When Sun Ruhua went back, she happened to bump into Xie Zhili coming back from the fields.
Xie Zhili's eyes narrowed: "Mom, where have you been?"
Sun Ruhua waved her hand: "We didn't go anywhere, we just walked around the village!"
But Xie Zhili looked at the direction in which she was coming back, and suddenly felt bad: This old woman didn't want to go back to Xie Jiaojiao's place! That’s okay!
After entering the house, Xie Zhili took Zhou Cuihong back to the house.
Zhou Cuihong's face was also unhappy.
"Your mother is really nothing! We are so short of money, and she only wants to go back there to eat and drink well, and doesn't want to leave anything for us!"
Xie Zhili agreed very much with what she said.
"You see, we scraped three taels of silver from Erba when she got sick. Who knows how much Xie Jiaojiao has in her hands? I think she is partial. Xie Jiaojiao and Xie Zhiyi enjoy spicy food all day long. What kind of stuff are we eating here!"
But that’s not it!
"Master, I think that old lady is unwilling to talk about Fang Zi. We have raised her for more than half a year, and it's time to ask Xie Jiaojiao for the pension money!"
Xie Zhili agreed: "The old woman is also very sharp. The money is gone, but the silver hairpin is still there! I will let her take it out one day!"
Zhou Cuihong nodded: "That's right, I didn't see Erwa still being sick these two days. She doesn't think about her grandson, but Xie Jiaojiao's daughter who will be married off in the future!"
When he mentioned this, Xie Zhili looked at Zhou Cuihong: "At Jiang's house in town, take some time to go and find out. We are Xie Jiaojiao's brother and sister-in-law. We have already made arrangements for the marriage for so long, and they haven't even mentioned anything. Why are you coming to see us from a wealthy family? There is no etiquette at all!"
Zhou Cuihong wrote down this matter and nodded with a smile: "I will go to town to inquire about it tomorrow."
Xie Zhili continued: "You have to keep an eye on the old woman these days. If anything happens, don't let her go out! Otherwise she will go to Xie Jiaojiao again."
"What are you afraid of! Didn't you say she was going there today? Look, did Xie Jiaojiao leave her behind? After living for such a long time, she still doesn't have any worries in her heart?"
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The couple discussed in the house for a long time. Sun Ruhua was holding the baby in the yard, looking at the baby and sighing.
When the couple came out, they stared at Sun Ruhua pitifully.
Sun Ruhua turned her head away, not wanting to look.
Zhou Cuihong flattened her mouth and went to the kitchen to cook.
Xie Zhili walked up to Sun Ruhua and didn't say anything. He just picked up the baby in her arms and coaxed him. He said with a sad face: "My poor second baby, your life is so miserable! You have been sick for such a long time. Now, dad can’t even afford money to treat your illness..."
Come again, come again...
Sun Ruhua could only say awkwardly: "I'll go to the kitchen to help Cuihong."
Xie Jiaojiao was busy making soy sauce at home and had no intention of knowing about these things. And even if she knew about these things, she wouldn't do anything!
This time she must let Sun Ruhua see and think clearly!
Once all the fermented soybeans are filled in the sauce jars in the yard, spring will come, and she will start her busy farming days again.
The family bought pigs last winter, and she also invited Uncle Li to help her fertilize them. Now they are almost ready. The fields are full of villagers plowing the fields, and everyone's faces are filled with hope for this year.
The land is the only hope for all farmers. All year round, as long as food is grown in the land and the weather is good, the family can survive.
Everyone was working in the fields with hoes.
Xie Zhiyi followed Xie Jiaojiao. Xie Jiaojiao learned from Uncle Li that she could plow the field. She plowed the field in front, and Xie Zhiyi carried a basket behind her to pick up the weeds in the field.
The fields were busy for several days before everything was sorted out, and then watering and seeds were spread.
Last year, Sun Ruhua helped, but this year it was Xie Jiaojiao. Fortunately, Tian Hu saw that she was too busy, so he and his grandma took the initiative to help, which saved Xie Jiaojiao a lot of physical work.
Xie Jiaojiao was very grateful to them and wanted to pay them, but the two refused directly.
Seeing that they refused to accept money, Xie Jiaojiao went to town and planned to cut off two kilograms of meat and deliver it to them.
But what surprised Xie Jiaojiao was that he met Xie Zhili in the town and saw him entering the pawn shop and coming out soon with a smile on his face.
What can he use to exchange Xie Zhili? Zhou Cuihong’s dowry?
Don’t even think about it! For a woman like Zhou Cuihong, asking her to pay money is just a dream.
Xie Jiaojiao entered the pawn shop again and asked, "Boss, what did that person pawn just now?"
The pawn shop immediately blocked her from seeing. He had seen many people like Xie Jiaojiao who came to ask questions. The person just now had obviously stolen something belonging to someone in his family to pawn it. It seemed that the two of them were looking at each other. , therefore, he will not tell the truth.
"What does the girl want to be?" the boss asked with a smile.
Xie Jiaojiao shook her head: "I don't think it's a thing, I just want to know what that person just thought he did!"
The store owner wanted to speak again.
Xie Jiaojiao immediately interrupted him: "Boss, if you let me take a look, I will take a look."
The boss had no choice but to let her take a look.
Xie Jiaojiao sneered, it was indeed the silver hairpin she bought for Sun Ruhua!
He said nothing more, thanked the boss, turned around and left.
When they returned to the village, they gave the meat to Tian Hu and Nai Nai. Both of them were a little embarrassed, but more grateful.
During lunch, Xie Zhiyi suddenly said: "Sister, I saw my mother in the village today. She is so thin and her hair is all white!"
Xie Jiaojiao said nothing.
Xie Zhiyi continued: "Sister, when will mother come back!"
"It's almost time. In the afternoon, you can get some snacks and share them with your friends in the village. Remember, you must take them out when Xie Kun is around."
Xie Zhiyi didn't ask any questions. Anyway, he did whatever his sister asked him to do! Sister said, as long as you do as she said, mother will come back.
After Xie Jiaojiao finished eating, she continued working in the fields.
Seeing Xie Kun running back crying from a distance, Xie Jiaojiao packed up the farm tools and prepared to go home.
Xie Zhiyi saw his sister packing her things and going back at the edge of the field, and he immediately followed her.
When Xie Kun returned home, he cried and asked for snacks.
But where could Zhou Cuihong find snacks for him? After Xie Kun was beaten, he made a loud noise: "I don't want to stay at home, I want to go to grandma's house. Grandma's house has..."
Zhou Cuihong hurriedly covered his mouth with fear on her face. She glanced outside and saw that Xie Zhili and the damn old woman were busy with something. Then she exhaled and said to Xie Kun in a hateful voice: "Mother Didn’t I tell you not to say those things?”
