Peasant woman

Chapter 18

Only then did Mrs. Chen hurriedly follow Chen Mao, Xu Cao and Mrs. Shen saw that they had nothing to do and went on with their own business.Not long after, the girl Xiao An played with told her to go out.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, Juanzi and I will go to town and we will be back in the afternoon."

Xu Cao smiled and said, "Go quickly, there are me and your second sister-in-law at home, don't be afraid."

Only then did Xiao An follow Juanzi to the town, and there were only a few daughters-in-law left in the Yang family, Xu Cao, Shen Shi and Niu Shi.Niu's room was very quiet, and she didn't know what she was doing there.Xu Cao didn't work in the yard for long, Wang Qiaoer came to look for her, raised her eyes and saw Qiaoer, Xu Cao stood up and greeted her, "Qiaoer, you are here, come in and sit down."

Qiao'er came in with a busy smile, "Cao'er, are you and Sister Shen sewing clothes?"

Shen smiled and said: "Qiaoer is here, sit down quickly. This is a few feet of cloth given to me by my sister-in-law. If it's cold today, it's time to make clothes for my husband and Brother Jun."

Qiao'er also smiled and said: "That's a coincidence, I just wanted Cao'er to accompany me to the town for a walk, it's cold, I want to buy some cloth and cotton to make a jacket."

"That's fine, sister-in-law. You can go with Qiaoer, I'm watching at home."

"Second brother and sister, then I will go to the town with Qiaoer, and the family will thank you." Xu Cao was also planning to go for a stroll in the town, and now it is just right to have Qiaoer with him.

Miao Miao, who was playing with Brother Jun, heard it and ran over shaking her short legs, "Mother, mother, go...go."

Xu Cao hugged Miao Miao and said with a smile, "Okay, Miao Miao will follow."

Miao Miao happily slapped her hands, and smiled cheerfully at everyone. Seeing Brother Jun's aggrieved expression, Xu Cao hurriedly said, "Bring cakes for Brother Jun when you come back later, okay?"

Brother Jun then nodded happily, shook his head and said, "Sister Xie, Big Boom."

The little guy still doesn't speak fluently now, and he can't make it clear every time he calls someone.

Everyone laughed together, Xu Cao put the things back into the room, took out another two hundred coins and put them in her close pocket, then carried Miao Miao and went to the town with Qiaoer.

The village is an hour away from the town, and Xu Cao and Qiaoer chatted and laughed along the way, and soon arrived in the town.Miao Miao was also sensible, and she rarely let Xu Cao hug her along the way.

"Cao'er, I'm going to buy some cloth and cotton, do you want to go and have a look?"

Seeing Miao Miao's excited look, Xu Cao thought that Miao Miao was curious about everything when she came to town for the first time, so she might as well take her for a stroll, so she shook her head and said, "Go, Miao Miao the first time." Once I come to the town, I'll take her for a stroll, how about we meet at the tea stall at the entrance of the town in two hours?"

Qiao'er smiled and said, "Success, then take Miao Miao for a stroll, I'll go to the cloth shop first."

After Qiao'er left, Xu Cao led Miao Miao to wander around. Miao Miao was very curious about everything, and kept going.Xu Cao took the opportunity to teach her, "Miao Miao, this is candied haws, this is a small clay figurine, this is mung bean cake, and this is steamed buns, big white steamed buns."

Along the way, Miao Miao learned a lot of words. Xu Cao bought her a little clay figurine to play with, and bought candied haws for her to eat. got close.

Thinking that Miao Miao likes to drink big bone soup last time, Xu Cao bought two big bones, and she didn't need the rest, so she didn't buy any. Thinking that Brother Jun loves to eat mung bean cakes, she bought some mung bean cakes .He also thought that Erya Sanya Xiaoshan at home had never eaten candied haws and these pastries, so he bought more, so that his younger siblings could also try something new.By the way, I bought two more big bones to go back.

Miao Miao was very tight to everything, saw the big bone in Xu Cao's hand, and pointed with her little finger, "Ma'am, this...this...what?"

The child is more than two years old and already has a thirst for knowledge. It is time to teach him well. No matter what Miao Miao asks, Xu Cao will answer them one by one.

The two hours passed quickly, Xu Cao saw that it was almost time, she hurriedly hugged Miao Miao, and went to the tea stall in the town to wait for Qiaoer, after a while, Qiaoer came, holding cloth in her arms. and a big sack of cotton.

The two returned to the village together.At the entrance of the village, Qiao'er said goodbye to Xu Cao, "Cao'er, I'm going back first, and I'll look for you another day."

"Okay, you can go back quickly, I have to go back to my mother's house first, so that I can visit my parents."

When I came to Xu's house, Father Xu was naturally not at home, only Mrs. Xu was sitting in front of the door guarding the dried radishes at home.Winter is coming, and there are not many vegetables to eat here in winter. Usually, in autumn, the radishes are sliced ​​and dried into dried radishes, and some salty radishes are pickled, and the sour cabbage is kept for winter.

As soon as Mrs. Xu looked up, she saw her daughter and Xiao Miaomiao, and she shouted, "Big girl, why are you back? What? Did you go to town?"

"Yeah, come back to see you and dad." Xu Cao carried the things in, and saw Erya and Sanya sitting in the room, and Xu Xiaoshan lying on the kang and sleeping soundly.

The eyes of the two children lit up when they saw Xu Cao, "Sister, you are back."

"Yeah, come on, come here, I'll bring you delicious food." Xu Cao took out the candied haws and cakes he bought and gave them to Erya Sanya, "This one is reserved for Xiaoshan, wait for Xiaoshan to sleep. Wake up and let him eat, you know?"

Erya Sanya licked the candied haws with a satisfied expression and nodded, "Elder Sister, we know."

Mrs. Xu also followed into the house, seeing the candied haws and pastries in the hands of Erya and Sanya, her face was distressed, "You damn girl, how much does it cost, you don't think about it, be careful and let your mother-in-law know!"

Xu Cao laughed twice, and gave Li Shi the big bone in her hand, "Mother, you can make soup for this big bone tomorrow, boil it for a few more hours, it will taste better."

Mrs. Xu gave her a blank look, "It's not a waste of firewood to stay on for a while. It's good to eat some. You mess with this all day long. Your mother-in-law and a few sisters-in-law don't talk about you."

"There's nothing to say about it. It's delicious. Everyone likes it. My second brother and sister are also nice, so they won't say anything."

Mrs. Xu hurriedly said: "Then your third sibling? I heard that she borrowed money everywhere yesterday. Didn't I ask you to borrow it? I heard that your third sibling is unreliable, so don't lend it to her." ah."

"Mom, I know, I didn't borrow it."

Mrs. Xu nodded, "That's not scary, but don't borrow it."

"Chengcheng, I got it, mother, then I'll go back first. The candied haws and mung bean cake are for Xiao Shan, and I'll give it to him when he wakes up. When my father returns, tell him that I'm back to see him. Mother , I’ll go back first.”

Mrs. Xu suppressed a glance at Miao Miao, who was cute and cute, "Your cheap daughter is not bad. I heard that there is a family in the next village that is not bad, but they don't have a son and a half. They want to adopt one." .”

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Cao hurriedly took Miao Miao away.As soon as her old lady said the first sentence, she knew what the old lady was up to.

"Hey, you damn girl, why don't you let my old lady finish talking?"

After returning to Yang's house, as soon as she entered the yard, Xu Cao saw that the door of her room was ajar, and she felt a thump in her heart, thinking that she had obviously closed the door when she left in the morning.She quickly put down Miao Miao and rushed into the room.

Sure enough, Niu was rummaging through the house again, holding a brocade box in his hand.

As soon as Xu Cao saw the brocade box, her eyes turned red and she was so angry.

She pointed at Niu Shi tremblingly, and shouted: "Third brother and sister, what are you doing! Who let you into my room!"

Niu turned around, a look of panic flashed across his face, he hurriedly hid the brocade box in his hand behind his back, and said awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, why are you back?"

Xu Cao was so angry that she said angrily, "If I don't come back, I won't know that the third sibling is a thief, casually entering other people's rooms and stealing other people's things!"

"What are you talking about! Who is a thief? We are all a family. What's wrong with entering your house?" Niu's eyes turned red when she heard the thief Xu Cao said. The grass growled.

Xu Cao was very angry, and sneered: "A family? Pooh family! What are you holding in your hand? You rummaged through my suitcase, took my things, and said you are not a thief?"

While talking, Shen rushed in hurriedly, saw Niu, and was taken aback, "Sister-in-law Sansan, why are you in sister-in-law's room?" She was busy in the kitchen just now, when she heard Niu's voice going out, she thought she was inside the house After holding back for a day, I wanted to go out for a stroll, but who knew that I ran into my sister-in-law's room, darling, these three siblings are too shameless.

Niu snorted, raised the brocade box in his hand, shook it, and said angrily: "Sister-in-law, didn't you say that you have no money to lend me? Then what's in it? I heard this voice is about money and jewelry." Voice, do you still dare to say that you have no money to lend me?"

Seeing the brocade box in Niu's hand, Xu Cao wished she could step forward and give Niu two slaps. She stretched out her hand towards Niu with a dark face, "Give me the brocade box. It doesn't matter if I have money or not? I'll count it as real money." I won't lend it to a petty thief like you, it's a shame!"

"That's not it," Shen said in agreement, "Third siblings, how can you touch sister-in-law's things, even if we are a family, everyone has some privacy, it's wrong for you to casually enter sister-in-law's room! "

Niu's face was ugly, but she also knew that what the two said was right, she couldn't stand up like this at all, and if outsiders knew about it, they wouldn't know how to laugh at her.Zheng Xiang returned the brocade box, but suddenly heard Chen's voice from outside, "Is there someone? There is still cooking in the kitchen, where are they going? They are all lazy, I really hate my mother!"

When Niu heard the sound, he hurried out with the brocade box. When Xu Cao saw it, he secretly said it was bad.She didn't expect that Niu would blatantly run into her house to rummage through the box. There was something wrong with the lock of the wooden box where the brocade box was placed. Fortunately, the lock of the brocade box was good. Although Niu found out the brocade box, he didn't key.It's just that this brocade box must not be seen by Mrs. Chen, otherwise something may happen.

(End of this chapter)