Chapter 17 Hang out with Cheng Niang
The next day, Chen Xi went to work in the field as usual, and Cheng Niang was sweeping the floor in the yard when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
"Cheng Niang?"
A woman with meticulous sideburns and a purple strip of cloth on her head stood in the doorway.
"Is Cheng Niang here?"
Su Cheng looked out, subconsciously clenched the broom and said, "Are you?" ”
After coming here, the people she met were very unfriendly, which also made Su Cheng wary of others.
The woman stepped out from behind the door, a little bolder. Looking closely, her face carried a bit of the gentleness that Su Cheng saw in the women in the village.
"My name is Fang He, and I am the daughter-in-law of your neighbor Zhao Shengcai."
Su Cheng's eyes revealed a hint of suspicion: "Is there something?" ”
Fang He rubbed his hands uneasily, "My family is safe and sick, and I keep saying that I want to eat eggs." I heard that you picked up a few mountain eggs a few days ago, can I take a spoonful of lard and exchange it for an egg with you, so that my family can safely replenish my body. ”
An egg is precious to them, and only when the child is sick, can the father and mother be ruthless to get them something to eat that they don't usually have.
But for Su Cheng, these are nothing, after all, she has five hundred catties of eggs in her space......
"You wait." Su Cheng turned around and walked into the kitchen, took out two eggs from the bottom of the basket and handed them to Fang He.
Fang He looked at the two eggs in his hand flatteredly, "It's too many, I just need one." ”
Cheng Niang's bad reputation had already spread in the village, and although Fang He was not familiar with her, he always had some apprehension in his heart when he came to borrow eggs.
She was also worried that Su Cheng would not be willing to take care of herself. I didn't expect her to think too much.
Su Cheng said: "Yesterday, when the Wang family was looking for trouble with me and Yuanren, it was Brother Zhao who stopped them and didn't let them burn down the house. I remember it in my heart. These two eggs should be given to peace. ”
If it weren't for Zhao Shengcai's delay for a while, maybe they wouldn't have been able to wait for Chen Xi to come back.
Su Cheng is not a person without conscience, and they still have to repay this kindness.
"If you don't mind, can I go and see the peace?"
A trace of doubt quickly appeared on Fang He's face: "Yet, it's better not to." If the child is sick, don't give it to you. ”
That being said, Fang He was actually still afraid that she had killed Wang Wu.
Although the matter of the mourning star is all said by the Wang family, this kind of thing is rather credible......
Motherhood doesn't want her child to be near anything bad.
Su Cheng didn't mind: "Okay, if you have any difficulties, just look for me again." ”
The ancients were feudal and superstitious, and she didn't expect to change everyone's opinion of her in one day.
Fang He took the eggs home and made them into egg custard.
Zhao Shengcai had just come back from picking some plantain, ready to boil medicine for the child to drink, and when he saw the egg custard in Fang He's hand, he was surprised and said, "Where did you find the eggs?" ”
Qingyuan Village is poor, and there are a few chickens raised by Zheng Butcher's family.
But Butcher Zheng searched very much, how could he give them the eggs?
If you really want to exchange eggs with him, you have to look at him better.
Fang He said: "I, I'm looking for Cheng Niang next door to ask for it...... I know everyone says she's a dead star, but Ping An really wants to eat eggs, so I can only look for her. ”
Zhao Shengcai asked, "What did you exchange it for?" ”
Fang He told her about the two eggs Su Cheng gave her.
Zhao Shengcai was silent for a while after listening.
"In the future, you will have nothing to do and go to Chen's house more, and get acquainted with Cheng Niang more."
Fang He was surprised: "What? ”
Now the men in the village are not allowed to associate with their daughters-in-law and Cheng Niang.
When she exchanged eggs with Cheng Niang, she was still worried in her heart, afraid that Zhao Shengcai would be angry if she found out.
Why didn't Zhao Shengcai not only not get angry, but also let her deal with Cheng Niang?
Zhao Shengcai said: "I just screamed at the door yesterday, but it didn't help much. In this way, Cheng Niang was willing to remember our goodness and gave two eggs. What kind of bad person can she be? ”
Aunt Wang just said that she was unwilling to say that her son was dead, so he didn't believe that Cheng Niang could really kill people.
And he always felt that this man was not simple when he looked at Chen Ci, and he felt that Chen Ci would be the one day to do great things.
Cheng Niang is also strangely lucky, who can pick up more than a dozen mountain eggs as soon as she goes up the mountain?
Take advantage of the fact that the Chen family has not yet developed to come and go, and you will never suffer.
In less than two days, it is spring plowing season.
The cultivation of these days is often related to the harvest of the coming year, so the men of the village are all busy in the fields early and late during this time.
If it rains, you have to work on the ridges of the fields with your coat on, not to mention how tired you are.
In order to plough a little more, the men of the village hardly went home for dinner for a few days. Every noon, the mothers-in-law of each family carried a basket to bring them food.
In previous years, at this time, Chen Xi carried Yuanren on his back to work in the fields, and when he was hungry, he would eat the bread baked at home the night before to cushion his stomach.
Although the life is rough and a little sad, it will not delay the most important farm work.
But this year is different, because from this year onwards, Chen Ci is a person with a daughter-in-law!
"Sister Fang!" At noon that day, Su Cheng appeared at the door of Zhao Shengcai's house and greeted Fang He.
"Are you ......" Fang He squinted his eyes and looked at it seriously for a while, and suddenly said in surprise: "Cheng, Cheng Niang?" ”
is completely different from the previous outfit when she wore Chen Xi's wide shirt and long sleeves, today's Su Cheng is wearing a lotus pink dress, and the gentle and lovely color makes her complexion fairer.
Her eyes are good again, she is smart, and her hair is wrapped around a beautiful pink belt, and when she dresses up like this, the whole person is bright.
At that moment, Fang He was sure that there was no better looking person than her in the entire Qingyuan Village!
Su Cheng nodded, lifted the hem of her skirt in front of her and turned around seriously, "It's good-looking, right?" ”
"It's pretty!" Fang He was surprised: "Where did you get this dress?" I haven't seen you go through it before! ”
If she had worn such clothes and dressed up with her heart, she didn't know how many people she had charmed, and where would she have the name of a mourning star!
Su Cheng: "This was bought for me by Chen Ci when he went to town." ”
Fang He's eyes couldn't help but flash a hint of envy.
After everyone got married, they lived frugally, and they didn't necessarily have a new set of clothes for several years.
Chen Ci was kind to her, and it was only a long time before she bought new clothes for Cheng Niang.
Judging by the material and style of the clothes, they must not be cheap.
Getting back to business, Su Cheng asked, "Are you going to deliver food to Zhao Shengcai today?" ”
Fang He: "Go." ”
Su Cheng asked with a smile, "Can you take me with you?" I heard that Chen Xi is farming in the same place with your man today, and I want to bring him food too. ”
A smile suddenly appeared on Fang He's lips.
It's pretty sweet.
Originally, they were a widower and a widow, and everyone thought that this day would not go well, but they didn't expect that one of them would buy new clothes and the other would deliver food, and they would have a good time.
Fang He lifted the rice basket and said, "Come with me, I'll take you over." ”