Splendid peasant girl busy farming

5219 - Chapter [-]

Bao Suyun was doing needlework with Mrs. Sun, and when he talked about the Zhang family, he was filled with emotion.

"I heard that Mrs. Xiangzi has been ill for the past few days. Zhang Xiangzi's meals are sent to Shanchong every day by Zhang Manzi. After delivering the meals, Zhang Manzi has to go home to take care of the sick Mrs. Xiangzi. Too thin to be humanoid."

"This kind of thing obviously sounds distressing, but if you know the inside story, you can't feel distressed. Instead, you hate the Zhang family. Take me as an example. Now I am going to the mountains to collect firewood, and I dare not go to the mountains. Go, see that house and get upset, and think of those things."

As Bao Suyun talked, she stopped what she was doing and raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

Sun shook her head, "Suyun, this matter has nothing to do with you, don't feel bad about it, that Zhang Xiangzi's conduct is too bad, even if he doesn't play tricks this time, he might hit other people's daughters in the future."

"Let's take this opportunity to make Zhang Xiangzi bear the consequences for his evil deeds. This is a good thing for Anping in our village. We can't let a rat droppings spoil a whole pot of porridge!"

"As for Zhang Laizi and his wife, I don't feel sorry for Xiang Ziniang at all, but Zhang Laizi still feels a little..."

"But if you think about it carefully, it's the father's fault if the son doesn't teach. Zhang Laizi himself is responsible for giving birth to such a son, and now he should pay for the crime together with him."

Bao Suyun nodded, agreeing with Mrs. Sun's words in her heart.

"I just hope that Zhang Xiangzi can change his past after three years of facing the wall and thinking about his mistakes!"

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In the old Zhang family, Zhang Laizi called back his eldest son, wife and three daughters.

"It's useless not to call you back this trip. Look at your mother, she is dying of illness. I have to deliver food to your brother, and I can't let him starve to death. You guys, assign an errand, at least you It's a big deal, you can't hide from your in-law's house one by one if something happens at home, and hide from your husband's house one by one!"

What Zhang Laizi said made the children in the room look at each other in blank dismay.

The three girls looked at each other, and the eldest girl said: "Father, it's not that we don't want to come back, it's because my brother made too much trouble this time, it's too embarrassing, not to mention going back to her mother's house to be ridiculed by her family, in her husband's house, I became a laughing stock."

The second daughter also had a look of resentment: "My parents-in-law and the seventh and eighth aunts all sneered at me. The relationship I carefully maintained at my in-law's house all these years is gone, and I have lost all face."

The third girl burst into tears and snotted her nose: "Dad, I'm crying. Your son-in-law quarreled with me over this matter and asked me to sever ties with my natal family. I came back this time without telling him , what do you want me to do?"

Zhang Laizi was dumbfounded when he heard this, he was going through a difficult time right now, originally he had hoped that the three daughters would help him, but this one was more pitiful than the other, complaining full of complaints, Zhang Laizi was one head and two older.

"No matter how much you dislike your mother's family, the three of you were born after your mother was pregnant in October. Now that your mother is seriously ill in bed, don't you come back to take care of her illness?" Zhang Manzi asked, spit out all the stars .

The three daughters look at me, I look at you, and finally they all look at their brother and sister-in-law.

"Father, raise a son to guard against old age. This is what my mother said back then. She saved most of the betrothal gifts for her two younger brothers to marry daughters-in-law. She said that only sons and daughter-in-law are her own family. Now this matter of taking care of the sick, you You have to find them, why are you looking for us?"

Zhang Laizi was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, and his ten fingers were trembling.

Before Zhang Laizi had time to see the reaction of the eldest son and daughter-in-law, the eldest daughter-in-law fell to the ground, patted the ground, wiped her tears and began to cry.

"When I entered Lao Zhang's house, I received a bride price of three taels of silver, and my natal family even gave a tael of silver as a dowry.

When I arrived at Lao Zhang’s house, I served my in-laws, took care of my uncle, gave birth to children and took care of the housework. I went to bed later than anyone else and woke up earlier than anyone else. A few aunts pointed their noses and said that I enjoyed the blessings, that our husband and wife took advantage of it, the conscience of heaven and earth, no one knows our suffering..."

While crying, the eldest daughter-in-law sang about how she had worked so hard in the old Zhang's house all these years.

On the side, the eldest son also had a look of resentment.

"Three sisters, you can't say that. I am the son of my mother. It is my duty to provide for my parents' pension and see them die. Be filial, shall we?"

The eldest daughter-in-law immediately answered her man's words: "Daxiang is right, you should also be filial, and you can't put all the burden on me alone."

"Besides, a woman, even her own mother-in-law is unwilling to take care of her parents. It's not good to spread her reputation. How can she be expected to honor her parents-in-law? So three sisters, you have to help me no matter what. Share the burden, otherwise there is nothing to do!"

Daxiang spread his hands, as if if the three sisters didn't care, he wouldn't care either.

But the three sisters were furious.

When I was in my mother's house before, whenever there was food and drink at home, I would always keep my younger brothers close first.

At that time, every time they were dissatisfied, the mother would yell: "You are girls, and you will also belong to other people's family in the future. The younger brothers are different. The younger brother belongs to our own family. In the future, when your father and I get old and sick, we will both Counting on them to provide for the elderly, there will be times when they will be troubled, so it is right to let them eat more at this moment, so don’t be convinced, who made you girls, when you get married, we will settle things ..."

"Brother, don't blame us. Whatever you sow will bear fruit, our mother made it very clear at the beginning that we are daughters, and we will be settled after we get married, so don't look for us when you are sick.

Big deal, we'll come back to visit her every once in a while, and bring some food and drink. Our family life is also tight, there are no good things, and there are still two eggs to save money. "

In this way, the three daughters left thirty eggs and decisively returned to their respective in-laws' homes.

Now Daxiang and his wife are suffering.

Zhang Laizi assigned errands to the two of them, Daxiang's daughter-in-law stayed at home to take care of Xiangzi's mother, and Daxiang was responsible for delivering meals to Xiangzi in Shanchong, twice a day.

As for Zhang Laizi himself, he went to the county seat, and Xiangzi could not do the errands with his distant relatives, so he had to do them.

In the current situation of the family, money is what is needed most. A while ago, in order to intercede with Xiangzi, the family's family was almost exhausted, and the crops in the field were also in the off-season, so Zhang Laizi had to take advantage of this time to go to the county to earn some money and come back. .

Zhang Laizi left Changping Village, but Daxiang's wife took twenty of the thirty eggs to the town and exchanged them for money.

She cut a catty of pork belly for twenty pennies, and bought snacks for children with the remaining few pennies.

After bringing them home, the couple closed the stove and cooked pork belly to eat. They were afraid that the smell of the meat would waft out, so the doors and windows were tightly covered.

And told the children in the family: "Eat quietly, remember to wipe your mouth clean after eating, if you go to play with your nurse next door, don't let your mouth slip."

(End of this chapter)