It was getting dark.
The moon had already hung in the sky, and its clear moonlight shone in the yard.
Cheng Wanwan sat on the chair and said quietly: "Two dogs, three cows, do you two have anything to say?"
Zhao Ergou lowered his head: "We shouldn't go to Chengjia Village..."
Having said that, he has no regrets at all. His mother completely broke with the Cheng family because of him and Sanniu.
From now on, no matter what good things the family has, Mom will never send them to the Cheng family again, and the Cheng family will never bully Mom again.
Zhao Sanniu also lowered his head: "Mom, I was wrong..."
"You are indeed wrong." Cheng Wanwan said slowly, "You shouldn't be so reckless before you are fully prepared and before you have no chance of winning! Ergou, you are sixteen this year. I know you are smart. But it’s just some cleverness. If your brother and I don’t go today, you and San Niu will be tied up in the yard all night without eating or drinking, and half of your life will be lost!”
"There are three cows. You have no strength and never use your brain when doing things." She said angrily, "No matter how strong you are, you are only fourteen years old. If ten of you are tied up, you may not be your uncle's opponent. Don’t be so reckless in the future.”
Zhao Ergou and Zhao Sanniu were both a little stunned.
Mother actually didn't blame them for going to Cheng's house to cause trouble, but she blamed them for going there without being prepared.
Has mother...really given up on the Cheng family?
Cheng Wanwan continued: "You have done something wrong and you must be punished. As a punishment, each of you will carry two buckets of water back now."
Zhao Ergou looked up, with astonishment in his eyes. In the past, his mother had to punish them by either kneeling all night or not eating for a day. Carrying water was what they were supposed to do, so could it be regarded as punishment?
Zhao Sanniu has already picked up the bucket: "Let's go fetch water now!"
The two of them went out one after the other.
Cheng Wanwan got up and went to the kitchen and asked Wu Huiniang to boil water: "We are all tired today. No matter who we are, we must take a bath."
She searched through the memory of her original body, but she couldn't remember the last time she took a bath. She washed her hands and face every day. She was sweating profusely every day, and she could smell the smell when she was close... She knew that now the water Resources are scarce, but I still can't stand the smell of myself and my family...
At night, Dahe Village gradually became quiet.
The villagers who had worked hard all day were ready to rest. There was no one at the wellhead queuing up to fetch water. Zhao Ergou and Zhao Sanniu each came back with two buckets of water.
There was a large wooden basin at home, but it had been sitting there and not used much. Cheng Wanwan took out the wooden basin, poured some hot water, and then poured some cold water in, then grabbed Zhao Sidan and said, "Wash it yourself, or let me wash it." Shall I wash it for you?"
Zhao Sidan's face turned red: "I, I wash it myself..."
In my memory, my mother has never bathed him. Oh no, I should say, he has never taken off his clothes to take a bath at home. In the past, when there was no drought, he would take off his clothes and swim in the river and he would be clean...
This child's body is dirty, and mud will come off whenever he rubs it. Just washing it like this is not enough.
Cheng Wanwan searched in the mall for a long time, and finally spent three cents to buy a small piece of very inconspicuous soap and took it out: "This was just handed over from your uncle's house. It's the best soap. After taking a bath, Fragrant."
The Zhao family had never seen or heard of soap. Zhao Sidan was reluctant to use a small piece of soap.
Cheng Wanwan taught him how to use it. He covered his body with bubbles and started rubbing it happily in the yard.
Zhao Ergou said angrily: "Can you wash it quickly?"
Zhao Sidan blinked innocently: "Mom said you must wash it off, otherwise you can't go to bed."
Zhao Ergou hooked his fingers: "Sanniu, let's help him wash it!"
"Second brother, third brother, don't...elder brother, come and save me!" Zhao Sidan quickly hid, "Hahaha, don't tickle me, it's so itchy...I've finished washing, I won't wash anymore if I don't!"
Listening to the laughter coming from the yard, Cheng Wanwan also laughed.
It was getting darker and darker, and the Zhao family lined up to take a bath one by one. The yard was filled with the smell of soap, and everyone looked much whiter.
That night, Cheng Wanwan finally had a good sleep.
When the sky turns bright and clear, Dahe Village wakes up.
When Cheng Wanwan got up, the three children beside him were still sleeping like little pigs.
She got out of bed gently. Wu Huiniang was already busy in the yard, washing the dirty clothes that the family had changed out last night.
Zhao Dashan picked up a hoe and prepared to go to the ground to weed.
"Da Shan, come with me to the town." Cheng Wanwan turned around and warned, "Hui Niang, just stay home and don't go to the mountain."
Yesterday when she went to the mountains, Wu Huiniang almost fell down. She did not dare to let a pregnant woman take the risk again.
Wu Huiniang said hurriedly: "But mother, where can I dig wild vegetables if I don't go to the mountain?"
Almost all the wild vegetables in the fields have been dug up, so we have to go deeper into the mountains.
"The little goose vegetables are also quite delicious." Cheng Wanwan said, "You and Sidan dig more little goose vegetables in your own fields and come back. Let the second and third sons go up the mountain to find some mushrooms and bracken. Dashan and I will have lunch at noon. Come back before."
Zhao Da's bullock cart is waiting at the end of the village, and you can take a ride on it for just one penny.
Cheng Wanwan paid two cents and got on the oxcart with Zhao Dashan. There were other people in the village on the oxcart.
Both mother and son took a shower last night and looked clean. Although their clothes were still tattered, they still looked a little different from others.
Cheng Wanwan's complexion was fair, making the injury on his forehead more eye-catching.
A woman who usually didn't deal with her sneered and said, "Where are you going, Sister-in-law Zhao? Why not go to Chengjia Village?"
Everyone in the village knew that Sister-in-law Zhao was a good person who tried to get good things from her parents' family, but she was beaten on the head by her parents' family. It was really laughable.
The corners of Cheng Wanwan's lips curved: "Aunt Fugui and your man really have the same temperament. They always like to ask me where I am going. Does where I go have anything to do with you two?"
Aunt Fugui's eyebrows immediately stood up: "What do you mean by that!"
Cheng Wanwan snorted coldly: "Aunt Fugui has the energy to keep an eye on others, so she might as well focus more on her own man."
A few words almost made Aunt Fugui furious.
She wished she could jump out of the car right now and run back to ask her man if he was having an affair with Cheng Wanwan.
But looking at Cheng Wanwan's calm look, it doesn't look like an affair... It means her man is entangled with Cheng Wanwan, a widow!
Aunt Fugui was so angry that her heart ached, but she didn't want to lose face in front of so many people, so she said coldly: "We are all from the same village, so I just casually asked you where you were going, and treated your kindness like a donkey's liver and lungs..."
Cheng Wanwan closed his eyes and rested his mind.
As the saying goes, there is a lot of trouble at the door of a widow. After the original widow was separated and the family was separated, many old men in the village came to look for trouble.
Fortunately, the original person was a shrewd one, so he scolded them all away. Only Zhao Fugui was still pestering them, and he would touch them every now and then, which made the original person extremely annoyed.
She mentioned it here just to hope that Aunt Fugui would keep an eye on her husband, otherwise she was afraid that she would lose control and smash Zhao Fugui's head with a brick.
