Yoshida Mii

Chapter 44 Borrowing a Knife

Song Zhaodi held the door frame with her hands, a little hesitant and afraid. Although she learned from her mother and grandma to be harsh and mean, it was the first time she did such a thing, and she dared not go to the main room with trepidation, "Mother, no, third uncle is a student. Man, so shrewd, I'm afraid..."

Second Aunt Song taught for a long time, but her daughter still couldn't support the mud on the wall, she was so annoyed, and she was afraid that the people in the east room opposite would become suspicious if she talked at the door for a long time, so she pulled Zhaodi into the room with a haughty face. She closed the door and slapped her across the face, raising her eyebrows and shouting: "Useless girl! What are you afraid of when your grandma isn't home right now? Can't say a few words? I'm raising you for nothing?"

Song Zhaodi saw her parents' faces were livid, and both of them stared at her fiercely, as if they would be beaten by their parents in the next second, trembling with fright, they couldn't speak together, and tears fell down.

Second Aunt Song was anxious and angry, but it was not for her and Song Yu to tell Song Bai these things, the big one and the two young ones, Song Zhaodi was the most suitable, so she had to put on a loving face, softened her tone, and said : "Zhaodi, this is not only for your two younger brothers, but also for you. After this is done, when you get married in the future, your mother will have money to save some dowry for you! The in-laws' family is not rare either."

Upon hearing the dowry, Song Zhaodi secretly raised her head to look at Second Aunt Song, then quickly lowered her head.

Second Aunt Song smiled, stretched out her hand to wipe Song Zhaodi's tears, and said meaningfully: "Zhaodi, mother knows you care about Dashi, but mother sees how Dashi treats Dong Bao well, if Dongbao doesn't leave , but it's not your turn!"

This sentence reached Zhaodi's heart, thinking of walking side by side with the handsome and gentle brother Dashi in the morning, and going to pick mushrooms in the ditch together, the girls in the village did not know how much they envied her, Zhaodi's face flew two Blushing, she bit her lip and whispered, "I...I'll go and talk to third uncle."

Second Aunt Song turned her head and smiled at Second Uncle Song, "This child... go now, remember what mother taught you! Come back after finishing speaking, your grandma probably will be back soon."

Zhao Di responded, turned around and opened the door, and walked towards the main room.

Song Bai sat alone in the main room, took off his shoes and sat with Erlang legs crossed, a shoe dangling from his toes that would not fall off, humming a ditty with his eyes closed.

"Third Uncle." Song Zhaodi called out affectionately, opened the curtain and entered the main room.

Song Bai raised his eyelids, saw that it was Song Zhaodi, continued to swing Erlang's legs up and down, and gave a lukewarm "hmm".In his eyes, the second wife of the Song family is a mud-legged person who has never been educated. The eldest niece Song Zhaodi is not outstanding in appearance. She is a country girl and has nothing to say.

"Third Uncle, it's not a good year, why are you back today?" Song Zhaodi asked with a smile on his face.

Song Bai has always been impatient with the children at home, "Why do you care so much about a child?"

Song Zhaodi was trembling in his heart, Song Bai lost his temper and fought with Grandma some, bravely moved a stool and sat next to Song Bai, and whispered: "Third Uncle, you have not stayed at home for a while, there have been a lot of things happening at home. You don't even know."

"What's the matter?" Song Bai asked with squinted eyes, if something really happened, Mrs. Huang can't tell him.

"Do you know about Dongbao?" Song Zhaodi said mysteriously, "After the new year, my grandma asked Chen Yazi to send her to work in the city to earn money, and within a day, Chen Yazi sent her back again. No money was earned!"

Song Bai's originally casual expression gradually became serious, his feet stopped shaking, he stopped humming, and Erlang's legs were lowered, "What's going on?" Song Bai asked.

Zhaodi swallowed and spit, carefully recalled what her mother taught her, spread her hands and said: "Who knows what's going on, if you don't tell her if you ask her, it must not be a glorious thing! Third uncle, you judge, our family Life is so tight, she still has the nerve to eat and drink at home in peace, and she doesn't even think about doing things for her father. Our family owes a lot of debt! Do you know what people outside say? They say she has two uncles, and the third uncle will come If you want to be a high-ranking official, rely on the two uncles, and you won't have to worry about paying off your debts."

Song Bai's face was a little ugly at this moment, but he didn't say anything.

Zhaodi's heart was pounding, and her fearful words were trembling, but Song Bai was thinking about something and didn't care about Zhaodi's strange behavior.Song Zhaodi desperately thought about what Aunt Song told her, and what she missed, and then said to Song Bai: "Two days ago, people who wanted debts scolded us at the door, scolding our family for not paying back the money, and my grandma is almost worried. The old lady is still arguing not to let Dong Bao go to work. A few days ago, my father went to the town to find the Shan family. The Shan family didn’t recognize us as relatives at all. Find a marriage for their young master!"

Song Bai's face was so gloomy that water dripped out. He remembered clearly that the Shan's family gave him a dime when he was doing funeral affairs for his eldest brother in December last year.At that time, Huang's plan was to wait until the first month passed to sell Dong Bao to pay off the debts. Later, the elder sister-in-law cried so much that she wanted to find Li Zheng and her aunt who married Liulou Village to reason, so she didn't sell Dong Bao and sent her to work instead. up.

Song Zhaodi searched her stomach and felt that she had finished what her mother told her and didn't miss anything. Seeing that Song Bai turned his head and remained silent, she didn't dare to say anything more. The rest was up to Third Uncle's thoughts.

At this meeting, Mrs. Huang's footsteps sounded at the door, and she walked towards the main room. Song Zhaodi stood up in fright. If Mrs. Huang found out that she was running into the main room like a girl, she might scold her.

However, Mrs. Huang did not go directly to the main room. She turned into the kitchen room on the way, put the meat she bought in the kitchen room, and then went to the east room. There was only Dong Bao in the east room, sitting on a bench and picking up the morning meat. After picking the mushrooms, he asked, "Your mother? Where are you going near noon?"

Dong Bao raised his head, and hearing Huang's tone was a bit unfriendly, he quickly said: "Grandma, my mother went to the field with my grandfather early in the morning. My father said that the rapeseed is ripe, and if you don't cut it back, it will be fried in the field."

Mrs. Huang turned her head to look at the dark sky, and snorted unhappily, "My God, it's raining at this time, so the rapeseeds have to be harvested a lot less!" Seeing that Mrs. Li went to work in the fields , she couldn't say anything more, so she said to Dong Bao: "Come here and light the fire in the kitchen." After finishing speaking, she went out and entered the kitchen.

Dong Bao picked up a few handfuls of oyster mushrooms, followed him into the kitchen, and prepared to make a mushroom soup.

While Mrs. Huang was talking in the east room, Song Zhaodi hurriedly ran out of the main room on tiptoe, not daring to make a sound, and hid in the west wing, for fear that Mrs. Huang would turn around and see her.

It rained for several days, and the vegetables in the yard did not grow very well. Mrs. Huang pinched the garlic sprouts and a few peppers. The garlic sprouts were a bit old. After thinking about it, Mrs. Huang pulled out half a basket of vegetables and called Dongbao Come here and let Dongbao take it to the well to wash the vegetables.

When Dong Bao entered the kitchen, he saw a thin piece of meat on the chopping board. There was more fat and less lean meat. There were only three taels at most. It was obviously not for the entire Song family, but for Song Bai alone. Yes, only Song Bai of the entire Song family has this kind of treatment, they are big and small, and the Huang family has never bought meat for them for a long time.

While Dongbao was washing vegetables, old man Song and Mrs. Li came back with a load of cut rapeseed, their feet covered in mud.

"Why did you harvest rapeseed at this meeting? It's not easy to walk in the field." Huang came out of the kitchen and asked, seeing that the two people's feet were covered with thick mud, he quickly asked Dongbao to fetch water to wash their feet.

Old man Song was a sullen gourd, and he said after a long while: "I can't do without cutting it, I have to finish cutting it today."

Still holding a kitchen knife in her hand, Mrs. Huang went to the burden and took a look at the rapeseed that had been cut off. Sure enough, a lot of them were cracked, her face became gloomy immediately, and she went back to the kitchen.

Song Bai heard the noise in the main room, walked out, and looked at Mrs. Li and old man Song with his hands behind his back. Their feet looked like two big mud lumps, and they looked away in disgust.

"His third uncle is back!" Mrs. Li hurriedly greeted.

Song Bai let out a "hmm" and went back to the main room.

Old man Song glanced at his son, but he didn't say anything. He didn't talk much at first, let alone his son who had studied.With the water brought up by Dongbao, old man Song took off his shoes and rushed.Li Shi also wanted to take off her shoes and wash her feet with well water, but Dong Bao stopped her and asked her to wait in the east room.

Dong Bao went to the east room to bring a basin to the stove, lifted the lid of the pot and scooped up the hot water that was boiling in the big pot. The water had not boiled for a long time, and it was just right to wash his feet without mixing it with cold water.Mrs. Huang was cutting meat, and when she saw Dongbao scooping up water, she stared and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Ladle water." Dong Bao said.

Mrs. Huang chopped the kitchen knife onto the chopping board, pointed at Dong Bao and said, "Of course I know you are scooping water. What are you doing scooping water?" demon.

"Wash my mother's feet." Dong Bao said unhurriedly.

Mrs. Huang snorted bitterly, pointing at Dong Bao with a kitchen knife and scolding: "Your mother is such a precious person? You need hot water to wash your feet. The old Song family can't afford such a precious daughter-in-law!"

Dong Bao blinked his eyes with the basin in his hand, and his frightened voice turned into tears, "Grandma, why don't I pour the water back?"

Mrs. Huang was completely angry. This damn girl was so stupid that she scooped the water into the foot basin, so how could she pour it back into the pot?Why do you use this pot to cook when you go back? "Go away!" Huang shoved people angrily, and when Dongbao left the stove with the pot, Huang called again: "Hurry up and cook the pot!"

"Hey, I got it, grandma!" Dong Bao replied loudly, carrying the basin into the east room, and placed it at Mrs. Li's feet. "Mom, wash your feet."

Mrs. Li wiped her eyes, "You child, what are you doing? I can just wash my feet with well water, and I'll be scolded by your grandma for using this little hot water..."

Dong Bao smiled, and said in a low voice: "She can also scold a few words, treat it like a pig humming, it's fine if you can't hear it."

Others don't know, but Dong Bao, who sleeps in the same bed with Li Shi every night, knows that Li Shi's little days are coming, and he has been tired all morning, how can he wash his feet with cold well water.

(End of this chapter)