Chapter 10: Not a Boy
Wei's anger is terrible, how can this old thing help Sister Qiu's Nizi to speak! But he didn't dare to talk back, the Mei family or the Mao family had the final say, so they could only lower their eyebrows and smile and say: "Mother, isn't this a joy for me?" After this period of time, you can do your work. ”
"You can't do work, where is your daughter dead? Tell her to wash it off, Yindi is two years older than Sister Zhiqiu! Wait for the reputation of the lazy ladies to spread, and look where they will hire her! "Mao's is ruthless, she can see it, as soon as Sister Qiu returns to the city, her face will be thicker, her mouth will be powerful, and her heart will be hard. If she continues to stay in the hall and doesn't come out, this poisonous Nizi will dare to hold the second daughter-in-law's pants and go around the whole village, so that all the men in the village will look at the crotch of the second daughter-in-law, and finally go to her eldest son's grave to mumble, then the face of the old Mei family will be lost, and the second daughter-in-law will not have the face to go out to meet people.
Mei Yindi, who was hiding in the west room to watch the excitement, didn't expect that she was being shot while lying down, and her milk actually asked her to do work, looking at Sister Qiu in the courtyard, Mei Yindi gritted her silver teeth in anger, and came back to eat their family and eat their home, and she didn't do any work!
"Milk." Sister Qiu shouted, "The second aunt is pregnant with a child, and she says that she has no taste in her mouth, and she wants to eat sesame oil and scrambled red eggs, so you can give my mother and mother red eggs." ”
The Mei family's red eggs are all controlled by Mao's, and there are seven or eight old hens in the chicken pen, and they can generally collect five or six red eggs a day, all of which are saved up and sold to the dealers who collect things in the village for some needles, threads, soy sauce and vinegar. In Sister Qiu's memories, it is the big cow and the second cow that are most favored by the Mao family, and they can only eat red eggs on their birthdays. Naturally, except for one person, that is Sister Qiu's uncle who is studying in the town, as soon as he comes back, he can eat red eggs as he wants.
"You want to eat sesame oil red eggs? I'll boil this old bone for you to eat, will you eat it? Mao's eyes were all wide open, good guys, she gave birth to a son, and she didn't dare to ask her mother-in-law for sesame oil and red eggs when she was pregnant, her daughter-in-law is going to become an immortal!
"Nope." Wei Shiqiang smiled, his face was white and red for a while, "I'm talking and playing with my sister-in-law, where are the people of Zhuanghu so particular, I'll just eat some pickled kohlrabi." ”
Mao's arm between the soles of his shoes, standing under the eaves of the house with his waist crossed, looked at Wei from above, looked down from his nose and eyes, and then said to the small kitchen: "Boss, daughter-in-law, what are you doing for a long time!" It's been a long time, and the next noodles are all bad, and it's better to raise you than a grass pig! ”
In the small kitchen, Jia's didn't dare to pick up the stubble, only speeding up the work in the palm, Sister Qiu also dried Aunt Mei'er's pants from the bamboo pole anew, and went into the cooking stove to burn the fire, the pot had already been boiled twice, she took another bud rice pole from the dry firewood pile, broke it into a few sections and stuffed it into the rice stove, so there was no need to add dry firewood.
In fact, her grandmother Mao is a smart person, Sister Qiu sat in front of the rice stove and looked at the Wangwang flame licking the bottom of the pot, and couldn't help but think that Mao's family attaches the most importance to male babies, because of the big cow and two cows, Aunt Mei's status in her heart is also a lot higher than Jia's, but today Aunt Mei is too troublesome, making her unhappy, after reprimanding Aunt Mei, she immediately scolded Jia's again, and the two daughters-in-law all scolded, and Aunt Mei's face was not so embarrassing.
Moreover, Ye Mei Lao Su is a quiet and honest Zhuang householder, the people in the village all say that Lao Mei Tou belongs to the type of "three sticks can't make a braised fart", the big and small things in the family are all Mao's master, Mao's illiterate country woman, has been to the farthest place is the town, but made the decision to send the eldest son Mei Liang to study, the original wealthy family is gradually like, and now it is provided for the son to study.
This is unthinkable to ordinary farmers. This is not the countryside of the 21st century, in the countryside in ancient times, children were all half laborers, reading could not help the family work, not to mention eating for nothing, and spending a lot of money.
In Sister Qiu's recollections, it was the Jiang family next door who had a solid family, and she only sent Lin Zhun to study private school for a year, and after recognizing a few words, she went home to help the family.
However, Mao is just a selfish and shallow village woman, she is irritable, she can say all the dirty words when she gets angry, her son and grandchildren are on the tip of her heart, and the daughters-in-law and grandchildren at home are all the objects of her anger, no matter whether others can bear it in their hearts or not, as long as she is angry and comfortable.
But if she has some kind love, she will not scold the Jia family for being rotten and Sister Qiu for being the mother of the poison Ke family less than two months after her son's death.
Sister Qiu was just in a trance, the cauldron had been opened for the third time, Jia Shi took a big iron basin to the rice stove, first used wooden chopsticks to dial a large number of noodles into the melon scoop, and then put them into the basin, the steaming heat of the noodles blurred Jia's face.
"Sister Qiu." In the steaming mist, Jia suddenly opened his mouth and said softly: "Don't mess with your second aunt and your grandmother later, the elders don't have your part in talking." ”
Looking at Jia's almost begging look, Sister Qiu bit her lip, like Jia's blindly can't bear it at all, is the second family a reasonable and face-saving person? Sister Qiu said softly: "Mother, the second aunt oppresses us!" If I don't say anything, she will oppress even harder. ”
"You...... Why don't you understand? Jia Shi said with a loud voice, although Sister Qiu is a girl, but it is also her only flesh and blood, she is careful of the pain of the flesh, she doesn't want to tell Sister Qiu a lot, the truth is too cruel for a 10-year-old child, but Sister Qiu entered the city, her temperament became so big, and when she came back, she was milked, her second aunt choked, and she didn't want to bow her head, she didn't speak clearly to her, what to do backwards!
Sister Qiu raised her eyes and looked at Jia Shi in surprise, "I don't understand anything?" ”
Jia Shi wiped his eyes and said softly: "Sister Qiu, I know that your heart hurts your mother, but think about it, you didn't earn any money when you came back, and you still have to eat at home, can your second uncle and second aunt be happy?" If you choke them again, won't the life of our mother and son be even more difficult? "Don't let me annoy the Wei family, and I sold Sister Qiu with Mei Tang.
Sister Qiu looked at the sad Jia family, she thought that she was really too cowardly, was she bullying the Mao family like this? No, it should have been influenced by my father, who was no longer alive. In Mei Xiucai's eyes, the son is the one who inherits the Mei family's business, the eldest Niu and Er Niu in the second family are the heirs of the Mei family, and her sister Mei Qiu is not a descendant of the Mei family at all. Therefore, Mei Xiucai died, and the old family broke their roots, and the Jia family, who had no son for a long time in a state of inferiority and timidity, in his thoughts, actually felt that he and Sister Qiu were eating the Mei family's food for nothing, and they had to eat depending on the face of the second Mei family who had a son.
"I have arms and legs with you, and you do more work in our family than anyone else, why do I have to look at the faces of my second uncle and aunt when I eat at home?" Sister Qiu asked softly, looking at Jia's disapproving face, Sister Qiu opened her mouth again and blocked Jia's words, "My father is dead, but am I not my father's only child?" Am I not from the Mei family? If the father dies and the daughter is not allowed to eat the family's food, are the daughters who have lost their fathers like me all go out to beg for food? I am my father's only child, my father has no son, I represent my father, and no one has a reason to eat for me. Mother, you all feel that I eat the family's food for nothing, and the second uncle and the second aunt can still be polite to me? Mother, you are the only one left in the family who can protect me, if you don't get up hard, where will others look at me? ”
Jia Shi was stunned, and the big iron gourd in her hand fell into the pot with a clatter, floating on the thick noodle soup, and no one had ever told her about it. She married into the Mei family for ten years, but she didn't give birth to a son, she has never been able to raise her head and be a man, her face is gone, she is doing it all her life, and she doesn't dare to eat enough. When her husband died, she felt that she was even more like a heavenly arhat, and she harmed her husband to death, and she didn't even have a person who broke the pot to help the spirit, for this reason, no matter how viciously her mother-in-law scolded her, she suffered it all, and no matter how much bitter tears she swallowed in the field.
But what Sister Qiu said today seemed to wake her up, and a little light seemed to flash in her dizzy mind, Xiucai is gone, Sister Qiu represents Xiucai, she is a cow and a horse in the Mei family, tired and tired, why does Sister Qiu have to look at the face of the second child when she eats? When Xiucai is here, what kind of thing isn't the two boys of the second family first? If she is not a mother, who is not tough, who will look up to Sister Qiu?
"Eldest daughter-in-law, why hasn't the food been good yet? What are you grinding! Mao's roar of anger came from the hall, and Jia called back Mao's sharp voice, and hurriedly walked into the hall with a large pot of noodle soup.
Sister Qiu moved a stone next to the rice stove and blocked it at the mouth of the rice stove, and in less than a moment, the fire in the rice stove will gradually be extinguished to prevent the fire from burning and drying the bottom of the pot. After doing this, Sister Qiu picked up the stack of dishes that had been washed on the board and followed Jia to the hall.
It seems that this mother in her life is not a completely cowardly person, at least she obviously listened to Jia's call just now, but she also doesn't expect Jia's to change from an inferior and cowardly woman to a spicy and fierce strong woman in an instant, and the days are very long after all, and she has to rely on Jia's for her life, take her time.
Seeing his daughter-in-law come in with a big iron basin, Mao's face was a little better, and he still said: "It's not that people are urging, and you can't see it in your eyes when the family is waiting for dinner here!" On the contrary, she was not worried about Jia Shi and Sister Qiu stealing food in the small kitchen, although her eldest daughter-in-law could not give birth to a male baby and killed her eldest son, she was still relatively honest and would never dare to steal food behind her back.