[Rebirth] Landscape and pastoral

"Awen, you don't know that I want to smoke those pairs several times today. Can you see a man crying like that?" Zhang Zirui squeezed Wen Qiwen's leg. Swollen.

"Brother Rui, he's Shuang'er." Wen Qiwen corrected helplessly, it was inevitable that Shuang'er would be a bit more delicate.

Zhang Zirui curled his lips in disdain, a twin who can cry better than a woman.Thinking that that guy would come tomorrow, Zhang Zirui thought to himself, he'd better avoid it, if he really couldn't hold back the pump, wouldn't it be bad.

"Is Awen feeling better?"

"It's much better. Brother Rui has worked hard for you during this time."

"You work harder, and I am happy to take care of you."

The next day, the village began to prepare for offering sacrifices to the sky, because there were many prey brought back from the mountains, and the sheep used for sacrifices were also replaced by deer.In this way, everything was complete, and Zhang Zirui kindly contributed the incense candles he bought from the county that day.I bought it purely to scare people, and I didn't expect to use it here.

The village was busy early in the morning, and everyone in the village went to help deal with the prey.After the sacrifice, the prey used for the sacrifice will be made into dishes, and the whole village will have a meal together.The meat is ready-made, and each family produces some food and vegetables. When the time comes, it will be made into a big pot, and everyone can have a good meal.

Zhang Zirui and Wen Qiwen are not going to go, and Wen Qiwu has to take care of the injured, but Ping An, who likes to join in the fun, is very interested.

Early in the morning, Zhang Zirui cooked noodles with mixed sauce, and Wen Qiwu came over with his brothers and sisters who had been washed.Seeing the extra bowl of noodles on the table, he smiled honestly. "Brother, thank you."

"Why are the family being polite, but have you figured out the identity of the pair?" Zhang Zirui mixed the noodles evenly before placing them in front of Wen Qiwen.

Wen Qiwen looked at the sauce in his bowl, which was obviously less than others', but the meat was the most, and he felt warm in his heart.

How can the two of Ping An not see it, although the brother-in-law is obviously biased, but it is their elder brother who is biased, so they should just ignore it.The little girl didn't know it at all. She grabbed the chopsticks and stirred them in the bowl. She stirred the noodles on the chopsticks, opened her mouth wide and bit it down, and a ring of miscellaneous sauce stuck to the edge of her pink and tender mouth.

"Well, I forgot to ask about that yesterday." Wen Qiwu was a little embarrassed, in fact, it was not because he forgot to ask, but because the pair were very defensive and didn't say anything.

Zhang Zirui glanced at him, he was as good at lying as his brother.It's really worrying for him to go and have a look later.Wen Qiwu felt guilty when Zhang Zirui looked at him, and hurriedly fled after grabbing a bowl of noodles.Zhang Zirui sneered, he still has to come back for breakfast after delivering the noodles, don't think that he will be fine if he hides now.

Shuang'er woke up, and it was inconvenient to get off the ground because of the injury on her foot.In the morning, Wen Qiwu fetched water for him, asked him to wash himself up, and emptied the toilet beside the bed.The pair watched his every move, so ashamed that they wished they could dig a hole and get in.

When he came over with the noodles, Shuang'er had already washed up and was lying on the bed in a daze.

"Eat." General Wen Qi handed over the noodle bowl.

"Thank you." Shuang'er took the bowl carefully, and when she saw the noodles with meat in the bowl, her eyes turned red for a moment.In his memory, how long has it been since he had eaten such a good thing, and yesterday's soup with rice was also delicious.

"I'll collect the bowl later."

After Wen Qiwu finished speaking, he turned and walked out. Just as he walked to the door and was about to leave the house, Shuang'er's pleasant voice came from behind him.

"My name is Bai Yu, what's my benefactor's name?"

"My name is Wen Qiwu. If you don't mind, just call me brother Awu." Wen Qiwu looked back at Bai Yu with a smile.

"Brother Ah Wu." Bai Yu called out lightly, the vigilance in his eyes was much less.

"Well, Bai Ayu, hurry up and eat, it won't taste good when it gets cold." After Wen Qiwu finished speaking, he walked out quickly, his face was almost soaked.

When Zhang Zirui saw Wen Qiwu who came back from delivering the noodles, he buried himself in the noodles with a smile on his face, and finally didn't ask anything.

As expected, Wen Qixin would come today as he said.Zhang Zirui and the others had just finished breakfast when he came, and Second Brother Wen was still following behind him.The Pingan brothers took a lot of special dried vegetables and some coarse grains to the village.

General Wen Qixin went directly to the guest room and gave him the ointment.The two children were left alone in the room, and Wen Qiwu took Wen Erge to the next room to wait.

"Are you feeling better? Why do you have so many injuries on your body? My mother said that Shuang'er's body is very important, so I don't know if there will be any scars?" Wen Qixin hurried to the bed when she saw Bai Yu Before, chattering non-stop.

Bai Yu was a little nervous at first, but after he talked for a long time, he realized that this Shuang'er was the one who changed his clothes.

"Brother Zhang said you still have to take medicine today, so take off your clothes and I'll help you take medicine."

"I'll do it myself." Bai Yu was a little awkward, not used to undressing in front of others.

"Then what about the injury on your back? Don't be polite to me, I also wiped your body and applied medicine yesterday."

"Then, then you wipe my back, and I will do the rest by myself."

Wen Qixin originally wanted to refuse, but thinking of Bai Yu's bloody feet, he hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Bai Yu, how did you get the injury on your body? It's really scary."

Wen Qixin was chatting with Baiyu while helping Baiyu apply the medicine.

"I was caught by the bad guys, and I finally escaped. I didn't dare to go where there were people, so I could only run to the mountains. When I escaped, my shoes fell off, and I didn't know where I was when I stumbled in the mountains... .." Perhaps because Wen Qixin was not threatening, or because he was kinder, Bai Yu told a part of the truth.

"Ah—it's really not safe outside. No wonder my mother doesn't allow me to go out alone, because she's afraid I'll be bullied." Wen Qixin exclaimed, looking at Baiyu sympathetically.In fact, his mother didn't let him go out alone because she was afraid that others would despise him and bully him because he was a twin.

After receiving the good medicine, Wen Qixin wanted to chat with Bai Yu, but was taken away by Brother Wen.Before leaving, Wen Qixin still looked reluctant to leave, it was rare for him to meet a Shuang'er who could chat with him.

It's not that he didn't have the idea of ​​making friends with Wen Qiwen before, but when he came to find Wen Qiwen quietly, Wen Qiwen had just returned from hunting in the mountains. The mind to make friends.

After the little crying bag left, Zhang Zirui appeared in the guest room with Wen Qiwen supported, followed by a somewhat uneasy Wen Qiwu.Wen Qiwen sat on the stool by the bed, Zhang Zirui stood by the bed, and glanced at Bai Yu condescendingly.

"My second brother kindly rescued you, so I can't say anything. I just want to confirm your identity. The world is not good, and we can't take in an unknown person." , ignoring Bai Yu's timid eyes.Wen Qiwu stood behind Zhang Zirui, hesitant to speak.

Bai Yu pursed her lips, with complex expressions on her face, with fear, confusion and embarrassment.He thought for a while, then looked at Wen Qiwu with unfeigned concern.Gritting his teeth, he had already decided in his heart that Wen Qiwu was a good person.

"My name is Bai Yu, and my family lives in the county..." Bai Yu began to talk about her own experience.

Bai Yu's family is well-off, and his family has a family-owned restaurant in the county seat, and the business is very good.It's just that his mother died when he was six years old, and his father married a stepwife not long after.The stepmother started to treat him lukewarm, but not to the point of treating him harshly.

It's just that later the stepmother had a child of her own, and his father was too busy managing the restaurant's business to pay attention to him.So the stepmother began to use him as a servant.

He had just turned 11 the year before last, and his father died, making his situation even more difficult.After his father died, the family restaurant's business plummeted, and there was a drought, and the price of food rose, making business difficult.

His stepmother heard that the county magistrate's son liked Shuang'er, so she moved her mind and wanted to give him to the county magistrate's son to please the county magistrate.But before she could act, something happened to Qian Ming, and the plan was temporarily shelved.

The family is getting more and more difficult, and the restaurant can't hold on anymore.The second wife sold the family property, sold the white jade to others as a sacrifice to the river god, and left with the man with the money and her own children.

Bai Yu, who was sold, was very scared and sad.There were still many things to prepare on the eve of the sacrifice, so he was locked up.Later, the son of the old shopkeeper of the restaurant thought of his father's kindness in the past, and quietly helped him, so that he escaped before the sacrifice.

After escaping, he had nowhere to go, and was afraid of being caught back, so he could only run desperately into the mountains.Fortunately, he was lucky and did not encounter the beast, and was finally picked up by Wen Qiwu.

Baiyu's life experience made Wen Qiwen empathize with him, and reminded Wen Qiwu of what happened to his elder brother.If he hadn't met his brother-in-law, his elder brother would not know what to do now.So the two brothers of the Wen family looked at Zhang Zirui expectantly.

"You can stay here to recuperate." Zhang Zirui knew what they were thinking, and Bai Yu didn't look like he was lying.It's just that before Bai Yu's identity is confirmed, this is the biggest concession.

"Thank you brother-in-law." Wen Qiwu cracked his lips into a smile, never thinking that this was his home, and he could completely decide for himself.

Wen Qiwen hesitated to speak, he wanted to help Baiyu, but Ah Wu was about to get married, so it would not be good to take in a twin who was similar in age to him.Unless he wants to marry this twin in the future, he has to make an engagement first.

Zhang Zirui signaled him to go out and talk, then helped Wen Qiwen back.

"Brother Rui, that child is quite pitiful." He knew very well the feeling of being sacrificed alive.And still in the case of being betrayed by relatives.

"Well, I'll let Xiang Bei go to the county seat to find out if this is true."

"That's fine." Wen Qiwen nodded, and he will talk about his worries later.

The sacrificial activity in the village was very grand that day, almost the whole village was mobilized, and everyone carried the sacrifices to the bank of the Panshan River.According to the legend here, it is the gods of rivers and seas who are in charge of rainfall.

Now that there has been a severe drought for two years, people nearby are saying that when Qujiang County broke its embankment, a large number of carrion corpses were left untreated, polluting the river water and angering the river god.The river god first sent down plagues, but now he does not give rain.People in several nearby counties think this is the reason.

In the farther northwest area, people privately passed it on to each other.The emperor lost his morality and the court was corrupt, so the heavens brought disasters one after another, and his reputation was in jeopardy.As the drought intensified, the imperial court did not provide disaster relief for a long time.So the rumor spread more and more widely, and the more it spread, the more outrageous it became, and gradually there began to be rumors that Dali was about to die.

The two Ping'an brothers and their friends followed the sacrificial procession to the river.Watching the great god invited by the village burn incense and paper by the river, mutter something, and then dance a long dance that no one can understand, before calling it a day.It's just whether it will rain or not, and when it will rain, but the gods keep it secret.

But after the sacrifice, everyone's hearts were obviously relieved, and they still happily cut off the best part of the sacrifice and threw it into the river, and carried the rest back to cook.The village head gave the Great God a deer leg and 100 copper coins as a reward.

When the sacrificial activities in the village were over, Zhang Zirui asked Xiangbei to help him go to the county seat to inquire about the news.After returning to the north, he quietly went to Zhang's house.

Several squires in the county with more fields did buy a pair of children as a sacrifice. Now everyone acquiesced in the sacrifice, and did not deliberately conceal it.It's just that the pair ran away the day before the sacrifice.

Because the pair signed a contract of sale, when they were lost, they searched for a while.In the end they couldn't find it, so those people bought a little girl and threw her alive into the river to drown.

Xiang Bei said with an angry look on his face.How could these people be so frenzied, they are a real living person.Xiang Bei, who lived in Sanshui Village since he was a child, really couldn't understand the behavior of those people.

It's just that in the eyes of those people, it doesn't matter whether it's white jade or the girl who was sacrificed to the river god.They were all sold to death contracts and became lowly people.The life and death of such people is just a matter of a word from the master.

In the eyes of those who have become accustomed to controlling other people's lives, a life is not a thing at all.Not to mention the wealthy households in the county town, they were the wealthy households in the town of Zhang's family back then, and they ignored human life without the slightest care.

Zhang Zirui only told Ah Wen and Ah Wu that what Bai Yu said was true, but he didn't mention anything about the fact that someone replaced Bai Yu in the sacrifice.In this way, Bai Yu stayed at Wen's house for the time being.Wen Qixin would often visit him and chat with him.Wen Qiwu also took good care of him.

The three younger members of the Wen family were very curious about Bai Yu.The two of Ping An are boys, so it is not easy to get in touch with Bai Yu.But the little girl has no such worries at all, she often goes to Bai Yu to play with her.Bai Yu has a good personality and is very patient. He never finds his younger sister annoying, so he gets along well with her.

When he recovers from his injury and is able to get out of bed and walk around, he will help him do what he can.It's just that his eyes are always uneasy, and he doesn't know what to do in the future?Although living here now has food and drink, but he is not related to the Wen family, and they rescued him, so he can't stay in their house like this all the time, can he?And how should he repay his life-saving grace?

"Ah Wu, Bai Yu's injury is almost healed. Is there any place for him to go?" Seeing that Bai Yu's injury is getting better, Wen Qiwen felt that some problems should be considered.

"Brother, he has no place to go. It's pitiful to be alone. Our family doesn't lack such a stutter. How about..."

"Ah Wu, elder brother knows. It's just that you are similar in age, you are not too young, and there is no elder in your family. If you live together like this, you and Bai Yu will be gossiped."

"But..." Wen Qiwu really couldn't bear to drive people away, but he didn't think of how to arrange it for a while.

"Let's see it this way. Your elder brother is about to give birth. If he wants, he can stay and help me take care of your elder brother." Zhang Zirui had this idea when he learned of Bai Yu's life experience.

Ah Wen's body was getting heavier and heavier, and sometimes he couldn't help taking care of him alone.And sometimes Hou Awen still needs a "best friend" who can talk. He has a special status and it is not easy to make friends with this kind of person.As for Wen Qixin, it was completely out of his consideration.In case Ah Wen is brought into the same way as him, he won't even have time to cry.

He has been paying attention to Bai Yu recently and confirmed that he has a good character. Although he is a little timid, he has a good temper and is good at caring for others.Little sister is the best example.

"He must be willing." Wen Qiwu responded happily, thinking why he didn't think of such a good way, the best of both worlds.

Although Wen Qiwen felt that he didn't need someone to take care of him, but after thinking about it, he was in a special situation now, and there was nothing wrong with having someone by his side, lest Brother Rui would feel distressed if he was busy all by himself.

Bai Yu heard that he could stay and take care of his savior's elder brother. Although he was a little afraid of Zhang Zirui, but he could have a shelter and repay his favor, so he nodded happily in agreement.

So Baiyu moved to the guest room of Zhang's house, cooking for the family and accompanying Wen Qiwen to make small clothes for the children.Wen Qiwen also gave him some fabrics and asked him to make his own clothes.

What Baiyu is wearing now are Wen Qiwen's previous clothes.At that time they had just returned to the village. Although their family was not well off, under Zhang Zirui's insistence, they wore coarse clothes without patches.

"Brother Awen, I'll just wear your old clothes, so I don't need to waste the fabric." Bai Yu hastily declined. He can't just accept others' kindness to him without limit and with peace of mind.

"It's okay, I bought a lot at home a while ago, this material will look good on you." The more Wen Qiwen gets along with Bai Yu, the more he likes this obedient and well-behaved child.Moreover, he has been a little sentimental recently, and he always feels that Bai Yu is like himself before, and he can't help but want to be nice to him.

"I really can't want this." Bai Yu looked puzzled.

"Since I gave it to you, you can keep it. This is also your brother Awen's kindness. If you feel embarrassed, then just take care of him more carefully." Zhang Zirui walked over with a sad smile, still pinching his hand. There is a piece of paper, the ink on the paper is still wet.

"Thank you Brother Awen." Zhang Zirui spoke, Bai Yu accepted the fabric with a look of anxiety, and decided to take good care of Brother Awen, their family is good people.In fact, brother Zhang is also a gentle and elegant person, and he can't explain why he is always a little afraid of him.

"Look, Ah Wen, how about these characters, when the child is born, we will choose one of these characters as the name." Zhang Zirui placed the paper in his hand in front of Wen Qiwen, and said in high spirits.With Bai Yu around, he felt a lot more relaxed, so he thought of a name for the unborn child when he had time.

"Brother Rui, there is still time for the child to be born, and we don't know whether the child will be a boy or a girl." Wen Qiwen was helpless. Since his pregnancy, Rui's personality has undergone such a small change.

"Think about it first, and get a good one later." Now he can look inside, and the child in Wen Qiwen's belly has almost completed its development.He already knew that it was two boys.And in the future, he will definitely be better looking and smarter than Ping An's two, after all, this is his Zhang family's child.

Seeing the sweet and affectionate look of the couple, Bai Yu couldn't help being a little envious.It would be great if he could be as happy as Brother Arwen in the future, no, he would be very satisfied if he could be half as happy.

After Bai Yu stayed, Wen Qixin occasionally came over to chat with Bai Yu.After coming and going, he became acquainted with Wen Qiwen, and he found that Wen Qiwen is actually not that scary.

It's just that after coming and going, Wen Qixin got to know Da Zhuang who often came to Zhang's family to practice martial arts, and the relationship between the two seemed to be quite good.

In this way, Zhang Zirui finally ushered in the big day in his life.His sons couldn't wait to come out and see the world, and Wen Qiwen was born at 9 months old.

Zhang Zirui was taken aback at the time, but for the safety of Wen Qiwen and the children, he calmed down and delivered Wen Qiwen.It's not that he didn't hire a midwife, but that no midwife was willing to deliver the baby.

Some doctors can do it, but those doctors are either of high medical ethics, or they are mercenary.What's more, their medical skills are not necessarily better than Zhang Zirui's, so Zhang Zirui has been making preparations.

The day the baby was born, the house was in turmoil.Aunt Wu and daughters-in-law Erzhu, Gouzi, Shitou and Liuzi all came to help.Bai Yu is inexperienced, but he is a pair, helping Zhang Zirui.

When Zhang Zirui was sweating profusely and carefully handed the blood-stained child to Aunt Wu, they got busy.It wasn't until the two children were born safely and Wen Qiwen was fine that Zhang Zirui's heart was relieved.At this time, he was so weak that he almost collapsed on the ground. Fortunately, Bai Yu was there to help him take care of Wen Qiwen.

Aunt Wu and the others washed the two little children and wrapped them in swaddling clothes.Holding the baby and coaxing him with a smile on his face, Wen Qiwu went to the backyard to milk some milk and boil milk for his nephews.

It wasn't until Zhang Zirui came to his senses that he realized that the twins were not the two sons he thought, but the younger one was twins.He looked at the wrinkled, red and ugly two little boys, but he couldn't tell how much he liked them in his heart.

No matter what, their own children are the best, not to mention they still have a lot of room for development.If it doesn't work, he still has more than ten years to study plastic surgery.As a first-time father, he didn't know that the child hadn't grown up yet.

The rich, silly father was happy with his son, and with a big wave of his hand, he sent someone to collect the eggs. There were six red eggs in the whole village of Sanshui Village.A group of aunts were stunned at his generosity. There were nearly five hundred eggs.But this is only a tael of silver, which is nothing to Zhang Zirui.

Seeing him happy, the aunts didn't say anything, they just ordered their sons to prepare.