Chapter 41: say no to you (1)

Chapter 41: say no to you (1)

Among the three sisters, Mo Achun, Mo Ahua, and Mo Alan, Mo Achun was the roughest, with a square face and thick eyebrows, eyes staring like bull's eyes, taller than Mo Dai, and a full head and a half taller than Mo Dai; the dead Mo Ahua has an honest and kind face, she is thin and has no temper; while Mo Alan is the best-looking among the three sisters, with handsome features and a tall and straight figure, not as thin as Mo Ahua, and also Not as thick as Mo Achun, when he was young, he was one of the most beauties in Mojia Village.

Not to mention the dead Mo Ahua, Mo Achun and Mo Alan are recognized as good sisters in the village. If there is anything in the village, they all attend together, and the relationship is naturally close in the eyes of outsiders. Mo Achun has an aggressive temper and takes the lead in making troubles in everything, while Mo Alan is calm and calm. She is the last to speak and has a good reputation in the village.

Mo Dai recalled Mo Alan's information from Mo Daxi's memory early in the morning, and knew that talking to Mo Achun was like playing the piano, and the problem could only be resolved by negotiating with Mo Alan who seemed indifferent to the matter.

Seeing that Mo Dai kept looking at her, those bright black pupils seemed to be able to look into her soul, Mo Alan couldn't bear it any longer, so he could only clear his throat and said: "Look at what you said, Daxi, we are naturally here To be reasonable, the elder sister was just playing with you just now!" Mo Alan said with a smile, but he was a little puzzled in his heart. He went to Mo Daxi's house a few days ago and did not see Mo Daxi. I feel that Mo Daxi is a little different from the past. When did Mo Daxi, who was famous as a **** in Mojia Village but also a mess, dare to look at her?

After listening to Mo Alan's words, Mo Dai sneered in her heart, just kidding? Oh, there is nothing better than talking nonsense with your eyes open!

"I think so, otherwise, how could Aunt Datang call me a son of a bitch? My mother and Aunt Xiaotang are from the same mother. If my mother is a dog, then Aunt Datang and Aunt Xiaotang are also dogs." ?” Mo Dai also said with a smile.

"Pfft!" Mo Jinhua, the patriarch outside the door, was suddenly poked in the laughing hole, and quickly covered his mouth to hold back his laughter.

"You son of a bitch, who are you calling a dog?" Mo Achun didn't react, and continued to scold like this.

"Big sister!" Mo Alan called out to stop Mo Achun, "Hehe, Daxi, your aunt in the hall is a big bastard, she can't speak, and she has a lot of mantras on weekdays. You, a junior, don't care about her !"

A junior? Heh, is this trying to oppress her as an elder?

"Of course Daxi doesn't dare to haggle over with the elders, so just now, when Aunt Datang pushed my father down, I cowardly held back and didn't dare to make a sound; Aunt Datang wanted to hit my son Xiaoyu, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and replace my son. I was slapped; the aunt in the hall yelled at me for being a father-in-law and threatened him to kill the unborn child in his womb. Even though this child was most likely to be my eldest daughter, Mo Daxi, I still cowardly bowed my head and endured it. ;Auntie in the lobby also framed and abused my sister-in-law Osmanthus, which is my brother and foot, but I still endured it cowardly. All of these, Auntie Xiaotang, do you think I have done enough as a junior?"

Mo Dai told about Mo Achun's series of crimes, Mo Achun gritted his teeth and stared anxiously, showing no shame, while Mo Alan twitched the corners of his mouth, although there was an apologetic smile on his face, but his heart was full of regret. Slandering Mo Daxi, when did this stinky girl become so eloquent?

After hearing what Mo Dai said, Xu Shaolin in the west room had red eye circles, Mo Wuyun's three brothers had red eye circles, Mo Guihua in the main room also had red eye circles, and even Mo Jinhua standing outside the door couldn't help sighing .

Mo Dai looked at Mo Alan, and without waiting for her to reply, she continued: "If it's not enough, I can strip off the long gown, wear only a thin inner garment, and carry thorns on my back, and kneel at the door of Aunt Hall and Aunt Xiaotang Before. You can beat me with thorns, this cowardly loser, because I never let my family live well, but every now and then I scrape from my house Wuyun's hard-earned embroidery money to buy wine and gamble !"

"I finally wanted to make amends, so I went up the mountain to hunt a wild boar. I thought I would carry the wild boar to the market and sell it for some money so that my father, husband and children could live a better life, but I didn't want the aunt in the hall and Aunt Xiaotang mistakenly thought that I was going to gamble again, and instead took away the basket of wild pork weighing more than two hundred catties from my house, saying that she would temporarily keep it for my house. For this, I was very grateful, so I went to the town Fu Mantang got a job as the second wife, thinking that when I earn more money, I bought some wine and meat to thank Aunt Datang and Aunt Xiaotang, thank you for temporarily keeping the basket weighing more than two hundred catties for my family. Wild pork. But the house leak happened to rain overnight, and my house unfortunately collapsed due to the erosion of the torrential rain in the past few days..."

At this point when Mo Dai said, there was a wry smile on the corner of her mouth, and tears suddenly flowed down. Seeing Mo Guihua, she couldn't help turning her back and raised her sleeves to wipe her tears, and her three husbands also kept wiping their tears.

In the west room, Xu Shaolin was crying for a long time, and the three Mo Wuyun brothers were also crying more and more fiercely. Listening to Mo Dai telling the bad things that happened in these days, he suddenly felt bitter in his heart. Why is this day so difficult? ?

When Mo Xiaoyu and Mo Xiaoyi saw the adult crying, they also cried. For a moment, the room was full of sobbing, so miserable.

"It's nonsense, what do you mean that Alan and I will temporarily keep the meat for your family? It's obviously given by your father..." Mo Achun was anxious to argue with Mo Dai, but Mo Alan stared sharply and stopped.

"Daxi, the matter is not..."

"Auntie Xiaotang, please listen to me first. Our dilapidated house collapsed, and I thought about not letting my family be exposed to the heavy rain outside. At this time, Mrs. Osmanthus kindly took our family in. I am very grateful to them, so I I must let them accept the 900 Wen wages that I paid in advance from Fumantang. The 900 Wen money is my wages for a hard month, and it looks like a lot, but if our family of seven eats and drinks at Sister-in-law Osmanthus’s house, How long can I last? Sister-in-law Osmanthus's family is not rich, and I can't drag their family down. I thought that when the nine hundred Wen money was used up, I would take the whole family to live with Aunt Datang and Aunt Xiaotang for a while. In view of the fact that you and my mother are of the same mother and compatriots, I think you will definitely not accept money from us, and you will not dislike our family for eating and drinking for nothing, will you?"

"Uh, this..." Mo Alan was also speechless, but he gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart, this **** girl actually took her into the gutter, no, I have to find a way to cure her, and then listen to her, today They just steal chickens and lose nothing!

As soon as Mo Achun heard that Mo Dai was going to bring the whole family to their house for free to eat, drink and live for free, he was so angry that his rough face turned into a liver-colored color, and he was panting like a cow, and when he stared at Mo Dai, he immediately As if Mo Dai had killed her whole family, she wished she could strangle Mo Dai to death.

Mo Dai didn't care about Mo Achun's hatred, and she didn't intend to give Mo Alan room to think, so she said persistently: "Now, my house has collapsed, and I need a lot of money to rebuild it. The basket of two hundred catties of wild pork that Aunt Xiaotang temporarily kept for our family can be returned to us, so that we can take the meat to the town and sell it for money. Wild pork is no less rare than domestic pork, and it is very rare. The shopkeepers in the whole hall count me forty yuan a catty. If it is more than two hundred catties, it can be sold for more than eight taels of silver. This should be enough for us to build a house. Ah, Aunt Xiaotang, Aunt Datang, to express my gratitude, the two I will keep the rest of the one hundred catties of pork as a tribute to you, and I will only take two hundred catties. Look, when will I get that basket of meat back?..."

"Fuck your father's shit!" Mo Achun couldn't bear it anymore, and, ignoring Mo Alan's eyes, he clenched his fists and jumped in front of Mo Dai, "You still want to return the meat, you are dead as an old lady, I'll kill you, you plague-stricken bastard!" As he spoke, Mo Achun swung his fist and threw it at Mo Dai, and Xu Shaolin in the room panicked and sat down on the ground.

"Big sister..." Mo Alan was about to call Mo Achun, but was interrupted by another deep female voice full of majesty.

"Mo Achun!" The person who came was the patriarch Mo Jinhua. The more she listened outside the door, the more angry she became. Seeing that Mo Achun wanted to hit Mo Dai again, she couldn't bear it anymore, opened the door and walked in. , frowned and stared at Mo Achun, "You old lady is really getting better and better! You beat up the junior just because you disagree, you don't look like an elder!"

"I don't have..." Mo Ahchun instinctively retorted.

"Old lady? Heh, you dare to be so arrogant in front of the patriarch. It can be seen that Daxi is often beaten by you! And you, Mo Alan!"

"Patriarch..." Mo Alan lowered his head and twitched the corners of his mouth, cursing himself for being unlucky today.

"On weekdays, I see you as a well-behaved and reasonable person, but I never thought that you would bully my niece and nephew together with this fool, what a skill!" Mo Jinhua pointed at Mo Achun, then at Mo Alan, There was a sneer on his face.

"Patriarch, it's not that you want to..."

"It's not what? I heard it clearly from outside the door, and I can see it clearly! Fortunately, today's scene didn't go too far. Hurry up and return the two hundred catties of meat that were temporarily kept by Daxi's family!" As Mo Jinhua said, she turned her head and looked at Mo Dai whose face was full of tears. Mo Daxi, who was disgusted by how she looked at her before, suddenly felt sorry for her, but she still raised her voice and said, "Why is a daughter crying? If you have any difficulties, just come to your Aunt Jinhua, and Auntie will make the decision for you!"

With a puff, Mo Dai knelt down in front of Mo Jinhua, with a look of admiration and emotion: "Patriarch Xie, Aunt Xie, your great kindness will never be forgotten by Daxi!" After saying these words of gratitude, Modai herself I feel panicked, especially the kneeling just now, tsk, it hurts!

Mo Jinhua helped Mo Dai up, and patted her on the shoulder: "My good boy, as long as you don't mess around like before, Aunt Jinhua will naturally protect you!"

"En!" Mo Dai nodded solemnly, when she glanced down from the corner of her eyes and saw Mo Alan's gloomy face, and Mo Achun's fearful face, she was slightly relieved.

The eyes of Mo Dai and Mo Alan met, and for a moment, a flash of lightning flashed, and they fought silently for several rounds.

Mo Dai's eyes are very straightforward, and the disgust is buried in the dark and uncomfortable pupils, and the meaning is very clearly expressed: In the past, when I was away, Mo Daxi, you two came together to steal the basket of meat , I, Mo Daxi, are here today, so I will definitely let you all come back with interest!

Mo Alan didn't show her eloquence and scheming at all today, because Mo Daxi became too sudden, which made her a little dazed. The basket of meat was no more than a hundred catties at most, and this Mo Daxi actually asked them for two hundred catties, she is blackmailing, okay?

But Mo Alan understood that he could not argue with Mo Daxi in front of the patriarch at this time. If he did so, not only would he not be able to prove the real weight of the basket of meat, but it would also make the patriarch think that she was just trying to quibble, and clearly swallowed other people's pork But she refused to admit it life and death. In this way, the good reputation she had cultivated in Murakami over the years would be ruined in one go.

But if there is no dispute, the two hundred catties of meat will definitely be settled by Mo Daxi, why not let Mo Achun make a fuss, just insist that there are only a few dozen catties of meat left, whether you want it or not, if Mo Daxi If Xi insisted, even if he forced the elders, the patriarch Mo Jinhua would feel disgusted.

Thinking up to this point, Mo Alan winked at Mo Achun, but unfortunately, Mo Achun had no intention of picking on Mo Dai at this time, and squatted on the ground with her big head in her arms to worry. The basket of meat that the Xi family wanted to return was divided into half by each person, about fifty catties. That day, someone from the town came to visit the three boys in her family. To show off, she ordered them to cut off twenty catties of pork. It's cooked as a dish for guests, but now it's a hundred catties of meat, how can she return it?

Mo Alan looked at her elder sister's shriveled appearance, and felt disgusted in her heart. When she was supposed to make a noise, she was as quiet as a tree, useless idiot!

Mo Alan kept his expression on the face, but in fact, the back molars were almost worn out, and he was the only one who did it: "Daxi, Aunt Xiaotang has something to tell you..."

Mo Dai smiled slightly: "Aunt Xiaotang, just say it, while the patriarch is here."

The corner of Mo Alan's mouth twitched fiercely, this **** girl actually used the patriarch to suppress her! This Mo Jinhua seldom visits the house on weekdays, especially a poor family like Mo Daxi, why did she suddenly appear today?

"That is, the basket of meat that was kept for your family before..." Mo Alan gritted his teeth and repeated the nonsense that Modai had said before, "You also know that a few days ago, a few boys from your aunt's family in the lobby were killed by the town From the looks of it, I didn't have time to buy vegetables due to the urgency of the matter, and I used a lot of meat to entertain them, and now it is estimated that there are only 60 catties left, look..."

Mo Jinhua frowned when she heard this, how did Mo Achun and Mo Alan become elders? It's really too much, using other people's meat without authorization, what do you want to say now? Then Mo Daxi can make them spit it out? Certainly not! As the patriarch of Mo's Village, she naturally doesn't want to see the whole family get into trouble because of this matter, so Mo Daxi can only suffer from being dumb this time!

Thinking about it, Mo Jinhua subconsciously glanced at Mo Dai, and after this glance, she suddenly froze.

I saw Mo Dai staring blankly at Mo Alan, her eyes were so empty that she seemed to be dead, but the tears that flowed continuously showed that she was still alive.

Mo Jinhua has never seen a woman cry like this, silently, without even a hint of expression, but it makes people feel distressed, what flows out is not only tears, but also sadness, is Despair when God does not give people a way out...

Mo Alan was also taken aback by the crying Mo Dai, so, what is this stinky girl doing?

"Da, Daxi, what's wrong with you?" Mo Jinhua was suddenly a little afraid of this girl. She had made Mo Alan and Mo Achun speechless a moment ago, so why did she lose her energy the next moment? Are you as angry as if you are dead? Mo Jinhua shook Mo Dai's shoulder vigorously.

Mo Dai came back to her senses, glanced at Mo Jinhua, raised her sleeves to wipe away her tears, and smiled bitterly at the corner of her mouth: "Auntie, do you think God is punishing me for what I did in the past, Mo Daxi? So you won’t give my family a living?”

"Daxi, what are you talking about?" Mo Jinhua asked.

"It's nothing, aunt, I just suddenly thought of my dead mother, and I felt sad for a moment, and I felt that life was hard!" Mo Dai smiled again, and this time regained a little anger, "It's nothing, Aunt Xiaotang, can you help my family?" Temporarily keeping the meat, I am already very grateful to you, as for the used meat..." Mo Dai took a deep breath, as if trying hard to endure and endure the sorrow again, "Use it and use it, What else can I do? You are relatives of my family, Mo Daxi. You can buy more meat when it is gone, but family affection cannot be bought. Bar!"

Listening to Mo Dai's sincere words, Mo Jinhua couldn't help but feel emotional, this child Mo Daxi has really changed, look at the present, how great it is! And her two aunts were so unkind, they used other people's meat quietly, and in the end they tried to shirk responsibility with shamelessness, seeing that Daxi's family was going to build a house and didn't even fart. My son even went to Mo Guihua's house to make a fuss, really... Alas!

Mo Alan now has the heart to kill Mo Dai, dead girl, good people let her do it, the meat was obviously given to them by Xu Shaolin, if they want to return it now, I am afraid they will have to sell it Point some money to express, otherwise, what would that Mo Jinhua think of herself?

"Daxi, Aunt Xiaotang is not here to compensate you. Aunt Xiaotang will compensate you with some money for the meat that was used. You also know that Aunt Xiaotang and Aunt Datang are not very rich, so I can only feel sorry for you." Now, don't feel too little!" Then he took out the money bag from his sleeve, poured the money into the palm of his hand with a clatter, and handed it to Mo Dai.

This time Mo Jinhua took a high look at Mo Alan, and her face looked a little better.

Mo Dai glanced at the copper plate in Mo Alan's hand. It was hard to say whether there was fifty coins or not, but Mo Jinhua's perception of her improved. It has to be said that Mo Alan was very scheming.

Of course, Mo Dai won't be against money, just kidding, it's not bad to get fifty cents from Mo Alan, she has always been the one who robs others. After receiving the money, Mo Dai burst into tears of gratitude. Mo Alan gave the money, and under Mo Jinhua's stern eyes, Mo Achun couldn't avoid it, so he also took out his own purse and poured out thirty or forty Wen.

The money was also given, and the person became friendly. From Mo Jinhua's point of view, the matter had come to an end. After instructing Mo Achun and Mo Alan to return the meat to Mo Daxi as soon as possible, they went to look at the land for Mo Dai. And Mo Achun and Mo Alan went back in despair, needless to say.

The wasteland between Mo Daxi's house and Mo Guihua's house used to be lived in before, but they moved away decades ago, and now there are still some earthen walls and broken tiles hidden in the growing bushes and weeds. Because the weeds inside are too deep, even though it will turn yellow and wither in autumn and winter, Mo Guihua still won't let her three cats play inside. Of course, Mo Xiaoyu and Mo Xiaoyi are even less likely to go, because Xu Shaolin will often warn them , There will be big snakes that bite people.

Looking at the wasteland, Mo Jinhua felt a little worried for Mo Dai: "Daxi, this land is huge, but it's quite troublesome to clean it up, I'm afraid it will take a lot of manpower!"

"Well, I plan to find more people to help. Seeing that the busy farming season is approaching, I have to get people to start building the house quickly. It's not an option to stay at Sister-in-law's house forever." Mo Dai smiled helplessly.

"Seeing that you want such a large wasteland, how big is your house going to be?"

Mo Dai then briefly explained her plan, which made Mo Jinhua's eyes widen. Although she felt that Mo Daxi was a little too eager for success, she was too ambitious, but her starting point was good anyway. Mo Daxi will stop when she knows that her ability is limited, so let's not discourage her enthusiasm for now, let's see what the future holds!

Mo Jinhua and Mo Dai re-measured the wasteland again, and only went back when they found that it was indeed consistent with what was written on the land deed.

When Mo Dai returned to Mo Guihua's house after finishing watching, Mo Guihua's eyes were still a little red, and she was a little embarrassed to see Mo Daxi come back at first, after all, as an adult woman with a family and a family, she still wiped her tears and said It was very embarrassing, but when she thought that Mo Daxi cried much harder than her just now, she immediately regained her balance.

So Mo Guihua stepped forward and patted Mo Dai's shoulder. Although she didn't speak, the sigh after turning around made Mo Dai clearly understand that she was sympathized by Mo Dai.

Maru Niu, who was hiding somewhere just now and ran out of nowhere, shook his big ears and wagged his small tail, walked towards Mo Dai, stopped two steps away from Mo Dai, lifted the pig With its big round and black eyes, she took a deep look at Mo Dai: actually crying like that, alas, I, who is also a female, am deeply ashamed of you!

Modai's eyelids twitched: so you are the mother?

Maruyu rolled his eyes in disdain: Mother? Really vulgar! Lao Tzu was originally a female!

Subconsciously, Mo Dai glanced at the backyard of Mo Guihua's house, where the little boar raised by her was penned.

Maru Niu, who caught the thoughts in Modai's heart, was not calm: Don't compare Lao Tzu with those ordinary sows, I will look down on the little boar who can scream happily even after eating poor wheat bran, hum!

Mo Dai ignored Maru Niu's arrogance, and when she turned back to the west room, she saw the whole family sitting around the table, looking at her with red eyes, presumably she cried a lot.

As soon as Mo Xiaoyu saw Mo Dai coming in, she quickly broke free from Mo Wufeng's arms and ran to Mo Dai and hugged her thigh, for fear that she would disappear. Mo Dai smiled, put her hands under his ribs to hug him, looked into his slightly shy eyes and said, "Is Xiao Yu hungry?"

Mo Xiaoyu nodded subconsciously, then shook her head, stretched out her small hand to touch Mo Dai's left cheek, where the imprint of being slapped by Mo Achun had not yet disappeared. Mo Xiaoyu touched and touched, and suddenly her big eyes were filled with tears again, and she asked in a trembling child's voice: "Mother...does it hurt?"

When Mo Dai heard this, her heart ached again, thinking that she had made up her mind not to shed tears, but today she was fighting with Mo Alan in front of the patriarch, so she could only pretend to be a vulnerable group, so she could cry again and again. She said that she was acting when she was crying at that time, but now she really wanted to cry.

"Mother doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all."

"Really?" Mo Xiaoyu touched it lightly again, and the pads of her little hand pressed against Modai's cheek softly, making her heart soft.

"real."

"...it's red..." Mo Xiaoyu still touched it unwillingly, as if she wanted to use her little hands to remove the red marks on Mo Dai's face.

"Don't be afraid of being red, it looks good when it's red." Mo Dai stretched out her other hand and pinched Mo Xiaoyu's cheek, "Mother wants to make Xiaoyu's face red and plump to look good!"

Mo Xiaoyu was amused by Modai.

Xu Shaolin and Mo Wufeng laughed along.

Mo Wuyun hugged Mo Xiaoyi, who looked envious but also a little timid, feeling a little uncomfortable, Xiaoyi is also her child, why didn't she see her take the initiative to hug Xiaoyi? As soon as he had this kind of thought, Mo Wuyun quickly and remorsefully scolded himself for being wrong. They are a family, besides, Xiao Yu had only encountered that disaster not long ago, so he should be loved more by adults. How could he have such a dirty mind just now? What about the idea, it's too wrong!

Mo Wuqing was also in a bad mood. Although he was ashamed of Mo Daxi's tears just now, but at the same time he was deeply affected by her, and his mood fluctuated with her narration. The aunt not only agreed to return the meat, At the same time, when he gave other money to their family, he actually admired Mo Daxi a little bit in his heart, but he would never admit it!

Mo Dai rolled up her sleeves and washed her hands to make dinner, Mo Xiaoyu followed behind, handing Mo Dai a spoon for a while, and helping Mo Dai with a pair of chopsticks for a while, even if he didn't help Mo Dai with things, he still followed behind her Walking back and forth, the whole person was as busy as a spinning top, which made Mo Dai want to laugh.

Mo Dai made hand-rolled noodles tonight, which is also a mixture of white flour and black flour, so the strength is naturally not comparable to the noodles made of pure white flour sold in the town.

In the kitchen, Mo Dai cut a fat and thin piece of pork bought yesterday, cut it into thin slices, first added a little oil to the pan and fried it carefully, the meat was salted by Xu Shaolin yesterday, and it had a salty taste, although There is no seasoning such as cumin, but it has an attractive burnt aroma.

Mo Dai took the fried meat slices out and put them in a big bowl. They could be added to the noodles as a side dish when they were going to eat noodles. Seeing Mo Xiaoyu staring at the bowl filled with meat, Mo Dai wrapped them in oil paper Let him taste a piece first. The meat was a little hot, and the little guy bulged his cheeks and blew air on the piece of meat vigorously. When it was finally ready to eat, he took small bites, with an expression of devotion, as if he was completing a sacred task. After eating one piece, Moday asked him if he wanted another piece, he nodded subconsciously, then shook his head quickly, as if thinking of something, nodded again quickly, the expression on his little face was constantly changing as he nodded, shook his head and nodded again , really cute tight.

Without asking him why, Mo Dai directly wrapped another piece in oiled paper for him, this time he didn't eat it right away, but resisted the desire to eat and said stickily: "Mother, I'll give it to my brother!" Turning her body around and leaving the kitchen, Mo Dai was a little dazed, and after a while she laughed softly, her eyes almost forced tears again, can this child stop being so sensible? Obviously only three years old.

Mo Dai shook her head and didn't think about it too much. She put the shredded Chinese cabbage into the pot and stir-fried it for a while, then added half of the pot of water, seasoned with salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, and then covered it. Cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and when the water boils, put in the cut noodles and cook.

When eating, Xu Shaolin felt warm and moved when he saw Mo Dai put meat in the bowls of himself and his three sons.

Mo Wufeng blushed and whispered thanks.

Mo Wuyun didn't speak, just looking at the noodles and the meat, he was a little distracted, thinking how many days and nights he used to think that one day he would let his father, Wufeng Wuqing and the two children eat the noodles and the meat, and now Someone finally made this wish come true, and he also felt happy, but besides the joy, he also felt a little inexplicably confused and at a loss in his heart.

Although Mo Wuqing didn't give Mo Dai another look, he still looked arrogant and indifferent.

Mo Xiaoyu and Mo Xiaoyi didn't know what adults were thinking, they just kept pawing at the noodles in the small bowl, devoting themselves to eating.

At this time, a small head poked its head past the door, and it was a big cat: "Aunt Daxi, you are eating!"

Immediately afterwards, the second little head came over, and it was Ermao: "Aunt Daxi, the food you cook is delicious!"

Finally, the third little head popped up, it was Sanmao: "Aunt Daxi..."

Unexpectedly, before the three cats had time to express their emotions, Mo Guihua in the yard scolded angrily: "Go back to the house and sleep, you are smiling all day long, do you want to be beaten?"

The three cats sighed for a while, although they still wanted to hold on to the door of the Westinghouse, even if it was good to smell the aroma of the food, but the old lady’s sticks were not meant to scare people, so when they heard Mo Guihua’s explosion After drinking, he huffed and ran into the main room.

Mo Dai naturally couldn't see it, and was thinking of serving some noodles to Mo Guihua, but Xu Shaolin had already asked Mo Wuyun to fill a big bowl, and then put three slices of meat on top and served it out.

Mo Dai smiled at Xu Shaolin, and suddenly imitated the tone of the three cats and said: "Father, you are really a good person!"

Xu Shaolin couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then he felt a little embarrassed, and pretended to be angry and said: "Spoof!"

That night, Modai still slept in the north side room of Westinghouse with her two children and Maruki.

Early the next morning, after eating a bowl of leftover noodles from last night heated by Xu Shaolin, Mo Dai prepared to go to town with a basket on her back. Mo Xiaoyu took Mo Xiaoyi's hand and sent Mo Dai all the way to the old locust tree. Mo Dai hugged Mo Xiaoyu and kissed his forehead, and when he wanted to kiss Mo Xiaoyi again, he subconsciously shrank behind his brother. Modai smiled and said nothing, stood up and waved to the two little ones. Then he turned and went on the road.

Mo Xiaoyu kept looking at Mo Dai's back, and Mo Xiaoyi hid behind his brother and was also looking at Mo Dai's back. Suddenly, he became a little unhappy, and curled his mouth, looking like he was going to cry or not. appearance. But at this moment, Mo Dai suddenly turned around and ran back, and before Mo Xiaoyi had time to react, she hugged him and spun him around, his eyes widened in shock and he dared not make a sound. When the older brother was much taller, his mood jumped up all of a sudden, and he felt as if he was flying with Modai's circling, giggling non-stop.

However, the interesting feeling passed away in no time, and Modai stopped, gave him a resounding kiss on the forehead, and then turned to go on the road again.

Mo Xiaoyi stood there in a daze, his joyful mood had not yet calmed down, but Mo Dai had already walked a long way.

Mo Xiaoyu was very envious of his younger brother being held up by his mother and circling in circles, but he was an elder brother, so he couldn't compete with his younger brother, and next time he would let his mother hold him and circling in circles.

Yesterday, Mo Dai made an appointment with Xiao Xiao to meet at Wang Laoyuan's blacksmith's shop on the East Street of Liugang Town. Before arriving at the blacksmith's shop, Xiao Xiao was seen standing at the door of the blacksmith's shop with arms crossed from a distance, but seeing her looking around, it was obvious that she had been waiting for a long time.

Mo Dai felt a little guilty, she obviously asked Xiao Xiao for help with something, but in the end she asked Xiao Xiao to wait for her, it was really unreasonable. Mo Dai thought, it was only the beginning of the morning, Xiao Xiao probably hadn't had breakfast yet, so she conveniently packed four vegetable and meat buns and four sesame cakes from a shop selling steamed buns, steamed buns and sesame cakes.

"Ah, Daxi Daxi, here, here!" As soon as Xiao Xiao found out about Mo Dai's existence, he called out to her loudly, causing passers-by who were catching up with the morning market to stare at Mo Dai.

On the surface, Mo Dai smiled very calmly, but in fact she was already going crazy in her heart, she just wanted to run over and cover Xiao Xiao's mouth, so that she would never make a sound again.

But the instigator, Xiao Xiao, was completely unaware of Modai's blackened psychology, and still waved at her like no one else was there. Modai sighed, that's all, Xiao Xiao's naturally dull personality is not a day or two anymore!

Walking into the blacksmith's shop, Mo Dai handed the diagrams of tin boxes, tin buckets, and simple valves that she had drawn when she was free in Fumantang to Blacksmith Wang, and asked her if she could make them.

Blacksmith Wang's name is Wang Laoyuan. He is about forty years old and has a short and stocky build. I don't know if it's because of years of blacksmithing, his skin is black and red, and his skin is shiny.

"This box and barrel are not a big problem, but the old man who is called this door has never seen it before, so I don't know if it will be the same as the girl you painted after casting!" Wang Laoyuan spoke very sincerely, "Also, can the girl tell What is the use of this old thing, what is it called?"

Mo Dai felt that there was no need to hide it, so she told her generously: "This is to control the water flowing out of the spout. You see, this is the reason. Just twist the handle of the valve in reverse, and the water inside will The water will flow out unhindered, but if it is tightened along the way, the plug inside will block the flow of water, and the water will not flow out..."

While pointing at the diagram, Mo Dai explained, Xiao Xiao couldn't understand, but Wang Laoyuan understood everything, praised Mo Dai's clear and flexible mind, and readily agreed to try it out.

Leaving the blacksmith shop, Xiao Xiao led Mo Dai to his house, and said that the craftsman was his neighbor.

Xiao Xiao's family lived on the east side of the street. Although it was also in the town, it was relatively remote. On the way, Mo Dai handed Xiao Xiao the vegetable meat buns and sesame seed cakes she bought earlier, Xiao Xiao was stunned: "For me?"

"certainly."

"Why?"

"Buy you."

"..." Xiao Xiao looked at the vegetable meat buns and sesame seed cakes, and suddenly became silly and happy, "Success, I'm willing to let you buy it!"

Mo Dai secretly twitched the corner of her mouth, changed the subject and asked, "Do I need to bring a gift for that craftsman?"

"No need!" Xiao Xiao said vaguely while biting the steamed stuffed bun, "He is not easy to get along with others. If you are sincere, you can buy him a drink. He is addicted to alcohol, and he will never get drunk after a thousand cups!"

"I can't drink." When Mo Dai heard the wine, she subconsciously resisted it. Perhaps Mo Daxi's body was too obsessed with wine earlier, which caused her to have an inexplicable aversion to wine after taking over this body.

"Then cooking is as good as eating with him. Besides good wine, he also likes delicious food. He often comes to my house to eat and drink! My brother is so annoying to him!"

Mo Dai suddenly stopped in her tracks and asked in surprise, "Do you still have a younger brother?"

Xiao Xiao was a little puzzled by Mo Dai's surprise, why, is it strange that she has a younger brother?

"No, I'm sorry, I always thought you were an orphan like Fatty Bai, but I didn't expect you to have a younger brother!" Mo Dai felt a little guilty again, Xiao Xiao treated herself sincerely in Fumantang, but she only cared about her own family, I never wanted to get to know Xiao Xiao in the past, I always thought she was a chic, carefree orphan girl, but I didn't want to...

"In fact, it's almost the same. My brother and I are the only ones who depend on each other." Xiao Xiao briefly mentioned it indifferently, and then suddenly moved in front of Mo Dai nervously, "My brother's name is Xiao Sheng. He is twenty years old. He looks handsome, can cook, wash, embroider, farm the land, do small business to make money, and has a gentle and calm temper, and he is still unmarried!"

Modest was speechless, Xiao Xiao was clearly recommending her brother to her!

"Xiao Xiao, be serious!" Mo Dai said with a slight frown.

"I'm serious!" Xiao Xiao looked aggrieved, "My brother is really nice. Although the food you cook is delicious, my brother is definitely not inferior to you..."

Modai's eyelids twitched: "I'm already married and have children."

"So what, for an outstanding woman like you, the Empress of the Great Moon Dynasty will encourage you to marry more husbands and have more children, so as to contribute to the prosperity of the Great Moon Dynasty!"

"Then I really want to thank the Empress of the Great Moon Dynasty, but I don't have such a noble sentiment, little girl, whoever likes to contribute will contribute, and it's none of my business."

"Why? You are so outstanding, and my brother is equally outstanding. If you marry him..."

"Stop, Xiao Xiao," Mo Dai looked at the innocent Xiao Xiao with a big head, "I know your brother is a good man