farmhouse ditty

Chapter 120 I Found a Room for Big Brother

Xiu Niang set up the washboard in front of her and asked Mrs. Liu, "Sister-in-law Liu, have you seen my washboard before?"

Mrs. Liu gave Xiu Niang a look, and smiled, "You girl, if I had seen your washing board, would I still ask you where you bought it?"

Xiu Niang thought about it and smiled, "Sister-in-law Six, did you just ask about my washboard?"

Mrs. Liu nodded, and responded, "Hey, that's not it, I just asked you what's wrong."

Xiu Niang said, "Hey, Sixth Sister-in-Law, do you think my board is good? I bought it in the town a while ago, so I don't know if it will work."

"Hey, it's okay for me to look at... Sister, you can use me first... Hey, sister, don't tell me, this is really good."

Mrs. Liu talked about the washboard in Xiuniang's hand, and put her clothes on it. Like Xiuniang, she pressed the clothes into the groove with both hands and rubbed them with little effort.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu was doing well, Xiu Niang smiled, "Sister-in-law Liu, why don't you place the board at an angle, so that the dirty water on the clothes will flow away by itself."

Liu searched for a stone to raise the board, she moved, and smiled at Xiu Niang, "Hey, sister, it's easier to use this way..."

Xiu Niang smiled, picked up a piece of clothing and put it on the board to scrub, "Hey, I'm so kind, Chu Ge... Chu Ge was in the town before, and he only paid me money because he heard that the businessman yelled that he was good. Bought it."

Liu raised her head and looked at Xiu Niang, "What businessman?"

Xiu Niang pointed to the washboard in front of her, and smiled, "Isn't he the dealer who messed with the washboard?"

Mrs. Liu understood, "Hey sister, how much money did you pay for this board?"

Xiu Niang said, "I don't know about this. You also know, Sixth Sister-in-law, Chu Ge was so stunned, he put the board in front of me at that time, said it was for washing clothes, and then he didn't say anything. .”

Mrs. Liu smiled when she heard this, "Hey, Chu Ge is such a boring gourd, that girl, when Brother Chu Ge goes to town tomorrow, you ask him to bring me one too."

Xiu Niang responded with a smile, then suddenly asked again, "Sister-in-law Liu, do you really think this washing board is good?"

Mrs. Liu gave a "hmm" without raising her head, "Well, sister, using this board to wash clothes saves effort compared to swinging a washing stick. Look at the rubbing and dirty things." Wow' coming out..."

She was washing the clothes one by one, talking about finding out that she was using Xiu Niang's board, so she hurriedly returned it to her.

"Hey, look, girl, I've just washed it by myself, come on, come on, I'll return this board to you..."

Xiu Niang listened to Liu's words, a gleam flashed in her watery eyes, and she smiled, "Hey, sister-in-law Liu, if you can do it, wash it first, you don't have many clothes, give them to me when you're done." All right."

This washing board is easy to use, Liu Shi is really reluctant to let it go, she looks at the two black cloth pants in her basin, this is Heiwazi, who thought it was cold outside last night, and didn't want to get up to urinate at night...cough cough , then the quilt can be dried...

She looked at Xiu Niang and smiled, "Hey, that's good, sister, I only have two left, just wait a little longer."

"Well, sister-in-law Liu, you do it first, I'm not in a hurry."

Xiu Niang looked at Mrs. Liu with a smile, and looked at the surrounding mountains and forests by herself. After pondering for a while, she suddenly said, "Sister-in-law Liu, the forests near our village are all unowned land. Bar?"

Mrs. Liu smiled, "What's wrong, are you still thinking about taking down the plate and taking the vegetable garden up the mountain?"

Xiu Niang said, "Hey, no, I'll just ask."

Mrs. Liu looked up, and pointed to Xiuniang with her hands, "Well, the forest on the left belongs to Shi Laodao's family. It used to be that the old Shi's family moved down from the mountain...well, the one on the right belongs to Lao Yang. The one at home is the one that sells tofu in the east of the village..."

Xiu Niang glanced at each of them, "Oh, Mrs. Dao and the others just let these woodlands idle?"

Mrs. Liu said, "Hey, those two forests were divided by the clan earlier. Their two families don't farm or farm. What else can they do if they are not idle? If they don't, they just want to No one wants to free up their hands."

Xiu Niang said casually, "Hey, I look good."

Mrs. Liu glanced at her and smiled, "You girl, this area is full of tree poles, you should still look at it, if I resell it to you, what will you do?"

Xiu Niang nodded, "Yes, I want it."

Liu Shi was taken aback, "Ah!?"

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Xiu Niang was walking home with the washed clothes. On the way up the slope, she saw the white smoke coming out of her own chimney, and knew that Shen must have put the rice into the pot first.

Mrs. Liu and Xiuniang walked to the door. She held the washtub in one hand and two pieces of meat in the other. She glanced into the yard and pouted at Xiuniang, "Look, you haven't come back yet, those two of your family Busy again."

Xiu Niang just smiled, took a piece of meat from Mrs. Liu, and went in after saying a few words with a smile.

"Oh, mother-in-law, it's you." When Xiu Niang arrived in the courtyard, she walked to the clothesline first, thinking about putting the clothes on first, but Shen Shi came to meet her from nowhere, scaring her. Jump.

Shen stretched out both hands and took the laundry tub, she told Xiu Niang that she had just put the clothes on, so she would hang the clothes in this basin to dry, so that Xiu Niang didn't have to take over.

Xiu Niang looked at the few clothes by the fence, they were almost dry, they didn't look like they had just been washed and dried.

"Ahem..." Xiuniang turned her head away when she heard the voice, and saw that Wenshi was sitting on the edge of the table picking vegetables with a big belly.

She watched Xiu Niang come over, and put the vegetables she had chosen into the basket beside her, "Oh, why is this vegetable pole so solid? Stay longer."

Xiuniang pursed her lips, didn't say anything, and went into the kitchen with the meat slices in her hand. She knew that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law made it for her to see, and the two of them said one sentence to the other, not just to "invite credit" for themselves What?

Seeing that Xiuniang didn't respond, Shen curled her lips, and while putting the clothes in the basin on the rope, she said, "Hey, what about the old one? Now that the rice is cooked, you don't have to wash the rice and put it in the pot..."

Xiu Niang took an apron and tied it on, she came out and asked, "Mother-in-law, did you take Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An's share too?"

"...I'll save the rice washing water for you in that basin... what? Oh, yes, I've given them both too."

Xiu Niang heard half of Shen's words, she turned around and lifted the lid of the pot, and stirred back and forth with the copper spoon.

Chen thought that Xiu Niang was watching how much rice she had put in, and asked in a bad tone, "What's wrong with the second one?"

Xiu Niang came with a soup basin and scooped out the water spoon by spoon. She said, "It's nothing, mother-in-law. The sixth sister-in-law just said that she left Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An at her house for dinner."

Shen shi paused, "Hey, that's not going to work, I've already served the meal!"

Xiu Niang smiled, "It's okay mother-in-law, I'll scoop up less rice soup, let's eat rice at night instead of porridge."

"You little woman... Hey, these two little rascals, they can't stay in their own house because they eat food from other people's house. In the future, it will be fine..."

Shen Shi pursed her lips and shouted angrily. Xiu Niang subconsciously turned her head around. Seeing that she had turned the conversation elsewhere, she began to mutter about Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An.

After hearing this, Xiu Niang sneered, but she didn't respond, she knew that Shen Shi would not dare to bury herself at this juncture.

However, seeing Shen like this, not daring to get angry, not daring to make trouble when angry, and pretending to please herself all day long, Xiu Niang was still a little uncomfortable watching.

She shook her head secretly, thinking in her heart, if this Shen family had known that there would be today's trouble, she probably wouldn't have treated Chu Ge so badly.

"Hey, his mother, can you calm down for a while, before you enter the house, I heard you nagging, nagging!"

Father Chu walked in with his hands behind his back, looking at Shen with a displeased face, Chu Fu followed behind with a hoe, and a bamboo basket on his back, which contained freshly dug mountain mushrooms.

Shen cast a glance at Father Chu, and originally wanted to chatter loudly, but seeing that Xiuniang was still in the yard, she said impatiently, "You old talker, why don't I stop? It’s not that Xiao Xiang’er and Chu An went to Ji Laoliu’s house for dinner again, so why can’t I say a few words.”

Father Chu looked at Shen with a sullen face and said, "Hey, what a big deal, these two kids went to Lao Liu's house for dinner, and Hei Wazi came to the house to beg for eggs. "

Xiuniang was about to wash the chopping board and kitchen knives with water, she paused and chattered, "Elder-in-law, I just went to wash clothes by the river with my sixth sister-in-law, and she told me that her house has Xiao Xianger and Chu Ann's meal."

If outsiders heard what Grandfather Gang Chu said, they would think that she couldn't let go of those eggs, so Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An went to Ji Laoliu's house to eat them back.

Father Chu said, "Hey, the old six's family, why are you so used to these two little ones?"

Xiu Niang smiled, "Didn't Chu An and Xiao Xiang'er go to help her in the field this morning? Sixth Sister-in-law was thinking about making something delicious to reward these two little ones."

Father Chu thought about it too, should the neighbors do each other a favour, what happened to the meal.

He pursed his lips, looked at the courtyard, "Hey, Chu Geli, where did this kid go?"

"Chu Ge just went to fetch water. I saw him when I came here. I think he will be back soon... Hey, Chu Ge, you are back."

Xiu Niang leaned over to scoop up a few ladles of water from the water tank, and while she was talking, she saw Chu Ge come in carrying a load of water.

Chu Ge rolled up his sleeves, showing his strong arms. When he went to the yard, he first called out to Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Shen, then came to Xiu Niang, gave her a dull look, and then poured water into the jar .

Shen Shi watched from the side, her eyeballs rolled, and she smiled with parted lips, "Hey, Erwa, you are back, you must be tired from the journey, mother will pour you a bowl of water."

"Not tired." Chu Ge rushed out these two words to Shen Shi, and said nothing more after finishing.

Xiu Niang pinched her sleeves, and raised her hand to wipe off the water splashed on Chu Ge's face. Seeing that Chu Ge's clothes were all wet, she told him to go back to the room and change.

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang, replied dumbly, and went to the back room.

Seeing Chu Ge like this, Father Chu's expression became even uglier, while Shen Shi stared at Chu Ge's back, muttering something.

Xiuniang looked away, took the scooped water into the stove, and before leaving, she said to the people in the yard, "Grandfather and mother-in-law, let's sum up after dinner. I found a house for my brother..."

(End of this chapter)