The wood mage and the native brother

The county seat is still some distance away from Xiaohe Village, and the village's ox carts are not available every day, so the three scholars of Ji's family have to get out of bed every day and rush to the private school in the county seat.

Spring and summer are better, but in late autumn and winter, the cold wind is enough for Ji Hai and the three to drink a pot.

Ji Huan was the youngest, and it was the time when he was too sleepy, and he was standing in the yard with his book bag in his hand, looking sleepy and dull-eyed.

Granny Fang and Mrs. Fang lovingly stuffed Ji Huan with eggs and steamed buns, so that Ji Huan could have breakfast on the way.Fang patted his son's head,

"Son, study hard, and in the future you will come back as a scholar just like your grandfather."

In Fang's heart, Ji Laoxiu is already a top scholar, but Ji Huan is quite talented in reading, and Ji Shuo, who is already better than the big house at a young age, is very valued by Ji Laoxiu.

But Fang felt that his family Ah Huan would not be able to go further than Ji Laoxiu in the future, and maybe it would be no problem to come back with a champion!It's just that it's okay for Fang to think about it in his heart, and he never said it outside the third room.

Ji Huan nodded proudly, and went out with Ji Hai and his son after cleaning up.

Mrs. Xu on the other end sent her husband and son out of the house in a gentle and gentle manner, and when she looked back, she looked weak and said to Mrs. Fang apologetically,

"Third brother and sister, I'm really sorry. I haven't recovered from the wind in the past few days. I'm afraid I will ask you to help me work on the stove for a few days."

Fang immediately lowered his face.

Relying on the fact that she is the daughter of a scholar's family and has the backing of Ji Laoxiucai, Mrs. Xu pretends to be ill and avoids laziness, and even avoids the work on the stove for three thousand miles, as if she is afraid that the smoke will burn her. .

But no matter how angry Fang's family is, Xu's can't help it.Let's not mention that the family is mainly three-bedroom people during the day, and they will suffer from the three-bedroom if they can't cook.Even if Fang wanted to cut corners in Dafang's meals, Granny Fang would not let her go first.

Although Mrs. Fang is partial to Fang's niece, she is not ambiguous at all about men's studies. It's one thing for women's brothers to argue in private. It delays Ji Hai and her two grandsons, Mrs. Fang. Too much face will not be given.

It's just that Mrs. Xu is so blatantly avoiding laziness, not to mention Mrs. Fang, even Mrs. Fang is not good-looking.

Mrs. Xu could turn a blind eye to Mrs. Fang's dark complexion, but she couldn't hold her tongue at Mrs. Fang's place and asked softly,

"Mom, do you still have some green thread at home? I've used up all of those, and I'm in a hurry to get this square handkerchief from the county shop. I have a headache these days and forgot to ask my husband to bring it back for me. Can I get it from you first?" a little?"

When the dark-faced old lady Fang heard this, her complexion softened.

Although Mrs. Xu is a bit tired and lazy, she is really good at embroidery with one hand, and it is always a penny or two pennies higher than other stores when she sells it in the shop.However, the Ji family did not have a separate family, and the money earned by the first and third families had to be handed over to Mrs. Fang for safekeeping. The more the Xu family earned, the more income the family had.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Fang can no longer show too much face to Mrs. Xu, otherwise Mrs. Xu will not care about embroidery.

After the cooking was over, Mrs. Fang went back to the house and found a small bundle of green thread for Mrs. Xu, but she still reprimanded,

"Your husband-in-law went to the county town to study hard in order to test his fame in the future. How can you let him do these women's jobs for you? What if Ji Hai's heart is divided?! How can your little troubles be with Ji Hai?" What is the comparison between Hai and Ashuo's future?"

Mrs. Xu simply bowed her head and admitted her mistake,

"I know I was wrong, and I won't dare again in the future."

Seeing Mrs. Xu with her head down and her face supple, Mrs. Fang felt relieved, and said by the way,

"If you don't have enough threads, ask Brother Deng to buy them for you when he goes to the county tomorrow. When he comes back later, you should tell him what you want to buy. Don't be that stupid and make a mistake. It will cost you a lot to replace it at that time." Time, it’s not good to delay the shop.”

Mrs. Xu responded with a smile, and walked back to Dafang's room with small steps, holding the ball of thread on her temples.

Fang looked at the closed door of the big room angrily, knowing that the door would not open until it was time for lunch.Turning around to complain to Granny Fang, Granny Fang had already taken a step back and went to the backyard to feed chickens and pigs.Fang stomped her feet angrily, but she had no choice but to dive into the fire room, thinking of finding a place for herself.

Ji Jiang woke up immediately, and she had to eat and drink enough to go to the field to be able to do the work, so she didn't have time to be so sullen with Mrs. Xu.

Although Ji's family has [-] mu of land, only Sanfang and Ji Deng can farm. It is obviously whimsical to plant the [-] mu of land in time.

In desperation, Ji Lao Xiucai rented half of it to the villagers, and the rent was collected at the end of each year.

Even so, it was very difficult for Ji's family, who only had a strong labor force to dig the land. Ji Jiang worked non-stop from morning to night for several days.

Therefore, within a few steps of the three of Ji Hai, Ji Jiang got up from the kang, ate a large bowl of Fang's muddled porridge, wiped his mouth with a palm-sized steamed bun, and went down to the ground.

After Fang finished cooking breakfast for Ji Jiang, he began to tidy up inside and out.The work of feeding the livestock in the backyard is something that Mrs. Fang can only do, but Mrs. Fang just feeds them and does not care about it. Sister Xie and Mrs. Fang are hired to chop pig grass and mix chaff.Swept the front and back yards, wiped the main room and the fire room, after a lot of effort, even with Brother Yan's help, sweat broke out on his forehead.

Sister Xie who came from the backyard saw her and was about to take the handkerchief, but Mrs. Fang turned and drove Sister Xie into the house.

"It's hard not to go to the mountains to save effort, why don't you go back to the house and embroider your handkerchief, I let you stay at home just to let you clean the table and wash the dishes?!"

Sister Xi was drunk a few words, she retracted her outstretched hand, and glanced quietly at Brother Yan, who was struggling to walk towards the fire room holding a pile of thick firewood on his arms.

If Fang could not let Sister Xie do the hand-grinding work, he would ask Brother Yan to do it. He was afraid that if she roughed her hands before she got married, her future husband would dislike her, but she didn't care about Brother Yan at all.If it wasn't for Brother Deng at home, Brother Yan would have to do even chopping firewood.Who told Yan Geer to be a brother, not as good as a female baby in giving birth to sons, but also stronger than a female baby, how many people use it as a male baby, drag it off to eighteen or nineteen years old, and marry it as a daughter in exchange for a bride price.

Sister Xi is a girl's family, even if the bride price is higher than that of brother's family, Fang naturally loves it more.

What's more, Mrs. Fang still counted on Sister Xie to practice her embroidery skills well, so that she could put Xu's head on her head to give her a long face, so Sister Xie responded in a low voice, went back to the house, picked up the embroidery basket, and sat by the window to embroider carefully. up.

Mrs. Fang nodded in satisfaction. Ji Jiang and Brother Deng would do the work in the field. She and Brother Yan would do more work at home. If you don't sell Xu's handkerchief for ten cents, you will have a better life when you get married in the future.

Even Brother Yan, Fang also plans to let her take care of her body two years before she gets married, so that she will not be disliked when she marries into her husband's family in the future.

As for the remaining work, Fang is not worried. With Deng Geer and Ji Xiaomei around, there will be no one to do it.

Speaking of Brother Deng, Fang looked up at the sky, frowned and muttered,

"It's weird, why hasn't Brother Deng come back yet?"

Usually at this moment, Brother Deng had already picked wild vegetables and cut pigweeds and came back, chasing Ji Jiang down to the field, why is it so late today.

Fang rolled her eyes angrily, even if she was so honest and stupid, she also thought about being lazy and hiding.

As the second most important person in the Ji family, Mrs. Fang was naturally the top leader of the Ji family when Mr. Ji lived in the county.Except for the pigs and chickens that can be sold for silver and can be used by Mrs. Fang, nothing else can touch her.

Mrs. Fang is not like the old women in the village who like to hang out at one place or drop by to talk about the family's faults. She just hangs around at home to check how her daughter-in-law and granddaughter are doing, and the rest of the time she just lies in the house. If they don't come out, Sister Xie and Brother Yan can breathe a sigh of relief.

Waiting for the day to brighten, Mrs. Fang came out from the house again, glanced at the yard, and casually asked Mrs. Fang, who was bending over to serve the vegetable leaves in the vegetable patch,

"Brother Deng, are you back? Why didn't you hear anything?"

Fang straightened up, curled her lips and said,

"I haven't seen it. I've been busy in this front yard for half a day. If Brother Deng comes back, how can I not see it? He looks cunning, and doesn't even think about where the food and drink at home come from when he doesn't work."

It's not that Fang really has such a big opinion on Ji Deng, but he just used Brother Deng's accusations and scolding Huai to tell the people in the big house.Speaking of the latter, he raised his voice even more.

Mrs. Fang thought clearly about this niece's carelessness, but she avoided talking about it. After all, there would be no one to discuss this matter to death.He only raised his harsh eyebrows and glanced at the dirt road outside the gate of the courtyard. Children with snotty noses and faces in the village occasionally frolicked and chased past, but there was no sign of Brother Deng and his sister.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter, seeing that it was time for Ji Jiang to dig the ground, Granny Fang's face became darker and darker, and she cursed,

"You son of a bitch is really wild? Why are you delaying the work in the field if you haven't come back now?!"

He really did the same thing as their father!They are all honest on the surface and cunning on the inside!

Granny Fang gritted her teeth and felt angry. The second child, Jihe, was opportunistic when he was young. He didn't listen to their husband and wife. For the Ji's family, who are more concerned about their face, it is a scandal that lingers in their throats.

Although Brother Deng has been acting stupid at home and outside in recent years, who can tell if he is just like the second child with a bad heart in his heart!This pretending almost deceived her!

Mrs. Fang was getting angry when she saw two little people, one tall and one lower, appearing on the path outside the courtyard. When they got closer, they realized that they were brother and sister Deng.

Granny Fang took a closer look, and her anger was about to rise again.I saw that the clothes of the brother and sister were covered with dust, and there were still a few scratches, leaving only a few threads, exposing the arms and legs inside.

Before Granny Fang stretched out her hands to grab Ji Deng's ears, Ji Deng pounced forward and began to cry, his face collapsed.

"Grandmother—grandmother—the two of us almost couldn't come back—"

Ji Deng cried with snot and tears, looking very pitiful.Granny Fang's outstretched hand froze in embarrassment.

When Ji Deng saw it, he cried even harder, but he paid attention to Granny Fang's face inadvertently.After wailing for a long time, seeing that Mrs. Fang was about to get impatient, she stopped crying and spoke clearly,

"All the wild vegetables on the side of the mountain have been picked. My little sister and I couldn't find them after searching for a long time, so we walked into the mountain, but we didn't see the slope, and we rolled down when we stepped on the air. If it wasn't for a vine If we can catch it up, we will never come back again, wow—”

Ji Deng always works in silence on weekdays, and he doesn't say a word when he suffers from hardships. Mrs. Fang has long been used to it and treats him like Ji Jiang.Now that Ji Deng was crying like this, Granny Fang just remembered in a daze that Ji Deng is only fourteen this year, and although she saw that she was old enough to say goodbye, she was still a baby.