Beautiful step by step

Chapter 59

Among the green pines and verdant cypresses are graves that are taller than people. The sun just came out, and there are still crystal dewdrops hanging on the grass on the graves.

The patriarch who smiled and said good things all the way was a little embarrassed: "This...Brother Heng...the clan has been a little busy these days."

Palely excused, the patriarch wanted to slap himself twice.For the past two days, he has been busy persuading his clansmen. It is not his consent to move the grave. The graveyard belongs to the whole clan. Their elders are buried there, and they will live there after they die. If they are not careful, they will be easily damaged. His prestige.

After really persuading him, he realized how terrible it is to be uneducated.Many members of the Yan family didn't even know what Zhenfu was. In their minds, the emperor was like a cloud in the sky. Although he looked very tall, he was actually far away from them. It really wasn't as effective as an official in Jiuquan County.The emperor is like this, and the governor of Liangzhou Prefecture has nothing to do with them.

To put it bluntly, it is said that Webster's burial place is far away from other people's homes, and moving the grave will not have much impact, and he only talked about people of the same clan after wearing out his words.After being so busy, he even forgot to clean Webster's grave.

In the past, Yan Heng took care of Webster's grave, and he came back once a month to pull out the weeds that grew this month.This time he had been away for a long time, more than two months, the summer grass with abundant rain grew fast, and the grass on the grave was already knee-deep.

Although he was used to seeing desolate scenes, he still felt a little uncomfortable seeing such desolation.

"It's just such a small place, it can be pulled out quickly."

In his uncomfortable moment, Ah Mao had already bent down and started to clean up the weeds.Hearing his voice, Yan Heng also bent down to pull out from her side.

"Let me come, Ah Mao will go over there for a rest."

"fine."

How can it be all right? Yan Heng's face was full of disapproval: "The leaves of this grass have some jagged teeth, which are easy to pierce your hands."

If it was anything else, Wei Wei would definitely be reluctant to part with her delicate hands.But she has always been educated, so she always respects her elders.Buried under the grass is Ah Heng's mother, a respectable woman who devoted her whole life to raising her son.

"Without a mother, there would be no Ah Heng today. Since I am married to Ah Heng, I should also do my filial piety with you."

Looking at her white and tender hands stained with green grass juice, Yan Heng's heart was touched beyond words.Ah Mao is so kind, since he met Ah Mao in Yahang, he has made such an exclamation for countless times.

Turning around and taking two steps back, he walked up to the patriarch, and asked in a deep voice: "I don't know if the clansmen who came today have gloves, please lend them to me."

The patriarch really made a mistake. People in Yanjia Village have been rolling in the soil since birth, and their hands are used to doing farm work.The military households are not rich, especially in the past 20 years when the military pay has been deducted in various ways. For the little money that was handed out, one penny can be broken into two pennies. Who would have the thought to buy expensive gloves that will not be used a few times.

After pondering for a moment, he turned to the people behind him and said, "Why are you standing here? Brother Heng's daughter-in-law from the capital took the lead in pulling weeds. Our surname is Yan, and we are of the same family as Brother Heng. Can you make the grass smaller?"

After speaking, the patriarch and his wife took the lead and bent down to pull the grass beside the grave. Seeing this, the clansmen who followed were embarrassed to stick there, and stepped forward one by one to start pulling the grass.

There is a lot of power, not to mention a group of counterparts who specialize in farmland cooking.When Wei Wei was still squatting on the ground, struggling with a tough thorn, the grave, which was taller than a person, had been cleaned up.

Damn... She still wants to express her respect for the owner of the tomb a little more.

In a hurry, she held the thorn stick with both hands, squatted down with her legs and bent her whole body into a triangle, and pulled it out with all her strength.With too much force, she brushed the thorns with her hand, and a burst of burning pain came, and she fell down and squatted on the grass in front of the grave.

"Brother Heng's daughter-in-law is so interesting."

The crowd roared with laughter, Wei Wei curled up his legs and buried his face in his knees.

It's embarrassing, it's embarrassing.

Wei Wei was the only one who felt ashamed. People in Yanjia Village often took their children to work in the fields.This kind of wattle is everywhere in the northwest. It is very difficult for adults to pull it out.

Although the clansmen who came with them didn't have much experience, but Brother Heng's daughter-in-law had delicate skin and tender hands, no matter how stupid they were, they knew that they were not from the same military family as them.The people of the clan thought that she must be a bit delicate, but just now she took the lead in pulling weeds, and she put so much effort that she even fell to the ground. These small details all made them admire.

Brother Heng is really lucky. Not only is he a good-looking wife, but she is also down-to-earth.Through her, everyone couldn't help but think of Webster back then.The Wei family is not local, it is said that they moved here from the capital.No one knew what they did for a living, they only knew that the seemingly impoverished Wei family had a collection of books that piled up to the roof, so everyone thought it was a family of fallen scholars.

Webster's appearance is not too outstanding, and her clothes are also very ordinary, but she is different from the daughters of military and Han families like them.She also drinks water with a ladle, and she makes people feel quiet when she drinks it.It's a pity that such a good person was tortured to death by Thirteen Lang and Zhou Shi.

"This grave should indeed be moved."

Somebody muttered something in a low voice, and the Yan family members who were smiling all over their faces fell into a long silence.

Wei Shi and Brother Heng's daughter-in-law are the same kind of people, they are well-bred, and no matter how difficult things they encounter, they will not complain about themselves, but want to try first.It's just that compared to Brother Heng, the Thirteenth Lang that Wei Shi married... is really not a thing.Even though they were all surnamed Yan, they felt that Thirteen Lang had gone too far.

"Ah Moe, did the fall hurt?"

Sensing that the surrounding hostility had turned into sympathy, Wei Wei was a little confused.what did she do
Carefully raising his head, he saw a big hand stretched out in front of her eyes, Yan Heng bent down and looked at her with concern.Wei Wei stretched out her hand subconsciously, a pain hit her as she stretched and stretched, and she couldn't help but gasped.

"It's scratched, don't move."

There was some tremor in Yan Heng's voice, she was the one who broke the skin, and it seemed that he was suffering from greater pain just by hearing the voice.

She couldn't help comforting her: "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt too much."

Yan Heng looked at the wound on her palm, the palm was dyed almost green by the leaves of grass, a layer of skin turned up at an angle.Most of the skin is still hanging on the palm of the hand, and a few of them are faintly oozing blood.

Ah Mao got hurt like this because she was cleaning the grave for her mother, so she was lying there just now, not because she fell down and was embarrassed, but because she wanted to cover up the wound.Seeing that she couldn't hide it anymore and was discovered, she not only ignored her own pain, but even held back the pain to comfort him.

It can be said that Wei Wei's favorability value in Yan Heng's heart has reached its peak, and no matter what she does, he can misinterpret it into beautiful meanings.

Yan Heng, who found a "reasonable" explanation, looked at Wei Wei with eyes so soft that they could melt into water.

"Don't move, Ah Mao, I'll find some water to wash you up."

Fortunately, although the Yan family has no tradition of wearing gloves when working, they usually carry water bottles when they go to the field.The northwest is dry, and I have to drink water after working for a while.Although it was just a little work of moving the grave today, they still carried the kettle subconsciously.

The people of the clan had a better impression of Brother Heng's daughter-in-law. Now that they heard that she had scratched her hand by pulling weeds, they had a better impression of her, and even actively donated the water bottle.Yan Heng turned around and came back with a string of water bottles in his hand.

Wei Wei clasped his hands together, rubbing his hands with the water he poured down.She didn't dare to rub too hard, and it took three pots of water to wash her hands clean.Without the cover of green, the two bloody scratches on the palms of her white and clean hands are particularly eye-catching.

People in the Yan family were also often injured, so they didn't take the wounds seriously at first.But now that they saw it, somehow, they felt that the wound was particularly terrifying, and the injured person must be extremely painful.

And Wei Wei, who was being pitiful, looked at the big pool of water on the ground, and smiled apologetically at the tribe: "I'm so sorry, I didn't pull the grass, but I wasted a lot of water for everyone."

All the clansmen only felt a wave of dynamic light hit, and the apologetic face dazzled them almost blindly.It's just a little water, so it needs to be so solemn, as if I have received their great kindness.How could Brother Heng's daughter-in-law be so polite!In contrast, just now because of the smallness in their hearts, they sneered at how unreasonable it was.

Most ordinary people are used to sympathizing with the weak.Especially the clansmen in Yanjia Village, all of them are military households, trapped in this land since birth, and the farthest place they have been to is Jiuquan County.Maybe they would usually haggle over who will use the cattle first in the spring and who will dry the grain first in the autumn harvest, but in fact they don't have so many bad intentions in their nature.Even the strangest Yan Baihu treated Yan Heng's mother and son simply and rudely.There are only two methods: no food, let you do the hardest and most tiring work.

Wei Wei's good looks would have won her a lot of goodwill, not to mention that as a wounded number, she is wholeheartedly considerate of others.

"Thanks to the help of the clansmen for moving the grave today."

Wei Wei bowed slightly, with sincere gratitude on his face.Even the shrewd patriarch Yan couldn't see a single flaw in it.

The people of the clan were a little embarrassed, the patriarch said that Yan Heng became a high official, and even easily cleaned up the Zhou family in the sky above their heads in Jiuquan County.They were opposed to it, but they also understood that with Yan Heng's current status, they couldn't stop him from moving Webster's grave.

They could be arrogant, but they came to discuss with them, even the daughter-in-law from Beijing didn't look down on them, and treated them more politely than Brother Heng.People are so polite, if they want to take Joe again, it will be too heavy for them.

"What is this? We peasants have a lot of strength, and this strength is worthless."

"That's right, this grave should be moved. Brother Heng, it's true that our Yan family is sorry for your mother. But Uncle Six can't help it. There are only two hundred households in the clan, so we have nothing to say."

Everyone said something to each other, and a collective criticism meeting was held in front of Webster's grave.When the hunchbacked sixth uncle said this, he immediately won the approval of most people.

Of course, the patriarch was not included in most of the people, and the patriarch's wife showed grief: "We can't help it. Although we are also a hundred households, how can our hundred households compare with Thirteen Lang's hundred households. Hey, let's not talk about this." Well, after all, I am the second aunt who is sorry for her. Good boy, you don’t know if you can hear it underground, so the second aunt will apologize to you."

Led by the patriarch's wife, all members of the Yan family stood in front of Webster's grave.Although it was inconvenient for them to kneel due to their seniority, the remorse on everyone's face was extremely sincere.

"If I had known today, why was it in the first place?"

Wei Wei sighed in a low voice, she could see that the clansmen in Yanjia Village were very good at seeing wind and making Tuo.When the Zhou family was strong, they dared not speak out against the Zhou family.Now that Yan Heng is capable, they will naturally bow to Webster.

It has nothing to do with morality, closeness or closeness. It is human nature to bully the weak and fear the strong, and it is human nature to bully the weak.

"Aheng, don't be too uncomfortable."

Yan Heng shook his head and looked at her hand with concern.Wei Wei hurriedly spread his hands, the reddened area was still red, but no more blood spilled out, so he didn't have to worry anymore.

It's just a temporary congestion, break a layer of skin and keep it for a few days, and it will be fine when new skin grows out.The number of injuries has increased, and Yan Heng also has some skin trauma.Although he was still distressed, he was not so worried anymore.

"Thanks to Ah Mao today."

Yan Heng knew the members of the Yan family, and they still had the aggressive habits of the Northwesterners in their bones.If it is hard, they can also move out the mother's grave, but they will never apologize like today.

There is something special about Ah Mao, and he has been vaguely aware of it since that day in the exchange market.She is better at negotiating than the officials he has seen who deal with foreigners.It is obviously the same words, but with her unique expression, cadenced voice, and occasionally added body language, the other party can unconsciously hear her heart.

She has the ability to moisten things silently.

"I haven't done anything yet."

Wei Wei smiled, of course she knew what Yan Heng wanted to express.This kind of negotiating ability was her father's specialty in the previous life. Born in such a family, she never had a childhood where she could play with mud and build blocks.Ever since she could speak and understand adults, she was trained by her parents to be a businessman.It can be said that her character has many flaws, for example, she is so rational that she is a little cold-blooded.Even if the sky is falling, her first reaction is not to be afraid, let alone wanting to be supported by a tall person, but to calculate how much horsepower the electric drill should be adjusted to poke a hole in the sky.

The various white lotus expressions towards the Yan family members just now were planned by her early in the morning.Looking through Yan Heng's account books for the past few years yesterday morning, she discovered a way to make money.

And this business requires a lot of manpower.After much deliberation, she decided to start with Yanjia Village.

After everyone paid their respects, Yan Heng made the first shovel.A group of people surrounded the mound, each with a shovel, and soon the hillock-like mound was razed to the ground, revealing the tomb built with green bricks inside.In the middle of the tomb was a log-colored coffin, probably because it had been buried for a long time and suffered from moisture, so the color of the wood turned dark.

The patriarch personally recited the prayers, during which Yan Heng and Wei Wei knelt in front of the coffin, set up an incense table of melons and fruits, and burned them in the brazier to get valuables.

After the burning is over, we wait for the time, which has been set in the genealogy for a long time.It has been useless for a long time, and Patriarch Yan took a long time to find it out.Everyone sat around in front of the coffin, and after burning a bundle of valuables, Wei Wei cleared his throat.

"Since everyone has regretted their mother, what Ah Heng means is that he doesn't want to worry too much. Now that he is a governor, he will naturally take care of the Yan family. It just so happens that my mother's family is in the capital. It is related to the people of the clan. In this way, I will accept the millet after the autumn harvest this year.”

The main source of income for Yanjia Village is to grow grain. In previous years, the Zhou family controlled the grain harvest, and the price was extremely depressed.Now Brother Heng's daughter-in-law is willing to accept it, no need to ask, she is such a polite person, the price she will give must be fair.

"I will give the clansmen a fair price, but the rice is transported to the capital, so maybe the big family will buy it for food. I'm ugly, if someone is shoddy, you don't have to send it to the official if you find out, Ah Heng can be dealt with directly."

While talking about Wei Wei, she thought about the price of millet in Beijing, which was several times higher than rice. Food was no different than anything else. It was a just-needed product. Even if she earned a little less than the Zhou family, it would be enough to make a lot of money in the first quarter.

(End of this chapter)