The peasant boy of crossing

Wu's mother said: "It's okay to be older, but it's just a girl from an ordinary family. You have to tell us our first and last names, so that we can get acquainted."

Wu Su understood what Wu's mother meant, and said, "It's indeed from a good family, but it's not convenient for me to reveal the name."

The old lady Wu sat up straight all of a sudden, and said puzzledly: "What's the inconvenience? Don't you tell me how we can discuss with the other party's family about welcoming the bride?"

Wu Su muttered, and said, "For the time being... I don't want to get married."

Wu's mother and Mrs. Wu looked at each other, Wu's mother said: "If you don't marry someone else, then if they marry someone else, how will you deal with yourself?"

Wu Su lowered his head, frowning.

Seeing this, Mrs. Wu said: "Since you have won the lottery, your future is limitless. I'm not bragging. The girls who want to marry you can line up from the door to the stream bank. You don't have to just look at others."

Wu Su shook his head and said, "He's different. I won't look at anyone else except him."

Wu's mother said: "Since he is the person you like, Su'er, there must be something extraordinary. We are not rigid and unreasonable elders, but the people closest to you. If you have any troubles, you can't tell us. Woolen cloth?"

Speaking of moving, Wu's mother's eyes were even red.

Wu Su just shook his head, and said: "The teacher ordered me not to forget to be diligent these two days. I'll go to study first." Saying this, he bowed to Wu's mother and Mrs. Wu, and left.

Mother Wu looked at Wu Su's leaving back, and said worriedly: "Since he is a child of an ordinary family, and he is half a year older than Su'er, when Su'er comes back from the exam, the child will probably be married long ago."

Mrs. Wu said: "If the child agreed, Su'er would have asked us to hire him long ago. It's hard to say about the fate, let's wait for Su'er to come back from the exam."

Wu's mother said: "Su'er is as stubborn as his father, and I'm afraid that he won't marry that girl. If that girl marries someone else, Su'er will be able to do something like being a bachelor for the rest of his life."

Mrs. Wu said: "Since he is going to be an official, he will not refuse to marry a wife. Just relax. Besides, children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

Wu's mother sighed, and then told Wu's father about it.

Father Wu's eyes widened when he heard this, and he immediately wanted to find Wu Su to reprimand him.Wu's mother quickly grabbed him and said: "It's getting dark, Su'er has been busy all day, why are you disturbing him to rest?"

Father Wu said: "Listen to what he said? In matters of marriage, what the parents ordered and the matchmaker's words, how could he be picky?"

Wu's mother raised her eyebrows and said coldly: "So you meant that you were an elder when you married me? Then what you said before was to coax me to fall in love with me at first sight?"

Wu's father blushed, he wanted to refute but was embarrassed, and didn't refute because he was afraid of Wu's mother's anger. In this anxiety, he forgot what he said to reprimand Wu Su just now, and hurriedly said: "This is not to coax you, it's all because of my heart." Dig your lungs and say what you say sincerely."

After saying many good things one after another, Mother Wu's brows gradually lowered.

The honey water he drank and the oranges he ate before seemed to have an effect, keeping Li Xinyi in a state of excitement and sobriety, which made him chase after cats and dogs, or tease the reed chicken at home.

The reed chicken is Li's mother's treasure. It has always lived a good life and can lay six or seven eggs every day. But now Li Xinyi kicks the chicken feathers everywhere.

Mother Li said distressedly: "Why are you so crazy, don't scare the chicken."

Li Xinyi reflected on herself, and really felt that the behavior just now was too much, and offered to rub the chicken head, but the hen flapped its wings quickly and escaped from Li Xinyi's clutches with a cluck.

Li Xinyi was driven into the bedroom by Li's mother, so he had to spread out the rice paper, rubbed the ink again, and prepared to start painting.

The previous experience of painting with Mr. Gui Lao is still vivid in his memory. In addition to the state of undivided attention and selflessness, he also benefited a lot from a return to nature and a natural way of painting.

For Li Xinyi now, any painting skills are secondary, the most important thing is to paint first, paint diligently for three to five years, and then learn Xie He's "Six Laws" after realizing something. ", and the painting theories of other famous masters, one click.

Li Xinyi painted until the evening, and the sunset glowed all over the sky, and the beautiful colors enveloped everything around her.Mother Li shouted Li Xinyi's name loudly in the kitchen.

"Come on!" Li Xinyi replied, putting down the paintbrush in her hand.

"It's getting dark, and it will hurt your eyes if you paint any more." Li's mother instructed, and then she put fish eyes on Li Xinyi, "Eat this to improve eyesight."

Li Xinyi didn't know if the fish eyes could be clear, but he looked at the white fish eyes and found it difficult to swallow. He said, "I remember that Ah Cui really likes fish, so I'll share some with him."

He held up his chopsticks and waved to A Cui.A Cui came over with a "meow".

Li's mother said angrily: "Yuyan nourishes the heart and nourishes Qi, if you don't like it, give it to me." She said and took the fish eyeball away.

Li Xinyi flattered Mother Li with the meat from the belly of the fish, and did not refute Mother Li's theory of "fish eyes nourish the heart and Qi", saying: "Mother, eat more too."

Mother Li said: "What did you eat at the banquet today? Why did you drink so much wine?"

Li Xinyi said: "I took a few sips. The taste of the wine was weak at first taste, but the aftertaste is full-bodied and has a lot of stamina. I don't feel it when I drink it, but I feel it when I finish drinking it."

Li's mother said: "Your father used to like to drink too, and every day he would drink three taels of wine. If you don't give him a drink, he will still be angry."

Li Xinyi seldom heard Li's mother talk about Li's father, and said with a smile: "Really? But drinking too much alcohol will hurt your health." Then she told Li's mother about the dishes at the banquet.

"Why didn't Auntie tell you earlier? If I had known, I would have gone to the kitchen to ask for some delicious food and brought it back for Aunt to taste." Li Xinyi said.

Mother Li showed a look of disapproval, and said: "Am I still short of that bite, you don't want to do such a disgusting thing."

Li Xinyi said: "I didn't do it, but someone did it."

Li's mother said seriously: "It doesn't matter whether others have done it or not, you have to do it yourself."

Li Xinyi nodded hurriedly.

After dinner, Li's mother washed the dishes, and Li Xinyi fed the big yellow dog and A Cui, saying: "Ah Niang has been busy all day, I will wash these two bowls."

Mother Li refused: "You take too much time to wash the dishes, so I don't need you."

Li Xinyi said: "If I don't wash it today, I will wash it tomorrow."

Mother Li ignored him, quickly cleaned and dried the two bowls, stuffed them into the cupboard, and said, "You always have to leave home, how can you stay with me all the time?"

Li Xinyi said: "Why did Aunt say that, my son will always be with you."

Mother Li laughed and said, "That's not what I mean." Then she said, "You said you want to wash the dishes, just wash the dog and cat bowls."

Li Xinyi had no choice but to wash dishes for her cats and dogs.

Li's mother sat aside and looked at Li Xinyi, and said, "I heard from you Angkor that Ah Su is going to Beijing for the exam, what do you think?"

Li Xinyi was puzzled, and said to Li's mother: "I didn't think much about it."

There was something stuck in the dog bowl, and she couldn't get it off with her nails, so Li Xinyi had to take a loofah and brush it vigorously, saying: "I hope that Asu's gold list will be named, so that our Wutong Township can also be called the hometown of Jinshi Yes, what a face."

Mother Li said: "Don't you want to go to Beijing with Wu Su?"

Li Xinyi finally cleaned the dog bowl, and replied: "What am I going to do in the capital? I am very comfortable at home. Or do you think you dislike me, Auntie, and you want to drive me away?"

Mother Li sighed slightly, but did not answer.

Li Xinyi hurriedly cleaned the cat bowl, and poured some water for her pets to drink when they were thirsty.

The reed chickens have already entered the nest, and the chickens have been fed long ago. Holding the oil lamp, Li's mother confirmed that all six hens were there, and then returned to the house.

When Li's mother came in holding the oil lamp, she saw that Li Xinyi hadn't taken off her clothes and was just sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze. She asked strangely, "Why don't you light the lamp?"

Li Xinyi smiled, got up and dragged the stool over, and said, "It's a waste of oil."

Mother Li shook her head and said, "I won't sit down. I just came to ask if your quilt is a little thin. If you feel cold at night, you can take out the thick quilt and cover it up."

Li Xinyi said: "Fortunately, it's not cold."

Mother Li said: "If the weather is fine tomorrow, you can take out the quilt to dry."

Li Xinyi nodded and said, "Okay."

Mother Li looked at her son's slightly disappointed look under the lamp, and finally sat on the stool, and said softly: "How is the child with the Wu family?"

Li Xinyi was instantly petrified as if struck by lightning, and said with a dry smile, "Second brother Angkor? He is very good, and the second sister-in-law is also very virtuous and virtuous."

Li's mother said: "I'm asking Wu Su. You are my son. I don't know your every move. The clay sculpture and the jade pendant around your neck are all gifts from him."

Li Xinyi turned her neck with difficulty and looked at Mother Li.Under the light, half of Mother Li's face was sunk in the shadows, Li Xinyi couldn't see her expression clearly, but her heart was beating rapidly.

After a long time, Li Xinyi finally said hoarsely: "Yes."

Mother Li didn't want to inquire about her son's secrets, she said: "Go to bed early, so that you will be refreshed tomorrow, don't look sluggish, boys should dress up more, clean and refreshing to be likable. "

Li Xinyi said in a daze: "What A Niang said is true."

Mother Li continued: "I don't care who you like, who you want to marry or who you want to marry, anyway, your father left early, and our mother and son have been dependent on each other for so many years, no one can control you. You just need to be decent It is enough for people who do not commit crimes and take care of themselves.”

"Aniang." Li Xinyi looked at Li's mother, this time he finally saw his mother's expression clearly, his nose was sore, and tears fell from his eyes.

He couldn't help but fell on Mother Li's lap.

Mother Li stroked Li Xinyi's hair, and said: "You are about to reach the age of weak crowns, and we are not interested in adding crowns. I will make you a hat tomorrow. It is cold, and you will be warmer when you wear it."

Li Xinyi still had tears on her face, but she smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said, "I listen to Aunt."

Li's mother said: "It's cold on the ground, don't get up quickly."

Li Xinyi then sat on the bed and answered Li's mother's question in a low voice, "A Su doesn't like me that much, and his family won't agree."

Li's mother wanted to comfort him, but she didn't know what to say, she just said: "You are still young, and when you reach my age, you will understand that love and love are not as important as living well. But everyone will inevitably experience such a situation. Unfortunately, what is yours will be yours in the end, what is not yours, it is useless to force."

Li Xinyi said: "I see, Auntie should go to sleep soon."

Before Li's mother left, she said: "Don't worry too much, I can tell that that boy Asu likes you very much."