This time Zhu family old house is also just had breakfast, Zhu old man sitting in the yard bar bar with dry smoke, wearing a rough green shirt, frowning at the clothes drying in the yard rope, the other day often wear that piece of eighty percent of the new green cloth straight embellishment yesterday was Zhu old lady Liu instructed the old three daughter-in-laws to wash, and now it is not yet dry it.
“Wife, who told you to wash it, if someone comes, what do you want me to wear.” The old man Zhu barred a few mouthfuls of dry tobacco, but still did not hold back, turned his head and rushed to touch the chicken butt Zhu old lady complained.
The other day, the old lady felt that the chicken laid not enough eggs, suspected that the greedy daughter-in-law to steal food, so early in the morning to touch the chicken buttocks, in fact, not to touch the chicken buttocks but to use the hand to test the chicken’s abdomen and buttocks between the position, with the hand gently pinched to see if there is no hardness, if there is a hardness means that the egg is going to be laid. Mrs Zhu is a veteran, just touch a touch, it will be clear that tomorrow there will be a few chickens laying eggs, the accuracy rate of up to ninety-nine point nine per cent, if the number of tomorrow is not right, then Mrs Zhu will have to attack a few daughters-in-law.
“You’ve been wearing it for half a month, and if you don’t wash it, you won’t be able to tell what colour it is. Besides, what kind of people are coming, I haven’t seen anyone for half a month, and you’re not going down to the field today, so what’s the point of wearing such formal clothes.”
Zhu old lady is busy counting it, heard the old man Zhu spoke, raised his head and said.
“What’s wrong Mother, are the eggs missing again?” Aunt Xiao Si came out of her room and saw Old Madam Zhu touching the chicken’s arse, so she asked in a fuss, then hurriedly brushed herself off, “It’s not me, Mother, I can’t eat eggs with the recent fire.”
“Aiyo, sister-in-law, our mother didn’t say it was you, why are you so nervous.” In the main room, the eldest aunt had not yet come out, but her voice came out first.
“Aiya, sister-in-law, you’re the one who’s nervous, I’m not.” Little Auntie Four covered her small mouth and laughed.
Just for a moment. The courtyard was buzzing with activity, and by the time Zhu Pingan’s third aunt came out of her room, the courtyard was even more of a pot of congee, boiling to the point of drying out.
“Enough. An egg is a big thing, the old four family, the old four, the old three have gone to the ground for a while, the old four why there is still no movement?” Old man Zhu couldn’t look away. Knocking the tobacco pot towards the chair leg, he glared at Old Madam Zhu, really, this wife can’t even manage these daughters-in-law.
“It’s the old fourth family, I told you to go and call the old fourth, why is this taking so long?”
Zhu old lady was glared at by Zhu old master, there is fire also dare not to send at Zhu old master, so she can only grab the old fourth daughter-in-law to practice.
“Mother ……” Aunt Xiao Si smiled, “Shouxin …… He thought to lie down for a while after eating to get enough energy to go down to the ground, but he didn’t think that he had bumped his head. I’m afraid he won’t be able to get off the ground …….”
Zhu Laozi sniffed, face a black, his own this old four is a useless.
“Knocked his head, is it heavy, really, so careless, then rest.” Old Mrs Zhu was concerned.
“Knocked to the head, why doesn’t he ……” Zhu old master blackened his face, the latter words had not yet been said, when he saw that the door of his house was pushed open.
“Uncle Zhu. Good thing, good thing, quickly quickly quickly tidy up the courtyard, there is a good thing.” The one who came running first was the very same Han who had been scolded by the old farmer. Running out of breath and panting.
“What’s wrong?” Elder Zhu and the others hurriedly asked.
Before this hanyou could say anything, he heard an old farmer’s voice coming from the doorway, and then he saw that old farmer come panting as well.
“What is it, Brother Zhu is not me to blow you ah, this good news is the first one I know. Your family boss he ……”
The old farmer came in and didn’t care to thank him, panting and started talking.
But did not wait for him to say the key news out, words were again the door after the entrance to come in the big woman to take over.
“Your family’s boss got into the Xiu Cai.”
“He’s also the first place winner.”
“He’s so proud of himself, the county officials are not even in the village yet, they’re setting off firecrackers, and the horses don’t even dare to ride, they have to walk, and they can’t even pull themselves up.”
One after another came in seven aunts and eight aunts, seven mouths to add up, voice and emotion, the scene is blended, as if they were present at that time.
“Really?” Being black-faced angry old man Zhu was overjoyed, all of a sudden from anger to joy, the old face are smiling chrysanthemums bloomed.
“It’s true, the county’s official messenger of good news is setting off cannonballs at the entrance of the village, a moment later the good news will come.” The people spoke in tongues, not willing to show weakness back.
Got a definite answer, Zhu old man then fell off the hand as if the treasure of the dry tobacco bag, the body of the athletic as if young more than thirty years old, a jump of three feet high, swiftly will be hanging on the rope that is still wet green cloth straight embellishments to take in the hand, rubbing straight to the room …… to change the clothes to go.
Zhu old lady also do not care to touch the chicken butt, a hand will be touched in the hands of the fast rolling eyes of the old hen thrown to the side, a face of flushed get up, as if the time went back to be a girl when the matchmaker led or young man Zhu old man into the door at the moment ……
I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do that.
The eldest aunt who was theorising with the youngest four aunts and the third aunts heard the words, and the whole person was like the game had opened the heavenly god descending to the earth, instantly the blood qi value, the spirit value was full of slots, and the combat power was doubled a hundred times, and she looked at the two sisters-in-law with disdainful eyes: these two of you, the combat power combined is only five dregs, do not deserve to be my opponent……
“Ya, I almost forgot, yesterday Shouyi hit his head, I boiled an egg to reduce the swelling of the oldest four, heh heh heh, almost wronged to sister-in-law’s head, really damned, heh heh heh …… really, sister-in-law has a large amount of adults, just forgive the younger sibling. I have a dream that a golden toad jumped to your house, let people count a fortune, said big brother specified can be high school it. As it turned out, big brother said in it.”
Auntie Xiao Si this moment covered the corners of her mouth to the great aunt to make amends, and even yesterday is not their own things to their own head, and is grabbing to take, lest the third sister-in-law robbed first, as if this is how glorious things.
“Congratulations sister-in-law.” Third Auntie is not a person who loves to flatter people, but she also couldn’t help but open her mouth to say a word of congratulations.
“That’s right, congratulations to all of you, I felt long ago that you are a blessed one.”
“That’s right, in all the years of our village, your family Shouren has only produced one scholar.”
“Your Shouren is the only one in our village.”
The townspeople who arrived at the Zhu family compound one after another spoke up to compliment Great Auntie.
“Wherever, wherever, you quickly sit down ah, are all country folks, ah, yes, with his father a piece of the examination and the second family’s swine child, swine child is not also passed the examination.” Big Auntie laughed her head off, a style of everyone’s mother style to invite everyone to find a place to sit, although the courtyard is just two stools …… and at the end of the day also did not forget to mention Zhu Pingan, although she has just heard that the village has won one, but just want to mention it.
“No, just won your family Shouren it.” The townspeople said in a chorus of words, full of compliments.
So the smile on Great Auntie’s face became even more of a grandma’s style, and her laughter became even more heartfelt and cheerful.
If this were modern times, there would be music playing at this time: finally waited for you, luckily I didn’t give up!
