"Second uncle, cousin."
Qiu Jintang shouted several times at the door of her house, but received no response. She turned to Xie Fu and others and shouted: "Mr. Xie, my second uncle and cousin are not at home."
Since the death of her father, she has been staying at her second uncle's house. She thought it would be better to say hello to her second uncle when she came back with a few outsiders.
Aunt Niu saw it and smiled and said: "Xiaotang, why are your second uncle and cousin at home now? Go to my house first, don't starve the guests."
"Aunt Niu, I'll trouble you first."
"Whatever you say, it's all about neighbors. What's more, you don't have anything to entertain guests at home. I happen to have a chicken at home."
As she spoke, Aunt Niu pushed open the fence gate of the yard with her feet and said hello: "Please come in quickly, Mr. Xie, just put the bucket wherever you want. I feel sorry for you to bear these dirty things for me." A long way.”
Xie Fu put down the burden and bucket and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's not heavy anyway."
Under the light of the bonfire in the yard, Xie Fu keenly saw a seven or eight-year-old girl sitting in the corner on one side of the door, her head tilted to one side, and a three- or four-year-old boy carrying behind her, both of whom were asleep.
Seeing this scene, Xie Fu smiled knowingly, thinking of what he and his cousin looked like when they were children.
At the same time, I also felt that it was not easy for this woman to live alone with two children.
The woman was not as keen as Xie Fu. She looked around and shouted: "Big Nan... Big Nan..."
The little girl woke up suddenly at the woman's shout.
The moment he woke up, he forgot that he was carrying his younger brother behind him. Just as he was about to stand up, the little boy on his back slipped to one side.
Just as her head was about to hit the sharp threshold, the little girl blocked it with her arm.
There was a squeaking sound, and the little boy started to cry.
When the woman heard the noise, she ran over quickly and picked up the boy who fell on the ground. While comforting the crying boy, she cursed at the little girl: "I asked you to take good care of your brother. This happened just after I came back." Do you know how hard it is for me to do this? You can't be more sensible."
The little girl looked guilty. She drew her arms behind her back, lowered her head and said weakly: "My brother didn't hit me."
The woman said angrily: "You said you didn't hit him. I could hear it clearly even if it was so loud." As she spoke, she hurriedly looked at the child's head.
Xie Fu saw the whole process clearly, and suddenly touched a certain string in his heart.
In the past, between him and his cousin, he was the one who was wronged and he was the one who needed comfort, but everyone gathered around his cousin to ask for help.
The little girl weakly raised her head and looked anxiously at her mother who was coaxing her younger brother. At this time, Xie Fu walked towards her quickly and said softly: "It didn't hurt from the fall, did it?"
The little girl was stunned for a moment, looking at the stranger in front of her, showing a gentle expression and speaking words of concern, her eyes couldn't help but turn red.
Xie Fu stretched out his hand to check the hand she shrank behind her back, but the little girl shrank her hand tighter and shook her head at Xie Fu, as if saying this was a secret between the two of them.
Xie Fu followed her wishes and gave her a thumbs up secretly. The little girl received encouragement and recognition and immediately smiled.
Gu Yuling smiled as she watched this scene. She saw another side of Fu, a side that was gentle and delicate and made people feel like they were in the spring breeze.
Su Huaizhang saw his cousin staring at Xie Fu with a gentle smile on his lips, as if he admired her very much. He thought to himself, it turns out that my cousin likes caring men, and I am also very caring, so I have to take the opportunity to show it well.
He walked towards the woman and said with concern: "Let me see if the child was injured."
He took the boy from the woman's hands and coaxed, "Uncle, let me see if there is any injury."
The boy was still young, and when he was suddenly held in the arms of a stranger, he was frightened and cried even more.
Su Huaizhang said matter-of-factly: "You must be injured if you cry so hard." He fiddled with the little boy's hair and examined it carefully.
The woman saw the little boy struggling to look at her, his expression a little embarrassed, but she couldn't say anything.
At this time, the boy peed all over Su Huaizhang, and Su Huaizhang screamed.
Seeing this, the woman took the opportunity to say, "I'm sorry, sir, the child was ignorant and made you dirty."
As he spoke, he took the child from Su Huaizhang's hand.
Su Huaizhang smiled generously and said: "It's okay. I checked carefully just now and my head is not injured. Maybe I was scared."
Qiu Jintang looked at Gu Yuling, then at Xie Fu and Su Huaizhang, and thought to herself, you two young masters are really good at pretending.
Looking at Gu Yuling, who smiles as softly and gracefully as Guanyin Bodhisattva, she wonders in her heart whether Sister Gu's beauty can turn all the evil people in the world into good people.
The woman asked a few people to wait outside the house while she went inside to light the lamp.
Su Huaizhang felt happy when he saw Gu Yuling walking towards him. His cousin must have seen the scene just now. He will also love his and his cousin's children in the future.
Gu Yuling walked up to him. Su Huaizhang was about to speak when he saw Gu Yuling walking directly past him and walking to Xie Fu. He was stunned for a moment.
Gu Yuling came to Xie Fu and smiled softly: "I can't tell."
Xie Fu smiled and said, "What can't you see?"
"I can't tell that besides being careful and gentle, you are also so caring."
"Don't I always treat you like this? Have I ever been careless and rude to you?"
Gu Yuling said lightly: "I mean you are treating children."
"You like children?"
"Like it."
"Then you give me a baby and let me behave well, okay?"
Gu Yuling's face turned red and she cursed, "You're not serious."
Su Huaizhang suddenly came closer: "What are you whispering?"
Gu Yuling was startled: "No!"
The woman's angry scolding came from inside the house: "You are so clumsy, do you know how expensive this lamp oil is? I usually wouldn't be willing to light it, but you spilled a lot of it in one go."
Xie Fu heard the voice and walked into the house: "Auntie, what happened? Why are you scolding the child again?"
"This girl is so clumsy that she spilled the lamp oil. I feel so sorry for her."
"Okay, Auntie, I'm hungry. Could you please get us some food? I'll leave this place to you."
The woman cursed her child, but she was respectful to Xie Fu: "I'll go right away."
After Xie Fu pushed the angry woman away, he immediately saw the little girl squatting in the corner, raising an arm and gently wiping her tears.
I walked quickly and when I squatted down, my head suddenly hit something.
The little girl was startled, and looked towards Xie Fu with a pair of red eyes. What greeted her was Xie Fu's smiling face. She couldn't help but raise her hand and rub Xie Fu's forehead: "Uncle, Does it hurt?"
This child's words made Xie Fu feel that it was the most beautiful voice in the world. Xie Fu was so excited and joyful that he didn't know what to say, so he blurted out: "What is your wish?"
The little girl's eyes lit up, but she shook her head slightly.
Xie Fu said enthusiastically: "It doesn't matter. If you want anything, just say it."
He doesn't know why he is so enthusiastic and proactive. Maybe he understands that a little help can sometimes bring great relief to others, just like he was full of longing at a certain moment when he was young.
The little girl still shook her head slightly, but there was already a smile on her lips.
Xie Fu helped pour the oil into the oil lamp, and then fiddled with the wick to make the light the brightest.
But the little girl used the light stick to push the wick into the lamp oil, trying to make the light dim as much as possible without completely extinguishing it.
Xie Fu immediately understood that this family was accustomed to thrift.
Su Huaizhang outside the house felt the strong competitiveness brought by Xie Fu, and said softly to Gu Yuling: "Cousin, he is your sister-in-law."
Gu Yuling was not stupid, so he naturally understood the meaning of Su Huaizhang's words and said with a smile: "So what?"
"This means that he already has a family. You and him..."
Su Huaizhang said, holding back and reorganizing his words to be more tactful: "There will be no results between you and him."
This sentence touched Gu Yuling's nerves. This was something she had been worried about, and her expression suddenly darkened.
Su Huaizhang was shocked when he saw it, and said quickly: "He already has a family, but my cousin is unmarried."
Gu Yuling smiled politely.
Su Huaizhang was about to say something more when the lights in the room turned on and Gu Yuling turned around and entered the room.
The room was not spacious, and there were so many messy utensils piled up that the space for activities was a bit narrow.
A low table in the middle and a few small stools basically fill up this space.
Gu Yuling couldn't help but smile when she saw Xie Fuqu sitting on a small stool, looking like a squatting puppy.
Xie Fu asked curiously: "Auntie, why are you laughing?"
Gu Yuling responded: "I think you look very funny now."
Xie Fu looked down at his bent legs, smiled, and then sat two small stools together, "Auntie, you can sit down too."
Gu Yuling was curious: "What does this mean?"
Xie Fu smiled and said, "You have a big butt, and a stool is not big enough for you to sit on."
Gu Yuling's face turned red and she glared at Xie Fu fiercely.
Su Huaizhang, who followed at this time, heard this sentence, his expression was exaggerated, and he said sternly: "This is your aunt! How can you molest your aunt? Brother Xie, do you still have the courtesy and integrity!"
Xie Fu usually liked to tease Gu Yuling like this, but he forgot Su Huaizhang was there for a moment, and said with a smile: "Brother Song, don't get excited, I have a good relationship with aunt, I was just joking."
"Hmph, you have to be careful when joking. My cousin is still unmarried, so how can I make such a dirty joke?"
Xie Fu was very embarrassed by Su Huaizhang. If he was talking to a young lady with a normal relationship, he would not be able to make such a joke, but with his relationship with his aunt, no joke could be exaggerated, and he didn't know what to say at the moment.
Seeing this, Gu Yuling explained to Xie Fu: "It doesn't matter, he is just so crooked. I've told him so many times, but dogs can't change their ways of eating shit."
Hearing what Gu Yuling said, Su Huaizhang felt much better and said diligently: "Cousin, come, sit down."
Gu Yuling moved one of the stools away, hugged her skirt and sat down elegantly.
As soon as I sat down, my expression immediately became weird. Because the stool was too short, I couldn't stretch my legs and had to bend them together. Moreover, the stool was too small and couldn't support my buttocks at all. Most of them were exposed.
It can be said that everything is extremely awkward. At this time, Xie Fu secretly blinked at Gu Yuling, his eyes seemed to say, I told you, your butt is too big to sit on a stool.
Gu Yuling returned a cold warning look.
Su Huaizhang casually took a piece of white cloth hanging next to him and wiped it diligently in front of Gu Yuling's table like a waiter in a shop.
Xie Fu said: "Brother Su..."
Su Huaizhang asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
Xie Fu smiled awkwardly: "It's okay."
Su Huaizhang wiped it again and again, wanting to scratch out a layer of skin in front of Gu Yuling's desk.
"Guys, the lights are on. The chicken has been killed. It will take a while."
Aunt Niu arrived first, and people also walked in. Suddenly she saw Su Huaizhang who was cleaning the table, and exclaimed, with a blush on his cheeks that were rough and dark from work.
Su Huaizhang saw Aunt Niu staring at him and asked in confusion: "Aunt Niu, what's wrong?"
Aunt Niu blushed and said with embarrassment, "Sir, what you are taking are my slave's pants."
Su Huaizhang looked at the white cloth, screamed in horror, and threw the white cloth away with his arms and legs, not to mention how embarrassed he was.
Gu Yuling burst into laughter, which relieved the awkward atmosphere.
Xie Fu smiled and said, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I soiled your pants."
Seeing that Fu Xie spoke so openly, Aunt Niu felt a lot more at ease and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's all my fault that I didn't have time to clean up the house."
After Su Huaizhang apologized profusely, he changed the subject: "Auntie, do you have pen, ink, paper and inkstone?"
Aunt Niu asked back: "Sir, do you think I have pen, ink, paper and inkstone here?"
Su Huaizhang was a little embarrassed and asked: "Who has pen, ink, paper and inkstone?"
Aunt Niu scowled: "There is a gentleman in the village who writes for people. There should be someone there."
"Can you take it over and use it? I want to write a letter."
"I'll ask Da Nan to ask. Da Nan, you can go to Mr. Feng's house and ask about it now. If you have any, just borrow it from Mr. Feng."
The little girl who was cleaning up the house agreed and followed her mother out.
Xie Fu then followed him out, and Gu Yuling also followed him out of the house. The main thing was that the stool was really uncomfortable to sit on, so she would rather stand.
He approached Xie Fu and asked in a low voice: "Where are you going?"
"Let's go pee, do you want to come with us?"
He said it so vulgarly, and he didn't know how to be more polite in front of women. Fortunately, Gu Yuling was used to it, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to bear it.
"You're addicted, right? Will it end?"
Xie Fu smiled: "Let's go together then?"
"roll!"
Even the good-tempered Gu Yuling had a cold face, which showed how irritating Xie Fu was.
At this time, Su Huaizhang came out again. Both of them felt that he was really lingering, but they couldn't say anything.
In the yard, Aunt Niu stuffed some wheat cakes into the little girl's hands and gave some instructions.
Xie Fu picked up a medium-sized firewood from the bonfire and handed it to the little girl to use as a torch for lighting. He also said: "Be careful."
Aunt Niu smiled and said: "It's okay, it's not far. The girls in our village are not as precious as those from rich families."
After the little girl left, Xie Fu asked: "Where is Miss Qiu?"
Aunt Niu responded: "I don't have anything to entertain you here. Xiaotang said I would dig some fresh bamboo shoots to entertain you."
"It doesn't have to be too much trouble, just fill your stomach."
Because Gu Yuling was standing outside the house, the three of them stayed outside and chatted.
Not long after, I saw Qiu Jintang coming back carrying a few bamboo shoots in a bamboo basket. Her body was covered with mud and her face was gray.
In the middle of the night, the three of them also felt Qiu Jintang's enthusiasm and sincerity.
Qiu Jintang greeted the three of them and went straight to the kitchen to help.
Someone in the group reported that the plot was a bit delayed. I originally wanted to speed up the plot, but the chat in the group took a bit long today, so I didn’t have time to revise it. This is yesterday’s saved draft.
Well, this section mainly talks about the conflict with the prince of eastern Henan. In addition, the character Su Huaizhang is written a little too much, also to leave a little foreshadowing for the capital.
In addition, this part of the chapter is also to gain Feng Tianbai's approval and then return to Lei Yuan Sect to save the situation.
Master Shui Zhou was impressed by the fact that he was truly connected to the Lei Yuan Sect and was famous, and he was even worried about his junior brother's safety.
