in a hurry to go back to make the reconciliation. The old lady was worried and asked Xi Mingwen to drive the donkey cart, and Xiyuan followed. After all, his father was not Yuzhen's brother, and it was not convenient when there were only two of them.

The father and son sent Yuzhen to a place very close to her natal family and then turned around. They didn't want others to know that the Xi family was involved in this matter.

Twenty days later, Yuzhen sent a message that she had reconciled with Hu Er.The Xi family breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that this matter had really passed.No one thought of it, but it left a hidden danger for what happened a few years later.

The matter finally passed, and the Xi family also took it easy for several days, especially the old lady, who was anxious to get angry, and lay on the kang for three or four days, and Xi Yuan made some medicine to take.

"This person, a little money is precious." The old lady sighed. She used to have a headache and brain fever. She didn't take medicine at all. It was cured with local methods. The medicine is so expensive, who is willing to take it, but now it's better , as long as she is uncomfortable, the eldest grandson will prescribe medicine, boil it, and send it to the kang. The old man said that the chaos in Xiyuan caused money, but he felt warm in his heart.

"It's okay, grandma. Your eldest grandson is a doctor now. Our family can't take medicine even for minor illnesses. I'm a doctor for nothing." Xiyuan comforted grandma with a smile.

"Hey, grandma knows, grandma just thinks that I am so old, I can't get sick when I'm poor, and I can't bear beatings. I have a little money, so why do I still become squeamish." Grandma sighed.

"You just don't want to spend money. You're not squeamish. If you're sick, let's take some medicine while it's light. You can't be tough. When it gets serious, you spend a lot of money. If you don't want to be cured, you will still suffer." Xi Yuan analyzed with grandma.

"But it's the same reason." The old lady nodded, "It's far away, is our family's money enough?" Grandma was a little worried. The family spent a lot of money on the eldest daughter-in-law's family last year, and now Yuzhen's affairs are used again. 20 taels, and bought a cow. In spring, the second child's family wanted to build a house, and the old lady was afraid that the money would not be enough.

"It's enough, grandma. I've calculated in the past two days. My second uncle's house is enough to build a house. Don't worry." , Moreover, now that Xiyuan sometimes changes a large amount of silver into bank notes, the old lady doesn't know how much.

"Just enough is enough. I'm looking at this money. I come in and go out. Why is it so difficult to save it!"

"Grandma, don't worry, wait for your grandson to make you a lot of money, then you don't have to do anything while sitting on the kang every day, just count the money." Xiyuan joked with grandma.

"Okay, grandma is waiting." The old lady also smiled, no matter what, the life at home is stable, as the grandson said, the money can be earned slowly later.