Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 44 The Return
"Mother, it's true. This elder sister has a body, and she can't use the things at home as favors. What will it look like for others to see?" Now that Mrs. Gu knew the reason, she felt a little unhappy. When he was away, he complained to Yuan Shi who was on the side.

"Sister-in-law, stop talking, mother will be back soon, it's not good for mother to hear." Although Yuan Shi felt a little uncomfortable, she was not as aggressive as Gu Shi's words.

"Hmph, compared to the elder sister, we are like picked up. My mother didn't make love like this when my brother and sister were pregnant with Qiu'er. It's really different..." Gu leaned against the corner and muttered softly. .

"After all, eldest sister is also mother's own daughter." Yuan Shi smiled, thinking how could it be the same, one is a daughter-in-law and the other is a daughter, one can tell which is more important at a glance.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, I get angry when I say it, just look at your elder brother, he went to the mountain to hunt game for his sister, and took advantage of the opportunity to make up for her. When I was pregnant with Xiao Shishi I haven't seen him really work hard, hum..." Mrs. Gu picked up a rag beside her and wiped it with great force, as if she was afraid that others would not know that she was angry.

After hearing this, Yuan shi paused and didn't say anything. She picked up the broom beside her and swept the floor...

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Recently, the Yang family is very lively, because Chunqiu's aunt is pregnant again, Yang Li is very happy, if the family conditions do not allow it, Yang Li would like to live in Yang Meijuan's house to take care of her.Although she couldn't take care of her daughter, Mrs. Yang and Li still gave them a bunch of supplements for pregnant women as if they didn't need money.

Because of this, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law complained a lot in private, Yuan Shi was fine, and didn't think too much about it after it passed, but Gu Shi was different, even in the past two days, she showed that yin and yang strange look to Yang and Li Shi .But recently, Yang Li is in a good mood, so she doesn't have the same knowledge as her.

The days moved forward at an unhurried pace. On June 25, Yang Weibo, who had been working as a corvee for half a month, came back.

Although Yang Weibo was not muscular when he left, he was in normal shape, but when he came back, he lost more than a circle of weight. The clothes that fit him before now look empty. Standing beside Yang Weibo, Yuan Shi stretched out his hand to touch Looking at Yang Weibo's protruding chin, the tears could not be stopped, and he covered his eyes with a handkerchief and began to cry.

Yang Weibo looked a little distressed, and quickly wiped Yuan's tears with his hand, and said with a smile, "I'm all back here safely? It's okay, don't cry, your eyes are swollen when you cry, you should feel uncomfortable in a while."

When Yuan Shi heard this, she raised her red rabbit eyes and gave Yang Weibo a sideways glance, and while wiping her tears with a handkerchief, she scolded, "You still said, look at you, how could you be so thin when you left? Now that he looks like a ghost, what kind of people have become so bad? This is not... corvee, it is clear... that it is killing people? And... let people live." Because of the crying sound, Yuan's speech was a bit broken, but The meaning was expressed very clearly, it has only been half a month, and it looks like a different person.

"Hehe" Yang Weibo smiled indifferently, the place of corvée can be said to be extremely difficult, working in the sun every day, how can one not get tanned, and besides eating three meals a day of steamed buns, there is even a little oil in the dishes You can't even see the fishy smell, and the food you eat is not nutritious. How can you lose weight?

"This is not coming back, just rest and rest, don't cry, the children won't see well later," Yang Weibo comforted with his head bowed.

"You still know it's not good, hmph, just starve to death, and save me from worrying about every day." After listening to Yang Weibo's words, Yuan Shi snorted coldly, pushed Yang Weibo's hand away, and turned her head I went back, ignoring Yang Weibo behind him.

"Hey? What's the matter?" Yang Weibo yelled at Yuan Shi, seeing that his wife had left without waiting for him, he was a little puzzled, what did he say wrong again?Why is the daughter-in-law still in?

Yuan Shi felt a little angry, and entered the door regardless of Yang Weibo, thinking that the other party would catch up.But when I walked halfway and found no one around, I turned around and shouted, "What are you doing stupidly, mother is waiting in the house, come in quickly." Looking at the dumbfounded husband at the door, he felt a little aggrieved, just this elm Head, why are you so confused?He won't come and chase her after she leaves!Fool!Yuan cursed inwardly.

Yang Weibo didn't know about Yuan's complaints. After hearing what his daughter-in-law said, Yang Weibo immediately put the previous matter behind him.

Looking at Yang Weibo's dumbfounded look, Yuan sneered and said, "What's so silly? Let's go." After finishing speaking, she turned her head and continued to walk forward.Yang Weibo hurriedly took two steps to follow after seeing it.

Mrs. Gu was really drying the pickles at the entrance of the West House. When she saw Yuan and Yang Weibo coming in, she greeted with a smile: "Oh, the second brother is back. Did mother still talk about you yesterday? What a coincidence that you are back today?"

Yang Weibo looked at the sister-in-law at the door of the West House and replied with a silly smile, "Come back, what is sister-in-law doing?" Just as he finished speaking, he asked Yang Weimin again, "Sister-in-law, where is my elder brother?"

While putting the pickles in the jar, Mrs. Gu said to Yang Weibo, "Hey, get some pickles to eat. What is this? Your elder brother went up the mountain today. People in the village said that there are a lot of game on the mountain in the past two days. Your elder brother Thinking about catching two and bringing them back to add something to the family..." At the end of the sentence, knowing that Yang Weibo was too careless, he found that the sister-in-law's face was a little unhappy.

Just as he was about to ask why, he was interrupted by Yuan Shi who was on the side. Yuan Shi reached out and pulled Yang Weibo's sleeve, covered the corner of his mouth with a handkerchief and said to Gu Shi, "Sister-in-law, you go ahead Come on, let's go back to the room first, Wei Bai's clothes should also be changed, and I will go to the mother's room to have a look in a while."

"Oh, look at my memory, I won't delay you, go get busy, I'm fine." Gu disappeared, then smiled indifferently.

Yuan Shi nodded, stretched out her hand to pull Yang Weibo who still had something to say, walked into the door, and closed the door again.

Gu looked back, bowed her head and curled her lips, then picked up the pickles with her hands.

"Why did you drag me in directly? I haven't finished talking yet?" Yang Weibo was a little puzzled.

Yuan's face looked like you don't want to make trouble, "What are you talking about, the elder brother also hunted wild game to send to the elder sister. If you ask this, the elder sister will be upset."

"Eldest sister? What's wrong with her family?" Yang Weibo became even more curious.

"Wait until you meet Wanniang." Yuan Shi flung his sleeves, but didn't say the reason.

Seeing Yuan's appearance, Yang Weibo didn't understand anything, so he didn't continue to ask.

Looking up at the emptiness of the room, there were no figures of Huzi and Chunqiu at all. Where did it go?

"I went up the mountain with my uncle to pick goji berries. The kids are busy making money. They don't look like you. They don't have any heart and lungs."

Yang Weibo smiled and didn't care, and gave Yuan Shi the tael of silver that Yang and Li had handed him before in his arms, "Take it, mother gave it to me, where will I use it?"

"Hmph, you understand." Yuan Shi cast a glance at Yang Weibo, snorted, and put the silver in his arms.

"Okay, hurry up and put down the burden. I'm taking off this suit of clothes and throwing it away. I've been wearing it for a few days, and it smells like sweat. Take it off quickly." Yuan Shi covered her nose with her cuff, with a slightly dislike.

"Hehehe, isn't this dirty what you made for me? I didn't change it after thinking about it." Yang Weibo scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"The ones I brought you are for you to change and wash normally. How can you do that? You don't change? Hurry up and take them off. I've boiled hot water in the kitchen. You can wash them in the room quickly, change into clean clothes, and go find them again." Mother." After Yuan finished speaking, she took a new set of Yihe white coat from the cabinet and handed it to Yang Weibo.

"Here, go and change it quickly. I'll scoop water for you." After Yuan Shi finished speaking, she pushed the door and went out. After a while, she came back with a bucket of steaming water. The bucket was placed on the ground, and then he said to Yang Weibo, "Take it in and wash it, if you don't wash it enough, call me, I'll go to the door and tidy up the tea leaves I picked before."

"Hey, I know." Yang Weibo's voice came from behind the door.

Hearing the sound of Yuan's footsteps gradually disappearing, Yang Weibo took off his clothes and sat in the tub, wiped his body carefully with a rag placed beside him, and then sighed comfortably. It’s really not that easy to live in corvée. You have to get up before dawn every day, and you don’t let you rest until dark, and some of them are exhausted. Of course, these things can’t be said to Yuan. After knowing his temperament, he should probably worry about whether he will be wronged or not.

After taking a comfortable hot bath, Yang Weibo felt a burst of relief in his body, picked up the clean towel beside him and wiped his body clean, and then changed into the gown that Yuan Shi had prepared.

"Where is Mother in the house? I'll go and have a look first." Yang Weibo pushed open the door and said to Yuan Shi who was at the door.

"Go, mother has been talking about you for a long time." Yuan Shi looked at Yang Weibo, and after taking a bath, he looked a little better. Otherwise, when he just came back, if Yuan Shi didn't deliberately bury him, he would be like a person who escaped of.

"Hey, then I'll go first." After Yang Weibo finished speaking, he walked to Yang Li's room, stood at the door and knocked on the door. He didn't hear any movement inside, so he said, "Mother, I'm Weibo. ok, i'm back"

"Who? Is it Wei Bo? Oops, come in, come in." Yang Li was busy putting on the quilt, but didn't hear the movement at the door, when she suddenly heard the voice of her second son, she couldn't do it anymore, and hurried He put on his shoes and ran to the door.

Before Yang Weibo opened the door, the door opened from the inside. Yang Weibo looked down at the gray-haired old lady in front of him, isn't this his mother?She reached out her hand to support her mother, for fear that Yang and Li would fall down, "Mother, why are you still out?"

"Come here quickly and let my mother take a look, ouch, why did my son lose so much weight? How can you treat my son with such a goddamn corvee and inhuman yamen? Oh, why is it so miserable..." Yang Li Shi didn't pay attention to Yang Weibo's words, and stretched out his hand to drag Yang Weibo in, cursing the inhuman yamen, and his hands were not idle, touching Yang Weibo's panicked arm for a while, and looking at the skinny man with only bones left face.

Yang Weibo looked at his mother's unstoppable movements, and quickly stretched out his hand to hold Yang Li's hand, and said with a smile, "Mother, I'm really fine, it's a corvee, it will be fine in two days."

"How can you say that?" Mrs. Yang Li patted Yang Weibo, and she was not happy seeing the other party's silly appearance, "You wait, mother will kill you a chicken and stew it for you. Make up for it, but You can't just make it up like this," Yang Lishi said, then left Yang Weibo aside and ran straight to the chicken rack.

"Mother, there's no need to kill the chicken." Before Yang Weibo finished speaking, Mrs. Yang and Li disappeared without a trace.

"Boss, come here and do me a favor, catch that black rooster, and stew it today." After going out, Yang Li found that she couldn't catch it alone, so she had to call Gu who was sitting at the door of the West House. come over.

Mrs. Gu was sitting at the door kowtowing melon seeds, and moved a little reluctantly when she heard Mrs. Yang and Li's words. Her mother-in-law was partial, and the second child just came back and wanted to eat stewed chicken.

"Don't dawdle, come here quickly." Yang Li looked at Gu's uncomfortable look and spoke a little aggressively. This eldest daughter-in-law only cares about her own house and doesn't like others to eat. Why is she so shallow-sighted?Usually, I don't find any conflicts between her and the second daughter-in-law. Hmph, it's all caused by greed. In such a short period of time, Mrs. Yang and Li have already imagined many possibilities. If Gu Mrs. Shouting for injustice, she was really just jealous.

"Mother, isn't this chicken reserved for sale? Why do you want to stew it?" Gu raised his legs and stepped into the chicken rack, and Yang and Li surrounded the flock of chickens on the left and right, muttering in a low voice.

"How much weight the second child has lost, you are not blind. You didn't see it. Why don't you make up for him? This chicken is not raised by you. Why are you talking so much nonsense? Hurry up and work, even if you work, you can't control you This broken mouth" Yang Li scolded, what happened to the eldest daughter-in-law recently, it was not like this before, this is because she has some confidence in the steamed stuffed bun business, and now she dares to take care of her business, hmph, how courageous.

Mrs. Gu also heard Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Li's dissatisfaction, and said a little embarrassingly, "Mother, I'm just curious. I saw my second brother. He is so skinny that he should make up for it. Mother is right." Gu Shi hurriedly flattered.

"Hmph, it's good to know, hurry up and work." After Yang Li finished speaking, he started to catch chickens, ignoring Gu who was on the side.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law exhausted their strength for a long time, and finally caught the big rooster weighing seven catties. Yang Li took the chicken and went to get the knife. Even if he couldn't eat it at noon today, he would eat it at night.

Except for Yang Weibai who has nothing to do, the rest of the family are busy with their feet on the ground, especially Yang Li. In order to make up for his son, he even took out all the dried rabbit meat and prepared the sauce. In order to make up for the second son.

In the afternoon, Yang Weimin came back from Montenegro with three hares and four pheasants in his hands. Mrs. Yang and Li didn't say to give them to her daughter, but asked Yang Weimin to make a nest in the backyard and raise all the rabbits. Get up and say it's one day for Yang Weibo.

When Yang Weimin heard that her second brother had returned, he also agreed with Le Le, and raised four pheasants in the chicken rack, saying that after eating the rabbits, he would eat the chickens.

Mrs. Yang and Li were very satisfied with the method of the eldest son, and ran to the kitchen with the killed chicken with a smile, and took out the dried mushrooms before, and made a rooster stewed with mushrooms.

Yang Weimin agreed, even if Gu Shi was not happy, there was nothing he could do about it, but she thought about it, this cheap family food was better than her eldest sister's, and she could still eat, Gu's mind instantly felt balanced.

In the evening, when Spring and Autumn Huzi Yang Weisong and the others came back with their baskets on their backs, the Yang family's meals were already ready to be served.

Chunqiu smelled the smell of stewed chicken in the air, and was a little puzzled, "What's the matter today? Why is our family still eating stewed chicken?" It's not a big day, what's up with her grandma?
"Yeah, it smells really good." Yang Weisong squinted his eyes and looked intoxicated. He couldn't help but salivate when he smelled the smell.

The tiger was about to be sharp, and when his eyes swept over a certain figure sitting under the pear tree, he shouted excitedly, "Oh, it's our father who came back, second sister and uncle, look, that's not our father!" ?"

"Where is it? Our father is back?" Chunqiu jumped up excitedly after hearing the news, without even caring to put down the basket, he rushed towards Yang Weibai's direction.

"Sister, wait for me." Seeing Chunqiu running, Huzi quickly opened his mouth and shouted, and ran after Chunqiu after shouting.

In just a few minutes, there was no one around Yang Weisong. Yang Weisong looked at He Le's family of three not far away and smiled with big gums. It's great that his second brother came back safely.

At this time, Yang Weibo heard Chunqiu's voice, he had already got up and stood up, bent over and stretched out his hand to take Chunqiu who ran over, and then lifted it up amidst Chunqiu's giggles, the father and daughter were having fun .

Huzi ran slowly, and when Huzi ran in front of Yang Weibo, he found that he had no place for himself. Huzi tiptoed and stretched out his hand to grab Yang Weibai's clothes, with an urgent expression on his face, "Dad, Huzi wants to play too."

"Hey, wait until your third sister is done," Yang Weibo agreed.

Afterwards, Chunqiu was put down, and the tiger was lifted up again, and the three of them held it high in a reincarnation like this.

"Second brother" Unknowingly, Yang Weisong has already walked in front of Yang Weibo, looking at the thin appearance of the second brother, he feels guilty, this is all for him, he should have gone, the more Yang Weisong thinks about it, the more he feels guilty , When Yang Weibo looked at him, he wanted to lower his head to the ground.

Yang Weibo put down the tiger beside him, and signaled Chunqiu to go first, Chunqiu nodded after understanding, and then quietly pulled the tiger away.

"Okay, I'm already an adult, what does this look like?" Yang Weibo stretched out his hand and patted Yang Weisong's shoulder, his tone was a bit serious, how could he not know what his third brother was thinking?Seeing myself like this, I must be thinking about something in my heart again!

"Second brother, but... it's all my fault." Yang Weisong's tone was a little low, his head was lowered, his voice was trembling, it was all his fault, his second brother did this for him.

"What does it have to do with you, the second brother is fine, well, don't take it to heart, my mother stewed a chicken for me, the second brother is also a blessing, hehehe" Yang Weibo comforted, he really didn't think this What a big deal, we are all brothers, so there is nothing to worry about these small things.

"Second brother, I..." Yang Weisong hesitated, still worried.

"Okay, go to Qiu'er quickly, you still have Qiu'er's things on your back, we are all brothers, the second brother won't blame you, and don't let mother see this matter, otherwise mother You should be angry again." Yang Weibo interrupted Yang Weisong and pushed him away.

Yang Weisong looked back, and walked away without guilt under Yang Weibo's gesture.

Yang Weibo looked at Yang Weisong's figure, and sighed with concern...

at dinner time.Mrs. Yang Li kept putting the stewed chicken into Yang Weibo's bowl, which made Yang Weibo a little embarrassed, but seeing her mother's burdensome eyes, Yang Weibo had no choice but to resign himself to eating.

Gu Shi was a little unhappy when she saw it, and just about to say a few words, Yang Weimin pulled her sleeves. Gu looked over reluctantly, and only heard Yang Weimin say, "Calm down, my second brother is back today, mother is happy, Don't make your mother unhappy, go back after eating." Yang Weimin was afraid that Mrs. Gu would say something bad and make it difficult for his second brother. He knew this woman, and she didn't have any bad intentions.

"Didn't I say something? It's okay, I know." Gu was a little unhappy, but she didn't refute Yang Weimin's words. After speaking, she glanced at Yang and Li, then lowered her head and continued to eat. Not blind, who would ask for trouble...

(End of this chapter)