"Dalang has come down the mountain, hey, the harvest looks good, what are you selling this time?"
"Is there a deer? I'll buy as many as I have! The meat from last time was really delicious!"
"I just asked if there is any pheasant? The pheasant stewed with mushrooms is fresh."
To the west of Miaojia Village is a mountain group with rising terrain, called Xilong Mountain. The village is located at the foot of the southeast side of Xilong Mountain.
When Yang Dalang came home from hunting, he had to pass the front of the Miao family ancestral hall, which was also the center of the Miao family village. When the farming was not busy, people often gathered here and moved on low stools to chat and chat. Today happened to happen to a village meeting, so as to allocate the spring ploughing manpower, and have to let go of any work. After the meeting, a bunch of old and young people still gathered here and did not leave, which was more lively than usual.
According to Yang Dalang's habit, if the prey he has in his hands is not extremely valuable, he will not go to the town to sell the time, and sell it directly to the villagers in the open space in front of the ancestral hall. There is such an opportunity to add oil to the mouth outside the Chinese New Year, and it is still cheap, so it is quite popular with the villagers. This is also the relationship between Lao Yang, a foreign surname, who was able to gain a firm foothold in Miaojia Village at first.
Therefore, even though Yang Dalang was tall in his life, the muscles on his arms were tangled up after years of hunting, and the wheat complexion added three hideous scars on his left cheek. He was injured by hunting, and his aura was comparable to that of the shanzhai boss that the oil dealer said, look. For the sake of being able to buy meat, many people are still willing to take the initiative to say hello to Yang Dalang.
"There is no stock to sell this time." Yang Dalang replied after a pause, and planned to leave again.
A sharp voice came from the side to stop it, "Hey, how come there is no stock! Look at the precipitation behind your back, don't you still have two rabbits hanging around your waist? Well, my aunt wants those two, five strings of money should be Enough? Go back and bring it to you."
Money is the smallest denomination here. Ten coins count as a string of money, ten strings of money count as one dime of silver, and ten dimes of silver are one tael of silver. It's equivalent to a thousand dollars for one or two. Just buy a rabbit, five strings of money can't escape.
"Aunt Hua, this isn't your house, it's in front of the ancestral hall. If you want to take advantage, you have to be tight-lipped! Five strings of money for two rabbits? Hey, if you want this price, can I buy it from you every day?" Miao Ping heard this. shouted. A few men beside him laughed along with him.
To say that Yang Dalang is not only a good hunter, he is willing to lead a team into the mountains and teach a few tricks. Occasionally, when a wild boar rushes down the mountain and damages the crops, he is even more powerful. Even if there are few words, the popularity among the men is good.
The one who was called Aunt Hua was Miao You's wife in Miao's village, Zhang Cuihua, who naturally followed the surname Miao when she married. There are a bunch of aunts surnamed Miao in the Miao family village, and they usually have to use their first names to distinguish people. And this Miao is also said to have been in the same family as the head of Miaojia Village before the Five Dynasties, and the long-distance relationship also made Aunt Hua consciously have a different status in the village.
So when Aunt Hua heard the words, she was not afraid, "Isn't it a matter of your own and my will? As long as Dalang is willing to sell, who cares? Besides, who knows how good our family is to Dalang, the husband of Dalang's family. Lang, why don't we take the lead from our family? Otherwise, Da Lang's twenty-three or four-year-old is still out of shape, where can he marry such a handsome brother!"
Miao Ping and his younger brother Miao Gao were also beside him. When he heard the music, he opened his mouth after thinking about it, "Is that Miao He? He didn't pay back..." Speaking of which, Miao Gao was beaten up by his brother. , After choking for a while, he came to his senses, and quickly changed his words, "Hey, Dalang, I don't mean anything. I just wanted to say that Miao He must be stupid and has no eyes..."
Miao Ping punched his brother again, and finally made people stop talking, but there were no surprises around, and there was a burst of sneering laughter. Everyone knows that Yang Dalang's husband, Miao He, was stopped when he was escaping.
However, when Yang Dalang glanced at the laughing people, the laughter stopped. As an hunter, the bloody aura on his body is much stronger than that of a farmer. Yang Dalang has such an aura, his face is expressionless, he looks fierce, and not many dare to offend him easily. Aunt Hua, who just wanted to take advantage, didn't dare to open her mouth.
It wasn't until the surroundings quieted down, as if confirming that no one would speak again, that Yang Dalang took another big step and left.
When they were far away, a man pouted, "The fact is that the husband of the family steals people, and he is afraid of being told? No matter how fierce he is, how can he be wrong! Hey, it's just plain frightening."
Some people who have just been suppressed seem to feel ashamed and want to find a few words on their lips.
The other also said yin and yang strangely, "That's it, if you want me to say, this family is good, and the family is right. One who was dismissed from the family is with the other who is disliked, and what else is going on, no one has to look down on the other, We should have a good time together."
The aunt next to him heard it and immediately retorted, "Miao Er, what nonsense are you talking about, what are you disgusting, our Yuanzi and Miao He are innocent! Miao He has a big mind, thinks wrong and misunderstood, don't put sewage in Let's splash on the far son."
"Yo, Aunt Ying is so embarrassed to say this. The matter of old Miao Yuan and Miao He wandering around the village earlier in the relationship is that everyone is blind and misunderstood? The poor love the rich and the poor love the rich. , I can understand, why do you have to step on the poor people," Miao Er is a flamboyant person. But bullying the soft and fearing the hard, just now Jing Jing dares to say it now.
Even though Aunt Ying blushed when she was told, she still said firmly, "I, our Yuanzi are so polite to everyone, you didn't see it! And what's wrong with walking around the village, living near, happened to bump into? It's still not done! I haven't booked or hired, so what can I say! If you want to hurt Yuanzi's reputation like this, don't blame us for asking the village chief to reason!"
When it comes to the village chief, there is still some strength in the town, and the village chief has a good relationship with Miao Yuan's family, so some people who want to play tricks shut up.
It's just that Miao He and Miao Yuan don't talk about it, everyone in the village has a ruler in their hearts.
Talk from the beginning.
Miao Yuan, who was in the topic just now, came from the only scholar in Miao's village. Miao Yuan's family has relied on literacy for several generations, helping people in villages and towns to write letters, teach, teach, and read. Miao Yuan's grandfather, Miao Jue, passed the Tongsheng examination twenty years ago, and this Miao Yuan's family has a higher status.
And Miao Jue raised three sons and two daughters, and it was Uncle Miao Wen from the third house of the Miao family who finally took up the mantle of his father and embarked on the path of reading. After all, reading is a very expensive thing. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone are all expensive, and there is money to go to the exam. Even if Miao Jue is a child who is exempted from paying the tax, he can only be among the gifted children. , choose one to cultivate.
As the eldest son of Miao Wenzhong, the second room of the Miao family, Miao Yuan was not attracted to Miao Jue at first. He followed his father to help with farm work when he was young, but half a year ago, Miao Yuan suddenly passed the Tongsheng test, which shocked everyone.
According to the second room of the Miao family, Miao Yuan would always pick up old books that his cousin Miao Li had used and read them several times. Miao Li is the grandson that Miao Jue likes, and the eldest son of the third family, and plans to focus on training. Seeing that Miao Yu was nervous about the exam this time, Miao Yuan volunteered to accompany him into the field to help strengthen his courage. Among them, Miao Yuan's mother, who was also expected to be Jackie Chan, tried his best to fight for it, and even took out a private house to pay for the toll. In the end, Miao Jue was relieved and let him Exam.
Unexpectedly, Miao Li fell off the list, but Miao Yuan won. Since then, Miao Yuan has received the highest attention and resources from the head of Miao Jue, but at this time, Miao Yuan and Miao He, who lived next door, have been very close to each other for more than ten years.
It is said that there is a big defense between men and women, and so does the brother, but in the countryside, there is no particular about the seven-year-old seat. The brother who is often used as half a coolie does the same work as a man, and this line of defense is even more blurred.
In addition, Miao He can be said to be one of the best-looking brothers in the village. His fair complexion does not seem to be tanned at all. His round almond eyes are black and white. When he smiles, his eyebrows and cheeks have two obvious smile holes. The girls are sweet.
Even if Miao He is a brother who is not very popular in the marriage market, but because of his appearance, Miao Yuan's vanity is satisfied when they are together, so Miao Yuan does not resist getting close to Miao He. The two of them could be said to have no guesses.
Even in the families of both parties, they had also considered getting married earlier. Let me first say that the custom here does not prohibit marriage with the same surname. Although Miao Yuan's family is a scholar, but they spend more on reading, and their economic conditions are not very good. Miao He's family is someone who works in a teahouse in the town, and has access to some vegetables. The crops can get a better price, and the economic conditions are considered to be above average.
If Miao Yuan marries Miao He, then Miao He's family will help her, and children will not have to worry about money for studying in the future. As for the Miao He family, being able to get married with a scholar's family is also a sight. The two families live close together. If the young couple is interested in each other, the elders will not stop them too much. Sometimes they will bring them along, but it is because of the death of Grandpa Miao He, the family has to keep filial piety and find a matchmaker to talk about the kiss. The child was delayed.
Until Miao Yuan passed the Tongsheng exam, Miao Yuan's family no longer looked down on Miao He's brother, and even found a way to let Miao Yuan move to the town to study, so as to separate Miao He's entanglement. The rumors of engagement, this drama of turning face and ignoring people, no matter how much Miao Yuan's family denied it, the people in the village still disliked it.
However, Miao He ended up getting married earlier than Miao Yuan. From the village chief's handwriting.
The fact that Miao Yuan was admitted to the childbirth test made the village chief have much higher political achievements in governing the village, and his position was naturally biased towards the Miao Yuan family. Seeing that Miao Yuan was entangled by Miao He, which was damaging to her reputation, she asked Aunt Hua, who was a distant relative, to secretly put pressure on her and get her hooked, so that Miao He could quickly find a husband to marry. In this way, Miao Yuan can get rid of Miao He, and if he can successfully marry the master's daughter, he, the village chief, can also take credit.
As for Miao He's family, the village chief did not forget to be kind and powerful. He said that Miao He was entangled with men and his reputation was ruined. Anyone who dared to ask for it would be lucky if he could find his husband's family and marry him. . Miao He's family saw that Miao Yuan was really not looking forward to it, so they agreed, and Miao He, who didn't believe Miao Yuan's change of heart, was half-forced to marry Yang Dalang. This is the gossip that the people from the village said earlier.
After talking about it, he said that Yang Dalang left the ancestral hall, so he turned to the second aunt Yang's house.
Aunt Yang is the mother-in-law of Uncle Yang Dalang's second uncle, and she is the highest-ranking elder in the old Yang family.
The older men of the old Yang family, including Yang Dalang's father and his second uncle and third uncle, were all harmed by a dangerous hunt twelve years ago. Uncle Yang didn't even find his body, and was dragged away by the big bug that he encountered that time. Only Boss Yang and Boss Yang came back with serious injuries, but in the end, Boss Yang didn't survive. The older old man Yang and his companions also went there. And Yang Lao Er lost one leg and one hand, and after a few years, he also died in depression.
Because of this, the old Yang family was in a state of ruin, and they could have lived in a big brick house, but they have been miserable since then. Because Yang Dalang's mother was hit hard by this, not only did she slip out of the womb at that time, but her body and bones were also severely damaged.
That's why Yang Dalang is very grateful to his second aunt. Adversity shows true love. When the Yang family was in the most difficult time, Second Aunt Yang used the embroidery skills she brought from her mother's family to take care of the family's economy before Yang Dalang was alone.
A few days ago, Yang Dalang's mother passed away from a long illness, and his cousin also gave birth to another son, the eldest son of Yang's second aunt. The second son should almost prepare a new house, so Yang Dalang left the Yang family's old house to the second-fang family, regardless of the second aunt's obstruction. moved out. He has no other siblings in this house, and the old house is left to his cousins, which is also the root of the Yang family.
"Second Aunt, thank you very much these few days." Yang Dalang untied the rabbit tied around his waist in front of the second Aunt's house and handed it over.
Second Aunt Yang carried a baby boy on her back, her face full of disapproval, "What do you do with these, take it back! I'll help take care of your brother, but it's for the sake of the old Yang family, as it should be. You fat rabbit, hurry up Go to the town to exchange silver taels, so that you can pay back the money, but it is not good to owe money for medicine, otherwise it is unlucky, and it will bring mold to the family."
Yang Dalang just bent down and put the rabbit on the ground. The two rabbits were tied so tightly that they could not escape. "There's still in the basket. If the second aunt accepts it, I won't dare to come for food in the future."
After Yang Dalang moved, he made himself a poor eater, and he often exchanged his prey with Second Aunt Yang. Saying this, it means she is quite persistent. Aunt Yang pushed a few more words, but she had no choice but to accept it, and just started talking again.
"Auntie loves to say that the mole on your brother's wrist is still there, isn't it? Now, can it be changed? Don't worry about people's willingness or not, which marriage in the village is not like this. If you want to deal with people, can this brother still think about running? "
In the face of Second Aunt Yang's bitter words, Yang Dalang only responded.
Second Aunt Yang paused and hesitated, "Or you still..."
"No," Yang Dalang interrupted immediately.
"Hey, Second Aunt knows that you are good, so don't listen to what people say, it's the most important thing to live a good life, you know?"
Seeing people still only answering, Second Aunt Yang is helpless.
It has been persuaded many times, and this eldest nephew is just like his father, who has decided that no one will listen, even the old house will let it go. Thinking about helping him and staring at him in the future, he waved his hand and told Yang Dalang to go home quickly, so that he could take care of his little brother.