peasant girl

Chapter 24, Assigning chores

Mrs. Lu took a look at Zhu Erlang, and called Mrs. Lu and Mrs. Zhao to come over.

There are only three people in the main room, father and son.

The old man Zhu asked Zhu Erlang, "Erlang, tell me what you think!"

"My request is very simple, just treat my wife and daughter as human beings!"

In a word, he slapped old man Zhu in the face directly, causing burning pain.

In the past, not to mention Lu's and Xiao Lu's, it was old man Zhu. Once upon a time, he regarded Zhao's mother and daughter as human beings.

They are the ones who do the housework and feed the chickens, pigs and rabbits.

"If you can't do it, then separate!" Zhu Erlang said again.

Old man Zhu stood up when he heard the words, and looked at Zhu Erlang in astonishment, surprise and shock.

Separated...

If we really want to divide the family, how will we divide the family?
What for Zhu Erlang?Or give nothing?

As far as Zhu Erlang's current ability is concerned, if he really doesn't give him anything, he can think of a way, and it is impossible for his wife and daughter to starve to death.

Zhu Dalang was too shocked to say a word.

"Erlang, my parents are still here. Say, what are you talking about separating the family? Isn't it great that our family lives together!"

"..."

Zhu Erlang said nothing.

But he has already made up his mind, if he doesn't make it clear today, he will invite the village chief and patriarch to separate the family.

Over the years, it can be said that the things in this family were bought after he went to work, and some of them were always given to him.

Even the fields should be divided into several acres.

Old man Zhu looked at Zhu Erlang, and he also had his own plans in mind.

Big room
Little Lu cried when she saw Lu, "Mother..."

"Why are you crying? Hurry up and pack up and go to the main room!" Lu's heart was also furious.

All right, Zhu Erlang came back.

All of a sudden, the peace of the family was disrupted, and she was beaten up by the old man.

"Mother..." Little Lu called out aggrievedly.

The injury on the leg still hurts, not to mention, it's embarrassing.

She was stabbed by her niece with scissors. There is no explanation for this matter. How can she behave if it spreads?

"Don't worry about it. Think about Mingguang. After thinking about it, we have to work together to coax Erlang to work in the town. If he really doesn't go to work, our family will soon have no money!" Lu Shi After finishing speaking, he left the big house.

Little Lu thought about it carefully and wanted to understand.

The more I understood, the more flustered and regretful I became.

I knew earlier, I knew earlier...

When Mrs. Lu arrived at the second room, Mrs. Zhao was feeling the fabric and counting the silver in the room. Although there was only a tael of silver, it was still a huge sum of money to Mrs. Zhao.

"Mr. Zhao!" Mrs. Lu shouted at the door.

Almost scared Zhao Shi to pee.

Quickly put away the cloth and money, went out of the room, and shouted dryly, "Mother..."

Mrs. Lu looked at Mrs. Zhao suspiciously. She felt that Mrs. Zhao was weird, but she didn't expose it, "Hurry up and go to the main room!"

As for Zhu Xiao and the others, Lu Shi didn't take it to heart at first, but thinking of Zhu Xiao's ferocity, she felt a little apprehensive in her heart, and left with a cold snort.

Such a big event, children's families, are not qualified to mix.

Zhao Shi didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly followed.

Zhu Xiao also quietly followed, hiding aside to eavesdrop...

In the main room, the anger was extremely heavy.

Especially after Zhu Erlang said that he wanted to separate the family, old man Zhu had to reconsider how to treat the second wife.

It was definitely not the way it was before.

"Erlang, tell me!" Old Man Zhu said.

Zhu Erlang pondered for a moment, "Father, mother, eldest brother and sister-in-law, I will not go to work in the town from now on, I will stay at home and help my parents with the field work, then I will go to the mountains to cut firewood, and by the way I will go hunting with others. The money earned will no longer be handed over to the mother. I will give as much as the eldest brother gives. As for the work at home, Zhaodi and the others cannot do all the work. The first room and the second room have a division of labor. , Feed the chickens, our second room will choose to feed the pigs, feed the rabbits, or sell the chickens, rabbits, and pigs!"

"..." Lu Shi was stunned.

I really want to sell the pigs, chickens, and rabbits, and the family's income will be gone in the future.

Little Lu was also too shocked to say a word.

Old man Zhu was silent for a while before he said, "Then the first room will cook, clean, and feed the chickens, and the second room will cut pigweed to feed the pigs, and mow grass to feed the rabbits!"

This can be regarded as the final word.

Of course, there are other reasons too. Erfang's cooking is delicious, but Zhu Xiao's cooking is too oily.

Moreover, for a few big pigs and rabbits, it takes several backs of hogweed a day.Pigs have to be eaten every day, and if there is no pigweed, they must be hunted, and there is no lack of it in the cold weather.

The big housewives couldn't bear this kind of suffering.

"Okay!" Zhu Erlang said, got up and walked outside.

I knew more or less in my heart that old man Zhu was eccentric.

Some things, if you don't think about it, maybe it's nothing, but if you think about it carefully, it will be infinitely magnified.

Zhu Xiao didn't think that old man Zhu was eccentric, and she was eager to hunt pigweed and mow grass, because she could only make money by running outside.

She stood aside and waited for Zhu Erlang. When Zhu Erlang saw Zhu Xiao, he knew that Zhu Xiao was eavesdropping, but he didn't scold him, but shook his head helplessly.

this daughter...

Zhu Xiao smiled at Zhu Erlang and ran away quickly.

Now that the division of labor is done, we have to work.

Mrs. Zhao also plans to discuss with Zhu Xiao and the others how to divide the work. She doesn't want to go outside to hunt pigweed, but she can chop pigweed and cook it at home to feed pigs and rabbits.

Compared with Xiao Lu's dissatisfaction, Zhao returned to the second room happily, and called Zhu Xiao and Zhu Hua'er, "From now on, we only need to mow pigweed to feed pigs, and mow grass to feed rabbits!"

"En!" Zhu Xiao responded.

Zhu Hua'er also nodded quickly.

Then he went to get the back sling and went out to hunt pigweed.

The family fed rabbits, fearing that there would be no grass to eat, so they deliberately scattered two plots of land. Generally speaking, it is mainly done by pigs, and it is much easier for rabbits.

Zhu Xiao and Zhu Hua'er also knew where there was a lot of pigweed, and they could get more pigweed, and it was fast and not tiring to carry them home.

While hunting pigweed, Zhu Xiao saw many plantain trees and thought about it carefully, but couldn't remember whose plantains it was.

"Hua'er, whose family are those plantains?"

"No one wants it. They usually come to cut some leaves and go back to wrap things!"

"Then let's cut down a few plants and cook them to feed the pigs!"

"Can pigs eat it?"

"meeting!"

It’s just that the banana tree is thick and heavy, and it’s impossible to get it back after cutting one. Zhu Xiao decided to go back and ask Zhu Erlang to carry it.

The two sisters returned home with the sash on their backs, and Zhu Huaer went to find Zhu Erlang who was sharpening the hatchet, "Father!"

"Huh?" Zhu Erlang responded softly, and continued to sharpen the hatchet.

"Father, my second sister and I chopped a plantain, go and help us get it back!"

"What do you cut bananas for?"

"Feed the pigs!"

Zhu Erlang was also surprised, "Can pigs eat it?"

"Second Sister said she could eat, Dad, can you help us carry it back?"

"..." Zhu Erlang hesitated for a moment. Although it was a trivial matter, it was the first time his daughter asked, "Okay!"

It's just that Zhu Erlang didn't expect that Zhu Xiao didn't want him to carry one plantain, but several plantains.

"..." Lu was speechless.

Mrs. Zhao was also stunned, "What are you doing with so many plantains?"

"The little novel is going to be fed to the pigs!"

(End of this chapter)