The Little First Grand Secretary in My House Chapter 113:

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A young man was walking along the village path.

He was wearing a blue jacket. It seemed that he had not seen the sun for a long time, and his skin was pale and pale. He is also slender and thin, but his expression is calm and calm. He is obviously wearing poor clothes, and the village paths are uneven and there are even cow dung and chicken dung, but it still makes him feel like he is strolling in a leisurely garden.

It is the time of spring plowing, and everyone is busy plowing the fields at the moment. There are almost no people on the road in the village. Occasionally, someone's mother-in-law was doing work in the yard. She saw a person walking on the road from a distance. She looked at it carefully for a few times before recognizing who this person was.

"Gouzi, where are you going?"

Xue Tingyan looked at the woman who was talking to him, smiled and said, "Auntie, I'll just go for a walk."

It was just a casual remark, and the woman didn't say anything more to him. She turned around and went into the house to get something. The mother-in-law in the house asked her: "Third daughter-in-law, who were you talking to just now?"

"The dog of the second room of Xue Lianxing's family. Hey, Mom, it's strange for you. Just now he walked past the door, and I didn't recognize him for a moment. I always felt like he was a different person."

Her mother-in-law disapproved: "What can he become, and he can't change his skin. I remember that kid was ill recently."

The daughter-in-law said: "I think I am planning to go to the back mountain." There is a mountain behind Yuqing Village. The deceased villagers in the village are buried there, and the ancestral graves of the Xue family are also there.

Hearing this, her mother-in-law sighed: "Don't mention it, it's a pity to even have a second child in the family. The couple is gone, leaving only a baby is pitiful."

This was just gossip between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and while they were talking, Xue Tingyan had already taken Heizi into the back mountain.

*

The back mountain is called the back mountain, the mountain behind Yuqing Village.

This mountain is nameless and not high, but it is extremely deep. Anyway, so far, no villager has been able to walk back and forth from this deep mountain and old forest, and most of them do activities outside the mountain.

The ancestral grave of the Xue family is built on a hill not far from the village. This Xue family is not only the Xue Tingyan family, but all the ancestors of the entire Xue family are buried here.

In the center of such a large mountain is the clan leader's lineage, and spreading out are the various branches. Mr. Xue's lineage is at the foot of the southwest mountain.

The second wife and her husband died young, and Xue Qingsong died in a misfortune, so they were buried on the edge.

When Xue Tingyan arrived at the place, he began to pull out the grass around the grave.

There were not many weeds. They had just been cleaned up during the Chinese New Year. He gathered them randomly and placed them on the ground, then sat down in front of the grave.

On a piece of mountainous land, there are two small tombs. In front of each tomb, there is a small bluestone tablet, with the names of the two married couples crudely written on them.

Zhaoer originally found someone to build this monument himself.

Nowadays, there are three types of people who cannot erect monuments when they die: those who die suddenly, those who die young, and those who have no offspring. Xue Qingsong died a violent death.

Although no one says it, they feel that people who died violently will have resentments after death, which is not conducive to the feng shui of ancestral tombs, so no monuments are erected. I also want him to forget who he is, so as not to cause trouble by being ignorant.

But at the same time, there is also a saying that if you don't erect a monument, you will be a lonely ghost after you die, and you can't stand the incense of future generations.

The Xue family had arranged the funeral for the couple, and they defaulted to following old customs. Xue Tingyan was still young at that time and didn't understand this at all, but Zhao'er did.

She told the Xue family about erecting a monument, but was blocked. The Xue family took turns to persuade her. Later, Zhao'er didn't tell anyone, so he paid someone to make these two simple monuments and erected them in front of the grave.

By the time the Xue family found out, it was already too late. They couldn't tear down the monument in front of the villagers. They could only pretend that it didn't happen. After all, they still felt guilty at that time.

The people in the village were also surprised when they saw this monument, but when they thought about it, they all understood how the second son of the Xue family died.

As a result, Xue Qingshan also gained a good reputation. He would rather ruin the family's feng shui than erect a monument for his brother. He was so kind and righteous that we won't mention it for now.

With various thoughts running through his mind, Xue Tingyan took out a piece of cloth from his arms and slowly wiped the tombstone.

The words above were written by him, and the brushstrokes are obviously immature, but people can still clearly distinguish what is written on it.

……

Today is the death anniversary of Mr. Zheng. Zheng Hu brought his two sons to pay homage at the grave.

Country people are not that particular. They just prepare some steamed buns, wine and meat, etc. The father and son burn the paper money in front of the grave, and forget about it.

Zheng Hu had always had a deep relationship with his father, so he was inevitably in a low mood, so he asked his two sons to go back first while he sat in front of the grave, smoking a cigarette and talking to his father.

After talking for a while, he stood up and planned to go back.

There was still work waiting to be done in the fields. Zheng Hu didn't want to waste time so he planned to take a shortcut. When he was walking near the ancestral grave of Xue Lianxing's family, he suddenly heard someone crying.

There are graves on the two hills nearby. On one side are people named Xue and on the other side are people named Zheng. This kind of irregular day is not the anniversary of the death of an elder in the family like Zheng Hu, but no one would come to such a place.

Especially because there may be many dead people buried here, the trees are dense, and sometimes the sky and daylight are gloomy. Under such circumstances, hearing this strange sound made Zheng Hu so frightened that his hair stood on end and his legs became a little weak.

After all, he had lived for decades. He listened attentively, and it took him a while to understand that it was a boy's voice.

Thinking again about whose tomb was here, he bravely walked closer, walked around a big tree, and saw a young man wearing blue clothes sitting in front of the tomb with his back turned.

Besides there is a **** dog with its tail wagging.

He is the second-bedroom dog of Xue Lianxing's family.

Zheng Hu breathed a sigh of relief, and the voice of the voice came to his ears again: "...Dad, what do you think I should do? My uncle wants to send Brother Juncai to a school in the town. I thought I can go too...but my aunt came home a few days ago and asked me to give way to Brother Juncai, obviously before..."

The young man's voice was full of hesitation and confusion. Zheng Hu did not expect to hear the Xue family's private affairs in such a place. He was so surprised that he dropped the dry cigarette in his hand without realizing it. It wasn't until his foot was hit by the cigarette pot that he realized what he was doing, hurriedly picked up the cigarette pot and left.

He didn't know that after he left, the helpless young man in his eyes stopped crying.

In the past few days, Xue Tingyan has been thinking hard, trying to find a suitable opportunity, and somehow he remembered Zheng Hu.

Zheng Hu’s father, Mr. Zheng, died during spring plowing. It was not a happy occasion, but an accident. He was accidentally squeezed under a field ridge by his own cattle and fell to death.

The field ridge is not very high. Countless villagers fall off the field ridge every year, but Mr. Zheng died unluckily. This incident had been widely circulated in the village for a while, so Xue Tingyan remembered it very clearly.

Since it is the anniversary of his father’s death, his son Zheng Hu will definitely come to visit the grave. Zheng Hu likes to take shortcuts, so he will definitely pass by this area, so who else is more suitable than him.

The most important thing is that Yuqing Village may not seem big, but in fact, the two surnames Xue and Zheng have always been different from each other. Zheng Hu's uncle is Li Zheng. If he knows it, Zheng Lizheng will also know it.

Xue Tingyan didn't stay long and quickly took Heizi back home.

The yard was still silent. He found a pistachio and placed it in front of the door. He sat there quietly and basked in the sun, thinking about Zhao'er who had gone to town.

*

Zheng Hu walked quickly all the way, and went to Zheng Lizheng's house without even returning home.

Zheng Li is Li Zheng of Yuqing Village and the leader of the Zheng clan. The family's house is naturally the only one in Yuqing Village. If it can be compared with it, it is the house of the Xue clan chief's family.

Yishui is a large blue-brick house with blue brick walls. The most conspicuous one is the Zheng family’s ancestral hall in the front. However, this ancestral hall will not be opened until a specific time. The two The black paulownia door is kept closed all year round.

Going around to the side is the yard of Zheng Lizheng's house.

The yard is huge. Unlike other houses where the livestock sheds, barns, kitchens, etc. are all in the front yard, the front yard of Zheng Lizheng's house is a large empty yard, with only two sycamore trees planted in the yard. Whenever there is any big event in the village, this courtyard will always be densely packed with people.

Facing it are three main rooms, with east and west wing rooms on the left and right, all of which are made of blue bricks and black tiles, which is particularly grand.

When Zheng Hu arrived, only Zheng Lizheng and his mother-in-law Tian were at home.

As soon as Mr. Tian saw his nephew coming, he greeted him: "Huzi, why are you here at this time? Do you have anything to do with your uncle?"

"Hey, something happened."

With that said, Zheng Hu hurried into the house. Tian shook his head, thinking that something really happened. Zheng Hu was always very steady.

Zheng Hu entered and turned toward the east room.

Sure enough, his uncle Zheng Li was sitting cross-legged on the big kang in the east room, smoking a cigarette.

"Hey, so anxious."

Zheng Hu sat down on a pillar under the kang, breathing heavily and unable to speak for a while.

Zheng Lizheng looks like he is in his sixties, with a long face and a pair of medium-sized eyes. From the outside, he is just an ordinary old farmer, even wearing ordinary clothes. There is only that immovable calmness, which at first glance shows that he is a man who has experienced the world.

With the cigarette holder in his mouth, he pushed the teapot forward on the kang table. Zheng Hu was not polite, stood up, poured a bowl of tea, and drank it down.

"Uncle, let me tell you, I encountered something today."

"What's going on?"

"Today is not the anniversary of my father's death. I brought him with me early in the morning..."

Halfway through Zheng Hu’s words, Zheng Lizheng sat up from the kang and looked like he was listening attentively.

As soon as he saw his uncle like this, Zheng Hu knew that he had come to the right place. After hearing the crying words of the second son of Xue Lianxing's family, he realized that this was an opportunity to suppress the prestige of the Xue people in Yuqing Village. Chance.

He spoke in more detail, repeating almost every word, while Zheng Lizheng narrowed his eyes while smoking a dry cigarette.

*

Zhao'er didn't come back until the second half of the afternoon, and his face looked a little bad when he came back.

Xue Tingyan looked at the backpack behind her. In the past, every time Zhao'er came back, the basket was always full, but now she could tell at a glance that there was nothing in it.

"What's wrong?"

Zhao'er was thinking about it when the little man asked him. He was stunned for a moment and then said: "Nothing, I brought you meat buns from the town. I will heat them up for you to eat later."

How can it be nothing? There is obviously something.

Xue Tingyan glanced at her face, but since she didn't want to say more, he didn't want to press her.

Zhaoer went back and forth to the town and was covered in dust. She went to the stove to boil water and took a bath in the bathroom. The Xue family has a special room for bathing in the vegetable patch in the backyard. The house is not big, three meters square, and the floor is paved with bluestone slabs. There is a drain hole in the corner of the house. The bath water can flow directly into the vegetable patch along the hole.

Taking off his clothes, Zhao'er took the soap locust and rubbed it on his body, but he felt a wave of sadness in his heart.

In fact, something really happened, but she was afraid that the little man would be worried, so she didn't say anything.

She finally found a way to get the money but was robbed.

The person who robbed it was none other than the owner of the embroidery shop who embroidered shoes after receiving her finished products.

Actually, Zhao'er was quite smart. He bought the rags from the owner of this embroidery shop, but the finished product was not sold to this shop, but to another shop. But she didn't expect that the two bosses were actually related, and she didn't know how the other party knew about it. When she went there again, the other party actually didn't want to sell her rags anymore.

Not only did this embroidery workshop have no rags, the owner of this embroidery workshop also ordered people to buy all the rags from other embroidery workshops. Zhao'er only found out about this after visiting several embroidery workshops.

She has already made plans to pay for the young man to study in the town. She has asked about Qinghe Academy, and it costs five taels of silver for beam repair every year. Because many students live too far away, they can choose to study in boarding schools. If you study in a dormitory, you will need another one or two silver dollars per month including food, accommodation, etc.

Zhaoer wanted to study in Xue Tingyan's dormitory. She felt that the Xue family was not a good place to study. There were too many problems at home, which meant that she had to prepare six taels of silver to send her little man to the school.

She originally thought that she would be able to collect enough money by doing this business twice, but who would have thought that this would happen.

While thinking, Zhao'er had already taken a bath. She wrapped her hair with a handkerchief, put on her clothes, and then returned to the house.

Xue Tingyan was sitting on the kang reading a book, and he was reading the only book he had, "Young Learning Qionglin". Seeing her come in, he looked up at her and said, "It's still cold, so dry your hair quickly."

Hearing this, Zhao'er felt warm in his heart.

The little man has changed a lot these days compared to before, and this change is naturally good, so even though she was worried, she couldn't help but smile.

She climbed onto the kang and took out the towel from the kang cabinet. Xue Tingyan was sitting on the edge, inevitably having to step aside to give way to her. As she passed by, a fragrant scent mixed with soap came into the tip of his nose. He couldn't help but move his nose, and his eyes fell on her body, which was close at hand.

However, Zhao'er has always been domineering and never allowed anyone to talk about a little man. She would get angry with anyone who said so. Because of this incident, she had fights with many girls and boys in the village. Although some people still said it behind their backs, no one dared to point fingers in front of others anymore.

Zhao'er always felt that the little man's eyes looked strange today, so he averted his eyes uncomfortably.

She knew that the little man must be angry again. He didn't like her saying things like 'the dog is my man'. Every time he heard her say such words, he would ignore her for several days. In fact, Zhao'er also wanted to be shameless, but she was originally the child bride of the second wife of the Xue family. If she didn't call herself that, how would she have the qualifications to challenge the fourth aunt Sun.

"Are you hungry? Look what I brought you back?"

Zhaoer turned his head and left these troubles behind, and took out a paper bag from his arms. Opening the paper bag, there were two steaming buns inside. They were white, plump and cute, making people like them just by looking at them.

"Eat quickly, while it's still hot." She smiled, put the paper bag into the little man's hand, and put the backpack on her shoulder in the corner.

Xue Gouzi glanced at her.

The girl in front of her was in her 28th year, and her skin was the wheat color common among country girls. But Zhao'er's skin color was very different from others, smooth and moist, as if she had been smeared with honey. He has a high bridge of nose, a pair of medium-sized eyes, and dark pupils. When he smiles, there is a flash of inspiration, and he looks lively.

Zhaoer's stature is taller than ordinary girls, and her body is well-developed. She is forward and backward, and her whole body is full of youthful vitality.

It was so vivid, as vivid as in his dream.

He unconsciously took the bun and gnawed it. Seeing this, he smiled even more happily. He went to the kitchen to pour him a bowl of water and put it on his hand. He bent down to tidy up the scattered bedding on the kang, while thinking about something delicious to make for him to replenish his body in the evening.

Finally, the little man is feeling better, but he still needs to continue drinking the medicine. He needs to drink a few more doses to consolidate. From this, I naturally began to calculate the little money I had left, and think of ways to get some more money to meet my urgent needs.

"Have you eaten?" Xue Gouzi asked.

This kind of behavior rarely happened to him, so Zhao'er couldn't help but look up at the little man sitting on the kang.

In fact, the little man has a delicate appearance, which is different from the fair skin of the country people. The corners of his eyes are slightly raised, and the curvature makes his face a little more delicate and handsome. The little man always has his head lowered, his temperament is gloomy and silent, and he is too thin to be conspicuous in front of others.

Zhaoer's eyes warmed up, his smile got bigger, and he said with a crackle in his mouth: "Eat, I ate it outside, this is for you."

After she finished speaking, she realized that she had let something slip. She was waiting for the little man to show disgust, or to reprimand her daughter for running around, but he didn't say anything, as if he had something to say. He lowered his head and ate the buns thoughtfully.

Zhao'er couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he felt a pain in his heart. He couldn't help but said: "Gou'er, don't be too anxious. After all, you heard those words. Since you didn't say it face to face, you can't take it seriously. Even if it's true. Don’t be afraid if this is the case, I just make money for you to study.”

Xue Gouzi's head actually hurt a little and he was feeling dizzy. Zhao'er thought he had something on his mind, but in fact he was just thinking about that dream. When he heard Zhao'er's words, he suddenly remembered why he got this serious illness.

Seriously speaking, Xue Gouzi's serious illness was caused by stagnation of liver qi.

When we mention this, we need to talk about the general situation of the Xue family.

Yuqing Village is a village located under Huyang Town, Xia County, Pingyang Prefecture. There are only more than 200 households in the village. From sunrise to sunset, they are all farmers who watch God for their meals.

The Xue family is one of them.

However, the Xue family is different from other ordinary farmers, and they have some background.

The ancestor of the Xue family, Mr. Xue’s grandfather, was a scholar. In a poor mountainous area like Yuqing Village, it would be a great event for the ancestors to have a scholar.

Because of this scholar, the Xue family's generation became the patriarch of the Xue clan, and several village elders were born in the clan, finally having some say in Yuqing Village. At the same time, it naturally blessed the younger generations. Mr. Xue’s father was hard-working and willing to work. With the help of his elders, he slowly built up a family business.

By the time of Mr. Xue's generation, the Xue family already owned more than 30 acres of fertile land, and several of his sons had their own livelihoods. Their life was enviably prosperous, and they were considered to be one of the most prosperous families in the village.

Mr. The eldest son Xue Juncai, now fifteen, the second son Xue Youcai, now ten years old, and the eldest daughter Xue Manyer who is married.

The second child, Xue Qingsong, is a carpenter. He is married to Qiu and has a son, Xue Gouzi, who is fourteen years old. The third son, Xue Qingbai, is a banker. He is married to the Zhou family and has a son and a daughter. The eldest daughter, Xue Taoer, is thirteen years old, and the youngest son, Xue Shuanzi, is eight years old. The fourth child, Xue Qinghuai, is a picker. He is married to Mrs. Sun and has a son named Xue Maodan, who is only four years old this year.

As for the two daughters, the eldest daughter Xue Cuiping is already married, and the younger daughter Xue Cui'e is fourteen this year and is still waiting to be given birth.

It is worth mentioning that nowadays there is a saying that parents do not separate families. In addition, families in the countryside are governed by clans, so the Xue family is not separated.

The Xue family has experienced the benefits of studying, so they are more visionary than ordinary farmers. Because Xue Qingshan was smart since he was a child and he was the eldest son, Mr. Xue had high hopes for him. When he reached the age of enlightenment, he spent money to send him to a private school.