Yoshida Mii

Chapter 16 Replanning
"What can people in the village do to her by poking her back? She has a thick skin and waits for San'er to pass the exam and become a high-ranking official to enjoy the blessings, so she doesn't care what others say about her!" Aunt Qiuxia said contemptuously, thinking of eating Before Da Shi sent Dong Bao home, he angrily talked to her husband, and then said: "Look at her eagerness, she came here to ask if Da Shi was engaged, even if she wasn't engaged, it wouldn't be her daughter's turn. I just don't like Dongbao's second aunt's behavior, let alone being lazy, she is also very cunning, what kind of good girl can she raise!"

Speaking of the eldest daughter-in-law, Lin Fu became more serious, "Da Shi marries a daughter-in-law who is the eldest daughter-in-law of our family. You have to choose a virtuous and capable one. If you marry an unvirtuous and noisy one, your life will not be smooth. No matter how much family property you have It's not bad enough. I don't like that girl Zhaodi either. She is still Dongbao's older sister. She doesn't look like an older sister. She can be heard scolding Dongbao across the wall in our house. She is so mean at such a young age. Is it okay to grow up? The two families are so close, if we really want to hire her as a daughter-in-law, we can't let go even if we want to discipline him."

Aunt Qiuxia has a blunt personality, so she immediately yelled, "Who doesn't know that the second daughter-in-law of the Song family is superficial, heavy, and narrow-minded. , The Song family didn't know what it was like, but she still had a great virtue, didn't she just gave birth to two sons, what was there to put on airs, those who didn't know thought her son was a scholar, and she was an official My old lady! Even if I let my son be a bachelor for the rest of his life, I won’t hire her daughter!”

"Okay, okay. Well done, what are you talking about your son being a bachelor?" Lin Fu couldn't laugh or cry. After so many years of marriage, his son should say kiss, but his daughter-in-law's personality is still so pungent and straightforward. Whether she is a bachelor or not, she will say unlucky words , he still wants to hug his grandson sooner.

After Dongbao returned home, Shi Li had already cleaned up. Seeing her back, Shi Li breathed a sigh of relief, turned and went into the kitchen.A large pot of hot water had already been boiled in the stove. Song Zhaodi went into the stove and took two buckets of water to the west wing by the light in the stove. She still ignored Mrs. Li who was boiling the water. In her eyes, the auntie Mrs. Li He is the person with the lowest status in the entire Song family, and he should be troubled by work before he has a son!Her mother gave birth to a son who is a hero, so she should be served by her uncle.

After Song Zhaodi brought the hot water away, Li Shi took a bucket of water and put it at the door of the main room, and whispered to the room through the patched bamboo curtain: "Father, mother, the hot water is ready, put it outside. "

Mrs. Huang hummed, and Mrs. Li got the answer, so she ladled the remaining hot water into a wooden basin, mixed it with cold water, and brought it to the east room where the mother and daughter lived. Wash your feet."

It was already dark, and there was only faintly visible moonlight in the room. Dong Bao took off his shoes and socks, raised his trouser legs and soaked them in the wooden basin. Seeing Mrs. Li standing aside, he hurriedly said, "Mother, let's soak your feet together." .”

After burning the water for the whole family, Li Shi has completed a day's work, which means that she can go back to the house to rest and sleep, and get up enough energy to continue working the next day.

Mrs. Li said "Hey", moved the stool with one missing leg and sat opposite Dongbao, and soaked her feet in the wooden basin.

The hot water soaked Li Shi's swollen feet due to work, which made her relax rarely. The rough calluses on her feet rubbed her daughter's tender feet. Li Shi felt sore. Dong Bao is a talented girl. She I heard that all the talented girls in the town had their feet bound and served by maids since they were young. Dong Bao, who had pity on her, suffered with her.

"It's free to turn around, mother told your grandma to bind your feet too." Li Shi said, in the future Dongbao will marry into the Shan family, if she has a pair of natural feet like her, she will be laughed at by the Shan family, but Dongbao Baodu is ten years old, and he has missed the best opportunity. At this age, his feet have grown up, and his bones have hardened. It is a bit late to bind his feet, so he has to suffer a lot.

bound feet? !Dong Bao's eyes widened in the darkness, she never thought that such a bad habit that was almost forgotten by her might happen to her.

"Why are your feet bound?" Dong Bao said, "I'm not one of those ladies from rich families in the city who doesn't have to work. How can I work if my feet are bound? Grandma definitely doesn't want to."

Mrs. Li fell silent, her eyes turned red. Indeed, thinking about it, Mrs. Huang would not agree. She had to hire someone to bind her feet, not to mention the wages of the woman who bound her feet. She would not be able to work for at least half a year after her feet were bound.

Seeing Li Shi not talking, Dongbao could feel her sad emotions in the dark. Women in this era regard bound feet as a beauty, and having a pair of small feet is more important than having a pretty face, but she really can't bear to have a pair of deformed feet , Besides, real life does not allow it.

"Mother, my grandma got so angry during the meal, is it because I asked her for my clothes?" Dong Bao asked.After much deliberation, this is the only place to provoke Huang.

Mrs. Li sighed, and touched Dong Bao's face, "Your grandma has such a temper, she takes care of everything in our house, she is used to being the master of the house... she is also a strange mother, I am so happy to see you coming home, Forget about it, you should hand over the clothes to your grandma as soon as you get home, and it will save you a lot of trouble."

Dong Bao thought for a while, the Song family didn't have a separate family, and all the things in the family were indeed handled by the Huang family. During the holidays, relatives gave snacks and gifts, and Huang also put them away.Even the meals are distributed by the Huang family, who can only eat as much as she distributes.

Could it be that the reason Huang was so angry was because he didn't wink and didn't hand over the new blue coarse cloth clothes brought back from the Wang family to her?It can't be... Dong Bao can't believe it, this is the only set of clothes her granddaughter has, and she can trick her into it.

But thinking about it carefully, with the Song family's current family situation, owing foreign debts, losing their biggest source of income, and supporting a son who is studying in the town, a set of clothes is considered valuable in Huang's eyes.The clean and brand-new clothes I brought back can be worn by Da Mao as new clothes after I change them, and I can continue to wear them when Da Mao gets old. As for myself, a poor girl, in Huang's eyes, there is a cloth covering her No meat will do.

Dong Bao frowned, she didn't feel sorry for the blue coarse clothes, she thought of other aspects, the water that scalded her feet was already cold, Dong Bao groped for the handkerchief beside the bed to dry her feet, sat down When he got to the bed, he took off his clothes and got under the covers.

Mrs. Li took the footwashing water to the pigsty and poured it out. When she came to the house, she heard the sound of the west wing splashing dirty water at the door, and shook her head helplessly. The mother and daughter in the west wing really only care about appearance. Too lazy to go home.

When she was sleeping at night, Dong Bao asked in Li Shi's ear: "Mother, let's... I mean, if, if we both earn money in the future, will we have to hand it over to my grandma?"

Mrs. Li laughed, and patted Dong Bao on the shoulder, "What money can we earn?" She only knows how to dig food out of the dirt, and she can only use the soles of shoes when her hands are too rough, and she can't even do delicate embroidery work. If I can't take it, what money can I earn?This kid, what are you thinking!
Dong Bao chuckled, but didn't give up, hugged Li's arm and said coquettishly: "Mom, I've already said it's a fake! What if we can make a little money?"

Mrs. Li sighed, her eyes became melancholy, she looked at the dark roof, and said, "Then you must pay as much as you earn. There is no family division. No matter who earns money, it belongs to this family." Saving a private house Don't even think about money. If Dongbao's grandma finds out, won't she skin it for you? !

"That's it..." Dong Bao was also dull and disappointed. She originally planned to rely on her previous life's technology to start a small business, not to mention getting rich, at least she could pay off the money owed to Xiucai's father, and she and herself The poor mother can also live comfortably, but now she thinks about it.

If all the money she earns has to be handed over to Mrs. Huang, then what is the difference between her hard work and earning money compared to now?The second room of the Song family was still lazy and did nothing, and put on airs to ask them to provide food and drink, and the third uncle Song, who had never met and was studying far away in the town, also had to rely on them for support.

Even if Mrs. Huang treated them badly, Dong Bao had no complaints about supporting Mrs. Huang and Mr. Song. After all, they were the ones who gave birth to a talented father. Without them, Song Dongbao would not exist.Dong Bao was 12 percent unwilling to ask them to work hard as an orphan and widow to support the second wife of the Song family and the third uncle of the Song family.

There are two strong laborers in the second room of the Song family, with sons and daughters, why should they be orphaned and widowed to earn money to support them?When Xiucai's father was around, their family relied on Xiucai's father to eat and drink. Now that Xiucai's father is gone, they are still lazy and there is no reason to continue to support them.

But Huang definitely doesn't think so. The reason why the second wife of the Song family is so arrogant is because of the two sons and grandchildren. They will not stop searching and exploiting them.

She still has to re-plan her future life, otherwise, in this feudal society where filial piety is paramount, any of her hard work will be in vain, and she will just be a money-making machine for the son of the Song family.

"Mother, can we separate the family? Just the two of us, let's pay off the debts for father's work, and don't want them to owe the debts, will they be willing?" Dong Bao asked tentatively, feeling nervous. Dong jumped up.

Li's hand patting Dong Bao's back stopped in mid-air in surprise, and it took a long time before she smiled bitterly, "Bao'er, you're just a girl's family, if you split up, you won't be a family anymore, and you will suffer if you get married in the future." Wronged, you don't even have a brother from your mother's family to support you, how can you do it!"

Still supporting her natal brother?Thinking of Da Mao and Er Mao who followed Hong Shuanzi in the morning and laughed at her "tigress" who barked the loudest, Dong Bao almost laughed out loud. She was three years old and counted on Da Mao and Er Mao to support her. She might as well get a dog .

(End of this chapter)