Yoshida Mii

Chapter 62

Although there is a river at the head of the village, for convenience, farmers will dig wells in their yards, and if they are more particular, they will put a cover on the wells to prevent fallen leaves and other dirty things from falling into the wells.

Dongbao’s new house also has a well, but the wooden well cover has long since rotted and fallen into the well. Looking from the well mouth, there is a thick layer of branches and leaves floating on the water, and the well water is almost invisible.

At this time, someone needs to go down and scour the well water, that is, to scour out the big dirty things, and leave clean well water. After a day or two of clarification, the water can be used normally.

Mrs. Li wanted to come out to help Dongbao cook, but was stopped by Qiuxia and Li Hongqin, "You can sit on the bed and rest at ease, we have everything to do, I see that Dongbao is capable, much better than ordinary girls!"

"I've been resting for a long time." Li said with a smile, "Whenever I don't work, I feel panicked and uncomfortable, and my whole body feels weak."

Aunt Qiuxia laughed, "You have to rest even if you feel bad! Think about it, in the morning you were still sick and dying, so it would be better if you separated the family, wouldn't you let others gossip?"

Mrs. Li and Dong Bao are orphans and widowed mothers who set up their own families. They are no better than those with a man as the pillar of the family. If someone talks about it, it will be bad.

After Aunt Qiuxia made such a point, Mrs. Li immediately understood, and did not propose to help with work.

"I'll invite a doctor over tomorrow and tell everyone that it was a misdiagnosis before, and that's it." Li Hongqin said with a smile, "Then that black-hearted old woman doesn't know why she should regret it!"

The three women suddenly laughed in a low voice, and even Li Shi, who had always been meek and filial, couldn't help laughing. Thinking about how regretful Dongbao's grandma must have been at that time, she was relieved.Even now, she still feels that it doesn't matter how Huang shi treats her, but how can Huang shi be so vicious and want to sell Dongbao!
The men installed the gate in the front yard, and began to look around in the yard. One said that a vegetable garden could be dug here, and a few vegetable seedlings would be planted from the vegetable garden at home tomorrow, and the other said that a pigsty could be built there in the future. , several of them are experienced and seasoned, and after a while, they planned the yard that has been abandoned for many years.

"Brother Hong, let me thank you in advance for bringing someone to wash the well tomorrow!" Li Lifeng bowed to Shuanzi's father. He didn't know the grievances between the Hong family and the Song family. Thank you very much for coming to help.

Shuanzi's father was slightly embarrassed, because his mother-in-law was ignorant and went to other people's houses to make a scene, so tired that the scholar's wife was slapped in the face. He and old man Hong didn't talk about it, but he felt very sorry in his heart. After the separation, he wanted to stay. When I came down to help, I was afraid that Mrs. Xiucai and Dongbao would not want to see him, so I didn't find a chance until I met a group of people pushing the cart.

"Don't, don't." Shuanzi's father couldn't speak clearly, and kept waving his hands, "It's a big deal, I'm used to scouring wells, so I don't deserve you to say that."

After installing the door, several people who came to help went back.The farmer's helpers don't pay, but they usually invite the helpers to eat. However, the people who come here are not outsiders. They know what the Li and his wife are doing now, and they go back after installing the door.Aunt Qiuxia also had to go back to cook for the family, so she didn't stay for dinner.

Dongbao Kang finished pancakes and cooked mushroom soup, brought them to the house, lit the oil lamp and sat down to eat.When Lin Shi went to buy locks in the afternoon, he brought them salt and soy sauce by the way, otherwise they wouldn't be able to cook the meal.

"Dongbao has grown up and become a capable girl!" Li Hongqin tasted the mushroom soup and couldn't stop praising her.

"Auntie likes to eat the food I cook. From now on, I will come to my house every day, and I will cook for Auntie!" Dong Bao smiled sweetly, and his words were even sweeter. Li Hongqin couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

Li Lifeng smiled from the side, and said to Li Shi: "I bought the door in a hurry. It was just a suitable size. It hadn't been painted yet, so I bought it. I thought I had to install it tonight, so I didn't care about it." I have been fussing about so much, I will come back in two days and bring the craftsman over to paint it."

Mrs. Li didn't want to bother her elder brother any more, so she quickly said, "It's okay, what kind of paint should you paint, the dealers don't pay much attention to it! Brother, how much is that door?"

"You're out of touch now." Li Lifeng put down his chopsticks unhappily, "It's just a door, can't I give it away as a big brother?"

Li's eyes were slightly red, and her heart was warm and moved, "No, I'm just afraid of big brother's expenses. Big brother, you and sister-in-law are not easy to earn two money. You are greedy early in the morning..."

After saying a word, Li Hongqin also put down her chopsticks, feeling a little dazed. There are three brothers and sisters, and they haven't sat at the same table for many years.

"Our parents didn't die early. I, the eldest brother, didn't take good care of you two and didn't protect you, especially Hongzhen. At noon, I heard someone tell me that you are dying of illness, and the Song family will take care of you. Throw it out, I'm so scared..." Li Lifeng said in a low voice, his voice was also sentimental, and the seven-foot man's eyes were red.

Dong Bao smiled and said, "Why didn't Uncle protect us? As soon as you showed up when we separated, my second uncle would not dare to make things difficult for us! If it weren't for you and Auntie, would we still have a hundred catties of sorghum?" Mian and two hanging money!" She quite understands what uncle does, if uncle is like her own father, relatives will stand in front no matter what happens, wishing to dedicate everything they have to their relatives , That's stupid.Taking care of your own home is the first priority, and only when you have spare energy can you take care of other relatives.

"Hey!" Li Lifeng sighed and wiped his eyes, "Now there is no one else. In front of Dong Bao, let me tell you the truth. In the few years you were married, I was worried about you, a young girl. Yue just came over to Song's house to have a look. Dongbao's father has always looked down on me as a small businessman, thinking that I have lost face as a scholar. When he saw me, his nose was not his nose or his eyes. Seeing him like this, my heart I was so angry that I didn't come here again. Now think about it, it's nothing to be coldly looked at by him, as long as you can live better."

Li Hongqin also sighed and echoed, "I agree with that. Back then, Dongbao's father also looked down on my family. He thought he was a cart driver and a businessman. He was the highest-level taxi, and we were the lowest Waiting for Shang, his old Song family is noble? We are all low? I don’t really want to come to the Song family to look at him."

Dong Bao was dumbfounded when he heard that, he didn't expect that besides the top-notch trait of being a phoenix boy, his father was so...feeling good about himself, she really didn't know what to say.

"Aunt and Uncle, don't take my father's word for granted." Dong Bao said softly, "You rely on your own hands and abilities to earn money for food and support your family. Which of your two lives is better? They are better than our family, so what if my father is a noble scholar? His ability is to make my mother and I live like this? I see him not as good as you. "

Mrs. Li turned around and wiped her eyes, why didn't she know why her elder brother and eldest sister didn't want to come to Song's house to visit her?It's not that Song Xiucai looked down on them and always gave them cold faces.

"Don't talk nonsense." Mrs. Li coughed twice, and finally found her own voice, "He is your father, anyone can talk about him, but you can't."

Dong Bao smiled, and a pair of cute dimples appeared on his fair face under the oil lamp, "It's because he is my father, and he did something wrong, so I have to tell him, or else outsiders will have to tell him?"

Looking at her eccentric daughter, Mrs. Li couldn't bear to scold her, she shook her head with a smile, "You can just talk... When you left home, you carried it with your second uncle, and I listened to the scolding words. I'm afraid for you." But at that time she couldn't move, she was really afraid that Uncle Song would beat Dong Bao.

"That's not home." Dong Bao earnestly corrected the mistakes in Li's words, "This is our home. Does Second Uncle look like an elder? Is there an elder who insists on searching for his sister-in-law and niece? We have reason, he is going to fight, he is a bully, most of us in Tagouji are kind people, if we recognize who he is, we will not be with him. Mom, you didn’t see that at noon Help our people more, justice is at ease."

Li Lifeng smiled and patted Dong Bao on the shoulder, and praised Li Shi: "Dong Bao is a sensible girl. She was very timid when she was young, and she didn't dare to say anything when she met people. I was afraid that this girl would go along with her temper." You will be wronged in the future, but seeing her like this now, I feel relieved."

"It's following me!" Li Hongqin laughed.

At night, Li Lifeng put together a few stools in the main room, spread quilts on them as a bed, and Li Hongqin and Li Shi took Dongbao to sleep on the bed in the back room.

Dong Bao slept between the two of them, smiled and whispered to Li Shi: "Mother, it would be great if you were like Auntie."

Li Shi was stunned when she heard the words, "What?"

"If you are as good as my aunt, I guarantee that my mother and second aunt will not dare to bully you. If the two of them dare to say something bad, you can scold me back ten times!" Dong Bao laughed.

Mrs. Li glanced at the elder sister who was smiling aside, and said embarrassingly, "I think so too, but I just can't learn it." The child has no confidence and cannot be as aggressive as Li Hongqin.

"Your mother has been protected by us since she was a child, so she doesn't need to learn this." Li Hongqin said with a sharp smile, "Dong Bao can't be like your mother. Girls should be more aggressive so that they won't be bullied in the future. Hey, let me tell you Speaking of this, I'm worried about you, sister Xiuyu, who is soft-tempered, just like your mother."

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "What are you worried about? Xiuyu is a good-natured person. I just need to find a good husband's family for her in the future. What are you afraid of?"

Li Hongqin put her arms around Dong Bao and said with a smile: "If Xiuyu hadn't been older than Dong Bao by how old, I would have suspected that our sisters' daughters were mixed up. Dong Bao followed my temperament, and Xiuyu followed yours. !"

(End of this chapter)