Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 173
Chapter 180 Eighth: The Germination of Love
Yang's footsteps paused, and she stood on the spot with ears pricked up. Jin Xi and Cui Xique exchanged glances, and the two hid in a corner of the courtyard wall of a nearby family, looking forward.

"I don't know what the hell the two families are up to, but the Liang family quietly dresses up the bride neatly and puts on a hijab without anyone seeing her!" The wind blew over from the big locust tree, and the woman under the tree People's voices came over, very clearly.

"That's right, I took my baby who was changing teeth to the Yang's house. I originally wanted to let the bride touch my baby's teeth, but who knows, from Lao Liang's house to Yang's house, I didn't see the bride. I ate a piece of wedding cake that was given by someone from the Yang family, and the bride didn’t even come out to distribute the wedding cake, it’s outrageous!"

"The Yang family said that the bride was not feeling well, and she was supported by Yang Feng during the heaven and earth worship. After the heaven and earth were sent to the bridal chamber, the onlookers were kicked out. We didn't even have to see the new house!"

"Hey, hey, tell me, is it because Miss Lan is thin-skinned, after all, she's like the kid from the Yang family... what's the matter, even if she gets married now, she's not a big girl, she feels ashamed to see people... "

"I'm afraid it's really like this. I don't know how the old Liang family raised people. They have just grown up, just like my cousin. I heard that it was still in the shop of her Uncle Liang's house in the town. At that time, many people saw it with their own eyes. I saw it..."

"Yang Feng is really ugly, it's a pity for Lan girl, a flower stuck in cow dung, hey!"

"Who can blame, I can only blame her for wanting a man..."

"..."

In front, Yang's body stiffened obviously, and the bundle that was slung in the crook of her arm slid to the ground, Jin Xi frowned, and whispered to Cui Xique, who was peeping beside her and was still very interested: "Two Mom is going crazy."

Before the voice finished speaking, Yang bent down and took off his shoes not far in front of him. With a voice of "Aw...", he raised his shoes and rushed towards the big locust tree...

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The strange marriage between the old Liang family and the Yang family, and the fact that the Yang family had a fight with some women in the village on the day of her daughter's wedding became the hottest after-dinner conversations in Jinjishan Village and several nearby villages.However, the attention of the villagers is easily diverted. On the fifth day after the marriage of the Liang and Yang families, Li Changgen of Jinjishan Village went to the county town to go to the county fair. The collision of limbs, not only the two old hens that were brought to sell were robbed in the chaos, Li Changgen himself was also broken by the other party's legs.

Li Changgen had no good ties in the village on weekdays, and the villagers hated and guarded against stealing chickens and dogs. Now that he was beaten, naturally no one stood up for him. What's more, when Li Changgen was beaten, he was still drunk, even where the other party was from. , I don't remember what he looks like, even if the villagers help him out, it won't work!
In the end, it was his mother-in-law, Hei Mao, who cried and begged her natal brother, and took the cart to Xiaobeilou in the county town to bring Li Changgen, who had a broken leg, back to Jinjishan Village. The diagnosis given by Dr. Li was that Li Changgen said less this time. I have to lie in bed for three to five months, but my right leg should be useless, and I can no longer walk and work like a normal person.

"I heard from Da Niu that Li Changgen has been lying on the bed for the past few days, but he can't stop. The medicine bowl Hei Maoduan gave him has been smashed, and the pillow and quilt on the bed have been torn into pieces. The children are scared. Dare not to go forward..." In the evening Jinxi came home from the town, under the pagoda tree in the inner courtyard at the stone table, Mrs. Sun and Da Niu's wife were sitting there drinking tea and talking, while Taozhi was playing with the third child in her arms.

"He must be unhappy. After being beaten, he couldn't find the victim, so he had to come back to discourage his wife and children. Hey, why bother!" Sun sighed.

"Mother, where's the fourth child?" Jin Xi came in, greeted Daniel's daughter-in-law first, and asked if she didn't see the fourth child.

"Falling in the house!" Sun said, Jinxi went to the East Wing to take a look at the fourth child, went out to the yard, and sat beside Sun to drink tea, while Da Niu's daughter-in-law was still talking to Sun.

"A rascal like Li Changgen, in the past when everyone was in the way of a village, they always hid if they couldn't be provoked. This time, they really answered that sentence. The wicked need to be tortured by the wicked!" Da Niu's daughter-in-law curled her lips and said, "Speaking of it, This time Li Changgen also fell into a big somersault. Daniel went to see it, and came back and said that the people over there were really ruthless. Not only did Daniel break a leg, his face was beaten like a pig's head, and he still had a lot of blood on his body. Injured everywhere."

"Hey, Li Changgen is really too, why don't you just sell two old hens, how easy is it to sell them in the town's market? Or go all the way to the county town!" Sun said.

Da Niu's daughter-in-law frowned, and said, "Xi'erniang, you don't know this, Li Changgen and his wife are surprisingly lazy, and they don't raise any chickens, so where do you get old hens to sell? Those two chickens, I'm afraid it was stolen from Tong's chicken coop at the east end of the village. The old lady of Tong's family searched for chickens all day yesterday. She said that she left two big reed chickens for her daughter's confinement. They disappeared overnight. What do you say? , besides Li Changgen, who else could have stolen these two reed chickens?"

"Ah?" Sun exclaimed: "No wonder you have to go so far to the county to resell. I am afraid that someone will bump into you!"

"That's right, the old lady of Tong's family is famous for being able to swear, and she has a book of swearing in her hand. Li Changgen and his family have suffered a lot!" Da Niu's daughter-in-law said, Sun shook her head, The behavior of these people is really incomprehensible.

The two of them talked about something else, and the topic changed quickly. Jin Xi drank tea quietly, and glanced secretly at Tao Zhi who was pacing back and forth with her third child in her arms. Tao Zhi seemed to be indifferent to the conversation here, but Jin Xi noticed that when she heard the news of Li Changgen's beating just now, her face was clearly shocked, but then she heard that Li Changgen would lie in bed for several months before she could get off the ground, Taozhi's eyes showed a slack, as if she had calmed down like a big rock.

Jin Xi lowered her eyes, covering her eyes with relief, allowing Aunt Taozhi to come out from the shadow of Li Changgen's terror, Jin Xi didn't mind letting her hands be stained with darkness.During this period of strength getting along day and night, Taozhi's kindness and diligence have long been recognized by everyone in Jinxi's family. Everyone regards Taozhi as their own family. Observing this period of time, Jinxi has become more and more sure that Aunt Taozhi is a person with a unique personality. Wuzheng is a kind person with a very ill-fated fate. How can such a poor kind person let her live under the shadow of a rascal like Li Changgen?

If Li Changgen offends the person Jin Xi wants to protect, he will have to pay several times the price. Jin Xi is the villain that Da Niu's wife says, whoever dares to violate the person she wants to protect will be tortured!
Da Niu’s daughter-in-law sat for a while and went home. The third child was held in Taozhi’s arms and fell asleep. Taozhi sent the child back to the cradle to sleep, and asked Sun to come in and watch, and saw that the sun was setting outside. , but it was still dark, Taozhi took the diapers that the third and fourth children had changed, and planned to go to the pond to wash.

"Biao Aunt, let's wash it tomorrow, there are still dry diapers at home!" Jin Xi said.

"It's okay, it's still early, I went to wash and dry it. The more diapers, the better, maybe those two little guys will pee again in a while!" Taozhi smiled slightly. She grew up in the mountains. Naturally, she is not afraid of the dark, mainly because Li Changgen cannot go to the ground now, so she is not afraid of the road to the pond.The diapers of the two children are dirty, so she naturally has to wash them out for later use, how can she drag them?

Jin Xi's eyes lit up. Ever since she saw Aunt Taozhi sitting in front of the stove wiping her tears that day, she has been in a trance for the past few days, working silently with her head down, talking less, as if she never She loves to laugh, and today, she finally smiled again, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

"Success, the cousin is going to wash diapers, and I'll go to the kitchen to prepare dinner!" Jin Xi said happily.

"Yeah, okay, I'll save the meat later, when I come back from washing, I'll make a hand-torn white strip for everyone to taste!" Tao Zhi said, turned around and walked out of the inner courtyard briskly, Jin Xi also turned and left Kitchen.

Holding the wooden basin on the peach branch, she walked briskly out of Jinxi's big courtyard. At this time, the sun had already sunk below the hilltop in the west, and the sky was covered with fish-scale sunset glow, and the breeze was blowing, bringing a hint of coolness.In the cotton field of Li Changgen’s house, those cotton stalks had not been pulled out, Taozhi took a deep breath, strode past the field ridge, and told himself in his heart that evil will be rewarded with evil, and Li Changgen can no longer come out to harm others!
Taozhi heard the voices of the villagers talking from the other side of the official road:
"Hey, isn't this Liang Jiasheng kid? It's getting dark, why haven't you dismissed your work?"

"Oh, it's uncle, I'll go home in a while."

Tao Zhi slowed down, turned her head to look at the side where the voice came from, Tao Zhi was slightly surprised.There is an official road, the terrain on the other side of the official road is higher, and Liang Lisheng is busy in the old Liang's rapeseed field, and the peach branches can be seen everywhere. In the farmland opposite the official road, Liang Lisheng is the only one who has not confiscated it. work.

This man is really hardworking, Tao Zhi sighed in his heart, and turned his gaze towards the pond.

In the rapeseed field on the side of the official road, although Liang Lisheng was busy working on the field with the hoe in his hand, his eyes secretly turned to the pond on the side of the official road, and fell on the woman who was washing.

The woman was wearing a very simple thin coat with white floral patterns on a blue background, squatting on the stone, beating lightly with a mallet in her hand, with narrow shoulders, narrow back and thin waist, her shiny black hair was tied in a bun behind her head. , fastened with a simple wooden hairpin, and the rest of the hair was twisted into a ponytail, which went around the back of the neck and hung down to the chest.The night wind blew her bangs, and he saw her stop her hands from time to time, brushing her bangs behind her ears, the wind rustled and the water gurgled, but the woman's back was so quiet and soft, Liang Lisheng was fascinated by it. Fascinated, the hoe under his hand was every square inch. When he came back to his senses, he was annoyed to find that several rapeseeds under his feet had all been buried.

Seeing the woman by the pond about to get up, Liang Lisheng quickly picked up the hoe, walked up the official road, and headed towards Jinjishan Village.

Taozhi walks briskly, halfway to meet Liang Lisheng who is coming towards him, seeing him blushing and looking towards this side, Taozhi is in a good mood, and greets Liang Lisheng proactively.

"Boy Sheng, why are you finishing work so late?"

"Hmm...ah!" Liang Lisheng murmured, with his head half down, and his footsteps slowed down, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Tao Zhi felt very good about this junior who was taciturn but had a great saving grace towards her, and continued: "It's better to be diligent. Those who take care of the crops will be rewarded for being lazy!"

Liang Lisheng nodded, looked at Taozhi, and remained silent.

Tao Zhi thought of herself these past few days, no matter in the morning, in the morning, or in the afternoon, no matter when she came out to wash clothes by the pond, she would meet Liang Lisheng busy in the rapeseed field on the other side of the official road. The men of the rural families in the country will go outside to do some small jobs to supplement their family expenses during the slack season.Tao Zhi couldn't help asking: "I see you've been working there for several days. I'm afraid that those rapeseed fields have been tended to? It's almost winter now, and your master didn't let you go out and do some small things?" work?"

Taozhi asked with a smile. When she smiled, her eyes were slightly squinted, revealing a small canine tooth, which gave people the feeling of a gentle and amiable big sister next door. Liang Lisheng had never seen a woman who was so kind to him. She laughed a lot, and immediately, her eyes straightened, but her heart was warm.

"Well, in a few days later, someone in Baojia Village built a house, and called my fourth uncle and I to go over to do bricklaying. We went early and returned late, and we paid two meals a day for [-] Wen." Liang Lisheng said.

"Oh, the salary is good, then you have to do it well, the house is tiring, you have to take care of yourself when you are young. It's getting late, you go to the village quickly 1" Out of respect for each other, but also to keep it secret This gratitude, Tao Zhi said concerned, seeing that Liang Lisheng was in a daze and didn't respond, Tao Zhi couldn't help but feel that this person's dumbfounded look was quite interesting, so he couldn't help but smiled, turned and left.

Liang Lisheng was shocked. He thought he heard it wrong. This Taozhi, who had always been cold and cold, actually said these words of concern to him. God, he grew up since he was a child, not to mention that every time he went to someone else's house to help others build a house and do physical work , even if he was sick and couldn't get out of bed, no one had said such caring words to him.Tan's relationship with him was lukewarm, and Jin's was like that. Having a mother is equal to not having a mother.

When he finally came to his senses, Taozhi had already gone far away. Liang Lisheng scratched the back of his head, picked up the hoe and walked towards the entrance of the village briskly. It was already the middle of October, and the night wind blew on his body with some bone Liang Lisheng didn't notice the coolness, on the contrary, it was like a stove was burning in his heart, and his warm face was flushed.

In the morning of the next day, Sun Dahu was driving a carriage, Liang Yuzhong and Jin Xi were sitting in an ox cart, and the three of them met by the pipeline in front of Jin Xi's house. They happened to meet Liang Yuzhou and Liang Lisheng coming out of the village, one holding a rope , and the other is holding a hatchet and a bamboo chisel.

Seeing Jinxi sitting on the bullock cart, Liang Lisheng gave Jinxi a smile, there was some gratitude and admiration in that smile, Jinxi nodded calmly.

After the two parties exchanged greetings, they learned that Liang Yuzhong and his group were going back to Sunjiagou, and it was time to offer tea to Chaxiangxuan, so they picked up Mrs. Sun and Jinrou back by the way.

If Liang Yuzhong remembers correctly, there are too many cotton stalks, sesame stalks, and wheat stalks in the old Liang's house this season. The backyard of the old Liang's house and the three rooms in the west wing where they used to live are now all They are all used to stack firewood.

"Fourth, are you two going to the mountain to cut firewood? Dad ordered?" Liang Yuzhong asked, why do you want to go to the mountain to cut firewood?
Liang Yuzhou chuckled, and when asked about this, a tinge of dark red appeared on his dark face, and he said a little embarrassedly: "I am going to chop firewood myself, and this firewood is going to be cut back and sold in the town for money. Boy Sheng happened to be fine today, so he said to help me!"

"Chop firewood and sell it for money?" Liang Yuzhong asked, Liang Lisheng smiled, and then said, "Fourth Uncle is going to get married in the twelfth lunar month, so there are plenty of places to spend money."

Hearing this, Liang Yuzhou wanted to earn a little foreigner to enrich his income, Jinxi thought, yes, just counting on the money allocated by Mrs. Tan, when Liang Yuzhou took Cui Xique to the town to pull clothes before marriage, he would be Tight.

"We're going back to Sunjiagou. You just happened to be on the way to the back mountain. Would you like to come up and sit for a while?" Sun Dahu warmly invited, and Liang Yuzhou and Liang Lisheng also got into the car.Liang Yuzhou got into Sun Dahu's car, Liang Lisheng and Jin Xi sat together, the two cars set off off the official road, and walked slowly along the path towards the mountains behind.

While driving the carriage, Liang Yuzhong talked to Liang Yuzhou and Sun Dahu in front of him. On the back seat of the bullock cart, Liang Lisheng asked in a low voice and cautiously in a voice that only Jin Xi and himself could hear: "Xi'er, what about Li Changgen... ...you did it?"

"Well, that's right, I did it." Jin Xi held the handlebar firmly, nodded and said, as if answering an extremely ordinary question, which surprised Liang Lisheng even more.

"What's the matter, second brother, are you startled?" Jin Xi turned her face to the side, looked at Liang Lisheng's jaws closed in surprise, smiled lightly, and asked, "Or, do you think I did something wrong? It shouldn't be. Teach that scumbag a lesson?"

Taozhi came back from washing by the pond that day, and his mood changed. Jinxi and Sun were surprised but couldn't ask. When they were at their wit's end, Liang Lisheng came to give a stick, saying that the peach branch fell by the pond. He went down to the ground and passed by. I happened to see it, so I just sent it over.

When Jin Xi sent Liang Lisheng out, she finally managed to find out from Liang Lisheng the reason for Taozhi's sudden change of mood, and only then did she learn that it was Li Changgen...

Liang Lisheng swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and said, "No, I'm not afraid, I just want to verify that it was really you who did it! Well done, Xi'er, you really did a good deed that pleases everyone's heart!"

Jin Xi narrowed her eyes and smiled faintly.

"Xi'er, you, how did you do it? You are a girl, and you have no strength to restrain a chicken..."

"Second brother is really pedantic. Why do you have to do something yourself? For a scum like Li Changgen, if I do it myself, I'm afraid my hands will be dirty."

"Then, how did you do it? Can you tell the second brother?" Liang Lisheng said, his face was full of admiration, and he felt that this cousin who had always been quiet and well-behaved in front of him was actually different from all the country girls.

Jin Xi smiled, made a gesture with her fingers, and said casually: "It's nothing difficult, there is a saying that 'it's easy to do things with money!'"

No matter which time, space or world it is in, as long as the money is given in place, is it afraid that no one can be found to clean up Li Changgen?Moreover, those people collected money to eliminate disasters for others, and they did it neatly. Even Li Changgen was deceived into thinking that he really had disputes with others because of the price of old hens. In fact, the other party came here with a purpose to make trouble. !

"Xi'er, you are amazing. It's the second brother and I'm pedantic. I've been annoyed for the past few days. That day in the cotton field, I wanted to be more ruthless and just cut his arms. Now you clean it up." Oh, it's really relieved!" Liang Lisheng sighed, paused, and then asked Jinxi: "Then, your cousin Taozhi doesn't know that Li Changgen was punished by you, right?"

Jin Xi shook her head, and said, "I don't want her to know about this kind of thing, so as not to disturb her. And my parents, don't even mention it. Just you and I know!"

"Xi'er, don't worry, the second brother has a sense of propriety, all this matter is out of your mouth and into my ears. I promised her not to say anything about the cotton field, but I still told you that. I can't stand her..."

"Second brother, don't regret it. I forced you to talk about the cotton field. Besides, you also know that I will seek justice for Aunt Taozhi, so you let go. It is for her good. These things should be treated as the two of us. Let's not mention this little secret, shall we?"

Liang Lisheng nodded heavily, a look of joy appeared on his stern face.

Jin Xi blinked, thought of something, suddenly moved closer to him, and whispered a few words in his ear, it's fine if Jin Xi didn't say this, but Liang Lisheng's entire handsome face turned red when he said it. From the back of the neck, it looks like a river prawn just out of the steamer!

"It's nothing, Xi'er, don't play tricks on Second Brother!" Liang Lisheng lowered his head in embarrassment and said.

Jin Xi smiled, and said: "I've been busy preparing for the shop in the county these days, how can I have the time to tease you? But second brother, you are really serious, if you really care about others, go boldly with them She said, every day, you just watch people go to the pond to wash clothes, not far or near, and you watch from a distance, you are a flower protector, but if you don’t convey your thoughts by yourself, they may not understand! Isn’t that true? Blind men lighting lamps are wasting wax!"

Liang Lisheng didn't expect that Jin Xi would see all his small actions these days, and he even told the truth in front of his face. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to slip into the ground and stammered: "I, how can I... Besides, she, she is so good, and she is separated from me by generations, how dare I..."

Jin Xi caressed her forehead, is it so difficult to like someone and express her heart to her?Even if the other party may not accept it, at least you have to convey your own feelings before you can be reconciled, right?With so many worries, seniority is also involved...

However, Jin Xi also has to admit that she is only talking about the relationship between men and women. In fact, with two lifetimes of experience, she is also an out-and-out young child.

"Xi'er, what are you talking about with your second brother? You said it so passionately, I called you twice but didn't respond. If you have something to say, come back and continue talking, they fell to the ground!" Liang Yuzhong's laughter came over, The ox cart stopped slowly, Liang Yuzhou had already got off the car and was talking to Sun Dahu, Liang Lisheng jumped off the ox cart as fast as he could under the eyes of Jin Xi who looked at him with a half-smile...

(End of this chapter)