"You are my wife whom I married, it's natural for me to hug you, why is it a joke?" Hu Tieniu was a little unhappy, but seeing Jiang's face unhappy, he quickly said with a smile, "Then let's go into the house to hug you?"
"Hate!" Jiang pouted and stood up and said, "You've just come back from outside, it's so dusty. Go wash your face first, I'll make dinner."
"Okay. You cook, I cook, I just happened to learn a new dish, I'll miss you tonight." Hu Tieniu nodded, then entered the main hall, put down the tools, and then sent the meat into the woodshed. Originally, he wanted to give the powder to Jiang as an unexpected surprise, but Jiang was not excited at all when he saw the powder, so he said lightly, "Put it on my dressing table, I can't use it to cook now." As for
! Hu Tieniu didn't know much about it, so he had to put the newly bought powder on Jiang's dressing table. Just as I was about to go to the woodshed to help, a trembling voice suddenly sounded at the gate of the yard, "Is the Tie Niu back?"
"Well, I'm back, Aunt Li, is there anything to ask me?" Standing at the door was Mrs. Li, the next door neighbor, who was the old lady Li. Her son died in the border a few years ago, and her wife left her first. She is now alone, older and can't make money. Life is very difficult. Seeing that she was leaning on a crutch in one hand and a rice bowl in the other, Hu Tieniu guessed what she was going to do, so he asked with a smile, "Auntie, are you going to borrow rice?"
"I, I really want to borrow some rice, but I'm afraid I won't pay it back next year. Please borrow less for me." Aunt Li said with a hunched over and embarrassed look on her face.
In the past few years, Hu Tieniu has borrowed about a few stones of rice (about 180 kilograms per stone) for the old lady Li. Because she felt sorry for her, she never thought of asking her to pay it back, so she smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, our family still has excess food now, and it's not too late to pay it back when you have it." After that, the kid took the rice bowl, returned to the house, and scooped up a full bowl of rice.
Jiang was quite stingy. She was dissatisfied with Mrs. Li coming to borrow rice several times. Now that she saw her borrow rice again, she felt even more unhappy, so she pouted and cursed, "The old lady is here to ask for rice again, right? Why is she so embarrassed? She is too thick-skinned. I want to talk about her today! Don't she come back next time."
"Don't, my wife - Aunt Li is not easy alone. Anyway, our family has a lot of food. Instead of letting it grow insects, it's better to do some good things and help her. As the saying goes, 'Save a life better than building a seven-level pagoda'!" After Hu Tieniu persuaded him well, Jiang calmed down his anger and continued to cook.
Hu Tieniu took the opportunity to give rice to Aunt Li and said, "Auntie, I bought a pound of succulent tonight. Xiuying and I can't finish it. I'll put it in order for you later. You don't want to cook in the evening."
"Then, how can you be so embarrassed! Tieniu, I'm sorry, I'm so embarrassed!" Aunt Li burst into tears and couldn't say thank you. Hu Tieniu smiled and said, "It's all neighbors, so we should help each other! I remember when I was a child, I often went to your house to ask for food."
"Good boy, I still remember the past. Auntie didn't love you in vain." Auntie Li nodded and went home with satisfaction. After Hu Tieniu returned home, he fried two dishes with the meat he bought, along with eggplant and tofu. Then, he scooped up a large bowl and prepared to give it to Aunt Li.
Seeing that he brought the bowl and was about to go out, Jiang probably wanted to do good things again, so he was so angry that he ran up and blocked his way, "Mr. Hu, you wouldn't give this bowl of tofu meat to that dead old lady, right?"
"My wife, we can't eat so many dishes, so just give some to Aunt Li." Hu Tieniu said calmly.Jiang said angrily, "Why should I give her food? Is she your biological mother? Why don't you send some to my parents?"
"My wife, aren't our parents still in a village ten miles away? I'll send it to her now, and daylily is cold." Hu Tieniu said with a smile. Jiang refused to give in, "I see you are heartless to your family, but you take care of other people's old ladies so thoughtfully. I have never seen someone like you. Let me tell you, bring this bowl of food back immediately, otherwise I will never finish it with you tonight."
"I have agreed to give Aunt Li a bowl of food, how can I regret it? Madam, you are so unreasonable." Hu Tieniu finally got angry, and couldn't help but push Jiang, and took a step to deliver vegetables to Aunt Li. Seeing that he couldn't stop him, Jiang had to go home and overturned the two fried dishes to the ground. Then he packed up some fine and soft things and hurried out.
Hu Tieniu was not aware of this at all. He held the dishes and found Aunt Li and said, "Auntie, tofu roast pork is very soft. You can eat more."
"Thank you, Tieniu, you are so good." Aunt Li was so moved that she burst into tears and couldn't help but hold his hand and said, "You are so kind to me, how can I repay you in the future."
"You don't need your repayment, but the same sentence, we are neighbors. We are neighbors. , you should help and take care of each other. By the way, after you finish the food, it's not too late to give me the bowl. I'll go back to have dinner first." Hu Tieniu put the food on Aunt Li's table and was about to go home. Aunt Li suddenly grabbed his hand and said, "Tieniu, you are a good child. Auntie doesn't know how to tell you something. In short, it's better to go out to do less work in the future and spend more time with Xiuying at home."
"Well, I understand." Hu Tieniu didn't know what Aunt Li said meant, so he didn't think much, nodded and went home. It was not until the main hall that he discovered that Jiang had overturned the vegetable bowl to the ground, and even the freshly cooked white rice was covered with black pot ash. This woman was so tiny! Hu Tieniu was so anxious that he wanted to argue with her, but when he went to the bedroom, he found that several of her clothes were missing. Needless to say, this girl went back to her parents' home!
Why did Hu Tieniu think so? Because in the past six months, Jiang has had three quarrels with him. After each quarrel, she would clean up her own house and go back to her parents' home to stay for a few days. Hu Tieniu had already grasped her temperament, so that night, he did not chase her to her mother-in-law's house to admit his mistake, because he felt that Jiang had done too much.
Since there was no food to eat, Hu Tieniu had to cook a bowl of white noodles, ate it in a hurry with lard and salt, and then cleaned up the end of the main room. The next day, Hu Tieniu originally planned to continue to find work in the city, but he thought again: Why did he work so hard? Isn’t it just for the sake of your wife and children to live a good life in the future? But how could this Jiang look like a virtuous wife? In the past two years, it’s okay to find various excuses to not have children, but you always lose your temper with yourself.
The more Hu Tieniu thought about it, the more he felt sad, so he planned to rest at home for a while and not too late to go out to work when the weather is not so hot.
Time flies so fast, two days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Jiang Xiuying has not come back yet. Hu Tieniu couldn't sit still anymore, so he borrowed a quick horse from the village and went to his mother-in-law's house to find someone. However, what made him very depressed was that when he went to his mother-in-law's house and asked, his mother-in-law told him: Xiuying had never returned to her parents' home in the past few days. Hu Tieniu thought Xiuying had not yet calmed down, so he joined hands with his mother-in-law to deceive him, so he complained to his father-in-law, "Father-in-law, even if I did something wrong, I can apologize to Xiuying, but she can't hide from me like this. Father-in-law, be kind and ask her to go home with me quickly. I promise not to quarrel with her next time."
"Everyone said that she hasn't been home these days, why don't you believe in others?" Old Man Jiang didn't have much patience and said Hu Tieniu was depressed in a few words.Hu Tieniu had no choice but to ride back alone. As soon as he left, Old Man Jiang suddenly slapped his forehead, "It's broken! Could it be that Xiuying quarreled with this kid and was killed by him, and then he deliberately ran to us to find someone, right?"
"Oh, this god-killing thing, won't you rely on us then? Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and take people to Hujia Village to find someone!" The mother-in-law woke up like a dream, and was so anxious that she couldn't help stamping her feet. Old Man Jiang did not dare to delay and hurriedly called a few relatives of his family to find someone in Hujia Village.
Hu Tieniu returned to the village and just returned the horse. Unexpectedly, Old Man Jiang came to the door with four or five relatives. They always thought that after Jiang Xiuying and Hu Tieniu had a fight, they were killed by Hu Tieniu, and then hid the body. So they grabbed the boy, questioned him carefully, and then turned the Hu Tieniu family upside down.
Aunt Li heard the shouting next door and hurried over to see the situation. Only after seeing this did I realize that Hu Tieniu was tied up by these barbaric people from outside the village. Aunt Li cried with an anxious face, "Tieniu loves his wife so much, how could he harm her? You are wrong, you wronged the good people!"
"Where are we wronged the good people? Just go to the county magistrate to judge and judge." Old Man Jiang waved his hand and his relatives took Hu Tieniu onto the carriage and sent it to the county government. Hu Tieniu knew that he couldn't tell these people clearly, so he could only pin his hopes on the county magistrate, so he said to Aunt Li, "I am not afraid of being slanted by the shadow. Aunt Li, I didn't do anything wrong. I believe the county magistrate will definitely give me a cleansing heart. Don't worry about me."
said that he was not worried is fake, after all, Hu Tieniu has kindness to Aunt Li. Aunt Li, leaning on a crutch, first walked a few times outside the villager Ge Xiaoer's house, and then found Hu Changqing, the head of the village, and said, "The inner leader, you should know the character of Tie Niu, right? How could he harm his wife? Please help me find a carriage and send me into the city. I want to help him beat the drums of the wronged."
"Tie Niu looks rough and ferocious on the outside, but he is very kind on the inside. I don't believe he will harm people. But we have no evidence to prove that he did not harm his wife. After all, his wife is missing now, and she is still missing in his house." Hu Changqing frowned.
Aunt Li said, "Didn't Tie Niu say that she cleaned up the soft and went out that night? Needless to say, she must have run away with Ge Xiaoer's bastard! That boy was slick and had been having sex with Jiang Xiuying long ago. I was afraid that Tie Niu would be sad and never dared to tell him about this. I just told him to go out to do less work and stay at home to accompany his wife, so as not to be unfaithful."
It turned out that two months ago, Jiang Xiuying had a secret relationship with Ge Xiaoer. Ge Xiaoer is not bad, several years younger than Hu Tieniu. The most important thing is that this kid is good at speaking, especially to make women happy. Those women in the village who like to listen to sweet words cannot explain their unclear relationship with him. This Jiang not only likes to listen to sweet words, but also loves vain. Therefore, when Ge Xiaoer seduces her, she gives him her whole thoughts. She lied that the pair of cloth shoes she made for Old Man Jiang was actually made for this Xiaoer Ge. Poor Hu Tieniu was still unaware of the situation and was foolishly kept in the dark by this woman.
Aunt Li lives next door to Hu Tieniu. Although it is inconvenient to move, she knows all the things Ge Xiaoer and Jiang do. Hu Tieniu treats her very well, why didn’t she tell him the truth? It turned out that the kind old lady wanted to help them save this marriage, and she didn't want outsiders to know that Hu Tieniu was cuckolded, so she kept her mouth shut. Unexpectedly, because of this incident, Hu Tieniu was sentenced to prison lawsuit. Aunt Li naturally couldn't sit still, so she explained the details to Hu Changqing, the secretary of the country, and asked him to help him go to the city to avenge Hu Tieniu.
Hu Changqing was also indignant after hearing Aunt Li’s story, and clenched his fists and said, “I never expected that Ge Xiaoer, a bastard, would hook Tienniu’s wife up.But old sister, do you say this have any evidence? What is the connection with Kang Xiuying's disappearance? "
Aunt Li said anxiously, "Of course I have contact! I just went to Ge Xiaoer's house to see it. The kid's outer door was locked and there was a layer of dust on the door, which means he hadn't been home for several days. Didn’t Kang Xiuying run away from home a few days ago? After she left, she must have found this Xiaoer and asked him to elope with her! "
" makes sense! "Hu Changfei nodded, but he still didn't believe that Ge Xiaoer would elope with Jiang Xiuying, so he took another step and hurried to the outside of the boy's house for a few glances. Then he found two villagers and flipped into his house for a while to check it out. After confirming that most of the kid's clothes were gone, he concluded that Aunt Li's guess was reasonable. So he hurriedly found a carriage, took Aunt Li and several villagers to the county town to avenge Hu Tieniu.
Fortunately, the county magistrate Liu Ming was not a confused official. He listened to the words of several people and Hu After Tieniu's argument, he personally took people to Hu Tieniu and Ge Xiaoer's house, and finally concluded that Jiang Xiuying had probably elopement with Ge Xiaoer. Her disappearance had nothing to do with Hu Tieniu, and Hu Tieniu was acquitted.
Hu Tieniu was regained freedom. He knew that all this was Aunt Li's credit, so after returning home, he thanked her carefully. Aunt Li grabbed his hand and said, "Don't thank you, good boy, don't you say we are neighbors, so you should help and take care of each other? "
" Yes Yes Yes Yes. "Hu Tieniu nodded, tears flashing in his eyes. After Jiang Xiuying left, he had no intention of going out to work. He digs at home every day, gathers vegetables, raises chickens and ducks, and occasionally makes some wooden furniture and sells it to the county town or market. In this way, he can make a lot of money.
Almost half a year later, Jiang Xiuying has no news yet. Everyone in the village I thought she and Ge Xiaoer would not come back, so a matchmaker came to Hu Tieniu to match him, but Hu Tieniu no longer had the intention to marry a wife.
In January of this year, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Aunt Li suddenly found Hu Tieniu, "Tieniu, can you do your aunt a favor - it's like that, my mother's home is in Lijiagou, a hundred miles away, and I have a sister living there. I haven't been back for many years. Yesterday, she asked someone to send a message to me that she was getting worse and worse and wanted to see me as soon as possible. So can you please help me find a carriage and take me back? This time, it may be the last time I saw her. "
"Okay, aunt, don't worry, I'll help you find a car right away. "Hu Tieniu agreed without hesitation, hurriedly found a carriage, packed some fines and prepared some dry food, and set off the road without stopping. Because the mountain road was not easy to walk, and Aunt Li was older, the carriage could not run too fast, so Hu Tieniu drove for five days to reach Lijiagou for about a hundred miles. Although Aunt Li's sister was seriously ill, she would not die. When two old men with silver hair met, they couldn't help but hugging each other and cried.
Aunt Li had a nephew named Zhang Xiaolong, who was almost forty years old. Because he was short, he had never found a wife. Fortunately, he had worked hard for many years and saved a lot of money. Just a few days before his old mother got sick, he finally bought a beautiful woman from outside for a high price. I cheered my mother and asked her to get up as soon as possible. After Aunt Li arrived, he decided to hold the wedding the next day.
Aunt Li returned to her parents' home, and after she returned to her parents' home, she was warmly entertained by her family. Everyone heard that Hu Tieniu took good care of Aunt Li a lot and expressed his respect to him. Because of her happiness, Hu Tieniu ate a lot, which was almost midnight. He was still unable to sleep, so he planned to get up and move, digest and make a mistake.
It was cold at that time, and Hu Tieniu wore a while of coat before getting up. Unexpectedly, before he could walk a few steps, he could faintly hear a sob coming from the backyard. The sound was made from a woman's mouth, and it was very familiar to him.Hu Tieniu was stunned and said in surprise: It's so late, why are there still people crying?
With curiosity, Hu Tieniu left the house, looked for the sound, and came outside a bullpen. Because a large lock was hung on the door of the cow pen, Hu Tieniu stopped when he arrived outside the door. But the sob of the woman in the room was even louder. Hu Tieniu was even more surprised: Could someone be locked in the bullpen? Did you accidentally be locked up inside, or was it deliberately locked up inside?
Because this kid is kind-hearted and wants to save people, he coughs lightly and says, "Girl, what's wrong with you? Did you accidentally be locked in the circle while feeding cows, or were you deliberately locked in it?"
"I-I-Woo-Woo, you, listen to your voice, you don't seem to be from the village, right?" There was a sound of iron chains when the woman in the room spoke. Hu Tieniu was even more surprised: Could it be that she was locked in the bullpen with an iron chain? It should be like this, otherwise she would have been able to find someone to open the door. It seems that she feels very wronged! If there is a way, I must help her. Hu Tieniu said, "I am indeed not from this village. I came from Hujia Village a hundred miles away."
"Hujia Village? Then, are you Tieniu?" After hearing this, the woman in the house was surprised and surprised. Hu Tieniu said, "That's right, it's me. You, you are—"
"Didn't you hear that I am Xiuying? Brother Tieniu, I'm sorry, I did something that I'm sorry for you, so I was retribution, wuwu—"
What Tieniu never expected was that the woman locked in the bullpen was his wife Jiang Xiuying who had been missing for half a year. It turned out that after Jiang Xiuying left Hu Tieniu's house with a bag that night, she did go to find Ge Xiaoer and asked him to take her to elope. Ge Xiaoer was very reluctant, after all, it was not easy to do anything after leaving his hometown. But she couldn't resist Kang Soo-young's threat to not take her away, so she made the matter between them public. In that era, men and women had to be severely punished by the villagers and tribe members. Ge Xiaoer was afraid of being soaked in the pig cage, so he had to clean up some of the fineness and follow Jiang Xiuying to a foreign land.
As Ge Xiaoer expected, the two of them were not familiar with the place, and they didn’t have much money when they went out. In less than a month, they had no money and were soon kicked out of the inn by the store. At this time, Jiang Xiuying didn't want to repent and wanted Ge Xiaoer to sell coolies to support her. How could Ge Xiaoer do it? He simply did not do anything, so he found a dentist and sold Jiang Xiuying at the price of eight taels of silver. In order to make money, the dentist sold Jiang Xiuying to the next house. After several twists and turns, Jiang Xiuying finally fell into Zhang Xiaolong's hands. After hearing her crying, Hu Tieniu realized that the person Zhang Xiaolong was going to marry the next day was his wife. No wonder he locked her in the cow pen with iron chains. It turned out that he was afraid that she would run away while he fell asleep in the middle of the night!
Although Jiang Xiuying was wrong, Hu Tieniu didn’t want to see her suffer, so after he rescued her from the Zhang family’s cow pen, he woke Aunt Li and explained the whole story. Aunt Li said to Hu Tieniu with great wiseness, "Tieniu, although my nephew is righteous, he will definitely not agree to let him return his wife to you. You should take Xiuying back to the village quickly, and let me do the next thing. Even if they know that you saved Xiuying, they will not make things difficult for me. After all, I am still their relative."
"Thank you aunt." Hu Tieniu thanked him for a long time and took Jiang Xiuying away from Lijiagou overnight. Although he did not stay with her in the end, as a man, he still sent her safely back to Jiang's mother's home. Old Man Jiang and his wife knew they were sorry for Hu Tieniu, so they asked a matchmaker to marry their niece Jiang Yan to him. Jiang Yan is young and beautiful, well-educated, and most importantly, she is very virtuous. The second year she married Hu Tieniu, she gave birth to a son and a daughter for him. As for Aunt Li, she later returned to Hujia Village. In order to thank her, Li Tieniu took care of her like her own mother. This is really "Good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil, it is not that the time has not come yet"!
