Across the Market

Chapter 24

I had a meal at grandma's house in Xinghua Village. After the meal, Zhu Lu brought a ladder and found some thatch to cover the roof with more thatch, at least to ensure that the house would not leak when it rained.The window paper was pasted again, and the tables, chairs and benches in the house were repaired one by one with tools, so I was relieved.

Sister Nuan stood in front of the thatched house, with a chubby face, watching her brother add thatch to the roof without blinking.She didn't show a smile until she saw her brother standing safely on the ground, then Xiaopang swayed to Zhu Fu, hugged her sister's waist, and rubbed her face into Zhu Fu's arms.

"Second sister, I miss my mother a little bit, and brother Shou, as well as father and elder sister." She groaned a few times, her emotions were obviously not as high as before, and she rubbed her second sister back and forth, "The sun is coming soon!" We’re going down the mountain, Second Sister, let’s ask my brother to take us home? If we don’t go home, it will be dark. Mother said that children can’t walk on the road when it’s dark, because wolves will come and take the children away.”

Zhu Fu wrapped a square scarf around his sister's little head, wrapped her little face tightly, then scratched her nose and said: "No, my brother and I are big children, even if we go out at night The road will not be taken away by wolves, so we don't have to be afraid."

Sister Nuan's eyes were wide open, she was stunned, and then she clutched the corner of her sister's clothes with her little hand: "I am a child, second sister, but I am a child, and wolves will take me away." The child is innocent. Quite so, she doesn't have the ability to distinguish what others say at all. When Sister Nuan saw the second sister say this, she was so frightened that she almost cried. His face was wrinkled, extremely wronged.

Being hugged by his younger sister, with his chubby body clinging tightly to his body, Zhu Fu felt his heart warm up.

He picked up his younger sister, kissed her little mouth, and said with a smile: "It turns out that our sister Nuan is still a child, so we can't walk at night, in case a wolf is called to snatch her away The second sister will cry to death." As she spoke, she walked up to Zhu Lu and said, "Brother, I see it's getting late, shall we go home?"

Zhu Lu glanced in one direction unconsciously, then nodded in a daze: "Okay, go home, let's go home."

Zhu Fu knew his brother's thoughts for a long time, he lowered his head and smiled secretly, and then said to Sister Nuan, "Sister Nuan, if we add more people to our family, will you be happy?"

Sister Nuan was taken aback for a moment, then nodded fiercely: "Happy, I like excitement the most, and I also like New Year's Eve. Because there are many people during the New Year, it will be lively. During the New Year, Mother will give me money to buy New Year pictures and firecrackers. The streets are lively, and I really like Chinese New Year."

"Who told you New Year's Eve." Zhu Fu's eyes were full of smiles, and he nodded his sister's forehead and said, "Sister said, if our brother marries a wife, would Miss Nuan like it?"

Before Sister Nuan had time to answer whether she liked it or not, Zhu Lu turned her head and gave the second sister a hard look, and then she didn't know where to put her hands, and the road would not go away.He turned his head and carried the ladder back to the house, walking in a straight turn, Zhu Fu laughed out loud.

Sister Nuan didn't understand anything. Seeing her sister smiling happily, she also patted her little meaty hands and smiled happily.

Zhu Gui quietly glanced at his cousin, then walked over with a smile, and asked, "Is my aunt asking someone to match my cousin? Is there any girl my cousin likes?"

Zhu Fu shook his head, and whispered to his cousin: "My brother's marriage has not yet been decided, and my parents are also worried."

Zhu Gui also understood in his heart that although the uncle's family lived in the county, their family conditions were not good, and their lives were tight.Originally, the family could earn some money by relying on the uncle's blacksmithing, but the aunt's natal mother is extremely powerful and loves money, so she went to the uncle's house repeatedly to ask for money.

Up to now, he didn't even save enough money for his cousin to marry his wife. In his heart, he felt that his uncle and aunt's actions were inappropriate, but he was a junior, so it was hard to say.It is still difficult for an upright official to decide on housework. Now if he wants to get rid of the status quo, his uncle and aunt can only harden their backs, or in other words, the family can make a fortune, otherwise there is really no other way.

Over there, Mrs. Yu saw that her nephew and niece were about to go home, so she brought a bag woven with cattail leaves, filled it with some wild vegetables and a few potatoes, and handed it to Zhu Fu, saying, "You guys brought so many things this time. , you don’t have to worry about this year at home, you can take these wild vegetables back to eat. Now that the weather is cold, I’m afraid you won’t be able to buy any fresh vegetables in the market.”

(End of this chapter)