The Snowy Path of the Heroic Blade Chapter 11: Housework
Update time: 2013-03-22
There are a few feng shui trees full of dead vines in the village, and a few dirty-fur yellow dogs saw this stranger. The dogs bark and the village is small. Forty or fifty households, all of a sudden People know that there are guests from the village, but just now, more than a dozen fine and strong knights came and went, so that many timid villagers did not dare to go out. Later, they saw Xu Zhiniang and You Songniang coming back in panic. Some women who woke up early and went to cook hurriedly to shout for the man who slept on the bed. Although the men on the kang are not very promising, they are more knowledgeable than they are. The men who wake up dimly stand on tiptoes and look behind the mud wall. After a long time, I couldn’t say one, two or three in the end. Back then, Xu Zhiniang was bullied by the outer village green skin. The elders in the village couldn’t stand it. They dare to take the courage to take the young people in the village to relieve the siege. The warrior of the North Liang, where dare to be a hero. At this time, it was heard that the domestic dogs barking vigorously, for fear of causing trouble, the irritable man, ran out before putting down the bowl and kicked a few times. The dogs hid in the corner and lay on their stomachs sobbing, very innocent. In the crack of the door, I saw a young boy with a knife. He walked slowly onto the winding bluestone path. His appearance was not good enough. If they didn't know the importance of a few small and beautiful village women, they would have gone out to make fun of them long ago. They are so pretty. It’s really an unprecedented first time to see you. The villagers don’t have too much scrupulous attention. If the little daughter-in-law gives birth to a baby, she dares to open her chest if she has a baby in the summer, and if she breastfeeds. I will have a little bit of meat, and when I saw the ladies in the village of the son, I felt that if he was looked at by his beautiful Danfeng eyes, he might have taken advantage of it. Xu Fengnian’s family passed by, and the doorway was hung with Spring Festival couplets written by the bootstrapping man and old master. They admired the past one by one. He stopped at the door of a house at the end of the village, knocked, and opened the door without waiting for the owner to promise. But unexpectedly saw the young lady, Xu Fengnian stopped to avoid suspicion, and laughed softly: "Why didn't you leave?"
The uncertain little lady turned her head slightly, not looking at the Lingzhou scholar, and whispered: "Where can you go without relatives and no reason?"
Xu Fengnian leaned on the door of the icy courtyard with morning dew moisture and smiled and said: "I came here by a hit of luck, thinking about you not to go too hastily, so that I can tell my sister-in-law that this has really been done today. To solve the problem, the general who came after me and I are from Lingzhou. Although they are not family friends, they don’t look at the face of the monk. He and my father can’t see the face of the Buddha. I am embarrassed to go too far. He gave him some money and sent it to the army men to drink old wine and eat dog meat, and the big things were turned into small things, so that everyone’s face would be decent. How should I say, after the old saying, see him well. The kid is hard to deal with. If the sister-in-law still doesn’t believe it, the government will spit out all the buckled shirt silver and replenish it for you in the past two days. Then I know I didn’t lie to you."
Xiao Niang's eyes reddened instantly, and her head lowered more and more. A few slender and beautiful fingers, but not as smooth and creamy as the rich women, twisted the corners of her clothes tightly.
Xu Fengnian hesitated, and said, "Talk to You Song, study hard with the old master. There is a golden house in the book. When he reaches the age of getting fame and fame, our Beiliang will be different from today’s world. Not to mention, the chances of scholars getting ahead will always be greater."
Xu Fengnian turned around after speaking, and heard the young boy running out the door and shouting his elder brother. His Royal Highness still did not stop. Xiao Niang Xu Qing sighed softly: "My son, don't you even want to walk through the door? It's dirty? The widow has a lot of right and wrong in front of the door. I understand the truth."
Xu Fengnian was taken aback, turned around and smiled bitterly: "Sister-in-law, you know I didn’t mean it."
Xiao Niang glared and said: "Who is your sister-in-law!"
After she turned around, she whispered and resolutely said: "I heard You Song said that you sent out two steamed buns in the morning. I will cook some food for you and leave after eating. There is nothing good for a small family, so you can't even have a reason. "
Xu Fengnian smiled slightly and walked into the house. There is a table of eight immortals that takes up half of the space. It can be seen how small the house is. On the left hand side of the house is the sleeping side house. The right side of the house should be the kitchen, although the house is small. , But also sitting north and south, not looking gloomy, You Song brought Xu Fengnian the only chair, and sat on a small bench by himself, looking up at the big hero in his heart, with big eyes and small eyes. Xiao Niang was skilled in cooking, and she quickly cooked Xu Fengnian a pot of rice porridge that could hold five or six bowls, a pair of chopsticks, and a dish of vinegar cabbage for the porridge. Xu Fengnian made a polite greeting. She sat at the table and took a bite. Chopsticks are delicious and crispy vinegar cabbage, both bones and tender, very good for porridge, chewing slowly, is actually the most refreshing meal these days. Xiaoniang and Yousong sit side by side on a bench where most of the vermilion lacquer has already fallen off. The child is cuddling with his mother, with an innocent smile on his face. Xiaoniang seems to be infected by the child's emotions, and the corners of her mouth are smiling. Interesting, even this white porridge, vinegar and cabbage can be eaten with relish. Xu Fengnian was unhappy with the porridge, and slowly ate three bowls, put down the bowls and chopsticks and said with satisfaction: "It's delicious."
The little girl smiled gently and said: "Eating every day will not taste good."
Xu Fengnian nodded and shook his head: "It's better than a meal, which can at least nourish the stomach. Besides, the most delicious taste in the world is dull, and most people can't eat this level. I only learned about it after studying."
Xiao Niang constricted her delicate eyebrows, and patted You Song's brain. The child was sensible, and immediately went to pack the dishes and move back to the stove. Then she asked cautiously: "How much money the son gave out, it will be regarded as Xu Qing owes you, and if I have spare money in the future, I will pay it back little by little, okay?"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said nothing.
Xiao Niang's face was so thin, she was blushed by him all of a sudden.
Xu Fengnian said calmly: "A small family like you in Beiliang has a lot of life. You can only save more than a dozen or twenty taels of silver a year. Even if you can embroider, you can embroider some beautiful sachets to sell. Ladies of well-off families, but Daomaguan is of this size, how many can you sell in a year? Even if there is only one in your hand, you have to not lose a lot of money. Even if your business is good, you have to be busy with cropping during the day, and this meticulous embroidery work can only be left at night, and light the oil lamp to slowly twist it. Tired, one accidentally fell asleep, and when I woke up, I found that the oil lamp was wasted. Don’t you feel bad? Still have to stab yourself twice with embroidery needles? Take 10,000 steps back and say, you add that pension, one If you can pay me back thirty or so taels of silver a year, how many years do you have to pay back? It stands to reason that an officer who is bigger than Lieutenant Dao Ma Guan Zhechong, one or two hundred taels of silver is too awkward, so he can enter this kind of thing. Master Guan’s Dharma Eye? So, you shouldn’t talk about it at all. Anyway, I don’t lack this little money. Just treat me as a good deed and accumulate virtue. It’s not good."
Xiao Niang raised her head, bit her lip and her eyes were clear and said: "I want to pay it back!"
Xu Fengnian smiled and said: "Want to pay it back? Okay, five hundred taels of silver is a base, besides, in this officialdom, you don’t want to receive the silver when you give it to others. What about the favor with that general? Converted? Is it worth a thousand taels? If you count you as one thousand and five hundred taels, you will slowly pay for fifty years?"
Xiao Niang said calmly: "Let You Song continue to pay it back in the future."
Xu Fengnian can't laugh or cry. Could this Xu Zhiniang's stubborn temperament come from the womb?
Xiao Niang whispered suddenly: "I actually know that the son is not wealthy, and I must not let the son be a fool, and I feel sorry for it."
Xu Fengnian said in surprise: "How do you say this?"
Xiaoniang’s cheeks are rosy, and she said weakly: "When the son just took the bowls and chopsticks, Xu Qing saw that the palms and fingers of the son were calluses."
Xu Fengnian was taken aback, with a strange smile.
Xiaoniang mistakenly thought that she had hurt the pride of this scholar in Lingzhou. She had also heard that scholars and scholars in the big city paid more attention to face than money. Humanity, justice and morality are more valuable than gold and silver. She doesn’t Too much understanding, but also thinks it is a very good thing, what if it makes this scholar who is studying abroad feel embarrassed? Xiao Niang felt that her mouth was too stupid for a while, and she quietly pinched her thigh with two fingers, and her eyes became moist for a moment. In the past, no matter how hard her life was, no matter how wronged she was, she would not be so weak. Xu Fengnian wanted to say something but stopped, without explaining the misunderstanding here, turning around and beckoning to You Song, who was hiding behind the door of the stove, took the Chunlei knife and handed it to the young boy, and said with a straight face, "No matter what you think. , I have to leave after I have said some things. You really want to pay this money back, it’s okay, wait until one day you can save enough, and then come to Lingzhou to find me, otherwise you will think that I can’t afford it. I have received dozens of silver pieces at a time. Even if I have calluses on my hands, my family background is average. Since I am a scholar, this face must be braced. The people who come out of the noble family, like you, are in the money In things, it’s more reasonable."
Xiao Niang sighed, she didn't dare to dig into the horns anymore, for fear that the talkative boy would walk away in anger. She and Yousong's great benefactor.
Yousong is holding this spring thunder knife, which is not well-known in Beiliang. Few people in Beiliang Palace know the name of it and Xiudong knife. I am afraid that only the servants of Wutongyuan know it, but Wutongyuan Seemingly harmonious, His Royal Highness never talked about rules with them, but how dare they not talk about rules with Beiliang Prince's Mansion? Any news about His Royal Highness, no matter how small and trivial it is, once it is heard by outsiders, it will be a death penalty. Northern Liang King Xu Xiao is very kind to His Royal Highness, and treats people, especially servants who do not understand the rules, from If you are not in a good mood to listen to your grievances, you can beat your dog to death and feed your dog. The reason why Guoyi Duwei Huangfu Ping knew about this Chunlei Knife was that he had "chatted" with the Xu family father and son at the palace that night and caught some clues that he should listen to as a sacred decree. Yousong looked admiringly and asked, "Big brother, you must have beaten those who have turned down the horse, right?"
Xu Fengnian smiled, and said softly: "You can beat it, even if you kill a few people, it's not difficult. It's just that there are some things that upright officials can hardly break in housework. Killing is not good for the overall situation. It is better to be patient. To be reasonable, if you really don’t make sense, it’s not too late to fight. Yousong, you must know that it’s good to just read a book, but many times you have to rely on your fist to talk to people, like that Zhang Shun, an old master who teaches. Not much? I don’t know much about the truth? But Zhang Shun and the old master are in a corner. Who do you think is the last to get down? Of course, the old master has the status of being a member, and you don’t need to kneel when you see the county grandfather. The blue-skin rascal would not dare to jump in front of the old master in general."
Xiao Niang chewed the taste carefully without saying a word.
Yousong nodded vigorously and said: "Yousong studies to win glory for his mother, but he also wants to walk the rivers and lakes with his elder brother like this, and draw his sword to help when the road is uneven!"
Xu Fengnian stretched out his hand and nodded a little on the forehead of the juvenile boy, and said softly, "How many bowls of porridge can you eat with your little belly? How many bowls of rice can you eat? How much appetite is the right thing to eat? Let the old master teach you the Four Books and Five Classics first. Now, let’s talk about other things."
Yousong suddenly muffled: "Big brother, my father is a hero."
Xu Fengnian’s tone of Gujing is not wavering, but his eyes are gentle and said: "Is your father a hero or not, I don’t know. But Yousong and your mother are both very good."
is good.
Besides, His Royal Highness, who can speak a lot of flowers, has no idea how to comment.
Xu Fengnian looked out the door. There were rows of tall cabbage walls hanging on the wall of the courtyard. He said to himself: "I have a home, which is very big. It should be much bigger than yours. With my father There are stewards, maids, guards, concierges, maids, and grooms, and there are many, many people. This family is so big that I have never seen a lot of people. Each of them has more or less selfishness. I’m doing things for the small houses behind them. If I want to take care of this house, it’s not that someone made a mistake and was hit by me. Just hit it with my identity and it’s done. It’s like even a stable in the corner of the house. Some grievances nearby, I am not easy to win whoever can change the housework better, maybe it will be worse with a fresh face, there are always many people outside my house who are staring at them, thinking about nailing nails. I squeeze in and help you do things on the bright side, in fact I want to empty my family. When I was your size like You Song, I was not sensible, hiding in my small yard, I felt that the sky could not fall down. But when I grew up, I realized that my father had accumulated a lot of people who supported his career, and one day he would be unable to do what he wanted. He had too many things to worry about. Relying on our neighbors, up and down, inside and out, all of them are favors. These people used to work hard to do things for my father, and only then has the great cause of everyone today. No matter how cruel my father is, he will have to stand aside. Just closing one eye, killing the chicken and the monkey once is useful. The more times, many people learn to be smart. The method of making money and digging walls is more subtle and subtle, and my father has a headache. At first, my father asked me to leave the house and go out. Go, I still feel wronged by the heavens, and then I gradually learned that it is useful to see how others live. This time I said it was a study tour in Ningji, the reason why I walked from Liangzhou to Daomaguan here, There is no single-handed man, just want to see how our people in Beiliang live, how well they are living, like a fledgling tinker, the window at home is broken, you have to patch it up, otherwise wind and rain will strike in the future. It’s about to eat pain. A hole was dug in the wall, so I had to fill it up. But it’s not a problem if you only have a headache and heal your head and feet, and you can sew and repair your feet. If you know where the root of the disease is, you can prescribe the right medicine. Just like a person, I’m dying and I’ll ask my grandpa to sue my grandma~ IndoMTL.com~ It’s too late. What I have to do now is not to show my face in a hurry. They are both fishermen and papermakers for me. They are far more beneficial in the long-term than when I pick up the sleeves and hit someone myself. I have seen a man named Xuanyuan before, and he cleans up the housework too thoroughly. , Almost turned upside down, a relative of my family named Chen may want to do this, and he has this ability, but I don’t want to repeat the same mistakes."
The little boy with a knife didn't understand it anyway, he only heard the big brother's house, which seemed very big.
The pure-hearted young lady was startled at hearing, her face was in a daze.
Xu Fengnian stood up, the little girl patted You Song on the shoulder, and the child hurriedly handed the Chunlei knife back to him.
Xu Fengnian said with a smile that the little girl couldn’t figure out how to slap and chew, "To help you today, in fact, the root cause is today’s incident, to blame my father. If there is any such thing happening in Beiliang in the future, you He Yousong can blame me."
Xiaoniang and the child were sent to the entrance of the courtyard. Xu Fengnian hesitated and said softly: "At the time, I was on the side of the stream. I stretched out my hand to stop you. It was an unintentional move. Don't blame it."
Xiao Niang Xu Qing blushed with a pretty face.
At that time, she just rushed forward, and when His Royal Highness stretched out her arm, she bumped her plump breast.
Seeing that she was almost crying, His Royal Highness, who knew she was unnecessary, smiled a little ashamed and walked out of the village.
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