happy event

Chapter 69

After finishing speaking, she stretched out her big hand to pull Dong Ping.Dong Ping stepped aside calmly, and responded lightly, "Don't worry about Er Niang, I just came back after eating at my sister's."

Er Niang?When Niu heard this address, the flesh on his face trembled fiercely, and he endured and endured so that he didn't curse on the spot.She married into the Dong family for more than ten years, had children, and took charge of the family affairs. She always regarded herself as Dong Xiucai's original spouse, and no outsiders dared to mention the word "second wife" in front of her.Only these two brats would rather be whipped to death than change their words when they were young, but now that their wings are hardened, they dare to hit her in the face like this in front of outsiders.

"Well, okay, let's go home."

Hearing Niu's words clearly gritted his back molars, Dong Ping felt extremely happy in his heart. He made a bow to all the villagers, and said with a smile, "Uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law, now I just Obtaining the student qualifications is the time to study hard and continue the scientific examination. I really don’t want to be distracted by trivial matters, so thank you for your kindness. Everyone said that the beauty is beautiful, the water in my hometown, the people in my hometown. I, Dong Juncheng, was born in Huaishu The head of the village is in Huaishu Village, no matter where you go in the future, you will never forget your roots, please rest assured. Let’s not pass today, it will be a free day, and Juncheng will visit again.”

After speaking, he bowed deeply again, and then slowly walked out of the crowd and went to his own yard.Niu rolled his eyes, flicked his handkerchief and followed.A group of fellow villagers left behind and looked at each other for a while, one of the old men clicked his lips, and he was the first to praise, "The little scholar of the Dong family really did not read this book in vain, the words are pleasant and reasonable."

Another old woman interjected, "How could it be for nothing? He is now a scholar, and he might be a champion in the future."

There was a little daughter-in-law who was pregnant with a child. She stood outside and saw Dong Ping leaving in a cool manner. She was very envious and said, "Mrs. Dong is really blessed. Both the husband and the son are scholars. If I give birth to a smart The baby also sent him to study."

"Bah, she's lucky! You just married in the village for a few years, and you don't know the details of the Dong family. This man named Niu was married after Mrs. Dong's death, and the second boy of the Dong family who is fatter than a pig It is her own. Brother Ping's mother is the eldest lady!" "That's right, it's no wonder that her shrew's virtue can raise a good son. Brother Ping and Sister Rong were almost tortured to death by her when they were young, but now Brother Ping is promising, you can see how disgusting she is to fawn on!"

The crowd had just been scolded by Niu Shi, and now they finally found a place to take revenge. They all spoke out to expose Niu Shi's Lao Dier and Heping's evil deeds, and they almost said that she had horns on her head and sneaked into various houses to steal food at night. The child's devil.The little daughter-in-law was so frightened that she clutched her stomach tightly and swore to herself that she would stay away from Niu Shi in the future.

He didn't mention how everyone criticized Niu behind his back, but only said that Dong Ping entered his yard, saw his father sitting in the house drinking tea, and went forward to salute.Dong Xiucai looked at the son who had grown into a handsome young man at some point, with a complicated expression on his face.He waved his hand to signal his son to sit down without courtesy, and then he put up his father's posture and said, "Although you are close to your sister, this is your home, and you have to come back and walk around when you are taking a bath in the academy. "

"Yes." Dong Ping replied dryly, without another word.

Dong Xiucai frowned, and said again, "Although you have passed the college examination this time, you still have to take the provincial examination, general examination, and palace examination in the future. Don't be complacent and complacent, and continue to study hard."

"Yes, father." Dong Ping replied dryly as usual, with a respectful and polite expression, but there was no need to say anything.

Dong Xiucai was upset and a little annoyed, but before he could speak again, Niu Shi, who had just entered behind Dong Ping, couldn't hold back, and said first, "Brother Ping, you came back from the orchard. Speaking of which, Sister Rong hasn't been seen for several months, this married girl can ignore her parents, but we as parents have to miss her. I don't know how her orchard harvest is and how much money she has earned?"

Dong Ping sneered in his heart, a fox is a fox, and he can never pretend to be a man, but three sentences will definitely reveal his tail.

"Erniang didn't know that, although my sister's orchard had a good harvest, she didn't sell it back for a penny."

"Oh, Brother Ping, are you joking? How is it possible?" Mrs. Niu obviously didn't believe this, even Mr. Dong was puzzled.Dong Ping didn't hide it from them, and simply told the story of how he had a grudge with Young Master Xue.

Niu slapped her thigh with hatred, as if all the money lost in the orchard belonged to her private house, and cursed loudly, "Sister Rong is really stupid, how can she get along with Yinzi at this time!" After speaking, she scolded Dong Ping again, "You are also a stubborn breed, but if you knelt down and kowtowed to admit your mistake, you would still lose a piece of your flesh. This is good, dozens of taels of silver will be gone!"

Dong Ping clenched his fists tightly when he heard her say the matter of kneeling and being humiliated so lightly.Dong Xiucai, on the other hand, still had some literati character, and praised, "Sister Rong did the right thing. You have a reputation now, how can you be bullied so easily?"

Niu hated him for refusing to go along with him, stretched his arm across the table and pinched hard, the pain made Mr. Dong grin his teeth but tried his best to hold back, unwilling to lose face in front of his son.

Dong Ping pretended not to see it, and said calmly, "It's not easy for my sister to support me to study, and because I didn't have any income in the orchard, so I gave up the ten acres of tax-free land under my name to my sister."

"What!" Mrs. Niu was thinking about asking for the tax-free land and paper, ink and silver. When she heard this, she immediately jumped up and shouted, "Who allowed you to give the tax-free land to others? Your sister is married, isn't it Dong?" My family is gone, why should I occupy the tax-free land of my Dong family?"

A look of disgust flashed in Dong Ping's eyes, and he responded lightly, "Although my sister is married, I, a scholar of the Dong family, was confessed by my sister."

"You, you..." Niu's face turned black from being blocked, and he hurriedly asked again, "What about the paper money, don't tell me to give it to her too!"

Dong Ping glanced at his father coldly, but did not answer.Dong Xiucai remembered the indifference and estrangement of his children towards him on the day of the college examination, and his heart tightened, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to scold Niu, "What are you talking about, the money for paper and ink is given by the government, and it is reserved for students to buy paper and ink on weekdays. , Brother Ping is not enough for himself, so why give it to Sister Rong."

Niu stomped her feet in hatred, even the tax-free land and the paper, ink and silver were not in her hands, so she was still happy about what this little brat was doing with middle school students?It's better to stay at home and be a cow or a horse, and let yourself do whatever you want!

Dong Ping was really impatient to sit down again, so he stood up and said, "Father, I'm going back to my sister."

"Well, okay, on the way..." Dong Xiucai answered halfway, but Niu jumped out to stop Dong Ping and said, "No, there will be a celebration at home tomorrow. How can you, a rookie, not be at home? You can give it to me tonight." Go to every house in the village to invite people, and if one family doesn’t come, then don’t bother them if they have something to ask for in the future!”

Dong Ping tried his best not to roll his eyes fiercely, he scolded everyone like that just now, and now he wants people to come to his door with congratulatory gifts, how thick-skinned he is to do this.

"The master of the academy will take me to the capital to meet friends tomorrow, and I don't know when I will be back. The banquet at home should wait until I win the number one prize."

After saying this, he bypassed Niu Shi and walked out of the yard as if fleeing.Niu was left thinking, "Which day will be the champion... No! You lied to me, you kid, it will have to wait until the year of the monkey?"

Niu was so angry that he jumped up and down and cursed, Dong Xiucai didn't want to serve wine to accept gifts, after all he was still a private school teacher, face is very important.Now seeing his son push the matter away in a few words, he let out a sigh of relief and got up and left.For a moment, Niu was the only one left in the room, yelling endlessly, causing the dust from the roof to fall down and pour over her head and face...

Dong Rong and Zhu Zi sat in front of the door to enjoy the scenery after dinner. The fields at the foot of the mountain had been harvested, some of them had been turned up and planted with wheat, and some of them were still erected with corn stalks. From a distance, they were black and yellow, but there were some Kind of wild.Dong Rong was worried about whether her younger brother was embarrassed by her stepmother, and when she was in a daze, she suddenly felt something shaking at her feet, so she ran into Sha Zhu's arms in shock, "There is a snake!"

Silly Zhu was also taken aback. Since the accident happened last time, the hidden guards have sprinkled the powder specially formulated by Mr. Feng around the orchard. Let alone insects and snakes, even beasts would avoid them if they smelled them. A snake appeared?
He hugged Dong Rong tightly and took two steps away, but when he took a closer look under the setting light, it turned out that it was a hedgehog the size of a steamed bun, sniffing around with its small nose.

"Don't be afraid, it's a hedgehog, not a snake!"

"Hedgehog?" Dong Rong poked her head out of Shazhu's arms and laughed immediately, "Oh, this hedgehog is so small." As she spoke, she struggled to jump down and ran to fiddle with the little hedgehog. Small uninvited guests.

Silly Zhu looked at the empty embrace, and suddenly regretted why he told the truth, otherwise, he might be able to ask for another kiss, so as not to have to sneak a few kisses every night while she was asleep.

Dong Rong didn't know silly Zhu's greed, she took a small wooden stick and fiddled with the little hedgehog enthusiastically, and asked, "Zhu Zi, what does it like to eat? Apples or pears?"

The little hedgehog didn't know if he understood what she said, instead of forming a ball and erecting the sharp thorns on his back, he stepped forward to please him and raised his head.Two small black bean eyes, lined with the same black little nose, not to mention how cute.

Dong Rong was so happy that she threw the stick, tapped its nose, and asked, "little thing, are you lazy, why did you come out to look for food? It's going to be winter soon, you should find a hole to hide and sleep well?" "

The little hedgehog tilted his head in doubt and thought for a while, and finally squeaked twice in aggrieved way.Dong Rong hurriedly coaxed the child to respond, "Oh, oh, I understand, this is your sad thing, I won't ask again, okay? You can stay at my house for the winter, the apple tube is enough to eat, okay?"

Seeing that this person and the hedgehog were having so much fun, Sha Zhu shook his head helplessly and amusedly, and finally turned around and went into the room to take out an apple.Dong Rong was afraid that the little hedgehog would not be able to bite, so she cut it into small pieces with a knife and put them on the grass.The little hedgehog began to chew happily, shaking its small body excitedly from time to time, like a puppy wagging its tail to please its owner.

(End of this chapter)