Beipo Village is just a small fishing village built on a hillside, and more than a dozen families can be seen under the shade of green trees, most of which are thatched houses made of wood.

"Ouch, it's the sprouts that have gone back to their parents' house!"

"Hey, isn't that the third girl of the Xie family!"

As soon as the ox cart entered the village, this small village suddenly boiled, and several bare-bottomed children ran behind the ox cart: "Sister Sprouts, Sister Sprouts is back!" ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but laugh a little: "Xiaowan, it seems that Sister Sprouts is quite popular in the village." ”

Xie Xiaowan glanced at her husband embarrassedly, Yahuan Xiaoyue covered her mouth and snickered, she only then knew that her lady's nickname was originally Sprouts.

The ox cart stopped in front of the Xie family's small courtyard, which was also a thatched house made of bamboo and wood, and a fence enclosed a yard, in which a few rows of vegetables were planted, and three or five chickens were leisurely foraging.

At this time, a village woman came out of the thatched house, Xie Xiaowan's eyes suddenly turned red, and she jumped out of the carriage and threw herself into the arms of the village woman: "Mother, my daughter is home to see you!" ”

"Okay, just go home, just go home!" The village woman hugged Xie Xiaowan, her eyes were red with excitement, and she secretly wiped her tears with her sleeve.

Xu Jin smiled and stood aside to look at his mother-in-law, Jiang, whom he had never met.

Jiang is less than forty years old, petite, although his appearance has been eroded by the years, he can still see that he should be very beautiful when he is young, Xiaowan's face is very beautiful from that mother, especially the crescent-like eyes.

Xie Xiaowan's mother and daughter hugged for a while before parting, and Xu Jin stepped forward and saluted: "Son-in-law Xu Jin, meet your mother-in-law!" ”

Xie Xiaowan said a little shyly: "Mother, he is my daughter's husband." ”

Jiang's gaze fell on Xu Jin, and he said with a smile: "Okay, good." ”

When her daughter wanted to marry far away, and she was married to a seriously ill underage boy who had no father or mother, Jiang was 100,000 reluctant in her heart, but she couldn't resist her husband, who had always made a promise. After her daughter got married, Jiang didn't know how many tears she secretly wiped, worried that her daughter would not have a good time over there.

However, at this time, seeing Xu Jin, a talented and energetic son-in-law, Jiang's heart was happy. is in response to that sentence: The mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more she likes it. Jiang thought that his daughter had married a grass, but he didn't think about it, but he picked up a treasure.

Isn't it? This son-in-law's appearance and character have nothing to say, and he is the first place in the county and government examinations at a young age. If it weren't for the fact that the in-laws were rescued by the head of the family when he was in trouble, when would it be the turn of our family to have sprouts for such a good marriage?

Xie Sandao saw his mother staring at his brother-in-law fixedly, and applauded vigorously, and couldn't help but say, "Mother, what are you doing?" Brother-in-law makes you blush. ”

The neighbors who were watching around suddenly burst into laughter, and Jiang Shi made a big red face, knocked his son and scolded with a smile: "I want you little cub to talk too much, Brother Jin, come and sit in the house." ”

Xu Jin smiled and nodded, and followed Xie Erjian to the house, and Erniu quickly moved the luggage on the ox cart into the house.

"Sister-in-law of the Xie family, I said back then that this child sprouts has aura and is a blessed one, look at it, let me say it, and now I am married to an outstanding and hearty husband!"

"Xiaowan, I heard that you were accepted as a righteous daughter by Prince Xing, is it true?"

"That's still fake, look at this little girl ring of the water spirit, it is estimated that it is the one given by Prince Xing."

"Tsk, sprouts can be blessed in the future!"

Xie Xiaowan, Jiang Shi and Yahuan Yue'er carried all kinds of gifts to distribute, and the neighbors happily complimented them when they got the gifts.

Jiang's originally somewhat sickly face was radiant at this time, which is probably the so-called people who are in good spirits on happy occasions. When the daughter's dowry of a bucket of rice was taken away, there was no sedan chair and no red clothes, and she quietly left home before dawn in the morning, and the neighbors gossiped a lot, and now I feel aggrieved and sad when I think about it.

Fortunately, although the daughter was married back then, but now she is going home to visit her relatives in a beautiful way, not only the son-in-law is a promising child, but the daughter has also become the righteous daughter of the prince.

Xu Jin sat in the narrow hall, smiling at Xie Xiaowan and his mother-in-law who were talking to the neighbors outside, and he was in an inexplicably good mood, he was so wronged by Xiaowan back then.

Xie Erjian poured a bowl of boiled water for Xu Jin, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, we don't have tea for you to drink, so let's just take it." ”

Xu Jin was also a poor person back then, so he naturally didn't pay attention to this, so he took a sip of the thick bowl and asked, "Where did Old Taishan go?" ”

"Dad drove out of the lake early in the morning, probably because he wanted to catch something new to entertain his son-in-law!" Xie Erjian smiled again and said to the courtyard: "Look at my mother's strength now, it is estimated that I will have to complain about the third sister spending money indiscriminately in a while." ”

Xu Jin brought a lot of gifts this time, in addition to food, there are also cloth, shoes, hats and the like, each family in the village has a copy, worth nearly 300 yuan, no wonder those neighbors are so happy that they don't see their teeth, and they say a lot of compliments.

Xu Jin smiled, now he is not very rich, but he is not short of money, King Xing's dowry to Xiaowan has 1,000 taels of silver, and the carriage and horse shop was bought by Zhu Houxi, so he doesn't need to spend money at all, it is estimated that there will be hundreds of taels of dividends at the end of the year, so there is no need to worry about money now.

Xu Jin drank boiled water, while looking at the furnishings in the house, his eyes suddenly fell on a spiritual plaque on the altar, he thought that it was the ancestor of the Xie family, but after a closer look, he found that the spiritual plaque was engraved with the words "Zhang Gong's spiritual position", and he couldn't help but be quite surprised.

Xie Erjian naturally explained: "According to my father, Zhang Gong is the life-saving benefactor of our ancestors, so he has always been enshrined at home. ”

Although Xu Jin is strange that the spirit card only writes the surname and does not have a name, he does not get to the bottom of it, but the brothers and sisters of the Xie family have all learned martial arts, and it is estimated that the ancestors are not as simple as fishermen.

Xu Jin sat idle for a while, Xie Xiaowan's mother and daughter finally sent the neighbors away, Jiang took his daughter's hand and walked into the house with a smile, and said in a low voice as he walked: "You stupid girl, just buy some snacks at will, you can spend that unjust money, those cloth, shoes and hats are estimated to cost five or six taels of silver, which is enough for our family for a year." ”

Xie Erjian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Look at what I just said, I'm going to nag about this." ”

Jiang glanced at his son and said, "If you can earn five or six taels of silver for the family, my mother won't nag and go and kill the old hen that doesn't lay eggs." If you don't do such a good errand in the county government, you will know that you are hanging at home all day long, and it will be strange to find a daughter-in-law in the future! ”

Xie Erjian stretched out two fingers and stuffed them into his ear holes, and walked out of the house slowly.

Jiang's eyes fell on the youngest son Xie Sangun again, this kid was holding a lot of snacks, his mouth was bulging, and when he saw his mother looking at him, he quickly stood up and ran out, and said inarticulate as he ran: "I'll go to see if my father is back." ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but laugh secretly, and there was an inexplicable sense of intimacy, remembering that his mother nagged him like this when he was a child, but now all this can only exist in memory.

Xu Jin chatted with his mother-in-law for a while, and Xie Sangun jumped back, carrying a fish basket on his back, and shouted like a treasure as soon as he entered the yard: "Brother-in-law, come and see, you have a good mouth tonight." ”

Xu Jin walked out of the house with a smile, Xie Sangun put the fish basket on the ground, but saw that the fish basket was crawling with blue-black lake crabs, and there was a big grass carp, which was estimated to weigh seven or eight catties.

"Wow, Daddy caught so many crabs!" Xie Xiaowan said with a happy face.

At this time, a tall middle-aged man walked in with an oar, and Xu Jin guessed that this person was his father-in-law nine times out of ten.

Sure enough, Xie Xiaowan immediately called out when she saw the middle-aged man: "Dad! ”

The middle-aged man hummed, his eyes fell on Xu Jin, Xu Jin suddenly had a feeling of being targeted by a tiger, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The son-in-law has seen my father-in-law." ”

Xie Xiaowan's father's name is Xie Qing, he is tall, his skin is bronzed, he is about forty years old, his face is like a knife, his eyes are bright, and he looks very strong. From this point of view, the body shape of the brothers and sisters of the Xie family is the same as that of their mother, and the face of the second child is closest to his father.

Xie Qing looked Xu Jin up and down, and said with a smile: "Virtuous son-in-law doesn't have to be polite, go, sit in the house." ”

Xu Jin followed his father-in-law into the house, and after the two sides sat down, Xie Qing grabbed Xu Jin's left hand without saying anything, and skillfully took the pulse.

Xu Jin couldn't help but secretly wonder, could it be that this cheap old man still understands medical skills? But after thinking about it, since ancient times, martial arts doctors have not been separated, and it is not surprising that those who practice martial arts know some medical skills.

Xie Qing checked the pulse of Xu Jin's two wrists, and said with a hint of joy in his eyes: "It seems that the virtuous son-in-law's illness is really good, um, but it's still a little weak, if you have time, you might as well stay at home for a few more days." ”

At the beginning, Xie Qing personally sent his daughter to Xujia Village, Shangrao, and also checked the pulse of the nerd at that time, the situation was very unoptimistic, at that moment Xie Qing regretted a little that he insisted on fulfilling his promise, because according to his experience, Xu Jin estimated that he would not live long.

However, things were unexpected, Xu Jin not only survived, but also took off the county test and the government test in one fell swoop, and just now Xie Qing checked Xu Jin's pulse and found that his physical problems had completely disappeared, which was really a miracle.

Xu Jinwan refused: "My son-in-law has to rush to Nanchang to participate in the hospital examination, I'm afraid I won't be able to live for a long time." ”

Xie Qing said disapprenously: "Now on July 20, the hospital examination will be held on the tenth day of August, and the virtuous son-in-law can stay here for ten days, and then I will personally send you to Nanchang by boat, and you can arrive in three days at most." ”

Xu Jin had no choice but to nod and say, "Then there is Father-in-law Lao." ”

"child, steam the crab, I'm going to have two cups with my son-in-law tonight." After Xie Qing finished speaking, he walked out of the courtyard in a hurry and dug out a wine jar near the fence.

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, it seems that he is also a bold man like this.