Xiao Yuying's eyes were already swollen with crying, and at this time, the eldest lady called her to go over to make tea, hurriedly wrung out her clothes, wiped the sewage on her hands slightly, and was soaked in water all day, both hands had become swollen, like a small mallet with swollen ten fingers.

After rubbing the coarse cloth again, he was very sad, and the upper room shouted urgently: "You are making tea!" After calling for a long time, are you seventy or eighty, and your ears are deaf? ”

Xiao Yushi agreed repeatedly, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to arrange tea, and Fan shouted again: "Take advantage of the cool breeze, you spread the bedding of the two brothers first, and don't leave the washed clothes in the yard to dry, as soon as there is dew, and then it happens to be dry and rainy on a hot day." ”

Xiao Yushi carried the kettle and made tea while agreeing, and after a long battle, she was not in a hurry, and went into the house to lay out the bedding of the Taisho and Erzheng brothers.

Qian was also packing up his clothes in the yard, and He Chunying was lying in the house, taking the opportunity to call Xiao Yuying to go in and set up a bunk. Xiao Yushi had no choice but to put on He Laoer's sweat coat, ran in and put the pillows and mats one by one.

He Chunying stood up and grabbed her, and said, "Tomorrow, big brother, I won't allow you to go." Shaking his head and said: "I know that you are worried about your eldest brother's talent and appearance, and remember your previous marriage, and it just so happens that your sister-in-law is also dead, hum!" ”

Xiao Yushi struggled to break free and said: "I can't do this either, if you don't want to, you can sue Mrs. Sù and tell me to go, I'll go, if you don't ask me to go, I can't go." As your family, can I still be on my own? After saying that, he snatched his wrist and wiped his tears with his hand, choking and crying.

Fan shouted again: "I have finished washing my clothes." You open the box and take out everything you wear tomorrow in advance, so that you don't have to worry about it early in the morning. ”

Xiao Yuying agreed again and again in a hoarse voice, ran out, entered the house and slowly unlocked the box, took out all the clothes that she would wear tomorrow in turn, brought them to everyone's room, and made the beds of the two wives.

Fan frowned and said, "Why are you so depressed on your face?" Isn't it sincere to always wipe your eyes without darkness and daylight? ”

Xiao Yushi said with tears: "It's not tears, it's a little hot at noon today." ”

Fan said, "Are you half-crazy? What a hot day. He wears long clothes all day and night. Is there a reason not to be hot? ”

"Yes!" Xiao Yuying was aggrieved and cried again, the good clothes she got married were all wanted, and now there are only two or three old clothes in the house that others don't want, where can I change any clothes?

Fan Shi said speechlessly: "You kid." Never a pain. It's rare for your second uncle Xia to maintain. But you don't hum like a dead man. Otherwise, if he loves you, wouldn't life be better? Very foolish. ”

"I know it's wrong." Xiao Yuying didn't dare to distinguish with tears in her eyes, turned around and walked out. I went to Ho's house again. He asked, "How are your two hands swollen?" ”

Xiao Yuying hurriedly smiled: "It doesn't matter, Ming'er will be fine." ”

He said: "It's nothing, wash a few pieces of clothes, and your hands will be swollen?" When I first came back, I washed two ropes of clothes a day, worked hard in the middle of the night to make three pairs of socks, and had to make two pairs of uppers, and I was not as pampered as you. ”

Xiao Yuying was speechless, rested for a while and got up to leave, He said: "Thinking about getting up early tomorrow morning, don't wait for someone to urge, don't trouble again because of a head." ”

Xiao Yuying could only agree repeatedly, went to the firewood room to pack up the scattered firewood, took the rest of the clothes to dry under the hall, and didn't finish until the second half of the night, dragging his lead-filled legs, and returned to his room step by step. Now he is working hard to serve the people who didn't even look at him in the past, and he can't help but cry secretly.

said that Xu Hao returned to his residence, and the owner of the house he rented was surnamed Nie, who had been the head of the household department in his early years, and had a son and a daughter, the young master's name was Nie Yuji, and his daughter's name was Nie Huihui.

Mrs. Nie's sister married an ordinary scholarly family surnamed Chang, and there is a smart girl named Feng Die, who has been unusually beautiful since she was a child, and her parents love her like palm beads. Since the death of her husband, only Chang is left with the eldest brother Chang Lu, the younger brother Chang Bin, and the four mothers and sons who depend on each other.

Chang's is a restrained and simple, very stubborn and honest kind of person, deeply influenced by the three from the four virtues such as female taming, can be called solemn and solemn, awe-inspiring manners, teach children at home, never a lot of false words, for relatives are also cold and domineering, without the slightest kind appearance.

Therefore, relatives and friends laughed at her old man, and some people respected her character, because after the death of her husband, the mother and son were helpless, so they moved to the house of their dear sister.

Mrs. Nie's temperament is similar to that of her sister, and she is also a person who is restrained and dignified in everything, her son Nie Yuji is young and smart, long and studious, and arrogant, young and proud, but he is strictly restrained by the family and is not allowed to go out for a single step.

Now the Nie family lives in the West Courtyard, and the Chang family lives in the East Courtyard with their children, and the two families are only separated by a wall, with a corner door to pass through, and the two families are like a family.

Xu Hao rented the outermost two rooms in the east courtyard at a rent of two yuan per month, and the Chang family had no one to leave a vacant house. Xu Hao is a former colleague of Master Nie who was able to live here, otherwise it is impossible, this is also a helpless thing, if you don't compromise with the people around you, don't want to come out alone.

In the past few days, I have nothing to do, and I have inquired about the two families, Nie Yuji is three years younger than Chang Lu, just the same as Chang Fengdie, one year older than Nie Huihui, the five young people are of the same age, and they are aunts and cousins, living under the same roof, so they play together every day.

Xu Hao felt that Mrs. Chang and the sisters were the kind of rules and regulations that were hypocritical, and they didn't pay attention to their daughters' temperaments, joys and sorrows, but they often taught their daughters to pay attention to the superficial treatment of others, which was nothing more than the traditional submissiveness, and they just kept the etiquette when they saw people.

Yangzhou is also a place where beauties have been produced since ancient times, Chang Fengdie is now like a flower like jade, beautiful like a heavenly person, and the neighbors are not surprised by its beauty, just like the cousin Xiao Yuying back then.

Whenever the sun sets, Mrs. Nie's sisters often take their children to stand in front of the door and relax, and Chang Fengdie is fifteen years old. Comb a pine braid, wear a light blue and green bamboo long skirt, slim and slim facing the beautiful scenery of the wind and the grass and greenery, the more graceful and beautiful, the more glamorous, as if competing with the skyline sunset.

Xu Hao lived here for just four or five days, and witnessed many matchmakers come to the door to propose marriage, but the Nie family secretly said that Mrs. was planning to marry Chang Fengdie to Nie Yuji, because the children were still young, and it was not too late to mention it when they grew up.

As soon as Xu Hao came back. I saw my subordinate Nie Fu pointing to a matchmaker dressed in bells and whistles and said, "That matchmaker was invited by the waiter in the Dongcheng shipyard area. Bah! Just because he is also worthy of Miss Changjia? ”

Xu Hao raised his feet and entered the East Courtyard, these days he relied on the ink in his stomach, he studied with Nie Yuji, and he looked young without a beard. He didn't look like he was twenty years old. Alone in Yangzhou. Talking elegantly, his family is rich, and the Chang family is not guarding against him, allowing him to come and go freely.

With Mrs. Jia entering the door. As soon as the matchmaker entered the door, she praised the phoenix's needlework and thread. That Chang Fengdie was very smart, seeing her so flattering, she didn't have to guess what was going on, she was so bored that she put away the needle and thread and got up to see Xu Hao, and said with a smile: "Brother Xia is going to the study?" ”

Xu Hao smiled: "Hmm! I want to go for a walk in the study. ”

"I'll go too." Phoenix Butterfly came out with a smile.

In the past year, Nie Yuji and Chang Lu have been studying in the school on the street, and they come back from school every day to teach Fengdie to read.

Therefore, Fengdie was literate and refused to let others know, so she secretly read books to practice writing, and asked Nie Yuji for advice at night if she had any questions. This Nie Yuji is silent and pays attention to current affairs, playing games with brothers and sisters during the day, and secretly getting close to Phoenix Butterfly at night when no one is around. And Chang Lu's qualifications are slightly stupid, and his temperament is upright, so his sister is a little afraid of him.

Chang Bin was very attached to his sister when he was young, and if he had anything fun when he was a child, he sent it to his sister, and kept it for his sister with delicious food. It's a pity that Feng Die has grown up sensible, and her temperament is arrogant and clean, watching Chang Bin and Nie Huihui messing around, climbing trees and digging mud and dirty and dirty, she is very disgusted in her heart, but she thinks that she has the same spleen and stomach as Nie Yuji.

Chang Fengdie's wisdom gradually opened up after reading and reading, and saw the plans of her mother and aunt, because the elders revealed the intention of getting married, so she couldn't help but start to keep a distance from Nie Yuji.

As the saying goes, don't guess the girl's thoughts, the suspicious Chang Fengdie has become unpredictable, it's not that people can't guess what she's thinking all day long, it just so happens that Xu Hao fell from the sky, which can be regarded as a bridge for Fengdie to get close to Nie Yuji.

Feng Die likes to ask Xu Hao for knowledge, Xu Hao is also willing to answer her, and finds that girls are indeed talented and intelligent, often drawing inferences to surprise people, and treating her as a disciple on a whim.

However, Xu Hao didn't want to get involved in the love game of a pair of children, so he took the phoenix butterfly into the study of the West Courtyard and walked straight to the pavilion.

Nie Yuji was practicing calligraphy in the study, and when he saw Feng Die coming and standing outside the window, he stopped his steps because there was no one in the room, and asked through the window, "Where did my aunt go?" ”

Nie Yuji put down the brush, smiled and stretched out his hand to call her in, Feng Die shook her head and turned to leave, someone behind her grabbed her and said with a smile: "Where are you going?" My brother is at home. ”

Feng Die looked back, it turned out to be her cousin Nie Huihui, who didn't allow her to talk and dragged her into the house.

Feng Die begged: "Good sister, don't mess with me, I still have something at home." ”

Nie Huihui sneered: "Is there something wrong?" It's all here, it's just fine. ”

At that moment, he took Feng Die's hand and entered the house, Nie Yuji came out to sit down, and asked with a smile: "Sister, I haven't been out of the door for the past few days, and I refuse to come to dinner if you invite you to dinner, could it be that who of us here has offended my sister?" ”

Feng Die smiled: "You really have nothing to say, if I refuse to come, how can I sit here?" ”

At this time, Xu Hao saw Mrs. Nie coming in outside, and secretly screamed that it was too late to report to the study.

Mrs. Nie smiled kindly at Xu Hao first, entered the study, and when she saw Feng Die here, she stepped forward and asked her affectionately what she had eaten? He asked her what she had done. Feng Die agreed, and held hands with Nie Huihui.

This Nie Huihui is between the age of the beginning of love and the naughty child, the mother is not daring to be presumptuous, looking at her brother's expression for a while, and looking up at her cousin for a while, sneering and laughing.

Feng Die was annoyed that she was naughty, because her aunt was not good at saying anything, and she didn't want to be noticed by Mrs. Nie, so she glared at her daughter and shouted, "What is it like rubbing people like this? Such a big girl, I don't know how to learn a little rules and etiquette, but she is like a madman, learn to dislike people? ”

The girl's long and girl's short lessons kept coming, but Feng Die persuaded Fang to close it, and Mrs. Nie said to her: "You don't have to protect her, you sisters are all the same naughty, it's been a whole day, why don't you do the work?" It's really unbelievable to come to the study to hang out. ”

The phoenix butterfly's face turned red and white, and then she let go of Nie Huihui's hand, not daring to sit for a long time and not daring to go out, like sitting on pins and needles.

At first, Nie Yuji stood aside, and when he saw his sister being scolded, he was so frightened that he ran into the house, and he didn't dare to make a sound. Hearing Feng Die's training, he said loudly: "Sister, don't look for it, the cat has already gone back from the roof." ”

Feng Die came out in three steps and two steps, smiled bitterly at Xu Hao, and ran back to the east courtyard, where the matchmaker Jia was still muttering and talking to Chang in the house.

waited for Xu Hao to come back, and saw her standing beside her mother, poured back tea, and returned to the house listlessly to continue to do needlework.

Xu Hao thought it was interesting, leaning against the door and listening to what the matchmaker said about marrying Hou Gongzi, a match made in heaven. Feng Die also listened to it for a long time, the sentences were harsh, and for fear of something happening in her life, she put down her needle and thread and walked out, standing beside Xu Hao and listening carefully.

The matchmaker said: "Sue Sister Sù and say that there is no couple in my nosy affairs. The family business is the family business, Lang Jun is Lang Jun, and the door will be posted tomorrow. ”

Speaking of this, she couldn't hear clearly, Feng Die was afraid that her mother couldn't help but be fooled by the matchmaker, her heart suddenly jumped, and her body trembled, Xu Hao frowned and didn't help her, and saw Feng Die enter the house very bored, and fell on the pillow.

After a while, Mrs. Jia came out and saw Xu Hao, and asked in surprise, "Dare to ask who the young master is?" ”

Xu Hao said lightly: "The Chang family is a descendant." ”

"Oh!" Mrs. Jia secretly said that it was a pity that she was a talent, she turned out to be a slave of a small family, and no longer paid attention to Xu Hao, and went directly into the room with a smile: "The girl is overjoyed, I am protecting this family business, and my uncle is also happy." ”

When Feng Die heard this, she suddenly fainted like a thousand arrows, and suddenly heard a cry from the West Courtyard, some people said that Nie Yuji was beaten, and he was beaten on the head by Master Nie, and he fainted.

Xu Hao was also shocked, and ran over with the phoenix butterfly and Chang who rushed out, and sure enough, Nie Yuji was lying unconscious on the ground, and Master Nie was standing aside panting with a wooden stick in his hand.

Mrs. Nie's face turned pale, Nie Huihui and Chang Lu knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, and Feng Die ran over in three steps and knelt on the ground in two steps.

Master Nie frowned angrily, didn't raise his head and looked at his son to be ruthless, everyone didn't listen to him again and again, and stepped forward to hold down his son to poison him, so anxious that the phoenix butterfly sighed and fell to the ground. (To be continued......)