Crossing the Four Seasons Pastoral

Ten years ago, Zhou's family could only be regarded as a middle-class family in the village. Zhou Lekang's father was one of the few in the village who went to school.Since his son was born, he had pinned his hopes on him, and he was sent to school at the age of six.

Zhou Lekang has three brothers, and he is the eldest.Although not very talented, he did not disappoint his father too much. At the age of 13, he successfully passed the county examination and became a Wentong.Because the Xingshi Dynasty stipulated that only Wentong after the age of 14 could participate in the college examination, he studied hard at home for a year to prepare for the examination of scholar.

But maybe the ancestral grave of the Zhou family was destined not to be a scholar. Just when he was about to leave for the exam, his father passed away unexpectedly.There is not much labor left in the family, and two younger brothers who have just turned ten years old, not to mention being in the filial piety period, Zhou Lekang never left the village again.

Everyone in Baoping Village knew that Zhou Nan was not Chen Xidi's biological son, and it was no secret.Zhou Lekang dragged his two older brothers to get married. Later, there was only one child, Zhou Bei, who was held in his palm for a while, and was more precious than any other child in the village.I don't know if it was because he was too indulgent. When Chen Xidi took him to play in the village when he was three years old, he lost him with a blink of an eye.After searching for a month, no one was alive or dead, but some people said that they saw him walking outside, and they were afraid that Huazi would coax him to sell him when he went out.

The Zhou family was heartbroken, especially Chen Xidi, who almost committed suicide a few times, and everyone sighed when talking about it.At this time, no one expected that just three months after the discussion had ceased, the three-year-old child would come back, followed by a six- or seven-year-old child.

The Zhou family asked over and over again, only knowing that their kid was really abducted.And this kid who was older than him was also a poor man living on the street, but he rescued him from the fire pit and sent him back.Hearing that his name happened to be Zhou Nan, Chen Xidi felt that maybe it was destined, and thanked him for saving his child, so he insisted on keeping him and raising him equally with Zhou Bei.

The stove was still warm, and Chen Xidi served the dishes when it was slightly warmed up.The other three, the father and the son, were all sitting properly, and waited for him to sit down before moving their chopsticks together.

"Xiao Nan, how did you think about what your uncle said the day before yesterday? You have seen your uncle's child, he is really good-looking and capable. He came over again at noon to ask, if you would like..." After eating Halfway through, Chen Xidi still couldn't help saying to Zhou Nan.

Although it didn't come out of his stomach, this child is not bad, he has always been treated as his own son.He is obedient, diligent, quick-witted, and earns more money than they can spend their entire lives foraging in the fields. There is no family in the village who does not want to get married.It's a pity that he is good in everything, even the brothers of any family don't like him.Bisheng Zhou Bei also helped him, saying that many people in the city did not get married until they were in their twenties.

Wait until twenty, and their children can walk.

"Well, I don't want to get married yet. Tell uncle, don't delay him." The brother introduced by uncle met him a few times, but he was no longer willing to agree to the marriage that the family said.Zhou Nan didn't think he had done anything rude, let alone talked to him alone, and he didn't know how to let him know.But if such words spread, it would not be a good reputation. It would be bad if they said that they had waited for him for so many years.

"How many times have you said this, it doesn't matter if you look down on someone, but you have to find someone to live with?" Chen Xidi even put down the dishes, and made up his mind to speak carefully this time.

"Well, do you think there is any brother in Sili Bazhuang who is worthy of the eldest brother? Let's say Ming brother introduced by uncle. He has a high vision and a narrow mind. After marrying him, he still has to give it to him?" Zhou Nan hadn't thought about this time yet. How to delay, Zhou Bei jumped out to speak for him as usual.

"Cough, cough, cough." Zhou Lekang cleared his throat, gave Zhou Bei a rare look, and signaled him to stop making jokes.In the past, he also felt that he should not push too hard, so that he could slowly find the so-called "eye-catching" object.But after Chen Xidi's discussion at noon, he had to admit that Zhou Nan was not young anymore.Back then, people in the village said that he was delayed by his two younger brothers, but at his age, he had already made love.

"I'll discuss things with your brother, children, don't have too many opinions. If you speak so meanly, be careful to marry an ugly brother in the future." With Fu Lang expressing his support, Chen Xidi's waist straightened even more.First scolded the youngest son, and then seriously said to Zhou Nan: "It's not that you must marry Brother Ming, but which one is not married? Although Brother Ming is too sincere, he has you in his heart. Why don't you tell me Which brother do you think is better? I promise you that if it is done, I can marry back this year, and I can have someone to warm my pillow in winter."

"What? Just let me think about it for another year..." Zhou Nan didn't expect that he would marry him this year, thinking about going to Annan City?Maybe they'll be able to forget about it if they spend more time going back and forth.

"Year after year, how often have you not said that? Now that you have thought about it for three years, if you really have an idea, just tell us, and I won't worry about it for you anymore." Chen Xidi didn't dare to speak too hastily. , complained in a low voice at last.After Zhou Bei came back when he was three years old, he became much more depressed. He no longer had to go out to play all the time. Everyone said that he was scared out of his wits.Zhou Nan is also a peace of mind, as long as it is enough to say something once.Although raising an extra child, it didn't take much thought.It's just that I have been used to free-range breeding for so many years, and I don't feel comfortable trying to manage it forcefully.

"Okay, the kids don't even dare to eat the food as you said, and it's getting cold again." Seeing that he had finished speaking, Zhou Lekang also interrupted Chen Xidi, and said again: "You are always not paying attention to your own affairs, you I'm also worried for you."

Zhou Nan nodded. In fact, he didn't reject getting married, but he couldn't help being cautious when he thought that the object of marriage was someone who would spend his whole life together.In all these years, he really hasn't seen anyone with the same personality.Thinking of this, I somehow suddenly remembered the little brother I met at the market at noon.His eyes are bright, and his voice is as clean as pearls falling on a jade plate. At first glance, he is very comfortable.

Ever since Tian Dazhuang saw Ye Youping and his brothers had no house to live in, he became concerned about their affairs. Tian Xifan sent him a message when he went back, and he couldn't wait to come over the next day.

"Brother An, the place over there is big, why do you want to start here?" He was not satisfied with the location Ye Xiaoan had drawn, since the land of the Ye family added up to a lot of space.Others pay attention to placing the main house in the middle when building houses, so that trees and vegetables can be planted in the front and back, so that they have the appearance of a home.

"The location over there is large. After saving money, we will demolish the two old houses and build a house with eight larger houses together." Ye Xiaoan had a plan in advance, so that the house to be built now will not be affected. Can be used for other purposes.

"We will build two houses this time. There will be a stove for cooking, and the room is enough for you to live in. Why do you need to build it?" Tian Dazhuang used to think that Ye Xiaoan was silent and reticent, but now he finds his thinking even more incomprehensible.Building a house, can it be built again in three to five years?What's more, after he got married, only Ah Ping lived in the house.Even if you get married and have children, you can build it when the children get married.And it will take at least 15 years. Could it be that this land has been vacant and waiting for a house to be built in 15 years?

Ye Xiaoan smiled. People who live in commercial housing today say that the houses in ancient times were large, but in fact, many rural households were crowded into two or three rooms.Just like his elder brother's house, there were five members of his family, including him and his fourth brother and seven people, who lived in three rooms.

But he decided to leave something for his fourth brother here, the house and the field couldn't be more practical.

"Brother Tian, ​​I'm sorry to trouble you, just do as I say. You will know the usefulness of this place in the future." In fact, Ye Xiaoan was not used to calling someone who is actually smaller than himself "Big Brother" at first .Fortunately, Tian Dazhuang did it well, which really made him admire.He also had no way to pat his chest and say that he would soon earn money for a big house, so he could only tell him so.

"Okay, you can do whatever you say." Tian Dazhuang's help was due to his childhood friendship, and he was more familiar with Ye Youping, but it was difficult to communicate on this matter, so he could only listen to Ye Xiaoan.

This afternoon, the two of them drew the line for digging the ditch, and Tian Dazhuang would be able to bring someone to do it early tomorrow morning.After the wall ditch was dug soon, they went to Baoping Village to buy bricks and tiles.