Chapter 12: Stepmother
During the Qingming Festival, it rained a lot, and spring ploughing began in the village. The family's fields don't need Ning Er to worry about, in addition to taking care of Ah Ping every day, she does housework and delivers water and food to Shen Yanling. Ah Zheng is used to going to school in the town every day, and he doesn't work much hard to go to school, but he is better than having a smart brain, and he has made a lot of playmates. Shen Yanling didn't criticize him too much, after all, the child was still young, and he didn't expect Ah Zheng to work hard from such a young age, and Ning Er didn't want Ah Zheng to become a nerd.
Finally the weather cleared and the work in the fields was done, so Ning'er left Ah Ping at home and went up the mountain. At this time, there are a lot of wild vegetables on the mountain, and when it rains, the mushrooms should be grown.
The mountain road was very wet and not easy to walk, so Ning Er took a bamboo pole in her hand and walked slowly up the mountain. Sure enough, it didn't take long for Ning Er to see a clump of wild vegetables, which grew very well, and the other one next to her had almost been picked, and the rest must have been unknown to people.
In a good mood, Ning Er picked some of the same, continued to walk in the mountains and forests, and after noon, slowly walked down the mountain. By this time, the basket was filled with all kinds of wild herbs, as well as bracken and mushrooms.
When I returned home, I heard Shen Yanling's voice coaxing Ah Ping before I entered the door, but unfortunately the little guy didn't give his father much face and still cried. Ning Er was a little puzzled, Ah Ping has always been very well-behaved, he won't cry when he is wet and hungry, is he sick. At this moment, an old woman's voice came: "Look, look, such a rotten temper at such a young age, I can't say anything about being a grandmother? You don't have a good life, how can you still pick up such a wild child who has a father and no mother? And your daughter-in-law, where did she go in the middle of the day, you want to raise it, why did you throw the child to you, as soon as you are smart, you can't wait to go crazy, and you still take her as a treasure......
"Mother, you don't have to say a few words, I'll put the child to sleep first. Shen Yanling's voice has always been gentle, but with a little annoyance and impatience, this stepmother doesn't want to see him, he doesn't care much, although he doesn't like others to say that Ning'er is not good, but he can't care about anything else in front of crying.
Ning'er finally understood, but her mother-in-law didn't know why she came to the house to make trouble. Speaking of which, this mother-in-law has never been waiting to see Shen Yanling, and she decided the marriage of Shen Yanling and Ning Er with a casual sentence, although she asked Shen Yanling to marry Ning Er, but after Ning Er passed the door, she also didn't want to see Ning Er. Even later, when the family was separated, in front of outsiders, she didn't say a good word about Shen Yanling and his wife, and Ah Zheng, the grandson, had never been brought, and she was either neglected or harsh when she was with a few cousins, so that now Ah Zheng looks at her with alienation and defense. To be honest, Ning'er didn't want to see this mother-in-law, but she couldn't ignore her son, and she didn't want the relationship between their family and stepmother to continue to deteriorate, making it difficult for her father to be a man.
Ning'er pushed the door in, and seemed to scare her mother-in-law, in the end, she was saying bad things about people, making people always uncomfortable when they broke it, and she scolded Ning'er angrily, and the shock made Ning'er's ears buzz. Trying to calm down the dissatisfaction in her heart, Ning'er said to her mother-in-law as calmly as possible: "When my mother comes to the house, Ning'er and Xianggong are happy, but I don't know what made my mother angry? As he spoke, he hugged the child from Shen Yanling's arms.
Shen Yanling hugged Ah Ping into Ning'er's arms, and said to her stepmother: "Mother sit down for a while, Yanling will clean up her things." So he picked up the basket that Ning Er had brought back and went to the kitchen.
Shen Yanling's stepmother Zhu ignored her when she saw the two of them doing their own things, and she was angry and wanted to go back as soon as she slammed the door, but she was unwilling to get nothing. For several sons, the eldest Zhu is important, the second is hated by iron, the fourth is biased, but for the third, Zhu's feelings are very strange, not only deliberately making things difficult, but also wanting to take advantage of them, and they have to show a look of cherishing their stepson outside, and Shen Yanling also respects Zhu because of her father's relationship, and outsiders seem to have a good family relationship.
After Ning'er coaxed Ah Ping to sleep, carried him back to the house and put it down, Shen Yanling also packed up her things, and picked up some for Zhu to take back. The two walked to Zhu's side and asked Zhu about the purpose of the past, they didn't think that Zhu came to visit the door, there was nothing to do, she basically only came to Shen Yanling's house if she asked for money and things.
Zhu didn't bother at this time, and said directly: "The day after tomorrow, your five sisters got married, and you came over to help earlier." ”
Not only Ning'er at this time, but Shen Yanling was shocked, she hadn't heard of it before, why she was going to get married this time, but it reminded them of when they got married, even if they were like them, they only got married half a month later, and they hurriedly asked which family it was, why was they so anxious.
Zhu refused to say, and went out with his things, which made Shen Yanling and Ning Er very stunned.
"What's going on? I haven't heard anything before? I'm so anxious, I'm afraid that my relatives will rarely notify Qi, is something happening?" Ning Er looked at Shen Yanling and said. She has a good impression of that sister-in-law, very gentle, kind, and good-looking, she has been picking and picking up, and she can't choose her in-law's family, but now she is only fifteen, so there is no reason to marry in a hurry.
Shen Yanling was also very puzzled, but she couldn't guess, so she decided to go directly to ask her father. Ning'er thought about it, she hadn't seen her father-in-law since she came here, and Ah Ping hadn't let her grandfather see it, so she hugged Ah Ping and went to her father-in-law's house before the hour came.
The Zhu family probably went to another house in the village to invite guests, and Ning Er and Shen Yanling took Ah Ping into the door only to see Ah Lian doing needlework in the yard. When they first separated, Shen's father and Zhu's family ate and lived together with Ah Lian, but because Zhu had to say that Ah Lian's rice was unpalatable, they insisted on eating separately, and finally Shen's father became impatient, so he started a gang by himself, but still lived together.
"Third brother and sister-in-law, you are here. Is it for the sake of the fifth sister?" asked Ah Lian, who brought the two of them in.
The two nodded, "I didn't hear anything before, but today my mother went to the house to say it, but she said that she would get married the day after tomorrow, and she didn't even mention the other party's surname, what is going on?
Ah Lian sighed and said, "This is also no way, the innocence of the fifth sister has been ruined in the hands of that person, what can I do if I don't get married." Fortunately, that person is also good-looking, and judging from his actions on weekdays, he doesn't look like that person, but he doesn't know why he did something like that. He also said that he was in a hurry to go to the capital, so he hurriedly wanted to get married. ”
Shen Yanling and Ning Er were surprised when they heard it, and hurriedly asked when it was. Ah Liandao is yesterday, the fifth sister came back from Zhaojia Village alone, something happened, the person was also a little responsible, accompanied the fifth sister back, and proposed to her father. said that the mother was going to sue the official, but it was the fifth sister who was most wronged by the official, and I was afraid that it would be difficult to get a good family in the future, and the father was optimistic about that person, so it was decided.
"The man is in the house, and the third brother and sister-in-law should go in and take a look. After that, he said to the house: "Dad, the third brother and third sister-in-law are here." ”
Ning'er and Shen Yanling carried Ah Ping into the house, and sure enough, they saw a young man sitting in the house with his father, playing chess. Seeing the husband and wife coming in, he beckoned the two to sit, but the young man stared at Ning Er in a daze.
Shen Yanling was displeased, blocked Ning Er behind her, and said coldly: "If you want to marry the fifth sister, she is your third sister-in-law, how can you be so rude?"
The young man was stunned for a moment, but soon came back to his senses and said, "I don't mean anything else, it's just that the third sister-in-law looks very similar to a friend of mine, so I took a second look and asked the third brother and third sister-in-law to forgive me." ”
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