Chapter 96: Killing Chickens and Eating Meat
So Su Xun cleared his throat, "The story I'm going to tell today is called "Journey to the West". ”
The stories she tells are straightforward and engaging, and the turnips hate class the most, but they listen to it with relish.
Seeing that the people in the other threshing field began to turn over the grain, Su Xun also stood up with a wooden rake, "I'm going to turn the grain." ”
The little radish heads were listening attentively, "Don't, Sister Xiaocai, you keep talking." ”
"No, I'll talk about it when I'm done turning over the grain." Su Xun shook his head, with a righteous face on his face.
The children are all impatient, and they are not willing to wait for a moment, so they did not hesitate to say, "Sister Xiaocai, we will help you turn it." ”
Although he was only seven or eight years old, the children of that era worked much more neatly than Su Xun.
A few children chattered, and after a while, they helped Su Xun finish turning the grain, and then pestered her to continue to tell her.
The sun was getting bigger, and Su Xun felt that it was too hot to hide in the shade of the trees, and his head was a little dazed.
Thanks to a few children to help her work, otherwise she would probably have broken down the burden by turning the grain for twenty minutes under the sun alone.
The captain's grandson, Huzi, also secretly gave her a fruit candy.
In this era, fruit candy is a rarity in rural areas, and most families will only take it out during festivals or visiting relatives and friends.
Lin Xiaocai in his memory, every time he gets a fruit candy, he can be happy for a long time, and he is reluctant to lick it when he holds it in his mouth and slowly melts.
Su Xun touched Huzi's smooth head and melon seeds, and did not refuse his kindness.
At noon, a few radish heads looked reluctant, "Sister Xiaocai, you must also tell me about the Monkey King in the afternoon." ”
"Done!"
On the way back, Su Xun smelled the smell of meat from more than one family, and his mouth involuntarily began to secrete saliva.
…… This body is too short of oil and water.
So, as soon as she returned to Lao Lin's house, she sharpened her knife and stared at the three chickens in the circle, the heart and soul of Mrs. Lin.
The second daughter-in-law, who was cooking, not only did not stop her, but also silently boiled a pot of hot water.
She hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and she was so hungry.
When the old lady came back from work, she saw a large pool of blood on the ground, and a dead hen, her eyes were black, and she almost didn't have her head planted on the ground.
Then he picked up a thick sticky stick and rushed towards Su Xun, "You thing!" My mother has to kill you today! ”
"Run!" Sister Lin immediately shouted anxiously.
Lin February, who was tired all morning behind her, was full of schadenfreude, if it weren't for this dead girl, she wouldn't have suffered.
Su Xun not only stood still, but also took the initiative to stick out his head, "You fight, hit here!" If you kill me, you will have to return the Nan family's bride price. ”
The two words of bride price made the old lady stop suddenly, and then laughed, "Then I will break your hands and see if you dare to touch my chicken!" ”
So, Su Xun showed the kitchen knife in his hand.
The old lady's eyes widened suddenly, and she said inwardly, "Lin Xiaocai, you dare!" ”
Everyone else was taken aback, "Xiaocai, what are you going to do here?!" ”
Su Xun's gaze quietly swept over everyone, and finally fell on Old Man Lin, "Today, either beat me to death, or don't even think about touching a hair of my hair!" ”
She knew that the usually taciturn old man Lin was the real authority of this family.
Old man Lin also stared at her heavily.
The two faced off silently.
In the middle of the sound, Old Man Lin slowly spoke, "Okay, kill all the kills, clean and burn them, it just so happens that there has been no meat at home for a long time." ”
As soon as he opened his mouth, it was equivalent to a fixed board.
Everyone else was overjoyed, and finally they were able to eat meat again!!
Especially the third daughter-in-law, the first to run to pick up the chicken on the ground, with a beaming face, "Dabao, mom will roast the chicken for you." ”
Lin Dabao, who was dragging his nose, immediately applauded, "Eat chicken, eat chicken!" ”
Mrs. Lin's old face was black and red, and she couldn't hold her breath.
Su Xun saw that it was refreshing, this old pious woman was used to being powerful at home, especially beating and scolding her two daughters and granddaughters at every turn.
The old lady was so angry, she threw the stick and sat on the ground and patted her thighs and howled, "God, what did I do in my last life to give birth to such a debt collector, I don't live anymore!" ”
Although the old lady is a lot old, she is still full of energy when she roars, and every house and courtyard poke their heads out to see the excitement.
Old man Lin usually wants to save face, and when he saw that his mother-in-law was going to sit on the ground and splash alive, his face sank, "Shut your mouth!" The neighbors are all watching, and it's not enough to be embarrassed! ”
The old lady's crying stopped instantly.
She woke up and wiped her snot on the ground, glaring at Su Xun fiercely, "If you dare to beat the other two chickens, the old lady will skin you!" ”
Su Xun glanced at her nonchalantly, she could already see that Mrs. Lin was a bully who was afraid of the hard, as long as she was stronger than her, she could control her.
The one who really had to be careful was Old Man Lin, a man who judged the situation and was quite decisive.
Sister Lin came over and gently took away the kitchen knife in her hand, "Xiaocai, don't take the knife in the future, if you really hurt someone, something big will happen." Don't worry, my sister will definitely protect you. ”
She thought that Su Xun was just scaring Mrs. Lin.
Looking at the distressed and worried expression on her face, Su Xun nodded obediently, "Hmm." ”
She likes Sister Lin, who can't even protect herself, but every time she uses her thin body to protect her when the original owner is beaten and scolded by Mrs. Lin.
But being weak and ignorant is not her fault, it is caused by the general environment of this era.
Little Brother Lin adored with a face, "Sister, you are so amazing!" ”
Tuo Su Xun's blessing, there was a small pot of chicken on the lunch table, and the remaining half was locked in the cabinet by the old lady.
However, no one stretched out their chopsticks to clamp it, and this kind of meat and vegetables must be eaten by Mrs. Lin.
The whole family looked at Mrs. Lin with blank eyes.
Every time at this time, Mrs. Lin has a feeling of power, except for a few men in the family, whether others can eat meat or not, and how much meat they eat, is up to her.
Lin February, too, knew this, so she glanced at Su Xun proudly, among everyone (female), her mother liked her the most, and the dead girl couldn't eat a few pieces of meat.
The old god Su Xun was sitting on the ground, and he had lost the fierce energy he had before.
Old man Lin glanced at her, "Give Xiaocai first, as much as me, she will get married at the end of the month, and she must take good care of her body." ”
Lin February's smug expression instantly froze.
Mrs. Lin pulled an old face, and no matter how reluctant she was, she had to give Su Xun a big spoonful of chicken.
This is not the end, Old Man Lin said again, "In the future, boil an egg for her every morning." ”
"What?!"
Not to mention Lin February, even the old lady won't do it, "The president of the family has two chickens left, and he has to save money to sell them, where is there more for her to eat!" ”
The second daughter-in-law was also unhappy.
In the past, there were three chickens in the house, and the old lady except for the ones she saved, usually only her Dabao could often eat an egg custard, but now there are only two chickens left, at most two eggs a day, Xiaocai ate one, and Dabao is likely to have no to eat!
But she dared to fool the old lady, but she didn't dare to disobey the old man Lin.
So he secretly pinched the third child's thigh, and the third child shook his head painfully, and he also scolded his father.
Old man Lin put the cigarette stick aside, and said without disobedience, "It's only been half a month." ”
Mrs. Lin glanced at Su Xun and angrily divided the chicken, Little Brother Lin was okay, but Senior Sister Lin only got two pieces of chicken the size of a fingernail, and the others were all potatoes.
So Su Xun directly pulled half of the chicken chop in the bowl to her.
The eldest sister of the Lin family was stunned for a moment, and then smiled softly, "I don't like to eat this, Xiaocai, you eat more." ”
As she spoke, she was about to pour the chicken back into her bowl.
Su Xun put down his chopsticks and said lightly, "If the eldest sister doesn't eat it, I won't eat it either." ”
In this year, there will be no one who doesn't like to eat meat.
Little Brother Lin glanced at Su Xun, and gave half of it to the eldest sister in a similar way, "If the eldest sister doesn't eat it, I won't eat it either." ”
Looking at the two younger brothers and sisters, Sister Lin's eyes were sour, and she almost burst into tears, and her heart was warm like never before.
"If you don't eat, give it to me, I'll eat!"
Mrs. Lin's voice pulled Sister Lin's reason back, and she gave half of it to Brother Lin, "You grow up and eat more." ”
Little Brother Lin glanced at Su Xun, and when he saw her nodding, he didn't refuse.
The same braised potato chicken, the same taste, but Sister Lin felt that it was better than any time before.
The two daughters of the old family didn't even get a piece of meat, so they could only look at Sister Lin with envy, the aunt and uncle are really good to the aunt!
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After eating, it's time to go to the field again.
Lin Eryue hurriedly complained to Mrs. Lin, "Mom, I don't want to cut the grain, you see my hands are worn out." ”
With red eyes, she spread out her palm that had been rubbed off a layer of skin to show Mrs. Lin, wanting to make Mrs. Lin feel distressed and distressed, and change her back to dry the grain.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lin glanced at her and said nonchalantly, "I will get used to it after two days of grinding." ”
In her opinion, it's a big thing at all.
Su Xun went to the barn to see that there were more radish heads than in the morning.
She hooked her lips and continued with the morning's unfinished conversation.
Two days later, the captain suddenly stopped her, "My Huzi listened to the story you told, and he has been talking to me since he came back." Yesterday, several families also reacted to me, saying that you taught well, and their children were unwilling to go to school, and you even knew how to count. ”
"It's almost over the busy vacation, I came to ask you, do you want to be a teacher?"
Su Xun nodded without hesitation, "Yes." ”
"Nacheng, I'll tell them when I go back, just go and report directly when this time is over."
Su Xun smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, Captain." ”
The man waved his hand, "It's a good thing that children are willing to read, and I thank you." ”
That night, Lao Lin's family knew the news.
Little Brother Lin looked at Su Xun with admiration, "Fifth sister, you are too powerful!" ”
The old lady was also happy, "It's good to be a teacher!" The work is high and the work is easy, and the fifth child really fights for our Lao Lin family! ”
"She didn't graduate from junior high school, what can she do?"
February glanced at Su Xun and said mockingly, "If you don't have diamonds, don't do porcelain work, not everyone can be a teacher, what if Xiaowu teaches the child badly, what if their parents come to our house to make trouble?" ”
Su Xun swallowed the egg white in his mouth, "What's wrong with not graduating from junior high school?" It's just to teach them literacy and arithmetic, I saw that the fourth sister's junior high school books were still new, so I took them and read them, and now junior high school has finished self-study. ”
"I'm still thinking about taking the high school entrance examination in a while, so I can get my graduation certificate."
Lin February rolled her eyes, "Daydreaming!" Bragging who wouldn't. ”
Su Xun grinned, "That's better than you messing around at school." ”
"What do you say?"
Aren't you just going to be a teacher? What's so spirited! Look at that tail is almost up to the sky! If it were her, she could be it, and she could be even better!
Su Xun ignored her anymore, she should eat and drink, and one egg a day was more nourishing than the two boys in the family.
The original owner's body is very empty, black and thin, and his small body is like a wilted bean sprout, even if his facial features are exquisite, he can't see anything.
After being a teacher for half a month, I finally looked better, not to mention a few catties of flesh on my body, and my skin was also a lot more delicate, and even my head was like a willow budding two or three centimeters up.
On this day, I heard Huzi say that his father was going to the county for a meeting, and he went to the production team after school at noon.
"I heard that you are going to the county seat for a meeting tomorrow morning, and it just so happens that I have something to do, Captain, can you bring me with you?"
The captain agreed, "Cheng, you will wait at the east end of the village at six o'clock tomorrow morning." ”
The next day, Su Xun waited at the entrance of the village on time, and it didn't take long to see the captain driving the tractor of the production team over.
Su Xun's brain hurt when he heard the deafening sound of the tractor, and the car trembled as if it was falling apart.
The thirty-mile road was stunned for four hours.
But no matter what, it's finally the place.
Su Xun glanced around, and sure enough, this era looked backward everywhere.
The streets are lined with vintage bungalows, and in the distance you can see a department store behind the residential area, and a few clean-looking restaurants scattered around.
However, even so, the conditions are thousands of times better than those in Willow Village, at least there are no patches on the clothes, and occasionally you can see a young man riding a bicycle, dressed in a regular tunic, and a modern girl with big waves and bright red lips.
It's no wonder that the Lin family clamored to marry to the provincial capital in February.
"Girl, where are you going?"
Su Xun smiled, "Go to the county hospital to visit the patient." ”
When the captain heard this, "It's not far from where I have a meeting, and I'll pick you up after the meeting." ”
Su Xun looked at the captain with a grateful face, "Thank you, captain." ”
The captain waved his hand, "I'll take you out, and I have to get you home safely." ”
After saying goodbye to the captain, Su Xun walked all the way to the county hospital according to the address, and spent two cents to buy a bouquet of lilies from the hospital gate.
Seeing two sergeants standing at the door of the ward, a trace of surprise flashed on Su Xun's face, "I'm tired of informing you, I'm Lin Caiying from Liushu Village, and I'm here to visit Comrade Nan." ”
The sergeant didn't squint, "Wait a minute. ”。
"Let her in."
Su Xun smiled, "Excuse me." ”