Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Old man's proposal

After the great plague more than ten years ago, his wife and children were gone, and he lived a life of inhumanity.

Later, I don't know what kind of shit luck I had, but I married a woman who was several years younger than myself, and the woman gave birth to a son for myself.

Although Zhou's appearance is average, she is several years younger than herself, and she can barely be called a 'beautiful wife'.

The son is a middle-aged son again, and now he suddenly changed his temper, guarding the house with all his heart, holding his daughter-in-law and son in the palm of his hand, and doing whatever the daughter-in-law says.

Suddenly a figure flashed past the door of the stove, and Mrs. Zhou chased to the door of the stove, only to see her mother-in-law and mother-in-law turned around the corner and went to the backyard.

"Grandma walked so fast, without even saying hello, maybe she was going to the latrine, Xingkui, don't eat, go to the main room to have a drink with Old Uncle Yang..."

"Hey, okay, let's go!"

Yu Xingkui stuffed the last piece of rice between his fingers into his mouth, and hurried to the main room.

In the main room, Old Yang was sitting there with his usual expression, eating the food and drinking by himself.

Yu Xingkui looked around, but he really didn't see his mother.

"Old Uncle Yang, I'll drink with you." Yu Xingkui sat down.

"Okay." Old Yang nodded with a smile, picked up the wine cup in front of him and touched Yu Xingkuina.

After drinking for three rounds, Yu's mother still didn't come back.

Yu Xingkui didn't want to ask, because the daughter-in-law said that mother probably went to the toilet, and it was inconvenient to carry the toilet while eating.

"Old Uncle Yang, you're almost done drinking, why don't I serve you a meal, and let's go back to Changping Village after dinner?" Yu Xingkui asked again.

Old Yang did not object.

During this meal, Lao Yang ate two big bowls of rice, drank three or four liang of wine, hiccupped, and went out contentedly.

When approaching the gate of the yard, Old Yang told Yu Xingkui to stop, turned his head to Zhou who was standing behind him and watched him at the door of the kitchen, and said, "Xingkui is always by my side to take care of me, his mother will leave it to you to take care of me." , you have to take good care of her, if she is wronged, I will blame you!"

Zhou smiled apologetically, "Filial piety to mother-in-law is the duty of a daughter-in-law. I don't need old Uncle Yang to remind me."

Old Yang nodded his head, glanced at the backyard again, and told Zhou again: "Your mother is afraid of the heat, she was like that when she was a girl in her mother's house, you should cook more mung bean soup for her, so that she can get angry. , it would be better if there is a little Coptis chinensis."

Mrs. Zhou was inexplicable when he heard that, why did old Uncle Yang know so much about his mother and care so much?

And this tone sounds, why is it so like a father-in-law teaching his daughter-in-law?Zhou Shi was taken aback by his absurd idea.

"Okay, I'm leaving first, and I'll come to see your mother another day and take good care of her." Old Yang finally gave another warning before leaving.

After Lao Yangtou left, Zhou remembered that her mother-in-law hadn't come back since she went to the toilet in the backyard.

Could it be that it is too hot, and the mother-in-law fainted in the toilet?Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhou didn't care to clean up the dishes on the table and hurried to the backyard, just when Yu's mother came back.

"Mom, why have you squatted in the toilet for so long? I thought you were going to look for something!" Zhou said.

Mother Yu waved her hand, came to the table and sat down, her face and forehead were covered with sweat, and her face was a little pale.

"Mom, what's the matter with you? Why do you look like this?" Zhou Shi asked again, reaching out to touch Mother Yu's head.

Yu's mother turned her head away, and said to Zhou: "Turn around, you take the time to sneak around to find Xia Xingkui, let him find an excuse to go home, come back alone, don't bring other people, I have something to tell him. "

"Well, I see." Zhou buried her head and began to clean up the dishes.

Suddenly thought of something, she asked again: "Mother, old Uncle Yang had a good relationship with our family in the past, didn't he? Before he left, he told me to be filial to you!"

"Where are you talking so much nonsense? Do your business!" Yu's mother gave Zhou an angry look, got up and entered the room.

Mrs. Zhou froze in place, a little dumbfounded.

The mother-in-law has always been an old lady with a good personality. She has never scolded herself loudly in the years since she entered the house. This is the first time, what's the matter?

I... did I say something wrong?

……

On the way back to Changping Village, Old Yang Touyu said to Yu Xingkui earnestly: "Your father left early, and it is not easy for your mother to support you by herself. You have suffered a lot."

"Hey!" Yu Xingkui could only sigh.

Old Yang went on to say: "I saw your house earlier, it was low, humid, and stuffy, and your mother is not in good health. You, a son, have to think of a way to improve her living environment!"

Yu Xingkui was ashamed as he spoke.

"Old Uncle Yang, to be honest, I want to too, but I'm not capable..."

In the past when I was working as a farmer at home, I couldn't save money at all, and the whole family was thankful that they didn't go hungry in front of them.

The real situation has improved, that is, after I came to Changping Village to do the job of serving your elders, the life of the family gradually became better. Not only did they pay off the foreign debts they owed for so many years, but they also saved five taels of silver.

But five taels of silver can't build a new house!
Let's renovate and repair it. It takes time and money, so it's not worth it. Instead of doing that, it's better to save money to build a new house, so we can only wait.

The two entered the village, returned to the newly built house at the entrance of the village, opened the door, the main room was very cool, the Eight Immortals table, stools, teapots and tea bowls were all brand new.

When the little white cat saw Lao Yang coming back, it meowed and jumped onto his lap to act like a baby.

Lao Yang stroked the little white cat's head, glanced at the bowl of stewed meat on the ground outside the door, and said to the little white cat in a doting tone: "You little beast is still picky eater? Why? No Love stewed meat? Well, I’ll give you the whole dried fish later!”

Yu Xingkui looked around, the strong contrast in the room made him feel more guilty towards his old lady.

They are also sons of men, the third and fourth children can make old Uncle Yang live so well, but his old mother can't enjoy the blessings, so he is really useless!
There are several rooms in this house, each of which is better than the house at home. It would be great if the mother, daughter-in-law and children could live in such a spacious and cool tile-roofed house!

"Xingkui, turn around and take the bedding rolls to my sleeping shop, clean up your own room, and go and take your mother over!" Old Yang's voice suddenly reached Yu Xingkui's ears.

Yu Xingkui froze for a moment, thinking he was hallucinating, turned his head to look, Lao Yang's hand was stroking the little white cat's head, and the little white cat narrowed its eyes with an expression of enjoyment.

The old man continued without raising his head: "Our house has many rooms and can accommodate so many people. There are screens on the doors and windows, so mosquitoes can't come in."

"There are also big trees in front of and behind the house to enjoy the shade. I don't know how much better than your house. It will soon enter the dog days. Your mother's body may not be able to bear it. You might as well take her over to live with you. It's not too late to send it back when the autumn wind is cool!"

Yu Xingkui stood there stunned, stunned.

(End of this chapter)