peasant girl wedding

Chapter 24 New Mission

With money in hand, Mrs. Tong acted decisively the next day.First, he pulled a few good materials for his son Tong Zhiyi to go to private school, and then added three little piglets to the family.

After finishing these, Mrs. Tong called the girls from each house to the main house.

Tong Duo'er, Tong Zhi'er, Tong Zhu'er and Tong Cui'er stood quietly at the door, only waiting for the old lady Tong to speak.

However, after all, Tong Cui'er is different, she walked up to Mrs. Tong after entering the door, talked to her affectionately, and made Mrs. Tong smile.Sure enough, Tong Cui'er still inherited her great aunt's skills.

The three Tong Duo'er sisters looked at the cheerful grandparent and grandson, and they were not jealous or annoyed, they waited leisurely for Mrs. Tong to speak.

When walking all the way, Tong Zhi'er said, let the grandma speak first later, and they just listen.

Tong Duo'er and Tong Zhu'er nodded, thinking that Zhi'er is very smart and careful, so she must be right.

Indeed, after getting along for such a long time, Tong Zhi'er has somewhat figured out Mrs. Tong's temperament.She has always been the elder of the family, the head of the family second only to old man Tong, she is in charge of everything, and she is the most hostile to the four of them.An ordinary sentence may be nothing if it comes from the mouth of the aunt and uncle, but if it is changed to the fourth room, it will be scolded.

Tong Zhi'er sighed straight away, Mrs. Tong's heart is really out of bounds.They are also their own children, why do they dislike Tong Zhixin and them so much?It's fine if it's aimed at Fang Cuiwei, after all, Fang Cuiwei is a daughter-in-law, and mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been at odds since ancient times, but Tong Zhi'er found out that Mrs. Tong also hates Tong Zhixin very much.

After thinking for a while, she couldn't figure it out, so Tong Zhi'er simply stopped thinking about it, just at this time Mrs. Tong finally spoke, and she pricked up her ears to listen carefully.

"There are three little piglets in the house, and you four sisters will be responsible for weeding and feeding pigs from now on."

When Tong Cui'er heard this, she immediately said, "Grandma, do I also want to hunt pigweed and feed the pigs?"

She has always been cherished by the Lin family. Compared with the three Tongduoer sisters, although she is also a peasant girl, she has never done any hard work.I just help my mother in the room and sweep the floor.

"Why, you don't want to?" Mrs. Tong frowned. The three little piggies cost nearly two taels of silver and four hundred Wen. They chose the best little piggies in the market and they had to be taken care of carefully.

Seeing Mrs. Tong's brows showing some displeasure, Mrs. Lin, who was taking the money in Mrs. Tong's hand, immediately tugged on Tong Cui'er's sleeve, and said, "Mother, of course Cui'er is willing, but she has never done these things before. , I still need Duoer and the sisters to help me a lot."

Mrs. Tong was very satisfied with these words, she nodded and pointed to Tong Duo'er, "Duo'er, you are the biggest girl in the family, and you take a few younger sisters to hunt pigweed, and you will help when you have to, you know?" ?”

"Grandma, Duo'er knows."

"Well, it's getting late, you take your things with you, and go to the village where the grass grows the tenderest and the best every day, and bring back some pigweed that is enough to eat."

Tong Duo'er nodded, and left the main house with Tongzhi's child, Zhu'er.

Tong Cui'er was suppressed by her mother, she didn't dare to speak, she left the main house with her mouth pouted, and went back to the yard angrily, but she didn't take anything.

Lin knew her daughter best, and immediately followed her out of the main house, packed up the basket and sickle, and walked to Tong Cui'er who was sulking.

"Mother, you don't even help me!" Tong Cui'er looked at Lin with grievance, her eyes turned red.When she was living in the county, the little girls in the county laughed at her as a bumpkin from the countryside. At that time, she satirized her back very proudly, saying that although she lived in the country, she was the apple of the eye at home, and her parents loved everything. Don't let her do it.

The girls in the county didn't believe it, so she showed them her white and tender hands. When she saw them, she was even whiter and tender than the girls in the county. It was obvious that she was pampered and treated very well at home.

Children can't hide what's on their minds, they just say what they have.Immediately, someone said that although they were maids in the county, they still had to work at home, and they were no match for the male dolls at home, and they all envied Tong Cui'er.At that time, Tong Cuier's vanity was greatly satisfied.

however……

Thinking about going to the county in the future and meeting those girls in the county, how she would be ridiculed and ridiculed by them, Tong Cui'er felt very uncomfortable.

"Tweety, isn't it just hunting pigweed? It's an easy job." Lin comforted.

Hearing Lin's words, Tong Cui'er felt even more aggrieved, and burst into tears, "Mother, you don't love me anymore, you don't love me anymore."

"Fool, you are mother's sweetheart, how can mother not love you." Tong Cui'er's crying startled Lin, she threw the things in her hand on the ground, hugged Tong Cui'er and comforted her softly.

As expected, Tong Cui'er's crying stopped a lot, "Mother, then go tell grandma that I don't want to hunt pigweed and feed pigs!"

"Tweety, do you want the softening cream from the county?"

This skin softening cream is a skin care product sold by the rouge gouache shop in the county. When it is applied on the hands and face, it is extremely smooth and soft, and it also has a fragrance. It is the most popular among girls.But ordinary people can't afford it, because a box of softening cream costs three taels of silver.

Tong Cui'er's eyes were bright, and she looked at Mrs. Lin eagerly.

Lin smiled slightly, and wiped the tears on her face, "Tweety, if you go hunting pigweed, I promise to bring you back a box of softening cream."

Soft skin cream and hogweed, these two words fought in Tong Cui'er's mind. After hesitating for a long time, Tong Cui'er finally made a choice.She carried the pannier on the ground on her back and asked Mrs. Lin to put the sickle in it.

This time Lin smiled very satisfied.

"Tui'er, Mother will teach you a good method..." Lin came to talk in Tong Cui'er's ear, Tong Cui'er listened carefully, and her eyes became brighter and brighter.

At the gate of Tong's house, the three sisters of Tongduo, Zhitong and Zhuer were waiting at the door with a basket on their backs.

"Second Sister, do you think Cousin Cui'er will come?" Tong Zhu'er tugged on Tong Zhi'er's sleeve and whispered.

Tong Zhi'er smiled, "She will definitely come back." Even if Tong Cui'er was unwilling, the eldest aunt Lin, who was thinking of ways to please Mrs. Tong, would definitely let her come.

Sure enough, Tong Zhi'er had just finished speaking, and not far away, Tong Cui'er came over with a saddle on his back.

"Cui'er is here, let's go." Tong Duo'er smiled slightly, walked in front of Tong Cui'er and said.

Tong Cui'er snorted coldly, but remembering what her mother said, she squeezed out a smile a little stiffly, "Sister, I kept you waiting for a long time."

Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhu'er gave Tong Cui'er a strange look, and Tong Duo'er was also a little surprised, but she quickly calmed down and said, "My grandma wants us to go to the place in the village where the grass grows the most tender and the best to hunt pigs." Grass, according to past experience, the grass in the south of the village grows the best and is the most tender, but it is a bit far away. It will be noon soon, let’s go and return quickly, hoping to be back before the sun goes down.”

"Sister, let's go quickly." Tong Zhi'er said.

Tong Duoer nodded, and the four of them set off to the south of the village.

(End of this chapter)