Chapter 44: The Three Mother-in-law's Family
Hearing the words "raising a baby" coming out of Zhou Dahai's mouth, Mo Chen was stunned for a moment. Isn't this too far away, but if he really has a daughter, will he be as cute as Shu Qingai.
"This is also for later, tomorrow I will wait for you at home."
Zhou Dahai and his wife were very unhappy in their hearts, knowing that they were away from Mochen's temperament, if they didn't come tomorrow, maybe he would keep waiting.
In the middle of the night, Shu Qingai was woken up by hunger, and when she opened her eyes, it was dark all around.
She turned over slightly, and Limochen, who was sleeping beside her, had already been awakened by her.
"What's wrong with that?"
Li Mochen's voice was particularly soft in the dark, not as cold as before. This made Shu Qing's heart wrapped in a burst of warmth.
"No, I'm just hungry, you sleep, I'll get up and find something to eat."
Knowing that the reason why Li Mochen woke up like this should be that she was worried about herself all night, she has recovered a lot of spirit now, and she can't bear to let him get up again.
Halfway up was suddenly pressed back to the bed by a pair of big hands.
"Lie down, I'll do it for you."
Shu Qingai wanted to open her mouth to refuse, but Mo Chen had already turned over and got out of bed, casually took a piece of clothing and draped it on her body and walked out.
"You don't have anything to ask me?"
It was still a knife-cut noodle, but Shu Qing loved to eat it and gobbled it down, putting down the bowl, she looked at Li Mochen's face nervously and asked.
Li Mochen, who tore off his beard, was particularly handsome, under the light of the oil lamp, his facial features were even more three-dimensional, and the silhouette of his eyelashes was reflected under his eyes, looking a little playful and cute.
"Nothing to ask, go to bed early."
Li Mochen picked up the dishes and chopsticks on the table and turned around and walked out of the house, Shu Qingai tugged at the corners of her mouth, she, is this too self-inflicted?
Because she was so worried about this man's misunderstanding before, it seems that people don't care at all.
Shu Qingai slapped the table, got up and fell directly on the bed to continue sleeping, but she always had a sullen breath in her heart, and she was so uncomfortable that she fell asleep for a long time.
When I woke up the next day, I was woken up by the sound of talking outside, and when I listened carefully, it was Qiu and they came, and after looking at the sky, it was already bright!
Shu Qingai turned over and got out of bed, took the coat and put it on quickly, combed her hair and pushed the door out.
It's just that she was still late, and when she looked at the empty yard, Shu Qingai was very depressed, and this man just left himself at home. That's it, she went into the kitchen and looked at the pimple soup in the pot, scooped a bowl, drank a few sips, and planned to get the back basket, but she rummaged inside and outside the house, and where there was still the shadow of the back basket, even the hoe was gone.
Thinking that it must be the man who brought him up the mountain together, Shu Qingai simply closed the door and hurried down the mountain.
"Why are you here?"
Shu Qingai came to the village chief's house, because it was still early, the courtyard door was still closed, and Li Lili, who opened the door, looked at Shu Qingai, who came to her house early in the morning, her eyes widened, and her face was suddenly full of disgust and unhappiness.
"I'm coming to the village chief."
"You woman is really, you just made such a big move in the village yesterday, and you dare to come again so early today, you are not afraid of being wronged?"
Li Lili stood in front of the courtyard gate with her arms around her chest, she didn't plan to let Shu Qingai enter their house at all, and thinking about the rumors flying in the village yesterday, she looked down on Shu Qingai even more!
"Qing is self-purifying, let them say what they like to say, since the village chief is not there, then leave."
Originally, Shu Qingai planned to come to the village chief's house to buy a back building, but when she came to the village chief's house the day before yesterday, she saw a lot of new back baskets made up by their family, but Li Lili's dog-eyed appearance, she was not an idiot enough to send it to the door to insult the family.
"Humph! The woman with water-based poplar flowers still looks high, what do you pretend? ”
Shu Qingai turned around, but Li Lili scolded her behind her back, no matter how good her temper was, she suddenly had to get angry, not to mention that Shu Qingai's temper was not good at all!
"What are you talking about, this girl, blocking this door early in the morning, get out of the way."
Chen Taohua was about to come out to pour water with a wooden basin, when she heard her daughter muttering there, she couldn't help muttering a few words, and squeezed out of the yard.
"Auntie, it seems that Lili has a great prejudice against me, presumably I can't teach her, I just stopped seeing my aunt's previous proposal and said goodbye."
Shu Qingai's cold face glanced at Li Lili behind Chen Taohua, and said lightly. Chen Taohua was at a loss, and was about to catch up and ask, but was stopped by her daughter.
"Mother, why are you still chasing her? Such a woman with a bad reputation, you still let me learn to read and write with her, do you also want to ruin your daughter's reputation? ”
"You dead girl, just follow that mother-in-law surnamed Cheng all day long, that mother-in-law is not a good thing, she can spit out a few good words in her mouth! Ah! You are a sinmaker, such a good opportunity to read, let you leave in vain, you want to make my wife angry to death! ”
Shu Qingai, who had walked away, heard the conversation between the mother and daughter behind her, and was amused.
It seems that in the future, when entering the village, there will be a lot of gossip.
When passing by the third mother-in-law's house, Shu Qingai didn't know the old woman, but the third mother-in-law stopped her.
"Hey, isn't this that Shu girl? How did you get into the village early in the morning? Is this body better? ”
It was rare to meet the attention of a stranger, Shu Qingai stopped and looked at this old woman with a pale face, gray hair and a little hunched body.
"Thank you mother-in-law for your concern, I'm fine, I was going to go into the village to see, who sells backpacks, but the village chief is not at home."
"You want to buy a basket? I have it at home, all of which were made up by Yu'er's grandfather when he was fine before, and it's not worth much, so if you like it, you can pick one and use it back, not to mention whether you can buy it or not. ”
Shu Qingai listened to it and was overjoyed.
followed the third woman into the yard, the yard was very dilapidated, the mud wall was full of cracks, the yard was spacious, but not a single animal was fed, in Shu Qingai's memory, such a farmer is the poorest.
"How many people are in my mother-in-law's family? Such a large yard must be home to many people. ”
Shu Qingai thought about chatting with the old man, but as soon as she said this, the third mother-in-law suddenly turned red.
"Girl, call me the third wife in the future, hey, the third wife is bitter, the three sons, ten years ago, they were separated, this yard is the old house of our Li family, the eldest son and the second son built a new yard outside, we followed the third son, the bitterness is nothing, to my third and third daughter-in-law are the most filial, good to me and his father. But God doesn't open his eyes, my three sons and daughters-in-law are as good as people, but they are also miserable. Once they went to visit relatives in the next county, they encountered robbers, and both of them fell down the mountain, and their bones were not recovered. I left a daughter and me and the old man, last year, even my old man followed, such a big yard, and only me and Yu'er have survived. ”
It is said that when people are old, they are lonely. What's more, he is still an old man who has lost his loved ones, looking at such a big yard, Shu Qing's love is very unpleasant.
"Third woman, you have to think about it, this person has to look forward when he lives, and he can't blindly think about painful things, after all, your son must want you to be well, don't you have a granddaughter? You have to take care of your body, if you have three long and two short, your granddaughter will have no one to rely on in this world. ”
Coming out of the third mother-in-law's house, I happened to meet Li Yu who came back from washing clothes, Li Yu's delicate appearance was a little shy, and when she saw Shu Qingai, she was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and entered the yard.
"Grandma, isn't that a bearded daughter-in-law? Why did you come to our house today? ”
Li Yu asked while cooling his clothes in the courtyard, and he was rarely curious about Shu Qing's love for this person.
"This girl is a good girl, and I don't have to say it in my heart, I just bought a basket at our house, and my grandmother said to give her it, and she insisted on giving her thirty copper plates, and she also accompanied her grandmother to talk for a while? It's a pity, it's a pity that the Cheng lady made a fuss yesterday, and I'm afraid this reputation is not very good in the village. ”
"Grandma, you have a lot to worry about, I think that bearded daughter-in-law is not afraid of those people's arrangement, or that kind of thing happened yesterday, how dare you come to the village today, this good person has a good reward, those thirty copper plates can buy two back baskets, change Ming'er I will send her some baskets from our family, I think she just got married, and the family also needs it."
The third mother-in-law looked at her granddaughter kindly, full of comfort.
"Okay, Yu'er has grown up, and she has also learned to behave in a way, so grandma is relieved."
Shu Qingai went directly up the mountain with the basket on her back, and she was still very unhappy with her reaction to Mochen yesterday.
However, one person goes up the mountain, there is a benefit of one person going up the mountain, there is no hoe today, and the astragalus can not be dug up, so let go of the hand to grasp the game, thinking, Shu Qingai is full of expectations for today's harvest.
When the three of them came back from the mountain, they saw those pheasants and hares tied to the yard by Shu Qingai, and even two stupid robes, and the three of them grew their mouths in surprise.
"You're up the mountain?"
Li Mochen's voice was slightly angry, and Shu Qingai twisted his neck and snorted coldly.
"Who told you not to take me!"
Li Mochen looked at her angry look, feeling a little aggrieved, he didn't let her follow, not because he was afraid of tiring her.
"Sister Shu, are you so capable? You are all calling these things alone?"
Qiu Shi looked at the thirty or forty hares, a dozen pheasants, and two stupid robes of fifty or sixty pounds, and his eyes were about to straighten! Zhou Dahai was the same, she looked at Shu Qingai's thin and small person, and she couldn't imagine how he did it.
The most important reason why Shu Qingai has arrested so many today is because she is angry in her heart! She asked the man to leave her alone at home, hum, let him see, she could catch her without her.
"Hehe, God favors you, and if you're lucky, you'll be able to put so much on the sleeve."