Li's mother brushed the pot with a bamboo broom in the kitchen, and the rustling sound was like a rain leak that had not stopped last night.

Xiao Feng rubbed his sleepy eyes in annoyance, it was originally a good thing to look forward to rain day and night, but after looking forward to it for half a year, everyone was worried about not raining, the fields were dry, and the crops withered and died. Moreover, if it rains, you can be lazy and not go to school, preferably in heavy rain, a few of them can pretend to be good children, and want to go to school, and adults will praise and stop them.

When you think about it, there are many benefits to rain in the morning! Xiao Feng is on his cheeks, like going to class, composing, and writing big characters can be naturally dispensed with, and he can get together with his brothers and sisters of the same age at home, play red throwing, fight points, and build the city wall with mahjong dominoes; Or plug the dam in the garden, release paper boats, and chase waterfowl.

Therefore, almost every morning, the first thing Xiao Feng did when he opened his eyes was to look out the window and listen quietly to see if the sky was raining. Rain, especially in the morning, can be said to be equal to angels who bring joy to children.

But today Xiao Feng didn't want it to rain, and he was always worried about it, afraid that the rare rest day would be sent away by the rain.

The sound of Li's mother brushing the pot, he mistakenly thought it was raining, and looked at it in a daze, proving that it was a sunny day, jumped out of bed with a cheer, grabbed the loose pants with both hands, touched the crotch of the pants, and hurriedly ran outside the room to find Brother Liu.

Brother Liu also seemed to have just gotten up, standing by the patio, his little face was confused, he couldn't get rid of the problem after waking up, the snot flowed to his lips, and he wiped it back and forth with the back of his hand, but the back of his hand was clean, but his face was full of flowers and dirty.

Brother Liu knew his bad problems, and he was a little shy about it, but he couldn't change it.

Xiao Feng could have been blamed as an elder brother, but he also had his own bad habits, so he could only turn a blind eye to this ridiculous action, and if he also learned from Yunsu's sister's tone to ridicule. Although it can also make his younger brother ashamed, he will definitely counterattack immediately, pouting, glaring at him, and saying contemptuously: "Wet a pair of pants overnight, it's not worth talking about me." ”

Thinking of the ugliness of bedwetting, Xiao Feng blushed, so he was very experienced and ignored the little boy's face, "Hell, I thought it was raining." ”

Brother Liu smiled and lowered his hand from his lips. Then he wiped the back of his hand with the edge of his shirt and asked, "Do you know that it rained last night?" A lot of people were cheering, but it was only for a short while. ”

Xiao Feng said with an imposing attitude: "I know, but I want it to be clear, if it is not sunny, I will definitely scold his mother." ”

"You're talking nonsense again, be careful that your aunt hears you, and you have to scold again." Xiao Liu habitually raised his hand again and wiped his nose.

"She doesn't care about us right now."

Xiao Feng inadvertently raised his head, and suddenly saw the blue cloudless sky. All over the high and low scattered, flying large and small colorful paper kites, pointing and shouting: "We will let it go too." ”

"Okay." Xiao Liu shouted, "Go to the back garden or to the highest platform?" ”

"Look." Xiao Feng pointed to a flower butterfly that had just flown up from next door. "How nice this is!"

"That should have been put by the mad brother." Xiao Liu said.

"Humph!" Xiao Feng snorted disdainfully, he and Xiao Liu were both children of the Xiao family, and they were adopted and raised by Xiao Yuying since childhood due to the death of their parents and other reasons. They are not very old, one is ten years old and the other is eight years old. And that crazy brother is older than all of them, an orphan of the Xu family. is a person that Xiao Fengding looks down on.

The reason for his contempt is nothing more than the madness, which is mostly the case with children, who do not like to be different from others, who have scorched hair and sparse hair, and who often attract many flies hovering over their heads in the summer. And he doesn't understand anything except for humming a few words of "Thousand Family Poems" such as the clouds and the wind are clear and the sky is near noon, which is also a reason why other school-going children are not respectful.

But at this time, the very good-looking flower butterfly paper kite was actually put by him, and Xiao Feng couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and a little jealous.

"Impossible." Xiao Feng denied it.

"It's his." Xiao Liu gave evidence, "Yesterday in the county, I saw him buy it with my own eyes, and it cost a penny. ”

Xiao Feng was silent, and his heart was even more uneven, and said: "There are crazy heads, but we don't have them?" Let's go, go to my aunt and theorize. ”

The two children slipped into the inner house angrily, and saw that the courtyard of the main house was full of people, and a man and a goddess in the middle were respectful, which made them confused, and saw Xu Hao, who was called his uncle in private, striding out and happily hugging the man, "Okay!" No wonder there was a light rain last night and it turned out that my son was back. Well, I'll take you to the ancestral hall to see the ancestors and the ancestors, no need for those red tape, and then let's go and meet the old lady. ”

In a blink of an eye, the building was empty, the two children were still confused, they couldn't figure out the situation and didn't have the heart to ask, and when they walked into the house, Xiao Yuying was combing her hair.

"Auntie!" Xiao Feng stepped forward and pulled her out.

"Do what?" Xiao Yuying asked, "In such a hurry?" What happened? The comb stopped, grabbed the loose hair with one hand, and turned to look at them.

Xiao Liu said: "Look at it, what a beautiful paper kite in the sky, like a flower and butterfly." ”

Xiao Yuying understood a little, and said with a smile: "This is also worth making a fuss about?" ”

"That's the madman's brother." Xiao Feng said angrily: "Auntie, he has it all, he can only hum thousands of poems, but we only have two kinds of paper flat styles." ”

Xiao Yuying smiled, in order not to make her nephew become a swinger who does not learn and has no skills, she has let them live in a foreign house since she was a child, there are no maids around her, and clothing, food, housing and transportation are strictly controlled.

"Don't worry, when your uncle comes back, he will buy a paper kite that is more optimistic than anyone else."

The eyes of the two children lit up, and Xiao Feng couldn't wait to ask, "Give it to me?" ”

"Yes."

"What about me?" Xiao Liu asked hurriedly.

Xiao Yuying chuckled: "For the two of you, and your sister." ”

"Great." The two children felt happy and ran out of the upper room laughing. Outside, the two of them raised their heads again, looking at the large and small paper kites flying all over the sky, in addition to appreciating and envious, they were bent on Uncle Xu coming back soon.

In this happy and anxious state of mind, the children made all kinds of reveries about the paper kite that Xu Hao went to buy, and they especially hoped to buy back a flower butterfly, which was stronger than the one of the crazy brother, big and beautiful.

More paper kites in the village rose with the wind, and they became smaller and smaller, and they couldn't tell what they were, and the newly released paper kites flew up one after another. The blue sky is graceful, elegant, and almost mythical.

But for the two children, it seems to have become a mockery, and each paper kite seems to be asking, why don't you let it go?

It's no wonder that the two children became more and more anxious, and they were scurrying around in the courtyard. But the lovely Uncle Xu didn't come and was about to have breakfast!

In the ancestral hall, Li Fang stood behind Xu Yan at a loss, although her sweetheart repeatedly said how reasonable her father-in-law was. Pedantic, but she didn't dare to imagine that as a woman with a foreign surname who had made an alliance in private, she was led into the ancestral hall of the Guogong family for the first time? This is a forbidden place that even your own women are not allowed to set foot in!

"You two don't need to be restrained." Xu Hao put on the incense and turned around, "Come, Ash, you come to the incense, Miss Li Fang is free, it's not too late to knock when you pass the door." ”

Xu Yan couldn't help but say, "Father-in-law." None of the elders are present, is that good? ”

Xu Hao smiled and said: "You are my son, not their son, who do I need to consult about Xu Hao?" Let's incense. When this year's sacrificial ceremony comes, you will stand behind me, and your two younger brothers will stand behind you. ”

"Yes!" Xu Yan held back his excitement. Get down on your knees respectfully.

Li Fang also hurriedly knelt down, she finally knew who her sweetheart's temper was like, and quietly stuck out her tongue. These two men look like I smile at the sky with a self-swordsman, and they seem to be reasonable and humble-minded, but in fact, they are more conceited than anyone else, and they are more stubborn than anyone else.

Walking out of the ancestral hall, Xu Yan hurriedly told the story of Xiejia Village, and said ashamedly: "I complain that the child sent his family back, lost the guide and got lost, please scold my father." ”

"Xiejia Village?" Xu Hao frowned and calculated the time, at this time, the fast horse should have time to stop it, and immediately said: "You two go to see the old lady, I want to go." ”

At the same time, the sky in Xiejia Village was miserable and overcast and rainy, and the shouts of killing gradually weakened. , Uncle Mao's son Bang Ping was carried in covered in blood, and then several more people were carried in.

Under the sneak attack, the camp was seriously injured, and the patriarch lost his composure, and every time he brought in someone, he would ask, "Isn't our shape good?" ”

Every time, the villagers replied excitedly: "Very good, very good!" ”

However, the patriarch's heart was still restless. When the sun dispelled the dark clouds and the birds chirped and flew out of the nest to forage for food, many people were damaged, but there were still more than 300 men from Xiejia Village, who were tired and excitedly beat the gong and shouted: "Flattened, flattened!" ”

At this point, the patriarch breathed a sigh of relief, and then there were hearty cheers and cries of grief, and the women ran out in a hula.

When Xu Hao rode into the village with a black face, countless torches, candles, and wooden incense were burning in front of the ancestral hall, and paper ashes that had been burned to ashes were fluttering everywhere.

The women and children knelt on both sides dressed in linen and filial piety, kneeling on the ground in black, and there were about twenty or thirty corpses of Ying Fang's daughter-in-law, Xie Yan, Bang Ping and others in the middle.

Xu Hao turned over and dismounted, and pointed at the smiling patriarch vigorously, so angry that he had nothing to say. In ancient times, it was not a society governed by the rule of law, and it can even be said that it was no different from the caste system and the feudal concepts that were preserved in India in later generations.

The nature of this fight is the same as the honor murder in the Middle East and India, that is, in the minds of most people nowadays, it is not a crime. Whether in ancient or modern times, the most headache for the government is that one is that it is difficult for the Qing officials to decide family affairs, and the other is that the countrymen are fighting on a large scale.

Large-scale group incidents are really difficult to deal with, even if so many people have died, so the patriarch seems to be fearless, even Xu Hao can't help it, is it possible to order the patriarchs of both sides and others to be arrested? Does it make sense?

The matter has come to this, Xu Hao is too lazy to care, he can do whatever he likes, and he doesn't say a word with a black face.

The problem is that the patriarch said in a hurry, "Third Master, our Xie Family Village didn't disgrace you, we died twenty or thirty lives, but the other party died more, almost destroying the village." ”

"Me?" Xu Hao gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, "Go and move the remaining men, women, and children in Wangjia Village to Yongle Continent, immediately." ”

"The third master is wise." The patriarch was happier.

"Phew!" Xu Hao wanted to knock him to death with a stick.

The proud patriarch was in good spirits and kept asking, "Why haven't you come yet?" ”

"It's coming, it's coming!" The villagers shouted.

Xu Hao looked over and saw a strong and powerful man who picked in two bamboo baskets. When he arrived, he poured out the heads of a dozen men and women with loose hair and blurred flesh and blood.

"What is this?" Xu Hao was finally angry, if Xie Jiacun didn't give him a reasonable explanation, he had the idea of destroying the village.

The patriarch noticed that something was wrong, and quickly explained: "This is Wang Gui's family, the family who cut off the old seven fingers. ”

"Humph! Remember, if you do much wrongdoing, you will be killed. Xu Haotie walked over with a blushing face, turned over and got on the horse, and walked away without looking back.

So from the patriarch downward, the people of Xiejia Village were solemnly silent, paying tribute to the stiff deceased who sacrificed for "righteousness", the drums sounded deep and desolate, and the relatives of the deceased were crying. (To be continued......)