Yoshida Mii

Chapter 31 Repayment
Uncle Mantang and Aunt Mantang stayed behind. In fact, they are not treacherous people. Life is not easy for farmers. After paying taxes, very few families have any money left. If the Song family has money, they will call someone if they don’t return it. Angry, plus Aunt Mantang's impulsive personality, she became angry after being provoked by Mrs. Shuan, and couldn't help but ran to Song's house and stabbed Huang a few words in a mild manner.

Hearing Dong Bao's words, both Uncle Mantang and Aunt Mantang were taken aback. They stayed here because they wanted to make amends to Mrs. Xiucai alone. The couple was even more ashamed.

Uncle Mantang's mouth was a bit dull, and he just waved his hands hastily, "No, no, no." He was stupid, and he didn't know what to say when he was nervous.

"Don't be in a hurry to pay it back. Today, I'm confused. Don't be as stupid as I am. You also have to save some money for emergencies." Aunt Mantang said.

Mrs. Huang was in a hurry. Before the money passed through her hands, she was about to return it to someone else, which really made her angry. However, it is only natural to pay back the debt, and everyone listened to the truth she let out when she taught Mrs. Li just now. In her ears, if she said that she would get the money back at this meeting, wouldn't she be slapping herself in the face!Thinking of this, Mrs. Huang complained about Dongbao, and the adults didn't even open her mouth, so what a girl is talking about!

Song Yu was also very disappointed, thinking that he could get some money from it and go to the grocery store in the village to buy a couple of drinks to satisfy his hunger, but he didn't expect to get a penny.

"What can I do?" Mrs. Huang spoke with a stiff tongue, and her face was swollen and fat, "Our old Song family is honest, and we have to pay off our debts first if we have money. If it weren't for the family's difficulties, I didn't want to find folks at the beginning." We borrow money."

Seeing that Mrs. Huang had also spoken, the village chief handed the money to Uncle Mantang, and said with a smile, "Well, I'll be a witness. The Song family owes you two shillings, so it's considered repaid."

Farmers pay attention to sincerity when they come and go, and there are few people who can write. Small loans generally do not know how to write IOUs. It all depends on honesty.

Uncle Mantang and Aunt Mantang were both happy and ashamed. They took the money and apologized to the Song family, and then went back.

Dong Bao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If the village chief hadn't been here to hold the line, the money brought by Old Man Hong would have been taken away by Mrs. Huang. How could he return the money so smoothly? Even if the money was repaid by Huang, it would not be repaid by her and Li. The meaning is absolutely different.

After repaying the money, the stone on Dong Bao's heart seemed to be a little lighter, and the debt of four, two, three hanging money was finally reduced to four, two, one hanging money.Well, although the journey is bumpy, there is still hope for the future!
The village chief said a few more words to Mrs. Huang, to the effect that she would persuade the old aunt not to vent her anger on her daughter-in-law.Huang's heart was annoyed, but she didn't dare to offend the village head, so she agreed.

When the village chief left, Mrs. Huang went back to the hall with a straight face, ignoring Mrs. Li and Dongbao.Aunt Qiuxia helped Mrs. Li back to the east room. Lin Fu and Dashi were men, and it was inconvenient to go in, so they went back to Lin's house first. Before leaving, Dashi rubbed the top of Dongbao's head.

After entering the house, Dongbao fetched water with the wooden basin with the gap open, washed his face first, and then twisted the handkerchief to wipe Li Shi's face. Aunt Qiuxia sat on the bed with Li Shi .

Seeing her daughter wiping her face with a handkerchief in her skinny hand, she was very heartbroken. Li Shi took a long breath, tears streaming down her face, Dong Bao hurriedly wiped her face with the handkerchief, but the tears It seemed to be inexhaustible, and kept pouring out.

Aunt Qiuxia patted Li on the back, and persuaded: "Why are you crying? You see how sensible and caring Dongbao is! If I had such a good girl, I would wake up laughing at midnight!"

Mrs. Li shook her head, put her arms around Dong Bao, buried her face in Dong Bao's shoulder, and cried out loudly, as if venting the grievance in her heart.

The sound of the curtain being lifted came from outside the house, and then Huang's sharp voice rang out, "What are you howling! The old man and I are not dead yet!" He snorted again and lowered his voice, "I've been working hard all day long!" Mischievous, cry a fart, I didn't bother you!"

Li Shi's crying voice immediately suppressed, Dong Bao wanted to pat Li Shi on the back, but with her current height, she could only touch Li Shi's shoulder, and comforted Li Shi in a low voice: "Mother, leave her alone. Grandma scolded us because she was afraid and guilty, she was afraid that others would find out that she bullied us and poke her back!"

Aunt Qiuxia looked out resentfully, and said in a low voice: "You shouldn't let her bully you like this. If the old woman hits you, you hit back. Can she beat you when she's old? Close the door Come and beat her hard, let her suffer, and don't dare to bully people like this next time!"

Although she can't get angry with the Song family's housework, she is not qualified to intervene.Now this old lady is pushing her nose and face more and more. Seeing that Hongzhen has a soft temper, she can bully her vigorously. If she hits her for the first time today, she will have the second and third times. She can take her husband with her every time. Is the son here to help?

Dong Bao was also silent, feeling more and more that he had to leave the Song family as soon as possible.She is a modern person who understands more clearly that domestic violence is an endless and vicious continuation.

Mrs. Li stopped crying, covered her face and shook her head, "I... How can I beat her? She is an elder..." The deepest reason, Mrs. Li didn't say, she has no son, no one to support her and Dong Bao .

"Don't talk, don't talk." Li shook his head, wiped his face with a handkerchief, and said, "Qiuxia, you should go back quickly, I will delay your family's dinner, and I have to go to cook."

Dong Bao took Li Shi's hand, shook his head and said, "Mother, don't cook today. Without you, they are still hungry?" They don't treat you as a human being, so why do you serve them?
"Yes." Aunt Qiuxia echoed, "Hongzhen, you have to be tough, or the old lady will bully you even harder next time. Your second daughter-in-law can't cook? I haven't seen her name, which daughter-in-law When you are pregnant, you can be a shopkeeper? The mother-in-law of the landlord's family is not as comfortable as her! Zhaodi is not young, and she doesn't work as much as Dongbao." Who is the daughter-in-law of the peasant family who is still working before labor pains?

Mrs. Li felt a little uneasy. She always cooks the food at home. Whether it is the field work or the work at home, she has always taken the lead. Now it is the first time that she stays in the house and does not go out, defying Mr. Huang's authority. In her heart, she felt like she was playing a rogue and being lazy, with a feeling of uneasiness and guilt.

However, seeing that both Qiuxia and Dongbao insisted not to let her go out, she relented and let Dongbao help her take off her shoes and lie down on the bed to rest.

Before Aunt Qiuxia left, Dongbao took out the bag of sorghum sugar from her arms, and told her the whole story in a low voice. As soon as Mrs. Huang came back, she beat people indiscriminately, so she couldn't give the money to her.Dong Bao apologized and said that Brother Da Shi and Quan Zi also got the money from selling snake sloughs, but their mothers are in trouble now, and when they have money, they will give Brother Da Shi and Quan Zi the money they deserve.

Holding the bag of sorghum candy with Dongbao's body temperature, Aunt Qiuxia didn't know what to say, she stroked Dongbao's head and smiled, "Brother Dashi is an adult, brother Quanzi also has candy, you can eat this candy." Keep it for food, don't give it to them."

Dong Bao shook his head and smiled, "Auntie, I bought this for Brother Dashi and Brother Quanzi. It's my heart. You can take it back with you in your arms. Don't tell my grandma to see it."

Seeing that Dongbao insisted, Aunt Qiuxia couldn't say anything more, so she opened the candy bag, took half of the candy into Dongbao's hands, and said with a smile, "You also save some to eat."

Before leaving, Aunt Qiuxia whispered to Dong Bao at the door, asking her to pay attention to Li Shi, Li Shi received too much stimulation today, she was afraid that this good sister who had played with her since she was a child would not be able to think about it for a while.

Dong Bao nodded quickly.

When Aunt Qiuxia left, Dongbao stood at the door and thought for a while, then went to the main room. Mrs. Huang was sitting on the stool and holding the soles of her shoes, and when she saw Dongbao, she asked angrily, "What are you doing? What about mother? Hurry up and cook!"

Dong Bao smiled, "Grandma, my mother has a terrible headache, her face is swollen, she can't get out of bed, and she can't cook."

Huang threw the soles of the shoes in his hand angrily, the two daughters-in-laws were treacherous, thought her mother-in-law was a soft persimmon?

"Your mother is so rich that we have become like this? If you hit her, she will give me face? What are you doing? What are you doing!" Mrs. Huang was cursing, when she saw Dongbao stepping on the basket on the cabinet, picking up the basket from the basket I took three nests.

Huang's habit is to put the leftovers from the last meal in the main room to watch for himself, so as not to let the family steal them.However, she didn't expect that Dongbao didn't steal it, and took it openly in front of her face.

However, what responded to her was Dong Bao's higher-pitched and sharper cry, "Grandma, don't hit me! Grandma, I haven't eaten two meals with my mother! Grandma..."

Huang was shocked and furious, "What are you calling! Shut up! Get out and eat!" It's already embarrassing enough, what does this girl want to do?
Dong Bao quickly stopped crying, wiped away the tears that didn't exist on his face, saw that the three nests in his hand were not enough, turned around and took another one, and took all the remaining four nests in the basket When he came out, he went out of the main room, regardless of Huang's angry face of wanting to eat people.

Although the nest was hard, Dongbao and Li ate it with sorghum candy. The long-lost sweet taste made them both feel better.

In the afternoon, Dong Bao swept the pigsty. Song Zhaodi didn't know how to do these jobs, because he thought they were dirty and smelly.Dong Bao didn't bother with her so much. If the pigsty is not cleaned cleanly, the pigs will get sick, and the pigs that have been raised for a year will be compensated. Besides, the house will taste better after being cleaned, and the living will be more comfortable.

After sweeping the pigsty, Dong Bao went out to cut pigweed with a basket on his back, and was going to ask Brother Da Shi and Quan Zi to go with him, but he didn't expect to see Shuan Zi standing at the door of her house as soon as he went out, his face tensed and serious.

Dong Bao took a step back silently, staring at him vigilantly, could it be that this naughty boy came to settle accounts with her knowing that his mother didn't get a good deal here today, and the family lost money again?

(End of this chapter)