Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 523 Ten Years Later

In the eighth month of the lunar calendar, at the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the sun restrained its irritable temper and began to become gentle. The sky was peaceful and clear, and the clouds changed from the thin strands in summer, and slowly gathered together, piling up into white and fat cotton. It looks like sugar, floating leisurely in the air, occasionally blocking the sun mischievously, casting a short shade for the earth.

On the bluestone road leading to Lijia Village outside Huawang City, a giant white tiger ran past like lightning. On the back of the tiger sat a smiling little boy. He wore a red gold pendant jade collar, and he didn't know whether it was because he was in a hurry to travel, or because he had been in the sun for a long time, and the sweat was dripping, but he didn't wipe it off. The white tiger who got down, "Run Xiaobai, get home early, I will ask grandma to make fried chicken wings for you!"

Hearing this, Bai Hu twitched the corners of his mouth capriciously, let out a low growl, and shook his big head in disdain.

The little boy seemed to understand its roar, and he was afraid to pat the back of the neck to reassure him, "This time, my word counts. Grandma must be happy when she hears the good news. I won't compete with you for chicken wings after I got that bouncy ball."

The white tiger rolled its eyes, raised its tail and tapped the little boy's back, barely believing him again, and sped up his feet, one by one, and the tiger ran out of sight in the blink of an eye.

Under the big willow tree at the head of Lijia Village, a group of villagers gathered together after lunch, looking at the rice waves surging with the autumn wind outside the village, feeling the breath of harvest in the air, and their faces were full of joy.

Although their life has been turned upside down in recent years, every family has built a grand courtyard with blue bricks and gray tiles, married a daughter in a beautiful way, and saved thousands of taels of pension money, but the obsession with food in the farmer's bones, The hope for a good harvest has not weakened. These days, whenever I have free time, I have to go to the small seat to watch, as if I am afraid that the golden ears of rice will fly away.

The little boy galloped past on a white tiger, kicked up a burst of flying sand, and caught the eyes of a child playing on the side of the road. He wiped it with his hands indiscriminately, his eyes were full of envy, and he turned around and yelled at his father, "Daddy, I also want a white tiger to play with."

His father waved his hand and patted him, half angry and half frightened, "That's the prince of the county, how can you use your fingers? Besides, the white tiger was bestowed by the gods, can you ask for it?"

The child pouted in grievance, his father was reluctant to part with it, and promised to take him to the city tomorrow to play, so that he could be coaxed into a smile.An old man next to him smiled and said, "Father Da Zhuang is a sensible person, it's right to teach children like this, the county king's family is the nobles of our village, our Li family village has a good life today, thanks to the county king's mansion, We should know how to be grateful.”

The big man nodded in response, and said with a smile, "Uncle, my aunt and the others came to visit yesterday, but did you see Madam's beauty?"

The old man shook his head regretfully, "No, I only saw the princess of the county. It is said that after the birthday banquet, Mrs. Xian will go back to the mountain to practice."

The people around echoed, "That's right, Mrs. Xian has been walking down the mountain less and less these years."

Now that Huatouer has come to this point, it is inevitable that he turned to the birthday banquet a few days ago, and everyone turned to sigh with emotion at the grand scene, the sumptuous banquet, and unconsciously pulled up their chests, looking proud. The color of Yan.

On the northeast corner of the village, there are three courtyard houses side by side. The two buildings on the left and right are relatively new, but the one in the middle is faintly covered with the color of time.

At this time, in front of the gate, two or three young men in green clothes were waving brooms on the road, talking and laughing in a low voice from time to time, or squatting down and breaking branches to write and scratch on the ground. A small purple sand teapot the size of a palm, occasionally sipping a sip, very leisurely, a servant called out, "Uncle Wen, the weather is fine today, I will move you a chair, you always sit in front of the door sit."

Wen Bo smiled and shook his head, "You don't need to coax me, you little monkey. I don't know how careful you are when you look at me. The selection of our house depends on your own ability. If you have no ability, you will definitely not be able to enter the shop. The old man can't speak."

The boy scratched his head honestly, blushing from the laughter of his companions.

In the hall of the second entrance courtyard, a woman in white clothes sat on the main seat for a month. She was about 30 years old, with high black hair and two jasper hairpins inserted obliquely. Alice, with a smile on her face, makes people feel an indescribable intimacy when they see her.

Sitting on her left is also a young woman, with an emerald green double-breasted dress, a goose-yellow gauze pleated skirt, double snail temples coiled on her head, and two gold hairpins inlaid with precious stones. She has beautiful eyebrows and a gentle temperament.

These two people are the wives of Mu Ai and Dayu, Lan'er, the only daughter of the Sun family.Since Dayu got married five years ago, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have gotten along very well. The mother-in-law is open-minded, and the daughter-in-law is filial.

The day before yesterday, on the birthday of his parents, Dayu posted a post and invited many relatives and friends to celebrate it. He received countless gifts and kept Lan'er busy. He wished he could grow two more arms.

Today, the guests are gone, so I came to ask my mother-in-law about some small things.

Lan'er held a few red posters with both hands and handed them to the woman in the chair, and said with a smile, "Mother, these are the gift slips I received the day before yesterday. I was busy yesterday, so my daughter-in-law forgot to show them to her."

Mu Ai took it and glanced at it, took out a gift list, pondered for a while, and asked, "Have the people from the Sun family in Liancheng gone back?"

Lan'er shook her head and smiled, "Not yet, they are in a hurry on the road, and my daughter-in-law asked them to rest for two more days before going back."

Mu Ai nodded, "I'll ask Xiao An to send a few jars of good wine, remember to ask them to bring them when they leave."

Lan'er immediately responded, lowered her head and took a sip from the teacup, hiding the curiosity in her eyes. She also heard a few words from her husband, that the head of the Sun family in Liancheng admired her mother-in-law very much, but it's a pity that the world has changed. But the mother-in-law only regards him as a friend.When she first saw the dazzling array of novelties on the gift list yesterday, she couldn't help feeling a little bit of pity. The man really wanted to send all the most beautiful things in the world to her mother-in-law.Presumably he would be extremely happy to get the good wine brewed by his mother-in-law.

However, this has to be kept from the father-in-law.Although the mother-in-law has no personal relationship, but with the temper of the father-in-law who treats the mother-in-law like an eyeball, I am afraid that he will be blackfaced for a few days.

"Is the Bi family in Tianjun City Dayu's friend? How can you send such a rich gift?"

Lan'er came back to her senses, stretched her head to take a look, and said with a smile, "I heard my husband said a few words the day before yesterday, it seems that our shop sold grape seedlings to this Bi's family back then, I'm afraid it's because they are rich now, I can hear you Congratulations to my mother on her birthday, and congratulations."

Mu Ai nodded, gathered a few gift slips, and handed them to Lan'er, "It's time for him to send these fine horses. Cui Peng from your little aunt's family and Kang'er from our family should learn how to ride horses. Remember to find a safe riding and archery master, and let these two boys calm down, saving them from running wildly in the city all day."

"Yes, mother, I think so too." Lan'er nodded repeatedly. Her son is already five years old. If her mother hadn't protected her and said that the child should have a happy childhood, she would have forced him to practice calligraphy and reading. After she finished speaking, she naturally happily agreed.

"Add two dishes in the evening, and invite your little aunt's family to come over for dinner. She has a big belly, and Cui Meng relies on her for everything, wishing to walk with her on her back. Don't you know that it will be difficult to give birth if you don't move more. "

Lan'er recalled the misunderstanding caused by Cui Meng last night, and couldn't help laughing, "Little uncle is such a good father. Last night, because my little aunt wanted to eat bananas, he ran to our yard to beg for them in the middle of the night, and was almost caught by the guards as a thief." .”

"Kang'er is already five years old, and it's time for you to add a little granddaughter to your mother. Don't worry, Dayu is a good father."

Lan'er blushed immediately after hearing this, and said angrily, "Mother, let's talk about this later, I'll go and arrange meals first, your husband may be back soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, before she got up, a little boy ran in from the door, it was the child riding a tiger on the road just now.

The little boy plunged into Muai's arms like a small cannonball, shouting, "Grandma, Kang'er is back, and Kang'er has good news for you."

Mu Ai embraced him in her arms, took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, fed him half a cup of warm tea, then nodded his little nose and smiled, "You are running so fast, do you want to catch up with me?" Come back before your father, and then steal some good things from grandma?"

Kang'er's big black eyes rolled around a few times, and he hugged grandma's neck with a smile, and said with a smile, "Grandma has wronged Kang'er. Kanger just wanted to make grandma happy for a while, so she ran back in a hurry."

Mu Ai put on a guilty look, "That's grandma's fault, we Kang'er are filial children, so let's save grandma's good things."

When Kanger heard that grandma really didn't give me any fun, she immediately turned bitter, her long eyelashes trembled a few times, and she made a pitiful elongated voice coquettishly, "Grandma..." her small body twisted, shaking grandma like the wind Medium and small trees are average.

Lan'er quickly scolded, "Kang'er didn't stop, why is he so rude?"

Mu Ai laughed and waved her hands, "You little elf, do this trick again, okay, okay, grandma surrender." Then, she took out a bouncy ball the size of a child's fist from the space, and handed it to her grandson. Li, asked, "If you lose it again this time, grandma can't give it away. There are two left. When your second uncle marries your aunt and gives birth to a younger brother, grandma will make a gift."

"Thank you, grandma!" Kanger didn't care about her little brother, she held the bouncy ball she had been thinking about for a long time, smiled happily, and kissed grandma's face again and again.

Mu Ai patted his fleshy little butt, and asked, "The good thing is here, should you tell grandma what the good news is?"

"Daddy said, Second Uncle has delivered a letter and will be home in half a month."

　I went out today, and came back in a hurry to write this chapter. There are typos and so on. Friends, please forgive me.

　　I'm starving, I'm going to eat first, thank you for supporting the genuine version! ! !

　　
　
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