Xu Hao patted Wang Siliu on the shoulder after smoking and left, Wang Siliu said to himself: "I should be content, the third master's troubles are much more than mine." ”

Even if he doesn't know what Xu Hao is doing today, Wang Siliu knows that the world of big people is more complicated and dangerous, and all the ordinary people who have experienced the Hongwu Dynasty know that the common people at that time all sighed and gloated about the fall of powerful families.

I hope that the Xu family can be safe, Wang Siliu thought like this, if such a good family repeats the mistakes of the past, it will really be blind to God.

Wang Siliu knocked down the homemade pipe and stood up, thinking that thanks to his son's pigweed, the pigs that his wife fed diligently became more and more stocky, and when he used his spare time to weave bamboo baskets and dustpans in the morning and evening, he took them to the county and sold them for a good year. Thinking about the busy season of spring ploughing in the coming year, he hurriedly finished his own field and rented out the big cattle to other families to work, so that with the income of Xiaochun and the cattle workers, he would have ten taels of cash in his hand.

It seems that as long as the weather is good, if you do this for another year next year, it will not be a problem to redeem a few acres of land from Master Tong the year after then. When the field returns home, he still has the strength, and his son can make great efforts, use the surplus ox power to rent a few acres of land to cultivate, and after two or three years, the situation of the Wang family will change greatly.

Thinking of the beauty, Wang Siliu was overjoyed to light another bag of cigarettes, there are more fields, please one or two long-term workers to come to the house to help, the fields are turned over, and the profits are rolled, or in five years, you can enjoy the blessings of Qingfu.

He felt that his ideal was very realistic, and he was in front of him, just waiting to reach for it.

Wang Siliu walked home happily, but when he approached the door, looking at the courtyard of the Tong family with a large tiled house, his heart tightened, and his daughter was still suffering in the second young master's house for a few months. I haven't seen her come back once, how is the child now?

"Daddy!" A familiar voice sounded not far away, Wang Siliu was startled, isn't this his daughter's voice? Why do you hear my daughter crying out when I think of her? Wang Siliu hurriedly looked back, but he didn't see Xiaoyao's figure, his heart panicked, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition, could it be the child?

Hurried home, he was going to the courtyard of the Tong family to ask Wang Laosan. What's wrong with Xiao Yao.

"Daddy, Daddy." The screams became louder and clearer, Wang Siliu looked back this time, and his daughter really ran up from the field and shouted: "Dad, I will look for you as soon as I come back, and I don't see it in the fields at home, it turns out that you are squatting on the ridge and can't see it." ”

"Girl." Wang Siliu took his daughter's little hand. He asked, "Why did you come home today?" ”

"Tomorrow is the New Year, and grandma said let's go home and reunite for a day." Xiao Yao replied happily.

"Okay, okay." Wang Siliu didn't expect that tomorrow would be a new year, and he didn't expect his daughter to go home for the holidays. happily hugged her daughter home, looked east and west at her daughter's pretty appearance, and was indescribably happy.

When I got home, I couldn't stay idle. When he stood up, he had to help his mother with the work, and he kept asking about the family. Wang Zhu didn't say anything, just looked at his sister stupidly.

Wang Siliu happily said to his daughter. He asked, "Have you come back and seen our cows?" ”

Xiao Yao smiled: "As soon as I came back, I went to the cowshed to see, and it became stronger and stronger." ”

"Helped my dad a lot." Wang Siliu said with relief.

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "I don't need you to be a big ox pulling a plow anymore."

"Not only this, but once it comes, our family can do any crop work quickly and well, and it can still earn us cattle rent in the coming year." Speaking of this, Wang Siliu suddenly frowned and muttered, "Thanks to you." ”

Xiao Yao was lighting the fire in front of the stove, sending firewood to it, and when she heard her father's words, she couldn't help but shed tears and didn't speak.

Wang immediately found out, sat down next to his daughter gently, and asked, "Mi'er, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's okay, it's smoky and tears." Xiao Yao quickly covered up.

Wang Siliu didn't pay attention, still squatting at the door and smoking a leaf cigarette, talking about the good situation and good prospects of the Wang family by himself, "In two or three years, we will turn over." ”

But the more Xiao Yao heard this, the more she remembered the hard days in the big yard, the more sad she became, and finally she couldn't stop her tears.

After all, she was just a teenager, and Wang Zhu couldn't see it, and his father was still talking about his good dreams, and shouted, "Dad, don't talk about this." ”

"What's wrong?" Wang Siliu saw his daughter wiping her eyes, so she asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Wang pulled up Xiao Yao's sleeves in distress, and there were purple and black scars on his arms, including old wounds and new wounds that were red and purple.

Wang Siliu's heart was like being caught in pliers, he couldn't breathe, he stepped forward and grabbed his daughter's hands, looked at the scars, and shouted: "Ah! Why are they so ruthless and so cruel? ”

"Child, you have suffered hardships, it's all your father's." Wang Siliuyi hugged his daughter.

Xiao Yao cried sadly in her father's arms, and choked up repeatedly: "Dad, Dad." "The room was full of crying.

Suddenly, Wang Siliu shouted: "No, this is a waste of people, I want to reason with them." I'm going to get Xiaoyao back. ”

Wang said sadly: "People are holding the text of your thumb print, you say you have to win them?" ”

Wang Siliu shouted: "I will return their money and repay them with interest, okay?" ”

"The kind of people in the big yard, you can't explain it if you have a reason, not to mention that people have evidence?" Xiao Yao understood the power of the Tong family, and she didn't understand that there was a greater power, so she persuaded her father in turn, "Forget it, fortunately, there is still a year and a half left, and I can always survive life and death." ”

Wang asked, "How does the Tong family treat you?" ”

Xiao Yao didn't say it all, if she wants to say that she has lived a hard life in the past few months, I am afraid that it will make my father crazy and my mother sick, why bother! The grandmother in the big yard is the second room of the second young master of the Tong family, and his wife lives in the county, and the two of them are in a hurry.

The evil lady who was thrown to the countryside in the second room has nowhere to vent her anger, and she takes the girl out of anger with the law, telling you to eat badly all day long, sleep badly, and don't let the girl rest and work.

Then there was a scolding and a beating, Xiao Yao hadn't lifted her trouser legs yet, and she didn't untie her clothes to show her parents. is also her youngest, the evil woman bullying her is new, the young Xiao Yao only knows one thing, no matter how bitter it is, it can make her father feel comfortable, and the family is getting better and better, so it is worth it for her to suffer no matter how much she suffers.

There is one more thing Xiao Yao didn't say, there is a young master in the big courtyard, one day the thief eyebrows are rat-eyed, either staring at this girl, or touching the girl with his hands, looking like a nasty billet, this is what Xiao Yao is really worried about.

In the afternoon, Wang Siliu, who loved his daughter, found Xu Hao, lowered his head and said, "Third master, I will borrow thirty taels of silver from you." ”

Xu Hao immediately said, "Take fifty taels of silver." Then he asked, "Brother, what happened?" ”

"No, it's nothing, the old woman is sick." Wang Siliu's eyes were dodgy, he didn't dare to tell the truth, he didn't ask his friends for help, but instead of asking for help, he sent his daughter to the Tong family with a bad reputation to be a girl, afraid that Xu Hao would be angry and complain that he was not enough friends.

However, Xu Hao, who has always been meticulous, was not in the mood to ask at this time, Zhu Gaochi was terminally ill, and the old lady's health was deteriorating, which made him feel a kind of panic that a catastrophe was coming.

Wang Siliu took the silver and went to Wang Laosan again, Wang Laosan was very sympathetic and angry, but which of the irascible grandmothers dared to say it? Persuaded: "Brother, people take the contract, and it is not rare to have these few money, that is, when it comes to the government, when you see that the official is justified, you still lose three points, you borrowed this silver, right?" finally has hope, so let's ask the eldest sister to work hard, which girl is not the same? ”

Half an hour later, Wang Siliu came back dejectedly, and repeatedly blamed himself, "It's all because you have been fascinated for a while and have done something wrong." ”

Such a family had an unhappy New Year, and the carefully wrapped dumplings tasted tasteless. Xiao Yao was secretly sad, trying to pretend to be happy on her face, telling her parents a few jokes, trying to create a happy atmosphere to drive away the stuffiness in this room.

At the same time, Gu Fusheng saw that his mother was still wearing the thin cotton jacket of Sichuan silk, and took out the money to make some fur clothes for his mother.

At this time, those aunts and aunts of the Gu family knew that he had made a fortune, and everyone came to visit their mother and son, and Gu Fusheng was busy preparing several tables of banquets for hospitality.

After drinking and eating, my aunt said, "Sister-in-law, you are so blessed! I used to love this nephew very much, because of his good talent and good looks, I knew that he would be prosperous in the future, but now he really isn't? Illustrious! ”

My aunt also said: "As the saying goes, the emperor pays off, how much suffering have you suffered in the past few years? We deserve such a good son, and we will be happy for the rest of our lives, and we will no longer be as good as your family. ”

Mrs. Gu's face was radiant, and she said with humility on her face: "Girl, sister-in-law, don't say such polite words, Fusheng is not a big deal, and in the future, when the nephews and nephews grow up, are you afraid that they will not go to school?" It's not as good as us, and if you learn some foreign words, you can only make a few dollars. ”

"Oh, how can my sister-in-law say that?" My aunt shook her head, "In today's world, there are as many people as a dog who can read the Four Books and Five Classics, and there are very few people who can speak foreign languages. At the moment, it is much better to read the new school than the old one. However, Fusheng is not young, he should have set a family affair for him as soon as possible, and his sister-in-law has a daughter-in-law to serve, Fusheng will inevitably go out, and his sister-in-law has a daughter-in-law, and he is not afraid of loneliness. ”

These few words came to Mrs. Gu's heart, her son grew up, and the first thing he did was to marry a wife and have children, so he couldn't help but ask diligently: "Yes, I also have this intention, but I don't know if you have a good girl in front of you, be a matchmaker for him." (To be continued......)