Chapter 15: The Fox Neck
Aunt Shu lost a lot of weight, and she didn't know if she was frozen or sick, and her face was a little blue. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info was still wearing the flower jacket and blue cotton skirt of the year before last, a little wandering, with an old silver hairpin pinned to his head, and he was not wearing makeup as usual.
Aunt Shu has had a very bad time for most of the year.
First of all, because Ji Er stole other people's daughters-in-law, it brought great losses to the reputation and business of the Ji family's car shop, and Shu Ergu was also seriously injured by the rumors and did not dare to go out.
Moreover, Aunt Shu has been single-minded to Ji Er over the years, and the relationship between the two is still good. Luo Yuniang's appearance not only made her unable to raise her head, but also deeply hurt her affection. (Qinglan: Tut-tut... Ji Er also knew that this matter was quite stumbling, so at the beginning, Ji Er was careful in front of her, and he really took some trouble to coax her.
But Shu Ergu is used to pinching the tip, the more carefully Ji Er coaxes her, the more she feels wronged, from the next life to the present, she has bullied others, and she has never been wronged like this! Shu Ergu, who drilled the tip of the horns, lost the best opportunity to pull Ji Er's cheating heart back, especially in Luo Yuniang's comparison, it seems that Shu Ergu is even more petty, Ji Er is not patient, and he got into Luo Yuniang's crotch again.
This time, Aunt Shu was even more angry, and the two quarreled as soon as they met.
Later, Shu Ergu gradually vented her anger on Luo Yuniang. Luo Yuniang was used to it, her appearance of being beaten and punished, and her expression of not going to hell who would go to hell made Aunt Shu angry when she saw it.
Maybe it's the change of roles, maybe it's the favor of Ji Er, so that Luo Yuniang doesn't know how to learn smart, and even with the struggle between women, she has no pressure to play the poor White Lotus.
So, after Ji Er witnessed a scene in which Aunt Shu bullied the pot-bellied Luo Yuniang, he beat Aunt Shu for the first time.
Shu Ergu's emotional world has completely collapsed, and she is more and more like a resentful woman, and others will bypass her when they see her.
The misfortune is that her son was expelled from the county school and no longer went to school, and went out every day to mingle with a group of Lai Han. It's not good to learn anything, but I just like gambling, and I posted all the money that Shu Ergu has saved over the years.
The Ji family's chickens fly and the dogs jump, and Shu Ergu loses both people and money, these Wang Yufen knows.
Because she was the one who taught Luo Yuniang to deal with Shu Ergu, and she was the one who made Ji Dong gamble.
Since the last time Ji Wei became Ji Dong's younger brother as he wished, he regarded Wang Yufen's younger brother Wang Yugui as his intimate person. Later, Shu Ergu bullied Luo Yuniang, and Ji Wei went to Wang Yugui to give an idea. Wang Yugui and Wang Yufen are the closest in age and have the best relationship, so after discussing with his sister, he began to support Luo's back.
Wang Yufen is a member of the Shu family, and she obviously knows a lot about Shu Ergu's temperament and knows how to provoke Shu Ergu's irrational nerves. came and went, Shu Ergu was completely at a disadvantage, Luo Yuniang became more and more courageous the more she fought, and Ji Wei obeyed Wang Yugui's words.
As for Ji Dong, where is there not a few Lai Han, Wang Yugui just invited them to have a meal, and he didn't even show his face, and the lively Ji Dong fell in love with the exciting gambling game.
Wang Yufen is satisfied, but she wants more than that. However, the road has to be taken step by step, and the meal has to be eaten bite by bite, she waits.
The business of the big car shop was not good, Ji Da began to go to the northeast to sell medicine in the mountains again, this time when he came back from the northeast, Ji Da gave Shu Ergu a few skins and asked her to send them back to her parents' house.
Due to the special geographical location of Weixian County, there are many merchants who come and go, and the big car shop also provides some commodity transactions to earn an intermediary fee. The Ji family also bought and sold some goods themselves, but in previous years, Ji Er was running, and Ji Da had not been out for more than ten years. If he hadn't been forced to do so this time, he wouldn't have gone so far at his age.
Why did Aunt Shu go to her mother's house to give gifts, the deep meaning is self-evident. Shu Ergu flipped through the skin sent by the uncle, there was a whole fox skin is very good, all beards and tails, the belly is not visible, the eyes are fitted with two black beads, how can it look like a living fox, she touches it and can't put it down, and her heart is good to make a scarf.
When Aunt Shu came, Wang Yufen went out of the house to greet her for the first time, I don't know if it was in response to the old saying: If you don't fight, you don't know each other, if you fight, you scold and love, in short, the relationship between Aunt Shu and Wang Yufen has warmed up several grades than before.
The two didn't say a few words, but Wang Yufen smiled and said to Shu Ergu indifferently, "The second sister-in-law is really powerful, she beat all the people from the Qin family out!" After speaking, he went back to his room and left the space for Aunt Shu and Mrs. Shu.
Shu Ergu immediately thought about it. In the past six months, after thinking about it, she always felt that all this was Pan's fault, and it was Pan's who kicked her out of the restaurant. Coupled with what happened during this time, Shu Ergu hated it even more. But she didn't dare to go out and say bad things about the Pan family, the Pan family behind the Pan family was not something she could provoke.
However, this did not prevent Shu Ergu from crookedly sending Pan to the old lady.
So the next morning, Pan Erniang, who was lying in bed because she was pregnant, dimly saw a pot coming in from her door. When I woke up, I found that it was really a pot!
This pot was sent by Mrs. Shu, Pan Erniang didn't understand what she meant, and asked Mrs. Shu for advice.
"From now on, you can cook for yourself." Mrs. Shu cut the cabbage without raising her head.
Pan Erniang thought that she had started her holiday during the holidays, so she asked herself to cook, but it was not right, look at Mrs. Shu's posture of cutting vegetables... Feelings are only fired by oneself?
"Mother, we don't have a stove in the house." Pan Erniang was still confused.
"Didn't the second child also take a break from work, just ask him to build one, and you will have to make it in the future." Mrs. Shu continued to chop vegetables.
Feelings are not just for the New Year! This, this family has no points, just let them fire on their own? Is the eight taels of silver I and Shu Lao Er get every month to support others!? Do you want them to take out the money to eat again!?
"What about after that year?" Pan Erniang doesn't give up, she and Shu Lao Er are going to work after the year, how can the two children eat?
"You can do it yourself." Mrs. Shu dropped this sentence and went to the field to pluck onions.
Pan Erniang's temper suddenly ignited, and she said to the old lady's back: "After that year, I won't be able to take any more vegetables from the restaurant." After saying that, I immediately regretted it, obviously this matter should not be said in this case.
Old Mrs. Shu paused for a moment, and said without looking back: "Whatever you want." ”
The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has reached the worst in history.
Pan Erniang couldn't, so she had to follow Shu Lao on the second stove. Fortunately, the food is still eaten by the whole family, and Mrs. Shu, who has condiments, bowls and chopsticks, also asked them to make it first, and then buy it after the New Year. Rao is like this, by the time the family eats, it will be almost dark.
But overall, it's been a good year.
For example, the promoted Shu Lao Er, the monthly silver rose to ten taels; For example, Qinglan, who received red envelopes, Mr. Pan secretly gave her a small gold ingot behind her back, and the two agreed not to say anything.
But there are also worries, such as the pregnant Pan Erniang, who will usher in her new leader after the year.
Pan Erniang's new leader, Lu Zhang, is a serious and more serious person. His first decision after taking office was that all employees should strictly follow the rules and regulations of the restaurant, and those who violated the rules would be severely fined, and the practice of taking food and drinks would be cancelled.
Second, any female chef or apprentice should be dismissed as soon as she becomes pregnant. As for Pan Erniang, there is no one who can replace her for the time being, so Shopkeeper Lu plans to wait for Pan's birth to resign her justifiably.
On February 29, Luo Yuniang gave birth to a son, Ji Er was happy after more than ten years, and she was very happy.
Pan Erniang and Shu Lao Er were worried about the gift-giving. It's okay to send it, I'm afraid that Second Aunt Shu will be too careful, I can't send it well, I'm also afraid that Second Aunt Shu will be too careful, and I'm afraid that Second Aunt Ji will be unhappy and find trouble with Second Aunt Shu again. In the end, it was decided to give two taels of gift money to Aunt Shu, and she could do whatever she wanted.
Shu Ergu not only did not appreciate the silver when she received it, but she was also extremely angry! Pan Erniang, what do you mean!? You are joking, I can't give birth to a child, I can't be pressed on my head by a second room, and I can't turn over! The angry Shu Ergu smashed the silver on the ground and smashed it out of a nest.
(Qinglan: You're thinking too much...) )
On June 26, Pan Erniang, who got off the afternoon shift, gave birth to a second son: Shu Minghe.
Shu Minghe's children are eight pounds and three taels, very sturdy, inheriting the Shu family's usual fair skin, and Qinglan looks like a sister and brother, both with big almond eyes. However, Brother He'er's eyebrows are thicker and darker, and he is full of heroism.
Brother Hu is more skinny than the other children of the Shu family, and he doesn't have it for a second when he is honest, Qinglan and Mingyu incarnate as little nannies, playing with him every day, crying as soon as they walk away, the voice is extremely penetrating, resounding through the alley.
Wang Yufen was extremely dissatisfied with Brother He's crying. She is pregnant and due at the end of the year.
Because of the birth of Brother He, the relationship between Pan Erniang and Mrs. Shu has eased significantly, and Mrs. Shu also took care of Pan's confinement carefully.
Uncle Pan returned to the county seat before the full moon of Brother He'er. After the beginning of spring, he and Mr. Pan went out to do goods separately. Uncle Pan went to the grassland, and Old Man Pan went to the south of the Yangtze River seven times.
Brother He's full moon, Uncle Pan sent Pan Erniang a large box of skins and wool.
Pan Erniang didn't have anything to do during confinement, so she made a leather coat for Shu Lao Er, a small jacket with a rabbit fur collar for Qinglan and Mingyu, and sewed a fluffy one-piece for Brother Hu under the guidance of Qinglan, and put it on like a bear cub. (Qinglan's original words were: This is the standard configuration of bear children...) Of course, Pan Erniang didn't forget the second elder of the Shu family, and made a gray squirrel skin coat for Old Man Shu, and a whole fox skin shoulder for Old Mrs. Shu.
Old Mrs. Shu rubbed her shoulders, and her face became a bun with a smile.
However, Qinglan and Mingyu's favorite is a horse that Uncle Pan bought back from the grassland. The horse was covered in white hair, with a golden mane on his back, and he looked very handsome! When I saw Qinglan and Mingyu shining starry eyes at it, their nostrils were facing the sky, and they were very arrogant. Uncle Pan led it to walk a few laps in front of the children, and the few steps he walked were also majestic.
No matter what Uncle Pan named it, Qinglan stubbornly called the name she gave it: "Big Gold", Old Man Pan thought this name was good and appropriate, and the clapper was called Big Gold! Uncle Pan promised that the children would be able to ride when they were ten years old, and Qinglan hoped for the first time that they would grow up soon.
I don't know what the reason is, Pan Erniang miraculously went back to work in the restaurant after the confinement, she didn't expect it, she was very surprised, she thought that the shopkeeper Lu would take the opportunity to dismiss her. However, Pan Erniang is still very happy to be able to come back to work, after all, she can get twenty or thirty taels a month in the restaurant, which is not a small amount.
On the other hand, Shu Lao's second child, the pressure at work has gradually increased.
Shu Lao Er has never managed people before, he is not afraid of managing things, but he has no experience in managing people. In addition, he is a real person, and he really suffered a lot of losses at the beginning, and sometimes he has a bitter face towards his daughter. Qinglan can only try to make him happy, try to let him temporarily get away from his work troubles when he is at home. However, Qinglan also knows that most people will encounter such problems, sooner or later, they can only rely on self-regulation to adapt to the social environment, and Shu Lao Er is currently growing up in a forced way.
The day before the winter solstice, heavy snow fell in the county again, which was the fourth snow in winter.
Large snowflakes and tiny ice foams fell heavily, as if they were emitting some kind of anger. The small pond in the west courtyard was full of snow overnight, and the snow that had been picked up some time ago had not yet melted.
After spring, the small pond in the yard no longer holds water, because Qinglan is extremely angry with the mosquitoes that grow in the water!
Qinglan and Shu Lao Er are very attracted to mosquitoes, as long as they are there, mosquitoes basically don't bite others. The most dissatisfied thing for Qinglan is that Pan Erniang is not afraid of bites at all, once, Qinglan saw a mosquito lying on Pan's arm, blood dripping down her arm, and the mosquito only bit or live!
(Qinglan Star Eyes: Mother, why don't you give me such power!?) )
Today, Aunt Shu's eldest son's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Shu was invited by Aunt Shu to take a long look, and lunch was made by the Qin family. After lunch, Qinglan sat in front of the stove and read, and Mingyu played with Brother He. The older Brother He, the harder it is to bring, a naughty bear child, Qinglan aptly summarized.
The snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, and Qinglan put down her book and prepared to go to the yard to clear the snow.
Mingyu was about to get up and go with her, but Qinglan stopped him and asked him to take good care of his younger brother, put on a hat and a scarf, put on a small cloak, and wrapped himself tightly before going out.
As soon as I went out, the wind blew up with snowflakes. Qinglan walked under the grape trellis, picked up a broom taller than her, and scratched the snow on the ground.
After sweeping for a while, she rubbed the snow up with a large dustpan and poured it into the small pool, and after a while, the snow in the small pool was as high as her waist. Qinglan is in good health, taller than ordinary children, Pan Erniang also measured her two days ago, and converted the unit, Qinglan is nearly 115 or so, she is more satisfied.
Maybe it was because she swept the floor more seriously, or maybe it was because the wind and snow were too big, and she didn't even notice that Aunt Shu opened the door.
Second Aunt Shu came back to get something, and she was also present today for her eldest nephew and daughter-in-law. Because this date was set by the two families a long time ago, Aunt Shu was still a little worried, but the other party did not cancel the date because of the weather, and Aunt Shu had a preconceived recognition of the other party in her heart.
The two families talked very happily, Mrs. Shu looked at each other's girls carefully, she looked average but talked generously, and she was also very fond of it, not only gave the gifts that had been prepared a long time ago, but also asked Aunt Shu to come back, and gave the old lady of the other party a piece of forehead that she had just embroidered a few days ago.
Although she was in the carriage of the county government, Aunt Shu still suffered a lot of crimes, and when she arrived at Shu's house, the bangs in front of her were wet with snow.
entered Mrs. Shu's back room, opened the cage, and found the forehead wipe first. Then I flipped through it again, and wondered: Where did the whole fox scarf that gave an old lady last year go?