Chapter 49: The First Book
"Ahh Zhou was shocked. She feared that the morning's events had finally come to pass.
"If you want to say, you are also wronged, it doesn't matter if you lose the gold, you and your uncle have also suffered a lot, but ......" Deng looked at Zhou's face for helping to cook, and said favoritly.
"The second sister-in-law's nephew was beaten by his master?" Zhou asked with a trembling heart.
"It would be nice if you were beaten alone. If the injury is healed, you can continue to study.
His master is also an unsentimental person, Xiao Wu'er has been studying in Qianzhuang for three years, and he has never received any money. Those who serve urinals in the morning and wash their feet in the evening are carefully served.
Seeing that I can get half of my salary next year, I will be familiar with it for another two years. Na Cheng thought, Chinese New Year's Eve Qian Zhuang closed the accounts, his master gave him a red envelope, and told him not to come after the New Year, isn't this the life of a child?
Your second sister-in-law's brother and sister-in-law have not made offerings to the master at four o'clock and eight festivals, and they have spent 10 yuan in the past three years. When I came suddenly, I was also paralyzed, and I went to the county to intercede with the master. But the ruthless man turned over and over in one sentence, he spent 500 taels of silver for this unfortunate thing, either losing 500 taels, or rolling up the bed and getting out.
You think, the farmer in the countryside has bitter bones and scum, and he can't earn 500 taels, so he has to come back in disgrace.
Your second sister-in-law's sister-in-law, you have also seen it when you are at home, when you ask for someone, you greet each other with a smile, and when you turn your face, the six relatives don't recognize it, how can she swallow this breath!
It's too old to be in your own house, and your second sister-in-law's house has also been turned upside down, and I don't know how many pots and pans have been smashed! We can't persuade us, and even the in-laws who have been brought into the loess can't live in peace. ”
Deng babbled for a long time, and Zhou knew that the matter was far more serious than she thought, and she became even more panicked.
"Then, today, the second sister-in-law will go back to her parents' house......" Zhou didn't dare to think about it.
"Your second sister-in-law went to the market to visit, and it was like this, what kind of house did you go back to! Don't blame her, this New Year, she is holding her breath in her heart, if she has a dispute with you, it will be a loss of face in the village. "Deng is the sister-in-law of the Zhou family, and she still knows the concubines.
"I don't mean to do that! We have also suffered. Zhou defended himself weakly.
"Well, it's not a matter of hurry. It's a pity that Xiao Wu'er was retired, and other places in the county are not easy to take in, so it seems that he has to farm at home. Deng Shi felt sorry for her youngest son, who was also an apprentice.
"It's fate." Zhou didn't dare to bear such a big sin, so he had to say that his life was not good.
"What nonsense! Don't hurry up and put the rice on the soup! Zhou Dahu went to the kitchen and glared and said.
"Hey, here, here." Deng waved his hand to let Dahu return to the hall, she filled three bowls of japonica rice herself, and Zhou filled a bowl of hot chicken soup.
In a quarter of an hour, the men ate in a tumultuous manner, and sat down to drink tea and talk about the mountains. Deng and Zhou were in the kitchen, eating with leftovers. Zhou had something on his mind, and even the most delicious japonica rice was only pulled and stopped eating it.
"Sister-in-law, I'm causing you trouble, I'll go back. This snack ...... "The Zhou family only prepared one, which should have been given to the second brother's family, but he ate at the eldest brother's house."
"It's okay, it's okay, your second sister-in-law comes back, and I'll give it to her for you." Deng said with a smile that she didn't want to wade into that muddy water because of two boxes of dim sum.
"Daikin, let's go." With a smile on his face, Zhou said goodbye to Master Chen.
Walking on the road, Dajin complained: "What are you in a hurry, I haven't drunk a cup of tea yet." ”
"You, pig brain, know how to eat, eat, eat!" Zhou scolded, and walked quickly on his feet.
"What's the fuss about, it's obviously your second brother who is unreasonable!" Dajin is also aggrieved in his heart, who wants to be like a begging for food, rubbing rice everywhere!
Zhou ignored him and walked away. The three Du Xuan brothers didn't want to have him, so they played all the way home.
The Dumei sisters studied the couplets of every household in the village, simple four-character and five-character couplets, they were able to recognize them all, and when they encountered words they did not recognize, they wrote them down and planned to take them back to ask their mother.
They walked past the scrap manuscript house and became interested in the three big characters on the old house. Before the Xu family had taught these three words, the four sisters felt that these three words were dancing with dragons and phoenixes, vigorous and powerful, and they were stunned for a while.
He went to the kitchen to get hot water to make tea, and saw four girls standing from high to low looking at the plaque of his house.
"Oh, what are you looking at!" The scrap came to them curiously. It's normal for girls in the countryside to not be able to read, but it's not normal to be literate.
"Uncle Scrap Manuscript, Happy New Year." Du Mei led his sisters to give the salute.
"Happy New Year, Happy New Year. What do you see? The scrap manuscript turned, put one hand on the pergola, and looked at the place where they were looking.
"Uncle Scrap Manuscript, what do you read those three words?" Du Mei wanted to know too much, so he dared to ask.
"Scrap the manuscript, I got it, it's good." Although the manuscript is nearly fifty years old and has never been married in his life, he likes children and lives as innocently as a child.
"It's beautiful." Du Mei stared at the words.
In Dujiagou, no one has used the word beautiful to describe his words. I think this girl who can cook is very interesting.
"Do you know how to read?" Seeing that they were so interested in words, they couldn't help but ask more. People who can't read and write don't have a sense of words.
"Of course, we know a lot of words." Du Guixiao, she blurted out without thinking.
"I ...... We secretly learned from the third uncle's Du Jie, who was reading and writing in the yard, and we quietly wrote it down. Du Mei remembered her mother's words and hurriedly lied to cover it up. Du Ying and Du Tao echoed again and again.
"Do you want to read?" Scrap Manuscript lowered his body and asked mysteriously, he was familiar with all those who liked words.
"What is a book?" Du Tao asked stupidly.
"There are a lot of words written on it, and these words are strung together to tell interesting stories." The scrap manuscript said with a pleasant face.
"Come on, come on, your third uncle is at my house, I'll pick a book for you to read." The scrapped manuscript raised its legs and wanted to go.
"Uncle Scrapped, we don't read books, don't tell my third uncle, we've been here." Du Mei turned around and took his sisters to leave.
"Well, you wait here for me, and I'll go in and get the book for you. Don't worry, I won't tell you third uncle. The scrapped manuscript was said again and again
The waste manuscript entered the study, and San Jinzheng was fascinated, so he didn't bother, found a copy of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" on the bookshelf, and took it out.
For the first time, the Dumay sisters were overjoyed to see a real book. It is agreed with the scrapped manuscript that the book will be returned immediately after reading it. Du Mei carried the book in his arms, and the four of them flew home.
In the next third and fourth years of junior high school, relatives from uncle's and aunt's family, relatives from uncle's family and aunt's family, came in waves. Dajin Sanjin either went out to visit relatives, or stayed at home to accompany relatives, making trouble every day.
The kitchen is still busy with the Du Mei sisters, and Zhou doesn't know if it's because of a weak heart or what, so she occasionally comes to the kitchen to help. Xie Shi resolutely did not enter the kitchen, and only accompanied the female relatives to talk and laugh.
The weather is getting warmer day by day, and Du Shicheng's body is gradually improving. Wei's heart was also relieved, and his nephews and nephews came, and their faces were happy. Du Shicheng has a face for ten thousand years, and he can't tell whether he likes it or not, and everyone is used to it and doesn't care.
The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the day of welcoming the God of Wealth, and yesterday Du Shicheng raised his face and asked Dajin to get up early and fire the cannon. When the firecrackers were set off, there were four uninvited guests outside the door.
It's the New Year's Day, whose guest doesn't come to the door with a three-point smile on his face, and Wishing you prosperity? Besides, the New Year's greetings didn't come so early. I saw these four people, with angry faces, as if they had borrowed japonica rice and returned the coarse bran.
Daikin recognized the leaders as Zhou's second brother Zhou Erhu and his daughter-in-law Wang, who was still carrying two boxes of dim sum. The other two men and women, looking familiar, couldn't remember for a while.
"Second brother, second sister-in-law, happy New Year. You ...... early in the morning" Although Dajin has a grudge against the second year of junior high school, he is a guest, not to mention his wife's brother, so it's better not to offend easily.
"It seems that you are Du Dajin!" The familiar woman didn't wait for Erhu to speak, so she said in a weird way.
"Who are you?" Daikin is a bit baffled.
"I'm Xiao Wu'er's mother! Wow...... O my son! There was a thunderclap on the ground, and Wang's sister-in-law, Ding, first screamed, and then cried. It's like a rain tonight, first with a big drop of beans, and then a torrential rain, there is no way to hide, there is no way to hide.
When Daikin saw this posture, his head buzzed.
Don't look at Ding's petite birth, but her voice is very loud, and she cries in a low voice and tactfully, with lyrics, which is not worse than on the stage.
When she opened her voice, not to mention that the Du family had all come out, even the neighbors next door stood up and watched.
During this year's festival, it is taboo for the Venerable Master to cry at home, and there is nothing else but blood and hatred.
Erhu and his wife, Ding's husband, Wang's brother Wang Fuquan, went to the side and didn't say a word. It's a blatant fight.
"Hey, who is this, who is this early in the morning, go to my house to find bad luck!" Wei came with a broom in tow.
Zhou had a ghost in her heart, and she followed from afar.
When Wei saw the Erhu couple standing outside the door, he was stunned: "His second brother, this, what's going on?" ”
"What's the matter, you old woman, you have made my son miserable!" Ding saw that someone from the Du family came out, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, grabbed Wei's and wiped her with tears and snot.
"Who are you, who killed your son!" Wei is not a vegetarian either, so he threw Ding away.
When Zhou heard this, her heart jumped suddenly, and she hurriedly ran over and said, "You are my second sister-in-law's sister-in-law?" ”
"If it's not me, who else could it be? , you pay for my son's future! Ding shook Zhou desperately.
The Zhou family is tall and big, and if you want to deal with the Ding family, as long as you use a little force, the Ding family will have to fall to the ground. But she had a weak heart, and said helplessly: "Sister-in-law, this ...... It's not up to us. ”
"You still dare to speak! If you don't look for my son, you will be cowardly or wrong, and I will not be able to rely on you. Ding reached out and scratched Zhou's face.
As the saying goes, the good are afraid of evil, the evil are afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal are afraid of not dying. It is common for the Zhou family to bully the second room in the Du family, but when they encounter the claws of the little Ding, they have to avoid it.
Ding saw that he couldn't beat Zhou, so he grabbed Wei. Wei is old, and he is stumbling by her. Seeing this, Dajin came up and snatched Wei down.
"His sister-in-law, if you have something to say, speak slowly." Wei already knew why they were here.
"I reason with you, who will reason with me?" Ding suddenly stopped crying, and said viciously.
The onlookers next door were already in Ding's crying and scolding, and they understood. Wei's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law robbed Du Mei's gold and went to the county seat, not to mention the loss of gold, and the son and daughter-in-law were beaten by the county master. Now he has folded the errands of his relatives' children.
Originally, after a round of hard work, the Du family's dirty things have stopped. At this moment, being troubled by this sprinkling mother-in-law, everyone pointed and talked about it again.