Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 113

In winter, the sky is dry and windy, especially before the twelfth lunar month, when there is no cloud in the sky, and the sun is so hot that people suspect that it is a warm spring. In a few days, the sweet potatoes can be almost dried, and it is very fast.

Xiuyao also wants to try selling sweet potato dates without frying to see how the sales are. If the dried sweet potato dates are placed there, they will not go bad for many years.As long as someone comes to order, it will be shipped directly at that time, which is very cheap.

Xiuyao discussed with Qin Dafu, "Father, when will I go to my grandma's house and tell them to dry out more sweet potatoes and dates, preferably one pot after another. It's not easy to spoil after drying, and it's also easy to dry. Doesn't take up space."

Qin Dafu said: "I don't have any work anyway. Tomorrow is a good day for your aunt to get married. Let your mother stay with them for another night. I will pick them up in the morning the day after tomorrow, and I will bring you two baskets in a small cart."

Both Xiuyao and Xiurong agreed that if there was no one at home, they would also like to go, but their grandmother's house must be very busy, so they held back.

As a result, the people who came to Dingfudou did not come to the door, and they did not come back until noon the next day. This time, Liu Fei drove the donkey cart to deliver it. The difference was that the donkey cart had a shed built with straw mats There are thick cloth curtains hanging on the front and back.

Qin Yang saw it at the door, and immediately shouted: "Mother is back!"

Xiuyao and the others were taken aback when they heard this, isn't today the day when my aunt gets married?Why did my mother come back so soon?Thinking that maybe my aunt had already passed the door, my mother was in a hurry to come back, and they immediately came out to greet her, and saw the second brother Qin Xian jumping down, and Liu Fei helped her mother and eldest sister to get down separately.

"Mother, why did you come back so early? My father even told me to pick you up." Xiuyao said.

After everyone said hello and exchanged greetings, Xiuyao saw that her mother's expression seemed a little weird, and the others were not as happy as before, so she couldn't help being a little puzzled, so she asked her eldest sister, "Elder sister, what happened?"

She thought it was some unhappiness that might happen on the way, but she never thought it was something bigger, and she was stunned by Xiuqin's words like a bolt from the blue.

Xiuqin glanced at the donkey cart and said in a low voice, "My aunt is here too."

"Ah?" Xiuyao couldn't help but yelled, and then quickly closed her mouth.At this time, another person came out of the donkey cart, looking haggard, but still very pretty, whoever it was if it wasn't Liu Xu.

As soon as they got out of the car, Mrs. Liu asked them to go home quickly, and asked Qin Xian to help unload the car to feed the donkey, while they surrounded Liu Xu's house.

Qin Yang is not sensible yet, he was happy to see his auntie, and kept on laughing, but Xiuyao and Xiurong were dumbfounded, and Qin Dafu was also frightened dumbfounded, no less than that time when someone put a knife on his neck So scary.

Sister-in-law, don't wait for such a scary person, our family is honest and responsible!

As soon as she entered the small courtyard, Mrs. Liu told Xiu Rong, "Look at the door, and don't let outsiders in."

As soon as she came back, my nephew drove the car to see her off. I'm afraid they thought she brought some good things back, so they must come to see if there is any good things to take.That's all in the past, but now that the younger sister comes together, she can't let them rush in, not even the mother-in-law.

Xiurong went to the entrance of the alley and saw Xiuting, Xiumei, and Xiujuan, surrounded by three mothers, walking quickly, and she hurried back to report, "My mother is here."

If Mrs. Zhang knew that Liu Xu, who was supposed to get married, came to Qin's house instead of getting married, she might tear down these three houses. Mrs. Liu said immediately, "Xiuyao, accompany auntie to the west room and close the door. Xiuqin You stay with me in the east." No matter what, I have to deal with these few days.

Xiurong asked anxiously: "Mother, what about those things on the donkey cart?" She saw that there were two baskets of sweet potatoes on the donkey cart, and there were also some aunt's bags and boxes.

Xiuyao hurriedly said: "Let our second brother and brother Xiaofei drive the car and detour quickly, and come back later."

Liu felt that this was the only way to go, so she asked Xiurong to speak quickly, and told Qin Yang not to let her slip up and tell others that my aunt was here.

Qin Yang is also sensible, although he doesn't know why, but seeing how nervous his mother and sisters are, he is also like facing a big enemy, with a tight face and big eyes, and he doesn't dare to show his air.

Xiuyao smiled at him and said, "Little Yang'er, go out and play hopscotch with Tie Dan and the others, just come back at lunch time."

As soon as Qin Yang heard this, he ran out with a smile, and played with Tie Dan. Except for arm wrestling, he won everything, and he liked playing with Tie Dan most—never wrestling wrists.

Xiuyao helped her aunt to the west room, and locked the door, and Mrs. Zhang also arrived at the door, Xiurong immediately said loudly: "Nurse, you have something to do."

Mrs. Zhang scolded: "You son of a bitch, the mother can't come if there is nothing wrong? I heard that your mother came back to take a look."

Xiu Rong blocked her way, and said with a smile: "My mother just came back, she caught a cold, and she has a headache, she was about to tidy up before going over."

Mrs. Zhang snorted and walked in, Xiumei and the others also thought that the aunt would definitely bring something delicious when she came back, and wanted to come over for some snacks.In the end, Xiurong stopped them unceremoniously, "I'm sorry, please don't go in and cause trouble, my mother is not feeling well." She was about to close the door.

Xiumei and the others shouted, "Ma'am, why don't you let us in?" No one paid any attention to them.

Mrs. Zhang came in, and Mrs. Liu also came out to welcome her. With a blue veil wrapped around her head, she supported Xiuqin and said weakly, "Mother, you are here. I'm about to go." Then he invited her to sit down. .

Mrs. Zhang slipped around immediately as if her eyes were not enough, "Didn't you say that the car was delivered? Where is the car?"

Liu said with a smile: "There is no food at home, let them dig some spinach back."

Mrs. Zhang looked at the room again, and saw that there were only two small bundles, which seemed to be the clothes of Liu and Xiuqin, and nothing else, so she couldn't help asking: "Da Yeniang, you didn't bring any with you when you went home this time." Why come back? It’s almost New Year’s Eve, is there enough food at home, I heard that his aunt weaves, but didn’t bring two bolts of cloth back?”

Mrs. Liu shook her head, "Her aunt doesn't have time to weave. We have already borrowed food from his second grandfather and Li Zheng's family. My mother's family has a lot of things this year, and the money is not enough to spend. I owe a lot of famine, and the food is sold out. , how can I have the nerve to ask for it."

Mrs. Zhang still wanted to teach her a lesson, but suddenly found that the door of Xijian was closed, so she rushed over.

Xiuqin hurriedly said: "Nurse, my father is not feeling well, I heard that you are here, I am afraid you will blame him, he is lying down."

Mrs. Zhang wondered where the good things she must have brought back were hidden there, so she insisted on looking at them. At this time, the door opened from the inside, and Xiuyao stood inside the door, smiling slightly and said: "Ma'am, are you here? My father?" It's comfortable, I'll cup him." As she spoke, she shook the bamboo tube of the cupping pot in her hand, which she found out from her aunt's salute.

Qin Dafu was lying on the kang, covered with a quilt, turned his head to look at the door, and said embarrassedly: "Mother, I have a backache, let Xiuyao do the cupping for me."

Mrs. Zhang reprimanded immediately: "Nonsense, just ask a little girl to pull it out for you. What if it's broken? Where did the pot come from?"

Xiuyao immediately said: "My second grandfather's house borrowed it." She couldn't say it was from her grandmother's house, otherwise she would become a nanny.If it's from the third grandpa's family, Mammy may still know, but if it's from the second grandpa's family, it's basically fine.Because the nanny and the second nanny didn't get along, even the child knew it, so there was no need to worry about her having a chance to confront her.

Mrs. Zhang asked Qin Dafu to take good care of her, and then turned to Mrs. Liu and said, "Make some delicious food for his father to nourish his body. He works all day long. If he doesn't have enough to eat and wear warm clothes, your family doesn't know how to manage it." of."

Now that the family has been separated, Liu's threat to Zhang has been lifted, and it is impossible to compete with her for the right to be the head of the family, and Liu can no longer threaten her with topics such as divorcing his wife, so Zhang's original treatment of Liu A little bit of awe and a little less.Now I dare to take out my mother-in-law’s money to teach me a lesson. Although the rural areas are not popular, the daughter-in-law has brought delicious food from her natal home after a long journey, and she still has to send it to her mother-in-law for her to look at and choose.Otherwise, the mother-in-law can reprimand the daughter-in-law, and the separation is still the same, so Mrs. Zhang rushed over confidently.It's just that I didn't see what I wanted, and I couldn't help being a little disappointed.

Then he said without anything to say: "I heard that her aunt weaves, and the loom is also accompanied by her?"

Liu said: "I don't have this one, it's used by the eldest daughter-in-law now." She was afraid that her mother-in-law would want her family to ask for looms again, so she simply said she was dead.

Mrs. Zhang snorted, curled her lips, and snorted: "Why is the child's aunt married, and you didn't bring any wedding candy chess pieces back from this trip?"

The wedding customs in rural areas here are all divided into wedding candies, chess pieces, and peanuts. If you need to buy wedding candies, some people may have less, but chess pieces are made of flour, which is necessary as long as you get married.

It's not normal for the Liu family not to bring them back. Even if the family is not as good as the old Liu's family, they will definitely return a bunch of chess pieces and fruits generously to those who went to watch the ceremony.

Liu Shi hurriedly said, "I have this." She motioned Xiuqin to get it.

Xiuqin went to the west room, and after a while, she took out a small cloth bag and put it on the kang in the east room, "Nurse, that's all."

When Mrs. Zhang saw it, she felt that it was a bit small, but she still picked it up and said, "That's all? Why is your grandma's family so picky now? Earlier, when the chrysanthemum got married, she gave a small chrysanthemum. I took it and prepared it." It's the New Year's day, so be more festive when the time comes." After speaking, she carried her bag and walked out.

Xiurong is in a hurry, it's not her and Xiuyao who know how to take out some, the eldest sister must have brought out everything, she chased after her, "Nurse, my mother just came back, and we haven't eaten any of them yet." .”

Mrs. Zhang scolded: "What a glutton, why are you so greedy?"

Xiurong said unconvinced: "Mommy, we are separated. It was given by my grandma's family. Why don't you leave us some and take it away?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang scolded: "You ungrateful little hoof, I raised you so big, what's the matter with eating some of your chess pieces and fruits? You eat so much food from me, do you have to give it to me?"

Xiurong wanted to say that the food she ate was not hers, it was earned by her parents, brothers and sisters, but she knew that if she said so, the nanny would say that her father was also raised by her, and she was used to being rude, so don't order it back. Willingly.

At this time Liushi and Xiuqin also came out, Liushi said: "Xiurong, let the nanny take it." She was too lazy to talk to Zhangshi, but it was just a snack, not worth arguing with her, and it made everyone feel upset Not good, let the neighbors laugh.

The small courtyard they lived in was by the side of the road, and they could hear their loud voices outside. In the past, when the whole family was together, they would only quarrel if they quarreled. People said that there were too many sisters-in-law and the children made trouble. Now they have separated. If they quarreled again, it would affect them But because of Dafang's reputation, Mrs. Liu didn't want to do that.

Mrs. Zhang carried it away proudly, Xiumei and the others waited outside the door for a long time, and when they saw Mammy coming out, they immediately rushed up, "Mammy, I want to eat chess pieces too!"

Mrs. Zhang still scolded, "It's delicious, lazy little hooves, you can eat whatever you want, and wait for the New Year." He said and left.

Xiumei curled her lips a few times, seeing Xiurong angrily coming to close the door, they had no choice but to leave.

Xiurong quickly closed the door, returned home, and complained to Liu Shi: "Mother, why did the nanny take it away, and we haven't eaten any of it yet."

Liu Shi is still in the mood to eat or not, Liu Xu's marriage is still a problem, she glanced at Xiuqin, and said: "Give them to eat."

When Xiurong heard it, she was surprised and said: "Mother, is there anything else?"

Liu pinched her forehead, "Is the door closed?"

Xiurong said happily: "It's closed, big sister, is there really still?"

Xiuqin nodded, because of her aunt's business, she couldn't laugh, "Grandma made two copies when she made it up, and the other one was for Mammy, and she said she was afraid that Mammy would take it for you to eat." No." Thinking of how sad her grandma was, but still thinking about food for their children, Xiuqin felt sad and guilty in her heart.

As soon as the gate of the courtyard was closed, the small world became quiet, Liu Shi only felt faint for a while, and sat powerlessly on the edge of the kang, pulled off the veil on her head, and said to Xiuqin: "Let your aunt come here!"

Xijian Qin Dafu also got up from the bed and continued to weave straw sandals. Just now, Xiuyao asked him to co-operate in a play to deceive Mrs. Zhang. He somewhat disagreed, but he still cooperated for the sake of his family.It was the first time for him to lie to his mother like this, and he felt a little uncomfortable.

Xiuyao said to her aunt who was forced to hide in the kang cave by her coercion, "My mother called you."

Liuxu crawled out wearily, and said, "What is this in your house? You can still put sweet potatoes."

Xiuyao's face was serious, and she stared at her with bright eyes, "Auntie, what are you doing?"

Liu Xu waved her hand, "You kid doesn't understand." Then she got off the kang and opened the door to the east room. Seeing her always gentle second sister staring at her like a dominatrix, she couldn't help shivering a little, and lowered her voice, "Second sister sister."

Mrs. Liu glanced at her, "Why, are you finally willing to speak? Don't you want to be dumb?" Since she refused to get on the sedan chair this morning and came here, she refused to say a word. At Lao Liu's house, she only said one sentence, repeated over and over again. She just refused to get on the sedan chair, and if she was forced to get on the sedan chair, she would hang herself in Lao Sun's new house.

She is really mad at her!Parents were so confused by her, and they were afraid of losing the face of Lao Liu's family and afraid that the daughter would really commit suicide, so they let her bring it.

This catkin is not someone else, it is said that death would really do such a thing.

Liu Xu didn't speak again, she bit her lip and grabbed the hem of her clothes.

Mrs. Liu had a headache, "Liu Xu, what's the matter with you? The bridal sedan chair has arrived, and if you say you won't marry, our two families have gone through a bright path. Three matchmakers and six hires, you let your parents face you." Where to put it?"

Liu Xu lowered her head and said in a voice like a gnat, "I originally disagreed."

"I don't agree with you not to say it at the beginning?" Liu Shi was angry, and suddenly stood up, her brows were erected, her eyes were wide open, and she stared at Liu Xu, "Do you know what you are doing? Your own reputation, The reputation of our old Liu family is gone? Our parents are people who want face, you don’t know, aren’t you going to force them to death?”

Liu Xu also knew that the matter was serious, but she was self-willed for a while, and she couldn't look back, and she was not a person who could be wronged and settled, she retorted stubbornly, "I always told my mother that I don't want to marry the Sun family, don't marry anyone, It was my mother who forced me to marry. She said that if I don’t get married again, Xiaoyun won’t want to marry, and Liu Sheng won’t want to marry a wife. The whole family will follow me as bachelors. I, I think I can’t delay them, Just agree temporarily, and then wait for Xiaoyun... then tell Mother..."

(End of this chapter)