happy event

Chapter 114

In the past few days, Mrs. Cao has been showing off her new courtyard everywhere, talking too much hurts her throat, and occasionally coughs a few times at night.She is also a life-saving person. She heard someone say that hedgehog flesh and blood are very effective in curing coughs, so she paid Guoguo's attention.Every time I see Guoguo strolling slowly in the yard, I have to step forward and kick a few times.If it weren't for the fact that I didn't know how to cut the knife, I'm afraid the casserole would have been placed on the stove long ago.

Guoguo Xu also felt that his life was in danger, and he squatted on the kang every day and refused to go to the ground. Of course, it was unavoidable that Dong Rong and his wife were caught by it unexpectedly and screamed endlessly.

Silly Zhu remembered that it was the time of the "movement" that night, and he was suddenly attacked, so his face darkened, and he immediately echoed, "Okay, I will move in the afternoon."

Although Dong Rong was happy when she heard this, she still retorted, "No, there is no way to move in the afternoon. Let's do it tomorrow morning!"

The young couple walked to the outer courtyard, just in time to see Wenniang cleaning the yard with Fuzi, so they smiled and told them to go down the mountain.

Mrs. Cao has had a daughter-in-law who eats and drinks in front of her for a month, and her life is not to mention very comfortable.At this moment, I suddenly heard that my son and daughter-in-law were going to move back to the mountain, and I felt a little unhappy.She was just about to ask to keep people, but old man Cao said first, "It's better to go back earlier, even though the new yard is finished, it needs to be tidied up for a while. If there is anything missing, I can take some back at home."

Granny Cao curled her lips, and muttered, "Just buy new ones if you need anything. Maybe people still don't like our shabby items."

The second sister Cao was afraid that her sister-in-law would be angry, so she clapped her hands and laughed, "My sister-in-law agreed to share a room with me, and I want to go up the mountain together."

Dong Rong patted my sister-in-law's back dotingly, and replied, "It's been prepared for you a long time ago, the entire Xikuan courtyard is yours, you can arrange it however you want."

"Really? That's great!" Second Sister Cao beamed with joy and shouted loudly, "I want to raise a cockatiel under the eaves, I want to plant flowers in the yard, and I want to..."

Everyone was amused by her, and they went to sleep after dinner.Early the next morning, Dong Rong had just finished breakfast when she heard someone knocking on the door. She thought that Manager Zhang had something to report temporarily, so she quickly took off her apron and was about to open the door.It happened that Silly Zhu came out of the room and listened to the strange movement outside the door, so he raised his eyebrows and opened the door half a step ahead.

As a result, the young couple were stunned when they saw the scene outside the door. All the refugees, men, women and children, knelt neatly in front of Cao's house.The white mist in the morning hadn't completely dissipated yet, and everyone's hair and clothes were wet, but no one moved a bit.

When the old men looked up and saw the master coming out, they immediately took the lead and shouted loudly, "Master, we hard-working people are going back to our hometown today. There is really no way to repay the favor of the master's life. I only hope that the master will be healthy and live a long life." Years old. If the heavens have eyes, we hard-working people will one day repay the great kindness of our master."

After the old man finished speaking, he greeted the people behind him, "Kowtow to the master!"

"Thank you, Master, for your life!" "Thank you, Master!" "My master's long life!" "My master gave birth to a son early! My master..."

The refugees yelled loudly and kowtowed vigorously. There were newly laid bluestone bricks in front of the gate of Cao’s courtyard. tears.

Back then, I shrank and hid under the city wall, desperately waiting for the day of death, as if it was right in front of me.If the boss hadn't hired all of them back, their bones might have been eaten up by wild dogs now.After I arrived in the orchard, I was doing work, but after seven or eight days of work, I started to live in winter. I had enough food and clothing, and even sat on the hot kang all day long to weave some crude objects, and then earned a copper coin to fill it up. own purse.This kind of fleeing days is to go back to the hometown and tell it, I am afraid that no one will believe it.

No one is a fool, even if they are really fools, after these few months, they will probably see clearly that it is a lie for the boss to hire them to work, and it is true to try their best to save their lives.How much merit did they have to accumulate in their previous lives to meet such a living Bodhisattva?In the future, the mountains will be high and the rivers will be long, and I don't know if I will have a chance to repay the great favor of life in my lifetime...

As everyone thought this way, their crying became louder and louder, causing the eyes of the villagers who followed him off to see him off to be red-eyed.Dong Rong and Sha Zhu came back to their senses, hurried forward to help everyone, and loudly persuaded, "Folks, get up quickly, it's a great thing to return home, how can you go on the road with swollen eyes? Although the world is far away, But if there is a destiny, everyone will meet again one day."

"That's right, Brother Han, get up quickly. Go home and raise your granddaughter well, my eldest grandson is still waiting to marry her as his wife!"

"That's right, sister of the Li family, don't cry. Although we old sisters haven't lived enough, nowhere is as good as home. You are going home today. This is a happy event, so don't cry."

People in the village came forward to comfort the refugees they knew well, and some naughty boys even took their favorite small wooden horses with bows and arrows and gave them to their usual friends.Seeing this, the refugees cried even harder.

Old man Cao and Mrs. Cao also came out of the courtyard when they heard the commotion, and they understood what everyone looked like.The old man Cao looked at his son and daughter-in-law full of inexplicable regrets, but Mrs. Cao looked proud and raised her chin high.

After all the crowd managed to persuade the refugees to stop their tears, Guanshi Zhang also urged everyone to get on the road quickly, the motorcade in the city was still waiting.Although it is not possible to let everyone have a carriage, it is much safer for the elderly and children to ride in a carriage, and for young people to accompany the team than to drive alone.

The refugee knelt down again and kowtowed three more times to the Cao family and all the villagers, and then reluctantly bid farewell to everyone and set off on the road.The villagers went all the way to the entrance of the village, and watched the last refugee turn around the mountain before returning home with a sigh.But facing the empty courtyard, for some reason everyone felt much calmer in their hearts.

There is no never-ending banquet in the world, I only hope that these folks who get along like a family will have a safe journey...

The Cao family had a quiet meal, and Dong Rong and his wife took the second sister Cao, who was in high spirits, back to the orchard.The second sister Cao wore a goose-yellow jacket and a water-green pleated skirt, bouncing and bouncing on the mountain road, like the most eagerly sprouting willows flying in the spring breeze in spring, which was very pleasing to the eye.

Dong Rong sent the refugees away, and felt that the only stone that weighed on her heart was removed, and she was extremely relaxed.At this time, seeing her sister-in-law so cheerful, she couldn't help but also ran forward to play together. The two sisters-in-law grabbed grass for darts and shot randomly, and stroked willow leaves for a heavenly girl to scatter flowers.But when it was thrown on the last two people, they were all clean, but the stupid column was stuck like a haystack.

The two aunts and sisters-in-law looked at each other, and they both ran away laughing, leaving behind Shazhu who slapped off the leaves and grass stems angrily and amusedly, and continued to carry his luggage and rushed up.Guoguo protruded a small black nose from the basket, greedily sniffed the fresh spring air, and finally squeaked twice, as if urging the owner to hurry up.

On the mountain road, silver-like laughter continued to spread into the surrounding forests, causing two phoenixes to curiously find a locust tree to settle down, planning to watch the fun while combing their beautiful tail feathers.But the next moment, they were knocked unconscious by a stone flying from nowhere.When they woke up again, they were already squatting in exquisite straw-woven birdcages, hanging high on the eaves, completely becoming the source of excitement.

Second Sister Cao stood under the eaves, looked up at the cage, and asked worriedly, "Sister-in-law, why don't these two cockatiels eat? My brother must have hurt them too much?"

Dong Rong was thinking about what furniture to add to my sister-in-law's room, when she heard this, she smiled and said, "Your brother should be sad when he heard this, he finally called birds for you to play with, and you blamed him instead."

"Oh, sister-in-law, I don't blame my brother anymore." The second sister Cao hurriedly stepped forward to please her with a smile, "I even sewed a new suit for my brother earlier, so I'll find it out and let my brother try it on, okay?"

Dong Rong was amused, and led the little girl out of the courtyard, only to see Guanshi Zhang standing outside the Chuihua Gate talking to Wen Niang.Dong Rong then asked, "Is Guanshi Zhang busy?"

Guanshi Zhang glanced at the slender figure beside Dong's, his eyes lit up immediately.He straightened his back subconsciously, and reported with a smile, "The master ordered earlier to hire a few young men to work in the garden, five were recruited from the refugees, and eight were also sent from the village, just enough to make up the number of thirteen. Right now we need people to tidy up the yard, should we arrange them to live in the inverted room first?"

Dong Rong nodded and said with a smile, "Uncle Zhang, you are the chief manager of the orchard. From now on, you can just make decisions about these small matters, and you don't have to report to me again."

It is a joy to be a servant to gain the trust of the master. Steward Zhang smiled and bowed to thank him, "Thank you for your trust, then I will teach these brats on weekdays. If the master has a job, just order it down."

From the corner of Dong Rong's eyes, she saw the curious Second Sister Cao and said, "Speaking of which, I really want to add a few pieces of furniture to the second lady's courtyard. I will make a list later, and you can find someone to send it to the master." There, please make it together."

Manager Zhang hurriedly agreed, and said with a smile, "Yes, my boss. I will handle this matter myself, and the second lady is satisfied."

Dong Rong instinctively felt that this was a bit weird, but she didn't think much about it, and turned around and took Second Sister Cao to visit the other courtyards.The two aunts and sisters-in-law were chatting about the usage of the houses, but Dong Ping rushed back with Xizi instead.

Only then did Dong Rong remember that today is the day of the academy to rest and take a bath. She dragged her younger brother to look up and down for a long while, and then asked about the daily expenses for food and clothing. Then she smiled and called Wen Niang to make a fire. Food for my younger brother.

Second Sister Cao felt a little apprehensive, and wrinkled her little nose. Finally, she saw Dong Ping standing in the middle of the courtyard and looking around, and hurriedly yelled, "The Xikua courtyard is mine!" Then she lifted her skirt and ran back to the courtyard, and closed it Door.

Dong Ping blinked innocently, and finally shook his head amusedly and turned to the East Wing.On the contrary, he was very angry, and made a big face at Xikuayuan.

Soon, a faint aroma of food wafted from the anteroom on the south side of the west wing, which was used as a stove.

(End of this chapter)