The Landlord And His Wife

Slowly cold, after dark, even if the wind blows, the cold air penetrates the bones.

Liu Xuer was sitting beside Liu Gao's and Liu Laohan's kang in the old house, Moriko was sitting next to her, waiting for her to smash walnuts for herself. The old man Liu was still sitting on the kang, with one leg stretched out, smoking a dry cigarette. Liu Gao sat on the edge of the kang and took the soles of his shoes.

Other adults sat scattered in the room.

The old man Liu took a puff of dry cigarette, smoke rings in his mouth, before he said anything, he warned Ma Shi: "Today this matter is to discuss with you, you can say anything, if you are in Just kidding, just let me out!"

Mr. Ma followed with a smile and said: "Dad, look at what you said... My daughter-in-law is not the family of a drunk man, why are you still playing a fool..." Eye Liu Gao.

Liu Gao lowered his head to take in the soles of his shoes without saying a word.

It's over, this needs to be discussed and divided. The second thing, Liu Hong's wedding day is not a few days left, most of the things, what should be purchased, will be discussed today, your brothers will contribute some money thing."

When Mr. Ma heard the first thing, his eyes lit up, he looked at Liu Changqi frequently, and when he heard the second thing, he immediately frowned and gave a message Invisible pressure.

Liu Changqi, as the boss, followed the words of the old man Liu: "Dad, you can do it."

The old man Liu nodded, looked at his son and daughter-in-law under the kang, and said, "Now the third child and his daughter-in-law go to live in the city, and they don't come back, don't talk, don't know anything... If I don’t have this son, I won’t talk about it! The three of you are the brothers to finish the work, and the three of you will share the money. The 1,000 pennies you gave last year have already been used by the family, so it doesn’t count. The remaining three thousand, only one thousand per person, what do you think?"

Liu Changqi just had a meal, and Liu Changgeng said: "This is okay, Dad, you also score points."

No one has any opinion on this, so they all nodded, Ma Shi doesn't care about this money, because she knows that even if the money is divided, she can't get it, because there is another one to spend It's definitely more expensive than this place.

The old man Liu said: "Then it will be divided into four parts, each of you is 700 yuan, and my share is 900 yuan. How about it? No one has an opinion, right?"

Of course none of them had any comments, they all nodded.

The old man Liu said again: "Liu Hong is married, and your brothers have to get some money or something. When your mother bought things before, the second child has already said that he will pack a box and a kang table. Four little kids, this is a set, the second daughter-in-law made another set of mattresses and quilts, all of which are cotton. I have already brought them a few days ago, I think this is the set for the second child, boss How about you and the fourth child follow this standard?"

Ma Shi was greatly relieved! She thought she was going to pay back! In this way, seven hundred texts are almost the same, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "We are the boss, of course we can't be vague! Don't say the second child is thinking about it, my parents are also thinking about it! A few days ago, I went to the city to look at it. I have a set of household goods, and I want to come back and ask my mother if I will buy it later!"

Liu Changqi obviously really looked at it, nodded and said, "Yes, mother, has everything in your house been prepared?"

Liu Gao nodded: "It's done, and the paint is painted. I'm waiting to see it. You don't have to worry about the house. The ones you bought are not as strong as the ones you bought."

Liu Changshi said: "I'll give you the money, just give me some money! I don't know what to buy, mother, you can buy it!"

Liu Gao nodded: "That's fine."

Ma's face was pulled down again! As soon as the money was dropped, another 300 yuan went in! She rolled her eyes at Liu Changshi, hating him for speaking too quickly.

Liu Changqi also said: "Then let me give you two hundred wen. I'm the eldest, a little more than the fourth."

"As for the grain, you guys have been following it from the beginning, and you all know it. This year's harvest is good, and there are fewer people to share. The tax and surplus grain is much more than last year. After grinding the flour, you will branch out."

This is what it means to finish speaking, so everyone went out one after another, and the old man Liu said again: "You brothers stay."

Liu Changgeng, Liu Changqi and Liu Changshi stood still, Liu Xuer gave Moriko all the walnuts she had peeled, and went down to the kang to prepare to hold Moriko When she came out, when she got off the kang and lowered her head to put on her shoes, a figure ran in from outside, saw Moriko eating walnuts, grabbed them all and ran out!

The old man Liu shook his head on the kang: "This is a baby!"

Liu Gao was afraid that Liu Sen would cry, so he hurriedly coaxed: "Senzi don't cry! The milk is giving you walnuts, and asked your sister to peel them for you!"

Moriko had almost eaten everything, and she also learned from her brother and sister at home. She never had the habit of rushing to eat. The handful of walnuts in her hand was taken away. After being stunned, he said, "Brother eat it, I won't eat it." Realizing that he still had a small piece in his hand, he licked his little fat hand and ate it, pouting his little **** to get off the kang.

Liu Gao hurriedly hugged him down, coaxing both distressed and happy: "Senzi is so good, so sensible!" He gave him a heavy kiss on the face. Put on the shoes for Moriko, and Liu Xuer led Moriko out.

When I went back, I hurriedly shouted: "Mother, I'll go back first! I'll come over to send money that night." He hurriedly ran away.

He's not in a hurry, went to the kitchen to knead the dough, Liu Xuer and Liu Sen were playing in the courtyard.

In the house, the old man Liu put another bag of dry cigarettes, lit it, and smoked it, and after a while he said: "What do you say about the third child? Boss, what is he doing? Think about it, you know?"

In the past, Ma and Jia were close, it seems that the eldest and the third are closer. Since Liu Changgui went home and sold the land, Liu Changqi's family moved to the city. When things were going wrong, Liu Changqi also saw that his wife, Ma, wanted to compare with Jia in everything, but she couldn't compare. In addition, Jia and the third child were extremely unfilial to the old man. He was getting closer, and it was inevitable that he would be regarded as an unfilial son, so Liu Changqi had deliberately alienated Liu Changgui.

As soon as Liu Laohan asked this question, he hurriedly said: "After the third child moved to the city, I didn't see you again. I saw you last time when I came back, and I didn't say anything... I asked instead. Well, people even ignore me."

Do you know? The third child is counting on the family from now on? Can his family's parents support them all the time?"

Liu Changgeng and Liu Changqi are a little ashamed. They are older brothers. Although the third child is wrong, they are busy with their own affairs. It is not right for them to ignore them. Liu Changgeng said: "How about I go to the city someday to look for it and ask?"

Liu Changqi nodded hurriedly: "Let's go with the second child!"

The old man Liu thought for a while and said, "I'm still busy with Liu Hong, it's only ten days, don't do anything bad in the middle, and you don't want brothers. Two to go, who is best to accompany your mother to see... Let me think about it."

The brothers agreed, Liu Changqi saw the old man Liu smoking, but didn't say anything to tell them to go, so he asked: "What's wrong, is there anything else?"

The old man Liu nodded and said, "It's about the fourth."

Liu Changqi and Liu Changgeng looked back at Liu Changshi, only to realize that Liu Changshi was indeed a little dull today and didn't speak much. He was standing at the door with his head down at the moment, a little nervous. Ning's appearance.

Liu Changgeng asked, "Fourth, what's the matter with you?" Then he reacted all of a sudden, turned his head and asked the old man Liu with a smile, "Are you talking about the pro?"

The old man Liu nodded and said, "Yes, no."

Liu Changqi smiled anxiously and said: "Dad, why are you talking so profoundly now? What's wrong? Are you going to marry the fourth child? Whose woman?"

Liu Changgeng glanced at Liu Changshi, but saw that there was no smile on his face, instead he frowned and puffed up, as if he was holding back, and asked in surprise, "What the **** is wrong? already?"

The family gave them 20 and spent 5 to buy the land. Most of the rest was spent on dowry, but I kept a little bit. If you were to marry a daughter-in-law like you, it wouldn't be a problem if your brothers were at the stall... But the fourth one People don't do it, they have to earn the money for marrying a daughter-in-law."

Liu Changgeng nodded and said, "It's fine...why not?" Go out and find something to do, it's like this every year.

The old man Liu gave him a sideways look and said, "Don't be too hasty to say yes... Do you know where they are going?"

Liu Changgeng asked in surprise: "Where to go?" Where else can I go? Isn't it just a few nearby counties? There is usually a bit of work there, and if it’s a big deal, you can go to Hanzhong or Xianyang, but it’s also expensive there.

Before the old man Liu said, Liu Changshi was impatient with the bravado of the old man Liu, as if he was trying to give them a big shock, so that he could follow him against him, so he said first: "I want to go to Ningxia Town to collect some jujubes and wolfberries!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Changqi and Liu Changgeng were really shocked! The jujube and wolfberry in Ningxia Town are indeed famous, and they were tributes in the previous dynasty! There is also a large goods market there.

However, Ningxia Town is an important town in the northwest. Outside Ningxia Town, there are Mongolian Tatars! Every year, Ningxia Town is robbed by Mongolians and Tatars several times. These Mongolian Tatars killed all men when they saw them, and robbed them when they saw women. This was the first problem in the Ming Dynasty. In Ningxia Town, there are said to be hundreds of thousands of troops stationed there, a place where wars are fought all day long!