In the early morning, it snowed outside. It snowed for half the night, and the snow on the ground was already an inch thick. Xiaowuzi got up and reached out to touch Erniu who was sleeping on his stomach. He didn't have a fever. This was a good sign. This guy's body was so good that he was made of iron. He was so seriously injured but he didn't even have a fever. Xiaowuzi's mood suddenly changed. Get better.
When he went out and saw the light snow falling outside, he felt better. The snow could completely cover up all traces of his actions.
The uncle has already gotten up and is lighting a fire to cook. Tacheng is sweeping the snow with a big broom outside.
Xiao Wuzi opened the rice vat in the outer room and took a look. It was okay. There was still half a vat of corn noodles and half a bag of millet seeds. There is also a well in this courtyard, covered with a well cover made of straw, and a thick layer of ice has frozen on the edge of the well.
Xiaowuzi used a windlass to bring up two buckets of cold well water, poured one bucket into the water tank, and used the other bucket to wash his face.
This place is not far from the town, only four or five miles away. Xiaowuzi decided to go to the town to buy some things and come back later. The winter solstice is coming soon, and the Chinese New Year will be in a month. These two old brothers are too good to deal with.
The meal was ready, and the uncle knew they could eat it, so he steamed a few more steamed buns and sauerkraut soup, but today there was a plate of radish, cherry, and pickles.
While Xiao Wuzi was eating, he saw the uncle opening the door and going out with a hot steamed bun.
Xiaowuzi looked at Tacheng, who said: "This is a widow in the east courtyard. She has two children. Her life is very difficult. Your uncle is kind-hearted and often helps her family. I think this means that Widow Liu is looking at I’m fucking your uncle.”
Xiao Wuzi almost choked on the steamed bun he was chewing, so he asked again: "What's her last name?"
Tacheng said: "Her dead man's surname is Liu, and her children are also surnamed Liu. This widow doesn't know her surname, so they all call her Widow Liu."
Xiao Wuzi smiled bitterly, he was so destined to be named Liu, and he could run into him wherever he went.
Xiao Wuzi asked Tacheng: "Uncle Cheng, you have the skills to treat patients, why not get some medicinal materials to sell, how can it be better than you two brothers always going out to do people's work?"
Tacheng said: "I have thought about it too, but you need to have a certain amount of money to do business. Your uncle and I have saved a little, but it is not enough, so we plan to save for another half a year until we have enough money."
Xiaowuzi didn't ask any more questions. He had clearly told the uncle when he left last time that he would pay for it, but it seemed that the two brothers didn't want to trouble him.
Er Niu also woke up, hanging on his arms, and could not use his right arm at all. Xiao Wuzi helped him put on clothes, but this injury did not affect the boy's eating at all. He grabbed the steamed bun with his left hand and started eating, very quickly No slower than the right hand.
When the uncle returned to the house, Xiao Wuzi asked him: "Uncle, how much money have you saved? Didn't I tell you last time that I would pay for your business capital? How much money are you still short of? Tell me the amount."
Uncle Liu Xiaodian clapped his fingers and said: "You left me more than three hundred yuan when you left last time. We have worked hard and saved dozens of yuan, but we didn't dare to spend it randomly. We are thinking about using it wisely in the future." .
The woman in the house next door is pretty good. Your Uncle Cheng doesn’t have a wife yet. I plan to find a wife for your Uncle Cheng first. Judging from the situation, it should be fine. "
As soon as these words came out, Tacheng was stunned and said, "Brother Liu, why didn't you tell me about this? I think that woman seems to be attracted to you. Don't make fools of yourself. You'd better ask." People, right? Don't end up in a hurry."
But the uncle said: "Look at me, I have a wife and children, I don't want to talk about this. Aren't I doing this all for you? I am greedy for work from dawn to dusk. Is it easy for me?"
Xiaowuzi smiled, and the smile spread from the heart. These two old brothers were so interesting. If Xiaowuzi didn't ask, he didn't know how long they would have misunderstood.
After dinner, Xiaowuzi went out to the town. As soon as he left the house, he saw two children in the yard next door, looking over here. A boy was about seven or eight years old, and a girl was about five or six years old. They were both thin and looked... The eyes are quite big.
When they saw Xiao Wuzi wearing a police uniform, they ran back in fright. The girl was obviously frightened and cried. Xiao Wuzi heard her cry for mother, and he couldn't help but think of Xiao Ya Dan'er, that poor child. I don’t know what’s going on now, but Wang Xi and his wife are both upright people, and they will definitely not treat their children badly.
When we arrived in town, it seemed like it was a market day, and it was quite lively. There were everything on sale at the market.
Xiaowuzi plans to buy some grain and more meat. The uncle can save money. If you don't buy it for him, he will never buy it himself.
Is Xiaowuzi asking about the price with the seller of big yellow rice and bean buns? Then he saw Elder A, Li, coming over with a smile and extending his hand to shake his hand. "Sir Xiao Liu, when did you come back? Why didn't you call me? Come on, brother, let me give you a drink."
Old Li Jia was called Li Big Claw by others, because he loved petty gains and would grab anything he saw on the street. He was a small village official, and the people did not dare to mess with him, so they could only scold him behind his back.
Xiaowuzi had a good impression of him. Apart from being a little greedy for money, he had no major problems and was still a capable person.
Xiaowuzi said: "I just came back. Seeing that my uncle and the others had nothing to eat, they went out to the street to buy some. Brother Lao Li, come tonight and let's have a good drink." When Lao Li heard about drinking, he laughed so hard that his eyes were gone. "Okay, okay, then I'll go back to the village first. You can work first. There's no need to buy wine. I have it over there."
After saying goodbye to Xiao Wuzi, Xiao Wuzi continued his purchasing plan and bought another climbing pear, then a bag of bean buns, a piece of pig hind mound, two rabbits, a lump of frozen tofu, and a bag of frozen fish. There should be about ten. One jar of meat oil and one jar of white wine.
Although Lao Li said he didn’t need to buy wine, he couldn’t really not buy it.
After loading a fully loaded sledge, Xiaowuzi pulled him back. Just as he was about to leave the town, he saw an old woman with gray hair selling some millet seeds, sesame seeds and the like. There was not much of each. It only looks like a bowl, but there are a lot of samples.
Xiaowuzi looked at her tattered and thin clothes and
His face was red from the cold, and he felt a pinch in his heart.
Xiaowuzi had no mother since he was a child and grew up eating a lot of food. He hated the suffering of an older woman, so he asked her, how much do all these things cost? The old lady said, "If you want them all, why don't you give me one yuan?" There were five items in total, each weighing almost a pound, which means the average price is two cents per pound. Xiao Wuzi felt pity for her, so he gave him an extra dollar, bought a small cloth bag with rice, put it on the pear and pulled it back.
When he got home, the uncle smiled and helped him unload his things while complaining that he was spending money blindly.
Bringing things into the house and cooking.
The uncle and Tacheng can cook and prepare dishes. In fact, Erniu is the best at cooking among them. Unfortunately, he is injured and can't work, so he can only watch from the sidelines. Xiaowuzi poured out the grains in the small pockets and thought about how to eat them. If not, he would mix them together to cook Laba porridge.
Millet seeds, sesame seeds, adzuki beans, and Xiaowuzi all know each other, but they don't recognize two. He asked the uncle, but the uncle had no time to answer him. Ta Cheng came over to take a look and told him that one was buckwheat and the other was traditional Chinese medicine and could not be eaten as food because it was bitter.
Xiao Wuzi looked at the black rice grains and asked: "Uncle Cheng, what kind of medicine is this? What does it cure?" Tacheng smiled and said this is Wang Buliuxing's milk, and you can use it when you have a baby. knew. "
Erniu over there immediately answered: "He really has a baby who is breastfeeding, you think it's a coincidence or not." Uncle Cheng and the uncle were both surprised, so they asked to find out what was going on.
Er Niu told him about saving his wife. The two elders smiled after hearing this. Xiao Wuzi felt that his laughter was wrong, as if he was laughing at a joke.
Tacheng said: "I will fry it for you later, you can take it back. It doesn't matter whether you want this wife or not. Feeding the children is the serious thing. Breastfeeding is always right."
The fish was stewed and the meat was fried. Lao Li also came, carrying two glass bottles with wine in them.
When everyone was at the table drinking, Xiaowuzi told Lao Li about the widow next door and asked him to help ask. It was not a problem that the two brothers pushed back and forth. In the end, it had to depend on the woman's opinion. , look who she has fallen in love with?
Who would have thought that when Lao Li heard that there was such a good thing, he stopped drinking, put down his wine bowl and went to the ground, saying at the same time: "I am familiar with this matter. Even though you, Brother Li, are inconspicuous, you have helped others to make several That's right." Xiaowuzi and the others didn't expect that he, the commander, would even do the work of a matchmaker, just because there are benefits to being a matchmaker.
After everyone waited for a while, Lao Li came back with a smile, sat down on the table, and said to Liu Xiaodian: "Brother, you have to fill it up for me, there is a happy event." Everyone basically understood after hearing this. Cheng guessed correctly, the woman next door must have taken a liking to Liu Xiaodian.
Liu Xiaodian was forty-six years old, but he was tall and strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looked young. Xiao Wuzi secretly compared his two uncles. Han Laoliu was still a few years younger, but he looked like a little old man.
No wonder the widow next door fell in love with Liu Xiaodian.
Liu Xiaodian poured wine for Lao Li but said, "Li Jiazhang, what did she say? I mean to ask Brother Tacheng to marry her back. I am a family member, so I can't mess around."
But Lao Li said: "Widow Liu said that you have always been very good to her family. If you had such intention and they were willing, they wouldn't even mention Ta as a brother?"
Tacheng also said at the side: "Look, I just said that she is attracted to you, right? I think it is a good thing, why not marry her as soon as possible and merge the two families into one."
Unexpectedly, Uncle Liu Xiaodian smiled bitterly and shook his head and said: "Since she doesn't like you, then pull her down. I won't talk about it, but you have to help when you should. Don't let people say that we two brothers are not good enough." Benevolence and righteousness.”
Everyone saw that he insisted on not getting along with him and couldn't force him, so they gave up and continued drinking.
Xiaowuzi knew that the uncle still couldn't let go of Sun Guizhi and his mother-in-law, hey! In this world, an ordinary old farmer will be torn apart from his wife and children.
Lao Li drunkenly walked away. Xiaowuzi cleared the table and asked the uncle: "Uncle, if that doesn't work, just marry your neighbor. We have money, so you don't have to worry about money."
Liu Xiaodian said to him sincerely: "I'm not worried about money, I'm worried about your Uncle Cheng. We've all seen how his brother and wife treated him and drove him homeless.
Your Uncle Cheng has defected to me. What if I marry a woman and treat him badly? Who will your uncle go to when the time comes? Who has your uncle become? So if he doesn’t marry, I can’t marry either. "
