The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 13

After lunch, Yingniang originally wanted to go to the mountain to cut firewood with Bo Ming.She just found a hatchet, but her mother-in-law stopped her, "Mother Ying, what are you doing with the hatchet?"

"I... want to go chop wood with Bo Ming." Ying Niang muttered, she was a little shy when she said such words, as if she couldn't leave Bi Ming so much.

Bo Ming, who was nearby, felt warm when he heard this, and hurried to find linen gloves for Yingniang.When chopping wood, it hurts to hold a hatchet in your hand. Usually, when someone in the family has injured their hands or has frostbite, they will wear such gloves to work.

Yang Sanniang thought that the pickled mustard in the vegetable garden could be taken back, so she said: "Chopping firewood is hard work, you just entered our Xue's house, so you should do something light. The mustard in the vegetable garden can be harvested, you go and collect it." When the basket comes back, wash it and cut it into slices, spread it out in a dustpan to dry, then pickle it and eat it.”

"Oh." Yingniang put down the hatchet obediently.

At this time, Bo Ming had already found the linen gloves, and seeing that his mother ordered Yingniang to collect mustard, he was a little disappointed, but he couldn't refute his mother's words, so he silently put the gloves aside.

He was going to cut firewood on the mountain again, and when he left, he winked at Yingniang, and turned around to look at her three times at a step, Yingniang couldn't help but smile knowingly.

As soon as she turned her head and saw her mother-in-law looking at her, she immediately put away her smiling face, a little embarrassed.When the mother-in-law saw her flirting with Bo Ming, she wondered how to laugh at her, so she hurried out of the courtyard with a basket in her hand.

At this moment, Old Man Xue also came out with a hoe on his shoulder, "His mother, we've finished hoeing the wheat field, now we're going to hoe the corn field. Why are you staring at the two of them again, don't you mean to make them look bad?"

Yang Sanniang felt a little embarrassed, "Okay, okay, I won't look at the two of them from now on, and I won't disturb them. You said that Yingniang wanted to chop firewood with Bo Ming, but I sent her to collect mustard. She didn't think so. Are you angry?"

"Look at what you said, how can Yingniang get angry so easily. She understands what you mean, and knows that you don't want her to be tired. She is afraid that she will be a little embarrassed at this moment. The new daughter-in-law has a thin skin. Don't think so much Alright, let's go."

Yingniang came to the vegetable garden. Fortunately, she ate a lot of salted mustard in her previous life, so she could tell which ones were mustard by looking at her appearance.When she returned home with a full basket, she began to wash and wash everything, working quite vigorously.

"You are Yingniang?" An old voice came from outside the courtyard.

Yingniang looked up and saw an old lady standing in front of the courtyard with a cane.I saw her with white hair, hunched back, and her waist bent almost ninety degrees, and she seemed to be very angry.

Yingniang didn't know who she was, let alone why she was angry, so she just replied: "I am Yingniang, you are...?"

The old lady came in tremblingly, leaning on a cane, "Who am I? Who else am I! You unworthy descendants, you have no manners at all, and the old rules are all forgotten!"

Yingniang stood up in fright, and was a little baffled by the old lady's scolding.Could it be that she is Birming's grandma or grandma?But I haven't heard Bo Ming say it, and she can't yell nonsense at this time, wouldn't it be a joke to call the wrong person.

She quickly moved out a chair and helped the old lady to sit down.The old lady was still furious, "I'm Birming's grandma! I'm not dead yet, so why did the whole family treat me as a dead person? The new daughter-in-law has already entered the house, but why didn't she show it to me? Don't granddaughters-in-law pay respects to grandma?" Tea?"

oops!She really is Birming's grandma.Yingniang hurried into the house to pour water, but the father-in-law said that there was no tea at home, so use plain water instead.

Ying Niang held the teacup, and handed it to the old lady with both hands, "Grandma, please drink water, there is no more tea at home."

The old lady sat down firmly and threw her crutches on the ground. Seeing that Yingniang was still respectful, she took the cup and asked with her mouth pursed, "Why didn't your in-laws and Bo Ming let you see my grandma?"

Yingniang was stopped by the question and stopped talking for a while.In a hurry, she hurriedly found a reason, "Maybe they are too busy, so... forgot."

"Hmph! Can you forget this kind of thing? Why are you so busy? You are busy all year round, isn't it just that? I knew that these children and grandchildren were unreliable one by one. In my eyes, I am afraid that I think I live too long secretly, and I wish I could go into the coffin sooner. Fortunately, I am clear in my heart, so I don’t want to live with them. Otherwise, I will be pissed off if I see them every day. !"

Yingniang thought to herself, Bo Ming's grandma is quite hot-tempered.However, she heard that many people become more tempered when they get old, so she could understand, so she said with a smile: "Grandma, I see that you have a healthy body and such a good complexion, you will definitely live a long life."

When the old lady heard that Yingniang said that she could live to be a hundred years old, she immediately became happy, "Well, I'm afraid that they will not be happy if I live to be a hundred years old!" She is most afraid of death recently, even though she said " "Death" word, but absolutely do not listen to others say "death".

"How can you not be happy? They say that an old man is like a treasure in the family. Everyone hopes that you will be healthy and bring blessings to the family. It's just that it's spring, and the family is busy with too much farm work. There will be some things that I can't take care of. If I have free time in the future, I will visit you often." Yingniang grew up with her grandma when she was a child, and she was very close to her. She usually likes to say such deceitful words in front of her, but now It came in handy.

The old lady felt very relieved when she heard that, and then looked at Yingniang carefully, her old eyes were already blurred, and she couldn't see very clearly at such a close distance.From her point of view, as long as she doesn't lack arms or legs, can work diligently, and treats the elderly respectfully, she is a good daughter-in-law.

Yingniang obviously fulfilled her request, she nodded, "Well, Boming is lucky to marry such a good woman like you, who is better than your mother-in-law. Your mother-in-law has been with me for decades, and I haven't listened to her I said a few nice words, but I guess I don’t know what bad things to say about me behind my back! Hmph!" Speaking of this, the old lady was annoyed again.

Grandma criticized her mother-in-law, but Yingniang didn't dare to intervene, she just stood by and smiled.

Seeing the mustard on the ground, the old lady only cut half of it, and said: "Hurry up and work, don't let your mother-in-law squeeze you if you don't finish your work, I'm leaving. Also, when your father-in-law and Bo Ming come back, Tell them both to go to my place to make amends. If they dare not go, I will not forgive their unfilial sons and grandchildren."

Yingniang hurriedly picked up the crutches on the ground for her, and then helped her out of the courtyard, and finally sent this grandma who seemed difficult to deal with but was really easy to coax out of the house.

Suddenly, Yingniang felt that it was inappropriate to let Grandma go back alone, so she quickly followed, "Grandma, do you want me to help you go home?"

"No need! I'm not that old yet!" With the volume of the old lady's voice, I'm afraid I really have to live for many years.

In the evening, Yingniang had already cut up the pickled mustard, so she went to the utility room, spread the mustard slices on the dustpan, and took them out to dry when the sun came out tomorrow morning.

After she finished her work and was about to wash the vegetables and make dinner, Birming came in with a load of firewood, which seemed to weigh more than 100 catties, and Birming's spine was a little bent under the weight.

Yingniang came over, and said worriedly: "Boming, why do you chop so much firewood and carry such a heavy burden without fear of crushing yourself? Let's work slowly in the future, I'm worried about your My body can't bear it."

"It's okay. I used to seldom carry heavy loads, so my body was not strong enough. I want to take advantage of this to practice my shoulder strength. I heard that the town needs short-term labor recently, which is to carry stone and bricks. I want to try it in a few days and earn a lot of money." Some money to help the family." Boming thought that he had married Yingniang, but he couldn't let her live a hard life with him.

Yingniang was about to say that she didn't want him to earn this kind of hard-earned money by selling labor, but seeing her in-laws came back one after another, she couldn't say anymore.

"Father, mother, grandma is here this afternoon, she..."

Before Yingniang finished speaking, Yang Sanniang asked again: "Is she not going to be angry again?"

Yingniang nodded, "Grandma said she would send Dad and Bo Ming to her to make amends."

Yang Sanniang's face was very ugly, and she complained to Father Xue: "Look at your mother, you have everything going on all day. This time, she must be angry because Bo Ming didn't let Bo Ming take Yingniang to see her. But, come on Liang Zi of the second month's family got married and brought Lu Cui to her old house to serve tea. Didn't she still get scolded by her? She also said that she didn't want to see these impolite youngsters at all. There is no need to go to her."

"Look at you, mother is getting old, what you said last month may be forgotten this month, why are you bothering about it? Mother said that Birming and I should make amends, so let's go, isn't it just a reprimand?" , It’s not like I’ve been through it before.” Father Xue put down his hoe, and took Bo Ming, who was drenched in sweat, with him.

Yang Sanniang pursed her lips and walked into the kitchen angrily.Yingniang hurried in and made dinner with her mother-in-law.While cooking, the mother-in-law was so angry that she didn't speak, and Yingniang kept her mouth tightly shut, fearing that she would offend her if she didn't say a word.

After dinner was ready, Father Xue and Bo Ming came back after being reprimanded.It may be that they have been trained a lot and are used to it, so when they came back, their faces were very relaxed, as if nothing had happened.

After a while, Zhongping, Shuchang, and Jiwang also came back.The family of seven began to eat lively again, and the mother-in-law also forgot the displeasure just now, talking and laughing.

Bo Ming was sweating profusely from working during the day, so he took a bath after dinner.If he was sweating in the past, he might not have taken a shower so frequently, but now he wants to sleep with Yingniang, he dare not be careless.

(End of this chapter)