Chapter 45: Scheming
Mei Laosuo is a quiet person, but it doesn't mean that he is a soft egg with no temperament, look at the virtue of Second Uncle Mei, he is not angry, he walked to him in a few steps, and raised his leg to the second Uncle Mei's cheek, "The cauliflower has not been cut yet, why do you rest?" ”
Realizing that his own father was really angry, Second Uncle Mei didn't dare to say anything anymore no matter how cunning he was, so he hurriedly got up and went down to the ground with a sickle, and said: "Isn't there a sister-in-law who is cutting......" As soon as he got off the ground, Second Uncle Mei saw the empty car, his eyes rolled, and he discussed with Mei Laosu with a smile: "Father, or I'll pull the car, you're old, I'll do this work." ”
Mei Laosu looked at the two little granddaughters who were busy moving to the car, and waved his hand and said: "You don't have to pull the car, you go to cut the cauliflower, it will rain immediately, and if you can't finish cutting the cauliflower in the ground, no one is allowed to go home." ”
Mei Tang doesn't know what kind of temper Mei Tang has, Mei Laosu knows, if Mei Tang pulls the car home to deliver cauliflower, he doesn't know when he can pull the car back, maybe he will go to where to be lazy.
As he spoke, a drizzle began to fall in the sky, and Second Uncle Mei couldn't do it, so he could only cut it from the ground. Jia Shi, who was bending down to cut the cauliflower, felt that the rain was falling on him, straightened up and looked at the sky, and couldn't help sighing, isn't this heaven embarrassing, and it will rain.
When the rain came down, the Mei family's cauliflower was almost cut, Mei Laosuo pulled the final cart of cauliflower to the house, Sister Qiu and Jia Shi helped push it in the back, and the tired Heng Heng of Mei's second uncle chirped, saying that he couldn't walk alone, and he wanted to lead Di to help him walk back.
As soon as a group of people arrived home, it was dark, and the braised thunder came from above the dark clouds, Mei Laosuo unloaded the rapeseed into the hall, and saw that Mao had knocked out a part of the rapeseed, and the black and thin face couldn't help but smile, and sighed: "Fortunately, our family came in time, I looked at those people who had a lot of land, and I was afraid that the rain would take away the rapeflower." ”
When a rainstorm blows, the rapeseed that is already ripe will be washed into the ground by the rain, and the harvest will be soaked, and even if the harvest is won, it will not be able to recover the loss.
Jia took Sister Qiu back to the East House, sat on the edge of the kang to rest, their hair and clothes were all wet by the rain, Sister Qiu did not change her clothes, Jia took her old clothes for Sister Qiu to change into, and dissolved Sister Qiu's braids and wiped her hair. At this time, I heard someone by the door say, "Sister-in-law, have you just come back from the field?" ”
Jia Shi and Sister Qiu raised their eyes and saw that the person who spoke was Aunt Chunhua, who had come over wearing a hat, and the rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the rain was pouring down her hat.
"Eh, come in." Jia Shi beckoned, "It's raining outside, why are you here?" ”
Aunt Chunhua glanced at Sister Qiu, who had dissolved her hair, Xiao Nizi was originally white and weak, and her wet black hair was attached to her scalp, and her pair of black grape-like eyes were even bigger. Aunt Chunhua reluctantly smiled at Jia's and said, "Sister-in-law, you will come to my house later, there is something ......"
Mao, who came out of the hall to go to the toilet, saw Aunt Chunhua standing by the door of the east house, and when she came over, she happened to listen to Aunt Chunhua'er's words, and asked casually: "What's the matter?" ”
Mao's voice was sharp and sharp, startling Aunt Chunhua.
"Nothing." Aunt Chunhua said with a smile, "Last year, I rushed to the market to buy a few flowers, just opened it, the paper for the mouse to gnaw off a large piece, sister-in-law needlework is good, and the hand is skillful, so I want to find my sister-in-law to see if I can draw and make up." ”
"People who sell flowers rely on this place to eat, so where is it easy to make up? Let's go, hurry back, and immediately cook rice. Mao preached that the Jiang family had a good life, and Chunhua was a vulgar and spicy woman, so she thought that she gave the Jiang family three points of thin noodles.
Jia Shi hurriedly responded with gratitude, asking Chunhua to go back first, and she came over after picking it up.
"Mother goes to your Aunt Chunhua's house, you are waiting for your mother at home." Jia Shi said that it was raining heavily outside, and she was afraid that Sister Qiu would be small and get sick from the rain.
When Sister Qiu heard this, she immediately tied up her hair and jumped off the kang, "Mother, I'll go with you." "You can describe the appearance of flowers at any time, Aunt Chunhua is not selfish, people who love to take advantage, it is raining this time, it doesn't matter, Aunt Chunhua will definitely not ask Jia's to go through the rain at this time.
Seeing that the girl insisted on following her, the Jia family couldn't, so she went to the West House, where the food and kitchen utensils were placed, and found the broken reed hat that Sister Qiu had gone to deliver water to the fields last time, put it on for Sister Qiu, and went to Jiang's house.
At that time, the Jiang family will all be sitting in the hall. Seeing that Jia Shi was coming over with Sister Qiu, Lin Zhun stood up and moved the two boards over, and beckoned: "Uncle Mother, Sister Qiu, you sit." ”
Seeing that the Jiang family had a solemn expression, the Jia family had some kind of bad premonition in their hearts, and asked Aunt Chunhua with a smile, "Chunhua, didn't you ask me to paint the appearance of the flowers?" ”
Aunt Chunhua shook her head, looked at Sister Qiu who was standing beside Jia's side, sighed, and said: "Dayin went to find Sister Qiu to play in the afternoon, all of you are not at home, he listened to the eldest aunt in the hall and told Sister Qiu and her uncle that the current harvest is not good, and when the wheat is harvested, he will sell Sister Qiu, and the money from the sale will be reserved for her uncle to study." ”
As soon as Jia's legs were weak, he was about to fall to the ground, Lin Zhun was quick to see and move, stood up and helped Jia's to sit on the pestle, and Sister Qiu left and right.
"Great Yin, you, are you really listening?" Jia's arms, legs and feet were weak, his teeth were fighting, and he trembled and grabbed the clothes of the big seal, and asked.
Dayin nodded solemnly, his face bulging, "Listen, Uncle Mei said that he couldn't eat enough in the school, and Grandma Mei said that she would sell Sister Qiu when the wheat was harvested, and she would change to a human seller, she thought that Lu Ya was not a good seller, and said that Sister Qiu was the daughter of an old Xiucai, and her value could be high." ”
Jia Shi hugged Sister Qiu and was all trembling, her face was pale, and she only cried for a long time, and her voice was intermittent, and she couldn't breathe, "Why is she ...... That's ruthless...... During these days, she didn't feel sorry for our mother...... I think she's getting better......"
Aunt Chunhua helped Jia Shi and persuaded: "Airong, no matter how hard you are in your heart, it is useless, that old lady only has her son in her eyes, and she doesn't care about anything else." Now you are in a hurry to think of a way, how to leave Sister Qiu behind, and you can collect food at the end of the month. ”
Jia stopped crying, wiped the tears on her face, and hugged Sister Qiu tightly, as if in the next quarter of an hour, Mao would rush in and take away her daughter and sell it, but Jia was just a village woman who had no knowledge, and usually suppressed her mother-in-law.
Sister Qiu raised her palm to wipe away Jia's tears, and said softly: "Don't worry, mother, don't you have a month, think about it slowly, there is always a way." ”
She is really very nostalgic for the world where the gutter oil walked sideways in her previous life, at least in that world, the daughter-in-law can fight back if she beats her mother-in-law, and if the grandmother dares to sell her granddaughter, she will have to go to prison to eat prison food.
"I'll go to find Lizheng, I'll go to Liulou to find Sister Qiu and her aunt......" Jia Shi said fiercely, "There is always someone who can say something fair." ”
Lin Zhun entered the door lightly, brought Jia a bowl of steaming sucrose water, happened to listen to Jia's words, shook his head and said, "Uncle and mother, I'm afraid this method is useless." It is the housework of the Mei family that Mei Milk wants to sell Sister Qiu, and Li Zheng is talking to the Mei family's aunt and grandmother whether they are outsiders, and they can talk about it, but they can't control it, and Mei Milk will not listen. Li Zheng can manage once or twice, no matter how much he bothers him, he is afraid that he is also unwilling to get involved in other people's housework, and Aunt Mei of Liulou has been married for decades, and she is not a member of the Mei family at all, not to mention that the relationship between the Mao family and Liulou's aunt and grandmother is not good, and it is like fire and water, and she will never listen to the words of the sister-in-law who got married.
Jia Shi hugged Sister Qiu and choked, her eyes were red, "If she dares to sell Sister Qiu, I will hang myself by the door of her house, and I will ......"
Hearing this, Sister Qiu's heart throbbed, and she hugged Jia Shi with her backhand, "Mother, don't talk nonsense." ”
Jia Shi was originally a person who was good to the point of cowardice, obedient, and didn't know how to take revenge on a disgusting person, the most vicious and fierce method she could think of was nothing more than to fight with her own life, pathetic and pitiful.
Lin did and Lin Laosu were also emotional, and Qi brushed and persuaded: "Mrs. Old Xiucai, if you want to open a little, Sister Qiu is the only one left with you, if you have something, what should Sister Qiu do?" Who can protect her? Look at her milk, her uncle, all like jackals, tigers and leopards, don't tear her up? ”
Although the words are ugly, they can be described very appropriately, if the Jia family is gone, Sister Qiu, a 10-year-old girl, will be sold immediately. Don't talk about human rights and family affection with Mao, she only knows that she gave birth to Mei Lao Xiucai, and raised Sister Qiu and Jia for many years, Sister Qiu, as the only descendant of Lao Xiucai, even if she sells herself, it is not enough to repay her friendship with Sister Qiu's family.
Sister Qiu wiped Jia's face with her sleeve, Jia's only had a change of clothes to wear on her, and Jia's clothes are still wearing when she went to the field to work, and she has already been wet by the rain. Sister Qiu was a little sad, but at the same time she felt warm, although her grandmother and uncle were all going to sell her, at least there were so many people here who cared for her and spoiled her.
The big guy is worried about her fate, she is going to sell her own mother very soon, and she doesn't know where she will be sold, and since then she has been a slave and a maid, and her life and death are all in the mind of the master's family. She looks quite clean and neat, and she is good in a group of crop households, and she is very likely to buy it for Fengyue places, usher in it, and never see her relatives again in her life......
How can I get out of the Mei family?
Sister Qiu thought quietly, her expression was a little trance-like, but she became the calmest one among the people who cared for her, as if what everyone was discussing was not her business.