Chapter 17: Calling the Door in the Middle of the Night
Liu Housheng withstood everyone's gaze and moved the jar and basin to the ox cart, and just when he didn't know what to do, Pucao and Chunni finally returned.
Everyone wanted to ask a few questions, but they didn't know how to say much, so they nodded to Pucao with a dry smile for a while.
Chen Lizheng coughed twice and got into the ox cart, and said, "Let's hurry back to the village, if you delay any longer, you will be greedy for darkness." ”
Everyone answered, got into the car quickly, and hurried all the way out of the city to the south.
Liu Housheng deliberately fell last, and seeing that he was seven or eight feet away from the car in front, he hurriedly asked his daughter-in-law in a low voice, "Where did you get the money to buy so many things?" ”
Chunni looked at Pucao leaning on the clay jar, with a leisurely expression, without the intention of hindering, so she leaned on her man's ear with a happy face, and whispered, "Pucao negotiated a deal with a big restaurant, and they gave a deposit of twenty taels, so these items were added, and a small half of them were bought by Pucao for our family." ”
Liu Housheng was a simple person, and after listening to his daughter-in-law's words, he knew that this money was not obtained by Crooked Lu, so he no longer asked, but began to complain about his daughter-in-law, "We don't lack anything in our family, how can we let Pucao spend more money?" ”
Every time she mentioned this, Chunnier was full of resentment, pouted and retorted, "What is our family missing?" It's a shame that you said, our family lacks everything! When you moved, your mother didn't even let you bring the lampstand in the house, so you can't wait to grab the two clay bowls and two pairs of chopsticks. Not to mention the dustpan basket, I took my own sewing basket, and your mother rolled her eyes countless times, it was given by my sister-in-law..."
"Okay, okay," Liu Housheng regretted it very much, why did he provoke his daughter-in-law to turn over the old accounts again, and hurriedly said, "It's all in the past, let's not mention it, I will go up the mountain with Dong Si and them tomorrow, hunt more good furs and come back, let's sell the silver money and return it to Pucao Girl, their family is tighter, we can't help and it's not good to take advantage." ”
Chunni smiled again, and talked about what the two of them had bought, but after saying nothing all the way, everyone finally entered the village before dark.
Chunni and his wife helped unload all the things in Pucao, and Pucao still had to keep food, but Chunni took out the four steamed buns bought in the city, and said with a smile, "There is this delicious food, cut half a salted radish, even if you don't change the fast meat, who will drink your bud porridge." ”
Pucao laughed, pretended to be vicious and said, "Hmph, I'll stew meat tomorrow, see if you come!"
Everyone laughed, Chunni and his wife said goodbye and returned to their house, Pucao immediately bolted the courtyard door, led Shanzi and Peach Blossom to the house one by one, and said, "Remember not to open the door tonight!" ”
Shanzi and Peach Blossom are young and greedy, and they are looking forward to their sister-in-law bringing out good food, where will they not, and immediately promised, "I can't keep it!" ”
Pu Cao smiled and turned over two oily paper wraps in a rattan basket, the big one is six large white steamed buns, and the small one is a piece of yellow, orange and orange sugar tablets, mixed with cooked peanut pieces or cooked sesame seeds, before you eat it, you just use your nose to smell it and feel extremely sweet.
The two children cheered, and went up to grab a piece and bit it loudly, and Pucao, fearing that they would lose their teeth, told them to go and place the object.
Zhang Guier just put the buds and grains picked up during the day into a bag and moved them into the wing, and he was caught by Pucao, busy inside and out.
Pucao boiled a small half pot of hot water, grabbed a handful of bud noodles and boiled them into porridge, found two potatoes and shredded them, added green onions and fried them, and there were six white steamed buns, and the family ate with a smile.
As soon as she finished eating, Zhang Guier went back to the wing, Pu Cao was fetching water to wash the feet of the two children, when she heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard door, and the sound was so loud that it seemed to smash the door panel.
The two children shrank in fright, looked timidly at the window, Pucao frowned and comforted a few words, and then went out with the basin.
Zhang Guier also came out to visit, saw Pucao waving his hand, and heard the voice of the person outside the courtyard, immediately turned around and went back, and even blew the oil lamp quickly.
Pu Cao raised her eyebrows and smiled, this kid was suppressed by her for a month, and finally learned to have some eyes.
The man outside the door was still shouting, "Pucao, open the door!" It's just dark, why did you bolt the door, is there a ghost in your heart, afraid of people to say. ”
The coldness in Pu Cao's eyes became stronger, and he strode to the door with a basin of water, stood on tiptoe and raised his hand, and poured the basin of foot-washing water out of the door.
Second Uncle Zhang outside the door was the shouting Huan Shi, who was suddenly stunned when he was splashed with a basin of cold water on his head, and it took a long time before he jumped to his feet and scolded, "Who is it, who dares to splash cold water on me?" ”
Pu Cao said slowly in the door, "Ah, it turned out to be the second uncle, I thought it was a scoundrel who came to my door to make trouble, but I didn't expect the second uncle to come and smash the door of my nephew and daughter-in-law at night, this... I'm afraid it's unreasonable. If it spreads, the people in the village may not know how to arrange the second uncle.
Of course, the second uncle still has a bit of 'face', and he is not afraid of praise and criticism from the villagers, but I want to raise my head and be a man. Even if the second uncle is really in trouble, let's come back in a sunny day. ”
Zhang Lao and his wife originally heard someone report that Pu Cao had entered the city to do something unseemly, and got a large amount of money, they almost jumped up with joy, threw down their rice bowls and hurried over, and did not want to be halfway Zhang Er's aunt poured cold wind and had a stomachache, and went to behind someone's haystack, Zhang Ershu couldn't wait to run first, who knew that he was caught by Pu Cao, "Yu Reason is not agreeable", and poured a basin of foot washing water firmly.
He was so angry, and if he wanted to scold again, he was already without the arrogance just now, and when the cold wind blew, Lingling sneezed a few times, but he couldn't stand the cold, and turned around and left.
It happened that Aunt Zhang's second aunt trotted over, and when she saw him like this, she said, "Why is this body wet, is that little prostitute doing it, I will sue Lizheng's house tomorrow to see who will say good things for her!" ”
Second Uncle Zhang was so cold that he shivered, and scolded while sneezing, "You stupid woman... Ahh Why did you come, lazy donkey... Ahh There is a lot of feces and urine on the lazy donkey! ”
Aunt Zhang was a little aggrieved and muttered, "I saw that the firewood of the Liu family was good, so I took two bundles and sent them home." ”
Second Uncle Zhang was so angry that he hurriedly ran home after kicking his daughter-in-law, and Second Aunt Zhang asked while chasing back, "Let's just forget it, don't settle accounts with that dead girl..."
Pu Cao leaned behind the door, and the noise of the two people who listened to it slowly disappeared with the night wind, so he straightened up, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and sighed softly, "Parents, you see how lively your daughter's life is now, and she is not lonely at all, so don't be sad and sad over there... It's that my daughter is not blessed, and I will definitely find a way to give birth to you in the next life, and I will give you back my daughter, marry a good man, and don't let you worry about it like before..."
Mingyue seemed to hear Pu Cao's whispering, sighed softly, and hid her face behind the clouds, and couldn't bear to see the tears on her face blown down by the wind...
Xu was blown by the wind last night, Pucao got up early and had a slight headache, and when she looked out the window, she was slightly white, and the rooster crowed only two or three times, so she simply was lazy for a while.
The two children on her side fell asleep soundly in front of her like little animals looking for warmth, their noses trembled slightly, and their shallow and long breaths blew on Pucao's face with a faint warmth, so that she couldn't help but soften her heart, and bent over to kiss them on the face.
The fate between people, sometimes it's really indescribable, let's just say Shanzi and Peach Blossom, the two children, Shanzi is in the village, there is no food or shelter, and he is bullied by naughty children. Peach Blossom had just died at the time of her mother and brother, and she was treated harshly by the second uncle's family all day long, and she couldn't eat enough and couldn't sleep well, but she tried her best to take care of Shanzi after knowing Shanzi, even if she went to her shack to drink porridge, she had to take Shanzi with her, and although Shanzi recognized herself as her sister, what she cared about most in her heart was Peach Blossom, that is, Zhang Gui's brother scolded her twice, and Shanzi had to rush up like a little tiger to protect Peach Blossom.
No one is the god of fate, and I can't tell if these two children will get married, separate, or resentment in the future, but now in this early childhood, there is such a friendship, and it is also a rare luck in life...
Peach Blossom turned over, stretched out her little hand and rubbed her nose, the middle coat on her arm was so old that she couldn't see the original color, and the edges were also worn out, Pu Cao quietly covered the quilt for her, and suddenly felt that her nose was sour, when she was so big, she was much happier than Peach Blossom, at least she had no shortage of food and clothing, and even better than ordinary children.
Although the father of the family only has a primary school education, he is a well-known almighty person in the village, with an active brain, when people follow the rules and regulations, he has built a greenhouse, and when the people in the village swarm to follow the trend, he changed to raise cows, and when raising cows became a trend, he changed to a chicken farm...
As the old saying goes, the first 30 years look at the father and respect the son, and the last 30 years look at the son and respect the father. Daddy is so shrewd and capable, leading the trend of getting rich, she, as a daughter, is naturally loved by the villagers, and Daddy is also her pride.
But then she was admitted to college, worked, and became more knowledgeable, and her father gradually became shorter in her heart. The father's nagging and the mother's urging even boreed her, and she once lied that she was busy and didn't want to go home.
Xu is God can't stand her being so unfilial, a car accident sent her to a different time and space, without relatives and no reason, no support, let her miss her father and mother every day, in order to atone for her previous sins...
It's a pity that even if she regrets everything, this miss can't travel through time and space after all, and she can only let her sigh swirl and fall in the empty room...
The rooster crow outside the window sounded one after another, Pucao came back to his senses, let out a long breath, quickly dressed and went to the ground, and started a busy day.
The soil in the corner of the yard was very soft, so she easily shoveled a small half basket, watered the water and mud, and smeared it directly on the edge of the pot.
Last night, Xin'an's big iron pot was dark and thick, and it made people like it when they looked at it, poured water and scrubbed it, smashed two big bones and threw it into it to boil, and when it came out of the taste, he scooped a bowl of fine noodles in the small jar, and carefully dialed some gnocchi the size of a fingernail.