Chapter 11: Borrowing Grain
"Yo, old Xue's family, what good things have you hit again?"
The four of them walked to the village, and when they arrived home immediately, they happened to meet the old man Niu who came back from outside, and when they saw what they were trying to carry, they hurriedly walked in to talk, and saw that the Xue family was carrying a wild boar, and they were very red-eyed.
"It's nothing, it's just that Shu'er and Zhi'an hit a wild boar on the mountain."
Master Xue was honest and said truthfully.
"Your fourth and fourth daughter-in-law fought? Such a big head? Really? β
"Really, my daughter-in-law found it, this wild boar...... Hmmm......"
Xue Zhi'an heard Old Man Niu questioning Ye Shu'er, and hurriedly wanted to explain, but before he finished speaking, Ye Shu'er covered his mouth.
"This wild boar is not only our credit, but mainly the help of the eldest brother and the second brother, and it was not easy to catch it."
Ye Shu'er hurriedly followed Xue Zhi'an's words and said, Xue Lao Er was a spirit, and he hurriedly agreed.
"Yes, old man Niu, my mother is still waiting for us to go back, and I have time to sit at home another day."
Xue Lao Er gave Ambassador Xue a look as he spoke, and Ye Shu'er covered Xue Zhi'an's mouth and hurriedly went home together.
"Daughter-in-law, this wild boar was obviously killed by himself, why don't you let me speak?"
Back at home, Ye Shu'er let go of Xue Zhi'an, and Xue Zhi'an immediately asked suspiciously.
"Then let me ask you first, this wild boar killed himself when he saw me, am I amazing?"
Xue Zhi'an was naΓ―ve and simple, and naturally didn't understand human feelings, Ye Shu'er thought about it and asked.
"It's amazing, my daughter-in-law is amazing."
When Xue Zhi'an heard this, he immediately gave a thumbs up, his face full of admiration.
"Then I'm so powerful, I can't let outsiders know, otherwise what if you snatch me away?"
"No, no, my daughter-in-law is mine, and no one can rob it."
Ye Shu'er's two words immediately made Xue Zhi'an realize the seriousness of the matter, and said with a serious face: "I will definitely not say it in the future, no one will say it." β
Hearing this, Ye Shu'er nodded with satisfaction.
The voice of the little couple led out the Zhang family, the Song family and Li Yumei, who were sewing clothes in the house.
"Boss, second, is this the wild boar you brought back?"
The three of them saw at a glance the fat pig dragged into the yard by Xue Lao Er and Xue Lao Er, and their expressions were the same as those of Xue Lao Da and Xue Lao Er when they saw the wild boar.
"Mother, this is the fourth brother and sister beating, they can't lift it and ask us to carry it back together."
Boss Xue wiped his sweat and said truthfully to Zhang's family, although the weather was already very cold, but carrying this way really made the two of them tired, and they were sweating.
"What, this is a fight between Zhi'an and Shu'er?"
Zhang's surprised mouth could stuff an egg, Li Yumei was also surprised when she heard it, and there was a look of jealousy and unwillingness in her eyes, originally she thought that this was her own man who called back, and she could also show off in front of Zhang's, but she didn't expect that it was Ye Shu'er and Xue Zhi'an, who she looked down on.
"Mother, this wild boar doesn't know what's going on, he ran over and hit the tree, Zhi'an also stood in front of me to protect me regardless of my safety, and I didn't do anything."
Ye Shu'er's words made Zhang's face immediately bloom with joy, and he immediately hugged Ye Shu'er and turned around twice, and then said: "Shu'er, you are really my family's lucky star, I am relieved to hand over Zhi'an to you." β
"Mother, I also want to hug my daughter-in-law in a circle."
When Xue Zhi'an saw Zhang's actions, he immediately ran to the two of them and encircled Ye Shu'er in his arms, which immediately made Ye Shu'er blush.
"Zhi'an, you let me go first, I'm afraid of fainting."
Ye Shu'er's face was so red that she could almost drip blood, Xue Zhi'an hurriedly let go of her when she heard this, and asked nervously: "Daughter-in-law, where are you uncomfortable, I'll help you blow it, and it won't hurt if you blow it." β
Xue Zhi'an didn't understand, Ye Shu'er didn't know what to say, Zhang looked at the interaction between the young couple, and he was also pleased.
"Mother, what to do with this wild boar, it's such a big one, it takes a lot of work."
Li Yumei couldn't get used to seeing Ye Shu'er and Xue Zhi'an like this, so she only felt that Ye Shu'er was showing off silently, and hurriedly asked.
"Boss, you go sharpen the knife, eldest daughter-in-law, you go to boil water, second daughter-in-law, you go and change more salt and come back, second brother, you go and chop more firewood, let's deal with this pig at night."
Hearing Li Yumei's words, the Zhang family immediately gave an order, and several people immediately went to action after hearing it, leaving only Xue Zhi'an and Ye Shu'er with nothing to do.
"Mother, what are I doing with my daughter-in-law?"
"You and Shu'er don't have to do anything, let's play with the big girl and Xiaobao, let's make pork to eat in the evening, and have a good meat meal."
Zhang smiled at Xue Zhi'an and said, Xue Zhi'an was very happy to hear it, turned his head to Ye Shu'er and said, "Daughter-in-law, let's eat pork at night, the meat made by my mother is delicious." β
"Okay, thank you."
After Ye Shu'er finished speaking, she went back to the room by herself, she was going to continue embroidery, Xue Zhian consciously did not disturb her, and led two little followers in the yard to watch the Zhang family kill pigs and chop pork.
"Big girl!"
The Xue family was busy when a woman's voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard.
"Aunt Niu, what's the matter?"
Zhang opened the courtyard door and saw the eldest daughter of the old man Niu, and immediately understood what was going on, and he didn't mean to let people in.
"Big sister, what are you doing here, mysterious, what's wrong? Don't you want me to come in and sit down? β
"It's a little messy in the yard, it's inconvenient, why don't you come back another day?"
Zhang's hand held the courtyard door, Aunt Niu was stunned that she didn't find a chance to enter the door, and her face was unwilling.
"I heard my father say that you are holding good things, I am just curious to come and take a look, and I don't want to rob your house, why do you prevent me from being like a thief?"
Aunt Niu looked into the courtyard with a pair of eyes, and she could vaguely see Boss Xue sharpening his knife.
"Where, I happened to catch a wild boar, it's not that it's hard to clean up, and the yard is messy."
Zhang said lightly, this posture clearly did not allow Aunt Niu to enter the door, the two were in a stalemate for a long time, and Aunt Niu did not enter the door.
"Big sister, you're going to see the outside, I don't have anything else, it's just that my family has been having a hard time recently, I want to ask you to borrow fifty catties of grain, thirty catties of pork, and pay it back after the winter."
Aunt Niu looked like a matter of course, and opened her mouth to be the family's rations for half a month, not to mention that the Xue family couldn't get out, even if she could get out, it was impossible for the Zhang family to borrow it, the old man Niu was a well-known scoundrel in the village, and Aunt Niu followed all his shortcomings.
"It's not that I won't lend it to you, the harvest in this field is not good right now, and our family can't get so much food, not to mention that I just spent money to marry the fourth daughter-in-law a few days ago, and I have an extra mouth to eat, and I really can't even it."
As soon as Zhang's words came out, Aunt Niu's face instantly became much more ugly, and she said in a strange manner:
"Big sister, you will lose your conscience when you say this, who doesn't know that your family just caught a big pot of fish and came back, and now you caught such a big fat pig, whoever is sad will not be sad for your family, and you won't borrow such a little food, it's really stingy, and it's a neighbor!"
Aunt Niu's mouth is notoriously damaged, and Zhang's anger is straight out in a few words.
"If you talk nonsense, I'll tear your mouth apart! I haven't heard of you like this, don't you borrow other people's things, don't say it, others don't borrow it, you have to rob it! β
Rao is Aunt Niu has such a thick skin, and her face is also red as Zhang said.
"What are you talking about, if you don't borrow it, you won't borrow it, there is no food in the house recently, and I can't even eat, so I'm cheeky to borrow some food from your family, if you don't borrow it, forget it, what are you doing to scold me like this?"
The people in the village were separated by a low wall, and when the two of them quarreled like this, everyone had already heard the sound and gathered around.
"You are speaking of a loss of conscience! Who borrows something will borrow 50 catties of grain and 30 catties of pork? This is a month's ration for our family, you can borrow it? I've given you our family to drink the northwest wind! Not to be outdone, Zhang was not to be outdone.
"Yes, yes, Zhang's right."
"If you want me, I won't borrow it."
"What does Aunt Niu want to do so much, she won't be here to fight the autumn wind!"
"This Aunt Niu is the same as her family, they are all scoundrels, last time they said to borrow my family's newly bought hoe for use, and they didn't send it back to me for two months, I went to ask for it, but Aunt Niu said that the hoe belonged to his family. If it weren't for the presence of my family, this hoe would not have returned. β
"That is, the Xue family just married a daughter-in-law, and now Aunt Niu has come to ask for things, and she is not afraid of panic."