Self-cultivation of Male Supporting Role

The Du family's childhood was relatively wealthy. Although there were two scholars in the family, Du's father stopped being a scholar and gave up the road to the imperial examination. Over the years, he has studied and taught in the village. Painting and tying the land under the name are considered a lot of income.

And Du Shiyou himself is very good. This year eighteen, studying in Fucheng, the husband said that after the year, he will go to the academy to participate in the examination, and the chance of winning the middle school is very high. The family lived a harmonious and beautiful life.

Father Du got sick a few months ago. He thought it was a common cold. He asked the barefoot doctor in the village to check the pulse and take medicine. As a result, he took it for several months. , Coupled with the pain and suffering, people lost a lot of weight.

The family felt that this was not the way to go, so they invited a doctor in the county town to take a look. The medicine prescribed by the doctor was full of supplements, including ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. He insisted on taking it for a month. The bottom line is visible to the naked eye.

Therefore, in the past few months, the Du family began to frugal off food and clothing.

Du Shiyan still refused to wear the silk flowers he bought, so he thought that his sister didn't want him to waste money, and he was very distressed for his sister's sensibleness, and felt the top of his chest-high head: "A sister, don't worry, My brother will definitely buy you the most beautiful jewelry in the future and make you the most beautiful girl in Chenjia Village."

Zhi Yanxin said that this brother is not only blind, but also has a high probability of not being able to have aesthetics. Women in this world regard white as beauty, and her skin is comparable to a black charcoal ball. In this life, the word beauty has nothing to do with it.

Shi Yan and Du Shiyou quarreled in this regard, took the boiling hot water from the kitchen, turned around and went into Father Du's room, adding hot water to Father Du's teapot.

Father Du was frail and was leaning against the bedside to read a book. When he saw his daughter came in, he smiled very gently and waved to Shiyan, "Ayan, come and see your brother's new article, Daddy sees something new. profit."

Du's father is such a person. Since childhood, Du's mother taught Yan Yan's daughter's family to learn the knitting girl red. He did not object, but when he taught his son to read and read, he did not fail to know Yan, and the two children taught together.

Shi Yan is very talented in reading, and Du's father has repeatedly sighed in private that "It's a pity that Yan is not a boy".

These days, women cannot participate in the imperial examinations or become officials. Marrying a good husband is a lifelong pursuit. Father Du sometimes worries that his daughter has the mind and vision of a man, but will be trapped in a small backyard serving in the future. Husband, is it too cruel to be filial to your parents-in-law and take care of housework?

Fortunately, Mother Du has never had any objection to her daughter's study, and has always been supportive.

Therefore, this kind of thing often happens in the Du family. Shi Yan took Du Shiyou's article from Du's father and glanced at it. He had a preliminary grasp of Du Shiyou's level, and returned the article to Du's father with a smile: "Father, my daughter hasn't picked up a pen or read in recent years. She's a lot unfamiliar with the imperial examination articles, and she can't see her brother's true level."

Father Du let out a long sigh, coughed a few times, and looked at Shi Yan with pity: "It's hard for you, if your brother is lucky enough to go to high school in the future, let him repay you well."

In Du’s father’s perception, his daughter loved to read when she was a child, but she gave up on her own initiative two years ago, and followed her mother to embroider purses, handkerchiefs and weaving cloth to sell money to subsidize the family. The sudden increase, the daughter is sensible, everything is to save the cost of reading for the son.

But the fact is not like this. Shi Yan just recognized the reality long ago. Knowing that she is a woman, in the current environment, no matter how much she reads, it is not as practical as being able to embroider well.

Following Shiyan in, Du Shiyou, who never said a word, said, "Dad is right, Amei, you will keep your brother's help in mind. In the future, you must let Amei do whatever you want."

Shi Yan Xin said, I really can't explain this matter clearly, I don't want your repayment, don't call me Amei, remind me that I'm an eggless girl now, and I'll be satisfied.

Unfortunately not.

Shi Yan could only say to Du Shiyou with an irritated expression: "Even if the princess can't do whatever she wants, how can you help me do this?"

Du Shiyou blinked his eyes, and said to Shiyan with an unpredictable face and a bit of joking: "Amei, why don't you find a good man for your brother? If your brother is watching, I guarantee that he will treat you a hundred times. Yibaishun, let you live a happy life!"

Mother Du, who entered the room and called for the three of them to eat, heard the words, her face was strange for a moment, her footsteps stopped, and she quickly returned to normal, with a very gentle smile, and said to Du Shiyou: "Which son? If you have a good family background, you will be able to love people, otherwise your mother will be reluctant to marry your sister."

Du Shiyou originally made fun of his younger sister, and wanted to see how embarrassed her younger sister looked, but he didn't expect that there was no embarrassment on her little black face, but his mother heard this.

He didn't want to marry his sister so early.

Du Shiyou looked at all the men around him who were not worthy of his sister, and regretted that he was quick to speak, and in Shiyan's gloating eyes, he bit the bullet and said, "Father and mother, you all know Chen Shimei, the boss of Chen Abo's family.

Shimei is a child who you have watched grow up with your own eyes. Everyone knows what his character is, and he looks good. He is studying in the same academy with his child. Although he is a little worse than his son, he is also a talented person. Gentlemen They are very optimistic about him. "

After he finished speaking, Du Shiyou felt very uncomfortable. In the past, he felt that Chen Shimei's elder brother was very careful and cautious, and everything was an advantage. Now that he put the other side and his elder sister together, he felt that that person was a disadvantage everywhere.

The compliment from Fang Cai was very counter-intuitive.

Father Du thought about it for a moment: "Shi Mei is also considered a child I taught to grow up, and she is indeed a bit smart, but it is too early to talk about this matter when the college examination is over and she has the reputation of being a scholar. come in time."

Besides, Father Du really thinks: "The college test is just around the corner. If your son also wins, no matter how bad our family is, we still have two talented people. We will definitely be able to find a good family for your sister, so that your sister will not be wronged."

For some unknown reason, Mother Du didn't express her opinion on the matter, and changed the subject calmly: "I know A Yan, help your father get up to eat."

Shiyan glanced at Du Shiyou speechlessly, her feelings made Du Shiyan marry the scumbag Chen Shimei, and this guy deserves a lot of credit. When people are really desperate, no relative is innocent.

However, just now others didn't notice Mother Du's expression, but she could see it clearly. Although she didn't know exactly what Mother Du meant, it was clear that Mother Du was hiding a secret.

But this person just didn’t care. After the family had lunch, Shi Yan helped Du’s mother wash the dishes and sweep the floor. Du Shiyou was reading a book under the eaves in the courtyard. Seeing that the weather was good outside, Du’s father moved a chair and sat down. Next to the son, guide the son's homework.

A little girl's excited voice came from outside the door: "Mr. Du, brother of the Du family, my mother made glutinous rice and lotus root flour cake at home, let me bring it to you to taste, thank you sir for saving my father's life last time!"

Hearing this voice, the four members of the Du family were shocked, and they only felt embarrassed and angry.

The person who came was Chen Shijiao, the younger sister of Chen Shimei.

The Chen family has two sons and one daughter. The eldest, Chen Shimei, is eighteen this year, and the second child, Chen Shiren, seventeen this year. The third child, Chen Shijiao, is fifteen this year. The Chen family has few children, and Chen Shijiao is the youngest child of the Chen family, so he is very favored in the Chen family, and he is a bit squeamish and arrogant.

This person has not dealt with Shiyan since he was a child. Chen Shijiao considers himself to be the most beautiful girl in the entire Chenjia Village. His favorite thing to do as a child is to lead a group of little sisters to bully the darkest and ugliest Du Shiyan.

It would be fine if she kept an attitude of disgust towards Shiyan, but this person didn't know when, she had a soft spot for Du Shiyou who suddenly grew up and had a good demeanor. Get to know each other.

The little girl's disgust for Shiyan is clearly written in her eyes, and she can't hide it from others. What she does is completely opposite to what she thinks. Shiyan is not a fool. Chen Shijiao.

The family seems to have not heard Chen Shijiao's words, and they are busy with their own work. At this time, they need to be aware of the situation.

The broom sweeping the floor in Shi Yan's hand was still precisely at Chen Shijiao's feet, and Chen Shijiao took two steps back in fright, clutching his chest with a dissatisfied face, and because of Du Shiyou's presence, he forced gentleness and looked at Shijiao with a twisted expression. Yan, she has to make excuses for her: "It's okay, I know that Sister Yan didn't do it on purpose, it must have been slippery."

In the end, I couldn't hold back, I was not reconciled, and yin and yang said angrily: "I have a good relationship with Sister Zhiyan, you don't need to care about your slippery hands, next time, don't slip your hands casually. Others' tempers may not be as good as mine."

Shi Yan snorted coldly, without any intention of borrowing the donkey: "I'm sorry, I did it on purpose!"

Chen Shi's arrogant face turned pale, and he secretly glanced at Du Shiyou, who was reading under the eaves. Knowing that today was not a good day to argue with Shiyan, he swallowed his anger and put the basket in his hand into Shiyan's arms: "This is my mother. Specially made sweet-scented osmanthus lotus root flour cake, thank you sir for saving your life!"

Shi Yan took a step back and didn't answer.

He sneered: "No, you should take it back, my father just passed by and helped your father. There were so many people who helped, did your family thank them one by one?

You don’t have to talk about saving your life, everyone knows that your father just broke his leg, and my father and the others helped send your father to the county hospital. Those who don’t know, think your father is really sick and needs help.

I really don't understand, are you looking forward to your father's good or your father's bad, she is really a filial and good girl. "

Seeing the skill of talking, some people are poking their brains outside the gate of Du's house, and they feel speechless when they know it. It's not good to live in the countryside these days. Still clear.

Looking at the poor three adults in the family who have nowhere to say, Shi Yan said to Chen Shijiao seriously: "Besides, it's been several months since this happened, and it's because my father got your father caught the cold on the way to the county seat. , I can understand that I feel sorry for Jiujiu.

But we all know very well that except your second brother who started to take a look at my house, no one ever mentioned it again.

But every time my brother comes home, you come to thank him. People think that my brother really has something to do with you. It ruins my brother's reputation and delays his future. I said Chen Chen Shijiao, how can you be so shameless at such a young age? "

This life-saving grace is a long story. A few months ago, Chen Shijiao's father broke his leg on the way up the mountain. He was seriously injured and urgently needed help to send him to the county medical center. Teamed up to send people, and dealt with many things before and after running.

This is not a big deal. It is very common for everyone in a village to help each other on weekdays. When I went back, the Chen family thanked each other one by one, and this story was turned over.

But for the Du family, it was the source of Father Du’s pain in the past few months. Father Du was walking in a hurry at that time, wearing less clothes, and sweating all day after a busy day. It has been several months since I started, and I can only rest in bed most of the time.

For Chen Shijiao, this incident became an excuse for her to harass Du Shiyou openly. Every time Du Shiyou came back from Fucheng, she would have to pretend to thank her father for saving her father's life.

Because of this, many rumors spread in the village.

If Du Shiyou was really interested in her, it would be understandable for the two little children to be like this, but Du Shiyou's attitude towards Chen Shijiao was too much to avoid, and Chen Shijiao seemed to be invisible.

Probably all the bear children who have been pampered and grown up have a problem, that is, they can't read other people's faces, they only act according to their own wishes, and don't care about the mood of others, or they are purely selfish.

Chen Shijiao was so mad at Shiyan that his chest twitched and he didn't care to maintain his dignity in front of his sweetheart. He pointed at Shiyan's nose and said, "I just look at Shiyan, what's wrong? Why don't you feel ashamed? In my village, only my elder brother can be worthy of me, Chen Shijiao, I will put it here today, I, Chen Shijiao, will definitely marry someone who knows my elder brother in the future!"

Shi Yan is insensitive to the magical brain circuit of such a person.

I don't know where I picked up a fire stick, and stood in front of Chen Shijiao aggressively.

With a smile on his face but not a smile: "I see that you are not only shameless, but also vicious! Did you see that my brother was more valued by the gentlemen than your brother in the academy, so I did everything possible to play my brother's mentality before the academy exam? Let my brother Inadvertently studying, thus reducing a competitor for your brother?"

Chen Shijiao was very angry: "What nonsense! I want the husband to judge! Don't think that the husband is your father, you can spit people out when you know him!"

Because Father Du was the enlightened gentleman of ethnic studies in the village, everyone in the village called him Mr.

And she herself can't bear the consequences of what Shi Yan said. In their family, the eldest brother Chen Shimei is the pride and hope of the whole family. It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Shimei is the hope of the entire Chenjia Village.

Excellent schoolwork, appreciated by the gentlemen, there is no more spiritual child in Chenjiacun than Chen Shimei in reading.

Of course, with the exception of Du Shiyou, their family is an outsider, not a complete Chen family.

Chen Shijiao would never tolerate someone slandering her brother like this.

Saying that, he will fight with Shi Yan.

Shi Yan was one step ahead of her, raising her voice to ensure that the eavesdropper outside the door could hear it clearly: "I'm talking nonsense? Then I'll let the little flowers at the entrance of the village come to your house every day to express love to your brother Chen Shimei, in front of the whole village. She said that her Xiaohua is not your brother and will not marry, and that only your brother in the entire Chenjia Village can match Xiaohua's beauty, she will recognize your brother in this life, what do you think?"

how?

Of course not!

As long as Chen Shijiao thinks of that picture, he feels disgusting, Xiaohua is so ugly, how dare he miss his big brother? She is not even worthy to carry shoes for her eldest brother!

Besides, my eldest brother is now studying hard to prepare for the college entrance examination, and his family does not dare to disturb him at will, for fear of delaying his study time, so he speaks and does things carefully, trying not to make any noise. What is Xiaohua that can delay his big brother's future?

wishful thinking!

As long as Chen Shijiao wanted to know the scene that Yan said, he would get angry: "She dares!"

Shi Yan looked at her with a half-smile, and there was a faint sound of snickering outside the door.

This is what Chen Shijiao did to Du Shi herself, and the whole village saw it. When she did it herself, she was righteous and straight, but if someone else treated her brother like this, it would not work immediately. 10,000 can't see it.

The double standard should not be too obvious.

But obviously she didn't think there was anything wrong with her thinking like this. If a shameless person could really know where she was shameless, then she would still be self-aware.

Some people, such as Chen Shijiao, do not feel that they have a problem at all. It is others who are wrong. It is not the same as what they think, that is, others have problems.

The burning stick in Zhiyan's hand tapped lightly in the palm of his hand, with a nonchalant expression: "Oh, Xiaohua is not worthy of your eldest brother Chen Shimei, so who can? Is the eldest lady of the magistrate's house?"

Chen Shijiao wanted to reluctantly nodded, saying that knowing Yan was still a self-knowledge, but as a result, Zhi Yan threw a fire stick at her unceremoniously.

Chen Shijiao could only run out the door with the basket in his hand, and as he ran, he said to a family of three who had long since hid in the house and secretly observed the outside: "Sir, Mr. Du! You just look at Shi Yan and bully me like this, can't you?"

Shi Yan sneered: "How thick do you have to be to think that your elder brother is better than my brother? How shameless do you have to be to think that you can do better than the county magistrate's lady?

I'll leave it here today. If you harass my elder brother again and disturb him in his imperial examinations, I will ask my father to ask the patriarch to come forward and talk to you about shamelessness in person! "

Chen Shijiao felt that Zhiyan was her nemesis. There was a reason for the two of them to not deal with each other since they were young. She was clearly the most beautiful girl in Chenjia Village, and Zhiyan was an ugly black egg, but Zhiyan's popularity was not Much better than her, the uncles and aunts in the village all like to know Yan, and many young men in the village are also rushing to help him with the work.

Even the man he likes is also Shi Yan's older brother, who treats Shi Yan as his eyeball and loves him.

Shi Yan is born specifically to fight against oneself.

She just wanted to spend more time with the brother Shiyou whom she liked, and when she talked, she was said to be so vicious by Shiyan. Sure enough, there are many ugly people in Shiyan, and she is ugly in her heart, and everyone is ugly.

Knowing Yan doesn't care so much, after scaring people away, he ignores the expressions of people outside who are full of melons, and doesn't care that the family of three shows admiration to her.

She turned around and asked Mother Du for a few coins and went out the door.

The purpose of knowing Yan is very simple. She wants to repay the way of others. The Chen family is a selfish villain. She can endure it enough. It is possible for the father to set up a marriage for the two of them, which is absolutely impossible!

The feeling of being a woman is complicated enough. If she were to marry and have children to serve her parents-in-law and her husband, Shi Yan felt that she would be able to soar in place.

Absolutely not!

So Shi Yan went directly to Wang Xiaohua, who loved Chen Shimei deeply.

There are many brothers and sisters in Xiaohua's family. She has big eyes and outstanding looks. She is Chen Shimei's loyal dog licking dog. For a Chen Shimei who has never seen her in the eye, she insists on being a dog's leg for Chen Shijiao for more than ten years. Yan can't get through.

Shi Yan said to Xiaohua in a bewitching tone: "You know it well, you are ordinary, not to mention waiting for Chen Shimei to be admitted to a scholar, a talent, or even a champion, he is just a young master now, you have no appearance, no Family background, no dowry, father does not love mother, and there is no chance to marry him, right?

Hey, you are first thought to do it. I have an idea here. After listening to it, you can tell me if I really think about you. "

So within a few days, there was a message among the good aunts and aunts in the village.

The head of the village, Wang Xiaohua, goes to the Chen family to help every day, without saying anything, and immersed in her work. She does all the hard work and tiring work of the Chen family. She does it quickly and well without any complaints. The whole family can do it.

After finishing his work, he turned around and left. When someone else asked, he shyly lowered his head, blushed, and grabbed the corners of his clothes with both hands.

As he spoke, he added with red eyes: "Brother Shimei finally took a half-month vacation, if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid I won't have a chance.

Me, I just want to be closer to brother Shimei, nothing else. "

But these words, Xiaohua herself did not say a word in front of the Chen family, including Chen Shimei.

Therefore, it was too late when the Chen family recovered and knew the rumors in the village.

The Chen family wanted to say something to Xiaohua, and they couldn't say it if they persuaded her not to come again. The little girl used to be a puppet behind Chen Shijiao, and helped their family go up and down the mountains and rivers. Now Xiaohua also said, Just to see that Uncle Chen hurt his leg and couldn't work, so he came to help sister Shijiao with his work.

They can't always make two faces in front and back, making people suspect that their family is really like what the villagers said, hanging Xiaohua with their son, and tricking Xiaohua, a silly girl, to be a long-term worker in their family, right?

The Chen family was in a dilemma and was in a difficult situation for a while, and they did not dare to tell Chen Shimei the matter and disturb his reading.

Unbeknownst to Chen Shimei, she inexplicably gained a follower who entered the house.

Du Shiyou looked suspicious when he heard about it: "Amei, this matter has nothing to do with you, right?"

Shi Yan shrugged: "Of course!"

related.

Du Shiyou was relieved, and his mood was complicated: "If this goes on, Shimei and Xiaohua won't get married, and it will be difficult to end."

The reputation of the two of them was ruined, which was similar to his previous situation, except that their family was cautious and did not like to take advantage of others. Fang returned the gift.

The expression on Shi Yan's face was very happy: "Yeah, it's hard to end without getting married."