Chapter 33 The mother and daughter of the Dong family
Pu Cao sighed and rubbed the green tendons that jumped up at the corners of his forehead, but he really didn't know what to say.
Because this family is the best because it occupies the status of a relative and elder, it can't be beaten and scolded, and the skin is super thick, which is really a headache, and I can't hide if I can hide in the future.
Peach Blossom and Shanzi secretly opened the door of the house, and ran out when they saw that there were no outsiders in the hall, hugging Pucao's arm left and right without saying a word, cautiously for fear of making their sister-in-law even more angry.
Pu Cao patted their little heads, and instructed as gently as possible, "In the future, the courtyard door of our house will be bolted all the time, and if the second uncle's family comes again, you are not allowed to open the door for them." Just say that my sister-in-law is not at home, you know? ”
"yes, got it." The two children responded obediently, but Zhang Guier's face was even worse, I don't know if it was because Uncle Zhang's family had damaged his face by acting like this, or because he was annoyed by the disgust in Pucao's words, and threw down a sentence, "I won't eat it." Then he turned and went back to the wing.
Pu Cao ignored him, took the two children to eat a simple bite, and went to the stove to bring the stews and cakes that had been set aside a long time ago and sent them to the east courtyard.
Chunni was squatting under the eaves to boil medicine, and when she heard her shouting outside the courtyard gate, she ran over and asked, "Why don't you come in directly, and you want me to welcome you?" ”
Pu Cao smiled and shook her head, "I still have work at home, and I have to go back to work after bringing you food." ”
Chunni didn't doubt it, took the tray and whispered, "What kind of trouble did that family make just now?" ”
Pu Cao shrugged, "I wanted to come to the door to mix some delicious food and drink, but I was disappointed, and I complained to each other and started fighting." ”
Chunni couldn't help but chuckle, "This family is enough to make people talk about it for a few years, and I don't know how many moths will be made in the future." ”
"The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth. When the time comes, you just have to deal with it. ”
Chunni blinked, pouted and said angrily, "I found that since you learned to read, your speech has become more and more sour, and I can't understand it." ”
Pu Cao laughed, "I'm going to teach you how to write, but you're too lazy to move." When you become a landlord's wife in the future, I will see how you will manage your accounts and calculate the money. ”
These days she saw Pucao convincing the restaurant owner with her bare hands to get the money to buy a family business, and she admired it very much, and she didn't think much about sleeping on the kang at night.
In the future, she doesn't expect to be as capable as Pucao, if she can write a simple letter, she can calculate a small account. Thinking like this, she made up her mind, "Then I'll learn from you tomorrow, you can't think I'm stupid." ”
"Okay, don't think you're stupid." The two laughed a few words and then separated.
I have to say that the rush of several women on this day is really fruitful. The three new quilts are thick and soft, and several sets of cotton clothes are also finely stitched and neat.
Pucao went back to the house, stuffed half a bundle of bud straw in the kang hole, and waited until the kang was warm, and when the house was hot, he took a cotton jacket and beckoned the two children to try it on.
Shanzi's jacket and pants were sewn by Chen's second sister-in-law, and a one-inch-high stand-up collar was added to the placket style, which tightly protected his small neck to prevent the cold wind from pouring into it and keeping him extremely warm. The only thing that doesn't fit is that the trouser legs and sleeves are a little long and don't fit well.
This is also the habit of the farmer's family, after all, the child grows fast, and no one has any money to make new cotton clothes for the child every year, most of them are made a slightly larger one to wear for two or three years, and then left for the small one to continue to wear.
Peach Blossom's set of blue pants is a table full of craftsmanship, originally Pu Cao was afraid that she was young and the work was rough, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly good when I took a closer look.
The small cotton pants on the lower body are just fat and thin, not to mention, the oblique jacket on the upper body is even more brilliant. There are four rows of buckles across the chest, replacing the ordinary cloth belt, which looks very exquisite. The placket and cuffs are folded two inches wider, and the stitches will be removed when the peach blossoms grow taller next year, and they can fit like this.
Girls are born to love beauty more than boys, Shanzi has new clothes, but after a while of excitement, he ran to roll on the quilt to play, but a pair of peach blossoms' small hands carefully touched left and right on the new cotton jacket, and his little face was red with joy.
Pu Cao tried his blue background white cotton jacket, stretched out his arms and kicked his legs and tossed for a while, and felt that it fit well, but it was too thick. In my previous life, I was used to wearing those down jackets and space cotton, but it was really uncomfortable to suddenly wrap it like a winter melon, and I could only hope that after the cold weather, I would slowly get used to wearing it for a long time.
Peach blossom changed back to the old clothes, and the full kang ran around wondering where to put the new padded jacket, but unfortunately the four walls of the Zhang family were empty and there was not even a cabinet, and in the end the little girl could only put the baby jacket and pants on the side of her pillow in disappointment.
Pu Cao looked funny and asked, "Peach Blossom, do you like the new padded jacket so much?" ”
"I like it," Peach Blossom smiled and threw herself into her sister-in-law's arms, and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law is the best, Peach Blossom has a new padded jacket for the New Year." ”
Pu Cao kissed her on the head with pity, remembering the little doubt she had when she saw the table full during the day, so she asked again, "Does Peach Blossom know the Dong family's sister Mantable?" ”
Peach Blossom played with her sister-in-law's braids with her little hands, and replied casually, "I know, my sister is good to me, and she brought me a bag of dates before?" ”
"Ah, are the dates sweet? Didn't she give it to someone else? Pu Cao asked the child step by step, and his mind was also carefully searching for past memories, but he didn't remember when this table full of people had come to his house.
"Sweet," Peach Blossom nodded her little head, and after finishing speaking, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and suddenly shook her head again, "It's not sweet, it's not sweet." ”
Pucao was funny, "Is it sweet or not?" You are a villain, and your sister-in-law is not angry, what can't you say? ”
Peach Blossom blushed, bowed her head and said, "The dates are so sweet, I can't help but eat them all, and only two are left for the second brother." ”
Pu Cao's eyebrows raised slightly, and then asked, "Your second brother is also in front of you, why didn't the sister at the table give your second brother a hand?" ”
Peach Blossom shook her head, "The second brother is not here, my sister at the table wants me to send a purse to the second brother, and the dates are a thank you gift." ”
Sending a purse? Pu Cao tried her best to resist the urge to roll her eyes, and said, "Then your second brother took it?" ”
"Accepted." Peach Blossom put her arms around her sister-in-law's neck, leaned into her ear and whispered, "Sister-in-law wants to keep it secret, the second brother won't let me say it, not even my mother." ”
"Okay, okay, sister-in-law won't say it." Pu Cao hurriedly comforted the little girl for a few words, and then diverted the conversation, "After some time, my sister-in-law will go into the city to buy you a pair of kang cabinets when she earns money, and your new clothes and favorite small objects can be put in it in the future." ”
When Peach Blossom heard this, she immediately threw the guilt of leaking secrets to the back of her mind, clapped her little hands happily and smiled, "Okay, I still have to buy a new quilt in the quilt cabinet." ”
"Okay, okay, sister-in-law will buy it." Pu Cao rolled a new quilt and Zhang Guier's new cotton jacket, sent two children to carry it for him, and then picked up the old quilt as a mattress and laid it, and then rolled two quilts, one for himself and the peach blossom cover, and one for Shanzi.
The so-called seven-year-old is not at the same table, and the two children live with her, which is logically a bit unruly. But in the cold winter, Shanzi was only six years old, so he was sent to live with Zhang Guier, and he was afraid that Zhang Guier's selfish guy would not know how to take care of the child. If he is left alone in a room and it is too lonely, he can only deal with it for a while, and then find a way when spring begins.
Speaking of Zhang Guier, Pu Cao was really funny and emotional, thinking that she hadn't married herself out at nearly thirty years old in her previous life, but she didn't expect that the children who had just turned twelve years old in this time and space would actually start to flirt.
I really don't know whether to lament their early development, or praise them for their high emotional intelligence?
However, Zhang Gui'er, this kid, is dedicated to studying and taking a reputation for fame, and being that person, if he can't get his wish in the future, it will be fine, and if he really gets an official and a half-job, he will never stay in this small village to live. And he is so in love with the table, so didn't he hurt other people's daughters in the end?
Pu Cao frowned, and at this moment, in the courtyard of the Dong family under the cold moonlight, Widow Dong was also so worried.
She knocked on the edge of the kang with a broom in one hand, and scolded in a low voice, "You say, why did you follow the fourth aunt to Zhang's house today?" Have you forgotten the last time? ”
The table was full of crying tears, and people generally knelt on the kang for a while, and they didn't make a sound with their heads down, and the younger brother on the side was afraid that the sister would be beaten again, so he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade his mother, "Mother, my sister is young, but it's so novel for a while, I heard that the Zhang family demolished the house and built a vegetable shed, so I went to see it." Don't be angry, I'll just watch my sister and not let her go out in the future. ”
Widow Dong slapped a broom on her brother and scolded, "I don't beat you, you still come up by yourself, I told her in the morning to dismantle and wash cotton clothes at home, how can she sneak out of the door, and you didn't let it go?" ”
Calling her brother desperately rubbed the beaten arm so painfully that her mouth was sobbing with cold air, she knew her mother's temper too well, and she didn't dare to defend it anymore, so she crawled to the kang and knelt with her sister.
The table wiped a handful of tears, handed his sister an apologetic look, and shook his head slightly with a bitter face.
Widow Dong held a broom and looked at the two daughters who were becoming more and more delicate, and then thought of the man who had been dead for many years, her heart was sour, and tears fell, crying, "You unconscious girls, your father died early, leaving me a widow to suffer from white eyes and hardships to pull you up, but as a result, you are big and your wings are stiff, so you don't take me as a mother in your eyes." ”
Because of the death of Boss Dong, the old lady of the Dong family blamed all the blame on Widow Dong, cursing her for not being angry, not being able to give birth to a grandson and killing her son.
Widow Dong suffered all the grievances and hardships, only to pull up a few daughters, and later Mrs. Dong died, and several brothers of the Dong family began to slowly move around with their family, and after marrying Hua'er and Zhaodi, the family had a better life.
Calling the younger brother and the table full of people have seen the pain of their mothers since they were children, and at this time, they saw that the mother, who had always been strong, shed tears, and hurriedly climbed forward and hugged their mothers and cried to make amends, "Mother, we were wrong, we will never make you angry again..."