Chapter 4: Chop before you play
Chapter 4 is the first cut and then the prelude
Song Xinshu laughed angrily, Xiao Mu has always been well-behaved and obedient, I don't know what's wrong, I've been so rebellious less than two days after I left home, "You don't have to drive me like this, Xiao Mu, Sister knows that you also want to contribute to the family, but you are still young, and you will regret making this decision in the future." Sister Ah doesn't marry into the Fang family, and she doesn't want to marry a long official, and there is a way to redeem herself for you. ”
Song Xiaomu's face tightened, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of anxiety: "Sister, don't bluff me, our family doesn't have much money, I'm not stupid, my father and mother are planning to sell the land!" If you don't marry Fang Da, and you don't want to be assigned to marry, do you want to be lonely for the rest of your life! ”
Song Xinshu saw that Xiao Mu was so awkward that she pulled Su Qing next to her and said, "Xiao Mu, Su Qing, do you remember?" The day before yesterday, he went to our house and said that he wanted to marry me, and gave me a dowry, don't give Sister a stubborn anymore, let's go home quickly, don't mess around? ”
Song Xiaomu looked at Su Qing suspiciously, seeing that he was not a heinous person, "The villagers say that you are a bandit, but since you want to marry my sister, you have to treat her well, if you fail my sister, I will not spare you!" ”
Looking at the fierce Xiao Mu, Song Xinshu was very moved in her heart, she patted Xiao Mu's shoulder and said: "Xiao Mu, you think about Sister A, Sister and her family are also worried about you, you have been wronged in Mofu, and our family has no way of knowing, you should go home with Sister A." ”
thought that Song Xiaomu would readily agree, but Song Xinshu saw Song Xiaomu shaking his head again and again: "Sister, I signed a deed of sale, and Miss also likes me, she won't let me go back, and I eat and drink well here, which also relieves a lot of burden for the family." Your marriage is set, I can also do things here with peace of mind, the two brothers have not yet married, the five taels of silver will be kept for them to find a daughter-in-law, filial piety to the father! ”
"Xiao Mu!" Song Xinshu shook Song Xiaomu's shoulders angrily, "How do you know that Miss won't let her go?" I can't do it, I'll say it! ”
"Sister!" Song Xinshu raised his head and stared deeply at Song Xinshu's eyes, and his tone became cold and hard: "What I said is, I don't want to go back, I am voluntary, and I am the young lady's person after signing the deed of sale, I will be free again in ten years, so why bother Sister?" ”
Song Xin looked at Xiao Mu who was petite but mature in mind, and felt that she should not be a sister, her soul did not belong to this era, she once thought that she was a lonely ghost and had nothing to worry about in this world, but the people she met were all good to her, how could she ......
Thinking of this, Song Xinshu was determined to protect these warm people.
"Xiao Mu ......"
"Sister, you live a good life with Brother Su, and go back if you have nothing to do!"
A sense of powerlessness swept over, and Song Xinshu had no choice but to tearfully admonish: "If you are bullied and something happens, you have to tell your family." ”
Xiao Mu, who was suppressing her sadness, heard this, and finally couldn't restrain herself from sobbing quietly, she dragged the corner of Song Xinshu's clothes and cried: "Sister, I am reluctant to leave home, but I can't abandon Miss treacherously, don't worry, I am very smart, I will not be bullied, I can't go back on your wedding day, Sister, you have to forgive me!" ”
"Xiao Mu ......"
Song Xiaomu wiped the corners of her eyes, turned her head and said to Su Qing: "Sister is my favorite sister, you have to treat her well if you marry Sister A!" ”
"Okay."
Su Qing just said a simple word, but it can give people a sense of sincerity.
Song Xinshu and Song Xiaomu hugged each other and said goodbye, and then they reluctantly separated.
On the way back, Su Qing looked at the depressed Song Xinshu, stopped and said, "I'll go back and ask Mofu how much it costs to ransom people." ”
"Brother Su, there's no need."
Song Xinshu turned to Su Qing and smiled faintly, her slightly tired eyebrows and eyes softened: "Xiao Mu also has her own insistence, she knows how to do things for the family since she was a child, and she also has her own opinions, if we insist on taking her home this time, maybe it will be us who regret it." ”
"You don't have to worry too much, the steward will take care of Xiao Mu, besides, she signed a living deed, and she will be able to regain her free body after ten years."
"I hope so."
Song Xinshu let go of his shoulders with relief, but in Su Qing's eyes, he still looked full of thoughts.
They walked one after the other, Su Qing wanted to go on with Song Xinshu like this, but the road has an end after all, and everyone has their own destination.
Song Xinshu stood at the door of Song's house and said goodbye to Su Qing: "Today's matter, trouble Brother Su." ”
Su Qing's arms fell to his side, the setting sun stretched his shadow very long, and the little woman in front of him was as high as his shoulders, looking very weak and very cute.
He had never been good at words, and he didn't know how to express his feelings, so he just looked at her quietly.
"I'm not a bandit, don't be afraid of me." A thousand words are only combined into a short sentence, which is far from his original intention, he wanted to express that he would be good to her for the rest of his life, but he just didn't mean it, and he didn't know if the other party would misunderstand him.
Song Xinshu "poofed" a smile, pulled the broken hair hanging down from his sideburns, and said softly: "I know, bandits don't take the initiative to give people money, and you look so good, I don't believe you are a bandit!" ”
Pretty? Su Qing brushed his chin when he heard the sound, can he also describe a man as good-looking?
"It's getting late, go back quickly, be careful on the road." Song Xinshu shook her arm at Su Qing, and after more contact with Su Qing, she found that this person was not as terrible as rumored, but inexplicably warm-hearted.
"The day after tomorrow." Su Qing and Song Xinshu were three feet apart, paused and said solemnly: "The day after tomorrow, I will marry you." ”
Song Xinshu was inadvertently locked by Su Qing's softened gaze, as if bathed in the beautiful scenery of the moon and the breeze, lingering.
"Okay." Song Xinshu smiled softly, and his sincere smile was like a seed buried in Su Qing's heart.
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Lin Guifen watched Song Xinshu walk in in surprise, and sighed helplessly: "You girl, it's not worrying at all, where did you go early in the morning?" ”
"I went to Mofu and saw Xiao Mu."
"What?" Lin Guifen hurriedly got up and asked, "How is your Xiao Mu?" What about her, didn't she come back with you? ”
"Xiao Mu said that she wouldn't come back, I already told her that Su Qing gave a dowry, and she was still very stubborn."
"This kid!" Lin Guifen patted her thigh angrily, "Not sensible!" She doesn't know what the family is in a hurry! ”
Song Xinshu patted Lin Guifen's back to smooth her, and told the process of meeting Xiao Mu one by one, at least to put the family at ease.
"Mother, Xiao Mu is not ignorant, she is too sensible, she doesn't want to drag down our family, mother, you and your father must not complain about her, Xiao Mu also said that the silver she got from selling herself was kept for her brothers to marry and honor you and her father. The most important thing at the moment is to redeem the field, without the field, our family will have no livelihood, how can we live in the future? ”
Lin Guifen was speechless, she was anxious to raise silver taels for Song Xinshu before, but now she calmed down and thought about it, Song Xinshu's words were indeed reasonable, but when she thought of Song Liangmin's tough attitude, she was a little worried, "Xin girl, where is your father ......?"
"Mother, don't worry about it first, my second brother and I will redeem the land and then give an explanation to my father, my father won't let our whole family lose the source of livelihood, right?"
Lin Guifen nodded, "Then you call your second brother, but ......" She hesitated for a moment and said: "The silver is in the hands of your father, how do you redeem the land?" ”
"Mother, have you forgotten, we still have ten taels of silver?" Song Xinshu showed an inevitable smile, Lin Guifen naturally knew where the silver came from, "Then you be careful in everything, your father and mother are not greedy for your dowry, and let him make it up for you when your father comes back." ”
Song Xinshu didn't care about anything more, so he took the silver and walked out. At this time, although the title deed is in the land protection, the Song family is still needed to take care of the fields during this harvest season.
Song Xinshu found Song Caishu who was sweating profusely in the wheat field, and deliberately avoided Song Liangmin, who was resting with his head down, but when he saw the brother and sister muttering and leaving together, Song Liangmin couldn't help but whisper a few words.
"Sister Xin, what's the matter with being so anxious to find my brother?" Away from Song Liangmin, Song Caishu wiped his sweat and asked.
"Second brother, let's go and redeem our family's land!" Song Xinshu didn't bother too much, and gave Song Caishu the ten taels of silver in his hand, and Song Caishu had to come out to redeem the land.
Song Caishu was in a trance and held the heavy silver taels, and said in disbelief: "What is this silver ......?" ”
"The dowry given by Su Qing, originally I wanted to take Xiao Mu back first, but Xiao Mu was determined to stay in Mo Mansion, so I calculated with my mother and planned to redeem the family's Tian first."
"Why didn't I know that Su Qing gave our family a dowry?" Song Caishu was still confused, as if he had slept and his family had undergone earth-shaking changes.
Song Xinshu pointed her finger and chin in thought, too, she quietly found Su Qing yesterday and took the initiative to come to the dowry, the Song family father and son came back from the town and went directly to the field, Lin Guifen didn't have a chance to explain the situation, naturally she didn't know the ins and outs of the matter.
But things have developed to such a point that there is no turning back, Song Xinshu pushed Song Caishu to the ground protection house, Song Caishu's brain was a mess, and he wouldn't rack his brains too much if he couldn't figure it out, so he went with Song Xinshu.
Dibao is a well-known squire in the village, and he is also generous and benevolent, after figuring out the intentions of the brother and sister, even if he was unhappy, he still returned the title deed to them.
If it weren't for this relationship, the land protector would not have allowed them to repent.
The brother and sister who got their wish rushed home without a moment's delay, and Song Liangmin and Song Huaishu, who were one step ahead of them, learned about the situation from Lin Guifen.
This will make Song Xinshu just step into the Song family with his front foot, and he saw Song Liangmin standing in the courtyard with an angry face, and scolded loudly: "The wings are a lot stiffer, they will be cut first and then played, and they don't take their father in their eyes, right?" ”