Chapter 15: Wang Song of Wangjia Village (Asking for Pink Tickets)
"Girl, girl!" There were still more than a dozen steps away from the Chen family, and Wang Tianwang's mother-in-law, Song, shouted in a rage, "I have returned to my mother's second father for you for all the words you said to me before!" "She is only a little daughter-in-law in her twenties, she is small and delicate, her complexion is white and greasy, and she has a fisherwoman's bun on her head, and a new vermilion cocoon silk handkerchief is wrapped, which is quite stylish. She gave birth to a son the year before last, and she was lost on the way to escape the disaster, and a few days ago she said that she was pregnant again, with a happy face, walking in a tiger and a tiger, and her voice was an octave higher.
Qi Su Niang hurriedly greeted her, and then Song, and said with a wry smile: "Sister-in-law Tianwang, be careful, what's the matter, why be in such a hurry." ”
Song blushed slightly, touched the red silk handkerchief on his head, and said in his mouth: "What are you afraid of, there is the red silk you gave to block the evil spirit." He looked down at his still flat stomach and slowed down.
Qi Su Niang invited her to sit down at the table of the Eight Immortals in the hall, folded a few cotton sticks and added them to the kang in the hall, took off the hanging tin pot from the kang, brewed a bowl of hot wheat husk tea, and handed it over. She was about to speak, but Song hurriedly said: "Sister, I told the second father, let the dog be divided into farming, and when the village school is set up, send the dog to learn a few words, if you learn it, I'm afraid it's not better than going to the acting official to be a little girl?" ”
Qi Su Niang heard that she didn't change a word, laughed, and poured herself a cup of wheat husk tea, "Song Er's father is sixty years old, and there is only a little dog and a grandson in front of him, and there are fifty acres of land at home, all pointing to the dog, why send him to Qinghe." ”
Song shook his head and said, "The puppy is only a teenager, and his father and mother are all gone in the disaster." The second father is the elder of my mother's family, and it is inevitable that he will not offend people on weekdays. In case he goes, the dog's uncles and uncles in the next room are always a little worried, and the fifty acres of land may not be able to be kept. She picked up the bowl, slowly kicked a sip of hot tea, and said with a smile: "I said to him, what is there to be afraid of?" Su Niang is here, when the time comes, she wants to say something, my uncles dare to fart half a fart? Although his Aunt Qi Hu's mother's family suffered, she was married out of my Song family. ”
Qi Su Niang wanted to rebel against her mother, Aunt Qi, her heart was sour, and she smiled reluctantly: "Where is me again?" Everyone is just respecting Brother Chen. ”
Song nodded again, shook his head again, and said: "Although it is the man's family that supports the door, the actor is also the only official family among the four surnames in our five villages, everyone respects him, but I don't just look at him when I say this." At the beginning, he was selected for Xiucai, and he became famous, and he had to go to Zhongju people, why didn't the people in our clan count on him? It is rumored that the old man, Song Erpa, Tianwang and Uncle Gui have all come to visit. Aunt Chen made it clear that the actor was a dead-eyed person, and she didn't care about these people and couldn't rely on them. Everyone was discouraged. In the end, although their family is surnamed Chen, they also moved from outside. It's just that when the servant is forced too unlawful, come to your village to hide, and those lewd tax dogs with no conscience must also leave a way out, and dare not make trouble in front of the actor's door. ”
Qi Su Niang suddenly remembered that Chen Niangzi had told her that Wang Tianwang came to hide from the errand service, and she knew that it was because of Chen Yan's fame. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but worry about Qi Qiang, the parent-child of Qi's parents, the Chen family was clearly able to shelter one or two, but Qi Qiang left home, such a temperament, I don't know how much suffering I have to endure outside......
Song looked at Qi Su Niang and said softly: "His uncle said to Tianwang that he was ...... When you were engaged to the actor, your father and mother were so happy, they only said that the actor was unreliable, but the actor's daughter-in-law could be counted on. Uncle Tianwang didn't believe it at first, but then on the way to escape the disaster, your father was gone, and everyone watched you act, and only then did they understand that your father and mother were really right. ”
Qi Su Niang was stunned for a moment, and before she was about to speak, Song Shi grinned and said, "Of those uncles in my family, which one is not afraid of your ruthlessness?" Don't talk about them, are there fewer of the four surnames who want to send their children to the actor? As soon as I heard you say this, I didn't dare to say anything. Those who want to record the field in the name of the actor, let alone those who are exempt from rent and service. ”
Qi Su Niang cried and laughed: "Where can I mention those things on the way to escape the disaster?" None of them are right. I didn't want to talk about it, so I turned away and said: "In a few days, it will be the Winter Solstice Festival, and I will be busy with farm work next year, and I will go to the city to invite a good gentleman to come to our four villages and open a village school in Guanyin Nunnery on the high slope of Chencun Village." Brother Shu Xiu Chen came out, and every family has a lot of fresh melons and vegetables on weekdays, so please try it. ”
The Song family was overjoyed, and took Qi Su Niang's hand and said, "Sister, if this thing is done, which of our four surnames doesn't feel good about acting as an official?" Since the lord of Zhizhou in Gaoyou City, the county lords of Baoying and Xinghua counties have sent people to your house to worship, how much have those who collect taxes and errands be polite to our family? If there are a few more officials, who are we afraid of being bullied? As he spoke, tears came out of his eyes, and he choked up: "If the child in my womb is a boy, I can have hope." ”
Qi Su Niang hurriedly comforted and said softly: "I also understand everyone's thoughts, and I will go to Brother Chen to be a slave and a servant, that is, to ask someone for shelter and live a good life." It's just that Brother Chen is a real person, and even if he is sent over, he is afraid that he will be poor. Don't worry, the village school will definitely succeed, Brother Chen understands it very well in his heart, but he can't keep his hands busy, and it is difficult to say that he will need everyone's help in the future. ”
The Song family naturally spread these words when they went home, and the four surnames were overjoyed, and the clan elders mostly let the mothers-in-law come and go, and when it came to the Winter Solstice Festival, it was even more lively.
"The big winter is like a big year, every family eats rice balls, the husband doesn't leave school, and the students don't give money."
Qi Su Niang was in the hall to the four mothers-in-law tea and snacks, busy around, the children playing in the courtyard outside were smiling and singing, seeing the pastries on the table, in a blink of an eye, a swarm rushed in, rushed to the table, grabbed those plum beans, slice cakes, halva and other snacks, while eating and shouted vaguely: "Aunt Worm, what is the school?" What is the sir? ”
The mother-in-law in the house suddenly burst into laughter, and some mothers scolded: "Little dog, get out and play with you, what are you barking about?" In the future, remember to call Aunt Qi first, and then call Aunt Chen. ”
Qi Su Niang couldn't laugh enough, and hurriedly brought out small rice balls and pumpkin soup, and told the crazy children to eat it while it was hot. But where are they willing to eat, their eyes are only staring at the city snacks on the table, grasping them in their hands, chewing in their mouths, and shouting: "Aunt Big Worm, during the New Year, I will come to your house to eat." ”
Qi Su Niang said with a smile: "During the Chinese New Year, your aunt naturally wants to go to your house to worship, are you still afraid of not eating?" The crowd laughed, and the fire on the kang in the hall became more and more lively.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the farm work stops. Wang Tianwang used crooked wood and rotten wood to burn two large baskets of charcoal for Qi Suniang for the winter, and after rebuilding the roof and courtyard fence of the Chen family, he stayed at home to accompany the pregnant Song family, and there were fewer comes. Qi Su Niang has been playing for a few months, and she also wants to be quiet for a few days, so she closes the door and keeps the wind out.
Chen Yan's room still has a large bamboo bookshelf, and there are a few arithmetic books that Chen Yan specially left for her to relieve her boredom. When Qi Suniang and the Song family entered Gaoyou City to play, they bought a blue silk "Female Commandment" and came back, snuggled on the second floor of the bookshelf, but never opened it. In the small courtyard of the Chen family, she used a brush and Jiangxi Jiaji rice paper to write down the engineering drawings and knowledge she had learned in her previous life, and read aloud to the empty house every day, reminiscing repeatedly, and after a few days, she burned these useless things together with the names and portraits of her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law in her previous life.
In this way, it was written and burned, burned and written, and the snowflakes fell like cotton tearing. Qi Su Niang looked at the heavy snow outside the window, threw a few pieces of dried orange peel in the fire pit of the hall, and brought up a room of warm orange incense, covering up the charcoal and the heavy dampness and cold in the south of the Yangtze River.
By noon, the snow gradually stopped, Qi Su Niang was a little hungry, and wanted to pour a bowl of Laba porridge warm by the fire pit to satisfy her hunger, but when she heard the courtyard door knocking lightly, she couldn't help but wonder, and raised her voice: "Who?" ”
There was silence outside the door for a while, and then I heard a voice: "I'm Qi Qiang." ”
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