Yoshida Mii

Chapter 36 Don't Give Up

"Perhaps Da Mao's father misunderstood. Shan Liang is the same age as Dong Bao, and they said they were married when they were only ten years old. They probably didn't mean that..." Li muttered, the Shan family was Dong Bao's only hope. As long as she can marry into the Shan family, Dongbao will be able to live a good life, and she will not be in vain as a talented girl, and she will be able to rest in peace when she dies.

At this time, the child mortality rate is high, and the earliest engagements are made two or three years before marriage. If the appointment is too early, the other party's child dies, and your own child will bear the reputation of "widowed" or "widower" in vain. .After recovering from the initial panic and dizziness, Mrs. Li felt that it was impossible, and it was too early to be engaged to Shan Liang at this time.

Second Uncle Song got angry, patted his thigh and said to Huang: "I told you the truth, right? My sister-in-law doesn't believe it! The manager cares about our face, so he didn't directly say that he regrets the marriage. Sister-in-law, you said that Dong Bao is engaged to Shan Liang Okay, what about the proof? Without any proof, you want to be a young mistress in someone else's house?"

Li's heart became panicked. She was a peasant woman who hadn't experienced any major events. Although she knew that Uncle Song was unlikely to deceive her on such a major event, and he knew the benefits of Dong Bao marrying into the Shan family, Li still I don't want to believe that Dongbao's marriage is like a bright light ahead in the dark, representing her daughter's comfortable and prosperous future. With this light, she can survive no matter how hard or tired she is.

"I...I don't believe it!" Li Shi said tremblingly, her eyes were red, and the appearance of the skinny and skinny Shan Qiang kneeling at the door of Song's house and swearing to the sky is still vivid in her memory. Remember every sentence clearly.The Song family also raised Shan Liang for a year. She fed Shan Liang, and she always ate with Shan Liang first. Her little daughter was crying from hunger, but she was so cruel that she didn't hear it. When Shan Liang was full, It was Dongbao's turn to take a few bites.

When the two children were weaned, Shan Liang was white and fat, and Dong Bao was thin and small, crying like a kitten without any strength.

She and Song Xiucai treated the Shan family wholeheartedly, Shan Qiang can't be so ungrateful!
Seeing Li's appearance, Mrs. Huang snorted, "What do you want? Everyone has said so, what else do you want? You think you are the magistrate's wife, and you can hire your daughter just by saying a few words?"

"I... I'll go to the town tomorrow to ask, I'll ask." Li said with courage. She had milked Shan Liang, and she didn't believe that Shan Qiang ignored this little kindness back then.

Mrs. Huang didn't know what she was thinking, and after a while she raised her eyelids and said, "Okay, you can ask."

Mrs. Li hurriedly gave a grateful "Hey" and went out from the main room.

Second Uncle Song was upset, looked at Huang and said, "Mother, don't you believe in your son?" If he didn't believe him, he asked him to inquire, and taught him to run for nothing.

Mrs. Huang glared at him, "The dog has eaten your conscience! Raising you for nothing, you are my son, if I don't believe you, who will you believe?" After finishing speaking, she turned around and opened the curtain and went into the back room. When she came out, she took a condom The clothes were handed to Second Uncle Song.

"Leave this new set of clothes to Da Mao." Huang said.

Uncle Song flipped through it, and found it familiar. The trouser legs and sleeves had been removed and re-stitched. The blue coarse cloth clothes were just like new. Clothes!
"Where are these new clothes?" Uncle Song muttered dissatisfiedly, his son actually wanted to pick up Dong Bao's clothes and wear them.

When Huang heard this, she became annoyed, "You still want new clothes? What new clothes are called new clothes? What about the [-] yuan I gave you in the morning? Give me the rest!"

Second Uncle Song quickly put the clothes into his arms, and said with a smile: "The clothes are not bad, I don't dare to dislike my mother's sewing, mother, you go ahead, I'll go back and try on the clothes for Da Mao." After speaking, he got up and went out. Quickly opened the curtain and went out.

In the morning, the twenty renminbi that Mrs. Huang gave him was exchanged for wine and meat in the small restaurant. I dared to enter the house only after being drenched in cold water.

When Mrs. Li entered the east room, tears began to fall while holding Dongbao in her arms, feeling numb and numb in her heart, with no bottom at all.What would Dong Bao do if there was no marriage of the Shan family?

"What's wrong with you?" Dong Bao thought Huang Shi called Li Shi into the house, and reprimanded her again.

Mrs. Li shook her head vigorously, and said after a long while, "Bao'er, tomorrow I will go to the town with my mother to do some errands."

Dong Bao was very surprised, "Didn't you go to uncle's house the day before yesterday? Why are you going again, do you agree?"

"I'm not going to your uncle's house." Li Shi forced a smile on his face, "Going to an acquaintance's house, mother is going to talk to someone to catch up on the old days."

From Li's point of view, parents are the ones who make the decisions about marriage, and children, especially girls, can't get involved. Now that this kind of thing is happening again, let's not let the daughter know.

Dong Bao wasn't really a ten-year-old child. Apart from the uncle's family, Li's only acquaintance in the town was the Shan family.Seeing how helpless Li is, it must be because of something wrong with her marriage with the Shan family.In Dong Bao's view, this is a matter of time, the Shan family clearly does not want to admit this marriage, it has always been Li's wishful thinking.Otherwise, Old Man Hong wouldn't have asked Shuan Zi to marry her as a gesture of gratitude.

"Are you going to Shan's house?" Dong Bao asked with blinking eyes.

Seeing Dong Bao's big black eyes, Mrs. Li felt guilty for a while, but said: "Don't worry about it so much, my mother has her own arrangements. If you give up this life, you won't suffer."

"Mom, if you die, how can I not suffer? Without you, they..." Dong Bao sighed, and pointed to the main room and the west wing room, "Maybe they can sell me for a good price. You From now on, don’t just say that you gave up this life, you can protect me only if you are alive. You see, father, I left in the twelfth lunar month, and they want to sell me after the first month, so they don’t care who belongs to them.”

Mrs. Li nodded quickly, "Hey, it's my mother who said the wrong thing, so I won't say that in the future." She thought Dong Bao lost her father, and she was afraid that she would lose her mother again. She said the wrong thing, which made the girl sad.

Seeing that Mrs. Li was willing to listen to her words, Dong Bao persuaded again: "Mother, we don't need to go to the Shan's house anymore. Their family's intentions are obvious, and it's useless to go. I am healthy and not lazy, and I am worried that I won't be able to get married. ah?"

At this time, there are only bachelor men, and there are no unmarried girls. No matter how ugly a girl is, no matter how poor her family is, no matter how fierce her birth time is, there are still some men from poor families who come to marry her.Even a demented child with mental problems can marry as long as he is healthy and able to have children.

Like Dongbao, although she bears the name of a murderous "tiger girl", it is just a gossip after dinner. There are not many people like Shuanziniang who take it seriously. The main reason for picking a wife is to see her daughter-in-law. Whether he can work, whether his temperament is virtuous or not, and his fate is not very concerned.The Song family was too poor and didn't have any dowry. Dong Bao's absence of a father and no brothers from her natal family was the reason why people might be picky.

In Dong Bao's view, the Shan family refused to admit the marriage because they thought the Song family was poor and unworthy of their family.If her father could pass the Juren examination or become a Jinshi, maybe it would be the Song family's turn to regret the marriage, and the Shan family begged for nothing to fulfill their engagement.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Li's face was straight, and then he immediately felt that his attitude was too harsh, and quickly softened his voice, and said, "Bao'er, you are still young and don't understand. You have to listen to your mother about this matter. In two years, you have become the eldest mistress of the Shan family, and you don't have to worry about food and clothing, so you know your mother's painstaking efforts."

Mrs. Li is willing to listen to Dong Bao's arrangements on other matters, but she is very stubborn on this matter.Her tone was soft and comforting, but she held Dong Bao's hand tightly, not allowing any arguments.Dong Bao looked at Li Shi who was mentioning the Shan family, his face and eyes were full of splendor, he didn't know what to say, he wanted to pull out his hand, but found that his hand was tightly held by Li Shi, "Mother..."

"Stop it, Bao'er, you shouldn't worry about this." Li Shi said, feeling sad again, hugging Dong Bao and muttering to herself in a low voice, "Bao'er, you are a talented girl! You are worthy of their Shan family. Why don't you deserve it? We haven't had any honor with your father in our life, so we can't wrong you in marriage!"

Dong Bao lowered his head, and it would be good to go to Shan's house, so that Li Shi could see it clearly, and give up his heart.So what if she is a talented girl, without a father and no natal brothers, in the eyes of the ancients, she is a poor orphan girl who has lost support, and Shan Qiang is not a gentleman who values ​​benevolence, righteousness and trustworthiness, so it is strange that she would admit this marriage.

Early the next morning, when it was daylight, Mrs. Li woke up and called Dongbao. The sun outside the window had not yet risen, and the house was full of blue and black light. On the vegetable patch in the yard, the vegetables that Mrs. Li had planted in early spring The leaves have been pulled, and the beans and squash have grown vines on the wooden sticks, a piece of green.The air at dawn was fresh, and the whole village was quiet, still in a deep sleep.

After the two of them simply washed up, they went out.Along the way, Li Shi held Dong Bao's hand and walked forward silently. Looking at Dong Bao who bowed his head and said nothing, Li Shi only had a wry smile on his face. She knew that her daughter was angry with her, and Dong Bao didn't want to go to Shan's house. I feel that the Shan family is not trustworthy, and going to the Shan family is like begging for a marriage agreement, which is a shame.

But she believed it was for the good of Dong Bao and her daughter's future life.What's wrong with enduring a moment of anger in exchange for a lifetime of stability?When Dong Bao grows up and knows how difficult it is for a woman to live in this world, she will understand her hard work.

When the two of them reached the town, the sun had already come out, and the market on the street was still bustling with activity. Mrs. Li inquired all the way along the way, and finally found Shan's house.The Shan family is at the west end of the town, with a vermilion lacquered gate measuring one foot high and six feet wide, with two red lanterns hanging under the porch, which looks quite grand.

In the past, Li Shi would not have dared to knock on the Shan family's door due to her psychological inferiority complex. Now, for the sake of her daughter's future, she mustered up her courage and stepped forward to knock on the copper ring on the door.

A small hole in the door was opened, and a young man bent down to look at the two of them through the hole, and asked with a frown, "What are you doing?"

(End of this chapter)