Three and a half women in four courtyards

Chapter 77

That night, Hou Wenwu took Yang Cuizhi to visit relatives in Cong's compound.

As soon as he entered the door, Yang Cuizhi got into the kitchen and was busy working inside and outside the house.

Bao Yixian repeatedly asked her to rest in the living room, but she refused.

"An, let her help, she can't be idle." Hou Zhang said cheerfully.

From the conversation between the Four Emperors and Hou Wenwu in the living room, when they talked about Hou Mingli's situation, the two couldn't help sighing.

Cong Suhua ran in and out with Cong Sumiao, following the new wife to watch endlessly.

When the dishes were ready, everyone gave way to each other to go to the kang.

Sitting on the main seat from the four emperors, sitting cross-legged.

Hou Zhang sat in the guest seat and wanted to sit cross-legged, but her stomach was too big and it was a bit difficult.

Bao Yixian then found a small stool and handed it to her, letting her sit on it.

Hou Wenwu and Yang Cuizhi sat on the side of the kang with their legs sideways.

Cong Suhua and Cong Sumiao sat beside Bao Yixian.

Bao Yixian poured a cup of wine for everyone, and said to Yang Cuizhi and Hou Zhang, "Oh, I'm going to make a show today to meet my niece and daughter-in-law and get to know each other. I'm an aunt and mother-in-law. Do your best. Come, let's have a cup first."

Picking up the wine cup from the Four Emperors, he made a gesture towards Hou Wenwu, and Hou Wenwu also picked it up when he saw it.

Everyone drank a cup, and Bao Yixian put some vegetables for Yang Cuizhi: "Oh, nephew and daughter-in-law, don't miss out, eat some vegetables!"

"Ang, little sister-in-law, don't be too busy, you are too polite." Hou Zhang ate his order and drank a second cup, "I really thank brother Xiaoru and sister-in-law for being so fond of my family. Daughter-in-law. From now on, my daughter-in-law must honor you both. "

After a while of pleasantries, the topic at the dinner table returned to Hou Mingli.

Where he was now, and where he was delayed, aroused speculation.

Said from the four emperors: "Ang, I'm just going to do it. It's been almost two months. If you count by the footsteps, you should have reached Zhuizi Mountain."

"Then, let me go to Zhuizi Mountain tomorrow to find out the whereabouts of my father." Hou Wenwu said.

"Oh? You haven't traveled so far, why don't you go." Hou Zhang thought that his new daughter-in-law was at home, so Hou Wenwu had better go out less, "Spare more time with your daughter-in-law."

Yang Cuizhi's face turned red and said, "Oh, Mom, I'm fine. Let Wenwu go, he should take care of the family more."

Hearing it from the Four Emperors, he felt reasonable, and said: "Men, you should go out for a walk more. Let Wenwu go to Zhuizi Mountain to meet Mingli, and it feels okay. If you are not at ease, let Mingshun go with you." .”

"Oh, that's right, there's also Mingshun." Bao Yixian said, "Forget about him, let him help you to go to Zhuizi Mountain, and bring you civil and martial arts."

At this dinner table, everyone made a decision to ask Hou Wenwu and Hou Mingshun to go to Zhuizi Mountain to find Hou Mingli the next day.

The next day, as soon as the whistle was blown, Hou Wenwu got up and went to Shunliuhou's thatched cottage to wake him up.

Shun Liuhou promised to get up, and said back to him: "Ang, you go back to harness the car first, prepare the fodder, and I'll go there right away."

Hou Wenwu returned to the Hou family compound, added fodder to the horse, and pushed the cart out.

At this time, Shunliu Monkey also came over, and without talking to him, they helped Hou Wenwu put fodder into the straw bales.

At dawn, Yang Cuizhi went out and saw Shunliuhou, nodded his head and said: "Ang, Second Uncle is here, thank you for your hard work today."

Shunliuhou raised his eyes to look at Yang Cuizhi, and replied, "Ang, here we come, here we come. It's okay, no hard work, my family, so polite."

Yang Cuizhi hummed, then turned to Hou Wenwu and said, "Ang, Wenwu, the meal is ready, let's greet Second Uncle to eat."

While eating, Shunliuhou and Hou Wenwu discussed how to go to Zhuizi Mountain and what to be prepared for.

"Oh, the gun that Wen Hu snatched from Hu Zi last time, is it still there? You should take it with you." Shun Liuhou took a mouthful of rice and said.

"Ang, it has already been handed over!" Hou Wenwu said, "Last time, Xie gangster blocked the gate to ask for it, and if he refused to pay, he would be fined."

"Oh—this is really howling." Shunliuhou said, "To go to Zhuizi Mountain, you have to cross Cangziba Liang, and there are beards growing there. No one feels at ease."

"Ang, everyone, pay attention, pay attention!" Suddenly there was a howling sound from outside the gate, and the broken gong was knocked twice.

"The Japanese Taijun experts are here, they come from Liangchufu. This person came all the way from Shanxi, and came to our Daxigouchuan to hold a workshop, just to tell you how to grow economic crops! Taijun said, The family wants to send a manager to the small square to learn planting techniques. Today I have to go early and go to the small square in front of my house right away! I will be fined if I am late! No one can be short of people, and they will be fined if they are short. ’” Xie howled for a while, and went to the west of Yingzi.

"It's over! I can't go to Zhuizi Mountain today!" Shunliuhou put down his chopsticks and said, "Oh, this family sent a head, we both have to go!"

"Oh, my dad is not at home, so I have to go!" Hou Wenwu said, "Then, second uncle, let's go to Zhuizi Mountain tomorrow. Let's see what this Japanese expert has to say today?"

Shunliuhou put down his chopsticks to the ground, and Hou Wenwu quickly put down his chopsticks to the ground.

There was a "pop" sound, which shocked everyone.

Hou Zhangshi and Yang Cuizhi came to the door and asked, "Oh? What's the matter?"

It turned out that when Hou Wenwu went to the ground, his sleeves brought the bowl on the Kang table to the ground, and it fell to pieces.

"Oh? It's unlucky to do things in the early morning." Shun Liuhou said.

Hou Zhang's heart tightened when she heard Shunliuhou's words, and Yang Cuizhi quickly answered, "Ang, it's all right! It's all right! Sui Sui (Sui Sui) is safe!"

As he spoke, he quickly found a broom to clean up the broken bowls.

"Oh—it seems that I really shouldn't go out today." Hou Zhang said to himself.

In the small open space in front of the Gong family compound, there is a table and a chair.

Sitting on the chair is a Japanese devil wearing glasses. This is the Japanese agricultural expert Doihara Er who came to teach the people who went to the field to plant cash crops.

There is an interpreter next to him, who seems to be Chinese.

Behind Doihara Er stood two Japanese gendarmes, leading two wolfhounds.

On both sides of the four, stood four guards.

San stuttered for a while to maintain order in front of people, and for a while he nodded and bowed in front of the Japanese devils: "Oh, too, too, too-jun, this, this, this-like, yes, yes, yes, right?"

Shunliuhou and Hou Wenwu came to the small empty field and saw that the situation did not look like a lecture, it was clearly a conference.

The two of them stood beside everyone listlessly (quietly).

The heads of households from the Four Emperors, Xiaihao, Sai Diaochan and the tenants also came, standing three or four feet away from the table.

Shunliu Monkey told Hou Wenwu in a low voice: "Ang, this little devil is talking about how to cultivate the land. It looks like a meeting. You have to be quiet (not squeak), don't talk nonsense!"

"Oh, yes, Second Uncle." Hou Wenwu agreed, "When you talk about this kind of land, you still use the Japanese devils to talk about it. We people in Daxigouchuan have been farming for generations, who is not a good farmer!"

"Hey! Never mind." Shun Liuhou said, "They can talk whatever they want. Listen to it if they want to hear it, and stare (rest) for a while if they don't want to listen to it."

(End of this chapter)