Chapter 5: The Qiao Family
Qiao Sanxiu carried a hoe today and followed Daddy Qiao and Qiao Dadong to play corn stalks for a day, and his two arms seemed to be not his own. At this moment, holding Qiao Lao Niang, he opened his mouth to plead with Jin Lao Niang and said:
Mother, I threw off my arms and worked all day today, and now the pain is terrible, and it must be red and swollen. Mother, you talk to your father, let me break corn in front with my mother and sister-in-law tomorrow.
When Zheng heard this, he pursed his lips secretly, looking down on Qiao Sanxiu a little, and thought in his heart: This third uncle is going to be lazy and slippery again, and he is not ashamed to do the same work as the women.
As soon as Mrs. Jin heard Qiao Sanxiu say that her arm hurt, she felt distressed, and she was about to press Qiao Sanxiu when she got started. Qiao Sanxiu dodged and said:
Mother, don't press it, the more you press it, the more it hurts.
That's okay, my mother won't press it, go home and boil some hot water, my poor Sanxiu, you won't resist the hoe tomorrow, follow your mother.
Mrs. Jin said with a mouth full of promise.
Mother, you're so nice-
Qiao Sanxiu said happily in a long tone.
When Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but get goosebumps.
Father Qiao heard the words of Jin Lao Niang and Qiao Sanxiu in front of him, coughed lightly, and said:
This can't work, Sanxiu has just worked, it's all like this, and after working for a long time, it's fine. You can't get used to him so much, how old you are, if you don't learn to do farm work, what will you do to support yourself in the future.
Wednesday Show is twenty years old, and in ordinary people's homes, she has married a wife and had children, and in Qiao's family, Qiao Lao Niang still treats this old son as a child. He has been weak since he was a child, and he has not been allowed to do any work for all these years, and this year is the first time he has come out to do farm work with the people of the Qiao family. After only one day, he cried out for bitterness.
Daddy Joe paused, and then said:
I was still looking forward to the second child to have a chance and come back with a fame, so that our family will have something to rely on, Daddy Qiao said this, and sighed again, the second child has been gone for a few years, it is counted as six years, I still remember that when the little girl was two years old, the second child left, and the second child is now eight years old, so the second child has been gone for six years, people say, our second child died of illness outside, I didn't believe it before, and now it's been so long, I have to believe it. It's time for us Sanxiu to learn to do some work.
I don't care, even if the second child doesn't come back, I raise our Sanxiu, Sanxiu has been weak since he was a child, and he can't do heavy work, if it weren't for you, a dead old man, who has been talking in my ear, how could I be willing to work in the field.
You, you, a loving mother and a child.
When Father Qiao heard Mrs. Qiao say this, his beard shook angrily.
It's because you don't have the ability to burden my son.
Mrs. Qiao didn't say a word, obviously more imposing.
Qiao Sanxiu took the opportunity to lift his clothes, revealing a piece of redness and swelling on his arm, and said:
Mother, look at it, isn't this arm red and swollen, it hurts when you touch it.
Oh, my old son is suffering, no one is allowed to speak, tomorrow Sanxiu will follow me, he can't work, I'll do more, see who dares to chew the root of the tongue.
Mrs. Qiao made the final decision.
Although Zheng was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to choke with Mrs. Jin, Qiao Dadong never cared about these things at home, he only knew how to work with his head bored, so he naturally didn't say anything, Father Qiao sighed again, seeing that he couldn't say anything about Mrs. Qiao, he didn't speak, and walked forward quickly, looking at that, it seemed that he didn't want to go with Mrs. Jin.
Father Jin sped up, and Qiao Dadong also sped up to keep up.
Mrs. Qiao saw it and scolded again:
Leave him alone, let's go ours.
After Mrs. Jin finished speaking, she asked Zheng again: Jinbao, where is Sai'er?
Jinbao School was on vacation, and after staying at home for a while today, I went to play with the youngest son of Zhao's sister-in-law's house next door, and Sai'er took a needlework basket to Zhang Ni's house to do needlework.
Zheng replied
Mrs. Qiao snorted, and the three of them walked home together, and when they saw Qiao Dadong in the courtyard, Mrs. Jin asked:
Where's your dad?
Dad said he wouldn't eat and went back to his room.
Usually, Qiao's family went down to the field and came home to take a short rest and eat. The meal was prepared by Zheng Shi when he went home early.
Mrs. Jin listened and said:
Let's eat ours, regardless of him.
After speaking, he walked to the kitchen first, Qiao Sanxiu followed, Zheng saw it, and was ready to go up to serve his mother-in-law for dinner.
Dad, Mom, we're back.
Qiao Jinbao walked in front, and Qiao Sail followed into the courtyard together
Qiao Sailer has a plump figure, wearing a white silk jacket, a gauze green silk skirt, and a pair of small earrings, although she is not as good as the daughter of a big family in the city, but she is already outstanding in this Qiaojiazhuang.
The more Zheng looked at Qiao Sai'er, the more he liked it, and said:
Our Sai'er really grew up, and greeted Qiao Jinbao again, Qiao Sai'er said:
Wash your hands, your milk is back, let's eat.
Got it.
Qiao Jinbao and Qiao Sail all agreed-
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Qiao Ruyi woke up and heard the movement outside, knowing that it was Qiao's family who came back from outside, but why didn't she hear Qiao Laixing, Qiao Ruxin's voice, Qiao Ruyi listened for a while, got up from the bed in doubt, came to the yard, and saw a man in the yard who was cleaning up the hoe, Qiao Ruyi had the memory of the original owner, and knew that this person was her uncle, Qiao Ruyi asked:
Uncle, you're back, come to Xing, what about Ruxin, are they back?
Oh, yes.
Qiao Dadong heard Qiao Ruyi ask him, so he replied,
Laixing, Ruxin and the two of them are still working in the field, and your grandmother said that they should fill the back basket and come back.
There are three sheep in the backyard of Qiao's house, Qiao Ruyi's sister and brother are responsible for beating sheep grass, Qiao Lao Niang stipulates that each person should fill a basket every day, they used to be full and returned late when they were not full, and I want to come this time too.
Qiao Ruyi nodded. After standing in the doorway for a while, he went back to his room.
in the kitchen of the main room
Qiao Lao Niang and Qiao Sanxiu sat together, Qiao Jinbao and Qiao Sai'er also sat around Qiao Lao Niang, Qiao Dadong sat together, and Zheng sat on the edge of the dining table, serving food for a while, and serving Qiao Lao Niang for a while. A few people are eating like this, as for the three sisters and brothers in the second room, Daddy Qiao will take care of them on weekdays, but now Daddy Qiao stayed in the room and didn't come out, Daddy Qiao automatically ignored them, not to mention the Zheng family, Niang Qiao was full, so she put down the chopsticks in her hand and commanded:
Keep the rest of the meal warm in the pot and eat it when your dad comes out hungry.
Got it
Zheng agreed
After Mrs. Qiao finished speaking, she said to Wednesday Xiu:
Sanxiu, let's go, my mother will go to your house, and I will compress your arm with hot water.
Okay, mother, let's go-
Qiao Sanxiu agreed, and helped Mrs. Qiao back to the house.
Qiao Sai'er watched the two go to the west house of the main house with some envy, and said to Zheng:
Mother, Zhang Ni has her own room, her daughter is so big, and she has a room with her mother, and it makes people laugh when she says it-
Qiao Saier is fifteen years old this year, and she should be ready to say goodbye, Zheng has pampered this only girl since she was a child, and has never let her do a little heavy work, she takes a needle and thread every day, and wants to tell her daughter that she is a good family, Qiao Saier is also a high-hearted person, and she wants to marry a big family, but the side rooms of the family are two rooms inside and outside, Qiao Saier and Zheng live in one, Qiao Dadong and Qiao Jinbao live in the outer room, Qiao Saier has long been dissatisfied, the little sisters around her have their own boudoir, which Qiao Saier is not good to the sisters, I didn't dare to invite my sisters to play at home.
We have a lot of family and few houses, and you don't know it
Zheng said.
Joselle said unwillingly:
Mother, you see that Qiao Ruyi's sisters and brothers still live in two houses, and I can't compare to Qiao Ruyi and them now.
What do you compare with them, they don't have a father or a mother, do you want to compare with them? In the future, those who are far away from the three sisters and brothers will not mention the people in the house.
Because of what happened today, Zheng didn't want to hear others mention Qiao Ruyi at all, but now that he heard Qiao Sai'er, he threw away such a sentence lukewarmly, so he packed up the table and went to give Daddy Qiao a hot meal.
Qiao Sai'er looked at Zheng with some suspicion, on weekdays, no matter what she said Qiao Ruyi, Zheng had to come up and scold Qiao Ruyi, no matter whether it was good or bad, in Zheng's mouth, there was no good thing, why did she look at Zheng now, as if she had a feeling of not being able to dodge, Qiao Sai'er looked at Qiao Jinbao again, Qiao Jinbao was afraid that Qiao Sai'er would ask him something, so he hurriedly put the chopsticks on the table and said:
I ate and went back to sleep.
After Qiao Jinbao finished speaking, he raised his legs and walked outside, Qiao Sai'er intuitively felt that there must be a reason for this, so he followed Qiao Jinbao up.