Yoshida Mii

Chapter 26 Slap
"The old man also fell in love with Song Xiucai who is a scholar." Gao said from the side.

Li Lifeng shook his head, "In the eyes of the old man, as long as he is a scholar, he is good, and a scholar is superior to others, but he doesn't even look at it. How can anyone in the Song family be a good thing! These years have suffered for Hongzhen, and also for Dongbao."

Mrs. Gao was in a good mood today, and her sister-in-law came to give her a gift, which greatly changed her impression of her sister-in-law. She echoed Li Lifeng and said, "How is reading so easy? Look at the Wenfeng Academy behind our house. Every year There are so many people going to study, how many of them pass the exam? Even if you are a scholar, what can you do? Look at Song Xiucai, he is too good to learn a craft."

Li Lifeng turned his head to look at Gao Shi, and told him: "You can just let me talk about this, but when Hongqin comes, don't say this in front of her."

As soon as Li Lifeng's eldest sister, Li Hongqin, was mentioned, Gao couldn't help snorting, and said angrily: "Your eldest sister is capable, and she doesn't even care about your elder brother, so she may not be able to step into this door in this life! "She still wanted to say a few more words to vent her dissatisfaction with her eldest sister-in-law, but seeing Li Lifeng's uneasy expression, she swallowed the rest.

Li Hongqin is different from her timid and honest little sister Li Hongzhen. She is bold and aggressive. She has a 12-point confrontation with her sister-in-law. Li Hongqin's man is named Zhang. However, when I was driving in the early years, I was in a hurry to go home, and died of a sudden illness on the way, leaving behind Li Hongqin and her son Zhang Yunqian.

The Zhang family has a strong foundation, and the orphans and widows guarding the family business has attracted many jealous people. A group of old and young people in the Zhang family have taken up the idea of ​​​​orphans and widows, and they all want to make money from the Zhang family's family business. One stroke, but Li Hongqin was bold and bold, and insisted on sending away those relatives who had malicious intentions while supporting his son to study.

Even with the support of Li Hongqin and Zhang Yunqian being supported by the Zhang family to study, the family's wealth has been worn down bit by bit.Because of the feud with his sister-in-law, Li Hongqin is stubborn and hasn't been to his elder brother's house for many years.

"Why didn't Hongqin come to our house? It's not because of you!" Li Lifeng said angrily, "Oh, my two girls are hard-working people, and I lost a man at a young age. Fortunately, Hongqin has a son who guards me In the future, there will always be someone who will take care of her in the old age, so what will Hongzhen do? Dongbao will leave the house in the future, and she will not be able to work when she is old, how can the Song family tolerate her?"

Gao Shi nodded, even though she had no feelings for her sister-in-law, she couldn't help but sigh, she knew how pitiful a woman without a son is, and when she got old, she didn't even have anyone to provide for her.

Li Lifeng thought about it, and said: "After this year, you can find an opportunity to ask Hongzhen what she means, and if she would like to leave the family again. She is still young, only in her early thirties, and she is capable. Let's find out for her." Good family."

"I'm afraid she doesn't want to look at her." Gao shook her head, "She can't worry about Dong Bao."

Li Lifeng laughed, "It's not like letting her marry when she is out of the filial piety period. After two years, Dong Bao will grow up and go out. She will be at ease when she remarries, but this matter must be planned early. Parents are gone. The big brother has to plan for her." Otherwise, his timid and honest little sister will really be ruined by the Song family in this life.

Dong Bao carried candies and the remaining sling of money on his body. When he walked home with Mrs. Li, the two walked briskly, looking at each other with joy and joy. The feeling of having money on him is different, although a sling of money is not the same. It's a lot, but it's better than not being able to touch even a copper plate.

Today is the first time that Mrs. Li brought a gift to visit her elder brother. In the past, she didn't dare to joke with Mrs. Gao. Thinking about it, she couldn't help but feel sad. She has worked for the Song family for so many years, and she didn't get a penny. She even gave the dowry to the Song family. Now she relies on her daughter to find a way to bring gifts to visit her elder brother.

The daughter is still smart, she really deserves to be a talented girl, she only worked a day in the city, and she knew that snake sloughs can be sold for money, she will go to the ditches more often, if she sees long worm skins again, she will pick them up and slowly save them up. There is also hope for paying off debts.Mrs. Li never dared to think that one day she would be able to pay off the debts for the scholar's funeral without relying on the Song family.For a while, the boulder that had been stuck in her heart for a long time became lighter. Although the road ahead was bumpy, if she kept going, she could still see hope.

Dong Bao didn't know what her mother was thinking along the way. She thought about the uncle in Yuanshui Town. In her opinion, the uncle was a sensible person. He ran a shop by himself, the business was not bad, and he had some small money. With that neat attire, I know that my uncle has not treated her badly. The uncle knows very well that his own family is the most important, his daughter-in-law and son are more important than other relatives, and his sister's life is poor. Give her some gifts, and the extent of helping her will not affect the life of her family.

Where is it like Song Xiucai, wishing to sell his wife and children to "honor" his parents, brothers and nephews.If Song Xiucai understood half of her uncle's mind, she and Li's life would not be so sad, and Xiucai's father would not be left behind. Even the money for the funeral was borrowed.

There is also Wenfeng Academy in Yuanshui Town, so many students have no food, if they can open a small restaurant near Wenfeng Academy, they will not worry about no business.It's just that to open a restaurant, you need to lease the front of the restaurant, and buy dishes, tables and chairs, all of which require money. Dong Bao feels a little worried when she thinks about it. All her assets now are only a handful of money that she just got.

The two returned to Tagouji with their own thoughts. It was just noon now, except for a few idlers squatting at the entrance of the village chatting and beating farts, most of the villagers had just finished working in the fields and were going home for dinner.

Mrs. Li pushed open the door made of tree branches by Song's family. She didn't expect to see Mrs. Huang standing on the porch as soon as she entered the gate, looking at the two of them with a tigerish face.

Dong Bao was surprised, he looked up at the sun, it wasn't noon yet, it wasn't that he was late, why is Mrs. Huang unhappy again?
"Are you back?" Huang asked, the words seemed to be squeezed out word by word from between his teeth.

Mrs. Li was also a little puzzled, she didn't know where she offended her mother-in-law again, now that she came back early, and she didn't delay cooking, how did she offend her?
"Mother, I'll cook." Li said with a low eyebrow.

Huang-shi didn't say a word, staring at them sullenly, slowly walked over from the corridor, and walked up to Li-shi.

Seeing that the old lady's angry eyes were bursting with flames, Dong Bao quickly said, "Grandma, uncle's shop is quite busy, so he didn't have time to greet us. We went and came back without bringing..."

She wanted to explain to Huang why she didn't bring back the gift when she went back to her uncle's house, but before she finished speaking, Huang rounded her arms, jumped up and slapped Li's face hard, slapping Li's face. The head was hit sideways.

"You conscientious bitch! Eat things crawling inside and out!" Huang yelled at the top of his voice, the muscles on his face trembled, his appearance was ferocious, he gritted his teeth, wishing to swallow Li alive.

The curtain of the West Wing was opened just now, and upon hearing the crisp applause of Mrs. Huang slapping Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Huang's unbearable curses, the opened curtain was immediately closed again.

Dong Bao swallowed what he didn't say, and looked at Huang in disbelief after recovering, his eyes bursting with anger.

"You are so patient! I have already said that you have the most vicious mind. How did your parents teach you? No wonder you died so early. You deserved to go to hell for raising a vile pheasant like you! My poor What crime did the eldest son do in his previous life, and you, a vicious woman with a rotten heart?" Huang pointed at Li's forehead, scolding freely, still feeling puzzled, wishing to poke Li's eyes with his fingers go up.

Pheasant is the worst word for women in Tagouji, meaning private whore, whore.

In the past, no matter how angry Mrs. Huang was, no matter how harshly she cursed, she would not beat others, and she would not send vicious "greetings" to Mrs. Li's parents who died young. Today, she not only beats people, but also looks like she is going to eat Mrs. Li alive.

Mrs. Li stood there with her face covered, her bun was loose, her hair was disheveled, and her hair was covered with tears on her face, and she remained silent.

Dong Bao clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, ran out suddenly, stood outside the gate of the Song family, knelt down facing the Song family, cried loudly, and took the opportunity to mess up his hair. He grabbed the ashes on the ground and touched his face a few times, crying at the top of his voice, "Grandma, I was wrong! Don't beat my mother, grandma, if you want to hit me, you can beat me to death! Grandma, please, don’t beat my mother! Grandma, I won’t have lunch anymore, please, grandma, don’t beat my mother!”

The ten-year-old girl's voice was sharp and bright, and quickly overwhelmed Huang's rough and loud voice.At this time, when the villagers went home to eat with their hoes on their shoulders, a group of people gathered around the door of Song's house, watching and pointing. It was only two months since Xiucai died, and this vicious woman began to beat her daughter-in-law. abused granddaughter.

Many people asked Dongbao what was the matter, Dongbao kept silent, crying loudly over and over again, "Grandma, I will never eat home food anymore, I will go out to beg for food, dig wild vegetables, and don't waste any more The food at home is gone! I was wrong, I don’t want to eat wowo anymore! Grandma, you sell me to Da Mao Ermao for white noodles, please don’t beat my mother!”

Huang's face was flushed with anger, pointing at Dong Bao's eyes with a fierce look, and cursed: "You little girl wants to turn the world upside down, don't you? Climb back quickly, I can't beat you to death!"

At this meeting, Lin Fu next door, Aunt Qiuxia brought Lin Shi and Quanzi back with hoes on their shoulders. Hearing such a loud commotion from the Song family, Da Shi threw down the hoe and ran to the door of Song’s house. Aunt Qiuxia and the others also followed suit. Quickly followed and ran over.

Seeing Dong Bao kneeling on the ground crying out of breath, Lin Shi felt distressed, wiped Dong Bao's face with his sleeve, suppressed his anger, and dragged Dong Bao into the Song family's yard.

Aunt Qiuxia followed into the yard and helped Mrs. Li who was standing there with a wooden face aside. She was straight-tempered and opened fire at Mrs. Huang, "Auntie, you can't speak well if you have something to say, why hit someone ?”

(End of this chapter)