Yoshida Mii

Chapter 38
The housekeeper's wife sent Li Shi and Dong Bao out of the small corner door, and when they were about to leave, she forced a bag of fruits into Li Shi's hand.

After closing the door, the housekeeper hurriedly went to his wife's yard, and Shan Qiang was also talking to his wife in the room.Shan Qiang is not yet forty, has a neatly trimmed beard, and has begun to gain weight in middle age, with a protruding belly. He is covered in silk and satin clothes, and has a few gem rings on his left and right hands. He is quite wealthy.

"People sent away?" Shan Qiang's second wife leaned on the couch and asked lazily, snorting, with a somewhat impatient expression, "It's really endless!"

The housekeeper nodded quickly, "Send them off, I made it clear to them, and they didn't say anything else, they are leaving."

Mrs. Shan nodded, and most of the impatience between her brows dissipated, "It's still a good idea. I called someone to call the old Chen from the yamen. If they dare to make trouble, I will lock them into the yamen!"

"Why did you call the people from the yamen?" Shan Qiang was not happy, and frowned and said, "Just explain it clearly and send it away. People from the village, it's bad news!"

Mrs. Shan didn't take it seriously, and gave him a blank look, "What's so bad? Why don't you go back to that Tagouji? Besides, they don't care about it!"

"What do you know?" Shan Qiang snorted, "Only harmony can make money! As a businessman, it's not easy to have grudges with anyone."

"Aren't I doing it for Shan Haohao?" Mrs. Shan shouted, "Your fellow countryman and his family didn't even wink at me. Hit the pole! Shame!"

Shan Qiang also knew that his second wife was single-minded towards Shan Liang. The new wife was divorced by her husband's family because she couldn't have a child. It happened that he was her natal family's buddy. After marrying her, he has a few shops as his capital, and Shan Qiang is quick-witted, the business is getting better and better, and the family property is getting bigger and bigger, but there is only Shan Liang as a single seedling.

"Okay, okay." Shan Qiang waved his hand, and asked the lady in charge, "Have you paid the scholar lady yet?"

The lady in charge screamed that it was not good. At that time, she was in a hurry to drive people away, so she forgot about it, and apologized embarrassingly, "I forgot to give it." She added: "I guess I didn't want it if I gave it. I gave the little girl from the Song family the fruit bag, she doesn't want it."

Shan Qiang didn't take it seriously, it didn't matter whether he gave it or not, he said with a smile: "I didn't expect that he is still a spine!"

The lady in charge laughed along, thinking of those bright black eyes, she said: "He is fair and clean, and he must be a beautiful person when he grows up!"

"Country girl, no matter how good-looking she is, how can she be so good?" Mrs. Shan didn't take it seriously.

Shan Qiang thought of Song Xiucai ten years ago. He was high-spirited, full of ambition, and full of self-confidence when he was selected as a scholar. , couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Things are impermanent. In 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, Song Xiucai was a filial and kind person. He didn't tell anyone. It's rare! It's just gone, what a pity!"

Mrs. Shan curled her lips, "What's the use of being filial and kind? God gave me a bad life, so I can't blame other people." The poor and scrupulous scholar, I heard that all the money was left to my mother for the third child to study, and I left some food for My two nephews are gone, and my daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law have nothing. Fortunately, Shan Qiang is not such a man, otherwise she would not be like Mrs. Song Xiucai, she is really unlucky.

The three of them said a few more words, and the fact that Mrs. Li came to the door did not cause any disturbance in the Shan family, and it just passed away.

Coming out of Shan's house, Mrs. Li dragged Dong Bao out with heavy steps, with a dull expression on her face, not knowing what she was thinking.Dong Bao looked at Li Shi's distraught appearance, thinking that after today, Li Shi should finally wake up from his dream.

"Bao'er, let's not go home, let's go to your uncle's house." Li Shi said to Dong Bao.

Dong Bao was a little surprised, "Didn't you just go there the day before yesterday, why did you go again?" It's not easy to go empty-handed, and the two of them have a private house of [-] Wen, which is hard to use.

"Let's find your uncle and talk to him at the Shan's house." Li said, "Your uncle is a man, so it's more convenient than us mothers coming forward."

Dong Bao pulled Li Shi to sit down on a secluded corner of the street, squatted in front of Li Shi, and persuaded: "Mother, uncle is a small grocery store, Shan's family runs a large grain store, and the upper and lower floors of silk and satin The shop, I heard that the shop has opened in Anzhou, why is he willing to listen to uncle? Let's go back, mother, I'm so scared when you look like this!"

Mrs. Li covered her face and buried her head in her knees. It took a long time to raise her head, her eyes were red, she smiled at Dong Bao, touched Dong Bao's face, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, it's your mother. Alright. I won’t take you here again, nor will my mother, so we’ll live a good life at home.” She finally understood that the Shan family really didn’t intend to recognize this family anymore, even if she lost face and acted like a shrew The Shan family is so rich that they can call a few people to throw her out.

She is not a good mother, her daughter is not bad, her hands and feet are quick and quick, and she is a talented girl. She will definitely marry a good family. Before that, she was too wishful thinking, and she was too stubborn. The tired girl was ashamed of following her, and was looked down upon by the Shan family. .

Although she was disappointed when she went to the town and didn't get the result Li Shi wanted, but she felt that her daughter and her heart were getting closer.

When they got home, Mrs. Huang was sitting in the yard picking up the soles of her shoes. When she saw her coming in, she glanced at Mrs. Li's expression, and knew that the Shan family must have not recognized their marriage. With a sneer, he asked with a sneer, "What? Are you back? Have you made it clear, how much dowry does Shan Qiang plan to give your daughter?"

Li's face was flushed with embarrassment, and she pushed Dongbao to let her in. Huang is a person who doesn't care about anything when he gets angry, and only wants to scold himself to his heart's content. How can he say such things in front of his daughter?

"Mother, I... didn't see Shan Qiang and his wife today." Li originally wanted to say that the Shan family disagreed, but she was afraid that Huang's anger would be blamed on Dong Bao, so she changed her words temporarily and stammered Said: "Shan Qiang's daughter-in-law is ill."

Mrs. Huang is not stupid. Seeing Mrs. Li like this, she knew what was going on, and cursed sullenly, "Don't think I don't know what's going on in your rotten intestines, you have to look around if you're a monster! It's useless Things, raising a dog is better than you!" Seeing Li-shi lowering his head and wiping tears, Huang-shi threw the basket, and the beans in the basket slammed, "You said you were useless and you still hate it? What are you doing standing there? The whole village, who wants to yell again, knows that I, a woman, bullied you? You are really cruel! I am an old woman who feeds and drinks for you, and I will be hated by you..."

Mrs. Li wiped her eyes, lowered her head and said, "Mom, I'm going to cook."

Only then did Huang stop cursing, snorted and said, "It's time to go, I have to order everything before I do it, and there is no work in my eyes! Hurry up and cook, and go to Xitou after dinner , plowed the ground and planted beans."

"Hey." Mrs. Li responded, and hurried into the kitchen. If she stood here, Mrs. Huang would definitely scold her even more.

Dong Bao heard that there was no sound outside, so he came out of the east room and went into the kitchen to help Mrs. Li light the fire.Seeing the flames licking the bottom of the pot, Dong Bao felt a little heavy. Huang knew that the Shan family had no intention of marrying, and his attitude towards Li returned to the previous state of scolding as much as he wanted, and he had to find a way to separate the family as soon as possible. Now, with the Huang family as the supreme ruler, you have to be careful about what you say for fear of offending her, and you can't do anything.

If she comes here, if she is angry and poor all her life, she is really sorry to travel this time. Her goal is to establish her own business in ancient times, not to mention being rich and powerful, at least she must have land and land, have a profitable industry, live a rich life, and not be affected by others. of jurisdiction.

It's already early April, and the sun at noon has already warmed up. Walking under the sun feels like a panic.The wheat has grown taller, and the ripe wheat is starting to turn yellow. The rapeseed will be harvested soon, and the beans will be sown at this time.

After dinner, Mrs. Huang began to allocate the work in the afternoon. Old man Song went to the east field to loosen the soil, weed and fertilize, while Mrs. Li and Uncle Song went to the west field to turn over the field so that soybeans could be planted. .

At this time, there is no such thing as chemical fertilizer, and the only fertilizer is the farmyard manure retting from the manure heap and the ashes left over from the stove fire.The fertility of farmyard manure and plant ash is limited, and there are no high-yield and high-quality seeds cultivated by modern agriculture, so the yield of the land is not high.

The piece of land at the west end of the Song family is not big, only about eight or nine cents in size. It is close to the mountain, and there are many rocks in the field. It was developed by the two of Li and Song Xiucai when Song Xiucai was there, so it is not fertile. , it can be regarded as an inferior land, where wheat and corn cannot be grown, only soybeans, which are not very picky crops.

The sun is shining in the afternoon, which is the hot time.Mrs. Li and the others went out to work. Dongbao looked at the sun shining outside and applied to Mrs. Huang, saying that he would go to the field to bring water to his grandfather and second uncle.

Mrs. Huang glanced at Dong Bao sideways, the little girl was very smart, and she said it nicely, she was delivering water to her grandfather and second uncle, or she was thinking about her mother who didn't lay eggs. "Go!" Huang said, no matter who Dongbao wants to give it to, Huang's husband and son can always drink water, and Huang will not make things difficult for his important people in this regard.

Dong Bao hurriedly let out a sigh, and went to the kitchen to find a clay pot. The pot had a small mouth and a big belly, and it reckoned it could hold two or three liters of water.Dongbao brought water from the well to wash the clay pots, filled them with water, put them in a basket, and carried them to the field.

With her current thin body, she doesn't need to carry it on her back, and she might not be able to lift the jar of water.

(End of this chapter)