When I mention this Widow Xue, I have to talk about it. Her surname is not Xue, but she was married from another village.
This woman is also unlucky. A few years after she got married, the man died. She didn't raise a child or anything, and was alone.
That's all, the key point is that her uncles are not good people.
Her man was an old man, and she was at the bottom of the list. When she got married, her mother-in-law had already died, and she was left with a sick father-in-law. Father-in-law didn't live for a few more years, but fortunately, before his death, he divided several sons and lived alone. Even though her man is dead now, she has left two acres of land for her. Usually, by renting out the land and doing some needlework by herself, it is enough to support her alone.
But who would have thought that after two years of this kind of life, his uncles would drive her home. The implication is that she is a woman, who knows if she will remarry in the future, and she will not have to take away the land of the Xue family. to accompany another man.
Widow Xue was unreliable, but after all, there were many people surnamed Xue in this place. In the end, the house was reserved for her, but the land was divided up by several uncles.
I thought that this woman couldn't hold on, and would return to her mother's house sooner or later, but she lived in this house, and I didn't see anything like her in ordinary times, but there was no shortage of rice to eat, and her life was quite nourishing. It's just that there are gossips in the village that I often see men haunting her house.
This is a bit immoral, and Patriarch Xue specially opened an ancestral hall to deal with this widow Xue. I don't know that this woman is not a good stalker, she probably killed the man herself, and she suffered too much fuss.
Patriarch Xue said that she was indecent, and she said that the surname Xue was shameless and robbed people of land. She was a woman, and she didn't keep land for her, so how could she live. She also said that she was determined to guard the man, and if she did not let her guard, she would go to the government and sue whoever.
Such a shrew, no one can take her out, so they can only kick her out of the Xue family's house. Who knows that she chose a place at the end of the village, and asked someone to build a house, so she lived like this, and lived there forever. so many years.
I haven't heard anything about her in the past few years, but she still lives on, and she doesn't know where to get the money. Anyway, when the villagers mentioned this Widow Xue, the men all laughed ambiguous, and the women all looked disgusted.
These things all happened in the early years, when Zhao'er and Xue Tingxiang were both young, they all heard from others.
While the two looked at each other, these flashed through their minds. Then invariably, the two walked in from the place where there was a gap along the fence.
Widow Xue's vegetable field is not large, only about half an acre. Although the house is a tile-roofed house, there are only two rooms, a stove room and a warehouse on the left and right. She didn't raise any livestock in her house, she walked quietly along the way, and when she walked further, she heard someone seem to be laughing.
A woman was laughing, and there was a faint voice of a man.
"...You promised me a long time ago that you would buy me a hairpin, but now that the hairpin has not been seen, and you are still digging at me every day, you are not afraid that I will take you out with a big stick?"
"Are you willing to kick me out?"
"Why can't I bear it, I don't care about someone like you..." The two of them lowered their voices, only to hear Widow Xue giggling. After a long while, the tone became higher again: "It's really worthless to be a boy, you are under the supervision of Laozi, and there are still mother-in-law watching in the house, I heard that you are busy looking for a school for your son recently, don't worry about it The money that Yang gave you, is it used to coax me again?"
These words made Xue Qingshan lose face, and his face fell on the spot. Widow Xue raised her brows, her eyes rolled, and she leaned over and said, "But if you are willing to coax me, I will accept it. I'm afraid that someday you won't even coax me."
This voice was so delicate, not to mention that the outside tricks made his ears numb, Xue Qingshan couldn't stand it either. Immediately, he didn't care about Widow Xue, and hugged her and kissed her again.
The voice inside dropped again.
After a while, I heard Widow Xue say again: "... It's just that if you don't go to the school, what will happen to Brother Juncai going to school?"
"You are really worrying about eating radishes, I have an idea on this..."
Outside, Zhao'er smacked her lips again and again. She had also seen this Widow Xue. She couldn't be called very beautiful. No wonder the women in the village scolded her for mentioning her, and many men in the village were willing to come to her.
That's okay, if she remembers correctly, Widow Xue is Xue Qingshan's cousin-in-law in terms of her seniority. This is really...
Thinking that Xue Juncai didn't know where to hide here, Zhao'er was extraordinarily cramped. The son came to catch Lao Tzu's rapist, but they bumped into him and followed him. It would be embarrassing if the two sides collided.
Thinking of this, she dragged Xue Tingxiang and motioned him to leave quickly.
It just so happened that Xue Tingxiang was not interested in this either, so the two quietly touched and left.
After returning, thinking that Xue Juncai was still inside, I wonder if he would make a scene? Or something else happened. The two were concerned for a while, but who had thought that after a while, Xue Jun came back.
Is this all right
While heaving a sigh of relief, the two of them couldn't help but feel sad for Xue Juncai, to have such a father.
Press not to mention, the time of the day quickly passed.
It was not until the evening, when the sun went down, that the voices of people were not seen in the village.
The adults and children all came out of the house, and even the dog ran around the village, having fun while it was cool. It wasn't until it got dark that the Xue family's dinner was ready. Now that the day is long and the night is short, the meal is much later than before. Xue Qingshan would also pinch a little bit. He came back from outside as soon as the meal was on the table.
It looks like a dusty person, and it seems to have run to a lot of places. Recently, because of the hot weather and the need to find a school for Xue Juncai, Xue Qingshan has given many days off to the students in the private school.
Just looking at this appearance, he must have come back from the outside. Zhao Shi thought that on such a hot day, the boss was still running around outside, and he felt so distressed that Yang Shi had to get water and change shoes.
After all the work, the whole family gathered at the dinner table for dinner.
Xue Qingshan didn't seem to be hungry, he was picking up the rice in the bowl with chopsticks. Zhao Shi also thought that he disliked the rudimentary rice, so he put a few chopsticks and good dishes into his bowl, and also explained that he only stewed chicken at home to improve the food.
"Mother, I'm not for this, it's for Juncai to go to school."
As soon as the words came out, everyone on the table looked up at him.
Xue Qingshan simply put down his chopsticks and said to Xue Tingyan, "Tingyan, uncle has something to tell you."
Xue Tingxiang looked at him.
"Don't blame your aunt, she is just ignorant, and because the Qinghe Academy suddenly closed, your aunt was distressed by the money that was thrown into the house, so she would make trouble with Zhao'er that day. When I inquired outside, I also knew that Qingyuan Academy is now in its early stages. It is a first-class and good school in our village. It’s just that the uncle is soft-faced. Thinking of what happened to your aunt, I really don’t have the face to ask you to help me enter the school.
"But after running for so long, I didn't spend a lot of money, and I broke two pairs of shoes. I really couldn't find a better school than Qingyuan. So I just wanted to tell you, see if you can go to school with you. Let your gentleman also go to Qingyuan to go to school."
Looking at Xue Qingshan again, his words were sincere and his face was sincere.
If he didn't show up in the morning, Zhao'er really felt that even if the character was not good, at least he had nothing to say to Xue Jun. But after going out in the morning, I knew that Xue Qingshan had deducted the money from the Yang family and used it all to coax Widow Xue, and pretended to be tired and hard in front of the family, but in fact they were all hanging out in the gentle village. No matter how you look at him, there is an urge to beat him.
He is no wonder he is so unscrupulous, this is all about thinking about the future. It was determined that he could act like this these days, and he chose such a time to speak, the little man would never reject him.
Even if he wanted to refuse in his heart, he would not refuse on the face, because Mr. Xue and Mr. Zhao were still watching. Even if he took it outside to talk about it, Xue Tingxiang was unreasonable, and he was unwilling to help with such a small task.
For a moment, Zhao'er really wanted to stand up and tell everything he saw in the morning, tearing off this man's fake face. But at the same time, Xue Juncai's complicated face flashed before his eyes.
Zhao'er looked at Xue Tingxiang, who was still eating slowly with tableware and chopsticks in his hand. But from his drooping eyebrows, Zhao'er can see the coldness in his eyes
"Ting Yan, look at what uncle told you, what is your idea, say something."
Mr. Zhao interjected: "It's just such a trivial matter, what idea can he have. Go, go and tell your husband, your handsome brother is good at school, and your husband specifies that he likes it."
Zhao'er wanted to say something, Xue Tingxiang put down the tableware and grabbed her from under the table.
"Okay, uncle, I'm going to the school tomorrow, so I'll talk to Mr.
The joy on Xue Qingshan's face was obvious in words, but he was restrained. Including Yang Shi, although she was a little confused, she was also very happy.
Compared with her son's studies, she is also ashamed of her shame.
"Ting Xiang, thank you auntie. Before that, auntie didn't know anything about it, and it was Zhao'er who was wrong..."
"Stop talking!"
With this sound, it was the sound of the stool being brought to the ground. The sound was a bit loud, and the two little ones didn't look here, but they were so frightened that they looked over immediately.
Xue Juncai's face was very ugly, and he seemed to be holding back something. His performance shocked everyone.
"Jun Cai, what's the matter?"
"Don't say it, I won't go to Qingyuan!" He seemed to have a lot of things buried in his heart, his chest heaving up and down, these words seemed to make him very difficult to say, he didn't even raise his head.
Xue Juncai wanted to go outside, but was stopped by Yang.
"Jun Cai, what's the matter? Qingyuan is such a good school, do you think your mother has embarrassed you before? I apologize to Zhao'er and Ting Yan..."
Yang was a little hesitant.
Looking at such a face, Xue Juncai just felt very tired. He didn't know what to say, he could only repeat the same sentence.
"Mother, I just don't want to go. Anywhere, not Qingyuan."
"Juncai..."
"If you don't go, don't go, if you don't go, don't go!" Xue Qingshan also suddenly stood up and said angrily: "It's all family members who are used to you, your father is busy with your business, and his legs It’s almost running out. Now that I have found a place for you, you can’t say it, what do you want to do if you don’t go?!”
"Boss, you've done so much to scold Juncai, you've lost your head!" Zhao shi shouted beside him.
"Mother, you think I'm willing to scold him, but look at him..."
Xue Qingshan said that he was filled with righteous indignation and was very excited.
But in Xue Juncai's eyes, it all turned into a pretence.
"Father, how do you have a face, how do you have a face?" Xue Jun shouted this sentence out with difficulty.
"Why do I have no face? Well, you stinky boy, learn to talk back..." Xue Qingshan raised his hand and wanted to hit him, but was hugged by the Yang family.
"Boss, what are you doing!"
The house was a mess, and Xue Jun ran out.
"Anyway, I'm not going to Qingyuan."
That night, there was a lot of trouble in the big room.
The old couple finally persuaded Xue Qingshan to tell the child well, but not long after they returned, the big room started to make trouble again. Xue Juncai just didn't go to Qingyuan, no matter what the big family said.
Xue Qingshan said whatever, he lost his temper and almost didn't hit anyone. Yang shi cried every day, but he couldn't convince him. Not only that, the Xue family also took turns to persuade him, but he just didn't go.
Only Zhao'er and Xue Tingxiang understood what was going on.
So things were put on hold.
Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was the autumn harvest.
The autumn harvest has always been the busiest time for farmers, not only to harvest grain, but also to store winter supplies. After the autumn harvest, the weather suddenly turned cold.
Winter in Yuqing Village is very cold, and Zhao'er's business also depends on the season. When autumn passes and winter begins, there is almost no business to do. However, with the earnings of the previous months, it is possible to have a prosperous year.
Xue Tingxiang was still going back and forth between the academy and his home, but compared to before, his studies were busier because Lin Miao planned to let the four disciples try out in February next year.
It was not until it started to snow that Qingyuan closed the museum, and when it reopened, it would be in the spring of next year.
Xue Tingxiang came home, read and wrote essays every day, and occasionally taught Zhao'er to read. But compared to him, Zhao'er is annoying. She can't go anywhere when it's snowing outside. This is all a lost money, but whoever told her to do a special business, there's really nothing she can do.
The days went on like this, and in a blink of an eye, it was the end of the year.