Chapter 8, another difficult one
Jin Zhu took a small basket and picked up twenty eggs, after taking it, he saw that more than half of the original basket was left, and then saw that his basket was still so empty, Jin Zhu took ten more, Yang Xiaolan looked at Jin Zhu's movements, wanted to say something, and held back.
That's four lives after all, what are thirty eggs?
Jin Zhu carried the basket, with the memory of the predecessor, along a small uphill road to the east of the village, this area is all stilted buildings, and they are all old-fashioned wooden or bamboo stilted buildings, it can be seen that the conditions of these people are not very good.
The two levels of the village are now quite divided, and those who have laborers at home have basically built new buildings, all of which are made of brick and stone, all on the hillside at the east end of the village, with farmland and rivers below, and schools and village committees in that area.
Li Xiang's house is also at the foot of the mountain at the east end of the village, his house is much bigger than Jinzhu's house, it is a mixture of brick and wood, although it is a little old, but it is much better than Jinzhu's house, and there is even one more stilted building.
Mei Lan stood on stilts downstairs on the west side of his house, and saw a mother-in-law in her sixties sitting on the beauty lean doing needlework, Jin Zhu recognized her as Li Xiang's grandmother, what Jin Zhu's surname is, I don't know, I only know that the older generation calls her Ma sister-in-law, the middle generation calls her Ma Auntie, and Jin Zhu's generation calls her Ma Po, as for whether this Ma is her surname or her husband's surname Jin Zhu, it is not clear.
"Mapo, I'm Jinzhu, I'm here to thank Ah Xiang for saving my life." Jin Zhu shouted below.
Ma Po raised her eyelids and looked down at Jin Zhu, and said coldly, "Come up." ”
Jin Zhu turned to the side, just about to go up the stairs, only to see a teenager out of the room, the boy was more than a head taller than Jin Zhu, wearing a white vest and shorts, although Jin Zhu didn't look closely, but also recognized that this was her life-saving benefactor Li Xiang, but the problem, the other party is so unclothed, where is Jin Zhu embarrassed to talk to him?
Although the customs of this era are that men and women do not shy away from suspicion, Jinzhu has only been here for a day, and the deep-rooted feudal thoughts in her mind can be cleared in one day, so Jinzhu quickly turned around, "You, you, you ......"
Jin Zhu "you" didn't know what to say for a long time, and wanted to scold the other party for being a "disciple", but this was in someone's house, and Jin Zhu came to thank him. I want him to put on his clothes, but where is Jinzhu embarrassed to say this kind of thing?
"What are you? My grandson saved four lives in your family, I heard that you not only did not say a word of thanks, but slapped my grandson, you came just in time, I was about to go to the door to ask you, do you mean that my grandson saved you wrong, and you want to die? Mapo saw Jin Zhu upstairs with his back to Li Xiang, thinking that Jin Zhu was still resentful of Li Xiang, how did he know that it was because his grandson was wearing less clothes?
The children in the countryside are rough, and they often run outside with their bodies in the summer, Li Xiang is more gentle than those children, at least he wears a vest and big pants, the old man is used to it, so he naturally doesn't think it's inappropriate.
Jin Zhu also knew that the other party had misunderstood herself, and hurriedly said: "Mapo, I didn't mean that, it was a misunderstanding that day, I was confused and didn't know what happened, no, I heard Jin Yang explain clearly, I came here today to say thank you, and by the way, I said I'm sorry." ”
Jin Zhu said these words very slowly, because she used the local dialect, although she has adapted to these dialects in the past two days, but she also listened to it a lot, spoke less, and had to speak a short word, of course, except for the complaint with the village chief just now, she typed the draft for a long time when she was washing clothes.
After Jin Zhu finished speaking, he turned his heart sideways, and did not look at Li Xiang, but lowered his head and stepped directly on the stairs, and put half a basket of eggs next to Mapo.
Ma Po glanced at the egg, "Where did you get this egg?" ”
She had heard a little about the affairs of the Jinzhu family, and she didn't think that this egg was brought by Zhou Shuixian to make Jinzhu thank you.
"My second aunt came to see us, brought something to us, and I sent this egg here, Mapo, thank you Brother A Xiang for saving your life, Jin Zhu's ability is limited now, but I remember this kindness, and he will repay it if he has the conditions in the future."
"I'm not uncommon for me to report something, I know that my grandson has been slapped by you, how can this account be calculated?"
"This?" Jin Zhu didn't expect this Ma Po to be so unrelenting, no wonder Zhou Shuixian said that she didn't care, let Jin Zhu solve it herself, dare to love because she already knew what kind of person she was.
"What does that mean?"
"Joke, you hit my grandson, and now you're asking me how I am?"
When Jin Zhu heard this, she glanced at the woman, who was wearing a sky blue short-sleeved shirt with a cross-collar and a sky blue turban wrapped around her head, a black pleated skirt, and an indigo apron, sitting on a bamboo chair, next to a large basket, in which were colorful colored threads, and on her knees was a long cloth two inches wide, and the old lady was still holding a needle in her hand, which was embroidering.
"It's so pretty." Jin Zhu involuntarily squatted down and looked at it carefully.
Although most of the Miao people wear traditional clothes to play or visit relatives and friends during major traditional festivals, Jinzhu does not have such clothes.
Such clothes are all hand-embroidered, the pattern is very cumbersome, and of course it is beautiful.
The day before Li Xiaolian's divorce, in addition to taking care of a few children, she also had to work in the field, and occasionally took on some tailoring work, so she didn't have time to make this kind of traditional clothing, and after Li Xiaolian left, no one made a few Jinzhu.
"Don't move, get it dirty, I'm going to sell it." Ma Po patted Jin Zhu's outstretched hand in disgust.
"Mapo, can these be sold for money?" Jin Zhu felt that if there was a sample, she should be able to embroider it, and the flowers and birds she embroidered were no worse than those of the old people.
"Why not? That's how I raised my grandson. Mapo said proudly.
"Mapo, can I learn embroidery from you?" Jin Zhu asked, you have to be famous, right? Otherwise, how would she bring out her craft.
"Go, go, let me ask you, how do you slap my grandson?"
Jin Zhu didn't expect this old man to be so stubborn, and he had to ask for an explanation on this question, and when he didn't know how to answer, Li Xiang said downstairs: "Grandma, forget it, she didn't mean it." ”
"Why? I don't want to lift a finger of the child I raised, why did she slap you? ”
"What do you say about the old man?"
"It's easy to do, you slapped my grandson, and I slapped you, and then it was settled."
When Jin Zhu heard this, he looked at this woman's face again, her complexion was scorched, and her eyebrows and eyes were a little drooping, which was completely different from Zhou Shuixian's hanging eyebrows, but this Ma Po's eyes were much more powerful than Zhou Shuixian's, and her lips were thin, such a person was definitely not a good person to talk to.
But no matter how hard it is to speak, Jin Zhu doesn't want to be slapped by this, not to mention that this Mapo's hands are so rough, a slap to Jin Zhu's face will definitely be swollen for a long time, and Jin Zhu can't stand this humiliation.
She didn't mean to beat Li, she thought that the other party was doing bad things to her, but she let Ma Po slap her, and she couldn't accept it.
"Mapo, it's wrong for me to beat Brother A Xiang, if I want to pay it back, let Brother A Xiang fight me back, so that it can be evened." Jin Zhu gambled on the kindness of the young man and was reluctant to do anything to her.
"Ah Xiang, come up."
Li Xiang heard this and walked up, seeing that Jin Zhu lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him, thinking that Jin Zhu was scared, "Grandma, don't make trouble, she is a little girl, and it is not easy to bring a bunch of younger brothers and sisters, hurry up and let people go home to cook." ”
Although Li Xiang is not familiar with Jinzhu, he still knows a lot about Jinzhu's family, the village is such a big place, and whoever has something will pour it into your ears without deliberately inquiring, especially after knowing why the four Jinzhu sisters and brothers are looking for death, Li Xiang is even more sympathetic to this family.
"No, if you don't slap this slap, I'll make a move, I've lived most of my life, and I can't suffer anything if I eat."
After Ma Po finished speaking, she put down the lace in her hand and stood up, Li Xiang saw this and hurriedly pulled Jin Zhu's hand down the stairs, and before Jin Zhu shook off his hand, he first let go of Jin Zhu's hand, "Go back quickly, my grandmother came up with a very twisted temper, and I will persuade her later." ”
"Where are you going? Doesn't this account count as if I can spare her? ”
Jin Zhu didn't want to run away when he saw this, he couldn't hide from this old woman all day long, right? Isn't it just a slap in the face? How big of a deal?
"If I don't leave, I'll just stand here and let Brother Xiang beat me, and in the future, I won't owe you anything."
Jin Zhu stood up straight after speaking, facing Li Xiang, but she didn't dare to open her eyes because she didn't dare to look at Li Xiang.
But in this way, Ma Po and Li Xiang thought that Jin Zhu was out of the way, and there seemed to be an awe-inspiring determination on their faces, and they couldn't help but be a little impressed by this girl.
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