The ancient life of a master craftsman

Time flies, and soon it will be April [-]th, and the day after tomorrow will be the market day. Li Enbai still wanders around the village in the morning, mainly to visit the homes of the village head and respected old people in the village. Reconciliation degree, on the other hand, is to inquire about news.

One day, just after he came back from Mubaoshan's house, he found Yunli sitting on the big rock at the door of his house, with a basket at his feet, and he was holding a long-leaf grass in his hand, with his face The expression on her face can't be said to be good or bad, but it's definitely not happy.

"Lizi, why are you here at this time?" Li Enbai stepped forward and unlocked the old locks on the two misaligned doors, letting him in.

Yunli even forgot to carry the basket, but Li Enbai saw that he didn't take it from behind, so he bent down and took the basket up into the yard.

Leading Yunli to the room with a hole in the roof, Li Enbai made a simple wooden table and a few square stools in this room two days ago, avoiding the hole, the room is quite bright.

Let him sit for a while, Li Enbai went to pour the water and brought snacks over. It was a kind of slightly salty jerky, all cut into grains, and it didn't look very good in a bowl.

Yunli didn't notice what Li Enbai brought over at first, he was in a depressed mood now, not good or bad, but just a little depressed, unable to laugh.

"Lizi, what's the matter? Did something unhappy happen? Tell me, I'll help you find a way, okay?" Li Enbai pushed the snacks to Yunli's convenient range, and asked patiently.

Yunli just sighed deeply, "Oh..."

He lay down on the table dejectedly, "Brother Li..."

"What's the matter?" Li Enbai saw Yunli look so lifeless for the first time, which was completely different from her usual agile appearance.

But it's not the weak, helpless, distressing appearance of being bullied, but rather helpless and confused as to what to do.

"Brother Li..." Yunli stared blankly at an unknown place, her eyes unfocused, "You said, I don't want my mother to go home, am I not filial?"

"I'm too bad, aren't I?" Yunli condemned herself, "Even my own mother is left behind, and anyone who has a child like me is unlucky."

Li Enbai frowned, and didn't like him talking about himself like this, "You are very good, the Yun family is lucky to have you, don't think about it."

Yunli's eyes were still out of focus, she didn't know what she was thinking, her face was numb, and she would let out a shallow sigh from time to time.

Li Enbai couldn't see his lifeless look, he felt that it was not as good as Yunli's flamboyant claws when he was fighting.

Seeing that Yunli was really unhappy, he pinched a piece of salty dried meat from the bowl and stuffed it into Yunli's mouth, "Eat something, and then tell me well, what's the matter?"

Yunli foolishly chewed the food that suddenly appeared in her mouth, swallowed it expressionlessly as if she had no sense of taste, and sighed again, "Someone came from my grandma's house, and asked my father to pick up my mother and go home. "

Li Enbai suddenly understood what happened to Yunli's feeling of helplessness and unwillingness to face it, Bai Shi was coming back.

He lowered his eyes, then raised them to look at Yunli, his gaze was still gentle, and he pinched Yunli's cheek jokingly, "Afraid that Aunt Bai will talk about you every day when she returns home?"

"Well, my mother wished that I would go out tomorrow and collect more dowry money, so that my nephew could have a good life for a few days after the birth." Yunli's sight finally had focus, and she had some vitality, and finally Somebody can make him talk about his mother.

"If this is the case, I can get married, at least my nephew can live a better life, but what my mother said is all lies, you can't believe a word!" Yunli sat up straight, "If the family really If there is any silver, she must have given it to my aunt's family! I can't even see half a copper coin at home!"

"From childhood to adulthood, whenever there is any good thing in the house, she will send it to my aunt. Look, if my sister-in-law hadn't fallen in love with my eldest brother, he wouldn't be able to afford the bride price when he gets married!"

This is a bit exaggerated, the Bai family still values ​​Yunhe very much, and will not let him have no dowry money, it's just that the dowry money is very little.

Every household in Huaimu Village is not considered well-off. Even though everyone knows how to do some carpentry work, their living standards are still struggling with food and clothing because of the payment of various taxes and sometimes having to pay corvee with silver.

Therefore, for such a big event as a marriage, there will not be many dowry and dowry gifts. It is generally agreed that if you marry a younger brother, one tael and a half of silver, plus a piece of cloth, plus a chicken or two catties of pork. To double and add a new garment.

But who doesn't make some demands when marrying a daughter?

In this way, people who want to marry a woman will always save a little more money for emergencies.

In the end, the money Bai left in her hand was exactly three taels, not a lot of money, and she even confidently asked her daughter-in-law to bring back three taels of silver as a dowry.

From this point of view, it is the idea of ​​marrying a daughter-in-law without paying a penny. Who would be willing to marry a daughter like this?Yunhe's marriage was delayed for more than a year.

Bai still doesn't think it's because of her delay. She thinks that the girls in the village are too poor to be worthy of her son. Do you think it's annoying or not?

Fortunately, Yunhe himself had a good idea. He saw that his mother was unreliable, so he went to the town early to do odd jobs to save some money for his private house, and discussed it with old man Yun. Finally, he got his wish and married the person he wanted to marry.

But when Mrs. Mu married in, the dowry did not include Mrs. Bai's three taels of silver. This made Mrs. Bai very angry. Seeing Tian'er finding fault, Yunhe became angry at home, saying that if his daughter-in-law was killed again His mother was tossing, so he took his wife to live in the town and never came back.

Old man Yun didn't interfere in the affairs between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and Bai Shi didn't let him intervene, but he also nodded in agreement, saying that if his daughter-in-law was made things difficult again, he would pay for them to buy a house for the young couple in the town.

This action dissipated a lot of Bai's arrogance and let her settle down.

Not daring to torment Mu Shi anymore, Bai Shi began to torture Yunli again, especially after he was divorced, he scolded him day and night, no matter how many times he was reprimanded by old man Yun, it didn't help.

Later, Chen Yingcai revealed that she wanted to accept Yunli as a concubine, and the Bai family seemed to be open to Qian's eyes again. She wanted to make Yunli a concubine, and even put pressure on Yunli despite the old man's disapproval.

It's not that Yunli doesn't want her to go home, but Bai Shi is really mentally ill, stupid, poisonous, and greedy for money. Apart from his decent face, he was indeed a village flower when he was young. nothing.

Li Enbai has been visiting everywhere in the village these days, and has heard a lot about it.The village is not big, and apart from farm work, there are very few pastimes, so they can only chatter with each other.

An extra bite of meat in your family can spread throughout the village, not to mention Bai Shi's unclear behavior, most people are complaining for the old man Yun, and a few people are diligent in dealing with Bai Shi.

Especially the old people in the village, when they talk to old man Yun, they always look like their teeth itch when they mention Bai. Occasionally, some of them who are grumpy will swear a few harsh words, but they don't say anything deep.

In such a situation, it is obvious that there is something wrong with the Bai family marrying into the Yun family, and it is likely that some disgraceful means were used.

Li Enbai has an idea that he wants to explore, maybe he can make Mrs. Bai leave the Yun family completely.He is not really an ancient man. In his opinion, it is normal for divorce to be inappropriate after marriage. Although he has the idea of ​​being with the one he loves for the rest of his life, it does not mean that he thinks that unhappy couples should also be married. spend their lives torturing each other.

A situation like this where one person is tormenting everyone else in the family should just let the scourge go when the time is right.

But this matter cannot be rushed, it will take a long time to prepare, so let's find a way to make Yunli happy now.

He patted Yunli's head lightly, "Has Uncle Yun gone to pick up Aunt Bai?"

Yunli's eyes followed his hand and landed on top of her head, a little awkward, but it was just a pat on the head, so it shouldn't be a big deal, right?

He rolled his eyes, "Not yet, father said that he will go tomorrow, and tidy up the house first today."

"Clean it up?" Li Enbai was a little confused. Yunli is a hardworking little brother. The house is cleaned and the yard is neat and tidy. The chicken pens that are most prone to mess are clean and need to be cleaned up. tidy?

Yunli's eyes began to wander here and there, "Well—actually, I hide all the good things at home, and don't let my mother dig them out."

Li Enbai was stunned, "Uncle Yun asked this?"

Yunli nodded, "Yes, Dad said, my eldest brother and I are grown up, and my mother doesn't have to worry about family affairs, so I gave my sister-in-law all the money and the key to the kitchen."

There are actually disadvantages in doing so, the Mu family is just a daughter-in-law no matter what, how can a daughter-in-law be the home of the parents-in-law?If Mrs. Bai makes a fuss, Mrs. Mu won't be able to stand up. Unless old man Yun works hard to keep an eye on Mrs. Bai every day, Mrs. Bai will definitely make trouble.

Giving Yunli the key to the kitchen is just another excuse for being tortured by Shibai. Everyone can see that Shibai looks down on Yunli. Li Enbai doesn't want Yunli to be chased and scolded by Shibai.

Seeing that Yunli didn't eat snacks, he simply fed them one by one, "In this case, why don't you tell Uncle Yun that when he picks up people tomorrow, he will scare Aunt Bai and his whole family away. In this way, Aunt Bai should not notice you for a while."

Yunli chewed the jerky, "No, Dad told me about it at grandma's house before, but it didn't work."

"The method is wrong. I'll teach you. You can tell Uncle Yun like this when you get home..." Li Enbai told Yunli his thoughts, and Yunli's eyes lit up.

He swallowed the food hastily, "Brother Li! You've got no idea! I'll go back and tell dad!"

Li Enbai quickly grabbed him, "What are you in a hurry for?" Then, without waiting for his reaction, he let go of his hand, and stuffed a bowl of jerky into his hand, "Go back after eating."

Yunli was forced to chew the jerky for a while, all in her mind was Li Enbai just holding his hand, which was a circle bigger than his own, and it was very hot...

After eating half a bowl, Yunli realized that it was dried meat. He raised his voice almost instantly, "Brother Li, what did I eat?!"

"Dried bacon." Li Enbai said lightly.

"what--"

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