Yoshida Mii

Chapter 238
Although it is midsummer now, Dongbao doesn't feel the heat. The tile-roofed house of the new home is built high, and tall trees are planted in the front and back yards. The two tile-roofed houses in the front and back are covered in the shade of trees. I also planted a clump of grapes, because it was planted by Yan Daren in the beginning of spring this year. The grape saplings are still very small, only a little taller than Dongbao, and barely climbed onto the grape trellis.

"We'll have grapes to eat in two years." Li said with a smile, she looks full of hope and energy in everything now.

At the hottest time in summer, it is usually the time to dry things at home. Not only must the thick quilts covered in winter be turned over to dry, but the food stored at home must also be taken out to dry.

Dong Bao and Mrs. Li cleaned up the yard early in the morning, and spread the peanuts, beans, and corn kernels at home to dry in the yard, while the newly harvested flour this year was put in buckets and carried out to dry.

"Ouch! The peanuts are infested with worms!" Mrs. Li said distressedly after picking up a handful of peanuts, fetched another basin of water, washed the peanuts, and put them in the sun to dry.

After the sun came out, after a while, the delicate bugs that grew in the grain couldn't stand the sun, and they twisted their bodies and tried to avoid the sun's exposure.

Dong Bao squatted next to him, and when he saw a bug, he picked it up with a twig and picked it up on the leaves. If there were too many bugs, he threw them into the chicken coop to feed the chickens.Maybe it's because the food is ready, the chickens that don't lay eggs in midsummer are still laying eggs this year, but they are less than usual, laying one egg every two or three days.

After the sun turned west in the afternoon, the two of them took the food back into the house. Mrs. Li took a fine-mesh sieve to sift the flour and prepared to steam steamed buns for dinner.Dongbao also came to the ancient times to know that the flour can only be eaten after being sifted, not only to sieve out the small stones and other dregs in the flour, but also to sieve out the coarse particles that have not been ground.The ancient mills are large stone mills pulled by livestock. It is impossible to make flour as fine as modern machines, and it will be mixed with coarse particles. It needs to be sieved before adding water and kneading the flour.

"Tomorrow Dashi Muxiu." Mrs. Li said while kneading her face, "Your aunt Qiuxia told me a long time ago that your grandpa Lin misses him very much, and it just so happens that you are going to visit the workshop tomorrow so that Dashi can catch up with you." Let's take you back with Big Ash."

Dong Bao nodded, "Okay, Brother Da Shi hasn't been home for a long time, right?"

"That's right." Li said, "That kid knows how to work hard. This doesn't mean that Qiuli will go to the county to take the exam. He reads every day, even when the academy is on vacation, and he doesn't go home."

"Brother Da Shi has only studied for a short time, and he is not too young, so be anxious." Dong Bao said with a smile. She hadn't seen Lin Shi for a long time.After moving to a new home, she went to the shop less often.

The next day, Dong Bao packed up his things and went to the shop.After arriving at the shop, Dong Bao saw Chunlei's daughter-in-law talking to Li Shi, and Li Shi looked embarrassed.

"What's the matter? What happened to the shop?" Dong Bao asked in surprise, she hadn't seen such a troubled expression on Li's face for a long time.

Mrs. Li said quickly: "It's nothing, it's nothing."

It's not obvious that there is no silver 300 taels here, Dong Bao was a little bit dumbfounded, "Mother, what's the matter? What are you doing without telling me?"

Chunlei's daughter-in-law looked angry and said, "Yes, auntie, you can't hide this from the girl."

Mrs. Li sighed, "It's not a big deal. Today, Da Mao and Er Mao came to eat bean curd, and your sister-in-law said... cough, it's also a matter of nothing. It's not good if you wrong him, forget it, and pay attention in the future."

"Auntie, it's not that I wronged him!" Chunlei's daughter-in-law said angrily. , the money will be gone. If Da Mao doesn’t come, it’s fine, but if he comes, he’ll lose his money! It’s nothing more than eating and drinking for free, and stealing money is really a low-level job!”

Dong Bao's face turned ugly. It's not news that Da Mao's hands and feet are dirty, but he usually steals an egg or something in the countryside. Everyone gets angry and doesn't do anything to him. Unexpectedly, he has now upgraded to stealing money.

"This matter can't be settled like this." Dong Bao frowned and said, "It's not enough for us to eat and drink for nothing, and we still have to get money for nothing... Don't worry about it, if you steal too much in the future, you won't be able to control it, and someone will catch you It's too late to see the officer!"

Although Mrs. Li has remarried, she basically has no contact with the Song family. Generally speaking, a decent family would never let their children come to Li's shop for free, but the Song family is different. In this regard, Dongbao also admires the strong self-cultivation of the Song family. They can always do shameless things while still feeling at ease that they are doing the right thing.

Of course, Li Shi and Dong Bao are not stingy people. When Da Mao and Er Mao came to eat bean curd, Li Shi and Dong Bao never turned them away. Worried that someone would say something unpleasant, I was still very polite to Da Mao and Er Mao.

As a result, this kind of politeness did not bring the other party's respect, but encouraged the other party's courage to steal her head. The anger in Dong Bao's heart can be imagined.

"It's not that I said something about them!" Aunt Fufa, who has always been quiet, also said, "Da Mao and Quanzi Shuanzi are about the same age. Every time Quanzi Shuanzi comes back to eat, he rushes to help with the work. He was willing to sit down to eat when he was dry, and he helped to wash the dishes after eating. Ermao is only young, but Damao is a teenager and a half. Every time he comes back, he sits there like a young master, opening his mouth If you want to eat this or that, you can’t wait to eat everything. We are all from the village. According to our seniority, he has to call us aunts and aunts. Even you and girl Dongbao have never ordered us around! We treat him as ignorant and don’t bother with him, and he even reached out to steal money! If you want me to say, you shouldn’t let him in to eat bean curd, I’ve never seen it Such a lame child!"

It is impossible not to come in and eat bean curds without a big hair, and Li Shi will not be able to pass this level. He is too soft-hearted and afraid of others gossiping.

Dong Bao thought for a while and said: "Next time he comes again, I'll trouble my aunts and sister-in-laws to keep an eye on him, even if they don't greet guests anymore, keep an eye on him so that he doesn't steal money, if he wants to come, just watch and feed him." , If you want it again, say no more, it’s sold out.”

If Da Mao still knows a little bit of shame, he will definitely leave. If he doesn't know shame and still wants to make trouble, then don't blame her for fulfilling her duty as a sister and repairing the crooked neck tree.

When it was close to noon, Dashi came over in a hurry, and Aunt Qiuxia said dissatisfiedly: "You forgot the time while reading again? Let Dongbao wait for you for a long time, and your father is still waiting for you to go back at home! Ready to cook."

Da Shi smiled embarrassedly, and said to Dong Bao: "Let's go."

Dong Bao also smiled, got on the cart at the door, and handed the whip made of cloth strips and thin bamboo poles to Da Shi. In fact, Da Hui was very good and didn't need a whip.

"Brother Dashi, you don't need to be so..." Dong Bao thought for a while, and didn't know how to persuade him, "Not this year, but next year, and you are not very old."

"Hey, I know." Da Shi smiled, and lightly touched Da Hui's ass with the whip, signaling Da Hui to go faster, "But this year is an opportunity, Mr. Liu encouraged me to give it a try, and I also want to do my best try."

He also has his own little thoughts, next year Dongbao will be twelve, and the age for the two to get engaged, if he can have the status of a scholar, he can also make the engagement more glorious and add honor to Dongbao's face.

Dong Bao saw that he had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more. When she took the college entrance examination, all the students in the class were so energetic, so she said with a smile: "Then you have to pay attention to your body, don't be exhausted."

"It's so easy to be exhausted!" Lin Shi said sweetly in his heart, and raised his arms jokingly. He was born in a farm boy and did farm work every day. will be tired!

Dong Bao was talking to Lin Shi with a smile on his face, when Lin Shi suddenly pulled the reins of Big Hui and stopped the cart.

Before Dong Bao could ask what was going on, she saw a woman in green clothes standing in the middle of the road ahead. It was Xiao Xu's biological mother, Feng Cuiju.

Dong Bao's dislike of Feng Cuiju is self-evident, not only because Feng Cuiju abandoned her husband and son, but because she made a big fuss in Li's wedding, Dong Bao couldn't tolerate her the most.

At this time, the two had just left Yuanshui Town not long ago. On both sides of the road, there were newly sprouted corn seedlings and small wild flowers half a foot high beside the road, fluttering in the wind, and there was no one.Dong Bao narrowed his eyes and looked at Feng Cuiju. He was still wearing the same green satin dress he wore when he saw her a few months ago. He didn't know if he met her by chance this time, or if Feng Cuiju followed them when they came out of town. .

Lin Shi looked back at Dong Bao, Dong Bao shook his head and said, "Let's ignore her, as if we didn't see her."

"En." Lin Shi responded softly, grabbed the whip in his hand, patted Dahui's buttocks, and let him walk around Feng Cuiju.

Feng Cuiju stood there in embarrassment. Seeing the flatbed cart go around her, she hurriedly walked a few steps, and said to Dong Bao with a smile: "Miss Song... I have something to tell you, you can leave later."

Dong Bao smiled, sat on the cart and looked back at Feng Cuiju, and said with a contemptuous smile: "Who are you? Tell me to leave later and I will leave later? Brother Dashi, ignore her, we Let's go, who knows where the madwoman came from!"

Feng Cuiju stood there, her hands clenched into fists, her face turning blue and white, obviously very angry. However, after a while, she ran to catch up with the cart and shouted: "Miss Song, I beg you, just for Xiao Xu's sake, I really have something to tell you, I... I kneel down for you!"

Dong Bao turned his head, just in time to see Feng Cuiju kneeling on the ground with a plop, tears streaming down her face.

(End of this chapter)