Yoshida Mii

Chapter 14

Dashi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he felt that his mother was thinking too much, he didn't have any thoughts about Zhaodi at all, and his impression of her was only to the extent that she was Dong Bao's cousin, "Mother, Zhaodi is still young, more than Dong Bao is not much bigger."

"It's not too young." Aunt Qiuxia squatted outside the kitchen and peeled the withered yellow leaves of the cabbage. "Two years older than Dongbao, he's twelve years old. It's time to get engaged in a couple of years."

Farmers get married early, girls are twelve or thirteen years old, boys are fourteen or fifteen years old, they should get married, and they get married after two or three years after getting engaged. For a girl like Zhaodi, the one who loves her daughter at home is exactly the one who loves her daughter everywhere. It seems that when they were planning to make a good marriage for their children, it's just that the old Song family only had sons and no daughters in their eyes, and the Huang family and the second son of the Song family didn't seem to worry about it.

Aunt Qiuxia knew how enthusiastic Second Aunt Song was. Seeing her son's handsome face blushing slightly, she knew that he was a young man, and she blushed whenever marriage was mentioned, but she felt that she had to mention a few words about her son, in case Second Aunt Song said a few words. If you get dizzy with the words, it will be troublesome, and she doesn't want to marry the second son of the Song family at all.

"What do you think of Zhaodi?" Aunt Qiuxia asked.

Lin Shi was a little surprised, "What can I think of her? I'm not familiar with her, and I haven't said a word." Maybe the mother was tempted to tell Zhaodi to him, but she couldn't!
"She is exactly the same age as you, and she is a neighbor of ours, so she knows everything. If you have any ideas, please tell your mother." Aunt Qiuxia said deliberately.

Lin Shi waved his hands repeatedly, and just about to open his mouth, he saw that the door was open, talking behind his back about how bad the girl was, and it would be even worse if someone heard the rumors about the ups and downs in the village, so he simply walked up to his mother and whispered: " I don't have any ideas, I can't just because she is the same age as me, I have to have some ideas about her!"

Aunt Qiuxia laughed, nodded and said: "It's fine if you don't have one, don't be shy, picking a wife is the most important thing, you have to keep your eyes open and choose carefully, if you pick someone who is not virtuous and unreasonable, you will not be able to bear it in this life." If you are exhausted, you will not have a good day."

Lin Shi's mind flashed through the afternoon, talking and laughing with Dong Bao all the way back, Dong Bao's smiling face in the setting sun, what mother said is right, to marry a daughter-in-law, you have to marry a hardworking director, Dong Bao knows how to take care of a scholar at such a young age , and know how to cut pigweed, Zhaodi is two years older than her, but far behind Dongbao.

Oh, it's weird, Lin Shi blushed, he didn't think about Dong Bao at all, he only thought Dong Bao belonged to his younger sister, and blamed what his mother said at noon, now when he mentions his wife, he can't help but think about Dong Bao , so that he felt a little awkward seeing Dong Bao now.

"Mom, I'm going to feed the pigs!" Lin Shi ran to cut pig grass as if fleeing, avoiding Aunt Qiuxia who was nagging him about the principles of life.

On the Song family's side, not long after Dongbao arrived home, Mrs. Li came back with a hoe on her shoulders. Seeing her coming back, Mrs. Huang didn't ask how the grass in the field was growing, but said casually, "I'm back!" Hurry up and cook until you come back that night!"

Mrs. Li let out a quick "Hey", washed her hands stained with yellow mud in the basin by the well, and patted the dust on her arms and legs.

Mrs. Huang saw that Mrs. Li was very obedient, and her mood was a little smoother. When she saw the west wing room, she was still motionless, and her heart became angry. Just now she heard clearly in the main room, and the second daughter-in-law even entertained everyone with sugar water. In fact, it is really a panic to burn too much money!

"Zhaodi! Zhaodi!" Huang yelled at the top of his voice, and the foam flew far away, "What are you doing in the den, you big girl? You've grown lazy, come out and cook!"

Zhaodi listened to grandma's yelling in the room, no matter how unwilling she was, she dared not pretend that she didn't hear Huang's words, so she hurriedly responded, opened the curtain and came out with a bundle of corn stalks from the stack of wheat straw into the stove. house.

At first, Mrs. Li subconsciously wanted to say "no need to help", but before she could say anything, the whispers that her daughter told her at noon flashed in her mind. The second wife of the Song family is used to it. , Song Zhaodi can't work anymore?Dong Bao was still a talented girl, looking at Song Zhaodi who was dissatisfied with her mouth curled up and eyes hanging, Li Shi went into the kitchen without saying anything.

Seeing Mrs. Huang coming out, Dong Bao hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Grandma, where's the clothes I took off at noon?" The Song family's food and household are stored in the main room, and the back room is the bedroom of the grandparents. , Huang generally does not allow children to enter the main room.

Huang frowned unnaturally, glared at Dong Bao, and said, "What clothes? Why do you ask me for the clothes you took off?"

Dong Bao was completely stunned, "Grandma, you told me to..." Couldn't be what she thought, that would be too shameless, a grandma who tricked her granddaughter into the only clothes she can wear to meet people!
"What did I say? What did I say?" Huang became furious, and approached Dong Bao a few steps, saliva flew out of her mouth full of yellow teeth, Dong Bao quickly stepped back two steps in fear, afraid The saliva was sprayed on the face.

Li Shi, who had already entered the kitchen, ran out in three steps and two steps, hugged Dong Bao, blocked Dong Bao, and smiled at Huang Shi, "Mother, Dong Bao is young and ignorant, I will scold her when I turn around. You put out the fire, don't be as knowledgeable as a child."

After all, it was his own fault, Huang's dark and thin face was reddish, and he snorted heavily, "Hurry up and cook! Save me some oil, don't do it, it doesn't matter." After finishing speaking, he turned around He hurried back to the main room.

Mrs. Li let go of Dong Bao in her arms, and asked in a low voice, "Why did you provoke your grandma again?"

Dong Bao smiled wryly in his heart, pointed to the clothes on his body and said: "Grandma asked me to take off the clothes and wash them, and changed my aunt's clothes when she was a child. I got angry."

Mrs. Li stared blankly at Dong Bao's ragged clothes that were patched and patched. After all, she made a move on the good clothes. Take it away and take it, so that she won't worry about it all day long and look for trouble.

Zhaodi's displeased voice came from the kitchen, "Ma'am, are you still cooking this meal?" He muttered in a neutral voice, "You deserve it for being coquettish like that when you wear good clothes!"

Sao is also the local dialect of Tagouji. It is not to scold women for being unfeigned, but to describe a person who is very high-profile and shows off.

Mrs. Li frowned, this trick Di learned from Mrs. Huang at a young age, and she didn't have a clue. She patted Dong Bao's shoulder as a consolation, and turned to enter the kitchen.

Dong Bao originally wanted to stab Song Zhaodi a few words, but after thinking about it, he was too lazy to talk to her. She is such a bitter and mean person, and arguing with her is really demeaning.

Li's hands and feet are nimble, and he cooks quickly. First, he made sorghum wowo with noodles and steamed them in a large steamer, then cut cabbage vermicelli and fried them in a small pot. In the basket, start boiling water to cook millet porridge.Dong Bao felt that the food had already been served in less than an hour.

The porridge was served in a bowl, and the cabbage vermicelli was also filled with an iron basin placed in the middle of the table.Mrs. Huang brought the bamboo baskets of sorghum nests to her, and when everyone in the Song family sat down at the table, Mrs. Huang began to distribute the nests. When it was Dongbao's turn, it happened to be the smallest one, Mrs. Li. The noodle is kneaded until the last little bit is left, which is only a quarter of the size of the normal noodle.

Mrs. Li hesitated for a moment, looked at how many nests were still in the bamboo basket, and thought it would be enough for Dong Bao to eat the second one, so she didn't say a word.

Seeing Huang's stretched face, Dong Bao had no choice but to silently accept the wowo that Huang handed over, the noodles in thin soup for lunch, she was already hungry, and couldn't care less about it.

The millet porridge was so thin that people could be seen, the vermicelli boiled with cabbage was not oily, and although Da Mao Er Mao had a stinky face and was full of displeasure, he didn't make any noise like at noon.Li's craftsmanship is good, the steamed nests are soft and firm, and Uncle Song eats them the fastest. Three mouthfuls of two eat one nest, and reach out to take the second one, and Da Mao soon finished eating the nests in his hand , took the second to eat.

The little nest in Dongbao's hand was almost eaten, subconsciously, he reached into the bamboo basket to eat the second nest.

"Crack!" There was a sound, accompanied by Dong Bao's scream.

Huang's chopsticks hit the back of Dong Bao's hand heavily, and immediately there were two red marks on the back of Dong Bao's hand.

"What are you doing!" Huang's eyes were like cowbells, and he yelled and cursed loudly, with a very ferocious look on his face. He took his chopsticks and pointed Dong Bao's forehead in the air, "Eat! You know how to eat! The cheeky white tiger spirit who eats for free !The underfed dog!"

Da Mao was the first to react, and laughed with a "wow", pointing at Dong Bao and said with a smile: "It's delicious, break your legs!" Er Mao also held a bowl and smiled silly as he watched Dong Bao being scolded.Song Zhaodi proudly said to her two younger brothers: "Did you see that, we can't imitate her, I don't care!"

The second uncle and the second aunt lowered their heads and said nothing, but they couldn't hold back the corners of their mouths.

Li Shi hugged Dong Bao and began to cry silently. She was still holding the unfinished half of a steamed bun, and stuffed it into Dong Bao's hand under the table. According to Li Shi's original temperament, when Huang Shi got angry, she It’s definitely not to be careful if you want to be pleasing to the eye, but today is really wronged. Dong Bao just came back for the first day, and he didn’t let him eat a cornbread. Isn’t this forcing the two of them to a dead end? The scholar is dead It's less than two months!

Dong Bao held back her anger. She only came to this house for one day, and it felt like a year had passed. She lowered her head with a wooden face, listening to Huang's high-pitched and sharp scolding, and Li's suppressed sobbing in her ear. Voice.She knew in her heart that if she didn't let Mrs. Huang lose her temper, she would never want to eat at Song's house in the future.

"Crying? You still have the face to cry?" Huang's firepower turned to Li's, and the chopsticks knocked loudly on the mottled tabletop, "You didn't teach her to look like this? My old Song's family has suffered a bloody mold." It’s over! Eat my food and drink mine, and still come to ask me for something, what a shame! Don’t think about it, if you want to go, go, my old Song’s family won’t keep you!”

Mrs. Li raised her sleeves and wiped her eyes, then lowered her head and said, "Mother, I'm not that kind of person."

(End of this chapter)