Crossing the Four Seasons Pastoral

Tian Dazhuang's family used to live nearby, and they often followed Ye Youping up and down the mountains and rivers since he was a child.He has a simple and honest personality, but after getting along for a long time, he also knows that the brothers of the Ye family are not easy to get along with. Seeing Ye Youping and Ye Xiaoan have suffered a lot in the past few years, he feels worthless for them.

But he himself is so soft-spoken that he can't help much.Yesterday I heard that they had a quarrel with Li Jinyuan, and I was secretly happy. I just found out that they needed planks, and immediately followed them.

Ye Youping was still holding the coarse-grain cake stuffed by Da Zhuang's father, the two brothers ate it, and Tian Dazhuang also stayed to help them.Building a house was simple, and it didn't take much effort for the three of them to nail the "wall" together.The four directions of the house are supported obliquely by wooden pillars from the outside, and the roof is also framed with wooden boards, and then a layer of thatch is laid to complete the work.

"Brother An, isn't this too simple?" Tian Dazhuang looked at the "house" that had been built, and said with some discomfort.Even the two houses farthest from the village head were better than this one, at least they had dug trenches, beams on the top, doors and windows on the left and right.

He really thought too simply, he just thought it would be better if he could live apart from Li Jinyuan's family, but now they don't even have a place to live!

Ye Xiaoan glanced at it, and the completed house was much bigger than he expected.In the past, for the sake of excitement and fun, they had to climb mountains and camp several times a year, and the tents were no more comfortable than this one.

"It doesn't matter, we can't live for a few days... maybe ten days at most!" He packed up the remaining boards, thinking about where to buy some quilts.Tian Dazhuang also provided him with a lot of useful information, especially knowing that tomorrow is the market day here, he made a list of things to buy in his mind.

Then he inquired a little bit about the prices, as well as the wages for hiring someone to build a house, and the prices of blue bricks and gray tiles.

Tian Dazhuang answered every question, and he suddenly realized after telling him one by one: "Brother An, are you going to build a house?"

"We can't live here all the time, can we?" Ye Xiaoan was a little surprised. After a while, the weather will get hotter, and the attack of mosquitoes alone will not be able to resist living in this way.

"But..." Tian Dazhuang hesitated. Although the two brothers were good-natured and capable, it cost at least three liang of silver to build two houses.He knew that Ye Xiaoan hadn't even been to the market in the town a few times, he only thought that he was not in charge of the family and didn't know the price of oil and rice.Even for their family, three liang of silver is almost half a year's harvest!

"But it costs more than one or two taels of silver to build a big house. Has your brother-in-law divided the money for you?" So cruel to let them live in the house where the cows have just been locked up, there is no need for Ye Genbao's personality that he can only enter and cannot enter. It's unlikely to give them anything.

It's disgusting, he wants the whole village to come and see where the two brothers live!

It was only then that Ye Xiaoan realized that he was hemming and hawing for fear of hurting their hearts, but he didn't want others to know about the fact that the fourth brother had saved a sum of money, otherwise if it fell into Li Jinyuan's ears, he should poke the fourth brother The backbone said that he hid money and things privately.So he just said vaguely: "My uncle promised to lend us some money first."

"My father said that there will be a lot of rain in half a month, so you have to hurry up." Tian Dazhuang worried.Borrowing money is not an easy task. After this period of time, not only will there be too much rain to dig the wall ditches, but also no one will be free to help with the busy fields.

"Wait until I go to the market tomorrow to buy something..." Ye Xiaoan felt that he had revealed his secrets after finishing speaking, and added: "By the way, I borrowed money from my uncle's house, and when I come back, I will find someone to buy green bricks."

"Okay, if you get the money tomorrow, let Brother Ping come to me, and I will find a few people to help you build a house!" Tian Dazhuang is not young anymore, and it is time for him to be able.However, he has set up a brother-in-law but hasn't passed the door yet, so he doesn't have a penny in his hand, so he can only help out with some effort.

"That's really great, brother Tian, ​​don't worry, I will give you your daily wages at that time. It's just that I don't have anyone else to talk to in the village, so I will trouble you to find someone." Ye Xiaoan seldom gets along with outsiders, and now he can't rush to find someone, especially when building a house requires strong men.The fourth brother can't speak, even if he finds someone, it will be half the result with half the effort. It would be great to have someone to help with this matter.

"What kind of salary is it? Your purse is more empty than this house, right?" Tian Dazhuang pointed to the newly built house, and only after he finished talking did he realize that An Geer is not someone who is used to fighting with him. It's too embarrassing.

"You deserve money for your hard work. If everyone asks you to work for nothing, everything will be messed up." Ye Xiaoan didn't take his words to heart, and he also realized that he is now a pauper.But no matter how short of money he was, he wasn't going to take advantage of others.He still plans to live a good life in the future. It doesn't matter if he hires people to work and pays off his money. If he owes a big favor on this matter for nothing, it won't be worth it.

"If you are really determined to start working, Qing Zhuan, don't mess around with yourself. I will take your brother to see it, and the price will be affordable." Tian Dazhuang didn't argue with him about the salary, he thought that Brother An would be able to have it in a while. In addition to buying bricks and tiles, two or three taels of silver have to be left over to buy rations, which is definitely not enough to settle wages for them.

"Understood, thank you, Brother Tian. I will invite you to come over for dinner after we get better in a few days." The children of the peasant family are more straightforward in their work. Tian Dazhuang helped them with the work and told them to leave after building the house. .Ye Xiaoan sent him a few steps, thinking that it was not easy to meet such an enthusiastic person, and it was worth making friends with, so he specially said that he would treat him to dinner.

Tian Dazhuang waved his hand and left. Although he wanted to say that if they had money, they should add some things to the house first, but after thinking about their life, they didn't know when they would be able to slow down, so they left without taking it seriously.

The nearest place between Tangqiao Town and Datian Town is only separated by a river. Walking across the stone bridge on the river is Shuixi Village belonging to Datian Town.

The man Sun Yalin married was Yang Yiqing, who had been capable since he was young.Although they can't get rid of the life of farming for the time being, the couple will live a good life, and there is only one son under their knees. After decades, they have a lot of land in their hands.Now that the son has children, and the elder brother who has passed through the door is also agile and capable, he is also a blessed family among the village population, and the couple should enjoy happiness together.

It should be said that Sun Yalin was in a really good mood some time ago, but since he came back from Linxia Village for a day, he couldn't sleep well that night.

At noon that day, Yang Jia'an came in wiping off his sweat, and immediately saw his family sitting in a daze with their child in their arms.Thinking of his repeated questioning yesterday and morning, he paused, stooped lightly, and was about to enter the house quickly.

"Jia'an." Just when he thought he had succeeded in deceiving the world, Sun Yalin's voice rang out.

"Yeah." Yang Jiaan straightened up with a headache, it was the first time he had grown up and felt so embarrassed talking to Momo.

"How about it, have you found out the right family?" Sun Yalin looked at him with hope in his eyes, knowing that he was a little impatient to be asked by himself these days, but he had to ask again.If he went out to inquire by himself, everyone would know about it after three or two visits.

"Well," Yang Jia'an said in a long voice, if it was just to find a suitable person for Andy, he would be happy, after all, it was just a tie, and the final success would depend on the efforts of the matchmaker and the intentions of both parties.But in the past two days, he successively told Memo about seven or eight men of suitable age, and Memo immediately vetoed it!Either the head of the family is too fierce, or there are too many brothers.The thin ones dislike poor health, while the strong ones worry about being bullied.If those people knew that they were buried like this by their own family, they might not even enter his house in the future.

"Hey, I know you're in a difficult situation. Didn't you say it? I just want to help your brother. I'm sorry that he lost his father at a young age. I can't take care of him. If I find a husband in the future If you don't care, this life will be in vain." Sun Yalin patted his grandson on the back, feeling embarrassed.

"But no matter how good people are, they don't like Andy. Well, you know, there are only so many men of the same age in our village, and those I didn't mention are more or less wrong..." Yang Jiaan didn't think much of him. Optimistic, the younger brother in my impression is timid and cowardly, and they haven't even spoken a few times.

"By the way, which village is that kid who came back with you last time? I think he's pretty good." Sun Yalin suddenly thought of someone, but he wasn't from his village.

"Which one?" Yang Jia'an didn't know what he was referring to, and after thinking for a while, he said, "You mean Zhou Nan? It's impossible, he changed several matchmakers, and none of them made him nod. And I only talked to him that time, he is from Baoping Village, Tangqiao Town."

Yang Jiaan really didn't know that person well. When Sun Yalin saw the two walking together, it was Zhou Nanshi who rescued him. Later, he found out the other person's name after inquiring for a long time.

Sun Yalin heard that he had "picked a lot of brothers" and kept silent. Although he thought An Ge was also good, it was difficult to get along with such picky people.

"Well, it doesn't take three or two days to find someone who is suitable, or you can ask Andy what he means next time?" Seeing him hesitate, Yang Jiaan said taking advantage of the situation.

"Now I really have nothing to do if I want to take care of things." Sun Yalin knew that he had been tossing him hard for the past two days, so he didn't say anything, and agreed with him.