Yoshida Mii

Chapter 72
Li Hongqin and Zhang Xiuyu's mother and daughter were cooking at home, while Dongbao and Mrs. Li carried a basket to deliver tofu from door to door.The two went to Hong Shuanzi's house first, but Dong Bao didn't let Mrs. Li follow him, and went by himself.She is a narrow-minded person who loves to hold grudges. Old man Hong, Shuanzi's father and Shuanzi are willing to help her. They are good people, but it doesn't mean that she can forget how Shuanzi's mother played tricks on her and Mrs. Li, and made a scene. She didn't have the brains to make the whole village know that Shuanzi's family wants to be engaged to her... What a nonsense, she and Shuanzi are only ten years old, why should there be gossip at such a young age?

Fortunately, both parties didn't take this matter seriously. If she was two or three years older and made trouble like this, her reputation would be ruined. Besides Shuanzi, who else could she marry?
Dongbao called out at the door, Shuanzi heard it, and hurried over. Dongbao gave him the tofu, told him that it would be delicious when fried with green onion, and went back.

Then I went to the village head and several other households. In the past two days, many people in the village went to the town to go to the market. There were not a few people who saw Li's mother and daughter selling bean curd.

Li's and Dong Bao's delivery of tofu just explained the doubts of the villagers. First, let everyone see that the business is not so easy to do. There are still a lot of tofu that have not been sold out. Second, it is also for the villagers. Establish an attitude that they are honest and honest people, and they will do everything possible to make money and pay off debts.

In the afternoon, people in the village spread the word, saying that the lady of Xiucai and the girl of Xiucai are honest and kind people, unlike the people of the old Song family, the lady of Xiucai was just sick, so she supported it to sell tofu to make money, and The more important piece of news is that the tofu from Xiucai's wife's house is delicious, completely different from the astringent tofu in the past!
"Nonsense!" Second Uncle Song couldn't help but pooh after hearing the news. He was so regretful that his guts were green, and he wished he could go door to door in the town to settle accounts with those two cheating doctors. After nagging, he knew that Huang's plan was to keep Li's work and sell Dongbao to pay off the debt.

Now there is no Li Shi to work, and Dongbao can't be sold anymore.Fortunately, the debts were all thrown to Li's mother and daughter, so the Song family didn't have to worry about it anymore.

Even so, the resentment, jealousy and injustice in Uncle Song's heart couldn't be eliminated, what kind of tofu would that little girl Dongbao make?It must have been made by the elder sister-in-law Li. If Li was still in the Song family and went out to sell tofu every day, the money wouldn't flow home like running water!No matter how much money the Li family earns, it is all the property of the Song family. Dongbao, a girl, is not considered the Song family, so the money belongs to his two sons. Now...

Second Uncle Song looked at Li Shi and Dong Bao again, they looked like enemies who had robbed him of his money.Song Yu put his hips on his hips and said to the chattering circle of people in the village: "Let me tell you, don't blame me for not telling you in advance. Back then, the doctor said that my sister-in-law's illness would be extraordinary, and you also said that the tofu she made Delicious? Humph!"

Uncle Song sneered a few times, "Don't blame me if you're sick!"

"Come on! Second Song, you're just talking nonsense over there again! You won't be afraid of being struck by lightning if you say that!" The one who said this was Sister-in-law He Hua, who was also one of the creditors of the Song family. Regarding debts, Song Laoer, a man who is irresponsible and dependent, is extremely abominable, but what Dong Bao and Li's orphans and widows have done is admirable. Sister-in-law He Hua is a straightforward person, and she can't look down on Song Yu's demeanor.

Song Yu stomped angrily, pointed at Sister-in-Law He Hua and cursed: "What are you talking about, little daughter-in-law? I kindly remind you, don't rely on me if you get sick!"

Sister-in-law He Hua sneered, "Who dares to rely on you? No one can rely on you! The doctor also said that Mrs. Xiucai can't live, what about now? Mrs. Xiucai is doing well! I ate the tofu from Mrs. Xiucai's house, and our family is doing well. Walk straight, you are not afraid of anything. You are a black hand and poisonous, and you can't see others well!"

"You!" Song Yu was blocked and couldn't say a word, so he started to play tricks, "Say one more thing, I...I'll hit you!"

"You fight!" Sister-in-law He Hua took two steps forward, not afraid of him at all, the men in her family are strong and strong, one is three or four Song Yu, and there are four equally strong uncles, really fight, Song Yu I'm afraid I will be beaten into a pig's head.

Song Yu was stronger than Huang's. Seeing that Lotus was trying to tell him the truth, he quickly took two steps back, and yelled angrily, "A good man doesn't fight with a woman!" Then he strode home, pretending to be innocent Hear the roar of laughter behind him.

After returning home, Song Yu went straight to the kitchen, and said to Huang who was cooking, "Mother, do you know? Sister-in-law is recovering! She is also making tofu and selling tofu with Dong Bao!"

Huang Shi pursed her lips and glanced at Song Yu, and said indifferently, "I know."

Seeing Huang's lukewarm attitude, Song Yu became anxious, "Mother, this is not a problem! You have to take care of it!"

"Care? Why do you care?" Huang said, thinking that now that he is old and working hard, and he still has to serve Second Aunt Song, no matter how hard he scolds, he can't relieve the resentment in Huang's heart.

Song Yu was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "Mother, you have to call your sister-in-law back. Back then, the family was separated because the doctor was not good enough. The diagnosis was wrong, which caused us to separate!"

Mrs. Huang also regretted that she had separated at the beginning. If there was no division, Mrs. Li was here, so she would not need to lift a finger in the affairs of this family. When I use it, I don't think she is good, but when it is useless, it shows Li Shi's goodness.However, she also knew in her heart that the family separation documents were written in black and white, and they were all filed in the yamen, and the raw rice was cooked into cooked rice.

"What's the matter?" Huang said angrily, "The separation documents are all written!"

Song Yu had thought about this level a long time ago, and froze to advise Huang, "Mother, what is the paperwork for the separation of the family? You are the mother-in-law of the sister-in-law, and the grandmother of Dongbao. Even if the family is separated, you Why can't they listen? You are not the elder of the two of them? Can the two of them disrespect you? After all, we are a family connected by blood. If you call sister-in-law and Dongbao back, it is not a sentence about?"

Huang stared at the boiling soup in the pot gloomyly, and said after a long while: "Your sister-in-law is easy to say, that girl Dongbao...but she is cruel and disobedient."

"What can a girl film do?" Song Yu said.Seeing that Mrs. Huang was silent, she said again: "Mother, it's not that I said that sister-in-law and Dongbao are not good behind their backs. They sell tofu and send tofu to the lotus family and Brother Daqiao's family, but our family does not do it! Look at it! What is this called? The close relatives of the flesh and blood have made those stupid mothers enemies! We are no better than the Lotus family? Mother, it is impossible to let the elder sister-in-law and Dong Bao stand on their own! People care about!"

Mrs. Huang had her own concerns. At the beginning, she and Song Yu insisted on "throwing" out Mrs. Li, who was dying of illness. Now that he is recovering, she is called back again. She has to come forward for this matter. People in the village poked her spine all her life, she was very strong and wanted face, most importantly, that girl Dong Bao was very ambitious, she could hear clearly what Dong Bao scolded her second child when they moved out, this girl has a random temper After seeing the pungent and tough Li Hongqin, I'm afraid he wouldn't listen to her.

"Mother, my sister-in-law can make money selling bean curd and tofu at the market!" Song Yu said, "Everyone who saw it said that the people who came to eat didn't stop going all morning, and they couldn't even collect the money! Mother, You are also aware of our family's situation, if you call your sister-in-law back, you can support the third child for as many years as you want!"

The last sentence completely touched the Huang family. Song Bai spent a lot of money on studying, and he earned two taels of silver a month. I heard from him that this year is very critical. I am going to give it a try. If I succeed in the test, I will be a scholar. I can’t cut off the supply at this time. , if the family has no more income, after summer, she will have to sell the land for Song Bai to study. The family has little land and can barely make ends meet. If the land is sold again, it will be a problem for the family to eat.

"I'll call her back!" Huang's family made up their minds. She is a mother-in-law, and the daughter-in-law has to do whatever she wants her daughter-in-law to do.

When noon was approaching, Dong Bao and Mrs. Li went to Lin's house and gave more than a catty of tofu to Aunt Qiuxia, leaving her to add something for lunch.Aunt Qiuxia fished more than two catties of pickled garlic cloves and capers from the sauce jar, wrapped them in tree leaves, and asked Dongbao to take them back.

Dong Bao didn't refuse either. Firstly, the tofu curd needed capers for seasoning, and secondly, the family really didn't have any pickles for dinner. The two families were already familiar with each other, so politeness alienated the relationship between the two.

Not long after the two arrived home, there was a knock on the door, and Lin Shi shouted outside, "Dongbao? Are you at home?"

Dong Bao hurriedly ran to open the door, and saw Lin Shi standing at the door carrying two large bundles of firewood, and smiled at her.

"Your home has a lot of waste firewood for cooking soymilk, and it's definitely not enough to pick it up in the woods." Lin Shi smiled, "I just went to the woods with my father to chop it down, enough for you to burn for a few days, wait We'll cut it when we're done."

Dong Bao didn't know what to say. Just as she was still thinking about the firewood issue, Lin Shi had already delivered the firewood to her door. She always felt that she owed Lin Shi more and more favors, and she couldn't finish it.

As soon as the two unloaded the firewood on the ground, Huang's voice came from the door, "Dongbao, where is your wife?"

Dong Bao was taken aback, and turned around to look over. Mrs. Huang was looking at the newly painted gate of her house with her mouth curled up. Before Dong Bao could reply, she walked into the yard by herself, looking around with her small eyes. His gaze was fixed on the small millstone in the yard.

Hearing the sound, Mrs. Li hurried out of the kitchen. When she saw Mrs. Huang, she was a little embarrassed and scared, and called out, "Mother."

Mrs. Huang snorted, coughed twice, cleared her throat, and said, "Are you cured?"

"I'm not well yet, I keep coughing at night." Dong Bao replied first.

"I didn't ask you! How can you, a girl, interrupt your lord's conversation!" Huang Shi glared at Dong Bao, and then said to Li Shi: "Now that it's done, pack up and go home."

(End of this chapter)