Chapter 12: No Day of Peace
The well water is really cold.
Duan Xiang knew better than anyone else because he had been poured well water by Duan Wu.
He snorted and held guilt, and looked down at Parsley's hand hidden in his sleeve. The back of her hand was exposed through the gap in the cuffs, and it was indeed red.
When Duan Wu splashed Duan Xiang with water, Duan Wen looked stupid, and he didn't expect Duan Wu to be serious. But think about it, if he had a lazy son like Duan Xiang, he would probably be like Duan Wu, and there would not be a day when he didn't worry about it.
Duan Wen sighed faintly, and didn't say anything in the end.
Xiangqin played a round for Duan Wu and Duan Xiang's father and son, "Second grandpa, grandpa and I will go back to eat first." Immediately, she explained a few words to Duan Xiang, "Uncle Xiangzi, I'll leave the rest to you." Soak the soybeans in the tank for five hours, and when you see it, you can almost take them out and spread them out on the bedside. Grandpa's washed wheat straw is hanging outside, and when the beans are laid, you can take them in and cover them on top of the beans, and cover them tightly, about five or six centimeters thick. ”
After speaking, Parsley stomped her foot without a trace. When she was washing beans before, the cloth shoes on her feet were soaked by the well water, and her feet were burned uncomfortably.
Duan Wen saw the pain in his eyes and heart, and his stomach was indeed so hungry at this time that his stomach was growling, so he said, "That's okay, I'll go back with Parsley first."
Duan Wu rushed ahead of them, lifted the thick door curtain, and personally sent the two of them to the gate.
He suddenly remembered that there were some discrepancies between the things that Xiangqin had just explained to Duan Xiang and her previous explanation, so he humbly asked for advice, "Eh, Xiangqin, didn't you say before that you still want to pour water on the beans?" ”
Xiangqin patted her head, if it wasn't for the second grandfather's reminder, she really forgot to mention such an important step.
"Look at my memory-" She first blamed herself, and then smiled apologetically at Duan Wu, glad that the second grandfather reminded her early, otherwise the pile of soybeans would rot, and it was estimated that it would depend on her and Duan Wen's heads. She didn't have the slightest mentality of hiding herself, and the kung fu of making bean sprouts, as long as she knew, she taught Duan Wu. She hurriedly told Duan Wu the process of watering the bean sprouts, "Water twice on the first day, three times on the second and third days, and four times on the fourth, fifth and sixth days." Pour them separately, don't soak all the beans at once. ”
Watering beans is like taking medicine. If a person takes too much medicine, he will be injured, and if he eats too little, he will not be able to cure the disease, which should not only be according to the course of treatment, but also the right medicine. Duan Wu still understands this truth.
The two families were very close, and Duan Wu's send-off didn't take thousands of miles, but he just walked a few more steps, and sent Duan Wen and Xiangqin to the door of the North Courtyard.
As soon as Xiangqin entered the door, she was scolded by Duan Qiuping and said:
"Why did you delay so long for you to call your grandfather back for dinner? What did my mother tell you a few days ago, don't stay too long when you go out, you don't have a familiar person in the village, don't come back quickly, I really don't know what you're doing all day long......"
Xiangqin didn't say a word, she was used to Duan Qiuping's changes.
It can be said that Duan Qiuping in the Li family and Duan Qiuping in the Duan family are simply two people.
In Duanjiazhuang, no one blew her beard and glared at her, and no one told her to brush the pots, wash the dishes, and serve people. Probably because he has been with Li Laosan for a long time, Duan Qiuping has also learned his unscrupulous set, and he will drink parsley whenever he has the opportunity.
She was afraid that Xiangqin would be recognized as her daughter outside and embarrass her, so she repeatedly ordered Xiangqin to be placed under curfew.
No matter what Duan Qiuping said to her or what she did, Xiangqin endured it silently, not only because Duan Qiuping was her mother, but also because of the sentence, "People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads" Wow. After all, here, no matter how close she is to the Duan family, she is still a foreign surname.
Duan Qiuping's voice of preaching parsley spread from the courtyard to the courtyard, so that Feng Lanhua could hear it.
Feng Lanhua said through the wall with a smile: "Yo, Sister Qiuping, when will you call the shots in this family?" Although Parsley is your daughter, she has done something wrong in this family, and her father and mother have not said anything, when will it be your turn to teach her a lesson? ”
Duan Qiuping's face flushed, and seeing that whether it was her father or parsley, she didn't mean to help, so she shouted back, "My daughter did something wrong, what did I say about her?" You're less dog and more nosy! ”
Going out all day long to worry about it, and returning home is not worry-free, has there been any such days? As soon as he entered the door, Duan Wen held his breath.
As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, he slammed them on the bowl, turned his head and stretched his face to Duan Qiuping outside the door and whispered, "What did you say about the parsley?" Like you every day, I'd rather grow hair at home, right? ”
"Grandpa, don't say it, let's eat." Parsley was almost buried in the bowl, but it was not tasteful, probably because the bitterness in my heart neutralized the aroma of the food.
Duan Wen wanted to stop, but Duan Qiuping was not the master of calming things.
However, after Duan Wen said a few words, Duan Qiuping was so aggrieved that she shed tears.
She pear blossoms brought rain, stood in front of the door of the house and choked and complained, "Parsley came back late, I said a few words to her, and it was my fault again." ”
"You can say that your daughter is not right, but I can't say a few words if my daughter is not right? I see that you have come back from the Li family, and your life is comfortable, and you don't know what your surname is! Duan Wen regretted that he was too pampered by this only daughter, but he didn't expect that she had stayed in the Li family for more than ten years and hadn't learned a lesson.
He let out a long sullen breath and never picked up his chopsticks again.
Duan Qiuping still wanted to defend herself a few words, but when she received Dou's flying eyes, she didn't say anything more, squatted in front of the door and cried, as if she had been greatly wronged, and asked her to refuse to come into the house to eat.
The family never sat happily together for a meal, and from Dou's detached and silent eyes, Parsley always felt that she was superfluous.
Duan Qiuping hung her head all day long, as if everyone around her owed her, so she should coax her and spoil her. When she realized that others didn't take her seriously, she hid herself.
One or two of the children in the family are so uncompetitive and unproductive, Duan Wen is in a good mood, good, and good.
After eating, Duan Wen went to the South Courtyard to rest.
Taking advantage of the good weather, Parsley brushed her shoes and washed her clothes. Finally, after Duan Qiuping ate, she washed the dishes and brushed the pot.
After finishing the work at home, Xiangqin was worried about the soybeans of the second grandfather's family.
After making preparations, she came back with Duan Wen, which was equivalent to making a mess for Duan Wu, and I don't know how they cleaned up this mess.
If this batch of beans can't produce sprouts, the previous efforts will not only be in vain, but it is estimated that it will also cause a gap between the two families.
It's okay to say that parsley is salty and eats radish and doesn't worry about it, anyway, she just doesn't feel steady.
Xiangqin decided to go to the second grandfather's house first, she calculated the time, and the soybeans were about the same, and it was time to fish them out and make them in the bedboard.
She had just left the door when Duan Qiuping's eerie questioning voice sounded behind her:
"What are you going to do?"
"Second grandfather's house." Xiangqin turned around and saw Duan Qiuping's face stretched.