Tang Yourou didn't know how to tell a six-year-old about this, so he only nodded: "Well, it's just accidental." ”

"Then sisters, come and make a fire, I'll go boil water for you to warm up!" Xiao Douding really didn't suspect it, stepped on straw sandals, and ran back to the yard with a click.

Tang Youniang's wind and cold seemed to have risen, she blew her blocked nose, and spoke in a buzzing voice: "Sister, don't tell Dou'er about this." If he knew, maybe he would have put chin beans in Tang Zhuangyuan's bowl again......"

In the past, every time Tang Zhuangyuan came back from Humuri, he would bully them, and Tang Douer would always find a way to bully them back. He would draw a king on his silk robe, put chin beans in his porridge, or throw pebbles on his bed. Every time, he will be discovered by Tang Zhuangyuan, and he will be beaten up fat.

It's just that Tang Douer never has a long memory, even if she will be beaten, she has to avenge her sisters.

Although the younger brother is young, since the death of his mother, he has a view of life and death. This time his life is at stake, if he knows about it, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as a chin bean.

Tang Yourou took his sister into the broken yard of his house, reached out and touched her head, but he didn't have a fever yet, but it was probably soon: "It's hard to say if we can survive tonight, don't worry so much." You go wash and change into clean clothes for the fire. ”

On the edge of the broken fence were half-rubbed straw ropes and messily stacked haystacks, which were already very long. The younger brother looked like a habitual worker, and only a few steps from the time they returned to the yard, a kettle of water had already burned on the stove, and the action of building a bonfire was very neat.

Tang Youniang went to prepare the bath bucket, and Tang and Rou barely found two sackcloth with few holes from the mud hut and put them to dry in the sun.

In my memory, this is the old clothes worn by my mother and my third uncle, and I am reluctant to throw them away after many years. Now there are obvious traces of mildew on this linen clothes, and the musty smell is too great, if this kind of clothes were in the previous life, even being a rag would be disgusted and unhygienic, but now there is no other clothes to wear, so it can only be done.

The kettle was the most common cooking tool in this era, shaped like a tripod without three legs, and the lid was hemispherical and very bulky. Tang and Rou were worried that the boiling time was too slow and the water was too cold, so they rummaged through the dilapidated house and found out the Diao Dou, the gong and the clay pot. He also spared firewood and water, divided several fires, and increased the horsepower to boil the bath water. Once you can gather a bucket, you will pour it into Tang Youniang's bath bucket.

Tang Dou'er was summoned to Lizheng's house to borrow wild ginger, and when Tang and Rou came back with empty wooden barrels to continue boiling water, they heard hurried footsteps appear outside the courtyard.

When I looked up, it was the third aunt who came running.

"You smell so much smoke here, I should go out of the water. Scares me! The third aunt, Shen Qiuyue, ran out of breath, put down the two old hens, and wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her slender hand.

The third aunt is a good old man, even weaker than the original owner's mother.

The drought the year before last, the locust plague last year, the Tang family had no money to deduct the forced labor, so they had to send out two men according to the requirements. Old man Tang felt sorry for the old man, and saw that the second eldest Tang Yungui went to the county to work, and he was the highest income among the brothers, thinking left and right, and he was reluctant to sell the land, so he set his eyes on the third room.

The third uncle, Shen Qiuyue, was in her thirties, and her son had just turned eighteen that year, just at the age of being able to serve in forced labor. The two men in the three rooms, one old and one young, were served as conscripts, and they went for a whole year, and there was no news at all, and they still don't know whether they are alive or dead.

After the original owner's mother died of illness a few years ago, almost the work of the whole family fell on Shen Qiuyue and her daughter Tang Jing. At this time, even the old hen was taken, and Old Man Tang asked her to take it.

"I'm afraid that the young lady will catch a cold, so I'll let her soak in hot water at this time. Thank you, Uncle San, these two old hens are so fat! Tang and Rou took over the two fat chickens, which were expected to be the fattest two in Mrs. Tang's chicken pen.

After checking it, it weighed about nine or ten pounds.

Shen Qiuyue looked out of the courtyard with a nervous expression, and seeing that no one was watching, she took out a bag of millet from the bag: "This is also for you, I secretly took it." The two of you will not be able to work tomorrow if the wind blows, and this chicken will definitely be reluctant to eat. You eat this bag first, and if it's not enough, I'll secretly bring it to you tomorrow. ”

Tang Yourou was suddenly moved, and pushed the rice back: "Don't, you must secretly put it back again." We'll kill this chicken and eat it later. Grandma must be angry if she loses her money, so don't mess with her again. ”

"Hey, are you really willing to eat?"

"Willing to do it, only when you are full today can you talk about tomorrow. The third aunt must take care of herself, and if you need it, you can also come to us to talk. ”

"Huh?" Shen Qiuyue didn't know where she got the confidence, she couldn't accept her sudden change, and stood in the courtyard and looked at her stunned for a long time, "Rou girl, you really weren't scared after drowning." This is a chicken, I didn't even have to eat it for the New Year in the first two years. Why are you willing to eat it? ”

Tang Yourou didn't explain much, and said with a smile: "Third uncle, I'm going to kill chickens, and the ten taels of silver will also trouble grandpa." You can call Xiaojing to come with you in an hour, and I will share two bowls of soup and two pieces of meat with you! She grabbed one of the fatter ones, pulled them to the side of the stove, and began to bleed and scald, muttering, "Rest in peace, Aunt Hen." If you die to feed my whole family, I will make your hair into pillows and feather dusters, and put your skeleton into a model, so that you can make the best use of your things and die where you want! ”

Shen Qiuyue: "......" how did the "Rou girl" become strange after drowning!

She still had work to do, so she left without a few words.

……

The Tang family returned to the tiled house, except for Mrs. Tang, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was gloomy.

In fact, the Tang family has been saving money, just to let the grandson of the second room of the big house have more money when he goes to private school. They just don't want to spend it on the four rooms. Now the Tang family is slandering in their hearts, if Mrs. Tang agreed to pay a tael of silver at that time, maybe this matter will be settled now.

Mrs. Tang didn't have any such consciousness, rushed to the chicken pen, and scolded: "This money-losing goods who killed a thousand knives, why is it like this?!" Ten taels of silver dare to ask the family for it? ”

Shen Qiuyue had already taken away the chickens at this time, and they were the two fattest. Mrs. Tang was so angry that she grinded her teeth, and she had nowhere to vent, so she picked up a broom and walked to the pigsty to smoke the pig to vent her anger.

The two little pigs that had not yet been raised were hiding everywhere, slamming into the shed and snorting.

Old man Tang thought that something had happened in the pigsty, ran out of the house, saw that it was Mrs. Tang who was smoking pigs, scolded that his brain was stuck in pig, threw the door back to the house, and locked himself inside.

When Mrs. Tang heard his scolding, she rushed into the house and quarreled with him, and the two of them got into a big fight, and even the pole for drying clothes in the house was broken.

Seeing her father and mother like this, the people in the second room of the big house did not dare to persuade her, and the third daughter Xiaojing did not dare to jump out to speak, and washed the beans to be cooked.

Tang Zhuangyuan was frightened by Tang and Rou saying that he was going to sue the official, and he was exhausted at this time. No matter how angry Song Ming was at him for pushing Tang Youniang down the mountain, he went back to the house to take a shower and sleep.

Song Ming gritted her teeth, ran into the house and scolded him a few more words, and then she was angry.

Tang Zhuangyuan used to be called Tang Shu'er. At that time, Song Ming couldn't stand Mrs. Tang's stinginess, and was worried that she would only let the old man's son go to a private school and not let her son go, so she found a charlatan and said that Tang Shu'er had a champion life, which made Mrs. Tang look at him differently.

Where does Tang Shu'er have any champion life?

Song Ming saw that her son was getting more and more favored, and even the whole village believed it, so she had no choice but to continue to hide it.

Now the child's temper is all what she is used to in the final analysis.

She sighed, took her son's dirty clothes and stuffed them to Xiaojing, and told her to wash them. Xiaojing silently took the clothes, picked up the soap horn and wooden basin, and just stepped out of the yard, she was stopped by Song Ming again.

"Hey, wait."