Let’s talk about Xiejia Village. As soon as Xie Baotian and his party entered the village, they were surrounded by people looking for water!
Eighty of the hundred or so households in the village have the surname Xie. Today, there are even more people from the Xie clan who are still in the village. Every family is related to Xie Baotian. Give me some water to drink and some food to survive!
At this time, although Xie Baotian and the others don't want to give it, they can't help but think about it. Although the big guys say soft things, if they don't give it, who knows what they can do in a desperate situation!
So in order to go out with peace of mind tomorrow, Xie Baotian divided out three water hyacinths, cut half of the sheep and let them divide it by themselves, and then took the family home while they were dividing the sheep!
The Xie family has been without water since last night, but they still have some food, which was bought with Xie Yushu’s gift money!
As a bride price of ten taels of silver, I spent six taels to buy three kilograms of coarse grains. I worked hard in the poor days, so I am very affectionate with silver. Although I know that food is more important, I am not willing to spend all the money to buy grains. These days, every time When cooking, a large family is willing to put a handful of rice, and the cooked porridge can reflect people's shadows!
As soon as the old lady of the Xie family and Xie Yushu's mother, Mrs. Lu, ate, they remembered that Xie Yushu had married a cripple for this handful of rice to survive, and they almost finished the meal in tears! This rice can be saved as much as possible!
Even so, more than half of the three kilograms of rice were gone, and I was thirsty for a whole day and couldn’t even shed tears!
The ladies were sighing on the kang when they saw Xie Baotian and his entourage running in in a hurry!
Mrs. Lu and Ms. Wang, Xie Baoshu’s daughter-in-law, hurriedly ran out to meet them.
"You, the masters, are back!"
"Did you find water? And you hunted!"
"Shhh! Let's talk inside first!"
Mrs. Lu and Ms. Wang also understood, quickly shut up, took the things from the hands of the adults and children and entered the house together.
The family consists of the old lady Xie, Mr. Lu, Mr. Wang, and Mr. Wang’s ten-year-old twin children Xie Yumin and Xie Tianzhao.
As soon as Xie Baotian entered the house, he immediately opened a water hyacinth and gave it to Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Lu to drink. Xie Baoshu also gave a water hyacinth to Mrs. Wang and the two children.
He also cut a piece of roasted wild boar meat for several people to eat to fill their bellies.
While old lady Xie and the others were eating meat and drinking water, Xie Baotian and Xie Baoshu hid three water hyacinths and the remaining forty or fifty kilograms of roasted pork in the cellar. The cellar was warm in winter and cool in summer, and almost every household in the countryside had it. Yes, you can freeze some fruits in summer, and store radish, cabbage, etc. in winter.
It's just that most people's cellars are in the yard, and the Xie family, because they have been bullied all year round, has some good things. Xie's precious daughter-in-law Zhu will always come to take advantage if she knows about it, so there is no other way. Mrs. Xie let two more My son secretly dug a cellar in the house to hide things, just under the cabinet!
Xie Guogui is Xie Baotian's cousin, the eldest son of the clan leader Xie Dafu, Xie Yujiao's father, and the next clan leader!
Just like his father Xie Dafu, he has eyes on the top of his head and has no respect at all for Mrs. Xie, a widowed aunt!
Xie Baotian's father had just died, and Xie Dafu wanted thirty taels of silver to sell Mrs. He was forcibly sold by Xie Dafu!
After failing to sell the goods, Xie Dafu and his wife felt that they had wasted thirty taels of silver. They looked at her from side to side and looked at her displeased. They often scolded Mrs. Xie for random reasons, like an eldest brother is like a father and a sister-in-law is like a mother. The elders took the lead, and his children and grandchildren naturally looked down on Mrs. Xie's children and grandchildren, so Xie Yujiao bullied Xie Yushu and Xie Yumin so naturally!
Xie Baotian and Xie Baoshu are both honest and honest people. Over the years, they have forced them to become more sophisticated and know how to hide things!
Xie Tianlin and Xie Tianming talked to Mrs. Xie and others about what happened in the mountains in the past two days. They heard that Xie Yushu went into the mountains to find water and even fought with people. Mrs. Lu cried again. Mrs. Xie listened. She thanked Yushu for secretly learning martial arts from her in-laws, Mr. Lu, and sighed.
"It's also my fault that I'm too strict with the children on weekdays! Girl Yushu is also sensible, but she didn't show it at all. It's hard for the child to endure Xie Yujiao's anger for so many years even though she can't stand it! Alas! You all blame me for not having the ability! "
"Mom, I can't blame you. My uncle is the patriarch of the clan, and my aunt is your sister-in-law. They are rightfully putting pressure on you. They are the ones who are mean, and there is nothing you can do about it! Fortunately, the children are grown up, and they will be fine in the future! "
Xie Baotian persuaded lightly. The patriarch is still the patriarch, and the uncle is still the uncle. The patriarch and his family still like to find a sense of presence and superiority in them. He doesn't know if it will be good in the future. He should persuade me first!
After the family had eaten, drank, and talked, they started to light a fire to roast the remaining half of the lamb. In such a hot weather, the lamb could only be stored by roasting it into jerky!
As a result, Xie Dafu and his wife came to the door with their three sons and daughter-in-law only half way through the baking!
When Mrs. Zhu saw the whole family gathering together to barbecue, she said in a strange tone
"Hey! Second aunt, I feel comfortable without a man in charge! Just enjoy the blessings by yourself! You don't have to be filial to the elders and be kind to the younger ones! Just eat the meat by yourself!"
After hearing this, Mrs. Xie's expression froze, and Xie Baotian and others also changed their expressions!
Xie Baoshu was a little impatient, so he stood up and said:
"What are you talking about, sister-in-law? We brought this prey back with our children. The first bite we got home was for my mother and children. How come you are not filial to your elders and don't love your younger ones?"
"Hey! Brother Baoshu, do you mean that your mother is the elder? Are your uncle and aunt not the elders? Your nephews and nieces in our family are not your juniors? We are brothers passed down by the same blood! Why? , Second uncle is dead, don’t you want to recognize this uncle and his wife?”
Mrs. Ma, Xie Dafu’s daughter-in-law, also said:
"Second daughter-in-law, this is because you are ignorant. My second brother has been dead for so many years. You orphans and widowed mothers have to rely on us to take care of you so that you can live a stable life in this village. If your eldest brother is not the head of the Xie family, you are the only one." How can a widow without a man live a stable life?
We didn't smile when we saw you, and even after we got the meat, we didn't know how to send some meat to your nephews and nieces to try. Together with your brother, we have actually helped a bunch of white-eyed wolves in these years! "
After Ma finished speaking, Xie Dafu raised his chin and snorted, then glanced at Old Mrs. Xie as if he was waiting for Mrs.
Old Mrs. Xie shivered with anger when she saw them acting like bandits. In the past, she would have endured this and gave them half of the things to settle the matter. But now the whole family is living on these things! If the things are distributed, will my family starve to death of thirst?
