Chapter 55: Living by Selling Your Granddaughter

Shen Shuang's morning trouble made the old man Shen very displeased, and when he was working in the field, he also heard the villagers whispering about yesterday's events, saying that the old Shen family had to live by selling his granddaughter, so angry that he pulled a face all day long and didn't speak, and when he came to the door of the house, he smelled the familiar smell and his face was slightly better, but he also went into the house to smoke dry cigarettes without saying a word, and he didn't even pay attention to Xu's greetings.

Xu's hand is holding the chopped wild vegetable leaves in the yard to feed the chickens, Xiao Wan's basket of melon seeds and vegetables today is only enough for the pig to eat today, tomorrow morning's pig food has not yet landed, even these wild vegetables are cut by her on the mountain.

When she saw that her father-in-law didn't look at her, she was naturally so nervous that she was at a loss, afraid that he would be unhappy because of today's incident, "The child is his father?" Dad, what's wrong? You can't be angry with me, right? ”

Shen Musheng glanced at the direction of the hall before lowering his voice and speaking, "When my sister-in-law Han brought food over in the field today, she said that yesterday my mother brought an old man to Xiaoshuang to see the incident, and also said that our old Shen family lived by selling his granddaughter, and my father was angry when he heard it, and he didn't speak for a day." ”

Xu Shi shook his head when he heard this, he really didn't know what to say now.

Shen Musheng walked over and put down the hoe, "Did my mother come back from the town?" ”

"The second brother and sister said that they had come back, and the daughter-in-law of the Wang family was about to give birth, and my mother went over to help."

Wan Shi was so angry when she heard that Shen Shuang went to Xiao Orion's house that incident, and originally planned to wait for Shen Shuang to come back and toss her well, of course, she was not thinking about her granddaughter's reputation, but she was afraid that some ugly words would come out and cause the marriage with the rich man's family to come to naught.

But now there is a woman in Xishan Village who has a child, Wan's midwife was naturally hurriedly called away to help, this time to come back at dinner, when dinner was about to be ready, she walked into the yard with a basket of eggs in her hand, a tiger face looked very unhappy.

As soon as Shen Tusheng came back, Xiao Wanshi hid the copper plate he earned, and then sued him, but Shen Tusheng didn't want to talk at all when he was tired of carrying things, and he was not very willing to deal with her.

Xiao Wan found that he had said a lot, but Shen Tusheng fell asleep with his eyes closed, and he was so angry that he directly reached out to pinch her, "Shen Tusheng, I'll talk to you." ”

Shen Tusheng looked impatient, "I said that you too, what is there to say about washing a few clothes, my sister-in-law has been helping you wash for many years." What's the use of you telling me what Dad decides, don't bother me if you go to Daddy, I'm starving, go and see if I can eat. ”

Xiao Wanshi was so angry that he threw aside the clothes he was making and went out, but as soon as he got out of the yard, he was choked by the smell of chili peppers that filled the yard and coughed, "This damn fat pig is going against me and making these such unpleasant meals all day long." ”

She covered her mouth before she walked out of the courtyard of the Shen family, and saw Wan Shi walking back with a tiger face on his shoulder, still chattering something, Xiao Wan hurriedly walked over and lifted the cloth covering the basket, and found that there were several eggs in it, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Mother, are you back?" This is the egg given by the Wang family? ”

Wan directly slapped Xiao Wan's hand away to prevent her from touching the eggs, and scolded while walking into the yard, "The Wang family is all misers, they actually gave me five eggs and sent me away, I was busy for most of the day but I didn't tire me to death, I couldn't straighten my waist, I deserved a room of money-losing goods!" ”

Xiao Wanshi couldn't wait to be able to cook two eggs secretly and eat them, but she didn't dare to move, listening to this, her eyes rolled and she scolded the Wang family a few times, Wan didn't care to listen, she sniffed and frowned curiously, "What kind of taste is this?" ”

Shen Shuang heard the movement in the kitchen and knew that her milk had returned, of course, Xiao Wan's was indispensable, and I didn't know if Wan's could accept the taste of this chili, just when she came out of the kitchen with a plate of Chaotian pepper fried river clams, Xiao Wan's naturally would not give up the opportunity to sue, "Mother, this is the taste of Chaotian pepper picked by the fat pig on the mountain, it is very choking, and it tastes even more unpalatable, and I don't know if she wants to poison us." ”

Shen Shuang directly ignored someone, squinted his eyes and smiled and said, "Milk, you're back, you can start eating right away." ”

Wan Shi had a calm face, his eyes were fixed on Shen Shuang, as if he was thinking about what her smile represented. However, Shen Shuang was not afraid, he looked at her directly, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and the former looked down at the river clam she was holding in her hand, and couldn't help frowning, "What are you serving?" ”

Xiao Wan also noticed the river clam in Shen Shuang's hand, and couldn't help but take a few steps forward to look at it, "What are you messing with?" ”

Shen Shuang raised her eyebrows, "Milk, this is naturally delicious, you will know after eating it in a while." ”

Saying that, she dragged her body and turned around and moved towards the house, seeing that Wan Shi always felt that there was some trickery, "Mother, why don't you ask her what she is doing at Little Orion's house?" ”

Wan Shi snorted coldly and said very unhappily, "I still have your turn to teach me when I do things?" Put the eggs in the house for me. ”

Xiao Wan's face flashed with disappointment, but he was still very enthusiastic to help with things, "Hey, good mother." ”

Old man Shen didn't hold on to yesterday's events when he saw Wan Shi coming back, of course, the latter also licked his face and explained that he had gone to town, and as for what she discussed with her daughter, she still hid it.

Dinner was still the whole family crowded on a table, Old Man Shen sat down first, he frowned when he saw the plate of river clams, feeling a little familiar but couldn't remember what it was, "This is?" ”

Shen Musheng is not very unfamiliar with this river clam, when they were children, they were fished and thrown as stones, and when they saw it, they asked strangely, "Xiaoshuang, how do you fish this stream shell?" ”

The people of Xishan Village call the river clam the stream shell because they grow in the creek cement and have a hard shell.

The stone is a greedy eater, and he reached out to grab it, but was slapped by Xiao Wan's slap, "Eat, eat, eat, dare to eat anything, poison will not kill you." ”

Saying that, Xiao Wanshi began to sow discord again, "Big brother, although my father asked Xiaoshuang to cook, how can she eat this stream shell?" Xiaoshuang, I'm afraid you don't know that this thing is full of mud in your mouth, and there is an old man in my mother's village who eats this stream shell and breaks his teeth. ”

"Dad, if the people in the village know that our old Shen family is so poor that they can eat this stream shell, then where will our old Shen family's face go? It costs firewood and oil to get this stuff. ”

Old man Shen glanced at Shen Shuang and didn't know what to think, but surprisingly didn't scold her, "Don't go to fish for this in the future, let's eat." ”

Shen Shuang looked at Xiao Wan's face lightly, there was no extra expression on his face, and he only said the truth, "Master, this river clam meat is very delicious, there is no sediment, you can taste it, and you can also taste it." ”

Shen Shuang said that he first took the chopsticks and picked up a grain of river clam meat and put it in his mouth, which was naturally not a grain of sand, and some people would not handle the river clam and eat it directly, so naturally it would not be able to enter the mouth.

Xu Shi was also real, thinking that no matter how unpalatable the dishes that her daughter had worked so hard to fry, she would have to give face, so she sandwiched a small river clam meat and put it in her mouth, and then stretched out her chopsticks to clamp it.

Xiaoshan has always liked to eat this delicious and spicy river clam meat, and he didn't need to call it to stuff it into his mouth, as if it was a chain effect, and the stone on the side that had long been unbearable also stretched out his chopsticks to clamp it, and then Shen Tusheng and Shen Zhuzi also stretched out their chopsticks towards the plate of fried river clams.

Seeing that his son and grandson were all eating it and didn't say that it was unpalatable, Old Man Shen thought of yesterday's sauerkraut fish, so he also picked up chopsticks to grab a piece of river clam meat to eat.

Although it was only a small grain, it made Old Man Shen feel shocked when he ate it in his mouth, after all, the family had not been able to eat meat for several days, although this river clam meat was only the size of a soybean, it was still meat.

Wan's was hungry for a day, and he just ate a chopstick's toon dish and thought it tasted good, but when he looked up again, he found that everyone was sandwiching the river clam meat made by Shen Shuang, "Child, his father?" Can this be eaten? ”

Old man Shen didn't have time to deal with her, but he used his actions to show that it was really delicious, and Wan Shi hesitated for a while before joining the army of eating river clam meat.

Shen Shuang thought it was funny when she saw that the chopsticks of the family were all going to the river clam meat, and everyone patronized and ate and had no time to talk, of course, except for Shen Cuini and Xiao Wan, who couldn't eat chili peppers, the two of them saw that there were a lot of chili fried vegetables on the table but dared not speak, and finally they could only nibble and drink wild vegetable soup with their nest heads, and they didn't dare to say anything else, and she couldn't help but be very happy when she saw it, which was considered to have conquered them from the sense of taste.

When Shen Shuang helped her mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, she also got an order from Old Man Shen, "Stone, Cuini, you two sisters and brothers Ming'er will follow your little sister Shuang to the river to fish for this stream shell and come back." ”

Shen Shuang was stunned when she heard this, this dare is good, the stream water in this big spring is cold, she is naturally happy to have someone to help, but she looked at Xiao Wanshi who was sitting leisurely on the side but was so anxious, "Dad, the stream in the stream is very cold in this spring, don't freeze their sisters and brothers, there is nothing delicious in this stream shell, no one in the village wants it." ”

Shen Shuang said with an innocent face, "Second aunt, why don't you say it's not delicious if you don't taste it yourself?" ”

Shen Shuang saw that Xiao Wanshi was so angry, and knew that the chili peppers she ate yesterday made her so scared that she didn't dare to touch them again, but Xiao Wanshi still remembered the feeling of numbness in her tongue at this time, "At home, you are responsible for cooking rice, you fish it yourself, the water in the stream is so deep, I can't go to the stone." ”

Shen Shuang was not annoyed, "Master, I will go with Xiaoshan, but I may catch less, not enough for so many people in the family to eat." ”

Who knew that Shen Shuang's words fell, but Wan's who was worried about eating a bite was not very happy, she thought that tomorrow there would be a wealthy supervisor who would come to the house to see Shen Shuang, and it would never be possible for her to fish for river clams, so she split her head and scolded Xiao Wan's family, "Those fools in the village don't know the goods." Stone and Trini, tomorrow you two sisters and brothers will go together to fish, otherwise you two will not be allowed to eat. ”

Shen Cuini didn't eat a mouthful of river clam meat, and she could only gnaw on the head of the nest, she was angry in her heart at this time, "Milk, I'm not going, I'm going to go to Li Xiuniang tomorrow to learn embroidery, but I don't have time to fish for any stream shells." Those things are all in the stream, and no one wants to send them, who is rare. ”