Peasant woman

Chapter 20

When Xu Cao heard this, she was stunned. She blinked at Father Yang and asked, "Father, are you moving when Fu Gui comes back? Or should you move now?"

Upon hearing the separation, Chen's eyes turned red, but he didn't say a word when he looked at the furious old father Yang.

Father Yang thought for a while and said, "Let's do it now, Xiao An lives in that house now, you can change it when Xiao An comes back, and you also tidy up the empty room next door, and hire a mason to build the stove tomorrow. The elders, I can only wrong you now. When you have enough money, go out and build a big house and move out."

Father Yang is also a reasonable person, knowing that if the family is not separated, such things will continue to happen.It's better to separate the family now and live their own lives.It is expected that the old woman will not be so noisy in the future.

"By the way, the two rooms assigned to you, if you have time, go buy a lock and lock the house, and the second family, you should also buy a lock. Hmph, I didn't expect that it would be hard to guard against house thieves." Yang The old man glared at Niu Shi while talking.

When Niu heard that Xiao Tong said he was going to divorce her, she was very frightened. Now that her father-in-law stared at her like this, tears rolled down her eyes.

"Why are you crying? You still have the face to cry? If it weren't for you, our family would be in such a mess?" Yang Xiaotong's eyes were also a little red, this daughter-in-law was chosen by herself, she must have feelings, Now that he is going to divorce her, he is also very sad.

"Woooo, my husband was wrong, I won't dare to do it again next time." Wiping away tears, Niu looked at her husband with teary eyes, hoping that she would change her mind.

Just as they were talking, Xiao An also came back. Seeing the situation, she hurriedly dragged Shen Shi to ask what was going on, and Shen Shi also told them one by one.Xiao An sighed, "Mother, really, the leisure life is too peaceful, isn't it, I have to make a fuss like this once."There is also the third sister-in-law, who is also an unstable master. Now that she has learned her lesson, let's see if she dares to do it next time.

Xiao An looked at Xu Cao and said, "Sister-in-law, let's switch the two rooms right now."

Xu Cao was still a little apprehensive, but when she saw Chen's and Niu's vicious eyes, she snorted in her heart and went back to her room with the brocade box in her hand to pack her things.

Father Yang was very upset by this incident, he waved his hand and said: "It's all over, the second family's family should go and make dinner quickly, and the old family's family will talk to everyone before the stove is finished." Eat together for a few days."

"Why!" Chen yelled angrily, "Now we are going to separate, why should she still eat with us! I don't allow it."

Xu Cao heard the voice, came out, and said with a smile, "Father, it's fine, I'll just make a few meals when I get back. This stove is also very fast to build, and it should be ready in two days."

"That's fine, old master's wronged you." Father Yang said with a sigh.

Only then did Xu Cao enter and start packing up again, and Xiao An was also helping, "Sister-in-law, I know what my mother did was wrong, and you should be angry."

Xu Cao turned her head and said with a smile, "Xiao An, I'm not angry." She might have been a little angry just now, but now that the family has been separated because of this incident, it's a blessing in disguise.

There were not many things, and they were packed up quickly, but there were still a few big boxes and two cabinets. With the help of Dapeng and Xiaotong, the things were moved quickly.Xu Cao also changed rooms with Xiao An, and she was relieved.

Niu Shi is still standing in the yard now, the third younger brother of the Yang family saw her, frowned and said: "Go back to the room quickly, it's not too embarrassing."

Only then did Niu cautiously go back to the room, and Xiao Tong followed him in. Not long after, Xu Cao heard Niu's howling and crying coming from the room.

Xu Cao just pretended not to hear, this is Niu Shi's retribution, no matter whether she really divorced Niu Shi this time, she will restrain herself in the future.

On the second day, Mrs. Shen helped watch the door, and Xu Cao went to the town to buy some locks and came back, and bought the locks for Mrs. Shen by the way.

This day, Xu Cao ate in the town in the morning and at noon, and when he came back in the afternoon, he locked the door of the room and invited masons to build the stove, and then returned to his mother's house with Miaomiao in his arms.

Seeing Xu Cao's return, Li Shi was startled, "Big girl, why are you here again? You always run to your mother's house, and you are not afraid of your mother-in-law talking about you."

Xu Cao put Miao Miao down and asked her to play with Xiao Shan, then said with a smile: "Mother, I separated from my mother-in-law."

Mrs. Li was taken aback, and hurriedly dragged Xu Cao into the room, "What's going on? Why do you say that the family will be separated? Are you afraid that people in the village will say you?"

Xu Cao recounted what happened yesterday, and Li jumped up in anger, "Those three siblings of yours are too shameless. Even though they are all a family, they can't casually enter your house to search things. You are also stupid. , saw that she stole your box, didn't you just go up and grab it? What nonsense to her, and your mother-in-law found out about it."

Xu Cao said: "Mother, do you think I don't want to snatch it? It contains the bracelet and jade pendant left to him by Fugui Niang. What if it breaks during the scramble?"

Mrs. Li nodded, "That's true." As she said something, Mrs. Li remembered something, and said with a smile, "What bracelets and jade pendants did the rich lady leave behind? Are they worth money? Why don't you go pawn them and move out to build two large rooms by yourself?" room to live in?"

Xu Cao didn't know how much the bracelet and jade pendant were worth, but they should be very valuable, so she didn't think about pawning the bracelet and jade pendant, so she said, "Mother, how much is it worth? It’s just a thought, I’m thinking about saving money to build a house.”

She originally had ten taels of silver with her, which was enough to build two houses, but she had other uses for that silver, so she absolutely dare not touch it now.

Mrs. Li thought about it too, what good things can a country woman leave behind, so she didn't ask any more questions.He dragged Xu Cao into the kitchen to cook.

Mrs. Li cleaned up the big bone that I bought yesterday, and started to cook it. After an hour, the meat was fragrant. I added some radish cubes and salt, and boiled it on low heat for another half an hour before starting the pot.Father Xu also came back, saw Xu Cao, and asked, "Why are you here?"

Before Xu Cao could say anything, Mrs. Li had already spoken quickly and said everything.

Father Xu didn't say much, but let him eat quickly.

Erya and Sanya added bone soup, sat at the small broken table and drank it in small sips, while Mrs. Li fed Xiao Shan.Miao Miao was too young, so Xu Cao didn't dare to let her carry the bowl by herself, so she fed her mouthful.Father Xu gulped down the soup.

"Father, how did you find a job?"

Xu Cao knew that his father had gone to the town to find work these days.

"It's okay, I found a moving job, [-] yuan a day, and lunch." Speaking of this, Old Xu showed a smile, and his wrinkled face looked even older.

Mrs. Li was also very happy, "Twenty Wen a day, six hundred Wen a month, that's great. Do you still need people in your place? How about I go too?"

Father Xu gave her a blank look, "Where can you move your house, a woman? They definitely don't want yours. You just look at the hill at home."

The family had dinner talking and laughing, and Xu Cao helped clean up the dishes.It was getting late at this time, so Xu Cao led Miao Miao back to Yang's house.

The Yang family also finished their meal and seemed to be asleep. Xiao Bai lay lazily at the gate of the yard, and when he saw Xu Cao coming back, he wagged his tail.Xu Cao estimated the time, today is the third day since Fugui left, why hasn't he come back yet?Feeling a little anxious in her heart, she stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked out towards the mountain.

Miao Miao and Xiao Bai started rubbing their eyes after playing for a while. The little guy wobbled to Xu Cao's side and hugged Xu Cao's leg, "Mother, I'm sleepy."

Xu Cao squatted down and hugged Miao Miao with a smile, "Then wash Miao Miao first, and Miao Miao will go to bed first."

Now there is not even a stove to heat hot water, so Xu Cao had to wipe Miao Miao's face with a cloth towel and carried her to the kang. The little guy fell asleep after a while.

Xu Cao couldn't sleep a little bit, worried about being rich and honored, so she came to the yard again, and faintly heard a thin voice from the third brother's room, which seemed to be Niu's crying.It seems that the third brother is determined to divorce her this time.

Xu Cao didn't have any sympathy in her heart, and even felt a little gloating.

She stood outside and waited until it was dark and all the stars in the sky came out, but she still didn't see Fugui's shadow.

Xu Cao sighed, and then went back to the room to rest.

Sleeping in the middle of the night, in a daze, Xu Cao seemed to hear the sound of the courtyard door opening. With a jerk, she sat up from the kang, put on her clothes, put on her shoes and ran out in a hurry.

The courtyard door was wide open, and under the moonlight, a tall figure was walking in carrying a large prey, followed by a black and white figure.

Seeing Xu Cao, the tall figure paused, then threw the prey on his shoulders to the ground, and stepped forward to hug Xu Cao.

"It's cold, why are you out here? Let's go into the house." The man's hoarse voice sounded in Xu Cao's ears, and then he walked towards the east room with Xu Cao in his arms.Xu Cao hurriedly grabbed him, and whispered: "Wrong, we live here now."

Fugui was taken aback, "Why do you live here?" Then, he turned around and closed the courtyard door, and Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai stood guard in front of the prey that Fugui brought back.

When the two returned to the room, Xu Cao recounted what happened yesterday in detail. Under the candlelight, Fu Gui frowned, and after a while he said: "It's a good thing to separate, but it can't just be counted like this." Yes, the third sibling is too much."

Xu Cao said softly: "Now the third brother is arguing to divorce the third younger sibling. I think it's better to forget it. We have already separated, so this kind of thing will not happen in the future. Actually, it's my fault. The things you put down are precious, and you haven't put them away properly."

"How can I blame you?" Fu Gui hugged Xu Cao and put her on the kang, "This is obviously the fault of the third sibling and mother. Our family has never had the habit of locking the door. Mother is fine, no Come into the room casually, but I didn't expect the third sibling to be such a person, I will definitely ask her when I get up tomorrow morning!"

(End of this chapter)