Shen Xiaoyu saw that Cui Fenglan was going to settle accounts with Sun Cui, and stepped forward to stop: "Don't go, isn't this okay?" Their family is unreasonable, and there are many people, how can you do it? ”

When Cui Fenglan heard this, she was also deflated, the Shen family is only a girl, and it is indeed a little less than the population of other people.

Shen Xiaoyu poured water into the basin, and Cui Fenglan came over to help.

"Xiaoyu, you go in first, it's cold outside, this jacket aunt will wash it out for you." Cui Fenglan rolled up her sleeves as she spoke.

Shen Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Then thank you, auntie, I have hot water on the stove, mix it for a while, don't ice your hands!" ”

Cui Fenglan smiled and nodded: "Cheng, come in, it's cold!" After speaking, he said to Father Shen: "Burn another fire in Xiaoyu's house, don't freeze!" ”

Father Shen hummed and went to light the fire, and Shen Xiaoyu went back to the house and wrapped himself in the quilt.

Shen Xiaoyu felt that her idea was really right, Cui Fenglan was indeed a good woman, and she had also studied, was literate and polite, but she was much better than the stupid daughters-in-law of other families in the village, she really couldn't think of why the Dong family treated Cui Fenglan like that before.

After the jacket was washed, Cui Fenglan picked up the fish, Shen Xiaoyu caught this fish is really not small, chop off half, you can eat two meals.

Daddy Cui took his jacket and roasted the fire next to the stove, and it was almost dark before it was dry.

Shen Xiaoyu put on his jacket and came out to help with the work, Cui Fenglan put the fish head into the pot, and put wild vegetables and dried chili peppers, Shen Xiaoyu looked at the pot and the drool was about to flow down.

"Auntie, what will we plant in our field next year?" Shen Xiaoyu and Cui Fenglan chatted, now that there is food at home, they can also leave the part of the grain. With so much snow this winter, I'm sure we'll be able to grow something in the fields next year.

Cui Fenglan smiled: "I will plant some coarse grains in the coming year, which will grow fast and harvest more." ”

Shen Xiaoyu nodded, and then looked at the things on the windowsill, it was the first time for her to look so close, there were not many literate people in the village, and I heard that these things were not very cheap in the city, but unfortunately at this juncture, these things were not worth any food.

Cui Fenglan followed Shen Xiaoyu's gaze, and then asked Shen Xiaoyu, "Does Xiaoyu want to learn to write?" ”

When Shen Xiaoyu heard this, he came to his senses: "I think!" "The children of the village chief's family can write, and they always say that they are stupid roe deer who don't understand anything, if she learns to write, she will not be afraid of people laughing at her in the future!

Cui Fenglan said: "Then what will my aunt teach you in the future?" ”

"Really? That's great! Shen Xiaoyu was happy, hugging Cui Fenglan and smiling like a fool.

Cui Fenglan smiled: "The children in the village don't like to be literate, they prefer to play. ”

"There's nothing fun to do, now lying down saves effort and food." Shen Xiaoyu said, it's still interesting to be literate.

"Then my aunt will teach you tomorrow." Cui Fenglan said, and the fish in the pot also came out of the pot.

Shen Xiaoyu was full at night, so he lay in the room, thinking that he would be able to read and write tomorrow, and he couldn't sleep with a little excitement in his heart.

Early the next morning, Shen Xiaoyu got up to wash her face and wash, her hair was tied properly, and she cleaned up neatly, waiting for Cui Fenglan to teach her to read.

After eating, Cui Fenglan took a wooden stick to write on the ground, and Shen Xiaoyu also learned the same thing next to her, and she learned quite seriously.

The writing was crooked, Cui Fenglan looked at it and said: "Now there is less paper, and when you learn the words almost in the future, you can practice it, and you can write beautifully." ”

Shen Xiaoyu is content, she was not the daughter of a high family originally, as long as she is literate and not fooled in the future.

After studying all morning, Cui Fenglan taught a lot of simple words, and taught Shen Xiaoyu's name, Shen Xiaoyu was learning so hard that he forgot to eat at lunch.

"It's useless for this kid to learn to write, and the children in the village can still hope to take the top exam in the future?" Father Shen said.

Cui Fenglan shook her head: "It's also a good thing for women to learn to write, and it's not bad to know how to read." ”

Father Shen sighed, what is the use of knowing how to be knowledgeable? In the future, this child will also marry......

"The child just needs to be happy." Father Shen said with a sigh.

Shen Xiaoyu learned to write very quickly, although some of them are not familiar with it, but they can also recognize seven, seven, eight or eight.

"There's no salt at home, I'll go to the city in a moment." Shen Xiaoyu said that she would do this kind of errand work.

Cui Fenglan said: "Let's buy some more dried chili peppers." "Drink something spicy and warm up a little bit.

Shen Xiaoyu nodded, took a piece of coarse grain and went to the county seat.

The prices in Liaoyang City have skyrocketed, and now there are four copper buns, and Shen Xiaoyu is reluctant to buy them.

After buying salt and dried chili peppers, Shen Xiaoyu met an old woman on the way out of the city, the old woman was a little delirious, there were bruises on her head and hands, and she was only wearing a single coat.

"Mother-in-law, what about your family? Remember where home was? Shen Xiaoyu went up and asked, her mother-in-law looked at her age, it was cold, and she didn't know if she was not wearing it or was robbed, so if she froze it again, something would happen.

The old woman looked at Shen Xiaoyu, to be exact, half of the nest in Shen Xiaoyu's hand, and then her stomach was still rumbling.

Shen Xiaoyu saw that the old woman was hungry, although she was distressed, she still gave the nest to the old woman.

The old woman choked twice when she took it, and Shen Xiaoyu helped to calm down and found a wall root with good sunshine and sat down first.

"Mother-in-law, eat slowly, are you lost?" Shen Xiaoyu asked, either the world is not good now, and the family does not have enough food, so the family deliberately threw away this delirious old woman.

The old woman ate half of the nest, looked at Shen Xiaoyu and smiled, touched Shen Xiaoyu's head, and said, "I seem to remember my family, but I don't seem to remember." My son is promising, and he is a good learner. By the way, my grandson is also promising, and he is also good at learning! He giggled.

Shen Xiaoyu saw that the old woman was really delirious, so he said, "Your son and grandson are so promising, how can they still throw you away?" ”

The old woman was in a trance, looking a little confused, Shen Xiaoyu sighed, and said, "Why don't I look for you in this city and see which family has lost the old man." She couldn't bear to throw the old woman down like this, and still held a glimmer of hope, if she could find her mother-in-law's family, it would be the best, but if not, she could only send it to the yamen, just throw it away, I'm afraid she won't be able to survive one night.

The old woman took Shen Xiaoyu's hand, Shen Xiaoyu felt cold in her heart, so she took off her jacket, or her jacket looked much smaller when she put it on her mother-in-law, at most it could block the wind.

The two of them were shivering from the cold, Shen Xiaoyu asked from house to house, but he didn't ask anything, at this time, a carriage at the corner of the street ran over quickly and stopped beside Shen Xiaoyu, and a little woman got out of the car, and she cried when she looked at the old woman.

"Mother, why did you say you got lost?" The little woman was crying as she spoke, and the servants behind her came to give her clothes, and when she looked at the old and small jacket on the old woman, the little woman quickly took it off and threw it on the ground, and said, "Oh, where did you pick up this tattered clothes!" ”

Shen Xiaoyu was not happy, she was freezing, this person didn't know what to do, so she quickly picked up her jacket and put it on her body, and said in her mouth: "I still think my jacket is broken, and it is better to break it than to let my mother-in-law freeze, your jacket is good, and I haven't seen my mother-in-law wearing it!" ”

Shen Xiaoyu's voice was not small, and the people who came and went also listened, and there were many people pointing fingers, all saying that the family was unfilial to their conscience.

Jiao's face flushed, she didn't lose her mother-in-law on purpose, it was all unintentional. The maid in the back saw that her housemother was being pointed at like this, so she came over and pushed Shen Xiaoyu, who was already a small one, and directly fell to the ground.

"Do you dare to say that my wife is?" The maid was very vicious, and just about to do it again, the old woman next to her was not happy, so she slapped it out and slapped the maid aside.

"Mother?" The woman was also shocked, why is the old man so powerful?

The old woman hurriedly went to help Shen Xiaoyu up, and looked at Shen Xiaoyu's hand distressedly.

"Mother-in-law, I'm fine." Shen Xiaoyu was moved in his heart, and then he looked at the woman and the maid, and said, "Mother-in-law's mind is not clear, and she is better than you!" ”

Jiao didn't care about Shen Xiaoyu, so he came up to support the old woman and said, "Mother, daughter-in-law will take you home, it's too cold outside, let's go home first!" ”

When the old woman saw her daughter-in-law's hand coming, she shook it directly, didn't let her touch it, and said, "My daughter-in-law is not promising!" Then he pulled Shen Xiaoyu and didn't let go, and the clothes on his body were also taken off and draped on Shen Xiaoyu's body.

"Mother-in-law, your family is here, you can go back, although your son died early, but seeing that your daughter-in-law still has a conscience, it shouldn't really throw you." Shen Xiaoyu thought that the daughter-in-law would snub her mother-in-law when her son died, but as soon as these words came out, the maid felt that she didn't like it, and as soon as she was about to have a seizure, she was glared back by the old woman.

After a while, another carriage came at the intersection, and then a man came down, looking at the old woman with an anxious face.

"Mother, I can be regarded as looking for you, where have you been this morning?" After the man finished speaking, he glared at Jiao.

Jiao didn't dare to speak out, and said: "I didn't mean it, who would have thought that there were no two steps from the yamen to the backyard, and my mother could be confused?" ”

"Mother is old, sometimes sober and sometimes confused, you don't know!" The two were about to quarrel when they spoke, and when Shen Xiaoyu saw it, he said, "You are your mother-in-law's son?" It turns out that I'm not dead, so stop arguing, let's send my mother-in-law home first, it's been freezing for a while! ”

The man didn't understand when he heard that he was not dead, but he still hurriedly asked the old woman to get into the car, and the old woman held Shen Xiaoyu's hand and didn't let go, so the car couldn't get up.

"Little girl, come up too, I'll have someone send you home in a while!" The man said.

Shen Xiaoyu shook her head: "I don't dare to ......" There are already many kidnappers in the city, although the family looks like they are rich, she doesn't dare to get into the carriage like this.