The aunt and sister-in-law went to Maijiawa early in the morning.
didn’t want to, but the door of Mai’s house was locked.
The second lady next door said that Mai Sanquan and his family went out before dawn, and she didn’t know where they went.
"Third sister-in-law, it seems that your mother's family is hiding out." Xiao Yunniang sneered, "I wouldn't have come if I had known it. It would have been a waste of time." With that, she strode out of the alley and walked away.
"Maisui, you come back today. Logically speaking, they should be at home." Seeing Xiao Yunniang leave with an unhappy look on her face, Erniu Niang looked at Mai Sui sympathetically, then leaned on the door with her little feet and looked inside, and said He said, "The door is also locked. I'm afraid I won't be able to come back for a while. How about you go sit at our house and wait and see."
"If I can't find my aunt, then I'll go back." It seems that the uncle really sees her as a burden!
It's strange, has he forgotten all the work that the original Maisui did for him over the years?
is really a white-eyed wolf.
"Sui'er, tell me the truth, is your man good to you?" Erniu Niang sighed, took Maisui's hand, and asked quietly, "He didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
Xiao Jingtian's past as a bandit was not a secret in Maijiawa.
Erniu Niang naturally knows it too.
"It's pretty good." Maisui smiled, "The people in their family are very nice to me."
Erniu Niang continued to sigh.
She watched Mai Sui grow up, and knew that whatever pain this child suffered when she was a child, she kept it to herself and never complained to outsiders. Now, Mai Sanquan and his wife married her to that bandit man against their conscience. How could she live a good life?
Maisui looked at the closed door again, shrugged, and said goodbye to Erniu Niang calmly. Forget it, she shouldn't have come back in the first place.
arrived at the entrance of the village.
But she saw a young man in a green shirt leaning forward from behind the tree and asked eagerly: "Sui'er, are you okay?"
"Not good." Maisui glanced at him and immediately found him in her memory, knowing that he was the childhood sweetheart Wu Sanlang. She had no intention of talking to him and walked forward on her own.
agreed to go together.
He broke the appointment.
Even if he has ten thousand reasons, it is unforgivable.
"Sui'er, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean not to go that day, but my mother heard the news somewhere and kept me at home." Wu Sanlang stopped in front of her and explained, "Believe me, I am sincere to you."
He looked much thinner than in memory, and his originally decent clothes became baggy, making people feel that he was indeed hurt by love.
"So what if you believe it? So what if you don't believe it?" Maisui said disdainfully, "Now that I'm married, what's the use of saying this?"
It's really useless!
Before, when Mai Sui was not married, the two of them could not be together, let alone now. Besides, she is not the same Mai Sui!
"Sui'er, I'll take you away right now." After saying that, Wu Sanlang stepped forward and grabbed her hand, vowing, "Let's go far away to a place where no one knows us to make a living."
"Wu Sanlang, please respect yourself. "Maisui struggled to break away from his hand and said coldly, "Now that I'm married, we can't do it anymore. You'd better give up!"
hates this kind of man the most. He doesn't take action when it's time to take action, and comes out to mess with it when he shouldn't.
is not on a different level from Uncle Xiao.
"Sui'er, Xiao Jingtian is a bandit, and you will be killed by him sooner or later." Wu Sanlang said with hatred, "You don't even think about why he suddenly returned to the village quietly after ten years of wandering outside. He must have taken many lives. He just came back after the lawsuit was out. Since ancient times, evil has not been suppressed. Sooner or later, he will be wanted by the court. By then, the Xiao family and you will be implicated." Not far away, someone stopped and pointed at them.
"This is my business, you don't have to worry about it." Maisui really didn't want to listen to his thoughts, so she pushed him away and walked forward without looking back.
What a mess.
Is he a fortune teller?
Wu Sanlang stood there, watching her back disappear little by little, and then returned home angrily.
"Sanlang, where were you just now?" Ms. Xu was feeding chickens in a wooden basin. She raised many colorful chickens.
Wu Sanlang was so angry when he heard this, he turned around and entered his room.
If his mother hadn't messed up the affair between him and Mai Sui, Mai Sui wouldn't have married that bandit.
is all his fault.
"Sanlang, now that Maisui is married, just give up on this idea!" Mrs. Xu didn't care about her son's attitude, and said lukewarmly, "No matter what, you are a scholar, and you will be able to become famous in the future. How can you ruin your future for such a woman? My mother did this for your own good."
Wu Sanlang didn't say anything, and just slammed the door.
Mr. Xu continued to feed the chickens with a calm expression.
That Maisui has no father or mother. She is just an orphan fostered in other people's homes. With such a humble status, how can she be worthy of her son with a bright future?
Xiao Jingtian was sitting under the jujube tree in the yard, sweating and chopping firewood. When he saw Maisui push open the door and come in, he turned to look at her and said lukewarmly: "Let's cook!"
"Where are my mother and Yunniang?" Maisui asked.
"I don't know." Xiao Jingtian wiped the sweat from his face and said expressionlessly, "Since they are not here, you can just cook for two people."
"Okay." Maisui responded and went into the kitchen to cook the remaining five from the morning. Put an oily vegetable dumpling into the pot, cover the pot, grab some firewood and start to light the fire. Xiao Jingtian was still chopping firewood. His broad and strong back waved the ax in his hand, chopping the firewood easily. A pile of chopped firewood was piled neatly in the corner, with the same thickness and length.
It can be seen that he is a very serious and careful man in his work. Even if a man like
is a bandit, he will still be a righteous and heroic bandit, right?
The rumors heard by hearsay are indeed not credible.
Maisui looked at his strong and generous back, thinking with complicated emotions.
The two of them ate alone for the first time.
Mai Sui bit the buns in the bowl, feeling the strange masculine scent on his body, feeling a little awkward, she was even in a trance, was she dreaming or was she really married to him...
Xiao Jingtian didn't seem to notice her uneasiness, crossing his legs Sitting on the kang, he ate the wild vegetable buns from the bowl in a leisurely manner. He ate very elegantly. Although he swallowed quickly, he did not feel like he was gobbling it up. The shadows reflected from the branches outside the window slanted on his face, half-covered and half-revealed, and the expression on his face became deep and dark.
Maisui was too embarrassed to look at him anymore and just lowered her head to eat. Such a man had been wandering around for ten years. She wouldn't believe him if he said he didn't have a story.
After dinner, Xiao Jingtian put on his shoes and got off the kang, and returned to the south room without saying a word.
Mai Sui also hurriedly put down the dishes, tidied up the kitchen, and went out with the bamboo basket.
She wanted to try her luck at the beach and see if she could pick up some small fish and shrimps for toothpaste. Although a foodie like her could now eat green food as she wished, life would be boring without some snacks.
It is a pity that the fishing boat has not docked yet.
The beach was empty, nothing.
A few children were playing happily in the shallow water, and some chickens and ducks were hanging around on the edge of the bank, pecking at earthworms and small insects in the sand, making a few cheerful calls from time to time.
Maisui wandered on the beach for a while, and then pulled a basket of sea vegetables from the rocks and put it in the basket. This soft and smooth sea vegetable tastes good after being dried, and is no different from seaweed. Now that you are here, you can't go back empty-handed!
Behind the abandoned fishing boat, a low voice suddenly came from behind.
"Fourth brother, are you sure you have seen Xiao Jingtian around here?"
"You are sure, I will recognize him even if he turned into gray. If there wasn't someone around him at that time, I would have killed him with a knife. There was no need to alert the boss to come and help."
" Will you die if you don't brag? If you could kill Xiao Jingtian, why would the boss send so many brothers out to look for him? "
" Then when do we start? "
" Of course, the faster, the better. As soon as he appears, we will send him on his way. "
Maisui was startled when she saw a small piece of black clothes with white stripes peeking out from behind the fishing boat. She turned a corner in a hurry and ran towards the village in a panic. However, she had a bad sense of direction and was not walking the way she came. Ran lost her way in the village and walked back and forth for a long time before returning home.
Xiao Yunniang was standing at the door looking around. When she saw Mai Sui coming back, she complained: "Sister-in-law, where have you been and why did you come back? I've gone to the beach to look for you twice. If you don't come back, we'll think you ran away with someone else! "
"Me, I walked around the village and got lost. "Maisui frowned.
Xiao Yunniang twitched the corner of her mouth and was speechless.
In such a small village, you can still get lost...
"The third aunt is back. "When Xiao Ling'er saw her, she ran towards her excitedly, raised her face and said, "Grandma just fried all the small fish that Third Auntie dried. It's so delicious. Let's go to the beach to pick up small fish tomorrow, okay? "
" OK. "Maisui responded with a smile.
"Ling'er, it's time to go in and eat. "Ms. Shen greeted, she looked at the wheat ears and said lukewarmly, "Brother and sister, it's time to eat, I'll be waiting for you. "She didn't seem to be at all embarrassed about running away from home.
Mrs. Qiao also led her son out of the west wing, and strode into the house without looking at the wheat ears.
I have to say that the two sisters-in-law are really thick-skinned.
The dinner was very rich.
In addition to the fried fish, there was also a plate of fat meat on the table. More, less skinny, with an alluring aroma.
Brothers Xiao Futian and Xiao Guitian were very happy when their daughter-in-law came back. In the blink of an eye, the meat on the plate was empty.
Xiao Yunniang dropped her chopsticks in anger, stopped eating, and went back to the house angrily.
"You eat yours, she is angry with me!" Meng said sarcastically, "When we were cooking just now, I said something to her. It's not unknown to you that this girl has a bad temper." "
" My sister-in-law needs to change her temper. Otherwise, what will she do when she gets married in the future? " Qiao ate the meat in the bowl with relish and muttered, "Who are you showing off to! "
" She needs to change it. "Xiao Guitian echoed.
Xiao Futian and Mrs. Shen quietly looked at each other, smiled tacitly, and continued eating with peace of mind. What's wrong with eating a few more pieces of meat? Don't forget, the family still owes them a bag of white flour as a betrothal gift!
Maisui was thinking about what the two people said and didn't bother to see who had eaten meat and who hadn't. Anyway, she didn't like meat.
Xiao Jingtian didn't seem to care. He finished the meal calmly and returned to the house without saying a word.
