The Landlord And His Wife

    After the Dragon Boat Festival, the days began to live slowly again. There are saponin trees in the front and back of the village, and there is a hibiscus tree in the west of the village. Usually women in the village go to the tree to pick leaves and wash their hair. It’s the Qixi Festival, and the leaves of the hibiscus tree have become popular. A little bit below, the leaves are all picked.

    Liu Xuer was wearing the lotus-colored cross-collar skirt, looking up at the tree in a daze, she wanted to wash her hair and take a bath today, so she came here to pick leaves, usually there are always people here, casual Just ask an aunt or aunt to help, but now there is no one?

    She turned her head and looked around, trying to find a passing adult to call for help, and then she saw a child running over from a distance, and she recognized Shicheng from a distance.

    Liu Xuer stared at Shicheng in surprise and ran to her, and before he could stand still, she asked, "Why are you back?! Our brothers are back too?"

    Shi Cheng smiled and took a breath and shook his head: "No, what are they doing here? I came back because of something at home."

    "What's the matter?" Liu Xuer is still more concerned about his family, and Shicheng's family should also be smooth and there is nothing bad.

    Shi Cheng knew what she was worried about by looking at her, smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, it's a good thing." Looking at her up and down: "Not bad! The little girl is dressed like this, but she is very watery. Very good!"

    Liu Xuer reached out and hit him, and asked, "What's the matter?!"

    Shi Cheng didn't hide, but smiled and said, "You don't believe it when you say good things..." He got closer and whispered to her, "My mother is pregnant with a baby!"

    Liu Xuer let out an unexpected 'ah'.

    Shi Cheng smiled and said, "Why are you so surprised? My parents are only in their twenties, so it's not normal to have children? Your parents might also give you younger siblings!"

    Liu Xuer was quite surprised, the Shicheng family has always been a child of Shicheng, so he is particularly favored by the grandparents of the old generation, so he is sometimes quite bold and dares to do anything. Shi Chengniang doesn't know why, she hasn't given birth for a few years, everyone thinks she won't give birth... Liu Xuer also thinks so...

    "Then... will you fall out of favor?" She said dully.

    Shicheng laughed loudly: "You really have become a child? Now this thinking is exactly the same as that of a child!"

    Liu Xuer sighed, yes, it seems childish to say this! She pointed at the hibiscus tree and said to Shicheng, "You help me pick some leaves, I can't reach them."

    Shi Cheng hurriedly agreed and was about to climb up, then turned to look at her and said, "Let's go play for a while, how about picking when we come back?"

    "Play? Where to play?" Liu Xuer asked in surprise, what's the fun? She never thought there was anything fun around here.

    "Turn around, you see, since you are already a child, you must enjoy the fun of a child! A child can play in the stream for a long time, and can also play for a long time with a branch and a bird's nest. Look at you, I know you're going to say boring! It's not boring, it's childlike! Let's go, let's enjoy our childhood."

    After finishing speaking, she took Liu Xuer's hand and ran to the river, and Liu Xuer could only follow.

    In the entire Hanzhong area, the rainfall in the past two years is relatively small, but the northwest side is already drought, and drought has become the norm here, and the crops here include riverside roads. The sides grow naturally and are all drought-tolerant plants.

    During the Chinese New Year last year, there were two snowfalls, not too big, but the drought was barely relieved, and the northwest land was a little watery.

      , so there are no children playing by the creek.

    Although the two of them said they were here to play, they couldn't really be like children, diving into the water to fish for fish, or fighting water battles, so after they came over, they all looked for the same The big stone sat down, and Shi Cheng asked, "Did you give your mother the money last time? Did your father and mother agree with your plan all of a sudden? Did you buy these clothes last time? Why don't I know? ?"

    "My parents have long agreed with my plan... I couldn't move in bed at that time, probably for this reason, anyway, the stall was spread at that time, and if I couldn't take it back, I had to keep doing it. Clothes? No, my aunt made it for me." Speaking of which, Liu Xuer immediately remembered the Dragon Boat Festival, and immediately asked with a mysterious smile: "Last Dragon Boat Festival, did you see anything famous?"

    Shicheng was stunned, blinked and thought about it and shook his head: "What is it? Are you talking about doing business or shopping? What about?"

    "It's my aunt and my fourth uncle. I found that my fourth uncle seems to be interested in my aunt." Liu Xuer was too lazy to guess the riddle with him, and opened it with a smile: "My fourth uncle last time Go, I suspect it is because I know that my aunt is going to the ancient house to deliver the handkerchief, so I want to pretend to meet, who knows that I really have a chance to save the beauty by a hero!"

    Shi Cheng smiled: "Really? This is also a good thing, right? Kiss and kiss?"

      If you marry your younger brother, or vice versa, the country people will find it more difficult, so some of you are a little more conservative and still disagree. She sighed and said, "I hope it goes well anyway, it all depends on what Grandpa and Grandma want."

    Shi Cheng shook his head and said, "Just say it, and relatives should always have a good talk."

    Liu Xuer's heart moved, yes, if this matter is opened, maybe it will be easier to talk about it, the two are relatives, and they will definitely talk to Feng Xiaoyu, then the possibility of a good talk about this matter Just big.

    Shi Cheng looked at her and smiled: "Don't worry about others, when will we get married? How about fourteen?"

    Liu Xuer stared at him with wide eyes: "Are you crazy? You are still a child at the age of fourteen! Don't talk about who is a fourteen-year-old relative, I can accept it. No!" She squinted at him: "Besides, your family is a high-profile family, and they moved to the county town in two or three years. Maybe they will move to Hanzhongfu or even Xianyang in a few years! I can't reach them. ."

    Shi Cheng snorted: "Don't worry, wherever we go, I have to involve your family... Cough, cough, anyway, we got married at the age of fourteen, so that's it!"

      : "Don't talk about it's nothing, it's better to think about how to help our family get rich quickly!"

    Shicheng nodded: "It's one thing! Your family is rich, you can move to the city, and then you will be neighbors. When we move to the big city, we will already be married. Now... don't we need to separate?"

    Liu Xuer was stunned, she really didn't think about it before, mainly because she was too young, and her family was too poor. Cai, living a normal life, never thought about it. It seems that Shicheng has thought about it a lot. He wanted to get married at the age of fourteen, but he was afraid that they would move to Hanzhong or Xianyang, and his family would really not be able to. Ability is following...

    She also thought about it, then nodded and said: "Okay, then try to make our family rich and be on an equal footing with your family... lest I be disgusted by your mother when I get it."

    Neither of them said another possibility, or even thought about it, it seems that the two of them are husband and wife, which is destined by nature.

    Shi Cheng glanced at her from top to bottom again and shook his head: "I'll make you a full-length dress first...No! No matter what, we have to restore our previous standard of living. We wear a pair of shoes every day, and we can’t repeat the same for at least a year. In addition, we have to eat delicious food from the mountains and seas every day. People who can't even eat eggs are greedy..."

    Liu Xuer sighed, in the past, she really did not eat meat on purpose, lose weight, maintain her figure, whatever, and what she eats is already the pursuit of quality. After wearing it here, I couldn't even see minced meat for a year. At that time, I kept thinking, this is retribution...

    She sighed again, now that she can put on the clothes of the girl's house and often eat meat, she feels that it is already a very good life.

    Shicheng really saw fish in the creek, he hurriedly pointed and smiled and said, "Hey, look! There are really fish! Have you not had fish soup for a long time? I'll grab two for you and go back to make soup?"

    Liu Xuer snorted: "If you want to play with water, just go and play, why are you making excuses?"

    Shicheng laughed 'puchi' and didn't care about her, he rolled up his trousers and went into the water.

     Bend over to catch fish everywhere. It's just that the fish is so easy to catch! All of them are slippery and slippery, not to mention the big fish in this stream, all of which are small fish with the size of fingers, and it is even more difficult to catch. Shicheng touched it for a long time, except for the sleeves and trouser legs.

    She came out wet, and was laughed at by Liu Xuer mercilessly. Shicheng is also an adult in his bones, of course he won't be annoyed by her ridicule and threw back into the water to catch a fish. To prove that he is powerful, he just defended himself and made a lot of excuses for not being able to catch fish. As before, Shicheng's delusions finally won out. The two talked and laughed for a while, then got up and walked back.

    Still go to the hibiscus tree to pick leaves. From a distance, they could see a group of children surrounded by a tree. Neither of them could see clearly that there were people. They still walked over. When they were in front of them, a group of children suddenly separated. The ten-year-old boy stood sideways in front of the two of them!

    Only then did the two realize that it was Wang Pin!