Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 7 Big Sour Pear

At the fork in the road, Xu Huai and his three brothers had been waiting here for about two quarters of an hour, eager to pick up their younger sister or elder sister who had to be sold into slavery because of family poverty.

The five-year-old Amu misses his sister very much, and also misses the delicious food that her sister will bring him every time she goes home, so after a while, she walks up to her cousin, raises her head and asks him, "Brother, why hasn't my sister come back yet?" ah?"

The boy was wearing a thick cotton padded jacket, standing in the snow like a fat ball, his face was fair and clean, and the tip of his nose was red from the cold, but he obviously didn't feel that it was a pain to wait for his sister. All excited.

Xu Huai patted his younger brother's head, looked into the distance and said, "Hurry up, don't worry, Amu, go save a snowball and show it to my sister later."

Children are so foolish. Amu liked to play with snow at first, so he immediately went there. He squatted on the side of the road, specially collecting untouched snow. Beside him, six or seven children of different sizes The snowballs are lined up in rows, and they are all saved by the little ones when they were waiting for their sisters.

It seems cold to gather snowballs, but in fact, after a while, the palms of the hands will be steamed from the inside out, which is very warm. There is also a saying in the village that if your hands are frozen in winter, you can rub them with snow. It can cure frostbite.

Xu Qiu'er doesn't like playing in the snow, but seeing her brother saving so much energy, she couldn't help squatting down to play with him.

Xu Huai continued to keep an eye on the front. When the younger siblings finished collecting snowballs and stood up, the small black spots in the distance finally became clear.

It's a donkey cart.

Xu Huai was a little disappointed, but also a little anxious. My cousin was almost here at this time, why didn't she come today?
Amu didn't think too much about it, when he saw the cart, he thought it was his sister who had come back, and excitedly ran to the donkey cart, shouting for his sister as he ran.Xu Huai stopped the little guy after he called his sister twice, hugged his younger brother and coaxed him, "Amu, my sister is riding in a mule cart, that is a big donkey, not my sister's cart."

Some people in the village raised donkeys and some raised mules. Amu understood, and his excited little face suddenly froze. He hugged his cousin's neck, tilted his small body in the direction of the donkey cart, looked at the back of the donkey cart, and asked again, "What about that?" When will my sister come back?"

There was no cart behind the donkey cart, and Xu Huai wanted to lie to his younger brother again, but when he met Amu's longing eyes, he suddenly couldn't speak.

"Amu, let's save a few more snowballs, and we'll be back when we reach twenty sisters!" Xu Qiuer took her younger brother from her elder brother's arms, kissed the little guy, and stuffed Amu into her elder brother's arms exaggeratedly after the kiss, "I can't, I can't, Amu is too heavy, I can't even hold it, brother, catch it!"

The second sister couldn't hold him, so Amu giggled.

The boy's cheerful laughter spread to the side of the donkey cart, and he intentionally moved to Lu Cheng's side, ready to imitate Nanny Li and surprise his younger brother. What are you doing, smiling so happily.

Xu Huai immediately saw the delicate and beautiful face of his cousin.

After being surprised for a while, he took the boy from his sister's hand, pointed to the donkey cart and asked him, "Amu, who is that?"

Amu turned his head, his big eyes looked at the man driving the car first, and then he realized that there was...

"Sister!" The sister finally came back, and Amu was so happy that he writhed from his cousin's arms like an earthworm, and ran towards his sister.

The boy was elated, and Lu Cheng couldn't help laughing. He continued to drive, and stopped when he was approaching the boy.

When Ningxiang moved to the back of the car, Amu had already turned around. Seeing his sister's face, he smiled happily, "Sister!"

Facing her younger brother's flushed face, Ning Xiang didn't want to cry, but she couldn't hold it back.

In the twelfth lunar month of the previous life, the Hou Mansion was busy preparing for the new year, and she and Su Yue had many things to do. The doorkeeper lady suddenly sent someone to tell her that her cousin had come.Ning Xiang knew something must have happened at home, so she hurried to see her cousin at the corner gate, the cousin stood there, silent for a while before telling her that her younger brother and Da Zhuang from the Zhang family next door secretly went ice skating in Beihe and fell into the ice cave.Da Zhuang was obviously nearby, and because he was afraid of being scolded by adults, he hid in the bed after returning home. My cousin couldn't find anyone to ask him. When I found something wrong, I asked him. A whole village hurried over, but it was already too late...

Her younger brother's face purple with cold appeared again before her eyes, and those eyes that she couldn't open no matter how much she coaxed or scolded her, Ning Xiang lost control of her emotions, rushed down and pressed her younger brother into her arms first, bent over and spanked his ass hard , "Did you go to Beihe with Da Zhuang to play again? I told you not to play with him, but you still go, and I insisted that my sister worry about you!"

After the beating, I squatted down, hugged my younger brother tightly and cried, crying hard.

Lu Cheng was dumbfounded, he never expected that the girl who talked softly all the way would suddenly come out like this.

Brother and sister Xu Huai were even more shocked. Xu Huai recovered first and asked his younger sister to coax others first. He said to Lu Cheng with some embarrassment: "My second uncle and aunt have both gone, and my cousin has always regarded my younger brother as her life. There was an accident because of fun, so the discipline should be stricter. In fact, as long as Amu is obedient, my cousin is also very kind..."

He was afraid that his cousin would be misunderstood as crazy or ill-tempered, which is not a good thing for a girl.

Lu Cheng glanced at Ningxiang again, feeling that there was something hidden in it. She should have returned home during the Chinese New Year. If Amu made a mistake at that time, it would have been a month, and she would not be so angry, but if Amu It's naughty, she can't know...

But with deep love and deep responsibility, seeing how tightly she hugged her younger brother, there must be a reason for this decision.

Looking away, Lu Cheng smiled understandingly, and explained to Xu Huai why Ningxiang would take his car back.

Just as Xu Huai wanted to thank you, Xu Qiuer stood up in disbelief, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Sister, you are too stupid, it's just a nightmare, why do you take it seriously? Don't worry, sister, I will watch Amu , don’t let him go to Beihe to play ice.”

Ningxiang cried a lot, calmed down a lot, wiped away her tears, and looked up at her younger brother.

"Sister, don't cry, I won't play with Da Zhuang in the future." Amu was not wronged when he was beaten by his sister for the first time, because Da Zhuang really wanted to take him to Beihe to play yesterday. slip out.Now that my sister guessed it before hitting him, and crying so sadly, Amu knew he was wrong.

Raising her little hand, Amu obediently wiped her sister's tears, "My sister will freeze her face if she doesn't cry."

Ning Xiang was coaxed into another string of tears by her younger brother's innocent words.

Lu Cheng and Xu Huai looked at each other in front of them, and they both laughed, probably because the little girl had a nightmare.

"It's getting late, you all get in the car, let's go back together." The sun was approaching, Lu Cheng was anxious to go home to see his son, and said with a smile.

Only then did Ning Xiang remember that there were outsiders beside her, and smiled embarrassedly at Lu Cheng.

Her eyes were red, making her look even more pitiful, but she was also unspeakably good-looking. Lu Cheng nodded and turned to look at the donkey, fearing that Xu Huai would notice her if he stared at her for too long.

Ningxiang hugged her younger brother and got into the donkey cart, Xu Qiuer also went up, and she and Amu took the elder sister's side.Xu Huai was not suitable for crowding with girls and children, so he sat on the right side seat and talked to Lu Cheng.

"My sister is buying chestnuts again!" One of the things that Amu likes to do most when my sister comes back is to see what good things she has brought. After sitting down, she picks up a pack of chestnuts, smells the fragrance of chestnuts, and then unpacks them after calling.

Ning Xiang didn't stop her, and handed another bag to Xu Qiuer, "This bag is for Qiuer."

It's not polite to be a family, Xu Qiuer thanked sweetly, and also opened it.

Ningxiang looked at her younger brother again, pointed at Lu Cheng and Xu Huai and said, "Don't worry about eating by yourself, give two to Big Brother Lu."

There were enough chestnuts, and Amu agreed very happily, helped her sister stand up, and walked forward with chestnuts in her arms.The donkey cart was stable, so he went to Xu Huai's place first, but Xu Huai was determined not to do so, Amu then turned to Lu Cheng's side, grabbed two chestnuts with his little hand and handed them to him, "Brother Lu, eat." He was a stranger after all, and the boy shouted Very formal.

Lu Cheng smiled and praised him for being sensible, then turned around and lifted the coarse cloth on the reed basket behind him.

Amu looked down and saw what was inside, his black eyes widened: "You also have chestnuts!"

And a lot of big sour pears...

Amu couldn't help swallowing.

These were given to him by the third aunt, Lu Cheng took out four and stuffed them into Amu's arms, touched the little guy's head and said, "Brother Lu has chestnuts, so I don't want Amu's, does Amu like sour pears?"

Amu nodded.

Lu Chenggong asked him to distribute it to Ningxiang and the other three.

Xu Huai declined repeatedly, but Lu Cheng thought it was too polite, so Xu Huai had no choice but to accept it.The elder brothers of the four accepted them, Ningxiang Xu Qiu'er didn't refuse anymore, and thanked him together.

Lu Cheng turned his head to look at them, and his gaze stayed on Ning Xiang's face for a few moments longer.

Ningxiang was in a hurry to pick up the big sour pear that was about to fall from Amu's arms, but she didn't notice it, but Xu Qiuer keenly caught it.When Lu Cheng turned around, she quietly looked at the cousin next to her, happy for her cousin to meet a beautiful peach blossom, but also secretly regretful.Such a good girl, it would be great if she could redeem her body. No matter how rich the Hou's mansion is, the cousin is there to serve people, so she is definitely not as comfortable as in the village.

The family was reunited, talking and laughing all the way, and before they knew it, they arrived at the head of Liuxi Village.

Lu Cheng asked Xu Huai where he lived, and wanted to send them to the door.

Xu Huai jumped out of the donkey cart and pointed to the last street in the north of the village: "We live there, the outermost is our house, Brother Lu, come and have a seat when you have time, if you need my help in the future, Just come and find me."

"Okay, then we know each other now." Lu Cheng said heartily, and then aimed his eyes at Ning Xiang.

Ning Xiang saw it, and thanked her sincerely: "Thank you Brother Lu today, and I let you spend money."

He lowered his head and looked at the big sour pear in his younger brother's arms. Such a pear was worth several pennies.

Lu Cheng also looked at Amu, Amu didn't recognize his birth now, and his small mouth was very clever, "Brother Lu, come and sit at our house!"

Lu Cheng laughed, and said goodbye to Xu Huai again. Although he was reluctant, he drove away.

"Is Xiang'er's burden heavy? Big brother will carry it for you?"

"It's not sinking, only two pieces of clothes are packed, thank you brother."

"Why are the family so polite?"

"Brother, bring me sour pears, I want chestnuts!"

The donkey cart gradually moved away, and the words of the Xu family brothers and sisters behind him gradually became unheard. When Lu Cheng was about to turn a corner, he finally turned his head, but the four of them had disappeared on the road.The donkey cart drove out of Liuxi Village, and he looked to the north of the village, only to see smoke rising from the kitchen, and every household was preparing lunch.

(End of this chapter)