Peasant woman

Chapter 16

"Sister-in-law, you're back." Seeing Xu Cao, Shen said with a smile.He turned his head and looked at Niu Shi again.

When Niu heard the voice, he raised his head and looked up. Seeing that it was Xu Cao, he lowered his head wearily.

Xu Cao greeted Chen Chenshi and hung the clothes one by one on the hemp rope in the yard.Afterwards, Xiao Wuzi moved out, sat down next to Mrs. Shen, and started sewing.Niu continued to sit there listlessly, after a while, the two seemed to hear her sigh, and followed Niu back to the house.He didn't even look at Xu Cao and Shen Shi.

"What's wrong with the third younger sibling?" Xu Cao whispered in Shen's ear, "I saw her well when I first left the house, why did she become like this when I came back?"

Chen smiled, and said in a low voice: "Just now, the family of the third younger brother and sister came, and they went out to mutter for a long time, but they didn't understand what they said, and they became like this when they came back. Probably something happened at home. thing."

"No wonder." Xu Cao muttered.

Just as she was talking, Miao Miao staggered over from the backyard, saw Xu Cao, and narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Your Majesty."

Xu Cao hastily put down the work she was doing, and beckoned to Miao Miao, "Come on, Miao Miao, come quickly."

Xiao Miaomiao staggered, spread her short legs and ran towards Xu Cao, "Ma'am..."

Picking up Xiao Miao Miao, Xu Cao pointed to Shen, "Miao Miao, did you call Second Aunt?"

When Miao Miao heard this, she hurriedly turned her head and shouted at Shen, "Er Shen."

"Miao Miao is the second aunt, not the god of children." Xu Cao said with a smile, now the little guy can call his mother most clearly, and the others are a bit mixed.

Miao Miao nodded, "Two Gods..."

Shen also laughed, "Miao Miao is two years and three months old, so I have to teach her how to speak quickly. In the past, my mother didn't care much about Miao Miao when she took her with her. I'm also busy, and the third younger brother and sister can't count on her. Come on, elder brother doesn't know how to take care of children, so it's great that you're here now. Miaomiao is also a lucky person to meet you."

Xu Cao smiled and said nothing.

The two were talking, and Xu Cao was doing needlework while teaching Miao Miao who was sitting next to him to speak.Just as she was talking, Niu suddenly rushed out of the room. When she saw Shen and Xu Cao, she looked a little ugly. She stared at Shen for a long time, as if she was a little embarrassed to speak. After a while, she said to Xu Cao: "Sister-in-law, I need your help with something."

Xu Cao was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "If you have anything to do with the third brother and sister, just talk about it."

Niu pulled a little girl from the side to sit down, her face was full of apology, she said: "Sister-in-law, it was all my fault a few days ago, I was too lazy, that's why you misunderstood the second sister-in-law, I will definitely correct it in the future, and now I have no choice but to ask sister-in-law for help. Sister-in-law, something happened to my natal family, can you lend me some money?"

"What happened?" Xu Cao was stunned.

Niu nodded, his eyes were a little red, "My natal family originally opened a shop with my uncle in the town, but they offended someone and the shop was smashed down. My father accidentally smashed someone else's jade Bracelet, that person asked for 200 taels of compensation. My mother and uncle had collected about 90 taels of silver for several days, and now they were still short of [-] taels of silver. There is so much money, but it is always my father and mother who let me die, I can't do it at all, if I can't make up the money, my father will be arrested by the government. Wuwuwu, sister-in-law, Second sister-in-law, help me."

Xu Cao was a little dumbfounded, but they couldn't help with this matter.

Shen sighed, and said: "Third brothers and sisters, it's not that my sister-in-law and I don't help you. We are really powerless. We are also ordinary people. How can we beat a big family? Don't you think so? Let's talk , why don’t you just give the shop to someone else?”

Mrs. Niu shook her head, tears fell down, and looked at Xu Cao and Mrs. Shen beseechingly, "No, no, the family relies on this shop for their livelihood, and it cannot be transferred to others. Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, you guys Lend me some silver."

"Third brothers and sisters, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult." Shen's face was troubled, "You also know that the food and clothing of our family are taken care of by the eldest brother, second brother and third brother. I don't have any money on me, do I? Yes I can't help you, I really can't help you with this."

Niu turned his begging eyes to Xu Cao again.

Xu Cao was also in a dilemma, she said: "Third brother and sister, it's not that I don't want to help you, I've only been married for half a month now, and I really don't have any money." People like Niu see you as a lifesaver and a benefactor when they are in trouble.After this incident, the money is not necessarily returned.So, she won't borrow it.

Furthermore, Niu and her mother-in-law, Chen, didn't want to see her and their man at all, and they might separate at some point.What should I do when the family needs money?She saved the ten taels of silver for urgent use.

When Niu Niu heard the words, his face became displeased. He hurriedly wiped away his tears and asked, "Sister-in-law, didn't you go to the town to sell that thing called jam a few days ago? How could you have no money? Sister-in-law, Just lend me some, and I will definitely return the money when my natal family gets through this test."

"Third siblings, it's not that I'm not busy with you. The jam didn't sell for much money last time. I bought a piece of cloth and bought some food. There is really not much left." Xu Cao's face remained unchanged. lie.

"How is it possible?" Niu's voice suddenly rose, and then he thought that this was wrong, and his voice lowered hurriedly, "Sister-in-law, how could it be possible to sell that little money? Sister-in-law, please help me."

Xu Caowei wondered: "Third brothers and sisters, I'm really sorry, we are really too busy, why don't you ask your parents when they come back? I still have a few hundred dollars left, but I have handed them over to you. Fugui, I don’t know where he put it, if you really need it, when your elder brother comes back, tell him?”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Niu stopped crying, wiped away her tears, gave Xu Cao and Mrs. Shen a bitter look, and rushed out of the courtyard.

Xu Cao and Shen looked at each other and smiled helplessly.

Shen said: "What the third younger sibling said should be true, but she is a real person." She sighed as she spoke, "The third younger sibling has offended many people on weekdays, and the wives and aunts in the village don't like her very much. I'm afraid it's not easy to borrow this money.

Xu Cao followed suit and nodded, and said casually: "We really can't help with this, and there is nothing we can do. I guess she will borrow it from my parents when they come back."

Shen smiled, "Mother was jealous of the family of the third sibling at the beginning, but now that her family is in danger, Mother will definitely not let the third sibling go, and Mother probably would not have lent her the money. .”

"That's not it." Xu Cao sighed and stopped talking.

The day passed very quickly, the two of them sat in the yard until the sun went down, and the Yang family came back one after another.

Niu also came back a long time ago, and rushed into the house crying, probably because he didn't borrow any money.

Hearing the movement outside, Niu's eyes came out red. Yang Xiaotong, the third younger brother of the Yang family, saw it and immediately panicked, "Daughter-in-law, what's the matter? Why are you crying?"

Niu cried, "Woooo, my husband, something happened to my natal family."

"What happened? Come on, let's go into the house and talk about it." Yang Sandi said and dragged Niu into the house.After a while, Niu's sobbing and sobbing sound came from inside, very aggrieved.

Xu Cao went into the kitchen to help, but she didn't know what was going on inside.

After a while, the third younger brother of the Yang family came to the kitchen looking for Mrs. Chen with a dark face, "Mother, I have something to discuss with you."

Mrs. Chen glanced at Third Younger Brother Yang, "Is it about your daughter-in-law?"

Younger Brother Yang nodded and told about Niu's natal family, and then said: "Mother, she has nothing to do, why don't you lend her some money."

When Mrs. Chen heard this, she sneered, pointed at Mrs. Niu's room and started cursing, "You are such a lazy woman, it's really unlucky for my Sanlang to marry you for [-] lifetimes. If something happened to your natal family, feel free to ask me to borrow it." Money? My old lady provided you with delicious food and drink, and now something happened to your family? Why? Still want to be a rich lady? Let me tell you, from now on, you can’t do less work! Every day做饭洗衣，嫁到杨家来不是让你当大小姐的！老娘可是没银子借给你，你娘家不是很有本事吗？老娘以前骂了你一句你不是找你几个哥哥想来揍老娘吗？今I'll scold you for that! If you have the ability, you can make peace with my Sanlang and go back to your mother's house, my old lady doesn't care about you!"

Mrs. Chen finally let out a sigh of relief, cursing loudly and loudly.After scolding, she felt very comfortable.After thinking for a while, he continued: "It's your natal family's fault! Hmph, you dare to ask someone to beat your mother."

The third younger brother of the Yang family next to him looked even more ugly. He always blamed his wife for that matter, but his mother usually didn't speak well, and he felt uncomfortable being caught in the middle.

Xu Cao was dumbfounded when she heard this, she didn't know that there was such a grievance between Niu and Chen, no wonder Chen only dared to scold Niu behind his back on weekdays, not in front of Niu's face, so it was so.While looking at the fire in the stove, she listened to Chen's yelling and cursing.Her eyes would definitely not glance at Mrs. Chen, otherwise it would be bad if she got into trouble.

Yang Sandi's complexion became more and more ugly. Seeing it, Mrs. Chen felt a little distressed, and persuaded: "Sanlang, mother doesn't want to scold her, it's just that she is lazy and doesn't respect mother. Look at you, you are handsome. If you divorce, she will marry you." Just one. In our village, there are many good girls. Although your elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law are not quite what I want, but they are better than her anyway. You see, after you leave for a day, the dirty clothes at home will be thrown away. Here, is it possible that I still want to wait for you to come back and let you wash it off? We don't want this daughter-in-law!"

Xu Cao and Shen were a little helpless, and this mother was really serious, so she took the two of them with her as she talked.In fact, there are not many people who can make Mrs. Chen fall in love with her. First of all, you have to have a good family, and secondly, you have to be good-looking.At the beginning, Mrs. Niu agreed with Mrs. Chen's nod, but now it has become like this.

"Mother, don't talk about it! No matter how you say it, she is my daughter-in-law. Now we can't help her. Don't scold her. She's not feeling well." Younger Brother Yang is still partial to his wife. of.

As soon as these words came out, Xu Cao knew that something was going to happen. Sure enough, when Chen heard it, she became angry, "You are a brat who married a wife and forgot his mother! Your wings are hard now, aren't you? You still speak for her Why don't you think about when she asked her brothers to beat me up? How dare you want this daughter-in-law! No, you have to divorce her today!"

(End of this chapter)