Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 22 Which stone hits the ground first
In the reception room of Xu Mansion, the firewood in the brazier was crackling, and there were seven people in the room.

"Little girl Luoyang Renshi..."

"Shut up, tell the truth..." It's been a hundred miles from Luoyang to Luonan, and it's been snowing heavily for more than a month, so it's impossible for her to walk over.

"Hey, little girl, she is from Lu County, and lives not far from the border with Luonan..."

"Brother Chu Liu, what she said is true this time, just believe her once." Xu Qi said, it turned out that Xu Qing refuted Xun Xueer several times one after another, making Xun Xueer blush like blood.

"Huh? Forget it, I'll trust you once." Xu Qing looked at Liu San, and Liu San nodded. This time in the guest room, Liu San showed his ability to read words and expressions in the palace.

"My family was originally a middle-class family. Later, my father died in the war, and my mother lived alone because of overwork..." Xun Xueer hugged Xun Yeyu and said in a voice, her feelings seemed to be true.

"Later, uncle, seeing my family's pity, helped to raise my siblings, but uncle is a loyal and honest person." At this moment, anger appeared in Xun Xue'er's eyes, and Xun Yeyu also had a look of fear.

"My aunt quietly gave up some of my family's land to her natal family. My uncle objected at first, but later agreed. Since then, my brother and I have not had enough to eat or wear warm clothes. In this winter, even a bed There is no thicker quilt." Xun Xueer's eyes were red, and the eyes of the women in the room were also red.Xu Qing and Liu San looked at each other and shook their heads. One and a half men in the whole village maintained their last rationality.

"My younger brother accidentally heard that my aunt betrothed me to someone, a concubine young master of the Lu family. When I arrived at the Hu family in Luonan, I don’t know when I will be able to return. I heard that the second master of the Hu family is extremely harsh. My younger brother, he..."

"Brother, brother, good brother, let sister Xun live in our house?" Xu Qi begged, and Xu Qing scolded in her heart: At that time, I asked you to be called brother, but it cost me several copper coins. This Xun Xueer bought you with just a few words La.

Then Xiaoyue Xiaoru also begged: "Master, you are the kindest person, sister Xun will probably suffer from the cold again when she goes out..."

"Okay, okay, Xun Xueer, I don't know how old you are..." Xu Qing asked, but he didn't notice that everyone in the room was staring at him in surprise, and Liu San secretly smirked.

"Ah, Xu...Young Master Xu's life-saving grace, the little girl has nothing to repay, so she can only be an ox or a horse in the next life." Xun Xueer said with her head down.

Isn’t this a routine? In ancient costume dramas, if a rescued beauty meets a handsome guy, she will repay her life-saving grace with her body;Xu Qing thought to herself that this little girl thought she was going to take advantage of the opportunity, hehe, not to mention that she is quite pretty, so she doesn't need to be a cow, but she can be a horse. Others looked sideways.

"The Buddha said, looking back 500 years in the previous life, in exchange for passing by in this life, and seeing you in the next life, I don't know if I have to wait another few hundred years?" Xu Qing simply decided to tease Xun Xueer.

Everyone in the room reacted differently, Liu San was full of admiration, Xiaoyue recited something, what Xu Qing said, Xiaoru and Xu Qi looked confused, and Xun Xueer's face was like a glow.Huh?What about Xun Yeyu?Where did Xun Yeyu go?

"Ah!!!" There was a sudden cry in the room, and everyone saw Xun Yeyu pushing Xu Qing to the ground, and then biting him, Xu Qing yelled.Fortunately, the bite was on clothes, otherwise there would be no place to vaccinate.

"I told you to hit my sister's attention, I told you to hit my sister's attention..." Xun Yeyu was pulled away, still kicking and hitting.Old Xu Qing blushed and hurriedly said no.

"I asked your grade to make sure you are qualified... If you are qualified, your aunt will not be able to transfer your family's land. Your father's dozens of acres of Yongye farmland belong to your younger brother, and now you will take it on your behalf." It means that it is unreasonable for your aunt and uncle to sell your land, and besides, the government does not allow the transfer of land."

"And you, your parents are not here, your marriage is decided by your grandparents, and if your grandparents are gone, you can decide for yourself. If you can't find it, you can entrust the official media to make it. So don't be afraid, your marriage with the Lu family is not counted... ..." Xu Qing pointed to Xun Xueer and said.

The marriage system in the Tang Dynasty was relatively loose, mainly to promote population development, and the laws of the Tang Dynasty also clearly stipulated that polygamy was not allowed.It's just that in the moral environment and under the countermeasures, such a law is like a dead letter.

Xun Xueer blamed herself very much. She "misunderstood" Xu Qing several times in succession. He lowered his head and said, "The little girl is only fifteen... my brother is nine years old."

"Well, you can stay here. If your uncle and parents don't come to look for it, then it's fine. I won't help you get back the few acres of your family's land. If your uncle and parents come to make trouble, I will definitely protect you. , and even the dozens of acres of land will be returned to you."

"Thank you, master..." Xun Xueer bowed her body and pressed her brother to salute once, but the little guy was still very unhappy.

"Ye Yu, how about I make you a bet?" Xu Qing sent Xun Xue'er back to her room, and her room was tidied up by the third daughter of Xiaoyue.

"What bet?" Xun Yeyu asked warily.

"It's very simple. If you win, I will stop slapping your sister's attention. If you lose, your sister will have to follow me in the future."

"This..." Xun Yeyu hesitated, Xu Qing was joking, but Xun Yeyu took it seriously.

"Look at the two stones in my hand, which one fell to the ground first?" Xu Qing found two stones from the snowdrift, one big and one small.

"Haha, I bet on this, the bigger one falls to the ground first..." Xun Yeyu laughed, and immediately added: "You have to throw it down at the same height."

"Okay..." Xu Qing threw it down at the same height, and there was a muffled bang, and the stone fell to the ground at the same time.

"What? Impossible! Throw it again!" Xun Yeyu wiped his eyes in disbelief.

Xu Qing threw it more than a dozen times, but the result remained the same. Xun Yeyu froze, unable to close his mouth.Then he ran into his sister's room with a "wow", weeping and saying:

"Sister, I'm sorry for you, I lost you, woo woo woo..."

Days go by so fast, and after seeing it, it's as surprising as a big stone falling to the ground first.During the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, folks who hadn’t seen each other for a long time came out for a walk. Xu Qing organized everyone to sweep the snow and pile the snow in a specific place so that the snow water would fill the pond.Then take the children to build snowmen and have snowball fights.

Another ten days passed, the sky cleared, the temperature rose, and the real spring blossoms.

(End of this chapter)