Chapter Seventy-Seven: Misery
“…… The pot house has never been only for girls to go in, what are you doing in a big old man? Mrs. Chen walked to the eaves of the upper house and shouted in the direction of the pot house.
"Say a few words to my sister-in-law." Chen Zifu was afraid that Mrs. Chen would blame Mrs. Cai for not getting up to cook, so she was busy covering up.
"What is there to say, they are all separated, which family do you belong to? You are looking at the people who have eaten delicious food in the past two days, and you are still hungry, and you are in a hurry to talk to others. "Mrs. Chen is unrelenting.
She finally seized the opportunity, and she didn't follow the mean Li family.
Mrs. Chen's voice was loud, and when she came down, her voice was all over the yard.
Each room listened to Mrs. Chen's words and had their own thoughts, Zhao and Xue Miao stood behind the window of the main room and listened with their ears close to their ears, Zhang opened the door of the south wing and looked outside, Cai's teeth itched when he heard this on the kang.
"Mother, no" Chen Zifu was nervous, his mouth was not good, and he stammered out, "I...... Not a sister-in-law."
Chen Zifu secretly complained in his heart, he originally wanted to pick Cai's clean, but he didn't want to pull his sister-in-law into the quagmire. The more he tried to explain, the more nervous he became, and the more nervous he became, the more speechless he became.
"What's the matter, you're still ignoring you." Mrs. Chen became proud, and the more she spoke, the more mean she became, and by the way, she brought the Li family with her, "You see that people are good, so you can live with them." ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of Li and Chen Zifu changed.
Recently, there has been a scandal in ten miles and eight townships, saying that the eldest of a family in Zhaojiazhuang, two miles away, was paralyzed, and the younger brother-in-law often helped the sister-in-law to work, but he went to the kang and was immersed in the pig cage.
Now Chen Xiucai is sick. The Li family was cooking in the pot house, and Chen Zifu also got into the pot house, and when Mrs. Chen said this, it was inevitable that there would be suspicion of melon fields and plums.
Mrs. Chen really didn't keep the door open, and she was scathing, just trying to be happy for a while. Pour everything out.
Zhao and Zhang felt a burst of happiness in their hearts.
Chen Xuejiao stared at Mrs. Chen's smug face, eager to dig out her heart to see what color it was, how to say this, the Li family was an outsider to her, Chen Zifu was her own son, and she didn't care about her face at all.
Li Shi stopped and faced, his face flushed and could squeeze out the blood.
"Milk, what do you say? Although we don't eat in the same pot, we are still a family. They are all part of the Chen family. If the grandmother thinks that she can't support the fourth uncle's family, the fourth uncle has nothing to do with us, and the younger uncle's family lives with the eldest brother's family. Chen Xuejiao threw the vegetable washing basin on the ground and said sharply, "Milk, this is inevitably a little more vicious, the fourth uncle is your biological son like the second uncle and the third uncle." Our big house has just been separated, and now we want to separate the fourth uncle into a single one. If the milk has this meaning, say it as soon as possible, and the provincial insinuation will pull my mother in. ”
Chen Xuejiao accused every word, not showing mercy to Mrs. Chen at all, and Jing Hao next to her was so frightened that she inhaled it and didn't spit it out for a long time.
When Cai heard this in the west wing, his heart was happy.
"You girl, your wings haven't grown hard yet. Dare to talk about me. Mrs. Chen was speechless by Chen Xuejiao's words, and she couldn't make sense, so she simply sprinkled, "I have no face to live, and I was taught a small lesson." I can't live anymore. ”
Mrs. Chen sighed three times.
"Milk. If you have anything to say, you can say it well, and if you have a reason, you will naturally obey you. Think about what you just said, is it too mean, if you think what you said makes sense, let's open the door and let the whole village judge. Chen Xuejiao was about to pull the door.
I can't be soft at all when dealing with Mrs. Chen.
When Mrs. Chen saw Chen Xuejiao's posture, she thought that she was young and could probably do something that the whole village would judge. Countrymen like to watch the excitement, and if this gate is opened today, don't think about closing it. It doesn't matter if Chen Xuejiao is a child, she is only embarrassed when she is old.
Old Mrs. Chen closed her mouth.
Chen Zifu glanced at Li Shi awkwardly and crampedly, and Li Shi smiled at him kindly.
"Mother" Chen Zifu plucked up her courage, "No matter what happens to the eldest sister-in-law, it is Xuewa's mother who is uncomfortable today, retching, disgusting, and really can't cook, I'll make breakfast today, Xuewa will do it." ”
Old Mrs. Chen listened to Chen Zifu's words, and her mind turned a few times. Okay, very good, just split up, one by one took Qiao, wouldn't the Li family be more proud if it went on like this, wouldn't it be ridiculous that he would only bully the non-biological ones, and the biological ones didn't take themselves seriously, and they had to take a little bit of power today.
“…… Whether she is pregnant with a golden egg or a bad dragon king in her belly, why is she so delicate. Don't think I don't understand, I'm also a person who has given birth to four children, I was still feeding pigs before I gave birth to you, and I gave birth to you next to the pigsty, ripped you off, and added grass to the pigs again. Why is it your daughter-in-law's turn to pretend. Mrs. Chen stood with two eyes: "The eldest daughter-in-law has given birth to so many children, don't she also work with her stomach until she is born."
Because Chen Xuejiao kept staring at Mrs. Chen, she said to Li by the way: "Why is your daughter-in-law so delicate?" ”
Chen Zifu's face was flushed, Xuewa was so frightened that she wiped away a handful of tears and quietly entered the north wing. Cai's ears listened to Mrs. Chen scolding Chen Zifu, and she knew that she was scolding her.
Seeing Xuewa's frightened face full of tears, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Cai's eyes.
“…… Are you going to have a baby? There is no man in Zhuangzi who goes to the pot house, you let him go down to the pot house, how will my son go out in the future, and not be drowned by other people's spittle stars. ”
Cai couldn't help it, she was in the Cai family's oil mill when she was a child, and she developed a frank and free personality, and was provoked by Mrs. Chen, and fought with Mrs. Chen through the window: "What's the matter!" Whether it is a golden egg or a dragon king in my belly, he is the seed of your Chen family. Look at Zhuangzi, whose daughter-in-law is pregnant and doesn't eat and drink well, why can't I do it, isn't it just that I didn't cook a meal, as for you talking about me so viciously. ”
Cai's is more sleek and spicy, and this is the first time that he has nakedly contradicted Mrs. Chen. Some things are solved by tactfulness, but if this matter is not spicy, then this family will not have its own status in the future.
“…… Mother, don't worry. I'm going out to cook, I know what you're thinking, you don't want the child in my belly, anyway, you have a lot of grandchildren, and it's nothing to miss this ......in my belly," Cai said and rushed to the eaves of the north wing.
Mrs. Chen's face was flushed, and she originally wanted to take Cai's Liwei. Unexpectedly, it caused a commotion. She had heard before that Cai's was a fierce commodity when she was a girl, but when she arrived at the Chen family, she didn't make any mistakes, she always smiled, she thought it was a rumor, but she didn't expect to appreciate it today.
Chen Zifu saw Cai's rushing out, wearing only a jacket, and he was very distressed.
Cai's was so angry that he couldn't help but retch, holding on to the door frame. scared Xuewa into tears again.
"It's all reversed, it's all reversed." Mrs. Chen gave herself the stairs and went back to the room.
Chen Xuejiao couldn't help but want to laugh when she heard what Cai said, and tried her best to endure it. Mrs. Chen was also too miscalculated, she always regarded the Li family as her opponent, and the big house was separated, and she immediately wanted to choose one of the other three daughters-in-law to continue to fight. to consolidate her dominance in the inner court, but she never thought about how to twist into a rope with her daughter-in-law. Run your home better.
Chen Xuejiao finished washing the cabbage and brought it into the pot house, and couldn't help but shake her head.
When Old Man Chen came back from working in the field, he saw that there was no cooking in the upper room, and his face was cold.
“…… It's not easy for your master to work, bring back the pies and bake them, and bring a few to the upper room. Lee said.
Chen Xueru looked at Xue Jiao. She also heard Mrs. Chen's words when she was burning the fire in the pot house, so she was naturally reluctant to send cakes to the upper room.
Chen Xuejiao also had the same thoughts, so she spoke: "Mother, it's not impossible to send cakes to the upper room, but let's divide it out now." Who is the one who gives so many people to the upper room? I got used to it at the beginning, but what should I do later? It's always the habit that they don't cook all the time. ”
Some people just have to inch in, if you often send him things, he will take it for granted, if you forget one day, he will hate you.
"A bowl of rice feeds a benefactor, and a bucket of rice feeds an enemy." Chen Xuejiao continued to dial Li's.
It's not that Li doesn't understand these truths, it's just that she is too filial, especially Old Man Chen's appearance when Chen Xiucai was injured, which made Li more determined to be filial to him.
As soon as Li wanted to speak, Mrs. Chen entered the pot house, and then Zhang also came in with a reluctant face.
It turned out that Old Man Chen heard about the matter of Sanfang, reprimanded Mrs. Chen, and asked her to come to the pot house to cook, and by the way, he called Zhang's help.
Li Shi looked at Mrs. Chen crampedly, but Mrs. Chen didn't look at her, and walked straight to another stove.
Li Shi was awake after living noodles in a porcelain basin, washing a large piece of fatty pork given by his mother, planning to refine oil.
The Li family gave a piece of good fat pork, three inches thick, white and shiny, such fat meat is the best for oil refining, and the rest of the fat is excellent for dumplings, buns, and pies.
"Oh, sister-in-law, I said that your family is really prosperous, these two days are either eating chicken or fish, and now I eat pork again, I will refine the oil and give me some grease to taste, I have no taste in my mouth for the past two days" Zhang pointed to the fat pork with a sour mouth.
Chen Xuejiao didn't like Zhang's and said: "Those chickens and fish are for my father, and my father wants to take care of his body." These white noodles and pork are all given by my grandmother's family, how can our family have the money to buy them? ”
Mrs. Chen glanced at Zhang's fiercely: "I haven't seen anything in the world, you want to eat good, and you also let your mother's family give it away, but unfortunately you don't have a good mother's family." ”
Zhang's mother's family is in the mountains and hunts for a living, but Mrs. Chen looks down on her and usually doesn't move.
“…… It's good to have a good mother's house, I can give you delicious food, and I can help you come to my mother-in-law's house to vent your anger. "Mrs. Chen's words are what she said to the Li family.
Li pretended not to hear, washed the lard, and put it on the press board and cut it into squares about an inch long.
Chen Xueru lit the fire, and after the pot was hot, Li poured the fat pork into it, and there was a loud sound, and the lard was whirring out.
"Mother, there is no oil in the oil jar, what should I do?" Zhang looked at the black lard jar, and said nonsense, "Sister-in-law, on the day of the separation, your mother's family came and made a big table of dishes, and the lard was used up, so you have to add it today." ”
Zhang looked at the pork in the pot and swallowed greedily.
Mrs. Chen was silent, acquiescing to Zhang's words. (To be continued......)
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