Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 12009

"Oh, Fourth Brother is here? Fourth Brother, you've come at the perfect time. I was just talking about Xiu Hong..."

Da Xi's wife's words came to an abrupt halt because after Si Xi came in, her eyes looked around and then landed directly on Xiu Hong, who was standing by the stove.

"Wife, have some tea." Sixi strode over to Xiuhong, carrying a teacup in his hand.

“I’m not thirsty at all, I don’t need to drink,” Xiu Hong said.

Si Xi replied, "Why aren't I thirsty? I haven't had much tea all afternoon."

Sanxi's wife said from the side, "Sixi has already brought it, so why don't you have a couple of sips to soothe your throat? It's a token of my brother's goodwill."

Sixi glanced at Sanxi's wife and gave her a smile. Third Sister-in-law's words were still the most pleasant to hear.

Xiu Hong also turned her head to look at Sanxi's wife, smiled, picked up the teacup, lifted the lid, and gently blew on it twice.

Seeing this, Sixi said, "It's not hot. I deliberately let the tea cool down a little before bringing it to you, so it's just the right temperature to drink right away."

"Oh my, Fourth Brother, I never would have guessed! He's so considerate and thoughtful. He's got a natural talent for loving his wife!" Sanxi's wife teased from the side.

Some people's jokes can make the person being joked about feel comfortable, which means that the jokes are made with good intentions.

For example, every joke Sanxi's wife made was very pleasing to Xiuhong and Sixi.

Xiu Hong gave Sanxi's wife a slightly embarrassed look, "Third sister-in-law, don't laugh at me. Third brother treats you very well too!"

Sanxi's wife deliberately sighed and said, "Alas, he still can't compare to how my fourth brother treats you. But at least we've been married for a year and a half, and he hasn't changed his mind or disliked me as others say. I'm already content!"

Xiu Hong glanced at Da Xi's wife in tacit agreement, and continued to say to San Xi's wife, "Third sister-in-law, everyone is different. Some couples have been married for ten or twenty years and are still doing well. Look at my Aunt Qing'er and Uncle Luo, they are the best example."

"Yes, yes, your aunt and uncle are admired by everyone in the village, and your Aunt Qing'er is the envy of all us women!" When she said this, Sanxi's wife couldn't hide the envy in her voice and the longing in her eyes.

In this world, there is probably no woman who wouldn't want to marry a man like Luo Fengtang, right? It's just a pity that she doesn't have the ability and isn't good enough for him.

At this moment, Da Xi's wife, who was on the other side of the stove, heard the two sisters-in-law talking back and forth and knew that they were mocking her.

Da Xi's wife snorted inwardly, but turned her attention to Si Xi, putting on the airs of an elder sister-in-law: "I'm telling you, Fourth Brother, if you want to love your wife, I won't stop you, but you can't just act recklessly!"

Si Xi watched Xiu Hong drink tea, listening to his third sister-in-law's teasing, a happy smile on his face.

Upon hearing his wife's words, he turned around, completely bewildered: "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about? What nonsense have I been spouting?"

Da Xi's wife glared at Si Xi, pointed to the roof and said, "This is the kitchen, it's smoky and noisy. The kitchen is a place for women, men should go out."

As she spoke, she reached out and tried to push Sixi away.

Si Xi cleverly avoided her hand and stepped aside.

"Sister-in-law, just say something, why are you pushing me?"

Da Xi's wife nearly fell because she had lost her grip on something. Her face flushed, she looked up and said to Si Xi in a reproachful tone, "I should be asking you that. What are you doing, Fourth Brother? You almost made me fall."

Si Xi frowned and remained silent. Xiu Hong then put down her teacup and spoke up: "Sister-in-law, what you're saying is funny. If I came over and shoved you, wouldn't you dodge?"

“No one will dodge unless it’s a tree stump; most living people would dodge,” Sanxi’s wife chimed in.

Xiu Hong glanced at her third sister-in-law beside her with satisfaction, quite pleased with the latter's description.

"Third sister-in-law, who are you calling a tree stump?" Da Xi's wife was very annoyed by San Xi's wife's follow-up remarks and turned her attention to the latter.

Xiu Hong stepped in front of Sanxi's wife, saying, "Sister-in-law, what you said is true. Tree stumps don't dodge, but living people do."

"Besides, you're a woman and my Sixi is a man. Don't you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other? Can't you just speak properly? Why are you touching my Sixi inappropriately?"

The question made Da Xi's wife's face turn bright red, almost to the roots of her ears.

Si Xi stood there somewhat awkwardly.

Sanxi's wife covered her mouth and chuckled. She had really seen enough of the drama that had unfolded while she was cooking dinner tonight.

That being said, it seems that my sister-in-law sometimes pushes and shoves her younger brothers-in-law when they talk to each other at home, and sometimes pinches or hits them.
She hadn't paid much attention before, but now, after her fourth sister-in-law pointed it out, Sanxi's wife belatedly realized what was going on.

Once she realized what was happening, Sanxi's wife couldn't be bothered to suppress her laughter anymore. "Fourth sister-in-law, you're making a fuss over nothing. You'll get used to it after a while. Our sister-in-law talks to Sanxi and the others like this, very close and intimate, like family!"

"Really? I only knew that men and women were different, but I didn't know that there could be such a relationship between an uncle and his sister-in-law. I'm really quite ignorant!" Xiu Hong said with a smile.

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Sixi's face, and the sternness and displeasure in his eyes sent a shiver down Sixi's spine.

He frowned, about to speak up in his defense, but his wife, Da Xi, spoke first: "Third sister-in-law, fourth sister-in-law, I have no idea what kind of nonsense you're thinking."

“I’m not just their sister-in-law, I’m their cousin! We grew up together, what’s the big deal if a sister pinches her brothers a few times or pushes them around? We’ve always played like this since we were little. It’s only because you married into the family that you’ve started to be so superstitious…”

“Sister-in-law, there’s a saying that boys should avoid their mothers and girls should avoid their fathers as they grow up,” Xiu Hong said. “Even biological parents act this way, let alone you, their cousin?”

Sanxi's wife said, "That's right, sister-in-law, your cousins ​​have all grown up and gotten married. It's not good for them if you still pull and tug at them like you did when they were little."

Da Xi's wife's face turned bright red. She pointed at the two of them and said, "You two are making me sound so terrible!"

"Fourth brother, say something. Do you think it was too much for me to push you twice?"

As she spoke, Da Xi's wife looked very aggrieved, and her eyes were red.

Si Xi finally seized a chance to speak and immediately straightened his back, saying, "Sister-in-law, let alone the fact that I'm married now, even if I weren't, I'm still grown up. Your pulling and shoving at me makes me feel uncomfortable all over. I don't dare to tell you directly, for fear of upsetting you. Sister-in-law, you won't really be angry with me if I say this, will you?"

Xiu Hong patted Sixi's arm: "An elder sister-in-law is like a mother, and she's also your cousin. She'll only understand you, how could she be angry with you?"

Sanxi's wife nodded repeatedly: "Fourth brother, what kind of person do you think our sister-in-law is? She is our sister-in-law, and she should set an example for us in everything she does."

Da Xi's wife was so angry that she slammed the spatula into the pot.

"Fourth brother, I meant well and was thinking of you, but look at you, just letting them make fun of me like this?"

"Sister-in-law, what have you been thinking of for me?" Sixi retorted. "I told you not to come to the kitchen."

"Why can't I come to the kitchen?" Sixi was even more confused.

Da Xi's wife said, "The kitchen is where women work. It's bad luck for men to come to the kitchen."

To emphasize the authority of her statement, Da Xi's wife added, "Look at our father, and your eldest and second brothers, they never come to the kitchen."

"Twice when your older brother came to the kitchen, Mom scolded him for being spineless, saying this wasn't a place for a man! Have you forgotten all that?"

“Sister-in-law, I remember everything you said,” Sixi said.

When Si Xi said he remembered, Da Xi's wife's eyes lit up, and she was about to nod when she heard Si Xi continue, "They are them, and I am me. I don't care about anything else, whether it's bad luck or not. I only know that wherever my wife is, that's where I am."

"Wife, have a couple more sips of tea, I'll go get you some more water." Sixi stopped arguing with Daxi's wife, turned around, and spoke to Xiuhong with a gentler expression and tone.

"Okay, sure." Xiu Hong felt a warm glow inside when she heard him speak. She picked up her teacup and sipped the tea in a few gulps. The tea tasted sweet, as if it had honey in it.

After Xiu Hong finished drinking, she handed the empty teacup to Sixi and said, "No need to add more water, I can't drink anymore."

Si Xi nodded, his eyes scanning the surroundings as if searching for work.

“There’s no work for you here. Go to the main room; dinner will be served soon.” Xiu Hong saw through Sixi’s thoughts at a glance.

Si Xi nodded again: "Okay, then I'll go to the main room first. Call me when you're serving the dishes."

"Alright, go ahead." Xiu Hong watched as Sixi left the kitchen door before sitting down again.

At this moment, Sanxi's wife, who was standing next to her, nudged her elbow and teased her, "Fourth sister-in-law, you're really something. Fourth brother dotes on you to the core."

A little embarrassed, Xiu Hong tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Third Sister-in-law, you're joking. It's not as exaggerated as you say."

"Where's the exaggeration? If a man truly loves a woman, he'll break many rules for her," said Sanxi's wife.

"If it could be broken so easily, would it still be called a rule? Third sister-in-law, you're thinking too simply." Da Xi's wife was still arguing, but her tone was no longer as firm as before.

“Sister-in-law, rules are rigid, but people are flexible,” Xiu Hong raised her head and stared at the latter. “My Uncle Luo is a dignified General who protects the country. Whenever my Aunt Qing’er cooks at home, he goes over to help put firewood in the stove. He enters the kitchen as if it were a vegetable garden. Look at him, this man who breaks the rules, how has he gotten any bad luck? On the contrary, men who love their wives will have more and more good fortune! It’s just that many men in this world can’t handle this kind of good fortune!”

"Fine, fine, you two are on the same page, and what you say makes sense. I'm not saying anything more, I'll shut up!" Da Xi's wife looked indignant, but that didn't stop her from carefully carrying a bowl of steamed egg custard to the kitchen door.

"Where are you taking this steamed egg custard, sister-in-law?" Xiu Hong asked Sanxi's wife.

"Was this stew made for her two kids?" she asked again.

Sanxi's wife pouted and said, "She wouldn't dare even if you gave her a hundred lives. This is stewed for our mother!"

"Hehe." Xiu Hong chuckled dryly. If her sister-in-law had made the steamed egg custard for her own two children, she would have admired her.

As a result, she became a coward who only knew how to flatter and please her mother-in-law, and her two children were as thin as chicks.

"Fourth sister-in-law, let's go wash our hands. Dinner is almost ready," Sanxi's wife reminded her.

"Okay, I'll call Sixi."

"Seriously? We could all do the serving of food, why are you calling for Fourth Brother?"

“He told me to call it earlier. Besides, we’ve already worked so hard cooking, so it’s only natural for the men to come and help serve the food.”

"Hey, fourth sister-in-law, let me ask you something, it might be a bit presumptuous, but please don't be offended, I mean no harm..."

"Third sister-in-law, just ask whatever you want. If it's convenient for you to say, I definitely won't hide anything from you."

"Does your father usually go into the kitchen at your house?"

“We absolutely have to go!” Xiu Hong said. “It’s only natural for my father to help my mother cook and serve food.”

"Really? I always thought it was just something the villagers were making up, because my in-laws and sister-in-law all said the same thing, that it was impossible!"

"Haha, how could it be impossible? Is that so strange? It's not just in our family, but in our entire Yang family, as well as the Luo and Sun families, it's the same! Men and women help each other, and there's never been any saying that a man going into the kitchen brings bad luck!"

Sanxi's wife was truly shocked when Xiuhong explained it to her personally.

"The more successful a family is, the more they respect women; the more impoverished a family is, the more rules they have!"

"Third sister-in-law, what you said has really opened my eyes. I must say, what you said makes perfect sense!"

"I'm going to call Sixi now, see you later."

After saying that, Xiu Hong went to the kitchen door, peeked into the main room and shouted, "Dinner's ready! Come and get the dishes!"

"Coming!" Si Xi's voice immediately came from the main room. As soon as he spoke, he quickly came out of the main room and headed straight for the kitchen.

"Go wash your hands and rest for a while, I'll bring the dishes!" Sixi said to Xiuhong as she came to the kitchen.

Xiu Hong nodded: "I'll go back to my room and wash my hands first."

Not only do I need to wash my hands, but I also need to urinate.

As Sixi carried the food from the pot onto the table in the main room with a wooden tray, his father, Daxi, Erxi, and Sanxi all stared at him in astonishment.

"No way, Fourth Brother, are you really being bossed around by a woman?" Erxi asked incredulously.

Si Xi's father frowned and remained silent, but his face was gloomy, and his displeasure was written all over his face.

Da Xi also shook his head slightly, strongly disapproving of Sixi's behavior.

Only Sanxi chuckled and said, "Aren't you all making a big fuss over this? Fourth brother is helping fourth sister-in-law with chores; that's called 'the wife leads and the husband follows,' not 'being bossed around'!"

Sixi glanced gratefully at Sanxi, pleased that his third brother understood and supported his actions.

He placed the bowls of food from the tray onto the table one by one, and said to Erxi, "Second Brother, it's only right and proper for me to help my wife with chores. Even if I'm being bossed around by my wife, I'm willing to do it!"