The peasant girl is not strong

Chapter 5 Growing Up

"Come on, give me a hug."

Li obediently hugged her daughter to her mother.

"Look at this pretty look, you are blessed." Grandma nodded at Tang Shiqi's little face with a kind expression.

Tang Shiqi's big and adorable eyes rolled and turned, staring at her grandmother's face. The old face of her grandmother was tanned and dark spots appeared on her face. She was a bit like her mother, but had a different expression from Lai's grandma. , Do grandma and grandma are different patterns?

At this point, she still didn't know what the body's surname was. At that time, when she read this book, she saw such a cowardly Mrs. Li, and she didn't read it after reading two or three chapters.

The stepmother was cheap, and her five daughters suffered, but she didn't expect that she would be in it, and the feeling became different.

Li's submissiveness may be caused by this society where men are superior to women, but also because she gave birth to a daughter, and she is ashamed of her husband's family's thinking. She treated her mother-in-law like this, and she has no intention of resisting. What is even more difficult to accept is that her father is A "filial son".

"My mother, it's time to eat." Lai's family did not go to the eldest daughter's place to take the child for the first time today, but went to the kitchen to cook to save face.

Tang Shiqi and Mrs. Li were not able to go out to eat, and they could see eggs in their mother's bowl today.

Daya and her three younger sisters, the happiest day is when their grandmother comes, they can eat at the table instead of eating rice porridge.

Their second aunt and third aunt competed to eat at the dinner table, and they didn't have the gentleness of the big girl at all.

"My dear family, we didn't grow much land, and we supported so many people. Fortunately, both Acer and his father are carpenters, so they can make up for a little household."

Lai is clearly complaining, but he is actually showing off. Who does not know that there are two wood craftsmen in their family who are skilled in their craftsmanship, and even let them make furniture for the rich.

"Well, when we got married, we wanted your family to be a little thicker, but... Although women give birth to children, they are girls, not women who can control them. You should take care of her and let her repair her body and wait for the next child. I can have a handle."

Li's mother Qi is well aware that this in-law family is hard to wait for ten miles and eight townships. She also knows how their family treats their daughter, and she can't blame too much, for fear that she will be embarrassed after she leaves. own daughter.

After this day, Mrs. Li was even unable to confine herself. There were worms growing in the paddy fields to catch worms. In August and September, the weather was even hotter, and when the rice was in bloom, she had to go home to cook after working in the fields every day.

Firewood should be picked up continuously on days when the weather is good.

Tang Shiqi is growing up, she can eat more milk twice at night, and during the day she can only wait for the waiter to return home.

Except for Li's milk, she couldn't eat anything else, she could only starve.

She has never wetted the bed once since she was born, and she has never used a diaper. Such an easy-to-carry doll has given Li a lot of peace of mind. Five-year-old Erya can take care of her little daughter without having to wash a diaper.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed, and Li gave birth to the full moon, not to mention having red eggs, let alone making full moon wine.

Every time she went out to work, she met people in the village or neighbors.

Others are kind, she doesn't get cold water, she comes out to work in the air.

Li Shi could only smile bitterly when she heard other people's words. If she didn't come out to work and get cold water, it would be like enjoying happiness at home as her mother-in-law said. She couldn't remember how many times she had heard the word "blessing".

When Mr. Li came back from work outside, he found a carriage in the yard. When did their family have such a wealthy guest?He guessed that it was for her husband to do carpentry.

On the other side of the thatched cottage was a stranger sitting there drinking tea with Acer and his father.

Just as they were about to cook lunch, a guest was observed sitting in the wooden-furnished living room.

This guest is a 50-year-old woman in a brocade skirt, with a gold hairpin on her head, a jade bracelet in her left hand, and silver and gold earrings in her right. She is drinking tea with Mrs. Lai in the living room.

He beckoned to let Mrs. Li enter the living room, looked her up and down, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Well, it looks good, do you know if she has enough milk?"

"Enough! The babies in the family don't need to eat other food, they all grow up on her milk." Mrs. Lai's greedy eyes, the silver that is about to be handed over, Mrs. Li is going to be a wet nurse, and she has monthly silver every month. They don't need to farm the land to buy food.

"Are you willing?" the old woman asked Mrs. Li.

"What?" Mrs. Li lowered her head. In front of such a rich woman, she felt inferior and didn't understand what the woman meant.

"Our rich master is the richest man in the county. There is a two-year-old son in the family. Please ask a nanny. I came here under the introduction of others. You pack up and come with me. Every month, there are two Two months of money, for you to eat, for you to live, and I will let you change into a good suit."

"Can I not go? If I go, what will happen to my daughter?" Mrs. Li was not greedy for two or two silver coins at all, knowing that the money would definitely not go into her pocket, she went to be a wet nurse, and the only poor one was her own daughter, the youngest The baby is only one month old, how can she bear it.

"Miss Li, you're not good or bad, two taels of silver, if you do better there, maybe you will get a reward." Mrs Lai's domineering and savage words were used by her daughter-in-law.

"If you say something first, there are rules there. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If you don't do well, you will be punished." The mother-in-law observed carefully and knew that this daughter-in-law was so honest and cowardly.

"This... Can I take my little daughter to..." Mrs. Li knew that she had no strength to resist, and hoped to fight for it before that.

"No... The young lady told me when I came, and the old lady also told me that you signed a living contract. You can come back to visit one day a month, and other old people can't make the decision."

"Woooo" Li Shi thought that she would not see her girls for a month, and tears flowed down her cheeks.

The old woman went out to the carriage, brought in a set of lake blue rafters, and handed it over to Mrs. Li.

Mrs Lai stared at her daughter-in-law's dress and wanted to grab it with one hand. Thinking of the silver she just got, she resisted the urge.

Li went back to the room to change clothes, hugged the girl on the bed, and fed the girl before leaving.

"Mother, what a beautiful dress" Erya and her two younger sisters surrounded Li's.

"Well, during my absence, you have to take good care of your sister. My sister has no milk to eat. Let your sister cook rice soup for her to drink."

Li shi glanced at the outside, Da Ya went out to work and hasn't come back, so she couldn't tell Da Ya in person.

"Mother, why didn't you come back?" Erya had never left her, so she couldn't understand what she meant.

"Lee's hurry up," the old woman urged outside.

Li changed her clothes with tears in her eyes, and simply packed two more sets of clothes, wearing her best shoes, and kissing each daughter on the cheek.

"Mother, where are you going?" Erya understood a little at this moment, hugging her little sister and chasing her with the other two sisters.

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