continuation [farming]

Xia He always felt that Aunt Lin's attitude towards her had become more and more strange recently.

Although she was still calling Mrs. Ma'am, she became more and more disrespectful to herself.Xia He was a little surprised, where did he offend her?I wanted to ask Aunt Lin directly, but I was always prevaricated. If I was not in the sight of Mrs. Li, I might be ignored.He wanted to ask Mrs. Li, but Mrs. Li didn't seem to know anything. She treated him the same and smiled all day long, but Xia He didn't ask anything.

He didn't expect his mother to get the answer to his doubts.

After Jin Bao didn't have to be guarded every day, Xia He would go for a walk around the village from time to time, help out in her own field, or pick some wild vegetables and fruits, and go back to add something to Mrs. Li.The old lady had never eaten these things. She grew up in the town, and later married into the Li family. She had no worries about food and clothing for most of her life, and she ate delicate foods. This crude wild food tasted very fresh.

The day before Li Mu was sent away, but the day after Xia He became bored again, went to Mrs. Li to say hello and went out.Mrs. Li saw that this new daughter-in-law couldn't sit still, and after asking him a few times what he was doing outside, she stopped trying to stop her.Xia He was going to the field, but on the way, he bumped into Liu Lanniang and Aunt Lin, arguing there.

Everyone in the village said that Lan Niang had the same temper as a southern woman, and they had never seen her blush with anyone.I suddenly saw Lan Niang quarreling with someone, and many people were watching with relish. Compared with those scholars in Qingjun Academy who watched the excitement and knew how to sneak peeks, the villagers were all there with a big grin. They made a bunch and surrounded Lan Niang and Aunt Lin tightly.

Xia He was afraid that Lan Niang would suffer a disadvantage, and she didn't have time to care about the right or wrong reasons, so she dropped the basket she was carrying, rolled up her sleeves, and was about to squeeze in.

A sharp-eyed person saw Xia He, and shouted: "Oh, you two, stop arguing, Xia He is here!"

"Mother!" Xia He hurriedly inserted between Lan Niang and Aunt Lin, wrapped Lan Niang around with a pair of thin arms, dragged her own mother's hand, looked around twice, and asked, "Are you alright?"

Aunt Lin on the other end yelled: "What's wrong with me, did I say something wrong? Look at him like this, and he still shows his arm outside. Can the man next to this decent woman see the arm! I just Said that he insisted on driving to the academy to hook up with someone, what's wrong!"

Xia He looked blankly at her two exposed arms, and then looked back at Aunt Lin. Aunt Lin was stiffing her neck, refusing to admit her mistake.Xia He wanted to say, I roll up my sleeves to prevent you from doing anything to my mother, if you dare to do it, I can beat you right away.

But Aunt Lin was Xia He's generation after all, and Xia He couldn't beat someone before she actually did it.He had no choice but to put on a dark face and asked, "Why did you say that?"

"Xia He, this old bastard said that you were hooking up with a strange scholar at the gate of the academy. Tell her quickly, how could this happen?" Lan Niang pointed at Aunt Lin with an angry face, and hurriedly taught Xia He Ho clarified himself.

Xia He suddenly thought of the guy surnamed Kang, but it was strange that Aunt Lin didn't even leave the village, where did she hear about it?Li Mu would not be so bored as to talk about such things with Aunt Lin.

"Aunt Lin, I don't know how to speak, but I'm going to hell with my tongue pulled out." Xia He had no choice but to say yes.

Aunt Lin snorted, "Who the hell is not afraid to flash their tongues when they tell lies? There is someone in the neighboring village who is studying at Qingjun Academy. I heard it from him himself!"

Xia He suddenly realized, no wonder he remembered that there was no second student in the academy in Anle Village.

He looked at his arm again, glanced at the crowd watching the excitement, and said with a smile: "Aunt Lin, I respect you for living a few more years, and I call you Auntie, why are you talking so funny, like that She looks like a yellow-haired girl with missing teeth." As he spoke, he sneered, showing his teeth, and said, "I'm going to work in the fields, so I have to dress neatly and cover my face. Be strict, and learn from the ladies in the city, put on a veil to cover your face, for fear of being caught by outside men? The sisters and aunts around you all have to work, you say, who wants to be wrapped up? How about a zongzi to do work? If you can’t move your legs or spread your hands, it’s obviously to make trouble!”

There was a lot of laughter around, everyone said that only the real people know etiquette. In order to make a living, the people in this village, men, women, old and young, have to be busy all year round. It is difficult to eat. How can they be so leisurely? rule.Xia He just rolled up his sleeves, it was no big deal.

"Then...then what do you have to say to that scholar surnamed Kang!" Aunt Lin said loudly.

"Aunt Lin is so curious, why didn't she ask my husband-in-law? He was there at the time. Did Mr. Kang touch one of my fingers?" Xia He said unhurriedly, "Leave me alone." My husband, if you don't come to ask, you don't know where the wind came from, but you broadcast it here and there, and my mother heard it, do you still think that you have done a good job?"

"I won't tell you apart! You are capable, and you can speak so eloquently in front of the old lady!" Aunt Lin had no choice but to push the crowd away abruptly. The old lady complained.

Lan Niang was in a hurry and was going to stop Aunt Lin.It was Xia He who stopped Lan Niang and persuaded: "Mother, you are weak, don't fight with others, what if you bump into something?"

"Are you just watching her go to your mother-in-law's place to make arrangements for you?" Lan Niang frowned and said yes.

"The one who cleans up will clean up himself." Xia He comforted Lan Niang and said, "It's okay, I'll go home too, and I will talk to my mother."

Lan Niang stomped her feet, "No, I have to follow!"

"Mother, please relax. If the Li family really wants to embarrass me, I'll go back to my mother's house, okay?" Xia He said.

"Then...you can't wrong yourself. If you see something wrong, go home quickly, and don't want the land. Our family will go to open up wasteland in the mountains, and you must not wrong our Xia He!" Lan Niang gritted her teeth.

"Hey." After Xia He reassured Lan Niang, she hurried home.

Aunt Lin arrived home a long time ago, and described the story to Mrs. Li with added details and details. The old lady was so startled that she almost jumped up.

Seeing Xia He, the old lady hurriedly called him over, with a bitter face, she asked, "Xia He, come on, tell mother, what's going on?"

Xia He didn't make any excuses, but just said: "Mother, my husband was left by my husband to give a few more instructions that day, and he came out late. I waited there, but I didn't expect to meet an unruly person. I rushed The donkey kicked at him, which startled him, so how could he dare to come closer."

Mrs. Li patted her chest and said: "Oh, I didn't expect that the academy is a place to teach and educate people. How can there be such people? Xia He, don't go alone in the future."

Xia He sighed and agreed.He thought, if Fourth Uncle Li hadn't suddenly fallen ill, he wouldn't have run over by himself.

Aunt Lin frowned and said: "Madam, our Li family is a family that wants face, how can Madam behave like this!" with a heartbroken look on her face.

Xia He couldn't laugh or cry even more, and said: "Could it be that Aunt Lin, you were a lady from a wealthy family before you escaped famine, why are you so particular about it?"

"Master is going to be an official!" Aunt Lin didn't talk about herself, but Li Mu, and glared at Xia He, "What's the matter with being more particular, after Master finishes high school..."

Xia He became more and more powerless, why did Aunt Lin think so long-term?There is a feeling that Li Muxia has changed from a scholar to a scholar when he returns home.

Mrs. Li didn't say anything about Aunt Lin, she was also looking forward to Li Mu's high school.After comforting Aunt Lin, Mrs. Li sent her away, leaving Xia Helai alone. A pair of old hands grabbed Xia He's hands, patted them, and the eyes that always had a smile fell silent. Like two ancient wells, Xia He suddenly felt unpredictable.

She patted Xia He's hand again, and said: "Don't blame your Aunt Lin, she is a wronged person, Mu'er said when she was a child, when he becomes a high official, she will clear up the grievances of the Lin family. .She has been able to survive until now. She didn't go with her head of the family. She was just looking forward to that day, and she was a little silly looking forward to it."

Xia He was startled, never thought that Aunt Lin would have such a story, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I think you're a good boy. I didn't expect you to say anything, so I told you. You must not say anything, or I'm afraid our Li family will be implicated." Mrs. Li sighed, "Speaking of it, That was the case 15 years ago, when you were just born. The wronged family was named Zhang, and it was still your family..."

"Didn't you say that Xianggong's uncle is a high-ranking official? Aunt Lin's unjust case, can't I teach my uncle to judge it?" Xia He asked suddenly.

Mrs. Li patted his hand for a while, and the expression in her ancient well-like eyes became more and more complicated.Suddenly, she laughed out loud: "That guy Tonghe... Forget it, let's not talk about him..." She shook her head repeatedly.

This was the first time Xia He knew that the relationship between Mrs. Li's uncle who was a senior official in the capital and the Li family was not as close as outsiders thought.But under Mrs. Li's repeated urging, he swallowed all the secrets he heard today, and swore a poisonous oath that he would never teach outsiders to know.

At that time, Xia He didn't know that this incident had a relationship with her.