six-fingered peasant girl

Chapter 60

After enduring and enduring, Huang swallowed the turbid breath in his chest, and said, "Why are you so delicate? Go back and rest for a while. If you don't go to the fields tomorrow, you will be busy at home."

After hearing this, Zhou raised the corners of her lips sarcastically, and took out her trump card. The old woman had to compromise, hum.

"Chun Tao, you don't want to go, Chun Tao Niang, you have to go." The Huang family did not intend to let the Zhou family go.

Mrs. Zhou was not that stupid, she contradicted Mrs. Huang in the face, and obediently agreed. Anyway, she still has a way not to go to the fields tomorrow!
"Mother, let's go back and rest first."

"Go." Huang waved his hand and said again: "Boss, you stay here, I have something to tell you."

Zhou's eyes flashed, he lowered his head, and left with Su Chuntao.

Back in the East Wing, Su Chuntao reversed her delicate posture in the main room just now, and said sternly: "That damn old woman is trying to tire us out and abuse us."

"Shhh, keep your voice down." Zhou tsk clicked, pulled her to sit on the edge of the kang and said, "Mother told you several times, don't show your emotions, don't let people catch you and say Yours is not."

"Mother, my daughter just can't get angry. Look at my hands." Su Chuntao stretched out her hands, her fingernails were covered with black dirt, the back of her hand was scratched twice, and her palms were covered with red calluses.

"If this continues, I will definitely become a village girl. How can I marry into a rich family and become a young mistress?" Su Chuntao said aggrievedly, the more she thought about it, the more desolate she became, and she simply lay down on the quilt and started crying, saying : "If I want to marry a farmer and become a farmer's wife, my daughter would rather die."

"What did you say, kid? Isn't this trying to gouge out Mother's heart?" Zhou said with a heartache.

"Then what should I do? Mother, this is not a human job." Su Chuntao raised her teary face and said, "I don't want to be here, I'm going to grandpa's house, otherwise, I'll be exhausted sooner or later .”

She also didn't think about it, what she is doing now is not a human job, but in the past, it was all done by Su Liu and the others, where did her take it for granted?
"It's hard for you." Zhou held her hand, feeling very distressed.

She thought that after driving away Chen Meiniang and the others, she would become a decent big wife, and she would no longer have to worry about those two words, but she forgot that the Su family is not a big family, and there are no maids and servants, they all have to do it. live.

In the past, when Mrs. Chen and the others were here, she controlled Su Changsheng herself, relying on his love and favor, everything was done by Mrs. Chen. She treated them as slaves from the bottom of her heart.

But she was thinking wrong, Mrs. Chen and the others are not real maids, and now that they are gone, she is the only daughter-in-law in the family, and the second uncle is not married, and the sister-in-law is not married, so she can't justify not doing it.

Mrs. Zhou felt a little regretful, but she didn't expect that this is just the beginning!

"Mom, why don't we follow daddy to live in the county." Su Chuntao pouted and said, "Anyway, there's nothing good in the countryside, and the people here are rough, let's go live in the county."

Zhou thought, is this possible?The second uncle and sister-in-law are not married, and without Weng Gu's permission, if she dares to take the child to the county with Su Changsheng, she will be accused of unfilial piety, and the stars will drown her.

"Tao, this is impossible. Mother is the only daughter-in-law in the family now. If she just leaves like this, she will be said not to serve Weng Gu, and it will hurt the reputation of your siblings."

"This doesn't work, and that doesn't work, so what should I do?" Su Chuntao's eyes were red again.

Zhou sighed, saw Su Changsheng coming in from the corner of his eyes, and asked, "What did mother tell you?"

"What else? It's not about the second child's marriage, but Jinfeng's." Su Changsheng sat at the table and took a big mouthful of tea. He didn't dare to say that Su Jinfeng and Huang's just took it away from him. Money in a silver hairpin.

After all, it's still the same, a trace of impatience and disgust flashed in Zhou's eyes, and he wanted to sneer, but something flashed in his mind, yes, if Su Fusheng married a wife, then there would be one more person in the family to share the responsibility. Now, maybe she can go to the county with Su Changsheng to enjoy the blessings!
Mrs. Zhou clapped her hands and said, "His father, the marriage of the second child is on my shoulders. I will definitely find a daughter-in-law who suits my mother."

"Brother Ning?" Bang bang bang, Su Liu patted Ning Guang's door, frowning: "Where did this person go?"

Putting the basket down, Su Liu glanced at the buns in the basket, and sat down with her chin resting on her hands. Did he go hunting so early?
After waiting and waiting, I tidied up Ningguang's yard and went to see the small vegetable patch. The two peppers were growing very well, and the sown rapeseeds had already germinated. Come, I believe that in another ten days or so, there will be food to eat.

It was almost noon, and Ning Guang still hadn't come back, so she had to put down the basket and go home.

It is the busy farming season, and the villagers are busy in the fields, harvesting and threshing. There are shirtless children picking up ears of grain with baskets, laughing and chasing after them in the field.

Some people saw Su Liu passing by, pointing fingers, and a few words drifted to their ears in the wind. People still talked about their mother and daughter living in a haunted house.

"Sister Liu'er." Someone ran over, and Su Liu took a closer look, but it was Su Xizi who came running over in a white coat, the trousers on her legs were rolled up to her knees, and she was sweating profusely.

"Brother Xizi." Su Liu greeted with a smile, and said, "Are you harvesting rice? Are you busy?"

"Yeah." Su Xizi scratched his head with a smile, and said, "Our family doesn't have much land, only a few acres, it's okay."

"That's too bad. Brother Xizi should hurry up and ask for a wife, and there are a lot of people to help."

Su Xizi blushed, changed the subject and asked, "What are you doing here? I heard that your mothers have moved to that haunted house?"

Seeing his worried face, Su Liu felt warm, nodded and said, "It's been a few days since I moved."

"How can I live in that place? I went to work in the county these days, and I heard about it when I came back. I thought I would go to your place to have a look after finishing work today. Sister Liu, that place..." Su Xizi wrinkled She raised her eyebrows, she felt inappropriate when she bumped into Su Liu in front of the haunted house that day, she didn't expect her to pay attention, she was a little too bold.

"Brother Xizi, it's alright there, even if it's a bit out of the way and quieter, there's nothing wrong with it." Su Liu interrupted him and said, "Our mother and daughter have a place to stay, it's not bad, how can we ask for that?" How much? Where can I live if I don’t live there?”

Su Xizi was silent, no one in the village knew what happened to their mother and daughter, so it was a bit embarrassing to talk about it.

"So, have you guys, uh, bumped into that thing?"

"No. It's a good place to live." Su Liu shook her head with a smile, and said, "We still have land, and we're pleading to weed out the weeds now, and we're going to plant some vegetables."

Su Liu didn't lie, except that she was a little scared the first day, but now they all feel pretty good, and I believe they will get used to it soon.

Su Xizi hurriedly said: "You are all women and it's not easy to get land. When I'm free here, I'll go and beg you."

"Thank you Brother Xizi, we can still come here. But our house is a bit off the beaten path. It would be great if Brother Xizi could bring a pup here."

Su Xizi quickly agreed, and the two talked for a while, then Su Liu said goodbye and left.

Su Xizi looked at her back for a long time, pursed his lips, and said that he had to finish the harvest quickly before going to help their mother and daughter.

When they got home, Mrs. Chen and the others had already gone back and were busy cooking. Su Liu thought about going to school in the afternoon, and had to find an excuse to learn Chinese characters.

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen didn't object. Although she said that ignorance is a virtue, she did not object that her daughter could read and people could read, so she would never suffer a disadvantage. Weak portion.

In the next afternoon, Su Liu went to Widow Ping's to buy a dozen or so eggs, packed half a basket, and went to Sun Xiucai's house.

The school is run by the village. In addition to the children from Da'ao Village, there are also people from the neighboring village who have sent their children to study. Although it is good to go to the town to study, the master's education is not low. For people from ordinary families, they can only choose Sent to the village to study.

Sun Xiucai's family lived next to the school, only a family of four, an old mother, a young son and Sun Xiucai, lived in the yard of three halls. Seeing Su Liu came, Sun Xiucai was really surprised.

"Su Liu can't repay you for your help to our mother and daughter. This time, I want to kowtow to you." Su Liu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying: "Mr. Xie for your pity for us."

"Get up quickly." Sun Xiucai quickly raised his hand, and the scholar's wife, Sun Lin, came to help him again, and said angrily, "This child is so polite."

Su Liu stood up, took the basket on the side and said: "Nowadays our mother and daughter live alone, and there is nothing to give to the husband. These few eggs are just for the little boy to make a joke, and please don't bother the gentleman and the talented lady." dislike."

"You can't make it." Sun Xiuci hurriedly said: "You guys are having a hard time, so take it back quickly."

"Sir, let's accept it, Su Liu still has something to ask Mr." Su Liu said with a smile: "If Mister doesn't even accept this, Su Liu will not dare to come to the door again in the future."

Sun Xiucai and Sun Lin looked at each other, the former nodded, and Sun Lin took the basket of eggs and said with a smile: "In that case, I will take it, Miss Su will have a light meal here tonight, how much do I have?" Make two dishes." Then he walked out.

Su Liu and Sun Xiucai were the only ones left in the main hall. She stood up, saluted Sun Xiucai again, and said, "Sir, I'm not asking for anything else, I just want to recognize a word with you."

Su Liu didn't stay long at Sun Xiucai's house, she refused Sun Lin's meal, and left soon, taking a copybook with her.

"What? Is there something wrong?" Seeing Sun Xiucai stroking his beard thoughtfully, Sun Lin couldn't help asking.

"This child Su Liu, in the past, she was a hard-fated child, and it was a pity for her to grow up, but now she looks at her with great fortune." Sun Xiucai said after a long time.

Sun Lin was startled, but before she could speak, Sun Xiucai said again: "In the future, she will come here every day, so you don't need to entertain her, just tell her that she is here to help you with some chores, in order to repay my gratitude for helping her."

When Su Liu said that she wanted to learn how to read, Sun Xiucai had a better opinion of this ill-fated girl. Looking at her words and deeds, she was indeed much stronger than the humble and gloomy temperament before. With Su Liu's appearance, he really thought he had changed into another person.

And then talk to her about instigating Chen's reconciliation, what did she say?

"Parents are not kind, if you obey them blindly and let them go further and further, that is connivance, it is foolish filial piety, it is not true filial piety, but silent strangulation."

Sun Xiucai was silent for a long time, and then asked her why she wanted to read, and she said something that shocked her: "But learn to read and understand, knowledge can change destiny, and knowledge is power."

These few words deeply moved him, and made him agree to spend half an hour every day teaching her how to read. He believed that this girl would change her fate.

Ning Guang disappeared for three whole days, the char siew buns in the basket that Su Liu left for him had all gone bad, and none of them came back.

(End of this chapter)