Yoshida Mii

Chapter 25

"Are you buying dim sum?" Shuan Ziniang smiled, staring unblinkingly at the paper bag that the man wrapped and tied with hemp rope and handed to Dong Bao.

Mrs. Li wanted to nod subconsciously, and immediately shook her head when she met Shuanziniang's smile, and said, "My son's uncle's house has guests, and asked us to come out and help him buy some candy, fruit and other treats."

Dong Bao couldn't explain why, the way Shuan Ziniang looked at her made her extremely uncomfortable, as if she was sizing up something, she wanted to take a closer look at it from the inside out, after looking at it, she looked down on it, disgusted Throw it back.It stands to reason that at least he pulled her son back from the gate of hell, and he didn't thank him when he saw him.

"Mother, let's go first. Uncle's guests are still waiting. They are all big businessmen, so it's not good to make them wait for a long time." Dong Bao said while pulling Li Shi.She couldn't tell, Mrs. Li said that on purpose.

Mrs. Li quickly said to Shuan Ziniang: "You are busy, let's go first."

When they were far away, Dong Bao turned around and saw Mrs. Shuan standing there with her hands behind her back, looking at them. "Mother, isn't Shuan Ziniang a broken-hearted person?" Dong Bao asked worriedly.Dong Bao didn't go out much before, except for being acquainted with the Lin family, he basically didn't know anyone in the village, and he didn't know what kind of person Shuan Ziniang was.

Mrs. Li thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Probably not. She has been married to our village for so many years, and she is a talkative and inquisitive person." Even so, Mrs. Li still couldn't help worrying. Li Youqian did not hand it over to the Huang family in its original form. Although he felt comfortable after earning the money, it was more of a kind of fear when he resisted the power under long-term oppression.

"It's okay." Dong Bao comforted her, "If Mrs. Shuan really told grandma, let's say that uncle gave us the money to run errands to buy candies and fruits to entertain guests, and tell uncle later Let me know." She didn't believe that Mrs. Huang could come to the town to ask her uncle, and that would have to be done with embarrassment by Mrs. Huang.

Mrs. Li nodded, feeling a little more at ease in her heart. She bought everything and spent the money, even if she took it back, it would definitely not be refunded, so that was the only way to go.

When approaching the uncle's shop, Dong Bao first put a small bag of sugar in his arms, and said to Mrs. Li: "Mother, the snake slough was found by Brother Dashi, the three of us found it, and they refused to share the snake equally." For the slough money, our family still owes foreign debts, and I have not been polite to them, this candy was bought for them, and we will return the money to them when our family's life is better in the future."

Mrs. Li didn't expect that the candy was bought by her daughter for the brothers of the Lin family. She felt soreness in her eyes and touched Dong Bao's head. The daughter grew up and became sensible, and sighed: "We always rely on your aunt Qiuxia's family for help, so I have to remember it in my heart." People are kind, never forget them.”

Dong Bao nodded. Not everyone in this world is like the Shan family father and son who have never met. She dare not say that she is a kind-hearted and good person, but she also has her own moral bottom line. Just like yesterday, she couldn't help but watch Let Hong Shuanzi die in front of him and do nothing.She will remember whoever treats her well, and will return it twice as much.

Uncle's shop is on the corner of the town, the location is not very good at first glance, the traffic is obviously not as much as other places, but a few tens of meters away from the shop is the Wenfeng Academy in the town.In the decades since Wenfeng Academy was established, there has been a total of one candidate, three or four scholars, and the reputation is not bad. Not only students from Anzhou, but also many students from nearby counties and counties have come to Wenfeng Academy to study.

Song Xiucai once studied here, and now Song Sanshu also studies here.

When Dong Bao was young, he heard Song Xiucai talk about the academy when he was drunk. Students from rich families bought a house nearby, and brought servants and servants from home to take care of their basic necessities. Students from poor families could only live in the wing of the academy. It's cold in winter and hot in summer, and you have to cook after school. There are only a few stoves in the college, and you have to line up to cook.

When Dong Bao and Mrs. Li passed by carrying the fruit, the uncle Li Lifeng was standing at the door of the grocery store, wiping the wooden couplets hanging on both sides of the door with a wet rag.

"Uncle!" Dong Bao called out crisply.

When the uncle turned around and saw them, he was taken aback for a moment, then laughed, "Hongzhen, Dongbao, you are here! Dongbao has grown into a big girl."

Hongzhen is Li's boudoir name.

Dong Bao looked at his uncle, he was in his thirties, tall and thin, with a short beard and a fair face, he looked like a kind person.

When Li heard the elder brother's voice, her eye circles turned red, she led Dong Bao to Li Lifeng's side, and said with a smile: "Yes, I will bring Dong Bao to see you and sister-in-law."

At this meeting, a woman in her thirties came out of the grocery store, wearing a blue embroidered jacket, her hair was smeared with pomade, and the comb was shiny, although there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, they were not like Li's. Vicissitudes of life.

"Big aunt!" Mrs. Li said while pulling Dong Bao.

Dong Bao hastily called out, "Auntie!" This woman should be her aunt Gao.

Mrs. Gao hurriedly responded with a smile. She was a little unhappy when she saw Mrs. Li at first sight. She was not a generous person. Every time this sister-in-law came, she would take things away empty-handed, calling someone Why are you happy?She had an opinion a long time ago, but due to Li Lifeng's face, it's not easy to show people's face directly.

Mrs. Li hurriedly took Dongbao and walked over, and stuffed the paper bag in Gao's hand, "I brought something for my elder brother and sister-in-law to taste." It was the first time that Mrs. Li gave a gift to her elder brother and sister-in-law, and she was a little cautious. I was a little excited again, I couldn't speak well, and stuttered.

Gao was astonished, staring at the paper bag in his hand in a daze, feeling that the contents inside should be fruit, the bag weighed three catties, and was worth ten or twenty dollars.This is the first time that my sister-in-law came to bring gifts!

"This... this... hey, you have a heart. There is nothing in our shop, why are you so polite? My sister-in-law is not an outsider." Gao said with a smile, holding a snack bag in his hand, He didn't mean to push it back to Mrs. Li.

Li Lifeng came over and saw it, and immediately frowned and said, "Why are you buying these things? Big Brother has them in his shop, so you can take them back when you leave. Brother and sister-in-law know everything about your family, so why would you mind these things?"

Hearing what Li Lifeng said, Gao Shi was immediately unhappy, and looked at Li Lifeng with her lips curled up. She was just being polite on the lips, why, it took so many years to give a gift, how could it be worth what my sister-in-law took away all these years?Why can't you accept it?
"Brother, I have it at home." Li said quickly, "This is Dongbao's filial uncle and aunt, please accept it. For so many years, I have never bought anything for my brother and sister-in-law, and I have dragged my brother-in-law down. Helping...in my heart..." As she spoke, the circles of Li's eyes turned red.

Mrs. Gao quickly gave Li's favor, and said affectionately: "Accept, accept! Sister, don't think too much, just don't mention those things in the past. We, as brothers and sisters-in-law, know what your family is like, but we never I never blamed you, nor hated you."

Li Lifeng sighed, since his daughter-in-law wanted to accept her words, he couldn't say anything to ask Mrs. Li to take the things back. Wouldn't that refute his daughter-in-law's face.

Mrs. Gao told Mrs. Li and Mrs. Dong to sit down first, and she went to the kitchen to cook, and asked Mrs. Dong and Mrs. Li to stay home for lunch.

Mrs. Li hastily declined, dragging Mrs. Gao to keep her busy, and kept saying that there was a lot of work waiting at home, and she couldn't stay at noon.

Li Lifeng also knew that the old lady of the Song family was unforgiving, and now that the girl had no man to rely on, he was afraid that life would be more difficult, so he did not keep Li Shi and Dong Bao, and ordered Gao Shi to pack two catties of brown sugar for Li Shi to take away.

Mrs. Gao agreed loudly, but she was slow and painful, and she really didn't want to give brown sugar to her sister-in-law. When Mrs. Li came, she made up her mind not to take things from her elder brother's house. Gao Shi was not allowed to pack the sugar, one of the two pretended to do it, the other firmly refused to let it go, and the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law fought for a long time in the shop.

This meeting happened to be the time when the students of Wenfeng Academy were leaving school, and there were twenty or so teenagers in long straight dresses who came to the shop to buy some snacks.

The snacks include cloud cakes, sesame candies, etc., which were weighed and packed early in the morning. A big bag of ten yuan weighs two or three catties. You can also exchange grain for desserts directly.

Dong Bao stood in front of his uncle curiously, watching him selling cakes, collecting money or weighing food, and asked, "Uncle, are all the people who come to buy dim sum students from Wenfeng College?"

The uncle touched the top of Dong Bao's head with a smile, nodded and said: "These are all." Taking advantage of the meeting being empty, he lowered his voice and said to Dong Bao: "These are people who have no money at home. After school, they learn to make their own fire and cook, but they do it lazily, either buying it with money, or exchanging food for snacks, and eating randomly to satisfy their hunger."

At this moment, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Gao came out of the shop. Seeing that their hands were empty, Li Lifeng became a little unhappy. He frowned and looked at Mrs. Gao, and asked, "Didn't you ask you to weigh two catties of brown sugar for Hongzhen?" Is it?"

Mrs. Li quickly waved her hand and said, "No, no, I still have it at home, and I brought it back last time. If I don't have it at home, can I, a girl, cheat on my elder brother and sister-in-law?"

Gao Shi also hurriedly said: "I want to weigh it, but Hongzhen doesn't want it."

Li Lifeng didn't say anything more.

Before leaving, Mrs. Li asked, "Sister-in-law, why aren't Chang Xin and Chang Liang at home?"

As soon as the two sons were mentioned, Gao's face was full of smiles, "Chang Xin and Chang Liang are apprentices in Anzhou. In the future, except for the Chinese New Year when they can go home, they will have to stay in Anzhou to learn crafts."

"Chang Xin Chang Liang is a sensible and good boy, and he will surely have great prospects in the future." Mrs. Li is also happy for her brother and sister-in-law. The child has a craft and can earn a living wherever he goes.

When Mrs. Li pulled Dongbao away, Li Lifeng stood there with his lips pursed and his hands behind his back. Looking at the back of the girl going away, he smiled wryly and shook his head and sighed: "At the beginning, Dad just lost his eyes. Family knot this family!"

(End of this chapter)