Chapter 6: Telling the Truth
Bai Shao suddenly fell silent.
Indeed, in that case, Bai Shao had so many uncles, but only the Wu family kowtowed her blood.
Xiao Baishao's aunt Qian, who was very close before, didn't even show her face.
"Alright, Wei'er, don't say it." Wu Shi looked at Bai Shao's mood and fell, and hurriedly interrupted Bai Wei's words, "Shao'er, don't think too much, your sister is not very good-tempered, I turned around and said to her, don't take it to heart, in fact, your grandmother and your aunt all love you...... They...... They also have difficulties......"
Speaking of this, Wu let out another long sigh.
Bai Wei stood aside, gritting his teeth with some hatred, "Yes, yes, they are all good people, none of them have bullied you, my grandmother has never scolded you, and my aunt has never squeezed you...... They're all good people! β
After speaking, he didn't look at Wu and Bai Shao, turned his head and walked out.
"Wei'er, what are you doing?" Wu stood up a little anxiously.
"Go wash the shepherd's cabbage." Bai Wei threw down the four words without replying, and pulled his younger brother Bai Yunshi away.
Wu sighed and said in a low voice, "Your sister has such a temper, a little hot, she used to suffer losses and was scolded by your milk, but now she is actually much better than before." β
After speaking, she touched Bai Shao's face lovingly, "Actually, my mother hopes that you will be close to your eldest uncle, your eldest aunt is smart, and you can get your milk well, you can also follow a little more light and suffer less......"
At first, Bai Peony didn't understand what the so-called hardship meant.
After waiting for a while, at about four or five o'clock in the afternoon, after Liu's hearty call came from the hall, Bai Shao understood.
"The third daughter-in-law, the third daughter-in-law, cooking".
Seeing that Wu Shi was busy with the gauze on his forehead in the big pot in the yard, brushing the pot and cutting vegetables, Bai Shao frowned, "Why are you cooking alone?" β
Generally, when farmers cook, they are a few concubines who help each other together, how can there be such a person as Wu, who is cooking pots and cooking, and almost does all the work.
"Your eldest uncle's body is not good, your second uncle's leg is broken, your second uncle has to take care of your second uncle, who ......cooks if your mother doesn't cook," Wu said with a good-natured smile.
"But, what about my fourth aunt?" Bai Shao's eyes widened in confusion, "My fourth uncle is jumping around." β
"The sixth sister is too young and needs to be taken care of." While talking to Bai Shao, Wu neatly lifted the lid of the pot and poured the cut vegetables in his hand into the pot, "Besides, your fourth aunt has been pampered since she was a child, and I'm afraid you won't be able to do these jobs." β
One by one, they are either not in good health or take care of people, or they are too delicate to work.
The work in the emotional family is all pressed on the Wu family.
Bai Shao's gaze fell on Wu's slightly thin body, and he finally understood where Bai Wei's anger came from.
"Mother, I'll help you." Bai Shao glanced at the hall, then at the white gauze bandaged on Wu's head, and finally chose to squat down and took the burning stick from Wu's hand.
When she was still Gu Bangqing, she was not loved by her family.
Because she is superborn, most of the time, Gu Wanqing always lives with her grandmother.
The old-fashioned yard, the quaint pot pot, and these pot-burning jobs, she is used to doing them.
Even if she was taken to the city later, she earned money to finish college, and worked for several years, but she still remembered some of the knowledge of this fire.
Bai Wei finished washing the shepherd's cabbage and came back to see that she was actually helping the Wu family to light the fire, obviously a little surprised.
But soon, she handed the shepherd's cabbage to Wu casually, and then silently brushed the bowl on the side.
The naΓ―ve Bai Yunshi scratched his head and chose to help Bai Shao get firewood.
For dinner, the four of them worked together, and it was finally made.
And Old Man Bai and Bai Chuanbai finally stepped into the house at the moment when the meal was ready.
The old man of the Bai family is called Bai Jingsheng, and now he is about fifty-four or five years old, his figure is not tall, but his waist is straight, and the whole person is in good spirits, not like an old man in his fifties, but like a middle-aged man in his forties.
This old man of the Bai family, speaking of which, is one of the best characters in Ten Miles.
It's not that the Bai family is rich, but because Old Man Bai can catch medicine.
It is said that there was a series of wars in Anyang County in those years, and many crops were destroyed, and the peasants could not plant the land, could not harvest grain, and many people starved to death.
After his father and mother starved to death, this Bai Jingsheng escaped from Shilipu with his brother, and I heard that he went to the county town to beg for a living.
During this period, Bai Jingsheng accidentally lost his brother. But because he was clever and smart, he was photographed by a pharmacy and became a young man who grabbed medicine.
The so-called, if you see too much, you will naturally understand.
Although Bai Jingsheng did not become the doctor sitting in the hall, he grabbed medicine for a long time, and he always caught some minor diseases.
Later, Bai Jingsheng missed his lost brother, so he quit his job as a medicine grabber, and returned to Shilipu to settle down with the money he had saved.
Most of the people in the countryside are poor, and if they have a headache and brain fever, they are not willing to pay for Langzhong.
Mr. Bai will see a doctor, and he does not charge a medical fee, as long as he brings some gifts to the door, everyone loves to come to him for medical treatment.
Over time, the prestige of the old man Bai in Shilipu has accumulated, and the Bai family's life is also acceptable, in general, it is a first-class family in Shilipu.
But now, it is this high-class family who wants to sell her little granddaughter to be a maid.
There was even a sinister one who simply sold her to a brothel.
Bai Shao held the freshly served rice, lowered her head, hid the resentment in her eyes, and called out with Wu and Bai Wei, "Daddy (Master)." β
"Hey, hey." Maybe it's because he's used to being a buddy, Old Man Bai speaks in a loud voice, and it's also very loud, full of energy, and he knows that his body is quite strong and healthy when he listens to it.
"Coming back?" As soon as they heard the Wu family's call, the Liu family hurriedly lifted the curtain of the hall and strode to the old man Bai, "How is it?" Yujin, how are they doing? β
While talking, he intentionally or unintentionally blocked in front of Bai Shao.
"Okay, that's good." Old Man Bai handed the basket behind him to Bai Chuanbai and asked him to put it behind the door, and he followed Liu into the hall.
During this period, Liu has been in front of Bai Shao, and has never let Bai Shao and Old Man Bai face each other.
After entering the hall, he also sent the fourth aunt Xu to take the food in Bai Shao's hand, and then dropped the curtain, looking defensive.
Bai Shao understood that she deliberately didn't let Old Man Bai see the bruises on her face.
In other words, it is very likely that Old Man Bai did not know that the fifth granddaughter of the Bai family was sold.
Thinking of this, Bai Shao's eyes lit up instantly.
However, in an instant, she thought that she always had to go into the hall to eat, and Old Man Bai would always see her face in the end, so what was the point of Liu's temporary covering?
Bai Shao closed her eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and then came to her senses.
Liu's is going to strike first!
"Explain" the matter to Old Man Bai from her point of view first, and then Old Man Bai will not have too many emotional ups and downs when he sees her bruise.
Unexpectedly, this old lady has quite a means!
Bai Shao naturally refused to stay where she was and waited for a loss, so she raised her hand and lifted the curtain to enter the hall.
As a result, he only took two steps, and was blocked by Xu's smile.
"Fifth sister, your grandmother asked you to get the wooden chopstick." The fourth aunt Xu is only in her early twenties this year, her limbs are slender and white, and she speaks softly, abandoning the woman's bun and not looking at it, and the whole is like a little girl who has not been out of the cabinet.
"That's it, okay......" Bai Shao knew that Xu's was here to deliberately block herself, she first stood obediently in place, and after Xu thought she was obedient and was going to turn away, she bent down suddenly, relying on her thin body, and directly drilled under Xu's arm, "It's just that, fourth aunt, my sister has already gone to get it, so I won't go." β
Bai Shao turned around and gave Xu a smile.
Then, he went straight to Old Man Bai and Liu.
ββ¦β¦ The little girl of the third family has recently been a moth again...... "Liu is suing Old Man Bai.
", what's wrong with me." Bai Shao ran to Old Man Bai and stood still, and said with a smile, "Is Milk going to train Shao'er?" That peony has to listen carefully and remember it, so that it can be changed later. β
Listening to Wu's words, Liu's style is very personable on weekdays, and he requires everyone to advance and retreat decently, etc., one of which includes the requirement of "the elders speak, and the juniors must not interrupt".
Therefore, Bai Shao deliberately said those words, indicating that she was here to listen to the teachings, so that Liu had no way to hold her accountable for the fault of "interrupting the elders".
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and the fifth sister has become well-behaved." Old man Bai was bowing his head to drink, and when he heard Bai Shao's words, he raised his head with relief, and just wanted to praise Bai Shao for two sentences, he was calmed by her blue nose and swollen face.
"W-what's going on?" Old Man Bai asked in a lost voice.