The old woman is sincerely grateful. The two young people who were rescued by me are also helping to talk. I don’t want to accept the gift from each other. The corpse collector has his own rules. People pay for it. I work. After the work, both parties Do not owe each other.
I politely declined. The old woman seemed to be a little anxious, and said: "We Feng family owes them all the favors they have to pay."
The old woman’s status in their Feng family is estimated to be very high. The 40-year-old middle-aged man said to me: "Brother, the Feng family has some face on the river beach anyway. If things go out, we won’t repay such kindness. I don’t know. The people here still have to gossip, and a boat is not worth a lot of money, so I don’t need to refuse, let’s accept it."
"Let’s go, let’s go." The two young men took my arm and said, "Go to our village and live for two days. We will get the boat out and ask someone to transport it to the river bank. Down the river."
They took one bite from Feng's family. I didn't even care about it. After listening to it a lot, I remembered some rumors that I had heard when chatting with people before.
It seems that there is only one big family family named Feng on Dahetan. However, this family is not a quagmire family. To put it bluntly, it is actually a landlord. The family has money, has a lot of land, and hired a lot of tenant farmers. There are five brothers in the Feng family, and they are in power mainly because of the second of the five brothers.
The second child of the Feng family was called Feng Youde. When he was young, he left home to study. Anyway, he didn't know how to toss. Before finishing his studies, he went to join the army. At that time, there was a gun and the grass head king, so although Feng Youde was not in the river beach, the Feng family was still very powerful.
However, the Feng family has a good reputation. The tenants who work in their house live much better than other tenants.
I don't want to cheat on Feng's family, it's just that people have talked to this point, and if I refuse, it will be a little unkind. The Feng family has a big business, and a small boat is nothing to them, but it is a big gain for me.
While I was hesitating, the rescued girl named Xiuxiu was already able to get up. She leaned on the old woman's shoulder, looked at me, then looked at the old woman, and whispered something.
"We Xiuxiu also said that good people should be rewarded." The old woman heard Xiuxiu's words and said to me: "It's boring to push around for a boat."
"Okay." I dispelled the hesitation in my heart, and the people thanked me sincerely. I kept pushing around here, and I felt grind, so when the old lady said this, I agreed.
We walked back for a while, and someone from Feng's family rushed over again, with two cars. The Feng's family members took the car, and the rest of the servants and tenants were walking.
While riding in the car, the old woman babbled a lot. When Xiuxiu's father was very young, because the family did not take good care of him, he broke his leg. Although his name is worry-free, he suffered a disability. Because of this, the old woman felt very sorry for her son. In addition, Xiuxiu's father passed away so early that she left this daughter. The old lady Feng was very fond of Xiuxiu.
Feng's family is actually far away from here, but there is a Zhuangzi nearby that usually grows melons and vegetables. Sometimes the Feng family will come to Zhuangzi to live for a few days. this
The second time was when a family of young and old went to Zhuangzi to play, Xiuxiu accidentally fell into the water while she was by the river. Mrs. Feng and the others didn't care about anything, so they ran down upstream to save people.
We arrived at Zhuangzi in a carriage. Feng's Zhuangzi was almost a village, with many tenants living in it, and the fields on the riverbank belonged to Feng's family. After arriving at Zhuangzi, I stayed here for a night. The rest of the Feng family was very polite. Only the middle-aged man in his thirties who arrived later, looked a bit despised. The youngest of these sons is called Feng Youyi.
"The fifth master has a bad temper." The tenant said to me kindly: "If you have anything, go and tell the third master, the third master is kind and easy to talk."
The third master whom the tenant said was a man in his forties who had been following the old lady Feng, named Feng Youxin, who was older and more stable.
I didn't think so much, anyway, there was nothing to ask Feng Youyi, regardless of his temper.
After staying in Zhuangzi for one night, a large number of people rushed home the next day. After walking for almost a whole day, I arrived at Feng's house. The Feng family is indeed a big family, and a large family lives in a house. The beaches near the house are the property of the Feng family.
As soon as he arrived at Feng's house, Feng Youxin greeted people immediately and got out the idle boat at their house. This is also a small fishing boat, but it is very new and very strong. It is more than ten times stronger than my broken boat. With this boat, I can save myself and save money to buy a new boat. I am very happy.
"Brother, you also accept this." Feng Youxin took another dozen yuan out of the ocean and forced it into my hand, saying: "This is an old lady. If you don't accept it, we won't be able to explain it to her. "
I can't help but accept the money. I told Feng Youxin that I wanted to leave tomorrow. Feng Youxin fully agreed, stating that I would send someone to the river beach early in the morning and I could leave by myself.
On this night, I slept very steadily. With a boat and money, I can live more comfortably during this flood season.
The next day, I got up early, had some breakfast, and planned to see if Feng's servant had transported the boat to the river bank. As soon as I left the house, I ran into Feng Youxin. Feng Youxin greeted me for breakfast. I said that I had already eaten, and he took me to sit down and chat.
I just wondered, what day did you get up in the morning to talk? However, Feng Youxin has always been very polite to me, and I am not easy to save others' face.
Sitting down and talking about it for a while, the more I listened, the more strange it became. Feng Youxin seemed to be repeating my words back and forth, asking me how old I was, what I used to be at home, and how my parents died.
"Feng Sanye, if you have anything to say, you might as well just say it." I was dizzy when Feng Youxin asked, and didn't want to spend so much brains, and said directly to him: "I was originally a person with no family background, and my parents are poor. ."
"Chat, just ask." Feng Youxin stood up, patted me on the shoulder, and said: "Brother, you stay for a while, the old lady said, I will entertain you for a drink at noon."
After Feng Youxin left, I started to whisper in my heart. However, I still didn't think so much until now. I was not well-known and the Feng family was a big family. There was no reason to embarrass me.
Arrived
In the afternoon, the Feng family held a family banquet, but there were only two brothers, Mrs. Feng and Feng Youxin and Feng Youyi. I was a little bit cramped and couldn't sit still, and drank two glasses of wine in a hurry. Old lady Feng coughed slightly, Feng Youxin put down her chopsticks quickly and said to me: "Brother, we have something to discuss with you."
"what's up?"
"This, this..." Feng Youxin looked at Mrs. Feng. He seemed to be unable to open his mouth. After hesitating, he said, "Brother, my niece is Xiuxiu, and it is not my own boast. She looks very handsome and has a temper. It’s also gentle. When Xiuxiu was young, we specially hired a husband to teach her to read and read. It is said that she is knowledgeable. It’s just... Xiuxiu had a quarrel with the old lady for a long time yesterday and said that she had fallen into the water by herself. After that, feeling dizzy, I heard someone in her ear saying that the person who saved her was the man in her life..."
"What does this mean?" I was stunned, Feng Youxin said this. How could I not understand what he meant, but I couldn't believe it was true.
"That's right, brother, would you like to be a door-to-door son-in-law?" Feng Youxin guessed that it would be abrupt and embarrassing to say this, hehe and laughed twice: "Don't worry, we are determined not to treat you badly."
"No, no." I shook my head quickly. I didn't know the Feng family at all. It was the first time I met with that Xiuxiu. Although I was a countryman on the river beach, I also knew that I would marry a wife and get married. It's impossible to be a son-in-law as soon as I meet you for a lifetime.
"Brother, if you want a house and land, it's just one sentence..."
"It's really not a matter of house and land."
"We feel embarrassed when we say these things." Old lady Feng couldn't sit still and said, "Xiuxiu usually has a temperament, but this time, I don't know what happened, so she just talked to me, if it wasn't. The method, who would pull down his face and say something like this. You don’t have to be anxious, stay here for a few days, think about it for yourself, in short, I will never lose you."
"But… "
"But what!?" Feng Youyi patted the table, frowning and said: "This is my elder brother's daughter, it is not my turn to discipline, if this is my own daughter, dare to say to hire a son-in-law, I Break her leg! Don't you know where our Feng family came from? If you are recruited to be the son-in-law of the door-to-door, that is to give you a big face at the gate of the city. Go and have fun by yourself, and still pretend to be here."
"How did I pretend? I didn't plan to come here. If I don't come, there won't be so many things."
Mrs. Feng hurriedly scolded Feng Youyi. Feng Youyi was very temperamental. She didn't always look at people with a straight eye, but she didn't dare to disobey Mrs. Feng. She was yelled at, and Feng Youyi sat down and drank.
"Brother, our Feng family doesn't do unreasonable things. We talk about ten thousand things. Old lady, I just feel sorry for my granddaughter. Then, you don't have to be busy agreeing or rejecting things. Stay here for three or four. God, think about it carefully. If you are willing, then everyone will be happy. If you are really unwilling, we will decide not to embarrass you, how about it?" Mrs. Feng sighed and said, "You think about it yourself, even if When you don’t want to, I have something to tell Xiuxiu."
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