Yoshida Mii

Chapter 5 The Tigress
The wind in early spring still brings coolness to people's faces. The trees on the side of the road have just sprouted new buds, and the dirt road still carries the dampness accumulated over the winter. Sludge of corn stalk leaves.

Along the way, villagers in twos and threes walked by with hoes on their shoulders, and they would be taken aback when they saw Dongbao.Tagouji is so big, if someone in the east of the village has something to do, the people in the west of the village will know in less than half an hour.Song Xiucai died, and owed debts for white things. Chen Yazi took his daughter Dongbao to work for a wealthy family in the city to earn money to pay off the debt. Everyone in the village knew about it. Dongbao, who was supposed to be working in the city at first glance, appeared in the Everyone in the village wondered.

Dong Bao is not the timid and shy Dong Bao before. According to memory, whenever he saw an adult, he would raise his smile and call sweetly: "Second Uncle Chen, are you going to work in the fields?" nice!"

No matter what era it is, sweet-mouthed and pleasing children are always popular. Those adults who thought Dongbao would bow their heads and walk over looked at Dongbao who was much smarter than before with a little surprise, and responded to Dongbao with a smile. Greeting, "Dongbao, you're back, what are you doing here?"

Dong Bao said with a smile: "My mother is washing clothes by the river, I'll pick her up." After exchanging pleasantries with the villagers, she continued to walk to the river, and the adults left behind by her would always look at Dong Bao kindly. The slender backs smiled, and praised Dongbao one after another for coming to the city, she has become a lot more sensible, she has grown into a big girl, and she knows that she is a talented lady who loves and suffers.

When Dongbao came to the entrance of the village, several little boys were playing together under the big elm tree at the entrance of the village. The leading boy saw Dongbao from a distance, his eyes lit up, he pointed at Dongbao and shouted, "Mother!" Tiger! The tigress is back!"

The oldest of this group of children was only ten years old, and Dongbao also saw her two cousins, Big Mao and Ermao, among them, clapping their hands and laughing along with the group of little boys with snot noses, Chao Dongbao kept talking Shouting: "Tigress! Tigress! The tigress who killed Xiucai's father!"

If it was the former Dongbao who was ridiculed and humiliated like this, he would have run home crying, not even daring to leave the door.

Dong Bao looked at this group of screaming and vigorous children, and sighed with a headache. Children's minds are the simplest, but they are also the most vicious.The adults' inadvertent attitude can influence their thoughts the most. The adults say that Dongbao was born at a bad time, and that he is a fierce hungry tiger in winter. Perhaps most of the adults in Tagouji said it as a joke after dinner. , but the children remembered it. As soon as these boring children saw Dong Bao, they started screaming, taking pleasure in bullying Dong Bao.

Others are just fine, Dong Bao took a look at Da Mao and Er Mao, who laughed at the fiercest ones, and she said that the second wife of the Song family does not have a good heart, and Da Mao Er Mao is less than ten years old and the other is eight years old. Liang Wai, all good children have grown up in Wai, so it's fine if you don't help your family, but you will spare no effort to bully your cousin.

"Hey, tigress! Why did you come back from the city?" Seeing that Dong Bao ignored them, the little boy who led him felt that it was meaningless, and ran to Dong Bao and asked arrogantly.

Dong Bao recognized this little boy, about his own age, the grandson of the old Hong's family in the west of the village. His name was Shuanzi or something.

"You say I'm a tigress, able to kill people?" Dong Bao asked with a frown.

Hey, the tigress who has always been timid dares to ask questions?Hong Shuanzi straightened his skinny chest, and said fiercely, "What's the matter? Did I say something wrong?"

Dong Bao nodded, looked at Hong Shuanzi and said, "You're right, I'm a tigress with a fierce life, and I can kill people. The tiger scolds people, you will be the next person I will kill." Dong Bao's eyes were firm and his tone was steady, as if he was saying that he could cook rice porridge, something as common as that.

Da Lao Men Er is a strange thing that adults in Tagouji frighten children.

"You...you are talking nonsense...who are you scaring!" Hong Shuanzi stammered, after all, he was a ten-year-old child, who was usually instilled with messy thoughts about gods and ghosts, and he also became frightened at this meeting. A tigress can kill even her own father, so it shouldn't be too difficult to kill a child like him...

"Then try calling a tigress again." Dong Bao smiled, showing his white teeth, and his eyes told him that when the old man gets lonely at night, he will go to you to talk about life and ideals, little brother.

Hong Shuanzi glanced at his little follower eagerly, then looked at Dong Bao who was smiling with crooked eyebrows in front of him, and the word "tigress" was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say anything. Children have no taboos. But he was the most timid one. It was spring and the sun was warm at noon, but Hong Shuanzi felt chills all over his body and his hairs stood on end.

"Call me if you want me to? How old are you?" Hong Shuanzi said fiercely, but he refused to say the word tigress again. Anyway, it wasn't that he was afraid to say it, but he couldn't do it like this. It's not that he's afraid of Dong Bao's intentions!
Seeing him blushing from holding back, Dong Bao left with a smile on his face. Can't she cure a bunch of little kids who haven't even grown their hair yet? !I was so scared today, keep him honest for a while.

When Dong Bao found her mother by the river, Mrs. Li was struggling towards the river bank with a big wooden basin in her arms, with a stick for beating clothes under her arm. Here, the piles are all over the top.Dong Bao looked at the tired-looking Li Shi, who was covered in patches, and looked like an overworked peasant woman, and said that Li Shi was a talented woman. Who would believe it? Since she married into the Song family, she has been a cow and a horse for the entire Song family. After serving the father-in-law and mother-in-law, I have to continue to serve my uncle and sister-in-law.

In name, she is a scholarly woman with a good reputation, but in fact she doesn't enjoy any of Song Xiucai's advantages, but she is ranked first in suffering and suffering.In the eyes of her talented father, he studied for so many years to repay the Song family, and the daughter-in-law he married exists only to serve the Song family. If he dares to disrespect the Song family, it is disobedience.

Dong Bao sighed. In modern times, few women married to a Phoenix man would be able to endure such a life. That is to say, a kind and weak person like Li has persisted for so many years, until her husband died. A widow who has survived and lost a man, it may be even more difficult to wait for her in the future.

"Mother." Dong Bao called.

Mrs. Li looked up at Dongbao, and a smile appeared on her tired and numb face, "Why are you here? Why don't you stay at home and take a good rest?"

Dong Bao glanced at the pile of pointed wooden basins, and took the wooden stick under Li Shi's arm, and some clothes in the basin, and the basin in Li Shi's hand suddenly became much lighter.

"I'm here to take you home." Dong Bao said softly, "Didn't I tell you, don't wash her so clean, she will definitely let you wash it in the future, and you will make progress."

Second Aunt Song would definitely do this kind of thing.

Mrs. Li smiled, holding the wooden basin in one hand, and patted Dong Bao's head with the other hand, "My daughter has grown up, and I know I love my mother! Hey, these clothes are nothing more than Why don't you wash it for her..." Li Shi didn't want to talk about these messy things at home with her daughter who just came home, so she stopped talking.

In Li's view, Dong Bao is still young, and Second Aunt Song has a delicate and troublesome temperament. Dong Bao's milk must be directed at her second aunt, and another scolding is inevitable. Besides, the most important thing is that Dong Bao returned home. Not only did she not earn any money, she also had to have a mouth to eat. Her second uncle and second aunt He had to talk about this matter, and then begged them to accept Dong Bao for the sake of his ability to work.

It doesn't matter if she suffers or suffers, as long as she can watch Dong Bao grow up safely and marry into Shan's family to live a good life, she will be able to close her eyes peacefully even if she is exhausted. Counting back and forth, it's only been a few years of hard work. , and then gritted your teeth and boiled it, and it passed.

The mother and daughter walked home without saying a word, each with their own concerns. As soon as they arrived at the door, Dong Bao saw Aunt Qiuxia standing next door and looking into the yard.

Aunt Qiuxia and Li's natal family are from the same village. They are about the same age.Aunt Qiuxia’s family’s conditions are not good, and she didn’t marry a good family. An old man lived with her only son in the old Lin’s house next door. After entering the Lin family, she became the hostess of the family. In addition, the three of them are capable people. The life of the family is getting better and better. Over the years, two sons have been born to the old Lin family. The eldest son, Lin Shi, is four years older than Dong Bao, and the younger son Lin Quan is one year younger than Dong Bao.

In contrast to this is the Li family, who originally thought that Song Yang passed the exam and became a scholar lady to enjoy the blessings. Who knew that she had become a cow and a horse in the Song family. Life is not good, and people are numb from the heavy pressure.

Aunt Qiuxia has a sharp personality, she is the only hostess in the family, she has the final say on everything, but every family has difficult scriptures, no matter how pitiful she is for handkerchief handing over, no matter how unaccustomed to the behavior of the Song family, I can't control the Song family's housework, so I can only make delicious food at home, and secretly ask my two sons to give Dongbao some to taste.

"Auntie." Dong Bao called.

Aunt Qiuxia hurriedly turned around, dressed in clean coarse clothes, with a silver hairpin pinned to her head, and an apron tied around her waist, as if she had just come out of the kitchen, saw Dongbao, and smiled sharply. Said: "I just heard from Quan Zi that Dong Bao is back, and I wanted to take a look, but I just ran into it!"

(End of this chapter)