Chapter 25: The Dust Settles
Shen Tang said respectfully, "Third Uncle, please." ”
He turned back to Shen Yu again, "Take your sister to find your mother in the dilapidated house at the end of the village, and then ask the village chief to come over." ”
Shen Yu took Shen Xingwan's hand and walked to the end of the village, now in March, the weather is just right.
Shen Xingwan was bouncing on the country road, and Fat Meow followed her and rolled in the grass while running.
"You look happy." Shen Yu looked at her smiling and grinning, and her mood was also infected and improved.
Shen Xingwan nodded, and took the opportunity to be obedient, "Brother, when the family is separated, our family will live well together, my father and mother are capable, I am smart and cute, and life will definitely get better and better." ”
"You don't forget to praise yourself all the time."
"Then I'm really cute, brother, don't you think I'm cute?"
Shen Xingwan reluctantly took his hand and coquettishly, Shen Yu looked down at her for a while, "It's quite cute, it's just too round." ”
The two siblings were laughing and laughing, and soon stopped outside a crumbling thatched house.
Can this really live in people? Shen Xingwan's eyes widened in disbelief.
"This is a house in the village that has been abandoned for a long time and no one lives in." Shen Yu said with a sigh.
"Let's go, let's go in."
Shen Xingwan walked in behind Shen Yu with steps, saying that it was a house, but in fact, there was air leaking inside, but fortunately, March in Jiangnan was not very cold.
There was not even a bed, the eldest girl lay directly on the ground covered with thick thatch, and her body was covered with a quilt.
Zhang was helping to clean up the room, and Zhou directly set up a fire and stayed up late for the eldest girl.
"Why are you here?" Zhang asked.
Shen Yu walked over and whispered to Zhang about the situation, Zhang wiped his hands, and was not at ease and was ready to go back to have a look.
"Stay here with the third aunt first, and I'll let Xiaoguo accompany you." Zhang explained.
She knew that her daughter was a person with ideas, but for such a sensitive matter as separating the family, Shen Xingwan, as a junior who had just come back, naturally it was better not to intervene, otherwise it would hinder her reputation if it was spread out.
"Mother, go ahead, I'll stay obediently." Shen Xingwan said, it has come to this point, she believes that her father and mother will take care of everything, and she can wait for the news with peace of mind.
Zhang and Shen Yu left, and after a while, Banxia came with Xiaoguo.
Xiaoguo brought a can of fried rice, this is a peasant delicacy, fried fragrant and crisp fried rice, sealed in a jar, grabbed and chewed or used boiling water and brown sugar to make a bowl, delicious and hungry.
"Third aunt, my mother asked me to bring it to you." Shen Xiaoguo handed the jar to Zhou.
Zhou took it without pretentiousness, "You're welcome, the eldest girl and the second girl haven't eaten for a long time, and I owe your aunt to work hard to pay it back in the future." ”
If there is still a trace of gratitude to the Shen family, then there is only the second room left, and the Zhang family looks spicy, but he actually has a knife mouth and a tofu heart. Over the years, he has taken care of the Zhou family openly and secretly.
After the eldest girl had an accident, only the second room reached out to them.
"Auntie, the eldest girl is capable, the second girl is smart, you will definitely get better and better in the future." Shen Xingwan said sincerely.
Zhou quickly boiled a pot of water, brewed a large bowl of fried rice, and handed it to Shen Xiaoguo first.
Shen Xiaoguo, who has always been greedy, tried to look away, "Auntie, I'm not hungry, you give it to the eldest sister." ”
Shen Xingwan didn't wait for Zhou's question, so he shook his head and said, "I don't want it either, my aunt and sisters will eat." ”
Zhou's red eyes gave it to the eldest girl who was almost lying on the flat bed, and made another bowl for the second girl.
Shen Xingwan looked curiously at the quilts, bowls and chopsticks in the broken house, and some daily utensils, although they were all shabby things.
But she remembered that when the Zhou family left the Shen family, she didn't take anything with her, and she really left the house.
Zhou looked at her big round eyes, looking here and there with a curious look.
Sitting down and watching the two daughters eat, he explained, "This is what I quietly moved out of last night, and it is all my dowry that has nothing to do with the Shen family." ”
Zhou used to be the daughter of a good family, and when she got married, her parents married a lot of things, but unfortunately her parents died one after another within two years, without the support of her mother's family, and she couldn't give birth to a son, and her handling of the mirror gradually became difficult.
She originally planned to endure it for her daughter, but now that her daughter's life is about to be tossed away, she can't bear it.
Shen Xingwan sat on the threshold and dragged her chin with her hand and nodded, her eyes brightened, "Auntie is so brave, it's good for my sisters to have a mother like you." ”
Banxia helped boil the medicine, and Zhou continued to clean up.
Shen Xiaoguo came over to take Shen Xingwan's hand, "Let's go pick wild vegetables, we can fry and eat them at night." ”
It is said that the children of the poor are in charge of the family early, although Shen Xiaoguo is usually very naughty, and he is still an obedient child on the whole.
Shen Xingwan followed Shen Xiaoguo to the mountains, and there were already many little girls talking and laughing with baskets picking.
Shen Xiaoguo pointed to the most common shepherd's cabbage, "Just pick like this, don't pick the wrong one." ”
Shen Xingwan nodded and picked it up intently.
In my previous life, I was born in a wealthy family, and I really haven't had such an experience.
picked a large handful and put it on the ground, Shen Xingwan hung down her waist, she was really only suitable for being a salted fish.
Fat Meow, who was having a good time, suddenly jumped out and meowed at her, "What about working hard and killing the heroine?" ”
"I didn't say I wouldn't fight, do you expect me to kill her by picking wild vegetables?" Shen Xingwan grabbed her and ravaged her, "Little stupid cat, how can there be such a useless system as you." ”
Shen Xiaoguo looked at her speechlessly, and started to play after picking for a while, Lao Cheng sighed, and he picked harder.
Sure enough, it still depends on him, and the newly returned sister is unreliable.
By the time the two of them returned to the thatched hut with the wild vegetables, Zhang had already returned, with a relaxed smile on his face.
Shen Xingwan immediately rushed over, "Is there good news for my mother?" ”
"Your lord has agreed to split the family under the auspices of the third master of your clan, and we can move out and live alone from tomorrow." Zhang's whole person was full of energy, and she had been looking forward to this day for many years.
Shen Xingwan suddenly grasped the key information in the words, "Move out?" Does it mean that you will not continue to live in the Shen family? ”
Zhang snorted coldly, the old couple did not change their blood-sucking nature, although they agreed to divide the family, but they didn't give anything to the second room, and they didn't even let them live in the house.
"Yes, we came out alone." Zhang touched Shen Xingwan's head and said, "This is good, each side has a conflict, free of charge." ”
Zhou said sincerely, "Congratulations to the second sister-in-law." ”
The two looked at each other and smiled, "We'll all be fine in the future." ”
"Hmph, now there are four big houses left in my hometown. I'd like to see how the two of them are the hearts of the old lady, and how she will serve this bowl of water. Zhang looked like he was watching a good show.
used to bully the second and third rooms together, but now she wants to see how long they can "love each other".