Chapter Twenty-Three: Gifts and Gifts

Qin Shu came back from the town in a donkey cart with great fanfare, and completely fell out with Qin Tie's family, thanks to some long-tongued women, almost everyone in the village knew about it, and there were some rumors that were unfavorable to Qin Shu, how could Qin Gang and his wife not hear the news?

They were still talking about this niece just now, but they didn't expect that when Cao Cao Cao arrived, Qin Shu appeared in front of them like this.

Although the eighteenth change of the female college student, Qin Shu still has the shadow of her childhood, plus they were talking about her just now, and this familiar title, the two recognized her almost immediately.

After a pause, the two came back to their senses, and Qin Gang's daughter-in-law Liu stood up directly, put the needlework in the basket on the side, greeted her in surprise, and said, "This is Su Lian's niece!" I heard that you are back, and I just told your uncle that I want to go and see you! I didn't expect you to come. Quick, come in! ”

When he saw Qin Shu's new clothes, he hurriedly advised: "The ground is dirty, be careful under your feet, don't stain your clothes." ”

Qin Shu saw that she was so enthusiastic, not prejudiced against her like Aunt Da Niu, she was also a little relieved in her heart, and shouted "Aunt Liu" with a little shyness and closeness, so she carefully walked in with her skirt-

It's not good not to mention the skirt corners, because there is a group of chickens in the yard, and chicken poop is always indispensable, and you can rub it and step on it if you are not careful.

At this time, Qin Gang also stood up with a cane and said, "It's good to come back, if you have anything to say in the house, it's almost noon, let your aunt cook something delicious, and your niece will stay and eat!" ”

As soon as Qin Shu wanted to excuse herself, Liu Shi had already come over and took her hand into the house, and said as she walked: "Your uncle and I have always treated you as our own family, don't be polite to us, I have a lot to say to you!" ”

Qin Shu was helpless, so she had to swallow back her words and follow her into the house.

The yard of their house is large, with three thatched huts on the front, two on the east and west sides, and two granaries, and near the south wall, there are chicken pens, pigsties, thatched houses, etc.

Qin Gang's parents have long since passed away, and he has two sons and a daughter, the daughter has been married, and the eldest son is three years older than Qin Shu, and he has already married and has a son and a daughter. The youngest son is only sixteen years old, and he has not yet married, but he has already been married, and now he is working in the fields with his eldest brother and sister-in-law.

Unlike the slightly dirty courtyard, the room is very tidy, and when you enter the living room, you are greeted by a large square table, with two chairs side by side, and the other three sides are benches, and there is a basin rack in the corner of the door, and the east and west rooms are bedrooms, and there are straw curtains hanging on the door.

As soon as Liu and Qin Shu entered the house, Qin Gang also walked in with a cane, Qin Shu just wanted to help him sit down, but was pulled by Liu, and said with a smile: "Don't worry about your uncle, his leg is almost healed, and in a few days, he won't even need crutches." He loves to be strong, and if you help him, he will be angry. ”

Qin Shu saw that Qin Gang was really neat when he walked, so he was relieved.

Liu asked Qin Shu to sit down, poured her a glass of water with a ceramic tea bowl, and asked her two grandchildren to play in the yard, and then asked about her situation.

Qin Shu only said that the Xu family regretted the marriage, and Xu Shiqing married the daughter in the capital, but she couldn't accept it, so she divorced him. Fortunately, they were not too ruthless, and returned her dowry into cash, and gave her some compensation, so that they would not owe each other in the future. Now, she has set up a female household, and she will live in the village in the future.

When the Liu family heard that the Xu family was doing this, they immediately scolded, scolding them for being a group of ungrateful white-eyed wolves, for the sake of wealth and wealth, they forgot the kindness of the day, if it weren't for Qin's father, Xu Xiucai would have died Yunyun, and finally, she wanted to go to the town to find the Xu family to seek justice for her. It was Qin Shu who tried her best to dissuade her, and she dispelled this idea.

Although Qin Gang didn't scold, his face was not very good-looking.

Qin Shu said: "Uncle, aunt, you relax, I'm fine now, in the past few years, I've not even been as good as a subordinate in their family, I don't want to go back to be angry with their family." What's more, his arms can't twist his thighs, Xu Shiqing has a powerful father-in-law, how can he take us as Shengdou Xiaomin in his eyes? When the time comes, I'm afraid that if justice is not recovered, I will have to affect my aunt's family, and that is my sin. ”

Although Liu Shi was still angry, but after thinking about it, it was indeed this reason, so he could only sigh, accept this fact, patted Qin Shu's hand and said, "Su Lian, it's really hard for you." Don't worry, your aunt will definitely find you a good family in the future, and you can't live alone for the rest of your life. ”

Qin Shu couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "Auntie, don't bother, if I still want to get married, I don't have to set up a female household at all, I'm fine alone." ”

"How's that going to work? You are still so young, good-looking, and have some property, and you are worried that you can't find a good family? Liu said, "Besides, it's too difficult for a woman's family to live alone, if you don't find a good home, don't say that my uncle and I are not at ease, even your dead father and mother, I am afraid that I will not feel at ease." ”

No matter what the Liu family said, Qin Shu just shook his head and refused to agree.

She really has no intention of getting married, so she doesn't want Aunt Liu to worry about it. She was used to being alone, and she will be the same in the future, even if she knows that Aunt Liu is for her good, she will not compromise.

Liu insisted that women should have a home no matter what. As a result, neither of them could convince anyone.

In the end, this topic can only be debunked for the time being.

After talking for a while, Liu's two sons and daughter-in-law came back, and several people greeted each other.

The Liu family sent their daughter-in-law Xiao Liu to cook in a pot, and asked their youngest son Qin Shi to go to the Qin butcher's house in the next village to cut some meat.

Xiao Liu is Liu's distant niece, her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have a good relationship, and they are also very diligent in looking at it, when they heard this, they immediately rolled up their sleeves and entered the kitchen, and Qin Shi also laughed twice and wanted to go out.

Qin Shu called out Qin Shi, hurriedly pushed the basket on the table over, and said, "Auntie, don't let the stone go and buy it, I happened to bring meat!" ”

"You kid, why do you bring things with you when you come to the house? Hurry up and take it back! Liu pushed the basket back again.

Qin Shu held her hand and said, "Auntie, you and your uncle don't treat me as outsiders, I also treat you as elders." This is a little bit of my niece's heart, so you can take it! Otherwise, I don't have the face to eat here, so I'll go back now. ”

At this point, Liu had no choice but to accept it, and inevitably nagged Qin Shu a few more words, telling her not to spend so much money in the future, and then went to the kitchen with the basket.

It's just that what she didn't expect was that in addition to a large piece of fresh pork in the basket, there was also a small jar of wine, a few feet of cloth, a bag of caramel and snacks.

Seeing this, Xiao Liu was immediately surprised and delighted, couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and said, "Mother, this Sulian girl is really generous, but there are too many things." ”

Liu was also taken aback, and wanted to return the things, but after thinking about it, he gave up and said, "Take it!" Her parents are not stingy people, and she must have followed them. It's not easy for her to live alone, so let's take care of her more in the future and don't let her be bullied. By the way, after eating in a while, you and Su Lian go back to her house to take a look, help her, see what she lacks, come back and tell us, and we will buy it for her, so that she will not spend that unjust money to buy it again. ”

Xiao Liu responded happily.

Qin Shu was originally going to go to the kitchen to help, but was stopped by the Liu family, so she had to chat with the Liu family.

After about half an hour, the meal was finally ready, and Qin Shu helped set the dishes and chopsticks.

Qin Gang's family is not so particular, men, women and children eat at the generous table in the living room.

Because of the reception of Qin Shu, today's dishes are very rich. Radish stew, spinach scrambled eggs, stewed tofu, pickled pickles, all five or six dishes, and now scooped up new rice, steamed white rice, two greedy children, drooling.

Qin Gang's family has a total of five acres of land, but now not only the field tax is heavy, but also a variety of tax items, the government is trying to collect money, after paying the tax, the remaining grain is not enough for their family's rations, they can only sell the rice, change to coarse grain to eat, just like that, often hungry! This is still a good year, and it is rare to eat a fine meal, and even oil stars are rare. Not to mention that the two children eat with their mouths full of oil, even the adults are not far behind.

Qin Gang was happy, he also drank two glasses of wine, and his two sons also drank half a glass, and the rest of the wine was hidden by him and kept to drink it slowly in the future.

After finishing the meal, Qin Shu helped clean up the table with chopsticks and chopsticks, and after chatting for a while, Qin Shu took his leave.

The Liu family really asked the little Liu family to send Qin Shu back, and also used a basket to hold twenty or thirty eggs for her. Because she knew that Qin Shu had nothing at home, seeing that she liked these straw things very much, she asked her to bring a few newly woven straw mats and straw frames back.

Qin Shu can be said to have returned with a full load.

Xiao Liu sent Qin Shu home, and saw that Qin Shu didn't even have a door where she lived, so he helped Qin Shu hang the straw mat as a curtain on the door, not to mention, it looked quite suitable.

After that, Xiao Liu helped Qin Shu clean the yard and the house again, and saw that the big wooden barrel in the house was empty, so he went to the stream not far away with Qin Shu, carried a few buckets of water back, filled the big wooden barrel with water, and left until there was nothing to help.

Qin Shu's home is at the foot of the mountain, less than a hundred meters in front of the house, there is a small stream, the stream flows down from the mountain, very clear, and then flows into the village river. It's just that because it often breaks the flow and there are two wells in the village, the villagers don't rely on it for water, and they don't often come to fetch water, so they don't care much about it, but for Qin Shu, it's very important, who made her house far away from the wells in the village!

The stone house where Qin Shu lives now is about 20 square meters, very clean, and a square table is placed by the window, on which is a set of ceramic tea sets, an oil lamp, and a rattan basket for needlework. There are two chairs on the side of the table, one of the chairs has a large package, and there are a few wooden stools piled up in the corner, which still look a little empty.

Remembering that Da Hei's mother and son hadn't been fed yet, Qin Shu turned around and went out to feed Da Hei and Xiao Hei, and then, standing in the yard, boredly watching one big and one small grazing there leisurely.

Somehow, Qin Shu suddenly remembered the child she had met in Daqinzhuang.

I promised to see him when he was settled, but now, two days have passed, and I don't know what happened to him. Has the injury improved? Have you ever been in trouble?

Thinking of this, Qin Shu suddenly couldn't sit still, and wanted to leave to see him immediately. However, she still held back, it's a little late today, so let's go again tomorrow!

I still have a few pieces of fabric, the weather is getting colder, it is better to make clothes for the dog, it is not too complicated, just make a simple jacket and pants, it will not take long.

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