I blushed and lowered my head: "You're talking nonsense again... I'm pretty average-looking to begin with, so you're the only one who would praise me like that."

"Madam is the one who is talking. Madam's appearance is very beautiful. No matter what others think, to me, Madam is the most beautiful woman in the world."

He raised his hand to pick up the silver flower tassels hanging on my shoulders. He admired it with his eyes obsessively: "I have seen you wearing Miao costumes before, but not as elegant as this one. My wife is really a natural clothes hanger, no matter what kind of clothes she wears.

, can hold it up... This body looks like a bride to be married, with a silver crown and beads shaking half of her face."

"Then when we have a wedding, you have to make me a more elegant wedding dress than this one." I put my arms around his neck and acted coquettishly at him.

He couldn't help but came closer to me, kissed me affectionately, and tenderly agreed: "Okay, I will hold a wedding for you, and I will make you the most beautiful bride in the world. Xiaoran, I have thought about it, and I will hold a wedding when I get back.

I’ll marry you when I get back!”

I smiled happily: "But aren't you waiting for Lord Si Mingxing to choose an auspicious day?"

He picked up my waist and sent me to sit on the high table. He buried his head in my chest, held my waist with both hands and sighed emotionally: "The auspicious day will be in three years. It's too long. I can't wait."

If I don't marry you, I'm afraid you will be snatched away."

"Three years is not long."

Every day I spent with him passed very quickly.

"In the past, for me, three years was just a drop in the ocean. But now, I don't want to wait any longer."

"Why are you so anxious all of a sudden?" I asked him with a smile and narrowed my eyes.

He rubbed my waist, touched my forehead affectionately, and replied in a low voice: "You have to pick beautiful flowers and bring them home. Only then can you rest assured that you can give her a mark... Things are unpredictable. Get married earlier. Get married earlier.

Peace of mind.

Besides, I don’t want anyone to bully Madam next time because I didn’t hold a wedding in an upright way. Xiaoran, trust me, I will give you an unforgettable wedding, and I will never let Madam lose to you.

Anyone."

He didn't have to do anything, he just had to promise me this, and I felt warm and happy in my heart.

"Then I'll wait for you, husband." I happily hugged his neck, raised my head slightly, and kissed his eyebrows.

After being bored in the house, I took him out to go shopping on the street.

The Lunar New Year has just ended, and the village market is still immersed in a prosperous and festive atmosphere.

However, for some unknown reason, the red New Year lanterns at the head of the village that had been washed and faded by wind and rain were once again replaced by fresh and clean lanterns with double happiness by the villagers.

A row of red lanterns hangs high under the archway at the entrance of the village. Looking from a distance, it looks like there is some big happy event happening in the village.

The trunks of several old locust trees at the entrance to the village have also been tied with festive red silk flowers. Girls in native costumes are sitting in a group on the big bluestone under the tree, tying flower sticks with red paper.

This process is really like a well-respected family in the village who wants to marry a daughter-in-law.

I went to the market and asked the butcher to chop off some pig bones and asked for a piece of pig brain, planning to go back and make it for my mother-in-law.

I took out a hundred yuan and gave it to the uncle who had killed the pig. While the uncle was counting the change with a handful of loose bills, I couldn't hold back my curiosity and walked up to him and asked:

"Uncle Xu, is there any family in our village who is celebrating a happy event? Why are the lanterns on the roadside replaced with new ones, and the trees are also decorated with happy words and red flowers?"

Uncle Xu paused for a moment while counting the money, his face changed. He was stunned for a while before spitting on his fingers, and then replied in a rough voice without a smile:

"It's the village chief's home. His son is getting married. She is from out of town and needs to be picked up and brought over in a few days. Therefore, red lanterns are hung on both sides of the road from the village entrance to the village. In order to add to the happiness, the trees are connected

It’s also decorated with Double Happiness and tied with red flowers!”

"So that's it."

I suddenly realized it and politely reached out to take the change handed over by Uncle Xu. I was also happy for the village chief and his family:

"Brother Liu from the village chief's family is indeed a grown man now. I played with him when I was a child. Now that he is getting married, I actually don't know...

By the way, Uncle Xu, what is the good day that Brother Liu and the others have set? I can go to the bank in advance to withdraw some money and join the family!"

A question stopped Uncle Xu. Uncle Xu choked loudly, and then waved his hand towards me with a strange look on his face:

"It doesn't matter whether you are a member or not. Saint, don't worry about it! I asked the village chief before, and the village chief said that his family will not accept guests this time...

Well, times have changed. Now when boys and girls get married, the wedding is just a formality. It’s not like you don’t know the temper of the village chief. He has a donkey temper! He’s very upright.

If you tell him that you are a follower, he will probably think that you are using money to humiliate him, so you don't need to go over to visit and express condolences to them. You are not very familiar with their family, so you don't need to care about these face-saving details."

The words are rough but the reason is not rough, it seems to be the truth.

The old man who is the village chief is famous for his bad temper and stubbornness, and he also refuses to recognize his relatives. Looking at the whole village, the only one who can control him is his mother-in-law...

"Okay then." I gave up the idea of ​​trying to cheer myself up, picked up the bones and pig brains and turned around to leave, planning to go somewhere else.

Children on the roadside rolled up their sleeves and used a few branches as swords to act like heroes, running wildly back and forth on the sparsely populated streets, screaming and having a great time.

The bag in his hand was taken by Xuan Ye. Xuan Ye took my arm and took me into his arms. He took me sideways to avoid being accidentally injured by a child's branch. He frowned and said with disdain:

"It's too naughty. Boys are just annoying. Xiaoran, we can't really have a pair of boys in the future, otherwise we will really have a headache!"

It’s better to be a girl, be sensible, obedient, quiet, and preferably look like a lady, so that I will definitely become the most envied target of those old people in the underworld.”

"Boys... it's true that they were a bit skinny when they were young. But if you follow A-Xuan, it's pretty good. A-Xuan has a calm temperament. I heard from Sister She Ji that A-Xuan was kind and gentle when he was a child. He treated the maids and guards of the Dragon Palace very well, and he was very easy to get along with."

Lord, so if we really have little Xuan in the future, it might not be a good thing.

But, I’m just afraid that he will follow my whim... After all, I was a bitch when I was a kid, and I even got into fights with boys in the same class at school."

"So, did you win the battle?" Xuan Ye asked me with an interested smile.

I puffed up my cheeks and nodded shamelessly: "I won twice."

He looked appreciatively: "Not bad."

I coughed embarrassedly, "Well... I lost eight times."

He suddenly choked, the smile on his face disappeared instantly, and the look in his eyes became serious.

When I was young, he put his arms around my shoulders and gently supported me: "Well, it doesn't matter. Eight out of ten fights, we lose... Madam can win twice, which is not bad. Madam is a girl, and after all, there is a huge difference in strength when fighting with boys, so I don't want to fight."

To win, as long as you don't get hurt."

My old face turned red, I held my sleeves and frowned, and said coyly: "Well... I'm injured, and it's quite serious. The first time, my front teeth were knocked out, the second time, my arm was broken, and the third time

The fourth time was not serious, the seventh and eighth times were from nose bleeding, and from the forehead..."

He was stunned, thought for a moment and then asked: "So, how did Madam achieve the two victories?"

I scratched my head in embarrassment: "Hey, it's a bit embarrassing to say this. The two times I won, one was at the waterside. The bastard fell down when I was fighting with him, so I took the opportunity to kick him into the water.

.

Another time, there happened to be a wooden board next to me, so I picked up the wooden board and slapped him on the face...accidentally, all his big teeth flew away."

Hearing this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He rubbed my shoulders helplessly, and said gently and gracefully, "She is actually quite tough. She is indeed the woman I like."

"You're still talking about it!" I took a deep breath and sighed: "Those two times I got into trouble, the parents of the boys who were beaten went to the school, and they kept yelling that they wanted to settle accounts with me.

The boy's parents were reasonable the first time, and they just gave me a scare and that was it. I heard that after they understood the cause and effect, they beat the boy again when he got home.

But the second parent was a coal boss in our town. He was rich and very confident! He went to the school and asked the school to expel me without saying a word. Our head teacher was an old woman who was blind to money and didn’t care about anything else.

I told my mother-in-law on July 21 that I don’t have to go to school tomorrow.

Later, my mother-in-law brought this matter to the principal, and the principal respected her because of her status, so I was allowed to go back to school to continue my studies."

"Your mother-in-law, didn't she train you at that time?"

I shook my head: "No."

Xuan Ye snorted: "She can keep her temper calm."

I tilted my head and glanced at him meaningfully, "I thought so at first, but later... I realized that the reason why my mother-in-law didn't blame me was that she took the trouble to drag her old body around to plead for me.

, giving me the opportunity to go to school was actually just because of...the scholarship every year.

Our Miao and Wu village is the most economically backward place in the local area. It is backed by mountains, and nothing in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation is convenient.

There is only one middle school in our town. In order to increase the school attendance rate of children down the mountain, the superiors encourage every household in the village to go to school and receive education. Therefore, the number of scholarships allocated every year will be more than that of schools in other places, and the amount will be doubled.

And this scholarship is only given to the first place in the grade and the top three in each class. In my sixth year of junior high school, I received twelve scholarships, all of which were special scholarships...special ones, thirty thousand.

Even though it all fell on Bai Yueyue later, it was reported in my name, and in the end it all fell into the hands of my mother-in-law. It means that the wealth will not flow to outsiders.

Yueyue's studies have been mediocre since she was a child. If I stopped going to school and without this scholarship, Yueyue would definitely not be able to pay the tuition and materials fee for each semester...

Therefore, my mother-in-law would not let me miss school. In addition, in those two situations, the other party was also at fault, and the things were not serious enough to force me to drop out of school.

When the incident escalated, the school and the head teacher were held accountable, so my mother-in-law just lightly threatened the principal, and the principal quickly reprimanded the head teacher and took me back obediently."

When I grew up and counted these things in detail, I realized that for more than 20 years in the first half of my life, I had always played the role of a simple and honest old cow who worked hard in the fields without expecting any reward... It was a very useless life.

But, given my status at the time, who did I have the right to resist?

The kindness of nurturing is overwhelming, but it can also become the most effective moral kidnapping.

"In fact, she has never regarded you as a family, right? Whether it was the incident at the Empress Temple or pretending to be sick to trick you into coming back, she is trying every possible way to squeeze out the little bit of value you have left. Such an elder

, it’s okay if you don’t want it!”

Xuan Ye carefully and considerately held my shoulders tightly and thought: "Madam, you want to use the trick to see what tricks they want to play, right?"

"I want to know how far they can go to me for their own benefit." I looked up at him and said seriously: "I always feel that this time, there is no way to hide... There must be something behind this incident.
To be continued...