Chapter 44: The Outer Room
The ox cart is not as easy to sit on as a horse-drawn cart, it does not block the wind on all sides, and it is cold and ugly.
Tian Youwei sat for a while and changed her posture, so cold that the tip of her nose was red.
A pair of soft little hands reached over and held her hand tightly, and a little warmth gradually rose from her fingertips.
She lowered her head and saw Shao Jing staring straight ahead as if nothing had happened, looking quiet and well-behaved.
Tian Youwei moved her fingertips, he immediately grabbed her hand, looked up at her, and begged: "Sister, I'm afraid of falling out of the car, let me hold you, okay?" ”
What can Tian Youwei say, that's all she can say.
Xie Shi was biting her ears with the hostess of the ox cart, Sister-in-law, mysteriously.
Shao Jing pulled Tian Youwei and motioned her to look at the side of the road.
There was a stall selling tofu brains on the side of the road, and a woman in pale green clothes stood sideways, and next to her stood a tall, thin young man, both of whom were in rags.
The woman was wiping her tears, and the young man was full of anger and said something excitedly, but the woman just shook her head.
"That's it, it's so big, it's fifteen this year......" Sister-in-law Dong was very excited, and the volume was not well controlled, so Tian Youwei listened to it.
She stared at the mother and son for a moment, and then looked at the expressions of Xie and Sister-in-law Dong, which was a little clear.
Back then, Father Tian broke off his friendship with Master Xie, one of the reasons was that Master Xie had a loss of personal morality, so this was probably Master Xie's outer room?
While he was thinking about it, the young man had already grabbed the woman's hand and dragged her way with all his might.
The woman just whimpered and cried: "No, you can't live without a family ......"
"Shut up! I'd rather be an orphan! The young man's face was full of fierceness, his eyes swept over, and he just met Tian Youwei.
Tian Youwei can see clearly, this face is three points similar to Xie Liang, but it is more visible than Xie Liang.
Xie Liang has a big round face full of joy, and this young man has a goose egg face with distinct facial features.
Tian Youwei was about to take a closer look, but saw the young man glaring at her viciously, turned her head viciously, grabbed the woman's arm, and pushed her forward hard.
The woman stumbled and almost fell to the ground, but he ignored it and dragged her away.
"This temper is really not good enough, no wonder Master Xie refuses to admit it, Grandma Xie does not forgive, if he enters the house, he must not crush Young Master Ah Liang to death." Sister-in-law Dong sighed quietly.
Xie Shi pulled her, winked, and motioned not to let the child hear.
Sister-in-law Dong disagreed: "They don't understand." ”
The two got together again and muttered, the mother and son staggered away, Tian Youwei looked carefully, the young man's trouser legs were short, hanging high, revealing half of the foot and neck, the foot and neck were thin and powerful, and the Achilles tendon was as thin as a knife blade, revealing a ruthless force.
When I got home, it was almost dark, and everyone was blown by the cold wind and their faces were wooden, Chef Wu sent hot ginger soup up, and the family sat around drinking ginger soup and baking braziers.
When it eased up, Mrs. Gao came back and whispered to Aunt Qing's mother and son about the placement.
Tian Qing's parents have passed away a long time ago, and there is a brother in the family who has split the family, and the house and land are half of the family.
When Tian Qing moved to the county seat, he sold the land to his brother, and the house was lent to his brother's family to live in.
This time, Aunt Qing's mother and son came back, but there was no place to live.
In front of everyone, although her sister-in-law temporarily vacated a room and came out, she complained that there was no this, no that, and her face was very ugly.
"There are many children in the family, and they are not rich, this young aunt is orphaned and widowed, and has no money to live with, which means that she will have to rely on his family to support her in the future, so it's strange to be happy!"
Mrs. Gao said: "I gave two mattresses for use, patches and patches, I reached out and touched it, it was as hard as a stone, where can I use it?" It's been half a day, and there is no hot water to feed to the mother's mouth, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, and it is premature birth, so I am afraid that it will not be good to raise. ”
Xie Shi was silent for a moment, and said: "That's it, if you meet it, send her two futons, a few clothes, two catties of cotton, pick ten eggs, half a catty of sugar, and half a catty of oil and send them over." ”
Mrs. Gao said: "The master mother is really kind-hearted! Why don't you go with the old slave? When his family saw you going, he had to give this face, right? ”
Xie Shi responded, packed up a bunch of things with Mrs. Gao, and went out together, Tian Youwei chased out: "I'll go with you." ”
Xie Shi thought that it would be good for her to know some sophistication, so he asked her to carry candy and go with her.
Shao Jing naturally followed, wanting to help Mrs. Gao get cotton.
Mrs. Gao praised him with joy: "What a good boy!" ”
Shao Jing smiled and naturally held Tian Youwei's hand.
Tian Youwei sighed resignedly, he was like a little tail, following her anytime and anywhere, and he couldn't shake it off.
Aunt Qing's house is near Tian Youwei's house, and it only takes a moment to walk over.
There was a lot of people in the room, all asking what was going on.
Someone even said loudly: "Poor nephew Aqing, I heard that he died a miserable death, and the corpse capital doesn't know where it went!" ”
Tian Qing's brother Tian Mao squatted at the door with his arms crossed, his face gloomy and he didn't speak, his eyes were red.
His wife stood in the middle of the room with a sad face, and scolded her own daughter loudly: "The blind dead girl can only eat and can't cook, what do you want?" Die sooner! ”
"That's not true." Xie shook his head and sighed, raised his voice and shouted, "Sister-in-law Mao, are you busy?" I'll take a look at Aqing's daughter-in-law and children. ”
The people in the room quieted down, and Tian Mao and his wife greeted them with smiles: "How embarrassing is this?" ”
Xie said: "They are all of the same clan, how can they not help when they encounter difficulties?" It is also to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. ”
Tian Mao's face turned red, but his wife was casual, and said loudly: "That's the reason, no matter how difficult it is, you have to help the second family tide over the difficulties, right?" ”
As he spoke, he couldn't wait to take the things in Xie's hand, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law is here to see the second child's family, right?" I'll let the big girl lead you in first. ”
Tian Youwei had a lot of eyes, and called Ximei: "There are many people and miscellaneous things, you go and help cook a few sugar water eggs for Aunt Qing." ”
"Good!" Ximei smiled and took the food from Tian Mao's wife, and said enthusiastically: "I'll help you do something!" You accompany our mistress and the girl. ”
Tian Mao's wife twitched, laughed embarrassedly, and led Xie Shi and Tian Youwei inside, Shao Jing walked to the door and didn't go in, and obediently guarded outside.
Everyone was amazed: "This little boy is from a family of scholars and understands the rules." ”
Aunt Qing was groggy, the baby was crying quietly on the side, Xie touched his hand, the quilt was cold, and the child was also cold, so he said, "What's the matter!" ”
A group of people were busy for a long time, and finally settled Aunt Qing, fed two more sugar water eggs, and then invited the nursing woman in the village to come and feed the baby.