Chapter 20: My Aunt Is Coming
Su Xiao'e didn't know when Xu Jianshe would come back, only that when she opened her eyes, Xu Jianshe had already slept beside her again.
And he was lucky not to die, holding Xu Jianjian's hand and staying all night.
Su Xiao'e felt that she really had no face to see people, especially Xu Jianjian.
"Awake?"
Su Xiao'e turned her head and saw Xu Jianjian's open eyes staring at herself.
"Well, wake up."
"Today's Dragon Boat Festival, I may not be back until the afternoon."
Xu Jianshe said, and began to get dressed by himself.
"Well, I'll go into the mountains."
Su Xiao'e didn't reply, this Xu Jianshe is a good hunter, and the reason why the Xu family can live better than other people's families is completely dependent on the money Xu Jianshe got from hunting in the mountains.
"Then ...... you" Su Xiao'e paused halfway through speaking, and then whispered, "Be careful." ”
"Hmm."
Xu Jianshe just went out, and after a while, Xu Xiaowan walked in with washing water.
"Sister-in-law, what did you and my brother do last night, why did the water sound last night, I thought it was raining."
Su Xiao'e was embarrassed to say anything, but turned her head with a red face.
Xu Xiaowan looked at Su Xiao'e's appearance, and could only say to Su Xiao'e seriously:
"Sister-in-law, you told my brother to save water, it hasn't rained for a long time recently, and many people say that if it doesn't rain again, it is estimated that there will be a famine."
Su Xiao'e's originally blushing face suddenly fell into deep thought when she heard this.
It wasn't until Xu Xiaowan went out that Su Xiao'e came to her senses.
Troubled? If it's better, at most the crops are barely growing, and if it's serious, then everyone will have a problem drinking water.
But whatever it was, everyone was facing a big problem of famine.
A few years ago, when Dayue entered, everyone had been hungry for several years, which was so hard to divide the land, seeing that everyone's life was getting better, why did this start natural disasters again?
Thinking of this, Su Xiao'e felt that she would have to remind her mother-in-law that she could stock up on some food in advance, not to mention anything else, so as not to starve people to death when the time came.
Here, Zhang Qinfen got up early to clean up.
And Xu Jianshe still went to the mountains as usual, it is said that in order to have a good Dragon Boat Festival, he went out to hunt early, hoping to come back with some prey.
In the past few days, Su Xiao'e has stayed at home and can eat meat every day, which is naturally due to Xu Jianjian.
Before this, the wild things that Xu Jianshe brought were basically sent to the county hotel, and since Su Xiao'e was injured, there would always be one or two hares or pheasants left at home to stew Su Xiao'e to replenish her body.
"Sister-in-law, this is really your blessing, we haven't eaten meat so cool for a long time."
Xu Xiaowan said as she brought in the breakfast prepared for Su Xiao'e.
"Xiaowan, don't talk nonsense, when I didn't come, when did your brother lack your meat."
"Sister-in-law, don't you know, although my brother can often catch wild things, but most of the time he sells them, only if he is really hungry for meat, he will leave a little to satisfy his hunger."
Su Xiao'e doesn't believe Xu Xiaowan's rhetoric, the life of the Xu family is more prosperous than that of other families, if it weren't for Xu Jianjian's leg problems, plus his age.
It is estimated that there are many girls who want to marry into this Xu family.
Here Su Xiao'e and Xu Xiaowan were chatting happily, and Zhang Qinfen over there ushered in the first wave of guests today.
It has always been the custom of this Xujia Village to go back to his parents' house during the Dragon Boat Festival.
The two elders of the Xu family have passed away, and Xu Shaohua's sister can naturally only return to Xu Shaohua's house with her daughter Tang Xiaoyan.
Su Xiao'e planned to spend the holiday at her in-law's house this year because of her health.
At this meeting, Xu Shaohua's sister Xu Shaohong pulled Zhang Qinfen and said:
"Sister-in-law, didn't you marry your daughter-in-law? Why do you have to do this chores by yourself, look at me, since we have Lin married a daughter-in-law in our family, this family, inside and out, up and down is this Lin daughter-in-law. ”
Zhang Qinfen welcomed Xu Shaohong into the room, with a somewhat alienated smile on her face.
"This is all a family, who does the work at home or not, besides, our Xiao'e is not injured, she is lying at home to rest these days."
"You have to suffer multiple injuries to withstand the service of the old woman, and you are not afraid of flashing your waist."
The more Zhang Qinfen listened to Xu Shaohong's words, the more unpleasant she became, but for the sake of face, she didn't say anything scolding.
"You can't say that, how can you curse the juniors badly, I, I just hope that my family is safe and healthy, so that I will be satisfied."
Xu Shaohong pursed her lips, obviously not seeing the fact that the Xu family married a daughter-in-law but was reluctant to work.
Tang Xiaoyan naturally ignored the greetings of her mother and aunt, and as soon as she came in, her eyes were purring around.
Now that he entered the hall, he asked Zhang Qinfen directly:
"Auntie, where is my cousin?"
"Let's go to the mountains."
When Tang Xiaoyan heard this, her footsteps immediately walked outside.
"Then I'll go find my cousin."
"You kid, is it so easy to find in the mountains? Stay at home. ”
Zhang Qinfen said, pulling Tang Xiaoyan back.
To say that this Tang Xiaoyan is also a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, every time she comes, she only looks for Xu Jianjian, but not Xu Xiaowan, who is the same age as her.
"Auntie, I'm familiar with the mountains here, I'm sure I'll be able to find my cousin."
"Where are you going, come back to me, the eldest girl's family, how can anyone run up the mountain every day."
As soon as Xu Shaohong's curse came out, Tang Xiaoyan's footsteps came back.
At this time, Su Xiao'e and Xu Xiaowan, who were in the house, heard the noise outside and looked at each other.
"Xiaowan, is this who is coming to the house?"
"Sister-in-law, this is my aunt here."
When Xu Xiaowan spoke, her face was not good, and after a while, she continued to say to Su Xiao'e:
"Sister-in-law, my aunt has a bad temper, you'd better not provoke her."
Su Xiao'e smiled and didn't care.
"I've come to hide in the house, so you won't run into my house and make trouble for me."
As he was saying this, he saw that the door was opened, and Xu Shaohong and his daughter Tang Xiaoyan pushed the door in directly.
And followed by Zhang Qinfen, who wanted to stop but couldn't stop it.
She looked at Su Xiao'e helplessly.
"Yo, sister-in-law, I heard that this construction and daughter-in-law are newly painted houses, why is it still like this, poor and sour.
If you want me to say, if you have money, you can build a new one.
Hey, no, how can you be rich, you and my brother are both from mud legs, and even construction, at such an old age, you don't even have a job.
It's not like our family has a forest, a chef in a state-owned restaurant, but it's delicious. ”