The peasant's daughter-in-law of crossing

Chapter 31

Yingniang took her and Bo Ming's wages for last month, which totaled more than 300 Wen.She was reluctant to buy anything with the money, but she thought that Birming's body was much weaker due to the blow, and Zhaodi was pregnant again.No matter how difficult it is at home, the body still needs to be taken care of. The body is the capital of the revolution.

She gritted her teeth, took out the 30-odd coins that were not strung together, and bought a catty of goji berries for Bo Ming, and a catty of brown sugar for Zhaodi, and the remaining four coins were only enough to buy half a catty of pork. .Eight days ago, my parents-in-law said that they would let her buy meat and go home after receiving their wages. In the end, they left so suddenly without tasting the meat.Thinking of this, Yingniang didn't hesitate and came to the meat stall.

Hearing that Yingniang said he only bought half a catty of meat, the butcher stall peddler reluctantly chopped off a small piece of meat with a knife and threw it in front of Yingniang, "If you buy such a small amount of meat, if the whole family eats it, Each person can only eat a few bites. If you want me to say, buy more if you have money, and don’t even think about eating meat if you don’t have money! You won’t buy it and go home and eat it alone, right?”

Yingniang gave him a sideways look, "How much I buy is up to me, whether you like to sell it or not!" She turned around and left after she finished speaking, not wanting any meat.

The hawker at the meat stall quickly caught up with the meat, and coaxed: "Sell it! Sell it! How can you not sell it?"

Yingniang gave him a sideways look, threw the money to him, took the half catty of pork and left.

She also knew that no matter which dynasty, poor people would be looked down upon by others, and even if they only bought half a catty of meat today, they would be gobbled up by butchers.As she walked, she said to herself angrily: "When I earn a lot of money, I will buy dozens of catties of meat at once, and I will give you a face!"

When she got home, she saw that only Zhaodi was busy in the kitchen, and the others hadn't come home, so she asked worriedly, "Why didn't any of their brothers come back?"

"Brother and Zhongping want to come back after collecting that piece of land. It's getting dark, so they should be coming back soon. For some reason, Shuchang and Jiwang came back later than usual." Zhao Di was cutting vegetables.

Yingniang handed the meat to Zhaodi, "I got paid today, and I only bought half a catty of meat, at least I will serve meat for everyone."

"Sister-in-law, there is no money at home, why do you still buy meat? Hey, did you also buy brown sugar?" Zhao Di knew that the brown sugar must be bought for her, so she felt embarrassed, "You and big brother's hard-earned wages, How can I feel good about always buying things for me?"

"What are you talking about? Aren't we a family now? Why should we share yours and mine? No one is lazy, it's all for this family. Don't say anything you don't like. It's too much to hear."

Zhaodi nodded obediently and said, "Well, I made a note."

Yingniang came to the courtyard gate and looked around.If Boming and Zhongping came home late, it was reasonable, they wanted to harvest more wheat, but something was wrong with Shuchang and Jiwang, Landlord Ge's house closed at a fixed time every day, there was no reason why they didn't come home so late.

She was a little worried, so she turned her head and said to Zhaodi: "Zhaodi, I'm going to meet the third and fourth children, but I don't know what they are doing on the road."

Yingniang hurriedly walked to the field path at the head of the village, the third and fourth children usually go home by this road.Not far away, Yingniang saw several people wrestling together in front of her.

It was dark, and she couldn't see who those people were. At this time, she heard Ji Wang's voice, "Bastard! You don't have parents or mothers, you bastards, I will fight with you today!"

Yingniang was so frightened that she ran over quickly, only to see that Shuchang had already been beaten by two people at the bottom, while Ji Wang was wrestling with the other two boys, and his sleeves were torn off.

How could the two brothers beat the four of them?Yingniang was in a hurry, and saw a thick stick beside her, she quickly picked it up, held it high above her head, and shouted: "Stop! You all stop!" If these people don't stop, she plans to use the thick stick to slap them!
When everyone heard her shout, they all let go, only to see that Shuchang lying on the ground was beaten with a bruised nose and a swollen face, and his nose was still bleeding.

Yingniang scolded those four angry people fiercely: "You four brats, why do you beat people? How can you be a good guy if you bully the few with more?"

Those four people looked at Yingniang with crooked faces, if they didn't see that she was a woman, they would probably beat her too.One of them said unconvinced: "We were just joking around, and the two brothers' noses are not noses, and their faces are not faces. They did it first!"

At this time, Ji Wang's anger was still subdued, he rushed up and grabbed her by the collar, "Bastard, are you joking?"

Yingniang hurried up and pulled it away, "Ji Wang, let go quickly, he hasn't done anything now, so don't hold on, or it's your fault." Then she yelled at the four people, "Get out of here quickly!" !"

The four people walked away with a grunt, seemingly unconvinced at all.

After they left, Shuchang and Ji Wang burst into tears. Just now they were angry and didn't cry, but now they couldn't control it, they cried so much.

Yingniang took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood on Shuchang's face, "Okay, stop crying, what are you bothering with those uneducated children? When they grow up, they will experience the pain of losing their loved ones sooner or later, God won't Treat one more favorably than another.”

Ji Wang held the torn half of his sleeve in his hand, wiped away his tears, and said with a pursed mouth: "Sister-in-law is right, they gloat, and they will suffer retribution sooner or later."

Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Yingniang felt sad for a while, and tried her best not to let the tears flow, "Let's go home, we have meat tonight."

When they got home together, Bo Ming and Zhong Ping also came back.They piled the harvested wheat on the wall of the yard, and after a few days in the sun, they kept turning it with wheat handles to knock down the wheat grains.

Seeing that Yingniang came back with the third and fourth eldest, Boming was very puzzled, "Yingniang, where are you going? Why are you together..."

Only then did he see Shuchang's face, and asked sullenly, "Are you two fighting again?"

Yingniang quickly explained: "It wasn't the two of them who were fighting, but they were fighting with four other people. Don't blame the two of them, it was those four who cursed first, and they bullied more. .”

Bo Ming seemed to understand what was going on. Those four people must have scolded them for having no father or mother, otherwise they wouldn't have become like this.Confused, he lowered his head to find out a towel, wet it and handed it to Shuchang, and said with some sobs: "Hurry up and wash your face, look at you, how will you see people tomorrow."

After Shuchang washed his face, Yingniang asked him and Ji Wang to change into clean clothes before eating.Zhaodi brought the fried dishes to the table, a plate of green vegetables, a plate of shredded potatoes, and a plate of fried pork with chili peppers. These are all dishes that everyone loves to eat.

At the beginning, everyone just ate without saying a word.When Shuchang and Jiwang squatted outside the door to eat, they were still sobbing.Yingniang went back to her room and moved out the two spring stools she had married as a dowry.

"Third and fourth, come and sit at the table too, don't keep squatting outside the door to eat, as your legs will be so sore, you can sit down with a little squeeze."

Shuchang and Ji Wang obediently came over and sat down.Yingniang didn't want the family to be so dull all the time, and wanted to say something happy, "Bo Ming, tomorrow the weaving workshop will choose a small leader, and the daily wages will be three Wen higher than that of the day laborers."

Bo Ming raised his head, thinking that she would definitely not be selected, so he comforted her and said, "If you hadn't delayed the work these days, you would have been selected, and don't worry about the three Wen wages, there will be more in the future." Chance."

"You underestimate me. There will be a competition tomorrow afternoon. Whoever has the best skills will be selected. I have almost learned this afternoon, and I have a whole morning of work tomorrow. I will definitely be able to learn well. Just wait."

Hearing that she was so confident, Bo Ming suddenly felt that she would definitely be chosen, "If you can earn ten pennies a day, you can compare with the four of us brothers."

At this time, Zhao Di was a little envious, and said: "My sister-in-law will be a small leader and a small official! Can you open a back door to let me in, I really want to make money."

"Zhaodi, it's not suitable for you to go. You have to leave someone at home to cook, wash clothes, and graze cattle. It's not good for you to sit weaving all day with your belly up. That's not good for the children. Aunt Yao said, She will go to Wuzhou to buy cotton thread in the future, and she will bring me the silk material by the way. We will cut the material to make head flowers in the evening, and Wuzhou will receive the goods. One flower can earn at least a penny. Are you still worried? Work?"

Zhaodi was very happy to hear that, "Really? That means I can make money too?" Zhaodi always feels that she is living for nothing at home, and she can feel more at ease only if she can earn money with her own hands.

At this moment, Boming took a deep look at Yingniang, knowing that she worked so hard for this family.He couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, feeling that he was far inferior to her, and felt that he owed her.It's fine that she can't live a good life if she marries him, but now she has to work hard to earn money and worry about suffering.They all said "marry a man, marry a man, wear clothes and eat food", she really didn't get any benefits from marrying him.

In front of his younger brothers, he naturally wouldn't say anything provocative, he just said: "Could it be that Aunt Yao is still helping to save money?"

Ying Niang nodded while eating, "Well, Aunt Yao looks cold on the surface, but she is actually a warm-hearted person."

Bo Ming put a piece of meat in Yingniang's bowl, "When I earn money, I have to give Aunt Yao some gifts to express my gratitude."

Ying Niang smiled at him, "That's natural."

After eating, Yingniang was going to boil medicine for Bo Ming, but Bo Ming drove him away, and he boiled it by himself, the fire was very smoky.When the medicine was almost done, Yingniang ran over and grabbed more than 20 goji berries and put them in it, and continued to boil for a while.

At this moment, seeing that his younger brothers were not around, Bo Ming took Yingniang's little hand, "Look at you, after earning money, you have never bought anything for yourself, but you still miss me, Zhaodi and the younger brothers. You have been so kind to me and my family, I don’t even know what to say to thank you.”

Yingniang blushed a little at what he said, picked up the chopsticks and stirred in the medicine jar, "You are my husband-in-law, of course I want to treat you well. I am now a member of the Xue family, so I naturally want to treat the Xue family well." Between husband and wife, thank you for nothing, it's really hypocritical. The medicine is ready, it can be poured out."

Bo Ming squeezed her hand tightly, then let go, and poured out the medicine jar.

After Birming finished drinking the medicine, the two went to their own room to wash their faces and feet together.After Yingniang finished washing, she went to rummage in the cabinet and then in the box, as if she was looking for something.

"What are you looking for?" Birming asked curiously.

"Do you have a pen and paper at home? I want to keep an account. All the debts we owe and the money we earn must be written down with a pen. If you just use your brain to write down, one day you will forget it. It’s not a pile of muddled accounts.”

"You're right. There seems to be a herb in the parents' house, as well as brushes and ink, which are used by the father to keep accounts. I will go find them later and record them. Fortunately, I learned to write from the master in the temple. A lot of words, otherwise no one in the family will keep accounts."

After Boming said this, Yingniang came to an epiphany. She should be illiterate or unable to write here, and she almost gave herself away.

Bo Ming poured the water for washing his feet, and went to the room over there, flipping through his father's account book, he couldn't help but shed a lot of tears again.After his emotions stabilized, he wiped away his tears and kept the same expression as when he came in, before returning to his room.

He sat at the table, smelling the fragrance of orchids, and lowered his head to keep accounts seriously.Yingniang watched from the side, "Bo Ming, if you earn more than 700 Wen, you can return the [-] Wen from the third uncle's family first."

"Well, the life of the third uncle's family is not easy. We have to pay back to his family first." Bo Ming recorded all the debts owed and the family's savings of more than 300 Wen.

As soon as he closed his notebook, he heard shouts from the next door, the voices of Lu Cui and Liang Zi, and the voice of Li Zheng.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Liang Zi coming to his yard, and Liang Zi shouted anxiously: "Brother!"

Bo Ming and Ying Niang hurried out of the room, "What's the matter?"

Liang Zi's face turned red, and he seemed very angry, "I want to divorce Lu Cui, but Lizheng actually said that I shouldn't, and even my father helped Lu Cui to speak, you and sister-in-law are going to help me to reason, we It’s impossible to ask for Lu Cui again! It’s just that my elder brother can write, so please write a letter of divorce for me.”

Liang Zi just came back from the county today, before Jin Hua told him that Lu Cui was not good, but he still didn't really believe it, because Lu Cui was very good to him.This time he saw his mother's miserable state in the prison, and his mother told him all about Lu Cui, and his mother cursed Lu Cui while crying, how could he, a son, not be moved.

As soon as he came back, he wanted to talk about Hugh Lucui, but unexpectedly Lucui cried and said that he had no heart, that her mother-in-law made her unable to have children in this life, and if she was divorced and returned to her natal family, which man would marry her in the future?

And Liangzi's father, Xue Jiazhi, also advised him not to divorce Lucui, because their grandma died, and their uncles and aunts also went. Anyone who has had a funeral at home cannot hold another wedding for at least one year. Three years.

If Lu Cui was dismissed and went home, there would be no woman in the family, no one would do the housework such as cooking and laundry, and only father and son would be left at home, not to mention that the youngest was only seven years old, how would they live this day.Besides, the wheat at home has not been confiscated, so one more person means one more helper.Xue Jiazhi thought so, and always felt that even if he wanted to get rid of Lu Cui, it would take a year or two. Since he himself was a guard at Landlord Ge's house, he couldn't spare time to harvest wheat.

Lu Cui sees that Liang Zi seems to have made up his mind, and even his father-in-law can't convince him, so she runs to find Li Zheng, and let Li Zheng decide for her.

Liang Zi was talking to Bo Ming, when Lu Cui cried again from the next door, "I won't go! I won't go! Could it be that Liang Zi can still carry me out?"

Bo Ming also hoped that Liang Zi would get rid of Lu Cui as soon as possible. If this person stayed at home again, he might cause a lot of trouble to the family in the future.Didn't the second aunt go to jail because of her?
Bo Ming couldn't help but come to the yard of Liang Zi's house, and Ying Niang hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)