In the courtyard, the sky is still clear, it seems that God will not have mercy on the people for a while, and the gray stone walls are very beautiful and tightly fitted; The delicate fence surrounds the vegetable garden, growing listless all kinds of vegetables, the stone mill on one side is clean, and all kinds of tools are arranged in an orderly manner, witnessing the diligence of the Wang family.

In the corner of the courtyard, Wang Siliu couldn't help but say to his wife: "Go and ask." ”

"Hmm." The wife obediently entered the house, and it happened that the son was also reading in the house, and this matter could not be hidden, so she said it directly and asked her daughter what she meant.

The couple gave birth to a pair of good children, Lord Wang is the best in Shangyuan County, ugly is ugly, but also has good facial features, plus Kong Wu is powerful, hard-working and simple, some people fought to give him their daughters, so Wang was beautiful when he was young, not short, and virtuous.

has the excellent genes of his parents, and his son Wang Zhu is also close to 1.9 meters tall, with a dignified appearance, excellent homework, excellent to his classmates, and a sense of affection and righteousness.

The daughter is slim and elegant, gentle and pleasing, looks a few years older than her peers, because she has helped her parents work every day since she was a child, she is very sensible, unlike many girls in the village who like to dress up, are lazy and lazy, and there is nothing in the village that is not praised.

When Xiao Yao heard this, he was stunned at first, then tilted his head and thought, but did not answer immediately.

Wang Zhu was not happy, and objected: "No one wants to be a long-term worker in the big yard, but you are willing to let your sister go to the big yard to be a girl?" ”

Wang explained euphemistically: "My mother doesn't want her son to serve people, I mean, I mean, she only goes to suffer for a year or two, and it will be better for our family for a lifetime." ”

Speaking of this, Wang remembered that he had been sick in bed for a long time a few years ago, and his daughter knew how to be filial to herself when she was only four or five years old. Feeding water, food, serving pots, etc., every time I look at her young age, hard work and cute appearance, I am all moved to tears, and it is precisely because of the inseparability of her husband and two children that she has the idea that she must get better, so she can't go on, "No, don't mention it, let's not mention this matter." ”

Even Wang Siliu said: "Forget it." It's just that I was unlucky, I didn't earn an extra ten taels of silver last year. Let's continue to work farming and see next year. ”

Wang said: "Then let's talk about it in two years." The boss is about to grow up, and he can contribute as hard as you, and the youngest is about to top me, and then she will take care of the work at home, and I will farm with you, and the boss must continue to go to school to get ahead. There is still hope for our family. ”

"Yes." Wang Zhu dotes on his sister the most, "In the past few years, I will work hard to help my father and mother, save more money, and wait until I graduate from middle school." I'm going to apply for the martial arts academy and be a soldier who defends my family and the country. ”

"Nope." Wang Siliu was furious, "Even if Lao Tzu dies, you are not allowed to be a lowly military household." If you lose the face of your ancestors, you will give me an honest farm, marry a wife and have children. Even if your mother and I are tired to death, we hope that our Wang family will become a scholarly family. ”

"Dad, you don't understand at all." Wang Zhu looked excited, "It's not the same as before, it's not a shame to be a soldier, not to mention that I will be an officer as soon as I graduate." ”

"That's not going to work, no way." Wang Siliu was unmoved, and took out his cigarette pouch angrily.

Wang Zhu was naturally not convinced, and just wanted to continue arguing, but his sister said, "I am willing to go." This was completely unexpected by the family, and everyone was stunned.

Speaking of which, although the Tong family has been inherited for a long time, and now it is even more rich and noble, no one in Xiaojia Village has ever respected it, and they all ridiculed the Tong family as a hundred-year-old nouveau riche, far from being comparable to other big clans.

The most important reason is that it is due to its style, several generations of family heads are stingy, and they have no clan style, and they are as stingy as those rich people, and they treat their subordinates as mules and horses.

Xiao Yao knows very well that the Tong family is not the Xu family, whose sisters in the neighbors are fortunate enough to go to the Xu family to be maids, everyone congratulates them and says that they are going to enjoy the blessings, and the fact is also the same, even if the Xu family is a rough girl, it is more decent than being a first-class girl in the Tong family.

And she has only been a maid for a year or two, so it is conceivable that she had to suffer in the past, and she went to suffer a lot, and the Tong family will definitely get back the capital. But she thought, as long as her suffering can make her father change back to a big bull, so that her father will no longer stand in front of the plowshare, desperately pull forward, gritted his teeth, the green tendons on his neck jump, no longer have to sit in the house every year to borrow the cow sighing, go out to ask people in a low voice, as long as there is a cow, that qiē will be better, so she is willing to endure hardship.

But after all, the young Xiao Yao had grievances in his heart, and said a little angrily: "Even if I go to Tong's house and enter the Hades Palace, as long as you are good, it will be worth it for me to die of hardship." ”

The whole family was even more surprised, Wang Siliu was moved to pick up his daughter, couldn't help but tears rolled in his eyes, and kissed his daughter's hair, "My son is so big, but so sensible." ”

The dream of many years is about to come true, Wang Siliu grinned again, how many days to break the head or still can't find a way, the daughter solved it with a light word, and happily wanted to hurry to the bull market to sue the cow economy, don't sell his quasi-big bull to others, and then go to the compound to find Brother Wang.

Suddenly, his smile was gone, and he shook his head with a tense face, muttering, "No, no." ”

pulled his filial daughter into his arms again, and his rough big hand pinched his daughter's slender and good-looking big hand, which had also become thick due to labor, and looked at it seriously for a while. In addition to these hands, what a good girl, who has just turned twelve years old, looks beautiful and delicate, and her figure is comparable to that of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, and her slender and slender family is not comparable to most daughters in Jiangnan. Black eyes, two dimples on a red face, black and shiny hair, although the hands are a little rough, the fingers are still ten fingertips.

How could such an outstanding girl be willing to be sent to Tong's family? Looking at the face of the master, listening to the call of others, being beaten and scolded, why should he suffer and suffer?

No, it can't be like this, Wang Siliu slowly shook his head and said, "Son, Dad can't let you go." ”

The Wang family also touched his daughter's face with pity, who wants to send his heart to the mouth of a tiger like the Tong family? He asked, "Do you know how dangerous it is to go to the compound to be a girl?" ”

"I know." Xiao Yao was born and grew up in Si, how can he not know the evil things that happened in the Tong family? Reluctantly snuggled in his mother's warm arms, "I know, but no matter how bitter it is, my father is not as bitter as pulling a plow in the field against the sun." ”

"Good boy, good boy." Wang Siliu was already in tears.

Wang muttered: "Silly girl, there is something more terrible than suffering, how do you know?" ”

"I'm not afraid." Xiao Yao became more and more resolute, as smart as a small person, "Every time the third master asks me to call her Uncle Xu, just by virtue of this, the Tong family does not dare to bully me." ”

"That's just as well."

Not only did the Wang family loosen, but even Wang Siliu nodded frequently, yes! After all, there is still a Xu Sanye in Xiaojia Village, who gave the Tong family 10,000 guts, and they didn't dare to touch half of their daughter's hair, as long as they spread the news that their daughter was calling uncle.

Wang Zhu, who was most opposed to this matter, also blinked, and couldn't find a reason to object, Mr. Xu was a god in the village, and no one dared to offend him.

The room was quiet, and it seemed that this matter had been settled.

At the same time, throughout the afternoon, according to the old rules of the last time, Lujia Village carried three animals and eight ceremonies into the Lu ancestral hall, and a pair of bound 'adulterers' and adulterers' were carried to the stone dam of the ancestral hall for public display.

The parents of the He clan are here again, there is no need to write a sacrifice to the ancestors, there are ready-made, noisy rituals go through, in front of the whole village, announced the way to punish a pair of men and women: Shen He!

According to the agreement, Lu Hao and Lu Yongjie were protected from insults, but in fact, with Lu Yongjie's identity, the idle villagers did not dare to step forward.

The whole ceremony was completed, just waiting for Lu Hanchen to make an announcement and carry a couple of men and women to the boat by the big river.

waited until midnight, and saw Lu Hanchen come out tremblingly, and suddenly said: "Carry them back to my house, I will take them to the family sacrifice first, and then carry them to the boat." ”

Everyone was very surprised, and couldn't guess what Master Lu had in mind, but this reason seemed to be above board, you are the head of a family, representing the entire Lu family and even the entire Lu family village, and it makes sense to make any family sacrifice, but I don't know how to make a family sacrifice, is it planning to sacrifice a family sacrifice without forgetting to tell Nai Weng, and inform the ancestors that there is a slut in the family?

Soon a couple of men and women were carried into the main house of the Lu family, except for Lu Hanchen and his own subordinates, no one was qualified to follow him in to join in the fun, anyway, Master Lu ordered to close the door and engage in the family sacrifice of the moth.

The door slowly closed, and Lu Hanchen said that except for blood relatives and a few cronies, even ordinary people have no right to step into the house, let alone work long and short.

Lu Er and the others stood outside and talked in a whisper, Lu San said: "You said that the old lady didn't hold any family sacrifices until dark, what the hell are you going to mess with?" ”

Lu Er wondered: "I probably want to apologize to my ancestors, there has never been such a thing in the big house before, but now that it is out, he must be shocked, angry and disappointed, and this sacrifice is also reasonable." ”

The big guys have agreed, the matter has come to this point, there is no room for turnaround, and they could have begged Xu Sanye to come forward during the day, but no.

Now that everyone is waiting outside the door, it is impossible for Lu Hanchen to do anything, he has to take care of the dignity of the entire big house and the dignity of the Lu family, probably nothing more than to have a sacrifice at his own house, so that he and his relatives and daughter can meet for the last time and hear what her wishes are.

After all, the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, and it is not false to be relieved, but the pain of Mrs. Lu can be understood by a person, and it can only be said that who made you do your own evil? It's finally your turn, right? (To be continued......)