Chapter 25: The Frightened Child
There was a spectator who was familiar with Fang Jie on weekdays, so he laughed and quipped, "Fang Gongzi is handsome and incomparable, and he actually provokes a woman to make noise on the street, compared to Song Yu Pan'an in ancient times." ”
Fang Jie shook his head helplessly, hugged his fists and said with a smile, "Brother Wu, don't make fun of your little brother, it's the hardest thing to accept the grace of a beauty." ”
The businessman surnamed Wu and the surrounding spectators all laughed and turned around to do their own things.
It wasn't until the crowd dispersed that Fang Jie accepted the smile on his face, muttered slightly for a moment and instructed the little guy behind him, "Dongzi, go and inquire where the strictest upbringing in this city lives?" In addition, pick two fine brocades and send them to the peony girl. ”
The little guy was thin, with a pointed face and round eyes, and a pair of eyeballs that turned quickly, and he looked like a ghost. Hearing this, he immediately responded, but his feet did not move, and he asked, "Childe, you should go down at both ends, which one are you going to tomorrow?" ”
"I'm not going anywhere!" Fang Jie snorted coldly, turned around and left.
The little guy stuck out his tongue and hurriedly trotted to run an errand, his own son was really annoyed this time, if the errand was not done well, this anger would burn his head.
Pu Cao didn't know that it was just the kung fu of the front and back feet, so he missed such a good show. So much so that after a long time, because of this incident, there were a lot of turmoil, and she finally practiced countless 360-degree rotations on the soft @ meat on someone's waist, of course, this is all a later story.
Dr. Liu is a very responsible person, and when he got up in the morning, he took Angelica to grasp the medicinal materials and subcontract them to sort them out.
After Pucao and Chunni bought it back, they carefully explained some details that needed attention to the two of them, and finally grabbed two herbs for Pucao, and said that every time they boiled bone broth, they put some more tonic for the body.
Chunni and Pu Cao thanked each other one after another, especially Pu Cao, in her previous life, she had seen a lot of doctors who wore white clothes but pretended to be demonic hearts, and now compared with the medical ethics of Dr. Liu, they all want to send Dr. Liu to modern times, so that those cold-blooded animals with no name are ashamed to death.
Therefore, when paying for the consultation fee and medicine, Pucao took the initiative to add two more dollars, which was regarded as everyone's accommodation expenses. Dr. Liu insisted on not accepting it, and said with a smile that they were all surnamed Liu's family, and they were more than three points closer than others, and it was no longer appropriate not to give medicine, let alone charge more for consultation.
After saying this, the eyes of a big man like Liu Housheng turned red, and an outsider like Dr. Liu treated him so well just because he had the same surname, and then thought about the pair of ruthless parents at home, his heart was even more sour.
Angelica's little medicine boy is still a child's heart, and when he got the big bought back by Pucao, he smiled happily, wrapped around Pucao, patted his chest and promised to help save horse manure. Pu Cao smiled and said, next time I will bring him some delicious food.
Sure enough, Angelica's little head nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and asked them again and again when they would come. provoked Dr. Liu to blush and couldn't see it, stretched out his hand to beat this useless apprentice, Angelica scurried around, causing everyone to laugh.
For a while, Liu Housheng was carried into the ox cart, and everyone said goodbye to Dr. Liu's master and apprentice, and finally set foot on the way home.
The autumn breeze is as cool as a day, Pucao is worried that winter will arrive early, and she has no intention of watching the scenery while sitting in the car, thinking about how much work she still has to be busy.
However, Chunni and his wife felt that they would have a life to rely on in the future, so they went to the sad look when they came, and whispered together with their heads next to each other, and occasionally turned their heads to see Pucao like this, Chunni pulled her and smiled, "Don't worry, there are carpenters in my mother's village, and the craftsmanship is not bad, we can invite us to start work tomorrow, and we will be able to finish it before the snow." ”
When the two villagers on the side, Uncle Kong Liu and Uncle Li Jiu, heard this, they naturally asked the carpenter what to do, and Pucao did not hide it, so he said that he wanted to build an adobe house and grow vegetables in winter.
Kong Liu and Li Jiu's eyes widened in shock, and they stopped for a long time before coughing twice, and persuaded, "It's a big winter day here, if the gables of the house are thin, it is easy to freeze people to death, let alone the vegetable seedlings." Pucao should save some effort and plant buds in spring next year. ”
Pu Cao knew that the two of them were kind, and she was not angry, and said with a smile, "The words of the two uncles make sense, and I know this." However, in front of Li Zheng and the elders that day, I promised to prepare a dowry for the peach blossoms and for your brother to go to school, and I only hoped that the two acres of bud valley land would not succeed, so I had to think of some other way out.
Besides, it's not hard to build a house out of adobe. Even if it doesn't work, it's just a waste of firewood, and if it does, even if it costs a few hundred dollars, it will be more generous. ”
As soon as Kong Liu and Li Jiu heard this, they knew that she had made up her mind, and being so busy was also for the sake of her uncle and sister-in-law, and this thought was excellent. So he stopped persuading each other, thinking that there was no rush at home, and he ate so many good meat and vegetables last night, so he said, "That helper will be our share, and when the time comes, we will just shout." ”
Pucao was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.
Dong Si was also worried while flicking the whip to drive the old cow, and he didn't listen to everyone's conversation at all. He originally promised his daughter-in-law, went up to the mountain to hunt good skins and sold them for silver, and pulled a piece of flower cloth for her to make a cotton jacket, and the old lady also shouted to weigh some fine noodles and steamed jujube steamed buns for the New Year, and the two younger sons were also looking forward to the New Year's firecrackers a few months in advance.
It's a pity that he was delayed for two days because he came back with a son on his back, and he couldn't catch up with the hunting team in the village anymore, and it was too dangerous for him to enter the mountains by himself, so he could only disappoint the family.
Thinking of returning home, the daughter-in-law and the old lady must be nagging, and the child will cry, and his heart will be on fire, and he can't wait for this mountain road to have no end.
Liu Housheng was lying beside him, and he could hear him sighing secretly, and wanted to tell him about the wood-cutting business, but because of the large number of people, it was difficult to speak, so he had to endure all the way.
Finally waited until the ox cart entered the entrance of the village, Kong Liu and Li Jiu jumped out of the car and went home, and then he pulled Dong Si's shirt and told him what had been discussed last night.
Although the mountain col where Nangou Village is located is surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is not a high mountain range, at best it is only a small mountain bag more than ten zhang high. Rabbits and pheasants run all over the mountain, but there are not many wild beasts such as foxes or wolves, which is why the people in the village have to go far for autumn hunting.
Of course, there are occasional exceptions, just like the black bear that raced with the grass some time ago, and I don't know where it came from.
However, Xiaoshan Bao also has the advantage of Xiaoshan Bao, that is, there is no shortage of firewood. What dwarf pines and shrubs can be seen everywhere, and there are even large dead trees in the east mountain, which are very easy to cut down.
Dong Si heard that this errand was close to home, and the entry was not bad, so he was naturally happy, so he took it with a polite sentence, and drove the ox cart to the back street with a smile.
When the neighbors saw them coming back, they all gathered to ask a few questions, and Pu Cao couldn't talk about Liu's family affairs, so he jumped out of the car to help open the courtyard door.
Chunni hated her in-laws for being ruthless, and she didn't show mercy in her mouth, bluntly saying that because she was sent to the hospital too late, she would be disabled in the future and couldn't do heavy work.
Everyone didn't know what their husband and wife and Pu Cao were planning, so they thought that this small family that had just been separated would be completely hopeless in the future, and they all persuaded and helped to come up with ideas, saying that in the future, they would go to the city to do a small business or learn a trade that did not require effort, and they would not be hungry.
There is also the little daughter-in-law who is good friends with Chunni on weekdays, and she is outspoken, holding grievances for Chunni and her family, and whispering, "You don't have to be filial to your in-laws in the future, how can there be such a ruthless father and mother in the world, who don't save their son for a few big bucks." ”
Aunt Chen next door remembered that she was also an eccentric child on weekdays, so she sighed, "This person is old, and there is no reason to talk about it." ”
Everyone was about to speak again, Pu Cao had already opened the courtyard door, the ox cart entered the courtyard, and Dong Si helped carry Liu Housheng to the kang. When everyone saw him, they praised him for being a righteous person, which made Dong Si blush, and hurriedly said goodbye to return the ox cart.
Then the crowd gossiped a few more words, and they all dispersed.
Peach Blossom and Shanzi heard the movement in the back garden and ran over frantically, grabbing the placket of Pucao's clothes. Pu Cao looked at the mud spots on their bodies and asked, "But are you playing with mud in the back garden?" ”
The two children shook their heads and said, "We helped the second brother take off the grass." ”
Sensible children love everyone, Pu Cao smiled and kissed one by one, then found the oil paper in the basket and wrapped it out, carefully took out two sugar pigs and sugar roosters, and said with a smile, "This is a reward for good children." ”
The two children's little faces were happy, but they immediately darkened again, and even moved their little feet back.
Their abnormal appearance made Pu Cao suspicious, so she squatted down and asked, "Peach Blossom, Shanzi, what's wrong with you, but who bullied you?" ”
Shanzi turned his head and peeked at Peach Blossom, pouted and didn't speak, but Peach Blossom had red circles in her eyes and whispered, "No, sister-in-law." We don't want sugar people, let's go home. ”
Pu Cao felt even more strange when she heard this, so she took the two of them in her arms and pretended to be sad and said, "Peach Blossom and Shanzi don't kiss my sister-in-law anymore, I'm really sad." I bought the candy man and hugged it carefully all the way, but people didn't like it yet..."After saying a few words, she lowered her head and began to cry.
"Like, like!" Shanzi and Peach Blossom didn't know that there was a fake, thinking that Pucao was really crying, so they hurriedly grabbed her neck and shouted, "Sister-in-law (sister) doesn't cry, we like it." ”
Pu Cao didn't look up and continued to sob, asking, "Then why don't you want sugar people?" ”
Peach Blossom hesitated for a moment and still didn't speak, but Shanzi said like a broken bean, "Aunt Liu said that my sister ran away and didn't want us anymore, thinking that we were a burden, and we only ate and didn't work." ”
When Pu Cao heard this, her two eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, and her heart was extremely angry.
Children are the most frightening, if they are not explained, it may be the root of a lifetime of disease. Especially for such children who have no father and mother since childhood, they are extremely insecure, and if they are scared and say that the people close to them are going to leave, it is like planting a bomb in their hearts, and they are worried and frightened at any time.
Sure enough, Peach Blossom's little hands trembled, and she asked cautiously, "Sister-in-law, I will only drink bud porridge and not eat cakes in the future, and I don't want sugar chips, sister-in-law, don't throw us away, okay?" Peach Blossom is obedient. ”
Shanzi also hurriedly promised, "Me too, sister, I don't eat cakes anymore, just drink bud grain porridge, two bowls..."