Chapter 15 Five Quebec.7

After ten days.Wu Kui, who was a bachelor, worked as a packer for a family in the village and brought back a bride.As usual, his face was smeared with cinnabar water, and before it was washed off, shopkeeper Liu, who was seated at the table, was invited to say to him, "Fifth Kui, you are a hero of my family, and I have always wanted to say thank you again. Down. If you want to be happy, come to my house to feed those cows. After eating and drinking, I will give you two loads of wheat a year. Hehe, Quandang Liu’s family will support you!" Wu Kui was unprepared and was stunned for a moment. I thought to myself that the Liu family has eight cows, and it would be exhausting enough just to eat the gaskets, cut grass, and excrete the manure. Although they are in charge of food and drink, two loads of wheat a year are actually a long-term laborer. ?!" Just as he was about to say "No", he immediately thought of living in the Liu family for a long time, wouldn't he be able to see the Liu family's young mistress every day, and the Liu family suddenly asked him to go, it must be the young mistress' idea.So he kowtowed to the shopkeeper Liu and said thank you to the shopkeeper.

Although going to Liu's house is a cowherd's job, but after all, he wants to be a member of the Liu family's compound. A group of villagers who took the bride made a fuss. Wu Kui said: "Touch your mother's nipples? Men's heads, women's feet, you can only look at them, not touch them!" The villagers said: "Look at Wukui climbing a high branch, and his voice is getting rough. Touch your head to feel your noble spirit!" Wu Kui said: "I have beriberi!" The villager said: "Wukui has athlete's foot. That's why he can run as a packer. Can people from the Liu family be used as packers in the future? When will you get someone to be a packer for you?"

Wukui said: "My daughter-in-law, I'm afraid she will still have a tendon in her father-in-law's leg!" The villager said: "You have lied to people. Now I heard that eight people are looking for you. Unfortunately, you are a little bit bigger. If you are not stubborn and not aggressive, then you really have the strength to work!" It was about the eight cows of the Liu family, and Wu Kui spit out a mouthful of anger when he was ridiculed, and everyone was overjoyed. At noon the next day, Wu Kui took a roll of bedding and came to live in the cowshed in the Liu family compound. He put on a long apron made of oilcloth, and took eight cows to brush their hair in the sun with a brush.The sun was very warm, and the cow got itchy when it got the sun, lying comfortably in the dirt nest and screaming. Wu Kui was also sun-baked and lazy. He sat down on the cow's body and felt a small animal running under his clothes. Su, wanted to take off his clothes to catch lice, but Grandma Liu looked at him and sneered.

The woman came to collect the cloth belts washed in the morning as usual on the drying line in the courtyard, and saw five Kui and the ox were lying together, and the ox's tail shook away the flies lying on the ox's eyes, as well as the flies on Wu Kui's body. She thought it was funny and laughed.Wu Kui immediately stood up and said, "Hi, young lady!" The woman said, "Come here at noon? Have you had lunch here?" Wu Kui said, "I have eaten." The woman said, "Are you full?" Wu Kui said, "Full." The woman said: "It's hard work, the food is good enough to eat."

Wu Kui said, "Yes." After Wu Kui replied, his eyes suddenly became sour. He grew up so big, and his mother had said such things to him when he was alive, and there was only this woman besides.He could say many words that were greatly moved, but the one in front of him was the young mistress of the Liu family; he could only behave politely, "Thank you, young mistress! It's not hard work to feed these cows. If you have anything to do with the young mistress, just tell me what to do." .” The woman seemed to be unable to open her eyes when she was in the sun, and she said, "You are born, Wu Kui, not like the Wu Kui who carried me back!"

Wu Kui swallowed his saliva and gave the woman a wry smile when he thought of the scene of picking up the bride. Since then, Wu Kui was the first to get up in the compound every day, first boiled warm water to mix the eight cows, then took the mixing stick and tapped on the edge of the cow trough, while watching with his eyes. Everything in the courtyard.It's almost become a habit.At this time, the members of the Liu family started to get up, those who went to the latrine, those who combed in the mirror, washed their faces, hugged the bedding to dry, and opened the door of the chicken coop. Just pay attention to the whereabouts of the young mistress.The most common thing for young mistresses is to carry cloth belts to wash in the river, or hang sheets to dry.Wu Kui saw it, sometimes he could say a few words, sometimes he looked at it from a distance, as long as he could see a woman this morning, Wu Kui would be in a good mood all day, and he would say a lot of inexplicable things to Niu, if he woke up in the morning Not being able to see the young mistress, I was very irritable, as if in a trance, lost my soul.

In winter, the westerly wind was very hard, and the shallow waters of the river were completely frozen. Wukui got up early and went to fetch water from the river. When warming the water for the cattle, it was much warmer, and poured it into the big wooden basin where the Liu family bathed. Seeing that the young lady was going to wash the cloth belt again, she went over and said that the river water was too cold, and there was warm water in the wooden basin.The young mistress watched him for a long time, but she was not stubborn, so she started to wash him in the basin.Wu Kui went back to the cowshed to eat cigarettes, and the food was quite delicious.When it was time to change the water after the first wash, Wu Kui brought another bucket of warm water over on time, and the woman said, "Wu Kui, this is too wasteful!"

Wu Kui said: "It's nothing, the water is stored in the river." The woman said, "You must take a break." Wukui said: "I have strength, I really have strength, I can stand up that Lupan." The woman said: "Wu Kui can also brag when feeding cows!" Wu Kui walked over, and put his hands on a flat-lying Luke who was tied to a cow, and put his hands together for a horse step. With the word "Hi", he successfully planted himself, and the woman said sharply, "Two poles, don't lose your waist!" Wu Kui still showed his ability, and he was going to lift another sack, and when he stepped on the horse, the knee of his trousers split suddenly, so embarrassing that Wu Kui ran to the cowshed for a long time and did not dare to come out.

After lunch, the members of the Liu family took a nap. Wu Kui was wearing his back and rolled up his old trousers, which were torn to the knees. He was doing manure in the cowshed, sweating all over his face. The boss called Wu Kui, and Wu Kui wiped his face in a hurry. The woman said, "You don't want to die, there are two days left if you can't finish it in one day. I packed up one of the young master's old trousers, and he couldn't wear them anymore. You can wear it. Maybe you are wearing a long dress, but I shortened it, I don’t know if it fits, and I put it on your bed.” The woman wanted to leave after speaking, but she came back and said, “I will tell the old shopkeeper about it. I’ve already said it, you can wear it, no one will say you stole it.” At the same time, he smiled, squeezed his left eye, turned around and walked away, but he didn’t want a cow to graze in the trough, shook his head, and threw the forage and Tang Shui shook her face.Wu Kui rushed over to pull the bull's head. The woman wiped her face and walked away. Wu Kui couldn't express his passion, so he took a wooden stick and beat the cow. Turning around the pillar, Wu Kui still beat him, the pillar shook, and the dust flew up, so frightened that the chicken barked and the dog bit him.Shopkeeper Liu in the living room got up for lunch break, took up his trousers and went to the latrine, saw the training and said, "Isn't this your cattle? Don't you feel bad?!" The foot kicked into the corner of the bullpen.

Wu Kui tried on Young Master Liu's trousers. Of course they were old, but they couldn't be newer for Yu Wu Kui. He was surprised that the young mistress didn't measure his figure, but after shortening them, they fit perfectly.Wu Kui first put it on and took it off, then put it on and took it off again, ashamed to go out of the cowshed.When the young mistress saw him and asked him why he didn't wear those pants, he finally worked up the courage to put them on. As soon as he went out, he didn't know where to put his hands, his legs were stiff and he walked with splayed steps. The woman said, "Okay, people are clothes. A horse is a saddle, so Wu Kui is much more respectable!" Wu Kui took it for granted.In addition to being busy with the cowshed in the yard, he is also busy with chores in the yard! He also put on these trousers and took the cows out of the yard to grind rice.The shopkeeper was bored, so he also came to the mill, and the people around were envious of Wu Kui's trousers. Wu Kui said, "Thanks to the shopkeeper!" Buy Wu Kui a new suit!" Back in the compound, the shopkeeper said, "Wu Kui, although this dress was worn by your young master, it was only worn for a while. It turned out to be a cloth bought for four silver dollars. Deduct four liters from two tans of wheat, let you pick up a bargain, who made Wu Kui a member of the Liu family!"

Wu Kui didn't say a word about this matter to the young mistress. Whenever he saw the young mistress sewing under the sun in the courtyard or beating starch cloth on the cloth stone, Wu Kui would take off his old trousers in the cowshed and come out in these trousers. .Of course, he took a cow and pretended that he was going to brush the cow's hair on the dirt field in the yard. In this way, they had something to talk to each other and other things to do, and Wu Kui didn't seem so nervous and restrained.At this time, the young lady often made fun of Wu Kui's naive behavior and then looked at Wu Kui consciously or unconsciously. Wu Kui guessed in her heart that she must be proud of the fit of her altered pants.However, after the woman looked at it for a while, her complexion darkened, and her eyes were very sad.Wu Kui thought again: Poor woman, did you see the young master before I was disabled when I put on my trousers?Now the pants are on me, running in and out, and the real owner of the pants will never need to wear pants, is her heart weeping?Wu Kui's mood also became depressed. He wanted to go back to the cowshed to take off his pants, but he couldn't bear to walk away when the woman felt uncomfortable. He said, "Young Mistress, are you okay?" The woman said, "Not good." Wu Kui's words were originally a comforting word. If the woman said "it's okay", Wu Kui's heart would be at ease, but the woman said "not good".Wu Kui had no words to continue. The woman looked at Wu Kui, tears streaming down her face. As soon as the woman cried, Wu Kui didn't have any experience to deal with it. He panicked and his mouth was as stupid as a log, so he also hooked his head.A tiny ant was moving something in front of his feet, and he could see clearly that it was a dead ant.Is the dead ant the husband of the little ant?wife?It was hard enough for a weak body to carry a corpse as big as itself. Wu Kui guessed that the little ant's heart must have a wound that was several times larger than the body, and tears fell down.The woman suddenly whispered: "The shopkeeper is here!" She raised her hands and pretended to rub her face to wipe her tears, and at the same time said loudly: "Wu Kui, how many teeth does this cow have?" But before Wu Kui could react, he stood up. She got up and asked her father-in-law what she had for lunch today. She was going to the kitchen to inform the cook, but the shopkeeper didn't come over.And Wu Kui cried alone there. Wu Kui, who suffered from insomnia again that night, carefully recalled the first acquaintance and every meeting with the young mistress. There is no doubt that the woman cares about him.A beautiful woman like a Bodhisattva has a mother-like heart.This made Wu Kui immersed in an indescribable and inexplicable joy.At noon, the woman said her "not good" to his face, and when his face shed tears, Wu Kui felt that the woman had opened up her heart to him, completely treating him as a relative or a confidant.However, Wu Kui, a servant, a cowherd from the Liu family, what can he do for her?If he could change his legs, Wu Kui would give his legs to the young master without hesitation, as long as this woman is happy.But how is this possible? What reassures Wu Kui is that although women do not have a happy life, the Liu family is the wealthiest family in Jigong Village after all, and the status of a woman who is a young mistress cannot be said to be low in this family. There is no disrespect among men, women and children. She will not plow the fields like ordinary wives, nor will she go to the mountains to cut grass and firewood. Although her three meals a day are not delicacies, they are also white rice noodles.This is the envy of many women in Jigong Village.Because of this thought, Wu Kui was once jealous and hated the wealth of the Liu family together with the whole village, but now he hopes that the Liu family will be undefeated.As a long-term cowherd, he no longer imitates others and is passive and slow at work. Of course, what he hopes is that the Liu family will have herds of cattle and horses, and the grain will be full. Young Master Liu, who can no longer be transformed into a complete human form, hurry up and close your eyes! If at that time, Young Mistress invites another handsome master to enter the door, he will feed her cows forever, and even after death, he is willing to change As a cow, she came to her house for her command. Therefore, when the young mistress and the Liu family's parents-in-law were eating dry rice with chicken and duck in the living room, the young mistress would always say at the dining table that the chicken was not cooked thoroughly and that the father-in-law would give the chicken head and feet to the dog to eat. He advocated letting the servants eat it, brought it out, and yelled loudly in front of the servants in the courtyard who were eating the glutinous rice paste soup: "Come, come, my father will let everyone taste these things!" Kui, said: "Don't be disgusted, it's better than the one in your bowl." He Wu Kui understood a woman's heart, so he wanted to chew the leftover meat deliciously in front of her to please her, and even said: " Don't worry about me, as long as you eat well, I will Drinking cold water will also make you stare!" Wu Kui was also surprised at being able to say things that women liked.The woman reached out and tapped his forehead when he spoke, and sucked her mouth coquettishly: "You still put honey on your mouth!" This act of acting like a spoiled child made Wu Kui lose a lot of timidity, gave birth to countless courage, and his words gradually became frivolous. He hoped that such a act of acting like a spoiled child would be given to him every day, but it never happened again.