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Chapter 18 Chugo's Past

Why is it that girl again, Xiuniang looked at Guixi carefully, guessing that the girl was his best friend, so Xiuniang went into the courtyard, she smiled secretly My own, why does she look like a troublemaker now.

Xiu Niang took some potato heads, scrubbed them in the courtyard, walked to the stove, filled the pot with water, put a few pairs of chopsticks on top, and then put the potato heads on top of the pot, and then set them on fire. Steam this to eat, and the remaining rice is just right for a meal at night.

This will work, Chu Ge changed his clothes, took the hatchet and seemed to be going out, Xiu Niang looked at it and asked, "Chu Ge, what are you doing here?"

Chu Ge tugged at the rope, "Catch up with the mountain."

Xiu Niang looked at Tian'er, "Now?"

Chu Ge made a 'hmm' sound, and said after thinking, "It's hot now, and I can't stay in the mountains because I'm bored, so I can catch living things."

Xiu Niang thought about it and said, "Where are you thinking about keeping your job?"

Chu Ge didn't know why Xiu Niang was asking this, so he said, "It's on the way to the bamboo forest in Xitou."

Xiu Niang nodded after hearing this, and seeing Chu Ge staring blankly at herself, she smiled, "The potato heads will be ready in a while, I'll bring you food."

Seeing Xiuniang's pretty face with dimples and smiling again, she was really pretty, Chu Ge took a breath and said in a dull voice, "You, you're here, call me."

As soon as Xiuniang opened her mouth, this man went out, looking at an empty door, Xiuniang was annoyed, and she said tightly, if she yelled loudly, then everyone would run away, what a fool Straight fool.

She sighed, a big man is more stingy than a little woman like herself, if the two of them want to mess around in private from now on, she will have to think about it first. (Xiao Fei, you think too much)
After half an hour, Ji Lao Liu's eldest girl came back with Xiao Xiang, and the potato heads happened to be ready too, Xiu Niang let the two young ones eat first, she took a basket and put a few, talking about it Let Chu An look at Xiao Xiang'er's house, and ran straight to the creek.

Just thinking to herself, she felt ashamed. If she hadn't been taking advantage of the verbal dispute earlier, Wen wouldn't have been arguing for debts, and Chu Ge didn't have to rush to catch the mountain without lunch, but carefully After thinking about it, with Chu Ge's stunned temper, maybe he himself had a strong relationship with Wen Shi at that time, and it's not the same when we arrive.

It's just that now, the family is even more stressed. She was thinking about going to the town with Ming'er and Chu Ge to buy some household items, but now she can only get the money together and return it to the Wen family.

Xiuniang was walking by the stream, and some women and aunts were squatting on the washing clothes, chatting and laughing silently, Xiuniang didn't know anyone, so she walked back, but with a few The sentence fell into her ears.

"That's right, Aunt Zhao came across the village again not long ago."

"I know, I just asked Chu Ge for money."

"Let me tell you, if it wasn't for Chu Ge who took over the few acres of land and the dilapidated house of her family, how could they have gone to Shangyang Village so quickly."

"Chu Ge is also a poor child. He went back to Xiayang Village early. He was anxious to find a good house, and then his younger siblings came over. Why don't you rush to hear the price of Wen's family?"

"The old saying is accurate, there are clusters of peanuts in the field, the eldest and youngest are sore, and the second child is suffering. There are many children in this family, and the life of this child who is both an elder brother and a younger brother is suffering. "

"It's Chu Ge's parents who are cruel, and this good boy is called back to Xiayang Village, so he can live with his eldest son and daughter-in-law by himself."

"Fortunately, there are people behind Chu Ge to help, or it would be easy for someone like Aunt Zhao to talk, and she boasted to the sky, saying that she is really soft-hearted, and seeing Chu Ge living alone and dragging his younger siblings, she let her go. Pay back the money every year."

"Hey, there is someone to help behind, but that lazy woman from Chenjia Village?"

"Wow, you are still talking about the lazy lady, you didn't listen to the old Yang's and the old Liu's talking, I saw people come out to work last time, don't say it, just look at it ..."

"Hey, don't interrupt, who is helping?"

Listening to the talk about herself, Xiuniang listened to it quite often, and left as she said, good or bad, after finding her way.

Xiuniang walked to the top of the creek and saw a green bamboo forest. She found an open place beside her and sat down. When talking about Chu Ge's family affairs, he talked about his character, and it didn't matter if his family was poor, he ran to find money by himself.

The words are correct, but what I think about is still sad, not for the side, just for Chu Ge, remembering that after Old Chen made Xiu Niang this marriage, the original owner didn't want to be in the same place, Xiu Niang almost The elder brother took good care of the little girl, so he helped someone to go to Xiayang Village to inquire.

Originally, Chu Ge lived in Xiayang Village, so Father Chu moved his family to Shangyang Village because it was easy to find work there.

They have a lot of children in their family. Based on Father Chu's thinking, there are more children in the family to help them, but their family is getting poorer and poorer, and the poorer they are, the more jobs they have in the field.

The three or four left by Chu Ge's mother were not enough to protect them, and they couldn't afford to ask for a doctor if they were sick and caused disasters. Seeing that they were gone, there were only three men and one woman left. Brother, the youngest is Xiaoxiang.

Originally, Chu Ge’s name still has its origins. On the day Chu Ge was born, it rained heavily the day before, and the river swelled so much that many people couldn’t get on boats, so they hid from the rain at nearby farmhouses. The man who lived in Chu Ge's house was a general and had read some books, so Father Chu wanted to give him a name.

The military general thought it was also destined, seeing the village surrounded by mountains and rivers, he was also a half-way scholar, so he thought of a few words, saying that he was a military general, that would be a "golden weapon and iron horse". When the stream flows into the river, it is "Jiaohe", and the co-authoring is the gold and iron horse accompanying the Jiaohe, so the word "Ge" is left.

The eldest of the Chu family only took a daughter-in-law when she was 30 years old. She is very expensive, but his sister-in-law dislikes Chu Ge for some reason. She asked a fortune-teller to see that Ge is a weapon, and she is not allowed to live with Chu Ge. , and clamored to let him go,

Their old house in Xiayang Village had already been given to someone else. Chu Ge had a stubborn temper at that time, and his family was disturbed by his sister-in-law. He taught hunting. At that time, he learned how to be patient and endure hardships. He saved a lot of money from the mountains, so he searched for a house and left a few acres of land.

Waiting for everything to be done, he took over his younger siblings, fearing that they would be bullied, and his elder brother would be less burdened if there were fewer people. Thinking that his elder sister would be better for his parents, he brought his younger siblings to Xiayang Village .

(End of this chapter)