Yoshida Mii

Chapter 13 Second Aunt's Thoughts

After she came here, she rummaged through the memory of the original owner, but she still couldn't find any information about the history of this time and space. Dressing warmly is the first priority. In addition, it is far away from the capital and there are few literate people. Almost no one cares about which dynasty and which emperor is in power. It has nothing to do with them.

Song Xiucai did know, but how could he tell his daughter this.

Dong Bao wants to understand this era, so she can only start with Lin Shi, who is closer to her.

"Why did Dong Bao suddenly want to ask about this?" Lin Shi looked at Dong Bao and asked with a smile.

"I went to the city, and I heard that the emperor lived in the palace of the capital, so I wanted to ask." Dong Bao had already prepared his speech, and a timid little girl suddenly became concerned about current affairs. Why? Probably not suspicious.

Lin Shi couldn't help but reached out and touched the top of Dong Bao's head. The little girl hadn't put her hair up yet, she simply combed two shiny black braids. The palm felt soft and warm, just like the kitten he raised that year .

"Now we are the Dasu Dynasty, and the emperor is the founding emperor of the Dasu Dynasty. He has been in power for almost 20 years." Lin Shi reluctantly took his hand from Dongbao's head and said, "This is what I was taught before. Master said, the emperor was born in a peasant, he understands the suffering of the peasants best, hates corrupt officials the most, since he ascended the throne, he has treated the peasants very well, and the taxes and corvees are much less than those of the previous dynasty.”

Dong Bao was stunned. She was not proficient in history, but she also knew that in her original world, there was no such dynasty as the Dasu Dynasty, so where did she end up?Forget it, forget it, it's useless to think so much, let's settle down when it comes.

Lin Shi looked at Dong Bao's small face, which was wrinkled like a bun for a while, and stretched out for a while, which was quite interesting.Along the way, Lin Shi told Dong Bao the anecdotes and strange stories spread in the countryside, telling the naughty stories about him and his younger brother Quanzi playing outside when they were young. The country road also became shorter, and soon arrived at the gate of Song's house.

At this time, the sun had already slanted to the west, and smoke was already rising from the kitchen of the Lin family.

"Brother Dashi, put down the basket and go home, it's getting late." Dong Bao said.

Lin Shi smiled and said: "It's not so far away, I'll carry it to the side of your pigsty." Such a big basket can hold two Dongbao, and he feels heavy even if it is filled with pigweed, let alone Dongbao. Bao is a little girl.

As soon as the two stepped into the yard, they ran into Second Aunt Song who came out to collect clothes.Second Aunt Song was still dressed in a bright outfit, she was stunned when she saw Lin Shi, and immediately greeted her enthusiastically, "Dashi, come to play at home?"

Lin Shi put down the pigweed basket next to the pigsty, wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile, "Second Aunt, I met Dongbao beating pigweed, and sent her home."

"Oh, I'm going to trouble you!" The second aunt laughed so hard that she couldn't see her teeth, she tsk-tsk praised: "Dashi is a hardworking person with a good heart, and you are the most outstanding young man in ten miles and eight villages! Take a look!" You are so tired... Zhaodi, Zhaodi! Quickly pour you a glass of sugar water to quench your thirst, brother Dashi!" Then he stepped forward and pulled Dashi with a warm smile: "Dashi, let's go, sit and rest in the house for a while."

Dashi hurriedly dodged a step back, dodging the hand extended by the second aunt, and declined: "No, thank you second aunt, I'm not tired, I'm going home now."

"What's the hurry!" Second Aunt smiled, seeing Dashi's eyes filled with satisfaction, "Is it okay to drink a sip of water from Second Aunt?"

"Second Aunt, Aunt Qiuxia is waiting for Brother Da Shi to come home for dinner." Dong Bao interjected, seeing that Second Aunt was enthusiastic, not at all like her usual vitriolic style!Dashi's house is next door, and he obviously doesn't want to rest, but he is still stubborn.

Second Aunt Song immediately turned her head, raised her eyebrows and glared at Dong Bao, "Why are you so ignorant, a kid! I really want to help you, and you don't even thank me. Is this how our old Song family behaves!"

At this meeting, Song Zhaodi came out of the stove, holding a large bowl in her hand, which was full of steaming brown sugar water, she walked over with her head down, her face blushing, and her voice was soft. Humming like a mosquito, "Brother Da Shi, I'll give you some sugar water."

Dong Bao looked at Zhao Di in surprise, and when he quarreled with her in the morning, he was still so aggressive, how could he turn into a gentle loli in front of Da Shi at the meeting!

"Thank you, Second Aunt. I'm not thirsty. Give the sugar water to Da Mao and Er Mao's two younger brothers." Lin Shi smiled and waved his hands, "Dong Bao just said thank you. Second Aunt, don't get me wrong. We all belong to the village and carry baskets. Pigweed is nothing. My family’s food is ready, so I have to go home quickly.” He said, took Dong Bao’s empty basket from him, turned and walked out.

The second aunt looked at the back of Lin Shi walking out quickly, and lowered her hand in mid-air, a little unwillingly, "Hey, kid, why are you so polite!" Song Zhaodi, who was standing there, wanted to reprimand her, but seeing that Dong Bao was there, she endured it, and said to Song Zhaodi angrily, "What are you doing standing there, take the sugar water to the house, and wait until the big hair and the second hair are thirsty when they come back. drink."

After all, without looking at Dong Bao, he took the clothes to dry and walked to the west wing, opened the curtain and entered the room.Song Zhaodi also quickly and carefully carried the bowl, fearing that the sugar water in the bowl would spill, she carried it into the west wing.

Dong Bao glanced at the bamboo pole in the yard, but there was no blue coarse cloth dress on it, and he didn't know whether the milk had been washed for her.

The second aunt entered the room and sat by the bed. When Song Zhaodi came in, she put down the bowl, then got up and grabbed Song Zhaodi's braid, grabbed her ear and twisted it hard, cursing bitterly: "Look at you? Promising bear! You can't even speak when you meet people, you can't show your petty anger, and your old lady's face has been lost by you. Why did you give birth to such a useless person? Dongbao is better than you! Dashi also helped her carry pigweed back."

Song Zhaodi blushed so much that she was about to bleed, she desperately broke away from Second Aunt Song's hand, covered her red ears that were pinched by Second Aunt Song, and argued forcefully, "Dongbao is just a little girl, how can she compare with me?"

"Don't be stubborn here, it's useless to be stubborn with me." Second Aunt Song gave her a cold look, pointed to the Lin family to the west and said, "Dashi is one of the best young people in ten miles and eight villages. He is hardworking and clean. It’s much better than ours. The two families are very close. There’s a saying that you’ll get the moon if you’re close to the water. Your mother will pave the way for you. You have to live up to it. If you don’t even dare to say a word like before. Said, no prospect, in the future, I will see that the daughter-in-law married to Dashi will live a good life, and if you marry a poor boy and eat chaff, it will be useless to regret it later!"

Song Zhaodi's face was flushed red, no matter how bitter she was from her mother and grandma, she was only a 12-year-old girl, why would she have the nerve to answer the question whether she was married or not?She understands Second Aunt Song's thoughts, and she also likes Dashi with all her heart, her heart has already sprouted, which girl in the village doesn't like Brother Dashi?Anyway, the daughter's family is going to marry. Dashi and her age match, the family background is good, and he looks so good-looking. She really can't find anyone who can be better than Dashi.

"You should think about it yourself, this is a lifetime affair of your daughter's family." Second Aunt Song carefully looked at Song Zhaodi's face, flushed, shy and timid, but with a joyful smile, obviously liking Dashi "Don't count on your grandma, she doesn't care if you marry well or not." And don't count on your father... Second Aunt Song swallowed those words abruptly.

"Don't stay at home all the time, the two families are so close, talk to Dashi more often, and meet each other. Our farmers don't pay attention to the defense of men and women... It's best to make a marriage in advance this year, I heard Several families went to Lao Lin's house to say that the matchmaker was a spy, so hurry up. If you are only one year younger than Da Shi, this matter will be easier to handle..." Second Aunt Song began to talk to herself, and looked at Song Zhaodi with wide-eyed eyes Irritated, I couldn't help cursing in the end: "If you are a shrewd person, why bother with me! Look at Dongbao, who usually keeps silent, but I didn't expect that she is still successful. You can't beat her!"

Song Zhaodi was ashamed and annoyed, ashamed because she was going to marry Brother Dashi, and annoyed because mother actually said that she was not as good as Dong Bao, how could she be inferior to that girl!Dong Bao's father is a scholar, isn't her father nothing? Before, the villagers looked at Dong Bao and made her jealous, but now Dong Bao's father is dead!What else can you compare with her?

Lin Shi returned home with an empty pannier on his back. In the kitchen, Aunt Qiuxia had already started cooking. Hearing noises in the yard, she came out and saw her son unloading the empty pannier. Aunt Qiuxia smiled in surprise. He said: "Why did you go out all afternoon and didn't get anything back?" Her son was diligent and quick, so it stands to reason that he would not return empty-handed.

"I used to kill pigweed, but later I met Dongbao, so I gave her the pigweed." Lin Shi said, taking a tattered handkerchief hanging from the eaves, slapping the dust on the sleeves of his trousers, and walking in the wild grass. After walking all afternoon, there was a lot of dust on my body.

Aunt Qiuxia nodded, "Give it to her, our family doesn't lack some hogweeds, and even a child can cut less."

Lin Shi lowered his head and put on clean shoes, thinking of Dong Bao's slender and thin body, the old Song's family did not do things properly, and asked Dong Bao to carry such a big basket to go out to cut pig grass. She is a little girl, and she might cut until dark They couldn't even cut a basket, if he hadn't met him, why would Shen carry it back?
"Well, I just sent her home." Lin Shi said.

Aunt Qiuxia smiled and said, "I said, why did I hear the voice on the other side of the wall that sounded like yours just now? Why, what did you say to Second Aunt Dongbao? I didn't hear clearly from the distance, but I heard her chattering like singing. endless."

We were all neighbors, and Aunt Song knew what she was like. Aunt Qiuxia knew in her heart that she didn't like her very much.

"It's nothing." Lin Shi replied in a muffled voice, "She wanted Zhaodi to pour me sugar water and thank me for bringing Dong Bao back. I left without drinking, saying that the family was waiting for me to eat."

Aunt Qiuxia slapped her thigh, "That's right, you stay away from that Zhaodi from now on! She is not young, so you have to be careful to avoid suspicion."

(End of this chapter)