Chapter 104: Temptation
Chunni took Li's second sister-in-law back home, and sure enough, the room was so cold that it was about to turn into frost. She was so anxious that she would hold firewood for a while, and then go to the charcoal to find a copper basin, and she was so busy that her feet didn't touch the ground.
Second sister-in-law Li was afraid that she would accidentally fall, and when she saw that the charcoal basin was finally lit, she grabbed the errand of burning the kang, settled her sister-in-law to sit down and rest, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you have to be careful in the first three months of this pregnancy, if you can be lazy, you can be lazy." Don't be frizzy like you used to be. When the child is born, no one will stop you if you want to go to the house and uncover the tiles. ”
Chunni blushed and said with a smile, "The second sister-in-law laughed at me again, I know it in my heart, but sometimes I forget about it when I get busy with my work." ”
The two aunts and sisters-in-law asked and answered like this when they talked about the recent affairs of the Lijia Village, and it was the time when it was lively, Chunni suddenly jumped off the ground and shouted, "Oh, how did I forget this!" ”
"What's the matter?" Second sister-in-law Li thought it was a big deal, and her heart also hung up.
I don't want Chunni to point to the empty kang tail and say, "At the beginning, we only divided two futons, one bed was taken to the greenhouse, and the other bed was moved to Pucao by me." If we don't bring it back, we'll have to sleep on the kang tonight. ”
"Then what are you anxious about, Pucao can still be greedy for the quilt and not return it, just go and bring it back in a while." Second sister-in-law Li stuffed a few bud grain straws into the stove pond, and said angrily, "When can my sister-in-law's temper change, I am always so surprised." ”
Chunni smiled bitterly, "Second sister-in-law, I'm worried about how a quilt can be enough for the four of us?" I'd better go find Pucao and think of a way. With that, she opened the door like a gust of wind and ran away.
Second sister-in-law Li thought about it carefully, so she didn't get up to stop her sister-in-law, but instead burned the fire while thinking about whether the men and children in the family were all eating hot meals at this time...
Pu Cao was eating happily around the snack box with her two children, and suddenly saw Chunni running out of breath, so she smiled and quipped, "How can your nose be better than the old yellow dog in the village?" Let's steal a few pieces of snack, why are you running in such a hurry? ”
When the two children heard their sister-in-law's funny words, they cooed and snickered, causing Chunni to glare at them with a red face.
She stepped forward and grabbed a piece of walnut crisp, and said vaguely while clicking and biting, "I didn't come here for a snack, I suddenly remembered just now, I don't have a quilt at home, how do I sleep at night?" ”
Pu Cao patted the dim sum dregs on his hands, and walked to the end of the kang to turn over the quilt. Although the family is much richer now, she really hasn't poured out these things, and she still covers a quilt with peach blossoms.
When it was full, she took her two children to cover a quilt, and she could only lend one bed to Chunni. And Chunni's mother and daughter plus two sisters-in-law, four adults are still a little reluctant to cover two beds of bedding, which is a little difficult.
"Otherwise, I'll go to Aunt Chen to borrow a bed." Chunni naturally knows Pucao's family background, and after pondering for a long time, only the Chen family gets along the closest.
Pu Cao shook her head, "The Chen family also has a large population, and I'm afraid that there is not much to do with quilts." That way, I can sleep with two children and get out of the same bed. The East House still has the cotton and cloth left over from last time, let's do it together and sew a new one. ”
"Freshly sewn quilt?" Chunni wiped the crumbs from the corners of her mouth indiscriminately, and said in agreement, "This method is good, my two sisters-in-law's needlework is fast and good." It's better for the two of us to wlot the cotton first, and when my sisters-in-law come, a few threads will be sewn up for one person. ”
Neither of them was verbose and procrastinating, and since they had made up their minds, they went to the East House and went to the East House to rummage through the remaining bales of cotton and two and a half horses of cotton cloth.
Peach Blossom and Shanzi grinned and accepted the snack box, and then ran to them and yelled for help. Pucao assigned them to help roll the cotton, and said that if the cotton is not well stretched, the quilt will not be warm.
The two children felt that they had a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, and their little faces were full of seriousness, and they always had to stretch the cotton in their hands to make it transparent before they were satisfied, which made Pucao and Chunni laugh secretly.
Li's second sister-in-law finished burning the kang, and after waiting for a long time and not seeing her sister-in-law come back, she turned off the lights and closed the door to find her. When they entered the house, they saw that the four of them were covered with cotton covered with kang, so he smiled and said, "The quilt is not enough, just make do with it for a night." Why do you need to sew a new quilt on the spot? ”
Pu Cao smiled, "Chunni and I are too lazy on weekdays, and we can't remember to sew quilts even if we have cotton cloth." Just today, while the sisters-in-law are here, hurry up and toss and toss. ”
When Li's second sister-in-law heard this, she smiled and said, "Oh, it turns out that you two lazy girls took the opportunity to catch us as strong laborers." ”
Pu Cao and Chunni both giggled, the three of them laughed, and their hands spread cotton neatly, and soon a quilt began to take shape.
Not to mention how lively the Zhang family's house was, just that the three members of the Liu family accompanied the smiling faces to send Mrs. Li's daughter-in-law out, and saw that they were gone. Old man Liu was immediately so angry that he kicked on the threshold, and Mrs. Liu also sat on the chair and beat her chest fiercely, shouting, "Oops, hey, I'm so angry, this Li family is really too deceitful!" What does it mean to have a son and be rich, and it has nothing to do with the Liu family? Ah, did he fall from the sky? ”
Old man Liu held the cigarette pouch and pot and slammed it on the table, cursing in a low voice, "I also said that the son will build a big tile house, build new furniture, and buy maids and hire long-term workers!" Phew! He doesn't look at who he is? Didn't you just show the Zhang family a vegetable shed, and really cocked your tail to the sky. ”
Mrs. Liu poured two mouthfuls of water and barely breathed her breath, and said, "It's no wonder that I didn't like him sulking when I was a child, he was a brute with a long head and bones!" I just made a few taels of silver, so I posted it to my father-in-law! He came out of my belly, and I didn't say anything if he wasn't filial, but it made Lao Li's family lose his temper, and he scolded our family. It's a pity that our family hasn't been angry with anyone for many years, and in the end, my daughter-in-law's family has been bullied. ”
Liu Shuisheng sat on the side and listened to his father's scolding like this, his eyes kept rolling, and he took the opportunity to interject and said, "Dad, you should agree with me about that matter now." On that day, I looked inside and outside the vegetable shed, nothing more than burning two stoves to keep warm, and the way of growing vegetables was no different from usual. The little widow of the Zhang family was afraid that she was planning to swallow this wealth alone, so she boasted that there was some secret method to deceive the people in the village.
Moreover, the eldest brother was not filial to his father and mother in the first place, and now that he has a child, you don't even want to take out those taels of silver from him. Or let's build our own vegetable shed to make money is serious, didn't you listen to Mrs. Li, the Zhang family threw out a dozen taels of cabinets, so generous, the silver collected from selling vegetables was not a hundred taels but also eighty taels.
When our family grows vegetables and earns money, our son also builds a new yard, hires maids to work long-term, and serves his father and mother like the old man and lady in the city. ”
Mrs. Liu was fascinated by the rich days depicted by her son, and her eyes narrowed with a smile, and she shouted several times with her son's heart and liver, and finally praised, "It's still my son's filial piety, and I will marry you a daughter-in-law when I earn money in the future, and when the time comes, I will give birth to a big fat boy, and my mother will give him a gold collar." ”
Old man Liu also listened to it lively, but he still hesitated a little, and responded, "You are not wrong in what you said, there is really nothing unusual about that vegetable shed." However, I am afraid that it will cost a lot of money to hit those iron stove barrels, and our family is not generous..."
Liu Shuisheng really wants to scold his father for being blind, and he is reluctant to invest capital if he wants to make money, how can it be so easy in the world.
"Dad, once our family grows vegetables, the silver will flow in like water, don't be reluctant to pay for these few taels."
Mrs. Liu also said, "That's it, his father, his son is thoughtful." You hurry up and get the money, and let your son go to Zhang Luo tomorrow. ”
Old man Liu was guilty of a temper twist, and he refused to touch his own silver, shouting, "I keep this silver for the elderly, and I must not touch it." Besides, the Zhang family didn't use their own money to build a vegetable shed at the beginning, and the second child also went into the city to find a restaurant to ask for silver. ”
Liu Shuisheng didn't wait to speak, but Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up, and she patted her thigh and smiled, "Oh, how did I forget this." Your father has a good idea, what is it called Fuguilou, wasn't he taken away by the little widow last time he came to buy vegetables? Second, you go to the shopkeeper Sun and keep the money he is willing to pay! ”
Liu Shuisheng saw that his father and mother had made up their minds not to move their own money, and they couldn't think about it, so they had to hum angrily.
Mrs. Liu was the most pampered child, and she couldn't see him like this, so she quickly opened the box and took half a string of copper coins and stuffed it into her son's hand, and coaxed, "When you go to the city tomorrow, you can buy two things if you see anything you like." ”
The corners of Old Man Liu's distressed eyes twitched, and he knocked the cigarette pouch and pot to count the old woman, "Just get a few dozen yuan, why do you give so much?" ”
Mrs. Liu glared and retorted, "I didn't touch the jar in the corner, I just took some copper coins to my son, so don't be picky." ”
When Liu Shuisheng heard this, his eyes immediately swept to the corner of the wall, and then quickly took it back, and continued to smile and please his mother...
Mrs. Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law rushed back with a shallow foot, and when they saw that the courtyard of the Liu family was dark, they turned into the Zhang family's house, and sure enough, their daughters and daughters-in-law were sitting on the kang and flying needles and threads.
Pu Cao sat directly facing the door, and when she saw them coming back, she hurriedly went down to the ground to pat the snowflakes on her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and then asked the kang head to warm up the two of them.
Under the agitation of cold and warmth, Mrs. Li sneezed twice without waiting to speak. Peach Blossom and Shanzi obediently pulled a small quilt with presser feet and covered the old lady's lap, which provoked the old lady to praise them vigorously.
Chunnier was anxious to know if her mother-in-law had quarreled with her in-laws, so she poked the needle and thread in her hand on the quilt, leaned over to her mother-in-law and asked, "Mother, did my mother-in-law say bad things about me and my son again?" Are you angry and scolding them? ”
Mrs. Li slapped her daughter, whose eyes were shining, and said angrily, "It's just in our own house, you can remember, even in front of your son, don't look like this." Save the gossip that you are not filial, and when the time comes, even our Dongmei will not be able to find a good mother-in-law. ”
"Oh, I know, mother, say it quickly." Where did Chunni have the patience to listen to her mother's nagging, urging one after another.
(I just secretly went to look at the book review area, haha, I was so happy that no friends scolded me for breaking the update.) I went out for a walk yesterday, and when I woke up today, my mind was much clearer.
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