Chapter Seventy-Three: Hunting Birds by the River

The more he said this, the more angry he became, Li Zheng skimmed the cigarette pouch and was about to go down to the ground to put on his shoes and leave, Li Zheng Niangzi was also bluffed, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled his sleeve and said with a smile, "Master, why are you really annoyed?" It's not easy for me to pity their family, but I didn't say that you hurt others. You have been in charge of Lizheng for seven or eight years, who in the village doesn't say hello? I talked a lot today, so let's not talk about it in the future. ”

Seeing his daughter-in-law put down her body like this and admit her mistake, Li Zheng also lost most of his anger, and picked up the cigarette bag and pot again with a calm face and added tobacco leaves to it. Li Zheng Niangzi hurriedly moved the oil lamp over, Li Zheng lit it on the fire, took a few puffs, and then squinted his eyes slightly and said, "That's it, this Pucao may really have a rich life, you will go around more in the future." Quanzi and Peach Blossom's family affairs, if she also intends to agree, she will make a decision first. ”

Li Zheng Niangzi naturally responded with a voice, thinking that tomorrow is the day when Peach Blossom comes to learn embroidery, and she must teach her well, and this will be her own family in the future...

Peach blossom every two days with the lady to learn half a day's embroidery, this morning just after dinner, she picked up her own needlework and all kinds of cloth head, ready to rush to the village master house.

Shanzi also turned over his little hat and cotton gloves and came out, wanting to follow Peach Blossom. It's not that he also likes embroidery, but Lizheng has two good playmates at home.

In the past few days, the heavy snow has been falling frequently, and all families are afraid that the children will be naughty outside and catch the cold, so they are restrained and refuse to let them out of the house. There was a good opportunity to gather together today, so he naturally wanted to go and have a good time.

Pu Cao had some other plans in her heart, so she went to the wing room and called Zhang Gui'er and asked him to take his sister to Lizheng's house.

Zhang Guier also happened to want to share the good news of returning to school with Shengzi, so she happily agreed, carefully put the new set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone into a box and held it, and then took her sister out happily.

Shanzi was left by her sister and sat alone on the edge of the kang, so aggrieved that her little face was wrinkled.

Pu Cao looked funny, stepped forward to hold him in his arms and said, "My Shanzi will be seven years old in the New Year, and he is a little man." My sister now has something that she wants Shanzi to help with, but I don't know if Shanzi is willing to do it? ”

The six- or seven-year-old boy was the most hero-worshipping time, and when he heard his sister call him a little man, Shanzi immediately raised his little chest high, and promised one after another, "Shanzi is a man, Shanzi wants to help his sister work!" ”

"What a good boy!" Pu Cao kissed him heavily on the forehead, and said, "Well, Shanzi also knows that Second Uncle Peach Blossom's family always comes to bully our family, right?" ”

"Know, they're not good people! They bullied Peach Blossom and rolled all over the ground! Shanzi shook his small fist vigorously, his face full of disgust.

Pu Cao didn't want him to have a shadow of violence in his heart at a young age, so he quickly held his little hand in the palm of his hand, and said with a gentle smile, "Hitting people is a barbarian's practice, and our Shanzi is a good boy who is smart and polite, but we can't do that." My sister also hates Peach Blossom and her second uncle's family, so she came up with a good idea to make them suffer a big loss. They have learned a lesson, and they will not dare to bully people anymore. Shanzi help her sister, let's punish the bad guys together, okay? ”

Shanzi didn't understand the truth, but he was very happy to punish the most hated Second Uncle Zhang's family, clapping his hands and laughing, "Okay, okay, Shanzi wants to help." ”

"Then you promise your sister that this matter must be kept secret, and no one can say anything."

Shanzi blinked his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Can't you talk to Peach Blossom?" ”

"Can't tell!" Pu Cao shook her head, "No one can say it, otherwise Peach Blossom will be scolded by the second aunt in the future, and she will be bullied by Heiwa and Xiu'er!" ”

Shanzi frowned, hesitated for a long time between deceiving Peach Blossom and watching Peach Blossom being bullied, and finally made up his mind, "I don't want them to bully Peach Blossom, last time Brother Dog Leftover beat Peach Blossom's ass!" I'm going to punish them with my sister! ”

"Okay, Shanzi is so good!" Pu Cao replied casually, but the next moment he suddenly stood up and asked in a loud voice, "Shanzi, what did you say?" When did Dog Leftovers spank Peach Blossom Ass? ”

Shanzi seemed to be a little frightened, shrunk back and muttered in a low voice, "It's just... It was the last time I had dinner at Sister Ni's house. Peach Blossom and I went to change our padded jackets, and the dog leftover brother said that it was cold outside and he would come in to play for a while. Later, he said that the padded jacket that Peach Blossom was wearing was good-looking, so he slapped Peach Blossom's buttocks..."

Pu Cao's mind quickly went through the events of the day when Chunni's house burned the bottom of the pot, from beginning to end. Indeed, after removing the wine table, there was no trace of the dog leftovers, and it turned out that he actually went to the greenhouse. But spanking peach ass... It's definitely not because of my brother's affection for my cousin!

"Smack!" Pu Cao slapped angrily on the edge of the kang, originally she didn't want the two children to see the greedy faces of those scoundrels, so she let them avoid the greenhouse, but she didn't expect this to happen.

"Shanzi, you and your sister talk carefully, did the dog leftovers hit Peach Blossom's ass through cotton pants, or did he put his hand in? Did he still 'hit' Peach Blossom elsewhere? ”

Shanzi didn't know what he said wrongly, which made his sister so angry, so frightened that tears were rolling in her eyes, and she choked up and said, "No... No, he asked Peach Blossom to take off his cotton pants and show him, but if Peach Blossom didn't take them off, he 'slapped' Peach Blossom's buttocks, but didn't 'hit' elsewhere. I was going to bite him, and he ran away..."

When Pu Cao heard this, he let out a long breath, and with trembling hands, he hugged his younger brother in his arms again, and coaxed, "Shanzi is not afraid, my sister is not angry with you, my sister is afraid that Peach Blossom will be 'beaten' and hurt..."

"Wow..."Shanzi cried out aggrievedly, "Peach Blossom said that Gou Yu'er is an older brother, and he won't let me bite him, and he won't let me tell my sister." ”

Pucao slowly patted Shanzi's back and comforted softly, "Peach Blossom is a good child, and Shanzi is also a good child." My sister doesn't blame you, but if someone bullies you in the future, you must tell your sister! Especially Peach Blossom is a girl, you have to protect her more. Whoever touches her, you have to tell your sister when you come back, you know? ”

"Well, Shanzi must tell my sister."

Originally, Pu Cao was still a little hesitant to rectify Zhang Er's family, after all, their family did not have any heinous crimes except for greed for money and miserliness, and because Peach Blossom and Zhang Guier were separated in the middle, it was not good to make enemies with them.

However, the fact that Peach Blossom was 'beaten' completely made her heart harden. Such a bane and tumor can only be cut off with a knife, which is the best way...

Sister-in-law Chen sent a little daughter-in-law who came to the door to get lamp oil out of the hospital, at this time the sun was rising in the sky, and the wind and snow rarely stopped, which was really a rare good weather. Neither of them had anything to do at home, so they stood together and laughed a few words.

Pu Cao led Shanzi out of his house, and greeted them with a smile when he saw them, "Why don't sisters-in-law come into the house, but looking at the good weather, come out to bask in the sun?" ”

"No, it's been almost two months since the beginning of winter, so it's the sunniest today. Where are you going with the mountains? Sister-in-law Chen pointed to Shanzi's little face and asked again. What's wrong with you? The little face cried like a cat. ”

Shanzi was so shy that she hid behind her sister and whispered, "I didn't cry!" ”

Pu Cao patted a bulging cloth bag on his waist and said with a smile, "Peach Blossom went to learn embroidery, and this kid saw that no one was naughty with him, so he asked me to take him to the river to hunt birds." No, with a handful of buds, I see, the birds may not be able to fight, but they will have to be fed a full meal! ”

The little daughter-in-law who was talking to Sister-in-law Chen laughed when she heard this, and said distressed for her, "These buds are enough to feed a few hens, Pucao girl, you are really a spoiled child!" ”

Pu Cao also shook her head helplessly, "No way, just coax him not to make trouble." ”

After a few words of gossip, Shanzi urged her sister to leave quickly, and Pu Cao and Sister-in-law Chen smiled goodbye.

When he turned the corner, Shanzi looked back and saw that there was no one around, and immediately looked up at his little face and smiled, "Sister, I've done a good job." ”

"Okay, Shanzi is the best!"

The sister and brother held hands and swayed all the way out of the village. On the way, whenever he met the villagers to greet them, he pulled out the perfunctory remarks of hitting the birds, but it did not arouse suspicion.

Soon the two of them arrived at the river, and after carefully identifying the few acres of bud valley on the shore for a long time, he untied the cloth bag and grabbed a handful of shiny salt particles, and threw his hand at one of them. Shanzi stood on a big stone and crossed his little feet to look at the wind for his sister, and whispered from time to time, "Sister, hurry up!" ”

After sprinkling the coarse salt in the small cloth bag, he lifted his padded jacket and untied a long cloth bag from his waist, and continued to sprinkle as he walked.

This was all secretly prepared by her last night, although the stitches were crude, but it was stronger and more pretended, and it was not easy to be found on the waist.

This winter, there are still three or four months, as long as she comes out every three or five times to sprinkle once. When the spring of the next year is planting, Zhang Er's family is about to see retribution...

Because there are three fewer people in the courtyard of the Chen family, it is much more deserted than before. Pu Cao steamed some two-fold steamed buns at noon that day, thinking that their family must have no intention of cooking like last time, so he picked up five or six and sent them over.

Sure enough, Aunt Chen was holding a needle and thread in her hand, but her eyes were staring at the window, and she didn't know where to run.

Pu Cao came to the door with steamed buns, and the old lady was like a traveler in the desert who saw Ganquan and caught her and didn't let go. pulled her to sit on the kang, and muttered, "Pucao, you said that the eldest and the second child have been gone for two days, why haven't they come back?" Aren't those items hard to sell? I don't expect them to make any money, so come back safely, I'm afraid it's going to snow heavily this day. ”

Pu Cao broke a steamed bun and distributed it to Fat Dun'er and Fu'er, seeing that they were so hot that they stuck out their tongues but still ate them, so he took them into his arms and hugged them, and said with a smile, "Auntie, you are so anxious." There is a lot of snow on the road, and you can walk 20 miles in an hour on weekdays, and it would be good to be able to walk 10 miles at this time. In this way, they will have to walk for most of the day, and when they arrive at a village, they will stop for another night, and it is estimated that they are rushing to the next village at this time. ”