Chapter 14: Auntie Finds Fault
Early the next morning, He Juan got up and squatted on the side of the water pressure well to brush the mouth. As soon as she looked up, she saw Shen Xiu sitting on the wall, looking into the distance with a melancholy gaze.
"I also said where did you go early in the morning, what are you doing squatting on the wall, come down and wash your face, clean up and go to the production team. He Juan entered the house and flipped through the kang and put a stack of banknotes into her arms.
"Second sister-in-law, your Xiu'er is practicing drinking the northwest wind. I heard the people singing the big opera at the entrance of the village say that you can eat enough by drinking the northwest wind, and you don't need to eat, and I think that after a while, Xiu'er will be able to save some rations for our family. But this mentality is really good, and I am not afraid that the cow will not be able to be found? Shen's third daughter-in-law stuck her head out of the house and sneered and came with a gun and a stick.
There was not much surplus food in the family, and there was more He Juan and Shen Xiufen, and the family was wrapped in their belts and half full without hunger.
In recent days, Shen's third daughter-in-law has been looking for He Juan's mother and daughter's stubble every day to vent her resentment that she can't eat enough.
Blame her for not having enough to eat? Shouldn't she blame the bad harvest?
Shen Xiu couldn't understand the logic of Shen's third daughter-in-law, but she was not surprised by Shen's third daughter-in-law's ability to be fine.
She took a sharp breath and jumped off the wall. She doesn't want to be in a bad mood because of a trick in the morning, isn't it worth it?
Shen Xiu climbed onto the wall of his house at four o'clock in the morning, using his divine thoughts to find the aura of heaven and earth. But she squatted on the wall for an hour and didn't feel anything, but fed the mosquitoes.
The third aunt laughed, I just climbed the wall to water the vegetables. Mom, go eat, I'll dry the clothes. ”
The green vegetables on the wall of the Shen family's courtyard are the same as other families in the village.
At this time, the People's Commune Movement was launched, and the land was all on the side of the production team, and each household could only grow some vegetables on their own land, on the wall or in the corner of the wall.
Shen Xiu finished drying her clothes in the yard, and when she entered the house, she saw that the porridge in He Juan's bowl had not moved.
"Mom, why don't you eat it?"
"I can't eat ......"
Before He Juan finished speaking, the porridge was taken by Shen's third daughter-in-law and poured into Shen Er's bowl. "Hurry up and eat, and go to the production team when you're done. ”
"Third aunt, my mother hasn't eaten a bite. ”
"Who said you didn't eat it, it's not like your mother can't finish it. The boy has to eat more, but your second brother is going to the field to get a hoe. ”
"Wild vegetable porridge is hard to eat, who wants to eat it. I'm going to drink corn paste. Shen Er pushed the bowl, picked up the bowl of Shen San next to him and drank it in a big gulp.
Wow, this is a mother-son partnership to grab food?
Shen Xiu was stunned by this wave of commotion, and only felt that they had once again refreshed their three views.
"Second brother. Shen San watched Shen Er take one bite after another, and his face was wrinkled.
Old Mrs. Shen came out of the main house and sat down with the help of Shen's daughter-in-law. "Second child, return the bowl to San'er. ”
Shen Er licked the bottom of the bowl with his tongue before handing the bowl to Shen San.
"Here you go. Shen Er patted his stomach, burped, and finally stretched.
Shen San was holding the empty bowl, weak, helpless and pitiful.
He looked at Old Lady Shen and pouted aggrievedly. "Grandma, the second brother ate my breakfast, I have nothing to eat, I am hungry. ”
Poof, this Shen San is really a baby.
Shen Xiu's shoulders kept swaying, and he almost laughed.
"Don't cry obediently, grandma still has some dried sweet potatoes, and I'll ask your mother to get some for you to eat on the way to school." Old Mrs. Shen asked Shen's eldest daughter-in-law to take Shen San into the house, squinting her eyes and scolding Shen San's daughter-in-law.
"This is the good son you taught, San'er goes to school every day and studies so hard, and eating something good will also attract you red eyes?"
"Mother, as the saying goes, a bowl of water has to be even, our second son is also your own grandson, why can't you drink some corn paste?"
"The third son is going to study in a secondary school in the future, can the second son be compared? If you have time, you can learn from your sister-in-law and see how she educates the children. ”
In the three generations of the Shen family, only three boys went to school, Shen Da and Shen San were admitted to the exam from primary school to junior high school, Shen Da went to the junior high school in the village, Shen San was admitted to the junior high school in the town, and the two sons of Shen's daughter-in-law made Mrs. Shen proud in the village.
"Hmph, then he must be able to pass the test. ”
"What are you talking about!" Old Lady Shen slapped the table hard, and her anger rose upward.
Shen San has always been the eyeball of the old lady, he has a very bright brain in reading, whether it is the teacher or the old Shen family, they all expect him to take a secondary school diploma and come back.
As for Shen Er, the old lady couldn't get rid of it.
On the day of the entrance exam, Shen Er didn't go at all, he squatted in the pigsty of the production team and played ingots with a group of children for an afternoon, and he also got a body of lice and went home.
Shen San's daughter-in-law kept dissing Shen San made the old lady angry, what are your own children like, don't you have a b count in your heart?
"I'm not blessed, I admit that the child I gave birth to didn't study, but you can't be so partial. The dried sweet potatoes in Tibet are only for the third child, but the second son is still sitting here, you are going to chill his heart. ”
Shen's third daughter-in-law pinched Shen Er, making him scream in pain.
Shen Xiu saw Shen's third daughter-in-law splashing, took the bowl and put it in He Juan's hand, urging her to drink it quickly. "Since the second brother is full of corn paste, I will take this porridge back. ”
It's none of her business how they make trouble, but He Juan's porridge has wild ginseng roots. She added it to recuperate for He Juan, but she couldn't be cheaper than Shen's third daughter-in-law.
He Juan was not in the mood now, after drinking the already cold porridge in two or three sips, she was about to go out with Shen Xiu.
"Second aunt, are you in a hurry to go to the production team to lose money?" The good look on He Juan's face made Shen's third daughter-in-law go crazy with jealousy, and she couldn't help but find fault again.
"Mother, our family is short of food now, isn't it that someone eats white rice, and it is lazy to go to the production team to herd cattle to earn work, and now they have lost all the cattle. ”
"Hmph, there is no one in this family who is alive in peace!Shen Xiu, you dead girl can't even look at a cow, how stupid is it!" Old Lady Shen pulled an old face and stopped He Juan. "Second daughter-in-law, what are you going to do with the money you pay for the cow?"
"Mother, you don't have to worry about this money. He Juan grabbed Shen Xiu's hand and clenched it all of a sudden.
Shen's daughter-in-law poured a glass of water for the old lady and patted her on the back again. "Don't be too angry, this cow may have been recovered. ”
"Hey, the second sister-in-law has her own private money, this mother's family is rich, it's different, like us, we can only envy. ”
The third aunt has really been a little skinny lately, and this perseverance in finding fault is really great!
Shen Xiu raised her eyebrows, and there was a sneer at the corner of her mouth.
The old lady Shen, who was drinking porridge over there, put down her chopsticks, her triangular eyes were extremely bright, and she stared at He Juan tightly. "When you went back to your parents' house yesterday, did your in-laws give you money?"
"No, no......" He Juan stammered, and her steps subconsciously stepped back.
"Just look at it. Shen's third daughter-in-law suddenly stepped forward and directly turned out the bottom of He Juan's pocket. She didn't find the money, so she aimed her eyes at He Juan's chest. "It's not in your pocket, it's definitely in your arms. ”