The little girl of the landlord's house

Chapter 33

Xie Yujiao bent down and pinched Baozhu's chubby cheeks. Originally, she wanted to hug her and the two of them went to the front to have a look, but she thought that she was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she had thin arms and legs. I can't hold the baby.He just held her hand and said: "Go, cousin and you go over and have a look, and drive away that yellow-haired crooked nut, okay?"

When Baozhu heard Xie Yujiao's words, her watery eyes that had been aggrieved immediately lit up, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay! Cousin, take Baozhu quickly."

Xie Yujiao took her by the hand and walked towards the cat nest in the outer courtyard, only to hear the little girl ask curiously as she walked, "Cousin, what are crooked nuts? Are they delicious?"

Xie Yujiao was taken aback for a moment, but when she realized it, she couldn't help laughing. She took out a few pieces of peeled raw walnuts from her purse, handed them to Baozhu, and said, "Look, there are several nuts in here." , you pick out the crooked one, is that the crooked nut?"

The little girl looked at Xie Yujiao with half-belief, and took a small piece of walnut from her palm. Xie Yujiao looked at her encouragingly and said, "Eat and see, is it delicious?"

Raw walnuts have a bit of astringent taste, the little girl probably doesn't like it very much, she only took a small bite, shook her head and said, "Crooked nuts are not tasty, don't eat the pearls."

Xie Yujiao looked at her wrinkled face, and said with a smile: "Cousin still has shredded nuts in her room, I'll eat them later, they are delicious."

The two of them said that they had come to a small courtyard in the front yard. The Xie family had a small number of people, and many houses were vacant and closed. This place is usually cleaned by servants. It was a pregnant night cat, and the family servants were reluctant to chase it away, so they kept it in the yard. Xie Yujiao and Xu Shi also turned a blind eye when they found out.Mrs. Xu is also a kind person, and she even ordered the kitchen to make small fish for the cat to eat. Everyone knew that the owner liked the cat, so they didn't drive it away.Two days ago, the female cat barked all night. When she got up the next morning, she saw a litter of four kittens. Although they came out of one belly, they all looked different.

Xie Yujiao walked to the gate of the small courtyard, and she saw Dawei sitting on a cross bench, holding a drawing board in his hand, and there were many bottles and cans beside him, sitting two meters away from the cat's nest, staring at him. Watching the litter of cats draw pictures!

It was rare that the weather was so hot, and he could bear it even sitting under the sun.It's just that a head of sweat has already oozed from the forehead. In their eyes, this is probably also dedicated to art.

Xie Yujiao saw it, she just turned around and told the maid who was following, "Go and make a cup of tea and send it to him."

The maid who came with me today happened to be a magpie, and she is usually very eloquent, seeing Xie Yujiao's order, she said, "Young lady also makes tea for him, instead of doing serious things, what's the point of sitting here and drawing cats? Could it be that our family gave him money to let him paint?"

Xie Yujiao frowned slightly when she heard this, but the magpie suddenly felt cold when she saw her back, so she hurriedly turned around without saying a word, and went to pour tea.Xie Yujiao saw that she was running fairly fast, so she didn't talk about her anymore, she just took Baozhu's little hand, and the two of them went out from the Chaoshou veranda, walked to Dawei's side and stood still.

Dawei turned his head and saw Xie Yujiao bringing a little girl over. He smiled on his tanned face, showing his white teeth, and called Xie Yujiao to look at his paintings: "Miss Xie, come quickly and take a look. Does the cat look good?"

Xie Yujiao pulled Baozhu forward, but Baozhu didn't dare, she just hid behind Xie Yujiao's body, poked her head out, and stared at the painting in Dawei's hand.Seeing her like that, Xie Yujiao simply picked her up, walked up to Dawei, pointed at the painting and said, "Look quickly, does this cat look real?"

Baozhu glanced around Dawei's face, seeing that he looked really scary, before he had time to look at the cat painting, he couldn't help crying.Seeing the little girl crying, Xie Yujiao felt a little speechless for a while, so she comforted Baozhu and said, "Baozhu is good, don't cry, let's go back first, after the crooked nut is gone, let's come and see the cat, okay?"

Baozhu cried until she heard Xie Yujiao's words, she just nodded vigorously, Xie Yujiao took a look at Dawei, made a helpless expression, and left with Baozhu in her arms.

The magpie came over to make tea, and seeing Xie Yujiao coaxing the child to leave, she asked in confusion, "Miss, won't you stay here for a while? This servant has made two cups of tea."

Xie Yujiao just said casually: "Give it to Dawei, I don't drink tea."

But it was said that Mrs. Xu and the eldest aunt went to the old aunt's small courtyard and came back soon, leaving only the old aunt and the eldest aunt, mother and daughter, chatting there.Now the old aunt can still move a little bit, just half leaning on the soft couch, chatting with the aunt about some homework.

The great aunt saw that there was ice in the room of the old aunt and grandma, which was more comfortable than the place where Mrs. Xu lived, so she couldn't help but said: "I just came from the other side of the main courtyard, and there is no need to use ice in it. The women said that the ice cellar is only used at night in the main courtyard, which shows that the wife is very kind to you, knowing that you are hurt, and afraid that you will be too hot in bed, and it is only twelve hours a day. offering."

The old aunt and grandma actually liked it in her heart, but her mouth was really unforgiving, so she said casually: "If she dares not confess, she is not afraid that I will make trouble with her. Who made me do this? Isn't it her precious girl? Why don't you take it?" The Bodhisattva came to scare me. I have been thinking about this for a long time, how could the Bodhisattva give her a dream? It is obviously to deceive me."

The eldest aunt had heard about the whole story of the old aunt's wrestling earlier in the morning, and now she said it out of her mouth, it only made her feel a little more funny: "I think what the eldest girl said makes sense. I don't do anything wrong in my life, and I'm not afraid of ghosts in the middle of the night." Knock on the door, don't you get retribution for what you are doing now?"

The old aunt didn't have a word to refute for a while, and seeing the aunt's lack of energy, she asked: "Is the surname Jiang still beating you now? Why do I see that you are not in good spirits?"

When the aunt heard the words, she just sighed and said: "I don't know why, but this year's summer is so bitter, I can't eat anything, and people are listless. I also said that I would ask a doctor to come and have a look at me a few days ago, and I was afraid My family said that I did something strange, so I didn’t mention it.”

My aunt and grandma have been ill in bed for two or three months, and I have figured out a lot of things. Thinking about it, I feel that at my age, there is really no need to struggle. Now that I have a daughter who I can rely on, I just want to think about it wholeheartedly. Let the aunt be well, and she said: "Let's ask a doctor to take a look. If you feel that it is inconvenient at home, I will also invite a doctor here in a few days. Come here, and I will let him take care of it." You see. As long as you are in good health and you are giving birth to a boy, you can really gain a foothold in the Jiang family."

The aunt just kept her head down and didn't speak, but there were tears in her eyes. After thinking about it, she said: "Why bother, I obviously don't like him, but I still want to find a way to give birth to a son for him. Why is it so hard to be a woman?" Such a miserable life!"

The old aunt had nothing to say when she heard this. After all, the matchmaker was chosen by her natal brother at the time, and now it is really too late to regret it.

The aunt stayed with the old aunt until the end of the day, and then reluctantly left, Xie Yujiao ordered the servants as usual, sent a lot of fresh melons, fruits and vegetables, and added two horses of Xinhang, Liu Fugen, who came in as a filial piety. A cart full of silk materials went to Jiang's house.

During dinner, only Mrs. Xu, Aunt Shen and Xie Yujiao ate in the main room.Now that the sun is long in summer, and it is still bright after dinner, Xie Yujiao is not in a hurry to go back to her embroidery room, and just talks with her in Xu's room.

"I saw some new wounds on your aunt today. It's not easy for me to ask her, she looks pitiful, so I can only send someone over from time to time, and let her come back to have a look, so I can avoid it for two days."

After hearing this, Xie Yujiao said angrily, "A man who beats a woman is worse than a pig or a dog. I've been too busy recently. Wait a while and see if I don't deal with him."

When Mrs. Xu heard this, she was startled and said, "How are you going to deal with him? Jiaojiao, don't meddle in this matter. As the saying goes, it's hard for an upright official to break up housework. We're not good at this matter." Speak."

Xie Yujiao also understood that what Xu said was reasonable, but if she met such a man, if she didn't teach him a lesson, would this aunt be beaten to death?Such things as domestic violence are in modern times, and it sounds nice to say that men and women are equal, but if a man beats his wife to death, isn't it useless to pay for his life?Not to mention ancient times?I'm afraid that my aunt was beaten to death by someone surnamed Jiang, and I'm afraid it will be like a dead animal, and there will be no justice.In this matter, sometimes it is really necessary to use violence to control violence.

Xie Yujiao had already had some thoughts in her mind, but seeing Mrs. Xu was so worried, she said casually: "What can I do to deal with him, it's nothing more than asking him to pay back the money owed to our family and show him some color. Look, otherwise he can't let him think that our family is easy to bully, now that my father is dead, there is no one in the family to support my aunt!"

Mrs. Xu knew that Xie Yujiao was hot-tempered and had a bigger temper, so she always felt a little worried when she said that, so she persuaded her again: "If you really think so, it's fine, in fact, it doesn't matter if you want the money back or not." , when your father was around, he didn't count on it, he just hoped that their family would treat your aunt better, so we can feel relieved!"

Xie Yujiao listened to Xu's words with her left ear in and her right ear out. Seeing that it was getting late, she went back to her embroidery building to wash up.

In the early morning of the second day, Xie Yujiao asked the maid to invite Shen Shihu to come to the study. Since she wanted to show the surname Jiang, it was natural to check the generations of their ancestors clearly. just work.When Shen Shihu heard that Xie Yujiao was looking for him, a gleam of light flashed in his dark eyes, he happily responded, and followed the maid inside.

He hadn't reached the second door yet, but he heard an old woman coming in crying outside, Xie Yujiao didn't hear it in the study, and when Shen Shihu came in, he was about to say a few words, but Zhang's mother ran over in a hurry Said: "The girl is not good! The girl is not good! My uncle beat my aunt yesterday, who knows that my aunt is still pregnant with the child! Now it's all right, the child is gone!"

(End of this chapter)