Chapter 10: Borrowing Things
"Hey, Fourth Sister-in-law Dong is here?" At this moment, Shi's mother came out of the stove house with a basin, and saw the woman standing outside the fence, smiling and greeting.
"Hey, what's the matter with you, you haven't come out for so long!" The woman did not soften because of Shi's mother's smiling face, but rebuked her even more.
Shi Yiguang stood up straight, she looked at the yarn in the dye vat, listened to the words of the two, and reminded her of her situation. She couldn't make a move.
Shi Mu walked to the side of the dye vat and said with a smile: "Didn't I just go in and serve water?" With that, she walked to the dye vat and put down the wooden basin in her hand, looked at the woman outside the fence and said, "What did the fourth sister-in-law tell me to do?" ”
Fourth sister-in-law Dong looked at Shi's mother, glanced at her, and said, "Our dustpan was bitten by a dog, so I borrowed it for your family." ”
"Huh?" Shi Mu listened, her face was a little embarrassed, and then she looked at it with some caution and said, "You haven't paid it back last time you borrowed our hoe." ”
"I'll be together next time." Fourth sister-in-law Dong's voice began to be impatient again: "Hey, isn't it just a hoe, have you remembered it for so long?!" ”
"And what about the shovels and pots that I borrowed earlier?" Shi Mu stood next to the dye vat, a little hesitant: "There are also brooms and chopsticks that I borrowed earlier." ”
"Do you still remember all this time?" Fourth sister-in-law Dong looked at Shi's mother, her face was incredible, and then she snorted from her nose in disgust: "Why are your eyes so small, is it possible that I will give you a black black if you are trivial?" ”
Mother Shi looked at Dong Si's aggressive momentum and opened her mouth in embarrassment. Before her mouth opened, she only heard Dong Si's sister-in-law snort: "Do you want to borrow or not?!" If you don't borrow it, I'll leave. ”
Shi's mother pulled her mouth and smiled, and then nodded: "The fourth sister-in-law has spoken, can you not borrow it?" With that, he turned around, walked to the eaves, took the dustpan he was holding, walked back, and handed it to Dong Si's sister-in-law through the fence.
Dong Si's sister-in-law took the dustpan impatiently, didn't even say thank you, and then swept her eyes to the yard again, and finally looked at it, stretched out her finger and pointed: "That, bring me the broom together." ”
"Didn't we give you a broom last time?" Shi Mu turned her head to look and frowned.
"What, I can't borrow it again?" Fourth sister-in-law Dong craned her neck and looked at Shi's mother with slanted eyes.
Shi's mother didn't speak, but glanced at Dong Si's sister-in-law a little timidly, and then turned around and picked up the broom placed under the eaves, walked to the fence, and respectfully handed it to Dong Si's sister-in-law: "Fourth sister-in-law, take it and use it." ”
Dong Si's sister-in-law took the broom in Shi's mother's hand, hummed and chirped a few more times, and then left.
Shi Yiguang stood still, looking at the background of Dong Si's sister-in-law, who was five big and three thick, with her head held high, her face was heavy.
Shi Mu looked at Dong Si's sister-in-law who was walking away, sighed and shook her head, turned around, and saw Shi Yi's expressionless composure, completely not naughty and mischievous on weekdays, those calm eyes were like a dead lake that could not be seen through, Shi Mu didn't know why, her heart trembled, and she asked urgently: "Guang'er, what's wrong with you?!" ”
Shi Yiguang's eyes were full of expression, his eyes were bent, his mouth was pouted, and the playful appearance of his usual life instantly appeared on his face. She turned her head to look at Shi's mother: "Mother, this dead old woman hit me on the head!" ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his eyes and pointed to the two buns on his fingers: "Look, the hair you tied for me just today was damaged!" ”
"Huh?" Shi Mu looked at Shi Yiguang with an aggrieved and angry look, thinking that her glance at the talent was an illusion. Her heart was relieved, and she looked at the two buns scattered on her head: "It's okay, my mother will tie it for you again." ”
As she spoke, Shi Mu wiped the water on the calf nose tied around her waist, walked to Shi Yiguang's side, untied the two buns on her head, and combed them again.
Shi Yiguang obediently let Shi's mother tie her hair, and asked in a low voice: "Mother, does this fourth sister-in-law always come to our house to borrow things?" ”
"Hmm." Shi Mu let out a soft 'um' sound, sighed a long time, and didn't say much.
"What did she borrow?" Shi Yiguang asked again with a pout.
"Pots and pans, tables, mattresses, benches, brooms, dustpans, shovels, hoes, everything I can borrow." Shi Mu said while sighing.
Shi Yiguang listened, looked up at Shi's mother and raised his eyebrows: "Didn't you pay it back??" ”
Shi Mu flattened her mouth and shook her head: "No." ”
"Why don't you want it?" Shi Yiguang's brows furrowed.
Shi Mu combed Shi Yiguang's hair and said, "Where do you dare to ask for it." ”
"Why don't you dare?" Shi Yiguang's brows furrowed deeply.
"This fourth sister-in-law Dong's younger brother is the slaughter of our ramie village, who dares to offend her?" Shi Mu said, sighing again: "If she doesn't pay it back, she won't pay it back, who dares to offend the official master's family." ”
As she spoke, Shi's mother had already tied Shi Yiguang's hair. She touched Shi Yiguang's bun head: "Okay, let's dye the yarn." ”
Shi Yiguang responded, and then turned around and followed Shi's mother to stir the yarn together.
"Does Dad know about Fourth Sister-in-law Dong?" Shi Yiguang raised his head, looked at Shi Mu in front of him and asked.
"How dare you let your father know?" Shi Mu raised her eyebrows and glanced at Shi Yiguang: "You don't know his temper, if you know, you can't make a big fuss." ”
Saying that, Shi Mu stopped and sighed again: "What's the good of messing with the Li Zai family?" ”
"So you just keep whispering and letting the fourth sister-in-law Dong get what she wants?" Shi Yiguang looked at Shi's mother who was burying her head and pouring water, with a look of hatred that iron is not steel.
"Or else?" Shi's mother looked at Shi Yiguang and glared at her: "Do you know who Fourth Sister-in-law Dong is?" ”
"Who?" Shi Yiguang asked.
Shi's mother opened her mouth, stopped again, shook her head and sighed again, and even stopped the basin pouring water: "The mother of the fourth uncle of your Dong family, was kicked out of the door by the fourth sister-in-law of Dong, and slept on the edge of the pigsty when she was old, beating and scolding, it is still good to give leftover soup and water." I often don't get enough to eat in a day. It was last winter, it was too cold, I didn't survive, and I died in the messy shed next to the pig shed, but Uncle Ma who was passing by found it, and I was dead when I found it. ”
Saying that, Shi's mother sighed and looked at Tian'er: "People say that unfilial piety is a big sin now, what is the result?" Shi Mu said, looking at Shi Yiguang: "Those who were tortured to death like this should be beheaded." In the end, their mother's house came and sentenced one to death by slipping on the road in winter. You say, how dare we provoke? ”
It's just a lizai, an official who is similar to the village chief, squatting in the middle of the house and being lawless if no one cares about it.
She raised her head, stirred the stick in her hand, and looked at Shi Mu: "Is it the official who sentenced me last time to be hit into the river by a thousand-mile BMW?" ”
Shi's mother nodded: "That's the younger brother of Dong Si's sister-in-law." ”
"Fourth sister-in-law Dong killed her mother-in-law, so she lived with peace of mind?" Shi Yiguang listened, but he was just a lizai, and he could cover the sky with one hand.
Shi's mother didn't hear Shi Yiguang's question, and only said: "It's not okay to be at ease, after her mother-in-law died, she pasted yellow rune paper all over their house, and put a spirit card on the confession case, and the daily offering was better than what she ate herself." ”