idle mistress

Chapter 34

Erniang remembered that there was still a fire burning in the stove, and rushed out of the room in a hurry.

Xu Weiqiu was sitting beside Erniang's bed, looking at himself through the mirror, his face was covered with large and small pimples, red and swollen, it looked really scary at first glance.

In fact, this pair of skin is not bad, it belongs to the beauty of bones, apart from other things, as long as you take a closer look, you can see that she looks good... The facial contour, nose and lip shape are all just right, especially the thin eyes Chang Youshen is particularly outstanding.

However, no matter how good her face is, she has created it by herself. For more than two years, she went to the market every day to do business. Under the long-term exposure to the sun, her skin became dark and freckled, and it was often dry and cracked. Peeling, even without the acne caused by allergies on the face, this face is still horrible.

Xu Weiqiu went out of the house, took a basin to fetch water from the water tank, and after washing her face with a face towel, she finally felt much refreshed. I saw my sister-in-law Hongyan standing not far behind and staring at her.

"Sister-in-law, would you like some water?" she asked.

Hongyan shook her head: "I'll wash my face too."

"Sure, I've already washed it, come on." She turned and walked away, she didn't take two steps, remembering that she had left a few muddy footprints at the door just now, thinking about using the water she had washed her face to clean the bricks at the door , so she turned back, only to see her sister-in-law fiddling with a face towel beside her.

There was a hemp rope hanging next to the washbasin, and the whole family's face scarves were hung on it, but Hongyan moved the face scarf that was close to her away with a look of disgust.

Xu Weiqiu didn't say anything, walked over calmly, took a look at Hongyan, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, the pimples on my face are not contagious.".

After hearing this, Hongyan glanced at her: "You're not a doctor, it doesn't matter if you say it's contagious or not, it's better to be careful."

Xu Weiqiu nodded: "Yes, I will pay attention."

Hearing what she said, Hongyan walked away.

Xu Weiqiu put away his face towel, picked up the water basin and went out, saw Hongyan entered Rong's room, after a while, there was a burst of chatter and laughter in the room, hearing that sound Xu Xiaoke was also in the room .

Xu Weiqiu knew that Erniang was the only one preparing dinner in the kitchen, so she walked quickly to the door to wash the stepping stone in front of the door, and then walked to the kitchen, and heard Erniang coughing from a distance, she My heart couldn't help but pick up.

Back then, Erniang was forced to go on the road when her legs and feet were not well. On the road, she suffered from severe wind and cold and became seriously ill.When Xu Weiqiu came to their ancestral house in Mozhou, Zhang was already on the verge of death, and the Xu family almost didn't prepare for her funeral.

Xu Weiqiu took a lot of effort to pull him back from the gate of hell. He was alive, but he also suffered from a serious illness.

Walking into the kitchen, I saw Erniang bending over and coughing non-stop, looking very painful.

Xu Weiqiu hurriedly stepped forward to pat her on the back: "Er Niang, why are you coughing again? Didn't you take your medicine?"

Erniang was so out of breath from coughing that she couldn't say a word for a while.

Xu Weiqiu helped her aside, found a bench for her to sit on, and kept patting her on the back until she stopped coughing.

Panting for breath, Zhang glanced at her secretly, and confessed to her with a face of shame: "I have seen better recently, and I feel that there is no need to spend so much money so I skipped a few medicines."

"That's not feasible. You have to drink as the doctor told you. You can't save money." Xu Weiqiu's tone was rare and severe.

Zhang had no choice but to nod obediently.

Xu Weiqiu took off the cloth bag pinned to his belt, and handed over all the money he earned today to Mrs. Zhang.

Holding the heavy cloth bag in her hand, Zhang's eyes turned red all of a sudden: "You work so hard every day, and all the money you earn is spent on me. I'm a 14-year-old girl, and I don't even have a dowry. How can you not prepare it? Qiu'er, it's Erniang who dragged you down."

Xu Weiqiu stretched out his arms and hugged her: "Second Mother, what are you talking about? You are not a burden, you are my Second Mother, and I should respect you."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang coughed again, Xu Weiqiu asked her to sit outside, so as not to choke on the smoke, and started to work in the kitchen alone.

She has quick hands and feet, doesn't have much skill, and has already cooked several dishes.

After finishing, Erniang was in charge of setting the table. Xu Weiqiu planned to go back to the house and change clothes. As soon as he entered the house, he saw that it was a mess. on the ground.

She picked up the quilt, patted the dust on it, folded it, and just put it away, she caught a glimpse of a familiar fist-sized cork under the bed out of the corner of her eye.

She screamed inwardly, and then she fell on the ground, reached under the bed, and took out an earthen jar, which was indeed empty.

Xu Weiqiu rushed into Rong's bedroom with an empty jar full of anger, and the chatter and laughter in the room stopped abruptly because of her arrival.

Seeing her, Mrs. Rong couldn't help frowning, and accused: "Xu Weiqiu, who let you in."

Xu Weiqiu didn't even look at her, he raised the crock in his hand, and asked Xu Xiaoke who was sitting in front of Rong, "Xu Xiaoke, did you take the copper money here?"

Seeing her menacing appearance, Xu Xiaoke shrank her shoulders somewhat guiltyly: "What money? I don't even know what you are?"

Xu Weiqiu already expected that she would not admit it.

"I put this savings jar under the bed, who else would it be if you took it?" Xu Xiaoke's hands and feet were not clean, and she stole her things not once or twice.

"Who took your things? Do you have proof? Xu Weiqiu, don't spit on people without proof..." Xu Xiaoke refused to be lazy, and Xu Weiqiu's sharp eyes noticed that there was a hairpin on her head that he had never seen before. Chic.

She didn't bother to talk nonsense to her, so she stepped forward and pulled the hairpin down without saying a word.

"Ah... what are you doing?" Xu Xiaoke jumped up suddenly, wanting to snatch it back.

Xu Weiqiu could not do what she wished, and dodge all of a sudden.

"Return my money and I'll return this hairpin to you." After saying this, she turned and left without looking back.

The thing she loved was taken away, Xu Xiaoke jumped there anxiously: "Mother, look at that dead girl... She really is lawless."

The bride, Hongyan, stood dumbfounded. Ever since she got married, seeing that elder sister-in-law only worked and didn't talk much, she thought she was easy to bully, but she never thought that she had such a tough side...

Xu Weiqiu came to the stove to serve soup, Xu Xiaoke followed, slapped the stove with his hand, and slapped half the money on the stove: "Return the money to you, and return my hairpin quickly."

(End of this chapter)