Chapter 20: Practicing Words
"My mother is really eccentric, how long has this fourth daughter-in-law been here, and all the good things in the family have been given to her, and I don't know what to do every day."
Back in her room, Li Yumei poured bitter water at Xue Laoer.
"The fourth child broke his brain, and it was not easy to buy a daughter-in-law to come back, but the mother can't provide for it?" Xue Lao Er said to Li Yumei with some impatience that since Ye Shu'er came to Xue's house, Li Yumei has become more and more nagging.
"How can there be such a thing? It's not fair. ”
"Okay, I still have to work in the afternoon, you let me sleep for a while, don't nag."
Xue Lao Er turned over and closed his eyes, and Li Yumei had no choice but to stop talking when she saw this.
At the same time, every household in the village is busy planting winter vegetables, and the Xue family is no exception.
Song and Zhang worked together for an afternoon, and finally prepared the winter vegetable seeds to be planted, and they were officially planted in another day.
Most of the winter vegetables are mainly cabbage, on the one hand, the cabbage can be stored for a long time, on the other hand, the cabbage tastes good, and it can also be stewed with meat.
The next day, Ye Shuer went to Zhao Xiaoni's house again early in the morning as agreed, and this time Zhao Xiaoni's embroidery work was much better than the day before.
"If you practice more, when I go next time, I can help you talk to the shopkeeper about the embroidery work."
Ye Shuer commented and then said to Zhao Xiaoni.
"Hmm."
Zhao Xiaoni didn't respond lightly, Ye Shu'er had long been used to her appearance, and then said: "It's time to plant winter vegetables these days, the family is too busy, I won't come, and when I come again, you can let me see all the embroidery." ”
As soon as she heard Ye Shu'er say that she couldn't come, Zhao Xiaoni suddenly had a trace of unhappiness on her face, but she just nodded and didn't say anything.
"Shu'er, you're here so early?"
At this time, Aunt Zhao came back from outside with a basket, and when she saw Ye Shu'er, she immediately behaved very enthusiastically.
"Auntie, Xiaoni's embroidery work is getting better and better, so the next time I go to the town, I will find the shopkeeper to help her find some embroidery work to do."
Ye Shu'er's words made Aunt Zhao immediately happy, put down the basket, and hurriedly took Ye Shu'er's hand and asked eagerly, "Shu'er, what you said is true?" ”
"Really big lady, Xiaoni is very talented."
Ye Shu'er was a little unaccustomed to others grabbing her, so she pulled out her hand awkwardly and said.
"That's good, that's good."
Aunt Zhao smiled when she saw this, and then looked at Zhao Xiaoni: "You embroider well, when your embroidery can be sold for money, our family will not be so difficult." ”
Zhao Xiaoni didn't speak or respond, as if she hadn't heard Aunt Zhao's words.
"Shu'er, I really don't know how to thank you, otherwise you stay for dinner at noon, and I'll boil two eggs for you."
"No, Auntie, I didn't bother to think about it, Xiaoni is studious herself, I have to go back to cook at noon, I can't stay."
After Ye Shu'er finished speaking, she ran back to Xue's house with a cigarette, eggs are valuable things for them, she doesn't dare to ask for them, otherwise she won't be able to pay it off in the future.
"Shu'er, what's wrong with you? Why are you running out of breath? ”
When Boss Xue went home, he almost bumped into Ye Shu'er outside the yard, and couldn't help but ask.
"I'm afraid I didn't get into trouble somewhere, right?"
Li Yumei carried the basket, yin and yang weird, and glanced at Ye Shu'er.
"What are you talking about, how can such a well-behaved child as Shu'er cause trouble?"
Zhang heard the movement at the door, ran out of the kitchen, and immediately glanced at her when he heard Li Yumei's words, and then said to Ye Shu'er: "Shu'er, are you hungry?" Hurry up and wash your hands and ask Zhi'an to have lunch together. ”
"Okay, mother."
Ye Shu'er quickly ran back to the room, and when she left, she asked Xue Zhi'an to stay in the room to practice calligraphy, so it seems that Xue Zhi'an really wrote obediently all morning.
"Zhi'an, it's time for lunch."
Ye Shu'er entered the door and saw Xue Zhi'an writing the same words over and over again, so she was a little curious.
It is Ye Shuer's three words.
"Daughter-in-law, look, your name."
Xue Zhi'an immediately smiled happily when he saw Ye Shu'er, put down the brush, and showed her all the words he had written all morning, all of which were Ye Shu'er's three words.
"It's so pretty."
Ye Shu'er praised it, she didn't expect Xue Zhi'an's handwriting to be so good.
She silently collected one, and was about to go back and embroider it on the purse and give it to Xue Zhi'an, "Zhi'an, how is your own name written?" Can you write one for me? ”
"Daughter-in-law, of course you can."
Xue Zhi'an said and picked up the brush again, wrote down his name and handed it to Ye Shu'er, the pen was vigorous and powerful, and it was hard work at a glance.
She followed Xue Zhi'an to learn calligraphy, but after practicing for so long, the writing is still a dog. Climb the same.
Ye Shu'er dried the pen and ink on it, and put away the two names on top of each other through the thin paper, and then pulled Xue Zhi'an to the main hall for dinner.
In the main hall, as soon as the family sat down, there was a knock on the door outside.
"Auntie, are you at home?"
When Zhang heard the sound, he immediately went to open the door, and the family put down their chopsticks when they saw this.
"Xiao Liang, why are you here? Have you eaten? ”
Zhang opened the courtyard door, and a short and thin man walked in, looking at a glance long-term malnutrition and a sallow face.
"Auntie, I'm here to ask if your family needs help planting winter vegetables this year?"
The man belongs to the Liang family in the village, and the Liang family has a lot of land and little land, so when the farming is busy every year, he goes to other houses to help exchange some food, and before Ye Shu'er came to the Xue family, the Zhang family would ask the Liang family for help.
"It's not necessary this year, you see that the fourth child of my family is not marrying a daughter-in-law, and if there is someone in the family to help, there will be no need for so many people."
The Xue family is considered to have a rich family background in the village, and in previous years, relying on the wages given by the Xue family, the Liang family could barely survive the winter, but now the Xue family does not need to hire anyone to help, and their life is naturally sad.
"Auntie, this year's harvest is really bad, our family just wants to wait for the winter vegetables to find some work to do, you see if there is anything else I can do, don't get paid, just stutter."
"Xiao Liang, otherwise, you go back and wait first, if there is a living aunt, I will definitely be the first to ask you for help."
The Zhang family is a little embarrassed, everyone's harvest is not good this year, if it weren't for Ye Shu'er discovering He Shou Wu and wild boars, the Xue family may not have a good time this winter.
Seeing this, the man nodded and walked away.
When the man of the Liang family left, the Zhang family returned to the dinner table and sighed.
In the afternoon, Zhang took Ye Shu'er with him, followed Xue Boss and Xue Lao Er to their own fields, and took her to recognize the road in order to facilitate Ye Shu'er to deliver food these days.
"Old Xue's family, go to the field? This girl is the fourth daughter-in-law, right? He's so handsome. ”
On the way to the field, I met several villagers from the same village, and Zhang praised Ye Shu'er when she met people: "Yes, my daughter-in-law here is not only handsome, but also quick to work, skillful, and beautiful in making clothes." ”
"Really? That's a blessing for your family. ”
Ye Shu'er listened to these people's words and quietly followed Zhang's side, she had long been used to coming here these days.
Within an afternoon, everyone in Peach Blossom Village knew that the Xue family had found a great daughter-in-law.