happy old days

Chapter 47

"Father, the second and third are not at home." Because he was going to slaughter a pig, Yang Zhenhai went to call the second and third early in the morning, but he didn't expect that the two families were not there.

"Not here, what are you doing?" Mr. Yang was a little puzzled.

"The third child went to work outside, and the other one went there yesterday. I'm afraid it will take some time before he can come back. The third daughter-in-law also brought her son back to her mother's house, and the second child's family went to the county."

The old man snorted, "We don't care about them, let's kill them ourselves." After finishing speaking, he turned and walked towards the pigsty, muttering as he walked, "It's not worrying."Toss around. '

Yang Zhenhai raised his eyebrows. The third child goes out to do errands at this time of year. He has some carpentry skills, but he can find a job. Now that the family is separated, they can't control the third wife. , Their family's letters are all from others.

The second son's family, I heard that they bought a shop in the county town, and they don't know how it is doing. Anyway, the couple can make troubles, and the second daughter-in-law is a top-notch one. The reason why the second daughter-in-law went to the county town to do business was to overwhelm them, but I don't know if this is the case, it will be labeled as a businessman, and the children's future will be narrowed.At the beginning, he told the second and third children about letting others bring the goods. This matter was handed over to his brother-in-law, and they didn’t need to come forward. It’s a good thing, but it’s a pity that the two brothers have soft ears. In charge, in fact, what do they do with that little savings.

The wild boar at home is only fifty or sixty catties, which is really not that big. Yang Zhenhai and Zhao Tiezhu can take care of it.

The pig is not big, so there is no one invited at home. Jin Niang knew that Yang Zhenhai went to find his two brothers in the morning, and seeing that the sisters-in-law didn't come, she felt relieved and said that she didn't want to talk to him now. They dealt with each other, and she felt that it was better to keep a happy mood during her pregnancy.

She and Mrs. Hui didn't care about the killing of pigs, and they were afraid of hurting Jinniang, so they didn't let her go to the West Garden. Huiniang cut a lot of sauerkraut, maybe it was a childhood memory, Jinniang had a special way of killing pigs. favorite.It's just that she didn't eat much when she really made it.

Pick a large piece of pork bone and cook it with some meat in the pot, pull out the meat on it and tear it into strips, which is shredded meat, then add sauerkraut, pig blood sausage, and large pieces of white meat.A large pot full.

You can also put some heart-protecting meat or pig offal in the pot, but there are not many of them, so Jin Niang didn't make them, and the meat will be saved for later eating. It's already the twelfth lunar month, and it takes less than half a day for the pork to be frozen outdoors. Then put it in the warehouse, where there is no heat and there is no fear of melting.

When it was ready, Jinniang fished out the white meat inside and made it into white meat with garlic paste. She put the shredded meat directly on a plate, as well as sauerkraut with big bones, and a plate of blood sausage. The smell went straight to people's noses drill.

During the meal, Father Yang still invited the family of the uncle and the third uncle. The family of the second uncle of the Yang family went to the neighboring county and would not come here except during the New Year. Yang Zhenhai didn't come to invite him this time.

Jinniang gave Sister Hui a bowl of butchered vegetables, a large piece of meat and a section of blood sausage, and told them to go back and eat.

Seeing Jinniang like this, the aunt and the third aunt ordered some while eating, saying that Jinniang was a bit too kind to the servants, and that the master should also serve the meal, and they couldn't go back to eat by themselves.

Jinniang smiled and said nothing, she doesn't care what people are like in this era, and she doesn't say that everyone is equal, she just does things in her own way, Sister Hui's family works hard, she just gives them what they deserve Yes, looking at her, she seems to be easy to talk to. In fact, they have always kept a distance from Mrs. Hui's family.That's fine.

Even if Jinniang doesn't go out, she still knows some things. She kept the woman that the fourth family sent to them last time. That woman is not honest. Well, I often yell at my servants.Three women in one play, isn't that yard full of three women now?The fourth daughter-in-law seems to be stepping on two servants, but she doesn't know that her home is being invaded.

Sister Hui doesn't look simple and honest, but the more she sees things, the more she sees things. She is used to Jinniang's attitude. This kind of master-servant relationship is good or bad. The family will definitely be good, don't be afraid of the master's making things difficult and beating and scolding, the bad thing is that they will never be able to integrate into this family. The life is better than that of ordinary farmers, so if they find a good master family, these people will often attach to them. This is why some families have slaves. In fact, the relationship between slaves and masters is not so simple at any point.

Jinniang doesn't know whether it's right or wrong for her to do this, but she feels that everything is an attempt, at least some of her ideas are not easy to change, the only luck is that the old and young in the family support any of her actions attitude, which made her feel very grateful.

Jinniang only ate sauerkraut soup and shredded meat for this pig-killing meal, and the others were not suitable for her, but eating sour cabbage like this was amazing.Everyone ate very happily.

The drinking of the men will not end so quickly. The women are sitting on the big kang in the north and talking. Jinniang is a little sleepy after eating. The handkerchief is being embroidered stitch by stitch. The little girl is doing pretty well now. I heard that she is discussing marriage and will get married next year or the year after.

The two aunts spoke in such a low voice that Jinniang was about to fall asleep in a daze.Suddenly she heard a groan, which woke her up suddenly.Sitting up halfway, I heard the crying of the second child's family.

"Father—you can decide for me, Zhenhu is going to kill me—" The second child's door was pushed open, and the cotton curtain on the door was almost removed.

The men in the room were all stunned. The second child's family didn't expect so many people in the room. The uncle's family and the third uncle's family were all there, so she was also stunned. The second child ran in from the outside at this time and said, You prodigal bitch." The second child stretched out his hand to grab his wife's arm as he spoke.

Ah——The second daughter-in-law screamed and ran towards Father Yang.

Yang Zhenhai stood up, stretched out his legs and kicked Yang Laoer back, "Stop it."

The second child was kicked by Yang Zhenhai, and then he calmed down, saw the people in the room with red eyes, and then stared at her daughter-in-law fiercely, "Brother, ask her, what have you done?" Then the second child Yang Looking at his father again, "Father, I don't want this daughter-in-law anymore, I want to divorce her." He squatted on the ground as he spoke, huffing and puffing.

This happened all of a sudden, so stop drinking, the family of uncles and uncles left, father and son Yang took his son and daughter-in-law to the backyard, Yang Zhenhai hurriedly followed, fearing that the second child would make a fool of himself, "Don't go over there, just rush at me again!" You." Before leaving, Yang Zhenhai made a special request.

Naturally, Jinniang wouldn't go, the second child almost scared her just now, when Mrs. Hui came over, Jinniang asked her to tidy up, and went back to the main room by herself.

They live in the side room on the west side of the main house in winter. The room is very warm, but they can't sleep for a while. The old man's courtyard is not far from their place. Just as they tilted their heads, they heard the loud voice of the second child and the crying of the second child's family. , I can't hear what it is, but it's disturbing.

In the backyard of Mr. Yang's house.

"Speaking of which, what's going on?" Old Man Yang was so angry that he drank some wine just now, his head was a little buzzing.

"Father, don't worry, sit down and have a sip of tea." Yang Zhenhai hurriedly prepared the old man on the kang, poured a cup of tea and handed it over.He gave the second child another cold look.

Younger Yang also calmed down a bit now, seeing his father like this felt a sense of grievance in his heart, "Dad, we were cheated by others, all the money we saved in the past few years is gone, it's all done by this prodigal bitch." " As he spoke, he wanted to move forward, but Yang Zhenhai raised his arm and frightened him back.

"Father—it's not my fault, and I don't want to." The second daughter-in-law shuddered and leaned back, crying with snot and tears.

"Why don't you blame you, you silly girl, you don't even recognize the fake documents given to you, isn't that person still a relative of your natal family? Didn't you say that you know everything? Why is this?" the second child shouted angrily. stand up.

"I'm also doing it for this family, okay--I don't understand--whoooo--who keeps you away from home all day, I told you to go to the Yamen and you won't go--woo-woo-you still blame me--woo-woo ——Where is my money—” The second daughter-in-law sat down on the ground and cried in the dark.

"Okay, shut up, I'm not dead yet—" Mr. Yang was so angry when he heard his second daughter-in-law crying like a mourner. She didn't cry so sadly when her mother-in-law was gone.

Jinniang didn't know how she fell asleep. When she woke up, candles were lit in the room, and Yang Zhenhai was lying on her back next to her, with his eyes open and he didn't know what to think.

"You're back, how are you two? Have you left yet?" Jin Niang rolled over and leaned against Yang Zhenhai before she opened her eyes.

Putting her arms around Jinniang, "The two of them have gone back. Da Ya and Fat Xiao are still in the county town. They didn't even bring their children with them when they came back."

Jinniang woke up, "What's going on? Why are you so powerful?"

Sigh——Sighed, "The second child was deceived this time. The two of them have always wanted to do business in the county seat. Now that the family is divided, the second child saved a lot of money by quarrying stones. It just so happens that the second daughter-in-law's family One of my distant relatives wanted to sell a house in the county seat, and the price was cheap, so they bought it. How could the couple go to the county seat today and the house would be owned by someone else.”

"How did this happen? It's not a day or two for their family to buy a house. How could it become someone else's?"

"Before the autumn harvest, the second child didn't have time to spare. The second daughter-in-law was in charge of this house. She didn't understand that someone had cheated her with a fake deed. That house didn't belong to her relative at all. The owner of the house went to Beijing to do business and rented the house to her relative, and he set up a trick to deceive the second and second couple. Now that the owner of the house is back, things will be leaked."

Yang Zhenhai sat up, "If the second daughter-in-law wasn't so anxious, it wouldn't be like this. It's not easy for her to go to the county government as a woman, and the procedures are handled by others."

Jin Niang also sighed, "How much did it cost? Can I get it back?"

"The price of that shop is not cheap, 120 taels. The second child lost all the money he saved over the years, and the second daughter-in-law's private house also took out more than 20 taels."

She shook Jinniang's hand, "I'm going out tomorrow to help my second child find that person. If I can find it, I might even get some money back. Hey, today they found out that they were cheated and went to that house. Only then did I realize that that man is a gambler, and he probably lost all his money." After all, it was his brother, and Yang Zhenhai couldn't ignore it.

Yang Zhenhai left home early the next morning, Jin Niang was not worried, but she felt that it would not be so easy to get back the money from the second family.

The old man had a drink yesterday, and this incident happened to his second child again. He woke up with a cold early in the morning, and he probably got angry.Fortunately, the old man's body has been conditioned well, so he can take a good two days of self-cultivation.

After eating in the morning, Jinniang took Mrs. Hui and divided up yesterday's meat. Each of the three brothers' families gave five catties. Originally, the pigs were not big, so they gave so much.

The rest was divided into pieces and put outside to freeze, and Jinniang asked Mrs. Hui to process the small intestines and made sausages. Some were steamed, and some were dried in a cool and ventilated place. Jin Niang made a few and hung them in the fireplace, smoked them for a few days to see if the taste would improve.

(End of this chapter)