The charming little lucky wife of the peasant family

Chapter 15 Compassion
Xu Changgui's family lived in the east corner of the village. They built three earthen houses. The gates were dilapidated and the bolts could barely hang.

Father Xu just came back from the field, and just entered the kitchen, and was about to cook some rice bran paste for a bite.

He was old and his ears were not very good. Both Xu Baozhu and Zhu Yun came in front of him, only then did he see them, and he talked to them with a smile showing his toothless teeth.

"It's Bao girl, why are you here?"

Xu Baozhu originally wanted to settle accounts with Xu Changgui, but seeing his appearance, he couldn't bear it.

Xu Changgui has been naughty since he was a child, and his old father was injured several times, so how could he not be innocent?

She restrained her temper, took Zhu Yun's hand, and introduced with a smile: "It's nothing, I just walked in front of your house, come in and have a look, this is my husband-in-law, surnamed Zhu, named Zhu Yun, a scholar Woolen cloth."

Father Xu squinted his eyes and looked at Zhu Yun for a long time, then boasted again and again: "Students are good, study hard, and in the future, if you become a scholar, you can go to Beijing to become a high-ranking official."

Xu Baozhu chuckled, "Thank you for your kind words."

She glanced at the stove and found that there was only a pile of rice bran on it. After the water passed, large pieces of bran floated up.

"You just eat this?" Xu Baozhu couldn't help frowning.

Father Xu said: "If you are alone at home, you can deal with it casually."

Seeing those things, Xu Baozhu and Zhu Yun felt quite uncomfortable.

The Xu family is a poor family in the village, but the old man Xu tried his best to give her the best. Lard can be eaten, chickens and ducks are raised, and there are eggs. Although most of them are wild vegetables and pickles, occasionally they can improve the food After a good meal, Xu Changgui's family...

It is really only a few words to describe it.

"Brother Changgui, won't he come back and take a look?"

Xu Baozhu had already forgotten about that point of reckoning, and she asked this question simply because she couldn't stand Xu Changgui's behavior.

Father Xu sighed, "Oh, don't mention it, I don't know where I went wild these few days, and I don't know where I got the few taels of meat back two days ago. What is the wrong way, when the time comes, people will find him, and if he can't pay back, he will have trouble again."

No wonder she smelled a strange smell as soon as she entered the door.

"Can you show us?" Xu Baozhu asked.

Father Xu said, "Wait a minute."

With a hunched body, he staggered to the old cabinet at the side, slowly opened it, and the pungent and unpleasant smell permeated instantly.

"Three, two, three, I haven't moved at all." Father Xu said: "But it has been left for a while, and the day has not completely turned cold, so I can't stand it, so it is a little lighter."

Xu Baozhu covered her nose and stared several times.

It was she who cut the old man Xu's meat and sent it to the second uncle's house. She remembered that the hard bone at the top could not be knocked off at that time, and it was cut several times, and it was about to shatter.

"How long has it been since you brought this back?"

"For four or five days, I don't know what he was doing that day. He didn't see anyone for a whole day, and suddenly he brought back the meat at night, and asked me to cook it for him. How dare I, so I put it away. "

Four or five days?
Doing the math, it's been a few days since she and her aunt quarreled by the river that day.

It seems that she guessed right, this matter is probably related to Jiao Chun'e!

"Girl, I heard that you hunted a wild boar a few days ago. Didn't you get it from your house? Today..."

Father Xu showed shame, and was about to kneel down as he said, "I didn't teach the child well, if he really went to your house to steal it, you take it back, uncle only asks you one thing, let him go, don't report it to the police , is it done?"

"no no."

Xu Baozhu hurriedly helped him up, and said: "It does have something to do with me, but it wasn't taken from my house, and it shouldn't be stolen, don't worry."

"Then what do you mean?"

Xu Baozhu didn't really want to mention this matter to him at first, but when it came to this point, she simply opened up and said, "My second aunt should have given it to him."

"Your second aunt?"

Father Xu was full of doubts, "Why did your second aunt give him something for no reason?"

Xu Baozhu pulled him aside and sat down, and asked, "I don't know, uncle, do you know the rumors about me and the eldest brother Qian's family in the village in the past two days?"

"I heard something about it. Why, is this related to Chang Gui?"

"I can't guarantee it, but it is likely to be true. Someone told me that he was the first to pass it on."

"You brat!" Father Xu was so angry that he got up from his seat all of a sudden, his movements were too hasty, his throat got stuck, he couldn't even breathe, he just kept coughing.

"Don't worry!" Xu Baozhu patted his back to help him breathe.

"This matter is still a guess at the moment, so we just want to ask Brother Changgui to clarify, so as not to misunderstand who he is."

"Don't worry, when he comes back, I will ask you clearly. If this brat really did it, I will drag him to your house and ask him to apologize to you!"

"No, no, we can ask ourselves, but I don't know if you know where Brother Chang Gui is, or where he usually stays when he doesn't go home?"

Speaking of this, Xu's father looked disappointed, and sighed: "I couldn't control him when he was young, but now that his wings are stiff, I can't control him even more. How do I know where he is? Look at him. The house has not been lived in for several days, and the bedding is too damp to look at!"

"It's all right." Xu Baozhu comforted him, "We're just asking, it doesn't matter if you don't know."

Xu Baozhu looked at the rice bran on the stove again, and said: "Then we won't bother you, you eat first, this meat, since Brother Changgui brought it back to honor you, you can cook it, and put some more I'm afraid the days will be ruined, what a waste!"

"Hey!" Father Xu responded and assured her: "Don't worry, I will keep the matter in mind. As long as Chang Gui comes back, I will definitely ask you clearly and give you justice."

"Ah."

Coming out of Xu Changgui's house, Zhu Yun hung his head and said nothing, looking very heavy.

"What's wrong?" Xu Baozhu asked.

"I'm thinking about Father Xu. He lives in such poverty that he can't even get a good meal. The child is still unfilial..."

"Pfft!"

Xu Baozhu laughed out loud, "You scholars always have a sense of compassion and responsibility. Anyone can touch your mind, but what's the use of it? There are too many poor people in this world, can you care about it? Think too much Isn't it just asking for trouble?"

Zhu Yun fell silent.

"Okay." Xu Baozhu put her hand on him. She originally wanted to put his shoulders on him, but she found that the size difference was a little too big, so she could barely hold his arm.

"Don't think too much about people's livelihood. Let the higher-ups consider it. We just need to live a good life and solve the current troubles."

(End of this chapter)