Wearing the cannon fodder little koi in the imperial examination essay

Chapter 74

I often walk in the countryside to practice medicine. Although I have some regular medicines in my medicine box, most of them are powders and pills, and I can’t make up the medicinal materials needed for the prescription. At that time, Yang Langzhong felt a little apologetic.

"I don't have any medicine with me right now, so I can't make it up. Why don't Erlang go with my house, and I'll make it up for you to bring back?"

Song Xinglin looked at the medicine box Yang Langzhong was carrying, and nodded intentionally. He was also worried about his guests. After all, it was already midnight, and it would not be long before it would be dark. If he left at this time, the group of people at home would Werewolves, what should we do to embarrass his tenant because of the matter of their husband and wife paying the money just now?
Therefore, Song Xinglin was a little hesitant.

"Mr. Yang, it's getting late today, how about I get early tomorrow morning..."

"No! The family has to thresh millet early tomorrow morning. Erlang, you are strong enough to be a strong laborer. Threshing millet is a big deal, so we can't delay it. The only thing we have to do is our millet is still in the field before we see the village. What? If things are delayed, if God doesn’t rain, the millet will rot in the ground, and the whole family will starve.”

Before Song Xinglin finished speaking, Chief Song Bao, who was puffing his cigarette beside him, vetoed Song Xinglin's proposal with a serious face.

Yang Langzhong and Song Xinglin's expressions froze, even Song Xiahe's expression turned pale and ashamed, no matter how biased their grandpa was, no matter how bad they were, what they said made sense.

The scene was a bit tense for a while, but it was the first time that Song Sande felt his father's words when he saw his daughter's loving expression.

"Father, the second sister's health is very important. I can't delay the threshing tomorrow. If my son is going with Yang Langzhong now, the next village is not too far away. My son can travel faster. I think it won't be long before I can make a round trip."

When Zhou Caihua heard San'er's words, she jumped up and objected.

"No, no, you are my son. Tomorrow you will be busy threshing millet. Even if you don't take care of your own body, I, a mother, can't help but take care of you. Saner, if we don't go, it's going to happen soon. It's getting dark, and you're not as capable as Erlang's bastard, the mountains are not peaceful, if you meet a wolf or leopard along the way, how will you let your mother live."

Song San enjoyed taking advantage of his mother's words, and felt that his mother still loved him, so he was conflicted. On the one hand, he felt that his mother was dear, and on the other hand, he was concerned about his daughter. In a dilemma, it was still the daughter who temporarily gained the upper hand.

"Mom, it's not as scary as you said. It's not too far from Manshan Village to Shengzhu Village next door. People are used to walking on the roads. Wild animals generally don't easily go to places where people usually walk. They are also afraid of people." Even if it happens occasionally, I'm not afraid, I'll go and come back quickly with a hatchet, and when I come home, I'll hold a torch."

"That's not okay, anyway, I don't agree." Is she worried about him? She hates spending money and is worried about delaying the threshing tomorrow!
But this time, I don't know if the loving father hidden in my heart was aroused, and the honest Song San was hardened for a rare time.

"Mother, no matter how you say it, I'm going to decide on a son today. Mother, the son is your son, but the son is also the second sister's biological father. As a parent, if the son is in trouble, can I just watch? I'm in trouble, will you and dad just watch my son suffer?"

amount……

How did Zhou Caihua respond to these words?
Even Song Baochang, who was silent on the side, rarely looked seriously at the cowardly San'er in front of him.

"Three, go as soon as you want, go and come back quickly, don't blame the father for not reminding you, in a word, no matter what, you must not delay tomorrow's threshing."

Song Sande got the words from his own father, and he answered with a smile on his face, told his wife who bowed her head and wiped her tears, and called the cowardly son who was nestled in the corner of the yard to look at his daughter, Song Sande Follow Yang Langzhong and leave without saying a word.

Watching the two people's backs leave until they disappeared, Song Baochang sighed and turned around while knocking on his cigarette.

Everyone said that if you are not deaf or dumb, you will not be a family member. I am afraid that this family will become more and more difficult to manage in the future...

Song Baochang couldn't help sighing in his heart, before he turned around, a voice came from the door behind him.

Everyone heard the sound and looked back in unison, and the people who came were also the messy Erfang and the others.

Speaking of earlier, after Zhou Yan's mother and son received the letter, they all rushed to the mountain stream to fish for fish. The result, of course, was the same as Luo Ximei's mother and son. in a mess.

I also blame Zhou Yan and the others for being too greedy, so they just come back if they can't get it. Unfortunately, Zhou Yan refused to go back, and it was delayed until now.

Doesn't it still look naive and late, the people in the mountain stream are all astigmatized, and the mother and son came late, and as soon as they came back, they saw the family members standing at the gate of the courtyard.

Zhou Yan was also surprised that everyone was waiting for their mother and child, so she rushed to greet the children and ran home, but she complained in her heart, could it be that she came back late and made the old man angry?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yan put on a flattering smile on her face, and hurriedly defended herself.

"Father, you and mother are rushing back right now? Hahaha, dad, let me tell you, the mountain stream in our village has a big crop. Isn't this the millet that will be threshed tomorrow? The daughter-in-law brought the children I wanted to catch a big fish for your parents, but you don’t know, the people in the village are like crazy, and the mountain stream is full of people, pity our mother and child Well, I haven't found anything after fishing for a long time, unlike Erlang's family..."

blah blah blah blah...

Zhou Yan is well versed in eloquence and can speak eloquently. In order not to let the old man and the old lady remember her, she hurriedly expressed her filial piety vividly and vividly, and did not forget to deliberately blame Su on the matter.

In fact, she said so much, just to bring the topic to Su's big fish.

Song Xinglin, who knew the sweetheart and bitter stepmother of this plane best, heard the stepmother singing and beating like this, so he didn't know what the vicious woman was planning.

Song Xinglin interrupted someone's self-talk, and talked to Song Bao in a hurry.

"Grandpa, it's all over. It won't be long. My uncle and my father are going to borrow some things to help them. I'm sorry for their hard work. I don't know how many people have gone to borrow things. I guess they have seen a lot of people." His face turned pale, Grandpa, your own son hurts himself, so you can't treat my uncle and my father badly, I don't know if the uncle and the others have a place to eat after this whole day..."

Song Xinglin's words caught Song Baochang's attention very well.

That's right, among other things, he still loves his eldest son very much. After all, he will live with his eldest son in the future.

After being reminded by Song Xinglin, Song Baochang glared at Zhou Yan immediately, raised his hand to hold up the cigarette stick in his hand, and Luo Ximei, who was about to light it and was eager to come forward to complain, finally landed on Ma Xiaoqiao who was still chattering in the yard .

"You guys, what are you doing here, one, two, or three? Erlang is right, he doesn't care what time it is, the chimneys of other people's houses in the village are smoking, but our house is still silent, there will be big troubles in a while." Sending them back is for dinner, so hurry up, what are you doing still in a daze, why don't you let me invite you, and go to the kitchen to make dinner."

They are all a bunch of people who don't worry about it. As a father-in-law, he never bothered to talk to his daughter-in-law, but today he was really aggrieved and angry, and he touched his empty and bulging stomach , Thinking of the suffocation just now, and the grievance of being seen by outsiders as a joke, and then looking at this group of ignorant old women, Song Baochang's eyes fell on the old wife, and his tone was very bad.

"And your old lady, don't stick around anymore, just stare at these three careless people, don't keep sticking around here like a piece of wood."
Luo Ximei, Zhou Yan, and Ma Xiaoqiao faced their father-in-law's anger, how could the three of them dare to complain?
One by one, they smiled respectfully and nodded in favor, and Qi Qi followed behind the angry mother-in-law and hurried to the kitchen.

It's just that Zhou Yan, who sent her children to wash up when she entered the door, didn't forget to stare fiercely in the dark. It's nothing to do with him. The wolf cub who was about to drag the little bitch back to the room deeply hated him. Wolf cubs are too cunning, slippery and difficult to deal with.

After all the people were sent away, the yard was instantly emptied, and Song Baochang felt a little better.

Just turned around, and saw the second grandson dragging his daughter-in-law away at a glance. He didn't care about himself as a grandpa. Not to mention how aggrieved and depressed Song Baochang was, he hurriedly called out, "Erlang wait."

Song Xinglin, who was pulling Yu Su to go back to the room, stopped when he heard the words, he didn't move, he just turned his neck and looked back at the gloomy old man standing in the yard, with a flat tone, "What's the matter, Grandpa?"

Old man Song choked, collected himself, and finally said earnestly: "Erlang, listen to my master's persuasion, saying that family ugliness should not be publicized, in the future, don't..."

Don't worry, Song Xinglin hehehe, he didn't accept this at all, instead he said very bachelorly: "Grandpa, if you are fine, grandson will take the guest back to the house, my guest is frightened today, grandson You have to comfort her well."

Song Baochang... just wanted to scold her.

Depressed to see his grandson returning to him in a perfunctory manner, he walked away, Song Baochang, who had nothing to do with this mess, became anxious again, "Song Xinglin, stop!"

Song Xinglin raised his eyebrows, "Grandpa, do you have anything else to do?"

This impatient tone, this perverse attitude, does he seem to be a grandson? Those who don’t know think he is an ancestor!
Song Bao was so angry that his hand holding the cigarette rod was shaking, but could he do it?No.

Looking at the scorching gaze of the unscrupulous little ruffian looking at him, Song Baochang sighed, "Oh, Erlang, don't go, tomorrow you will be threshing millet, and you have to hold a meeting at home to make arrangements, and now you are also married You're a man, but you're no longer a half-baby, and you have a lot of things to do at home, and you have the strength to do something for the family."

After saying this, in order to be afraid that the stinky boy would blow his hair and hoof, Song Baochang hurriedly continued: "Don't rush to talk, you listen to Grandpa, after all, you and your wife eat the rice at home and live in the house at home. The farming is busy. Grandpa asked you to make something for the family so that you can't live too much? Erlang, don't be so prickly all the time, Grandpa told you not to scold you, Grandpa has to tell you about the arrangement in the field."

Seeing that the old man softened his attitude and took a step back, Song Xinglin didn't say much, and he also took a step back.

"Looking at what you said, grandpa, it seems that the grandson didn't work hard when the farming was busy. Compared with it, the grandson's effort is much better than your old grandson, right? Don't worry, as long as the family doesn't target me With Yuyu, the grandson's work is absolutely unambiguous, as for whether to hold a meeting or not, there is no need, don't worry, the grandson will definitely do less than your big grandson."

"Erlang, why did you talk to your grandfather!"

Blocked by his grandson's words, Song Baochang hadn't responded yet. Zhou Caihua, who was about to go to the small warehouse in the stair compartment to get rice for cooking, happened to come out of the kitchen and heard The second grandson was angry at her old man, Zhou Caihua immediately quit, and hurriedly scolded Song Xinglin, firmly defending her old man.

It doesn't count if the maintenance is over, maybe the anger in my heart is too bad today, just now in the kitchen, she heard the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law say a lot about Yu Su, a broom star in the mountains and streams, but the big fish is cheap Zhou Caihua, who is stingy, feels distressed when she hears about outsiders.

Adding the two sides together, I became more and more annoyed.

New and old grudges came together, Zhou Caihua pointed at the young couple Song Xinglin who was holding hands and went into a rage.

"Erlang, you bastard, are you still ashamed to say that your grandpa favors your elder brother? I think your grandpa only favors you." Zhou Caihua scolded, "It's just saying that people don't go to the fields. What is the family? Who doesn't go to the field? Hmph! Thresh the millet tomorrow, let me all go to the field, including you!"

Standing next to Song Xinglin, Yu Su, who was silently watching the show, saw the angry old woman laying heavily on her body. Before she could speak, Song Xinglin blew up.

Song Xinglin rejected the old lady without thinking, "She won't go to the ground as my guest!", this guy's voice was firm, without a trace of leeway, and he didn't care if he would piss off his mother-in-law.

Sure enough, Zhou Caihua was so angry that she fell on her back, with one hand on her back and the other on her hips, just like a compass with thin legs, she was so angry that she just missed pointing Song Xinglin's nose and scolding.

"Hey, Erlang, don't let your family spoil you just because you are arrogant and powerful. There is no such reason in the world! You don't want to protect your guest everywhere. Don't blame me for saying it. Look for yourself. We are far away from each other. In the countryside, is there any girl and daughter-in-law who don’t work or go to the fields? Oh, is it possible that your family is special?”

"Grandma, I, Song Xinglin, don't care about other people's houses. Anyway, my guest is young, so she just doesn't go down to the field, and she's still a new wife. She's only been here for a few days. What kind of field is she working in? Besides, threshing grain is heavy work, she Can a seven-year-old doll do it?"

"Why can't she do it? Ah, tell me, why can't she do it? If it weren't for Second Sister, a dead girl, who hurt her foot because of your guest, grandma, I would need to be this villain?

Besides, don't say you are a guest at home, it is your younger brother and sister, which one of them can hide away?
Even Goro has to go to the fields to pick up rice grains, so why don't you do the work?Why?

The smelly girl, she can even catch a fish at the expense of outsiders, so what's wrong with asking her to do more work at home?
What I know is that our old Song family begged for a granddaughter-in-law, but those who didn’t know thought our family begged for an ancestor’s family to pay for it!
It's not that I'm warning you, Erlang, our old Song family doesn't raise wastes that are free to eat, such as charming daughter-in-law, our Song family can't afford it!
Anyway, I don't care, your second sister can't move, tomorrow your guest will go to hold the millet for second sister, that's the deal. "

Song Xinglin silently listened to the so-called fish in his pacifier's mouth, and after hearing his pacifier's so-called final word, Song Xinglin laughed angrily, and his heart slipped.

He wondered why the old lady would suddenly show up like this? The relationship is still because of the fish...

Song Xinglin: "Grandma, don't say that fish is not fish, people helped my guest and my sister, my guest thanked Grandma Wang with fish, what's wrong with them?
Don't even think about it, fish;
It is absolutely impossible to ask my guest to go to the ground, and it is useless to say;

If you keep messing around, my grandson will not hand over the pheasants and hares I hunted to you to improve the food. Moreover, my grandson is tired from hunting today, and I won’t be able to get up tomorrow if I want to, so I won’t go to the ground. up. "

After finishing the thunder forcefully, as if to prove what he said was true, Song Xinglin looked at Song Baochang, who was smacking his cigarette, and said in a strangely masculine tone, "Grandfather, what do you think?"

Song Baochang, who was threatened nakedly, choked suddenly.

If this unlucky child does not go to the field, the rice that could be harvested in one day may take two or three days? This is absolutely impossible!
Choked by the smoke, Song Baochang shook his head hastily, and wanted to say something, but Zhou Caihua next to him was even more anxious than him. What she cared about was not the issue of going to the field, but the pheasant and hare Song Xinglin was talking about.

When it came to money and meat, Zhou Caihua was so excited that without saying a word, Shengzi rushed over quickly, dragged Song Xinglin and asked urgently.

"What kind of pheasant, what kind of hare? Did you hunt it up the mountain today? Where is the meat? Where is it? Oh, you unlucky boy, why didn't you say it earlier, God, it's so hot today, you dead boy If you don’t hurry up, why are you delaying, dear grandson, hurry up, hurry up and bring all the meat to grandma, don’t let it all smell bad..."

"It doesn't stink..." Song Xinglin was swayed by the old lady, but his feet remained motionless. He gently patted Yu Su next to him comfortingly. Looking at the anxious Zhou Caihua, Song Xinglin's eyes flashed with teasing.

He still had the same words, the same request, "Grandma, I'm not a guest."

Spring plowing and autumn harvesting, the good and acquainted families in the village are all helping each other. Tomorrow, they will thresh millet by themselves. Naturally, the family they exchanged for help will come to return to work. They have to entertain three hearty threshing meals, and this threshing The rice should not be shabby.

Today, when she went to the market in Baisha Town, she also brought some big money to buy a pig's head, otherwise she would buy some pigs to entertain guests.

As a result, because of the long distance, when they arrived, they had already bought all the pig heads and pig offal that they had been thinking about. The meat left at the butcher stall was good, but who made the price expensive.

Because it was in time for the autumn harvest, meat that normally cost ten yuan a catty was now sold for fifteen or sixteen yuan a catty.

The family had just finished the wedding, and the old man who suffered from the plague was still out of his mind, so let's not talk about the money spent on the wedding banquet, and they also squandered the dowry gift of [-] for nothing, so far they have not been able to get it back.

The purse, which was not rich at first, was mostly empty, but it hurt her heart, how could she be willing to buy good meat to eat, or serve it to such old people as a treat, wouldn't it kill her.

A trip to the market, Zhou Caihua came home empty-handed, Zhou Caihua was thinking, but it was impossible, and asked her children and grandchildren to go to the fields and streams at night to touch some screws, rice field eels, loaches, etc., plus the last piece of old bacon at home. Forget it.

Although these wild things are not allowed to sit on the table, the hospitality is a bit shabby, after all, they are meat, although they will definitely be pointed at by others, but there is nothing I can do about it, otherwise, why do you think she heard Erlang just now? How annoyed would the unlucky family be when they gave away the fish?
Zhou Caihua, who was suffering from no food for guests, would get the pheasant and hare that the dead boy said. Her expression immediately changed from cloudy to sunny, and she even smiled.

Those who go to the ground but don't go to the ground, compared with real meat, that's easy to say.

Thinking of the meat she was about to get, Zhou Caihua was in a good mood, waved her hand, and promised boldly.

"Then what is there to say, Erlang, you are right. Your guest is young, and he will not go to the ground unless he is in the field. Tomorrow let her stay at home with grandma, and together with your unlucky second sister, cook at home. You eat." After finishing the final word, Zhou Caihua looked eagerly at her grandson, fearing that this bastard would change his words, so she hurriedly asked, "Hey Dabao grandson, where is the milk's meat?"

Song Xinglin, who had achieved his goal, smiled, and pointed to the backyard, "Grandma, I've taken care of all the meat, and it's okay to keep it. Grandma, do you think your grandson is considerate and sensible? You are always waiting, grandson will give it to you now." You go get it."

What is it that you get cheap and sell well? This product is right now!
Once again, he accurately grabbed three inches of his grandpa and grandma, and successfully won the rights and interests for his little guest. Song Xinglin said lightly, and dragged Yu Su to the backyard.

It was also to prevent his grandma from taking away the meat that she wanted to leave for her guests to cook a small stove. When going to fetch the meat, Song Xinglin kept watch at the entrance of the alley and only sent Yu Su, a short-legged boy, to the backyard. The secret base of their bacon, take out a chicken and a rabbit to send people.

Standing at the exit of the Yin Lane, Zhou Caihua, who was a little apprehensive and expectant, didn't even bother to pick up the rice for dinner for a while. She stepped on her feet in a hurry and tried to look over there. The second grandson of the gangster who was guarding the entrance was afraid that the gangster would change his mind temporarily, so she had to be patient and did not dare to go forward.

Not only her, but even Song Baochang, who was so devoted to smoking, couldn't help looking at the end of the alley.

I thought to myself, did the stinky boy really hunt rabbits and chickens? Are he really willing to take them out for his family to eat?
You know, although the family can get money from him from time to time on weekdays, the meat is definitely not too much, and it is definitely not good meat. I reckon that it must be the leftovers of the brat who brought home. Yes, right now this...

Fortunately, although Yu Su has short legs, his movements are nimble. The young couple did not keep the impatient Zhou Caihua and his wife waiting for long. After a while, they brought a prepared chicken and rabbit over. Song Baochang and Zhou Caihua Seeing this, I felt relieved.

"Look, grandma, grandson didn't lie to you, right? Here, take them all.", stuffing all the fat chickens and rabbits into Zhou Caihua's hands, Song Xinglin didn't forget to make sure again, "Grandpa, grandpa Grandma, we have agreed that the grandson will raise chickens and rabbits to improve the food for the family, and my guest is too young to be born!"

Zhou Caihua, who was about to leave with a chicken and a rabbit in her arms, waved her hands in a hurry, "Okay, okay, grandma knows, you don't go down to the ground, you don't go down to the ground!"

　Aww, there are ninety-eight monthly tickets, and the extra one hundred will be sent in advance.

　　In addition, dear friends, as I was writing, I suddenly realized that I had confused the ages of Song Qiuyu, the third younger sister of the eldest family, and Song Dongmei, the third younger sister of the second bedroom. It should have been Song Qiuyu, who was seven years old, but I accidentally wrote it as Four years old, in fact, the real four-year-old is the second room, that is, the male lead's half-sister, four-year-old Song Dongmei, I made a mistake, but it has been changed back now, so I would like to explain that it will not affect the readers who want to read.

　　Under the label, the relationship map of the Song family is convenient for everyone to see.

　　Grandpa Song Baochang and grandma Zhou Caihua have three sons and two daughters
　　The eldest son, Song Dayou, married his wife Luo Ximei, and had the eldest son Song Xingshan13, the eldest sister Song Chunxing11, the third son Song Xingjiang9, and the third sister Song Qiuyu7
　　Aunt Song and uncle Zhou Datie had three sons, Zhou had 14 gold, 12 silver and 9 copper
　　The second son is the hero's father, Song Erfa, married his wife Du Simei, and gave birth to the hero Song Erlang 12, Du Simei died, and the hero was three years old

　　Stepwife Zhou Yan, a distant relative of the same clan as Zhou Caihua, called her aunt because of Zhou Caihua, and married into the Song family with a drag bottle

　　There are four sons, Song Xinghe, 7, four younger sisters, Song Dongmei, 4, and yellow peach blossoms in the oil bottle, 10.
　　The third son, Song Sande, married his wife Ma Xiaoqiao and had a second younger sister, Song Xiahe8, and Wulang Song Xingtian5
　　Aunt Song's uncle Zhao Zhenhu has the eldest daughter Zhao Qingman 6 sons 3 Zhao Xuewen

　　
　
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