A peasant girl through the ages

Chapter 31

Zhang Hai didn’t have many cotton and cloth tickets, so he promised Xinyu that he could hang out with the other two lesbians. They all brought cotton-padded clothes and trousers, so they didn’t have to worry about winter clothes for the time being. What they lack most now is food. .

Xinyu's trolley was placed at the foot of the mountain. The two large carts could hold a lot of firewood. Zhang Hai thought he needed help delivering it home, but seeing the trolley made him heave a sigh of relief.

Of course, he also fell in love with the cart of Xinyu's house. If he wants to spend the winter here, if he doesn't prepare firewood earlier, and carries it back every day, who has the time?
No, I opened my mouth and told Xinyu about borrowing the stroller.

"Okay, you can use it when you want to use it. If you can't do it today, I will chop firewood for a day and borrow it from you tomorrow. It's not difficult to borrow it if you want to borrow it again."

Fu Chen couldn't help but laugh at Xin Yu's words. This little girl's words were interesting. Unlike other country children, she was not shy or timid, and she didn't look at them with curious eyes. His intuition told him that this little girl didn't care about them at all. Take it seriously, and not be curious, which gave Fu Chen the urge to continue observing.

Xinyu sent the firewood home and continued back up the mountain. Fu Chen and the others also cut a pile of firewood. When Xinyu came over, the big guys went down the mountain together.

"When your ticket is ready, come to my house to change it. I'll wait for you."

Du Qiuchan went to pay off all the debts in the morning, and returned home relaxed, when she heard the voice of the girl at the door.

Looking outside, she knew the person, but what did the girl mean?
"Xinyu, what are you talking about?"

Seeing Du Qiuchan coming out, Xinyu shouted happily, and then explained to Du Qiuchan.

Du Qiuchan tapped her daughter's forehead, a little bit dumbfounded: "You said you child, let you chop firewood, but you can still exchange things with others, mom doesn't know what to say about you."

Xinyu asked: "Then what do you always want to say? Say I'm doing something wrong?"

Du Qiuchan replied: "That's wrong, I just want to say that my daughter is capable, I am very pleased with your mother, I will wait to enjoy the blessings of my daughter in the future, I don't have to worry about anything, my daughter will solve it for me directly .”

Xinyu laughed, and while stacking firewood, told Du Qiuchan about the old lady on the mountain.

"Mom, I really didn't cause trouble. Isn't my aunt in charge of my uncle's house? If my aunt doesn't open her mouth, who of us would dare to stay at someone else's house for dinner? It's okay to take a look at my grandma. Look at what the old lady said , is what an elder should say, mother?"

After Du Qiuchan heard this, she was so angry that she wanted to curse, what the hell, let the two of them go over for the boss's birthday, if you say we go, why not?

"I won't go, whoever likes to go will go."

Xinyu asked while washing her hands: "Mom, what do you think my aunt and the others want to do with such a big battle? This family is also divided, and there is nothing wrong with our family. Is it possible that I really want to talk to my father?" Repair the relationship?"

Du Qiuchan shook her head: "I don't think so, your aunt, in my opinion, is a fool."

Too much, Du Qiuchan didn't want to comment, Lin Yuhe wanted to let them go to dinner today, but the elders didn't say anything, would she dare to let them go?I'm afraid there should be a sister-in-law's handwriting here.

Lunch was ready, but Lin Changhe didn't come back. After waiting and waiting, Lin Jiancheng, the eldest son of Uncle Xinyu's family, was waiting for him.

"Second Aunt, my mother and the others are calling you over to have dinner."

Du Qiuchan waved his hand: "Don't bother, we've already done everything, just waiting for your second uncle to come back."

Lin Jiancheng continued to explain: "My second uncle has already passed away, and my grandma asked you two to go over to have a meal, so that we can get together as a family and take advantage of my father's birthday, which is not usually an opportunity."

Xinyu didn't want to go, she was worried about that grandma, but she didn't say anything.

Du Qiuchan didn't want to go either, but she couldn't stand her eldest nephew holding her back.

"Xinyu, you also follow the past to have a look?"

Xinyu didn't want to go anymore, but at this time, she had to go. She could understand why her mother told her to go, and she was afraid that Lin Changhe would cause trouble if he drank too much.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

The two girls locked the door and went straight to Lin Changfu's house.

On the way, Du Qiuchan also asked about the eldest nephew's marriage with concern.

Lin Jiancheng is not young anymore, he is two years older than their family Jianbin. In the countryside, it is a little late to talk about getting married at this age, but the eldest couple have high vision, and this has been delayed until now.

"Looking at it, my mother said that there are still several that I haven't looked at. Don't worry, just take your time."

The children are not in a hurry, so Du Qiuchan will not express her opinions.

Entering the old home, even Xinyu was shocked, there were so many people, her aunt probably vomited blood today, four sons and two daughters, plus daughter-in-law and children from each family, how could the number be less?
Xinyu said hello to the elders one by one, and shouted to the older brothers and sisters, and then sat down and did not speak.

There are too many people talking, talking too much and making mistakes, so let's wait for the meal honestly.

The meals are already set up, and they are called meals, but in fact, the table of these children is just a bowl of noodles, or the kind that is mixed with white noodles and corn noodles. The dishes are a cold cucumber and a plate of small fried fish. Yu estimated that the fish should be caught from the river.

The men's table is much richer. There are six dishes, fried fish, stewed chicken, pork head meat, and a plate of fried peanuts. The other two plates are green vegetables. The noodles are better than the women and children's table. White flour.

Xinyu glanced at Dafang's grandchildren who were all sitting at the main table, then looked at the people around, then bowed her head in silence.

"Come, come, let's eat. Today is your uncle's birthday, and there is not much good food at home, so don't be too polite. There is not enough. There are still noodles in the pot. Let's take care of the meal today."

Dong Xiumei, Lin Changfu's wife, was all smiles, and Du Qiuchan said embarrassedly: "Sister-in-law, I have troubled you, I would have come to help if I knew it."

Dong Xiumei waved her hand: "Oh, it's just cooking, I'm enough for myself, let's eat."

The children didn't care about that, since they were allowed to eat, no one was polite, the small fried fish on the plate was snatched up in an instant, and Xinyu only caught a small fish and it disappeared.

Slowly gnawing on the small fried fish, in fact there is not much meat, but fortunately the fish bones are all crispy, Xinyu is not worried about getting stuck by the fish bones.

The children at this table are actually not too young, so they must be fine to eat by themselves, and they don't need adults to take care of them at all.

Xinyu's cousin Lin Ju from her third uncle's family touched her arm: "When are you going to school? The exam is about to take place. You don't want to take the exam, do you?"

Xinyu shook her head: "Why, the bag on my head hasn't disappeared yet, sister, look at—"

Lin Ju stroked Xinyu's hair, not to mention, it's been a few days, and the bag on her head really hasn't gone away.

"When you are in good health, go to school as soon as possible. Don't fail the exam when the time comes. It's a joke."

Xinyu nodded: "Don't worry, I know it well."

(End of this chapter)