Yoshida Mii

Chapter 265 Paving the Way
The news that Mrs. Li was pregnant soon spread back to Tagouji. Second Aunt Song found out when she was chatting with a group of women. At that time, her face was red, white and white, which was very exciting. She found an excuse and ran home, impatient He told Mrs. Huang and Mr. Song about it.

Old man Song didn't say anything, he lowered his head and rubbed the twine in his hand, weaving a fishing net with a small iron stick.At this time of year, small traders come to the village. They sell hemp thread to ask the villagers to weave fishing nets and pay the villagers for handwork. However, the handwork fee is very low. Weaving a ten-meter fishing net only costs two cents. Not many people are willing to do this.But since the Chinese New Year, old man Song has taken over this kind of work, weaving nets in the main room every day in silence.

Huang didn't say anything, but her tight lips and hateful eyes revealed her dissatisfaction and anger.

Second Aunt Song was anxious, "Father, Mother, why don't you even say a word?"

"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Huang asked impatiently. She was busy getting the soles of her shoes in her hands, and pulled the thread with all her strength, "What can I say?" At the end, she muttered again, "God doesn't last long. In a blink of an eye, all good things have been caught up by that X's daughter-in-law!"

Second Aunt Song went out resentfully, old man Song stopped what he was doing, and sighed, "Our boss is at a loss..."

This means that Song Yang is at a loss, and he also has the meaning of resenting Li Shi. He has been silent for so many years in the Song family, and he was pregnant within a year after arriving in the Yan family. He felt very uncomfortable, as if Lord Yan had stolen him. like his grandson.

Huang's eye circles turned red, she blew her nose vigorously, wiped her snotty fingers on the upper of her shoe, and said, "When I was in our house, I ate our food and drank our food, but I couldn't lay eggs. …We had three sons before, who wouldn’t envy them? Now, there’s only one left…” It’s still the most incompetent one!
"Didn't San'er send a letter last time, saying that life in Anzhou was not good." Song old man said, "It's better to call San'er back and let him continue his studies. If he doesn't study, our family is not in the early days. It’s time. After working for others outside for so long, I should know that the money is not easy to earn.”

When it came to March in Yangchun, the ground that had been frozen for the whole winter had already thawed out, and was dried up by the warm spring sun.The bluestone slabs that Mrs. Li wanted to pave the road to Tagouji were also transported to Tagouji by truckloads, and piled up in an open space, asking people to watch day and night.

The whole Tagouji was boiling, except for the Song family, no one was not grateful to Li Shi, and did not read Li Shi's good words.The countryside means mud everywhere, dusty on sunny days and muddy on rainy days, but why the town is clean is not because the town is full of cobblestone roads!

Now because of Mrs. Li's generosity, a rural place like Tagouji can live as clean and convenient a life as the people in the town. Who would have dared to think of this in the past?Even if they thought about it, no one would pay the money to do it.Who is so stupid, why don't you move to the town if you have money, and what are you doing in this muddy countryside?
In order to save money for Mrs. Li, the village head only hired a mason who could pave roads from the town. He first taught a few young, strong and clever men in the village, and then asked those men to teach other people in the village. The labor is all provided by the village, and each family contributes a strong laborer to take care of breakfast and two meals a day.

However, when they arrived at Song's house, Mrs. Huang blocked the door with her face stretched out, preventing the village chief and Liu Sheng, who was in charge of registration, from entering.

"Our family can't do it." Huang didn't even look at the village head and Liu Sheng, "What a shame...we won't do it!"

The village chief stomped his feet angrily, "Why are you ashamed? This is a good deed, a great deed, but why is it shameful when you talk about it? I think you just can't see others living well!"

Mrs. Huang was impatient to say more about this matter, so she waved her hands and said, "Whatever you say, our family can't do it!"

Seeing that Mrs. Huang is such a rascal, the village head couldn't do anything about it. According to seniority, Mrs. Huang was still his aunt, so he said, "Where's your second child? Tell him to come out, and I'll tell him!"

"The second child twisted his ankle yesterday and couldn't get out of bed." Huang said, snorting, "We don't work for that X wife, we try to give her a face? Bah!"

Liu Sheng laughed angrily, pointed at Mrs. Huang and said, "That's fine, Grandma Song, we all know that your family is very capable, and you don't like this or that. You have skills and integrity, and you will go out in the future Don’t follow the road that Mrs. Li paid for repairs!”

"If you don't leave, don't leave. Dogs are rare for that X's wife's way!" Huang yelled, sticking her neck.

This is too rascal, the whole village where the road is paved, how can they not leave, unless the Song family can fly, flying around the village every day in a levitation.

Liu Sheng was so angry that he wanted to reason, but was stopped by the village chief, who winked at him and shook his head, then turned and left.

"Father, look at how disgusting old Mrs. Song is, how can she be like this! Widow Ding's family in the village has no male laborers, and no one asks her to contribute. They have to help cook, and they have to contribute to feel at ease." Liu Sheng Annoyed, the village chief just let the Song family go.

The village chief shook his head and sighed: "That's how their family is. You know what Song Lao Er is like. He doesn't work hard when he goes there, and he eats twice a day for free. Letting him go is not enough for his anger. "

Thinking of the rogue and lazy appearance of Song's second son, Liu Sheng felt disgusted. What his father said was the truth. Even if Song Yu went, he would not work hard. That man is lazy, and he came here just to mess Eat breakfast and lunch.

By the middle of March, the road had been paved section by section from the entrance of the village to the gate of Song's house.There are no modern road rollers in this era, so we can only use animals to pull stone rollers to take advantage of the good weather to compact and flatten the ground over and over again, and then lay flat stone slabs, and the ground will be soaked by rain every three to five years. The slabs have sunk, and the stone slabs have to be turned over for repairs.

People in the village were very dissatisfied with the fact that the Song family had strong laborers but did not work. Lin's way.

"What the hell! It's Mrs. Li who pays, not the Song family. Why don't they work? Do you want us to pave the way for them?"

"That's right, don't pave them!"

In the end, it was Lin Fu and the village head who stood up and settled the matter.

"Forget it, everyone is from the village... Just pretend that there are no people living on this road." The village chief smiled awkwardly. The whole village was paved with stone slabs, except for Song's house, which was really ugly. .

Lin Fu became more arrogant. He bought ten altars of good wine from the town and invited everyone to have wine at noon. Everyone was immediately motivated and worked harder. Be very careful, the stone slabs are aligned tightly, without a single seam.

Second Aunt Song and Second Uncle Song hid in the west wing room, listening to the movement outside with ears pricked up, really afraid that everyone would not pave the way for their house in a fit of anger.

"It's all my mother's fault! What's the point of arguing about it?" Second Aunt Song complained unhappily, "What can you do if you are asked to build roads for two days? They still take care of two meals. Well, it’s better than eating at home! If we don’t build the road, there will be a dirt road in front of us, how ugly!”

Song Yu kept silent, trying to listen to the movement outside, feeling a little nervous, he didn't want to put in the effort, whether it was lifting the stone slab or pressing the road, working in the sun for a day was all physical work, which was better than sitting in the house Go!But it would be too embarrassing if those people outside skipped the section in front of Song's house... He also wanted to use the stone road.

The two listened for a while, and Aunt Song sent Ermao out to have a look again. Knowing that the villagers were just talking and paving the way for them, they collectively let go of their hearts.

"They don't dare!" Second Uncle Song stood in the room with a smile on his face, one hand on his hips, and the other pointing to the gate, "They dared to talk about it, and they didn't build the road for me in the end? Although it was paid by my sister-in-law, but We, the Song family, also have a share of that money, we paid the money, why should I be required to work? They dare not not build roads for me!"

Ermao also imitated Song Ershu's appearance, pretending to be five people and six people, pointing outside and saying: "They dare not!"

Second Aunt Song and Song Zhaodi turned their faces aside at the same time, too lazy to look at Second Uncle Song's complacent look, ah bah, are they really afraid of you?Second Aunt Song is okay, she is used to Uncle Song’s frustration, but Song Zhaodi is different, she hates the Song family man’s shameless appearance in front of women because of his incompetence. Such a virtue as a father.

Among the fathers she has met, Lin Fu is the best. She has never seen him quarrel with anyone, nor has he scolded Aunt Qiuxia. On the contrary, Aunt Qiuxia often yelled at him. Angry, he smiled and persuaded Aunt Qiuxia not to get angry, and Lin Fu never beat or scolded the child.

Song Yu looked down on Lin Fu very much, and of course he looked down on Old Man Song even more.He felt that Lin Fu was such a useless man that Qiuxia, a woman, climbed onto her head, and she couldn't control her own wife, which made people look down on her.

Song Zhaodi didn't think that was the case. Who in the village looked down on Lin Fu?Especially now that Lin Fu is the chief manager of the workshop, compared to Lin Fu, the village head has to be in the back row.So Song Zhaodi believes that if you want to be respected by others, you must have money, a lot of money.

She originally thought that Wang Xiaobao's family in Xiaowangzhuang was rich enough, but after comparing Dongbao's family and Lin's family, she realized that Wang Xiaobao's family was not considered rich. Darling, it hurts to think about it.Does Wang Xiaobao's family have the money to give her a decent three gold and three silver gifts?Can Wang Xiaobao's family afford the money to build stone roads for the whole village?
So if you want to win over Dong Bao and Lin Shi, you must find a husband's family who is richer than Dong Bao and Lin Shi!Song Zhaodi firmly believes that her idea is correct, but the problem is that she doesn't know anyone who is richer than Dongbao, not only she doesn't know anyone, but the whole Song family may not be able to find anyone who knows a rich person coming.

(End of this chapter)