Chapter Seventy-Seven: Aunt He, who is inconsistent from the outside
In his opinion, the coarse grains that will be laughed at by people are not eaten by the He family, and what they eat on weekdays must be mixed with ground corn husks, which are ugly and unpalatable, and they can't eat enough.
The same surname, the same brothers and sisters, why is the gap between the rich and the poor so big!
Old Man He also felt uncomfortable, but he still said with a pleasant face: "It's hot now, your fourth uncle ran around the village before borrowing an ox cart, and you have to go to the town to find a mile by carriage. ”
Dabao glanced at He Laosi, who was expressionless, reluctantly responded, and asked, "What about these old things...... Master, if I don't drop it, you can give a few more taels of silver, anyway, when you get to the town, you have to change it to good noodles, it's better to buy it with money, this change of noodles is troublesome! ”
He grinned.
Old Man He's tone was a little light: "The family gives you your milk and your mother to see a doctor, there is not much money left, and the few money in your hand can also be saved, and you should not spend it lavishly, and finally be embarrassed." ”
This means that no money will be given.
Dabao was not very happy, and weighed it again and again, since there was no money, this thing could be exchanged for some silver, so he jumped on the ox cart and waved his hand, and took an oil-paper umbrella to cover the top of his head.
The ox cart is driven by a village, known as Huang Laohan, an old bachelor, who is taciturn, since he bought this ox cart, he will take over some small businesses that pull people.
Under the scorching sun, the old ox pulled the ox cart and slowly disappeared.
Old Man He sighed softly and went back to the house.
Only Shippo pouted and kicked the stones under his feet unhappily.
The oil-paper umbrella is the best and latest umbrella of the He family, the pole is thin, not sinking, it is very light, and the style is also good-looking.
"Silly boy, it's just a broken umbrella, when it really rains, my sister will make you a small coat like Chunsheng, and let you go out to play crazy!" He Chun'er touched his head and said comfortingly.
Chunsheng, is Qibao's little playmate, there is a coat given by adults, similar to a modern raincoat, Qibao has been greedy for a long time, his eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he nodded happily: "Sister, I'll borrow Chunsheng's coat to show you, I want him to look like that." ”
With that, he ran away.
He Zao also poked his lips and smiled, what a child, all the things woven with grass in Lujia Village were basically woven from dried grass, which was not valuable. Shippo is rare enough to be able to play on a rainy day.
As soon as Dabao's front foot left, the back foot of the He family ushered in another uninvited guest.
Aunt He.
Aunt He is inconspicuous, far less handsome than Mrs. He, to tell the truth, although Mrs. He has a twisted temper, she looks white and fat, a pair of wrinkled eyes can not hide the appearance of her youth, Aunt He is black and thin, and she wears the same as the country woman, not wearing the fashionable skirt of the city people, but the wide trouser legs are tied tightly, the jacket is also patched, and only a wooden hairpin is inserted in her hair.
When I first saw her, He Zao thought it was the old lady of one family who came.
But in fact, Aunt He is only in her thirties this year.
Listening to Sibao said that it was an aunt, He Zao was taken aback, Aunt He married a family surnamed Cui in the town, her mother-in-law opened a grocery store, the family was very good, she had scheming, even if she had no children so far, only had a daughter, she quickly gained a firm foothold in her mother-in-law's house, her in-laws and husband were obedient to her, and the grocery store fell into her hands early.
It is also strange that since she married into the Cui family, the more filial she is to her in-laws, the faster her in-laws lose weight, when she first enters the door, she can still hear her mother-in-law's voice of dissatisfaction with her, but after a long time, her in-laws are more and more satisfied with her, and her reputation for filial piety has spread far away.
He Zao only heard Sibao mention a few words in private, and he was very curious about this legendary Aunt He, but who knew that it was better to be famous than to meet, and the real Aunt He was like this.
Aunt He was very kind to their juniors, and grabbed a handful of fruits for them to eat with a smile. He looked at He Zao again, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a while, but Zao'er is getting better and better." ”
He Zao squeezed out a smile.
Aunt He came in a carriage and brought five or six parcels, large and small, including half a bag of good noodles, half a horse of blue fine linen, half a basket of duck eggs and five catties of fat pork, which were worth a lot of money.
Looking at the old man and Mrs. He, and even the satisfied smile on Ma's face, you can see that Aunt He is a good person.
"I'm coming, I'm here, what else do I bring, I'm sorry for my son-in-law!" Old Man He was very happy, but he couldn't help but nag a few words.
Mrs. He had the opposite opinion: "How much effort did my eldest daughter put into his family, the grocery store was half dead before, not that my eldest daughter could prosper like this, not to mention this half of the cloth, that is, to move the entire grocery store home for me, his Cui family has nothing to say!" ”
This heroic tone made He Zao sweat.
Aunt He looked at her with disgust, then turned her head and asked, "The third daughter-in-law is sick, I'll go and take a look." As he spoke, he pointed to the half basket of duck eggs: "Mother, this duck egg will make up for the third daughter-in-law." ”
Mrs. He's eyes widened and she was very dissatisfied: "What do you want for her!" This duck egg is old and expensive, your old man just gave thirty eggs, and her body bones are like that, no matter how much she makes up, she can't become a fairy! ”
As if she was afraid that the duck eggs would be taken away, she actually learned that Suo Suo got off the kang and hung the basket on the beam in the middle, muttering: "Tangerine is the time when she grows her body, and she has never eaten any good things, there are few ducks in our Lujia Village, and this duck egg is also a rare thing, just let Tangerine eat it, you can't be stingy as a big sister." ”
He had already rolled his eyes secretly on the side.
Aunt He seemed a little helpless, and compromised: "Then take half of it and give it to the third room, there are still a few children here, and Chun'er is also there." ”
Mrs. He hesitated, but she listened to her words and said lightly: "Then stop and pick up a few of them." ”
He Zao's eyes couldn't help but widen, he couldn't believe his ears, is this still the old lady He who made a fuss because of a few eggs? actually listened to Aunt He's words like this.
He Chun'er bit her lower lip, gently pulled He Zao's hand, and pulled her out.
When he came outside, He Zao was confused: "Sister, what's wrong?" ”
He Chun'er's face was not very good, and her tone was heavy: "Morning, we can't have that duck egg!" ”
He didn't understand.
He Chun'er whispered: "Our aunt's things are not so easy to want." ”
She looked left and right, there was no one, so she leaned into her ear and whispered: "Our aunt doesn't go home once a year, but when she comes back, something big and small will always happen to our family, which makes people unhappy, so this is also the reason why our aunt doesn't like my aunt." Our fourth aunt who left doesn't like it either, I listen to the eldest aunt, the fourth aunt will be separated from our fourth uncle, also because of what the aunt said. ”
He Zao raised his eyebrows.
He Chun'er continued: "Our aunt brings a lot of things every time she comes back, but they are all for our grandma, she gave our family a piece of cloth last time, and our eldest brother lived in her house when she turned around, and it has been three or four years since she moved back." Our eldest brother and aunt are getting closer and closer, and they are getting farther and farther away from us! This time it's half a basket of duck eggs again, who knows what she wants to do! ”