Chapter 11: Continue on your way
"Uncle, it's not that I have to be unforgiving, it's that my aunt hasn't realized her mistake yet."
Shen Xinyue lowered her head and looked at Shen Jiyue: "Go, how did he beat you, call me back." ”
Shen Jiyue was stunned for a moment before she realized the meaning of her eldest sister's words.
In the past, at her aunt's house, every time she was bullied, she could only hide in the corner and cry by herself, but she didn't expect that this time the eldest sister would support her.
immediately straightened his small waist, and there was nothing to be afraid of anymore.
"I see who dares to touch my ingots, I'll fight with her!"
opened his mouth wide and protected his son in his arms: "The family is black-hearted, without us, your family is old, and the little one can live until now?" ”
"Full of daughters-in-law."
Mrs. Shen's voice came from behind her, and her body with her mouth wide open trembled obviously.
Zhao Manchu turned his head, hurriedly lowered his body and said apologetically: "Old aunt, you see this matter, and it also alarmed you to come over." ”
Mrs. Shen nodded, her eyes swept over the two granddaughters, and then landed on her big mouth.
"Daughter-in-law, when you came to the village, it was my old woman who saw that your family was pitiful, so she vacated half of the house and lent it to you. Later, you gave birth to an ingot, and no one dared to deliver the baby, and I also gave birth. ”
"My wife has never blushed with anyone in her life, to put it mildly, who in the village has not been supported by me? It's a pity that the son and daughter-in-law didn't get early, so they left these granddaughters. Although there is no pillar in the family, it is not arbitrarily bullied and arranged. ”
When everyone present heard Mrs. Shen's words, they were all silent.
He opened his mouth wide and lowered his head in shame.
"Although we are now on the way to escape from the famine, our ancestors and grandchildren have not yet asked for food to reach everyone."
Shen Dacheng hurriedly said: "Auntie, don't say that, it's embarrassing for us." I can't write two Shen characters in one stroke, as long as I am here, I will definitely not ignore the few of them in the new moon. ”
Zhao Manchu saw Shen Dacheng's gaze, gritted his teeth and walked over, and slapped his mouth wide.
"You are a troublemaker, the children have taught you badly, hurry up and compensate the two girls!"
opened his mouth wide to cover half of his face, and shouted: "Zhao Manchu, you are so capable, you dare to beat me?" ”
"I, I'm beating you, believe it or not, I'll divorce you?"
The husband, who has always been good-tempered, started to get angry, and his heart began to burst out when he opened his mouth wide.
In the end, he could only reluctantly pull the ingots to apologize to the Shen Xinyue sisters.
"Xinyue, since your aunt has also apologized, let's quickly take the other person's arm back."
Mrs. Shen spoke, and Shen Xinyue walked up to open her mouth, didn't give her half a chance to prepare, grabbed her arm and used a force, and with a crisp click, she opened her mouth and screamed again in pain.
Seeing that there was nothing to do, the crowd dispersed.
"Crescent, you've been acting very differently lately."
Returning to her own position, Shen Xinyue didn't wait to sit down, and Mrs. Shen's words made her heart chuckle.
"Milk, I'm the eldest in the family, now in this situation, no matter how bad I am, how can I protect you and my sisters?"
"They are all neighbors in the village for decades, and if there are really any bad intentions, I don't believe it. Your sisters are not early, and you don't have brothers to take care of you, the people of Shenjia Village are your backing, leave a little more affection in the future, and don't do things too much. ”
"Milk, I always want to rely on others, but I don't know that there is such a thing as backing, my aunt's family doesn't see how we are, so it's better to rely on others than on yourself."
Mrs. Shen sighed: "Your aunt is an exception, and I didn't expect her to become like that." Forget it, you're still young, you'll know later. ”
Shen Xinyue didn't care, in her previous life, she was stabbed in the back by her most trusted companion, so she wouldn't give her back to anyone again.
It didn't take long for Shen Yingyue's three sisters to pick up a large bundle of firewood and come back.
Dinner is still gruel with mixed dough.
For Shen Xinyue, who was accustomed to eating fine grains, the things in front of her were simply difficult to swallow, she could only chew the cake in three or two bites, and then swallowed it with the porridge water.
But for the others, compared with the Zhao family's black-faced nest, this is a rare delicacy.
After eating, laying out the hay and tarpaulin, Shen Xinyue took out the dagger and began to sharpen the wooden chisel.
Shen Yue came over curiously, "Sister, what are you doing?" ”
"I'm going to make a few traps around the neighborhood to see if I can catch some pheasants and rabbits, so that I can improve your food."
Hearing that he was going to catch a hare, Shen March immediately came to his senses and took the initiative to help Shen Xinyue.
Hu Dongsheng, who was next to them, heard the movement and followed over to join in the fun.
It didn't take long for Shen Gui'an and Shen Lanhua to come over together.
Shen Xinyue simply handed over the work of digging the pit to them.
After setting up the trap in the nearby woods, she quietly sprinkled a little fragrant rice from the space on top, and then the few of them went back to sleep with peace of mind.
On the second day, before Shen Xinyue opened her eyes, she heard a chirping sound in her ears.
"Big sister, get up and see what we've hunted?"
Shen Yueyue ran over with an excited face, shook her awake without saying anything, and then showed her the rabbit in his hand.
"Sister, in the trap last night, we caught two rabbits and a pheasant, and we have meat to eat today!"
Hu Dongsheng picked up the pheasant in his hand and came to Shen Yingyue's side: "Sister Yingyue, you see how good the color of this pheasant's feathers is, how about I tie a chicken feather shuttlecock for you?" ”
Shen Jiyue on the side tightened her little nose: "Brother Dongsheng is eccentric, and he won't give me a shuttlecock." ”
Hu Dongsheng scratched his head and grinned to show a mouthful of big white teeth: "All, all of them." ”
The news of several people hitting hares and pheasants quickly spread among the crowd.
Some are envious, some regret why they didn't try it with them last night.
Shen Dacheng and Hu Songbai cleaned the rabbit skin, and the pheasant was still angry, but they were not in a hurry to clean it up, but only tied their feet with ropes and threw them into the back basket.
Seeing that it was not early, everyone had a simple bite of breakfast, and then packed up their things and prepared to go down the mountain.
It was rare that the weather was not so hot today, so there was not much rest at noon, and everyone rushed to the foot of the mountain before dark.
The children were already eager to eat hare meat.
Collecting firewood is more active than ever.
Two rabbits, one salted to roast and the other to make soup.
There are a total of more than a dozen people in the three families, and each person only gets a few pieces of meat.
But this is very satisfying for them, who can't eat meat a few times a year.
Hu Dongsheng immediately said: "Sister Xinyue is still powerful, she can eat meat every time, and I will follow Sister Xinyue in the future." ”
Shen Gui'an: "Sister Xinyue has any work to contribute, although I told the second brother, I am not like some people who can only move their mouths." ”
Hu Dongsheng was in a hurry, and hurriedly made up for it: "I will naturally help." ”
Watching the two of them arguing, everyone else couldn't help but laugh.
As the bonfire went out, everyone else fell asleep one after another, except for the villagers who were in charge of keeping watch for the night.
But he didn't know that a group of more than 100 horsemen dozens of miles away appeared quietly, and soon disappeared into the vast night.