Urgent Wishes (3)
Lily sighed, picked up the needlework in her hand, the chicken outside had already crowed three times, just now the quiet courtyard, at this time there was a sound of footsteps, the door was locked, Liu pushed twice and couldn't open, suspecting that she was lazy to sleep, 'bang bang' began to bang on the door, cursing and cursing the lazy girl in her mouth.
In the early years, because Liu did not give birth to a son for her husband, she felt a loss, and her husband was looking for flowers and asking willow outside, and she didn't dare to ask, after the man died, she dragged a pair of daughters and did not remarry, and she was very impatient, and her temper was very impatient.
The cloth village was not very easy to operate in the first few years of Duan's father's death, because of the lack of manpower, the store was small, and a few embroidery girls could not be invited, most of the time it was taken over by the Liu family, and when Duan Lily was a little older, Liu taught her to embroider again, so that the mother and daughter were stitches and threads, and the cloth village was gradually worked. The first time the rooster crows every day, Liu will call her daughter to get up and embroider, Duan Guilan because she is three years younger, and her personality is wild, so she can't calm down to learn this embroidery, although Liu scolds her, but she can't do anything, so under normal circumstances, Duan Guilan will sleep until dawn before getting up, but Duan Lily gets up to do work before dawn.
Later, Duan Guilan complained that the Liu family was eccentric to Duan Lily, thinking that the Liu family taught her sister Duan Baihe to learn about the Shudali, and even invited her mother-in-law to bind her feet when Duan Baihe was fourteen, but she was ridiculed for having a pair of big feet. She talked too much, and Liu also felt guilty about this little daughter, thinking that he was negligent in disciplining her, so although he usually scolded her everywhere, he never did anything to her. Even indulged in her, Duan Guilan broke out of the disaster of a woman disguised as a man and entered a brothel, and also thought of the aftermath for her.
Hearing Liu's angry scolding outside, Lily got up and went to open the door with embroidery, Liu pushed the door in and raised his fist to fight, but Lily retreated. Seeing the embroidery in the eldest daughter's hand, she looked like she had gotten up early, not like she was lazy to sleep as she imagined, and Liu breathed a sigh of relief:
"Since it's up, what are you doing with the door locked? It's not about doing something unseemly. There are only three of us in this house, mother and daughter. Who else can you guard against if you lock the door? Liu's temper was not good, and his speech was extremely ugly, and Lily frowned: "There are only two hours, and the veil is still a little worse." Mother is in a hurry. I was afraid of being disturbed, so I locked the door and embroidered a handkerchief. She explained two sentences. Although Liu still had fire in his heart, he couldn't pick out her thorns, so he had to tell her again and again to hurry up. and asked her not to do anything wrong, so she turned around and called her little daughter to get up.
The two handkerchiefs are embroidered quickly, Lily is not good at embroidery, but the original owner's residual skills are in, her patience is good, the original owner of the two handkerchiefs was afraid that it would be too late last night, and he hurried up some time to work, and there was not much missing. Therefore, although Lily was delayed for a while because of receiving the plot, when Liu came to urge her, the two handkerchiefs were almost embroidered.
During this time, Liu had already boiled the porridge, Duan Guilan just got up, leaned on Liu's body with her hair scattered, and when Lily came out to eat after washing, she happened to see Liu taking a comb and combing her messy yellow hair for Duan Guilan, and she was still reproaching in her mouth:
"You wild girl, the sky is bright, and you don't comb your face or wash your hair." Duan Guilan was often scolded, and when she heard Liu's words, her face was not red or panting. Liu had no choice but to look at Lily and instruct her: "Go and wring a veil for me." Lily originally wanted to pretend not to hear, but this body is too young, and she has not practiced martial arts at present, if the Liu family gets angry and wants to beat her, she can't hide, there is no need to suffer for this breath.
The bucket rested under the eaves by the door, because of the cold weather at this time, it was already gentle, she twisted the handkerchief and brought it in, maybe it was her daughter's docile attitude that made Liu's heart feel much more comfortable, she combed Duan Guilan's hair and wiped her face, the mother and daughter brought the bowl, Lily just picked up the chopsticks, Liu suddenly asked:
"Are you embroidered?" Lily nodded, and Liu hesitated: "If it's embroidered, you will stay behind these days, and I will take over the work." I told Mrs. Wu in Jingkou Hutong today, let her come and wrap your feet, you are getting older, and your bones are gradually hardening, if you don't wrap it again, you will be late in the future, but you will blame me for not tidying it up for you. When Liu said this, his expression was a little ugly.
Duan's father ate and drank a lot of prostitutes when he was alive, and the silver that the two couples originally saved that day was also defeated by him.
The mother and daughter can only barely make ends meet, they must not be able to afford to hire manpower, seeing that the New Year is going to be celebrated every few days, this time is the best time for Buzhuang's business every year, many people will add new clothes for their children or themselves to celebrate the New Year, Duan Lily is old, and now she can help the Liu family take care of some, but if she is bound to her feet, she will definitely not be able to move a month before the start, so it will not affect some business.
As soon as Liu thought of this, the nameless fire surged in her heart again, she wanted to lose her temper, but she couldn't find an outlet, so she had to make a gloomy face, fortunately, she thought that although Lily wrapped her feet and couldn't walk, her hands were not crippled and she could do some female labor, so it was a big deal to take some work back during the day, and let her help do it at home, but she usually had to rely on herself to cook and make a fire.
Thinking of the loss of his widowhood in his early years, and now he still has to run the cloth village to raise a pair of daughters, and now he has to cook for these two daughters, Liu was angry from his heart, and he slapped his chopsticks on the table and scolded:
"The things that gave birth to the two of you mourning stars, none of them are useless, they can't help me, they just know how to eat and eat with that rotten mouth open......"
Her anger was inexplicable, Duan Guilan turned her head and stuck out her tongue at Lily, this scene was seen by Liu, and she couldn't help but point at her and scolded: "What is it, it's so big, I don't have a serious appearance all day long, and I rush out all day long." ”
"Mother, what are you scolding me for, how can I be serious, like my sister? Wouldn't it be nice if you had her an obedient and docile daughter? Duan Guilan is not as gentle as Duan Baihe, and she is not scared of her when she sees Liu's anger at this time, and she pushes back with a word, which makes Liu's heart ache. The youngest daughter's character Liu knows in his heart, and he is not afraid to scold her, she will hide if she hits her. Liu Shi turned his head to vent his anger on Lily, and shouted:
"Listen to me! Today, I invited Mrs. Wu to come over, but it cost the old lady 30 yuan, and you can't earn so much by embroidering those handkerchiefs, if you don't tie it well, you have to start over, and the old lady will cut off your legs! ”
Lily's brows furrowed, and when she heard the binding of her feet, the pain in the original owner's memory made the corners of Lily's mouth pursed.
Duan Lily was not young when he tied his feet, and his bones had already grown hard, and the binding of his feet at this time was equivalent to turning the front half of the soles of his feet around, so that a pair of feet looked smaller, but in this way, the feet were small but arched, and the feet hurt terribly if he took two more steps, although the half-inch golden lotus was good-looking, but it was really a terrible thing, the original owner suffered a lot on this little foot, the bones of her feet were broken in the early stage, and they were collected again and again in the later stage, and in the end, others said that she was effective, but it was useless at all, She suffered so much, but in the end no one appreciated it, but in the end, Shen Tengwen disliked Duan Baihe's delicate pretentiousness, and it was a waste to marry a half-hundred-year-old man.
It's not as good as Duan Guilan running happily, and she doesn't suffer that hardship.
At this time, Liu wanted to attack himself with this matter of tying his feet, but Lily never thought of suffering this living crime. Although she has good endurance and is not afraid of hardship, this bundle of feet is not necessary at all, not to mention that she has never thought about pleasing any man, if everyone has to be tied, she gritted her teeth and endured it, but Duan Guilan has never tied her feet, and finally got married, which proves that although the binding of feet can gain a good reputation outside, it is not necessary. What's more, with Duan Guilan's younger sister, even if she ties her feet, her reputation may not be good, at this time, looking at Liu's gritted teeth, Lily held the porridge bowl in front of her, and did not raise her head:
"Since my mother said so, then I won't tie my feet."
Liu's used to lose her temper and scold her daughter, Duan Lily was soft and submissive, today she was nameless and angry in her heart, originally thought that she scolded Lily for two sentences, she was obedient at most, but I didn't expect her to say no, Liu was stunned for a moment, and then he was furious, and he reached out and slapped the table with a heavy hand, and shouted sharply:
"One by one, it's the other way around? Kindly find someone to tie your feet, and say that you have two mouths, but you start to top it? She lost her temper, and Duan Guilan pushed the bowl a little tired and didn't even eat.
"How do you call talking back to your mother? It's just that my mother said that the price of this bundle of feet is too high, and she said that she was afraid that I would not be able to tie it well, and I was too old to say whether this bundle would be good or not. Maybe it was because her daughter's personality was too supple in the past, but now Baiyi retorted, and Liu was furious: "If you say you don't tie it, you won't tie it?" The old lady has come to you and said no? If it weren't for the sake of finding a good marriage for you in the future, I would have to put so much effort into it? You don't know what's good, you're blessed and don't know how to enjoy it! ”
Liu Shi was so angry that she trembled, she was pushed back by Lily, she was even angrier than being pushed back by Duan Guilan, at this time she reached out and grabbed the chopsticks and was about to draw them towards Lily, Lily turned sideways, but she still hid late, and the chopsticks cut on her chin, leaving a red mark.
"Invite someone to come, you can tie Guilan, she is young, and her bones are not hard, it is the time to tie up, not to mention that Buzhuang is so busy now, I want to tie my feet and no one will help you when the time comes, and my mother can't call me again?" Approaching the New Year, Buzhuang was very busy, in the middle of the plot, when the Lily tied up the bones of her feet and broke her heart, but the Liu family couldn't be busy alone, and the youngest daughter had never done this, so she couldn't help her much, and finally called Duan Lily to help her guard the store. (To be continued......)
PS: After the blood was drawn in the morning, I pressed the cotton swab for a long time, and it turned out that something was dripping, and I looked back and saw that it was in the wrong place...... After pressing for a long time, his arm was bruised, and the blood was still bleeding......
Anyway, do you have the experience of crying stupidly......