Yoshida Mii

Chapter 116 Help
Dong Bao and Lin Shi returned home, and Lin Shi took the whole son home, and they waited for a while, and then Li Shi and Qiu Xia came back supporting the weeping Gui Zhi.

"Hurry up and get a basin of water." Shi Li told Dong Bao.

Before Dong Bao got up, Lin Shi hurriedly went to the well to fetch water. Dong Bao took a handkerchief and soaked it in the water, and carried it to the back room.

Gui Zhi's trousers were still wet, and Li Shi asked her to lie down on the bed, but she insisted on refusing, and only sat on the stool beside the bed.Seeing her stubbornness, Mrs. Li couldn't say much, took the handkerchief from the basin, and handed it to Guizhi to wipe her face.

Aunt Qiuxia sat with her in the back room and talked, taking the opportunity to untie her.Mrs. Li came out and briefly explained the cause and effect of the matter to Li Hongqin and Li Changfeng.

Li Hongqin sighed a long time after hearing this, shook his head and said, "We originally thought that we would help her by giving her a share of wages, but we didn't expect to harm her."

"How can I hurt Aunt Guizhi." Zhang Xiuyu disagreed with Li Hongqin's opinion, "If we didn't have this job, Aunt Guizhi wouldn't have the confidence to say no to her mother-in-law. Besides, it was Aunt Guizhi who earned it in the first place. Money, her mother-in-law shouldn't have taken it."

Counting it, it took Aunt Guizhi only ten days to work at home, and her mother-in-law almost used all the money she earned to subsidize the eldest daughter, which made no one happy!
"You are still young, so you don't understand!" Li Hongqin touched her daughter's head and couldn't help sighing, "Everyone was raised by their parents when they were girls, and it's different when they get married. Mother-in-law is a word of filial piety Press it down, there is no reason to say it."

Zhang Xiuyu fell silent, she thought of Dongbao's grandmother, who was also a very hateful old woman, even more overbearing and unreasonable than Guizhi's mother-in-law.

A few people were gossiping, Qiuxia came out from the back room, and Mrs. Li hurriedly asked in a low voice: "How is it?"

Aunt Qiuxia shook her head, "I'm still angry, why don't I want to go back to my mother-in-law's house, I'm ashamed to go back to my mother's house after telling such a thing, I plan to build a shack in the field..."

"That's okay!" Mrs. Li sighed when she heard the words, "It's okay to say now, what will we do in winter? What will we do with the two children?"

"Gui Zhi said that if you are still willing to hire her, she will continue to work and earn ten cents a day, which is enough for her and the two children to eat cereals, pancakes and pickles." Aunt Qiuxia said.

Mrs. Li nodded, "This reassures her. We are definitely willing to hire her to work. She is still young and has a stubborn temper. She can't be twisted for a while. It will be fine after the weather clears up in two days."

"That's all I can think of. The only thing in the village is that I have a good relationship with her. If we meet, we can't pretend we didn't see it." Aunt Qiuxia sighed, "Brother Changfeng will stay at your house tonight? Take Gui Zhi back to my house, call the child his father, Da Shi and my father-in-law squeeze together, and I take Quan Zi and Gui Zhi to sleep."

"What did her man say?" Li Hongqin asked in a low voice.

Aunt Qiuxia smiled wryly, "I kept apologizing to Guizhi, let Guizhi beat him up, but Guizhi ignored him, it seems that this time I was really angry. Guizhi seems to be a gentle and nice person. Temperament, actually very stubborn."

Several women were chattering, but Li Changfeng couldn't get in, so he took the three children and sat in the yard, pointing out the stars in the sky to the three children, and teaching them to identify the stars.

Li Changfeng talked about the stars in the sky clearly and logically. This one is Polaris and that one is Cowherd and Vega. He pointed them out to the children one by one, and he also talked about the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Dong Bao held his head and looked at the stars in the sky. The starry sky in summer in the countryside was clean and beautiful. The bright Milky Way was very clear. The diamond-like stars shone on the clean blue background. The flying fireflies, accompanied by the melodious sound of insects, is really beautiful and intoxicating.

"Uncle knows so much!" Dong Bao admired sincerely. Although Li Changfeng explained very carefully, she still didn't understand the mysterious things like the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Li Changfeng laughed, "This is what my grandfather, that is, your great-grandfather taught me. Your great-grandfather is a fortune teller, so he knows these things. He went early and didn't take me for a few days, otherwise It's time for me to inherit his old man's mantle!"

Dong Bao couldn't help laughing, she really couldn't imagine her uncle wearing Taoist robes, with a mustache, and holding a cloth signboard to tell fortunes in the market.

Li Changfeng looked at the three children with kindness in his eyes. His two children are grown up and he has no son, so he especially likes Dongbao and Zhang Xiuyu. One is smart and the other is beautiful. They are both good girls.

They were talking in the yard, Aunt Qiuxia helped Guizhi out of the house, and Li Shi and Li Hongqin sent them all the way to Lin's house before turning back.Li Changfeng made a bed on the floor in the main room, Zhang Qian slept with his mother and younger sister, and they washed themselves with water before resting.

In the middle of the night the next day, Li Shi and Li Hongqin got up and started to prepare for work. At this moment, someone knocked on the door, and Guizhi's hoarse voice came over, "Sister-in-law, I'm Guizhi."

Mrs. Li hurried to open the door, and it was Gui Zhi standing at the door with red and swollen eyes, and said to Mrs. Li, "Sister-in-law, I'm here to work."

"Hey, good!" Mrs. Li originally wanted to say that I don't need it today, take a day off, and come back tomorrow, but after thinking about it, this job is all her hopes and thoughts, so she readily agreed and let her enter house.

Guizhi still worked quickly as usual, and didn't talk too much.

After grinding the beans, Gui Zhi graciously helped to filter the bean dregs, and when the soy milk was boiled, Li Shi called Dong Bao to get some tofu, and she wisely stood far away from the stove.

The busy farming season is not over yet. There shouldn’t be too many people in the market today. I don’t think so much soy milk will be used. Dongbao scooped out a few scoops of soy milk and put it in a basin, added sugar and let it cool. When the tofu starts to be pressed, The soy milk was almost cold, and each person shared a bowl.

Guizhi declined briefly, then took the soy milk, and drank it clean.

Dong Bao looked at her, his heart moved slightly, and he discussed with Li Shi: "Let's also leave the work of grinding beans in the afternoon to her. Let's give her a ten-cent wage increase."

Li Shi nodded, she and Li Hongqin can also grind beans in the afternoon, but Gui Zhi is like this now, and she is also willing to let Gui Zhi earn a little more.As soon as Li Shi just talked to Gui Zhi, Gui Zhi immediately nodded desperately with red eyes, expressing his willingness, and the matter was settled in this way.

After the tofu was pressed, Guizhi left. Because Li Changfeng and Zhang Qian were there, the burden that was originally carried by Li Hongqin and Li Shi was snatched by them and went to the town.

Dong Bao and Zhang Xiuyu were steaming pancakes and stir-frying vegetables at home. When the two of them brought their things to the town, Li Hongqin said that they had already sent Zhang Qian to Wenfeng Academy, and they should have already attended classes at this meeting.

"Okay!" Zhang Xiuyu was very happy, "My brother will be able to have dinner with us at noon from now on."

When the two of them arrived at Li Changfeng's shop, the academy hadn't finished school yet. Zhang Xiuyu built a small stove and put the vegetables on the stove to simmer, emitting bursts of fragrance, which wafted out with the wind.

After a while, a middle-aged man limped over from the direction of the academy with a cane, stopped in front of Dongbao's stall, and stared at the stewed tofu dishes in the pot several times.

Dong Bao took a look at the middle-aged man. He was wearing a scholar's towel, his hair was already gray, but his face didn't look very old. He was wearing a blue cotton cloth trim. Although the clothes were clean, they had already turned gray after washing. He looked economical. The condition is not very good, the mountain chief in the academy is dressed much better than him, and he is still lame. There is a clear rule in this dynasty that people with disabilities are not allowed to take the exam for fame, nor can they be an official. Dong Bao reckons that he is in the academy. handyman.

"Master, would you like to try our food, it's delicious!" Dong Bao greeted with a smile.

The middle-aged man stopped to look at Dongbao. The little girl had clean eyebrows and eyes, and she was cute and cute, but... the man didn't say a word. He glanced at the fragrant dishes, feeling a little greedy, and shook his head.

Dong Bao smiled, took a bowl filled with a spoonful of food and handed it to him, and said: "Master, please try our food, and let the students bring the bowl back to us after eating." Looking at Zhong Looking at the appearance of a young man, she thought of her grandfather, of course it was the grandfather of the previous life. When she was a child, no matter how poor the family was, he wore a clean blue tunic suit and his hair was neatly combed.

The middle-aged man was obviously quite surprised, but seeing that Dong Bao insisted on handing the bowl to him with a smile, he smiled, took the bowl, and bowed to thank him: "That's how I thank the girl."

"I can't do it!" Dong Bao waved her hands repeatedly, she is only a little girl, how can she be worthy of other people's salute, isn't that a short life!However, this man's etiquette is quite good, with a strong bookish air, probably because he has stayed in Wenfeng Academy for a long time, even a handyman can't fault his etiquette.

When the middle-aged man left, Zhang Xiuyu quietly touched Dongbao's arm, and said in a low voice, "Why are you giving him vegetables for nothing?" She didn't feel sorry for the spoonful of vegetables, but Dongbao is not such a benevolent person on weekdays. ah!

Dong Bao gave her cousin a blank look, and whispered to her, "He must be from the academy. Cousin entered the academy, and we don't know anyone there. It's okay to connect with a handyman to make a good relationship. He can take care of him to some extent." Next cousin!"

Besides, Lin Shi also wants to study in the academy!
Zhang Xiuyu suddenly realized, half grateful and half envious said to Dong Bao: "You are still smart and think a lot!"

The two waited for a while, but instead of the students, the lame man came, followed by a woman in a green cloth skirt, walking towards them with a bowl.

"Girl, I'm so sorry!" The woman smiled heartily, "My old man is a glutton, he didn't have a penny with him, and he has the audacity to eat the girl's food for nothing!"

The middle-aged man she called "Old Man" was not angry either, he looked at the woman with a smile, shook his head innocently and said, "It's not that I have the cheek to eat it for nothing, it's obvious that the little girl invited me to eat it. "

(End of this chapter)