The elder brother who travels through is hard to do

Uphill Village.

Every household is busy in the fields. Thinking about the drought three years ago and almost no crops in the fields, it seems that it has happened in the last lifetime. In the past two years, God has opened his eyes, the weather has been good, and new precious things have been added. Diligence The farmers feel that they can't finish their energy.

"Sister-in-law, haven't you finished digging the potatoes in your field?" The woman walking by the ridge of the field asked with a loud smile.

"It's almost over, the digging is almost over, the family has less labor, this is not a few days slower than the big guys." The woman in the field straightened her waist and smiled back.

"Sister-in-law, is there a place for your potatoes? In the past two days, someone came to the village again to ask."

"Yes, yes, thank you, sister-in-law of the Wang family, for thinking about my family. Someone in this area has already ordered it."

"Where did you go, but I couldn't help you. Sister-in-law, you should be busy. I'm leaving. If you have something to do, call out to the ground. I'll ask my man to come over and help."

"Okay!"

The past two years have been getting better and better, and I have saved some extra money. During the lunch break, the villagers gathered together, talking about the joy of the harvest, and the shortcomings of the east and the west. The two families of the Xu family are indispensable. thing.

"Is the big family of the Xu family really going to marry a new wife? I said that the little Wang family has been picking her for a few years, and I'm afraid they are too picky. It takes a lot of money and wealth for the little Wang family to agree to accept her." Marry me back?" The women who often work in the fields have all the strength, and their voices are so loud that everyone in the field here can hear them.

Someone laughed and said: "What kind of noble person, her family used to pick other people's family, but now other people's family doesn't look down on their family. That family is not honest, and everyone in the neighboring villages doesn't know it. The daughter of a good family Who dares to marry in. This..." The woman murmured and said in a low voice, "I heard that her eldest son has made the belly of the yellow flower girl bigger, and Xiao Wang still doesn't like that family, so now Well, if you don’t marry, you have to marry into the family. If you want me to say, that’s not a good thing, any girl can be so shameless before she enters the family. "

"I know about this." Another woman next to them heard them mention this, and came over to tell them the truth, "In the end, they recruited it themselves. Now who doesn't know that there is a capable person in our village, even the county magistrate Because the Bei boy took good care of our village, but those who are far away don’t know how bad the relationship between Bei boy and their Xu family’s big house is. At that time, the big and small Wang’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law really spoiled their brothers. This Wang's mother-in-law is blowing up her family outside, saying that her nephew has become a high-ranking official outside, and how much she takes care of her family. No, people who don't know the situation in our village believe it, and take aim at their family's eldest son Oh, hey, it’s what they deserve! It’s not like they don’t enter the house as a family, and when they get married, they close the door and make a fuss.”

The people on the ground were ashamed when they heard it. They didn't expect this new daughter-in-law to be found in this way. Even the men nearby were sweating when they heard it. Cheap.

The men were smoking dry cigarettes and drinking water. Someone knocked on the pipe and said, "Bei and Qing are coming back soon."

"That is, I must not forget it. I don't think there is any movement in the Xu family."

"Hmph, that's the kind of family that only cares about the interests of other people's family. If you want me to say, it's okay to be a Xingwang couple, but Mrs. Wang is Xingda's biological mother. It's no wonder that Bei boy is cold-hearted. They don't give stutters to her mother-in-law, but Xu Laohan's family, who stretched out their hands at the beginning, are now living a prosperous life. Let the family see that their eyes are not eyes and noses. "

"It's what you deserve! It's good that the two children didn't starve to death. Boy Bei can have today's future without their help. Of course, we can't worry about this benefit."

"So, this person, he can't have a bad conscience. He only sees the little things in his own bowl, and God is watching."

"That's right." The villagers were very touched.

"There is a carriage coming from the entrance of the village, I don't know where it's going!" Someone shouted from a distance, first the children playing by the field ridge ran over to watch the excitement, and after a while, someone ran back and shouted excitedly: "It's the Bei boy who came back!" That's it, boy Bei came back with boy Qing, and went to Lizheng's house."

"Oh, I was talking about Boy Bei, but someone appeared unexpectedly, haha, look and see."

The men, women and children who were resting in the fields didn't feel tired, and they also left the work in the field, and ran to Lizheng's house to visit the nobles.But no, boy Bei is a noble person to them. The county magistrate said that they can grow fresh things here before other places, but the credit of boy Bei is that he is thinking about our Shangpo village, so Tete confessed of.

Xu Bei and Xu Minqing came all the way, seeing the conditions in the fields and knowing that in the past two years, life in Shangpo Village and the nearby villages should not be bad, and the road into the village is much smoother than before, and it won't be a problem when it rains. The pitted and muddy ground.

"These two years have changed a lot," Xu Minqing looked out from the car with the curtains lifted, "In just over two years, it seems that people have built new houses on both sides, and they are still brick and tile houses, bro. "Xu Minqing turned to look at his brother, "What do you think our old house looks like now? I guess the adobe walls will collapse when the wind blows."

Seeing his smirk, Xu Bei pinched his earlobe and said, "Why are you still thinking about that dilapidated house? Could it be that you want to push back on rebuilding it?"

Xu Minqing was afraid of ticklish, and avoided it with a smile: "No, who will live in it after it is built? Could it be closed? Maybe it will make others jealous and occupy our room while we are away." Who, Xu Bei would not know, so how could they move the old house.

"Then keep it. Who will have no place to live in the future, and there may be a place to keep out the wind." Such a dilapidated house, I didn't care about it when I first got it, let alone now, he and Min Qing will also Will not be coming back to this place.

At the gate of Lizheng's house, the carriage stopped, and before Jiang Hong could call the door, someone came out to greet him.When the farming season is busy, the door of every house is wide open. When you look up, you can see the carriage outside. The people who came out saw the Xu Bei brothers who got out of the carriage. They could hardly recognize them. With some shadows of the past, it was only then that they guessed that it was the two brothers.

"Go, go to the field and call our father back, and say that boy Bei and boy Qing are back."

"Hey, I'm going right now!"

Before he could run far, he saw Li running towards the house with a hoe on his shoulders. It turned out that Li Li got the news and hurried back. When he saw the appearance of the two brothers, he was also very shocked, more clearly than three years ago. Realized that the brothers are really different from their peasant families. It has been many years, and this is the first time in their Shangshan Village.

"Old lady, quickly boil water and make tea. Bei boy, Qing boy, sit in the room." Li Zheng smiled from ear to ear, and drove away the children gathered at the door and the carriage.

Three years ago, Xu Bei could still see the past appearance, but three years later, Xu Bei's personality has not changed, but after all, he has a lot of people under his command, and he deals with foreigners all day long. Among them, he is arrogant and unreasonable. Naturally, he wanted to suppress their arrogance with the prestige of the officials in the Northland. Over time, the arrogance on his body was revealed. Coupled with the rich and powerful people now, he also appeared to be extraordinarily confident and calm.

Although Xu Bei smiled, it made people, especially the children, feel that they were not so close, not to mention Xu Minqing, who was more expensive than the young masters in the city they had seen before, and the unmarried girl ran over every family Watching the excitement, he blushed with embarrassment after only taking one look at Xu Minqing, lowered his head, but couldn't help but sneak a look.

He is really handsome, I have never seen such a handsome young man, the young man in the village who used to think he was good-looking, compared with this man, he immediately turned into a lump of dirt.A few girls push me and I push you, but no one has the nerve to come forward and say a word.

The grandpa and grandma rushed over after receiving the letter. The grandma was in a daze when she saw Xu Minqing for the first time, then she wiped her eyes and smiled and said, "Whose family is this handsome young man who sees my grandma all the time?" it took."

Xu Bei laughed so hard that Min Qing squeezed his waist through his clothes before restraining himself. He helped the grandma sit aside and said, "Isn't it Qing boy? It's been a while since grandma recognized you Not coming out anymore? And I don’t think I’m bad, so why does Grandma only praise Minqing.”

The people in the room laughed together, because of Xu Bei's joke, the strangeness and distance between them were reduced a little, but the identity was different after all, and it was deeper than the respect that Li Zhengwai had in their hearts back then.After hearing Xu Bei boast that his younger brother was studying at Yanyang Academy and was praised by his master, Lizheng and others thought no wonder it looked different. I heard that most of the people who came out of that big academy were officials. Both brothers are officials, it's really amazing.

The place is bustling and lively, chickens and sheep are being slaughtered to entertain brothers Xu Bei. On the other side, Xu Xingwang's family keeps their doors closed during the day.

Da Wang's family has not been as rich as before in the past two years, and he beat the kang bitterly: "That little bastard who eats all kinds of things, the decent old Xu doesn't go back to his house, but runs to a stranger's house and helps outsiders, a bastard who is struck by lightning !"

"Mother, please stop scolding a few words. No matter how hard you scold, your grandson who is an official will not be able to hear you. If you ask me, mother, you shouldn't have ignored the boy Bei, otherwise our family should be full of fish and meat. By the way, there are some toffees that noble people can afford, hiss..." Thinking of the taste of the toffee, Xiao Wang's saliva flowed down, and it was her man who snatched it from other children in the village. Yes, she can only taste one bite, and after eating it, she secretly scolds that heartless little bastard, she would rather give such a precious thing to someone else's house, and she can't even get a bite of it if she kisses her uncle or aunt.

Da Wang casually threw something at her, and cursed: "You are a poisonous woman who has suffered tens of millions, that is my own grandson and I will drive him out, why not you, a conscientious wicked woman, who killed my seriously ill woman?" The grandson was kicked out, I haven't settled with you yet, you actually blamed my old woman, my old Xu's family suffered bad luck because of you, a prodigal girl..."

Cursing, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started fighting, Xu Xingwang wanted to persuade him to make peace, but someone's fingernails scratched two bloodstains, he was so angry that he threw his hands and went out, so if you want to fight, go out and see your eldest son when you go out I also feel unlucky. When I was young, I was obviously smarter than the stupid boy of my second brother's family. Why did I become more and more disabled when I got older, and I broke my body before marrying him, and I felt that I was pointed at by others when I went out, and I lost all face.

Xu Yaozu was gloomy and gloomy. Back then, the school master drove Xu Minqing out of the school. Unexpectedly, Xu Minqing's talent name spread later. The master was afraid that the man would come back to settle accounts with him, so he couldn't wait to drive him out. He said nothing. It was his slander.It's all thanks to those two people. He has no reputation now, but he still can't settle accounts with those two people. If he annoys them, it's easier to strangle him to death than to kill ants.

Didn't the aunt's family in the town just because they offended Xu Bei at the beginning, the shop was smashed after they left, and the creditor chased after them, and the family was forced to sell the shop and go back to the hometown to farm. It has nothing to do with Xu Bei, he doesn't believe it.

Seeing the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law who were being beaten fiercely in the room, Xu Yaozu looked at them darkly for a while, then turned and left.

Xu Bei and Xu Minqing were also listening to Grandma telling them what happened to Dafang's family.

"At the beginning, I thought Xu Osmanthus was disabled by her mother, and she actually came up with the idea of ​​cheating merchants. The result was good. People came to my door every day to demand debts, and they smashed the shop if they didn't pay back the money. I heard that Xu Osmanthus still took you The couple's names came out to scare people, how did they know that others had inquired about it long ago, and it was only natural to repay the debt, so there was no way, the couple transferred the shop to someone else, and later the shop was also sold. I heard that Xu Osmanthus is her husband She also beat and scolded her all day long." Grandma didn't feel sympathetic, she was a good niece, she pointed at her nose and scolded her just like her mother, seeing her life is not good, Grandma felt very relieved.

Xu Minqing glanced at his elder brother when he heard this, Xu Bei looked very serious, and expressed his surprised opinion on this matter.

Xu Minqing smiled secretly, he knew about this matter, if the grandma didn't mention that family, he would almost forget such a "good aunt".When we first left Shangpo Village, the eldest brother asked Steward Wang to keep an eye on Xu Guihua's family. He knew that this family was more calculating than the Wang family. Later, he found out that this couple actually wanted to get credit outside under their names. Thinking that Xu Bei, who was far away from Kang County, would not know if it was carried out secretly, Wang Guanshi immediately found someone to pretend to be a goods dealer, so they all fell into Wang Guanshi's calculations.

Seeing Min Qing laughing at him, Xu Bei stretched his hand behind him calmly, squeezed the back of his neck hard, hum, are brother's jokes so good?

Grandma didn't mention it, and he almost forgot about it. After the matter was completed, Wang Guanshi sent him a letter, and he threw it aside after reading it. He had no feelings for Xu Osmanthus, so who would remember it on purpose? .

"Then our grandma doesn't care about my sister-in-law and sees her suffering?" Xu Bei asked in surprise.

The eldest grandma curled her lips and said, "Don't you know your grandma's temperament? She is her own daughter, but if you want her to stick out, it will be more uncomfortable than killing her old life." When she was young, she was lazy and greedy, so she The relationship between the two is extremely bad.

Grandma talked about Xu Xingwang's family again, saying that when Xu Bei came back this time, he might catch up with his brother-in-law's marriage. Grandma had also heard about the reason for this marriage. The young man said, but under the vagueness, Xu Bei and Xu Minqing also heard the general idea, and couldn't help laughing.

Xu Bei burst into joy.

The grandma gave him a sharp look and said: "Don't be so gloating in front of outsiders, just keep it in your heart, they will live their own lives in the future, and you can't see it if you are far away. By the way, Yaozu Academy now She didn’t go back home, and when she traveled far away in the first half of the year, Xiao Wang praised everyone she met, saying that her son had gone away to do big business, who was she lying to? When she came back, everyone in the village saw it, and her clothes were dirty. It's broken again, and I don't know where he suffered a great crime. Now this new daughter-in-law came to him after that. When a large family came to his house, Yaozu had to marry him, otherwise his house would be smashed. "

Xu Bei was still laughing non-stop, and the eldest grandma was also interesting. While telling himself not to joke, she also talked about the fate of those people. He laughed so hard that his stomach hurts.

"It's alright, you old lady, don't talk too much, so as not to pollute the ears of Kid Qing and the others." The grandpa's face turned red and he hugged the grandma.

Firstly, Xu Minqing was already a man of high learning, so how could he hear such trivial matters? Secondly, even though he was separated from that Qizi, in the final analysis, he was also a member of the old Xu family. After doing something embarrassing, his face was also dull.Alas, after all, they still don't live up to their expectations. They just want to take advantage of others all day long, but instead make a mess of their lives. I don't know if his brother will crawl out of his grave in anger.

At night, the two brothers stayed at Lizheng's house. During the rest, Xu Minqing pulled Xu Bei and asked, "Brother, did you do what Xu Yaozu did?"

"What's the matter? About his wife? No, it's not me." Xu Bei squinted at his younger brother. Is he such a kind-hearted person that he still finds a wife for someone else?

"Who said anything about his wife?" Xu Minqing glared at his brother, "I mean he was expelled from school by his master." Xu Yaozu didn't have a good brother, and he couldn't find another way out of this school, besides As far as Xu Yaozu's level is concerned, how could Xu Minqing not know that unless there is a pie in the sky, there is no way to get ahead in the exam.

Xu Bei leaned back on the kang, squinted his eyes at his younger brother, and said, "I just got someone to pass me a message, to tell you a little bit about your situation in Yanyang Academy, and I haven't waited for anything to happen. That pedantic master couldn't wait to drive him out." He still hasn't forgotten the tone of Min Qing's being kicked out at the beginning, his younger brother has done nothing wrong, why should he be treated like that, he wants Xu Yaozu to taste Taste what it's like to be kicked out.Of course, the most irritating thing is that teacher, what is pedantic, it’s just bullying the weak and fearing the hard Ended up in the same end of being retired.

"Brother..." Xu Minqing climbed onto the kang and leaned into his brother's arms, hugging his waist, his heart was burning hot, "I don't remember that for a long time, I didn't expect my brother to still think about it."