Boss Liu's daughter-in-law came out with a dustpan filled with ten large pancakes: "You can only make so much in one pot, you can eat first." After saying that, she turned around and left without even catching a glimpse of her.
If the elders say this, the young men standing or squatting in the courtyard can still save face.
But Mr. Liu's daughter-in-law is not very old. She stood in front of a group of young men and said this with a straight face. The dustpan was placed on the well platform. Everyone was about the same age and felt that it was a bit ugly to reach for dry food. , even those thin-skinned faces turned red.
I choked on this meal.
This time when we went out, the four major families in the village each sent their boys to go out. The four major families bought a lot of things. Then there are Xu Youcang, Yi Er, the seventh uncle's youngest son, and the fourth uncle's second grandson. His eldest grandson died in the war when he was drafted for military service. Now the second grandson is equivalent to the eldest grandson accompanying him to purchase goods as his representative.
The family situation of the eight boys is better than that of other families in the village, so it is inevitable that they have some thoughts in their hearts.
This is really treating them as poor relatives who are fighting against the autumn wind.
In fact, they had discussed staying in Datongpu before departure.
I always feel that no matter how bad the environment of Datongpu is, I feel comfortable. After spending money, I don’t have to worry about the owner’s thoughts, and I avoid trouble. I don’t have to worry about what to bring to others before setting off. I am always worried that it will not be good to arrive empty-handed, and I feel uneasy.
For example, Lao Wan's family brought out a lot of soy sauce this time and asked Liu Laozhu to help sell the goods. They specially packed a can of soy sauce for Lao Liu's family.
The eldest brother of the Lao Wan family told his son, "You don't need to tell Uncle Li Zheng to keep the soy sauce, just keep it." Uncle Li Zheng said it was his business not to bother, but we troubled others and treated it as our business to visit the elders and bring something. If your uncle Li Zheng refuses to give it to you, you will force him to keep it.
The Sun family brought two kilograms of walnuts. The price of walnuts has long been higher than that of living in Datongpu.
The fourth uncle also used the village committee's share to select expensive fish in the market and asked everyone to bring four big ones.
Uncle Zheng said that the Datong store was inconvenient and that the things he bought could be temporarily stored at his elder brother's house. He didn't have to worry about who stole them when he went in and out.
He also said very enthusiastically that it is not like there are no relatives in the county. A dozen people live in Datongpu for two cents of silver. What would they do with that wasted money? It would be inconvenient to feed the cart animals, water and food. Living in Datongpu, the animals drank water and wished they had two pennies.
Thinking about it carefully, especially Xu Youcang knew that his niece had to make soap on the road, and there was no stove in Datongpu, so they came here.
Unexpectedly, when Uncle Li Zheng's sister-in-law came into the hospital and saw them, her expression froze.
Mr. Liu's house was small, so everyone thought about letting the Liu family talk alone and waited outside. Then they didn't know what was said in the room, and then they heard the sound of a rice spoon hitting a pot, and the person they should call aunt was scolding. Wife: "You don't see life in your eyes? I have to cook a big meal when I go to the yard after a tiring day. Look at the piles of animal excrement and urine in the yard. I don't know how to clean it up. The yard is full of water."
After Xu Youcang heard this, he quickly placed the mold for his niece's soap making in a corner, and then put the small clay pot used in soap making and the remaining handful of firewood into the basket.
In fact, anyone could see that his mother and niece had arranged their things before leaving Liu's house, so they did not take up any space.
Even if his mother's nimbleness was limited, Xu Youcang discovered when he got home earlier that his eldest niece was very nimble and clean. Since I saved a lot of wild flower petals, the house is fragrant.
When the boys from the Lao Wan family and the Sun family heard this, they quickly placed the buckets they had just used to feed the animals, and went to the place where the animals were tied at the door to shovel the cow dung and put it in it. Others were re-arranging the removed car plates and purchased oil in the courtyard.
At this time, Boss Liu's daughter-in-law came out again, carrying half a bucket of egg drop soup, a ladle of water floating on it, and a pile of bowls and placed them beside the well platform.
The little woman was very bored. With so many country people coming, she even had to do a lot more to make a living.
But because Liu Laozhu also came out later, his face looked better than last time, and he knew that Uncle Er would also eat it while it was hot before entering the house.
The young woman knew that the person in charge of the family was her father-in-law, and her father-in-law and her husband were not at home at the moment.
My father-in-law was very kind to his second brother, Liu Laozhu, and he didn't even complain when his livelihood was lost.
If she really turns her back on her second uncle, her father-in-law and her man will have to deal with her when they come back.
Even if the mother-in-law dares to make fun of her, she is sure that her husband's grandparents are truly philanthropic. After so many years together, they have never accused their sons and grandsons of their daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law behind their backs. The second uncle offended someone and ruined his father-in-law's business. He felt guilty and would not say anything if he was embarrassed. My mother-in-law has a nose that is not a nose but a face.
The little woman sincerely feels that it is right for her mother-in-law to embarrass her second uncle, and no one is manipulated by clay figures. My father-in-law’s good restaurant manager was fired. Although we had already partnered with others to open an inn on the road passing through Fucheng, we are still doing it now. Before, I could secretly earn two incomes, but now I can only earn one income, and my family is immediately in dire straits.
I don’t know why my second uncle is smart enough to go head-to-head with capable people. I have known capable people before, but her family has never borrowed money. Unlike the third uncle's family, when selling large animals in the town, the second uncle helped with all the procedures. I heard that the second uncle even borrowed money to buy a shop. On the other hand, her family only gave and never received anything in return, raising an old man, and then the second uncle still had to live with him after he offended him.
Liu Laozhu did not expect that his sister-in-law was so angry with him that he could only accept the beating shamelessly.
I just stayed in the house and didn't come out because I was busy trying to persuade my parents not to be angry.
He coaxed his father to wait until the matter of his eldest son's fake conscription was settled, and when he earned more money, he would give his eldest brother and his third brother a free shop for their family, and he would pay for the shop. I also take my parents back to the village to live a happy life, so I don’t have to suffer in this county.
Dad said he just wanted him to stop causing trouble.
After hearing this, I thought he had really been kicked in the head by a donkey, otherwise he wouldn't have changed so much in such a short period of time.
No matter what, the two old men were finally coaxed to listen to the sound of the sister-in-law throwing and beating, and they did not rush out to argue with the sister-in-law.
People, you can only tell through experience.
In previous years, Liu Laozhu felt that his pepper was not as good as his sister-in-law's, so for the first time he began to make random guesses about what kind of life his parents lived on weekdays.
Suppress this suspicion.
Liu Laozhu came to the courtyard and greeted the boys with a smile: "It's time to eat."
Then he whispered: "It's not against you, it's against me. Didn't I offend your uncle's shopkeeper's business? You ladies should be angry. But don't think too much about you brats. You, Grandma Liu, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well at night. When we were away at noon, her little feet looked bad and she went all the way to borrow quilts, just to make you sleep more comfortable. The big room was also freed up, so we all slept on the kang tonight."
Just as Liu Laozhu finished whispering, Grandpa Liu Laohan walked out of the house on crutches with his legs on the kang, and said loudly with a smile: "There are still three pots of dry food, the noodles have been distributed long ago, and everyone will be full at Grandpa's house."
Xu Youcang and others stood up and called for help. When they saw Grandpa Liu struggling to support the table, they hurriedly stopped him.
Liu Laozhu took advantage of his father's chatting with the village boys and turned around and went to the kitchen.
The fifty-year-old man suddenly bowed to his sister-in-law.
Liu Laozhu hoped that his sister-in-law would stop doing it. The eldest sister of the Xu family hasn't come back yet. She has a bad temper and has charisma. If the eldest sister-in-law keeps throwing and beating like this, the other boys in the village will follow her and leave as soon as the eldest sister waves her arms. Then he will be really embarrassed.
When word spread among the villagers, it was nothing for him to be embarrassed, and his parents and eldest brother were also embarrassed in their hometown. For the sake of the overall situation, it was nothing for him to dress his sister-in-law in a soft dress.
"Sister-in-law, I go around causing trouble for you and your eldest brother. The things I bought for the villagers are really expensive, and I don't worry about leaving the things on mule carts outside in Datongpu, so I brought my family here.
If my sister-in-law complains about me, she can scold me no matter what she wants. Don’t let the villagers misunderstand her.
It was not easy for them to come here. They were already uneasy outside, so it made them feel warmer. The eldest brother was well-known in the village and was doing well outside. "
This last sentence persuaded me.
Liu Laozhu's sister-in-law is called Osmanthus fragrans.
Aunt Guihua was assigning everyone where to live when Mrs. Xu entered the hospital.
Mrs. Xu didn't experience that embarrassment. She greeted her with a normal expression: "Well, then, I am the daughter-in-law of Dongtou Old Xu's family. My old man is gone long ago..."
It was only when Xu Youcang was dragged out to add a small stove that he realized that Mr. Liu's wife was not happy.
Old Mrs. Xu thought to herself: OK, I'll just deal with him for one night and then leave. If you go back to buy the goods and pass through the county town, you may not necessarily stay in the hotel. If the city gate is not closed, you can just go on your way.
Besides, it does cause trouble to others.
Xu Youcang looked at the steamed buns given by his niece and said cheerfully, "It just so happens that I'm not full."
Although the Liu family later asked them to eat more, all eight of them felt full after only eating one or two pancakes.
This is not just thinking about eating less, don’t really think that poor countrymen are coming to your door to enjoy the autumn breeze. Besides, people make a lot of dough, so if you eat less, you can save it as dry food tomorrow morning. In order to avoid having to cook for them again early the next morning, what if I hear a few small words again?
Xu Youcang heard that there was venison in the steamed buns. He didn't feel bad because my mother and niece spent 80 yuan to order food. He just felt that it was fine for my mother and niece to eat meat, and he didn't deserve it.
Is venison allowed for people like him to eat? I wish I had found out the meat and given it to my niece.
Xu Tianxin asked Xu Youcang: "Third uncle, is it delicious?"
Xu Youcang frowned and said honestly, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have even tasted the meat in it."
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That night, Liu Laozhu felt that he simply didn't recognize Mrs. Xu.
Mrs. Xu and his sister-in-law slept on the same bed, and they chatted so loudly that they could be heard through two walls. They were not like the sour monkeys who would fall out with anyone who messed with her in the village.
The laughter of his sister-in-law and his mother came through the wall.
As Mrs. Xu and Sister-in-law of the Liu family got along well, when they left the county early the next morning, Sister-in-law Liu not only changed her dislike of the villagers yesterday, but also forced food for the boys in the village and got up early again. Boil hot water and fill up the water bag to save some embarrassment from yesterday.
What Liu Laozhu didn't know was that Mrs. Xu chatted with Mr. Liu's daughter-in-law, picking out what the other party liked to say. On the one hand, she had the idea in her heart that so many people were really causing a lot of trouble.
More importantly, the chatter should be louder and more lively to cover up the money falling from her Dragon Yi Pill box.
They lost a lot last night, because the God of Wealth paid their wages to the grandfather and grandson last night!
(End of chapter)
