Cross-country exchange

Cao Peng is actually quite a good person.Leaving aside the fact that he was a young master in the past, it is only normal that Xia Zhi would like him with his courage.

What's more, people not only have good conditions, but also do a good job in caring.Every night, Xia Zhi calculates today's account book first, and when the night is quiet and everyone is asleep, Cao Bing gets out of his bed, patiently accompany Xia Zhi, carefully teaches him how to calculate accounts, and even goes to the kitchen for Xia Zhi Open a small stove.

How could Xia Zhi not like such a person with almost no flaws?

Even if Xia Zhi retreated into the tortoise shell due to the conflict between the two families and the fear of family opposition, now he is almost overcome by Cao Buing's tender protection without complaint or regret.

Xia Zhi has long been used to Cao Buing's daily companionship and feeding, but she didn't realize it.

The two often touch their heads, discussing something in a low voice by a small dim light, even ignoring the surrounding environment.

One day, when Grandma Xia was thirsty and came down to drink tea in the middle of the night, she saw such an affectionate scene. Xia Zhi was next to Cao Bing, and Cao Bing was teaching him how to recognize more than a hundred people. Xia Zhi looked at Cao Buing with delighted eyes, and when Xia Zhi started to calculate the accounts, Cao Buing's affectionate eyes were all seen by Grandma Xia one by one.

"What are you doing?"

The sudden sound seemed particularly abrupt in this silent night. Because of her guilty conscience, Xia Zhi was almost scared to death by Grandma Xia.

On the contrary, Cao Buing really breathed a sigh of relief. He had long wanted to have a showdown with the Xia family. If he hadn't seen Xia Zhi's often embarrassed expression...

"Grandma, you, why did you come down?" Xia Zhi stood up quickly, and in a hurry overturned the soup on the table, turning it all over the table, almost getting the ledger wet.

"Don't be afraid, I'll get something to clean." Cao Buing glanced at Aunt Xia, immediately put the bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen, then took out a rag, and wiped the table seriously.

In the interaction between the two, Grandma Xia, who came here, knew at a glance that the bold guess just now was correct. He tapped Xia Zhi's forehead with his finger, "You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, grandma is so mad. Today Don't forget about the ledger, go to bed with me."

Xia Zhi thought that Grandma Xia would growl, lift the table, wake everyone up, and then drive Cao Buing out of the restaurant. Well... his grandma's reaction was much calmer than he expected.

He was dragged back upstairs to sleep by Aunt Xia, and he didn't even have time to say a word to Cao Buing.

Aunt Xia thought about marrying off her third and fourth children this year, but in the end, if she didn't pay attention, her fifth child was almost abducted by someone, and that person was Cao Jingtian's son.

Xia Zhi thought that grandma dragged him upstairs to torture him to extract a confession. Whoever thought that grandma didn't say a word after coming up, such a grandma was a bit scary.

The two tossed and turned and didn't fall asleep for a long time.

Xia Zhi thought that the matter was not as serious as he imagined, but the next day, Grandma Xia ordered Xia Qiu and Xia Dong to take good care of the store, and took him home without saying a word.

"When did you two start? Huh?" After stepping out of the county seat, Aunt Xia asked what she had been holding back all night last night.

Xia Zhi thought about it for a while, then shook her head to express that she didn't know.

Grandma Xia asked again, "Did you take a fancy to him, or did he take a fancy to you?"

Xia Zhi looked bewildered, then blushed again, and murmured, "It seems to be him..."

Aunt Xia nodded in relief. Fortunately, it wasn't her brother who foolishly took a fancy to him, so there is still hope.Who would have thought that Xia Zhi's next sentence almost made him vomit blood.

"Grandma, I also fell in love with him."

Grandma Xia was so hateful, she gave Xia Zhi two chestnuts fiercely, and said angrily, "Why did you fall in love with him? You still fall in love with a father and grandma like their family? You forgot Li Mo What happened to that brother? What kind of brains are you, what kind of person is hard to find, and you just fell in love with the Cao family? Have you forgotten how wronged your little brother was at the beginning? Have you forgotten how people in our village thought of us at that time? Is it?"

Aunt Xia glared at Xia Zhi with a bit of resentment, but she didn't expect Xia Zhi to cry on the spot, tears streaming down her cheeks, causing Aunt Xia to swallow all the cruel words that followed.

Xia Zhi was afraid that his grandma would say that, he had hesitated and been afraid on this issue too, no, it was all on the verge of grandma.Even so, Xia Zhi couldn't help crying and retorted, "His family is different."

His sobbing made Grandma Xia even more headache, "Okay, I won't talk about you for now, go back and let your father take care of you, I'll see how you face your little brother, hmph."

Cao Bingchen found it strange that he didn't see Xia Zhi and Grandma Xia in the morning. After asking, he found out that Grandma Xia had taken Xia Zhi away early in the morning, and he immediately felt uncomfortable.

"Xia Qiu, I'll take a leave with you, and I'll be back in about two or three days." After finishing speaking, he hurried back regardless of Xia Qiu's objection.

Xia Qiu was so angry that he jumped up, what happened this early in the morning, first, Grandma took Xia Zhi away without saying a word, without saying why.Then the chef of his own restaurant also left, and there was not enough manpower.

"If you don't come back for three days, I'll deduct all your wages." Xia Qiu was so angry that he said harsh words directly. He didn't want to see the Cao family, so he found a reason for him.

Luo Liang saw that the more he was in a bad mood, the more he wanted to tease him, "It's just that you have a loud voice, and when he won't come, how dare you deduct his wages?"

Xia Qiu directly picked up the rag in his hand and chased after Luo Liang. Fortunately, it was early in the morning, and there were not many people, and not many people saw this scene.

Xia Zhi cried all the way, and when he reached Hexi Village, his eyes were swollen from crying.

Xia Lei went to Liu's grandma's house to discuss the details of embroidery. After learning the needlework, Grandma Liu liked Xia Lei's handiwork, so she accepted him as her own disciple, saying that she wanted to master all the skills Give it all to him.

Xia Lei is not interested in needlework, but under the supervision of Grandma Liu, he has laid a solid foundation for himself, but he is very interested in those embroidery, so now he is willing to run to Grandma Liu's house .

When Xia Zhi came back, Xia Lei missed it.

"Oh, what's the matter? Why did Xia Zhi come back?" Aunt Xia likes wandering around the village, and was very happy to see Ama Xia coming back, but he looked at his face and looked at Xia Zhi's eyes that were red from crying. , Immediately took the two of them home.

Aunt Xia felt bad when she thought about things with the Cao family. First, the Cao family boy gave her own kid a cuckold, and Li Mo, that bad-hearted brother, even pushed her Xiaoyun into the river.They embrace the adults and ignore the villains, and forget about it if they don't find fault with the Cao family. As a result, they have a brother who is not worried.

Along the way, Grandma Xia became more and more angry. If she hadn't held back her words, she might have said to Xia Zhi—that I gave birth to you, a disobedient brother, for nothing.

So when Auntie Xia stopped Aunt Xia to ask, Aunt Xia gave him a face and said, "Go and ask your good brother."

Xia Zhi cried even more sadly, sobbing alone, and refused to go back.

Dad Xia also had a headache, he didn't answer him when he asked one question, and he didn't answer two questions, and he didn't know what the two of them were doing.

"Grandma, fifth brother, what's the matter with you?" Xia Yu was picking vegetables in the vegetable garden, and only came out when he heard fifth brother crying.

Counting it, this is the first time seeing Brother Wu cry so sadly.

Xia Yu hurriedly pulled Fifth Brother back to the main house, Xie Yun also followed from the house, and thoughtfully got Fifth Brother a hot water handkerchief to wipe his face.

"Grandma, didn't you say you're going to stay in the county for a long time?" Xia Yu saw that Grandma's face was stinky, and didn't ask too directly. Looking at Fifth Brother's appearance, he guessed that Grandma's anger had something to do with Fifth Brother .

When Grandma Xia heard this, she immediately said, "You still let me stay at home. If I hadn't gone this time, would I have found out that he was flirting with that kid from the Cao family? I'm so pissed off."

This sentence is very informative...

Aunt Xia was stunned for a moment, then tugged at Ama Xia's sleeve and said, "Which Cao family is it?"

Aunt Xia glared at him angrily, "Which Cao family is there, isn't it the son of your good brother Cao Jingtian? Do you dare to say that our family owes his family money or what, why are you always entangled with our family?" I don't know."

After thinking about it carefully, Xia Yu knew what was going on. He was quite surprised when the fifth brother brought Cao Buing to the local restaurant. He didn't expect that the two had been in love for a long time.

"Cao Bing is not bad." Xia Yu said very fairly, and successfully directed his anger to himself.

When Xia's grandma heard this, she almost turned her back angrily, slapped the table hard, and said, "You brat, don't you remember what happened before? I should have known that when Cao Bing came to work in our shop, I shouldn't have listened to you, now it's all right, what do you say about this matter?"

Xia Zhi couldn't cry anymore, and when he heard his little brother praised the man, he felt much better.But still couldn't stop sobbing.

Aunt Xia didn't speak anymore, this Cao family... Sigh.

Xia Yu said, "I told you about Cao Bingchen staying in the shop to work at the beginning. The Cao family's affairs have nothing to do with Cao Peng. Many things were the fault of Cao Bingchen and Li Mo back then, and we can't hold them back. Don’t let other people’s mistakes go, right?”

As soon as Xia Yu finished speaking, Cao Peni appeared at their door.

Aunt Xia was so angry that she took off her shoes on the spot, and wanted to go up and whip someone.Fortunately, Father Xia is also sensible, so he stopped him immediately.

Cao Buing hurried back, leaving even faster than Aunt Xia and the others, sweating profusely. He glanced at Xia Zhi worriedly, then knelt down in front of Ama Xia and Dad.

It startled everyone present.

"Grandma of the Xia family, father of the Xia family, I want to marry Xia Zhi from your family, and I hope it will happen."

Xia Yu silently praised Cao Penning. He wanted to say just now that if Cao Penning was an irresponsible person, even if Fifth Brother liked him, he would find a way to break them up.

No, just say Cao Cao and Cao Cao will arrive.And he came over very forcefully to take responsibility.

Aunt Xia was really furious now. He pushed Apa Xia away fiercely, and said angrily, "Marry my family Xia Zhi, what do you use to marry me? As long as your family's possessions are not rare in our family, you hurry up. Our summer solstice will not marry you."

"Grandma." Xia Zhi was about to cry again.

Aunt Xia turned her head and glared at him angrily, "Shut up, if you say another word, go back to my room."

Xia Zhi was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, obviously he also knew that this was the prelude to Grandma's going crazy.

Cao Peng also knew how deep the grievances between the Xia family and the Cao family were. Kneeling on the ground to bear Xia's anger silently, he said, "Xia's grandmother, please listen to me sincerely. I I know that our Cao family was wrong in the past, but my second brother has been away from home for a long time. Now that my father and grandma are old, I intend to atone for the mistakes they made back then. But please give me A chance to take care of Xia Zhi, I really want to take care of him for the rest of my life."

Aunt Xia couldn't stand it anymore, he had watched Cao Buing grow up, and although this kid and Cao Bingchen were brothers, their ways of life were completely different.

"Come on, get up, don't say anything about atonement. The grievances and grievances between our Xia family and the Cao family have nothing to do with you." Aunt Xia said while taking Aunt Xia to the inner room.

Xia Yu saw that the two elders went in to have a heart-to-heart talk, so he pulled him up, "My grandma is angry, you should go back first. The matter between Fifth Brother and you will not be resolved for a while, even if you kneel until dawn, I will Grandma won't be softhearted either."

Marriage is not a child's play, let alone two people get married, and it is still related to the affairs of the two families.

Cao Bing thought about it, and felt that Xia Yu's words were quite right, so he said to Xia Zhi, "Don't cry, wait for me, I will marry you for sure."

After finishing speaking, he went back to Cao's house.

Aunt Xia almost got into a fight with Aunt Xia that day, just because of this marriage, Aunt Xia's point of view is a bit similar to Xia Yu's, the fault is personal, and the innocent should not be involved.

Just such a incident caused a lot of trouble in the family. Fortunately, Cao Bubing didn't show up for a few days, otherwise, the whole village would probably know about it.

However, in the Cao family, after Cao Buen told her that he wanted to marry Xia Zhi, Cao Jingtian and his wife also refused.

Cao Jingtian refused without thinking, "Let's not mention the stupid things your brother did before, just think about how much the Xia family hates our family. If you want to get married, Dad can help you go to other villages again. Find a buddy. Why can't you figure it out?"

Cao Peng shook his head, "Father, I just want to marry Xia Zhi."

The grandma of the Cao family wiped away her tears secretly, "What evil did you do in your previous life? Why is everything related to their Xia family?"

Aunt Xia is still scolding what kind of evil fate this is, and the two really coincide with each other.

In order to prevent the young people from elopement, Grandma Xia asked Xia Lei to take good care of Xia Zhi. The whole family was watching Xia Zhi closely. lock up.

The Cao family couldn't resist the pleas of the big and small children, so they finally chose a day to come to Xia's house. Father Xia wanted to drive them away with a broom, but thinking of the fifth brother who was hiding at home and crying every day, he endured and endured People invited into the house.

After more than a year, Cao Jingtian has experienced many blows, and he has aged by ten years.On the contrary, Xia's father is much younger. He doesn't need to take care of the shops in the county town, and he doesn't need to take care of the work in the family's fields. The family has a good boy, and he has nothing to worry about. The more he lives, the more relieved Xia's father is. up.

The two stood together, about the same age, but their expressions formed a sharp contrast. It was the so-called 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi.It took the Xia family less than three years to reverse the fate of the two families.

Cao Jingtian still remembered that Xia Chengyou borrowed money from their family to build a house for more than a year.But now, he came to propose marriage for his own son.

"sit down."

Cao Jingtian was also not polite, and said with a smile, "Brother Xia's day is over, and I won't beat around the bush with you. I'm here today to talk about Propen and Xia Zhi."

Father Xia also had a terrible headache, "You can come, I probably know what you mean, but I am not in charge of this family, my family is not here today, so you can enter the door. If he is here, he must not even have the door. Willing to enter. Instead of trying to work hard from me, you might as well go home and think about how to convince my family."

The grievances and resentments between the Cao family and the Xia family, until today, it is hard to tell who is right.

Aunt Xia is not evasive, after all he has done a lot of ideological work for Aunt Xia, but he just can't untie the knot in his heart.

Before Cao Jingtian could say anything, Aunt Xia blocked him back. Seeing that Apa Xia was really helpless, he went back after sitting for a while.

"Father, don't you object to Fifth Brother being with Cao Pening?" Xia Yu could hear clearly just now, and Xia's father clearly showed his soft-heartedness.

Aunt Xia nodded, "The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and I have a headache. With your grandma's stubbornness, this matter probably has no way."

Xia Yu probably guessed that Grandma's heart knot had something to do with him and his elder brother.At first they were delighted to think that they had married a good brother-in-law, but who would have thought that later they would exchange their elder brother for a relative. This was the pain in the hearts of everyone in the Xia family.And the gossip in the village is as bad as it really is.

However, it is precisely because of this relative that he can be with Xiaoyun, and the eldest brother has a procrastination now, and the family of three lives happily.

So what should I say, I don't know how to make sense of this matter.

"I asked Fifth Brother, he likes Cao Buing very much." Xia Yu murmured.He feels that some things cannot be given up until the end.

The next day, after hearing what Xia's father said, Cao Jingtian still kept his face and went to see Grandma Xia.

In the end, just as Xia's father expected, Grandma Xia didn't even let people in, and just used a broom to blow people away.Now, the gossip in the village began to revolve around the Xia family and the Cao family again.

For a while, the marriage between Cao's family and Xia's family also came to a stalemate.

Aunt Xia's attention was mostly on Xia Zhi, but Xia Zhi's depression was noticed by everyone.Aunt Xia often wondered if she had done something wrong.

While Xia Yu was busy taking care of Xie Yun, he also had to find time to enlighten the stubborn fifth brother, and he had no other time to be busy with other things.

"Grandma Xia, the business in the shop is very good, but there are too few people. Look, do you want to go to the shop?" Xia Qiu was too busy, so he kicked Luo Liang back.

Grandma Xia was so focused on obstructing Cao Penn's and Xia Zhi's marriage that she forgot about the shop in the county seat.

"Xia Lei go to the county town to help out. I'll go after this matter is over." Aunt Xia said so, but everyone knows that this matter cannot be resolved in a short time.

Xia Lei only needed to go to Liu's grandma's house, and then followed Luo Liang to the county town.

Cao Peng knew that his father had tried his best, and learned from Xia Yuna that Xia Zhi had been on a hunger strike for two days. He was so anxious that he couldn't think of any other way, so he just knelt at the door of Xia's house.

Aunt Xia didn't look at him when she went out, and she didn't even look at him when she came back.In this way, a day has passed.When night fell, Cao Peng was still kneeling outside the gate.

Aunt Xia covered the quilt with peace of mind and continued to sleep. On the contrary, Aunt Xia couldn't bear it, and opened the door, "You child, you'd better go back. It's because we don't have that fate with Xia Zhi."

Cao Bing shook his head, pursed his lips and remained silent.In fact, after a day of hunger, people are about to faint from hunger.However, he still remembered that Xia Zhi had been on a hunger strike for two days, so his suffering was nothing.

Xia Yu could also see the scene in the garden clearly by opening the window. He was the one who disclosed the news of Fifth Brother’s hunger strike to Cao Buing, and wanted to see if this person was really as kind to Fifth Brother...

"Brother Xia, do you think Grandma will agree?" Xie Yun lay on the bed and couldn't sleep. He thought that Cao Buing probably really liked Fifth Brother, otherwise he wouldn't have made it this far.

Xia Yu nodded his little nose, "Grandma is not a hard-hearted person, it depends on how far Cao Bing can persist. You, you still don't sleep at this point, don't think about it, good boy, go to sleep."

Seeing that there were still people in the garden, the white monkey threw stones at him.Cao Bing was hit by a stone, but he regained consciousness a little. Seeing that it was a monkey, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, "Even you laughed at me for not being able to control myself? Heh, I don't believe I can't do it."

The white monkey smashed a few pieces, seeing that the man was not interested at all, so he obediently went back to his hut to play.

Aunt Xia got up from the bed in the middle of the night and saw that the people in the garden were still kneeling, their small figures seemed to have infinite power.

Seeing his brother's haggard look again, he sighed and went back to bed.

Dad of the Xia family grabbed his hand and said with a smile, "Why, have you softened your heart? I think it's fine to let this brat kneel to his death. You won't agree to it anyway. But what will our fifth brother do then? What to do?"

Aunt Xia kicked him lightly, "You can't say something nice. If you think about what the Cao family did to our family, I remember it very clearly. If it weren't for him, our eldest brother Do you need to change relatives? In Bai Village, people look down on you until now. I really wish I could tear the skin of the Cao family and drink their blood."

Seeing that he was very angry, Dad Xia quickly patted him on the shoulder, "Why do you keep remembering the past? You see how capable our kid is, one of them is worth two of theirs. For the eldest brother, you should Thinking of a better place, you think that now that the eldest brother has children, the work of the eldest brother-in-law has to be rethought. But isn’t the family of three living well? The point is, we can have grandchildren soon, Think about it, if our kid married Li Mo and was taken over by that kid from the Cao family, it would be irritating. If you look at the Cao family again, nothing good will happen after marrying Li Mo. So the ancients It is often said that if you lose your fortune, you will know that it is not a blessing, and we have to cherish our blessings."

Aunt Xia thinks about what her wife said is also reasonable, some things seem to be bad on the surface, but they may not be.How unlucky their family would have been if they had really married Li Mo.

Aunt Xia thought about this problem all night, and got up a little late the next day, and no one called him.

On the contrary, it is my fifth brother, who sits on the bed every day when he wakes up, and goes to bed when he goes to sleep, as if he has lost his soul.Before that, he cried so much every day, but now he is better, and he doesn't even cry anymore.

Aunt Xia sighed, took care of herself, and stopped when she saw that the person at the door was still kneeling.The recent climate is very hot, and normal people can't bear to be exposed to the sun every day.

Seeing the shadow on the top of his head, Cao Bing raised his head and glanced at Grandma Xia with difficulty. It took him a long time to see who it was, and he was overjoyed immediately, saying, "Grandma Xia, please fulfill me and Xia Zhi, I will take care of you." Taking care of him will definitely not make him suffer."

Aunt Xia wanted to understand what her wife said yesterday, but she still felt very uncomfortable. She always felt that if she had any relationship with the Cao family, she would be unlucky for the rest of her life.

"Take good care of him? Just like you, you seem to be working as a handyman in our shop, right? What do you give him happiness?" Aunt Xia left after speaking. He felt that if he stayed for a second longer, his heart would soften every minute.

Cao Bing was so embarrassed that his lips were split, but he didn't seem to notice it. He licked his lips and smiled, thinking that he would just hold on a little longer.

When Aunt Xia came back, Cao Buing was still there, his straight back was slightly bent, and his whole body was like a bent tree trunk.

Xia Yu couldn't bear it when he saw it, but he went straight into the inner room of the main house without saying a word, and then came out and said, "Fifth Brother said, I have no appetite."

Xie Yun was worried on the side, "Fifth brother didn't eat two meals, will he faint from hunger if this continues?"

Xia Yu sighed, "Fifth brother just didn't eat two meals, the guy at the door is amazing, he hasn't eaten for almost two days. If fifth brother finds out, he will definitely feel distressed."

Grandma Xia finished the meal without changing her face, and then went to see her fifth brother, "Are you angry with Grandma?"

Xia Zhi looked at him, his eyes turned red again, then he turned his face away, his shoulders trembled, very sad.