farmer's little girl

Chapter 116

Lu Guangzhi ranked No.18 in the test this time, which is considered a good result.

After returning from the county, he immediately went to Niujiao Village to look for Qin Xiucai. He didn't know what Qin Xiucai had said to him, but Lu Guangzhi worked harder after returning.

In the past, I would read a book for a while after dinner, but at most I would take a rest when I saw Haishi, but now it is almost always after the third watch and the lights are not turned off.And it was like this every day, and he didn't go out of the room during the day, so he closed the door and studied hard in the room.

Seeing this, Mrs. Mei was secretly worried, but she didn't dare to tell her son, for fear of delaying his studies.When she was free, she couldn't help chatting with her daughter, Lu Jiaoyue went back to think about it, and went to look for Lu Guangzhi after two days.

After suffering for several days, Lu Guangzhi is now almost in a state of excitement. His face was originally fair, but now he is so pale that there is no blood at all, his lips are chapped and chapped, and his eyes are even more red. Covered with bloodshot eyes.

Lu Jiaoyue put the soup in her hand on the table beside her, and came to his desk.

Lu Guangzhi knew that the eldest sister was coming, but he only looked up at her, and was immersed in the scrolls in front of him.Lu Jiaoyue stood aside and watched for a while, seeing that her younger brother had read it for a long while, and the scroll had only been turned over a page, so she couldn't help but sighed in her heart.

She reached out and took the book, then went to the table to bring the soup and put it in front of Lu Guangzhi.

"I boiled this soup last night. I stayed up all night. Don't look at it. Rest your eyes for a while."

Lu Guangzhi didn't say anything, he drank the soup in one gulp, and then asked Lu Jiaoyue for a book.Seeing that the eldest sister refused to give it to him, he said helplessly: "Sister, I've already drunk the soup, return the book to me."

Lu Jiaoyue moved a chair over and pretended to have a long talk with him.Although Lu Guangzhi was anxious in his heart, after all, he was more concerned with respecting his eldest sister, so he sat there obediently and did not mention the matter of asking for books.

"My eldest sister is asking you now, do you really like to study and learn, or do you just want to realize the idea of ​​embarrassing your family through studying?"

Hearing the elder sister's sharp statement, Lu Guangzhi couldn't help being startled.

"Big sister used to think that you liked her, but now it seems that's not the case."

Lu Guangzhi was a little embarrassed, and didn't dare to look into the elder sister's eyes: "I really like it, elder sister, don't make wild guesses."

"Really? Then how do I think you have lost your usual sense of normalcy?"

After saying this, Lu Jiaoyue sighed and said: "Our family is indeed not rich, but life is getting better every day. Let's put it this way, there is a way to get money from the family. Opening a shop or setting up a small stall can make a living. You have been busy in the past two years, and the eldest sister is also married. We seldom sit and talk together, but I still vaguely remember the morning of the first day you went to private school , carrying the book bag that Eldest Sister sewed for you, with a face full of joy. Although Eldest Sister is a woman, she can clearly distinguish what is really like."

"I don't know when, you started to become impatient. I know that Mr. Qin has high hopes for you, and you are becoming more confident every day. You believe that you can do it. The stupid bird flies first, and the ambition is not old. These are good. And The elder sister came to tell you these words today, not because she wanted to tell you some great truths, and the eldest sister doesn’t understand any great truths. I just hope that you don’t push yourself too hard, and you can devote all your attention to it because of your interest, just like grandma’s My mother can't learn that craft, because she doesn't like it. But my eldest sister likes it, so my eldest sister is willing to learn, to delve into it, to spend time and effort, and then reap the fruits of hard work."

"It's the same with your studies. You have worked very hard and worked hard. As for whether it is important to pass the exam? Of course it is good to pass the exam. If you fail the exam, we have nothing to lose. Don't lose your sense of normalcy. Don't you Didn't you notice that your mind is getting messed up, and silent reading is getting more and more difficult? Why don't you relax, let yourself be quiet, and look at things beside you besides books? Don't you find that you haven't read books for a long time? I've talked to my family, do you know that they are very worried about you, but they don't know how to express this concern."

Lu Guangzhi listened quietly, feeling ashamed as if overwhelming him, almost drowning him.

"Miss..."

Lu Jiaoyue patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, don't think too much, it's useless even if you can study again without a good body. The county exam only takes five rounds, and if you finish the exam on the same day, you will appear on the day. Chunwei took the test for nine days, don't you know that many people are not well-educated, but because they can't support their bodies, they lose their names."

Hearing this, Lu Guangzhi couldn't help being taken aback, "Sister, how do you know?"

Lu Jiaoyue laughed in her heart, "I heard what my little uncle said."

"Little uncle is really amazing, he actually knows about this."

Mei Zhuangyi, who was thousands of miles away, sneezed suddenly, and he couldn't help rubbing his nose, not knowing who was thinking about him.

The couple in the second bedroom found that their son who had been studying hard behind closed doors suddenly walked out of the room, woke up refreshed early in the morning, and helped Mrs. Mei who was busy in the kitchen with some work.After breakfast, he helped to serve the food and the bowls and chopsticks. After eating, he went out for a walk in the village. Just when Mrs. Mei was worried about where his son had gone, he came back.

After greeting Mrs. Mei, he went back to his room to read silently.When it was time to eat at noon, I didn't eat a few bites in a hurry like before, or didn't eat, but finished eating slowly, walked in the yard for a while, and turned back to the house to rest.Sleep for a quarter of an hour, get up and continue reading silently.In the evening, instead of turning off the lights at the third watch, we rested early.

Mrs. Mei finally breathed a sigh of relief, and told Lu Minghai about it, and Lu Minghai laughed at her: "You have a lot of things, and our son is sensible, don't you think this is good?"

Mrs. Mei glanced at him angrily, there is no mother who doesn't worry about her children, and he is a man who is careless every day.

Afterwards, when Mei Shi and Lu Jiaoyue chatted about this matter, Lu Jiaoyue secretly laughed in her heart, but didn't mention anything.

After Mrs. Mei left, Zhou Jin walked in, "Mother left? What did you say to Zhi'er at the beginning, I think it's most effective for you to talk to him at your mother's side."

The man is shrewd, so Lu Jiaoyue didn't think she could handle him perfunctorily, so she yelled at him, Gu Zuo said that he didn't say anything, just scolded him.

Many years later, when Zhou Jin and Lu Guangzhi talked about this matter, they realized that the usually silly and stupid daughter-in-law was actually so wise.Of course, this is another story.

Ever since Qiu Cuihe gave birth to her son, her status in the Lu family has risen.

Especially Xiao Hu became more and more silent, usually she didn't even eat at the table, which made her even more proud, as if she was the real wife.

If it was before, Qiu Cuihe would definitely laugh out loud. Ever since she entered the door of Lu's big house, she wanted to squeeze Xiao Hu down.But ever since the incident happened before, the eldest aunt stared at her and Lu Guangren and made a fuss, her life gradually became sad.

It's also because Lu Guangren is not a thing. In the past, it was fine for Lu Jiaomei to ask for money. A while ago, he went to the West Wing behind his back and stole Lu Jiaomei's jewelry.Lu Jiaomei's only valuable things these days are those few jewelry, she is not making a fuss like heaven and earth.Lu Guangren didn't go home these few days, so Lu Jiaomei came to Qiu Cuihe.

Logically speaking, they should be looking for Mrs. Hu, but everyone knows Mrs. Hu doesn't like Lu Guangren, so Lu Jiaomei naturally doesn't think that Lu Guangren stole her jewelry for Mrs. Hu's mother and daughter.

After arguing with Lu Jiaomei, Qiu Cuihe walked out of her house angrily, and walked all the way to the end of the village.

As she walked, she looked around and saw no one around, so she stepped into a yard.If someone witnessed this scene, they would be surprised to find that she actually entered the house of the dead man in front of her.

This house has been abandoned since Qiu Cuihe entered the gate of Lu's house.The brothers of the Qian family each had their own houses, and this house was dilapidated, so no one deliberately occupied it. After all, most houses in the countryside were not worth much.

Qiu Cuihe hurriedly walked into the house, and just as she reached the door, she was dragged in by someone.

Before she had time to react, a big mouth mixed with masculinity kissed her, and she didn't resist, instead she said with a smile: "Damn, I'm so impatient..."

The man didn't say a word, and his big palm slid under her clothes.

Mrs. Hu had already done the search, so she walked in along the collapsed courtyard wall behind the house.She was very careful that no one saw her coming here.

This house is next to Mrs. Qian, and from the perspective of Mrs. Hu, you can still see the vegetable garden of Mrs. Qian next door.She went around to the front of the house first, stood under the window and listened for a while, then went expressionlessly to a low house behind the house that used to store sundries.

She lightly carried the firewood outside. She had accumulated these firewood for many days, including wheat straw, thatch, branches, and firewood stolen from home. Anything that could be burned, Xiao Hu secretly saved it.She saved a small bundle and moved here in the dark. This house has been unoccupied for a long time, and no one will come into this house at leisure. She has already saved a lot.

God-sent opportunity, Mrs. Hu has been waiting for this day for a long time.

She carried the firewood to the base of the wall in front of the house, and the couple in the house were still tossing about.According to the past practice, the couple will toss for about half an hour, and she has plenty of time.

Little Hu went back and forth one after another, silently. She was sweating profusely from exhaustion, but her heart was very refreshed, even excited.She had just hugged a bunch of branches and put them under the wall, and was about to straighten up and turn around to hug again, when suddenly a person quietly appeared beside her.

That person also held a pile of firewood in his hands, seeing Xiao Hu looking at her, she didn't even lift her eyelids, she put the things in her arms under the wall very silently.Then she turned around and went to the back of the house. If Xiao Hu guessed correctly, she should have gone to that room again.

Sure enough, the man came over with a pile of firewood and put it under the wall.

She didn't say a word to Mrs. Hu, but Mrs. Hu could understand her mood.How could they not understand, after all, the two are in the same situation.Although the village hadn't heard how Mrs. Sun's life in Qian's family was, since he could hang out with that bitch Qiu Cuihe, then Boss Qian was not a good guy.

The two silent women just went back and forth like this, turning a deaf ear to the two people who were messing around inside.When he finally brought all the things that could be burned, and piled them up under the wall in front of the house, Mrs. Sun looked at Mrs. Hu, who took out a fire bag from her arms.She blew lightly, and sparks flew everywhere. She glanced back at Mrs. Sun before raising her hand and throwing it into the pile of firewood.

There was dry grass to ignite the fire, and the fire ignited easily, in a small lump at first, and then spread quickly.

In the room, Qiu Cuihe was dripping with sweat, she was a little out of breath, so she pushed Boss Qian aside.

"Don't press me down, I'm dead again."

Boss Qian deliberately pushed over again, "Don't let me push, who do you want to push? Didn't you say that your man hasn't pushed you for a long time?"

When Qiu Cuihe mentioned this, she became angry. Before, she thought that Lu Guangren was young and strong, so she hooked up with Lu Guangren behind her uncle's back.I wanted to be a dewy couple, but I was exposed in public for adultery.In desperation, she had no choice but to swallow her anger and enter Lu's house as a wife.

In fact, at the beginning Qiu Cuihe didn't want to reconnect with Boss Qian. No matter how lewd she was, she was just lonely at night without a man.Now that I have a man, I naturally want to live a good life, but it's a pity that the sky doesn't follow people's wishes, the little Hu family is a difficult person to deal with, and the Lu family has too many messes, and life is getting more and more difficult day by day, and they can't even eat up.

You must know that Qiu Cuihe had never had a hard life before. When the man was not dead, he was raised by him. It was quite a moist life.

Those who have never eaten bran swallowing vegetables will never know what it is like to be gluttonous.In the days before Lu Jiaomei came back, the Lu family drank heavily, Qiu Cuihe couldn't bear it, and wanted to eat meat day and night, so he couldn't help but think of his uncle.Men can't stand the bait, so what if they hated her for stealing before, it's not like they're hooked again.

Qiu Cuihe pushed him again angrily, "Do you care if he suppresses me? Don't you also suppress your yellow-faced woman every day at home!"

"Don't mention whether she's okay or not, I'm not interested in mentioning her!" Boss Qian rolled off her body and lay down beside her.

"What's wrong? Did she provoke you again?" Qiu Cuihe asked curiously as she leaned over.

Boss Qian glanced at her, didn't speak, and drooped his eyelids to keep his spirits up.

Qiu Cuihe felt a little uncomfortable, even though she was a man who stole from others, she would be jealous, so she sat up straight, picked up the clothes on the kang, and put them on.

"What's wrong, are you angry?"

Qiu Cuihe snorted.

Boss Qian laughed a little, "If she hadn't given birth to three sons for me, and if you hadn't been my brother's wife, I wouldn't have let you marry into the Lu family. What do you care about with her, she has the same face You have two fleshy skins, your body is as rough as bark, how can you please me."

Hearing this, Qiu Cuihe finally felt a little more comfortable. She looked at Qian Laodao with sorrow in her eyes: "At the beginning you were going to marry me, and I thought it would be no problem for us. Only when you find out, you will marry into Lu's family. I understand your thoughts and think of you, but you must always think of me. "

Boss Qian pulled her into his arms, kissed her on the cheek, and said affectionately: "Of course I remember you, even if I don't miss anything else, I still want to remember that you gave birth to a son for me." After a pause , Boss Qian said again: "When did you see the opportunity, you took your son out and showed me, I haven't seen my own species yet."

"I'll talk about it when I have a chance." Qiu Cuihe said perfunctorily with a twinkle in his eyes.

Boss Qian was about to say something more when his nose twitched suddenly, "Do you smell anything?"

"It seems that some family is burning firewood for cooking." In fact, Qiu Cuihe has already smelled it, but he didn't pay attention to it. It's like this in the countryside. When cooking and burning kang, they point to the firewood, and the smoke from the firewood is also strong. Which one in the village If there is a fire, you can smell it from the door of his house.

"Why, my sister-in-law, who is a good wife and loving mother, cooked something delicious for you again. I'm busy with this." Qiu Cuihe teased.

The reason why she said that was because Mrs. Qian was next door to this house.At the beginning when Father Qian was dying, he separated the family, caring for his younger son’s frail health, so he purposely divided up part of the old house’s foundation, and built a house for Qian’s fifth son, also in the name of taking care of him nearby. The two families are next to each other by the courtyard wall. courtyard wall.The smell of burning firewood can be smelled from here, it must be Mrs. Qian's idea.

Boss Qian was about to go back with a joke, but his face suddenly froze, "My family didn't kill a chicken today, and I didn't buy meat, what can she cook right now!" He glanced outside the window, and suddenly He got up from the kang, and before he even had time to put on his trousers, he rolled to the edge of the window.

Qiu Cuihe followed her gaze and turned pale with shock.

"on fire……"

"Aren't you afraid of being a widow?" Little Hu asked before leaving.

Mrs. Sun was silent for a while. Mrs. Hu originally thought she could not speak, but she heard her say: "I have children and grandchildren, it doesn't make any difference whether I am a widow or not."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Sun walked back to her backyard from the place where the wall collapsed.

After hearing this, Mrs. Hu was silent for a while, then suddenly smiled inexplicably, turned her head and left.

After Mrs. Hu returned home, she sat quietly in the house and waited for the noise in the village to arise.

It's true that there was a quarrel, but this time is too fast, right?
Xiao Hu couldn't help but went to the yard, stood in the yard and listened to the movement outside.

"Hurry up, hurry up, Qian Laowu's house is on fire."

"I heard that two people were burnt out, and Boss Qian actually stole his former sister-in-law from his dead brother's house..."

"Did the man burn to death?"

"No, I heard that Mr. Qian's second child discovered it. I don't know what's going on. Let's go and have a look..."

Xiao Hu couldn't help but froze on the spot, didn't he burn to death?

In fact, there were omissions in Xiao Hu's plan. With some firewood, the fire would not burn too fast at all.In addition, it was also a coincidence that the second son of the Qian family, Qian Maoshan, who was working in the field, suddenly came back from the field. He saw thick smoke rising from the house of the fifth uncle's house from a distance. He didn't think much, and immediately fell With the hoe in his hand, he shouted in the village.

One family is in trouble, and hundreds of families help each other. This is the case in the countryside.Upon hearing the yelling, people from nearby homes ran out, carrying buckets to help put out the fire.

The fire was extinguished, but the adulterous relationship between Boss Qian and Qiu Cuihe was also exposed.

In broad daylight, two naked people were stuck in a room, jumping and jumping, even a blind man could see.But right now, no one was paying attention to this, Boss Qian and Qiu Cuihe were burned badly.Both of them were disheveled, with burns on their bodies, and they were also choked and passed out.

They were almost killed, so naturally no one was talking about it at the moment, Boss Qian was carried back by the Qian family, and Qiu Cuihe was also carried home by the Dafang people who heard the news.

Along the way, Lu Mingchuan, Hu Shi and Lu Guangli hardly dared to look up.But no matter how embarrassing it is, people can't ignore it. If you don't look at other things, you have to look at Qiu Cuihe as Dandan's mother.

After the doctor left, Mrs. Hu moaned and wiped away her tears, "The boss is not at home, and he still doesn't know what will happen when he is home."

Lu Jiaomei leaned against the door and curled her lips: "Since I know this person is not a good person, why do I dare to carry him home. It seems that the person surnamed Qiu and Boss Qian have not been in the same day or two. Steal it. My good brother is really pitiful, green clouds cover the top."

Hu endured it and endured it, but still couldn't hold it back: "Can you say one less thing, why did your brother offend you, and it's not good for you to expect him so much?!"

"He must have offended me. He changed his way to get money from me at the beginning. Now I look back and ask him for some, so he dares to do something to my elder sister. And the thing about my jewelry being lost before, mother, why don't you?" I will forget it so soon, I don't have such a brother who is unfaithful, filial, benevolent and unrighteous."

"Which eye did you see that your brother took it?"

"He didn't steal it, could it be your mother?"

"Okay, you all don't say a few words." Lu Mingchuan shouted, then turned to Lu Guangli and said, "Second brother, you go to find your elder brother and come back. This Qiu Cuihe is her wife after all. How to solve this matter depends on how he does it." think."

Lu Guangli nodded and went out.

Mrs. Hu kept holding Niu Niu in her arms and stood beside her silently watching, without saying a word.

Boss Qian had an accident, and everyone from the other rooms of the Qian family came.

After all, there were scandals mixed up in the process, seeing that the doctor said that Boss Qian was fine, even though the injury on his body would take some time to recuperate, he didn't dare to stay longer.

Boss Qian's head and face were wrapped in a white cloth. Apart from his head and face, he also had a few burns on his body, none of which were serious, but he could bear some of them together.

He lay on the kang without daring to move, and roared there when he woke up. Of course, the roar was aimed at Mrs. Sun.

In broad daylight, he was trapped in the house and almost burned to death. Boss Qian didn't suspect anyone, but his daughter-in-law Sun.

"Father, what are you talking about mother, my mother can't do such a thing." Qian Maolin saw his mother in front of his father, like a pissed off daughter-in-law, his father treated him Niang usually hits and scolds.But after so many years, how could his mother want to burn his father to death at this time, and his mother didn't have the courage.

"That's it." Qian Maosen, the third son of Boss Qian, interjected.

"There's such a big fire next door, she didn't even realize it, and she was planning to burn me to death so that she could remarry!" Boss Qian was hysterical, speechless.

Hearing this, the sons of the Qian family didn't bother to talk to their father anymore.The thief stole the joke, and now they are still rambling about, their mother is very old, and they have grandchildren, so where are they going to remarry.

"Mother, it's getting late now, you go to the kitchen to cook." The boss, Qian Maolin, dispatched Sun.

Mrs. Sun wiped away her tears and walked outside the house.

They all walked out of the house, and they could still hear the roar of Qian Boss and the explanations of the Qian Maolin brothers: "My mother said that she fell asleep, she was busy at home all day long, and she was at home when she was free in the afternoon. Rest for a while, there is nothing to doubt..."

Only Qian Maoshan didn't think so, because he was the first one to come back from the outside in the afternoon, and while helping to put out the fire, he saw his mother's look from the corner of his eyes as he stood at the gate of his house and looked over here.Qian Maoshan couldn't describe that kind of look, but in retrospect, it made people feel panicked.

Seeing that the eldest brother and two younger brothers were still comforting his irritable father, Qian Maoshan left the room.

Went to the kitchen, Mrs. Sun was busy cooking inside.

Sun is a good woman, she has nothing to say to her husband and son, and treats her daughters-in-law as her own daughters.Thinking that her daughter-in-law will help with the work in the field, she usually manages everything properly at home, never letting them finish the field work and also busy with the house.

Everyone said Mrs. Sun was good, but she was a bit dull.

Qian Maoshan was in a very complicated mood, and walked over to stand behind Mrs. Sun.

"Mother, did you really fall asleep at home in the afternoon?"

Mrs. Sun was taken aback for a moment, didn't explain, just nodded.

Qian Maoshan let out an oh, and didn't say anything else. Instead, he turned his head and scooped a basin of water out of the water tank, and helped Mrs. Sun wash the vegetables on the chopping board.

Mrs. Sun, who was squatting in front of the stove, had a drop of tear dripping from her eye socket, but the tear fell to the ground and disappeared in an instant.

(End of this chapter)