Chapter 24 The poor must have something to hate
In the small courtyard, everyone was sitting together and eating, and Duan Qiuping was still moaning and moaning in bed.
Duan Xiang felt uncomfortable when he heard this, and glanced at the other people's casual appearances, and felt very strange in his heart, "Sister Qiuping, what's wrong?" β
Duan Wen's face became ugly, raising a son is not filial, and his adopted daughter is so shameless, he is embarrassed to say it in front of others.
"Ignore her." Duan Wen was not angry for a while, and his mood was bad, and the food in his mouth did not have the original fragrance.
Duan Xiang originally thought that the unpleasant rumors related to Duan Qiuping outside were all false, but looking at the discordant atmosphere in this small courtyard, he guessed that those rumors were true.
He didn't say much or ask much, but just changed the topic, "Uncle, do you have any extra boards and wooden bars here?" β
"What do you want those things for?" Duan Wen asked rhetorically.
Duan Xiang laughed and scratched his back with chopsticks, "Isn't this about a winter vacation, Qiuhe came back, and she didn't even have a bed to sleep on, her bed was used to make bean sprouts before, so she wanted to find some boards and wooden sticks, and then make a new bed for her." β
After Duan Yongyuan heard this, he suddenly straightened his head, and there was a little noodle sticking to the corner of his mouth, "What kind of board do you use, I still have a bed there, and I will pull it over for you after eating later." β
"Okay." Duan Xiang accepted it unceremoniously, he never treated this family as an outsider, so he even saved the word "thanks".
After a bowl of braised noodles, Parsley poured herself a bowl of boiled water, and drank it while soaking the bowl, "Uncle Xiangzi, why do you call my grandfather uncle, shouldn't you call uncle?" β
As soon as she finished speaking, even Dou laughed.
Duan Xiang scratched his head quite shyly and explained: "When I first learned to speak when I was a child, I always heard people call Uncle Duan Uncle Duan, I learned it, and now I have developed a habit and can't change it."
After chatting for a while while eating, Duan Yongyuan urged Duan Xiang to follow him to the South Courtyard to pull the bed.
When Duan Xiang and Duan Yongyuan went into the house to move the bed, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they saw that the single bed was still brand new.
"Why is this bed so new, I just bought it, right?" Taking the things that people just bought, Duan Xiang always felt embarrassed to stretch out this hand.
Duan Yongyuan did not deny Duan Xiang's words, he walked to the end of the bed, glanced at the clean room, and his expression was a little erratic, "This is what my mother bought, this house and this bed were originally prepared for parsley." β
"What?" Duan Xiang was even more stupid, he didn't expect Duan Yongyuan and his mother to do this for Parsley.
"Don't tell you what I told you just now. Anyway, you don't need it, you can take this bed away and let Qiu He sleep. β
Duan Yongyuan kept it secret, Duan Xiang was a smart person, and he understood at once that it was estimated that Xiangqin didn't know the room and things prepared for her in this courtyard at all.
Duan Xiang was quite moved, and was silent for a while.
Although Xue Danfeng usually gives people a feeling that it is difficult to get close to, in fact, she is not bad-hearted and very capable.
When Duan Xiang entered the South Courtyard just now, he found that the toons that were originally piled up in the South Courtyard had been cleaned up. Toon branches are stacked in a pile, and toon leaves are soaking in the pot.
He and Duan Yongyuan carried the new bed onto the tricycle, and when he left, he shouted to Xue Danfeng, who was washing toon leaves in the courtyard, "Sister-in-law, I'll take the bed away."
Xue Danfeng still ignored people, and didn't even raise his face, but he seemed to nod.
Seeing that Duan Xiang was still grinding and chirping, Duan Yongyuan couldn't help but urge: "Hurry up, don't let Xiangqin see it later."
Duan Yongyuan asked Duan Xiang to come over and move the bed after eating in such a hurry, just to avoid Xiangqin's sight.
Duan Xiang originally didn't want to see Parsley, but after some incidents, his attitude towards her gradually changed. I just don't understand, she is so sensible a girl, why is she such a casual mother, he especially feels that Parsley is not worth panicking about.
Walking next to the tricycle, Duan Xiang suddenly sighed, "It's the same person with a child, why is the gap between Sister Qiuping and your mother so big!" β
Duan Yongyuan smiled bitterly, "The same is good, and the same is bad." β
Dare to love Duan Xiang thinks that Duan Yongyuan is under Xue Danfeng's hands, so he eats and drinks without worry, day and night?
Xue Danfeng is very withdrawn and doesn't like to communicate with people, which is also a difficult problem to solve......
The bed was pulled to Xiangzi's house, and Duan Wu saw that Duan Xiang got a new bed from the South Courtyard, and said that he would give Duan Yongyuan the bed money according to the price.
Where was Duan Yongyuan willing to say the price, he insisted on pushing back the three hundred yuan that Duan Wen took out.
"Second master, if you do this again, I'm going to be angry." Duan Yongyuan deliberately made a straight face, he was originally a family, and he always had money coming and going, which hurt his feelings! "Otherwise, I'll call my grandfather over, and you give him the money."
Duan Wu was afraid of his brother's loud voice, and he resolutely didn't dare to stuff money into Duan Wen's hands.
Duan Wu put the money into his trouser pocket, and looked a little worried, "It's not that there are no beds at home, they are all big beds, and Qiuhe can't sleep well, so he loves to sleep in such a small bed......"
Duan Xiang rolled his eyes angrily, "Her stinky temper is not what you are used to!" β
The Southern Courtyard was busy, Duan Yongyuan didn't stay at Xiangzi's house for long, and went back soon. After Duan Xiang made the bed, it was estimated that the South Courtyard needed manpower, so he went over to help.
After Duan Wen finished eating with Parsley, he came from the small courtyard.
The toons were all washed, and Duan Yongyuan and Duan Wen didn't know what to do next.
Parsley scooped the washed toon leaves into the round basket to control the water, and picked and picked the parts of the bad leaves to pinch off.
"Shouldn't it be chopped?" Duan Yongyuan remembered that the toon sauce of the hot tofu he ate yesterday was as thin as water.
"I can't chop it so much, I can only pound it with garlic." Parsley is still picking at the broken leaves.
In the blink of an eye, Duan Wen had already brought the garlic seeds out of the kitchen.
The garlic tree is not as high as a stool, and it is okay to pound a garlic clove, how can you pound so many toon leaves.
Parsley smiled, "This one is too small, you can't finish so many leaves in one night, if only there were that kind of big one." β
Duan Wen and Duan Yongyuan glanced at each other, they didn't know how big the garlic was.
However, Duan Xiang was a little impressed, and he remembered where he had seen the kind of garlic that was half his height. He thought about it carefully, "Brother Jiang seems to have such a big garlic over thereβ"
He said, gesturing with his hand.
Duan Jiang works outside all the year round, and it is not yet the time for the Chinese New Year, and it is estimated that he is not at home. However, his daughter-in-law Guo Aizhi is alone at home with a doll.
"Why don't you ask Aunt Aizhi." Duan Yongyuan originally thought that the road to Duan Jiang's house was not far, so he just walked over, but Duan Xiang had to ride a tricycle.
Seeing the true face of Duan Jiang's garlic tree, Duan Yongyuan knew that Duan Xiang's decision was correct. Such a big garlic tree, even if there is one more person, it will not be able to carry it back to the South Courtyard.
Guo Aizhi was very talkative, and after knowing their intentions, he immediately agreed to lend the garlic roots.
Duan Yongyuan and Duan Xiang worked together, reluctantly lifted the garlic tree onto the tricycle and brought it back to the South Courtyard.
It is estimated that the garlic is useless sometimes, not only has some moss and dust, but also has a garlic smell.
It took a lot of effort for Duan Yongyuan to wash it up.
I didn't need the thin parsley to pound the toon leaves, and I felt that the weather was getting a little cold, so I went to the small courtyard to add a piece of clothing.
When she went back to the small courtyard, Dou was not there, and people probably went to play cards.
Duan Qiuping was still sitting on the bed humming and chirping.
Parsley stretched out her head to look into the pot, and the original leftover braised noodles in the pot were eaten cleanly. If Dou eats all this noodle, she won't even wash the pot.
Duan Qiuping exaggerated her nose and muffled her voice with a hanging face, "Xiangqin, my mother is sick, you go to Dr. Liu's to get some medicine for your mother." β
Xiangqin twitched the corner of her mouth, she really didn't understand why this woman couldn't learn a lesson, "I'm still thinking about your Doctor Liu!" β
Duan Qiuping's face immediately changed, and she didn't show weakness to Xiangqin, "If you are told to go, you will go, I can't move you now, right?" β
Look at her screaming and drinking now, how can she still look a little sick.
"How can I have the money to give you medicine?" Xiangqin saw that Duan Qiuping had nothing to do, and always wanted to directly or indirectly show her hospitality to Dr. Liu.
Duan Qiuping was stunned, and her voice softened, "You take credit first, and when you make money from selling tofu, I'll pay it back." β
Xiangqin couldn't cry or laugh, does this tofu business have anything to do with Duan Qiuping? Dare to love her, waiting at home to count the money, what does she think about every day?
Xiangqin couldn't help but paraphrase what Duan Wen said before, "Before you start making money, you have to learn how to spend money first, mother, you are so amazing!" β
Duan Qiuping was irritable, and her voice became louder, "Then you don't care about me, let me die of illness!" β
There is not a day when she is not shouting to die, but what Duan Qiuping said is completely contrary to what she does. Looking at the rice in the pot, she ate it strangely fragrant. This is sick, and I still know how to take medicine.
Xiangqin looked up at the bright sky, "It's still bright, it's not time to dream." When it comes to counting money on the bed, I advise you not to think about it, I won't give you a cent of the money you earn. β
Her mind was seen through, and Duan Qiuping was ashamed and annoyed.
"If you don't give it to me, who will you go!" She questioned sharply, her eyes fixed on Parsley like a debt collector.
"Whoever is in charge here, I will give the money to whomever I want!"
If everyone is like Duan Qiuping who always wants to get something for nothing, then the people in this family will sit in bed every day, don't do anything, just wait to starve to death.
"I'm your mother!"
"Let's see if you look like a mother!"
Since leaving the Li family, Xiangqin's temper has grown day by day, Duan Qiuping always feels strange, but she can't say why, "I really regret bringing you out of the Li family now!" β
Speaking of regrets, there are too many things to regret, Xiangqin looked coldly at Duan Qiuping, who was about to go crazy, "I also regret saying so many things to you when I was in Mulberry Pond." Man, if you hold on to your pitiful place all the time, you will become hateful. β
Duan Qiuping was stunned, she originally thought that pity could win sympathy, but now almost everyone hates her, could it be true that it is the same as what Xiangqin said?