"What do you say?" Li Xiulan almost doubted her ears, but when she reacted, she first sneered, and looked at Xu Rujiao with slanted eyes, "Xu Sanya, you don't know what your surname is when you go to the county, don't you want to marry?" If it weren't for your fourth aunt-in-law's matchmaking, such a good marriage would have been able to take your turn? Listen, listen, you all listen to what she has to say. ”

"Don't talk nonsense." Li Xiuqin reprimanded in a low voice, and then turned to Mrs. Li again, "Mom, it's really not that I don't give it, it's really not enough to eat, the eldest girl has to get married after the New Year, it's not good to call her in-laws to come and even stutter." ”

"Old Zhang's family still lacks your stuttering?" Mrs. Li's face was unhappy, "The eldest girl will go out in the New Year, how much can you eat for the four of you." ”

"Mom, I'm ......"

"My eldest sister won't go out, let alone marry that person!" Without waiting for Li Xiuqin to finish speaking, Xu Rujiao interrupted louder, "Dad, Mom, Zhang Mingliang is not a good person, you can't ask my eldest sister to marry her." ”

"This dead girl is getting more and more energetic!" Li Xiulan looked at her more and more unpleasantly, "If this word reaches the ears of the old Zhang family, you relatives will not be able to get married." ”

Xu Guangshi looked at it and said disapprovingly: "Sanya, don't talk like this." ”

"Dad, I'm telling the truth!" Xu Rujiao was a little anxious, "The eldest sister won't be happy if she marries him." ”

"Then you should tell me, why is the Zhang family bad?" Li Xiulan asked, "Boss Zhang is a contract worker in an enamel factory, and with a salary of more than ten yuan a month, the Zhang family can eat meat every three or five days." ”

"Yes, Sanya, why did you suddenly say that?" Xu Guangshi also didn't understand that the Zhang family was a good marriage in the eyes of everyone.

"Dad, I'm ......" Xu Rujiao couldn't find the words for a while, looking at the Zhang family from the outside, it is indeed very good, but the husband is attentive, the mother-in-law is mean, and the concubine is difficult...... These are known only to those who have actually experienced them, and she can't say them now.

"Okay, it's going to be dark if you delay any longer", Mrs. Li was impatient, "Xiuqin, you quickly distributed food for me, I'll go back, I'm still waiting to cook at home." ”

Li Xiuqin looked embarrassed, and Xu Guangshi didn't speak.

"Big girl, hurry up and bring a bag for your grandma" Li Xiulan instructed Xu Rujuan, who was reluctant to look at her parents, and didn't know whether to go for a while.

"Big sister." Xu Rujiao spoke again, "You find out our abacus." ”

Xu Rujuan was puzzled, Xu Rujiao turned to Mrs. Li again, and then said: "Grandma, if you have to take food from my house today, you want the lives of our family, don't believe me to calculate it for you." ”

As she spoke, she turned out all the food in the house and piled it up with the things that had not yet had time to be cleaned up, Xu Rujuan had already taken the abacus, Xu Rujiao had a word, and began to settle the account: "Five catties of cornmeal and ten catties of sweet potatoes...... There are a total of five people in my family, and according to the calculation of eating eight taels per person per day, these can still eat a total of ......."

The abacus beads crackled in the small space, and the more she calculated, the more ugly the faces of the adults became.

"You saw it", it was quickly finished, Xu Rujiao spread the results in front of Mrs. Li, "This little food at home is only enough to barely support until the beginning of spring, and the new grain will not come at that time, I don't know what to do, why don't you lend us some more?" It's all a family, and you won't watch us starve to death. ”

Mrs. Li really didn't expect that she was here to ask for food, but she was going to go out to get it?

"There are wild vegetables on Kaichun Mountain, you just need to be diligent." Mrs. Li said indistinctly.

Li Xiulan didn't give up: "Don't fool people here, I don't believe that you have this little food at home." ”

Xu Rujiao turned to the side and made a gesture of please, "Look at yourself, if you can find one more grain of rice in my house, you will be able to take the grain on the ground." ”

If she dares to say this, it will definitely be gone, and Li Xiulan will not really bother to rummage.

In fact, what is the situation of the third sister's family, she has a little bit in her heart, and she is just greedy for the remaining fifty yuan, thinking of taking advantage of it. In the past, with the old lady here, she will definitely be able to take some back, but today I didn't expect Xu Rujiao to make this little girl's film.

"Grandma, fourth aunt, you want to share my family's food, and my mother is not easy to stop as a daughter", Xu Rujiao cleared her throat and said righteously, "But for the New Year, if our sisters and sons beg for food to your door, begging their aunts and grandmothers to give them a bite to eat, and then starving to death, the people in the village will always have a way to say." ”