I was divorced because I got pregnant during the lean years, so I went back to my parents’ home and

It's cloudy today and it gets dark early.

Shitou finished his meal early and set out with Song Laohei and the patrol team.

First I took a walk around the foot of the mountain.

"Brother Laohei, we've been here for days and haven't seen a single bandit. Why don't we go back to bed early?"

Wang Erya’s brother Wang Dashan complained.

Song Laohei's face fell and he said, "Why, did you come here for nothing? You wandered around for a few days and got an acre of good farmland. Aren't you satisfied?"

Wang Dashan said: "My sister is getting married tomorrow, and there are a lot of things to do at home. I have been busy all day, and I have to come out to do this at night. What's wrong with me complaining a few words? Besides, how many people are willing to come here? Isn't it all for that acre of good farmland?"

Wang Ershan followed up and said, “Yes, I’ve been really tired these past few days.

After chopping wood all day, I want to go to bed with my wife at night, but I have to go out and get bitten by insects and mosquitoes..."

After hearing what the two brothers said, everyone else also became listless.

The original incentive of fertile land and money from begging can no longer motivate them.

Shitou walked in front. His mind was on protecting Jijia Bay, the ancestral hall, and the handicraft shop founded by his sister.

If my sister comes back.

The ancestral hall was robbed by bandits, and he couldn't forgive himself.

Several figures flashed in the woods ahead and quickly disappeared into the woods, causing the birds to flutter into the sky in fear.

Everyone was so frightened that they dared not speak and just stared into the woods.

"Oh no, something's happening!" Shi Tou said in a low voice.

"Brother Hei, take them to the village quickly to see if there is anything unusual?"

As Shitou said this, he was about to go into the woods, but was grabbed by Song Laohei.

"You can't go alone, it's too dangerous! Let's go back to the village together and inform the head of the village..."

Ji Lizheng followed them around the village several times with a knife in hand, but found nothing unusual.

"Add a few more people at night and notify the villagers if there is any situation." Ji Lizheng said.

That night, more than a dozen patrol members walked around the village with their eyes wide open all night.

The next day, at daybreak, another group of people took over the patrol.

A red ribbon was hung on the door of Wang Erya's house early in the morning. Today is Erya's wedding day.

Men are hunters in the mountains.

When he came to Erya's house for the first time, he gave her ten taels of silver, two pheasants, two rabbits, and a wild boar leg.

I brought a red satin dress and several sets of hair ornaments and hairpins for Erya.

Erya's mother and her two sisters-in-law were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.

Arya fiddled with the silver-glittering ornaments and secretly went to see the hunter.

A very tall man, I couldn't see his face clearly.

This is the first time to find so many things in Jijiawan. Unfortunately, Ji Xiaobei is not at home.

We can no longer see the moment when she puts on her red wedding dress and wears many silver hairpins on her head.

The two sisters-in-law got up early in the morning and pasted red window decorations and red wedding characters all over the yard.

I started preparing meals again. My sister-in-law is finally getting married, and there will be one less mouth to feed at home.

Before noon, the hunter arrived in his horse-drawn carriage.

Everyone in the village gathered around to watch the fun.

Erya's mother proudly distributed small wedding cakes to everyone.

"Everyone, come and share in the good news. My Erya married a very good man. Look, he brought so many things..."

The villagers couldn't help but flatter him.

Mrs. Lin did not come to join in the fun. She and Haixia Niang put away all the things in the ancestral hall.

"Boss, if you put all these things away, how are we going to work later?"

Strait Lady asked.

She had not yet finished the work that Ji Xiaobei left for her when he left.

Counting the days, Ji Xiaobei will be back in two days.

"Mother Haixia, please talk to Aunt Song and pay them off. Let them all take a holiday from today and wait a few days before starting again!"

Mrs. Lin said.

"Ah, a holiday? Then...what if the work is delayed?" asked Haixia Niang.

"It's okay. I'll talk to Xiaobei when she comes back."

Haixia's mother nodded and went to Erya's house to find Aunt Song.

She is a person who loves to join in the fun, and she must be at Erya's house now.

Aqi and Xiaoju helped Mrs. Lin pack two large bags.

"Beg, it's not that Aunt Lin doesn't want to keep you. Look at the chaos in the village. If bandits really come, Aunt Lin is afraid that something will happen to you. You'd better leave!"

Mrs. Lin said to Aqi that when they were escaping, Shitou would have to protect one more person, and she didn't want that.

"Okay, Auntie, I'll be leaving in a minute! I'll go to Cishui Town and wait for Sister Xiaobei."

Mrs. Lin: Well, you can go wherever you want, as long as you leave my house.

As expected, Haixia Niang found Aunt Song at the door of Erya's house.

"What's going on? The ancestral hall is going to be closed for the holidays! Should we go and pay the workers?"

Aunt Song shouted in a loud voice.

When the surrounding old women and young wives heard this, they immediately stopped laughing.

If the ancestral hall is closed, they will have no wages to earn, and the dozen or so cents a day will be wasted.

At that time, a young wife grabbed Aunt Song's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, go talk to Aunt Lin. We can't have a holiday. It's not a festival, so why should we have a holiday?"

"Well, I'm going to the ancestral hall to take a look!" Aunt Song threw away the melon seed shells in her hand, wiped her hands on her butt, and ran to the ancestral hall.

The women behind her ran after her, shouting, "Aunt Song, we can't collect our wages, and we can't take our holidays..."

"Sister Song, we can work and don't need to rest. Everything is fine at home..."

"Aunt, I won't take a leave today. My child's fever has been cured early this morning..."

A group of women followed Aunt Song, all shouting "Aunt Song" at the top of their lungs.

Aunt Song was also very anxious. Once the holiday came, she and Ming'er would not get paid. It would be terrible if they did not earn any wages and just ate and drank all day and waited to die.

She became anxious and moved her legs faster. She accidentally tripped over a broken tree root and fell forward.

With a thud, he fell to the ground.

"Aunt, are you okay?"

"Aunt Song..."

The women hurriedly turned her over.

Some were pinching her philtrum, some were stroking her back, some were caressing her breasts, and countless hands were scratching her body.

Aunt Song took a breath, slowly opened her eyes and asked, "Did the ancestral hall say they were going to have a holiday?"

The women looked at each other in bewilderment: Didn't you just say that? How would we know!

"Emma, ​​no, we have to go and ask clearly..." There was a big bump on her leg and she couldn't stand straight.

But it didn’t matter. The women had plenty of strength. Some raised their arms, some raised their legs, some supported their buttocks, some pulled their arms, and two of them held her head.

They went towards the ancestral hall in a mighty procession.

Haixia Niang ran very fast and came to the ancestral hall to report the news.

After hearing what Haixia Niang said, Mrs. Lin turned pale and asked with trembling lips:

"What's going on? They didn't let me take a holiday, and they also stopped Aunt Song from paying me wages. They even knocked me unconscious on the road. Oh my god, damn it! I told you that you can't open this handicraft shop. Now you see, I'm in a dilemma..."