Yoshida Mii

Chapter 51 Beaten Up
Yesterday, old man Song took Second Uncle Song and Mrs. Li to finish harvesting the rapeseed in the field, and piled the harvested rapeseed into the west room next to the main room.

Old man Song is a restless person. After breakfast, he swept the floor of the main room, spread a cloth and started beating rapeseed on the ground with a laundry stick. This is also a hard and meticulous job.In the households of ordinary peasant households, men go to the field to collect rapeseed, and women are responsible for beating rapeseed. If it is a family with a lot of land, they will directly use animals to pull stone rollers to beat rapeseed in the field.

"Let's do it tomorrow." Mrs. Huang sat on the stool and picked up the soles of her shoes, raised her eyelids and glanced at old man Song and said, "Mother Dongbao's mother should be ready tomorrow."

In Huang's view, this is what women should do.Glancing at the east room with the closed door through the curtain, Mrs. Huang snorted with dissatisfaction on her face, and said in her mouth: "Everyone will take Joe, and the expensive ones can't do it. My old lady has finished serving this waiter as soon as she is old." that!"

The mallet in old man Song's hand paused for a moment, but he continued to strike without saying anything.

Huang Shi curled her lips. She has been married for decades, and she has long been used to Old Man Song's existence like a mute. Since he refused to listen, Huang Shi didn't bother to continue talking with him.

In the west wing room, Song Zhaodi was learning needlework from Second Aunt Song at home. Second Aunt Song gave Song Zhaodi a small gown from Da Mao, and asked her to mend the worn holes in the gown.As soon as Song Zhaodi sat under the tree in the yard and sewed a few stitches, she saw a child named Shu Gen'er in the village standing at the door of Song's house and waving to her.

"Sister Zhaodi, come here." The little boy whispered to Song Zhaodi.

Song Zhaodi put down her clothes and walked over, "What's the matter?"

Shu Gen'er pointed to the back of Song's house and whispered: "I just saw a monkey on the tree behind your house, it's so big, it's golden-haired!" Shu Gen'er gestured with his hand and swallowed.

"Really?" Song Zhaodi was very surprised, "Maybe they ran down the mountain." Tagouji was on the side of the mountain, and someone hunted hares and pheasants on the mountain, but it was the first time Zhaodi heard about the monkey.

"Come and take a look, the monkey was still there when I came here." The tree root pulled Song Zhaodi and walked out.

Song Zhaodi looked back at the west wing hesitantly, if her mother found out that she ran out to play instead of mending her clothes honestly, she might scold her.

"If you don't go, the monkey will run away!" the tree root urged.

Song Zhaodi struggled a bit inwardly. After all, curiosity prevailed. Peasant children seldom have fun activities. Monkeys are rare things. If you don’t look at them now, you might not be able to see them. Just take a look, no Delay in mending clothes.

"I'll go and have a look, don't coax me, if there are no monkeys, I'll screw you!" Song Zhaodi threatened the tree root.

The root of the tree said with a smile: "If you don't go, you will be gone!" After saying that, he ran back first.

Song Zhaodi was afraid that the monkey would be scared away by the thick hands and feet of the tree roots if she was late, so she hurriedly followed. When she ran to the courtyard wall behind Song's house, she couldn't find the tree roots. Speaking of monkeys, there is not even a shadow of a bird.

"Okay you bastard!" Song Zhaodi wanted to roll up his sleeves angrily, "Dare to coax me, screw your..."

Before the words were finished, Song Zhaodi, who was gnashing her teeth, was pushed down to the ground from behind by a strong force.Before she could react, she was hit on the back with a stick, which seemed to be hit hard by something like a branch. Song Zhaodi was startled and frightened, she crawled forward with her head in her arms, and screamed, "Mother! Mother! Someone hit me!"

Hong Shuanzi and Quanzi stood there like little bosses. With a wave of their little hands, seven or eight boys behind them rushed up and beat Song Zhaodi violently, using their hands, feet and teeth.Although these little boys were all less than ten years old, they would definitely not be able to beat the 12-year-old Song Zhaodi in terms of strength alone, but if seven or eight of them went together, Song Zhaodi would only be beaten.

It rained a lot yesterday, and the ground was extremely muddy. Song Zhaodi was covered in muddy water, her face was covered in mud, and she couldn't open her eyes. She was beaten and cried for her father and mother, with a very shrill voice.

Second Aunt Song was sitting on the bed and taking a nap, still holding the shoe sole for Da Maona in her hand, she woke up shivering from Song Zhaodi’s cry for help, the needle on the shoe sole stuck to her hand, she was so angry He cursed loudly: "You damn girl, what are you doing? Come back!"

Listening to her mother's scolding, Song Zhaodi cried even harder, "Mother, I'm going to be beaten to death!"

Second Aunt Song heard that her voice was wrong, and felt a little uneasy. The Song family had a scholar, who was always respected in Tagouji, except that her mother-in-law's bad mouth offended a few old ladies in the village. Never had a grudge against anyone.She wanted to go to the back to take a look, but she was full of stomachs, and she was afraid that it was Huang's enemies who would retaliate against them, so she went to the main room, smiled shyly, and begged Huang to go behind to see how Zhaodi was doing.

Mrs. Huang was very impatient. She had heard Song Zhaodi crying and howling behind her, and she didn't take it to heart at all. At this moment, Second Aunt Song begged to come to the door, so she had to put down the sole of her shoe, and went out angrily, cursing: " One or two have learned how to be demons! My old lady is getting old, and she didn't enjoy the blessing in the end, and she still has to serve you bunch of grandchildren!"

Second Aunt Song scolded and smiled, not daring to contradict Huang's.

Mrs. Huang walked out of the courtyard gate and strode towards the back of Song's house. As soon as she turned the corner and reached the backyard wall, she saw a group of little boys beating Zhaodi around.

"What are you doing?" Huang yelled violently, and walked forward with his sleeves rolled.

The children were the most clever, and immediately dispersed, and there were a few mischievous ones who stuck out their tongues at her and made faces before leaving.

Huang's eyes were straightened angrily, he put his hips on his hips and stared and cursed: "You bastard with rotten hands and feet! Turn around and tell the wolves to tear you up and eat you!"

Her scolding only works on thin-skinned adults who know shame, and children ignore her and run away laughing.

Song Zhaodi sat up from the mud, with tears and snot mixed with mud on her face, and her body was covered with muddy water, crying and twitching, "Grandma, they... hit me!"

Mrs. Huang gave Song Zhaodi a disgusted look. In her opinion, it was just a fight between children. It was Song Zhaodi who was beaten, not her precious grandson Da Mao Ermao. She didn't feel bad and didn't bother to care about it.

"Why did they beat you?" Huang asked angrily. "I saw Hong Shuanzi inside, why did you provoke them?"

Song Zhaodi was also at a loss. She had no contact with these boys in the village, and she couldn't remember where she had offended Hong Shuanzi. After crying for a long time, she shook her head and said, "I don't know... the grandma must be Dongbao from their family. Angry, you hit me! It must be true, the last time Shuanzi his mother came to our house to make trouble..."

"Okay, okay." Huang waved her hand impatiently, pointed at Song Zhaodi's head and said bitterly: "You are not a worry-free thing! Which girl fights with a half-baby? It's not shameful enough You don’t invite people to beat you? They have a grudge against Dong Bao, why don’t they beat Dong Bao so they have to beat you?”

Song Zhaodi was beaten for no reason, not to mention the pain in her body, and her own grandma didn't give her justice, instead she kept scolding her, Song Zhaodi was wronged and uncomfortable, and sat in the mud and cried.

Mrs. Huang glared at her, "Aren't you going back?" After saying that, he turned around and left.

Song Zhaodi cried a few times, fearing that after Mrs. Huang left, the group of savage half-children would appear and beat her up again, so she didn't care about crying at the moment, she quickly stood up from the ground, bowed her head and followed after Mrs. Huang, and returned to Song's house.

Seeing Song Zhaodi covered in mud, Second Aunt Song was startled and angry. She tugged at Song Zhaodi's ear and began to curse, "Damn girl, why did you do this? I won't be able to see you for a while, so you go out and go crazy! Crazy and covered in mud What do you want to do when you come back? Get some water and wash yourself!"

Second Aunt Song's sharp cursing and Song Zhaodi's crying echoed across the entire Song Family's courtyard.

Mrs. Li was lying on the bed, listening to Song Zhaodi's crying, she wanted to get up and go out habitually, her second aunt did the same, Zhaodi was just a child, why did she scold her so fiercely.However, as soon as Mrs. Li got up from the bed, she thought of what Dong Bao had told her before leaving. Yesterday, Quan Zi told her that it was Song Zhaodi who told Song Bai that Dong Bao was an idler, and encouraged Song Bai to sell Dong Bao. , She propped up her body and slowly lay down again. It wasn't that she was unloving, but that what Song Zhaodi did was so heartbreaking.

Dong Bao didn't know that Song Zhaodi was messed up by someone. She and Lin Shi went to cut pigweed. Lin Shi worked quickly and cut his own, and soon helped her cut half of the basket.However, Dong Bao was not in a hurry to go home, and pulled Lin Shi to talk for a long time on the wasteland beside the ditch.

"That's what I planned. If I cheat my grandma and my second uncle, this matter will be seven or eight points..." Before Dong Bao could finish speaking, Lin Shi shook her wrist and signaled her with his eyes. Someone is coming.

Dong Bao was startled, turned around and saw Aunt Mantang walking this way along the path, as if she had just returned from a market in town, with a full basket in her hand.

Aunt Mantang also saw Dongbao and Dashi at this meeting, hesitated for a while, then walked towards Dongbao, and said with a smile: "Dongbao, is your mother?"

Dong Bao bowed his head and said, "My mother is sick, she has a severe fever and can't get out of bed."

Aunt Mantang let out an "ah" and quickly asked, "Then why don't you ask a doctor?"

Dong Bao shook his head, lowered his eyes and said: "My grandma said that my mother is fine, and that she will be fine after lying down for a while."

Auntie Mantang knew about the Song family's affairs. Mrs. Xiucai was a diligent and obedient lady. She must have been so ill that she couldn't get out of bed. Mrs. Song was reluctant to spend money to see a doctor for her daughter-in-law.If there is anything wrong with the scholar lady, I will only feel sorry for the child Dongbao.

Aunt Mantang looked at Dongbao with pity, thought for a while, took out a paper bag from the basket, put it in the pig grass basket next to Dongbao, and said in a tone that could not be refused: "Dongbao, this bag of brown sugar Give it to your mother, let her drink more brown sugar water, and recover sooner."

(End of this chapter)