Chapter 10: Duality
After going back to the house and shrunken and grinding for a long time, Shen came out with a cloth bag, opened it in front of Zhao's face, and counted every penny, silver horns and copper plates, all of which were not enough for three taels, "Three taels are three taels, and the remaining two taels are allowed to be owed by you first, but you have to use things to offset the interest." ”
snatched the cloth bag and stuffed it into his arms, Zhao's eyes stared at the only plain silver hairpin on Shen's head and said: "You are a woman who lives alone with a baby, what jewelry do you bring, don't you want to seduce wild men while Lu'er is not at home." ”
Quickly pulled out the silver hairpin on Shen's bun, Zhao checked about one or two, couldn't help but smile proudly, handed the silver hairpin to his daughter to hold, sea fish and shrimp found an empty basket to pack, Zhao went into the kitchen and packed all the remaining white flour steamed buns inside, and walked out satisfied.
"Mother, wait, the children are still hungry, why don't you leave two steamed buns for your daughter-in-law, and this fish and shrimp, you can't take them all, Le'er worked hard all day to get something, you can be pitiful and leave some for the children to taste It's also good."
Shen hugged his mother-in-law's arm and refused to let go, where is this relative, it is clearly a robber, every time Zhao comes, he always has to search the house inside and out.
She just entered the house and looked at it, the house was turned over in a mess, and the little value that could be used was packed by Zhao with a wrapper and handed over to Jin Feng to hold, fortunately, Le'er was smart, reminding her to hide the grain in the cellar, and the rice jar in the kitchen was empty, otherwise even the only grain stored in the house would be scavenged by her mother-in-law.
"Shen, let go, today is the day when Xi'er comes home from the academy, I'm in a hurry to go back to cook, you don't have to delay the business, Feng'er, what are you still doing in a daze, quickly pull people away."
With a full of things in his hand, where did Jin Feng have spare hand-holding people, and persuaded him euphemistically: "Sister-in-law, don't be reluctant, when the fish and shrimp are ready, I will personally send some over for the children to eat." ”
There are so many things in the back basket, the mother just took two big fish and some shrimp, and the rest are enough for the sister-in-law's family of four to eat, although Jin Feng and Zhao's thoughts are the same, the strange things left in the basket are not as expensive as the gold they took away, but they will not admit that they are hypocritical in their hearts.
Hearing the sister-in-law say this, Shen's heart was still reluctant to let those fish and shrimp go, and he tightly pulled Zhao's sleeve and refused to let people go.
The poor husband has not heard from her for several years, and the children have suffered all the hardships with her, and today Le'er just got some good things to come, and her mother-in-law is catching up with the autumn wind, which is her life.
The heavy object fell in her hands, but Shen didn't have eyes to pull her and didn't let her go, Zhao's chest was full of anger, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, "Shen, who do you make this crying and crying look like, it's like your mother bullying you, if you have good things at home, you should be filial according to the rules, I just take some fish and shrimp from you back to Xi'er to make up for your brain, he studied hard day and night is not for the Jin family, as a sister-in-law, you can't take enough money to make up for the little uncle to catch the exam and forget it, even a big fish can't be tongued, How did the old Jin family come out with a cheeky daughter-in-law like you, hurry up and open it for me. ”
The round and powerful arms flung back, Zhao pulled out the sleeves that were grabbed by Shen Linzhi and walked quickly like a meteor, Baotai and Yingxiao held hands and trotted after the old lady and shouted, "Grandma, we want to eat fish, don't take it all." ”
The two little guys have short legs, how can they outrun the sturdy old woman who is used to farm work like Zhao, but when Jin Feng, who was following behind with two things in his hands, caught up with the little baby crying sadly, he stuffed the object in one hand under his armpit and clamped it, took out two maltodies from his arms to coax the child, and trotted away.
The fifth brother must have come back, and if he doesn't take the things back, he won't be able to catch dinner on the table to eat, seeing these big fish and lobsters, she is also hungry for drooling, in order to provide the fifth brother to study, although the family can eat enough, but meat, fish, shrimp, these are so luxurious that they usually can't taste a bite, and can only wait for the little brother to come home, the rare things that will be seen on the dinner table.
Yingle picked up Shen, who was pushed to the ground, helped her send the dust behind her dress, and asked with concern: "Mother is fine, grandma has always been like this, don't be really sad." ”
"Silly girl, my mother remembers what you said, it's just some body things, let her take it, let's live in Luhe Village, there are still many places where we need to rely on the Jin family, and if you don't let your mother-in-law scavenge it, you will force the relationship between the two families to death."
It's not the first time that the Zhao family has come to search for things, since the house has built a big brick house, the mother-in-law comes to go back with some things every three or five days, needlework and fabric, rice, grain and rape, everything that is seen by the Zhao family, she is not at all down to collect back, at the beginning Shen Linzhi and her mother-in-law were anxious to white-faced, and the noisy village people came to see the excitement, pointing at the Jin family and discussing.
Some people stand on the side of the Shen family, thinking that it is not easy for orphans and widows to survive, and the Zhao family should not be a bad mother-in-law and rob things from their daughter-in-law, while others think that since the Shen family has good things, the family conditions are not as difficult as in the past, and they should be filial to their mother-in-law and eat alone behind closed doors.
Every time the Zhao family came to grab something, Yingle couldn't wait to take a big gong and beat it all over the village to publicize Zhao's evil deeds, so that the villagers could see what kind of evil grandmother they had. Shen struggled to survive with three children, not only did she not make up for it, but she also struggled for it everywhere, which was really unloving.
But she didn't do that after all, there are two sides to everything, and you can never get everyone's support no matter what you do, unless you are at the pinnacle of power, so that those who disagree have to shut up.
No matter how hateful and greedy the Zhao family is, there are still some villagers who think that her approach is not wrong, Jin Xi has been admitted to Xiucai last year, as long as their family continues to live in the village, relying on the Jin family is an inevitable choice. Not to mention anything else, since the fifth uncle won the show, the idlers who used to think about their mother's beauty and delicate no longer dare to hang out in front of their house to find trouble.
"It's best if my mother can understand, don't cry, my brothers and sisters will cry with you when they see it." After appeasing the Shen family, Yingle smiled and opened her arms to hug the two little guys who ran back into her arms, she would not let her younger brothers and sisters not be hungry.
The meat of the sea fish is delicate and delicious, she bothered to bring it back and wanted to give her younger siblings to taste it, but unfortunately she happened to meet her grandmother who came to search for it, such a selfish and stingy and greedy elder, if she didn't let the Zhao family bring some good things back, tomorrow the old people in the village should spread the remarks about how the Shen family is unfilial.