At this time, the Zhu family's old house had just had breakfast. Mr. Zhu was sitting in the yard, smoking a dry pipe, wearing a coarse green shirt, frowning at the clothes hanging on the rope in the yard. The one he often wore a few days ago was 80% new. The green cloth straight stitching was washed yesterday by Mrs. Zhu's third daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu, who ordered her, but it hasn't been dried yet.
"Old lady, who asked you to wash it? If someone comes, what do you want me to wear?" Mr. Zhu took a few puffs of his dry cigarette, but he still couldn't hold it back. He turned to complain to Mrs. Zhu who was touching the butt of the chicken.
A few days ago, Mrs. Zhu felt that her chickens had not laid enough eggs. She suspected that her greedy daughter-in-law had eaten them secretly, so she came to touch the chicken butts early in the morning. In fact, she did not touch the chicken butts but used her hands. Test the position between the chicken's abdomen and buttocks, and gently pinch it with your hands to see if there is any hard object. If there is an obvious hard object, it means that the egg is about to be laid. Old Mrs. Zhu is an expert. She can tell how many chickens will lay eggs tomorrow just by touching them. The accuracy is as high as 99.9%. If the number is wrong tomorrow, Mrs. Zhu will have several seizures. Wife.
"You've been wearing it for more than half a month. If you don't wash it, you won't be able to tell what color it is. Besides, who is here? I haven't seen anyone here for more than half a month. Aren't you going to work today? You are dressed so formally. What."
Mrs. Zhu was busy counting. When she heard Mr. Zhu speak, she raised her head and said something.
"What's wrong, mother, there are too few eggs again?" The fourth aunt came out of the room and saw Mrs. Zhu touching the butt of the chicken, so she asked in a fuss, and then quickly distanced herself, "That's not true. Mom, I’ve been so angry lately that I can’t eat eggs.”
"Hey, sister-in-law, my mother didn't say it was you, why are you so nervous?" The voice came out before the aunt in the main room came out.
"Ah, sister-in-law, you must be nervous, but I'm not nervous." The fourth aunt covered her mouth and smiled.
Just for a moment. The yard became lively. When Aunt Zhu Ping'an came out of her room, the yard was like a pot of porridge. It was so boiling that it was almost dry.
"That's enough. How old is an egg? It's from the fourth child's family. Where is the fourth child? The third child has been in the ground for a while. Why hasn't the fourth child moved?" Mr. Zhu couldn't stand it. He knocked the cigarette pot on the leg of the chair and glared at Old Mrs. Zhu. Really, this old woman can't even take care of these daughters-in-law.
"It's from the fourth child's house. I asked you to call the fourth child. Why does it take so long?"
Mrs. Zhu was glared at by Mr. Zhu, and she didn't dare to express her anger at Mr. Zhu, so she had to hold the fourth daughter-in-law to practice.
"Mom..." the fourth aunt laughed sarcastically, "Shou Xin... After eating, he wanted to lie down for a while to regain his energy before going to the ground. He didn't want to kowtow to his head. I'm afraid he won't be able to get off the ground..."
When Mr. Zhu heard this, his face darkened. He, the fourth child, was useless.
"I've kowtowed to my head. Is it heavy or not? Really, you're so careless, so just rest." Mrs. Zhu was very concerned.
"Kowtow to the head, why didn't he..." Mr. Zhu's face was dark. Before he could say the next words, he saw someone pushing open the door of his house.
"Uncle Zhu. Good thing, good thing. Clean up the yard quickly, something good will happen." The man who ran over first was the man who was scolded by the old farmer. I was out of breath running, panting.
"What happened?" Mr. Zhu and the others asked quickly.
Before the man could speak, he heard an old farmer's voice coming from the door, and then saw the old farmer coming panting.
"What's going on? I didn't brag to you, Brother Zhu. I was the first to know about this good news. Your boss..."
The old farmer came in and didn't bother to thank him. He started talking out of breath.
But before he could tell the key information, the words were picked up by the aunt who came in from behind the door.
"Your eldest son has been admitted as a scholar."
"Still number one."
"But he's so arrogant. The county officials started crackling firecrackers before they even entered the village. The horses didn't dare to ride. They had to walk along with them, and they couldn't even pull them."
Seven aunts and eight aunts came in one after another, adding all kinds of things with their voices, emotions, and scenes, as if they were present at that time.
"Really?" Mr. Zhu, who was looking dark and angry, was overjoyed. He suddenly turned from anger to joy, and his face burst into laughter.
"It's true. The county official who announced the good news was setting off firecrackers at the entrance of the village. The one who announced the good news will come soon." People replied in a hurry, unwilling to be outdone.
After receiving an affirmative answer, Mr. Zhu dropped the dry tobacco pouch that he regarded as a treasure. He looked as if he was more than thirty years younger than he was. He jumped three feet high and with lightning speed, he lifted the piece of tobacco hanging on the rope. He took the still wet green cloth into his hands and walked straight to the room... to change clothes.
Old Mrs. Zhu didn't care about touching the chicken's butt anymore. She threw the old hen aside which made her eyes roll when she was touched. She stood up with a flushed face, as if time had gone back to when she was a girl and the matchmaker led Zhu, who was still a young man. The moment the old man walked in...
bingo?
When the eldest aunt, who was arguing with the fourth and third aunts, heard this, she felt as if a god descended from the world in the game. Instantly, her health and spirit points were full, and her combat power increased a hundred times. She looked at the two sisters-in-law. His eyes were full of scorn: You two scum, whose combined combat power is only five, are not worthy of being my opponents...
"Yeah, I almost forgot. Yesterday Shouyi hit his head. I boiled an egg for my fourth son to reduce the swelling. Hahaha, I almost wronged my sister-in-law. Damn it, hehehe... It's true, sister-in-law. If there are too many, just forgive my younger siblings. When my eldest brother left, I had a dream, saying that a golden toad was jumping into your house. I asked someone to tell the fortune, and they said that my eldest brother was destined to go to high school. Sure enough, , Big Brother got it right."
At this moment, the fourth aunt covered her mouth and apologized to the eldest aunt again and again. She even blamed herself for everything that she did not do yesterday, and she was rushing to take it, fearing that the third sister-in-law would overtake her, as if it was too much. Like something glorious.
"Congratulations, sister-in-law." The third aunt was not a flatterer, so she couldn't help but say congratulations.
"That's it, congratulations to everyone. I have thought you are a blessing for a long time."
"It's not that bad. In the past few years, our village has only had a scholar named Shouren."
"Our village has been hit by your Shouren family."
The villagers who arrived at the Zhu family compound one after another started complimenting the eldest aunt.
"Where are you? Come and sit down. They are all from the village. Oh, by the way, there is a son from the second family who took the exam with his father. Did he pass the exam too?" The eldest aunt smiled. She couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear, and asked everyone to sit on the ground in a ladylike manner, even though there were only two stools in the yard... And at the end, she didn't forget to mention Zhu Pingan, even though she had just heard that one person in the village had been hit, but... Wanted to mention it.
"No, it's your Shouren who won the prize." The villagers said all over the place, full of compliments.
As a result, the smile on the eldest aunt's face became more ladylike, and the laughter became more heartfelt.
If it were modern, music should be playing at this time: I finally waited for you, but fortunately I didn’t give up... (To be continued.)
PS: I work during the day and my lunch break code is a little late. Sorry for the delay.
