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Of course, Grandma Bai would not let the family idle. Even the second mother, the third mother and the fourth mother were sent to embroider sachets and wear shoe soles in the yard, so that they could sell some money when they went to the county fair tomorrow.

After Sanlang finished sweeping the chicken coop, Grandma Bai stuffed a bamboo basket into her hand, and said as a matter of course: "Go to the mountains and have a look. If there are wild vegetables, pick up some wild vegetables, and if there are no wild vegetables, pick up some firewood."

There was a bit of weight in the bamboo basket. Bai Xin opened it and saw two glutinous dumplings and a pot of water inside. He reached out and touched the dumplings. As expected, they were like stones when they were cold. pit to.

Although people often go to the back mountain of the village, it is only limited to adults. If you go deep, there will be wild animals, or snakes, insects, rats and ants. Ordinary people tell their children not to run into the mountain, but this Bai family twisted it. It turns out that in Grandma Bai's heart, no one can take her heart except Erlang.Mrs. Cao looked at her son worriedly. When Grandma Bai saw her eldest daughter-in-law crying in mourning, she became furious, snorted a few times, pointed at him and cursed, "It's not right to ask him to pick wild vegetables. Let him go to die, who are you showing this expression to?"

Mrs. Cao shook her head again and again, her body trembled, and she couldn't speak smoothly.

Wu Niang clutched her clothes uneasily, and when Grandma Bai had finished scolding, she whispered, "Grandma, can I go with Second Brother too?"

Cao's heart twitched, her expression twisted, and she suddenly looked at her daughter.

Grandma Bai narrowed her eyes, and the wrinkles on her forehead deepened. She glanced at the youngest granddaughter. Bai Wuniang's scalp was numb from her look, and she couldn't help lowering her head, twisting her clothes awkwardly. He looked like a doormat, with fire in his heart, and scolded in a cold voice: "You're old enough to know how to play, and you're not at home learning sewing from your sisters? You don't know anything, and see who will want you in the future."

Telling this to a six-year-old doll, Grandma Bai was a bit over the top, Bai Xin gritted her teeth secretly, seeing that Wu Niang was ignorant, she couldn't hold her head up.

Three Niangs and Fourth Niangs were embroidering handkerchiefs, holding the needle with their slender fingers and flying back and forth. After a while, they embroidered a piece of plum petals. The tender pink flowers on the moon-white base cloth were delicate and charming.The two sisters looked at each other when they heard the words, Wu Niang looked good, especially in the past two years, her brows and eyes were wide open, her eyes were round, like Xing'er, the two of them were already a little wary, and they didn't want to let her go. She imitated female celebrity, Si Niang stopped what she was doing, and said with a smile: "Grandma, Fifth Sister is still young, let her play with Third Brother."

San Niang also echoed beside her.

Hearing this, Wu Niang quietly raised her head, her eyes were a little red, and she looked gratefully at the two sisters, but Bai Xin squinted her eyes. He knew that these two people would not be so kind, but he couldn't figure it out even if he guessed badly. These two little girls really thought.

Er Niang originally wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, she agreed, "Grandma, let Fifth Sister go with me, the two of us pick a lot of wild vegetables, it would be great if we could find fungus, my second brother likes to eat it the most." Fungus."

Obviously, Bai Erniang's intentions were even more obvious, Sanniang and Siniang curled their lips in disdain and whispered something.

As soon as Erlang was mentioned, Grandma Bai was obviously moved. She still had a straight face, but she nodded, "Go with your second brother, and look for fungus in the trees."

Wu Niang's eyes lit up, and Grandma Bai walked into the kitchen and brought out a bamboo basket. By the way, she took a Wunuo dumpling and stuffed it in. After Wu Niang took it, she carried it with some difficulty on her back. Bamboo basket, and then couldn't wait to pull Bai Xin's sleeve.

Cao's face was worried, she wanted her daughter to learn how to work as a female worker at home.The aunt looked at Wu Niang enviously. She walked to the door of the kitchen, carried two water jars on her back, and whispered, "I'll go to the field to bring some water to the second uncle and the eldest brother."

Grandma Bai glanced at her, gave her a lukewarm acknowledgment, and told her not to be playful, and come back quickly, there is still a lot of work to be done at home, Aunt Bai heaved a sigh of relief, nodded like a chick picking rice, and carried her back Jars went out with Bai Xin and Wu Niang.

Going to the back mountain, passing by the Bai family's fields, after walking for a while, I saw Bai Ershu and Bai Dalang turning the soil with a rake in a field. Then, one after another, I saw that the sweat on Bai Dalang's head was like a stream, and the jacket was stuck to his body.

Second Uncle Bai didn't think the children could see anything, and besides, they were all from big houses, so he wasn't afraid. He still raked a few times in a weak manner, then pretended to wipe the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, and stopped to look. Several people said, "Auntie, Sanlang, and Wuniang are here!"

Dalang concentrated on raking the ground, but he didn't realize that it was the second uncle who made the noise. He raised his arm and wiped his face. There are all gangsters in this meeting, and he showed a simple and honest smile.

Bai Xin suddenly had a mentality of hating iron but not steel, and couldn't help but sighed again. Dafang and his family are all honest people, and they don't even know how to be lazy. The aunt put the jar on the ground and used it slightly larger than at home. The voice said: "Second Uncle, Big Brother, take a break and drink some water."

Second Uncle Bai walked over immediately, took off his straw hat to fan the wind, and muttered, "It's so hot."

Da Lang also came over, but without saying anything, he picked up the jar directly, gurgling, and went down half of the jar in one breath.

Second Uncle Bai glanced at the bamboo baskets on the backs of Sanlang and Wuniang, and he knew what was going on, his little triangular eyes narrowed immediately, "Sanlang and Wuniang are going into the mountains, look for more fungus , Mushrooms and the like, your second brother likes to eat."

Wu Niang glanced at Bai Xin, seeing that he didn't mean to speak, she immediately responded.

But Bai Xin felt a little strange in his heart. He always felt that the second uncle Bai's behavior was a little bit wrong. It seemed that since he woke up, the two of them hadn't looked at each other. It is said that they should be brothers to him when they asked him to go to the mountain to pick fungus. But when Second Uncle Bai was talking, he was looking at Wu Niang. Bai Xin raised his head and pretended to look at Second Uncle's face normally.

Uncle Bai smiled unnaturally, and blocked Bai Xin's sight by fanning the wind with his straw hat. His eyes glanced at Bai Xin, and then quickly looked at Wu Niang, "Wu Niang, I will follow you later. Good Saburo, don't be naughty."

Besides Dafang's own family, Wuniang had the most affection for this second uncle who rarely got angry, she raised her head and responded loudly.

"Okay, hurry up, go early and come back early."

Wu Niang tugged at Bai Xin's sleeve excitedly. Bai Xin nodded to the others and was about to leave. The aunt stood dryly in the field, looked at the two of them enviously, and finally whispered: "Be careful!" Do not go too deep."

Bai Xin saw the aunt's expression and knew that she wanted to go too, but if the aunt went into the mountain with her today, she would inevitably be beaten and scolded when she went back at night.

Wu Niang didn't think about it so much, she responded cheerfully, and had already run to the front, urging Bai Xin to hurry up, the two of them walked farther and farther, and they were almost out of the plowing area, and the shadow of the back mountain became clear.

Bai Xin looked at Bai Wuniang almost dotingly, her small appearance overlapped with the figure in her memory, his former sister was also playful, she loved to pester him to tell interesting things about other places, and would pounce on him when he came home. Into his arms, sweetly called "brother".

Wu Niang, who was walking in front, slowed down, and then stood next to Bai Xin, with her head down, not as excited as before.

Bai Xin came back to his senses and sensed Wu Niang's uneasiness. Just as he was about to ask what was the matter, he found two half-grown children standing beside the field ridge. One of them was a little strange, probably not from the village, and the other was chubby and strong. It looks like Thirteen Four, Bai Xin recognizes him, but in fact he is only Eleven or Twelve.

Those two children looked over with malicious intentions. The fat one was Erhu. Because he loved to bully others, most children of the same age would not play with him. Erhu snorted heavily and introduced to the other person: "That is the Bai family. Dafang’s grandson, his sister is the one who was introduced to your village last time, but was rejected. I heard that she is 15 years old, and she can’t be called her husband’s family. Have you ever seen Mrs. Bai, she looks like a monkey, so ugly .”

When Bai Wuniang saw Erhu talking about her sister, her eyes turned red with grievance, and she gave a hasty look, but when she saw Erhu's strong figure, she quickly lowered her head in fright, her shoulders shrank, and her little hands tightly grasped her. Basket, with nails dug into the meat, kept whispering: "Eldest sister is not ugly. Eldest sister is the prettiest besides mother."

Her voice was really low, Bai Xin was so close to her, but she could only hear a few words vaguely.

Erhu continued without hesitation: "His family is poor, and there is no dowry. Who wants her!"

The other child nodded in agreement and muttered, "No wonder the old Wang family disagrees."

Bai Xin occupied Bai Sanjin's body, and also inherited some memories, but it was not complete. After Erhu said it, he remembered that it seemed like last year, Grandma Bai asked someone to talk to Aunt Bai about their marriage, but in the end it was nothing. Because of the embarrassment of this matter, the Bai family will not talk about it. Bai Sanjin once saw his mother crying in her arms a few times, and heard these words vaguely.

The girl's reputation can't allow outsiders to talk nonsense like that, especially Aunt Bai, who has been taking care of him since he woke up. At this moment, Bai Xin only felt that a ball of fire was stuck in his chest, and his breathing was burning with scorching heat. , he tensed up all over, his eyes gleamed with anger, and his teeth creaked.

Seeing Bai Xin's unkind eyes, Erhu stared provocatively, raised his fist and gestured, and shouted, "Why, don't accept it, your sister is ugly. If you can't get married, no one will want you. If you can't marry No one wants to go out! Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

Bai Xin couldn't take it any longer, threw the basket and rushed towards Erhu.